Blaine Luetkemeyer

What we have is a problem where there is this blanket policy, as the DOJ spokesman has indicated.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR. It…

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 6, after line 21, insert the following new section: SEC. 7. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--The…

Ms. Lerner had a political bent. She obviously was trying to be punitive in the way she looked at the conservative groups.

From extreme flooding to extreme drought, the United States has been hit very hard over the past few years. The families who live and work along the Missouri River have endured great hardship. Though it's one of our Nation's greatest…

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 the funds made available by this Act may…

The Missouri and Mississippi River basins have faced major challenges over the past few years due to both extreme flooding and droughts. This devastation, combined with the sluggish economy and our aging inland waterways infrastructure…

I have an amendment at the dais. 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 in this Act…

Earlier today the Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's widespread collection and use of data. At this time, Washington is flooded with…

they are our job creators, and when you hamper them, you hamper the ability of them to produce the jobs that are going to get us out of this mess.

Thank you, Congresswoman Hartzler. It's always good to work with another fellow Member from Missouri, the Show Me State, where we can give some folks a little insight as to what's going on. Mr. Speaker, when I was growing up in rural…

The President's just-released budget calls for higher taxes, more spending, and bigger government, all of which would make it more difficult for hardworking Americans, like those in the Third District of Missouri, to find jobs. More…

Today it is my privilege to introduce Monsignor Robert A. Kurwicki as an esteemed guest to deliver the opening prayer of the United States House of Representatives. Monsignor Kurwicki is the Reverend Monsignor of the Cathedral of Saint…

I just want to again reiterate my thanks to the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman) for his hard work on this issue. I know we had a little bump in the road last fall when we were working on this, and it was through his efforts that we…

I want to again congratulate and thank the gentlelady from Wisconsin for her hard work on this issue. I know that it's something near and dear to her heart, and I think it's absolutely something that is a good way to approach this issue…

Thank you, Chairman Capito, for yielding. I rise today in strong support of the amended version of H.R. 5817, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. Under current law, all financial institutions are required to provide annual privacy…

Thank you, Chairwoman Capito, for yielding. Also, I want to thank Mr. Sherman for his fine remarks. We certainly will take no offense to a recorded vote and will not oppose that. We understand and support collegiality among ourselves…

I thank Chairwoman Capito. I would like to respond to some of the comments that have been made. First, I want to thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) for their work on the privacy…

I just want to close by inviting my colleague from New York to come to the district to see the landmarks that inspired Mark Twain to write about Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. And you can see from those landmarks where he got the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I rise in support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2453, the Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act. The underlying legislation, which passed the House by a vote of 408-4 on April 18 and the Senate…

If the problem--if there is no problem at the lower end of institutions that have very few transactions then that is not--then that problem--then we need to eliminate that because we are creating a problem instead of solving a problem.

Either you count it as an error or you don't.

I think we have a huge problem that needs to be at least looked at and worked with industry in some degree.

My major risks are not credit risks, risk of theft, or risk of some robber coming in with a gun in my office. My number one risk is Federal regulatory risk.

The rule is there or the law is there to solve a problem?