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Impose a new set of regulations under the employment Retirement Income security act or erisa on a greatly expanded number of people. Under current law, brokers and dealers that provide services to retirement plans are already heavily regulated. They are not, however, automatically consider labor law fiduciaries and therefore they are not subject to the increased liability provided under erisa. Instead, these Service Providers are subject to regulations issued by the securities and Exchange Commission to protect investors from fraud and ensure transparency. Under the new d. O. L. Rule, virtuall...

A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from West Virginia. Mr. Manchin are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer the senate is not in a quorum call. Mr. Manchin id like to vitiate. The presiding officer were not in a quorum call. Mr. Manchin i ask to speak concerning we have a colloquy, speak on the protection act. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Manchin madam president , as you know very well, weve been asking for immediate passage of the miners protection act not just for our state of West Virginia but for all the miners across america and basically ...

To crucify gold would be, of course, connected to Pontius Pilate crucifying christ. In the same way, bryan and populists and populist minded democrats and republicans, too, thought that the American Economy was being run for the interest of those who already had property or those who already had money, those who already had banks and big industries, so theres a class divide in american politics at that time. Now we have a lot of anger about the economy. The anger wasnt focused on money the same way it was then. After all, remember then, every dollar people had in their pockets could be redeeme...

Our profile of president ial candidates continues thursday night on American History tv with a look at labor leader and socialist Party President ial candidate eugene debs. He ran for office five times in the early 20th century. Thats at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time here on cspan3. Coming up this weekend on American History tv on cspan3, the life and legacy of alexander hamilton. Hamiltons argument was that the war had been a common struggle. All the states were fighting together for the liberty of all, for the whole country. So he assumed the debts of the 13 states along with the federal debt. The...

Folks, we live in the best place in the world. And i know youve heard me say that a lot. And ill continue to say it. But because it continues to be true. And the reason we live in the best place in the world is because of our people. Nebraskans give to their communities. We share a common set of principles. We treat each other with dignity and respect. And we care about each other. Im proud of the fact that nebraska is one of the top states in the nation for volunteerism. The kids of cub scout pack 190 picked up trash on highway 7 last year. When floods slammed into dewitt, i saw firsthand the...