It is very important that we regulate this.

For every month of delay, it is additional Americans who are damaged.

16.4 million Americans who were previously uninsured have now gained health insurance coverage through the different facets of the ACA.

Well, it has been a huge change in the uninsured rate in Oregon.

Had this taken 2 years less, 4 years instead of 6 years, then we would have many thousands of high school and middle school students who are not being basically brought into the nicotine addiction world.

Half of all transit riders do not have access to a private vehicle.

They liked the previous strategy better. They found that more effective, and the ability to acquire more fuel-efficient vehicles and so forth.

The whole effort was to preserve farming and forest lands and it has worked relatively well, but it does not work well without good transit.

You consider that a valuable use of public funds, to help reinvest in our own economy?

It is very predatory.

We should be thinking about what additional protections we can provide.

I do think that there is common cause on this Mortgage Debt Relief Act and the concern about short sale streamlining that was mentioned earlier.

I think we all want the mortgages to be affordable but not predatory, so they become a form of wealth construction.

If I had understood how this works 6 months ago, I would never have bought this house.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 54, as…

the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned $5 million to American citizens victimized by predatory scams and unscrupulous practices. If you support ending victimization of our citizens, support this bill. If you support…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Secretary Perez.

I ask unanimous consent that I can utilize a felt pen during my presentation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up en bloc amendments Nos. 842, 843, 952, and 953. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments are called up en bloc. The amendments are as…

today I rise to discuss the budget blueprint we are debating here in this Chamber and that we will be voting on here on the floor of the Senate shortly. In evaluating this budget, this budget produced by my Republican colleagues, I am…

Thank you for the work of your foundation.

I appreciate that Russ Feingold brought his expertise to bear from his Senate experience.

I want to celebrate the model of looking around the world and saying is there something that I can have an impact on for every American to think about.

Given the gravity of issues around the world, should the U.S. as a leader in the world not be engaged?

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