mr. perlmutter. mr. perlmutter: first, mr. chair, i'd like to introduce into the record the report, community banking reports may 24, 2016 from wells fargo. chairman hensarling: without objection. mr. perlmutter: and report from may 20, 2014. chairman hensarling: without objection. mr. perlmutter: mr. stumpf, about eight years ago you were before this committee and i was so proud of you and proud of wells fargo. and the fact that i thought, operated as a bank. and really looked after me, they -- a customer, somebody who's been with the bank. all these young guys. i have been with one of the predecessor banks for 40 years. and i represented some of the predecessors. first interstate, security pacific, united. the culture is what i want to talk about because that really is you and it is your board of directors. and i have heard terms today that i don't really align with the banking business. if you will. i look at banks as something different. we came in with $800 billion to save the banking system when it was collapsing. becaus

mr. perlmutter. mr. perlmutter: first, mr. chair, i'd like to introduce nto the record the report, community banking reports may 24, 2016 from wells fargo. chairman hensarling: without objection. mr. perlmutter: and report from may 20, 2014. chairman hensarling: without objection. mr. perlmutter: mr. stumpf, about eight years ago you were before this committee and i was so proud of you and proud of wells fargo. and the fact that i thought, operated as a bank. and really looked after me, customer, somebody who's been with the bank. all these young guys. i have been with one of the predecessor banks for 40 years. nd i represented some of the predecessors. first interstate, security pacific, united. the culture is what i want to talk about because that really is you and it is your board of directors. and i have heard terms today that i don't really align with the banking business. if you will. i look at banks as something different. we came in with $800 billion to save the banking system when it was collapsing. because it's somet

mr. perlmutter, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. mr. perlmutter: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation to honor the memory of sherry, age 24, from colorado springs, colorado, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of action on the house floor. the speaker pro tempore: the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. doyle, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. mr. doyle: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation to honor the memory of chelsea and justin from alabama killed in their sleep in honor of their memory who never received a moment of action on the house floor. the speaker pro tempore: the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. mr. mcgovern: i yield to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. larson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. mr. larson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous conse

mr. perlmutter, mr. coffmanmark others from our entire colorado delegation in of course wanting to improve the quality of services at the v.a. we had an issue as well with fraudulent overbilling and time -- mislabeling of the amount of time our patients waited out of the fort collins facility. there's a number of problems with this bill but one is it can lead to less accountability in the v.a. because it can lead to punishment of whistleblowers, of employees who speak up against mismanagement. so when you're looking at passing a thoughtful human resources spoil or personnel policy, and i don't dispute that we need to work with the v.a. to come up with a better way of doing it, you want to make sure that somebody who is a whistleblower is adequately protect. if somebody comes forward and says, you know what, we're doing mislabeling of time sheets or you know what i know why this project is $300 million overbudget. it might be because of x, y, or z. doesn't always rise to federal level of whistleblower. we