Dick Durbin: “It is an attempt to come up with a bipartisan bill to deal with the housing crisis in America. We hope this is going to…”

“It is an attempt to come up with a bipartisan bill to deal with the housing crisis in America. We hope this is going to be successful. We are anxious for this bill to come to the floor. It is needed-- desperately needed. We felt at least this effort to work together on a bipartisan basis was a move in the right direction. This is overdue, and it reflects the fact we observed, over the 2 weeks of our Easter recess, that there has been a lot of activity in this country at the executive level when it comes to our economy and the housing crisis.”