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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.

Jul 17, 2013

What is likely to happen is that I will soon, within the next week or two, be asked to vote on this bill yes or no pretty much in the form that it is in now.

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Jul 17, 2013

I guess, first of all, some of this stuff that has been talked about, Dodd-Frank, have any of your organizations ever testified in front of Congress to say there was too little regulation?

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Jul 17, 2013

I can't imagine taking that $1,000 and turning it into $2,000 a month.

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Jul 17, 2013

My average constituents are not interested in that. They just want to know if they can get a mortgage and their kids can.

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Jul 17, 2013

Would most of my constituents qualify for that?

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Jul 17, 2013

As we have heard before, the focus of this discussion draft is protecting consumers and protecting taxpayers.

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Jul 17, 2013

The PATH Act also will end the bailouts of Fannie and Freddie.

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Jul 17, 2013

We need more rental housing options to keep up with the demand. Yet this proposal does the opposite: reducing liquidity; increasing building costs; and driving up working families' rent.

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Jul 16, 2013

But, Mr. Administrator, if you have all the technology in the world, but people refuse to use it or won't use it for any good number of reasons----

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Jul 16, 2013

I am starting to wonder to myself, especially now with sequester, if we are not going to be able to do...

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Jul 16, 2013

I would urge you not to scale back your monetary stimulus until it is absolutely clear that the now-fragile recovery will hold.

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