But, ma'am, you just agreed with me that the credit unions' fees provide your budget.

I think it would help you and help with the transparency if you did have hearings.

Do you think that is a very good way of holding yourself accountable to these stakeholders?

Mr. President, first of all, I wish to commend the majority whip on his outstanding speech addressing the Iran nuclear deal. I rise in a number of capacities. One is as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which will…

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Mr. President, 5 years ago today, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Act. Following the 2008 financial crisis, Washington passed this 2,300-page bill, creating more burdensome regulations that did not solve the crisis, and, in…

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Madam Speaker, like my colleagues, I was deeply disturbed by the video that surfaced last week and the allegations regarding Planned Parenthood's selling the body parts of unborn children. Just today, another video was released showing a…

I want to compliment you working with my alma mater, Florida A&M University for that tremendous land in Florida will be the largest acquirement of land to help beginning farmers for any of the colleges.

I want you to also tell him how much we appreciate him providing that leadership to help us with getting funds to be able to help these students to be able to go into careers in agribusiness.

We hope we are able to do is be able to tweak language in the farm bill that will allow these 1890s to be able to add the area of student scholarships and loan forgiveness.

A comfortable retirement is part of the American Dream.

The new rule would limit access to investment advice for the families who need it most and, in my opinion, is a solution in search of a problem.

Doesn't it make far more sense at least to try better disclosure before risking any of this?

Thank you, Secretary Perez. We appreciate your attendance and your service to the country.

I am interested in seeing to it that people get quality advice, that those that advise them are responsible and accountable for that advice.

The problem is that the regulations that govern fiduciary advisors would severely limit products available for retirement accounts and increase fees so much so that low- and moderate-income people would be more low-income, more…

Why the Labor Department should meddle in investment decisions defies all logic.