Just one last question. Admiral Branch, an Islamist faction called al-Shabab is apparently working to exert some type of control over Somalia.

As more and more of our nation's public policy decisions involve the use of complex scientific information, it becomes more and more important that our policymaking institutions make use of such information in a process that is free of…

Policies intended to mitigate climate change and conventional pollution with the use of corn-ethanol have backfired badly. Rather than reduce greenhouse gas emissions, poorly-thought out ethanol mandates have increased them.

DHS said it had done an "exhaustive" search of its databases and could find no information relating to the MSP surveillance operations.

We see it as all the same story.

any pediatrician, any parent can call this toll-free number and make sure that that child gets the services that that child needs.

One of the keys to chronic management, Dr. Cassel would say, is aggressive testing.

They have to be viewed as an essential part of primary care, not 'isn't it swell if we could afford it?'

You need integrative medicine to help create the kinds of teams we are talking about, but you need integrative healthcare because it is really the new paradigm.

These goals remain essential to improving the quality of our Nation's health system.

Narrowing the quality chasm will make it possible to bring the benefits of medical science and technology to all Americans in every community, and this in turn will mean less pain and suffering, less disability, greater longevity, and a…

There are certain issues where depression sometimes appears when people find out they either have a problem.

We are going to adjourn this committee until February 5, when we are going to be holding another hearing on quality.

In the economic stimulus package, along with a beginning investment in health IT, there are also additional resources to deal with the nursing shortage.

Do they have depression, or have they been given antidepressive medication? I don't consider those to be the same thing.

We need to say good-bye to silo thinking in which quality is over here, cost is there, and so on.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will come to order.

I thought it was the right message and I hope a bill at least as strong will move through this Congress and be signed by President Obama.