I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on February 9, 2012, at 2:15 p.m. in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Support S.170, The Helping Responsible Homeowners Act, sponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA).

the time is appropriate to enhance HARP and provide refinancing opportunities to at-risk borrowers as an alternative to defaulting on their mortgage loans.

I am also very proud to be here with my colleagues. I think Senator Murray was eloquent, along with Senator Shaheen and Senator Mikulski. I am here to put it in my own words; that is, here they go again. Sadly, politics has once again…

According to the United Nations, as many as 6,000 detainees--about three quarters of those arrested during Libya's civil war--continue to be held in prison facilities run by individual militia groups operating outside the control of the…

Senator Lugar, thank you so much for chairing this hearing with me today and for your thoughtful questions.

So, if I can interrupt? So they want to reintegrate them? Because that is important.

I see this as a great growth sector for America, these clean energy alternatives.

Leave my Tunisia free and Separation of religion and state.

The five big oil companies' profits went up 75 percent last year.

We want to protect Americans from these spikes at the pump because it hurts, and it hurts us as we are getting on with our economic recovery.

As you know, the leaders of Tunisia's ruling al-Nahda Party have stated that they intend to uphold the country's progressive laws regarding women.

I want to thank our nominees. They are outstanding. I can't imagine why we shouldn't act on each and every one of you expeditiously.

We should press the oil companies to not punish the American public as they make record profits.

I ask for a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.

I believe my amendment is next. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided on the Boxer amendment No. 1489.

I would be delighted to take a voice vote on this amendment, which I am proud to say was written by myself and Senator Isakson. I am very pleased Senator Collins suggested the modification. All this amendment does is broaden the mortgage…

I very much thank Senator Collins for that question. Senator Isakson and I, as the chair and vice chair of the Ethics Committee, are applying this to the Members of Congress. That is because the scandal that took place with Countrywide…

I strongly support the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, including a strong and effective Volcker rule.

if I can respond? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine has the floor.

we can go back and forth 100 ways to Sunday. I thought I explained exactly why Senator Isakson and I have a narrow bill. We are trying to fix a problem we know exists. We feel very strongly that for the good of the Senate, in…

I would be happy to go on as a cosponsor to Senator Collins if she wants to take on the additional burden of moving this idea forward. I don't have any problem with it. The point is, I am here--and I have been very open about it because I…

What I said was, when these bills were introduced, they were directed at the Congress. That is what I said. I talked about the bills. I did not talk about what went on amending them, et cetera. I will repeat what I said was accurate. Both…

The Senator can't yield--I would like to have the floor now. She can't yield to another colleague except if it is for a question. I would like to have the floor since the Senator just said I was incorrect. I would like to correct her, if I…

I thank my colleague for that because it was a little surprising. My understanding, and I hope to stand corrected by the Senator from Maine, if I am wrong, and the Senator from New York, that the whole idea behind the STOCK Act, the bill…