Sixty-two percent of all personal bankruptcies are "caused by medical problems."
On whether he wrote a provision that allowed AIG to dole out bonuses.
"The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
"We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
"Dodd brought both parties together to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act."
"With the resources it takes to execute just over three months of the Iraq war, we could fully fund the expansion of health care for needy children that Bush vetoed."
"We're spending $1.6 billion for all of Latin America in terms of aid and assistance, a fraction of what we're spending in Iraq, the $500 billion we've spent there"
"John Kerry was at 4 percent in the polls in December of 2003...and he ended up becoming the nominee of the party."
"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have changed their positions (on the Iraq war withdrawal) to follow Chris Dodd."
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