Chris Dodd: “This is a very important opportunity and an important moment, maybe the most important those of us ever will serve…”

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

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

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

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…