Is a tissue bank now being developed?

Why is Gleevec only effective on this particular form of cancer?

Well, why does it take almost 2 years, Dr. Penn?

We have become a lightning rod for inquiries and demands.

I hope you are right.

Dr. Zerhouni, we are having a lot of comments on the Muscular Dystrophy Care Act, which called for the creation of multiple centers of excellence, signed into law in 2001.

Ladies and gentlemen, what I want to be sure about, and I cannot quite accomplish it in this hearing today, is that we are not making any political decision, that you are making scientific decisions.

But at the moment, the policy is sort of--perhaps it is not drifting along, but it is pretty hard to formulate it with precision.

The prevalence of autism is increasing, with the disease affecting, as we understand it, some 500,000 people in this country at a cost of $13 billion annually.

I opposed an amendment which would have prohibited the Treasury Department from going to private collection agencies because I think it is a matter that you ought to decide.

The Senate passed a resolution to push ahead with our Finance Committee and our Joint Economics Committee with analysis of a flat tax.

I urge you to keep a close watch on that particular aspect.

I supported the President because I think it is worth a try.

It seems to me that that is exactly the kind of a program we ought to be emphasizing, where those inner city youth are most at risk.

The GEAR UP Program is also cut.

Thank you, Senator Harkin, for insisting on not interceding.

How can we justify the elimination of the entire program with a $167 million cut?

We would appreciate that.