We were successful, thanks to Senator Specter.

I can't tell you how proud I am of what goes on in my own State, to hear these terrific things that are being done by people here.

What tremendous stories here that are going on in our own State.

It is labor-intensive.

How you take that program nationally could be very important.

Very excited about your project.

I was impressed that Kentucky and Arkansas have developed school-wide systems. I mean, I say this respectfully of Kentucky and Arkansas, but I don't normally think of them as being so on the forefront of some of these issues.

Senator Dodd's vision of a national body on children is a far-reaching, life saving initiative.

I can see the trouble you would be in on that one. A Federal program here. I can see the tea party now talking about that.

But with Head Start, the requirement from the earliest days, when you go back to 1965, that your Head Start program insisted upon parental involvement with children.

I cannot convey my depth of gratitude to Senator Dodd for his decades of enlightened leadership on behalf of children.

I am just alarmed. I went the other night to--Nancy Pelosi's, Speaker Pelosi's daughter Alexandra made a movie which HBO supported.

A lot of the times, the parents that you wanted to reach are the ones whom themselves had bad experiences necessarily in schools.

I want to thank Senator Dodd for allowing me the opportunity to testify, and look forward to answering any questions about this exciting initiative.

Thank you Senator Dodd for all you have done in support of our program over the years.

Have you tried anything with--I am curious whether or not, for instance, where instead of having parents' time, you just have father time. So there are only fathers invited?

We need the political will to make the changes that data and evaluation demonstrate will work.

I can see that already having a positive impact on the children in that classroom and the parents.

Thank you for being here.

Senator Chris Dodd in particular deserves great credit for his passionate leadership over the course of his career to improve the health of children.

Under the leadership of Senator Dodd and the members of this committee, over the past decade, Congress created and reauthorized two critical programs that have dramatically improved the practice of medicine for children.

Today's hearing is an important topic not just for children's health, but family health.

We are committed by the legislation and by our own approach, to requiring more capital of systemically critical firms.

I would like to be able to move our nominees for the Federal Reserve out of committee before the August break.

Congress has helped, in a bipartisan way, in this fight against rare and neglected disease.