I think we will start seeing statistics and I would suspect the statistics because of who Medicaid covers, are not just likely to be a reduction in maternal mortality, but it should start to eat away at some of the disparities that we are…

Three times in the 11 years I have been here, we passed meaningful legislation or taken meaningful action on the floor of the Senate by one vote.

I think we will start seeing statistics and I would suspect the statistics because of who Medicaid covers, are not just likely to be a reduction in maternal mortality, but it should start to eat away at some of the disparities that we are…

Three times in the 11 years I have been here, we passed meaningful legislation or taken meaningful action on the floor of the Senate by one vote.

Yes, the ability not to have to cram it into 6 weeks, but to have it for a year.

Yes, the ability not to have to cram it into 6 weeks, but to have it for a year.

I am from Colorado, and we have been working a lot on apprenticeships. And I think on a broader scale, they can help address the shortage of minority health care professionals.

I am from Colorado, and we have been working a lot on apprenticeships. And I think on a broader scale, they can help address the shortage of minority health care professionals.

I am from Colorado, and we have been working a lot on apprenticeships. And I think on a broader scale, they can help address the shortage of minority health care professionals.

I think that the investigation contains an awful lot of material that the public needs to see.

We are not going to give you these documents because sharing information would violate our First Amendment rights.

I think that the investigation contains an awful lot of material that the public needs to see.

We are not going to give you these documents because sharing information would violate our First Amendment rights.

I hope is that the issues we just discussed... we can keep at it today and see if we can't find a way to yes.

We are delighted to be able to move the legislation today.

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

You and our colleagues have heard me invoke in this room more times than I can count the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way I want to be treated.

I would say there is a lesson here for both of us, and one of those is to make clear I am always ready to take your calls, your meeting, whatever you want and engage.