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What we would not want to do is ... take away health insurance for adults for which there is no insurance market. If you're 65 years old, what's the market for health insurance

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Illicit drug use fell from 11.4 percent (in 1997) to 9.9 percent (in 1998) among young people aged 12-17, a statistically significant decline, ... while illicit drug use overall remained flat.

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a step forward in the battle for our children's health and our nation's future.

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You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.

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The other thing is, I'm one of the handful of people they have that actually knows how to run something, that's an experienced administrator.

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But I have a driver, so I can return calls while I'm in the car.

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Most of the calories in a healthy diet should come from fruits, vegetables and grain products. That recommendation makes it even more critical for government and industry to work together to ensure that fresh produce is wholesome and safe.

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Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.

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I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.

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I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.

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(President Bill Clinton) believes that we can get comprehensive legislation this year, with or without (tobacco companies), ... Meet The Press.

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Sending a tough message against drugs, particularly to young people, is a little like sending a message into deep space, ... The message goes out and then you wait a year or more to find out if it's been heard.

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The report is thorough and incisive, ... a road map to programs and policies that will improve women's health in the future and identifies gaps that need to be filled.

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What you really remember at the beginning was that you have to throw a budget together. We made some terrible mistakes at the beginning in my own budget that took us at least a year to catch up on.

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I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

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I try to deal with my serious reading before work.

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Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.

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What we're doing is protecting elderly disabled immigrants in nursing homes, ... They're not part of the welfare reform debate. The welfare reform debate is about moving people from welfare to work.

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I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.

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I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.

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I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.

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Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out.

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All kinds of people are getting very sick because they're taking two kinds of drugs they shouldn't take together, for instance, ... It's a particular problem for senior citizens who are having trouble reading the fine print.

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But for me, it is when a student has died. I find the death of a young person the most difficult and painful of times. To explain it to other young people, to see a bright future snuffed out, is just awful. I am haunted by those deaths.

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We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.

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