in our financial system. now, here s the good news. a comprehensive plan to achieve these reforms has already passed the house of representatives. a senate version is currently being debated, drawing on ideas from democrats and republicans, both bills represent significant improvement on the flawed rules that we have in place today, despite the furious effort of industry lobbyists to shape this legislation to their special interests. and for those of you in the financial sector, i m sure that some of these lobbyists work for you and they re doing what they are being paid to do, but i m here today specifically when i
light the fact that there s still some very painful memories surrounding all of this. mary, we appreciate it. thank you. jessica. thank you so much, isha. imagine now scenes like this, happening here in the united states today. hundreds or even thousands of people being tested for radiation exposure. the disaster in japan may be threatening public and political support for nuclear power right here in the u.s. let s bring in our senior congressional correspondent dana bash. dana, i have to imagine this has a lot of worried folks on capitol hill. reporter: the crisis in japan is no doubt raising a lot of questions in congress about u.s. nuclear power plants, and industry lobbyists with good connections and deep pockets are working hard to tamp down that growing concern. there s a reason alex flint is moving so fast to get to capitol hill. he s a top lobbyist for the nuclear energy energy walking the halls of congress, trying to reassure lawmakers watching japan. he is worried support
crucial concessions from democrats, specifically revisions to a proposed $50 billion fund. still, final passage is by no means guaranteed and there are still objections regarding a consumer protection agency that would monitor, mortgages, credit cards and other consumer loans. what i don t want is a deal made that is written by the financial industry lobbyists. we ve had enough of that. we ve had fenough of that. i want to listen to what they say but i don t want them writing a bill. i don t want republicans and democrats agreeing to a bill written by them, for them, i want a bill written for you, for the american people. sam stein, what did the three votes by the republicans, then, amount to? what did they get out of it? i don t know, actually. obviously, they wanted to delay the debate, try to get some concessions from democrats.