It's a long time coming and no one, more than I do, wishes that Senator Kennedy was sitting in this chair and banging down that gavel.
I don't know of another issue that any of us either have dealt with or will deal with that will have an impact on every one of our citizens ...
I urge my colleagues to reconsider this scattershot approach and work with me to tackle our biggest health problems in a targeted, prioritiz...
I want to thank my colleague from Wyoming, thank him for his support on this last vote we had on the tobacco issue, an historic moment that ...
We commend the committee for your commitment to enacting legislation that will guarantee quality, affordable health care for all.
I was on the Hill when Mrs. Clinton's plan was being considered and she came under much criticism for drafting the plan behind closed doors.
I think that the individual mandate is, in fact, the way to go.
I think to say that we have to hold coverage hostage to cost control is to say we're going to hold this small piece hostage to this enormous...
The current payment structure for physicians really encourages... volume services rather than value services.
We'll let you go.
If we could really just go ahead and create a national health system, we would solve all of these problems.
Thank you very much. I'm glad you remember the Family Medical Leave Act. Nice of you to do so.
great nations do not have 45 million people who are uninsured.
We're bleeding the system to death financially is what's going on. We're losing healthcare. We're also losing good jobs as a result.
We want to be able to have primary care physicians encouraged to take the time to do the counseling, to do the diet counseling, and the curr...
I think it's very important to recognize that the cost of covering every single American with health insurance is less than 1 year's growth ...
I don't know of another issue that we've grappled with as complex as this and one that deserves our undivided attention.
There is a pay or play provision in the Massachusetts healthcare plan, is that correct?
