I think you can see why this would be--we understand the business you are in, and I was going to allude to you after 2012 needing to try to get other countries to lower this amount of activity.

this is an unseemly business to those of us sitting here where basically we have created this entity to create financing to compete with other countries that are basically racing to the bottom.

I am in the category of just trying to understand and to try to make a good decision on behalf of the people that I represent.

On one hand, I have led the charge to wind down Fannie and Freddie, you know, which have $5 trillion in mortgages, and to create a more dynamic system where you do not have two behemoths that basically dominate the housing industry.

So let me just--Ms. Dempsey, if you would, on Boeing, since everybody wants to talk about Boeing--and I have nothing against Boeing. I like flying in the airplanes that they build.

So it is not that they are worried about the credit. It is that the Eximbank is able to give these companies--these countries, companies, State-owned enterprises--terms that are comparable to what Boeing's competition is using.

I rise today to speak on the matter before us, which is the trade promotion authority that is so important to our Nation. I realize that whenever we deal with issues such as this, there are always parochial issues that people deal with in…

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

Either do it bipartisan or do not do it at all.

There is no question you have mentioned that increased taxes slow growth, so you have to be very careful.

I do not think there is any question there is a serious amount of income disparity.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, Dr. Hall, thank you again for your service.

the budget document should be something that has integrity and means something.

I think it would be really good for you guys to look at, you know, why that is taking place.

But it depends on how you actually pay for that, I think is your comment.

I really appreciate your report. It seems to me that where we are is that our Nation is much worse off than your projections are, that there are difficult decisions that are not being made.

I raised concerns over the lack of a coherent China policy, including the absence of sustained high-level engagement.

China continues to engage in provocative and destabilizing behavior.

I am even more troubled.

I ask unanimous consent that if cloture is invoked on the Corker substitute amendment No. 1140, that a point of order against all of the pending nongermane amendments be in order and be considered to have been made; that the Corker…

I agree with my colleague, the Senator from Alaska, that other committees should consider the relevant issues in their jurisdiction. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will, of course, consider any resolution of approval or…

I will have to ask for a unanimous consent request on something in just a moment, but I think they are still working out some details. Before I move to that, I thank the Senator from Indiana. He has done so much to further this cause of us…

I ask unanimous consent that the title amendment to H.R. 1191, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 1220) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To…

I thank the distinguished ranking member. I will be very brief. I thank our ranking member, who could not have been more of a gentleman, more of a leader on this issue, and I cannot thank him enough for his efforts and his staff's. I thank…

I just want to clarify a few aspects of this legislation and to make clear the collective understanding of the Senate in acting on this bill. First, we should be clear that the bill as it stands would prohibit, during the review period…