Blake Moore

I have no further requests for speakers, so I yield back the balance of my time.

I am absolutely delighted to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Hanabusa), who is not a member of the committee but weighed in heavily on the final draft that is before us today.

I have no further requests for time. Again, I just want to thank everyone who was involved in this process. This is something that is going to protect thousands of jobs across our country. People often criticize us for not doing things in…

I am delighted to yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, who has really put a lot of time into this bill. As the ranking member, she…

This bill, as has been indicated, is a bipartisan bill. We support the bill. I have no requests for time; therefore, I would urge my colleagues to support the bill. I yield back the balance of my time.

I join my colleague, the gentleman from Missouri, in urging my colleagues to support H.R. 5471; however, before I get into why we should support the bill, I need to thank all of my partners in this effort. As has been mentioned, Mr…

I would now like to place the second half of the CFTC letter into the Record. No-Action Letter 13-22 contemplated the use of multiple eligible treasury affiliates within a corporate family, but the Division agrees with market participants…

I strongly, strongly support Representative Pittenger's Reg D Study Act. Again, as my colleague from Missouri has indicated, this is a technical bill, but it is extremely important. Commentators have argued that the maintenance of these…

It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Murphy), a member on the Financial Services Committee.

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Wisconsin has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Mexico has 10 minutes remaining.

Let me thank again all of the partners in getting this legislation to the floor. I do want to make mention of someone who is not a part of this debate, the gentlewoman from Minnesota, Representative Betty McCollum, who is the cochair of…

Thank you so much, Mr. Horsford. I would first like to join my colleagues in grieving and celebrating the life of Michael Brown. I would hope that his short life will not have been lived in vain, that his death will teach us something that…

I rise with a heavy heart as death and violence once again rips the Middle East. Innocent civilians find themselves again hostage in a war that none of them sought. The rockets continue to rain down in Israel and civilians in Gaza find it…

Thank you so much, Representative Jeffries. I was wondering if I could ask you some questions. You certainly are an officer of the court, you are an attorney, and so I wanted to ask you to expand a little bit on your contention that…

Well, thank you so much for that clarification, Mr. Jeffries. So this doesn't pass a constitutional test, it doesn't pass a legal test, and it doesn't even pass the laugh test because I can tell you, for folks who have pursued repeal of…

You mentioned in your remarks that, in the Budget Committee and on the budget that this House passed, there were 300--was it ``billion'' dollars in cuts?

Thank you so much, Mr. Pocan. And I want to join my other colleagues for thanking you for your stewardship with the Progressive Caucus and putting this Special Order together. I won't waste a lot of time complimenting our fellow…

But what he says in his rollout is that this is budget neutral, which means that it won't cost taxpayers any more. It is budget neutral, and it won't cost taxpayers any more, but it also will not cut programs. It is a really clever sort of…

Mr. Davis, you are a member of the Ways and Means Committee so perhaps we can seek some clarification on the earned income tax credit expansion, which you say you have championed, and that is a very effective antipoverty program, one of…

Mr. Davis, that was very confusing to me, and I will take my seat, but I just wanted clarification on that. The earned income tax credit, which is a benefit that is provided to ordinary Americans through the Tax Code, we are required to…

I just want to ask you one more question about this fuzzy math, Congresswoman, since you serve on the Budget Committee. The SNAP program is an entitlement program. What it means is, if you are eligible for food stamps, you receive them…

Well, I can tell you, Mr. Chairman, Wall Street went berserk because we didn't fund the SEC and the CFTC. That is the problem. These watchdog agencies are charged with an onerous task, and we don't provide the appropriations, and this is…

I will tell you, Mr. Chair, if the Affordable Care Act, so-called ObamaCare, is the ultimate tempest for the Tea Party pot, then I guess the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB, is a very, very close second. Since assuming the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 59, beginning on line 20, strike section 501. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 661, the gentlewoman from…

My amendment is really rather straightforward. It preserves the ability of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to regulate derivatives markets, while maintaining the reasonable cost- benefit provisions that are already in the law…