"We can really make prevention and wellness the centerpiece of our health care reform, so people in America start thinking about it."
"in America we have a sick care system."
"I lost that amendment. We're up in 2010 and I'm not going to lose it this time."
"We've got to start thinking about that also; and fruits and vegetables in schools, which I've been pushing."
"Prevention played a role in Iowa's reform."
"As a nation, we are faced with the daunting task of stabilizing and reversing this costly epidemic."
"We have to reauthorize the child nutrition bill--that's the school lunch, the school breakfast, the WIC program--this year in the Agriculture Committee."
"No matter how hard you try--you really have to try hard to be healthy in this country."
"We are very grateful to Senator Harkin for his leadership and foresight in working to change the focus of our system from 'a sick care system to a health care system.'"
"The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will come to order."
"Congress is poised to act."