Chris Dodd: “We are going to face, as we look at the arguments again, significant cost reductions in a lot of these areas...”

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.

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

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 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.