Christopher Dodd said...

One step the Senate could take during the lame duck session would be passing the bill to establish a Western Hemisphere ...

I had hoped we'd get in the lame duck session to the ratification of the Colombian Free Trade Agreement and the Panamani...

I'm deeply grateful to John for conceding the gavel to me here to allow me to chair this hearing.

The hearing will come to order. Let me apologize to the witnesses and to my colleagues.