Chris Dodd: “The heart of the economic crisis is the housing crisis, and for anyone who doubts it, the heart of the housing crisis is…”

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…

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.

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.