I'm proud that my State of Minnesota was the first State to enact legislation, in 1993, requiring public reporting of dr...
Thank you, gentlemen.
So, when the healthcare reform debate takes place, and there are some Senators, like myself, who think that the money to...
the synergy, Senator Franken, is huge.
How long are they allowed to be on probation before they have to stop doing what they're doing?
It drives me crazy to hear all this talk about, 'We can't pay for healthcare reform.' We can pay for healthcare reform, ...
Medicine is a lot better now than it was when we were kids. That doesn't mean that industry should fund CME.
While transparency is a necessary first step, it is not sufficient.
Even under Minnesota's progressive State law, the influence of industry on healthcare is rampant.
I fully support Chairman Leahy's recent provision that will make the EB-5 Regional Center Program permanent.
Clearwater County, for example, had an average unemployment rate of over 19 percent in the first 5 months of 2009.
Our country is experiencing the highest national unemployment rates in three decades.
Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to introduce Dr. Robert Petzel.
We owe our veterans nothing less.
I do not think I have any higher priority than making sure that our veterans get the health care that they deserve.
I would like to thank both you and the Ranking Member, Senator Sessions, for encouraging making this program permanent.
I just want to thank you all and I will follow up with Professor Yale-Loehr on the Minnesota contact.
I look forward to working with him in the months and years ahead to make sure that our veterans have the highest possibl...
