Credit is a critical issue for the nation because it fuels the economy.

So there's a credit repair industry out there.

I appreciate her asking me to introduce her today, and I will just share a few thoughts additional to those Senator Chambliss said.

Mr. President, the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will meet on May 8, 2013, at 10 am in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office building to hold a hearing entitled ``Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Minority…

I appreciate the opportunity to commend to the Foreign Relations Committee and the United States Senate, Carrie Hessler Radelet.

I trust and verify that Rose Gottemoeller is exactly the right person the United States of America needs at this time.

Senator Isakson, who is now in the Finance Committee, is passionate and determined to help this happen.

It was a privilege to serve with you in the Congress.

I commend her to you highly, and I look forward to seeing her confirmed in short order.

Last, I am the Republican designee from the United States Senate to the United Nations for this session of Congress.

I look forward to seeing her as an adversary to some of the tougher leaders around the world that she will be dealing with at the United Nations because I am confident that the same passion she has for human rights she has for this…

After that passage of that act, we learned of a number of other sexual violence cases and violence cases against Peace Corps Volunteers.

Carrie has seen to it that that has taken place and has implemented the policies of the Kate Puzey Peace Corps Protection Act.

This is a very serious situation which we are about to discuss, and it is very important that both sides of the story be told.

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote for the Marketplace Fairness Act in just over an hour or so from now. I have said many times over the past few weeks--and, in fact, I have been saying it for the past 12 years as I…

I would encourage everyone to read the bill. It is short-- 11 pages. You don't see many like this. You can see through that; right? It is a bill you can read from beginning to end and you can understand what it does, which is very unusual…

Mr. President, I thank all of the people who have participated, particularly Senator Durbin who has helped to coalesce things, Senator Alexander who came up with the idea for having a shorter bill, only 11 pages--never see it in the…

I thank my friend from Maine, and wholeheartedly agree with her conclusion that we must ensure that the Marketplace Fairness Act is correctly implemented. I have spent many years working on this legislation and strongly believe that…