I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

I would strongly disagree with my colleague on the other side of the aisle. Those of us or those who have visited our great State know that we have a pristine natural environment. It is part of our brand, Mr. Chairman. It is something that…

Maine is home to the most skilled woodworkers on Earth, but ObamaCare's medical device tax is killing our jobs. Hardwood Products and Puritan companies in Guilford have been family- run businesses for nearly 100 years. 450 hard-working…

I know that Dodd-Frank is a smothering regulation that is reducing the available credit among lots of players in your space.

We have to--as a country, I believe, stay on offense when it comes to a lot of these issues.

This is an organization, a regulator that has tentacles throughout our economy into all of our families' homes, all of our small businesses.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $44,000,000)''. Page 6, line 20, after the dollar amount…

There is no free lunch, Mr. Hochberg, everybody knows that.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate it very much. Although I do believe, sir, that jobs are more important than counting people, we will use the full authority of our office to help our workers at the Madison Mill to make sure that we do…

It is really critical that we stay as a country on offense; we must prevent this risk from coming to our homeland.

The threat of terrorism around the world is also to disrupt our quality of life, our way of life, our prosperity, and our freedoms.

I am very concerned that this wide net of Dodd-Frank is now about to engulf them and designate them as SIFI organizations.

The bloodline of our economy... is in part the financial services industry and the capital markets.

I would also like to encourage you to resist any temptation from the Federal Reserve or the Department of Labor... it will only hurt the people we are trying to help.

America's free market, capitalist system has produced some tremendous lifestyles and standards of living for millions of Americans.

What gives you the right, or anybody who works for you the right, or your agency the right, to tell businesses who are operating legally in this country...

I hope you will speak up, to make sure the pension fund business, the mutual fund business... won't be held under this umbrella because it will only hurt them.

I would just encourage you, Mr. Ceresney, as you go through this process, to make sure you are looking out for these middle-class families who are trying to prepare for their retirement by being fair to the people who are brought before…

A huge congratulations to the New England Patriots for winning Super Bowl XLIX--surgical passes from quarterback Tom Brady, a thunderous spike by tight end Rob Gronkowski, and a crucial goal line interception by rookie cornerback Malcolm…

When you have huge agencies like HUD that are responsible for doing good things for the American people, but abuse and misuse taxpayer dollars...

Those of us who have been blessed with children in the back of our minds always fear for their health and their safety. Maine is one of the safest States in America. Even so, our families have not been immune to the horror of child…

I hope that one day we can get the government out of the homeowner business and get it back in the private sector where it belongs.

Don't you think it is appropriate, sir, that Fannie and Freddie, especially organizations of this size that are backstopped by the taxpayers, also ought to live by the same rules as our nongovernment financial institutions when it comes to…

Compared to last summer, hardworking Maine families are saving $20 with every fill-up of their vehicles. The $1,000 annual savings is buying almost 2 months of groceries for a family of four. This winter, many of our families are saving an…

For generations, the hardworking families of Maine's Second District have balanced their checkbooks at the kitchen table. It is time our Federal Government does the same. A balanced budget amendment to our Constitution will finally force…