Robert Menendez actually said...

"I would like to, first of all, thank Chairman Dodd and Ranking Member Shelby and Senator Vitter and their staffs for working with us to put together today's hearing."

"This hearing of the Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development will come to order."

"Chairman Dodd is a busy man these days. He is in the midst of achieving the most important reform in our health care system in a generation."

"this dictates that we have a long-term obligation to Afghanistan"