This is a stunning case, knowing that the SEC has changed hands and things, that they would not jump down this after the Madoff--Bernie--after his case hit the papers.

I mean, that to me is criminal negligence, and the sooner they get him before a U.S. court, the better I will like it.

FEMA needs to do a little recalculating.

One of my proudest accomplishments in the U.S. Senate was authorizing the 2004 law that reauthorized the National Flood Insurance Program.

if the Congress does it that way, you are absolutely correct that this program will fall into an abyss and never pay for itself, and the Government will be on the hook for more than the 18 plus billion dollars it presently is.

I want to explain why I will vote no on the nomination of Robert D. Reischauer to serve as a public trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Programs. Although he has a Ph.D. in economics and extensive experience with Federal budgetary…

The problem is not with the law on currency as it is written.

I am frustrated, and I know my colleague, Senator Schumer, is frustrated. We are trying to act in the best interest of our workers and the United States of America.

There's a rising in our nation It is sensed both far and wide It's a movement based on common sense And deep and personal pride. In cities, town and villages As families faced what's real They make the tough decisions To make family…

Should we not be concerned about the impact this, paired with the large budget deficits that this administration has projected, will have on my 40 grandchildren and future generations?

Not if we have economic recovery, it will not.

Is that not just kind of a transferring of what we cannot pay for and what our excesses are presently to my children and grandchildren? Is that not kind of a wealth transfer or a debt transfer?