Arlen Specter: “It is scandalous that more has not been done since war was declared on cancer in 1970.”

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.

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

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

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.