Today the majority will seek to draw parallels between Greece's financial troubles and those of the United States.

A Member of Congress from the State of Maryland, Opening Statement.

I am in support of important legislation on Federal real property disposal. I believe that we have found a bipartisan solution to the deficiencies that currently exist in real property management in H.R. 665. The Federal Government has…

Yesterday the House Republicans released a budget proposal to cut $5.3 trillion over the next ten years to end Medicare as we know it and shift costs to seniors and give further tax rates to corporations.

I think we have to be very careful with those because basically what he has asked you is to go back and to look into that.

the Republicans have been touting the drill, baby, drill, as if that is going to reduce gas prices.

the Department's entire loan guarantee program as a 'broad scandal' that 'has been driven by political favoritism, accusations of pay-to-play relationships.'

I also thank you for all of your hard work on behalf of your district and for all Americans who are going through this dreadful thing called foreclosure.

But there is something that used to happen, and I hope it is not still happening, where people would go to the library, fax their papers in to you all, and then they check on them and they get no response.

And I just wanted to say we are going to hold you to that.

People should be able to get now lower interest rates and people should have... an opportunity to take advantage of those rates.

I would encourage you all to find ways to get that done.

the best way to end the housing crisis, help homeowners, and save taxpayers money.

I sincerely thank you for bringing this hearing to Brooklyn.

I want an even higher standard than the 1 percent. I want zero.

Let me make it very clear that if there is one dime of money that is not going where it is supposed to go, there is nobody I think in this room, and particularly not on this side of the aisle or the other, that would stand for that.

House Republicans have cut $127 billion out of this program. That means that they would eliminate food assistance to some 8 million people.

the reality is that the Coast Guard does not have enough money to do everything they are asked to do.

You could be looking for the next 10 years.

I want to briefly review the situation at MARAD.

Perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure the safety of the cruise industry in the United States... is to ensure that the hard one gains and the Coast Guard and Marine Safety Program are not lost.

Cummings, this is just as important to us that we have safety on our ships as it is to you.

I call them the thin blue line at sea, and also I express my concern and prayers and condolences for the losses that we have suffered here recently.

I concluded that there is not one syllable that you stated that I disagree with.

I chaired the Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, and I am sure you are familiar with the Deepwater Project.