WASHINGTON - JUNE 24: Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) speaks during a Senate hearing for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on the need for federal funding for Type 1 Diabetes research at the Senate Dirksen Building on June 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

WASHINGTON - JUNE 24: Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) speaks during a Senate hearing for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on the need for federal funding for Type 1 Diabetes research at the Senate Dirksen Building on June 24, 2009 in Washington, DC.