I would like to, if I can, engage you in a little colloquy here. What reason would the Members of Congress try and protect the oil companies from simply sharing how much they're paying to governments? What reason would they have for doing…

And Members, I hear my friends on the opposite side of the aisle keep talking about this is as bipartisan as you can get. It was bipartisan before you sneaked in the exemption that would allow companies to bribe governments and pay under…

As ranking member of the Financial Services Committee and a member of the conference committee that passed the Dodd-Frank reform legislation, I rise in opposition to H.R. 1613. I oppose the bill because of the exemption it includes for…

Just as you have come to some conclusion that maybe we are opposing this bill because we're opposed to offshore drilling, which is not true----

Well, I just want to make clear what this exemption is they're trying to do. It's a very simple request that's in law that says just tell us what you're paying. And we have now included in this bill, where there is an agreement, an…

I would like to commend Director Cordray and his colleagues at the CFPB, in particular for their transparency and willingness to be forthcoming.

The CFPB has proposed a final rule on these so-called Qualified Mortgages, and I believe that rule has struck a very fair balance for the industry.

All of us on this committee know the 2008 financial crisis was a complicated event without a simple explanation.

I must first begin by expressing my ongoing concern with the Majority's refusal to allow Director Cordray to appear before the Financial Services Committee.

Mortgage lenders were extending loans to people who couldn't afford to pay them back.

I yield myself as much time as I may consume to refute. The gentleman from Texas keeps talking about we make the claim that we ended ``too big to fail.'' That's what we're trying to do. That's what we're standing up against, what you're…

I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano).

At this time I enter into the Record three letters of opposition to this bill. One is from the Executive Office of the President of the United States Office of Management and Budget; Americans for Financial Reform; and American Federation…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 301, noes 124, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 218] AYES--301…

Reclaiming my time, the gentleman from Texas knows how it works. We have Dodd-Frank reform, and it has to be implemented. You know the living wills have to be done. You know that we have to put in place all that it takes to have the…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker and Members, I'm very disappointed and worried that this bill has been brought to the floor under a closed rule, as have more than one-third of the bills so far this Congress. I believe…

I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. I stand in strong opposition to this bill, which weakens Dodd-Frank regulations over derivatives markets and allows foreign banks and swaps traders to…

Thank you so much. I do appreciate this. This is so important. I am against this closed rule simply because we have mandated the kind of reform in Dodd-Frank that would keep us from ever being in the position in which we have to bail out…

Thank you very much. I rise to oppose the closed rule on H.R. 1256. H.R. 1256 really has no business being hidden in this bill at all. It is another attempt to keep the debate from taking place so that people will know what is happening…

I would like to try to clear up some of the misunderstandings of what this bill is about. The more we debate it, the better Members understand the impact of this bill on our economy. The gentleman from Texas, the chairman, just talked…

I will enter into the Record the amendment that I would have offered had they not come up with a closed rule. Page 5, strike line 1 and all that follows through page 7, line 6, and insert the following: (d) General Application to Foreign…

I think it is disingenuous to suggest that foreign nations do not make significant government investments in housing.

If we are to be honest, it should be more properly entitled, 'Examples of Other Housing Finance Models with Other Forms of Government Guarantees.'

I am focused on pursuing reform proposals that preserve the beloved 30-year fixed-rate mortgage here in the United States.

In fact, we already see that sequestration is pushing renters out of Section 8 housing operated by the Los Angeles City Housing Authority.