I appreciate the words of Senator Cardin. He sits on the Finance Committee and was a long-time member of the House Ways and Means Committee and understands these issues as well or better than almost any Member of the Senate. I appreciate…

I very much thank Senator Harkin, the chairman of the HELP Committee, for his advocacy always for the middle class, advocacy always for those who aspire to the middle class, and especially the jobs bill. I particularly appreciate his…

We are joined in the Chamber by two of the sponsors of this bill: the Presiding Officer, Senator Whitehouse, and Senator Casey from Pennsylvania. The Senator said something earlier about the supercommittee and deficit reduction, and what…

I ask that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.

I have just a couple comments with regard to those of the Senator from South Carolina. He was the ranking member on the Economic Policy Subcommittee on which also sat the Presiding Officer from Oregon in 2009 and 2010. We held a series of…

I appreciate that. I was listening to one of the previous speakers who opposed this bill and characterized the bill as a China tariff bill. The Senator said it exactly right. When we sell to China, it is as if they put a tariff on our…

We do. The Senator from Oregon and I have talked about this, that there is a gentleman who worked for a paper company who illustrated to me what China has done. It was a specific kind of paper, a glossy, coated paper for magazines. The…

I said to Senator Inhofe I will be no more than 10 minutes and I appreciate his courtesy and his being here. I rise in opposition to the Hatch amendment. I respect and appreciate my colleague from Utah and his proposal to negotiate a…

As a result of the work Senator Schumer did early on this bill, with the cosponsorship of the Senator from North Carolina who is presiding, this bill really is the first major bipartisan jobs-- major, biggest jobs bill we have brought in…

I appreciate the words of my freshman colleague, Senator Kirk. I think he recognizes from his days as a foreign policy expert, when he worked for the government on foreign policy, that a Presidential waiver is essential. My guess is he…

I appreciate the Presiding Officer's comments earlier in support of the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011. The Presiding Officer and I--both Democrats--joined by five Republicans and three other Democrats--are the prime…

I hear this over and over and over in this body and in the House of Representatives; that whenever the President of the United States talks about increasing taxes on millionaires--just making their tax rate the same as middle-class…

I thank Senator Levin. There is no better team in any State in the country than Senator Levin and Senator Stabenow. With all the troubles they have had in that State with manufacturing, as has my State, they are always on the right side of…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: No. 359; that the nomination be confirmed the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening…

There has to be a sharing of information.

we will begin consideration of S. 1619 during Tuesday's session. Senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. ____________________

I, first of all, thank Senator Snowe for her leadership on this currency legislation. Its time has come, as she has said. She has been a real leader on this for months-- years, for that matter. I so appreciate her work on this problem…

It can undermine our economy when it is offered on terms designed to take advantage of consumers.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 4, 2011; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:28 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at 10 a.m…

We need the money for other things, quite frankly.

I think that, we have 170,000 people abusing the system, according to my information.

But sending a letter when we are talking about millions of taxpayer dollars just makes no sense to me.

Credit can be undeniably a good thing. It allows people to borrow against their future earnings.

We ran into problems about 10 years ago when we failed to share information.