It may be a mystery how to fix it. I don't think so but the fact that it exists and the fact that the children in poor and minority communities are being harmed in a disproportionate fashion also is well documented.

Mr. Van Roekel has made it very clear, and I think everybody on this subject matter has made it very clear, you don't do this to somebody. It has to be done with somebody.

I really think you should look into this thing where doctors who deal with patients on a regular basis are having difficulty getting flu vaccine, and the chain drugstores somehow are getting in ahead of the doctors. That doesn't seem…

We have a primary health-care system which is not widely available to all Americans, with 47 million Americans without any insurance.

Mr. Kucinich talking so boldly about your public option

Let's politicize this moment, because this is one of those moments where we need to look at the bigger picture.

If we are committed on universality of service, then we are going to take a stand on behalf of the Post Office.

I am a strong supporter of the Post Office and I am deeply concerned about the USPS's financial condition.

How are you going to pay for it? No one really asks that question.

Well, we have to ask what is the Government for, is it just for war?

I am concerned that final decisions regarding each branch under consideration for consolidation will be made without full community participation and input.

I think it is important to have community meetings.

I have concerns about the private sector taking over services that these facilities provide, because privatization of a public need like the Postal Service would be a disaster.

Is it your judgment that they would be operationally effective in high threat environments such as Afghanistan?

I think that would be good if you did that with the idea that it may be a separate classification.

Did you have access to the records of the Department of Defense going back to 1916 or 1917?

Are you confident that you looked at each and every record that was available through the Department of Defense?

Federal employees who do the right thing and expose wrongdoing that is happening in their job within their sphere of activity deserve to be thanked, not punished.

What makes us a democracy is transparency so we can actually see what's happening, and, if something is going wrong, that we have a chance to make it right.

I came to this Congress not to represent these people on Wall Street who have been shafting the American people.

I am asking these questions on behalf of my constituents in Ohio who are policemen, firemen, teachers and other public employees in Ohio, who AIG defrauded, defrauded their pension funds.

These are people who protect our neighborhoods, teach our children, dedicate themselves to public service, and AIG cheated them out of $96 million.

Does your business plan include settlement of lawsuits against AIG for bid rigging, accounting fraud, and market manipulation of AIG stock prices?

So do you intend to honor the commitment that you made in the letter?

As this special award is being made to a very select group of executives, I ask that you treat it as confidential.