There isn't a person up here that doesn't understand what is going on politically in this country and the hidden nature of what is affecting campaigns today.

I wanted to implore that Treasury, in its rule-making, find a way to distinguish between banks that were the worst abusers versus those that maintained stellar records.

I agree with the members on both sides of the aisle here who don't want to target any group based on political ideology, or any kind of ideology.

It is no secret that a few big Wall Street banks... have actually been expanding in our economy.

Are you looking at those institutions around the country that actually performed very prudently...

I have full confidence, Secretary Lew, that you... will help get us back on that path.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the U.S. Department of Justice for finally taking some substantive action against one of the credit rating agencies, Standard & Poor's, for its role in causing the greatest economic crisis since the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call attention to a report by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or SIGTARP, about compensation at bailed-out companies, bailed-out Wall Street companies, their excessive…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, President Obama struck several important themes. None was strategically more vital than making America energy-independent again. Then he referenced the related challenge of climate change and its impact on life on…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of Hurricane Sandy relief wherever it is needed. I want to offer my voice of support to the people of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and all others impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Its…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Tonight, the American people's hopes are for this Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to meet our Nation's financial obligations to give some certainty to our financial markets and to keep our…