Christopher J. Dodd: “Here is the problem you get into with that.”

I am particularly disturbed, I will tell you, when I find that about a third of this $1.4 billion is actually a penalty.

I know what a bailout is. I have seen them around here. This does not even come close to falling into that category.

I think it is important today and I want to commend my colleagues on both sides here for their comments.

I think we should look at our choices. 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.