Joe Lieberman: “Mr. President, I want to respond very briefly to that and say that the suggestions made by the State Department…”

Congress has both the moral obligation and the constitutional authority to pass our D.C. statehood bill.

I appreciate the leadership that the Committee is showing, because this really is a threat to our country.

next year will be the 100th anniversary of the influenza outbreak of 1918. They estimate that at least 50 million and maybe as many as 100 million people died from that flu in 1 year globally.

I applaud the Chairman for bringing this issue. I think it is something that we should be talking about.