Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
Christopher John "Chris" Doddis an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut for a thirty-year period from 1981–2011...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 May 1944
CityWillimantic, CT
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My hope is many of the problems we saw recently hopefully can be alleviated or at least lessened. These aren't just glitches. They can have a profound impact on our elections. We need to do everything in our power to ensure that voters not only are able to vote, but have that vote counted.
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Connecticut consumers need an adequate power supply at a fair rate, and frankly, the ISO plan just doesn't cut it, ... The FERC commissioners need to reject this proposal and go back to the drawing board. If not, the Connecticut delegation stands ready, willing, and able to propose legislation to fix this problem.
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I think the winner tonight was the American public. This was a very good debate, civil debate. I know it probably lacked the fireworks that some would have wanted, but I thought it was a very competent explanation of the two points of view,
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I think there is a question of fearing that if we know more, there is apt to be more panic. And I understand that calculation, but I think it is a miscalculation,
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I think there's going to be an urge by the majority to demonstrate that they can produce legislation, not just impeachments and trials, ... And the president clearly is going to want to show that there's something more to his legacy than having been impeached and tried.
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I thought Joe did a fabulous job, as the vice president did on Tuesday night, of laying out of the significant differences that exist with regard to Social Security and Medicare.
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The person who replaces her will play an important role in shaping the direction of the Supreme Court for years to come,
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Yet 90 miles off my shore, closer than from here to Richmond, Virginia, I can't even get a commission to assess whether or not we should do something differently. That is outrageous.
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We can't have you and Mr. Spitzer and the guy in Massachusetts screaming at each other,
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Those of us who have come to know him can only admire his courage and perseverance in the face of adversity that would wither, wither the will of other men.
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Hurricane Katrina caused already skyrocketing energy prices to soar even higher, and as the months grow colder, it could leave many low-income families and seniors struggling to heat their homes,
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Because they breathe more times per minute than adults, they are more susceptible to biological or chemical agents, ... Because their skin is thinner than that of adults, they are more susceptible to toxic agents that can pass through skin.
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I find myself having to choose between my hopes and my fears,
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He convinced me that he will exercise judgment based on the law and the facts of a particular matter,