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 North Carolina will be postponed. {time} 1910 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Loebsack The…

If you think we are in trouble now, if you get the politics and the Congress involved in transactions with foreign governments and the decisions about how we get ourselves out of this unemployment situation, if we have some answers about…

I thank the gentleman. Let me say, first, that this bill is not about sunshine and it's not about transparency. It is about dissatisfaction that some individuals have with the mandate that Congress has given to the Federal Reserve. The…

I just want to be clear that Mr. Frank and I both voted against the bill that you're talking about, so don't try to make it sound like it's Mr. Frank's and my bill. We voted against the bill. This is Ron Paul's bill. We thought it was a…

I thank the ranking member for yielding time. I walked in on the last two speakers, neither of whom said anything I disagree with, except that I can't support the bill because of the pay- for that is in the bill. I'm convinced that we…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Of course I'm not from Virginia, I'm from North Carolina, but that happens to me and Bobby Scott all the time. We get confused with each other, States and personalities, because we sit beside each other…

One of the few important accomplishments of the 112th Congress thus far has been the passage of the America Invents Act, a comprehensive reform of the United States patent system which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on…

I thank the gentleman for yielding once again. And in response to my colleague from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), we have in fact been trying to work out our differences. The problem is that his definition of protecting privacy is not as…

Later this week, the United States Senate is scheduled to consider the President's nomination of Richard Cordray as the person to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And while our rules don't allow us to meddle much in the…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding time. I regret that I have to be the skunk at the party today in opposition to this bill. While I support innovation on the Web, I do not support it at the expense of consumer privacy. I…

I'm pleased to welcome Reverend Dr. Cathy C. Jones as the guest chaplain today for the United States House of Representatives. Since July, 2009, Dr. Jones has served as pastor of Parkwood Institutional CME Church, which is located in my…

We didn't have a balanced budget amendment then. We acted responsibly, and not with a single vote from the people who are here lecturing us today and saying they need a balanced budget to stand behind. That's like standing behind my…