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On the recordFebruary 28, 2008
I wish to point out that in the last year, the Banking Committee marked up some 17 pieces of legislation and had 35 hearings. Of those 17 pieces of legislation, 7 of them have become law. There were only two negative votes cast against all those provisions because Richard Shelby, the Senator from Alabama, the former chairman of the committee, and I worked those matters out in a way so our colleagues, almost unanimously in every case, were able to support us.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut
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Discussing the effectiveness of the Banking Committee's legislative efforts.

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