Judy Biggert

At this time, Mr. Chairman, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the majority leader.

At this time I would yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), the chairman of the Financial Services Committee.

At this time I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), the chairman of the Financial Services Committee.

Numerous oversight bodies, including the GAO, have cited the Treasury for failing to respond to recommendations to increase the transparency, accountability, and consistency of the program. Americans for Tax Reform called the program ``a…

The private sector is better suited to the constant adaptation needed to ensure that our workforce is best aligned with the labor demands

Thank you. I think what we are doing here is to terminate the mortgage letter which sets up the program and to make sure that there won't be a substantially similar letter.

I am pleased the Obama Administration supports our call to wind down Fannie and Freddie and I look forward to hearing from our witnesses about how we move forward.

How can we ensure that the Labor fiduciary rule and the ongoing efforts in the SEC are aligned and help offer investors more, and not less, education and guidance on planning for retirement?

The bottom line is that never again should taxpayers be on the hook for risky housing finance policies.

It is time to move toward a market with less reliance on government guarantees and more private-sector participation.

I rise today to support House Resolution 1531, which expresses support for designation of 2011 as World Veterinary Year, with the goal of helping to bring attention to and showing appreciation for the veterinarian profession on its 250th…

I can't help but emphasize that Rotary International was founded in the great State of Illinois, in Chicago, in 1905; and it is the world's first service club and one of the largest nonprofit service organizations. Its motto, ``Service…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6398, which would extend the current Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's, or FDIC's, guarantee of Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts, also called IOLTAs, for another 2 years. The IOLTA program…

The American people have made it very clear that they do not like or want this bill. How arrogant is it for the other side of the aisle to say to them, We know what's best for you, and we're going to pass it anyway. And then how arrogant…

It is in the taxpayers' best interest that as soon as possible, the Federal Government gets out of the trillion dollar bailout business and out of the practice of owning and running private businesses.

I think we should rename the bill under discussion today, call it, 'Another Bailout Paid for by Main Street.'

But the Administration's plan to strip the authority to protect consumers from the functional regulator and instead create a whole new bureaucracy jeopardizes the safety and soundness of financial institutions, promotes risky behavior…

If that is not big government, I don't know what is.

I was wondering what your office was doing to rectify these issues to ensure that all college applicants have equal access to federal financial aid?

With due respect to the chairman, I know that there have been a couple of oversight hearings. The problem is that even in those hearings, we never got any answers. We still don't know where the money has gone. We haven't had any answers…

And today Boy Scouts of America strives through its Scout outreach program to provide an opportunity for young people to join Scouting regardless of their circumstances, neighborhood, or ethnic background. Boy Scouts of America partners…

House Concurrent Resolution 193 recognizes all hunters for their continued commitment to safety and to increase awareness of the organizations and programs dedicated to hunting education and safety activities. There are currently 16…

Because the FHA is self-funded. It is not funded by the government just putting money into it just so that they can do other mortgages. It is self-funded and it is an insurance program. Now, we haven't been able to use it because it has…

I think under the bill, H.R. 1752, their premiums are reduced; they are not refunded.

Just because someone is low income does not mean that they have poor credit. I think that is not where they are going to have to pay higher premiums, necessarily. It is inevitable in an insurance fund that lower-risk borrowers will…