I rise to announce the introduction of the Livable Communities Act of 2011. The Livable Communities Act presents an opportunity to save taxpayer dollars, reduce household expenditures, improve partnerships, and help local communities…

I rise to introduce a critical bill for our economic recovery. As communities across the country continue to recover from the economic downturn and devastating falling property values, commercial real estate properties throughout the…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 633. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

it is a very strong statement, as one of the Nation's foremost job experts, that job creation is number one on his economic priority efforts

CDFIs will be under your jurisdiction, as well, and we had a major initiative signed into law that is unfolding and we think that is a great economic driver, as well, and we look forward to working with you on that.

I do appreciate your answer, but I want to get specifically what do you believe are--there are many elements into job creation.

the financial crisis that came to a peak in September of 2008.

I ask unanimous consent that Andi Lipstein Fristedt, a detailee to the Senate HELP Committee, be granted floor privileges for the duration of Senate floor business today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I was unavoidably detained for rollcall vote No. 139, a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consider H.R. 2832, a bill to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes. Had I been…

I have come to the floor to pursue a unanimous consent request on something that is critical to families in my home State of New Jersey, which has the highest rate of autism, but is also critical to families across the country who have a…

First of all, I appreciate my colleague's offer and certainly we will take him up on it--to have a discussion to see if we can come to a common understanding because the issue is far more important than anyone's ideological views. I look…

Well, I guess that the conservatorship would have to look at what it is going to get at the end of the day if people default, what is the real value there.