Dick Durbin

When a man named Bernard Madoff can, over the span of 10 or 20 years, lure investors into what has turned out to be a Ponzi scheme, causing many of them to lose millions of dollars, and his wrongdoing goes unnoticed by major regulatory…

We have worked together in many venues, and I'm glad that we're going to share the responsibilities of this subcommittee.

I have been waiting for this for so long.

And Judge Bataillon, thank you for coming and giving us an insight into this constitutional clash that we have over the construction of courthouses.

I recently was invited to tour what was formerly known as Sears Tower in Chicago.

Well, I am glad that you came by, Senator Bennett. You are always welcome here.

This morning on National Public Radio (NPR) local broadcast, there was an indication that D.C. charter schools are having a tough time finding space to open new schools.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $375 million to stimulate lending in Small Business Administration loan programs.

We will probably submit written questions, and if you can take a look at them and send us some replies on a timely basis, it would help us to do our work.

This program is for small businesses. It is not for big businesses masquerading as small businesses.

I understand, Administrator Mills, that on July 1, SBA will begin guaranteeing loans to dealerships to finance inventories of cars, trucks, RVs, boats, and even manufactured homes.

It is unacceptable to be 30th out of 30.

Hope that you can respond to them on a timely basis and maybe by--we will leave the record open until Wednesday, June 24 at noon.

How do you stay in front of it on the technology?

I think it strengthens the case that our witness has made today on behalf of the judiciary and strengthens the case that Senator Bennett has made as well.

We provided an additional $100 million to cover cost overruns necessary to complete the project.

I personally think that it's incredibly unfortunate that people's financials are in a state, many times often not their own doing, that they need to take a high-interest loan.

And part of the problem, I believe, is that any further authorization from the House side for this project has pretty much been blocked.

As the lifeblood of the American economy, small businesses must be the main driver of our Nation's economic recovery.

I'd like to say that the IRS Oversight Board has submitted for inclusion in the record and preliminary recommendations on the fiscal year 2010 IRS budget proposal.

Why would you cut back on an established network that has proven that it can help businesses?

The President's budget zeroed it out.

Thank you, Administrator Mills.

I heard Senator Durbin mention--I was going to say more than $80 billion--you actually said $85 billion.

These projects employ architects, engineers, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, and many others.