Mr. President, I am pleased to join the distinguished Senator from Virginia, the former Secretary of the Navy, in the introduction of this joint resolution, along with Senator Lee from Utah. I look forward to a debate of this resolution…

Mr. President, noticing that there is nothing happening on the floor, I want to come down and talk a little bit about the vote that just occurred on the Tester-Corker amendment. Obviously, I was on the losing side of this debate, but as we…

Mr. President, I couldn't agree more. It is amazing that we passed this 2,400-page bill a year ago, and on all the tough decisions, we deferred to the regulators. The regulators are now creating all kinds of rules because we knew they had…

Mr. President, I rise to talk about the Tester-Corker vote which will take place at 2 o'clock today. I know there has been a lot of discussion about the Durbin amendment which occurred during Dodd-Frank and where we are today. I wish to…

Madam President, it is my understanding I have 10 minutes; is that correct? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. That is correct.

Mr. President, I rise to speak about the Tester-Corker amendment that, hopefully, will be before us shortly. I have to say I have just witnessed a great discussion of populism, and that is, if an institution is making some money, let's…

I thank the Senator. There was some discussion a minute ago about when it was going to occur. I thank you for that and for your deft management of this bill.

Madam President, I rise today to speak about something that is affectionately known as the Durbin amendment. During the Dodd- Frank debate that occurred about a year ago and upon its passage, there was an amendment brought to the floor…

I do wish to say that my friend from Montana has been a great partner in this effort. I know lots of times people use a lot of rhetoric down here to talk about what is happening and the fact that anyone who might be proposing this type of…

If I happen to go 8 minutes or so, would the Chair let me know when I have 2 minutes remaning? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes.

Let me thank our ranking member for yielding. And let me just say, first of all, I rise in opposition to the Boehner resolution. This debate is long overdue. On March 30, I, along with Representatives Woolsey, Honda, Grijalva and Waters…

As we know, the War Powers Act specifically forbids Armed Forces from engaging in military action in foreign lands for more than 60 days without congressional authorization or the use of military force or a declaration of war. We have been…

On Sunday the New York Times editorially commended bills that give people an opportunity to get jobs without having credit checks run on them. In this country today, credit checks are run on almost 65 percent of all job applicants, and…

By including this language in this bill, we are absolutely being clear that the policy of the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq has never included permanent bases and will never include permanent bases. However, I'm disappointed that…

First, let me thank Chairman McKeon and also Ranking Member Smith for agreeing to include my amendment in this en bloc amendment for consideration. I urge support for these en bloc amendments and specifically for my amendment, 117, which…

First let me thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. I would just say to the gentleman, you are absolutely correct, and I oppose this rule because this is such an important issue that affects our national security, but…

Madam President, my distinguished colleagues who have spoken this afternoon have pointed out a truth that is impossible to refute, which is, at the rate the Federal Government is spending, we will have acquired $15 trillion of debt by the…

Mr. President, I thank the distinguished Senator from Kentucky for standing up for the fourth amendment principles he has articulated today. This is an important issue to all Americans. Americans are at once concerned about our national…