Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

We are also in a political environment in which something as vile and pernicious as the death panel notion was able to actually get traction...

We changed it from lawyerese to doctorese, and that helped at least a little bit.

I share your concern and think any reauthorization efforts need to address the data collection efforts/barriers.

Despite what some of my colleagues say, GAO did not recommend that workforce training programs be eliminated.