Christopher J. Dodd: “I hope that we will get in the next administration regulators who understand what their duty and obligation is.”

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 you will consider at the appropriate time making sure that we have some oversight of what's going on in that rescue plan.

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.