House Proceeding 05-07-09 on May 7th, 2009 :: 1:28:25 to 1:29:50
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1:28:21 to 1:28:41( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Price: it? you do it in a sensible way. what's the balance? i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: thank you, mr. chairman. may i inquire to the time avail able? the chair: the gentleman from georgia has one minute remaing. the gentleman from massachusetts 90 seconds. the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: thank you, mr. chairman.

1:28:25 to 1:29:50( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Tom Price

1:28:42 to 1:29:02( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Price: i appreciate the comments of my friend the chairman of the committee, but i would point out that the heart of this amendment gets to whether or not through this bill we are going to increase the availability of credit and decrease the cost of credit. if we are not going to do those things, then it seems to me that the american people ought to be very suspect about the nature of

1:29:03 to 1:29:23( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Price: the bill. the amendment simply says that the federal reserve the entity in the federal government that has jurisdiction over this area, it would simply have to say that we will not drease the availability of credit and we will not increase the cost of credit, especially at this time. at this time when so many of our fellow citizens across this land

1:29:24 to 1:29:45( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Price: are having extreme difficulty finding credit, realizing their dream and being able to either stay in their home or find a home with which they would be able to buy credit or gain credit to purchase. simple amendment, mr. chairman. gets to the heart of the matter. are we as a congress going to increase the availability of credit and decrease the cost or

1:29:46 to 1:29:50( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Price: are we going to simply decrease the availability of credit and therefore decrease the ability of the american people to