Speed is important, education is important, coordination is important.

This is so important.

Can you reassure the--I know the public is concerned about bringing it into the country.

I urge an ``aye'' vote. I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination…

Mr. President, I have a parliamentary inquiry. Do I have a minute to speak in favor of this nominee? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 2 minutes equally divided.

I believe this tradition of bipartisanship on these issues can and will continue.

The tax incentive is very powerful in middle-class America in making these decisions.

Mr. Betts, you have real-life experience trying to convince small employers to adopt a retirement plan for their workers.

some of us are concerned that the field contains some who, rather than providing a nudge to, perhaps, help people navigate difficult decision-making, would provide full-fledged open field tackles of private citizens.

Senator Hatch's bill would also permit small employers to band together in multiple-employer plan arrangements.

I am glad the fight is between two Democrats this time.

Senator Hatch, your bill is a big step in the right direction toward removing complexities from the system.

Senator Hatch, your own legislation has provisions designed to encourage the offering of pensions to low-wage workers who might not otherwise be offered one.

Senator Hatch, your SAFE Retirement Act has the right focus and strikes the right balance.

Senator Hatch's bill has a number of things that remove some of those disincentives and make it easier for small employers to start a plan so more Americans could be saving.

I do not believe that. I think if we roll back the laws Congress has enacted that raised contribution levels and increased tax incentives to save, then two very bad things would happen at a minimum.

Mr. President, I wish to speak about the two nominees who are coming back to back. I thank Senator Vitter for allowing us to move these forward. I thank the majority leader for bringing them up. We are down on the membership of the Nuclear…

Mr. President, what is the current business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in a period of morning business. ____________________