84 ordspråk av Christopher Dodd
Christopher Dodd
There is a sense here among people of ...both persuasions here that we need to get this over with. There is a danger of this thing spinning out of control again and going on way too long. And that's the sense I got today from my colleagues.
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There's been a list of witnesses who have come forward -- seven different people who corroborated that Mr. Bolton tried to fire a defense analyst. Not just one -- seven different people, all within this administration.
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they're going to pay an awful price politically and it hurts the country terribly in my view.
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This is the first time in more than 200 years that the federal government will take a very proactive role in the conduct of elections,
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This is the first time in more than 200 years that the federal government will take a very proactive role in the conduct of elections.
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This measure [class action reform bill] is a common-sense measure. It will ensure that people have a right to sue when harmed, and at the same time the bill will put an end to suits that leave consumers with pennies and small businesses with needless legal bills.
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This ought not to be a controversial proposal,
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This ought not to be a partisan issue. Democrats and Republicans ought to be able to find common ground on seeing to it that we have accessible, affordable and quality child for every needy child in this country,
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This will be the first U.N. ambassador since 1948 that we've ever sent there under a recess appointment,
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Throwing worn-out wallpaper on a cracked foundation just doesn't work. The Bush administration proposal amounts to nothing more than that. Don't solve the problem, just end up with more rhetoric. We need a fundamental change in the way we look at Cuba.
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tie up three branches of government for the next four months.
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Twenty-three months ago, our nation was thrown into turmoil because we learned a painful reality -- that our democracy did not work as well as it should. ... The legislation we present to the Congress today rectifies those wrongs, does justice to the American voter.
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we are very, very worried about what happens in the rural or urban situations.
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We need to do something about antiquated voting machines, ballots that confuse rather than clarify, and overcrowded polling places.
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We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.
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