Yet, despite the misconduct at these banks that generated tens of billions of dollars in settlement payments by the companies, not a single senior executive at these banks has been criminally prosecuted.

I believe that conflicts of interest, or the appearance thereof, should not undermine the SEC's critical work enforcing our securities laws.

I believe that public companies should not be able to spend huge sums of shareholder money on political communication without informing investors.

Mr. President, I rise today to support an independent constitutional amendment offered by Senator Udall of New Mexico which would restore to Congress and the States the authority to rein in the enormous sums of money that are flooding into…

Now, as Judge Rakoff of the Southern District of New York has noted, the law on this is clear.

So, no one should be above the law. If you steal a hundred bucks on Main Street, you are probably going to jail. If you steal a billion bucks on Wall Street, you darn well better go to jail, too.

the banks have not forgiven those loans. They have not provided adequate relief to this family, and I do not know how many other families are in those circumstances.

Madam President, our Tax Code is tilted toward the rich and the powerful. Huge corporations hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers to create, expand, and protect every last corporate loophole. That is how we end up with a tax code that makes…

I hope that the Senate will reconsider that important legislation again in the fall because refinancing student loans would potentially save borrowers billions.

Borrowers who are in serious financial trouble... can get a fresh start on pretty much every kind of debt by declaring bankruptcy.

We are not talking about performing loans and you like to reach out to your customers and say, have we got a deal for you.