Chris Dodd

I represent the most affluent State in America, something of which I am proud. I also tell you I am not so proud of the fact that the largest increase in child poverty in the country occurred in my State over the last several years--a…

This is a very good amendment. Only one in 10 eligible children is being served. I thank my colleagues, Senators Jeffords, Chafee, Snowe, Collins, Roberts, Specter, Stevens, and Domenici. This is a large bipartisan group that cares about…

I supported the proposal last week of Senator Rockefeller and felt as though that was a strong message that we needed to be sending. We didn't prevail in that particular issue. It is an important issue for the Senator from Pennsylvania…

To Cuban Americans who want to travel to Cuba--many do-- this is, in a sense, saying you can only go back to the country of your birth once during a year, unless you have a sick relative, and then you have to apply to some bureaucrat in…

I spent a week in Cuba in December, in fact, all over the area, all over Havana, and Varadero as well for a day. I point out to my colleague that I saw Americans all over the streets of Havana. The idea you are confined to Varadero Beach…

So in a sense we are promoting, by this particular provision in our existing law, illegal travel.

I say to my colleague, we had a very delightful meeting for an hour and a half with Andy Grove. Those were, as I recall them, his sentiments expressed to us. He is someone who has been quoted over and over in the last number of weeks, and…

We do not protect illegal contracts in this legislation. If there is any question, let the legislative history confirm that. I do not think we need confirmation. Upholding an illegal contract by legislation would require herculean efforts…

We are getting arcane. If a contract is illegal, it is not a contract. Just to say we have a contract, if there is no consent, if all the principles necessary for it to be a valid contract are missing, if a contract is inherently illegal…

I think there is a need to try to come up with some legislation to minimize what could be runaway litigation in this Nation. There have already been some 80 lawsuits, many of them class action lawsuits, filed on the Y2K issue. We have been…

If the leader would yield further, I appreciate him showing some patience here. This is, I think, a very good idea. By the way, I am a cosponsor of the proposal here to do this for our service men and women. I had the pleasure of being…

I commend him for his statement recognizing the contributions of Eudora Welty. This Connecticut Yankee loves her writing. And for my birthday present this year I received a first edition copy of one of Eudora Welty's novels. I prize and…

Child care is an issue that does not have an ideological parent, does not have a partisan parent, if you will. This is an issue of which I believe people all across the country appreciate the importance. The average cost of child care is…

Out of consideration for the Senator's interest in moving this bill forward expeditiously, I have agreed to withdraw my amendment. I am pleased that Senator Jeffords has agreed instead to take up this issue as part of ESEA and to hold…

It has taken almost 20 years for us to come to the point where we are with financial services modernization. And my colleague from Texas has been on that committee for a long time, the distinguished Senator from Maryland even longer and…

I know the Chairman knows that the veterans in VISN 1 live in a region that stretches from Connecticut to Maine. The budget for our region's medical care has dropped from $854 million in fiscal year 1996 to $809 million in fiscal year…

I will tell you that the expressions given by our colleague from Ohio are certainly appreciated by all. I think for most of our colleagues it is our sincere hope that we will not once again play this game with Mr. Milosevic as he has…

You can ask families all over this country what concerns them the most. And the answer, time and time again, is education--particularly higher education. Families know that there is little as important to their children's lifelong success…

And I think we have achieved a sensible result. In light of the fact that we have taken no testimony on this issue and have no real expertise in this area, it only makes sense to have the FTC attempt to craft a definition. I compliment the…

Yes. A debtor's child and parent should be allowed to keep these items. Children's property generally has no resale value, but replacement costs can be substantial.

My concern with the definition is particularly for children, and is about personal property of little value to creditors. Would you agree that the Federal Trade Commission should promulgate regulations that will allow debtors to keep…

A provision of this bill that the Senator from Illinois and I drafted and had put into the Managers' Package would require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations to define household goods ``in a manner suitable and…

Proud of our heritage, we are now going to seek the best for our future. We are not only conferring the presidency upon me today; we are also inaugurating a new era for Colombia on the right path. I make a commitment to myself and to you…

That is false. A person who is unemployed might have unemployment compensation and independent means, and would certainly qualify.

That is absolutely false. That person has independent economic means, being a paid member of the military.