I thank Chairman Casey for holding today's hearing to examine the most recent data on the employment situation across America.

I want to thank you for calling this hearing.

It is a tremendous problem in our country.

we have an important responsibility in this committee to thoroughly investigate allegations of waste, fraud and abuse.

In their current forms, property disposal bills H.R. 665 and H.R. 1734 pose serious concerns for homeless service providers.

Mexico is our neighbor, our ally and our friend; yet U.S. weapons are arming the world's most violent and powerful international drug cartels, costing the lives of 40,000 Mexicans in the last 4--5 years.

Guns to Mexico from the United States has been a problem for an awful long time.

I want to thank the chairman for his apology, but I can attest to the fact, Mr. Chairman, that when the gentlelady and I introduced our recent bill, she basically said what she just said, that she had no problem.

A lot of people are ending up who never thought that they would be in a homeless shelter or walking the streets without a home, they are there today.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in opposition to the amendment, and I rise in strong opposition to this bill. This misguided legislation seeks to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on its birthday, before it even…

There are a whole lot of people who really, really appreciate you and what you stand for.

there's absolutely no doubt that you bring to this agency something that is so very, very important, and that is passion.

You have already had a tremendous impact on families and generations yet unborn.

Thank you for all that you are, but also thank you for all that you are not.

And I know you share my concerns and all of our concerns. And so I really appreciate this.

I move, pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 2(k)(6), that the committee authorize subpoenas for documents from the five mortgage servicing companies that have not been responsive.

Whose side are we on?

They did not necessarily have their day in court, and they have faced financial ruin.

We are talking about the five banks where the minority requested information and these banks did not provide us, Mr. Chairman, with one syllable of information.

Professor Warren is on the side of these service members, these homeowners, and their families.

Mr. Tierney is absolutely correct, we are talking about the custodian of the records.

we have to treat this as if we are the most skilled heart surgeon performing the most delicate operation so that we do the treatment and give the reform that will allow Medicare to live as opposed to allow the patient to die.

If you got a senior who is 65 years old with no--who has diabetes and who has heart disease, I asked the question, who is going to insure them?

do you all see a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare system, and do you--you know, those are words that we hear over and over again, I mean every year.

Seniors should not bear the burden of cost shifting disguised as reform.