Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Rhode Island for his courtesy, and I thank Senator Dodd. I was here earlier. I will come and talk about that queue as it exists. I hope my amendment on too big to fail will be part of the early…

I think it is commendable that there has been a burst of activity on the Senate floor in the last couple of hours. We have had a number of votes. It took some while to wait for this to happen. I agree with the Senator from Connecticut and…

Mr. President, before the Senator from Rhode Island speaks, let me just ask if he will yield so that I may ask a question.

Madam President, I know the Senator from Connecticut has been on the floor all of this day managing a piece of legislation, and it appears to be kind of a lonely process here. He is managing what is a very important piece of legislation…

Probably the ugliest findings are on page 62 of the report when the Corps admits that, on the crucial day, the morning of Sunday, May 2, when an elderly couple in Nashville had already drowned trying to get to church, only then did the…

Mr. President, yesterday there was a hearing in the Senate on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty we have negotiated with Russia. I was not on the committee, but there was testimony by Dr. James Schlesinger and Dr. William Perry, two of…

My point is, I will offer an amendment that would actually require it at the front end, simply saying, if we have a category that is described as too big to fail, meaning this is too large an organization to be allowed to fail, which in my…

First, the point the Senator from Connecticut made, which is so important, is effective regulatory authority. If we don't have regulations that work or regulators who care, what happens is what happened to us in the last couple years. We…

Mr. President, I wanted to, in a few minutes, talk about the START treaty. But before I do that, I would like to engage in some discussion with the Senator from Connecticut about financial reform. Even as I do that, and I will do that…

This is a hearing on bills to address tribal economic development, a lands claim settlement and an Indian irrigation project.

I wonder if we shouldn't do a conference call with the CEO of BNSF, Mr. Rose, yourself, the Governor, the congressional delegation; and, in that call, decide who's going to do what, when, and how we're going to get this fixed.

I think Congress just has to do better.

Madam President, first, I wish to make a couple comments about what has just transpired on the floor of the Senate. For the third time, we had a vote, not on anything relating to the ingredients of a bill dealing with financial reform or…

You just heard Senator Lautenberg--nobody's been stronger in the Senate than Senator Lautenberg.

I'm hoping that quick action can be taken to begin the work to resolve that issue.

We need to find a way to get enough capital into this rail passenger system so that you can make decisions in the intermediate and longer-term.

I think rail passenger service is an important part of the transportation network.

We have chosen a room in order to demonstrate that America has an energy problem.