Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Connecticut. I will be brief. My friend from Virginia, Mark Warner, is here. Senator Dodd and Senator Shelby allowed us to work on this portion of the bill. I thank Senator Warner for being such a great partner. One of the things you learn around this body very quickly is you certainly do not end up getting everything the way you would like. I thank both Senator Shelby and Senator Dodd for the way they have worked together over the last week or so to improve this bill. Look, I think Senator Warner and I--I will speak for myself. Obviously, there are pieces I wish were a little different. I wish the length of receivership was not 5 years but that it was a much shorter period to wind these companies down more quickly. I wish we had judicial review so if a company is placed into this type of resolution, they actually have the opportunity to have that reviewed in a much better way. We have a bankruptcy court title. I know Senator Shelby, Senator Warner, and others would like to see that happen. I am hoping over the course of the amendment process that will happen. Judicial review of claims--I wish that were occurring. I know that is not part of this title. I also wish there was judicial review of the valuation process. There are a number of provisions I wish were better, but I will say that I think the work Senator Dodd and Senator Shelby have done to date is good. I plan to support this.…”