Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

The Massachusetts' model has drawn a considerable amount of attention everywhere. The end result is 97 percent, I think, of the citizens of Massachusetts are now covered under the Pioneering plan.

To talk about bipartisanship, a Massachusetts Democrat and the Heritage Foundation, it is a winner.

One of the verdicts that emerged from the last election was that we ought to proceed with our faith in science and how important that is to the debate on climate change.

I am pretty happy with the fact that Massachusetts has kind of led the way on how to proceed in the health care debate.

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