Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On yesterday, Madam Speaker, a civil rights icon and humanitarian, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, passed away at the age of 98. She was my friend, my mentor, and one of my predecessors as the national president of the…

I thank Senator Kaufman. ______ Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. LeMieux, and Mr. Brown of Ohio): S. 3242. A bill to improve teacher quality, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 5 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I know the Democrats are a bit shorter than that in time. If a Republican comes, I will yield the floor more quickly if they ask. I only have a couple of things I want to say. I just came earlier from the Agriculture Committee meeting…

I want to believe what I just heard. I do. I believe the genuineness and the sincerity of the words from my colleague from Arizona. I also, though--and I agree with him there are things we need to fix in this bill. There always are. And we…

Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

These capital markets which worked so well for many years are not working for local manufacturers, for small businesses today.

If we do what Senator Kaufman said, if we do this right, it will take care of this problem so it does not happen in the next two or three generations, the way people in the 1930s did, or if we do not do it right, we are back at this in 5…

Mr. President, when you look at Wall Street and you look at the relationship between far too many Senators and Wall Street, that is what got us into this mess. For the last 10 years the deregulation of the Bush administration, the people…

I thank Senator Kaufman. Some people think about this as a pretty big step, to decide we want to limit the size of banks. It is not something we like to do. We don't want to do more regulation than we have to. We don't want to tell…

Exactly. I say to Senator Kaufman, you made a point maybe 5 minutes ago that some of the smartest people in the country are working on Wall Street. There is a huge incentive for smart people to go to Wall Street and be creative and invent…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with Senator Kaufman for up to 30 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:33 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at…

There will be up to 3 hours for debate prior to a vote on confirmation of the Schroeder nomination. Senators should expect that vote to occur around lunchtime. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 21; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 493, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER…