Jeb Hensarling: “Currently, we are $17 trillion in debt, and I know if Chairman Hensarling was here, he would want the debt clock up on…”

Well, after hearing those kind comments, I would be happy to yield the gentleman even more time. I say that tongue-in-cheek. Mr. Speaker, I have learned that if you want kind things said about you, announce your retirement. So, I must…

reduce taxpayers' risk, codify into law an explicit government guarantee, and increase market competition.

Those who make peaceful protest impossible make other forms of protest inevitable.

I certainly thank the gentleman for his comments tonight. I hope that there are a fair amount of Americans who are watching this this evening, because they need to know that they owe this gentleman, Mr. Pittenger of North Carolina, a great…