Bob Corker

I think, on the other hand, for us to potentially kick the can down the road on sequestration creates even more...

I think we should have a single mandate, and I know we have talked about that.

You have been a little vague on what additional tools you have, and I understand that.

I rise to second what the great Senator from Tennessee Lamar Alexander said. I want to speak for a moment about the same nomination, with the same amount of energy, and the fact that I am very excited about this person being nominated…

Therefore, I raise a point of order under section 311(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

I appreciate the comments of my friends from New Hampshire and Arizona and South Carolina regarding the sequestration. I will say the reason we are in this sequestration mode is that six Republicans and six Democrats could not figure out a…

Therefore, I raise a point of order under section---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

if I could have everybody's attention, according to CBO, this is paid for the old way, where we spend all the money in a year or two and then it is paid for over 10. This body came together last August in a bipartisan way to put in place…

the pending measure, the conference report to accompany H.R. 4348, would exceed the aggregate level of budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2012, as set out in the most recent budget resolution deemed by the Budget Control Act of…

I thank the Senator from Illinois. I am going to speak for about 2\1/2\ to 3 minutes if that is okay.

Dodd-Frank was put in place, as you well know, and the speed that it was put in place, to create certainty.

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

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

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

I would say I would. I will tell you though that many of my friends who have now, later in life, attempted to go out in business are finding it much more difficult.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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…

I appreciate the attempt of the Senator from New Jersey to solve this problem.