Well, don't completely despair. One of my favorite aspects of the legal consequences of legislation is that no current Congress can bind future Congresses.

Thank you, again, for your patience. I know we're going to work together on it. This is one of those opportunities to get more value for the healthcare dollar.

there certainly should not be a filibuster at any Senate reform hearings.

The essence of holds reform is eliminating them altogether, requiring public disclosure of any hold or objection in the Senate.

We didn't get enough of that in the healthcare reform, but there are a lot of us who believe, in the years ahead, there are going to be a lot of opportunities to prosecute this question of the future of American healthcare in a bipartisan…

this can compensate for the distance from a lot of major health facilities.

How do you take the array of alphabet soup agencies and in some way consolidate them so you can get these devices out there in something resembling a timely fashion?

I think you've got to have a one-stop process for getting these products evaluated, balancing the various interests.

The reason I believe its outdated is, it seems to me, by its very nature you've got to have video and audio. It's got to be at remote locations.

Thank you very much, and thank you for all your leadership with the Young Life effort. Very exciting.

Those are Udall-like places.

I think you have really done a terrific job, and I thank you for it.

We thank Senator Wyden for his leadership on this proposal.

Tell me about the potential new additions.

We think that this is going to be a breakthrough in forestry policy in the West.

Look forward to working with you closely.

Thank Chairman Wyden and the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests as well as the full Energy & Natural Resources Committee including Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski for their work on the FLAME Act that is now law.

I think that on our watch we can go a long way to ending them.

I think we are making a lot of headway.

This is the bill that would consolidate a splintered ownership of land in our home State and protect almost 16,500 acres of new wilderness along the lower John Day River.

Chairman Wyden and Members of the Subcommittee, we thank you for taking these matters into consideration.

We strongly support the legislation and we look forward to working with your staff and the Committee to finalize a bill that will consolidate land management and permanently protect Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven as Wilderness.

We applaud Senator Ron Wyden for his leadership in bringing together a diverse group of Oregonians to craft pioneering legislation that will put people to work restoring Eastern Oregon's forests.

We are thankful for the support of Senators Wyden and Merkley in developing legislation to permanently protect Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven as federally-designated wilderness areas.

I consider this my top priority for the rural part of our State.