Barbara Mikulski

Bravo, bravo for that.

But not for the poor.

The only thing that we have is the breast and cervical screening program at CDC, which the women of Congress initiated.

Thank you very much, Senator Murray, for your compliments but most of all for your ongoing advocacy.

But, Doctor, isn't that true of any clinical trial? Some get the treatment, and some do not; some get the diagnosis, and some do not.

My question is this, Doctor. You have read the Danish study of Drs. Olsen and Gotzsche...

We welcome your commentary on these two studies that essentially dispute what you have just said.

For more than 20 years in the House and the Senate, we have been paired up as advocates in terms of helping not only to race for the cure but to race for every other tool we had to be able to find a cure and for prevention.

This year Congress must reauthorize the Mammography Quality Standards Act, because women must continue to have safe, quality mammograms.

Mammography is not perfect, but it is the best screening tool we have now.

I extend a warm welcome to Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the new Director of the National Cancer Institute, as he testifies at his first hearing.

I am frustrated myself. I called this hearing to get some answers for American women.

In the absence of clarity, I'm concerned that these conflicting studies give an excuse to insurance companies to stop paying for mammograms.

Women don't know who to believe or what they should do--do they get a mammogram or not?

I do believe that mammograms save lives, and we need to know when is the best time to get them.

We have got to be Team USA here.

I have traveled with her to Texas to see the first-class, world-class research that is going on there. I, too, look forward to working with the new Administrator of NASA. We should also recognize the current one because I think he has…

We would not make this request unless we were truly convinced of the need and the terrific work that Food and Friends does. Food and Friends serves individuals from diverse economic backgrounds, but 64 percent of their clients live on…

Really, you are going to have some type of task force or group, and we would like to have an ongoing relationship with you in two areas: homeland security and what you think we really need to be looking at, particularly in our issues like…

Mr. Carliner, I need you to write a letter to Governor Glendening. Let us ask where this money is because it should not be just sitting there.

Well, Mayor O'Malley, thank you also for bringing to our attention the fact that MEMA has not released any money for fiscal year 1999, fiscal year 2000, and fiscal year 2001.

The money has got to come from somewhere.

I really do not need another tax break.

I really think that there either has to be private responsibility or some type of partnership.

I would much rather be giving tax breaks to do a couple of different things.