enforcement and border enforcement and as a result the increase has been pretty dramatic as the number of people that be deported each year. these are people being deported by i.c.e.. it is a dramatic increase from the bush administration. we believe that the obama administration intentionally set out to show that he was tougher than bush and they have been able to accomplish a significant increase in the number of people deported. he said he would stop some of the workplace raids but the fact is those are continuing and in addition to that, they have been using other tactics to put terror in the communities. people who were pretty much administrative folks who are nothing but hard-working immigrants trying to contribute to this economy and country and are being caught up in this

enforced deportation. they have argued that they have tried create space for comprehensive immigration reform by doing this but the fact is -- we've had the bad stuff come through but the promise of comprehensive immigration reform that was supposed to accompany this never happened and they are way behind the times. the window is closing quickly. there is not a lot of indication to this point for the administration that the promise that they made, yes, there will be some more enforcement but they will be paste passing immigration reform. . t i ap because of that you've seen the anger in the community has come back and people are very frustrated, they're very upset. they did not expect this from this administration. >> yes?

>> follow-up on the questions about politics in november. if latino voters get angry and disappointed with democrats, and don't turn out in some of these tight races, aren't you worried that you're just going to elect republicans even less sympathetic to what you're trying to do? >> well, what we're doing we're wanting elected representatives that do their job, that push on issues that we care about and the thing about it is, if they're not getting reelected it is because they're not getting anything done and people are not going to go to the polls, it doesn't matter if you're latino or asian, black, white, you're not going to white, you're not going to go to p people who you know are incompetent in their job. so right now what we're asking for is, do your job, do it well. represent your communities across this country. that's what we want. and, i think immigrant community, as new americans, as people who, understand the values and value of

democracy, who many times came from different countries because they were fleeing tyranny, understand that democracy is only real when people hold their elected representatives accountable. i actually want to pass the word to lisa to talk about some of the work that they're doing with their electeds in new york. >> we have similar situation right now in new york city in congressional district 13 where we we were able to help elect a democratic congressman, michael mcmann in staten island and southwest brooklyn. we've been talking to him about comprehensive immigration reform and he needs to be leader. you know he voted against health care reform. what we've been doing, we can speak to republicans in way that makes sense to them. we're well-educated immigrant communities all over country. what republicans care about the economy. when we talk about comprehensive immigration reform we talk to republicans how that benefits them and economy. they're unbelievably, or

believely there are republicans who are looking at comprehensive immigration reform in a way makes sense for them. and again, just because you're not supporting one democrat doesn't mean you can't support another democrat in primary race. we want to let democrats know that we're just not going to vote democrat we're not going to vote party, we're going to vote issues that is mistake we've been done in the past we vote party. we in new york have a, group of people from all over the state that have been lobbying in albany, lobbying our state senators. as you can see, our senator chuck schumer has been leader and advocate on immigration reform. our senator kristin gillibrand is very sympathetic and supporter of the dream act. we believe our efforts are not going unnoticed. we need more colleagues in the senate and congress to support people like gutierrez, chuck schumer and kirstin gillibrand and others so i feel like our efforts are being heard. >> just just follow-up on

the numbers again. i spoke to an official at the white house this morning about those numbers and the one thing that stood out from what they said is, well, you also have to consider that some of those numbers were for the first part of the fiscal year '09 which, president bush was still in power, you know. obama only came in power in january. so that's their argument, some of those numbers reflect the outgoing bush administration. and also, the point about you not being satisfied with what they have done so far. in terms of border enforcement and other law enforcementment measures inside the u.s., the argument is that, to satisfy those conservatives that are pushing for tougher enforcement, to get them to come to the table and come to a middle term, find a common ground, and, then, go ahead and talk about

legalizing the undocumented population, so, would that be a fair enough compromise? you make a concession in terms of border enforcement and other law epforcement measures, in return for cir. >> so the question is there hasn't been any return. that's the problem. there hasn't been any return on this enforcement, just more enforcement. did you ask them, if these are numbers that happened before january, then why do we have what happened to numbers after january when you were in charge? you didn't stop it. for many people you made it worst. we have a hotline at chirla. stories come in every day. there is chance to stop the enforcement. they can do it. there is no excuse. there is no excuse. those numbers should not have risen over the top like they did. >> i want to also caution the administration to play immigration reform with

poker chips. suddenly, let's negotiate. let's give you a pathway to legalization, but let's infringe on your civil liberties and let's strengthen border patrol. as you seen recently with psa guidelines, and other issues affected many communities. we'll help one undocumented community but affect other communities like muslim community, other communities affected by border patrol and which is part of this comprehensive immigration reform bill. comprehensive immigration reform. we won't settle for less. i caution our elected officials and play it like a poker chip. you will effect one or others. one package, we'll work last day until we get everything we want in comprehensive immigration reform. >> it is disingenuous for the administration to argue that this is not about their actions. i don't think, if you ask them that they would want to say that they didn't have their eye on the ball for

first couple months they were in office. i think they would want to project that they are an administration that is in control of all the actions that have happened since they took office. and i think the reality is, you couldn't have numbers like this with just a few months of carryover from the bush administration. we've seen the i-9 audits. we've seen paper rates. we've seen workforce enforcement rates. we've seen the bus stop raids. in our state which is a border state, northwest border, we've actually had law enforcement up in the border communities tell us that this increase in enforcement it is hurting their ability to protect communities and enforce the laws in our communities. local law enforcement. our state sheriffs association wrote a letter to president obama saying, that we need to change this. we need to put enforcement dollars in really protecting communities and insuring that our immigrant communities are actually able to work with law enforcement and actually provide them with all the

information they need to affect real stoppage of real crimes going on . . >> he's charged with making it happen. [inaudible conversations] >> secretary napolitano reports to president obama as i understand the way the administration works. so it was president obama as

leader and chief, chief -- commander in chief to tell secretary napolitano that these measures are not acceptable for his administration. that's what we are calling on. yes, we don't like what secretary napolitano has done. we've told her that in meeting that he and others have held across the county and states. we told her that directly, but it is president obama who is the commander in chief and who is the leader of this administration. he needs to tell her that and make the changes happen. >> this concludes our press conference. i thank all of you for joining us today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> janet napolitano made an announcement on the national transportation association. the president's original

nominee did not go through consideration following objections by republicans. this by nominating a general harding for this job, the administration is going on an individual with more than 35 years of experience as an army commander and senior intelligence officer and a successful businessman and ceo

in the security field. the general will need all of these talents as he takes the helm of this vital agency. the tsa mandate is a broad one for aviation security but also for safeguarding our rail, bus, mass transit, and trucking system. the general will be a tremendous asset in our current efforts in screening effort in our airports. by deploying additional officials and air marshal's and fixing the gaps in our civil aviation system. on friday, we announced the first airports that will receive advanced imaging technology purchased with the american recovery and reinvestment act. this will disrupt threats of terrorism across our nation. we expect to deployed a total

of 450 units by the end of 2010 and our fiscal year 2011 budget calls for 2000 more. we have accelerated the deployment under this advanced technology and strengthen our other layers of security partially in response to the attempted terrorist attack on december 25. this served as a stark reminder of the ongoing tactics that violent extremists will pursue to print our international aviation system. the international dimensions of this incident and international threat posed by medical extremism require an international response, as well. right now, dhs is working on an international effort to strengthen international security. since january, i have met with my european counterparts and my north, south, and central

american caribbean politics in mexico last week to discuss ways to bolster security measures. these meetings so far have produced very encouraging results. this includes joint declarations to strengthen the international civil aviation system between the united states and european union and between the united states and argentina, brazil, canada, chile, the dominican republic, mexico,. my japanese counterpart and i announced we will join with our counterparts in the asia-pacific region in tokyo this week to continue building this international consensus. make no mistake -- we are engaged in an aggressive effort to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists who are constantly seeking ways to exploit us and port security measures. general harding is the kind of leader we need as we move

forward in this effort. his national security expertise and his work in the international community and years of service in the united states army will be at -- a valuable addition to the department's efforts to bolster security and insure the safety of the nation's transportation system. as a retired u.s. army major general, he also adds another distinguished veteran to the senior ranks of the park and a common security. -- ranks of the department of homeland security. the president and i both believe that bothharding has the experience and perspective to carry out the mission of this agency. if there were ever a nominee who wanted expedition and consideration and the senate, this is it. we hope commerce and homeland security departments will be

able to work expeditiously to complete their hearing process so that his nomination may move to the floor for company -- confirmation. i applaud the president. this is a superb choice. i look forward to swift senate confirmation and a look forward to having a ball on board at tsa. thank you, all. >> [unintelligible] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >>, this morning the food and drug administration head will testify about her for billion

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porter, facebook, and youtube. signup for our alerts at the cspan board. .org. >> president barack obama described the health care bill which remains stalled in congress. this is about 40 minutes. >> i am kind of fired up.

i am kind of fired up. [applause] this is just an extraordinary crowd. i love you back. [applause] there are some people i want to point out who are here who have been doing great work. give leslie a quick round of applause for her introduction. [applause] introduction. [applause] somebody who has been working tirelessly on your behalf and doing a great job, the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius is in the house. [applause]

one of the finest governor is in the country, ed rendell is in the house. [applause] everybody noticed how good it is looking, by the way? he has been on the training program. [laughter] eating a whites and keeping his cholesterol down. [laughter] [applause] your senior senator who has been doing outstanding work in the senate, harlan specter is in the house. [cheers and applause] one of my great friend, somebody who supported me when no one

could pronounce my name, bob casey. [cheers and applause] your congressman, the person who gave me confidence that i could when even though nobody could pronounce my name is in the house. [cheers and applause] i figured if they could elect a shotguchaka, they could elect a barack. allison schwartz is in the house. [cheers and applause] someone new rendered outstanding service to our nation before he was in the congress is in the

house. [is and applause] technically not his state, but he is right next door at the new jersey. we got some jersey folks here. rob andrews is in the house. [applause] and the the great mayor of philadelphia -- [cheers and applause] i am a little warm here, so -- [cheers and applause] all right. it is a little hot up here. and the two arcadia university

-- and too murky university -- and to arcadia university -- [cheers and applause] i thought the white house was pretty nice, but that campus -- [cheers and applause] it is great to be back here in the keystone state. it is even better to be out of washington, d.c. [laughter] first of all, the people of b.c. are wonderful. they are nice people. they are good people. i love the city, the monuments, and everything. but when you are in washington, folks responded to every issue,

every decision, every debate, no matter how important it is, with the same question -- what does this mean for the next election? [laughter] what does it mean for your poll numbers? is this good for the democrats or for the republicans? who won the news cycle? that is how washington is. they cannot help it. they are assessed with the sport of politics. -- they are obsessed with the sport and politics. that is the environment in which elected officials are functioning in a point you have seen the pundits and the cable networks. that is what they do. but out here and all across america, folks are worried about bigger things.

they are worried about how to make payroll, how to make ends meet, what the future will hold for their families and for our country. they are not worried about the next election. we just had an election. [cheers and applause] they're worried about the next paycheck for the next tuition payment that is due. [cheers] they are thinking about retirement. [laughter] you want people in washington to spend a little less time worrying about our jobs and little more time worrying about your jobs. [cheers and applause]

despite all the challenges we face, two wars, the aftermath of a terrible recession, i want to tell everybody here today that i am absolutely confident that america will prevail, that we will shape our destiny as past generations have done. [applause] that is who we are. we do not give up. we do not quit. sometimes we take our lumps, but we can keep on going. that is who we are. but that only happens when we are meeting our challenges squarely and honestly. i have to tell you, that is why we are fighting so hard to deal with the health care crisis in this country. health care costs are growing every single day. i want to spend some time talking about this. the price of health care is one

of the most punishing costs for families and for businesses and for our government. [cheers and applause] it is forcing people to cut back or go without health insurance. it forces small businesses to choose between hiring or health care. it is plunging the federal government deeper and deeper and deeper into debt. the people who are here, some of you guys still have health care while you're in school. some of you may still be on your parents plans. some of the horizon insurance rates are among young people and it is getting harder to find a judge that will provide you with health care. right now, a lot of you feel like your invisible so you do not worry about it. but let me tell you, when you hit 48 -- [laughter]

you start to realize that things started breaking down a little bit. [laughter] and the insurance companies continue to ration health care based on who is sick and who is healthy. on who can pay and who cannot pay. that is the status quo in america and it is a status quo that is unsustainable for this country. we cannot have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the american people. [cheers and applause] we need to get families and businesses more control over their health insurance. that is why we need to pass health care reform, not next year, not five years from now, not 10 years from now, but now. [cheers and applause]

since we took on this issue a year ago, there have been plenty of folks in washington who said that the politics was too hard. they warned us that we may not win. they argue that this is not the time for reform. it is going to hurt your poll numbers. how will it affect democrats in november? do not do it now. my question to them is when is the right time? if not now, when? [cheers and applause] if not us, who? think about it. we have been talking about health care for nearly a century. i am reading a biography of teddy roosevelt right now. he was talking about it.

teddy roosevelt. we have failed to meet this challenge during times of prosperity and also during times of declined. some people say don't do it right now because the economy is weak. when the economy was strong, we did not do it. we talk about it through democratic administrations and republican administrations. i have all of my republican colleagues out there saying that we want to focus on things like costs. you had it 10 years. what happened? [cheers and applause] what were you doing? [cheers and applause] every year, the problem gets worse. every year, insurance companies to deny more people coverage because they have pre-existing

conditions. every year, they'd drop more people coverage when they get sick, right when they need it most. every year, they raise premiums higher and higher and higher. just last month, anthem bluecross and california try to jack up rates by nearly 40%. 40%. has anybody paycheck gone up 40%? [laughter] why is it that we think this is normal? in my home state of illinois, rates are going up by as much as 60%. you just heard leslie who met with more than a 100% increase. one letter from her insurance company and her premium doubled.

just like that. because so many of these markets are concentrated, it is not like you can go shopping. you have a choice, either no health insurance, where you take a chance that somebody in your family, if they get sick, you will go bankrupt and lose everything you have or you keep ponying up money that he cannot afford. these insurance companies have made a calculation. listen to this. the other day, there is a conference call organized by goldman sachs. you know goldman sachs. they're organized a conference call in which an insurance broker was telling wall street investors how he expected things to be playing out over the next several years. this broker said that insurance

companies know they will lose customers if they keep raising premiums. but because there's so little competition in the insurance industry, they are ok with people being priced out of the insurance market because a lot of people will be stuck. even if some people will drop out, there will still raise premiums on the customers that they keep. and they will keep on doing this for as long as they can get away with it. there is no secret. they are telling their investors, we are in the money. we will keep making big profits even though a lot of folks will be put under hardship. some -- so how much higher do premiums have to rise before we do something about it? how many more americans have to lose their health insurance? how many more businesses have to drop coverage? all those young people out here, after you graduate, you will be looking for a job. think about the environment that will be out there when a whole

bunch of potential employers tell you, you know what? we cannot afford to point where we will take thousands of dollars of your paycheck because the insurance companies to just jack up our rates. how many more years can the federal budget handle the crushing cost of medicare and medicaid? that is the debt you have to pay, young people. when is the right time? is it a year from now or two years from now or five years from now or 10 years from now? i think it is right now. that is why you're here today. [cheers and applause] leslie is a single mom, just like my mom was a single mom.

she is trying to put her daughter through college. she knows that the time for reform is now. a self-employed cancer survivor from ohio wrote us a letter and said that her insurance chargers $6,000 with the premiums, paid $9,000 worth of care, and now they want to raise rates for next year. she wants to drop her insurance because it may coster the house that her parents built. she knows that it is time for health care reform. a friend that i meant when i was campaigning in wisconsin is a young mother with two kids. she thought she had beaten her breast cancer, but then found out that it spread to her bones. she and her husband had medical

insurance. but her bill landed her with 10 thousands of -- tens of thousands of dollars worth of debt. all she wants to do is spend time with her children. i spoke with her this last weekend. she knows that the time for reform is right now. so what should i tell the americans? that washington is not sure how it will play in november? that we should walk away from this fight? or do something like someone the other side of the aisle has suggested, take baby steps? they want me to pretend to do something that does not really help these folks. we have debated health care in washington for more than a year. every proposal has been put on

the table. every argument has been made. i know well lot of people view this as a partisan issue. but both parties have found areas where we agree. what we have ended up with is a proposal that is somewhere in the middle. it is one that incorporates the best from the democrats and the republicans, the best ideas. think about it along the spectrum of how to approach of care. there were those in the beginning of the process that wanted to scrap the system of private insurance and replace it with a government-run health care system like in other countries. [cheers] it works in places like canada, but i did not think it would be practical or realistic to do it here. on the other side of the spectrum, we have those who believe that the issue is just to loosen regulations on the

health care companies appeared but if we had fewer regulations on insurance companies -- health care companies. but if we had fewer regulations on insurance companies, somehow, market forces will make things better. we have tried that. i am concerned that that would only give insurance companies more leeway to raise premiums and denied care. [applause] the bottom line is that i do not believe we should give government or insurance companies more control over health care in america. i think it is time to give you, the american people, more control over your health insurance. [is and applause] that is why my proposal is on the current system, where most americans get their insurance

from their employers. if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. as a father of two young girls, but i do not want a plan that interferes with the relationship between a family and their doctor. we want to preserve that. the proposal would change three things about the current health care system. first, it would end the worst practices of insurance companies. within the first year of signing health care reform, thousands of uninsured americans with pre- existing conditions would suddenly be able to purchase health insurance for the very first time in their lives. [applause] or for the first time in a long time. [cheers and applause] this year, insurance companies will be banned forever from

denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. [cheers and applause] this year, they will be banned from dropping your coverage when you get sick. [cheers and applause] and they will no longer be able to arbitrarily and massively hike your premiums, just like they did to leslie and antoma and too many other americans. those practices will end. [cheers and applause] if this reform becomes law, all insurance plans would be required to offer free preventive care to all of their customers starting this year, free checkups, so that they can

catch disease quickly. [applause] starting this year, there will be no more lifetime or restrictive annual limits on the amount of care you can receive from your insurance companies. there's a lot of fine print in there that can cost you people hundreds of thousands of dollars because they have a limit. if you are a young adult, which many of you are, you will be able to stay on your it -- on your parents' insurance policy until your 26 years old. [] cheers and [ -and -- [cheers and applause] and there will be a new independent appeals process for anyone who feels they were unfairly denied a claim by their

insurance company. you will have recourse if you are being taken advantage of. that is the first thing that would change and it would change fast. insurance companies would finally be held accountable to the american people. that is number one. no. 2, the second thing that would change about the system is this. for the first time in their lives, uninsured individuals and small-business owners will have the same kind of choice of private health insurance and that members of congress get for themselves. [end applause] -- [cheers and applause] if it is good enough for congress, it should be good enough for the people who is

paying the congress salaries, which is you. [cheers and applause] the idea is very simple. [[unintelligible] -- >> [unintelligible] >> let me explain how this works. my proposal says that, if you're not part of a big group, if you do not work for a big company, you can be part of a pool which gives you bargaining power over insurance companies. it is very straightforward. suddenly, just like millions of federal employees, you, as an individual or small an

business owner, you can have more negotiating power for a lower rate and a better deal. [applause] if you still cannot afford the insurance that is offered, even if it is a better deal than you can get on your own, we will give you a tax credit to do so. these tax credits add up to the largest middle class tax cut for health care in history. [cheers and applause] the wealthiest among us, they can already afford to buy the best insurance there is. the least well-off are already the least well-off are already covered through medicaid. because the wealthiest among us

can already afford to buy the best insurance there is. the least well off our already covered for medicaid. it is the middle class that gets squeezed. that is who we need to help these tax credits. that is what we intend to do. [applause] i want to be honest. let's be clear. this will cost some money. it will cost about $100 billion per year. most of this comes from the nearly $2.50 trillion per year that america already spends on health care. right now, a lot of that money is being wasted or spent badly. with this plan, will make sure the dollars we spend will go to making insurance more affordable and more secure. we will eliminate wasteful taxpayer subsidies that

currently go to insurance and pharmaceutical companies. billions of dollars per year from the government, from taxpayers when they are making a big profit. i would rather see that money go to the people who need it. [applause] we will set a new fee on insurance companies that stand to gain as millions of americans are able to buy insurance. they will have 30 million new customers. there is nothing wrong with them paying a little bit of the freight. we will make sure the wealthiest americans pay their fair share of medicare. , like everybody else does [applause] the bottom line is this -- our proposal is paid for it all the new money generated in this plan goes back to small business owners and individuals in the middle class who are having trouble getting insurance right now. arcadia.

[cheers and applause] i was hearing about the terrific programs you have here in the health care field. we are going to need more health care professionals of the sort that are being trained here. we want to help you get that training. that is in this bill. [applause] i mentioned two things. insurance reform and making sure that people who do not have health insurance are able to get it. finally, my proposal would bring down the cost of health care for millions, families, businesses, and the federal government. [applause] as i said, you keep bond hearing from the critics and some of the

republicans on the sunday shows saying that they want to do something about costs. we have now inc. almost every single serious idea from across the political spectrum about how to contain the rising cost of health care, ideas that go after waste and abuse in our system, including in programs like medicare. but we do this while protecting medicare benefits and we extend the financial benefits of the program by nearly a decade our cost-cutting efforts -- nearly a decade. our cost-cutting efforts reduce most people's premiums because we're spending our health care dollars more wisely. [cheers and applause] those are the savings determined by the congressional budget office, which is the non-

partisan, independent referee of congress for what things cost. so that is our proposal. insurance reform, making sure a that you can have choices in the marketplace for health insurance and making it affordable for people, and reducing cost. [cheers and applause] how many people would like a proposal that holds insurance companies more accountable? [cheers and applause] how many people would like to give americans the same insurance choices and that members of congress get? [cheers and applause] and how many would like a proposal that brings down costs

for everyone? [cheers and applause] a that is our proposal and it is paid for and it is a proposal whose time has come. [applause] the united states congress owes the american people a final up or down vote on health care. [cheers and applause] it is time to make a decision. the time for talk is over. we need to see where people stand. and we need all of you to help us win that vote. i need you to knock on doors, talk to your neighbors, pick up

the phone, when you hear an argument by the water cooler and somebody says this is bad guys, said, hold on the second. we need you to make your voices heard all the way in washington, d.c. [cheers and applause] they need to hear your voices. right now, the washington echo chamber is in full throttle. it is as deafening as it has ever been. as we come to that final vote, the echo chambers telling members of congress to think about the politics instead of thinking about doing the right thing. that is what mitch mcconnell said this weekend. his main argument was that this will be really bad for

democrats politically. first of all, i generally would not take advice about what is good for democrats. [laughter] [applause] but setting aside that, that is not the issue here. the issue here is not the politics of it. but that is what members of congress are hearing right now on the cable shows and the gossip columns in washington. it is telling congress that comprehensive reform has failed before. remember what happened to clinton. it may be too politically hard. yes, it is hard. it is hard. that is because health care is complicated. healthcare is a hard issue. it is easily misrepresented. it is easily misunderstood. so it is hard for some members of congress to make this vote.

there is no heart -- there's no doubt about that. but you know what else is hard to? what leslie and her family is going through, that is hard. [shoes and a plus] -- [cheers and applause] the fact that natomas may lose her house, that is hard. [applause] my friend in green bay having to worry about her cancer and her debt at the same time, trying to explain that to our kids, that is hard. [applause] what his heart is with millions of families and small businesses are going through because we allow the insurance industry to run wild in this country. [applause] so let me remind everybody. those of us in public office were not sent to washington to do what is easy. [applause]

we were not sent there because of the big fancy title. we were not sent there because of the big fancy office. we were not sent they're just so everybody can say how -- sent there just started can say how wonderful we are. we were sent there to do what is hard. [applause] we were sent there to take on the tough issues. [applause] we were sent there to solve the tough challenges. [applause] that is why we are there. [cheers and applause] in this moment, we are being called upon to fulfill our duty to the citizens of this nation and to future generations. so i will be honest with you. i do not know how passing health care will play politically. but i do know that it is the right thing to do.

[cheers and applause] it is right for our families, for our businesses, for the united states of america, and if you believe that, i want you to stand up with me and fight with me. the opportunity is here. let's seized what is within our grasp. thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪

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