It sounds like we are starting to get some action on this. Five years ago, Congress passed Dodd-Frank...

These loans can have pretty shocking fine print, for example, effective interest rates over 100 percent.

These pension scam companies turn a profit by offering retirees cash in exchange for a fixed amount of the buyer's future pension.

To me, this is an easy decision. We can raise the threshold and cut loose half or more of the biggest banks in the country and just hope they do not make the same mistakes that they made in 2008 when they nearly brought down the whole…

Wale is a miracle worker. He works hard. He is smart. He manages people and projects with amazing skill.

This tougher scrutiny is designed to focus the attention of the regulators on where the risk is.

Or we can play it safe, keep the threshold where it is, and rely on the Fed to follow the law and tailor the risks--tailor the regulations to the risks that are posed by different large financial institutions.

He really is a remarkable guy.

I hope that everyone on this Committee will support him and that he gets an up-or-down vote from the Senate very quickly.

I will be honest. I am deep-down furious at the Republican scheme to defund Planned Parenthood. I didn't think the Republican leadership could sink any lower than trying to defund women's cancer screenings and access to birth control, but…

Biologic drugs, complex products like enzymes and antibodies, are great medical achievements that allow people to live longer, healthier lives.

If we walk away from this deal, is it more likely or is it less likely that our international partners will continue tough sanctions?