ANNE M. NORTHUP

In the end, though, this Commission has made many decisions, many rules, completely disregarding the cost, the lack of choice it is going to give consumers, the inability of small companies to comply with these regulations all in the name…

If I am confirmed, I will work to assure that the mission of the agency to protect consumers from unreasonable risk of injury from consumer products is carried out aggressively and appropriately.

Well, I am so excited. I know that the gentlewoman is on the committee that is heading this up. It is an enormous challenge and you all are doing a fabulous job. As the rest of us worry about this and study it and provide ideas, we are so…

Reclaiming my time, it is really a matter of restoring the confidence of the American people that we are going to act in the best long-term interests, fiscal interests, of this country. So I thank the gentlewoman very much for her thoughts…

Reclaiming my time, it is a huge amount of money. It would be a great investment in the long-term solvency of the program. I did not know whether the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Hart) might want to talk a little bit about the…

I am so impressed that the gentleman from Texas would tell us he has six grandchildren. My husband and I, after 36 years of marriage and six children, have one grandchild. I hope that I will catch you someday. They are the most blessed…

Reclaiming my time, let me close by thanking my colleagues who are here tonight. The gentleman from Elkhart, Indiana (Mr. Chocola) has been a friend who has been on the floor. We have had opportunities to discuss this previously, and I…

Reclaiming my time, I know our time is about up. So let me start by yielding to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan) to see if he has any final thoughts or anything he wants to say in conclusion.

I see that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston) has joined us, and I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston).

That is true and certainly in an accounting system, no one would approve an accounting system where the assets that are coming in are going to have to meet future liabilities without also accounting for those future liabilities. If you can…

I agree. We are all looking for the best possible solution. I think when you ask the question, can we afford to wait, the follow- up question is, or what we often hear from the other side of the aisle, we do not have a crisis now because…

I thank the gentleman; and I want to yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Chocola) to also discuss the trust find and why we cannot wait and depend on the trust fund. {time} 2145

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Last Thursday, May 6, I was present and voted on the important matter of the emergency defense supplemental that was before this body.

Reclaiming my time, it is currency. You cannot provide currency. I think the gentleman is missing that word. It does not say you cannot provide donuts. You cannot provide currency.

It says specifically here that anything that encourages or assists individuals to appear at the polling place is not forbidden. All you could not do is give somebody cash. In other words, on the campaign form the final receiver of money is…

Whoever uses the money has to be given the money in the form of a check, so that if you are going to haul voters, for example, a check would be written to you. You could then not give voters or anybody else cash. Obviously if you wanted to…

I do not take, and never have, a penny of tobacco money, and yet the tobacco bill over on the Senate side is simply too big. There are reasons that people oppose it. I think that that is the sort of discussion that ruins political…

I was just wondering if the gentleman can name, for example, five contributors that have given $100,000 to his party. I could not name that.

I will just point out that we all know who gives to the parties because it is reported. But if the XYZ Corporation thinks they want to influence an election, now they can give it to an independent organization, which is the part of the…