Chris Dodd: “I am deeply concerned. This is not a perfect package by any stretch of the imagination. If I were crafting this alone…”

“I am deeply concerned. This is not a perfect package by any stretch of the imagination. If I were crafting this alone, it would be somewhat different than the package before us. I understand with 535 Members of Congress and a Defense Department and a State Department and dealing with regional governments as well in the hemisphere who are as concerned about this issue as we are, we cannot craft a package that reflects necessarily the views of every single person. We have to put together a package that seems to make the most sense from a variety of perspectives. I did not speak on the Wellstone amendment, but my feelings are very strong when it comes to this issue of Colombia. Colombia is the oldest continuous democracy in Latin America.”