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.

Well, this was an outstanding panel and I want to thank everyone for participating and really putting a great deal of thought into it.

What I will guarantee is that this hearing from our side of the table will be conducted with the utmost of civility.

But these bills--the Baucus bill, for example, would cut $404 billion off Medicare with cuts in Medicare of 10 to 15 percent every year.

We certainly want to hear about those older women.

We know that health care is truly an American issue, where we need to be able to guarantee access.

I apologize for being late. It was not only the traffic, but, as you can see, I'm now looking at the health care system from the wheelchair up.

We also are stopping insurance companies from charging women more than men--or using preexisting conditions as a reason to deny anyone health insurance.

Access to contraception is a fundamental right of adult Americans.

We welcome diverse views. That's how we arrive at what we hope will be the sensible center in which we can achieve health care reform.

We're very concerned about the changes that happened in the Finance Committee.

We need competition, and we also need malpractice reform to deal with these problems of high suits and high malpractice premiums.

Very good. Thank you very much.

I want to, first of all, thank you for what you have been able to accomplish in a few months.

We can take the resources that we have and, with proper planning, use them more effectively and efficiently.

I guess that is a good step in the right direction of that effectiveness and efficiency that I talked about just a moment ago,