Arlen Specter actually said...

I would encourage you to do that, because I believe it will prove out that it'll be a savings by preventing further ailments.

Senator Specter urges Secretary Thompson to expand Medicare coverage for obesity treatments.

07/15/2004

More Arlen Specter Quotes

The additional funding that was provided in the last year, the additional $10 billion, has allowed us now to take up some of those projects ...

In my first year in the Senate, the NIH budget was $3.6 billion, but when I became chairman... the NIH budget was $12 billion.

There has been an incredible impact on biomedicine.

Does the executive share the sense of urgency, which the subcommittee feels on this subject?