It was the very first thing said and said in short, strong and unambiguous sentences. I hope that Kerry's office will put his excellent statement on his site on you tube.
The comment about reviewing the work already done is as standard a first step as anything in starting any project. There may be ideas that were already researched - which can either be rejected because of the research or considered further.
This is a case of the Hill taking the parts they want ignoring much of what Kerry and Baucus said. I did not get all either said - I'm not good at typing, but you can see both led with JOBS - as did a couple other Democrats.
Here is a link to video at Cspan - Kerry is about 43 minutes in.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JointSel