I hope very much that he was not saying that Gross advantaged plaintiffs, because that is certainly not the case.

S. 1756 would replace the Gross standard with a uniform standard that furthers Congress' interest in preventing and deterring workplace bias.

It just seems like to me that there is a higher wall to climb.

the Gross rule undermines Congress' efforts to stop and deter workplace bias.

Mr. President, I would like to talk a little further about the problems with credit rating agencies. Yesterday, I filed an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill that would create a Credit Rating Agency Board and help encourage…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Dodd). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Last year, I passed an amendment to the Defense appropriations bill that prohibits taxpayer money from going to contractors who force their employees to arbitrate discrimination claims.

I think it should be pretty easy to establish whose testimony is more persuasive, shall we say?

Would those be greater than the number of cases under which the opposite is true?

I think it is harmful to enforcement of civil rights claims, as almost anything else is, the mandatory arbitration.

This enthusiasm and interest can't end on the stage of a high school science fair.

I say thank you so much to my friend from Texas. I wish to thank her for her leadership on this issue. As she mentioned, our amendment seeks simply to preserve the Federal Reserve's authority to supervise community banks and bank holding…

And you think that the college professors know about the programs, opportunities that are available through STEM?

Very good.

I think VAWA has done a great deal of work in ensuring that the programs that are recipients of their money make sure that all of the services that are provided to women and to the children are also provided to male victims.

My concern here is that we do not cut back on some of the services that we need the most for our victims to put themselves back in the job market and really break the cycle.

I especially want to thank Senator Amy Klobuchar for her continued unwavering support, her work, and her focus on these issues.

As we know, our economy is starting to rebound from the devastating job losses and the housing crisis that it has experienced over the past 2 years.