Thomas Daschle: “I ask the majority leader if it is his intention to set aside a moment of silence this afternoon in commemoration of the…”

We need to send that message. And it seems to me payment reform and tuition assistance are two powerful tools to do it.

I believe in that slogan that it is so much easier to build a child than to repair an adult.

It starts by empowering our scientists to do the great work that we know they can do.

We try to work together, when possible, to write legislation that focuses on what we can agree on--not what divides us.