Christopher J. Dodd: “That has never stopped the Committee up here before.”

We do not need ideology, and we do not need politics. We need clear-headed thinking.

if I were a U.S. Senator, I would read every bill.

Well, without a doubt, last year's Intelligence Reform Legislation was an important milestone in beginning to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission.

I think the high rate at one point in the Nixon Administration is we were spending something close to 6 percent of the Federal budget on secondary and elementary education in this country, the Federal Government was.