Chris Dodd: “I ask my colleague to yield just to make a request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.”

I rise today to pay tribute to a colleague and friend of mine--Senator Evan Bayh--who will be retiring from the U.S. Senate when the 112th Congress convenes in January. I would like to take this moment to thank Evan for his service, and…

I rise today to introduce the Combating Autism Act, CAA, Reauthorization. Six years ago, my former colleague Senator Rick Santorum and I introduced the original CAA to expand Federal investment for Autism research, services, treatment, and…

It's far more complicated than a common language.

In places where things really work, it's because there's intense coordination going on between schools, church programs, after-school programs, local business.