it has been 1 month since I took to the floor of this body to urge my colleagues to work together to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. Just this past month, I have held roundtables at almost every major…

I rise in opposition to S.J. Res. 8 which was passed by this body earlier last week but without a veto-proof majority. It would protect corporations looking to rig union elections, always at the expense of working families. Our labor…

Income inequality by some measures has reached its highest levels in perhaps nine decades.

I continue to have concerns about the slow pace of the recovery for most Americans.

The Federal Reserve System was designed, as we know, to be accountable to Congress and to the American people, while maintaining the central bank's independence, all important functions.

It seems to me the Fed has cared about these issues for some time.

I very much appreciate your distinction between auditing--and I remember what Chair Yellen held up, the book of the audits of the Federal Reserve--and oversight, and I think you are dead on.

Think about what Senator Whitehouse just said. A U.S. company that made an additive to gasoline filed suit against a public health law that the Canadian legislative body passed because they believed in clean air, and under NAFTA that…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Inhofe). Without objection, it is so ordered.

at a quarter after, I am leading a group of seven or eight Senators to talk about the trade promotion authority and the transpacific partnership, but I would like to take this opportunity while the floor is empty--and I thank my Republican…

I know there is a UC order for seven or eight Senators. Senators Casey, Merkley, Whitehouse, Markey, Warren, Baldwin, and Sanders we believe will be here for the next 45 minutes under an agreed-to order to talk about our concerns with…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for 3 minutes notwithstanding the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute To Louis Stokes

I want to acknowledge the VA's efforts regarding the Institute of Medicine's recent report.

My growing concern is that expediting claims processing has led to an increase in veterans filing appeals.

Thank you for starting the new impatience rule with me, Mr. Chairman.

The unions--the AFGE and the other VA unions you negotiate with and work with are not typically the unions that my question would be involved with.

this week marks the final week of Black History Month, an annual tradition that celebrates Black history and culture but also is a call to action to continue our Nation's march, as halting as it sometimes is, toward equality. This week we…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Black History Month

Don't news reports suggest that there is no harm but perhaps reason for you to ask the Justice Department for some of this, any of this information that they might think important to this country's financial system and to these banks and…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chair Yellen, welcome back. It is good to see you again and good to have you in front of our Committee.

I think there is no question, as reports have recently made pretty clear, that it has made for stronger banks and a more stable financial system.

I appreciate your bringing attention to those issues by which taxpayers/workers will benefit from the EITC.

I know you may be unable to address details of an ongoing investigation, but summarize for this Committee, if you would, Madam Chair, what the Fed would normally do to pursue allegations like these regarding tax evasions by a major…

I agree with your statement that this needs to be addressed.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Brown pertaining to the introduction of S. 522 are printed in today's Record under…