It is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life of an American soldier from Homer Glen, Illinois, who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of his country. Private First Class Michael C. Olivieri was a dedicated soldier…

I thank the gentlelady for having this tonight. Mr. Speaker, I thank all of the Republican women who are here and especially the freshmen because they have brought so much enthusiasm, so much talent, so much intelligence to this body, and…

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry). Mr. McHENRY. I thank my colleague for yielding, and responding to my colleague from North Carolina, Mr. Chairman, I would say that we agree: The HAMP program is a…

May I request again the time remaining, Mr. Chairman? The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Illinois has 5 minutes. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 15\1/2\ minutes.

I yield myself another 30 seconds. The private sector, out of 4.1 million modifications, 3.5 million of those were private sector, and the rest of the 550. And that doesn't include the 750,000 modifications that were made by HAMP that were…

I yield myself 30 seconds. The gentleman from Delaware talks about his State. Let me just say that in Illinois, if we look back quarter by quarter, HAMP permanent modifications, for example, in the second quarter of 2010 were 167,000; but…

I truly believe our nation must keep our promise to those who worked their entire lives to prepare for their golden years.

We will accept the amendment. I have had similar occurrences in my district where actually one gentleman had to pay back $42,000 worth of late fees as well as the penalties and the difference between the loan modification. That's where I…

I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry), the sponsor of this bill. Mr. McHENRY. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding the time. The HAMP Termination Act, which is the legislation before us today, ends what I…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 252, noes 170, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll…

If I might inquire how much time is remaining on both sides. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Illinois has 19\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 23 minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Ellison The CHAIR. It is now in order to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. My colleague from New York and many of the colleagues from that side of the aisle have been saying that if we end this program, there will be nothing. That simply isn't true. Of the 4.1 million mortgage…

Reclaiming my time, we accept the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 6 Offered by…

You are just asking for support of this amendment and not for anything concerning the bill?

I just have a question for the sponsor of this amendment. You have had several amendments in several of these bills, and I wanted to make sure this is the same as what you and Mr. McHenry agreed to.

I claim the time in opposition, even though I am not opposed to the amendment. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the Financial Services Committee, the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus).

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We keep talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. We've talked about that for several years now--jobs, jobs, jobs. What we are trying to do is to create an environment that we will be able to have the private…

This legislation is to reiterate what the Congressional Budget Office says about----

I yield the remainder of my time to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry). Mr. McHENRY. I appreciate my colleague yielding, and I certainly appreciate the rhetoric used on the floor. I respect my colleagues. I respect their…

I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry). Mr. McHENRY. I will respond to my colleague, Mr. Chairman, that, if we can't eliminate this failed program, what program can we eliminate?

I respectfully request that you preserve funding for the Department of Energy's Office of Science.

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

I yield myself the balance of my time. The gentleman might be interested to know that there was a HOPE VI bill that was an amendment to that, to H.R. 3524, made by Representative Sessions. The amendment sought to maintain HUD's authority…