I commend the remarks by the Senator from Alaska and before him the Senator from Rhode Island and others tonight. One of the reasons we are here tonight is because we have been trying, over the last 18 months, to get some of our colleagues…

We all fill many roles in our lives. We are workers, parents, sons and daughters, and members of our communities. We struggle to do well in each responsibility. But when the demands of work overshadow the rest of our lives, our lives feel…

I rise to talk about two basic topics today. But first, for today, in light of the news that so many people have been discussing today and reporting on today, which is the implementation today of some parts of our health care bill, the…

For people who do not follow campaigns day to day or even week to week--a lot of people are making a living and struggling through a tough economy, so they are not always engaged in day-to-day politics. Generally, the way it works in this…

Basically, in this article we have a news organization-- among many--that is saying donor names are being kept secret. The other problem we have, of course, is foreign nationals are coming into the United States and spending money to…

Today, passage of essential legislation to support job-creating business investment was relegated to callous political brinkmanship. For months, funding for the biodiesel and the research and development, R & D, tax credits have been…

I rise this evening to speak about the bill we passed today, what is known as the child nutrition bill, but the actual title is the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. We passed it by unanimous consent, which means we have done…

today I am introducing the Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act. Next year the baby boom generation will start turning 65 and by 2030, all 78 million will have reached that age. We must ensure this generation that fought in our wars…

So if there's no consequences, we're going to be back here a year from now with the same discussion.

I have a high degree of skepticism when a report like this gets attacked.

I rise tonight to speak about a topic we speak to on a regular basis, but, frankly, we don't speak about it enough in terms of the priority we should place upon it. That, of course, is the issue and the priority we place upon the children…

first of all, just in case our chair of the Small Business Committee, Senator Landrieu has to leave, I wish to reiterate what a number of us have not only felt but have even spoken about over the last couple days, in light of her work on…

I rise today to discuss a very important provision in the new Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act just introduced by the majority leader which would require public disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals used in…

Though children make up a quarter of our population, out of every dollar spent by the Federal Government, less than a dime goes to children.

the substance of your testimony today individually and cumulatively is very helpful because too often what happens in Washington is that you have a lot of bills...

Because of your hard work in the passage of the act, there are several deliverables on national strategies that I think you will be very proud of.

One is children's health insurance. Two is early learning. Three is nutrition and anti-hunger strategies, and fourth is just basic safety.

As we chart our way out of the recession, it is essential that we reassess our priorities as they relate to children.

the first recommendation they made to improve the number of 25- to 34-year-olds who have an associates degree or higher--recommendation No. 1 was to make preschool education available to all.

Few, if any, of U.S. Senators in the last 50 years have done more, have labored longer in the vineyard of helping children and standing up for their rights... than Senator Chris Dodd.

We are especially grateful he called this series of hearings to examine a set of issues that candidly, even in the party I am a member of, we do not spend enough time on.

Well, I know in our discussions yesterday, Senator Dodd and Senator Harkin and I were wrestling with, among others, these kinds of questions.

I rise this morning to talk about the United States strategy in Afghanistan. However troubling the recent leak of classified documents, the topics discussed in those documents confirm some of the difficulty we face as a country today in…

Thanks. We will submit some more questions for the record, but I do want to thank Chairman Dodd for this opportunity.

Can we consult you, though, for free?