"I would hope that as we talk about Medicare and Medicaid that we will talk about it also in the larger context of healthcare reform since it is all connected."
"There is a really excellent partnership between Johns Hopkins and the Michigan Hospital Association called Keystone Initiative."
"They have saved over a course of a few years now, about 1,500 lives and $165 million in health care costs."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and Secretary, welcome. I appreciate all of your efforts to date."
"I think it is absolutely critical to achieving the broader goals of showing that turning to a new green economy actually creates jobs."
"There is no question about that. We have a number of very important projects that have applied through Section 136."
"I believe that we can't wait, that the alternative energy, clean energy investments on the front end are critical for us to be able to meet cap-and-trade."