I join with the Senator from New York, Mr. Schumer, in giving a tribute to our dear friend, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. How special it is today that, as she gave her farewell speech, we are literally within minutes on the brink of a…

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

There is great desire in our country for change, and one of the areas is in healthcare.

When you look at your testimony, what Dr. Bill Frist has said, what Newt has said, we all know the ultimate endgame that we want to achieve.

making the wrong investments in HIT could simply result in doing the wrong things faster.

Thank you. That was excellent. It really complements with what Mr. Cochran says and this whole issue of not only having it, but using it.

So, as we develop interoperability, we go for the goals that have been set here, that, ultimately, whatever we are developing should be improving healthcare outcomes and enabling all who are involved in patient care to be able to do this.

First, when this bill moves forward, there is an agreement between both leaders, the majority and the minority, that there will be amendments. In fact, one of the premier amendments will be offered by the Senator from Texas, who has an…

I am the leadoff speaker today in what will be a substantial conversation on the Fair Pay Restoration Act. It has been otherwise known in the community and in the media as the Lilly Ledbetter bill, which we hope to bring up for a vote…

Our President has got it, and he wants to do it.

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

quality is about saving lives or improving the delivery of service and then saving money.

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.

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

Well, you have covered a lot of ground. And just looking at your testimony; we could just spend all morning in a dialogue with you, and we will be coming back.

I think what we need to do is take your input. I think you have given us excellent guiding principles over what we need to do and also what we need to be considering in the health stimulus.

I think you are a high-altitude, high-achieving guy, and I think you will absolutely lead our Department of Education.

Could you work with us to identify those things where it is too many good-old micro line-item programs?

One week from now, we will be heading to the platform for the inauguration of President-elect Obama.

I believe that is how we will be able to deliver for the American people.

I want you to know, Senator Enzi really helped me be able to work on a bipartisan basis to be able to do that.

No golden parachutes. Let them feel the hard landing that my constituents faced when they were laid off at Bethlehem Steel. Let them feel the hard landing of knowing what it's like to have your mortgage foreclosed upon.

No golden parachutes! Let them feel the hard landing that my constituents faced when they were laid off at Bethlehem Steel. Let them feel the hard landing of knowing what it's like to have your mortgage foreclosed upon. We do not need to…

We know gas prices are a woman's issue. If anything is driving up groceries and family bills, it is gas. This whole issue today of lifting the ban on drilling--is the Senator from California aware that there are currently 68 million acres…

Does the Senator share my frustration--and I believe the American people's frustration--that the President is trying to change the subject rather than change the policies, particularly the policies where he could, by Executive order, deal…