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When the public's right to know is threatened, all other public rights are threatened.

Christopher Dodd

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Christopher Dodd
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 27
Lawyer
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Cook County
Illinois
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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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We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.
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Over my 24 years in the Senate, Jim, I've never voted against anyone because of their substantive views.
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Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure.
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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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Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.
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Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.
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Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.
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Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.
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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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By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation.
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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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Military solution in Iraq has been disproven and discredited.
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I am an advocate... of public financing for years. That is the one way to get money out of politics. I believe that would be what we ought to be doing.
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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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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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Eight more days and I can start telling the truth again
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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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I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!
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All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.
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