There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

When we take a look at the budget for the National Institutes of Health at $28 billion, it is, candidly, scandalous that with our resources, our resource capability, research capability in biomedical science, that people are still dying of breast cancer or colon cancer or heart disease.

Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating.

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

We hammered out what I think is a good bill. ... Not a perfect bill, but a good bill.