Marcy Kaptur

I wanted to follow on Congressman Visclosky's really excellent summary about the amounts of dollars we are spending as a country.

There has to be a way of explaining this, and until we do, I do not believe we will be successful as a country.

I thank the gentlelady. The agency is plagued by dramatic cost increases on nearly every major task under its jurisdiction. Given the nature of a continuing resolution, the Congress is unable to meaningfully weigh in on important issues…

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.

In 2010 there was a Supreme Court ruling, Citizens United, that allowed unlimited amounts of money, as you well know, to be assembled for political campaigns.

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.

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

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

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

Congressman Garamendi, I want to say I'm just so privileged to join three such dedicated Members whose States have been wise enough to send them here to Washington. Obviously Congressman Garamendi from northern California and Congressman…

I thank the gentleman. The appropriation bill would have resulted in 55,000 participants, predominantly seniors, being cut off vital nutrition assistance per month. So I'm pleased that this CR provides their necessary support. And while I…

I wish to speak to the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 20, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 28, line 16, after the dollar amount…

It seems to me it is important for the American people to understand the witnesses that are before us.

Are you aware of any of these allegations, and do you have a response to them?

Might I get some clarification on another small point? Because of some reporting in The Guardian newspaper in Britain, for whom do you work now?

Thousands of people lost their jobs when Lehman Brothers collapsed and many people lost money.

I actually think Congressman Waxman and myself could probably get together and find a lot of these corporate crony programs in the budget and agree to cut them.

The President believed that if we had rescued the banks, surely we should prevent the U.S. auto industry from being wiped out.

The economy was headed down at a very rapidly collapsing rate of 8.9 percent negative GDP.

Reclaiming my time, I want to thank the chairman very much for trying so hard and urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to look at the return on investment in one agent exacting justice for the American people with a return of $54…

That is morally and civilly unacceptable. Why should we give millionaires special tax rates, significantly lower for many of them, than what average working Americans pay?

Truthfully, the Republican budget is not a serious proposal to do so. Republican math actually ends up hurting people.

We need to grow this economy and not give any more bad starts or fitful starts to harm growth and to rein in the deficit and restore our financial health.