Well, and they decided who would get the credit on home loan mortgages based upon the cash flow of the welfare check. And it didn't work out so well. That's one of the examples. I am standing here thinking about this. Where would they…

And reclaiming my time, I do wish to join in that pledge and putting my marker here. We have joined together in the introduction of legislation to repeal ObamaCare, to pull it out root and branch, lock, stock, and barrel, to eliminate…

Reclaiming my time, I think it might be useful for the gentlelady and I to go through this list of things that have happened about the nationalization. Because if I look at the dialogue in the country, we've carried this dialogue, I think…

Reclaiming my time, I appreciate the gentlelady refreshing that point. I had actually forgotten that number. I remember it now when you say it. $44,000. And now I think in terms of, if you have all the free time in the world to do whatever…

One of the important studies was done not that long ago by Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation. He's done a couple of very important studies in the last 2 years. One of them was the level of welfare that's here in the country. I…

Reclaiming my time, I would add onto that that I hadn't thought of that in terms of, and this is a presumption that iPods will stay the price they are, which we know that competition and mass production will probably reduce the cost. But…

I am always happy to yield when the Rules Committee is conducting business here on the floor. So I will go back to the beginning, Mr. Speaker, and that is this: that if we would go to 1978--and I want to illustrate the chronology of how we…

I thank the gentlelady. In reclaiming my time, I wanted to explore this ``secured creditor'' so that the Speaker and those who are observing will understand clearly what this means. A ``secured creditor'' would be someone who holds…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Curtis Sturgill and John Forristal of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, each year, we set aside April 28 as Workers Memorial Day, a time to remember and honor those who have been killed or injured or have contracted a serious illness in the workplace. Since the passage of the Coal Mine Health…

I am pleased that this bill provides significant support to continue outreach and default aversion activities through the College Access Challenge Grant Program funded at $750 million, more than double the amount we have provided for these…

I thank the Senator from Connecticut for all the hard work he has put into this, he and his staff and the committee. It is a good bill. Again, we may not agree on every detail. There are some things I would like to see in it; maybe they…

Secretary Duncan has correctly called education 'the civil rights issue of our time.'

Let no one doubt that a strong reauthorization of this legislation is a top priority for this committee.

I ask unanimous consent for 1 more minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you. As I said, I have no objection to basic derivatives. It is when these derivatives get out of hand; it is when you have a derivative on a derivative on a derivative and on and on and on. That is what is happening in the…

Mr. President, since I see no one else on the floor, I ask unanimous consent for another 7 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, yesterday, in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by the distinguished Senator from Michigan, Mr. Levin, we learned more about the reckless actions of traders and executives at Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs…