Christopher Dodd actually said...

"I believe that the SEC's gross negligence with respect to the handling of the Stanford case involves even more significant failures than were present in the Madoff fraud in some ways."

"I appreciate again you holding this hearing and look forward to the Inspector General."

"The findings of the SEC's gross negligence in the IG's report are not the only troubling aspect of the SEC's conduct in the Stanford case."

"I hope that this hearing will provide the Committee, the Senate, and the American public with a clear view of how such a large and audacious fraud was allowed to perpetuate and to grow and what is bei..."