Why can't a Member, if you are going to trade stock, within 3 days report it to the House?

I think there is a movement in the House. There are a lot of ideas that permeate throughout these buildings that don't come up for years.

I think there is a cloud over Members of Congress and the trades that they make.

If we are going to do this in government--

This was not the version that I supported. I wanted a version that had spending caps linked to GDP. But as this week we passed the $15 trillion debt mark, I thought it was important that this House come together and figure out a way to…

I appreciate the gentleman from Colorado yielding, and I commend my colleagues for your hard work and the focus that you have all had on jobs and job creation and legislation that's actually going to help move our economy forward. I think…

I think we should have a real conversation about what we are trying to do.

I commend the gentlemen from Arkansas and from New York for the work you've been doing in your own districts, reaching out to job creators, listening to them about what they need to make sure they can expand their businesses and grow their…

I thank my friend for yielding. As we look at what's happened recently, as the President has come out with his jobs bill proposal--and, frankly, many who analyze it would say this is stimulus number two. It's just another government…

You think a better name for this bill would be the Main Street Reform Act?

So is it their fault that they were following these standards? They were following standards, correct?

Is it fair to say that the work of the CFPB will no doubt have an impact on many small banks and credit unions?

I don't think we grow our economy. I don't think--I think Mr. Gutierrez was talking about gun stick-ups, was what he said.

If you look at what has happened over the course of the last several years with regard to the financial crisis...

What I keep hearing is those traditional factors, based on your relationship with the individual, that has been thrown out.

I'm a big fan of transparency. I want to make sure that customers who have come into the bank know the products which they're going to get and they understand the cost and what the arrangement is.

Sometimes, it seems as though everybody from the President on down is saying to financial institutions, lend, lend, lend to small businesses, because we know small businesses are the job creators.

I do think, especially in the House, there is a movement afoot to say, let's try to do things better.

The freedoms are being eaten up every time we make a new law.

But the rules, the regulations, and the pressure coming from the regulators on our community banks and credit unions has been immense...

If we're going to get our economy going again, we need these financial institutions to make these small business loans.

Representative Duffy also has led the effort in the U.S. House of Representatives to bring greater transparency and accountability to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

I appreciate everyone coming in and participating in today's hearing, specifically Chairwoman Capito...

We would shut down 20 percent of all the cement plants in the United States.

We just have to be honest with ourselves.