April 12, 2006
Stamford, CT—At Stamford Hospital today, Senator Chris Dodd unveiled details of bipartisan legislation he will introduce to educate parents and health care providers about newborn screening, improve follow-up care for infants with an illness detected through newborn screening, and help states expand and improve their newborn screening programs.

April 12, 2006
Senator Dodd hosted a roundtable discussion with nurses, emergency medical technicians, firefighters, police officers, and municipal government officials to explore ideas to improve emergency preparedness.

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 urge

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 14, 2006
Senator Dodd attended a breakfast honoring the 40 finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search--the nation's top high school researchers in math, science and engineering. Two students from Connecticut were among the finalists: Kiran Pendri of South Glastonbury and Jonathan Sellon of Westport.

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 26, 2006
Georgetown Special Taxing District Receives $72 million for Environmentally Friendly Redevelopment Initiative
WASHINGTON - Congressional colleagues Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) announced Georgetown Special Taxing Project as a Green Bond award recipient. The U.S. Treasury Department designated the Georgetown Special Taxing District, which will oversee redevelopment of the former Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill, as a qualified green building and sustainable design project allowing the Taxing District to issue more than $72 million in special tax-exempt bonds.

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.