I absolutely agree. I think we are up to 600, 700 pages of Ethics provisions... some things that are going to be needed, and there are going to be some things that... need to be cleaned up.

And I want to thank the panel and all your colleagues for your persistence and your perseverance with this project because it had a few ups and downs over the course of its life.

This committee has heard reports of modern-day redlining, high and misleading fees, and unfair use of credit scores.

Ordinarily, I would argue with my friend from Illinois, but since it was such a nice testimonial to the doctor, I will support him in his 1 minute and his nice comments as his friend retires. Getting back to the matter at hand, Madam…

If there is anything that is built on trust, it is banking, and the banking sector lost a lot of trust in 2008.

The Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 1361, providing for consideration of S. 1098, the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act, under a closed rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. Fischbach) pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…

With respect to the bill that we have before us and the rule that we have before us involving the separation of these loans, I would just say there was a woman named Angela who is on the hook for nearly $200,000, she has been divorced…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1361 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1361 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

I would also say to my friend from Texas, as it relates to inflation, the gentleman is correct. There has been, on a year-over-year basis, a jump of about 8 percent, 8.3 percent, I think he mentioned. But since the beginning of the year…

I listened to my friend from Minnesota, and I appreciate her remarks. The amendment that has been discussed that the Republicans are proposing simply does not go far enough. This bill really should be embraced unanimously in this House…

I remind my friend, Mr. Pfluger, that this bill is about separating loans. It is not about the energy policy, although I will address some of his remarks in a second. This is about the some 14,000 people that have taken advantage, clearly…

Well, I'm smiling because we have this thing at the YMCA called the e-gym, where it sort of tracks you...

I think you're probably right that we would have independent, productive, you know, happy people.

Thank you. I yield back to the Chair.

We had a Governor in Colorado, Dick Lamm, who was called Governor Gloom... everybody had a duty to die.

I think will bring a lot of fruit to bear in terms of suggestions that we had and have about modernizing and improving the way this place functions...

I thank my friend from Colorado for extending me 3 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the previous question and the rule, especially the section regarding the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act. Climate change is…

there's no such thing as privacy.

The only thing that's immutable are death and taxes.

the reversal of Roe v. Wade, but they basically say that, under the United States Constitution, there is no such thing as a right to privacy.

The timing of our discussion today is notable. In overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has substantially weakened the Constitutional right to privacy.

Well, and there's a tension, too, between the kind of privacy we might want from State, or Federal, local governments versus the kind of privacy we may want from private enterprise.

Let's start with the beginning of the Constitution: ``We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare…