As a former prosecutor, I've seen the devastating effects on the lives of those that have been financially victimized.

I was thinking about that when we had the latest toy issue with the cadmium in the jewelry.

Thank you very much, Senator Nelson. We really appreciate that, and hopefully we can get to the bottom of this.

I think it will be very helpful if we could get that Task Force going.

Madam Speaker, this week this House has a historic opportunity. For far too long, millions of Americans have not been able to afford basic health care coverage. For far too long, families with insurance are told when they finally need to…

The EEOC has taken the position that agreements that mandate binding arbitration of discrimination claims as a condition of employment are contrary to the fundamental principles evinced in these laws.

We are looking for ways to ensure that victims of discrimination have adequate recourse and adequate remedies available to them if they can prove discrimination.

And they are set to expire 2012, right?

You can see why they are so productive in North Dakota. There is not much time to mess around.

What protections do you think should be in place to make sure Comcast doesn't have unfair advantage over its competitors in these negotiations?

We have just endured in this country and are only beginning to recover from a financial crisis that occurred, I think in part, because certain interests for many years were allowed to trump the interests.

I guess my first question--Senator Schumer is working on a bill--is just how we fix this.

But the last thing I want to do is to make it worse.

My office has received 220 letters just on the Citizens United decision, and it might surprise Mr. Smith that by last night's count, 204 of those 220 Minnesotans were opposed to the decision.

But there is a reason that there is no law for this.

So while you assert that 20 percent is not control, if a foreign entity owns 20 percent of a company, 31 of 32 States who define what control is do.

Now, you just said the law prohibits foreign nationals from participating in giving, but it does not.

I introduced a bill called the American Elections Act. It said that if a foreign national has a controlling share of a company, that company should not be spending unlimited amounts in America.