David Vitter

I thank the Senator from Louisiana for his very kind remarks. More importantly, I want to thank him for years of great partnership, great work on behalf of Louisiana. I know he will make an outstanding senior Senator. Thank you. I yield…

If the majority leader will yield for one moment, I want to thank the majority leader for his very kind words. Serving in the Senate for two terms has been the highest honor of my professional career. I have enjoyed it so much and have…

So just as an example, Wells is the biggest participant in the SBA's 7(a) loan program.

Was not this practice, in fact, by the numbers part of the Wells culture by definition because it was so widespread for so long a period of time?

Why isn't this crystal clear proof that an entity as big as Wells is not only too big to fail, but it is too big to manage and it is too big to regulate?

We need tough new laws to hold corporate executives personally accountable, and we need tough prosecutors who have the courage to go after people at the top.

The only way that Wall Street will change is if executives face jail time when they preside over massive frauds.

You should resign. You should give back the money that you took while this scam was going on.

I think it was really, unfortunately, underreported in the national news for various reasons.

Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lee). The Senator from Texas. Zika Virus Funding

Thank you, Senator Inhofe, for those important clarifications to preemption and for another question that is very important to clarify in order to capture the full conngressional intent of the bills preemption section. This Act is intended…

The picture a lot of us see, a majority of us see since the deal that we disagreed with was Iran taking negative actions, horrible actions in some cases against us and our allies, particularly in the categories of terrorism, human rights…

This notion that Secretary Kerry is meeting with these foreign banks for informational purposes, when calls come into the State Department about what different treaty obligations are and what they mean, are all those calls put through to…

A bipartisan majority of this Committee and of the Senate opposed the Iran deal, thought it was a bad deal.

This penalty is a big deal and it is a big part of the system.

Well, the promise was not about new coverage. The promise was if you like your existing plan, you can keep it.

The promise was to everybody--if you like your health plan you can keep it--37 times over.

ObamaCare has increased premiums for the average American family.

Fact number one, premiums and deductibles have risen every year since the ACA passed in 2010.

Clearly, in my opinion, the Affordable Care Act has failed its namesake intention.

It will actually have the opposite effect for small businesses.

The proposed rule we are discussing today would more than double the threshold to extend overtime requirements to anyone earning up to $50,440.

I am going to continue working with all the committee members on a bipartisan bill to find additional ways to protect small businesses and ensure their voice is heard in the rulemaking process.

You all take positions that are outliers, in my experience, in terms of small business organizations