Mr. President, I wish to join Chairman Levin in his plea that we be allowed to consider this legislation. The greatest crisis we face in the United States, for families all across the country, is jobs. The President has proposed a bill…

I would love to ask Mr. White what the forecast is for the on-bill financing and what specifically we can do to help National Grid.

Well, thank you, Chairman, for your efforts to see that American consumers do get a fair shake.

How often do you suppose it is the business in a large-scale consumer arbitration clause that--empirically, how often do you think it is the business that loses as the result of that rather than the consumer once the--

But if it is a bigger claim and, therefore, more dangerous to the company, then that is when they push you toward arbitration under the clause?

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the three pending trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama. Let me say at the outset that I am in favor of free trade, if that term is allowed its true meaning. I have great confidence in the…

It strikes me, Professor Drahozal, that there is a lot of import to the statement that you made--I think I have it exactly right because I wrote it down just as you said it--'nobody is going to agree post-dispute to an arbitration clause.'

And if you have one of these consumer take-it-or-leave-it arbitration clauses that are in a general contract, are they limited to small dollar amounts, or do they have a threshold so that if it turns out to actually be a really big deal…

Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare were created because they reflect the values of our country. We should be incredibly proud of these programs, which provide a vital safety net for our seniors, and we should commit ourselves to…

Mr. President, this evening, I cast my vote in favor of the Senate moving forward with critical job-creation legislation. With 61,000 Rhode Islanders and millions of Americans currently looking for jobs, we must take swift action to help…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise today in strong support of the three pending agreements before this great body. This is a great day. This is a great day for America in the sense that we have before us an opportunity to create 250,000 jobs…

Mr. President, today I introduce the Effective Teaching and Leading Act to foster the development of highly skilled and effective educators. We are working towards reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--ESEA--this…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to remove my name as a cosponsor of H.R. 2920. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Denham). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Rhode Island? There was no objection. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the superintendent of the North Providence, Rhode Island School Department, Donna Ottaviano, who was honored as the Rhode Island Superintendent of the Year by the Rhode Island School Superintendents'…

Until, from my view, until we stabilize housing prices, begin to deal with the foreclosure issues, we are not going to have the foundation.

part of the FSOC's mission is to understand systemic risk, to try to anticipate growing risk.

Well, we need the nomination so then we can go along with the confirmation process.

If we cannot effectively sort of deploy these regulations in a timely way, it seems to me the only stopgap for the uncertainty is increased capital levels.