Thank you for the opportunity to come and express our support of the budget and some suggestions that we think will improve on.
The time has come for us to harness innovation and ingenuity of the American people to develop long-term solutions to our energy crisis.
This is now three budgets in a row that have met the independent budgets of our veterans' service organizations in the care of our veterans.
I hope that we can work with him to accomplish these goals.
By developing renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar power, biofuels, and geothermal heat, we can move beyond fossil fuels.
VA care is the best in the world. It is the best care anywhere.
American businesses are true innovators when it comes to improving the health care system.
The current employer-based system delivers high quality coverage for approximately 160 million Americans.
We must be careful not to undermine a voluntary approach that provides the most common form of health care coverage.
I think that there is a universal recognition that we have a problem.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And again, thanks to all the witnesses for really terrific testimony on a very, very tough subject.
Though imperfect, the employer-based health care system has been successful in many ways.
I come from Minnesota, a State that cares about our patent system.
I want to caution against proposals that would undermine ERISA by pulling one string at a time.
I am hopeful we can continue to work together to reach consensus on measures to provide more affordable and efficient ways of providing heal...
I just want to fix this, because I think people are so well intentioned here and they want to have healthier kids.
We need an approach that addresses it in the language, in the venue that people are comfortable and operate with.
We are putting in the hands of WIC families already five million of these Healthy Habit kits.
