Chris Dodd: “I certainly thank you, as I said a moment ago, for holding this hearing on affordable housing programs for the elderly…”

But, whether such a temptation is motivated by a noble desire to speed up the legislative process or by pure political expedience, I believe such changes would be unwise. To my fellow Senators who have never served a day in the minority, I…

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

I frankly don't see the sovereignty issue as playing a role as an impediment as much as the sheer ability of the cartels to corrupt.

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