Chris Dodd: “I had hoped we could find compromise language on this last provision. That is still my hope. We have worked very hard.…”

“I had hoped we could find compromise language on this last provision. That is still my hope. We have worked very hard. We have considered around 35 amendments. Both sides have added to the bill with accepted amendments. We have modified some; some have been withdrawn. We are very close to final consideration of this bill. My hope is we can find some way to work on this amendment while we are considering other amendments--the energy bill is waiting to be considered--rather than have this now splintered off. Too much effort has been made to get us to this point. It is my fervent plea to my friends on the minority side to try and work on some resolution of this issue. That is what we ought to be doing as legislators.”