Mr. President, I came to the floor last week to ask a simple question: Who does this government work for? Does it work only for the billionaires and the biggest corporations or does it work for all of us? I asked that question last week as…

Mr. President, I am disappointed but not surprised that there is an objection to this request because although there is bipartisan support for this bill and only one outside group has raised concerns--that group is the U.S. Chamber of…

Congress passes 'Smart Savings Act' to Strengthen Retirement Savings for Federal Employees.

I thank the Senator from Maryland and the senior Senator of Vermont. They both show extraordinary leadership and we learn from them every day. I am back on the floor to talk about a dangerous provision slapped in a must-pass spending bill…

Mr. President, yesterday I came to the floor to call on House Democrats to withhold their support from the omnibus spending bill until one provision is removed. The provision was slipped in at the last minute to benefit Wall Street. In…

Madam President, I come to the floor today to ask a fundamental question: Who does Congress work for? Does it work for the millionaires, the billionaires, the giant companies with their armies of lobbyists and lawyers, or does it work for…

Oh, I am not talking about telling them which vendors to use. What I am just trying to understand is the process by which you are monitoring--the risk comes in all the way up and down the chain.

a future cyber attack could paralyze the financial sector with devastating consequences for our economy.

Thank you for the very engaged, very open way that you have run this Committee and given us an opportunity to explore so many issues.

I am sorry. So, your monitoring of the chain is limited to telling the financial institutions to take a look at the chain? Is that what you are saying?

I think that we cannot just make this about the banks. It has got to be the whole chain here.