Chris Dodd: “That is not a deterrent. That is not a service. That is a debt trap.”

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…

In fact, it was the uncertainty inherent in a nontransparent and reckless financial system that made Dodd-Frank necessary in the first place.

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

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