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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

Clearly, terrorism--fighting terrorism was a national priority that, by necessity, received much more attention and requirements for the local U.S. Attorney's Office to devote its resources.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

So you actually do two types of coaching? One is to those who actually are the providers, the clinicians.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

And looking over your shoulder because we don't want to create a nanny State here.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

I do believe that we will be, for everything we've heard from our President, that we will be doing health care reform.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

But one, Hopkins has been listed as the No. 1 hospital for a decade now in U.S. News World Report.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

What would happen with this type of patient in your system? How would the problems be identified?

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

We're going to make sure that no matter where they go, we're not competing on safety or high quality of care that a health system that spends $2 trillion should guarantee safe care to our citizens.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

We have to have health insurance reform, not health care financial reform.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

It's not a substitute but it says, 'Oh wow.' Every adult woman, every first child gets a whatever.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

Wow, that's interesting, so family history always has to be essential to providing good clinical care. But it wouldn't be the trigger.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

That's why we're so committed to the quality debate. It's patient-centered because at the end of the day that's why we're all here and work so hard for this.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 4, 2009

But you incentivized also for them to invite you in to look at what's going on.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Feb 3, 2009

So you mean you have got a ship that is carrying millions upon millions and millions of dollars' worth of goods such as oil, and some little boat can come up with some folks with some guns and take over that ship?

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Feb 3, 2009

Just one last question. Admiral Branch, an Islamist faction called al-Shabab is apparently working to exert some type of control over Somalia.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Feb 3, 2009

If a merchant vessel comes under attack by pirates in international waters, what are the rules of engagement for the crew members on that vessel?

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Feb 3, 2009

Statistics from the International Maritime Bureau indicate that there were 293 actual and attempted pirate attacks against vessels worldwide in 2008.

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