Mitch Landrieu: “I rise to add my voice to my distinguished colleague from Connecticut and to thank him for his outstanding leadership.…”

“I rise to add my voice to my distinguished colleague from Connecticut and to thank him for his outstanding leadership. Senator Dodd and my staff have been enthusiastically involved in this particular debate. As a member of the committee, he has been a tremendous voice for education reform. I acknowledge the work Senator Dodd has done with many of our colleagues on this issue and to say how much I agree with all of the points he has raised. I will join with him in as many hours as it takes through this week and the next week to try to bring some of these points home to our constituents and to the country at large. I thank the Senator again for continuing to keep Senators focused on not only the increases in investments that we need in education but the targets of those investments to reach the children who need the most help, whether in Connecticut, Louisiana, Oklahoma, or other States, for whom we are fighting. I thank the Senator for that.”