"I think, as you began your remarks, Senator Harkin, about tobacco, it's important for us to recognize that there is no one in this room today who doubts that we should have acted sooner about tobacco."
"Democracy, as you know very well, rests on the right to know, on the freely given consent of the governed to be governed."
"As far as the work that is being done and the planning that goes into that work, I think it has been well stated here in terms of the partnership that has been undertaken."
"We are continuing to look for new technologies that we can bring to bear."
"A federal investment in evidence-based home visiting, as proposed by Chairman McDermott, Congressman Davis, and Congressman Platts, will ensure that more families in communities across the country are..."
"We will never achieve our goal of 'No Child Left Behind' until we have successfully ensured that 'No Child Starts Behind'."
"the establishment and expansion of voluntary home visitation programs for low-income parents with young children."
"we would like to thank Chairman McDermott, Representative Danny Davis and Representative Todd Platts for their leadership on this issue"
"The Early Support for Families Act builds on both the evidence-based home visitation initiative included in President Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 budget..."
"So we talk a great deal about these things but do them much less."
"We also commend Representatives Davis and Platts for their sponsorship of similar legislation, the Education Begins at Home Act of 2009 (H.R. 2205)"