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 since 2016. What she owes is five times what her initial loan was because of this consolidation of loans. And she suffered from domestic violence and has had her credit score drop like a rock. She is faced with crippling debt. And until we are able to uncouple and decouple these joint loans through this separation loan act, she is going to continue to be burdened by something that really is not her responsibility. That is the bill we are here to really debate and discuss, S. 1098. And obviously, the rule is to allow its debate on the floor of this House. This weekend, I was out walking precincts on Saturday--going back to the energy discussion that we are having. And at one of the houses was a young man getting his electrical engineering degree at the Colorado School of Mines. And he didn't really recognize too many of the candidates. But he did say that he was familiar with the Inflation Reduction Act because it is the first time we have done anything of any real significance for a long time to deal with climate change, and he was very appreciative of that. A gentleman who doesn't have an affiliation; he is not a Democrat, he is not a Republican, unaffiliated.…
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I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. PERLMUTTER of Colorado moved to reconsider the vote on concurring in the Senate amendment to H.R. 8404. Motion to Table
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…
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.





