All businesses in America, large and small, should be fairly and predictably regulated, including those companies in the financial services industry. Now, Mr. Speaker, when the real estate market collapsed in 2008, Washington did what it…

I appreciate the opportunity to speak on behalf of my bill, and I am grateful to you for moving this very important bipartisan bill through the House Financial Services Committee. I also want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the…

To the gentlewoman from California and to the other side of the aisle, I do want to make sure I make a few things clear. First of all, I am not sure if it was the gentlewoman or someone else saying: Why in the dickens would we divert…

The missiles that I was referring to are very clear to the gentlewoman from California. They deal specifically with the Iran nuclear deal, which is a dangerous deal for this world and for this country. It has nothing to do with any issue…

The dangerous Iran nuclear deal that was put together a year and a half or 2 years ago has absolutely nothing to do with exposing the wealth that has cumulated through corruption by the top 70 to 80 Iranian political and military leaders…

I speak today and rise in support of the rule for H.R. 1638, the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Hensarling also for moving this very important bipartisan piece of legislation through the…

I did want to respond to the gentlewoman from California and to other folks who are on the other side of this bill. First of all, I think it is very clear to the world that the Iranian Government has been cheating on the nuclear deal…

Can the gentlewoman repeat the question again? I didn't understand it.

Hoping that these folks also abandon their support of terrorism by not shedding light on their corruption doesn't make any sense. Hope, Mr. Chairman, is not a national security strategy. My bill makes sure that Congress gets its priorities…

The citizens of Iran and the people of the world should know how much wealth has been accumulated by these chief sponsors of terrorism and what the money is being used for. Companies across the globe looking to possibly do business with…

What difference does that have to do with the---- Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I will tell Mr. Poliquin what difference it makes. Here we are with threats from North Korea and the President of the…

For generations, Maine families have enjoyed the great outdoors. That means hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking. That is part of who we are as a people. That is part of our way of life. Part of that way of life is responsibly and…

I thank the chairman. He forgot pine trees, but that is okay. Mr. Speaker, I am thrilled to stand up and support H.R. 1699, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, and I salute Congressman Andy Barr from Kentucky to bring this…

I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this very important bill. Mr. Speaker, Maine is vacationland. We have a population in Maine of only 1.3 million people, but every year we have about 40 million visitors to our great State. We have…

I thank Mr. Harper for the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Jackie Speier, a Democrat from California, and Barbara Comstock, a Republican from Virginia, for providing leadership on this issue…

Is the standard of care at the VA the same standard of care that you should receive or a patient should receive at a non-VA hospital?

I thank the chairman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I am very grateful that the House will be voting on this commonsense piece of legislation tonight. I am very proud to represent the Houlton Band of the Maliseet Indians in Houlton…

I am pleased to join 1.3 million fellow Mainers in celebrating National Forest Products Week. Mr. Speaker, our great State is 90 percent covered by healthy, sustainable forests which support more than 30,000 good-paying jobs. Now…

we are very concerned that we continue to make sure in the rural part of our country--where about 40 percent of our population lives, roughly--have access to the health care they have earned and they so deserve.

How can we make sure this is not a continuing problem, Mr. Secretary?

we should not be in the luxury hotel business in Europe.

It looks like some of these folks acted--three in particular have been mentioned today--acted to sell their stock before the breach was announced, about a month before, to escape loss in the stocks that they own which is the stock in your…

Confidence. We have business--out of 15-year business confidence at a 15-year high. We have consumers who are confident about the new direction for a growing economy with more jobs and fatter paychecks.

I am also very concerned about the perception of wrongdoing when it comes to our securities laws.

You folks collect all the sensitive information and you sell it to banks and automobile dealers and what have you to make sure they get accurate credit reports and money can flow through the economy and families can buy homes and get…