And that may explain why the Association of Mortgage Investors is working with me on this and seems excited about it.

Save that question, Judge Drain. We will be back to it, but I do not want to interrupt Senator Franken.

Mr. President, while Senator Merkley and Senator Udall are still on the floor, I wish to extend a word of appreciation to both of them for the work they put into trying to solve the problem of the filibuster--more particularly, the problem…

Madam President, I compliment my distinguished colleague from New York on his remarks. I would like to add a few observations of my own, but first I want to echo very much what he said. What the President did last night was to point a…

this provision, which people say, 'Oh, we really like that'--I don't know if you've seen the polling data, but I would assume it's in the 1980s or 1990s percent; you've got to keep this--would, frankly, require that this universal approach…

I, too, want to thank Commissioner Koller for braving the elements to come down here.

Popularity is in the eye of the beholder.

you have to have a pool of sharing the risk, yes, sir.

One of the other things that we've got to do is not simply sort of fund this system; it's to reform the delivery of health care.

Mr. President, from the Recovery Act to the Small Business Jobs Act, in the previous Congress we passed a number of substantial pieces of legislation to preserve, protect, and create American jobs. The Recovery Act alone has supported…

Mr. President, as we embark on a new year and a new Congress, I stand here today to congratulate my colleague, Barbara Mikulski, on becoming the longest serving female Senator in our Nation's history. Her work in these Halls has made our…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Rhode Island is recognized.

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Mr. Whitehouse pertaining to the introduction of S. 45 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

I thank the Chair, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine is recognized.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today with serious concerns about the misguided agenda our friends on the other side of the aisle are pursuing. While Democrats continue to make job creation, economic recovery, and debt reduction top priorities, the…

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