Edward M. Kennedy: “We are appreciative of your efforts particularly given the fiscal demands of your subcommittee in this time of economic…”

Congress will not and should not fund a program if it is unsuccessful.

We did have eight Republicans and I take my hat off to them because they had to face very stiff pressure by the far right not to join with the -- with the Democrats to vote this treaty.

the state of a family's health will never again depend on the amount of a family's wealth was the great unfinished business of our society.

The work goes on. The cause endures. The hope still lives. And the dream shall never die.