May 24, 2006
WASHINGTON—Thirteen Connecticut towns will receive equipment worth a total of $216,000 to help improve first responder capabilities, Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman announced today. The equipment will be provided through federal grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). The initiative provides law enforcement and emergency responder agencies with equipment to improve communications between local first responders in order to increase efficiency in regional responses.

May 12, 2006
WASHINGTON – Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) today announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded ten grants to Connecticut communities and regional councils worth a total of $2 million to help them assess, clean and redevelop abandoned, contaminated parcels known as Brownfields. These grants will benefit the cities of Bridgeport, East Hampton, Meriden, Shelton and the town of Sprague, as well as the North Star Center for Human Development in Hartford, the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency in Norwalk, and the Regional Growth Partnership in South Central, Connecticut.

April 12, 2006
Senator Dodd toured Pitney Bowes’ research and development facility in Shelton. Following the tour Senator Dodd met with Pitney Bowes employees to discuss the need for the US to invest more in research and development to meet the needs of the 21st century economy. Pitney Bowes employs more than 300 workers at their Shelton facility.

April 3, 2006

“This has been a very difficult ordeal for the workers at Sikorsky. They have endured much and I know how tough it has been on them and their families. I'm pleased that this conflict has been settled but I would hope that Sikorsky management would continue to listen to the voices of these workers so this does not occur again in the future. This episode underscores the urgent need to address the desperate lack of decent, affordable health care for America's working men and women and their children.”

March 29, 2006

“The workers at Sikorsky built this company. The reason Sikorsky is one of the preeminent helicopter manufacturing companies in the world is because of the quality expertise and skills of their workforce. So needless to say, I’m deeply troubled that this strike has not been settled. I’ve urged the management of Sikorsky in the strongest possible terms to redouble their efforts at finding some common ground with these workers. The answer lies in good faith negotiations – not threats of the hiring or utilization of other workers, especially in other states. That is definitely and absolutely not the answer. I have offered to do anything I can in my power to bring this strike to an end. In fact, today, in a conversation with Sikorsky management, I offered my office to facilitate any and all dialogue to ensure that these workers and the company find an equitable, fair solution to this strike. It is certainly not in the company’s best interest or our national security’s best interest to allow these workers’ expertise to be lost and for this disruption to negatively impact on our armed forces.”

March 13, 2006
Senator Dodd met with members of the Bridgeport City Council to discuss issues of concern to the city, including economic development, housing, jobs, and the environment.

February 24, 2006
Senator Dodd visited Sikorsky International in Stratford to show his support for the more than 3,500 members of Teamsters local 1150 who went on strike at Sikorsky Aircraft. The workers are striking in opposition to the company’s proposal to sharply increase health insurance premiums.

February 23, 2006
In light of President Bush refusing to further review a deal that would place control of six East coast ports under the control of a firm in the United Arab Emirates and owned by the government of Dubai, Senator Dodd joined Bridgeport Mayor John Fabrizi, the Bridgeport Acting Chief of Police, the Bridgeport Harbor Master, the Director of the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and the Director of the Port of Authority to highlight the importance of securing our nations ports and the potential threats to national security posed by outsourcing critical port-related activities to foreign parties.

January 24, 2006
Washington, D.C. – Today Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman announced that six federally-assisted multifamily residences in Connecticut will receive a total of $1,089,017 in federal funds to assist elderly individuals and persons with disabilities meet their needs and help them continue to live independently.

“This assistance can help sustain and improve the quality of life for many of Connecticut’s elderly and disabled,” said Dodd. “Not only will this funding help many elderly and disabled residents maintain their independence and dignity, but it also makes economic sense. Without this help, many who call these residences home may be forced into federally funded assisted living which simply doesn’t make sense.”

November 18, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Conference Committee today approved a measure that, thanks in part to the efforts of Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman, will provide funding to help improve surface transportation, rail transit and promote affordable housing and community development in Connecticut and across the country. Dodd and Lieberman worked with their Senate and House colleagues to ensure that funds for a number of Connecticut projects remained in the bill providing more than $55 million in new federal funds for transportation and housing initiatives statewide.