So the longitudinal study is coming to an end, but the data collection will be used?

What a narrow view on education. When we were younger, I'll bet we were always kicked outside for recess.

Dana Halburtson, from Iowa, told me that chelation therapy made a big difference with her 8-year old daughter, Robin.

I wanted to ask you a question, and I'm glad my panels are still here.

Now the burden falls on you, on this subcommittee, to turn Congress' promise on autism into reality.

Thanks for all of your leadership, Dr. Alexander.

But you don't know when this is going to happen.

Nearly every year, I keep hearing they're now going to move into primates.

Kids with those plugs in their ears, listening to their iPods, and you don't know what volume you've got them cranked up to.

Very good, I'll keep on top of this. We've been on it for several years, and I'm really interested in, again, pushing this ahead and advancing the early detection of that, and intervention on that program.

We've got to get it back up again.

But also realize, Mr. Chairman, that we are working on building up our CTSAs and that's another challenge in NCRR.

I was amazed to discover in my State of Iowa a few years ago that there are a lot of nurses in my State.

Well, thank you very much, as I said in my opening statement, I hear two pleas from families with autistic children.

Well, I want to pick up a little bit of what Senator Stevens just said this end of life care. I just wrote it down here. It's got to be more rational, caring and cost effective.

Three hundred percent increase in the number of pediatric food allergy cases over the past 10 years. That's alarming.

I, again, I remain skeptical. I just find that, it seems to me that we just need to change some diets and habits.

Well, would doctor's offices subscribe to it?