Political Quotes

“I didn't know Senator Thomas Dodd, but I know Senator Christopher Dodd, and I am sure Senator Thomas Dodd is smiling today. This wonderful family that Senator Chris Dodd has includes a wonderful wife, Jackie, whom we know, she worked in the Senate and was part of the Senate family before she married Chris Dodd: and these two beautiful children, whom we in the Senate feel are part of us, Christina and Grace, we have watched them from the day they were born to now in the Senate gallery, and we really do feel they are partly ours. It is a rare person we find in Senator Chris Dodd, who now is chairman of the Banking Committee and doing a wonderful job, that committee working with the ranking member, the Senator from Alabama, Mr. Shelby; and then also running for the Presidency of the United States. So I say to Senator Christopher Dodd, I didn't have the opportunity to serve with Senator Thomas Dodd, but in this audience today, here in the Senate, are men--and I look and see two--who served with Senator Thomas Dodd: Senator Dan Inouye and Senator Robert Byrd. I have spoken to them about Senators in the past and, of course, they have always mentioned Senator Thomas Dodd because he certainly is a man who made a difference in the Senate, as his son is doing. One of the things that goes without saying is the ability of Senator Christopher Dodd to express himself. What an eloquent speaker he is.”