If you're serious about deficit reduction, then there's no excuse to keep these loopholes open.

Mr. Speaker, America's daughters deserve better. Today, in the United States, women make only 77 cents for every dollar their male peers earn. In my home State of Illinois, women earn nearly $12,000 a year less than their male…

Mr. President, we can allow American consumers today to keep more of their hard-earned money by establishing a reasonable fee and an annual interest rate cap, combating abuses by Internet payday lenders, and eliminating bank payday loans…

Mr. President, I have come to the floor many times to talk about for-profit schools. It is another consumer issue. It is a very serious one. I come to the floor to describe to my colleagues and put on the record of the Senate some of the…

Mr. President, I know that pending is the firearms legislation, which America is watching very closely, and which we will speak to at length as we proceed to this measure. I, of course, will come to the floor at that time to address some…

Mr. President, after the financial crisis of 2008 we learned that predatory lending hurts more than just families who lost money. Predatory lending can affect entire communities and often targets the most vulnerable in our…

I don't want to see the process short-circuited by the actions of this committee in favor of this bill that is before us.

I just refuse to close my eyes to the impacts of carbon pollution if we burn those fossil fuels and don't capture the carbon.

It seems as though the environmental community... is downplaying the impact in importance of jobs as it relates to this particular issue.

This highlights the need to have a series of hearings, not just one hearing 2 years ago, but a series of hearings on climate change science.

Let us bring some scientists who can offer independent conclusions about climate change.

I really respect Dr. Jaccard and I respect his accomplishments but that doesn't nullify our request that we have a hearing specifically with scientists.

I think you should read the entire article which explains that we are currently heading towards a temperature increase that would be extremely damaging.

But, Mr. Chairman, the nature and the subject of this hearing I want to be real clear is not climate change; it is Keystone.

We are strengthening protections against federal contractors and subcontractors engaging in human trafficking-related activities.

Today, the Administration will release for public comment the first-ever federal strategic action plan to coordinate and strengthen services for trafficking victims in the United States.

Even the Governor of Tennessee said he's going to dance tonight.

By enforcing workplace protections, upholding the rights of workers and providing a stable workplace environment for businesses, the NLRB plays a vital role in our efforts to grow the economy and strengthen the middle class.