I thank the gentleman from Knoxville for yielding the time. I rise today, and all of the people of Tennessee, so many of the families in my district have lost most or even all of what they had. Some have suffered loss of family members…

I know Senator Isakson, Senator Gregg, and Senator Shelby wish to speak on our side.

Mr. President, the Dodd bill attempts to deal with quarterly liquidation. I know there have been discussions about the pros and cons. There have been attempts to deal with the derivatives title. My sense is, before it is all said and done…

It sounds like there was no objection, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the sequence the Senator from----

Mr. President, as far as other amendments, I have an inquiry. As far as other amendments, I have a number of what I would call surgical amendments, some of which may be--I just have an inquiry as to other types of amendments. I know we are…

Mr. President, not seeing other Senators at this time wishing to speak, I want to recap, if I could. We spend a year and a half working on financial regulation in this body, and there are a lot of fancy things we are looking at that…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3955. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Corker], for himself, Mr. Gregg, Mr. LeMieux, Mr…

Mr. President, my understanding is we have about 30 minutes on each side--is that correct--on this amendment--30 minutes on this amendment and 30 minutes on Merkley; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no order in effect.

Mr. President, how much time remains of our 30 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 13 minutes 40 seconds remaining.

I yield a few minutes, if I could, to the Senator from Florida. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida. Mr. LeMIEUX. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate my colleague from Tennessee on his amendment, and I rise in support of it…

To restate, Senator Shelby, Senator Isakson, Senator Gregg, and then anybody else on our side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise to speak on the bill before us. I know John McCain from Arizona has filed an amendment on Fannie and Freddie, or GSEs, as we call them. I wish to speak on that amendment. I know I have worked with our Presiding…

Madam President, I am here to speak about the consumer protection title in the Dodd bill. I do want to say that while I disagree with my friends from Delaware and Ohio in their approach, I appreciate the way they have conducted themselves…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Connecticut. I will be brief. My friend from Virginia, Mark Warner, is here. Senator Dodd and Senator Shelby allowed us to work on this portion of the bill. I thank Senator Warner for being such a…

Mr. President, before my time to speak today, there were some comments made by the junior Senator from Delaware, but before getting to that, I did want to mention that I hope very soon the administration will work closely--and I am sure…

Mr. President, I know there will be a number of people talking about regulatory reform. The Senator from Virginia and I worked on a number of issues together in order to create a bill we think is solid and will stand the test of time. I…

I enjoyed listening to the comments of the Senator from Connecticut. I can certainly share with him some of the ideas he suggested. My other colleagues and I, to be candid, could change this bill and it would have numerous names on it. I…

Obviously, Mr. President, I was being humorous in talking about that. The Senator is right. The Senator from Virginia and I both know that in our businesses, we were the last ones to be paid. Everyone else was dealt with and our…