Steve Stivers

Yet here we are today, just a couple of months later, and some of my friends on the other side of the aisle are going to argue that we shouldn't institute that very same hold harmless period by passing this bill. As I said, I think they…

I do not. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman does not yield. Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. Mr. McGOVERN. Just one amendment. That is it. Just one. I am not asking for two. I am just asking for one.

I thank the gentleman. I happen to serve on the Financial Services Committee with the ranking member, and that idea was not offered in the committee. So it was a new idea. I will tell you that it sort of conflicts with the good faith…

I hear your point there, but I can tell you that if we would have debated the amendment, I believe that it would have been defeated. Frankly, the problem with it was, if it would have been narrowly crafted to keep the good faith exception…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, there are a couple of things I want to make clear. Earlier in my remarks, I acknowledged that the other side of the aisle agrees with us on an administrative grace period. The problem…

I am curious if you are arguing--because it sounds to me like the gentleman from Massachusetts is arguing that we only want to give people protections from administrative actions; we don't want to give them equal protection in the courts…

If they are acting in good faith, they should still be allowed to be sued and they should still have all the penalties for a wrong comma---- Mr. McGOVERN. What I am arguing----

I would request how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I didn't hear an answer there. But the point is people deserve equal protection during a grace period in the courts if they acted in good faith. The key here is good faith. It is written right into the bill. They deserve the same…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 462 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 462 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for H.R. 3192, the Homebuyers Assistance Act. H. Res. 462 provides a closed rule for consideration of H.R. 3192. The resolution provides 1 hour of debate equally divided between the…

To the gentleman from Massachusetts' remarks, Mr. Speaker, I agree with him that we should have more time to debate serious issues. In fact, this bill should have been on the suspension calendar, but the ranking member of the Financial…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time, and I would inform my colleague I am prepared to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, let me again say we have no objection to a grace period. In fact, we support it. I signed the gentleman from…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the remainder…

I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding. I also thank him for doing this Special Order. This message needs to get out. I also want to thank the gentleman from Tennessee, Steve Fincher, for sponsoring the reform bill that makes…

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I applaud the bill's authors and the committee's interest in this critical public health problem.

I will be fairly brief. This is a followup amendment. We have already accepted the congressional intent that we will have a preference toward administrative enforcement. This is a followup limitation amendment that basically says we will…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 114, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $28,375,000) (increased by $28,375,000)''. The Acting…

I want to thank Chairman Diaz-Balart as well as Ranking Member Price for their hard work on this bill and for preparing a bill that is the best we can do. I do rise in support of an amendment that seeks to curb lawsuit abuse and help fund…

I would simply say to my colleague from North Carolina that administrative enforcement is more effective, it is more efficient. That is why we should redirect these resources internally inside Fair Housing. It doesn't change Fair Housing…