I am very pleased that these protections are also provided in H.R. 1782.

The legislation allows for specific assignment of lease and a Section 8 voucher contract to the immediate successor.

I have a bill that gives 90 days after foreclosure for people to stay in the property.

I think that one of the real questions as we proceed with this legislation is whether or not it is effective, does it really work, what are the metrics we would apply to determine whether it works, how do we know if this effort is working?

Let me also express my appreciation to you, Senator Kerry, for traveling to Gaza last week to see first-hand the situation on the ground.

President Obama's commitment to initiate a new partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interest is a groundbreaking olive branch to the 1.5 billion Muslims in the world.

Let me start by thanking Chairman John Kerry and ranking member Richard Lugar for holding this important hearing today.

If the gentleman wants to debate the issue, he can get his own time for that.

I just wanted to give voice to it because it is true that there is a general concern about the state of our financial services industry.

I can't claim that I was surprised. But, you know, the fact is, is that people are going to express various points of view. You know, I just keep saying that we have got to come together as a country, and that diversity is a great strength…

We can't say that we are going to be intolerant, when that's what the terrorists say.