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.”

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 do not need ideology, and we do not need politics. We need clear-headed thinking.

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.

I hope that we will get in the next administration regulators who understand what their duty and obligation is.