ms. klobuchar: thank you very much.will ask my questions on the record on infrastructure funding effect on the economy, and also the positive of doing that, and income inequality and some of your views on that. thank you very much. mr. coats: senator, thank you. i know the members of the committee will miss your presence in the future as you are moving on to greater responsibilities. on klobuchar: i may still be the committee, but yes, my presence at the front of the line, you mean? mr. coats: congressman hanna. >> we talked about dodd frank. the federal frank, reserve examiners took responsibility for the safe the and soundness of money as well as can protection oversight. dodd frank moved that over to yet, in 2015, "the l.a. times post quote reported that wells fargo was putting cross-selling pressures on bankers was encouraged and encouraging fraud. wells fargo paid $185 million in fines, and i know this is somewhat hypothetical, but i'm curious -- dodd frank in this this, and it is a profound miss. do you think it w

ms. klobuchar who is going, i understand, to be ranking on rules.'m particularly pleased that we are ending on a very high note with federal reserve chair janet yellen. chair yellen, i think it's fair to say that all my colleagues warmly welcome you to this hearing and look forward to hearing your thoughts at this critical time. i'd like to begin by thank you for your extraordinary and careful leadership of the federal reserve. the fed has played a critical role in helping our country recover from the worst recession since the great depression. your steady hand has built on the work of your predecessor and has guided the economy forward, and we thank you. much has changed since you appeared before the committee about a year ago. the economy has continued to strengthen, the labor market has continued to improve, wage growth has been the strongest since the recession, household income has had the largest annual increase since census began tracking this data, inflation has edged up though it remains below the fed's 2% target. these are among the tea le

i urge my colleagues to join senator klobuchar and i in marking november as national adoption month by passing this resolution. and i would yield the floor. ms. mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i come to the floor as the vice chair of the appropriations committee. that means i'm the democratic leader on appropriations for this session of congress, and next to me is the distinguished senator from vermont, senator leahy, who will have that responsibility next year. i come to the floor to say that sadly we are not -- i'm concerned that we will not finish our job on appropriations the way we should finish it. really to do an omnibus, to get the job done, but alas, the clock is slipping away. now, one needs to know that the appropriations committee during the past year under the leadership of senator cochran of mississippi, we worked constructively, we worked in a well-paced, well-sequenced way, and we were poised to finish our work. with the appropriations committee reporting all 12 bills for floor consideration five months ago. so we were ready five months ago to bring them