In the days after Democrats took a beating at the polls in 1994, it was Chris Dodd who took to the podium in an empty Senate press room and reminded Democrats of who they were, what they had accomplished and what they had forgotten they were supposed to stand for. His leadership and vision at that time led Democrats to a presidential win two years later and started the path that recently led them to regain majorities in both houses of Congress.
When children went unnoticed and their needs unmet in the corridors of Washington, Chris Dodd took up their cause and became known to the nation as the children's senator. His efforts in Washington for more than 30 years have affected the lives of every family and every child in America, even before he came to know the joy of having children of his own.
Dodd is running a campaign for the presidency based on bold, comprehensive and thoughtful solutions developed to address our nation's most pressing problems.
His energy policy is more aggressive than that of any candidate in the field. He has called for bold solutions to address the warming crisis that plagues our nation and the world. In addition to raising fuel effiency standards, Dodd's plan will reduce 80 percent ofgreenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and make the Production Tax Credit permanent for clean and renewable sources of energy. It is the first among the presidential candidates' to advocate a corporate carbon tax, which will generate an estimated $50 billion annually to fund research, development and deployment of renewable technologies and expedite the process for bringing energy efficient technologies to market. . . .
