I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Res. 101, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 101)…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

now is the time to address reform of the housing finance system.

the public over and over seems to think that this institution and the regulators and the Senate and the House are more interested in protecting the banks than they are the public.

It is an honor to be here with Senator Cowan to introduce the President's outstanding nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy.

Gina's commitment to this cause is evident not only in the quality of her work but in the 12-hour days, the late nights the colleagues at the EPA have described as part of her regular routine.

Gina has dedicated her professional life to the protection of our public health and to the stewardship of our environment.

So I am hoping in this hearing to give you an opportunity to provide us with some greater clarity than you have thus far offered in our meetings and our correspondence.

So the question I have is, having resolved this nearly four million families, who put the people, the families, into each of these boxes?

to identify the wrongdoing and hold the financial institutions that broke the law accountable.

I think this starts a new era in transparency and in helping those families that have been wronged.

If someone believes that they have been illegally foreclosed against, will they still have a right under this settlement to bring a lawsuit against the bank?