Political Quotes

I want to thank you both, my friend and colleague Senator Blumenthal, and the other members of the Senate Commerce Committee for turning their attention today to the important issue of improving protections for cruise passengers.

Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.

Children and pediatricians owe tremendous thanks to you, Chairman Rockefeller, to Senator Hatch, Senator Wyden, Senator Roberts, and the other Senators who are here and have been here today, for your bipartisan leadership and working to…

Picking specific research projects or even scientific disciplines to be funded through a political process and favoring them at the expense of others is a mistake.