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Let us renew our commitment to these sacred principles and resolve to advance their spirit in our time.

It is spiralling out of control. It is getting worse. It's spreading faster and exponentially. This is an epidemic that is not just a threat to regional security. It's a potential threat to global security if these countries break down, if…

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the humanitarian crisis there is a top national security priority for the United States.

We ask the Senate to pass Senators Brown and Portman's bill related to the Federal Home Loan Bank eligibility for privately insured credit unions so that this small group of credit unions will have access to the home loan banking system…

Thank you, Senator Reed.

I am certainly interested in doing it.

It means that many of my constituents and the communities they live in will have a much less bright future.

Thank you. The original bill--or the second generation of the original bill, if you will, that ultimately went through the Senate with no dissenting votes, which is not always easy here, as you know.

Mr. President, I wish to speak in support of the Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act, legislation that I have introduced with my colleague Senator Cantwell. Few issues are as important to the American people as the availability of good…

So you said unnecessary or--are you agnostic on the proposal then? Or would you be cautious about it or----

I would hate to see the bright line at $1 billion because I view each one of those institutions that meet these characteristics as a community bank in my mind.

The Senate bill that best captures the principle of tiered regulation is the CLEAR Relief Act, S. 1349, sponsored by Senators Moran, Tester, and Kirk.

So there is, if not taking a position on the issue, there is FDIC concern about----

We urge both flexibility for community banks and effective consumer protections. They are both key pillars of a healthy economy.

Thank you.

Even in the short time remaining in this Congress, there is still a real opportunity to provide meaningful relief for community banks.

We ask the Senate to pass Senators Brown and Moran's privacy notification bill so that we have the opportunity to make the privacy notices consumer receive more meaningful and reduce credit unions' cost for mailings that consumers simply…