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

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

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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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I have always hired very strong people.

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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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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've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.

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

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

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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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Africa, Asia, every country in the world, they were all in denial. The health ministers kept assuring us they had everything under control. (Gayle) kept pushing . . . to get programs, strengthen the private sector, the public sector. She just never gave up.

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

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In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times.

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The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.

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I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I'm used to working with.

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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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I have long ties to the women's community.

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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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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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