The Dodd-Frank Act created a Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Treasury Department to gather information about the insurance industry.

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It is helping men and women in uniform, as Senator Reed pointed out, preventing them from being targeted by bad actors.

To block his appointment simply to express displeasure with either the process or the substance of the law is the wrong way entirely.

I think we have got to move forward.

Thank you for your willingness to serve, Mr. Cordray, in a very difficult time and in a very challenging office.

I am someone who believes very strongly that the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must go forward and should go forward under the direction of Mr. Cordray.

We want consumers to have a voice, and, frankly, the notion that this is unchecked, unbounded power is simply wrong.

I think the other thing that we have to recognize, too, is as we go forward we are, I think, trying to ensure that we do not replicate the crisis of 2008.

We have collectively for generations, both Republicans and Democrats and everyone else has said putting people in homes is key to America.

there is a lot of capital going into this market because of the way it is structured, the guarantee, the credit risk aspects.

And I will not put words in your mouth, but if it is a single issuer, that likely could be a Government entity.

the 30-year mortgage would be less available. Mortgage credit would be less available, and the credit availability that you would be able to access would be at a significantly higher price.

these are challenging economic times and Republicans have taken us to the edge of the cliff. In the limited time left to prevent government default for the first time in our Nation's history, I think we can all agree on at least one…

So one of the aspects of creating this new--and we all understand this is not going to happen next year, this is a phased adaptation going forward--would be to provide investor protections, but perhaps not in the same way that is done…

$14.4 trillion; $1.6 trillion every year added onto that national debt. The people in November, 2010, spoke loudly. We are listening. It is time that we in this Chamber accept the fact that D.C. has to and will change because the American…

today I am pleased to introduce the Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act with my colleagues Senators Ayotte, Kerry, Shaheen, Scott Brown, Whitehouse, Leahy, and Blumenthal. This legislation seeks to improve the coordination of…

I believe libraries are critical institutions to our Nation and our democracy. Today, I recognize one library in particular, Brown University Library, for its 150th anniversary as Rhode Island's oldest Federal Depository Library. The…

Senator Whitehouse and I have come to the floor today to pay tribute to Governor Bruce Sundlun. He passed away last Thursday. He was an extraordinary gentleman. I think it is particularly appropriate that my colleague is here along with me…

I am concerned that the overarching strategy at the Department has been to focus almost exclusively on these untested, large-scale competitive grant programs at the expense of some proven research-based programs that have a track record of…

I think you rightly point out the central need to fundamentally reform our education system at the elementary and secondary level, and also support it at the higher education level.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Scalise

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 279, noes 147, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll…

Woman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 12, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $8,291,000)''. Page…

I offer this amendment with my colleague from Oklahoma (Mr. Boren). This a bipartisan amendment to this appropriations bill with the intent to return funding for the Forest Health Management Account, under State and private forestry. What…