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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, virtually any broker that provides investment advice of any kind to individuals regarding their individual retirement accounts or ira s will be considered a pension plan fiduciary subject to higher standards and greater liability. as my colleagues have aptly noted, this rule will reduce the availability of investment advice for retirees and make the advice that is available more expensive wh ....
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: i d like to vitiate. the presiding officer: we re 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, we ve 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 the retired miners who have done everything that s been asked of them. we have some of our colleagues today and i m going to go, at this time, if i can, and my other colleagues will allow me, i would defer right now to senator brown from ohio, since he has other commitments. he ll be coming back and forth, if he could go ahead and get started at this time. and i ll come ....
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 there s a class divide in american politics at that time. now we have a lot of anger about the economy. the anger wasn t focused on money the same way it was then. after all, remember then, every dollar people had in their pockets could be redeemed for a dollar in the federal treasury, first with gold. bryan wanted that to be redeemed in silver as well, the means a lot more dollars could have been minted and coined because there was more silver in circulation than there was gold. really a call for cheaper money, lower interest rates, and greater economic opportunity for a small business person, a farmer, a worker who want ....
our profile of presidential candidates continues thursday night on american history tv with a look at labor leader and socialist party presidential candidate eugene debs. he ran for office five times in the early 20th century. that s at 8:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span3. coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, the life and legacy of alexander hamilton. hamilton s 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. they would all be treated as one debt. they would be paid off at the same time. saturday evening, a little after 7:00 eastern. author and national review senior editor richard brookhiser on the economic achievements of alexander hamilton. and then at 10:00 on real america, the 1945 war department film the last bomb documents the final months of the b-29 super fortress air ....
folks, we live in the best place in the world. and i know you ve heard me say that a lot. and i ll 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. i m 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 community pull together, neighbors helping neighbors. i met volunteers like john law from omaha helping clean houses whose basements filled to the ceiling with mud and water. i want to thank john. john is here today. for joining us and setting such a great example for volunteer work. john, can we recognize him? [ applause ] and of course, there is no better example of service t ....