The presumption of this hearing is that Congress should consider policies to improve chronic care coordination.
I do believe in the value of chronic care coordination, but I think it must be considered as part of a continuum of care.
I thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, because that is quite an accommodation. I appreciate it.
For more than 50 years following the Gideon decision, it has been clear that it is necessary to give low income people accused of crime the ...
It has been clear that it is necessary to give low income people accused of crime the right to a lawyer.
The Sixth Amendment provides criminal defendants with assistance of counsel.
Clarence Gideon himself, when retried with a lawyer representing him, was acquitted.
I thank you for your cooperation through all the weeks of negotiation on this bill.
It is a Rubik's Cube, as Senator Leahy said this morning.
Thank you once again, Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Leahy, and members of the Committee, for holding this critical hearing.
Both Senator Cornyn and I said at the time we want this--the strongest act possible, whether it is a Democratic or Republican Administration...