I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall Nos. 498, 499, 500, and 501. ____________________

Today I rise in support of H.R. 5278, the ``Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act'' (PROMESA)--a bipartisan bill providing short-term relief to respond to the humanitarian crisis facing the people of Puerto Rico…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted: Rollcall No. 240, ``no.'' ____________________

I was unable to be present in the House Chamber for certain rollcall votes this week. Had I been present on May 24, 2016, for the first vote series, I would have voted ``aye'' for rollcall 235 and ``nay'' on rollcalls 231, 232, 233 and…

I was unable to be present in the House chamber for certain rollcall votes this week. Had I been present on April 18th and 19th 2016, I would have voted ``yea'' for rollcalls 153 and 154 and ``nay'' on rollcalls 155, 156, 157, and 158…

I was unable to be present in the House Chamber for certain rollcall votes on February 26th and the week of February 29 through March 3, 2016. Had I been present on those dates, I would have voted ``yea'' for rollcalls 100, 102, 103, 104…

Today I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 3700, entitled, the Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act of 2015. I want to thank Mr. Luetkemeyer for his hard work on this bill and for the bipartisan and collaborative way in which he…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 55, after line 24, insert the following new section: SEC. 202. GUARANTEED UNDERWRITING USER FEE…

I thank the gentleman. I gladly accept his offer, and I look forward to working together to promote financial literacy, especially with respect to auto financing. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1737.

I yield to the gentleman from New Hampshire so that he may express support for financial literacy and offer to work with us to encourage the Bureau to develop a financial literacy program aimed at auto financing.

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