Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 29, 2010, at 10 a.m. in SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 29, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Bau Nyugen, a fellow in my office, be granted the privilege of the floor during consideration of S. 3217, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Again, one final comment. I know the Presiding Officer is a new Member as well. This is one of those moments when there has been a year and a half of bipartisan work that has gone on, when there seems to be a commonality of interest in…

Madam President, let me thank my colleague from Colorado, a member of the Banking Committee, who has been part of trying to get this bill right over the last 14, 15 months. He has spent a career in the private sector, as I did. I think we…

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support bringing forward Chairman Dodd's regulatory reform bill. The chairman has just spoken with great passion about how we got here. I want to take perhaps somewhat of a similar tack…

Mr. President, I appreciate that. I have a question. I appreciate the comments of the Senator from North Dakota, and I agree with his comments. I have to say--and I know some of my colleagues were here earlier. Before I came to this body…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator for her comments, again recognizing that some of the judges she is talking about have had bipartisan support. If this was a question of qualifications, it ought to be legitimately questioned and debated…

I thank my colleague from Minnesota. In his case in point, we had a judicial nominee endorsed by a Republican Governor, reported out unanimously, filibustered, and then she was confirmed 99 to 0. I respect the traditions of the Senate, but…

Madam President, again, there are judicial nominees and there are administrative nominees. I ask my friend, the newest Member of the Senate, who comes from a different business than I--I came from the telecom business and he comes from a…

Madam President, I appreciate the opportunity to get back into morning business. A number of my freshman and sophomore colleagues and I have come to the floor to discuss an important issue. We also came to the floor during the final throes…

Let me just acknowledge that we may--the Senator from Tennessee and I may differ slightly on how large some of the things the Treasury and FDIC put in at the end--because clearly one of the things that I think the Senator from…