Randy Neugebauer

I think this is a very good amendment. Accountability in any government program is always welcome, and I thank the gentleman for offering this. We need to make sure that, as we are passing out these monies, we want them to go as far as…

certainly I think that anytime we are going to be investing Federal dollars in any housing in the future, we need to make the sure the houses are as energy efficient as they possibly can be. And as I understand the gentleman's amendment…

I woke up on Monday this week very excited about the opportunity to bring this farm bill to this floor, but as you can imagine, my disappointment tonight because of the culmination of 2 years worth of hearings all across America…

Mr. Chairman, economic development is important to all America. It is important to rural America; but what is also important to America is fiscal responsibility, keeping taxes lower. If we keep spending money the way we are spending money…

In October 2004, I was involved in a car crash which has left me paralyzed from the waist down . . . Given the current technology and my condition, there is no hope of full recovery. I fully support ethical forms of stem cell research. I…

But really what's been going on in Iraq at the same time is some nation building. And what you see on this chart is over 14,000 projects that have either been completed or are underway, and as the gentleman referred to, as some of these…

I hope to spend the next hour with some of my colleagues talking about the things that are going well. I thought it was interesting as the other side was talking about how they support our troops, and are thankful for the wonderful job…

And the gentleman's correct. In fact, the money that was taken out to fund the studying of global warming and intelligence was taken out of some of our more crucial intelligence areas, the intelligence that's used to help our young men and…

There is nothing better than, if you want to see what's going on, to go to the battlefield yourself. What I was wondering with some of my colleagues this evening is the Democrats have made our troops sit and wait for 107 days to see if, in…

I think about one time I went and I was there with a soldier that had gotten a new prosthesis. He had lost part of his leg. And he said he was so proud of it. He said, Congressman, this is state-of-the-art, and I'm going to be able to walk…

I reclaim my time and I ask the gentleman so I make sure I understand your amendment here, but currently the allocation is 75 percent for Louisiana and 25 percent for Mississippi. And all the gentleman is asking here is that Texas get 10…

I rise tonight to make a clarifying amendment on this bill. One of the things that this bill does is it clarifies the amendment to ensure that the portfolio standard be based solely on the safety and soundness to the enterprises and not…

What I would contend though is the 1.2 basis points on the portfolio is simply a tax on every mortgage that flows through Fannie and Freddie. If you are taxing the profits on Fannie and Freddie as originally designed, you can make the…

What I would say is that we both have the same intent, affordable housing for as many Americans as possible. That should be the intent with this legislation, and I think it does, in terms of the reforms implemented for the…

Certainly the distinguished chairman would want to make sure that anybody that got any of the funds from this housing fund would want to make sure that they are United States citizens. We would never want to deprive a United States citizen…

I think one of the points I would make here is my bill does not try to kill the Housing Fund. My bill tries to say that, you know what? We're asking these entities to step up and make a big contribution, and we want to make sure that they…

this week the House will once again take up an Iraq emergency funding bill which is seriously flawed and should be rejected. Having 535 politicians attempt to micromanage the war on terror from atop Capitol Hill is a recipe for disaster…

I rise in support of H.R. 1675, the Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007... This legislation suspends the electronic filing requirement for the previous participation certificates and the filing requirements of these…

I rise in support of H.R. 1676, the Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007, introduced by Congressman Boren and Congressman Renzi. This important legislation authorizes section 184 of the Housing and Community Development…

I hope today, as we take this vote, that people will understand really what is at stake here. I have heard a lot of discussion today, and some Members are going to go back home and say, well, I voted for this bill and against the troops…

This is a young government that is basically about 8 months old. Basically they are learning how to govern because they have been an oppressed people for so long. I think about our Nation, we are going to celebrate over 230 years of…

I think what you hear from both of us is frustration that things haven't moved along faster. What I would point out to the gentleman and to the folks on the other side of the aisle is the point that we have been making that we believe that…

I just returned 10 days ago from being in Iraq for the third time. I was in Fallujah, was in Ramadi, and talked to General Petraeus, a four-star general who we have tasked to finish and win the war in Iraq, all of the way down to the…

I want to make the point, but I think that is one of the things that concerns me most is that this global war on terrorism is a real war. So when we talk about bleeding out or getting out or whatever you want to call it of Iraq, the thing…

That and the Visitor Center are somehow tied together. I think they are having a race as to who can finish that project last.