I would encourage you to keep it as a matter of a great deal of internal discussion so we can try to evaluate it...

Still paying people a contingency based on what they find?

Thank you. Let me do a quick follow up statement, finish out talking about the RAC audits.

Mr. President, I am honored to join with the good Senator from Kansas, the Senator from Missouri, and my friend from Virginia in speaking today in a bipartisan colloquy that is also part of a bicameral process that is trying to send a…

I continue to work with a bipartisan group of Senators--there's something like 45 of us, Democrats, Republicans--trying to come up with a comprehensive solution for the debt.

Mr. President, I am here today to talk about the 2012 farm bill and the importance of moving forward with this important legislation. First, I wish to acknowledge the incredibly hard work of Chairwoman Stabenow and Ranking Member Roberts…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Chris Avery, a fellow in Senator Coons' office, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of the 112th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, today the Senate turns to another judicial nomination, Jeffrey J. Helmick to be U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Ohio. I want to tell the Senate why I oppose the nomination and urge all Senators to do…

The American people, I believe, perceive a conflict of interest when you have... the head of the largest financial institution in America sitting on the New York Fed.

My suspicion is, if Teddy Roosevelt were here, a good Republican, he would be talking about breaking up these financial institutions.

I think many people, including myself, see this as a situation where the fox is guarding the henhouse, and that we need real reform in the Fed to make sure that it is representing the middle class and small businesses of this country…

In America today we have the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth, worse than at any time in our country since before the Great Depression.

Mr. Chairman, the Bishop amendment strikes environmental mitigation funding that has no place in this bill. This is a Homeland Security bill. We spend this money to protect the homeland and secure our borders. These are some of the most…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of Representative Doggett's motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348. This is a commonsense measure that would direct the surface transportation bill conferees to preserve an amendment offered by…

The rescue of GM and Chrysler has been a huge success for investors. It has been a success for workers, as well as taxpayers.

Madam President, following my remarks and those of my esteemed colleague, the first hour will be equally divided, with the Republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. We hope to reach an agreement to…

Madam President, we are now on the motion to proceed to the farm bill. I now ask unanimous consent that today at 4 p.m. the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 610; that there be 90 minutes for debate, which will…

Madam President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 415, S. 3240. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 415, S. 3240, a bill to reauthorize…