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Mr. President, I wish to express my appreciation to the chairman for working so constructively to develop this amendment, to build a consensus, and to give a strong measure of assurance to the small business community about the intent of…
I thank the chairman of the committee, Senator Dodd, for being responsive and receptive to a number of amendments we have offered with respect to small businesses and for making sure there are not unintended consequences as a result of…
I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To mandate minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements for…
Mr. President, I am calling up tonight the amendment I debated on the Senate floor on Monday, with Senator Dodd and other Members who were present. This amendment would direct regulators to impose strong risk- and size-based capital…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and call up amendment No. 3879, which is pending at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative…
It seems certainly to me, and I think to most observers, that the decision of a company to invest in Iran is material and that its shareholders deserve to know that.
We are at a critical juncture in our efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
I have pushed the Chairman, Mary Schapiro, on this issue and did so in a recent Appropriations Subcommittee hearing just a couple of weeks ago.
sanctions have no impact if they are not enforced.
Mr. President, I rise today to speak on behalf of an amendment I filed to direct regulators to impose tough risk- and size- based capital standards on financial institutions as they grow in size or engage in risky business practices. I am…
I had the privilege of serving the people of Maine as a financial regulator for 5 years about 20 years ago. This is an issue about which I care deeply and am committed to helping forge a solution to, so that never again can the problems…
Mr. President, I wish to discuss an amendment that would expand the Financial Stability Council established in S. 3217 to include the Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration. It is important that the council incorporate a…
Thank you to my colleague, Representative Matsui, for yielding the time, and to my colleague, Peter Welch, for doing such a great job on this bill. I want to talk a little bit about how this affects my home State of Maine. Madam Speaker…
I think it's important, for the record, for all of us to reemphasize that this breach was caused by the reduction in quantity.
Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act. I am pleased to be joined in this effort by my colleague from Maine, Senator Snowe. Our legislation would give greater local control and…
Mr. President, I rise today to join with my colleague from Wisconsin in introducing legislation, the Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2010, to prevent future unfair administrative cuts in Medicare home health payment rates. Home…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that, in order to achieve the level of shipbuilding that is set out in the 30-year shipbuilding plan, you would need about $4 billion more a year than what the Navy is budgeting.