Chris Dodd: “I think by anyone's estimation to declare that the mission was accomplished was a mistake.”

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

But, whether such a temptation is motivated by a noble desire to speed up the legislative process or by pure political expedience, I believe such changes would be unwise. To my fellow Senators who have never served a day in the minority, I…

The truth is that the catastrophe was years in the making caused by regulatory negligence and Wall Street gambling.

In fact, it was the uncertainty inherent in a nontransparent and reckless financial system that made Dodd-Frank necessary in the first place.