"The size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them, " he told the Senate then.
"In some cases, they need to get more capital, " he told the Senate Banking Committee during the second day of his semi-annual testimony before Congress.
At the congressional hearings in March, he told the Senate committee there were more than a dozen incidents of passenger ships sinking and 99 ships running aground between 1973 and 2011.
" But he told ABC the Senate "was designed to protect the minority.
Major-General Antonio Taguba, the man charged with investigating the abuses, told the Senate that he had found no evidence that the abuse was based on orders from high-ranking officers or involved a deliberate policy of softening up prisoners.
Stevens said he did not disclose the chair on his Senate forms because he told Parsons he could not accept it as a gift.
Mark Welsh, the Air Force's chief of staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he and Air Force Secretary Michael Donley were "appalled" by the charges against Krusinski.
But Koop, a devout Presbyterian, was confirmed after he told a Senate panel he would not use the surgeon general's post to promote his religious ideology.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters yesterday that he would like to see the U.S. Senate address climate change.
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Williams, the Senate president, told CNN he expected strong support for the bill from both sides of the aisle because of the bipartisan task force that put it together.
David Kay told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he believed a "fundamental analysis of how we got here" is needed to ensure the best possible intelligence in the future.
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"We are closer now than we have been in 25 years for serious immigration reform, " Durbin told reporters Wednesday after he and other Democrats in the Senate negotiating group briefed members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Already, there is grumbling among local politicians after U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow told the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday that he found federal guarantees for municipal debt in the affected region "highly undesirable" and something he would oppose.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was told the letter was addressed to the office of Sen.
Holder agreed to a meeting on Tuesday, but told Issa he wanted to include Cummings and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vermont Democrat Pat Leahy.
Bush told reporters he was optimistic the House bill had enough votes to pass the Senate.
While the Bush administration has maintained that the prosecutors' firings were handled properly, the controversy has led to the resignations of at least three top Justice Department officials and triggered widespread criticism of Gonzales, who repeatedly told a Senate committee in April that he did not recall details of the firings.
Meanwhile, as the debate over personal security for US Congressmen - who typically have little or none - heated up in Washington DC, the US Senate sergeant-at-arms told US television he opposed lawmakers arming themselves against potential threats.
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Lindsey Graham, a leading Republican and tough Obama critic, told CNN's Jim Acosta that he would not block a vote on gun control in the Senate.
But when he does return to the Senate, he will use new office space conveniently located just off the Senate floor, two Senate aides told CNN.
If approved by the senate, Lew would take over from Geithner, who has told his boss he would be stepping down following one of the most taxing tenures in the history of the Treasury department, rather than serve in a second Obama term.
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California Republican Frank Riggs has told friends and supporters in his home state that he will give up his House seat to run for the Senate.
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