Well, that is a Shonda, as we say.

Thank you for holding today's hearing on this important issue to seniors in Minnesota and across the country.

the rare disease community has always taken a pro-active approach towards rare disease research and the development of orphan therapeutics.

the probable benefit to health from using the device outweighs the risk of injury or illness from its use.

The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has been a leader for decades in the effort to increase information on the diagnosis and treatment of rare disorders.

But for now, you are not suggesting any Federal regulation?

One of the biggest challenges facing Minnesotans today is figuring out how to make sure that they will have the services and the supports that they need to maintain the quality of life as they get older.

Continuing care retirement communities are an attractive option for some seniors because they offer the opportunity to stay in their communities, even as their long-term care needs change.

It seems to me that when seniors put up a deposit to receive services in a continuing care retirement community, they expect that it will follow through as promised to provide them with services when they need them, and I just think that…

I think the whole point is that the seniors play an active role in deciding how, when, and where they receive their care.

I think sometimes we forget how important it is for people to decide, to make their own decisions on how they are living.

Could this be part of your bill of rights?

What if a State, like, say, oh, I don't know, Pennsylvania, say, for example--I don't know why I came up with that--didn't provide regulation?

Mr. Speaker, as we approach the 75th anniversary of the founding of Social Security, it's a time to reflect on the generations and the hundreds of millions of Americans who through good times and bad counted on Social Security to be there…

I think we need to do a lot more work in this area.

And they need to get something like a renewable electricity and biofuel standards in place to get that return.

I mean, when you are losing $700 a cow--and that is what we lost in 2009--I mean, it takes an awful lot of guts to do something.

Senator Shaheen has authored a bill called the Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act, which I support.