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I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!

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Christopher Dodd
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 27
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I will only vote to confirm a nominee for attorney general who is truly independent and who will guarantee reforms that restore and uphold the Constitution.
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Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.
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Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.
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Secrecy can spring from the best motives but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own sake, only to cover its own abuses.
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There is no question that Iraq possesses biological and chemical weapons and that he [Saddam Hussein] seeks to acquire additional weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons. That is not in debate. I also agree with President Bush that Saddam Hussein is a threat to peace and must be disarmed, to quote President Bush directly.
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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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Low-income taxpayers deserve the same rights as everyone else. It was wrong of the IRS to target low-income taxpayers, and I am please by the decision to correct this unfair practice.
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I don't have a right to pick the president's cabinet on substance.
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As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up.
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Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.
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All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.
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There was plenty of evidence that Saddam had nuclear weapons, by the way. That is not in dispute. There is plenty of evidence of that.
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It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.
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Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.
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It cannot bring back and make whole those who suffered and died by a racist's criminal hand. But it can at least reaffirm our nation's commitment to seek the truth and make equal justice a reality.
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Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.
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America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.
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If you have got high-ranking officials reaching down five levels in the bureaucracy to drag an analyst up to their office to berate them and threaten their jobs because they don't like the conclusions about an intelligence matter, that, in my view, is dangerous.
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We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.
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When the public's right to know is threatened, all other public rights are threatened.
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