"The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) are currently implementing legislation that Senator Kennedy and I worked on to help make sure our country is prepared to respond to an act of bioterrorism..."
"I would be remiss if I left this room and didn't bring up with you the area concerning people with disabilities in our healthcare system."
"Again, this has been a great hearing and the kind of attitude, the philosophy you are bringing to this job is just refreshing."
"Senator Harkin has argued that trading in these instruments should be moved back onto regulated exchanges."
"Senate Chair of the committee of jurisdiction over swaps, Senator Harkin, has argued that trading in these instruments should be moved back onto regulated exchanges."
"It's dangerous that McCain looks at everything through his military experience."
"Quite frankly, this is a bad use of taxpayers' dollars. It's inefficient. It hurts smaller farmers. We could use money to go out to help young farmers get started in agriculture."
"If you kick out 11 1/2 to 12 million people it will bring our economy to a screeching halt."
"Whoever coined the phrase that life is unfair must have had the Reeve family in mind, but these two people faced adversity with unflinching courage."
"Mr. Bush has repeatedly insisted that he did his duty. We now know this isn't true."
"This is about George Bush getting special favors. This is about George Bush getting special privileges. This is about George Bush not doing his duty in the National Guard and then lying to the America..."