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Christopher Dodd is a former U.S. Senator from Connecticut, serving from 1981 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Dodd was known for his work on issues such as health care, education, and financial regulation. He played a significant role in the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which aimed to prevent the kind of financial crisis that occurred in 2008. Dodd also served as the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, where he was influential in shaping policies related to housing and banking.
I commend our colleague from Florida. He has made an eloquent statement. He raises a very valuable point. I appreciate his support for this amendment. This is one way to put us on record, in a bipartisan way, to say how critical increased…
I commend my colleague from Vermont for his amendment. I would add myself as a cosponsor, but I don't want to get into trouble. I will tell him I am for it and cast my vote when the time comes. He has been a wonderful leader on education…
This amendment ensures that critical children's programs will be protected from harmful cuts. President Bush, as we all know, campaigned on the promise to leave no child behind. If we heard it once, we heard it a thousand times during the…
If the Senator will yield 5 minutes of his time for one Member who would like to be heard on the amendment? I have no time.
Just to clarify how the amendment will be handled, will the Senator from Utah make it 45 minutes equally divided with no second degrees? Will the Senator add that element to it?
I considered Paul Coverdell to be a very good friend of mine. We worked very closely together... My concern and my involvement with this organization are deeply felt.
I express the strong feelings of all of us across the country on the tremendous work these firefighters have done and note further that we just passed as part of the Defense authorization bill a provision, the Fire Act, which will, for the…
My point is this: Raising children in this country in affordable, decent circumstances is about as basic as it gets. Eight million Americans can benefit from this amendment. This is a good investment for our country. With a $750 billion…
You have proposed a tax break that costs $750 billion in the second 10 years. It seems to me that we ought to be able to find some room for child care for which 8 million people will benefit. People should remember what my colleague and…
I did make that point. The Senator from California has been a leader on this issue for a long time and on many other issues related to education. But I made the point about how many people care about this issue and I shared the polling…
I will add additional names, too: people such as Tip O'Neill and Tom Foley. There is a long history that goes back several decades of people who have fought for a political solution to the problems here and within Ireland.
I am deeply concerned. This is not a perfect package by any stretch of the imagination. If I were crafting this alone, it would be somewhat different than the package before us. I understand with 535 Members of Congress and a Defense…
I commend our colleague from the State of Washington. This is kind of a ``Washington hour.'' We not only have my colleague who just spoke, but the Presiding Officer from the State of Washington. I commend her for her thoughtful comments…
I am honored to be a graduate of Providence, as was my father. Father Smith led this institution most admirably during his tenure. The lives of the students who have attended Providence College have been so admirably altered as a result of…
I say to them with great respect and affection that while they may win politically today, there are an awful lot of people all across the country who will lose. I have been in Congress 25 years. I have been in conferences, a lot of them…
Lastly, I ask my colleague, does he know of any example, in his tenure in the Senate, where we have ever required merit pay for physicians, attorneys, architects, or any other profession you can think of? Has the Senate of the United…
The total amount we spend--my colleague can correct me--is about $18.5 billion total--domestic and foreign, all the efforts. Of the $18.5 billion, if one excludes the Colombian plan money, it is about $1.5 billion out of the--three my…
I expressed my strong support for what President Bush was doing in Panama. I thought it was important he have bipartisan support in the effort in Panama. The narcotraffickers in Bogota, Colombia, in the flatlands, the llanos, as they call…
Title I funds go to the poorest students, the poorest school districts in the United States. All of us know that in the 21st century these children have to be the best prepared generation we have ever produced. My hope is to get the…
I commend those involved in this bill. Those of us who oppose this bill think the first order of business is education, and yet we have done nothing about the quality of public education with this legislation. Fifty percent of the benefits…
The fact is, according to the Joint Tax Committee, which analyzed this proposal, if you are the family of a child in a public school, the tax benefit to you over 5 years is $20.50. That is the tax benefit to a family whose child is in a…
I adhere to the admonition that Thomas Jefferson gave almost 200 years ago: Any nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never possibly can be. As important as education was to the development of the 19th…
I attended the Governors' meeting earlier today, and Governor Ridge said he would be glad to help out and try to convince people to vote for the amendment. I say to the Senator, with all due respect, I am also quite confident Vice…
It is entitled, ``School Choice for the Rich.'' The Senate is to take up today a proposal to use the tax code to provide public funds to private schools through the back door. Fifty million kids and their parents are asking the question…
What I have offered is an amendment to the Coverdell proposal, not a substitute. So I only address this particular issue. There are a number of other provisions in the bill that I think are admirable.
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