Christopher Dodd actually said...

"I'm counting on you to get it done as I leave."

"We need to focus on it."

"I'm kind of sick of it. Where we've got these dueling statements--and we've got one side saying, which I think is correct, and I don't know why everybody doesn't agree--that we don't attack both what'..."

"Senator Dodd, you have been a leader in proposing legislation to reconstitute the poverty line to a level that is more realistic."