Millions of consumers across the country would likely face higher cell phone bills and fewer choices.

People who live in rural Wisconsin have a right to expect that the FBI will be able to investigate crime in their communities.

I appreciate the gentleman from Colorado yielding, and I commend my colleagues for your hard work and the focus that you have all had on jobs and job creation and legislation that's actually going to help move our economy forward. I think…

It is clear that they are not serving a legitimate market function. It is clearly disadvantaging those that are seeking to enter the market for legitimate hedging purposes.

Mr. Chairman, I testified before a panel that the CFTC put together a year or so ago, and after our research at Public Citizen, we deemed that high-frequency traders do not serve a legitimate function in these markets.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on November 1, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate…

Mr. President, upon passage of this bill, I want to take a moment to thank my ranking member, Senator Blunt, for his guidance and support throughout this process. He and his staff, Stacy McBride and Mary Koskinen, were extraordinarily…

Mr. President, I raise a point of order against the pending DeMint amendment No. 764. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is sustained. The Senator's amendment falls. Amendments Nos. 794, 795, 797, 799, and 833 to Amendment No. 738…

Madam President, the first amendment we will be considering today is the Coburn amendment to reduce funding for the rural development mission area by $1 billion, or 41 percent, spread equally over the agency. I am opposing this amendment…

Is it fair to say that the work of the CFPB will no doubt have an impact on many small banks and credit unions?

I don't think we grow our economy. I don't think--I think Mr. Gutierrez was talking about gun stick-ups, was what he said.

I think we should have a real conversation about what we are trying to do.

So is it their fault that they were following these standards? They were following standards, correct?

You think a better name for this bill would be the Main Street Reform Act?

I commend the gentlemen from Arkansas and from New York for the work you've been doing in your own districts, reaching out to job creators, listening to them about what they need to make sure they can expand their businesses and grow their…

I thank my friend for yielding. As we look at what's happened recently, as the President has come out with his jobs bill proposal--and, frankly, many who analyze it would say this is stimulus number two. It's just another government…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on November 1, 2011, at 2:15 p.m., to hold an African Affairs subcommittee hearing entitled ``China's…

This bill would also undo State law and it would completely undermine the Affordable Care Act.