Question: How did the American lobbyist, lawyer, and United States Senator, Christopher John Dodd, say in his introductory remarks in regard to legislation for Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007?

Context articles: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007
William J. Pascrell III
Thomas J. Dodd
Chris Dodd
National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank
Mel Martínez
David Vitter
Brian O'Dwyer
Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013

President George W. Bush signed the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 (Pub.L.110-204) (NBSSLA) into law on April 24, 2008, a day before DNA Day.
 The Act amended the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs concerning newborn screening education and outreach, as parents are often unaware that newborn screening takes place and the number and types of screening varies across states.
 It also established grant programs to coordinate follow-up care, after newborn screening is conducted.
 The legislation also reauthorized programs under part A of title XI of the Public Health Service Act.
 In his introductory remarks, Senator Chris Dodd stated that the legislation “protect[s] the most vulnerable members of our society: newborn infants.”
 Newborn Screening is a proven life saving and effective public health tool used to identify thousands of babies in the U.S. born with genetic, metabolic, and congenital conditions.
 At the time of the legislation’s passage, only 15 States along with the District of Columbia required newborns to be screened for 29 core conditions as recommended by the Health Resources and Services Administration/American College of Medical Genetics’ 2004 Report.
William J. Pascrell III is an American lobbyist with the Princeton Public Affairs Group, and has been the Passaic County Counsel.
 He has worked for United States Senator and Governor Jon Corzine, United States Senator Frank Lautenberg, United State Senator Robert Menendez, Congressman Robert Roe, Herb Klein and Albio Sires as well as Governor James E. McGreevey.
 Pascrell earned an Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Talk Program Series for "The Battling Bills," a program he created jointly with Bill Palatucci.
 Pascrell graduated from Rutgers University and the Eagleton Institute of Politics, and earned a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University.
 He is the son of Congressmen Bill Pascrell.
Thomas Joseph Dodd (May 15, 1907 – May 24, 1971) was a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut, He is the father of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Thomas J. Dodd, Jr., who served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay from 1993 to 1997 and to Costa Rica from 1997 to 2001 .
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut for a thirty-year period from 1981 to 2011.
The creation of a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank was first proposed by United States Senator Christopher J. Dodd and Senator Chuck Hagel in 2007.
 However, several other iterations of a National Infrastructure Bank have been proposed and considered and it is likely that implementing legislation for the Bank will look quite different from that which was proposed in the original legislation.
Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz, usually known as Mel Martínez (born October 23, 1946), is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007.
 Previously, Martínez served as the 12th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George W. Bush.
 Martínez is a Cuban-American and Roman Catholic.
 He announced he was resigning as general chairman of the Republican National Committee on October 19, 2007.
David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American lobbyist, lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator for Louisiana from 2005 to 2017.
 He was the first Republican elected to the Senate from his state since the Reconstruction Era.
 Previously, he served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district.
 He served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives before entering the U.S. House.
Brian O'Dwyer (born October 10, 1945) is an American lobbyist and lawyer.
 He is the son of prominent New York lawyer, Paul O'Dwyer, and nephew of Mayor William O'Dwyer.
 He is married to the former Marianna Page MacWilliam, the former Associate Vice Chancellor of the State University of New York, with whom he has two children, Brendan Keith O’Dwyer and Kathleen Page O’Dwyer, and they have four grandchildren: Paul Ellis O’Dwyer, Patrick Trescott O’Dwyer, Reilly Page O’Dwyer, and Hailey Grace O’Dwyer.
 O'Dwyer was appointed the Commissioner of the United States National Commission of UNESCO by United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Norwich, Connecticut.
 It is primarily used for baseball, and, in 2010, became the home of the Connecticut Tigers of the New York–Penn League.
 It was the home field of the Connecticut Defenders minor league baseball team until 2009 when the Defenders announced their move to Richmond, Virginia to be the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
 It was built in 1995 and has a seating capacity of 6,270.
 It is named for Eastern Connecticut native Thomas Dodd who was a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut, and the father of U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd.
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013