I yield for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott). (Mr. SCOTT of Virginia asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield myself 10 seconds. Mr. Brady, it is your choice. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Neal).

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing entitled…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, I thank my dear friend from Connecticut. He has made such an extraordinary contribution, not just to this bill but to this Senate over the years. I cannot say enough about him, his extraordinary integrity and passion that he…

I thank my colleague for the detailed explanation he has provided of sections 619 and 620, and fully concur in it. I would like to add our joint explanation of section 621, which addresses the blatant conflicts of interest in the…

Mr. President, Senator Merkley and I, as the principal authors of sections 619, 620, and 621 of the Dodd-Frank Act, thought it might be helpful to explain in some detail those sections, which are based on our bill, S. 3098, called the…

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…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, if there is no one on the minority side waiting to speak, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for 4 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the following postal naming bills en bloc: Calendar Nos. 450, 451, and 452; H.R. 4861, H.R. 5051, and H.R. 5099. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider…