Arlen Specter: “What is the consequence to an NIH employee who has this kind of a relationship and does not make the required financial…”

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.

I believe that if the Court were televised, there would be an understanding and an accountability.

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