Concerns about the effectiveness of the current rule have led to renewed interest from Congress.

Why in the world would the Department of Defense constrict the definition of consumer credit from the very broad consumer protection bill that we, with the Joint Chiefs of Staff urging us, passed in 2006?

I thank the Senator from Louisiana for inquiring. I can say that Federal flood insurance that is not affordable is not Federal flood insurance. To go from a position that one is paying rates at one level and all of a sudden go to a higher…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Col. B.B. Lange, a defense fellow assigned to our office, be granted privileges of the floor for the purpose of the Defense bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Predatory lending undermines military readiness, harms the morale of troops and their families, and adds to the cost of fielding in all volunteer fighting force.

Madam President, I think the President did the right thing today. The whole idea of health insurance reform was to get people into health insurance that do not have health insurance. The idea was not for those who had insurance, unless…

Bottom line: better science means more days on the water.

This is certainly good news on the Gulf red snapper.

Over and over since I've been in the Senate, I have been asking this full committee and the Subcommittee, asking the leaders of NOAA and the National Marine Fisheries for a full-blown benchmark stock assessment for the managed species in…

it's hard to be partisan about fishing and the health of our oceans.

I recommend, Mr. Chairman, that we do not take our eyes off the importance of good science.