The outsourcing provision has been before us a number of times. And you keep talking about workers. We talk about having workers in the United States having work. That's what this is all about. And essentially what the provision does in…

Again I urge all Members to support this legislation, which has indeed been posted online. This bill would eliminate a reporting requirement which has been identified as a potentially onerous burden for small businesses. The provision…

Number one, you received more notice about this than we did about your motion to recommit.

It was handed to us as it was being submitted. So, if there is an effort for bipartisanship, then a motion to recommit can be submitted early on, without any effort to surprise, and we can see if we can work it out. That's the fact. Number…

It's really so important to look at the facts. This bill does not basically create government jobs. That is a total myth, and you know it. The infrastructure money goes to State and local communities like highway monies do. These orange…

I would just hope that between now and the time the majority leader moves to reconsider that vote that we would hear loudly and clearly from those organizations representing community bankers, representing small businesses. Maybe they just…

I would hope the organizations which purport to support small business--and, by the way, the greatest complaint I get when I go home, just about, other than the general one of where are the jobs, is that credit is not available to small…

This bill has provisions for credit to flow. The community bankers, as I understand it, are supportive of this bill.

I wonder, through the Chair, if I could inquire of the chairman of the Small Business Committee...that we are now in a position where, despite those things being true, the Republicans are not letting us proceed to a bill supported by those…

I congratulate Senator Landrieu and thank her. I am on the Small Business Committee. I serve with her on the committee and others. I have watched her extraordinary talent flourish as chair of the Small Business Committee. The bill before…

It's interesting to hear some Republicans on the other side of the aisle say this commission isn't necessary. We are going to run a $700 billion trade deficit this year. That means we will borrow, predominantly from China, Japan, and a few…

So the Chinese have passed a law saying that no one in China can buy a U.S.-made windmill or photovoltaic. If we get these green jobs and green industry going that the President wants, the Chinese aren't going to buy them. But guess what…

Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to support H.R. 1875, a bill to establish an Emergency Trade Deficit Commission. This commission will examine the causes and the consequences of the United States' persistent and substantial trade deficits, and…

First of all, I want to thank Mr. DeFazio for introducing the bill and for his willingness and his really effective efforts to work with us. His staff also collaborated in bringing this bill to the floor. I also want to thank Congressman…

I will support the motion to proceed to debate on the DISCLOSE Act because I strongly believe that the voice of the people needs to be restored in our elections. In January of this year, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court reversed…

one of the arguments I have heard against the Senator's amendment--as the Senator from Illinois said, this is a replay of the TARP battle. I want to explore that for one moment with my friend from Louisiana. Before I do, I must say about…

I wish to thank the Senator for her leadership on so many other parts of this bill. This is a critical bill. It is a critical amendment that is now being offered. We are at yet another moment in this ongoing economic crisis at which we…

for weeks we have sought to continue extended emergency unemployment benefits. We must do this because, while our economic recovery has begun, it has a long way to go. Our economy is not yet generating enough jobs to put people back to…

millions of Americans all across the country, and hundreds of thousands in my State, have lost their jobs. To soften the blow of those job losses, we seek to extend the emergency unemployment insurance benefits that many of these Americans…

I would like to add our joint explanation of section 621, which addresses the blatant conflicts of interest in the underwriting of asset-backed securities highlighted in a hearing with Goldman Sachs before the Permanent Subcommittee on…

I thank the Senator, and I concur with his detailed explanations. His tireless efforts in putting these commonsense restrictions into law will help protect American families from reckless risk-taking that endangers our financial system and…

for too long, too many firms on Wall Street have had free rein to profit at the expense of their own clients, to engage in the riskiest sorts of speculation, to prosper from their risky bets when they pan out, and to have the taxpayers…

last month, Mexican President Felipe Calderon addressed a joint session of Congress, highlighting the dangerous role that American-made firearms play in the violence currently plaguing both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. President…

Roughly 2 years ago, our Nation suffered a catastrophe. It was not a hurricane or an earthquake. It was no act of God. It was a man-made disaster, manufactured in the boiler rooms of unscrupulous mortgage lenders and the offices of…

I rise to speak about a trip Senator Jack Reed and I recently took to Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Pakistan, we met with the Prime Minister, the Governor of the critical northern province that includes the Swat Valley, the Pakistani…