"I want to recognize the work that Senator Whitehouse has been doing consistently to try to get Medicare and Medicaid to be better purchasers of things like health information technology, of primary care, the things that we know work, as opposed to paying for things that don't work."
"Buried within the Affordable Care Act was something called the Independent Payment Advisory Board that was a panel of independent experts, not part of Congress, not part of Health and Human Services."
"The donut hole... will be gradually filled in over time so that we will never again have seniors who cannot afford their medications."
"I'm concerned somewhat about the danger of over shooting the mark on maximizing E-85 infrastructure because I'm hoping that infrastructure compatible drop in fuels such as algae based biocrude and bio..."
"I commend Senator Harkin's efforts to address these issues in S. 187, the Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011."
"I introduced this bill, along with Senators Johnson, Klobuchar, and Franken, on the very first legislative day of this Congress to highlight its importance."
"Thank you for including Senate bill S.187, the Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011, among the discussion topics for this hearing."
"I know Senator Coons is very focused on this set of issues too and will be actively involved in the questions as we get into the hearing."
"Senator Murkowski and I authored a piece of legislation in the last Congress to address those policy challenges through the creation of a Clean Energy Deployment Administration."
"Putting in place a consistent, long-term federal policy for advanced and cellulosic biofuels is critical to continued development."
"Has there been any movement--I know I keep hearing that there might be some movement on Qadhafi leaving."