Mike Capuano

If the market were functioning well, this could never have happened, Mr. Munoz, never have happened.

Representative Larsen and I have introduced H.R. 1420, the Know Before you Fly Act, 2 months ago.

Today Ranking Member Larsen and I are requesting a GAO study of what more Congress and the DOT can do to remedy what has gone wrong with the airline system.

We have a problem that shouldn't be as bad and unpleasant as it is.

A problem with the flying experience is, across the board, we all know it is a terrible experience.

The flying experience is like everything else in life. The truth is, my flying experience is reasonable 90 percent of the time.

We need simple language disclosure and transparency in these contracts of carriage.

I think there is at least one thing they understand, there are a couple, but I think there is one in particular, and that is shareholder activism.

I just get shocked, because I was always under the impression that the Republican tenets were all about, it is mine, you can't use it if it is mine.

I think that is what I would like to do. Again, I am not sure of the number.

There are so many bad things in this bill that the truth is there is part of me that doesn't even think we should bother talking about it, because there is no way this bill can be fixed enough to make it worth discussing.

You do realize they are using you, they are hiding behind you.

I am a community bank guy. All my money that I have, my personal money, my campaign money, my wife's money, it is all in community banks.

This bill would erase all of the progress we have made since then and put us on the road back to economic ruin.

What we came up with with PTC was a pretty good compromise.

I am not afraid of regulations, but I am not in favor of over-regulation.

I am for effective, robust, clear, least-intrusive, safe, and reasonable regulations, and nothing more. But, then again, nothing less.

I think I have entered the bizarro world now.

They really hate you, don't they?

Let's be honest: You and your agency are called here 62 times not to have the typical oversight that is our responsibility, but to beat the hell out of you and to try to make sure we get rid of this agency.

The people on the other side of the aisle have now become the sole and perfect defenders of workers' rights, women's rights, and minority rights.

I reject these misguided attacks on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and I will continue to stand up for the hardworking American consumers that the agency defends every day.

I will not be apologetic for my votes for pro-growth policies like the stimulus.

I just don't get it. How do bread lines and austerity serve our constituents?

I think those were timely and provide additional accountability and stability to the financial system.