Dodd says Congress must address financial reform

16 March 2010 @ 10:00 am EDT

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said on Tuesday that Congress should not adjourn on March 26 for its two-week Easter recess without addressing financial reform.


File photo of U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd listening to a testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd listens to a testimony at the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 23, 2009 file photo.
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A day after unveiling his long-awaited legislative package of reform measures, the Connecticut Democrat told MSNBC that public demand for new Wall Street regulation was too strong to risk waiting longer in a congressional election year.

"We really can't allow this Congress to adjourn without addressing these basic issues," Dodd said in an interview.

(Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Paul Simao)

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