I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner)…

I have the highest respect for the Senator from Georgia personally, and I thank him for his support on my interchange amendment. We have worked on many other issues, and we will in the future. I will concede what he pointed to as a…

Mr. President, at the risk of a real debate, I invite the Senator from Georgia to stay, if he would, for a moment so we can engage.

Mr. President, I rise today to commend and thank Senators Dodd and Shelby for their extraordinary leadership and tenacity in shepherding this complex bill through the arduous floor consideration process over the past several weeks, and for…

The public's trust in government is near an all-time low. According to a recent CBS/New York Times survey, only 19 percent of the people said they trust the government to do what is right. This deficit of trust is not inconsequential…

Mr. President, I am proud to join my colleagues on the floor of this Chamber today. Here, in our Nation's Capital, we gather to confront shared challenges. We celebrate our great leaders, and mourn fallen heroes. Here, we carry out the…

With no investment, we have no gains. It's as simple as that. We cannot lose the race of competition to other nations. America's future depends on that. We must have the jobs. People are asking every day where are the jobs going to come…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

I announce that the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I announce that the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

So I further ask, through the Chair, the Senator from North Carolina is saying, if we want to protect military families from this outrageous conduct by these lenders, then should not we protect all American families who might be in similar…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) are necessarily absent.

I thank the Senator from North Carolina for her leadership. These are truly the bottom feeders of the credit industry in America.

I wish to thank the Senator from North Carolina for her leadership on this issue involving title loans and payday loans. I know she led the fight in her home State of North Carolina before she came here to the Senate. I wish to ask the…

I urge my colleagues to join me in support of this measure, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) that the House suspend the rules…

I urge support of this resolution and yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) that the House suspend the rules and agree to the…

First of all, I want to thank Chairman Conyers for yielding time, and I also want to thank him for his historical memories of the life of Lena Horne. Some people were fortunate to read about her, but I believe that Chairman Conyers is old…