At that time, Secretary Geithner stated that the Administration would work with Congress to develop housing finance legislation and that, quote, would like to try and do that within the next 2 years.

Mr. Secretary, it has now been over a year since you and Secretary Geithner submitted your white paper on housing finance reform.

I hope the Committee will not make the same mistake with FHA.

I think you are right on that.

It is clear that FHA needs to be reformed to prevent another taxpayer bailout.

Thank you. Welcome, Secretary Donovan. You have been a pretty regular up here. We appreciate you.

I am talking to you up here now also as an appropriator, I guess, although we are not in the Appropriations Committee.

Mr. President, I respect my colleagues' concerns about the tribal provisions of this bill, and I am willing to work with any Senator who may have concerns about these provisions. Native American law can be daunting, but I want to stress…

Mr. President, I rise today to express my support for the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Specifically, I want to talk about how crucial the tribal provisions in this bill are for Native American women. For the past 18 years…

Mr. President, today I rise to submit a resolution to recognize the Week of the Young Child. My resolution recognizes April 22 to 28 as the Week of the Young Child. This week in Alaska, and in States and communities across the Nation, we…

Madam President, I rise today in support of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. I am glad the Senate is finally considering this important legislation, and I am proud to be the crucial 60th cosponsor of the bill. I commend…

I rise to support S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Act. It is not every day that we vote on a law that actually saves lives, but this one does. The Senate needs to send the simple and important message that America will not tolerate…

I just can't see the logic in saying we're going to leave sanctions on oil and gas, when they're going to continue to develop their oil and gas, but with somebody else.

First of all, Madam President, let me say we are very fortunate to have the Senator from Wyoming, with his background, come and give us his second opinion. The ratings are very high on his second opinion, and I am very glad of that. I am…

Sanctions are there to punish. They're there because you've been a bad boy and we're going to have sanctions on you, right?

I do not want to change the Senator's line of thought. It was beautiful and I want to hear every word. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that after the conclusion of the remarks of the Senator from Tennessee, that there will be 10…

I thank the Chair. I rise in support of this amendment, offered on behalf of myself and my colleagues, Senators Snowe, Stabenow, and Shaheen. We are very concerned that the Postal Service has not looked carefully enough at the impact some…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2072. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Louisiana [Ms. Landrieu] proposes an amendment numbered 2072.