Chris Dodd: “This is a modest amendment. We can't do enough with the ESEA bill. I wish we could to make up the difference. This small…”

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

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.

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.