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I commend President-elect Obama for selecting such an extraordinary nominee to lead the Nation's healthcare agenda.

It ought to be the choice of the disability community as to where they would like to get their care and to live their lives.

The sustainable growth rate is an outdated system that basically incentivizes people using patient utilization rather than looking at healthy outcomes for reimbursement.

One is defining our issues as clearly as we can. And before we can ever get to the solutions of healthcare, we have to make sure that we are all on the same page with regard to the problems of healthcare.

Confirming the President's nominees is one of the most important Constitutional duties of the Senate.

It is always better to build a child than to repair an adult.

Reform is urgently needed, and Tom Daschle is just the person for the job.

I look forward to returning to public service at a pivotal moment in American history.

Our health care system is broken, and fixing it is one area where I hope the 80-20 rule comes into play.

Will we honor the unique American ideal that we are responsible for passing this country on to a generation in the future?

I think that the cost of the status quo, the cost of doing nothing may be the most expensive option of all.

And they won't swing as a block. But the way they swing could make a huge difference, given their numbers and given who we're talking about; people with great respect within the party.

And they won't swing as a block, but the way they swing could make a huge difference, given their numbers and given who we're talking about, people with great respect within the party.

I would just echo what my colleague from North Dakota said and would agree that now we will have dealt with FISA and the economic stimulus bill, which I know are matters of great importance and urgency--this is a matter of great urgency to…

It was a great privilege, as I said, to be able to serve in that capacity and to learn from Senator Lott. I think he has the distinction as perhaps the only person who served as the whip in the House of Representatives and now in the…

One of the aspects of this bill that is as critical to production agriculture as the commodity title is the conservation title. The conservation title of the farm bill comprises only about 9 percent of its total cost, yet it potentially…

It is critical that we get a farm bill passed so our producers across this country who are already beginning to make decisions about next year when it comes to planting, and lenders who are going to finance them, have some certainty about…

An airport in Bookings, SD, is also affected by the state-determination mileage waiver. So I am pleased to hear from all of my fellow appropriators that EAS funding should continue uninterrupted to the affected airports.