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Aaron Paul Bean is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since January 3, 2023. Bean has focused on various issues during his tenure, including economic development and public safety. He has been active in promoting legislation that aligns with his party's values and priorities.
I just want to applaud Congressmen Driehaus, Connolly, and Moore's efforts to improve the oversight of the SBLF program. This amendment importantly expands oversight to ensure taxpayer dollars are protected. I urge my colleagues to adopt…
I want to acknowledge Congressman Price's amendment and its recognition of the challenges facing not only community businesses seeking loans but the community bankers that are trying to provide them. His amendment recognizes mixed messages…
Well, first I would like to address some of the points our colleague from Missouri suggested, that all we need to do for business is less Federal action and less regulation. And on that point, I would have to agree, the minority has…
This program provides funding for States to expand or create lending programs that use small amounts of public resources to generate private bank financing and are designed to address critical reasons why banks are having trouble making…
Well, first of all, it's mandating it. They have to evaluate the facts every year and then propose to Congress why they are or aren't making changes. So that's different than what they've been required to do in the past.
I rise this evening to recognize National Small Business Week. This year marks the 47th annual Small Business Week, during which we honor the immense contributions of entrepreneurs, their companies, and their workforce to our country. Our…
I rise in strong support of the manager's amendment and the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010. I want to commend Chairman Waxman and particularly Congressman Peter Welch for their leadership, making energy efficiency more affordable…
In 2008, 8,200 homeowners filed for foreclosure each day. One in six homeowners are currently upside down, meaning that their mortgage debt exceeds current home value. Currently, 45 percent of real estate on the market is foreclosed…
I want to specifically acknowledge the inclusion of my amendment to disallow participation in this program to anyone who had misstated their incomes on their original loan or been convicted of mortgage fraud. On the whole, this legislation…
there have been reports suggesting that this provision could be used as a placeholder for a broader expansion of the Federal bankruptcy laws. Can you clarify that this language will not be expanded in conference to include a broader…
Mr. Chairman, section 505 of title V of this legislation contains language pertaining to the treatment of disabled veterans in the bankruptcy code. Every Member of the House supports ensuring that no disabled veteran is discriminated…
I rise to urge support of H.R. 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007. As an original cosponsor, I commend Chairman Frank and Ranking Member Bachus for how they have drafted and brought this bill to the floor. It…
As we debate H.R. 2881, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007, I want to highlight a critical flight safety and water quality issue--glycol recovery. As airports work to comply with existing and future stormwater requirements under the Clean…
the Small Business Lending Improvements Act of 2007, which I introduced earlier this year, was recently reported out of the Committee on Small Business, without objection, and I am pleased that it is being given consideration on the House…
The Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007, introduced by myself and Representative Gillmor, was recently reported out of the Committee on Financial Services without objection, and I am pleased it is being given…
The Blue Dogs were formed with the intention of always demanding accountability and oversight, particularly relative to our national budget. We are out here pretty regularly talking about the $8 trillion national debt. That has really…
Fiscal responsibility is what our constituents, as taxpayers, expect from us and particularly what our children and our grandchildren expect from us as well. Their future depends on our making better decisions than we have been making. I…
it is very exciting to see us move forward on part of the 12-point plan, and I know we are going to continue to work hard to get even more. And our next one I know we are also including is ensuring that Congress has an opportunity to read…
We teach our children that if they make a mess, they ought to clean it up. Yet we have made a mess of this Nation's finances, and we need to start now, and we have started in this first 100 hours in the Democratic majority to address that…
I think Congressman Davis makes a fine point because I think it is one of the reasons so many of our constituents feel disconnected from Washington. They cannot relate to what is going on on the Hill. Most of us come from a real-world…
Well, I am honored to have cosponsored that legislation. And to your point, I think it is basic fiscal common sense. The taxpayers deserve better than what they are getting from this Congress. I can't imagine anyone who would call…
I thank Mr. Rush for this opportunity to speak, and I thank him and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their work on this bill. As a new Member of this body who brings 20 years of experience in the tech sector, I rise today to…
last month this Chamber passed without my support the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act. Unfortunately, this body failed to truly bring sunshine to its decision-making process to the American people. Mr. Speaker, democracy works…
sadly we have all become familiar with the media reports of online child predators trolling for kids on the Internet networking sites like MySpace, unsuspecting Americans having their lives hijacked by online identity thieves and scams…
So much of what we have been talking about, whether it is education, whether it is the environment, it is all about future generations and our commitment to them. And to go back to the seventh graders that I mentioned that I spoke with…
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