Mike Capuano

The mission of FHA, as I understand it, has always been to the more moderate-income people who might have difficulty getting into the housing market.

The question shouldn't be on how much the house cost; it should be on whether the borrower can afford to pay.

I also want to state very clearly that if the chairman or anybody else wants to put the bill out that this committee put out last cycle, we should do it today, get it on the Floor, get it through.

At this very moment FHA has $30.4 billion worth of cash ready and available to cover it.

I think that we need to be a little careful with some of the rhetoric.

We don't want to turn it into the American nightmare by having policy at the Federal level that infringes... on the rights of the people.

The important thing here is that homeownership is an important part of the American dream.

I am going to fight to keep FHA.

How did the great country, the great United States, fall so far behind the rest of the world?

Investing now in world-class high-speed rail would pack a double punch. It would create high-paying jobs and spur economic development throughout the program.

As a result of this administration's investment, the Nation's first true high-speed rail system is set to break ground this year.

President Obama's High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program is bringing more transportation options to millions of Americans.

The idea that people don't want passenger rail, they do.

Investing in rail is a priority for President Obama and this administration.

I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the dean of our delegation.

I would like to yield 1 minute to the once, and future, Speaker of this House, the current minority leader, Ms. Pelosi.

And so, when we--and they don't have a comprehensive mechanism to track that.

If somebody bypasses or does not go through screening and enters a sterile area, it is a breach.

This committee is shirking our responsibility when it comes to future generations by not investing in the infrastructure.

The United States spends .8 percent of our GDP on rail infrastructure, which is far less than China and India.

It is unfortunate, because it means that time has been lost, that we are not creating jobs.

I think this bill can take us a long way toward solving this problem and really helping many families in our country to have an accurate credit score.

Their aim is consistent with their broader agenda, which is to eliminate Amtrak and let private corporations--by the way, many of them foreign--to cherry pick those parts of the Amtrak system that can yield them the highest profits.

But let's be clear. Fair, open, and balanced competition isn't what Mr. Chambers and his clients are looking for here.

I can't help but note that, as we're in a Presidential election year, that some of the proposals coming out of this committee remind me of the Mitt Romney view of the world, which is we dismantle Amtrak, which he would do by zeroing it…