The SEC has failed the public on this issue and allowed this type of conflict of interest practice to continue, and I think it is absolutely unacceptable.

This is one of the most direct examples of unacceptable Wall Street behavior where Congress took a very clear stand.

This is an issue that goes to the core of who we are as a country that people cannot spend your money on political speech without telling you how the hell they are spending it or that you as an owner have a full right to know how your…

I think for you to unilaterally remove it from the rulemaking agenda was an egregious affront to these core issues of our Republic.

I ask unanimous consent that Giselle Naranjo-Cruz be granted privileges of the floor today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I thank Senator Leahy. The second mercury provision builds upon the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008, expanding the export ban currently in effect for elemental mercury to certain mercury compounds previously identified by EPA or other…

in February of 2015, on Valentine's Day, a 100-car Canadian National Railway train hauling crude oil and petroleum distillates derailed in Ontario, Canada. The blaze burned for days. Two days later, a 109-car CSX oil train derailed and…

I rise with my friend and colleague Senator Wyden to draw attention to the dangerous oil train derailment that occurred in Oregon last Friday and the urgency to protect communities around our Nation with stronger safety regulations for…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern Elise Brown be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I would be honored to yield for your unanimous consent proposal. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Oregon yield to me for a unanimous consent request without losing his right to the floor. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

today, while the Nation has been focused on the final six primaries across the Nation, the final six State primaries across the Nation, something extraordinary is unfolding here on the floor of the Senate. The Senate is taking the final…

I wanted to turn to the orderly liquidation authority and the effort to eliminate that. That was a bipartisan effort to say if a bank is in trouble, the shareholders should be at risk, the bond holders should be at risk, not the taxpayers.

So here we have a lot of bubble talk about liquidity, but it is really an argument that they are trying to put forward to say let us deregulate the banks once again, let us forget the fact that the last time we did this it destroyed the…

So here we have Hensarling leading the charge to privatize the gains and socialize the losses, stick the taxpayer once again.

There is a lot of conversation here about a liquidity crisis, so we might as well ask the question whether or not there is a liquidity crisis at all.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Bill

today I rise to discuss the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. This is landmark legislation that will honor the legacy of our dear colleague Frank Lautenberg. I had the privilege to serve with Frank for a number…

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to use a visual aid during my speech. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Genetically Modified Food Labeling

the most important three words in our Constitution are the first three words: ``We the People.'' When our Founders were crafting our Constitution, they put those words in oversized print so that hundreds of years later Members of…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Sierra Brummett, be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

today I rise to talk about a movement-- a vision--called ``Keep It in the Ground'' and why it is so important to the future of our energy policy here in the United States and our energy strategy around the world. The core challenge we face…

I ask that my intern, Jonathan Lin, be granted floor privileges for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

the most important words in the crafting of our Constitution are the first three words: ``We the People.'' With those three words, the Founders described what the government of our new Nation was all about. As President Lincoln later…

It is way past time to rectify the situation, and this bill has key language that puts us on track for several major projects related to that.