Chris Dodd: “We appreciate that very much. And let me just say we appreciate very much as well the Administration's continuing…”

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.

It's far more complicated than a common language.

Maybe we ought to be spending a little more time looking at the relationships at that level.

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…