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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
Lobbyist
Politician
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Cook County
Illinois
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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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I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!
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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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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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We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.
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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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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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Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.
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Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.
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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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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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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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Over my 24 years in the Senate, Jim, I've never voted against anyone because of their substantive views.
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I don't have a right to pick the president's cabinet on substance.
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We need willingness to consider different mission in Iraq.
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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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Eight more days and I can start telling the truth again
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Connecticut's first responders and defense workers work every day to help us achieve these goals.
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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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