I think it is really interesting to think about community policing and those dynamics, and I am very concerned about the reduction in resources to local law enforcement.

I think most importantly, we should be doing tax reform in a bipartisan way so that we have a lasting structural change to the code that can provide small firms with the certainty they need to grow their business.

Interestingly enough about the President's budget, where he professed to eliminate the estate tax, he kept the revenue from it.

Ben Franklin once famously said, 'If we don't all hang together, surely we will hang separately.'

I am appalled that the Winnebago Tribe still does not have a facility that is CMS-certified. That is not acceptable.

I think this Committee shares that frustration that we aren't making progress. We need benchmarks and then levels of accountability.

It would be ongoing.

It sort of makes me sad that on top of doing things like introducing new basic banking, checking account, and some things that serve our consumers more effectively, we have to have the HMDA preparation as a major initiative.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, and I want to take a little credit for Mr. Grooms, too, because you represent my State.

We need you guys to tell that story more.

I thank my good friend the Senator from Minnesota. She just exists to the east of me. We share a common border, but we also share a common belief that Washington is not devoid of ideas. Somehow, it has just lost the capacity to bring those…

I think way too often in Washington, DC, we deal with the problem that is immediate in front of us, only to look up and see a crisis looming.