Christopher Dodd actually said...

I hope not. I do not think many of the detractors of the current independent consumer agency proposal would continue to oppose the legislati...

I again want to commend you, your colleagues, and the Committee staff for the serious way in which you have attacked this national problem.

It's clear that we need to end charter shopping, where institutions look around for the regulator that will go easiest on them.

The most common argument is not that it's a bad idea--it's that consolidation is too politically difficult.