Today, as we remember a somber moment in our Nation's history, we must also remember what values our Nation was founded on and remember we must always protect those values. Our Declaration of Independence promises ``life, liberty, and the…

The gentleman from Connecticut has the unique ability, in order to come to the floor and work in a manner where both sides said we had a bipartisan joint piece of legislation, a jobs-creating legislation, to turn this moment into a…

I, too, thank the gentleman from Connecticut. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Womack), the prime sponsor of the bill.

I thank the gentlelady for working with us on this, as she says, sensible piece of legislation. And with that, I yield such time as the gentleman may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga), the sponsor of the legislation…

At this point, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of this good piece of legislation, H.R. 2274. It is the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act. It is introduced by the…

I was just thinking as I was sitting here. Speaker Boehner raised the question at the beginning of this administration, where are the jobs? And it is a question that I continue to get when I go home to my district, where are the jobs after…

I begin by thanking the gentlelady for her leadership on this legislation, adopting the word I just used, which is smart regulation is smart legislation, but also the words you used as well as far as reducing barriers and streamlining…

At this time I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner), also a prime sponsor of the legislation before us and a leading and active member on the committee.

We would love to try to find some common ground on her amendment, but her amendment simply goes to the first point and the initial filing of the forms and what have you. After that, there is the extraneous additional examinations and all…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, let's step back for a moment and just see where we may agree on certain points. I guess at the 30,000-foot level we agree on the fact that we want to work together on legislation that will…

I thank the chair. Before I give my remarks, I just want to say in response that I believe the chairman said that he is not opposed to all regulations. I think he said he is in favor of regulation, but make sure that it is smart and…

On rollcall No. 605 I was detained chairing a Financial Services Subcommittee hearing. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Castor of Florida The Acting CHAIR (Mrs. Roby). The unfinished business is…

On rollcall No. 607 I was detained chairing a Financial Services subcommittee hearing. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 4 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a…

On rollcall No. 606, I was detained chairing a Financial Services subcommittee hearing. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``no.'' Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Speier The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a…

President Obama purports to protect and defend the idea of open government, but his staff seems to have missed the memo. You see, just 5 months ago, I asked Treasury Secretary Jack Lew about his personal knowledge of the IRS' reprehensible…

I thank the chairman. I think the compromise language we are considering today strikes the right balance, and I urge my colleagues to support that approach, and I thank the Members for working together to help us to get to this point. Mr…

Earlier I said that I often wonder whether people who come to the floor to oppose some of our bills ever actually read the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Now I am going to go a step further. I wonder whether the people who oppose this bill actually know what the law is. The law is and has been for decades that, if you are an investment adviser, you already have a fiduciary standard with…

Exactly. That is why I asked both of you twice what you said. What you said on the floor and what you just said a moment ago is, you were talking about broker-dealers, but you said it was investment advisers. It just points out, Mr…

I thank the chairman for advancing this bill to the floor. I also congratulate the sponsor of the bill, Mrs. Wagner, for leading forward with a piece of legislation that has, at its heart, to work in a bipartisan manner to protect American…

I thank the chairman for yielding me time. How you ended your comments was, Let's move this bipartisan amendment to this bill, and what I was trying to do in a bipartisan manner was to ask the question: Is simply what you are trying to do…

Your privacy is under attack. The Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare, is creating a data hub for every American's personal health information and financial information. It's basically a central location for all of America, for all of your…

I thank the gentlelady. I guess I will be speaking for a minute or two on the issue of unworkability of what's before us right now. Mr. Speaker, I have to remind all of us here that for years now Republicans have come to this floor with…

On Saturday, September 21, New Jersey and our Nation lost a true hero. Staff Sergeant Timothy Raymond McGill was killed in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. After graduating from Ramsey High School in 2001, Staff…

Prominently featured on the White House Web site, President Obama issued the following memorandum to all heads of executive departments and agencies: My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in…