I, obviously, have been explicit before in promoting this as a Senator from Pennsylvania, and I am authorized to say tha...
I think that there is a commitment clearly by the U.S. Government, as I mentioned before, by both HHS and DOD to begin t...
Has any entity as prominent as UPMC with its very prestigious, very effective operation been as innovative and thoughtfu...
Does there not really have to be something like a public/private partnership where the Government is able to control wha...
Well, we are not going to let any time go unused.
Senator Specter, I appreciate your leadership and focus on this issue, and hope my testimony will be informative.
Thank you for your extraordinary efforts to provide increased funding for biomedical research through the NIH.
When I was elected to the Senate in 1980, the first committee I chose was Appropriations because of its power, candidly,...
We took the lead in increasing it to $30 billion, some years as much as $3.5 billion added.
But then with the stimulus package, the amendment, which I offered, got into the bill for $10 billion extra.
I look for a competitive bidding at the end of the rainbow, and I am going to be pushing hard to land it for Pittsburgh ...
I was in support of the Government-owned, contractor-operated.
Since 2004, when I chaired this subcommittee, with the joinder of Senator Harkin, who is now the chair, we appropriated ...
We do not get caught like we got caught on Katrina, do not get caught with a problem with swine flu or any of these othe...
We are not going to spend any money which is not really necessary as a matter of public policy and public welfare.
What we are talking about is smallpox, anthrax, ebola virus, botulism, and others where there could be a very serious pu...
I want to hear more than whether you are impressed with them. I want to know if anybody else is doing what they are doin...
Does the executive share the sense of urgency, which the subcommittee feels on this subject?
