Your colleague, Mr. Coy, has called this bill unworkable. Do you agree?

Today's hearing agenda reflects the commitment of Members on both sides of the aisle to do right by this Nation's veterans and their families.

I introduced the Veterans Education Relief and Reinstatement Act to give the VA Secretary authority to restore Post-9/11 G.I. Bill entitlements and provide housing relief to those who have been harmed by the permanent closure of an…

the challenge here is to get at the root of the problem to protect the public interest, and the whistleblower is a means to protect veterans and the public interest.

The catastrophic collapse of Corinthian Colleges earlier this year left thousands of students... stranded under mountains of debt.

Your information is strictly anecdotal?

You can oversee and supervise their credentials and the quality of care? This is not meant to be a trick question.

I had asked the question as to privacy and I am assuming that you can safeguard privacy, as well?

We must do more to ensure that our Nation's heroes are using GI Bill education benefits to receive education training, and are not squandering these benefits on incapable institutions.

I want to thank all of the folks who are here today for your support for the Whistleblower Protection Act that I have introduced with Senator Kirk.

we appreciate the leadership of Senator Blumenthal and the Committee in helping those veterans who deal with a school closure through no fault of their own.

in recent years all of our constituents have seen a scourge in rail accidents. There have been similar accidents all around the country. This motion insists that the Senate's provisions be included in this conference and in what comes out…

I have a motion to instruct at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Connecticut [Mr. Blumenthal] moves that the managers on the part of the Senate at the…

since the beginning of October, Palestinians armed with knives, meat cleavers, guns, and cars have carried out approximately 77 attacks, leaving 159 Israelis wounded and 12 dead. Two Americans have been killed in these gruesome attacks…

I thank Senators Kirk and Tester for their bipartisan leadership on a measure that is vastly improved since the vote we had on a similar measure recently. I know this topic is very close to the heart of the Presiding Officer, and I thank…

I am grateful to my colleague and friend from Connecticut for quoting some of the literally hundreds of letters that both of our offices have been receiving from Social Security recipients and also from veterans in my State. I suspect my…

I thank my great colleague from Illinois and my friend and partner from Connecticut for their very powerful analysis, along with Senator Warren and Senator Carper, because there really is a need for dispassionate, objective, and targeted…

Thanks, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank the Chairman for not only having this hearing but lending his support to the idea of protecting consumers against this new, ingenious wrinkle in the sort of age-old practice of burying tricks and…

Prohibiting their use and the chilling effect they create in the first place promotes the free market nationally.

the bipartisan and bicameral Consumer Review Freedom Act that would ban non-disparagement clauses in form contracts

I am a supporter of the bipartisan bill that has been announced.

These sorts of sneaky sentences or paragraphs essentially gag a consumer from giving services or goods a negative review when they have paid for it, they are disappointed in it, and they want to warn other consumers.

I want to thank my colleagues for their very powerful comments, and I have a poster as well. In the spirit of Halloween, mine uses candy. I doubt that children this Halloween are going to receive some of these products--I hope not--when…

I am going to yield to Senator Markey, if I may, and then follow him in light of the scheduling needs that he may have, and then I will yield to Senator Warren. Thank you.

by voice vote, this body has extended the highway funding program, which is a good thing. It has also included in that extension a delay in the deadline for positive train control, which was inevitable. None of us opposed a delay in…