To my friend from Connecticut, thank you. I so admire that when you came to the Senate, it was right after perhaps the most tragic 2 hours in our Nation's recent existence with what happened to those kids--those young children in your…

Through the Chair, if my friend from Connecticut will yield again, I was in a meeting yesterday with a group of Democratic Senators. I heard two of the youngest and most impressive Members of our caucus, Senator Booker and Senator Murphy…

I will ask my question through the Chair. First of all, I so appreciate, as Senator Durbin said, the Senator being here this evening. I so appreciate the work that Senator Murphy has done. I appreciate so much the work he has done and the…

May I ask one more question and then I will turn it back to Senator Stabenow, who I know has some questions for Senator Murphy. I want to share a letter I received from a woman in Columbus: I'm devastated by the events this weekend in…

I am joined by my colleague and friend, Senator Rob Portman of Ohio--the other Senator from Ohio--to discuss the passing of a dear friend of his and of mine. I will make a few short remarks. I believe Senator Portman, who will be speaking…

The final rule would provide the market and the public with some assurance that senior executives at financial institutions will not be rewarded for taking inappropriate risks that could harm the markets, could harm their employees, or…

We have particular concern about the lack of transparency in those waivers that are granted.

I think there is a huge majority of the country... that want you to do that.

By increasing transparency, by enhancing oversight, by moving to more resilient and stable trading platforms, Congress wanted to make sure that future crises could be detected sooner and would do less damage.

reserving the right to object, and I will explain if I could. First of all, this doesn't belong in NDAA. This is not a defense issue, but I would like to talk more substantively about it and then make another statement. I strongly support…

I have said in this Committee before, my wife and I live in Zip Code 44105 in Cleveland. That Zip Code 9 years ago for the first half of the year had more foreclosures than any Zip Code in the United States of America.

I certainly continue to support the proposals we made in 2009.

American taxpayers paid the price for this reckless behavior.

I would be concerned with eliminating Title II in its entirety.

I am pleased to join my friends--Senator Casey, who led this debate; Senator Manchin, who has worked on this legislation and devoted much of his career to the people that go down into the mines and provide the coal and electricity for much…

as Senator Hatch has mentioned, in April the Department of Labor just issued its final conflict-of-interest, or fiduciary, rule, putting in place a framework of meaningful protections for Americans saving for retirement. The rule helps…

Iran is a State sponsor of terrorism. It destabilizes the region. It violates the human rights of its people.

on Saturday I visited the General Motors Lordstown plant near Youngstown to celebrate its 50th anniversary. For half a century, this plant has been an anchor of the Mahoning Valley. It has supported good, middle-class union jobs through…

We thank Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Bernard Sanders, (I-VT) for introducing the bill so our most vulnerable veterans get the care they need for a better quality of life.

the words of ``Invictus'' have inspired men and women for generations, and the spirit is alive in the athletes who represented their countries in Orlando. Three people from my State competed on the U.S. team. Army CPT Kelly Elmlinger is a…

I rise today to speak in opposition to the Lee amendment No. 3897. I wish to take a moment to thank Senator Collins and Senator Jack Reed for their terrific work on this bill and for how they teamed up to manage this bill in pretty much…

There has been an 8-decade Manichean struggle in this country on the issue of social insurance and the role of government.

We should be working to expand and strengthen Social Security.

Is it your goal to block all imports made with forced labor from coming into the U.S.?

This position is too important to deny this committee a vote.