The goal was two things: one, not only to improve access, but by improving quality, we could save lives and save money.

I don't know the military lingo. I just know----

Now, we feel real bad that we are going to lose the Comfort. And in fact, we feel so bad in Maryland that it has the same magnitude, if you were in Baltimore when we heard the Comfort was going to leave us, we have had the same feeling as…

we really salute you for your service, and echo the comments made by the chairman. And I just want to say to you and to the people who are also part of our military Nurse Corps service, you are stars.

So my colleague from the other side asked excellent questions about, you know, the issues about the availability of scientists, are they going elsewhere to do research, should we change our immigration policy, give every new Ph.D. a green…

I think we need to look at the Alzheimer's funding

But why gang up on them? Why try to single them out?

So, for those who are active duty, Reserves, and part of our civilian workforce that supports the Navy, we really just want to say thank you in every way and every day.

I ask unanimous consent to extend the time on the Democratic side for 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

This is not new. The discrimination against women has been around a long time. I consider discrimination against women one of the great social justice issues, whether you are a secular humanist or you have core beliefs in an organized…

Oh, I sure did, and it was deja vu all over again, I say to my colleague from California, because it was like the Anita Hill hearings. The Senator remembers what happened there.

Thank you very much. I want to thank my colleagues who have spoken on this amendment, particularly those who oppose the amendment. I come to the floor today with sadness in my heart. I come because over the weekend one of our Maryland…

Thank you very much, Mr. President. Mr. President, what is the parliamentary situation? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The Federal role is powerful because it involves not only authorization and then moving that authorization, but there are provisions that are direct from the Federal Government.

We couldn't believe that in the United States of America, a little boy, a little boy would die because he couldn't have access to a doctor, and it wasn't a rare doctor.

Thank you both for your leadership on oral health issues.

I would hope that as for you and your efforts, there are lessons learned from winning those battles.

The reason I pursued this was there's not going to be enough dentists to go around.

Well, I want to thank you all, each and every one of you, for what you're doing every day to make sure the needs of vulnerable populations are taken care of.

We're never going to win the support of the establishment until the establishment knows it can benefit their practice and their pocketbook.

Isn't that a sweet ending to the story? So let's have more sweet endings with big smiles.

I would hope that we could look at lessons learned, talk with you about how we can encourage this.

Congress has been terrific on attending to children's coverage.

Your own commitment and vigor in ensuring universal health care for all Americans is well-known, well-appreciated by many of us, and we can't do a lot of this without you.

I'm pleased to say that while the problems are complex in that they involve both the consumer and the delivery system, that has been carefully analyzed over a long period of time.