I don't see, on the grassroots level, the benefits of putting billions of dollars into financial institutions.
Just a week ago Maine's fuel dealers were in my office saying that they believe excessive speculation by noncommercial p...
Just two final questions from me. Senator Levin and I have introduced a bill that would repeal the language that prohibi...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Another reform that we need is the ability to identify and prevent what I refer to as regulatory black holes.
I am convinced that we not only need to make sure these two agencies have the resources necessary but that we need to pr...
We need a system where just because a product is new does not mean that it falls into a regulatory black hole.
I cannot imagine a federally or State-chartered bank being allowed to have a leverage ratio of 30:1.
But initially, the upfront cost is more to do construction. Correct?
I am getting very involved in this myself.
The administration did not follow the priorities set forth in the judiciary's 5-year courthouse project plan.
An analysis of the Obama administration budget proposal by the Congressional Budget Office projects that the public debt...
How is the SBA going to ensure, when you have over 5,000 lenders and 270 certified development companies that are making...
Senator Collins has been working with this group for some time.
I look forward to working with you to give small businesses the support and assistance they need to emerge from this rec...
it is just infuriating to me that they are cutting off credit to small businesses that, in many cases or in most cases, ...
Does this budget have support for the development of small business clusters?
This doesn't make much sense to me.