Kit Bond: “I want to extend my warm appreciation and thanks to my colleagues for the vote in favor of S. 783. I particularly want…”

“I want to extend my warm appreciation and thanks to my colleagues for the vote in favor of S. 783. I particularly want to commend the lead manager, Senator Bryan, who has put in a tremendous amount of time with his staff on this bill. This is, I think, a very significant measure which will serve the consumers of this country and which will help facilitate the provision of credit. Without the strong leadership of Senator Bryan, we would not have accomplished what we have today. We were able to reach a bipartisan agreement on a bill that was anything but bipartisan, and was extremely contentious from the beginning. It was a major effort and I am very, very grateful for his leadership. I want to extend my thanks also to the chairman and the ranking member of our committee, Senator Riegle and Senator D'Amato, for their support. Without them, it could not have been a bipartisan effort. I think S. 783 is a well balanced bill. Everybody will benefit from it. The free flow of accurate information will help all sides by promoting good economic decisions in our free market society.”