It is important that everyone know when we are talking about litigation that you do not have to have a perfect record.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think that Chairman White is onto something really important here and I hope other regulators are paying attention to the changes that she is instituting.

I would vote for Congressman Watt twice.

Thank you all. Thank you for the work that you do every day.

There is a lot of power in Medicare and I just want to start there.

Patients should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions.

Too often in today's health care system, medical care is focused on treating a disease, not on helping an individual patient.

I want to thank Ranking Member Collins for scheduling this hearing and for reopening the conversation about advanced planning for medical treatment.

I just want to take this chance to say publicly, yes, I have had the conversation. I had it twice.

We are slowly gaining evidence that coordination among doctors giving specialized care can improve a patient's quality of life.