I have a lot of ideas, but my sense is you've got something on the top of your mind. What is that?

I am not from the Bronx, but I am familiar with the phrase ``the gig is up.'' I'm from Chicago, and in Chicago they call it a hustle, and I think that is exactly what this bill is. I want to highlight something that was brought to the…

This week we learned that one of the handguns used by the Pentagon police shooter originated in a Las Vegas gun show. As this incident reveals, anyone wanting to attack us would best be advised to shop at a gun show. That is because gun…

The true response to that is that 55 nuns signed that letter, 10,000 nuns have come out against this position by those 55.

I want to thank my colleagues for bringing down this resolution. Long-term care is very, very important, as are the physicians involved in taking care of our seniors. The primary payer of long-term care is Medicaid. And regarding the…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from West Viriginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

We're going to close the doughnut hole entirely over 10 years, but we're going to start right away. $250 it's going to be reduced and, for brand name drugs that are in the--

Yeah. Fifty percent reduction in price. That's going to happen right away, so there's going to be help for seniors in that regard. We will no longer charge a copayment. They won't have to pay out of their pocket for preventive services in…

I just wanted to talk a little bit about older women because, and really all seniors, but the fact of the matter is that 80 percent of people over the age of 85 are women. Fifty-seven percent of Medicare beneficiaries are women. So when…

You know, you had talked about, and I think you were absolutely eloquent, that we've never seen a perfect bill. But, you know, Social Security and Medicare, which are not only the most popular but the most effective programs that we have…

The other thing is that--I don't know if the French Ambassador bragged at all, but France is considered number one in the world in terms of health care results. They have healthier people than anyone else in the world as a population, and…

Let me emphasize that. I think that is one of the most important things that's in our legislation. Because, after all, who does not have some kind of preexisting condition? And for the insurance companies, sometimes they'll call acne a…

Thank you so much, Congresswoman Woolsey, for organizing us tonight. I appreciate it. I learned so much just sitting here listening to the women that have been talking about why this legislation is so important to women, why we need health…

And the United States of America ranks--what is it?-- about 17th in the world in our health outcomes next to hardly developed countries, and the reason is simple. We have 30 million people who have no health insurance, and then we have…

Madam President, in Washington there is a great deal of talk about what health care reform will mean for various segments of the population. In particular, many of us spend a lot of time talking about 47 million Americans who do not…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.