Sherrod Brown

Do you think investor-state provisions are fundamentally different in an advanced property rights group of countries like the EU than in a trade agreement we might have signed with a Latin American country?

You can assure this committee and this Senate that in these large-scale regional trade agreements, whether it is the U.S.-EU agreement or whether it is the TPP, that we will not--you/we will not--undermine any of the financial regulators…

But just as important has been China's failure to provide its citizens basic rights.

The risk to Americans has increased since we expanded trade relations with China without both providing for mechanisms to ensure safe imports.

Part of the problem is that some of our companies are all too willing to take advantage of China's lax safety standards.

This increased reliance on China has had grave consequences.

How long do we wait until the IRS responds, from Washington--not blaming it on Cincinnati, but from Washington. How long do we wait?

Market participants may continue to perceive that some institutions receive special treatment by virtue of their size.

Our legislation, Senator Vitter's and my legislation, Brown-Vitter, addresses a lot of that.

Their fears are not allayed in this and their worst nightmares may be realized if we do not act on this.

The market understands what Basel III is about, and the market assumes Basel III will go into effect.

The market implies that too-big-to-fail may still be around.

It also pulls us out of Basel III, so it deals with a lot of those issues in a way that I want to ask Secretary Lew about.

DAV strongly supports the scientific merit review practices endemic to VA research management of awards.

There is beginning to be some evidence that China may be looking seriously to change their policies

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:50 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 9:30 a.m…

Senators should gather in the Senate Chamber at 10 a.m. tomorrow to proceed as a body to the House for the joint meeting of Congress. There will be three rollcall votes at 2 o'clock in relation to amendments to WRDA. ____________________

If done right, our Nation's trade policies can create jobs.

The work that Mr. Hochberg has done at the Export-Import Bank has been central to achieving this goal.

We launched that last month. This is a new program, a pilot program that brings together the SBA, Eximbank, and Commerce...

I thank Senator Enzi, the senior Senator from Wyoming, for his good work on this legislation and for his always courteous demeanor. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 8 minutes. The ACTING…

I sent a letter to Acting U.S. Trade Representative Marantis urging strong disciplines on state-owned enterprises.

Is there any effort or thought or are there plans for VA to sort of have a registry of them to work with them?

I go back to my dad. My dad was a World War II vet, and he hardly ever talked about it like many in that generation.

Many Appalachian veterans or families never seek help. They do the best they can through self-help.