Shelley Moore Capito

I would just, again, reiterate my support for this bill. I think it's timely. It's something that we want to do in an expeditious and responsible manner, and I believe that this bill addresses those concerns.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my fellow West Virginians and those of us in this Congress in support of today's resolution to extend our condolences to the families of the 29 miners who were killed in last week's mine disaster in Montcoal…

I would like to ask--I will be submitting my opening statement for the record, but I do want to thank, as we have--several of us have met several of the families who are affected by this deep tragedy; and I want to thank them for their…

The current situation is not ideal, and it is my hope that we can return the GSEs to the private markets as quickly as possible.

It is my hope that we can return the GSEs to the private markets as quickly as possible.

I fear that excluding these standard, more traditional products other than this 30-year mortgages from the safe harbor will serve to place more stress on the housing markets and the overall economy's ability to recover.

Any action this body takes should be to encourage positive growth and strength in the mortgage markets.

I do have concerns that this legislation before us could potentially do harm, do greater harm to a housing market that is already unstable.

This funding shortfall has been calculated at $4.2 billion nationwide in 2008, or to put it another way, a loss of $12.48 per patient, per day.

These folks feel--and I think that when I saw Citigroup's, your report to Congress, you mentioned here since receiving the first installment of TARP, Citi has made plans to expand its lending activities further and extend affordable credit…

Thank you. While I appreciate the chairwoman's amendment, and I do believe that it does go in a direction that is much better for the bill, I still have, as I have voiced in the earlier debate, serious concerns about the bill in terms of…

But I think the greatest concern for me and for all of us here should be that individual in that home who stays up late at night or can't sleep at night because they can't figure out how they're going to stay in their house and afford to…

We are very prideful Mountaineers. As we have heard, our West Virginia Mountaineers football team is something that everyone in the State takes great pride. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl win was not only an athletic win, but it was a…

I would encourage a ``yes'' vote for my amendment to give the flexibility, to give the innovation and technology that we see every day in green and environmental building standards to move forward so we don't lock down in this bill. And…

I don't want the misunderstanding of the Members to think that my amendment would remove green building from any of the HOPE VI projects. It's a different philosophy in how we're putting forth the idea to meet green standards. And he…

I rise in support of Mr. Roskam's very thoughtful amendment. I feel that it helps to work this bill, which I have obviously voiced some questions about, because it would simply require States to pay their fair share before tapping into a…

Then going further from what you're saying, is what you're really saying changing the entire FEMA modeling perspective, or putting this on top of what is already existing at FEMA?

Well, my question would be, if that's available to FEMA now to be able to more accurately predict the ebb and flow of water across the United States and the coastal regions, why isn't that being used by FEMA right now, if that's available…

I am very concerned about domestic violence in the rural area, and that is why I pinpointed this particular area.

Twelve miners alive.

Twelve miners alive.

Twelve miners alive.

Stable. They are considered stable. Look over here, California, which is held up to be one of the States that passed medical liability reform in the 1970s, it is considered stable, and West Virginia was modeled after what was done in…

I am proud to be the original cosponsor of the House Page Board Revision Act and rise to urge my colleagues to support it. I believe my colleagues will support it. The House page program has existed for well over a century and provides…

I'm a member of the Page Board who was not informed of the e-mail messages that were sent. And I want to see this investigation go forth quickly, and -- and reach a conclusion.