I object, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. The Clerk will read. The Clerk continued to read. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.

Who will ultimately pay the price if fiduciary standards are broadly applied with little regard to the cost or restrictions on choice that would come with it?

Again and again we have heard from this President and this administration that we need to embrace an ``all-of- the-above'' approach when it comes to meeting and supplying our country's energy needs. At the end of the day, this has simply…

The first thing I would like to note is that the discussion draft amending Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Act that I have circulated is just that, a draft.

We support her effort as a sensible proposal that we believe will lead to better rulemaking by the SEC.

On Friday May 17, 2013, I was in St. Louis, Missouri celebrating the graduation of my son, Stephen Wagner. Stephen is graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, and today was his commencement ceremony. Due to this lifetime event…

On Thursday May 16, 2013, I was in St. Louis, Missouri celebrating children's graduations. My son, Stephen Wagner today graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, and my daughter, Mary Ruth Wagner, has a Baccalaureate Mass for…

Dodd-Frank and the OLA did not end too-big-to-fail and in many ways have actually made the problem worse

I thank the gentleman from Indiana for yielding and for organizing these Special Orders this evening. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 45, a bill that will repeal the President's devastating health care reform law, commonly…

hardworking American taxpayers should never again be forced to foot the bill for the failure of a financial institution

the so-called Orderly Liquidation Authority included in Dodd-Frank violates both of these principles

Today, I want to honor a legendary man, a loyal soldier in the battle for freedom in this great country--Chip Gerdes of my neighboring State of Illinois. Chip suddenly passed away this morning in his home, where he was a loving father and…

We have seen these political games played before with sequestration, and the American people have responded unfavorably every time. This decision to furlough air traffic controllers by the FAA is no different. Staff shortages as a result…

Absolutely. And I will tell you, it puts the job back in the people's House--we, the people. This is not governance by fiat. We were sent here by our districts across the country to pass commonsense legislation and to get the government…

There are tens of thousands of Americans who have been turned away who are suffering and sick and ill with preexisting conditions, and I hope we're going to address this tomorrow. Do you know what we're going to do? We are going to defund…

We thank the gentlelady from Alabama for putting the Special Order together, for really caring about all Americans and about what's important to them, as you said, sitting around the kitchen table. It's about making life work. And at the…

I'd be pleased to. Thanks so much for sponsoring this Special Order and talking about making life better and for working Americans across this country. I'm a proud freshman Member of the 113th Congress, and we were elected to tackle the…

Absolutely. We're all reminded, with tax day having just passed, that we do need a Tax Code that is fairer, that is simpler, that we don't have to hire accountants and lawyers and go through thousands of pages of code in order to comply…

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for yielding and for hosting this Special Order on the importance of America's coal industry. Mr. Speaker, I rise to discuss the importance of coal in Missouri. There is no denying that coal has played a…

I am as dismayed as anyone that the SEC has put what I consider a lid on innovation and investment in their inaction surrounding Title II.

Ever since the JOBS Act was passed a little over a year ago, the mood amongst entrepreneurs and investors in the St. Louis area... has gone from excitement and anticipation to one of frustration and bewilderment at the SEC's inability to…

It is easy to lose sight about who exactly is impacted by misguided regulations.

Every day families in Missouri's Second Congressional District create budgets, set priorities, and live within their means. Yet Senate Democrats have failed to pass a budget in 4 years, and President Obama refuses to submit his budget on…

The current situation, as has been brought up previously, with the taxpayers backing over 90 percent of the new mortgages, is both unacceptable and untenable.

The 113th Congress was elected to tackle the ``big problems''--and there is no bigger problem facing our country right now than getting hardworking Americans back to work with the skills they need to compete in a very tough economy. Today…