National Service Reauthorization Act - Continued

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National Service Reauthorization Act - Continued

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Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I thank my committee chairman, Senator Dodd, of the Banking Committee for his comments. I appreciate our working relationship and the commitment he made on not only this issue but a number of issues of importance facing our financial institutions and the reform we need to deal with in Congress. I look forward to working with him on that matter.

I also thank Senator Mikulski for her patience as we brought this issue up on her bill. I truly do appreciate her patience and her understanding. I understand what the procedure is going to be and what the votes are going to be in a few minutes. I recognize that. I do realize we have a procedural issue here, but we also have a very critical financial issue.

As Senator Dodd has so well stated, this is an issue on which we have broad bipartisan agreement. I appreciate his commitment to work with us in an expeditious manner so that we can get this legislation put into law as soon as possible. There is an urgency. It is not an emergency yet and we have a little bit of time to deal with it, but there is an urgency. I appreciate Senator Dodd's recognition of that and his willingness to work with us on this issue.

Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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