Evan Bayh

I want to begin by thanking Chairman Dodd of the Banking Committee as a whole and his hard-working staff for their cooperation and assistance in arranging this hearing.

We will have multilateral standards but national enforcement.

I want to welcome my friend and colleague, Ranking Member Corker--I am grateful for his leadership on these and other matters.

We must not let that happen.

none of us wants to impose sanctions on Iran if we do not have to.

I think there was an agreement between you and Mr. Burns. I think you both agreed that, ideally, multilateral approach would be much more efficacious...

I think that President Obama has done--I have been impressed by his diplomacy toward Iran.

When you are contemplating an apocalypse, Senator, it is worth taking some time.

I still maintain some hope that a combination of skillful diplomacy with the threat of force, with the threat of very tough sanctions, might succeed in convincing the Iranians to back down.

Senator Dodd has many other demands on his time, and his willingness to schedule this hearing, despite those demands, demonstrates his commitment to confronting this serious threat.

the Congress can end this ambiguity by passing S. 908.

I think that President Obama has done a very good job of regaining the initiative and putting Iran on the defensive.