Excerpt from Field Hearing on Health Care Reform and Regional Health Alliances: Hearing Before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session; Hearing Held in Cranston, Rhode Island, February 15, 1994 Mr. Reed. At this time, I would like to recognize the senior Sen ator from the State of Rhode Island, the Honorable Claiborne Pell. Senator Pell. Senator pell. Thank you very much indeed, Congressman Reed, for your kind introduction, for inviting me here, for organizing the hearing and generally being responsible for this event. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.