Christopher Dodd Quotes

• 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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  Tags in Better, Found

• We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Environmental, Learned

• The world changed on September 11, 2001.

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• Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

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  Topics in Education

  Tags in Important, Making

• When the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Free, Public, Rights

• Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.

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  Topics in Health

  Tags in Working, Development, Promote

• It’s easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn’t magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Easy, Food, Forever

Christopher Dodd (27)

Birth:	27th May, 1944
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Lobbyist, Politician

About

Christopher John "Chris" Dodd was born in Willimantic, Connecticut. He is an American lawyer, lobbyist and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut for a thirty-year period from 1981-2011. He returned to Connecticut, winning election in 1974 to the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district and was reelected in 1976 and 1978. He served as general chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997. He served as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee until his retirement.

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