I certainly appreciate the comments of the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Eshoo), who has been an incredible leader on this issue.

Allowing Fannie and Freddie to pass on massive profits to their shareholders and huge bonuses to their executives and employees while sticking taxpayers with losses was a huge mistake and it should never be repeated.

I want to thank my friends Mr. Schweikert and Ms. Eshoo for their work on this bipartisan bill to help small companies grow and expand. As we all know, the American people want to see Congress working together to strengthen our economy and…

I currently do not have additional speakers; so I reserve the balance of my time.

The American people need to see our Congress taking meaningful action to help grow our economy. America is tired of too much partisanship out of Washington, and they want to see Republicans and Democrats working together on bipartisan…

I represent a community that has an unemployment rate well in excess of 20 percent.

I want to know what it means by 'in particular.' What is your hope for that program and how will you assess it?

I certainly understand the important role that derivatives play in our economy.

As a member of the Dodd-Frank Conference Committee, I worked to ensure that Title VII struck the appropriate balance.

I have concerns about some provisions in the new bill that I believe would undermine these vital reform efforts.

There is little evidence to justify a wholesale expansion.

I want to thank the gentlelady from Illinois, my friend and my colleague, and of course, the chairwoman of the subcommittee, for holding this hearing and for keeping housing voucher reform on the agenda.

I hope that we can focus on those points of agreement instead of dwelling on the issues that divide us.

The risks of this proposal far outweigh the potential rewards.

As a former lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserve, I rise to applaud the repeal of the discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. This backward policy has turned away over 14,000 able-bodied men and women from our…

I come from the Greater Detroit area, which has been especially hard hit from this recession. When many wanted to let the auto industry fail, I stood with President Obama, and now the Big Three auto companies are once again earning profits…

I'm pleased today to rise in support of H.R. 440, a bill to establish a special envoy to promote religious freedom of religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. As a cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation and as a…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, imagine a wave of arson attacks was burning down houses and businesses across the city. And then imagine if the city council…

I rise to support the Connolly-Peters amendment because times of fiscal restraint force us to prioritize. However, I am disappointed that the Republican bill prioritizes the needs of extremely profitable private companies over the…

While the America Invents Act makes a number of important changes to our patent system which are targeted at reducing the USPTO's backlogs and driving innovation, I believe that we must do more to help our Nation's small businesses compete…

I just appreciate the support for this amendment. It is an important amendment that will give us information we can then use to support our small businesses as they're doing business abroad, and I urge its adoption. I yield back the…

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 139, insert the following after line 12 and redesignate succeeding sections (and conform the table of…

It's legislation that has support from the business community, the environmental community and the labor movement. We must stop voting on bills like the ones the majority is offering that pit priorities against each other, and, instead, we…

I thank my friend from Massachusetts for yielding me time, and I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous question. The bills proposed by the Republican leadership today, H.R. 1229 and H.R. 1231, do nothing to lower the high gas…

The people in Michigan are clear: Our number one priority is jobs. And yet the Republican majority here in Washington is once again ignoring the economy and pushing a bill that raises taxes and attacks women's health care choices. Current…