Previously postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order. H. R. 2706 by the yeas and nays. And h. R. 1730 by the yeas and nays. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote resm maining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from missouri, mr. Luetkemeyer, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2706 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 2706 a bill to provide requirements for banking agencies when requesting or ordering them to terminate a ecific customer account, and requiring documents related to subpoenas of the reform act of 1989 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , i
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Subcommittee will come to order. Good morning everyone and well konl to the subcommittee on equal opportunity. And home loan churning practices and how veteran home buyers are affected and additionally how taxpayers can be affected. This is the second oversight hearing we held this Congress Related to v. A. Loan guarantee program and the benefits provided to our American Service members and veterans on account of this program. As mr. London with the department of federal affairs discussing in his testimony v. A. Guarantees over 23 million loans in excess to trillion dollars since the 1940s representing millions of veterans, Service Members and their families who may not or otherwise achieve the American Dream. This program is one of the more well run program at the v. A. And i have thoughts about why it is, mainly because they guarantee it but the lender are in involved and they under ride it and more people involved in administering it in the private sector. They recently had concerns
Program which is a preview of the cases that are set for the second half of this term. The first half of the term had really more block busters than weve seen in a long time and the second half of the term promisees to be even more exciting than the first half. Fortunately we have an incredible panel here today to discuss these cases. Before i get out of the way, i want to thank the federal society and cons tug tugsal socie society for sponsoring this event. I want to thank our event coordinator. Our moderator, amy, who is a georgetown graduate first and most important. She was once the editor reporter for the scotus blog. And now they is just an independent contractor and a reporter for the scotus blog. And amy really, i think probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. So with that, i will turn the program over to amy. That is a tough introductory to live up to. I have been asked to quickly introduce the panel, so i will leave you to the name tags. They have ar
Subcommittee will come to order. Good mompg and welcorning and w todays subcommittee. Our oversight entitled home loan turning practices and how taxpayers could be affected. This is the second hearing. As many london with the department of Veterans Affairs discusses in his testimony, the v. A. Is guaranteed over 2 million loans in excess of 2 trillion since the 1940s. That represents millions of veterans, Service Members and their families who may not have otherwise been able to achieve the American Dream. While this program is one of the more well run programs at the v. A. And i have some thoughts about why it is, mainly because they guarantee it but the lenders are involved and they underwrite it and more people involved in administering it in the private sector. They had concerns about certain activities being conducted by some lenders. Potentially unscrupulous lenders which have the potential for harmful outcomes for veteran home buyers. We have seen reports of what may be deceptiv