Dennis Heck

I am pretty concerned that there are trends, especially among community banks, where we are losing some relationship-based banking.

I think it is important that we never stop asking ourselves the question of, have we struck the right balance with regulation and consumer protection and matters of safety and soundness?

Sir, do you believe that Congressman Aaron Schock's resignation in shame from this institution is a reflection on the entire House Republican conference?

That sound you hear in the background is the ticking of the clock. There are, count them, exactly 32 legislative days until the Ex-Im Bank expires.

Let's heal this mess by upgrading the transportation infrastructure around these bases as a part of the fiscal year 2016 defense appropriations bill.

I want to make the point that those of you who are aggressively seeking reforms, which may or may not enable the continued existence of Ex-Im in any kind of meaningful way, are playing with fire.

The threat to the American manufacturing base is existential. It is very real.

They obviously don't know that for every dollar appropriated in the last 5 years, Ex-Im has returned approximately $20 worth of export.

I am faced with that unlevel playing field every day.

Congress should pass H.R. 4383. This bipartisan legislation by Representative Pittenger and Representative Heck would establish a Small Business Advisory Board at CFPB.

This is the kind of investment that DOD can and should make in our servicemembers' families.

What I am specifically asking for today is that you complete what was begun in 2011 and fix the remaining school buildings originally identified as being in poor or very poor condition and no longer sustainable.

I am increasingly less optimistic that I am a Member of an institution that can successfully deal with the debt limit.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I too want to offer my congratulations to Mark Amodei. I had the honor of serving alongside him in the State Senate, where he distinguished himself as president pro tempore and a member of the Natural…

I thank all my colleagues for coming down this afternoon and sharing their feelings and experiences on that fateful day of September 11, 2001. We have heard a range of emotions, each telling their own story on how that day affected them. I…

I now yield to my friend and member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway).

I would now like to yield to my colleague from the House Armed Services Committee, the gentlelady from Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler).

I would now like to yield to the gentleman from the Keystone State, Mr. Meehan.

I would respectfully request that during your deliberation on the point of order that you consider the fact that in the second session of the 111th Congress, a similar provision was passed by this body in H.R. 5866. The Acting CHAIR. The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 47, line 17, strike ``10'' and insert ``25''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Nevada is recognized for 5 minutes.

And we must ensure the intelligence community is accountable for their operations because most of their operations occur outside of the public's view. Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger are doing incredible work to make these…

Washington said it wants to hear job-creating ideas from the business community. Here is one that they are screaming about. Nevada's families are hurting. American families are hurting. It's time to end the job-killing 1099 hidden tax and…

Mr. Speaker, today I also rise in support of H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011. There is no doubt this job-killing 1099 hidden tax deserves repeal. Nevada's unemployment rate is a Nation-high 14.5…