This is not a party thing... this is a committee thing.

You're onto something big, here, and we think it's crucial.

I think we cannot underestimate that this heroin matter is a new epidemic.

This is not only crime, it is public health.

We look forward to working with you on this.

we're here--we're all in it together. We all take the same oath to the Constitution and to protect it.

We have to look out for these children while we work on root cause.

We are working on a bipartisan, bicameral basis to restore regular order.

We appreciate the thanks, but I have 5 minutes.

It saddens me to acknowledge that this will be the last LHHS appropriations bill authored by Senator Harkin.

This is the Congress that did it.

We need to not only fund the research, we need to support the people who do the research.

Thank them for their leadership on the American Cures Act.

we do not want to use that phrase anymore--to $40 billion.

I was thrilled to see our bill pass with overwhelming bipartisan support and a vote of 96-2.

Kids must be taken off waiting lists and provided with the child care they deserve.

I am really frustrated about this.

This is a humanitarian crisis, and we have to go to the edge of our chairs to at least get the estimate for fiscal year 2015.

So we have started what is called a hub and spoke project centered in Senator Mikulski's favorite location, Frederick, Maryland.

I feel our monument to you, to both you, to Senator Specter, to Bill Frist, Ted Kennedy, is the way we walked across the aisle.

I recall coming to the United States Senate. I was sworn in 1987, working with then the beloved Nancy Kassebaum, you, and Ted Kennedy, when women were not even included in the protocols, many of the research things, at NIH.

I want to thank the men and woman at this table and the people who work at the agencies that they are the executive leadership of.

Can we go to the Head Start program? You say the additional $270 million will maintain current service levels.

what is it that is the best thing for NIH, sustained, steady growth with kind of an agreement across the aisle.

We don't want to warehouse them. We try to put them in foster care.