Jeb Hensarling: “May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/4\ minutes…”

I continue to encourage you, Mr. Secretary, we need to have metrics of progress.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Pittenger), the vice chairman of the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee and the author of the FIRRMA bill before us.

Putting layers of diversified private capital in a first loss position will help ensure more accurate pricing of risk.

I thank the gentleman for his kind words, and far more importantly, I thank him for his leadership. He is truly one of the workhorses for economic growth in the United States Congress. Again, I take great solace, as I will soon leave this…