Mike Flood

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1. “Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow.”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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2. “Mr. Speaker, I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 9535.”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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3. “Today, I highlight the distinguished career of Tim Wollmer of David City with a practice spanning family law, business matters, civil litigation, estate planning, criminal defense, and more. Tim's integrity and steadfast commitment to the truth exemplify the vital role lawyers play in their communities. As an attorney, Tim has provided essential legal services to central and eastern Nebraska for more than 17 years, helping individuals and families navigate complex legal and financial matters. A graduate of Creighton University School of Law, Tim has earned the trust and the respect of the David City community and the surrounding areas. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize Tim's accomplishments and his service today on the House floor. ____________________”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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4. “Her professionalism, grit, and passion for juvenile law have all paved the way for success in serving fellow Nebraskans. Earning her J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law, she has remained engaged in giving back to the communities and the experiences that shaped her. Mr. Speaker, I am truly honored to highlight Bre's work. I remember her as a mock trial student when I was the team coach. She should be celebrated for her community service and her integrity, which continue to guide her career. Recognizing Rural Lawyer Tim Wollmer Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an often overlooked segment of our Nation's legal profession: rural lawyers. Across our First District and in many of our communities, rural lawyers represent the very best of the profession: selfless service and meaningful local impact.”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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5. “Even when big-town law firms came to him to take up cases, Doug continuously worked on behalf of rural Nebraskans. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to highlight Doug's remarkable career and reputation. Recognizing Rural Lawyer Bre Flaherty Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an often overlooked segment of our Nation's legal profession: rural lawyers. Across our First District and in many of our communities, rural lawyers represent the very best of the profession: selfless service and meaningful local impact. Today, I highlight the work of Norfolk's own Bre Flaherty. Through her career at the Platte County Attorney's Office, Bre built a strong reputation for excellence and community service, earning her appointment earlier this year as a county court judge in Nebraska's Fifth Judicial District.”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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6. “Across our First District and in communities throughout our State, rural lawyers represent the very best of the profession, selfless service, and meaningful local impact. {time} 1015 Today, I highlight and detail the larger-than-life career of Doug Stratton of Norfolk. Doug's focus areas include criminal defense, civil litigation, as well as domestic work. Many of you may have already heard of Doug through his breakthrough relitigation of the Beatrice Six. In sum, thanks to his belief in his clients' wrongful conviction and new evidence, Doug was able to award the defendants nearly $30 million from the United States Supreme Court. A native of northeast Nebraska, Doug worked as a small-town lawyer after he earned his J.D. from Yale Law School.”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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7. “Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize an often overlooked segment of our Nation's legal profession: rural lawyers. Across our First District and in many of our communities, rural lawyers represent the very best of the profession, selfless service, and meaningful local impact. Today, I want to highlight the remarkable work of Julie Bear of Plattsmouth, specializing in criminal defense, family law, estate planning, personal injury, and more.”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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8. “Are we sure that they wouldn't provide some ``feedback'' on the free speech policies of Meta or X? Leaving this rulemaking in place could provide the next Democratic administration with the tools that they need to more directly influence even social media.”

   House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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9. “That idea that a merchant engaging in a commercial financial activity due to payment activities in a merchant's own store or website is outright ridiculous, and it represents yet another expansion of the CFPB's rapidly growing authority. Finally, I would like to highlight another major concern with CFPB examination authority of these firms and what it would bring. The firms within the scope of this rulemaking are payments firms, but some of these firms also have a social media element to their businesses. If we fail to act here in Congress, there will be career bureaucrats from the CFPB with the authority to examine some of the most influential social media companies in the country behind the scenes. Do any of us really think that a liberal CFPB examiner would restrict their comments to only a social media company's payment activities?”

   House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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10. “Mr. Speaker, in addition, the Bureau has consistently tried to imply their authority would not only apply to tech companies, but there is a chance they could bring merchants into their regulatory purview as well. The general counsel of the CFPB said in a speech during Director Chopra's tenure that merchants might be implicated as large payment players in the future if they aren't mom-and-pops. Last year, in response to a question on the record from me on this topic, the Director made the case that a merchant that incorporates payment capabilities directly into a website could potentially blur the lines between banking and commerce and, therefore, be subject to the CFPB oversight in the future. {time} 1245 However, Dodd-Frank explicitly calls for an exclusion for the merchants from the CFPB's regulatory purview.”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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11. “Given the CFPB's track record of overreach, we strongly urge the Bureau to refrain from exceeding its authority and instead, commit to clarifying and narrowing the scope of this rule. Given the breadth of the proposal and ambiguity regarding its applicability, we urge the Bureau to extend the comment period for an additional 30 days. This additional time will give market participants the opportunity to provide comprehensive feedback. Sincerely, Patrick McHenry, Chairman, House Committee on Financial Services; Mike Flood, Andy Barr, Tom Emmer, Dan Meuser, Byron Donalds, Young Kim, Scott Fitzgerald, French Hill, Ann Wagner, Bryan Steil, William R. Timmons, IV, Erin Houchin, Michael V. Lawler, Alex X. Mooney, Andy Ogles, Andrew R. Garbarino, Zach Nunn, Barry Loudermilk, Ralph Norman, Members of Congress.”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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12. “If the Bureau believes small entities will not be significantly affected by the rule, it should provide the evidence it uses to support that claim. digital assets Lastly, we also have concerns regarding the rule's applicability to digital assets and digital asset wallet providers. The proposed rule indicates that the purchase of a crypto asset using fiat currency would be exempted by the rule. However, the rule includes digital assets in its definition of ``funds.'' Taken together, these two provisions raise many questions, including what crypto asset transactions would be included in the rule and whether the rule extends to certain wallet providers. The CFPB's proposed rule also comes as other jurisdictions are pushing to promote both competition and innovation in payments.”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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13. “Without a meaningful exclusion for merchants, the Bureau's authority could extend from players in consumer payments directly to merchants across the country. As you know, third party point of sale technology is used largely by small businesses, and the frequency with which small businesses are accepting digital payments is increasing. With this in mind, the CFPB should consider the impact this rule will have on the merchants that rely on electronic payment services to process payments. The rulemaking could have serious implications for small businesses and sole proprietors across the country, and we believe the CFPB should carefully assess the rule in this context. Furthermore, we are concerned the CFPB neglected to fully consider the impact of increased compliance costs.”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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14. “Congress of the United States, Washington DC, December 18, 2023. Hon. Rohit Chopra, Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Washington, DC. Dear Director Chopra: We write today to express our concern with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) proposed rule subjecting large participants within the general-use digital consumer payment application industry to CFPB supervision. Innovation is the driving engine of the American economy and the proposed rulemaking's broad scope will have significant consequences on the ability for nonbank firms to offer innovative products and services and for consumers to benefit from competition in the market. scope of the proposal Under the proposed definition and criteria, the CFPB estimates that 17 market participants would be affected by this rule.”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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15. “Yet, despite the obvious potential for Main Street and small business effects from this rulemaking, the CFPB failed to conduct any substantive analysis of the effects this rulemaking would have on small businesses or even conduct a sufficient cost-benefit analysis of the rulemaking more broadly. The reason was the Bureau was less interested in the cost of the rule than in expanding their own regulatory reach. This rule is a perfect example of regulate first, ask questions later. That was the approach of Director Chopra. Ultimately, this style of regulation is going to chill innovation and hurt the smallest players that depend on these technologies to compete with the big guys. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter signed by myself and 19 Financial Services Committee Republicans to Director Chopra in 2023.”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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16. “By designating companies engaged in payments activities as larger participants, the Bureau will get to expand their examination authority over an amorphous and ill- defined group of firms with payment tools. Given their track record, I think it is fair to say that we should not be supporting greater exam reach of the CFPB. I don't want our concerns to remain abstract. Let's take a look at some of the practical effects that CFPB examination would have over these payment firms. First, let's take a look at some of the problems with how the rule actually distinguishes who is and is not a larger participant in payments. The rule does not only apply to tools where consumers are using wallets to exchange funds on a peer-to-peer basis. It also applies to any number of payment intermediaries that assist small businesses and merchants.”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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17. “Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Hill for his attentiveness to this issue, and I thank my colleague in the Senate, my co-lead, Senator Pete Ricketts from Nebraska, for championing this effort and getting the resolution through the U.S. Senate in record time, in less than a week. He beat us to it. There are a lot of reasons to support this resolution eliminating the larger participant rulemaking from the CFPB. Number one--think about this--the CFPB finalized this rule in the eleventh hour in January days before the transfer of power, well after other agencies stopped their rulemaking. Number two, the rule itself is effectively a regulatory power grab by the CFPB's outgoing Biden nominee, Mr. Chopra.”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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18. “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the remarkable life of one of our greatest Nebraskans, Jack Hoffman. For over a decade, Jack's story captured the hearts and minds of Americans and Nebraskans as he battled brain cancer. Through it all, the Cornhusker State cheered him on. In 2013, Jack made national news when he ran for a 69-yard touchdown during the Huskers' spring game.”

    House of Representatives23 January 2025Source ↗

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19. “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate one of northeast Nebraska's most important institutions, Northeast Community College. This year, the NJCAA Men's Soccer National Champions hail from Nebraska's First Congressional District, our very own Northeast Hawks. Throughout the national tournament, Northeast consistently defied the odds.”

    House of Representatives15 January 2025Source ↗

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20. “Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the Record.”

    House of Representatives14 January 2025Source ↗

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21. “Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration.”

    House of Representatives14 January 2025Source ↗

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22. “LaLota, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Wied, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Jack, Mr. Downing, Mrs. King- Hinds, Mr. Schmidt. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Massie, Mr. Perry, Mr. Babin, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Bost, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Mast, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Mann, Mr. Owens, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Collins, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Kiley of California, Mr. Fong, Mr. Wied, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Begich, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Shreve, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Knott, Mrs. King-Hinds, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Onder. Mr. FLOOD (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the Record.”

    House of Representatives14 January 2025Source ↗

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23. “Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration.”

    House of Representatives14 January 2025Source ↗

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24. “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize two stalwarts of community service in Sarpy County, Nebraska: Nancy and Jim Thompson. Nancy and Jim have dedicated their lives to giving back to Nebraska throughout their nearly five-and-a-half decades of marriage. As educators, they played key roles in forming the Papillion La Vista School Foundation, helping charter it nearly 40 years ago.”

    House of Representatives14 January 2025Source ↗

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