What if we had a $2,500 tax credit per person, $5,000 per person, had to be matched dollar-for-dollar by the homeowner, to help people become homeowners right now, when the prices are low?

A job is something that not only provides finances, but it feeds the soul.

Helping homeowners stay in their homes and decreasing the number of foreclosures is absolutely essential.

I wanted to ask a little bit about if anyone has a take on how the Boxer-Isakson bill differs from what the President is proposing.

I have a hard time thinking that FHFA on its own--I mean, my understanding is their current discussions at FHFA are to raise the 125 under HARP higher.

Explicit guarantee with firm regulatory standards avoids the challenges that Mr. Wallison was speaking to.

I can't tell you how many times people come up to me and say, here's where I'm at: I'm in my late 50s, early 60s. I'm just trying to figure out how to bridge the gap until I can be under Medicare because my health problems and my inability…

I am fascinated by this conversation because you all study the housing market and mortgages day in and day out, but you reach such dramatically different conclusions.

I have just one closing comment, and that is this: This is a picture of the Senator Hatfield tree. It has my staff in front of it. We went out there on July 12, Senator Hatfield's birthday, to take this picture and we hoped to give this to…

I applaud my colleague from Tennessee. I appreciate him coming to make comments about his service with Senator Hatfield. When I was first coming to the Senate, Senator Hatfield asked me to bring greetings to his former colleagues. One of…

I rise today to commemorate a statesman and a mentor, Senator Mark O. Hatfield. He took many roles: dedicated public servant, conscientious man of faith, and pioneer for new development in the West. He was born in 1922 in Dallas, OR, a…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Yan Perng, have the privilege of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that Rachel Travis of my staff be granted privileges of the floor for this pending legislation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise to address the Obama-Boehner debt deal. I must say it is an issue on which I have been immersed in wrestling to understand the impact on unemployment, the impact on investments that will strengthen our Nation down the road…

I championed companies providing this basic work and the flexibility for women to express milk.

Those services are not mandated, that is an insurance company decision.

It's a pleasure to have you all testifying today.

not a single Oregon company has asked for that exemption.

I rise to address this issue of the debt limit and how we are going to go forward. I think it is important, given the conversation I have been hearing this morning, to understand some of the key features that are under discussion. The…

If China is pursuing an industrial policy that protects their domestic industries and we are not, and we lose jobs and they gain jobs, why is that a sustainable policy for the United States?

This sort of de facto tariff is extremely disadvantageous for creating jobs in America, and isn't this part of the picture?

I thank the Chair for leading the moment of silence we just had for Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson of the U.S. Capitol Police. It is important to recognize that each and every day the citizens of the United States come to…

I am a big advocate of green jobs, but I think the heart of the issue I was raising is not one you address, which is China has an industrial policy that discriminates.

I really want to make sure we understand fully the job implications.

dead-end, toxic programs that lack the programmatic or specialized accreditation required for licensure or employment in the applicable field should simply not be eligible for Federal financing.