Chris Dodd

Former United States Senator Chris Dodd represented Connecticut in the United States Congress for 36 years – six years in the House of Representatives and thirty years in the Senate. A widely respected legislator with a reputation for reaching across party lines, Senator Dodd is best known as an author or co-author of several pieces of landmark legislation, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Help America Vote Act, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. He served as a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is a recognized expert on Latin America. Senator Dodd is currently Senior Counsel at the law firm Arnold & Porter, after serving seven years as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association.