Chris Dodd

We have a health care system that is broken--impacting our families, our businesses and our competitiveness as a nation--and a Department of HHS and health agencies in desperate need of leadership.

He has made this the cause of his career and his life.

I can think of no better leader to tackle these important challenges than you, Senator Daschle.

The knowledge, temperament, passion and expertise you possess will be instrumental in achieving comprehensive health care reform.

As important, is the critical need to restore the Department to one whose decisions are based on the best available science, not the political ideology of the moment.

I would strongly encourage us to promote this work and coordinate, prioritize and expand the work being done by these agencies.

We may be looking at the first generation of Americans who grow up less healthy than the previous generation.

We have a healthcare system that is broken.

I have introduced the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, the Credit Card Act. This bill will stop abusive card practices that drag so many of our fellow Americans and their families further and further into debt.

I introduce the credit card accountability, responsibility and disclosure act, the Credit Card Act. This bill will stop abusive card practices that drag so many of our fellow Americans and their families further and further into debt.

Their discomfort in coming to the Congress with hat in hand is only exceeded by the fact they are seeking treatments for wounds that I believe to a large extent where self-inflicted.

We're not going to come to a conclusion on a three-legged stool without the fourth leg.

We are not going to come to a conclusion on a three-legged stool here, missing the fourth leg.

I understand speed is important. But I'm far more interested in whether or not we get this right.

The heart of the economic crisis is the housing crisis, and for anyone who doubts it, the heart of the housing crisis is the foreclosure crisis. We now have roughly 8,500 foreclosures a day occurring in the United States. This is no longer…

A few weeks ago, our colleague in the other Chamber, John Lewis, joined us for lunch and brought along several Freedom Riders who knew very well the wonderful young people we are recognizing by this resolution who lost their lives in the…

I strongly urge those who have amendments, Democrats and Republicans, to come to the floor to meet with staff to try to resolve their amendments if at all possible, to reach some compromise on them so they can be agreed to or in some cases…

I don't know how you define protected, but I don't know how you call that protected, when you're telling people they don't have to have this, they don't need it.

I note this is a coin bill that was authored by Senator Nelson of Florida commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of NASA, a historic moment. I commend Senator Nelson for his efforts.

I wish to add my voice to one of my dearest friends in this body, Senator John Warner, and to Jim Webb, who did a great job of this. All of us are grateful for the tremendous work they have done. Needless to say, millions of veterans…

Let the games begin. We are open for business. If Members have amendments they would like to raise, Senator Shelby and I are here, and we would like to move along. I know there are Members who have plans they would like to do later this…

I am sympathetic with what my colleague is trying to achieve. There is an equity interest he has identified that I think has legitimacy. The question is, How do we satisfy that in a actuarially sound program? I commend him for the idea. I…

I urge you to come to the floor and offer them. Coming over at 3 o'clock, there is no guarantee that you are going to have the opportunity to make the case on behalf of the proposal, to the extent you would like. I urge Members on both…

This is a matter that deserves our attention. We are only a few weeks away from hurricane season. We are literally having to pay on a debt of $17 billion. That is causing the rise in the cost of insurance to a point where people have a…

I commend Senator Allard and Senator Reed for working together in a bipartisan fashion to come forward with the proposals dealing with homelessness.