we are making progress. We might not be making progress as quickly as some people would like. Maybe we did spend a lot of time on this amendment, but it is very important. We have debated it. I guess it has been disposed of, at least that…

it is my understanding that Chairman Dodd has asserted that the Shelby consumer protection substitute would lead to additional assessments on community banks. I want to make it clear for the record that this is not true. But before doing…

I have just laid down an amendment--the Republican alternative to the consumer products--and a lot of people are going to want to debate it on both sides. We are not here to delay this bill in any way. I think it is so important and it is…

The fiscal year 2011 budget request for the Department of Justice is $29 billion. This is a $1.5 billion, or 5 percent increase, over the fiscal year 2010 request.

As a result, what my friends on the other side like to call Wall Street reform is actually a Wall Street dream and a Main Street nightmare for all of us. Over the last several weeks, I have clearly articulated what needs to be changed in…

I am opposed to NIJ's efforts of bailing out their friends with taxpayer dollars to cheapen the quality of evidence.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. And thank you, Attorney General Holder, for joining us to discuss the Department of Justice and its fiscal year 2011 budget request.

First, I want to recognize and extend my appreciation and support to the men and women of the Department of Justice who protect this country from crime and terrorism.

Via the Second Chance Act, the Department of Justice is requesting $140 million to educate and mentor terrorists, pedophiles and career criminals--while requesting minimal funds for reducing the DNA backlog and tracking the monsters that…

My goal during consideration of this legislation here will be to reshape this bill so that it actually ends bailouts, protects consumers without jeopardizing our small community banks, and brings transparency, as Senator Dodd mentioned, to…

The idea that something should be too big to fail is very important to me. Nothing should be too big to fail, in my judgment, in this country.

first, I thank Senator Dodd for his leadership on the Banking Committee. I worked with him, as he said, day-in and day-out, and this is the fourth year of his chairmanship. We have achieved a lot together in a bipartisan way. Both sides of…