This bipartisan bill would encourage job creation by providing States with more flexibility to help unemployed individuals collect paychecks instead of benefit checks.

I firmly believe that we must place progress over politics and work together to end the job-crushing politics that have consumed Washington and choked progress toward economic recovery.

Our job as their representatives should be to set them up for success, not to make their lives more difficult.

If they cannot rely on their local and regional financial institutions to provide liquidity, they will not be able to help our economy grow.

I want to be clear; we are not talking about reducing credit standards. I strongly support strong underwriting standards...

Credit is the lifeblood of our economy. Access to credit is what allows entrepreneurs to create businesses...

I would like to hear what has been done to end 'too-big-to-fail' and rein in the reckless behavior that led to the financial crisis.

I believe I can say we would be concerned with that type of lending activity.

Do the financial institutions that you regulate which offer short-term, low-dollar loans require the borrower to have above-average credit?

What I think we would like to see is the creation... of a Federal agency that can issue very robust guidelines.

I have introduced legislation, H.R. 6125, to ensure that information can be shared among regulators in a manner that ensures confidentiality and privilege protection stay in place.