Chris Dodd: “A year ago, this Committee heard from witnesses on two separate occasions that the banking system was sound.”

President Clinton, to his eternal credit in my view, just does not quit on this issue.

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.

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

I'll tell you, one of the things I feel very good about is that there are people like Bob Menendez, who care about these issues.