Christopher Dodd actually said...

"Thank you very much, Chairman Bair, and thank you again for your tremendous involvement over these many, many months."

"it is essential that the liquidation rules make clear to equity shareholders and unsecured creditors that they, not taxpayers, are at risk when their company fails."

"we are well on our way to putting this, 'badly needed' Dodd-Frank Act into effect."

"The legislation does not authorize the regulators to impose margin on end-users, those exempt entities that use swaps to hedge or mitigate commercial risk."