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

the supercommittee we all talk about--and it meets mostly in secret--is putting out plans and ideas to deal with the deficit--some, I am sure, good; some a little less good. I am concerned about one thing the supercommittee has been…

It has made people closer to their governments and made those governments more accountable and interactive.

We tell them--they, the Chinese--we have suspicions and then they investigate.

The purpose of today's hearing is to shed light on the darkness of China's repressive Internet and social media censorship.

It's a policy that takes a human toll, as Chairman Smith said, undermining human rights freedoms and freedoms of expression and speech.

It is a policy that takes a very human toll, undermining human rights reforms and freedoms of expression and speech.

It has changed the way we live, the way we do business, and the way we act as a society.

The business of the Internet and social media is changing the way the world works.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. American Education Week

This week marks the 90th anniversary of American Education Week where we honor our teachers, education support professionals, parents, and substitute teachers for their dedication and service to our children and to our schools. My mother…

Never in the history of the Senate...has one party blocked someone's nomination simply because they do not like the agency.

And concerned, too, about banks, not just nonbanks.

I am confident on an up or down vote he will be confirmed.

OK. Thank you, Ms. Nepveu.

As our seniors increasingly become targets of more and more financial predators, we must empower the CFPB with all the tools necessary to protect our seniors.

The servicers in these cases where they say to the homeowner, if you pay this amount for the next 6 months, then we will work this out, the servicer is not violating a contract when they still send--the servicer is not violating the law----

on Tuesday, Ohio, my State, made history. Overwhelmingly, Ohio voters made a simple choice between what is right and what is wrong. They answered the question at the heart of any election: Whose side are you on? Tuesday, Ohioans showed…

I ask unanimous consent that after my remarks of no more than 12 minutes, that Senator Coburn be recognized for up to 15 minutes, and then Senator Harkin be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Ohio's…

I find this--this is unbelievable.

I share Chairman Levin and Ranking Member McCain's concerns.

We should not have to make that proof. It should be a given that everything that we pay for is of the highest quality.

I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 3, 2011, at 9 a.m., to conduct a…

we know that investment in our infrastructure means jobs and economic development now and in the future. We know as a country that in the fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties we built infrastructure--highways, bridges, water, sewer…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on November 3, 2011, at 10 a.m., in SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive business meeting…