Christopher J. Dodd: “I think we should look at our choices.”

We need to, as a country, both parties, all of our leaders need to work together to try to reverse this image.

The point that Senator Sarbanes made, Senator Shelby has made, and others have made from the outset about the issue of confidence is the most critical issue for all of us here.

We can come down to where we allocate resources and how we make choices between the issue of tax cuts for the top 1 percent of income earners versus investing in a No Child Left Behind bill.

So the question is whether or not... you would recommend that there be some statutory response to that.