In light of the recent capture of Osama Bin Laden, many have suggested that the United States needs to be even more vigilant about a possible terrorist attack.

I just wanted to make sure that I put on the record that we will keep the record open for 10 days for members of the committee to submit statements for the record and for testimony.

I am honored to be working with you on a bipartisan reauthorization of the Pandemic All Hazards Preparedness Act.

There is an urgent need to act now to prepare to prevent the potential significant loss of life, social chaos and loss of confidence in the U.S. Government in the event of an attack.

Few issues are as central to the role of the Federal Government as protecting its citizens from a public health emergency.

Thank you very much.

today Senator Isakson and I are introducing the Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011. Since its creation in 1999, this program has provided freestanding children's hospitals with funding to support the training of…

I hope you would get him to verify to you what he said to me.

I rise today to discuss the development of the Appalachian Development Highway System, ADHS. The completion of this highway system, which connects 13 States from New York to Mississippi, is critical to the economic development of the…

With Mr. Qadhafi, we created conditions precedent. Right? He had to renounce terrorism. He had to get rid of his weapons. Those were conditions.

Given the additional information that would be available from a compliant Libyan partner, is the administration open to a new investigation into the Pan Am bombing?

This Senator and my colleagues, Senator Lautenberg, Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, who have all shown interest on this, will be very concerned about what the State Department does in that regard.

It seems to me that it is perfectly reasonable to expect that Americans whose families were killed at the orders of Mr. Qadhafi should be able to derive from a new Libyan Government a commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of…

Well, I'd urge you to keep that up and to amplify it, because repetition is very, very important here in Washington, and, I think, around the world.

I know that the Congress has more work to do, and the administration has more work to do.

we will continue to draw attention to these and other abuses and call on the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respect the universal rights.

Now more than ever, the United States must stand in support of these brave activists.

The recently announced Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act addresses the issues above.

Human rights sanctions are a useful and effective way of targeting abusers and communicating international concerns to the Iranian people.

Members of the U.S. Congress, such as Senators Casey and Kirk to give two examples, have already started to 'adopt' Iranian political prisoners.

President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and other senior members of the administration are constantly speaking out about these abuses.

And even some--a good number who may have been supporters of Ahmadinejad in the past?

I wanted to just highlight, for the record, a letter dated April 20, that Senator Menendez and Senator Cardin and I sent to the State Department.

And you obviously think some of them are persuadable, to use a word in our lexicon. Yes?

I want to move to sanctions.