Something has to change.

Meaningful civil and criminal fines and damages are one crucial tool for ensuring that a corporation takes proper precautions to avoid tragic errors.

But generally... you would create with your policy a one-way ratchet that worked only in favor of the corporations and not in favor of the Government when Congress changed the terms of a contract.

Mr. President, in March my State was hit with back-to-back historic floods that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in Rhode Island. I thank the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Inouye, and the ranking member…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this jobs and economic assistance package, which includes an extension of numerous tax provisions critical to sustaining and building jobs, while providing relief to thousands of Rhode Islanders who are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5136, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. This is a strong, bipartisan bill; and as chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee…

The bill also requires operationally realistic testing of missile defense systems. It makes deployment of missile defenses in Europe contingent on such testing, as well as host nation ratification of any deployments on European soil. I am…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the Watson-Langevin amendment. I am happy to be working with Chairwoman Watson to join strong cybersecurity authorities with important updates to our federal information…

Madam President, this legislation clearly calls for a report to be submitted by the President of the United States to establish a timetable, and I think the suggestion that will not have incredible consequences in the real world is…

Mr. President, I rise to enter into a colloquy with the chairman, Mr. Inouye, and vice chairman, Mr. Cochran, of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as well as my colleague from Tennessee, Mr. Alexander. I want to thank my colleagues who…

Mr. President, I thank also my colleagues for their assistance and look forward to working with them to secure passage of this important bill. amendment no. 4251, as modified

Madam President, I yield myself 2 minutes from Senator Levin's time or Senator Inouye's time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is recognized.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Daniel Garbe, a State Department fellow, and Jeffrey Moulton, a military fellow, who are working in Senator Ted Kaufman's office, be granted the privileges of the floor for the duration of the…

Mr. President, I rise to speak about important funding in the supplemental appropriations act that will help my State of Rhode Island recover and rebuild from the recent devastating flood which left homes destroyed, businesses closed, and…

It strikes me that the sunset provision accomplishes two things: one, it enables us to have a trial period...

I think it is a promising area and one certainly that merits our inquiry and exploration.

And I would like to hear your reactions to those two thoughts about Section 4.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support for the work being done to crack down on Wall Street and enact reform to prevent another economic collapse. We absolutely must create an environment in which corporations are held…