Thomas Daschle: “It is my hope that this hearing will help to shed additional light on these allegations, and lead to solutions to…”

Well, Senator Coburn, I believe that a top-down review is essential. I would start with that. I think it is very, very important for us to understand what the problems are before we try to make the system better.

Will we honor the unique American ideal that we are responsible for passing this country on to a generation in the future?

I want to re-instate a science-driven environment. I want to take ideology and politics as much as humanly possible out of the process.

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