If I could, I haven't really noticed that much desire to please each other around here, but I do thank you for the fact that it is a 50-vote threshold. I had been told prior to coming down that it was 60, so thank you for that. But I do…

Nearly 1 month after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, oil continues to flow from the well, poisoning and destroying our water environment. The rig activities were considered to be a low-risk drilling exploration. Such a…

Will the Senator yield for a couple of minutes over here? I know we are under time anyway.

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Alabama for the work he has done in trying to craft a bankruptcy title that more fully suits financial institutions. This body is an interesting body because you don't have the chance to do anything…

I thank the Senator. I know I spent a great deal of time on the floor. I thank the Senator from Connecticut. First, I thank him for the work he did to make the resolution title better. I know that after he and Senator Shelby finished, I…

Mr. President, I thank my friend from Illinois. I wish to speak for just a moment on the Corker amendment that will be coming up very shortly, and I thank the Presiding Officer for the time. First of all, I thank Senator Gregg, Senator…

Mr. President, I think everybody in this body knows the core of this last financial crisis was because there were a lot of loans written in this country that people couldn't pay back. The Dodd bill does a lot, but it doesn't deal with that…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the Corker amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative…

Mr. President, I appreciate the opportunity to come back to the floor and speak on financial regulation. First of all, I wish to congratulate the Presiding Officer from Colorado for being very successful yesterday on passing an amendment…

I now yield such time as he may consume to the Honorable Bart Gordon, who represents a district just south and southeast of Davidson County. =========================== NOTE =========================== May 12, 2010 on H3335 the following…

With your indulgence, I recognize the gentleman from west Tennessee (Mr. Tanner) out of order for such time as he may consume.

I now yield such time as he may consume to the author of the resolution and a pilot himself, Mr. Boyd of Florida. {time} 1145

I thank Mr. Boyd and Mr. Ehlers for bringing this resolution, and ask that all Members unanimously support H. Res. 1284, as amended. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion…

Before we close, I want to take an opportunity, because I don't know if I will have the opportunity on the floor to do it. Mr. Ehlers is retiring during this Congress. When I was a freshman in 2006, he was the head of the Committee on…

I would like to yield as much time as the gentleman from Davidson County, Tennessee (Mr. Cooper) needs. He's the primary author of this particular resolution and the distinguished Congressperson from the district that suffered the greatest…

In the first weekend of May, the great storms came through from the West and struck in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The flooding damage was record-breaking. The damage done in all States was great but in the State of…

I, too, thank Mr. Cooper for bringing this resolution, Mr. Gordon for testifying, and Mr. Duncan and Mrs. Blackburn for their testimony, all the members of the delegation who came together in a bipartisan manner and who I think, by their…

I would like to ask that all of our Members join in supporting S. Con. Res. 61. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. McCollum). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen)…