Mr. President, I am very pleased to see that the conference committee on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act retained my amendment regarding the preemption standard for State consumer financial laws with only…

I again thank the Senator. This will provide certainty to everyone--those who offer consumers financial products and to consumer themselves. ____________________

One change made by the conference committee was to restate the preemption standard in a slightly different way, but my reading of the language indicates that the conference report still maintains the Barnett standard for determining when a…

I thank the Chairman. With respect to the Volcker Rule, the conference report states that banking entities are not prohibited from purchasing and disposing of securities and other instruments in connection with underwriting or market…

Mr. President, I rise to speak regarding the auto dealer exclusion in section 1029 of H.R. 4173, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010. I am pleased that my amendment excluding auto dealers from the jurisdiction of the…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the state of unemployment in our country and what we need to do to finally create sustainable jobs and grow our economy. The unemployment rate currently stands at 9.5 percent nationally and in my…

Mr. President, I rise today to explain my opposition to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act. When the Senate first passed the bill in May, I opposed it and explained my reasons for doing so. At that time I hoped the House and…

This is what is exciting to me. Today, Senators Boxer, Inhofe, Baucus, and our staffs are working full time--and a lot of colleagues don't understand what is going on now--to get a bill done this year on a bipartisan basis. Two Democrats…

He says the following: Actually, there is a second stimulus, one that could have a dramatic effect on the economy--even more so than government spending. And it won't add to the deficit. He goes on: The Federal Reserve recently reported…

Mr. President, in closing, I want to come back later today and talk about the Improper Payments Act, which is going to be passed by the House today and I hope signed by the President, to speak about why that is another important step to…

Mr. President, I rise today to applaud, really, to share with our colleagues an important step by Congress to curb waste and, I think, fraud within the Federal Government. Later today our colleagues over in the House, where both the Acting…

Mr. President, only this morning I was standing here and the Senator from New Mexico was presiding over the Senate. I got through half of my remarks and had to yield to the Senator from Maryland. Now that no one is on the floor, I wish to…

Mr. President, I rise today with my colleague Senator Bennett to introduce an important and bipartisan piece of legislation that will help protect American's from identity and financial theft. As you may have heard in the news, in 2009…

Mr. President, I regret that on July 12, 2010, I was unable to vote on the confirmation of Sharon Johnson Coleman, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District because my flight from Kansas City was delayed. I wish to…

The reality is that we have got to bring new ideas to bear on this economy. The American people know what's necessary to get this economy moving again. It's fiscal discipline in Washington, D.C., and it's fast-acting, across the board tax…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. I rise today in support of the rule and in support of the Lee amendment to responsibly end the war in Afghanistan. There is a real terrorist threat to our country, but that threat does…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 442, H.R. 5481, a bill to give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore…

Madam President, I think we are witnessing exhibit B to Senator Dorgan's exhibit A about what the problems are in this Chamber. I don't understand what is so objectionable. In the House, 169 Republicans voted in favor of giving the…