Mar 31, 2011
Mr. Chairman, I respect the chairman's opinion, but I respectfully disagree. There is nothing in this proposal, as drafted at the moment, that would require anyone to disclose any information to anyone they are not already giving…
Michael Capuano
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Mike Capuano is a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, serving from 1999 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. During his tenure, Capuano was known for his advocacy on issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights. He served on several committees, including the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he focused on infrastructure development and public transportation improvements in his district.
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Mar 30, 2011
I am very concerned about what this bill would do by eliminating the mission of serving this market.
Mar 29, 2011
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this is a program that I'm the first to admit has not lived up to what our hopes were. This program we had hoped would help several million people. Thus far we've only helped about 550,000…
Mar 29, 2011
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1079, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011. As you heard, this is the 18th short-term extension for FAA programs. With the enactment of a long-term…
Mar 16, 2011
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the most legitimate argument I have heard is we have a deficit and we have to deal with it. That is a fair and reasonable point to make. However, it is not a fair and reasonable approach…
Feb 15, 2011
it is not necessarily the lack of regulation, of a regulation that is there; it is the lack of enforcement of the regulation.
Feb 15, 2011
This fact undermines the thesis that it was something about U.S. capital markets or the U.S. housing market in particular that was the primary cause of the bubble. It undermines that thesis.
Feb 15, 2011
I have learned how to do that, because last year the Republicans offered what they said was the solution to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac problem in the conference. We did not accept it. And they said, this is a big mistake.
Feb 15, 2011
I was struck that the Republicans, oddly to me, criticized President Obama's Administration for not giving them more specific advice about how to fix Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was not aware that they were in the habit of waiting for…
Feb 15, 2011
No, this wasn't hurried because of Chris Dodd; this was hurried because a whole range of people, beginning with Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke, the Bush appointees who initiated our efforts here, said you really need to get this done…
Feb 14, 2011
It certainly strikes me that, in theory, if these individuals acted badly, the company is a victim as much as anybody else.
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