A key feature of this scam is to get the customer to pay real money for a fiction--gold, silver, platinum, or palladium that the scammer never actually delivers.

the pending return of sequestration in fiscal year 2016 will quickly erode these gains.

Thank you for an excellent hearing, and thanks to our witnesses today.

I was, therefore, disappointed when the President's budget request calls for such drastic cuts to the Army Reserve and National Guard end strengths.

And I think that is why the TAGs and the Governors have been virtually unanimous in raising their very deep and genuine concerns about the Army's plan.

It is a myth to say that gold is a safe investment.

Too often victims are not told that they are purchasing a derivatives contract, nor are they told that leverage greatly increases the risk that they could lose their investment.

I would ask that the agency get back to us.

It is indeed a sad commentary on human nature that the cruelty of the scammers who target our Nation's seniors seems limited only by their creativity and never by their conscience.

I am delighted to be joined today by my colleagues, Mike Johanns and Sherrod Brown, in introducing the Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. We are pleased to be joined by Senators Kirk and Tester as cosponsors. This…

I want to give a very specific example from my home State of Maine of what this budget would mean for the National Guard there.

I think that the Federal Government produces excellent materials, but really fails when it comes to getting them into the hands of seniors.

I think we need to up front put some disclosure requirements on these dealers, the good and the bad.

on May 30, H. Sawin Millett will step down as commissioner of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, one of many positions he has held during a remarkable career of more than 55 years of dedicated service at all…

We really don't want to find ourselves going from crisis to crisis year after year.

To me, we ought to be rewarding those manufacturers who did stay and keep some of their manufacturing here in America rather than moving overseas.

This was no easy task but a very important development.

One thing is clear to me, and that is that our Maine fishermen are struggling now, and they're very worried about what the future is going to bring.

If done improperly, I am very concerned that TPP could have a disastrous effect on the remaining athletic footwear workers in my State.

Waiving that match was absolutely critical given the constraints that the States have and to ensuring that the funding will be used in ways that have both immediate impacts and constructive long-term effects.

My smaller manufacturers say they need the Import Export Bank, they need the Foreign Commercial Service Office, and they need to be able to know how to use the resources of their own government.

It is important to me and to my constituents that NOAA remain committed to seeing through the full implementation of the Penobscot River Agreement.

As usual, you figured out a solution there on the ground.

is the CPC-1232 design sufficient for transporting crude oil?

I'm very pleased today to have the opportunity to talk with you about what I view as being one of the most promising renewable energy technologies.