John Delaney

That is precisely what this designation does, which is why so many Democrats supported this bill, because we believe, as do many of my Republican colleagues, that the mission of FSOC is worthy and that we should be empowering FSOC to do…

I want to thank you for your service to our country and your continued service to so many men and women who have served our country who need someone to be looking out for them.

I had firsthand experience with this prior to coming to Congress. I started two businesses as private companies, and they both became publicly traded companies. I shared ownership in those companies broadly with my team. It was very good…

The Metro board governance model has failed. We need new governance.

Maintenance is never exciting. It's not sexy. But it is a disaster when the worst happens.

I think we need to find some way to tap into their energy and their intellectual capital in a way that helps us launch into the 21st century.

Metro has been underfunded, and it has lacked a reliable source of funding, which has created greater uncertainty.

Metro is an organization in crisis with significant deficiencies around safety, around reliability, around customer service, and around financial management.

I think this very troubling incident is one of the many reasons we have to have more people out of the back office and on the front lines.

If I were king for the day, I would take the tax benefit you described and use that to pay for, or help pay for, the EITC.

I want to thank my colleague and my friend from Texas for accepting this amendment. I want to thank my colleague from New York and my colleague from Florida for their support of their amendment and their insight into this issue. Again, I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, after line 15, insert the following: (7) The United States has reduced its oil consumption over the…

There are no easy answers, but there may be simple solutions.

I want to thank the chairman for his support and, once again, thank him for his singular leadership and for his insights into the importance of the Fisher House program. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment so that we can build…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $7,463,000)''. Page 88, line 16, after the…

I was unable to cast my vote on rollcalls Nos. 265 through 269. Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 265, I would have voted ``aye.'' Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 266, I would have voted ``yea.'' Had I been present to…

But I think there are two things, the first is that I think we have to stop with the false choices between small and big businesses.

That is what we have here. We have unrealistic expectations, a series of bad decisions, and, if this were to be followed, a bad outcome.

Again, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment. I thank my colleagues for supporting it here on the floor. As I said in the beginning, whenever the government, the private sector, and the nonprofit community work together, we get…

I want to thank the gentleman from Colorado for his support of the amendment. I yield 1 minute to my colleague from Virginia (Mr. Scott), the ranking member.

We made sure we had a culture of accountability so if people actually broke the rules there were real consequences.

I believe it is extraordinarily important that the process for designation and the communication and the transparency be done to the highest standard possible.

My response to the ranking member is that I have great confidence in the Fisher House team's ability to handle the funds. I think this is an example of where we need to get ahead of the need and not be behind some of the needs, but I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $24,000,000)''. Page 88, line 6, after the…