we need to protect them from people who are just trying to sell them products so that they can make themselves more money.

most Americans are not financial experts. And millions are often not even financially literate.

I think it is important for Members of Congress before we make a decision is to try to talk to our colleagues in the P5+1.

the risk to the United States, as far as us, it is minimal, if anything. It is not substantial.

I can't leave it in a vacuum because I had another important vote and that was back when we decided, you know, was talking about Iraq.

I think we should learn a lesson because we are still paying for that when we didn't do everything that we could first.

it is for us to deal with Europe as a whole.

So I think that just by the very logic of the hearing itself that any logical person would have to say 5 years later, we are more stable with Dodd-Frank than we were without Dodd-Frank because Dodd-Frank didn't exist 5 years ago and we…

And in fact, from what I hear, especially with private sector jobs, I understand that the private sector has created over 12.8 million new jobs over 64 consecutive months of job growth.

Colombia's nearly 50-year internal armed conflict has had devastating consequences in Colombia.

The ultimate answer would have to come through political dialogue.

I was one of those Members who supported it because I had the hope that it would help the nation come back from the brink of war.