Christopher J. Dodd: “We need to, as a country, both parties, all of our leaders need to work together to try to reverse this image.”

And it is essential that we act, in my view, responsibly to tighten our borders to protect America and its citizens.

Congress should pass the Homeownership Preservation and Protection Act--two things to mention there--that Senator Dodd sponsored and many Members of the Committee co-sponsored.

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.

Senator Mel Martinez, of Florida, a Republican member of this Committee, and Dianne Feinstein, the Senator from California, were the two who really argued very strongly.