Jeb Hensarling: “The goal should not be enhancing regulation; the goal ought to be enhancing consumer protection.”

May I ask how much time I have left? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bacon). The gentleman from Texas has 7 minutes remaining.

How are we that much better off? And if we could put up a slide, you are asking community banks to make a forecast.

Congress needs to do its job. You need to write legislation with more specificity.

Tonight it is a privilege that I have to yield to somebody who has become a good friend and an excellent colleague, who has served with me, at my side, at the House Financial Services Committee, who will be leaving us at the end of this…