Chris Dodd

Unfortunately, no matter what the conditions are in this country, the administration has one answer: cut taxes for the wealthy. When we had a surplus: cut taxes. When we are in a recession: we need to cut taxes. Job growth is weak: we need…

I am very hopeful, still hopeful we can reach a conclusion. There are some 700,000 pending cases. I don't know if the Senator mentioned that number specifically, but it is a staggering number of cases. Some 60,000 or 70,000 new cases are…

I remind my colleague, and I am sure he knows these numbers, this year's budget proposal reduces worker investment programs by $400 million. So here you have 2.8 million jobs being lost in manufacturing. Those people who cannot find work…

I raise an issue, because it has been raised in the last 24 hours or so, that one of the things the administration is doing is putting resources into vocational education, education and job training. I know my colleague, from his extensive…

I think shipping jobs away, destroying the manufacturing base and human capital investment that makes it possible in the 21st century for us to be competitive in a global economy is the wrong way to proceed. I understand there are those…

I think it is straightforward. I think it makes sense. I would not be offering this if this was not a problem sweeping across the country. Concerns are being expressed everywhere by Americans of varying incomes and positions. I know in my…

If my colleague will yield, in chapter 2, page 73 of the Economic Report of the President--this was prepared by the President's economic advisors--they raise the issue here as if it were a legitimate question. They say: The definition of a…

I know agriculture is a huge industry in the State of California, particularly in the area of rice. It is significant. So I am pleased to know we are covering this kind of activity as well. Again, this is not being isolationist.

My colleague would be interested to know, in my conversations, very informally at this point, but I am finding a great deal of receptivity to the point the Senator from Montana is making; that, in fact, they should be insisting upon these…

We may be looking at a new era where it is not going to be just people in this Chamber calling for these kinds of things, but, in fact, people in these other countries are going to be insisting upon it as well.

If free and fair trade is to work well, it ought to be raising the quality of life and the level of wealth accumulation by people in these countries with whom we are about to enter into trading agreements. That is good for us, and it is…

I have had some recent discussions with ambassadors from some of the Latin American countries and have suggested to them they ought to start talking to us about having labor standards and environmental standards from their perspective.

There has been a report in Time magazine that indicates we are looking at, some indicate over the coming years as many as 14 million, 15 million jobs to be outsourced if we do not begin to do something about it. In the near term, I think…

I mentioned earlier there was an article in this morning's Wall Street Journal entitled ``Lesson in India: Not Every Job Translates Overseas.'' ... it makes a categorical statement that outsourcing of jobs is always a good thing because it…

In Connecticut, we have lost 32,000 manufacturing jobs. New Jersey has lost over 55,000 manufacturing jobs.

The police chiefs from across the country are urging the Senate not to protect gun dealers who arm killers.

I was curious whether my colleague would share with us what problem this legislation seeks to solve. Normally, when you bring a bill to the floor you try to solve the problem. I wonder if my colleague has any idea of the volumes of…

I will join him in opposing cloture on this bill and I hope the leadership would move on with another issue that I guarantee has a far higher priority with the American public than to satisfy one industry's fear that they might have to…

I care deeply about the subject matter. I know my colleague from Iowa does. Certainly, he raises some very significant issues as they pertain to renewable energy resources.

This bill, if reauthorized, would reauthorize the Defense Production Act for 5 years. Presently there is a system in place which allows defense contracts to go to prime contractors, where, as a result of a provision that existed since…

The Dodd-Hagel-Jeffords amendment and the money in the bill--$2.2 billion--raises considerably the amount of money that will be available in each of the States as a result of our efforts. I thank them for their efforts, and each Senator…

I want to close by talking about the reauthorization of Head Start. We need these resources to keep trying to expand the number of children who can participate in this program. We all know the importance of literacy. We know the importance…

The National Association of Police Officers and the International Union of Police Associations oppose the regulations. We have correspondence from them. There is obviously some disagreement.

This amendment deals with special education funding. There is not a Member here who has not met a Governor, a mayor, a county supervisor, or a teacher who has not talked about this issue and the importance of it and the implications to…

I promise, there are people planning it. They are planning it as we sit here today. Whether it is a nuclear powerplant, whether it is a major office building, whether it is a recreational facility, they are doing it. I don't like saying…