White House Chiefs of Staff

It was actually then-Senator Barack Obama in 2008 who said that this was corporate welfare that needed to be cut back.

Only one-third of the Bank--what the Bank does actually goes toward leveling the playing field.

I encourage my colleagues not to take it as an apples-to-apples comparison.

As someone who is still fairly new to the committee, and still fairly new to Congress, I hope that still strikes some people in addition to myself, that it is just patently absurd that the Securities and Exchange Commission is in charge of…

Let's see if we can't find something that we can actually accomplish.

I think it is noteworthy that once again--once again--and this is the fourth budget cycle that I have been through, the fourth Democratic budget offered here, that never balances. It never balances. How do you ever, ever pay back money…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by Ms…

Then I will yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Chair, my friend from Maryland made a couple of different points. He said that he wishes he could vote for the things in the President's budget. I will say to him again here, I'll say…

We are finished with our speakers and reserve the balance and right to close. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has the right to close.

It is good to be back this year to once again offer the President's budget as an amendment to the Republican budget. That is right; it is the President's budget that I will be offering again this year. You may recall, Mr. Chairman, that I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: SEC. 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR…

this type of hearing is a good hearing because we are, honestly, each one is trying from both sides of the aisle just to try to get to the root issues

I know that many of us here supported the Jobs Act a couple of years ago. I know it passed on a bipartisan basis.

You don't have the moral right to exist.

If we don't fix it, all that really matters is, who is in charge when it breaks, us or them?

You are not going to solve this problem without leadership.

Whether it be Ronald Reagan or Bill Clinton, we have had a President who was willing to engage.

I recognize the fact we pay lip service to it, and I think that is a good first step.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate it, gentlemen.

If I have just raised a billion dollars in the public markets, why would I raise $250,000 on a crowdfunding site?

This was supposed to be the egalitarian access to capital because it did a couple things.

One of the great thing about the JOBS Act, it was a truly bipartisan, bicameral sort of piece of work.

I got a letter from someone in my district. It says: You have probably heard about health care reform and wondered what it means to you. This letter is to let you know that your MyChoice health insurance plan from BlueChoice HealthPlan is…

I am going to do something I don't ordinarily do. I am going to read something: I just want to reassure people, passing this bill-- particularly as amended--will not in any way, shape, or form reduce sensible regulation of derivatives. It…