Steve Driehaus

This legislation will designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1332 Sharon Copley Road in Sharon Center, Ohio, as the Emil Bolas Post Office. Emil Bolas dedicated his life to the service of his beloved…

Mr. Speaker, again, this bill is about creating American flags in the United States of America purchased by the Federal Government. I very much appreciate the gentlelady's concern over small businesses and business creation. That is why…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 1442, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of United States Military History Month. [...] I, therefore, ask my colleagues to join me in supporting H. Res. 1442 and encourage all Americans…

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I am proud to present H.R. 6014 for consideration. This legislation will designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 212 Main Street, in…

Again, I would like to comment on the lady's comments regarding the supposed failure of the Recovery Act. I would invite her to come to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the Banks Project, the largest project in Cincinnati, is moving forward because…

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…

In 2002 Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones introduced legislation to crack down on predatory lending and subprime borrowers. Acting then to protect American homeowners could have helped prevent the foreclosure crisis, which led to the…

I offered an amendment at that time that would create the Office of Small Business Lending Fund Oversight under the authority of the Treasury Inspector General. This office would strengthen accountability by helping ensure that loans are…

If you want to make sure that politics isn't involved in the Small Business Lending Fund, you want to make sure that the Treasury is sticking to their oath and making sure that these are based on economic decisions, then you vote for this…

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…

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.

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.

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…

Yes, those amendments were offered, but as you know, not a dime of TARP money is being used in this bill, so it's not appropriate for SIGTARP to have the oversight. In fact, Mr. Thorson, who will have the oversight, has incredible…

Mr. Chairman, we will soon be considering an amendment, the Pingree amendment, which would strip away competition in the F-35, the Joint Strike Fighter, with the competitive engine program. This Congress, on nine different occasions, has…

I appreciate the gentleman from New York for yielding. This is a critical issue, and I share his concern with regard to stripping of the authorization for the competitive engine. Just this past year, the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform…

I want to thank the gentleman from New York for his leadership on this issue. When we talk about the economy, obviously clean energy is a critical piece of this. Wall Street reform is critical to making sure we don't repeat the mistakes…

I think we have tremendous opportunity. And I think we are close to wrapping this up. But I would agree wholeheartedly that this is about innovation. It's about giving American businesses the tools to move forward. They were in desperate…

And it's pretty clear to me that the Republican Caucus wants to take us back to the failed policies of the Bush administration, the exact same failed policies that brought us to the worst recession we've seen since the Great Depression…

And the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the largest single tax cut for middle income families in the United States.

If we're serious about reducing spending, we should be promoting competition among government contractors, not stifling it. We know from experience that a competitive engine program for our military aircraft drives down long-term costs and…

I think it's important to note, though, that we didn't just stabilize the economy, we didn't just keep it from continuing to go into the ditch, we didn't just stop the recession. We also laid the foundation for future growth. I think our…

We passed a good bill that had a lot of measures. Subsequent to that, after it went over to the Senate, there has been stalling by the Republican Senators. We've had closed-door meetings by leadership of the Republicans in the House and in…

Yes, I believe it will absolutely strengthen the community banks. And as you know, many of the community banks were provided additional protections, Mr. Speaker, by making sure that the CFPA was only part of the regulatory structure when…