Chris Dodd: “We are committed by the legislation and by our own approach, to requiring more capital of systemically critical firms.”

I had hoped we'd get in the lame duck session to the ratification of the Colombian Free Trade Agreement and the Panamanian Free Trade Agreement.

It's far more complicated than a common language.

President Clinton, to his eternal credit in my view, just does not quit on this issue.

I'll tell you, one of the things I feel very good about is that there are people like Bob Menendez, who care about these issues.