Arlen Specter: “I think Dr. Curran and Dr. Kaufman are modest in just wanting three and one-half-times the $30 billion. I think the…”

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.

I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'