Chris Dodd: “If we missed Madoff, it seems to me we have got to go back and revisit that whole model, don't you agree?”

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.

It's far more complicated than a common language.

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.

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.