I thank Senator McCain for his leadership as the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee. No one knows these issues better in the Senate than John McCain. So it is an honor be here with him, and also my colleague Senator Thune…

We need to do all we can.

Mr. President, I associate myself with those last two remarks. I would have also voted no. I wish we had had a recorded vote. I wasn't able to understand even what the majority leader was saying, it was spoken so softly, but had we had a…

My concern is it does not stop there. What I saw about Dodd-Frank, you know, we started out with, I think, a laudable purpose.

I hope you would join us in a thorough review of procedures just to make sure that our policies are straight on this.

One of the things that I have maintained in many hearings as we have examined Dodd-Frank before and after its passage is that there is just a point at which it is economically better business to do business elsewhere than the United States.

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the issue of national security leaks. A few weeks ago, the world learned that U.S. intelligence agencies and partners disrupted an al-Qaida plot to blow up a civilian aircraft. We are all very…

This legislation seeks to improve the ability of servicemembers to receive State licenses and certificates for jobs they already know how to do.

Mr. Dimon, it further occurs to me that at an enterprise as big and as powerful as yours, you have got a lot of fire power, and you are just huge.

Much of what happens in the markets takes place outside of the regulated entities.

A banker is always going to be ahead of a regulator, basically, and you are giving them the information they are using to regulate.

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 10…

I believe, like you do, Madam Chair, that we are forever in debt for their service, so we must ask the question, how did these burn pits impact the health of our returning heroes?

The buck really stops with the NRC when it comes to safety, and I hope that you hear that message from us.

Open Air Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011

I disagree that less supervision and less regulation will magically make the system less risky.

As we learned from the most recent financial crisis and this particular incident, regulators do not always meet our expectations.

However, because the Federal Government guarantees bank deposits, this Committee has a responsibility to ensure that banks do not unnecessarily put taxpayers at risk.