Bruce F. Vento: “The gentleman from Minnesota does not want it all, but he wants a level playing field to permit banks that are national…”

I just want to comment. I think it is regrettable. At the end of the session we do not need this type of polarization. I appreciate the gentleman from Utah attempting to mollify some of the provisions in the bill that are troublesome, but…

I was one that voted against the transfer of this money, because I am concerned about housing and the problems that we have had with the ownership and the goals of ownership of housing in the Nation and did not want to take away from the…

These are all very real and very dangerous threats facing our wilderness system--threats that Congress has the power to stop.

I would say that this half trillion dollars of illegal money that is washing through our society through our banks needs to be regulated, needs to be addressed. We need to provide the law enforcement and Treasury and other specific…