Maurice Hinchey: “We have seen a manipulation of the lending practices in this country now going back for almost a decade.”

We have now gone 11 weeks and still there hasn't been any action in committee or on this House floor on anything resembling a jobs plan from our friends here in the majority. In fact, we've seen just the opposite. Economists are estimating…

How much time do we have remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 2 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Michigan has 3 minutes remaining.

At a time when our country is facing record deficits and the oil industry can't count their money fast enough, oil drillers in the Gulf of Mexico are getting away with highway robbery because of mistakes that were made many years ago. Oil…

I yield myself the balance of my time. The circumstance that we are dealing with is to continue the progress that we have made. We have provided health care for people through Medicare and Medicaid. The opposition here in this district…