I will tell you that I have spent about 15 years as an agency owner for Allstate writing flood insurance policies.

There is no doubt that most of us consider the 50 States the laboratories of our democracy, where good things happen.

Earlier you noted that there was a 1-percent drop in the unemployment rate of African Americans, which, of course, is a positive sign.

I look forward to working with you, Chair Yellen, the Federal Reserve, and other Members of the Committee to tackle some of these critical issues that I have mentioned this morning.

My goal is to work with Senators of this Committee and financial regulators to better strike the balance between smart, thoughtful regulation and promoting economic growth.

What do you think drives the disparity? And what effects have your policies had on that specific demographic?

It has also been nearly a decade since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were put into conservatorship. Housing finance reform remains the most significant piece of unfinished business following the crisis.

I rise today to say thank you. Republicans and Democrats have been talking for a long time this week, and perhaps that is productive. But without any question, from what we have seen, I think both sides would agree that the support cast…

I yield 30 minutes of my time during the debate of Congressman Price to Senator Hatch. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.

I appreciate the time. I think we have had a very interesting debate on Betsy DeVos and frankly on public education. Listening to my friends on the left, I have been encouraged, encouraged because I am excited that for the first time in a…

as we close this debate on Betsy DeVos, this debate should really be about public education. I support public education. Education is the closest thing to magic in America. Let me say again that again. Education is the closest thing to…

before I get into my speech regarding Senator Sessions, I wanted to talk a little bit about what occurred last night. First, there is no doubt in my mind that the letter written by Coretta Scott King should be read by each and every Member…

I would just say to my colleagues that I am certainly willing to try to do as we have often done here on big issues about which we have had historic agreements, and that is look for areas of willingness to work together.

I think it means that Republicans are going to have to approve some things we normally might not support and Democrats are going to have to do some things they normally might not do during this transition.

Again speaking for myself, I think we are going to have to take some action pretty quickly.

With Obamacare, the situation as we know it is crumbling.

That is an alarm bell in every one of those homes.

The house may be on fire, but it was on fire before we got here.

today I stand in support of my good friend and Governor, Nikki Haley, who has been nominated for the position of Ambassador to the United Nations. Simply put, Governor Haley is the right choice, and I could not be prouder to support her…

I hope that as our new head of the SBA you will look for ways to create synergy within government...

It seems to me that it would be imperative for the Secretary of HHS and the Secretary of Education to look at ways to synergize your efforts to help the underprivileged student, the underprivileged child.

Are they actually getting the kind of service and education that they need? Are they improving?

I think that is one of the more important parts of your opportunity in this position: looking at those kids.

If we can get our 35-percent highest-in-the-world corporate tax down to something that is competitive, that would be wonderful.

I think about the tax code. I specifically think about folks in South Carolina who are strongly in support of President-elect Trump.