But it looks to me like perhaps all of that $89,000 that Speaker Pelosi spent to purchase these carbon credits essentially brought about no change in anyone's behavior.

I believe that that's a responsibility of the government, of the individuals, of the communities and we can't even make it happen.

the underlying science that drives this entire global warming initiative, is that something that you have examined? And are you comfortable with the science?

The problem is we can address this on a clinical basis, but if we don't address it outside the clinic, it doesn't do much good.

Again, it comes as no surprise for anyone here that I have a great deal of admiration for Mr. Burd and what he's done at Safeway because I think the only way we're ever going to bend this cost curve is keeping people healthier in the first…

I don't know if this is a good way to do things.

I can tell you to right now that we're on this public option plan, that we're leaving it blank, because we want to have a discussion on it.

I think that will happen in the next couple months.

I hope you will be looking at this.

As we look ahead for healthcare reform, people wonder how we are going to pay for all this.

I believe the most challenging job, I think, in the Cabinet, but also I think the best job in the Cabinet.

Nowhere else in the world is so much money spent with such poor results.

I also believe that any reform of the healthcare system must address the injustice of people with severe disabilities.

I know that you feel very strongly that prevention in public health must be at the heart of any serious reform of the healthcare system.

the President is committed to a safer, healthier, and more prosperous America and we feel this budget will help achieve those goals

I think that in real dollars we are about at where we were in 2005, if I'm not mistaken.

The $442 million is, I think, inadequate.

I fully concur with Senator Specter's views on this.