Oh, boy, that's another sensitive one with me.
Coerced? We rail against what we ask China to do about coerced sterilizations.
I find it offensive and I find it morally repugnant.
What would they be? Because, as you know, this is a very controversial issue.
Very good. Thank you very much.
We need competition, and we also need malpractice reform to deal with these problems of high suits and high malpractice premiums.
We have strongly embraced that as part of our basket of recommendations.
Well, the concept of the medical home, of course, was in the Baucus white paper, and it's something Senator Harkin and I picked up on.
We need to de-link it from the employer and give it to the individual American so everyone can shop around for their policy.
We're worried that Congress has been forced into some tax provisions that they wouldn't otherwise have had to be forced into because of the ...
We treat the confirmation hearings very seriously and the confirmation process very seriously.
I take particular interest in the Fourth Circuit. So I am very pleased today that Senator Leahy has allowed me to chair this hearing.
You have an impressive resume.
I know that it is not easy to serve in public positions.
The confirmation hearing is part of the process.
You would hardly expect anything differently. You wouldn't want a judge to be any different.
Which is the tradition of our Committee, we will use two panels.
It is an honor to have Judge Barbara Keenan here, who is a nominee for the U.S. Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit.
