I am not asking for a shutdown of the facility. But these questions could be answered before the relicensing is proceeding any further.

Yesterday, Pacific Gas & Electric, which I will refer to as PG&E, asked the NRC to delay its license renewal application while it completes their studies.

Last month, I called upon the NRC to stay the license renewal process for Diablo Canyon until further studies demonstrate that the plant's design and operations can withstand an earthquake and other potential threats.

So yes, I actually think the grants program that is being contemplated is a great thing because as we look to improve our liability system we should be looking to see how we can improve the quality of the safety of the care that we deliver…

The problem is that the lawsuits affected by the bill are by definition not frivolous.

While the goal is clear, meaningful tort reforms that protect patients and medical professional and reduce healthcare costs it is also clear that differences in our approach remain.

I believe we should be focused on improving patient care and reducing the astounding number of costly, preventable, medical errors that claim 98,000 lives every year.

To that end, I join with my colleague Mr. Holt on--in introducing the Medical Checklist Act of 2010 in the 111th Congress.

I believe that in order to solve the issues of rising malpractice costs, we can't ignore one of the major issues here which is reducing the incidents of malpractice, bringing down the astounding number of costly medical errors that claim…

Let us be clear: the Affordable Care Act is the largest deficit-reducing bill enacted by Congress in the last decade.

If we make smart investments, we can cover more people while reducing the deficit overall. But all of this goes away with repeal.