Edward M. Kennedy: “We have had 16 killed from Massachusetts. A great number of those have been as a result of riding in light-skinned…”

Today the medical device industry plays a prominent role at the very heart of American medicine. Many devices today are actually used to sustain life. We will grow more and more dependent upon medical devices in the future. We stand to…

For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.

I have a letter--I'm sure you've seen it, Chairman Harkin; I know you've seen it, Senator Cochran--from Senator Kennedy, where he requests $35 million for fiscal year 2010 to fund this.

We're going to come back. As you know, you know, it took for Africans-Americans, for gay Americans, for women, the struggle for equal rights and justice took many, many years and so, too, it is in the disability rights movement.