Bob Corker

the culture within the State Department to me is one that needs to be transformed.

I cannot imagine sending folks out to Benghazi after what we saw from the security cameras and the drones...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate you calling the hearing and I have enjoyed working with you over the last couple of years.

I appreciate your efforts to ensure that when something happens on someone's credit report that is inaccurate and unfounded... I think that is an important thing.

Has anyone raised any concerns about the accuracy of credit scores and their ability to predict?

But, generally speaking, just out of curiosity, is there any sense in your office different than, generally speaking, they are pretty predictive, is that correct?

I will be a little more brief this time. I thank the Senator for the point of order that he made and also his comments. We have some people on our side of the aisle who I know--due to things that have happened in this body previously--have…

I thank the Senator from Mississippi for his comments, and I will yield the floor to the Senator from Pennsylvania. I have a couple more comments, and when appropriate, I will make them.

I support the budget point of order that has been raised, but let me just make a point. I had an amendment that would have kept this budget point of order from being a problem. The reason we are where we are is that both Republicans and…

I notice the Chamber is empty today, and I guess most of us are waiting to see if there is going to be an arrangement made between the President and Speaker Boehner on our fiscal cliff that is coming up in just a few weeks. I know all of…

I am here to introduce a bill that would address entitlement reforms and the debt ceiling called the Dollar for Dollar Act. I continue to hope Speaker Boehner and President Obama will negotiate a deal north of $4 trillion before year end…

So I thank the chair. I yield the floor, and I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Klobuchar). The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I am here today to talk about the bill before the Senate, a 2-year extension of the TAG Program. As everyone knows, this will be the second 2-year extension of a program that was put in place as an emergency measure taken during the height…

There is a growing group of folks that are looking at this and realizing that we don't have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before year end. I mean, we have one house. That's it.

There are a growing group of folks that are looking at this and realizing that we don't have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before yearend.

You are losing your shirt on reverse mortgages. Losing your shirt.

I do not understand why you do not shut the program down for 24 months.

I do think there are things you can do now to really cause the fund to be far more sound.

Haven't even begun to be serious.

I strongly support the policy Senator Nelson has laid out. As a matter of fact, I have voted for it every single time he has brought it to the floor, and I thank him for pointing out this problem that exists. However, circumstances are…

I'm not obligated on the pledge. I made Tennesseans aware, I was just elected, that the only thing I'm monitoring is the oath that I take when I serve when I'm sworn in this January.

I think the two most important people in these negotiations and I think you would agree are Speaker Boehner and the president. And that's a negotiation that they need to have.

It's only a matter of political courage. Again, no other Congress has spent more time on this.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank each of you for your testimony. This is a great way to round out this year and start next year hopefully with a focus on this.

Well, thank each of you for your testimony. It's been really interesting, and I hope something good comes out of this.