Bob Corker

I do not know how some of the organizations like you lead deal with the hypocrisy of Congress basically saying that we need to lower limits.

I could not agree more with you that we need to absolutely end any thought of taxpayer bailouts.

I would expect that the CEOs and others who run these companies have no idea whether Fannie and Freddie will exist as they are forever or whether they are going to be out of business.

I will say that unless Congress comes forward and gives you concrete direction, we are going to end up in a permanent conservatorship.

I have offered a piece of legislation to deal with these two organizations and I have offered it in a way to actually try to solve the problem and hope to bring some bipartisan support toward that end.

Well, I don't think there is any question. I know the Senator from Arizona has been a reformer all of his life. What we find in this body is we end up having a corporate welfare system built around many of the things we do here. As much as…

I rise to speak about a bill we introduced called the Residential Mortgage Market Privatization and Standardization Act. I wish to speak briefly on this bill that deals with the pressing issue that I know the Senator from Arizona probably…

It is interesting, when we have a bubble that is taking place, a lot of times the private sector becomes very concerned that a bubble is developing and they begin to slow down the process. They begin to see that, wait a minute, there is a…

Thank you, Mr. President. I am sure the Chair is familiar with us going back and forth, and I thank the Chair. I thank my friend from Connecticut. I know he mentioned the Senators who have joined us in this effort, as well as the House…

With that, I yield the floor for my good friend, someone with whom I have thoroughly enjoyed working on this issue. I thank him again for his leadership on a very important issue that matters to all of us. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

I know we are rotating right now. What I thought I might do is yield just a couple of minutes to Senator Blumenthal, and then let him yield back to me if that would be OK. But I do want to thank Senator Carper for his leadership on this…

If the Super Committee can come up with a credible plan, this will help stabilize global markets.

If, on the other hand, we have a train wreck on November the 23rd, we'll only be throwing gasoline on the fire of the markets.

It has actually driven up home prices.

I have a lot of concerns about the Law of the Sea Treaty which, you know, hasn't become part of the U.S.

It seems like there are some policies that we have that are sort of cutting your nose off to spite your face.

I think it is interesting, following Senator Bennet and Senator Kirk...

I think all of us want to make sure that we have done everything we can to enhance your ability.

The Department of Justice says we have about $60 billion in waste, fraud and abuse now in the program.

I rise to talk a little bit about the conversation we just had on the floor. There is no question that in the State of Tennessee and all across our country, I think the biggest item on anybody's mind is our economy and people having jobs…

I wonder if the---- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader is still recognized.

I want to honor my promise on Medicare to my mom, to defend the program.

How would you feel about making Medicare claims available to the public?

I know Ron and I probably shouldn't even receive them.

Everyone is busy taking political advantage of a situation, and guess what happens to the can? It gets kicked and kicked and kicked.