Christopher Dodd actually said...

"I think to say that we have to hold coverage hostage to cost control is to say we're going to hold this small piece hostage to this enormous piece."

"I want to thank my colleague from Wyoming, thank him for his support on this last vote we had on the tobacco issue, an historic moment that we're finally going to be able to regulate and control tobac..."

"I urge my colleagues to reconsider this scattershot approach and work with me to tackle our biggest health problems in a targeted, prioritized way."

"I don't know of another issue that any of us either have dealt with or will deal with that will have an impact on every one of our citizens in this country."