I was not aware actually of that and the particular situation there in King Cove with regard to the satellite technology, but it really aims at a very important point, and that is, the premise of any telemedicine must start with reliable…

the ``golden hour'' is a basic fundamental principle of emergency care, of emergency responsiveness in trauma care. The Senator from Alaska is entirely correct. When a serious trauma occurs, it is that first hour, that ``golden hour'' that…

There is. I think it is important. Again, the terms ``medevac'' and ``early'' are very appropriate. It is appropriate for people of the lay public to understand what those differences are. In the case where you have a medevac trauma death…

this is very well accepted in the emergency care peer review. The literature carefully documents it, and it is just as we discussed. With each passing hour the chances of survival diminish. If you draw a curve, the chance of survival in…

telemedicine is, indeed, one of the most exciting new technologies to come along in medicine and in the application of carrying out what we know in terms of new knowledge, current knowledge, and the application. But it is very important…

I rise in support of the Inhofe amendment. Clearly, the FAA will be against this amendment because they will not voluntarily relinquish anything in terms of regulatory authority. I believe this amendment is reasonable. It provides, in…

I rise to really cut through a lot of the emotion and a lot of the rhetoric and really bring together how I view this particular issue. And really I will take very few minutes because, to me, it becomes very clear once the facts are put on…

I just hope we can come to agreement and a time agreement on this important issue, and that we can address this Patients' Bill of Rights.

In saying there could be only three amendments, you did not restrict what was in the original underlying bill so that any issue could be put forward--a bill of rights, or a recommendation by the President--is that correct?

The issue of the Patients' Bill of Rights is very important to me. As my colleague from Oklahoma has pointed out, we have collectively, as the U.S. Senate, spent a lot of time on this particular issue. Given the fact that we do have a…

honoring those who die in the service of others is a practice as old as life itself. From ancient times to the present day, those who survive pay tribute to those who have fallen with songs and symbols, flowers and ceremonies. And it is a…

I rise today to advocate better healthcare for Americans and to introduce legislation strengthening the scientific foundation of healthcare quality improvement efforts. Let me make a few introductory comments before summarizing the…

on May 13, 1998, the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee unanimously supported Bill Ivey's nomination to be the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). As a member of this committee, and as a Tennessean, I believe…

I just make a plea to my colleagues that, throughout that period of time, we keep coming back to what our true focus is, the reason for having this bill. It really goes back to some of the data and statistics that have already been…

In my 29 seconds, let me make it very clear that the Gorton amendment continues to target title I, the student. The disadvantaged students still get the money, still get the programs. The difference is that 100 percent of the money gets…

Each year, American companies are forced to lay off workers or shut down entirely, but it's not because of hard economic times. Instead, the costs of product liability insurance and outrageous damage awards are driving them out of…

this evening, along with my fellow Lady Vol fan, Senator Fred Thompson, I introduce this sense-of-the-Senate resolution establishing the Tennessee Lady Vols as the new dynasty in collegiate women's basketball. When one recites the great…

I rise today to announce the establishment of the National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership. This effort is a direct result of the United States' devastating performance of 12th grade students on the recently released…

Let me run through this in the interest of time. No. 4, research on guns. The CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control has been criticized by some for supporting grantees with an alleged bias against guns as we look at…

I think it is critical that at the end of this century and on into the next century we have somewhere in the United States a forum where we can carry on intelligent discussions on the ethical, the theological, the scientific, and the…

I rise to speak, hopefully in part at least, to clarify where we are today in terms of a bill which is enormously important to all of us, to our families, to our children, to health care, to medical science. It is a bill that has been…

advances in computer networking have led to some of the most significant developments of the last decade. We have all been touched one way or another by the Internet and the networking protocols that form the World Wide Web. Its presence…

I am delighted to rise because I think we have before us a very important issue and one that we have not dealt very well with, at least since I have been in the Senate. There will be a lot of debate as we just heard on a number of issues…

I rise to support both the intent and to underscore the importance of this bill, the Bond-Frist-Gregg bill, which does address the issue of human cloning. The purpose of this bill is very straightforward, and that is to prohibit human…

In recent years, I have often voiced concern that medical technology is moving at an unprecedented pace, leaving the rest of society ill-prepared to cope with the increasingly complex moral and ethical dilemmas that follow in the wake of…