Shelley Moore Capito

I would like to say today is a nice day, but we have 9.2 percent unemployment. It is not a day that I want to keep repeating when there are so many people out of work. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr…

May I inquire as to the time remaining, please. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Conaway). The gentlewoman from West Virginia has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Massachusetts has 13\3/4\ minutes remaining.

No, I will not. So I say to myself, what kind of priority is this administration putting on this marquis part of the Dodd-Frank bill? I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling), our vice chair.

I would like to yield 6 minutes to the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), and I thank him for his leadership on this bill and many others.

I want to thank my colleague from West Virginia for his support because he and I are seeing firsthand--we want to see transparency; we want to see the information move forward on the economic impact. We are at a place where we need jobs…

I would just like to quickly respond in terms of the revocation of the one permit. Let's talk about the hundreds of permits that are sitting at the EPA, and try to figure out how to meet the balance here. {time} 1540 Let's look at the…

I think it's time for us to take a better look.

We have the natural resources to help create jobs and protect our economy at the same time.

I'm asking that they consider jobs in the economic impact of decisions that are made around the Clean Water Act.

I think you're going to hear from a variety of folks from the region today, and all of them can provide valuable insight into how the EPA's affecting their communities and livelihood.

I believe this program is one that we can in good measure eliminate. It hasn't really gotten started. It's a billion-dollar program, and in some sense we already know, and we've heard from many in the discussion, that 98 cents out of every…

I would like to thank Chairwoman Biggert for holding today's hearing and to congratulate her on this being her first hearing as the chairman of the Insurance and Housing Subcommittee.

I would like to reiterate just very quickly that this FHA program is a critical source of financing for affordable rental housing, and I am in full agreement that we should pass this bill, as it will help to mitigate any disruptions in the…

I would think, through the continuing education of the real estate schools and the licensing boards throughout the different States who have these issues, that this would already be something that's covered. Again, I will go back to my…

I think that we could work within existing regulatory and administrative offices to try to accomplish the same thing. FEMA has assured us that they have already a functioning appeals process, and on top of an Inspector General and…

I would just like to speak very briefly in support of the gentleman's amendment. We have all had in our States issues with knowing the correct way to leave and evacuate certain areas. I sort of was hoping that this area of information was…

Then I would just like to say that this has been an effort that has been moving forth. As we've said, we've had a lot of lapses in this program across the country. It's caused a lot of disturbances for folks who are trying to purchase new…

I would just reiterate that the Congressman's amendment seeks to ensure that the employees hired by FHA as a result of funds made available in this bill are in good standing and not guilty of viewing any previous pornography or any related…

The gentleman's amendment is similar to previous efforts by Republicans in past housing debates to ensure that convicted sex offenders are unable to receive the Federal aid to obtain housing through the FHA. I think the intent and the…

As the Congressman has stated, his amendment merely ensures that HUD will take no action between now and the end of FY 2011 to bar the Chinese drywall victims from eligibility from HUD's special mitigation and forbearance program. Since…

Just briefly, I would like to thank both the sponsors of the bill. Certainly the intent is for more information and certainly more accurate information to look at the programs that we're putting forth and that have been put forth to see if…

I still have skepticism even about 10 million, which in everyday dollars is still quite a bit of money. And, as I said, we need to look at what we are doing on the bottom line here. So, while I am very sympathetic and I think that the…

What would be the approximate cost of something like this? This is something where we are in this time of debt and deficit, and we need to cut our spending here. I think we need to be very vigilant on the bottom line. What is the bottom…

But still, the authority they have to raise down payment requirements is already existing in current law.

I would just reiterate that this bill has my support. It passed out of the committee by voice vote. I think we did a good job meeting each other halfway on certain issues that we might have had some disagreement on, and I look forward to…