Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"Well, I appreciate this comment because there is a consensus. Go ahead with it. Be skeptical because that is a good thing."

"I hope you are not recommending that we develop a health score because for each and every one of us, there would be a lot of pass and fails going along with it."

"The appointment of Senator Daschle, soon to be our Secretary of Health and Human Resources as well as the health czar."

"We want to keep the word 'health' and not just be looking at this as a new insurance scheme."