Steve Stivers

I would like to begin by congratulating my good friend and colleague, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, for advancing the Housing Financial Literacy Act, H.R. 2162. It is an effort she has championed for years. As co-chair of the Financial…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We have a crisis on our southern border, and H.R. 3401 with the Senate amendments gets resources to give humanitarian assistance to those seeking asylum. It also adds judges and judge teams to hear the…

If we are going to fight back, we need to recognize that modernizing and strengthening the Ex-Im Bank is part of what we have to do, and it is a national security issue.

I urge adoption of this bipartisan bill that passed unanimously in committee and in the House last year. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I would close by saying that the gentleman from Georgia and the gentleman from California have worked very hard on a bill that passed our committee unanimously and that helps nonprofits accomplish their mission of building capacity in…

I want to express my strong support for H.R. 1037, the Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act. The bill includes important provisions to strengthen our national security, and it passed unanimously last year in the full House. I am…

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding. I rise today to commemorate one of America's heroes, United States Army Sergeant Joseph P. Collette of Lancaster, Ohio. Sergeant Collette gave his life in the service of our Nation on March…

While we may disagree about the best way to accomplish these things, we all want to keep money out of the hands of those who would cause us harm.

I also want to applaud Congresswoman Maloney for her dedication over the years in combating the use of shell companies by criminals, terrorists, and rogue nations.

Homelessness in America is something we all should care about. It is a bipartisan issue, and we want to work with you to try to find solutions.

I want to thank Bishop Irinej, from the Serbian Orthodox Church, for offering today's prayer. We are at the 100-year anniversary of when President Woodrow Wilson raised the Serbian flag in a show of support for the Serbian people. That…

I want to thank the gentleman from Illinois for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support H.R. 6311, and more specifically, I rise to support bipartisan language to make flexible spending accounts flexible. While 44 percent of…

I think we need to transition there. There are lot of people left behind.

I want to thank my colleague from Indiana, the Chair of the House Ethics Committee, for putting together this Special Order so we can talk about what is going on with tax reform. Mr. Speaker, the numbers don't lie. Tax reform is growing…

I would like to thank the chairman for all of his work to help with this bill. I speak today on behalf of myself and my colleague Mr. Engel in support of our evidence-based treatment for opioid addiction bill, H.R. 5272. The opioid…

As co-chairman of the House Civility and Respect Caucus, I want to talk about something that people aren't talking about today. There is a movement called the walk up movement, where a lot of kids around this country are taking action…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for everything he is doing to lead this bill on the floor today. I would like to also thank the ranking member from Minnesota for his good-faith effort and his work. We worked in a collaborative way to…

This center will serve as a civic landmark to honor, connect, and inspire and educate all Americans about the service and sacrifice of more than 22 million veterans in this country.

Unfortunately, in some jurisdictions there are many abuses. ``60 Minutes'' had a great story about this. Other media outlets have featured the abuses as well. The gentleman argues that, gee, we can't do this in the appropriations process…

My amendment would transfer funding for the Private Enforcement Initiative at HUD to the Administrative Enforcement Initiative. The amendment does not change the top line appropriation. I believe the Fair Housing Act must be strongly…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1258, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $28,375,000) (increased by…

I would direct the gentleman, Mr. Chairman, to a GAO report on this very program that talks about these abuses, and I hope he takes a serious look at it. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the…

The true draconian option is to do nothing.

If we spend more than we bring in over time, the system will collapse.

I hope we can all work to make that happen, because the alternative is grim for millions of Americans.