I have been working with Mr. Duffy on this tick-size issue, so I have been listening very carefully to the discussion over the last three questioners.

Our objective is pretty simple, Mr. Duffy laid it out, is to drive more liquidity, more activity to the smaller cap companies.

It is time to end this destructive government shutdown. It just doesn't make any sense, and it's hurting people, and it's hurting the economy. While Congress is wasting time on the shutdown, we have important work to do. We need to reform…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in the midst of this manufactured crisis here in the Capitol to join many of my colleagues on the Democratic side for something that we all can get behind, which is creating strong…

Moving oil from the Midwest to the world-class, state-of-the-art refineries on the Gulf Coast will modernize our infrastructure, create jobs, and encourage American energy production.

The student loan albatross around young people's necks is keeping them out of the housing market.

What about this access to some of the Federal programs?

It is killing our young people, just--

So I appreciate your attention to that.

It is important for us to monitor as we go, and hear from the market and make sure that we are actually addressing this problem appropriately.

Nobody should have access to credit denied or put at a higher price because of their ethnic background.

We have to get it right not only because we could screw up the housing finance system, but we could screw up the financial system as well.

If the bill is passed as it is and mortgage rates rise as is? It would hurt home sales, it would hurt housing construction, it would lower house prices.

It is absolutely critically important that we get it right, that we are careful. Otherwise, as you said, we could ruin the financial system.

This was the most productive work, I think, that we did in the last Congress, certainly in this committee.

No, I just want to thank Mr. Duffy for working with us--for giving me the opportunity to work with him, I should say, and any advice that you can provide for us, we want to try to get it right. The idea is to do a pilot. You all mentioned…

The JOBS Act, which I worked on with Members from the other side of the aisle--many of us did.

I have not had anybody come to me requesting to be put in the category of being a SIFI.

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Delaware has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Delaware will be postponed. Amendment No. 49 Offered by Mr. Radel The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I would just like to close by thanking the gentleman from Florida for his assistance on this amendment and just to ask my colleagues to think about what we've been trying to do since I came to this House in 2011, which is to get a budget…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 11012. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 271, the gentleman from Delaware (Mr…

Thank you, Chairwoman Capito, for holding this very important hearing to examine the consequences of Dodd-Frank on home ownership.

I would like to thank Mr. Scott for yielding time and for his leadership on this issue. I rise today in support of H.R. 1256. It will lead to a stronger, more robust set of regulations for the derivatives market. Let me be clear, this is…

I didn't find them helpful myself. And I would just like for you each to comment on whether or not there are any real comparisons there.