Gregory Meeks actually said...

Latin America, indeed, has changed, and I think that the region is now more capable, more economically secure, and more open to the world.

The number one factor, I believe, affecting U.S. relations with Latin America is how the United States conducts itself in the region.

We have to spend, I believe, less time worrying about other countries and more time getting our own policies right in a post-Cold War period...

After the crisis, we knew we had to do better, and that is what Dodd-Frank was all about.