Gary Peters

Affordable high-speed Internet is an issue that we are all hearing about back in our districts.

Removing this critical flexibility is a detriment to rural communities like those that I represent in West Virginia.

I want you to be clear that this hearing is about whether or not we are going to reauthorize this Bank.

We are not just talking about one group of employees, and I am very, very sympathetic and empathetic to them.

I would like to take a minute and thank Representatives Denny Heck and William Lacy Clay, who have just yesterday introduced a clean Ex-Im reauthorization bill with 200 original Democratic cosponsors.

Supporting companies like SpaceX is critical because they are bringing manufacturing jobs back and they ensure the United States will remain a world leader in the manufacturing economy of the future.

It is a company that has been strongly supported by the majority leader-elect, Kevin McCarthy, who went so far as to call its founder, Elon Musk, the Wright Brothers of the next generation.

Mr. Chairman, did you know there are 12 exporters in your district that I guess are crony capitalists and 11 of them are small businesses?

I am dismayed to see that the Republican leader-elect, Kevin McCarthy, has also changed his view on the Export-Import Bank.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

So in Dodd-Frank, Congress directed the SEC to study whether having different standards of care for broker-dealers and registered investment advisors could create some confusion for investors.

I believe that any new regulatory framework for broker-dealers, and investment advisors must protect the interest of retail investors, retirement plan participants, and sponsors from unfair and deceptive practices as they seek investment…

During my time in Congress, my top priority has been ensuring that small businesses have the tools they need to grow, especially access to capital.

We need to work together to ensure that Dodd-Frank implementation protects consumers and our economy as a whole without cutting off access to capital to small businesses.

During my time in Congress, my top priority has been ensuring that small businesses have the tools they need to grow, especially access to capital.

I would like to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly) for his comments and certainly for his support of what I think is a very practical, commonsense bill that deals with an issue that we need to address. And I think it is very…

In June of this year, 230 House Members, including 30 Members who are on this committee, including myself, sent a letter to the President calling for currency manipulation disciplines to actually be written into the TPP.

Currency manipulation has cost millions of jobs in the United States and many of those jobs were in my home State of Michigan.

I sent a letter to the Administration in December of 2011 which argued that Japan should not be included in the TPP negotiations until they open up their market to U.S. automobiles.

I have raised a number of concerns about Japan's entry into the trade talks until they open their markets, particularly to U.S. autos.

Affordable, responsible homeownership is a cornerstone of the American middle class and vibrant communities across our great Nation.

We need to put an end to the taxpayer-funded bailouts, but we must also ensure that responsible, hardworking families can still achieve the dream of homeownership.

It seems to me, too, as I have watched the IMF and policies here on the Hill over the years, that there has always been a lot of bipartisan support from Congress and certainly from Administrations in the White House no matter who was in…

I think the role of the IMF was extraordinarily important in the global recovery from the very severe financial crisis of 2008.

As you know, the IMF was originally created to help strengthen our European partners in the wake of World War II and to help ensure that they would be strong, healthy democracies.