Alfonse D'Amato: “I am going to do exactly what I intend to do now, and that is to make known my serious concerns regarding the lack of…”

Indeed, I believe that Senator Allard has offered in a most constructive way an opportunity to begin to give to the small business entrepreneur, and in this case the small community bank, an opportunity to create meaningful competition, to…

I am moving to table this amendment because we have had for years no limitations on credit unions and their loans commercially. And, by the way, with all that with no limitations, only 1.3 percent were made for commercial purposes. Now we…

And what I am suggesting--in other words, in 1999, 1.4 million or 90 percent of the amount exported in 1996; and I hope we can get that amount. Hopefully, the State will be able to give us those numbers, and hopefully all States would be…

Today, Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to support the passage of H.R. 1756, the Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Strategy Act of 1997. I am glad that we have been able to reach this point. The House has sent over H.R. 1756, a…