Chris Dodd said "I urge them to hold up if they can and not allow a larger debate on those questions and not stop the debate on something that needs to be dealt with in the next 24 hours before we recess for the year. The President has urged us to do this. Every single industry group I know of beyond the insurance industry--the private sector--is calling on us to deal with this issue. Even the Consumer Federation has different ideas but understands our failure to act could create a serious problem. For us to not even try I think would be a huge mistake. I urge before we recess that we make an effort, starting early tomorrow, to give this body time to hear some of the various ideas my colleagues may have." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 19, 2001

I urge them to hold up if they can and not allow a larger debate on those questions and not stop the debate on something that needs to be dealt with in the next 24 hours before we recess for the year. The President has urged us to do this. Every single industry group I know of beyond the insurance industry--the private sector--is calling on us to deal with this issue. Even the Consumer Federation has different ideas but understands our failure to act could create a serious problem. For us to not even try I think would be a huge mistake. I urge before we recess that we make an effort, starting early tomorrow, to give this body time to hear some of the various ideas my colleagues may have.

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Chris Dodd

Democratic · Connecticut

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the urgency of passing a bill before the year-end recess.

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