Well, I have read the bill. But to be told that we're going to, in a party that says they're devoted to regular order, bring out a bill--H.R. 4088 has had no committee consideration whatsoever; the other bills have, the other five. But…

This is a perfectly nice bill, but things are sometimes judged in comparison. It is being hailed as a bigger bill than it is, but that's what happens when you grade on a curve as we grade on a curve. One of the great philosophers of the…

I now have an answer to a question. There was a bill in this package, H.R. 4088, that had never had a hearing, it had never been to our committee, everything else had been through the process, and I asked the gentleman from Texas (Mr…

Preliminarily, I yield myself 15 seconds to say the gentleman from Texas said the American people don't care about this intrigue. Then the question is: Why do they involve in it? Why do they engage in it? Why didn't they just leave the…

I regard the enactment of Social Security and Medicare as two of the great accomplishments of this country in the 20th Century.

Our policy will be when Mr. Bernanke comes back for his second appearance this year, we will begin where we left off.

I support the President's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq...

Before I reduce Social Security payments to elderly people... I think we should withdraw from Afghanistan.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for that implicit refutation of the notion that the financial reform bill is causing people all of these terrible problems.

These days it's gotcha this, gotcha that, and gotcha journalism and gotcha politics.

this notion that the Director cannot be removed is fanciful.

Preliminarily, I'm here to discuss today's very encouraging jobs report. I am struck. The previous speaker said he would never engage in expenditures on a credit card when we were already deeply in debt on behalf of his family. I note that…