Transparency has stability value then.

What I see is that in my State the damage that began on Wall Street and then washed like a financial tsunami across the country, we are still digging out from, and we are in no mood to allow this to happen again.

That does not excuse the original person. Under the criminal law, if you are a fence...

Like everything I learned in kindergarten, everything I learned in the Army.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 507, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3714 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

First of all, I thank the Senator for her continuing efforts on this point. I had the privilege of joining her on the first day in moving some of these unanimous consents. She brought up 73, I think, in 1 day, to tee up all these names…

Therefore, tomorrow is the day when one of three things has to take place. We can come to the floor and clear these folks by unanimous consent because there will no longer be a secret hold is option 1. Option 2 is a Senator would have…

Of those, if I may ask another question, who have been cleared, some have been allowed to come forward for votes on the Senate floor. The last was Judge Chin who had been held for a considerable period of time. We actually, if I recall…

They can still do that even after the secret holds. Mrs. McCASKILL. Absolutely. If someone is trying to leverage--I do not agree with it, but that is their right as a Senator--if they want to leverage a project in their State by saying to…

Madam President, if I may conclude, I thank the Senator for indulging me in these questions and allowing me to ask them and for her energetic and principled leadership on this issue. Mrs. McCASKILL. Madam President, I thank my colleague…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that my statement be followed by a colloquy among the cosponsors of the amendment I will be discussing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I had actually planned to offer an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill this afternoon, but I have been informed that the open-amendment process does not begin until next week. I will describe my amendment this…

Madam President, I thank Senator Sanders and both my colleagues very much for their cosponsorship of this amendment and their advocacy of it. I would hope we could find support for this from the other side of the aisle. I do not see this…

Let me thank Senator Sanders, who is a passionate and articulate consumer advocate, and Senator Merkley of Oregon, who has come to the Senate in the interests of his native Oregonians, trying to make sure they are well served. He has been…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Burris.) Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that amendment No. 3739 be printed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider en bloc the following nominations on the Executive Calendar: Nos. 820, 821, 822, and 823; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider…