Political Quotes

“It is kind of good to see a Floridian in the pro tempore chair. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Alabama for yielding me the customary 30 minutes for debate, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to debate this rule. Last night at the Rules Committee, we had the opportunity to hear from Chairman Kevin Brady of the Committee on Ways and Means, the chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee, Lynn Jenkins, and the ranking member of the Oversight Subcommittee, John Lewis, about this legislation. They discussed--hey, America, listen to this--the bipartisan nature in which they worked on this issue to craft legislation that they hope can achieve strong bipartisan support in this body. It came out of committee 38-0. H.R. 5192 protects young children and recent immigrants from synthetic identity theft, a type of fraud that involves combining a legitimate Social Security number with a fake name in order to create a new synthetic identity. One in every 10 children have fallen victim to this type of threat. Research has shown that children's identities are stolen at a rate of 50 times more frequently than adults, resulting in children and families shouldering unforeseeable debt and a flawed credit history that is extremely difficult to clear. Mr.…”