How do we get it in the appropriations bill and if we don't, then we cannot have that whole issue of NASA going to other important programs to get the money

You know, that is a really big job, and first of all I think it is very laudatory.

What appears is that a lot of the predatory lending, the gouging of the poor, has occurred at the so-called subprimes.

I feel very strongly.

I think we're all clear that on February 1 our Nation suffered this tragic loss when the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded and seven astronauts lost their lives.

But not for the poor.

I do believe that mammograms save lives, and we need to know when is the best time to get them.

I am frustrated myself. I called this hearing to get some answers for American women.

Mammography is not perfect, but it is the best screening tool we have now.

I extend a warm welcome to Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the new Director of the National Cancer Institute, as he testifies at his first hearing.

My question is this, Doctor. You have read the Danish study of Drs. Olsen and Gotzsche...

In the absence of clarity, I'm concerned that these conflicting studies give an excuse to insurance companies to stop paying for mammograms.

Bravo, bravo for that.

the only thing that we have is the breast and cervical screening program at CDC, which the women of Congress initiated.

But, Doctor, isn't that true of any clinical trial? Some get the treatment, and some do not; some get the diagnosis, and some do not.

We welcome your commentary on these two studies that essentially dispute what you have just said.

For more than 20 years in the House and the Senate, we have been paired up as advocates in terms of helping not only to race for the cure but to race for every other tool we had to be able to find a cure and for prevention.

This year Congress must reauthorize the Mammography Quality Standards Act, because women must continue to have safe, quality mammograms.