The Nation of Islam is a religious group that practices the Muslim religion.

But here is an individual attempting to undermine the protections that are given to women.

a Constitution is intended to endure for ages to come and consequently to be adapted for the various crises of human affairs.

I would like to have a hearing on right-wing extremists, ideologues, who advocate violence and advocate, in essence, the terrorizing of certain groups.

Our concern is that holding a hearing that targets this community will have the unintended consequences of breeding alienation and fostering feelings of resentment.

The difficulty with these hearings is it may provide information, but it may provoke unnecessarily individual communities that are trying to do their best.

I think that would be a very, very misguided approach.

For this to happen, though, and I repeat again and again, the SEC needs the resources to do their job effectively.

The Dodd-Frank Act has gone a long way to addressing, I think, some of the issues that caused the financial crisis.

I warned that the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection would prove to be an unaccountable and unbridled bureaucracy.

The long-term consequences of this settlement could be even more serious. It would politicize our financial system.

The proposed settlement would fundamentally alter the regulation of our banks, yet this would be done without congressional involvement.

The proposed settlement appears to be an attempt to advance the Administration's political agenda rather than an effort to help homeowners.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business until 3:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am all for returning to the time in which Congress would exert some authority in these matters.

I think by working with the Corps over the years a lot has been done.

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One of the major benefits is to be able to keep these technologies here, keep the innovation here in the U.S., manufacture the technologies here, and create jobs here.