White House Chiefs of Staff

I have been sitting here for the past 45- 50 minutes watching the debate. It strikes me that with all of the financial terms and with some of the heated rhetoric--and it has been heated--I never thought I would see the day where…

People are afraid of their government.

I want to know where the outrage is.

So to the extent Mr. Abshure's questions are legitimate, let's assume for the sake of discussion that they are, we can fix that, can't we?

But you are also going to know on the day that you purchased the stock where that money is invested, correct?

I have never invested in a BDC. I have invested in a closed-end mutual fund before and it was readily apparent to me what the closed-end mutual fund had invested in.

I didn't stay in the State government long enough to participate in that State pension, but a lot of my friends have.

I imagine that might have made sense in 1980. I have no idea why it would make sense today.

H.R. 1973, introduced by Congressman Mulvaney, offers welcome flexibility for BDC investment in financial institutions and finance companies.

While we disagree from time to time, in fact, we agree more often than we probably disagree in this House. I think everybody can agree that one of the things we'd like to try and preserve is the concept of a reasoned debate. We want to…

Here is the question: It's a question of balancing privacy versus security. It's a question beyond that. It's a question of who will do the balancing. Right now, the balancing is being done by people we do not know, by people we do not…

In closing, I thank my friend for the opportunity here today. I would simply agree with him that it is difficult to plan out 18 months in advance as to what is going to be happening in Afghanistan. However, I would think that the folks…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The total amount of…

The abuses at Fannie and Freddie were designed mostly to enrich the shareholders and to a great extent the executives.

I guess I am just disappointed that somehow this debate today has turned into rich versus poor.

We ought to use beneficial owners only.

I come before you today to talk a little bit about energy. Later on today, we'll be talking more about the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, part of the Republican Party's all-of-the-above energy program. It's a good opportunity for us to talk…

Woman, I haven't been here very long, only 3 years, but I've seen a pattern developing now which is that each year the Defense Department, the Pentagon, comes over and asks for a certain amount of money, and then we give them more than…

You can imagine my surprise when I found out that for the last 7 years, Congress has been dictating the number of carriers that are in the Navy. For 230 years we were satisfied to let the Navy make that decision. I was just stunned to find…

I want to look at what has happened since the last reauthorization.

I am a big fan of the SBDCs. In fact, I think we have been to see some with some of my fellow colleagues across the aisle all over the country.

Can you foresee circumstances under which the taxpayer would be on the hook for these loans?

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 Mr…

I'm prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, the last time I was at this table and was accused of doing something for a political stunt or a gimmick was for No Budget, No Pay. So I'll take those…