Political Quotes

“I thank Mr. Tipton for managing the floor today on this important bill. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of the Financial Services Committee, Mr. Hensarling, for moving this very important bill, H.R. 2255, through the committee and on to the House floor. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate and thank Mr. Trott, a terrific representative from the State of Michigan, for all of his work on this bill to help families and charitable organizations throughout our country. Mr. Speaker, the great State of Maine that I represent, the rural part of our State, has the oldest average age in the country. We love our seniors. I know not only in Maine, but across the country, they are very special parts of our society. My parents are 89 and 87. I am very involved in their lives, especially in their healthcare. I worry, Mr. Speaker, about our seniors. I worry about their healthcare. I worry about their safety. And one more thing I worry about, Mr. Speaker, is about them becoming victims of financial scams. Now, this happens throughout our country, and has increasingly so, such that, today, almost $3 billion is the result of scamming our seniors every single year. I will tell you, these con men, Mr. Speaker, become very creative. In particular, one type of scam that I have learned about just absolutely hits me home. A grandmother receives an email from, supposedly, a granddaughter, and this granddaughter is stuck overseas in a country where she has been traveling.…”