Christopher Dodd actually said...

"We need to provide them with the peace of mind to protect the policyholders as well and make sure that our insurance industry is strong and stays strong during this time of economic difficulty."

"The insurance industry provides millions of Americans... with the safety net they need both as individual homeowners, small businesses, as well as larger enterprises."

"This discussion, the fundamental difference is that my sense of the 23 or 24 of us that sit on this Committee particular, is there is a great appetite for trying to figure out what works."

"Our primary concern is protecting working families in this Nation who have paid the highest and the most unfair price for our regulatory deficiencies."