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

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

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

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.

I am going to fight to keep FHA.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I generally don't do a whole lot of work on this stuff, but I've known these two gentlemen a long time. I met them both in 1976 when I was in law school and had the good fortune of getting a work study…

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.

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

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

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

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

I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern). Mr. McGOVERN. I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. I know those of us in the Massachusetts delegation always welcome the opportunity…

I apparently have no more speakers, but I'd just like to close out by thanking those Members who spoke on behalf of Mr. O'Neill. Thank you very much to the Speaker and the minority leader for bringing this bill to the floor and…

I'd like to thank the majority for bringing this bill up. This is a nice way to honor the longest-continuously-serving Speaker in the history of this country. For those of you who didn't have the pleasure of knowing Mr. O'Neill, I'd just…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.