Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 20, 2010, at 9:15 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``NATO: Report of the Group of Experts.''…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 20, 2010, at 2:30 p.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet during…

Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 20, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing on May 20, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 20, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in room 406 of the Dirksen Office Building. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 20, 2010, at 10:30…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on May 20, 2010, at 10 a.m., in SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. Like many Members of Congress, I listen to, I visit the small businesses in my community in Colorado. Small businesses are really the backbone of our country. When I visited one of our small towns like…

There are many issues before Congress, both great and small--all of tremendous importance. One of the issues that there's an outcry among the American people for us to deal with is immigration reform. Whether people are conservative or…

Mr. President, I just wish to briefly add to the discussion and thank both the chairman and Senator Carper and my good friend Senator Corker as well. We are breaking new ground. We are creating a new national Consumer Financial Protection…

Mr. President, let me start off by thanking Senator Corker for all the time and energy he and Courtney and others on his staff have put into this issue, both in committee and as we come to the floor. Last week, Senator Corker and I and…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4071. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Delaware [Mr. Carper], for himself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Warner, proposes an…

Mr. President, let me try to be clear on one point, as we come to the close of this discussion. For States or their national banks, under what is proposed and what would occur under our amendment, if a State AG wants to try to enforce a…

Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 3 minutes 27 seconds.

Mr. President, I would like to state to the manager of the bill, if I could ask a question of Senator Dodd, one of Senator Reid's right-hand lieutenants asked me to ask for an additional 5 minutes on both the Corker and Carper amendments…

I ask unanimous consent that both on the Corker amendment and the amendment I have offered, we have an additional 5 minutes for a total of 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.