I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 195, H.R. 3619. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 3619) to…

Mr. President, I wish to speak on a couple of subjects. The first is to express my regret that the supplemental funding to help Rhode Island in the wake of its unprecedented, historic flooding was stopped on the floor today by a Republican…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Emergency Supplemental Funding

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 503 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table without any intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 263, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution…

Mr. President, I take the floor today to talk about an amendment which I have been working on with Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts. I am very fortunate to have Senator Brown's help, insight, and advice because of his extensive…

Mr. President, I rise to engage in a colloquy with my colleague from Rhode Island, Mr. Whitehouse, and my colleague from West Virginia, Mr. Rockefeller. Mr. President, I want to thank the chairman of the Commerce Committee for his…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I look forward to this issue being addressed in the final Coast Guard Reauthorization bill.

Madam President, the Republican side has submitted a consumer protection amendment that can be briefly summarized: Buyer beware because they won't help you. This flows from the very simple premise that they have announced from the very…

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to speak for a moment again about my amendment No. 3746, of which I am delighted that the distinguished Presiding Officer is a cosponsor. I ask unanimous consent that Chairman Patrick Leahy, Senator Jim…

Mr. President, I know the membership of this organization that supports the amendment includes AARP, as I mentioned, that also supported it individually, the Center for Responsible Lending, Common Cause, Consumers Union, the NAACP, the…

Mr. President, I was delighted to give the distinguished Senator from North Dakota a chance to clarify that. I will speak just for a minute about amendment No. 3746, which I will not be calling up right now but which I intend to work with…

We want them to succeed. But, if they fail, then you're on to a new delivery system.

We can't be alarmist, but we have to be very sort of tough minded about what potential problems exist there.

don't we need some more regular, systematic...review of the rules but consistent rules that are derived by joint rulemaking?

Well, given the institutional arrangements that are likely to stay in place and given the fact that in the future there might not be the same kind of meeting of minds and cooperative spirit that you both exhibit, there has to be, I think…

We have highly interrelated markets and we have different rules in those markets.