Mr. Chairman, at this time I proudly yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan), the distinguished Speaker of the House.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer), a real leader on our committee and chairman of the Financial Institution and Consumer Credit Subcommittee.

Mr. Speaker, I certainly thank the gentleman for yielding. I have had many opportunities in my career to come to this House floor and speak about topics of great importance, but few are as near and dear to my heart as is Scouting. So, one…

Mr. Speaker, over the weekend, a very destructive storm system moved across my home State of Texas, the Midwest, and the Southeast, killing 15 of our fellow citizens and destroying whole communities in its wake. In Van Zandt County in the…

It is not a perfect bill. I have never voted for a perfect bill.

This bill can never become law unless the Senate goes thermonuclear, and it is not going to do that.

The message is: Democrats are voting against every change that could possibly be made in Dodd-Frank.

Please split up this bill. This bill includes a dozen individual bills that a majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted for.

Yes, I do think you want a consumer agency that can stop the kind of abuses we saw at Wells Fargo and at payday lenders and in other markets, where there have been significant problems with taking advantage of consumers repeatedly over…

It is time again to hold Washington accountable; it is time to hold Wall Street accountable.

I plan to have dozens more hearings on the negative impact of Dodd-Frank on the American people and the economy.