Ed Perlmutter

I haven't heard anything about investor protection. And there was a reason for Sarbanes-Oxley... about investor protection.

More competition, not less, that is what I want to see; help the innocent or the less guilty, less culpable;

Reclaiming my time, I thank my friend from North Carolina. We have no opposition to this amendment. We urge its adoption. I yield back the balance of my time.

I claim time in opposition, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection. {time} 1640

I would like to ask the Chair what time each side has remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mrs. Miller of Michigan). The gentleman from Colorado has 23 minutes remaining. The gentleman from North Carolina has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.

To the degree that the intermediary exists in this, they will be subject to the enforcement principles as we go through the amendments. With that, I yield 3 minutes to my other friend from North Carolina (Mr. Miller).

I thank my friend. One other new term in the bill that we ought to have some discussion about is ``intermediary.'' Intermediary in the bill is more or less a custodian of funds. Am I correct or not? I yield to my friend. Mr. McHENRY. I…

We have to make sure that what is on the books is enforced.

Whether these regulations really resolve those kinds of frauds or not is something I would like to hear about.

We need to be focusing on more investor confidence, not less, and we need to be focusing on jobs.

I was going to say to my friend, over the course of the last 10 years we know where the debt really came from. It wasn't in early childhood education. It wasn't in national parks. It was in two tax cuts--a couple trillion dollars or more…

The best way to deal with this country's debt is to put people back to work. We've heard it from both sides of the aisle. At the end of Bill Clinton's administration, this country had a surplus. Revenues exceeded expenses. There was job…

I would just reiterate, if we make it in America, we will make it in America. ____________________

Reclaiming my time, I would say resources have now been added, and they're performing their duties, and the stock market has doubled so that the people in Colorado, the moms and pops of Middle America, finally see their pensions growing…

The regulations are important, especially in an arena where huge amounts of money are being transferred. Billions of dollars were stolen from Americans. We have regulations in place. We need those regulations enforced. And if the…

This woman was conducting something so essential to the fabric of our democracy. And to the grocery stores, the coffee shops, and the flea markets, those that provide these venues where people feel comfortable to come and express their…

Well, they're taking away freedoms. They're taking away the freedom from discrimination for prior illnesses, like my daughter with epilepsy, like the daughter who had Crohn's disease, or the friend at the gas station. It's taking away the…

No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State.

I would just say to my friend from Iowa that the settlement now applies to all African American farmers who were discriminated against, not just those that filed their claim by 1997, and as a consequence, it's a much broader class that is…

I have to smile when I listen to my friends talk about job killing, when letting Wall Street run wild, gambling like it was just a big casino, results in 780,000 jobs a month being lost to the point that during this recession we have lost…

I would respond to my friend from Texas that, first of all, losing 780,000 jobs a month, as we were when George Bush left office, that's job killing. That's terrible. One of the things we're trying to do is right that ship. Second, he says…

I will just take one moment, Madam Speaker, to remind my friend from Texas that by cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans, prosecuting two wars without paying for them, and letting Wall Street run amok, in the last month of George…

Savings from energy efficiency will also help improve the quality of life for consumers, while putting money back in their pockets.

This legislation establishes a demonstration program of 50,000 HUD units to show cost-effectiveness and to confirm utility costs will go down.

I am proud to work with Senator Whitehouse as someone who shares the commitment to renewable energy and energy efficiency.