there is yourselves, what i see in the audience mike murray, david owen, scott richardson, leah richardson, scott morgan, john peterson, john bush, allyson carter, judy krueger and ellison krueger. thank you for the service. on the panel tonight, starting in the middle, sheila burke with the chief of staff from 99801996. prior to working for the senator she had been a staff member of the committee of finance, 1979 to '82 and deputy staff director of the committee from 1982 to 1985. she was the first woman to hold the chief of staff for a majority leader. at that time, she was often as the 101st senator in recognition of the latitude given her in running the day-to-day operation of the senate. a native of san francisco, ca durham a master's from harvard university and bachelor of science in nursing from the university of san francisco. as a durham fight health care practitioner, burke had deep wells of knowledge and authority on issues of health care reform. from 1996 to 2000 she...