Only a national settlement passed by Congress will be able to give us the public health gains that we really need if we want to stop the problem significantly of underage smoking,

In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.

Every county is going to be watched to see if they're able to do it efficiently and effectively, ... I really just hope and pray that counties have worked out any of the difficulties they experienced in the November general election and are able to move it forward.

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.