I'm talking about a strategy that brings in the military element, that brings in the diplomatic element, that brings in the economic element.

Congress is the only entity that can designate wilderness, the only entity under the law.

Let me first start off, sort of, by saying this is the first meeting of the Subcommittee on International Development, Foreign Assistance, and International Environmental Protection, and Economic Affairs.

Business Development Companies (BDCs), which are regulated under the Investment Company Act, support more than 10,000 jobs in my home State of New Jersey.

Would it be useful for Congress to clarify the Department's authority along the lines of the amendment that I circulated to you and others?

Well, let me ask you, you have twice been criticized by your own Inspector General for keeping, quote, "a light touch," light for too long when banks under your watch were getting in trouble.

So my question is would you support a plan that would ensure that the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences would provide studies to the Department before they made a determination better understanding the potential…

If oil and gas companies are not using the leases they have now, I'd like to know why they need more leases in environmentally and economically sensitive areas.

Families like this army sergeant are all over America waiting for their lender or servicer to strike an agreement.

I want to commend you and the administration for taking the housing crisis seriously and developing a proposal that I think lays the foundation for some real relief to American families.

I am reminded of the Fed's failure to implement the law Congress passed in 1994 to protect consumers and regulate mortgage lending practices.

So are you telling the Committee that what you have already--you collectively, the Federal Reserve, the administration, Treasury--what you have announced, if implemented well, will be sufficient to meet our challenge? Or are there other…