WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L) talks with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L) talks with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.

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  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L) talks with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) walks past Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) (L) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (R) as they talk with aids during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (C) (D-IA) speaks as Rep. George Miller (D-CA) (L), and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Miller to protect older workers from discrimination.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (2ndR) (D-IA) speaks as (L-R) Jack Gross, plaintiff of the Supreme Court 'Gross v. FBL Financial' case, Rep. George Miller (D-CA), and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Miller to protect older workers from discrimination.
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L) speaks as Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) to protect older workers from discrimination.
  7. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, talks Associated Press President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley, left, and Meredith Fuchs of the National Security Archive, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on government secrecy.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Jareem Gunter testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. A former college baseball player, Gunter suffered liver damage and was hospitalized after taking a strength building dietary supplement he says contained steroids.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) delivers an opening statement during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) and Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) question witnesses during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Jareem Gunter (C) testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. A former college baseball player, Gunter suffered liver damage and was hospitalized after taking a strength building dietary supplement he says contained steroids.
  12. Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Al Franken, D-MN, attends a hearing on Patriot Act re-authorization September 23, 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  13. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visits Oshkosh Corporation to thank employees for their hard work on the new M-ATV. Pictured are: front, from left: Jake Jones, plant manager, Oshkosh Defense, and Secretary Gates; middle, from left: U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Ashton Carter, U.S. under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics; back, from left: Robert G. Bohn, Oshkosh Corporation chairman and chief executive officer, U.S. Rep. Tom Petri of Wisconsin, and Oshkosh assembler Robert Anderson.
  14. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visits Oshkosh Corporation to thank employees for their hard work on the new M-ATV. Pictured are: front, from left: Jake Jones, plant manager, Oshkosh Defense, and Secretary Gates; middle, from left: U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Ashton Carter, U.S. under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics; back, from left: Robert G. Bohn, Oshkosh Corporation chairman and chief executive officer, U.S. Rep. Tom Petri of Wisconsin, and Oshkosh assembler Robert Anderson.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L) talks with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.
  16. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) (L) talks with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) (R) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.

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