. >> mr. sherman arise in support of the amendment. when the supreme court misguidedly allowed the administration to go ahead with the flawed travel plan the administration took in their view of who counted as close relatives. graham princeton cap, needed to grandchildren, brother and sister-in-law's, uncles, and's, nieces and cousins. district court stated they should be counted as close relatives. the amendment would do just that and i urge my colleagues to support the amendment. >> horizon support of the amendment. since united loving family should always be a goal, one of the greatest treasures we have in life and something that unites all of humanity is our desire to be with her close family. freedom to visit these relatives is one that america cherishes. i'm sure each of us has at some point worked on a constituent case related to the goal of allowing a close family member of a constituent to immigrate to the united states. the strongly support the amendment to ensure that grandparents, in-laws and others can visit their close re

sherman, for five minutes. >> i want to get one thing clear for the record. mr. chairman you began by quoting people saying we should be nice to witnesses and i think it is important the record reflect that no comment about being nice to democratic or republican witnesses every came from me. you talk about small companies being able to make business loans. that is not a reason for us to take the giant banks off the hook for regulation. it is there near collapse that nearly collapsed the economy. it is the reason for you to deal with the occ which is under your jurisdiction and have them when they audit banks and those banks have a prime plus four or prime plus five loan to a company that is just a little shaky that they have a reserve of just an extra 1-2 percent rather than 30-50%. you, mr. secretary, could do more than any of us to get small business loans made by local banks. the debt clock has been behind you. you commented on that. i would hope any tax reform would not increase the debt and we just voted in the house not to cut the cbo because they are the u

they recognize the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. >> you begin by holding and saying we should be nice to witnesses. no comment about being nice to either democratic or witnesses ever came for me. >> i want to go through a number of things to respond to for the record. we talk about small banks and credit unions being able to make business loans, that's not a reason to take the giant banks off the hook. they are near collapse. when they have a prime plus four or prime loan it's a little shaky. you could do more than any of us to get small business loans made by local banks. the debt clock has been behind you, we've commented on that. i would hope any tax return that came out of your department would not increase that that. they are the umpire here as far as what increases and decreases deficit. the debt limit is just over the horizon and i hope you would use your voice to remind us it's not enough to deal with the debt limit and overtime. the harm is to our economy now because have to invest in the risk. you probably didn't