Mr. President, I rise to urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the nomination of Dr. Jared Bernstein to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, or CEA. Dr. Bernstein is highly qualified, with close to four decades of…

They are working to ensure homes are valued fairly, helping working families build generational wealth.

The CFPB is going after those that discriminate in home lending, provide shady financial products, and prey on the elderly and students and servicemembers.

Madam President, I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled at 5 p.m. begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I led 35 of my Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief defending the CFPB's constitutionality.

This lawsuit is a half-baked, bad-faith, dangerous legal ploy to do through the courts what Wall Street and their Congressional allies couldn't get done any other way: get the CFPB off their back.

We created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to fight for all the Americans who have no other way to stand up to powerful corporations.

The CFPB uncovered this misconduct that affected 16 million consumer accounts--16 million. The agency ordered Wells Fargo to repay $2 billion--that's 'billion' with a B--to millions of customers.

I led 35 of my Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief defending the CFPB's constitutionality.

Of course, Wall Street doesn't like what the CFPB does.

Since its creation, the CFPB has returned $17.4 billion to more than 200 million Americans; $17.4 billion that otherwise would be on corporate profit statements is now where it belongs, back in consumers' wallets.