Political Quotes

Despite the fact that the Financial Services Committee has clear jurisdiction over these matters, the Secretary seems to think that referring us to other committees is a satisfactory answer to our questions. It is not.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time to me. Mr. Speaker, this is one of those mundane issues that 95 percent of America doesn't understand. I didn't understand much about it a while back because I don't have any proxy…

Don't you think it is a fair thing to ask how they pay their women, how they pay their African Americans, how they pay their Hispanics, if it is based on fairness or if it is based on some degree of discrimination?

I think it is important for us all to understand that we are talking about something that has a huge benefit to those of us that live in rural populations and, again, benefits the urban centers so they can get across those rural areas.