i am signing it for brian smith who is here today. he runs a small business with five employees and trying to do the right thing to pay half the cost of coverage for his workers. this bill will help them for that coverage. i am signing it for 11-year-old marcellus owens who is also here. [applause] marcellus -- marcellus -- marcellus lost his mom to an illness and she did notpc2 have insurance and could not afford the care she needed. in her memory, he has told her story across america so that no other children have to go through what his family went through. [applause] i am signing it for natoma canfield who had to give up insurance after her insurance company jacked up her premiums by over 40%. she gave up for insurance to hold onto her house. she is lying in a hospital bed, as we speak, faced with an illness, praying that she can afford to get well without insurance. her family is here today because she cannot beat. . [applause] i am signing this bill for all the leaders who took up this cause through the generations, from teddy r

brian smith, a small-business man.hose folks will be gathered around a table that you see in the middle of the screen as the president signs the bill. [no audio] 7d÷ [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] >> you can see members taking pictures here in the east room waiting for the president to come out to sign the health care legislation. the president will later have over the interior department to talk to a larger group, about 600 folks. we will have those folks log -- will have those comments live on c-span 2. the house cavils in for a legislative business at noon. the senate comes in at 2:15 and they will take up the reconciliation package. the senate parliamentarian ruled last night against gop objections last night. the parliamentarian ruled that changes to the proposed excise tax on high-cost plans would not violate the 1974 budget act by changing contributions to the social security trust fund. republican procedural experts said that the impact also secured was enough to violate the b

brian smith appears on our sister network true tv's "in session." >> john gardner served five years. he could have served 30. what happened? why was he out? >> it was a crime against a 13-year-old girl he was accused of molesting and actually pummeling her. the problem here was, you had a witness who didn't want to testify -- excuse me, actually the victim didn't want to testify. and then you had the case of he didn't have a long criminal record. what they had to do is do a plea deal with him. he ended up get six years, served five and then probation. >> the fact that he lived yards from an elementary school. was that a failure of the system? >> they are obligated to have sex offenders registered online. but it's got to be watched. he was checking in with his probation officer. but obviously there was a lapse here that should have been corrected. >> what do you think the end result will be, a backlash against lenient judges, longer prison times, more electronic monitoring? what do you think will happen? >> i think you'll see harsh justice in this case. this is a death penalty eligibi

i heard from brian smith who runs a small business with five employees.e is trying to do the right thing. he is paying for half of the cost of coverage. as premiums keep going up and up, he is gonna have to start offering health care for his people. because of this bill, he is now going to be getting tax credits that allow him to do what he knows is the right thing. that is going to be true for millions of employers all across america. [applause] i heard the story of a 11-year old marcela owens who is right here. he is looking sharp. he and i made sure to coordinate our ties. it looks good. [laughter] he is a wonderful young man. he lost his mom to an illness. she did not have insurance. she cannot afford the care she needed. in her memory, marcelas has told her story across america so that no other children has to go through what his family has experienced. that is why we do not quit. i heard from folks who had to give up her health coverage after rates were it jacked up by almost 40%. she is terrified that an illness would mean to with this the house th