I would echo your comments, Madam Chairwoman, in that the CFPB is a large and powerful agency which is unaccountable.

These defects, along with others, make the CFPB one of the most unaccountable agencies in American history.

Congress put aside partisan differences last year and passed the JOBS Act, which removed a number of barriers to raising capital to start a business.

I have been working on legislation with the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. Carney, that would establish a pilot program that would allow emerging growth companies to trade at 5 and 10 cent increments.

Madam Speaker, I've got to tell you, this is remarkable. I hear a passionate speech from the gentlelady from Connecticut, and I hear my friends across the aisle applauding? We're here to provide funding for 9 million women and children…

Mr. Speaker, I've been in this institution for 2\1/2\ years. The minority leader from the other side of the aisle talked about hounds. I heard a lot of howling from the other side of the aisle--howling about fairness and howling about…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the valiant service of one of Wisconsin's war heroes, Einar H. Ingman, Jr., of Tomahawk, Wisconsin. Sergeant Ingman was awarded the Medal of Honor for his outstanding bravery and courage, going above and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the valiant efforts of Sergeant Einar H. Ingman, Jr. of the United States Army. Sergeant Einar H. Ingman, Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the…

But I've got to tell you, I am willing to raise the debt ceiling.

I did not necessarily run for Congress in 2010 to come here and raise the debt ceiling. I came here to reform the way we spend, reform the way our government works.

The claim for transparency, Mr. Director, isn't being met.