today I congratulate Olivia Culpo of my own hometown, Cranston, RI, for being crowned Miss USA on June 3, 2012, in Las Vegas, NV. She is the first titleholder from our State. A native Rhode Islander, Olivia attended St. Mary Academy-Bay…

I thank the gentleman, my former chairman on Judiciary, for yielding the time to me. I rise today in support of H.R. 4078, Mr. Chairman, and I am standing behind 2-weeks' worth of regulatory material produced in the Federal Register, which…

Again, I think one of the things we tried to attempt in Dodd-Frank was to clarify the position of the President of the Federal Reserve Bank...

States are also trying to deal with this dilemma.

before I begin my remarks with respect to the current debate, let me pay tribute to Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the Capitol Police, and to all of the Capitol Police officers, men and women who protect us each…

We have already made $1 trillion in cuts to discretionary spending as a way to begin to approach the deficit.

If we lose that competition, then our fundamental sort of foundation of national security will quickly erode.

When you listen to our Republican colleagues, they're talking about exempting defense, they're talking about no revenue.

And they are not responsible for public programs like Medicaid or anything else.

Today I am introducing bipartisan legislation to address a matter that I explored as chairman of the Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment. During a series of hearings, it became increasingly clear to me that in…

That goes to just a quick technical question.

The issue is not that someone cannot file bankruptcy. It is that they cannot discharge the loan in bankruptcy.

This to me is one of the most daunting challenges that we have to face going forward.

Thank you very much.

One of the major issues, of course, is the escalating cost of college education;

Thank you. That is a very helpful clarification.

today I am introducing, along with my colleagues from Rhode Island and Connecticut, Senators Whitehouse and Lieberman, legislation to authorize the National Park Service to study specific sections of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and…

twenty years ago, Brown University, located in my home State of Rhode Island, established the Leadership Alliance, a national academic consortium of leading research universities and minority serving institutions with the mission to…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I also thank the folks who came to the Chamber this morning, Madam Speaker, in a bipartisan fashion to recognize the need to grant PNTR status to Russia in order for us--American manufacturers…

I rise this morning to express my support for the Russian accession to the WTO and for our need here in this Chamber and in Washington, D.C., to grant Russia PNTR status so that we can establish a strong, forward-looking trade relationship…

I thank the gentleman, and I rise today in strong support to join my friend from California. As he knows, we've been supportive of free trade from the moment we got here, and I was so pleased to see Colombia, Panama, and South Korea be…

I rise today to join my colleagues in supporting the DISCLOSE Act. I commend Senator Blumenthal for his extraordinarily insightful and articulate words with respect to this critical issue. I particularly wish to commend the Senator from…

What steps are you taking, though, given that concern you have expressed, right now, not retrospectively, how we got here and who did what to do, but to provide as much certainty as you can--there are several banking institutions you…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act

I rise today in support of the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act. This is a tough economy for a lot of people across the United States. It is especially difficult in my home State of Rhode Island, and that is why I support the…