I think government transparency is critical but publishing employees' personal financial information on the Internet does raise some concerns.

Unfortunately, key pieces of this foundation have serious cracks that need to be fixed.

One of our enduring rights in this country is that we are innocent until proven guilty. We need to hold onto that bedrock principle.

Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of S. 3412, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act, which would act on President Barack Obama's proposal to restore our economy and control our deficit by immediately extending the current tax rates for…

Aloha and welcome to all of you here. Welcome to the Committee's oversight hearing on the Regulation of Tribal Gaming: From Brick and Mortar to the Internet.

Gaming has been the single most effective of economic development for Indian Country.

Tribal gaming is now a $27 billion industry.

I think the sticker price though is sometimes a lot different than what the consumer pays and we have not seen debt burdens grow at a more rapid pace than tuition levels.

I would like to hear from the panel what can be done to ensure that schools continue to provide advice with the best interest of their students in mind.

We need schools to be accountable for the money that they do receive and there are not that many ways in which we hold schools accountable like we should.

Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on July 26, 2012, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled…