I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.

Madam President, Bank of America made an announcement. They announced they were eliminating their proposed $5 monthly fee for the use of a debit card. We have kept track and I believe every bank across America has said we are abandoning…

I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio not only for yielding, but for convening this discussion this evening. I was speaking to a group of young people a couple of days ago, and they wanted to know why did we think this whole question of voter…

Mr. President, we are at a significant moment in the relationship between the banking industry on Wall Street and businesses and consumers on Main Street all across America. This could be, in the words of Malcolm Gladwell, a ``tipping…

I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent.

On Thursday October 27, 2011 I inadvertently missed the vote on final passage of H.R. 674. I would have cast a ``yea'' vote. ____________________

2 years ago, I stood on this floor and spoke out against the injustice of our Nation's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. I told the story of Lee Reinhart, a patriotic constituent of mine who wanted to serve his country in time of war. Lee had…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to express my outrage and my disappointment at the Oakland, California, Police Department, which reacted with brutality to those peacefully protesting. Mr. Speaker, I want to remind our…

This is my third time on the floor to talk about high-level nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain. I started talking about Hanford, which is in Washington State, comparing it to the Yucca facility. In Hanford, 53 million gallons of nuclear…

On Thursday, I will join my colleague Representative Barbara Lee, Catholic Charities USA, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the National Council of Churches, and several other Congress Members that my colleague mentioned to…

I agree with my colleague that spoke previously. America needs to be a voice for freedom in the world. America is a great nation. I find it interesting that we talk about the need to be engaged, with which I agree, but then we talk about…

I want to thank the gentleman from Missouri for yielding me this time. I also want to commend and congratulate Representative Corrine Brown for her introduction of this legislation and for the tremendous work that she did to get it to the…

Mr. President, we all saw the news, yet to be confirmed, that General Qadhafi is dead. This is a victory for our men and women in uniform, for the United States, for the administration, but, most importantly, for the people of Libya…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 3 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Libya

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the bi-partisan International Travelers Bill of Rights of 2011 with my colleagues Senators Scott Brown, Ben Cardin, and John Kerry. It is critical that consumers are able to make fully informed…

Mr. President, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have an interesting grasp of history. How else can you explain their choice of this week to push for the repeal of the most significant Wall Street reform since the Great…

I announce that the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 58, nays 41, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Merkley). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 41, nays 58, as follows…