Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1343, the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act. I also want to commend the Republican and Democrat sponsors of this important bill: Mr. Hultgren…

I want to urge you not to be discouraged by the misbehavior you have seen, and I want to let you know you are doing a great service for the American people.

There is no greater form of consumer protection than fostering competitive, innovative, and transparent markets, and then vigorously policing them for fraud, theft, and deception.

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 240, I call up the bill (H.R. 1343) to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its rules so as to increase the threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures…

I believe the President is clearly justified in dismissing you and I call upon the President, yet again, to do just that and to do it immediately.

Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga), and I ask unanimous consent that he may control that time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas…

Certainly we have to do a better job of ring-fencing, firewalling, whatever metaphor you want to use between an insured depository institution and a non-insured investment bank.

Mr. Speaker, tragically, I receive correspondence every week like this. I heard from Rita in east Texas, who writes me: Since ObamaCare took effect, my insurance no longer covers my colonoscopies as preventative care. I now pay $1,000 and…

What if we repealed the Fourth Amendment? Do you think we would have more criminal convictions if we repealed the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution?

Every Member has that personal responsibility. And they do it under oath.

a three-judge panel of the second highest court in the land has ruled it unconstitutional.