Chuck Schumer

The United States has not sanctioned Zhuhai Zhenrong, and why has the Administration been reluctant to sanction this type of a Chinese company for energy violations

We must prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, its illicit nuclear activity is one of the greatest global concerns we face

I think we need to accelerate sanctions with regard to individuals who are systemic abusers of human rights, including, first and foremost, the President of Iran, Ahmadinejad.

The United States should act unilaterally when necessary and multilaterally when possible.

It does not even get more unified than that on bipartisan cooperation in this chamber, to call for the United States to collapse the Central Bank of Iran.

In the form of a question to the majority leader and also the Republican leader--we are all frustrated. The Senator from Tennessee and I talked about that frustration at the beginning of the session, and it hasn't worked terribly well to…

So time is equally divided up to that point? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Correct.

Is 1 hour of time equally divided? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Until 10:30.

Just for a clarification, Mr. President, are we in morning business or are we on the bill? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. We are on the bill.

My God, we ought to be able to do that with our hands tied behind our back.

I think almost everyone one of us, if not every one of us, are part of the Gang of 35.

We cannot continue, we just cannot continue to kick the can down the road.

I remain optimistic. My fellow Senator from Montana, Max Baucus, is on that Committee.

I think I heard a hell of a lot more agreement than I did disagreement today.

I ask we move from morning business to the pending legislation. ____________________

I am pleased to recognize the leadership of two Members of the Subcommittee for their work on this issue: Senator Schumer and Senator DeMint.

I have been very active in trying to make sure that these are banned.

There is a lot of anxiety about that because we have not picked anyone yet and because a lot has to be done ahead of time.

When can I tell the heroes the VCF will be up and running? And can I get your assurance you will do everything possible to have it up and running by October 1, 2011?

Your intent is to ban them regulatorily if you can?

What do you think Google could be doing better to foster competition that you're not doing now that you could do to help all those little companies grow into big, successful companies?

I think my colleagues ought to hear that, that while it's important of course that we pay attention to competition in the high-tech sector--I agree with you, Senator Lee, that that's the best way to get growth--it's also important we focus…

We need reform of H1-B visas, things like that, which we're working on in the Immigration Committee.

But obviously with that great power Google has, as my previous colleagues have mentioned, great responsibility.

It is important we examine market dominance with a critical eye, especially in an industry that's a foundation of our economic future.