Jeb Hensarling: “We really cannot afford to continue keeping $11 trillion of mortgage credit on the back of the taxpayer.”

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.

I am now very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the majority whip.

the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act have been a difficult process, but have been a godsend for my region

If we ignore that basic fact, we are willfully disregarding history, and we are bound to repeat history.