I want to thank you in particular for your leadership of finally having a watchdog fighting for consumers and fairness in financial transactions.

Well, thank you for your efforts to wrestle with this issue.

every time a consumer gets a fair mortgage loan rather than a predatory one, a great deal of help has been created in terms of a wealth-building enterprise versus a wealth-stripping one

climate change is very evident in a number of ways.

So I have been struck by how important this conversation is as one that has direct impacts on the ground right now.

I share the concern of many of my colleagues that an international body would set standards for U.S. financial institutions.

We have a significant problem with loss of snowpack in the Cascades, which is resulting in warmer streams.

I think that is the foundation for this discussion.

in just a short period of time here in the Senate Chamber we will be voting on fast-track legislation designed to create a very quick path through the Senate for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and for trade agreements to come thereafter. So…

To summarize, you are saying yes, there is a connection between the coal-fired power plant pollution and the illnesses and deaths that are disproportionately occurring?

Since the prevailing winds go from west to east, when our forests are burning out in Oregon, California and Washington State, the rest of the Nation is experiencing those impacts.

the people of the United States expect the Constitution to be upheld and the principles of the Fourth Amendment. They expect that the law that is passed on this floor will be implemented in an appropriate fashion and consistently, and when…

This financing creates jobs here in the United States of America?

when colleagues come to the floor and contend that there have been no secret courts in America, that there has been no secret law in America, that the administration of section 215 matched the plain language of the laws adopted by this…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Oregon.

We have a very unlevel playing field if they are providing finance support for their industries and we are not doing the same?

The Senator from North Carolina can ask a question, and I get to answer the question.

But I wanted to have you explore a little bit about the subsidies that China gives to their exports.

When I have completed my remarks, I will be happy to take a question. And so my colleague comes to the floor and says that there is no secret law. But the fundamental understanding of law is that there is the plain language of the law and…

yesterday we passed the USA FREEDOM Act, and it was quickly signed by our President because it was so important to put it into place. It contained two items that I want to draw particular attention to. One is that there should be no secret…

Were the opinions of this court, established by law-- and, yes, it is transparent to the public that the court exists. But the question of secrecy is not one of whether it exists; it is a question of whether the process is open in any…

Certainly that is a factor in the cost. Virtually all of my home State is in compliance with the new standards.

I think it is important, at this point in time, for us to be reminded of the concerns of working people across our Nation. This has been an intense debate, because so often, in the course of the trade agreements we have pursued, the…

I am seeking recognition. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon is recognized.

returning to the conversation about trade policy and its impact on American workers and businesses, President Kennedy once said, ``The trade of a nation expresses, in a very concrete way, its aim and its aspirations.'' Well, what are our…