we have all been embarrassed by how this has proceeded. But even being embarrassed, all of us still have resolve to get this done and to provide the services to our veterans.

I am about competition, and the more competition that we have among energy sources the better off we are going to be.

I want to thank Mr. Stivers for joining me in H.R. 233, and I want to thank the chairman of the committee, Mr. Hensarling, and the ranking member, Ms. Waters, for their support of this bill as well. Mr. Stivers has described it well, but I…

It is my hope that we pass this today here on the floor of the House and that the Senate passes it quickly and sends it to the President's desk. I thank my friend, Mr. Stivers, for joining me on this bill. I yield back the balance of my…

On rollcall No. 127 I was unavoidably detained and missed voting of rollcall No. 127. Had I been present, when the vote was called, I would have voted ``no.'' Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, on March 19, 2015, the House voted on H. Res. 152, to…

I would ask that your Department be mindful of this, whether or not we may want to put some kind of a tariff and be protectionist for our local industry, I don't know.

It is time for Congress to analyze the effectiveness of the train horn rule and work with FRA to improve the ability of our communities all across the country to continue investing in railway crossing safety. A more flexible rule could…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following new section: SEC. 503. QUIET ZONE REPORT. Not later than 120 days…

I thank the chairman of the Transportation Committee and all of the Members for working with me on this amendment. I would ask for an ``aye'' vote. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment…

My amendment to H.R. 749 requires the Government Accountability Office, the GAO, to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress evaluating the effectiveness of the Federal Railroad Administration's 2005 rule on the use of locomotive…

I think there are a number of possible approaches and we have talked to lenders extensively about this.

What I am concerned about is CFPB stepping into something that I consider to be the purview of the Department of Justice.

I was here when we passed Dodd-Frank. And I actually carried the exemption for auto dealers.

I would like to work with you all. I know you are familiar with the Charles River study which--

I would ask you to just make sure that everybody can deal with these things.

I appreciate that but I also see this is kind of an end-around.

I would say that is pretty successful, given where we were and where we are today.

In Colorado, we are at a very good employment rate of in the neighborhood of 3.5 percent.

And I would just ask the Federal Reserve to continue to keep an eye on this sphere of the economy for the effects it might have overall.

I guess I come from a spot where, you know, President Kennedy said we are going to be on the moon...

you are working towards fulfilling that capital-reserve requirement.

Because the private sector either was wiped out because they made so many lousy loans or they were too afraid to be in the market at that time.

the book value of the FHA loans under the Bush Administration was terribly in the red; before, under the Clinton Administration, just barely positive; under the Bush Administration, deeply in the red--broke, if you will.

The trouble is their questions are, sort of, out of 'Alice in Wonderland,' through the looking glass.

you have strong borrowers, where the bulk of your borrowers are above 680 now--to be able to move forward with another mandate.