Mr. President, it is quite arguable that the entire trust fund is used up by those 6,500. That would mean no drones. That would mean no helicopters. That would mean none of the other things. It may mean no fencing that we add to the…

I yield to the Senator from Arizona. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona is recognized. Mr. McCAIN. The Senator from Ohio is working on E-Verify. I think he has come up with some very good ideas on how we can improve a vital…

I thank my colleague for those questions, and they are all pretty obvious. No. 1, we have costed this out. CBO will judge whether we are correct. We have made the bill revenue neutral. In fact, we have a slight surplus. The huge cost of…

I thank my colleague. Reclaiming the floor for a brief minute, I know my colleague from Utah has been offered time to speak on his proposal, so I don't want to take too much more time. I wish to say once again that we welcome suggestions…

I would just say this: No, 1, this amendment--we are only on the third day of the bill. I have said over and over that I welcome suggestions on how to improve the bill. No one says the bill by the Gang of 8 is exactly right. In fact, as…

It is hard to refute the logic of my friend from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. May I finish my question? Is it not true that we have said: Look, we welcome any suggestion to improve the bill. I would say respectfully to my friend from Texas it is…

Mr. President, thank you, and I thank my colleague from Texas for his specifics there, and I know he is trying to make the bill a better bill. I have to say, as I understand it, this is the very same amendment that was defeated in…

I yield to my colleague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona is recognized. Mr. McCAIN. I hope the Senator from New York understands what the Chief of the Border Patrol said on this issue of 90 percent effectiveness. We are…

I thank my colleague, and I agree with the sentiments. I reiterate one final point. The Cornyn amendment, as proposed, asks for a 90-percent success rate in terms of effectiveness on the border, but it eliminates the turnback part of it…

Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for time from the Financial Services Committee. I ask unanimous consent to allow the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McIntyre) from the Agriculture Committee to control the rest of the time. The…

Madam Speaker, I now yield myself as much time as I may consume. I rise today in support of H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. I'm proud to have coauthored this bipartisan legislation with my…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to yield 10 minutes of my time to the gentleman from North Carolina and a member of the Agriculture Committee, Mr. McIntyre, and that he be allowed to control that time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is…

I believe we need banks of all sizes, including community banks.

Although I am not sure we regulate that directly here in Washington.

let me just follow up on a question that Senator Crapo had put out on the table about how we maintain a strong environment for our community banks, because they are so important to the rest of our economy.

part of the concern I have is not simply whether there is physically a bank outlet operated somewhere, but that community banks do more small business lending, and once they are swallowed up by big banks, whether they are swallowed up…

the noncommunity banks were the ones that took on all the risk and crashed the economy?

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the bill being considered today, H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act. Although couched as an innocuous bill to ensure that US banks have clarity about how swaps and derivatives trades are to…