Chris Dodd: “There has been a very constructive and positive role that Brazil has played regionally as well, and very exciting.”

Rosa, go get yourself well. Your job is here. Your salary is here. Just take care of yourself.

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.

The truth is that the catastrophe was years in the making caused by regulatory negligence and Wall Street gambling.

But, whether such a temptation is motivated by a noble desire to speed up the legislative process or by pure political expedience, I believe such changes would be unwise. To my fellow Senators who have never served a day in the minority, I…