Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"We can sit back and continue to pay the bills and endure the suffering, or we can aggressively pursue a national strategy aimed at curing this disease."

"We are making progress in the battle against diabetes, but this is no time to take our foot off the accelerator."

"Since I founded the Senate Diabetes Caucus, funding for diabetes research has more than tripled and now it approaches more than $1 billion this year."

"we cannot support this proposal in its current form."