Christopher John Dodd (birthed in Connecticut, U.S.A.) is an American politician. He was a legislator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011, and belongs to the Democrats. He was a candidate to win the Democratic Party election as its candidate for governmental elections in 2008, but surrendered on 3 January 2008 after his poor performance during the nomination elections in Iowa, where he won assistance from less than one percent of the nominating constituencies.
Christopher Dodd comes from the Irish-American history as well as is Catholic. His parents were Legislator Thomas Joseph Dodd and also Poise Murphy Dodd. His sibling, Thomas J. Dodd Jr. Are emeritert professor from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown College, and also has actually been U.S. ambassador to Uruguay as well as Costa Rica under President Expense Clinton.
Christopher Dodd began the jesuittdrevne boys' college Georgetown Preparatory College in Bethesda, Maryland, and proceeded at Divine superintendence University (level in English literature in 1966), and also - after 2 years in the Tranquility Corps in the Dominican Republic - he started at the University of Louisville where he took doctorate in legislation. He married in 1970 with Susan Mooney (separated in 1982). In 1973 he ended up being an attorney in New London, Connecticut. Dodd married Jackie Marie Clegg in 1999.
Dodd introduced 5 January 2010 that he would not stand for re-election in the legislative election of 2010.
Our collection contains 28 quotes who is written / told by Christopher, under the main topic Environmental.
"All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care"
"I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!"
"Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home"
"Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes"
"Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure"
"Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential"
"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"
"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"
"As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge"
"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"
"When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered"
"It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf"
"I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs"
"It's vital that we help them get the right start, nurture their development and provide for their well-being"
"I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country"
"By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation"
"As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up"
"Connecticut's first responders and defense workers work every day to help us achieve these goals"
"Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students"
"Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq"
"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"
"Our seniors have worked long and hard to better the economy, raise families and serve their communities. They deserve to live independent and active lives in their golden years"
"American workers are first rate"
"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"
"The world changed on September 11, 2001"
"It's time to renew our commitment to the world around us"
"For three decades, Democrats and Republicans worked together to make our environment better"
"We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand"
