Senator Dodd has spent his public life working to further the success of America's children and families. As a founder of the Senate Children’s Caucus and a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, he has been a leader in creating initiatives to improve the health, education, and safety of our nation's children. These initiatives include measures to provide more American children with quality health care, to better protect them from the risk of harm by child predators, and to create new opportunities for more children to obtain a first-rate education. He has also successfully led efforts to provide parents with new tools to raise their children. These include grants and tax credits to help working parents find quality child care, expanding Head Start and other preschool opportunities to more families, and the Family and Medical Leave Act, which has allowed 50 million American working men and women to care for a sick family member or new baby without fear of losing their jobs.

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10/12/06 - Dodd Resolution Celebrates National Afterschool Initiatives on October 12, 2006...read more
10/03/06 - Senator Dodd Speaks to Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute...read more
9/28/06 - Dodd Introduces Food Allergy Legislation Critical to Keeping School-aged Children Safe...read more
9/20/06 - Dodd, Lieberman Announce Efforts to Fight Youth Crime and Gang Membership...read more
9/18/06 - Dodd Resolution Celebrates the Importance of Afterschool Programs for Country's Youth...read more
9/12/06 - Dodd, Lieberman Hail Over $6 Million in Heating Assistance Funds for Colder Months Ahead...read more
9/01/06 - Dodd, Lieberman Announce More Than $2.8 Million for Early Reading First Programs in Bridgeport...read more
8/03/06 - Dodd Announces Senate Passage of a Bill to Reduce Premature Births; March of Dimes Lauds Efforts...read more
7/27/06 - Statement of Senator Dodd on Adam Walsh Bill Signing...read more
7/21/06 - Dodd, Lieberman Secure More Than $18 Million for State Transportation, Urban Development Projects...read more