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United States Representative from Ohio
This is really an issue of fairness--an issue of fairness for property owners. You've got the Federal Government coming onto your property, telling you that you have to purchase flood insurance because you're now designated within the map…
I just want to remind the Members this amendment is about oversight; it's about doing our job to make government work properly. And while I realize it doesn't always fit into the political rhetoric of the other side, it is about good…
The political framework of the Republicans is that they want to call everything a bailout. And when it's not a bailout, they want to act like it is. They want to call this TARP even when it's not. So this doesn't fit into the definition…
With all due respect to the gentleman, I know that this doesn't fit into the political framework of the Republicans to suggest that this is not TARP, this is not another bailout, this is about helping small businesses.
There is not a dime of TARP money going into this bill. You are undermining the authority--or attempting to undermine the authority of the Inspector General of Treasury.
And the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the largest single tax cut for middle income families in the United States.
Well, I would just share with you and share with everyone here that the reality is that, from a legislative standpoint, nothing has changed. Despite the fact that we're in the worst recession that we've ever experienced--we all know what…
Well, it's not how I take it. It's how somebody back home or somebody in another state might take it. We've got death threats coming into our offices, coming into other offices of members of Congress.
Well, it's not how I take it. It is how somebody back home or somebody in another state might take it. We have got death threats coming into our offices, coming into other offices of member of Congress.
They're engaged in rhetoric that goes well beyond the pale of what's responsible. They're inciting behavior. And I think they should be held responsible for that.
They're engaged in rhetoric that goes way beyond the pale of what's responsible. They're inciting behavior and I think they should be held responsible for that.
My wife and kids are at home. They're organizing protests in front of my house. We're getting death threats on the telephone.
I really do think that the objective, obviously, through the voucher program, is to allow families, allow kids to grow up in neighborhoods that create a supportive environment.
What we are doing with the plan that is being put forward today, I am concerned, is you are going to eliminate choice by requiring government bureaucrats to define what are suitable financial products.
The idea initially of the voucher program was to deconcentrate poverty, not to reconcentrate it.
But I think we have to have the courage to have a conversation, a serious conversation, about dependency.
The fact of the matter is that the folks who are out there trying to scam homeowners are very aggressive.
I would challenge them to think about how we get the information to the homeowners.
My only regret is that we're having this hearing in 2009, and it's several years too late for many of the communities we represent.
Could you not extend that same logic to U.S. contracts and allow our partners to engage in that business decision?
The State of Florida has divested more than $1.1 billion of investments thus far, and the retirement system of our public employees no longer owns one dime of direct holdings in companies enabling Iran to press ahead with its pursuit of…
I think we as a country understand the importance of working with other countries, but certainly setting our own precedent and our own position of stopping economic dealings as much as we can with Iran.
The purpose of the legislation we are discussing today is to permit State and local governments, educational institutions, and private fund managers to divest from entities that invest $20 million or more in Iran's energy sector.
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