Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, another day, another strong bipartisan bill presented to the House by the House Financial Services Committee. I take great pride in that fact. Today, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4790, the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act. I want to thank, first, the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hill) for his leadership on the issue and so many other issues in front of our committee. And I want to thank his bipartisan partner, the Democrat gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Foster) for his leadership on his side of the aisle on this very important piece of legislation. As a result of their hard work, this bill was reported out of our committee, Mr. Speaker, 50-10, which means 80 percent--80 percent--of our colleagues on the committee supported the legislation, including a majority of the Democrats. Now, Mr. Speaker, we enjoy, in America, the deepest, strongest, and most liquid capital markets, frankly, the world has ever known, and that helps us have a very strong, strong progrowth economy. Our capital markets are vital; vital to the job growth and job- creating machine in America. Our capital markets provide very important funding to Main Street businesses and to entrepreneurs for short-term operations and long-term growth.…”