I want to thank the gentleman for his amendment. I did not have as illustrious a military career as he had, but in the sixties I was proud to serve our country. There is something that troubles me a lot, and I have to say it. There is…

I think that if an-- Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I am asking the gentleman: Name me an agency here that should not be doling out--

We finally found something we agree on again. This is becoming a habit. We want to keep Wall Street in its place. I wish the gentleman would help us with empowering the SEC to do so. Dodd-Frank does not designate any entity as ``too big to…

This amendment has the same purpose as the amendment we just debated, that is, to undermine the Iran agreement and penalize American manufacturing companies. We have already gone over this, but it is worth repeating. The JCPOA closed the…

I am going to start backwards here. We are not going to call for a vote on this, and the reason for it is, when people read your amendment, they are going to realize someone didn't write it correctly. It doesn't speak to the IRS. It…

This is about the Iran deal, and you could paint it any way you want. Anyone can say what they want about it, but it is about a deal that people would like to destroy. And so any opportunity we find, we do it. The charts that you showed…

This is an ambiguous and punitive amendment which could prevent the Bureau from making seniors, servicemembers, and students aware of predatory financial practices, interrupt the Bureau's ability to work with consumer advocates and the…

It is amazing. I think it could be December 31 of this year and we would still be trying to find a way to make the President look bad. That is what this is about. It is about this President having an administration. If it was up to some on…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

I don't, as you can see, have much to say on this because it is really an interesting situation. It is an amendment looking for a problem that doesn't exist. It is an amendment looking for the possibility that the President--there we go…

It is amazing to hear the other side protecting the right of the SEC to do its work when the budget and the bill show just the opposite. This amendment is yet another attack on the independence and efficacy of the Securities and Exchange…