Darrell Issa: “The very nature of what we are asking them to do almost guarantees that it is going to be to the benefit of BlackRock.”

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Maryland has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I mean, they kept counting until they won. What’s new about that? We have a corrupt system.

Will the United States Congress side with the idea that we should be more democratic in our third branch, or that our third branch should remain more independent, less if not completely outside the will of the people at the moment?

a lot can be said about my friend and colleague, my Western Caucus chair, but today was a special day for us. We had lunch today as California members, and Doug paid for it because every week somebody sponsors it. His death was so sudden…