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I believe in that slogan that it is so much easier to build a child than to repair an adult.

We need to send that message. And it seems to me payment reform and tuition assistance are two powerful tools to do it.

It starts by empowering our scientists to do the great work that we know they can do.

Providing as high a quality of life as we can guarantee is a critical goal for us as we look at health reform and as it pertains especially to the disability community.

Immunization is probably as sound an investment as we can make in good health.

As we look to ways with which to bring down costs, I am absolutely convinced that a big part of that effort... will be determined by the degree to which generic drugs are allowed to play the role that it can.

I couldn't feel more strongly that the SGR system just isn't working right.

The case for reform of our health care system has never been stronger.

It's completely backwards--and it has to change.

I am encouraged by the commitment President-elect Obama has made to early childhood education.

It is no longer an illness-driven system, it is a wellness-driven system.

The flaws in our health system are pervasive and corrosive. They threaten our health and economic security.

We try to work together, when possible, to write legislation that focuses on what we can agree on--not what divides us.

I have a sense that the time has come for real constructive bipartisan action on healthcare.

We have cost problems. We have access problems. But as you rightfully point out in your question, we certainly have quality problems.

I think we need to change the paradigm in this country on health.

I want to re-instate a science-driven environment. I want to take ideology and politics as much as humanly possible out of the process.

Well, Senator Coburn, I believe that a top-down review is essential. I would start with that. I think it is very, very important for us to understand what the problems are before we try to make the system better.