Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am here to speak about the consumer protection title in the Dodd bill. I do want to say that while I disagree with my friends from Delaware and Ohio in their approach, I appreciate the way they have conducted themselves. I think the debate we have had on the floor on this bill, I say to the Senator from Connecticut, has been of the highest level that I can remember in a long time. I thank him for setting that tone. I thank my caucus for offering nothing but constructive amendments. People on both sides of the aisle have tried to do that. It took a while to get here, but we are on the floor. Obviously, there are a lot of improvements people would like to make to this bill, and I think people are focused on doing that. I thank the Senator for setting that tone. At the same time, I do want to talk about the consumer protection title on which I wish to see vast improvement. I wish to see consumer protection take place. I think everybody in this body wishes to see that happen. But I believe that the consumer protection title that exists in this bill is one that gets back to the essence of what the White House has said many times, and that is: Never let a good crisis go to waste. I think the consumer protection title in this bill is a vast overreach. It is my hope--I know we will have a vote later today on a different title. If that is not successful, maybe there will be surgical attempts to deal with some of the problems in this title.…”