Madam Speaker, today we will take an historic vote on the most significant reform to our financial industry since the New Deal. These comprehensive reforms will reduce threats to our financial system, increase oversight and prevent future…

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 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…

I appreciate the comments of my friend from Texas, but we couldn't disagree more about the value of this bill and the process we have gone through to get to this point. I would first like to thank the chairman and also the ranking member…

Mr. Royce mentions 2003, 2004, 2005 should have changed the GSEs in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Well, the Republicans controlled the House, the Republicans controlled the Senate, the Republicans controlled the White House, and they didn't…

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

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

I hope the bill introduced by Senator Whitehouse will be part of the energy conversation going forward.

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

I remind my friend from Kansas that when you cut taxes for the wealthiest people in America, you prosecute two wars without paying for them, and you fail to police Wall Street so that it becomes a big casino and results in a crash leaving…

I appreciate the comments of the whip, but I think what we've got to do is to just talk about reality here. The reality is, when George Bush left office in January of 2009, this country was losing 780,000 jobs per month. Last month, we…

I would remind the Speaker and others that we're here on the small business lending bill, not on Mr. Chaffetz's proposal or any proposal like that. It may have merit at another time when that bill, itself, is brought forward, but we're…

Mr. Speaker, in 2008, after years of lax regulation and Wall Street roulette, our Nation's economy fell off a cliff. Within a matter of months, many Wall Street giants fell, and they took the livelihoods of thousands of small businesses…

The Act, which is the Small Business Lending Fund Act, the Act would offer capital to interested community banks to increase small business credit. We urge the House to pass this legislation. The Nation's 8,000-strong community banks are…

I would remind my friend, at the height of the Iraq war we spend $141 billion, as we draw troops down to $65 billion, a savings of $76 billion a year. That is money. These things we can find other places to save where there is wasteful…

I, again, remind everyone that the rule and the bill are about small business lending. Again, I would refer to the letter from the independent community bankers. ICBA believes the proposed Small Business Lending Fund Act supports their…

Listening to my friend from Pennsylvania, I remind him as well as others that the last month of George Bush this country lost 780,000 jobs in 1 month. Okay? Fourteen months later, 15 months later we gained some 400,000 jobs in this…

The point here is smaller banks, regional banks, unlike banks on Wall Street, did not create the credit and lending mess that exists today. Small businesses didn't create the mess that we see. And it is small business that employs so many…

H.R. 5072, the Federal Housing Administration Reform Act of 2010, provides FHA with the necessary tools to strengthen its mortgage insurance program and overall financial position. The collapse of the private sector in the wake of the…

I would just remind the body that we're here on the FHA bill, the reformation of FHA which my friends have applauded, and that's really what we're here to talk about, a savings of $2.5 billion, more accountability from FHA, which has had…

I appreciated the initial comments by Mr. Sessions and a number of the other Republicans about the bill that is before us--or hopefully will be before us, the FHA Reform Act of 2010, which is a bill that provides more accountability to…

I would remind my friend from West Virginia--and I do appreciate that $30 billion over 10 years--take a look at their proposition. It is for another bill for another day. We are dealing with FHA, which saves $2.5 billion today. Also, I…

Sometimes you have to remind people from time to time about what happened in the past, because it's important. History is important. I would remind my friend from Illinois, you know, that there was an effort to reform Fannie Mae and…

I appreciate the gentleman's support of the underlying bill and the savings of $2.5 billion and that they'd like to proceed and make some cuts to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the course of the next year, and that is something that…