Speeches and Floor Statements

1/24/08: Dodd: Where the President's Power is Strongest, the Rule of Law Should be Strongest as Well

January 24, 2008

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) this morning continued his fight to strip the provision granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with the Bush Administration’s secret wiretapping program from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reform legislation by speaking on the Senate floor in support of the Leahy amendment, which would eliminate the retroactive immunity language from the bill.  The full text of Senator Dodd’s remarks as delivered are below: 


1/23/08: Dodd on FISA: Few Things are More Detrimental to this Country than the Erosion of and Attack on our Civil Liberties

January 23, 2008

As the Senate today prepares to consider, for the second time, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reform legislation that would grant immunity to telecommunications companies who cooperated with the Bush administration’s secret wiretapping program, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) made the following remarks:


1/23/08: Dodd's Banking Committee: Helping Working Families, Promoting Economic Prosperity

Dodd meets with Treasury Secretary Paulson Thursday; Convenes hearing on foreclosure reduction, economic stimuli next week

January 23, 3008

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today held a press conference to discuss the recent market volatility and downturn in the American economy, as well as the priorities that the Banking Committee will focus on over the year ahead to help working families and businesses achieve economic security and prosperity.  Below are his remarks as prepared:


12/17/07: Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Reform Bill

December 17, 2007

Senator Chris Dodd today will make the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding his opposition to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reform legislation being considered by the Senate: 

 

Mr. President:

 

I rise to urge my colleagues to vote against cloture on S. 2248, the FISA Amendments Act of 2007.


11/16/07: Senator Dodd Continues Strong Opposition to War by Voting Against Additional Iraq Funding

November 16, 2007

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) today continued to show his strong opposition to the war in Iraq by voting against legislation which would provide funding for military operations in Iraq because it did not contain a firm and enforceable deadline for the phased redeployment of combat troops out of Iraq. 

 


10/31/07: Dodd: FISA Bill "Embodies an Egregious Break with the Rule of Law"

Submits Statement for Today's Judiciary Hearing on FISA Reform

October 31, 2007

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) today continued his fight to stand up for American civil liberties by insisting that immunity provisions are stripped from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reform bill currently being considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Yesterday, Dodd sent a letter to Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) requesting that the Chairman include his statement on the FISA reform legislation as part of the record of today’s Committee hearing to examine the bill. Chairman Leahy agreed to Dodd’s request.  Dodd has also placed a hold on the bill, a tool available to Senators to stop legislation from moving forward.


10/26/07: Dodd: No More Trampling on Our Constitution

Dodd Speaks About FISA Hold on Floor of U.S. Senate

October 26, 2007

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) today spoke on the Senate floor about his efforts to stop the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reform legislation, in its current form, from being considered by the full Senate and from receiving a vote on the Senate floor.  Last week Dodd announced he has placed a hold on the bill, a tool available to Senators to stop legislation from moving forward. 


10/25/07: Statement of Senator Chris Dodd in Memory of Senator Paul Wellstone

October 25, 2007

I rise to honor the life of one of the finest men I’ve known in this body: Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota. Paul—along with his wife Sheila and his daughter Marcia; his staff members Will McLaughlin, Tom Lapic, and Mary McEvoy; and pilots Richard Conry and Michael Guess—died in a plane crash five years ago to the day. Five years, half a decade already: The time has passed so quickly that it comes as a shock to stop and recall just how long Paul has been gone. In marking his death, we remember that the years are passing just as fast for each of us, and that they can take us, as they took our friend Paul, when we are least ready to go. What a privilege we have to serve here—what a short time we’re given! Paul’s death and Paul’s life remind us to fill that short time with all the best we can bring. Paul Wellstone did: He lived just 58 years, and yet it seems that in that time, he lived enough to fill two or three or four lives.


10/03/07: Dodd: “The Consensus Is Growing -- Our Current Course has Failed to Make Iraq Safe and Make America Safer”

October 3, 2007

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) today went to the Senate floor to speak in support of the Feingold-Reid-Dodd amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill.  The amendment, which Dodd cosponsored, would set firm and enforceable timelines for the phased redeployment of combat troops out of Iraq.


10/03/07: Statement of Senator Chris Dodd at the Democratic Leadership Event to Discuss the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

October 3, 2007

Video of Senator Dodd's Remarks
Recorded October 3, 2007

Today, we are facing a serious meltdown in the subprime mortgage market.


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