I am sorry I came in a little late, Madam Chair.

I want to thank her for her foresight 10 years ago in addressing this issue.

You said in your testimony that we have got to ask if mammography screening is the best use of finite dollars.

I guess we are playing some kind of a word game here.

So far not. Therefore, it would seem to me logical that if a woman could find a cancer earlier, not knowing whether it is indolent or aggressive, and it could be removed with the least invasive procedure, it would seem to me she would be far ahead, rather than waiting until later on.

Of course, the ultimate goal of all the money that we have been putting into breast cancer research is to hopefully find a means of prevention, a vaccine or some other treatment that would be a preventive measure for breast cancer.

Breast cancer is a disease I take very seriously. I lost my only two sisters to this killer.

there is nothing more important than health.

we ought to leave that to the experts.

You are more than generous in your remarks about my work in this area, but I can assure you that I am just following your lead.

Had they had early intervention and early screening, I daresay they would have lived a lot longer.

we can afford that.

This is an epidemic by any yardstick or measurement.

Mammography is not perfect, but it is the best screening tool we have now.

Women don't know who to believe or what they should do--do they get a mammogram or not?

I am frustrated myself. I called this hearing to get some answers for American women.

We have got to be Team USA here.

Thank you very much, Senator Murray, for your compliments but most of all for your ongoing advocacy.