Prions Are Highly Indestructible.

When I First Arrived To Congress In 1975, I Would Spend Several Hours Every Week With Republicans - Having Lunch, Drinking A Beer. But By The Time I Left Last Year, That Was A Rarity. Every Moment Of Free Time Is Eaten Up By Fundraising. And The Advent Of All These Groups That Can Threaten Passage Of This Or That With An Avalanche Of Money Or A Primary Opponent Has Poisoned Our Politics.

Today, Only Two Groups In The United States Have Total Immunity From Lawsuits: Foreign Diplomats And Hmos. We Believe It's Time To End Diplomatic Immunity For Hmos. Holding Them Accountable Is The Only Way To Guarantee That You Get The Health Care Your Family Deserves.

The Burning Issue Of Our Time Is The Growing Inequality In Income And Wealth In Our Country, And It's Got To Be Addressed. We've Got To Stop It. It's Eroding Our Politics. It's Separating Our Society Into The Haves And The Have-nots. It's Condemning A Whole Younger Set Of Our Population To Not Be Able To Enter The Middle Class. And, It Hits Hardest In The Prairie Areas Of The United States, Our Small Towns And Communities, Where The Jobs Just Aren't Available And The Incomes Are Low.

The President Must Stop Gambling With Taxpayers' Money And Get The Country Back On The Path Of Fiscal Sanity.

Stem Cell Research Holds Enormous Promise For Easing Human Suffering, And Federal Support Is Critical To Its Success.