It's another busy week, and so I only have a moment to write, but I just want to be sure everyone knows about the exciting Democratic victory in the special election in Mississippi yesterday. Travis Childers was elected to fill a vacant seat that had been held by the Republican Congressman who replaced Trent Lott in the Senate.

On Monday, I traveled to New York City to meet with Rev. Al Sharpton and fellow members of Congress to discuss last week's verdict in the trial of the three police officers accused of shooting and murdering the unarmed Sean Bell the night before his wedding. We were joined by the Bell family, including his fiancee Nicole, and together, we visited the scene of the November, 2006 shooting.

I recently sat down with members of the scientific community at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health to discuss collaborative efforts on the issue of universal health care. The school's dean, Dr. Michael Klag, was welcoming and supportive, as was everyone else I met with there. I look forward to learning from the research conducted at Bloomberg and to working with the scientists and professors there who share our commitment to all Americans have access to health care.