James A. Leach

I would like to simply stress on the time score that we were operating under the rules of the House and we granted, at the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy], extra time on each side. On the process point, it should…

I want to be very categorical first of all. The CBO, which is the overseer of this program, states that the public housing requirement in terms of the work program is not an unfunded mandate, period. There are other parts of the bill that…

What the gentleman from North Carolina is engaging in is captious argumentation. Let me explain this as carefully as I can. We have a long tradition in the House of Representatives, in the Congress of the United States, when we expend…

This side has never made a statement this is a perfect bill. We are dealing with each issue on its merits. But I would stress to the gentleman, in terms of partisanship, the provision that we are defending came to us, largely speaking…

I would just like to make 3 quick points to clarify the Record. One, no one for reasons of poverty alone will be eliminated from public housing, only for violations of terms of the lease, such as criminal behavior. Second, the money in…

I will tell the gentleman, this is an extremely important inquiry. The intent of the legislation is to cover individual private primary mortgage insurance covering individual loans and not insurance for an entire pool of mortgages. The…

This concern is also a valid one, but certain issues should be kept in perspective. Generally, mortgage servicers and lenders already have to make a number of disclosures to homeowners at settlement and during the life of the mortgage…

I too want to benefit the homeowner and not the class-action lawyer. Because of some of the industry practices concerning PMI, such as not providing borrowers sufficient information on how to terminate the insurance or requiring PMI long…

as we all know, the Budget Resolution does not have the force of law, but is a working document Congress uses to set the spending limits and broad priorities for the appropriations process through which the spending plan for the coming…

I rise in support of H.R. 2406 and want to thank Mr. Lazio for his leadership on this bill. The Banking Committee, the House, and indeed the American people, are indebted to the gentleman from New York for the hard work and intellect he…

3 weeks ago in thunderous debate the House considered the ``mega'' implications of the budget resolution. Now we have before us perhaps the smallest bill of the year, H.R. 584, which would have the effect of conveying a small federally…

I would only ask, as we look at this particular amendment that has been offered by the distinguished gentleman from California [Mr. Berman], two questions: Is it cheaper and more effective to advance the interests of the United States…

This is a self-explanatory amendment. It is designed to protect the constitutional authority and responsibility of the President as Commander in Chief from unprecedented and improper congressional tampering with the separation of powers…

I would submit that while rooted in a quasi-party platform, the contract, the issues in this bill must not be considered partisan. There is a great Republican as well as Democratic tradition of internationalism. As a Republican I would…

I wish to express concern about the breakdown of comity that has occurred on a personal and procedural level in the House Banking Committee. On a personal level, unfortunate adjectives have been used; on a procedural level, unprecedented…

first let me just congratulate particularly the chairman of the subcommittee of jurisdiction, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Neal]. This is a crowning achievement in his glorious career here. Also I want to congratulate my ranking…

I am convinced that for one and three- quarters century of our history to have a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution would have been folly; based on the last 25 years of ``me generation'' politics not to put a restraint on…

I would like to take this opportunity to talk not of the issues of the day, but rather of the ethics of our time. In so doing, I would like to take as a starting point a scandal that has come to be dubbed ``Whitewater'' and suggest it is a…

there are many elements of the so-called Whitewater affair that are a bit esoteric. But the revelations of the past few days that officials of the Department of the Treasury and Resolution Trust Corporation briefed key White House aides on…

In the broadest sense, the issue is one of recovery of taxpayer lost resources. In what we have all come to understand as the largest public sector mistake of the century--the S&L debacle--where the taxpayers lost about a…