The problem that we have is that the definition of that was left to the regulators to decide.

In fact, I would say at some point in August that the Republican platform had a stronger position on Glass-Steagall than the Democratic platform.

So I think you alluded to the damage that was caused by the implosion of our economy brought on by toxic financial instruments that did not have the backing that they needed.

I appreciate private sector experience, but oftentimes that experience is about answering to shareholders and other special interests. This is about answering to the public interest.

The Jones Act is a fact. I've been living with it. I have never voiced any opposition to it.

What can we do to provide more shipbuilding jobs in the United States of America?

How am I recorded? This is not business as usual. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

You are stealing health care from Americans. I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.

I would hope that you could look at some of these and give me a more specific answer.

I think we had a chance to discuss the state of Washington and how rapidly it is growing...

We need to know that you are going to step up and say yes to that and work creatively with us to find those solutions.

we desperately, desperately, desperately, desperately need the infrastructure investment.

I look forward to having this discussion this afternoon about the Affordable Care Act and the many votes and actions that are going to be taking place. I especially look forward to having this discussion with the Presiding Officer because…

as my colleague said, I definitely have a voice challenge so I am not going to speak long. I do want to join my colleague in urging Members of the Senate to vote no on this legislation. As she just described, it is a bill that has some…

So it was a movie about the fight between Southern and Northern California about who gets water, and then people found out that there was so much corruption behind the deal that basically people were trying to do a fast one. So the…

I thank the Senator from California for her steadfast support of doing the right things on clean water and clean air and for focusing on this issue for her State because ultimately she wants water for her State. She knows litigation is not…

I would ask my colleague--again, I don't think this is in the jurisdiction of her committee. That is why I am asking--if we did want to pursue with the Bureau of Reclamation the notion that we should do more underground water storage…

as the Senator from California knows, one of the States concerned about this is Arizona because they have kind of been left out of that discussion. It also says to people: You don't have to have these discussions amongst everybody…

I have a question for the Senator from California. The irony of this situation--first of all, I appreciate the Senator from California, because she is such a stalwart in so many different ways on so many different issues. What people may…

I wish to ask the Senator from California--because there is another element she is alluding to--about how to resolve water issues. While my understanding is your committee is very involved in basically the Federal Government programs that…

I thank the Senator from California for that explanation. I also ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record another San Francisco story from just yesterday where an attorney, Doug Obegi, basically says, to my colleague's point…

I would ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an article from the San Francisco Chronicle that says, ``Stop Feinstein's water-bill rider.'' This is a great article about how it isn't the jurisdiction of this committee and how…

to the Senator from California, I thank her for being here in this discussion today about a very important public policy issue. It is December and most people know that high jinks happen in December around here. People want to go home…

I would ask the Senator from California then, the question is on this process of deciding the authorization. I notice we had a few colleagues here who were--I don't know if they were coming to speak--but in the Senator's region, there is a…

What is happening here is that people who are under current contracts on water payments, they would be given a sweetheart deal in deduction of their interest, which would allow them to shortchange our Treasury on revenues we are expecting…