Please assure me that you are not buying into this theory that under certain circumstances there may be a financial disincentive to a company from having a disaster means that the Government doesn't need to do any regulation to prevent…

I mean, if these technologies are new and unusual now, think how new and unusual they were years ago when this application was being considered.

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 May 17, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Gulf Coast…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3746, as Modified, to Amendment No. 3739

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3746 to Amendment No. 3739

Mr. President, I wish to join my colleagues in expressing our support for Senator Wyden's continued efforts to get this rule changed. The circumstances in which these secret holds take place are quite remarkable. Over and over again we see…

I don't want to speak long. I want to, first, join Senator Bennet's appreciation of Senator Dodd for the long and successful way in which he has managed this bill. It has not gone unnoticed by the American people how contentious and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To restore to the States the right to protect…

Madam President, I congratulate Senator Wyden and Senator Grassley for their long effort to eliminate the secret holds in this body. They thought they had succeeded in 2007 with a mechanism that would scrub secret holds and make them…

Mr. President, if I may reply. As a new Senator in this body, who had not had legislative experience--I came out of an executive and law enforcement background--I have enjoyed the privilege of serving on that committee under the Senator's…

I very much hope this can go with bipartisan support. Senator Cochran on the Republican side is a cosponsor as well. It is a bipartisan amendment. This is a situation that the Congress never voted on, the situation that is here to cure. We…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3943. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Reed], for himself and Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, proposes an…

Mr. President, this amendment is very straightforward. It would provide within the new office of consumer financial protection a military liaison, an individual who is charged with protecting the interests of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and…

Mr. President, I propose to make very brief remarks about this amendment. My colleague from Massachusetts, Senator Scott Brown, will make remarks. We would like to expedite a vote, but I would ask that the yeas and nays on a recorded vote…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a specific consumer protection liaison for service…

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to reject the proposal by Senator Shelby and Senator Chambliss. It is well intentioned. It is designed, as other proposals are, to try to provide some appropriate regulation to a very…

May I interject myself in this debate for 1 minute to ask unanimous consent with respect to the Whitehouse amendment that restores States rights to protect against exorbitant, out-of-State lenders doing business in one's own State. I ask…

We are at grave risk of the chemical contamination to our oceans and the seafood and species contained therein.