Lloyd Bentsen: “If there's a vote on this, Bob, I'm sure I can count on your vote.”

What we are seeing is a situation that enables banks to shop for the most lenient Federal regulator.

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

this bill has two problems. The first problem is that the majority has written a brand-new stimulus bill costing at least $150 billion over 10 years and brought it to the floor on the day that we are recessing for the President's Day…

I rise today to recognize a brave Houston firefighter who lost his life this weekend while battling a fire in a Houston high-rise condominium. Like firefighters in New York and Northern Virginia, who willingly put their lives on the line…