I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), the chairman of the committee.
Shelley Moore Capito
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Shelley Moore Capito is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia since January 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she is the first woman to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Senate. Prior to her Senate career, Capito served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015, representing West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Throughout her political career, she has focused on issues such as economic development, infrastructure, and healthcare.
I yield myself 4 minutes. Mr. Chairman, a year ago, the President signed into law the most sweeping financial regulatory reform package in nearly a generation. The centerpiece of the Dodd-Frank Act was the creation of the Consumer…
I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert), a leader on our Financial Services Committee and chairman of the Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee.
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.
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…