I would repeat, it is too early to come up with a figure, and I think the President agrees with that. Let's see what kind of cap should apply. ____________________

Mr. President, let me just make one comment. I don't very often agree with President Obama. Right now, he is unsure what that level should be. I am unsure what that level should be. Maybe it should be the level we are talking about right…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my letter to Senator McConnell dated May 18, 2010, be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, May 18, 2010…

Mr. President, I rise today to express grave concern regarding the misplaced priority of annually deeming this day, May 18, HIV Vaccine Awareness Day. This year marks the 13th annual observance of a day that epitomizes our government's…

Mr. President, if you have been watching the global warming debate lately, you will notice the supporters of cap and trade are getting kind of nervous. They realize the political environment for cap and trade couldn't be more…

I hope we will do both.

The most important order of business is to stop the leak . . . and we need to stop it as soon as possible.

We need to mitigate and contain the environmental impacts; provide assistance to the Gulf's commercial and recreational fishing industries; and investigate the causes so we can prevent a disaster of this kind from happening again.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that this spill has occasioned some fatally misguided legislation, which will make us more dependent on foreign oil.

I just hope that we could all guard against this and keep in mind that we have something to do.

Anyone who has the responsibility for not having done what they said they were going to do, whether that is the private companies that were involved, including BP and others, or whether it was people in the public sector, they will be held…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for such time as I may consume. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We must contain the spill and protect the Gulf Coast and the people who live there.

It might come as a surprise to some people in this room, but I want to commend President Obama for his speech on the oil spill last Friday.

Senator Menendez's bill, S. 3305, would amend the OPA. He may not know it, but his bill is a big help for big oil companies, such as BP.

I felt at that time that that is premature, as the President stated also.

Mr. President, I support Senator Sanders' amendment No. 3738 regarding Federal Reserve transparency. As a cosponsor of S. 604, the Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009, my support for these efforts is clear. American taxpayers have a right…

Mr. President, I wish to spend a few minutes kind of general talking. I wish to give an example because this is a very big bill with a lot of hard work by the Banking Committee and their staffs. I want Members to compare this bill to a…