Obviously the markets have already disagreed with the gentleman by the pricing of their shares. Mr. Chairman, at this point, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Crenshaw), the chairman.
Thomas A. Garrett
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I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his support for this legislation and for the amendment. I yield now the remainder of my time to the chairman of the committee, and congratulate him for his great work on the underlying legislation…
Actually, yes, they would. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota controls the time, and his time has expired. The gentleman from New Jersey has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Great. I would like to hear from our chairman. Before that, Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. David Scott).
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 55, after line 2, insert the following: SEC. ___. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS. (a) Amendment to the Definition…
Your last sentence was that you do not wish to rely on just one entity--presumably the SEC--in the enforcement of these contracts and so on and so forth.
Right, but we do nothing in this amendment to take away from the CFTC their enforcement authority. They retain that. All that has changed is the registration requirement. The CFTC and the SEC retain both their mutual and harmonious, if you…
I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life and legacy of one of New Jersey's sons, Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine of Waldwick, New Jersey. Staff Sergeant…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…
I think what America wants is to only be able to bring lawsuits against discrimination when there was, in fact, intentional discrimination, not just because, at the end result from some statistics, some may believe that there was…
In the end, Mr. Speaker, what we are intending to do here is to allow for the Justice Department to proceed when there is evidence of intentional discrimination. But when there is no evidence whatsoever, when it is purely on statistics…
You just said something. You said that the Justice Department will not go after them if a whole set of policies result in discriminations.





