Chris Dodd: “Let me thank all of my colleagues, and I think you all understood we intended, obviously, at some time earlier to have…”

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

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

I rise today to express my strong support for the nomination of Judge Robert Chatigny to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Chatigny is an individual of outstanding character, keen intellect, and extensive…

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…