Joe Courtney

The fiscal uncertainty that is out there right now is what I am hearing when I am back home.

Dodd-Frank didn't happen because people just wanted to create some regulatory structure. There was a real need in terms of what happened in 2008 and it is still going on today.

The inability of us to even explain what the heck is going on and what is being done about it, again it just puts everyone in an impossible position.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I really again appreciate the fact that you have organized this hearing on Dodd-Frank implementation...

The good news is 9 out of 12 regions were showing good signs of economic growth.

I certainly echo those requests outlined by Senators Reed and Whitehouse in their testimony when they spoke earlier today.

If we can do even one-tenth of that, then I know we will be rebuilt stronger than ever.

Sandy recovery is far from over. In fact, it is just beginning.

Thank you for the series of hearings, starting with the industrial workforce and leading up to today's hearing this morning.

But I think if we are serious about not having the sequester but equally serious about balancing the budget...

I fully embrace the principle that anyone who served this country is deserving of high-quality health care for the rest of their life.

I am going to vote no, because I think for us to walk away from our responsibilities... is not very responsible.

90 percent of the Members in both Chambers oppose sequestration, we should roll up our sleeves and avoid it.

Sequestration should not happen.

We have fought two wars on a credit card, and that post-2014 it is not going to be down to zero, but we are going to be bringing down that process of pouring money into Afghanistan.

I can't imagine what it would be like to have the title of Director of Office of Management and Budget and to have had no support in Congress for a budget.

There actually is some overlap between budget documents that have been voted on by the vast majority of the Republicans in the House and what the President actually put forward.

The fact of the matter is we are going to spend $98 billion in Afghanistan this year, isn't that correct?

The Speaker was actually boasting in public that he got 98 percent of what he wanted in terms of negotiations with the White House.

Thank you, Mr. Courtney, and I thank you for conducting this hearing. I would just like to again walk through a few points with the witnesses.

The income-based repayment program is trying to provide student loan relief at a time when student loan debt in this country now exceeds $1 trillion--higher than credit card debt, higher than car loan debt. It is a commonsense program…

Hopefully this measure which is moving forward in the House this week to freeze all regulations in its track, a chainsaw throughout the whole government, won't move forward because even though the stated purpose of that bill is to protect…

Well, I just want to say, Mr. Chairman, for the record, that there are a lot of small businesses, particularly people who are end-users in the energy sector, certainly in my state, who are looking forward to that date with great…

Having these more robust authorities through Dodd-Frank is actually going to help detect actual cases of fraud and deceit

The situation at Peregrine, in my opinion, really demonstrates the weaknesses that existed pre-Dodd-Frank in terms of your ability to detect outright cases of fraud and deception