Minority Press Releases
Opening Statement of Chairman Chris Dodd - Hearing to Examine the State of Transit Security
The Committee will please come to order. Thank you for being here for the inaugural meeting of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for the 110th Congress. I’m pleased to address the Committee as chairman. I must say that I was beginning to wonder if a day like this would ever arrive. I am probably one of the longest-serving first-time chairmen in Senate history. On the three major committees on which I sit, I have had the pleasure to serve behind Senators Kennedy and … Continue Reading
January 9, 2007
Remarks of Sen. Christopher J. Dodd to the 10th Annual Operation Push Wall Street Economic Summit
New York, NY - It's an honor for me to be invited to speak you today at this, the 10th Anniversary of the Wall Street Economic Summit. Reverend Jackson, you should take enormous pride in the success of this event, and the growth of the Rainbow Push Wall Street Project. Your efforts over the years have helped millions more Americans achieve their dreams and aspirations. These are my first formal remarks since becoming Chairman-elect of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.… Continue Reading