when you went to a local bank in Mansfield, OH, to buy a house 30, 40, or 50 years ago, you knew the lender, and the lender knew you. You saw him or her at the grocery store. Maybe they went to your church or synagogue. Your kids probably…

well, not exactly. Yesterday I spoke about the big banks that have violated our banking laws time and again, banks like Wells Fargo and Citigroup. I talked about foreign banks like Santander and Deutsche Bank--the President's personal…

Thank you, Mr. President. The legislation we are considering today has been portrayed as modest, not that big of a deal, that it doesn't matter that much, that it is something narrow to help community banks and credit unions and regional…

I ask unanimous consent that Reilly Steel, a fellow with the Banking Committee, be granted floor privileges during the pendency of S. 2155. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

10 years ago almost to the day, this country was on the verge of a financial crisis that would wreck the lives of millions of families. The experts--let's say the so-called experts--had their heads in the sand. They shrugged off the…

I would like to have been here today to offer strong bipartisan support for a bill that would help with rules and regulations for the smallest banks and credit unions in the country. There is a real effort on the part of a lot of us to…

The country is in its ninth year of economic recovery, though, as we know, 2017 marked the worst year for job creation since 2010.

Nationwide, the unemployment rate for African American workers is double that for whites workers--equal to the gap at the start of the civil rights movement.

I heard Republican after Republican say the tax cut was all about the middle class, yet 81 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent.

earlier today I talked to a server who worked in a restaurant in Northeast Ohio, in Trumbull County, north of Youngstown, and she is concerned, as I am, about a proposal from the U.S. Department of Labor that pretty much legalizes wage…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 3 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Those tax cuts are not free. As you know, Mr. Chairman, they will add over $1 trillion dollars to the deficit.

I hope in your conversations with the Chair of Supervision, Mr. Quarles, that you will insist that this is about the banks under 250.

Nationwide, the unemployment rate for black workers is double that for whites-equal to the gap at the start of the civil rights movement.

Despite the fact that we are 9 years removed from the recession, the Administration has embarked on a substantial fiscal stimulus, permanently slashing the corporate tax rate, and providing the largest benefits to the wealthiest Americans.

Instead of addressing their problems, Republicans are working hard to help Wall Street banks that are raking in profits.

I just do not agree with that.

Promises she will push back against foreign bank lobbyists and Secretary Mnuchin to ensure that no foreign bank with more than $50 billion in U.S. assets will benefit from any deregulation.

this month, Ohio laid to rest two remarkable public servants, Westerville Police Officers Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli. Together, these men dedicated decades of their lives to the police force, giving the ultimate sacrifice to keep…

It is just morally reprehensible.

Medicaid expansion is an issue that Governor Kasich and I agree on--without Medicaid expansion, hundreds of thousands of Ohioans currently struggling with addiction and mental illness would lack access to treatment.

This is the party that cares so much about deficits when there are Democratic Presidents, but not so much now.

None of these policies actually goes after the pharmaceutical industry, your former employers, the folks who set these prices in the first place.

Millions of retired workers are at risk of losing the pension plans they spent an entire career paying into.

These family-owned businesses that have been passed on for three and sometimes four generations are at risk.