It is time to expand fundamental fairness to all Americans, and that is exactly what this bill does.

I have not heard any businesses come back to the State legislature or come back to those of us who were involved at the time in expressing a concern that this created a flood of lawsuits because it has not been found.

From a common citizen's point of view, when they look at the fate of Long-Term Capital Management, MF Global, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and a host of institutions that survived only because we bailed them out, I think the case…

I would say of course they have an advantage. They have taxpayer-insured deposits and access to the discount window.

Does anyone on this panel think that Bruno Iksil, the 'London Whale,' woke up each day trying to mitigate the risk?

But it would be if deposits were diverted into hedge fund investing rather than making loans to small businesses.

The family home has been such a pathway to the middle class for families across America.

I think it is a great piece of legislation.

Our legislation does not prevent data collection. It simply does not require it.

I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle continuing to wrestle with this issue of mortgages.

I was very engaged by the comments Senator Whitehouse was making a short time ago. I was very struck, as I have been all along, by the substantial challenge posed by Citizens United. My colleague was speaking to the impact on our…

I ask unanimous consent to ask a question of my colleague from Rhode Island. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

So Citizens United goes right against the very heart of our Constitution. How is it possible that the Supreme Court found, in this 5-to-4 decision, that this has no corrupting impact on our electoral process?

So I think if any three words would summarize the heart of our Constitution, it would be those three words. It would be ``we the people.'' Yet we have a Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, that essentially unleashes a flood of special…

So the Supreme Court envisioned this steel wall, this high, impenetrable wall between an independent campaign and the candidate's campaign, and thereby saw fit to unleash unlimited money on one side of the wall while saying the other side…

Most of our campaigns for the Senate involve millions of dollars--some are $2 million, some are $20 million, some more. There are super PACs that have that much money and can bring that much money to bear in a single race. Did the Supreme…

I thank my colleague from Rhode Island very much for championing this bill and for what he has done helping folks to understand this issue. I will make a few comments on this issue. My friend from Vermont is standing by and, I think, wants…

After the group of 10 Senators, bipartisan delegation, went to China last year, it gave me a more comprehensive picture of the tilted playing field.

The question is: Is it going to be subsidized by taxpayer-insured deposits?

You need to identify the specific assets, and you need to identify the specific risk that you are hedging.

There is a growing movement of what is essentially on-demand scheduling, which is extremely difficult for working families.

I suspect that the firm providing the services at the Statue of Liberty is submitting a contract proposal, often the low-cost proposal is chosen.

I ask unanimous consent that William Carol, a detailee in the Senate HELP Committee Majority Education Office, be granted the privilege of the floor for the duration of debate on S. 2343, the Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike of…

earlier today, just a few minutes ago as I was presiding where the Senator from Minnesota is now sitting, I listened to my colleagues speak on this issue of interest rates on student loans. I was particularly interested in the speech of a…

Well, thank you. I know when implementation occurred in Oregon with our State law, it was amazing how well the employers adopted it.