The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act has been on the books since 1940, and I am pleased from what you said, that you are going to have 100 percent review of every--I want to make sure I heard you correctly--of every file involving a…

Ultimately, we believe these collective efforts will help address concerns about the foreclosure process.

Are you confident now that, going forward, servicers will, in fact, know if an individual is subject to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act going forward?

May I ask, why was that not done earlier, when you were designing the program, thinking about how you would structure the selection of independent consultants, how you would screen the consultants, how you would communicate with consumers?

Mr. President, I wish to thank the chairman for his leadership on this important issue and so many others before the Banking Committee. Since September 2008, we have learned many hard lessons about the factors that contributed to the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for 5 minutes at the conclusion of Senator Johnson's remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I rise to speak in support of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011, which I am pleased to cosponsor today. As attorney general of Rhode Island, I saw firsthand the good work the Violence Against Women…

I thank the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question occurs on agreeing to the motion to proceed to S. 1944, which is subject to a 60-affirmative-vote threshold.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 7, 2011, at…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 7, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 7, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 7, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 7, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Homegrown…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia and the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on…

Mr. President I come to the floor to speak in support of President Obama's nomination of Richard Cordray, from Ohio, to be the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He is a former attorney general, former solicitor general…

Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 894 on H.R. 2055, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have voted ``yes.'' Appointment of Conferees THE SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Westmoreland). Without objection, the Chair appoints…

Madam Speaker, we simply cannot leave Washington before extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment assistance. With our economy still struggling and unemployment remaining unacceptably high at 10.4 percent in my home State of Rhode…

Mr. President, today I am introducing the bipartisan LIHEAP Protection Act, along with my colleagues Senator Snowe from Maine and Senator Sanders from Vermont, and many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle. I am pleased to see such…