Would the gentlelady tell the Members, when you write that check to help them with their underwater home, that check goes to Bank of America. That check goes to Citibank. That check goes to just fill in the bank, fill in the mortgage…

Let me say this: I would prefer that this amendment notify all Americans, particularly taxpayers, that we are stopping a program that authorizes $8 billion worth of spending. Having said that, I think this is a good amendment. I know there…

I do want to caution Members that it is not an obligation of Congress or of Members of Congress... to intervene and to suggest to the lenders that they do anything other than give due consideration. We simply put them in communication…

What are we talking about when we're talking about cutting government spending? We're talking about these children. These children cannot afford a future where its Federal Government spends $8 billion more every day than it takes in. I…

If I were Ranking Member Frank, I would do exactly what he's doing. I wouldn't talk about the fact that there are only 42 people who have been served by this program. I wouldn't talk about the fact that only $50 million has been set aside…

There seems to be some confusion on what the underlying bill does and what the amendments are trying to accomplish. In fact, in certain cases, it's quite evident that some of my colleagues don't understand the bill. This bill authorizes $8…

if the rulemaking, particularly of the CFTC, were to be implemented in its current form it could literally spell the end of the U.S.-based derivatives market.

I will be offering an amendment to increase funding for the SEC.

I am very concerned that our highest duty in this Congress is to ensure the security and freedom of our Nation and our people.

We need to ensure that these regulators have the tools and resources to complete the objectives that Congress has laid out.

I commend my colleague from Texas (Mr. Sessions) and Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor and the House leadership for bringing this important resolution forward. This resolution represents the opening battle in the fight against the continued…

What we are talking about is the size of the Federal Government and the size of our regulations. In the last 4 years of our Democratic Congress, which took power in January of 2007--and I will remind everyone that that was prior to the…