We do have a justice integrity bill which Senator Specter and I have filed that will allow for ten pilot programs to work within each of the U.S. Attorneys.

I also want to thank all of you for being willing to serve your country.

Statistics from the International Maritime Bureau indicate that there were 293 actual and attempted pirate attacks against vessels worldwide in 2008.

If a merchant vessel comes under attack by pirates in international waters, what are the rules of engagement for the crew members on that vessel?

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

Why do you say that?

So you mean you have got a ship that is carrying millions upon millions and millions of dollars' worth of goods such as oil, and some little boat can come up with some folks with some guns and take over that ship?

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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