Jerry Moran

You have got to be able to look at every area if you are going to be serious about getting the deficit reduced.

You are not going to deal--and, frankly, as a result of that, we balanced the budget.

It is loans not investments.

The debt is an important part of this conversation.

The most important thing that the Senate could do right now is to capitalize on the extraordinary goodwill and bipartisan atmosphere that surrounds this issue of startups.

But what is the significance of that point?

Whether or not Mr. Cordray was confirmed had no effect upon the consequences of Dodd-Frank to Wall Street.

I cannot imagine that there is not a constitutional issue about what Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution means.

It is the community bankers who believe that they, in most instances, had nothing to do in causing the problem but yet still are in the bullseye for additional regulation.

I would indicate to you that in my short period of time as a United States Senator, trying to get a regulatory environment in which community banks can lend money to creditworthy borrowers has been a cause of mine.

I wish to explain my absence from rollcall votes 230 and 231 on Thursday, December 15, 2011. I was unable to vote yesterday because I was back in Atchison, KS, paying my respects to slain police sergeant David Enzbrenner. Officer…

I want to say this. This is the way things were meant to be done in this body. Politics was meant to be the art of compromise, with people acting in good faith for the betterment of their country. That's what this omnibus appropriations…

The key element for addressing too big to fail is that bondholders take losses.

I wish we would do more of this in which we take a broader picture.

The commitment and request made by 45 Senators remains the same today as it did 7 months ago: no confirmed Director, regardless of party affiliation, until basic changes are made to the structure of the CFPB.

I strongly urge this Committee to consider a series of hearings to specifically investigate the failure of MF Global and to identify solutions which can restore confidence.

Accountability and transparency at the CFPB is a goal that should be shared by every policymaker interested in protecting consumers from the abuses of the past.

Senator Warner and I soon this week are going to introduce legislation that we hope will generate additional startups and revive entrepreneurship in this country's economy.

I think entrepreneurship, startup companies are a great opportunity for our country's economy.

Nothing suggests that the concentration of economic power is any less today.

I thought the CFTC, at least at first blush, made sensible reform yesterday in regard to the use of the segregated accounts.

Dodd-Frank...may have reduced the risk of failure of financial institutions that create a systemic risk.

This is my first opportunity as a member of the U.S. Senate to serve the role of introducing.

And that is exactly the kind of nominees and, those that we will confirm, the officials that we need in this country.

And to me that shows the sign of significant intellectual capabilities and analyzing not for the crowd at the moment but for what is in the long-term best interest of our country.