KEITH J. ROTHFUS

This Congress, we have made significant progress, bipartisan progress right-sizing the regulations on our financial sector.

I am encouraged by this Administration's work to ensure that nonbank lenders and fintech firms are subjected to clear and robust rules.

Regulatory reform and technological advances can help the financial sector regain its vibrancy.

Our financial sector has undergone significant changes in the past few years. We have witnessed a distressing trend of consolidation and closures, driven, in part, by overregulation.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Given this distinction, how will the Fed be tailoring regulations for banks above the $250 billion threshold?

Now that the U.S. has withdrawn from the Iran deal, we have the opportunity to use additional sanctions to change the hostile behavior of the Iranian government.

The Trump Administration's decision to withdraw from the JCPOA was wise in my opinion.

But some of the data has really come in, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages for most workers, by 80 percent, are actually down since the tax cut passed.

Last year, Congress passed a multi-trillion dollar tax cut for--as you are well aware--and I think the theory behind it is as reported in the press and by some of my colleagues was that it would spur investment and thereby increase hiring…

Isn't Mr. Comey's decision to usurp the authority of the Attorney General in order to protect the Bureau inherently a political decision?

Why wasn't a special counsel ever appointed in this Clinton email investigation looking at Attorney General Lynch?

This is unfair to the western Pennsylvania families that need HEARTH in their community.

As HUD has prioritized one-size-fits-all mandates, like Housing First, and connected those priorities to funding, it has pushed communities to move away from programs and strategies that actually work.

I have long been an advocate of putting it on the appropriations process and also having a commission, because this goes to some of the core principles of our country, our republic.

There is a whole notion of self-rule and self-government, and recalling Abraham Lincoln even talking about Government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

One of my main priorities is making sure that our resources are effectively deployed to do their best possible work, to help those suffering from addiction get clean, get back to work, and return to stable, fulfilling, and independent…

I want to go after those folks who are pushing this poison.

Given the demand that is out there for fentanyl--and actually, I hear from back home where people look for tar-fentanyl--given how cheap these are to transport and produce, do you see criminal organizations switching from heroin to these…

I believe that we are now in a dangerous environment in terms of what we are doing with legalization.

The delay has been costly. We have seen some serious banking crises that could have been avoided, in part with better CEO pay regulations.

I want to start by commending you for the posture you assumed earlier in your tenure by setting efficiency, transparency, and simplicity as guiding principles for your regulatory improvement agenda.

Small businesses can't get the loans that they need. Families can't get the mortgage or pay for college. All of this means that the American Dream is getting harder and harder for people across the country. Again, as I often remind my…

I hope my colleagues will see the benefits that can come from this. This isn't a special interest carveout, unless you consider cleaning up the environment in western Pennsylvania to be a special interest. Again, are we capable of making…