president obama today was asked about this and he will also meet with president bachelet of chile in just a bit. let's go to fort lauderdale, florida. mrs. cynthia on our other line. >> caller: i just want to say it is refreshing to hear a president of the united states express awareness of international tensions and international situations and have some understanding that as of the superpower of the united states needs to listen to other people. and i think that is one of the things that we have been waiting for for a long time, a president who listens to what other people have to say, even people who disagree with him. >> on capitol hill today the house and senate are back at 2:15 p.m. to continue work or they're hoping to bring to the floor legislative spending for fiscal year 2010. life coverage here on c-span2 at 2:15 p.m. this is new york city. bruise on the republican line. >> caller: how are you doing? >> very well. >> caller: i watched obama. i do like him as a person. as a president we have to back him but i feel he is way off the mark. there was no comment about north kor

and i gave the example of the former head of the cms and bachelet coming to my office since i have a hold on him, and he actually talked to great providers and cleaned up the ladder that we sent and i felt that we had gotten along fine and then within months cms was doing precisely the opposite of what he indicated. and then later when we had the chance to visit on an airplane i let him know about that and he expressed shock and amazement. so, i think we have to take that extra step using the word prohibit. i just think we should have a flat prohibition cms shouldn't be allowed to use this information to set payments or coverage for treatment. that doesn't mean they can't in four or disseminate. to better educate and better help doctors across the country. and let me just repeat in terms of controlling cost in cer, peter orszag who is very influential on this administration has said they would use cer to control cost. larry summers said they would use cer to control cost. raymond kingston said -- he is the director out at nih and i know the distinguished senator from maryland knows h