"the gray markets are playing Russian roulette with patients lives"
"shortages of drugs around the country mean that hospitals are unable to meet the demand for workhorse medicines"
"I realize they may be competing or contradictory goals."
"Dear Senator Blumenthal, as I sit down this morning to write you this letter, we still have no electricity; it is Friday, September 2nd, 2011, six full days since Hurricane Irene moved over our state."
"And I wonder if you could talk a little bit about the Older Americans Act and why it's so important to reauthorize that bill in light of the comments that you've made already."
"I'm going to paraphrase rather than quote--the emphasis on service rather than what you call culpability, which I interpret to mean law enforcement or prosecution, would it be helpful do you think for..."
"Maybe you could comment on the fear of retaliation as a reason for non-reporting and other reasons that there is under- or nonreporting."
"I believe that there needs to be more done by the Federal Government, an Office of Elder Justice in the United States Department of Justice."
"I believe strongly mandatory penalties may be appropriate, but certainly enhanced penalties, just as we've done through the Adam Walsh Act for child abuse."
"I'm interested in your comment that Connecticut has no adult protective services, and therefore receives no money from the Federal Government for APS."
"Thank you very much."