Our task in Congress and in our bipartisan effort to support medical innovation for patients is to support this work.

I see maintaining our country's central role in the life sciences as a top priority.

I would just make the pitch to my colleagues that the numbers we are talking about are actually not extraordinary.

I think we are all in awe of the great work they do.

I hope that, over time, we will get to have a conversation about whether the allocation that we are giving the State Department today, given the kind of threats that we face, is sufficient.

I do not know that the effectiveness of that programming has decreased by 94 percent during that time.

I think what a lot of us love about this committee is that through your leadership... the relevance of this committee has fundamentally changed.

Thank you very much for making this a priority.

Today, that number is about 0.1 percent, 0.2 percent of overall GDP.

Is this something you are thinking about in terms of how you make sure that you are bringing as many people into the program as possible?

If you do not get the ability to transfer dollars to the extent they are not used in VA Choice, where else do you go for these kinds of capital dollars?

I agree with Senator Tester, I may have a question on this.

There is a bipartisan group of us in the House and the Senate working on a BBG reform package.

Thank you, Mr. President. Over the course of the next few days, we are likely going to debate a series of amendments relative to the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran. It is my hope that over the course of this debate, on a handful of…

Your work really is truly inspirational and hopefully we will have, in part, a shaming affect on the United States Congress.

in many of these places you have regimes or entities, non-state actors, who are controlling large portions of territory that are in the business of destroying the historical record, destroying the cultural record.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just one question for Dr. Billington.

It is the best way that we can send a message that we still stand behind article 5.

I appreciate my friend's question and I will be quick in the answer because I know we are running short on time. I actually asked the CBO Director a question very similar to the one the Senator from Wyoming proposes. I said: Explain to me…

I think I might not be alone, I say to my good friend from Wyoming, in suggesting that most people probably would not suggest that 11 million people signing up for health care means the law is unpopular. Indeed, we have seen a reduction by…

I thank my colleague for yielding. Affordable Care Act My good friend from Wyoming was on the floor yesterday, I believe. He is a frequent critic of the Affordable Care Act. He made a pretty simple point that was reported in the press…

I'd just point out the genesis of the law to just remind folks, this was bipartisan at the outset.

This is a transformational program. It is a relatively small investment that pays off extraordinarily down the line.

What does the United States do when a country is using an argument connected to religious freedom in order to discriminate against a minority group?

those kinds of partnerships are incredibly important in Connecticut.