Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.

I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.

African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.

Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.

The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.