$219 million doesn't give you a whole lot of visibility.

The successes have been monumental in what you have done for prolonging and saving lives.

the National Institutes of Health are the crown jewels of the Federal Government--perhaps the only jewels.

this year's funding is also disgraceful, in my opinion, at $1 billion.

A criminal penalty could be fine or jail. I am asking you whether you think that it would be indispensable to move to jail as an effective deterrent.

Is it sufficient to impose a fine? Or what kind of a fine would be big enough to be punishment?

Well, criminal penalty again, but I am asking about jail differentiated from fine, which is a criminal penalty.

The Subcommittee would be interested in knowing about what prosecutions have been brought in the course of the past couple of years as we have seen evidence on Wall Street fraud.

The Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Law will now proceed with this hearing on the issues of alleged Wall Street fraud and what is the appropriate governmental response.

Did you start the prosecution before they made the disclosures?

I was not putting Goldman in the question.

Congress has the authority to define what investment advice is.

I wrote to the President, too, in 1995 suggesting that he veto it.

But I have been for decades.

I am the cosponsor of the Crime Commission.

That is a big, big issue, and that is one which is being addressed on a bipartisan basis.

I recommended changing the treaty with Mexico.

I first welcome my distinguished colleague, Senator Ted Kaufman, who has graciously come up from his home in Delaware this morning to join us on this panel.

I have legislation pending under the caption of a Veterans Bill of Rights which deals with a number of items.

I think that the fact that we are using our prisons as mental hospitals is a terrible disservice to our prisoners.

There is no doubt that--talk about a crisis. The country is in a crisis with the deficit that we have and the national debt in excess of $12 trillion.

will you join us in working to reform the criminal justice system so that it truly reflects the most basic of American values: equality and fairness?

I think that the electronic era as an influence on our courts to the detriment is something that really needs a tremendous amount of attention.

the answer to 'will I join you', is of course I will.

I have sought recognition to introduce legislation titled The Weekends Without Hunger Act. This legislation will ensure that children who rely on free and reduced-price school meals have access to nutritious meals on the weekends and…