I do think that the most direct, aside from the big picture of us not dealing with the fiscal issues and just the concerns that that creates...

the best thing we could do as elected officials is to lift that wet blanket from the economy

We want to see investment in our country. We know in Tennessee we have the best workforce you could possibly imagine.

I agree with Representative Black, perhaps the worst offender of this avalanche of regulations is the Environmental Protection Agency.

Much of what happens in the markets takes place outside of the regulated entities.

A banker is always going to be ahead of a regulator, basically, and you are giving them the information they are using to regulate.

In many ways Dodd-Frank was a political response to a--instead of real reform in so many ways.

I think it is a fool's errand to think that regulators are going to be ahead of, you know, bankers.

I do hope we are successful in having a markup on the Menendez-Boxer bill and that it is a real markup.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The clerk will call the roll. The…

I understand I have 3 or 4 minutes to speak about the GAIN Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. How much time does the Senator wish to speak?

I rise to thank both the majority and minority leaders of the bill for their great effort. I am pleased to speak about a provision in the FDA Safety Innovation Act that addresses a growing public threat in Tennessee and Connecticut and…