I am shocked that you would denigrate them like that.

I have asked the Treasury Department for a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed regulation since they proposed it earlier this year and they have never provided it to me.

The autopsy has, frankly, shown that it was not the insurers that caused the problems for AIG as a holding company.

I believe Mr. Morrison hit the nail on the head when he said the solution is more about accountability than it is new regulation.

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 415, nays 0, not voting 18, as follows: [Roll No. 712] YEAS--415 Ackerman Adams Aderholt Akin…

Clearly, Madoff was not empowered by a lack of loss. He was empowered by a lack of enforcement.

I support fiduciary standards, but they must be clear, they must be unambiguous, and they must not be conflicting.

I wish we would, as the gentleman from Texas said, quit trying to play ``Pin the Tail on the Donkey.'' We know corporations don't pay taxes. Consumers pay taxes; corporations just collect it.

Madam Speaker, Congressman Webster and I were walking past the rear of the Chamber, and we looked at each other kind of funny after some former comments and thought we were walking by a set for comedy hour. I mean, I think I really heard…

Our nation is critically near the tipping point of ceding our leadership in space exploration for generations to come.

Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 839, the HAMP Termination Act. As you know, this bill would terminate the failed Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), while still protecting assistance for homeowners who were already…