Bob Corker

I rise to speak on the bill before us. I know John McCain from Arizona has filed an amendment on Fannie and Freddie, or GSEs, as we call them. I wish to speak on that amendment. I know I have worked with our Presiding Officer on big pieces…

I am here to speak about the consumer protection title in the Dodd bill. I do want to say that while I disagree with my friends from Delaware and Ohio in their approach, I appreciate the way they have conducted themselves. I think the…

I wish the length of receivership was not 5 years but that it was a much shorter period to wind these companies down more quickly. I wish we had judicial review so if a company is placed into this type of resolution, they actually have the…

I hope very soon the administration will work closely... with those who are dealing with the obvious disaster underway in our State. We have people who have lost their lives, people who have lost their homes, and people who have lost their…

I hope that spirit continues. One of the things many Members have been talking about is the size of institutions. There has been some movement to arbitrarily decide what size an institution ought to be. Everybody is frustrated by what…

I think last week--or over the last short period of time anyway--probably has been the lowest point in my Senate career of 3 years and 4 months in just hearing all the rhetoric on both sides of the aisle, candidly, about this bill. The…

I want to mention the issue of Wall Street and talk about public relations. There is no question that after what occurred, many of the folks on Wall Street could have used a public relations firm to help them. No question, the bonuses and…

Obviously, Mr. President, I was being humorous in talking about that. The Senator is right. The Senator from Virginia and I both know that in our businesses, we were the last ones to be paid. Everyone else was dealt with and our…

I want to take a moment of the Senate's time to recognize the leadership and contributions of Jimmy Wayne to the State of Tennessee and the United States of America for his remarkable efforts to combat homelessness. Jimmy Wayne began his…

None of us can afford to allow our deterrent shield to deteriorate, and to have a lack of confidence about it.

The only real restrictions are coming on our side where we are actually reducing our capabilities per the treaty.

I think they concluded, at some point, they weren't going to compete with the United States, primarily economically, but also militarily.

This really is not much of a treaty. It is more about continuing the process and understanding how we verify and do those types of things.

I think it just reflects what has been a pervasive and is a systemic nervousness on their part.

A treaty is only as good as the two people who agree to it, and either one of them can step aside.

I think what they are saying is, though, if we develop any capabilities--any capabilities--as it relates to defense against Russia, they can get out of this treaty.

But, aren't they already below the level, just specifically as it relates to strategic launch ability?

I know that we cannot bind future Congresses. Thankfully, those before us didn't do that.

No, we're not going to give you that.

I am confident that the 10-year plan is going to be well laid out, well defined, on the table.

I think it is a pretty modest reduction, but I would underscore very strongly the importance of a firm commitment by the Congress and the United States to a modernization effort of our infrastructure, our delivery platforms, and our…

I think that the posture should be that we're going to pursue the recommendations of our military leadership.

What we can do is focus on modernization, which is not a part of this, and ensure that what we do have is reliable.

The real key issue is figuring out some way of giving assurance to those of us who care about our stockpile, that we're going to do those things over a period of time with a real concrete plan to achieve modernization.

The only real reductions that are taking place are on our side.