schakowsky: senator white house said, this is not a harry and louise moment, this is a thelma and louise moment. they were driving -- actually they fell off the cliff, as the president pointed out, we don't want to drive off a cliff. but that's where we're heading right now this this country with health care and the kind of plan that gives the choice to americans and allows all americans to be covered will keep us from falling off the cliff and more. it will make our society much more healthy. mr. ellison: let me yield to the gentlelady. and congresswoman hirono, you talked about the forums that you have had and others have had and that makes me kind of think about what congresswoman schakowsky and congresswoman woolsey are talking about in terms of organizing people. what kinds of coalitions do you see at these forums. are these folks you are seeing working together? ms. hirono: this system is so broken that you have people from all seeingments, republicans, democrats, doctors, nurses, hospitals, priors, the whole spectrum, small businesses coming in and saying let's fix this and identi

anthony, and louise slaughter. with this bill that she authored, she is one of the strongest links in leading women and this country and protecting our rights. we thank you, louise, for your continued leadership. the horror that played out inside a wichita church, the murder of dr. tiller, is a wound to the conscience of this nation. he had long been a target of violence and hate because he provided legal abortions. he provided medical care to women in need. any time a doctor has to put his life on the line to provide medical care, it has a chilling effect on americans' ability to get the medical care that they need. the consequences of dr. tiller's murder are a tragedy not only to his family, not only for women in kansas, but for women everywhere, especially in areas of our country where there are relatively few medical providers. dr. tiller is the eighth abortion provider to be murdered since 1977. and he was one of just seven doctors in the entire state of kansas. where will women go for the medical help that th

the lord had a daughter named louise.and kosciuszko started tutoring louise and explaining all about this and she said, don't tell me about it. because when you were in paris making nice drawings, me and my sister translated the first book from french into polish on it. that was it. kosciuszko fell madly in love with her. [laughter] >> and he decided that he wanted to marry her so he went to the lord and he said, i would like to marry your daughter. well, the lord looked at kosciuszko's estate, realized he didn't have that much money and he said i'm very sorry but pigeons are not meant for sparrows and daughters of land magnets are not met for the sons of the common gentry so kosciuszko tried to elope with her. unfortunately, he was captured. and he pulled out his sword and he was about to fight off the men and he realized that this is the father of the woman that i'm in love with so he put his sword back into his sheath and they beat him up and knocked him unconscious and they took the daughter away. now, kosciuszko late

be to the sides involved solve this problem without the united states dictating who wins and who louises and that's just the way it is -- loses and that's just the way it is. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: ms. woolsey. ms. woolsey: i wish to praise president obama for his historic speech in cairo last thursday. the president built new bridges, bridges of understanding and peace. the speech contrasted sharply with the approach taken by the previous administration. there was no arrogance or fear mongering in president obama's speech. he made no threats. he did not talk about an endless war on terrorism. instead, the president called for a new beginning between the united states and the muslim people. he renewed his pledge that america is not and never will be at war with islam. he called for cooperation instead of conflict. he courageously acknowledged the mistakes of the past and called for an end to mistrust. the president marginalized extremists by saying and i quote him, the enduring space of over a billion people is so much bigger than a narrow hatred of a few, unquote. he

whereas, during debate on june 14, 2005, in the congressional record on page h-4410 chairwoman louise slaughter of the house rules committee stated, quote, if we want to foster democracy in this body we should take the time and thoughtfulness to debate all major legislation under an open rule, not just appropriations bills which are already restricted, an open process should be the norm and not the exception, unquote. whereas, since january, 2007, there has been a failure to commit to an open and transparent process in the house of representatives. >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. members and staff will take their conversations from the floor. members will take their seats. the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: whereas, since january, 2007 -- whereas, since january, 2007, there has been a failure to commit to an open and transparent process in the u.s. house of representatives. whereas, more bills were considered under closed rules, 64 total in the 110th congress under democratic control than in the previou

period and louise are gone you will not see them this time around [applause] for the past couple of years we have been working with our board on an intensive effort to look at health care reform and look at what is really needed to get folks access to affordable coverage and that has been our goal. i just want to follow on a couple things that chris said the last couple of years i have been working on mental health parity and working on the effort to get it through and there is really three components. there was a strong push from the communities from the grassroots telling the politicians and telling us that something needs to be done. we are starting to see that duplicated. second, champions with mental health parity you have paul wellstone and patrick kennedy, pete domenici and others who were willing to take ownership and see it got pushed through and obviously you see that now with the president and congress having a strong commitment. finally you see the stakeholders or the special interest and i don't use that term pejoratively it is patient at this stage advocacy groups employers

maybe you are from the harry and louise team from 1993, 1994. it is an issue of personal responsibility, and that certainly has been the republican mantra that people do need to take responsibility. exercising on a regular basis, making sure that your weight is what it should be, avoiding smoking and other activities of daily living that are detrimental to your health. but without question, there are things that can happen to folks just like yourself, who work hard at trying to stay healthy. it may be that genetically your the one that is going to end up with that high blood pressure or those clogged arteries, despite staying on a good diet and trying to take care of yourself. i mean, there is no doubt that the need for health insurance is there in this country, particularly catastrophic coverage, because these statistics on the number of people let go into bankruptcy because of a major illness is staggeringly high. so whether you are talking about a government program, medicare for seniors, medicaid for the poor, the chip program for children a

in addition to that we also believe that real stories as opposed to the harry and louise ads ever in 1993 having real stories are going to be much more powerful than having actors with a tv commercial. but we really believe that and the president has said this before as well that he is going to play out broad principles and ask congress to address those principles in the legislation man dressed and we're going to continue to take the same tax and matched in the industry form ever act. >> thank you. and i concede that that is going to be part of the dynamic between the groups that have a m.r. appointed jenna and of the necessity to be broader in the messaging of the democrats. ,. as i think deepak talked about the short-term and the long-term, if we were going to have actually a couple years ashopping cart, whether we are going to transform this, it really does come to whether we can actually do things that make a huge difference. and i think that, you know, some -- a poll we are going to release later today shows 80% of americans think we need to have quality affordable health care f

can you tell us about louise hardaway who was quoted $13,000 a month? i want to ask you to confirm what i think is true, her situation is not created by government, by government option programs or mandates. the self-employed are completely exposed to the marketplace with absolutely no protection under prior hippo laws in both states, in the regulatory protection. that group needs help. isn't that correct, mr. arensmeyer? >> that is correct, it is growing as part of the twenty-first century high-tech economy. you're absolutely right. the system could not be worse than it is working for them, directly or impeding economic growth. >> i am trying to decipher where the chamber is. at the end of your statement you talk about the chamber, time to reform insurance markets but you danced around the question about making the folks in the market participate or not. the question i want to ask is does the chamber support or not support an individual mandate? >> i would say we would consider that. >> wait a minute. you are representing the chamber, speaking on healt

in addition to that, we also believe that real stories as opposed to the harry and louise ads that ran in 1993 having real stories are going to be much more powerful than having actors with a paid tv commercial. but we really believe that and the president has said thisber as well that he is going to lay out broad principles and ask the congress to address those principles in the legislation they draft. we are going to continue to they can that -- take that same tact and match the tone and tenor of the president in this reform effort. >> thank you. and i can see that that is going to be part of the dynamic between the, the groups that have a more pointed agenda and the necessity to be broader in the messaging of the, of the democrats. do you have something to say? >> i was just going to add something. i think it's actually important for, you know, as, as i think deepak talked about the short-term and the long-term, if we were going to have actually a couple years ashopping cart, whether we are going to transform this, it really does come to whether we can actually do things that make a

the recently released trafficking and persons report that came up from the state department with louise sedebaca. he's the trafficking director. if you want to get involve ... send us a tweet or e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. what stands out about the trafficking report. guest: first of all, the trafficking report, to get everybody up to speed, this is the ninth annual trafficking report. in the latter years of the clinton administration, a coalition came together to address modern slavery to update statutes from the civil war. one of the things that was done was not just to improve the slavery statutes in the u.s., but doing a report card. the annual report is a diagnostic tool, looking at other countries, what are they doing, what could they be doing better? we look at ourselves in this report. this year's report, i think, sends two strong messages. a message of continuity. just as the bush administration continues the clinton administration's work in 2001, so, too, the obama administration will carry on this fight. it is not a republican and democratic issue, it is an issue of thes

. >> you're right, but we don't weren't to be harry and louise. >> and we know who darth vader is already. >> cms -- >> darth vader is the head of cms, that's the whole problem. >> senator roberts, cms is not in charge of the center for health outcomes research and evaluation. >> who is? >> the ahqr, the agency under the secretary charged with quality. that is where it is. and in the bill, it creates an agency within an agency there to see this. this is not at cms. >> has this outfit been -- i mean has posse been formed up, is it riding? >> the posse that's been formed up. let's say this, no, where the framework that is in existence was created during because of the stimulus package in which we vo voted for $1 billion to begin to do -- >> well, i didn't. but go ahead. >> for outcomes research and replaced it with -- we create and interagency task force and put this in ahqr. $400 million of that research is already designated to go to nih. so it's not cms and bean counts. >> but yes, wouldn't nih -- i interrupt you. >> i'm just asking you to read the bill. >> say you have this -- kounds li

and the second thing i want to say is harry and louise argonne. you're not going to see them this time around. [applause] >> for the past couple of years we have been working with our board on a real intensive effort to look at health care reform and to look at what's really needed to get folks access to affordable coverage. and that's been our goal. and i just want you know follow on a couple things that chris said before i talk about this issue of a government plan. for the last couple of years i've been working on mental health parity and i think that actually was a very good model for this whole effort to get health care reform through congress, and i'm starting to see that duplicated. there's really three kind of components to mental health parity. there was a very strong push from the communities and from the grassroots telling the politicians and quite friendly telling us something needs to be done. we are starting to see that, you know, duplicated. second of all there's champions with mental health parity. you obviously had all wellstone a

louising. this is not the time for -- this is not about winning and losing. this is not the time for ideology. this is not the place for political games. for millions of americans, those with no coverage at all, it abouts a concrete and critical crisis that children, families, small businesses feel every single day. it is about the parent who can't afford to take their kid to the doctor because insurance is too expensive. it's about the small business that has to lay off employees because it can't afford skyrocketing health care premiums. it is about small businesses who eliminate insurance because they can't afford it. it is about the three and five families who put off necessary medical care because it costs too much. american families and every one of our states are counting on us to work together in our common interests. they are not counting political points scored by either party. senate democrats want nothing more than to work with republicans to create a bipartisan health reform bill that assures quality, affordable health for all americans. that's wh

he had a daughter named louise and kosciuszko started to murdering her and explaining all about physiocracy and she said don't tell me about physiocracy because when you were in paris making drawings me and my sister translated the first book from french into polish physiocracy. the dow was it. kosciuszko filed madly in love with her. [laughter] and he decided he wanted to marry her so he went to the lord and said i would like to marry your daughter. well, he looked at the estate and realized he didn't have that much money and said i'm sorry but pigeons are not meant for sparrows. and daughters of land magnets are not meant for the common so kosciuszko majority loper with her. unfortunately, he was captured and he pulled out his sword and was about to fight off the lord and his men and he realized this is the father of the woman i am in love with so he put the sport back into the sheet and they beat him up, knocked him unconscious and took the daughter away. now kosciuszko had to run away because the father decided he is going to try and prosecute him for abducting his daughter. so kosciusz

whereas during debate in the congressional record on page h-4410, chairwoman louise m. slaughter of the rules committee stated, if we want to foster democracy in this body we should take the time and thoughtfulness to debate all major legislation under an open rule, not just appropriation bills, which are already restricted. an open process should be the norm and not the exception. whereas since january, 2007, there has been a failure to commit to an open and transparent process in the house of representatives. whereas more bills were considered under closed rules, 64 total in the 110th congress under democratic control than in the previous congress, 49 under republican control. whereas fewer bills were considered under open rules, 10 total in the 110th congress under democratic control than in the previous congress, 22 under republican control. whereas fewer amendments were allowed per bill, 7.68 in the 110th congress under democratic control than in the previous congress, 9.22 under republican control. whereas the failure to commit to an open and transparent process i