Our nation has a health care crisis that MUST be addressed – the rising costs of health care and the rising number of uninsured are unacceptable. I believe there are many options on the table that deserve examination – allowing people to buy into the Federal Employee Health Benefits plan, expanding coverage for working people whose employers do not pay, and allowing people in their fifties to buy into Medicare are all suggestions that have merit moving forward.  The main issues, however, are to expand access to affordable, high-quality health care and contain the costs of coverage, while making sure consumers have choices and people who have coverage now do not experience a loss of coverage.

I will be a leader in the fight for stem cell research, providing hope for the millions of Americans suffering from diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and diabetes.