burr: i thank the chair. mr. president, when i ended talking about the substitute, i had held up this can of come he will orbs. and i -- of camel orbs. i had told the members that that was product that was currently rated at about a 1% risk, a 99% reduction from typical nonfiltered cigarettes and a 89% reduction -- my math is a little fuzzy after all the time i've spent on the floor -- 89% reduction from nonfiltered cigarettes. i just want to hold up what a dissolvable tobacco. you don't get lung scwer. you don't get copd. doesn't cause heart disease. 1% risk. but under h.r. 1256, this product is outlawed. why? because it wasn't sold between -- before february 2007. now, let me say to my colleagues, if the intent of passing federal regulation over tobacco industry -- and i'm supportive of it -- is to reduce death and disease, why would you exclude a product that has a 1% risk but grandfather in products that have a 100% likelihood of killing you? even if you're not debating whether it's in the f.d.a. or whether i

burr: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. burr: i also ask unanimous consent that the senate be in morning business with members permitted to speak for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to be recognized for 30 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. burr: mr. president, we're desperately working to try to make sure that we can move to amendments on h.r. 1256, a bill that attempts to consolidate the regulatory responsibility for tobacco products under the f.d.a. mr. president, this is being sold as a public health bill. i've been now to the floor for over three and a half hours the balance of this week suggesting that it doesn't meet that threshold. and that at some point today i would have the opportunity, along with senator hagan, my colleague, to give in some detail what's in the substitute amendment. i'm goin

burr: thank you, mr. president. when i yielded the floor to allow senator brown to speak, i was in the process of describing the substitute amendment to the base bill, h.r. 1256. before i go back to that, let me share for my colleagues the response to a letter from the campaign for tobacco-free kids. they assess the substitute bill, and they provided in a letter to the committee why they found the substitute to be wrong. i use that word. let me take on some of the things they raised in that letter. one, they said that the burr-hagan bill would create a new bureaucracy that lacks the experience, expertise, and resources to effectively regulate tobacco products. i think i made it abundantly clear earlier today that under the current regulatory framework for tobacco every federal agency in the united states has jurisdiction in it except for the food and drug administration. so to suggest that the food and drug administration has the experience or the expertise or the resources to effectively regulate this would just be

. >> senator burr? >> mr.chairman, i would like to call up burr number four. >> burr number four. >> hopefully this won't be as contentious or as difficult to understand, because this was a program that's still currently in effect, but will no longer be in effect after june of this year, i believe, june 29. as members are getting this, the amendment restores the medical student loan deferment program, also known as the 220 rule. this rule which medical residents have relied on for years was eliminated in the college cost reduction act -- access act of 2007 and has a negative effect on the ability of medical residents to pay their student loans. in 2007, congress passed a college cost reduction access act to make college and financing of college education more affordable to students. those are good things. unfortunately buried in the text of that bill was a major mistake. more appropriate, i would like to call ate malpractice committed against medical residents. the elimination of the 2220 pathway which goes in

i urge our colleagues to reject the burr amendment. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the distinguished ranking member of the judiciary committee, senator sessions, senator kyl and i are going to take a few moments here to discuss the pending supreme court nomination and the proceedings leading up to that. i've notified the democratic floor staff that it might slightliedly the 4:20 vote. i find that not objectionable on the other side. so i would just inform our colleagues that we're going to proceed here as if in morning business and i ask consent we proceed as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: it will not cause much of a delay, if any, on the 4:20 vote i announce to our colleagues. senator sessions is up and will be the first speaker. signature session mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: mr. president, i thank senator mcconnell for his leadership in so many ways but particularly his concern th

if not, hagan number 2 and burr number 6 are adopted. i thank both of our colleagues for their work in that effort. i'll go in any order. how do you want to do this? tom, you said you had something. >> i have a meeting at 5:30. >> help you out. >> coburn 16. >> as noted, senator harkin has created the proper emphasis of trying to change the paradigm from going to sick care to prevention. and keeping people healthy, preventing disease, and then managing wellness. many of the ideas in this legislation, section 301, the public health council, they have merit. but the way this bill is drafted, they only create more government and more bureaucracy, rather than help us to focus on what works. so the idea behind this amendment is to replace the public health council in this bill, which is troubling both in its lack of focus and its unprecedented scope with a more targeted interagency working group to more effectively focus federal programs. the way this is written, we've got 18 federal agencies, most of them not related to health care in the pu

the hud grants, the cdbg senator burr talked about that. the hemingy communities program that's granted through the cdc, duplicates that. the transportation enhancement grants at the department of transportation, we're duplicating that. the safe routes to school program, we're duplicating that. the rural development program, senator burr mentioned that, the rural housing aprogram, we're duplicating that. identical grants, going to do the same thing as those programs are. we're duplicating it. the weed and seed program. same thing. we'll have a crossover and a dupe election there. and the department of energy efficiency and conservation block grant. we have duplication. so, again, philosophically i'm opposed to us spending this money this way if we're going to spend 8 billion, let's go spend 8 billion on real spre vengs. let's enroll people in a precourse and get them the things they need. the let's spend 8 billion every year on caring for people with a comprehensive exam that don't have it today. let's go back to what you were just talking

been able to regulate tobacco products, and we're about to change that if we, in fact, reject the burr amendment and several others that are here and give the food and drug administration the power, the authority to regulate the sale, production, and marketing of tobacco products particularly to young children. so for the first time, the f.d.a. will have this authority and put in place tough restrictions for families that for far too long have been absent when it comes to how cigarettes are market to their children. i'm sure my colleagues are tired of hearing me say over the last several weeks about the number of young people who start smoking every day. we've been at this matter now for about two or three weeks, considering the floor action as well as the action in the "help" committee, which is the committee of jurisdiction. you can do the math yourself. 20 days, 3,000 to 4,000 children every day starting to smoke while we've been deliberating this piece of legislation. needless to say, i don't know of a single person in this country with an ounce of sense that -- that wants that rat

ryan burr along with michele lafountain on what is a monster day and night in the

burr: i thank the president. mr. president, i came to the floor last week for north of 95 hours an spoke about the bill that -- -- and spoke about the bill that will be disposed of as this week goes on. and specifically an amendment that though nongermane postcloture, the majority leader has agreed to hold a vote on it. to me this will be one of the most important votes members in this body cast this year. let me say this again. i believe this is one of the most important votes members in the united states senate will cast this year. now, let me try to say. why this is a debate about the regulation of tobacco. and to start with members need to be reminded that this is not an industry without regulation today. this is the current chart of federal regulation of the tobacco industry before we do anything. and i might point out that included in that regulation -- regulatory structure is the department of transportation, department of treasury, department of commerce, the department of justice, the office of the president

if we're able to reach an agreement on the burr-hagan substitute amendment. senators will be notified when the individual votes will be scheduled. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it be adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until with the federal mandated transition to digital television coming next week we will get a status report on how the fcc has prepared viewers for the change. with the commission's william lake, congressman joe barton, weta television station manager kevin harris and erica swanson an activist group coordinator. tonight at 8:00 eastern, the communicators on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations? >> taxpayers. >> i don't really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> federally. >> contributions from donors. >> 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiatives, no government mandate, no government money. >> topics at today's penta

i know senator burr wants to continue his discussion on the f.d.a. tobacco bill. there are two issues very significant to the american taxpayer, especially to those of us concerned about how much debt this administration is running up on our children. the first is good news. the -- it looks like a number of banks are going to repay a fair percentage of the tarp money that's been put out by the administration, potentially $65 billion. now, when tarp was originally structured, the understanding was that we would buy assets in banks, or from banks, and that at some point we would get that money back as taxpayers. in fact, you would get it back with interest. and this is what's happening now. the money is coming back as these banks have restored their fiscal strength, and it's actually coming back with interest, about $4.5 billion on top of the money that we put out, is my understanding as to what would be paid back on the interest side relative to the preferred stock. so that's good news. first the financial system was stabilized during a cataclysmic period in septem

or the coburn-burr bill. or the senator gregg bill. or the bill that senator hatch is working on with senator cornyn and others. those are the way to meet our objectives. is here are our objectives once more, mr. president. we want to provide health coverage to 300 million americans, not just to the 47 million uninsured. we want for you a health care plan that you can afford. we want for you a plan in which you and your doctor make the decisions, not washington, d.c. we want a plan that emphasizes prevention and wellness. we want a plan that gives low-income americans more of the same opportunities and choices for health care that most americans already have. and we want a plan that doesn't make it harder for american businesses to compete in the world marketplace by adding to their costs. we want in the end a program, a health care program that your grandchildren and your children can afford and doesn't keep trillions of dollars of new debt upon them, that devalues the dollars that they eventually will earn and the quality of their li

it's been offered on one hand by senator coburn and senator burr. it's been offered at the same time by senator gregg of new hampshire. it's been offered in a bipartisan way by senator wyden and senator bennett, who have offered a proposal that would basically give these dollars to the people who need help, let them buy their insurance, and according to the same congressional budget office that said the kennedy proposal cost at least $1 trillion more, they said wyden would cost zero more. i'd like to be informed when i have a minute left. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator has five minutes remaining. mr. alexander: during the last six months the four words we've heard most in washington is more debt and washington takeover. we've seen a washington takeover of banks, insurance companies, student loans, car companies and now perhaps of health care. the president insists on a government-run insurance option as part of a health care reform plan which would inevitably lead to a washington-run health plan. why would it do that? putting

invoked on that matter and we also agreed last night that we would have a vote in relation to the burr substitute amendment at 4:30 p.m. today and i hope we can reach an agreement to consider other amendments prior to the vote in relation to the burr amendment. senators will be notified if any other votes are scheduled. staff is working now trying to come up with a list of amendments we can vote on. the senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 for caucus luncheons. mr. president, h.r. 31 is at the desk and it is my understanding it is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 31, to provide for the recognition of the lumbee tribe of north carolina and for other purposes. mr. reid: i object to further proceedings at this time. the presiding officer: the objection having be heard the bill will be placed on the calendar under rule 14. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, when it comes to health care americans are looking for answers. they don't unde

the most conspicuous one, i guess is steve burr with his. maybe we could ask him at safeway, based on their experience, how many employees did they have? a lot. >> a lot, but only about 30,000 are in this program. bv but of the 30,000, or did he find -- did he or other employers find that it was 2% or 20% of their employees who had an illness or some other disability that made it unlikely or impossible for them to benefit from this. if we -- and then maybe there's a different approach we could take toward those people. but, surely if we didn't make it easier for the safeways of the world to -- as he testified to us, to -- he said -- we said what is the one thing we could do to make it easier for you to encourage wellness and health among his employees. he said take it from 80 to 20. and then if there are 15% who are in effect left behind because of disability or condition, then we should address them in a different way. make sure they aren't being treated unfairly. this seems like such a promising area of agreement. i would hate to restrict

i want to go back to what richard burr said. if we don't design something that incentivizes people to utilize whatever program we put up and you all are in charge and you're going to ride it, but if we don't have the incentives for them to utilize it, it will be highly inefficient, and the second point i'd make is all throughout this bill there's not transparency once and there's not a metric anywhere to say what are we doing and what will we do? >> the transparency and accountability and metric, that's a good point, but tom harkin has a good answer. >> first of all, there are a lot of different things that have been brought up that i'd like to respond to and i'll take it in order. senator burr brought up the medical coverage and we have it in the bill and also that we're working with the finance committee right now@@ hv@ @ rr@' >> can i point out one thing to my friend? >> yeah. two examples, real quick. the u.s. preventive service task force as it relates to psa exams says the evidence is insufficient for recommendation in men

station york it was a bombard your/eight both of private says had commuted fairly long distances and burr have found to have little rest. the co-pilot revealed the inexperience in flying in icy conditions that i have read in the transcript the captain had failed a number of flight test. we will hear from the ntsb which has been investigating but it sounds like the captain it made the wrong decisions at the wrong time. i worry when i have looked at this and have read the transcript of the cockpit recording and all of the other issues, there are issues of fatigue, training, commuting, and perhaps the salaries that could have played a role. i am concerned about the airline's and faa's ability to prevent an experienced pilots from flying planes they may be less familiar with and then they should be or icy weather when they are less experienced that you would expect them to be. we are supposed to be having a one o level of safety for regional and major carriers and i want to hear from our new administrator babbitt randolph if he thinks that is the case and if the faa has kept up with the chang

> can you talking little bit more about the chat rooms and incite people may have gained about the burr by participating in the artwork? >> when you visit the site it was very playful, you know, a guy hawking himself in a room and you could really direct a gun and shoot at him with a paint ball and you know you are not going to kill him and it's a lot of fun. a lot of people start having parties. two or three different cities they start gathering on the computers and chat and shoot. so one incident when three girls from three different cities in england start shooting and having fun, but they didn't know what the project was about and they start asking questions, asking me questions, asking other people questions, and their action changed right away and they came back and apologized for their actions saying we didn't know where you were trying to accomplish by this project and in fact these interactions i wanted. and also, people start using the site as a dating place. de mita and i think that is the left, i'm sure that is the left. so they come to the site and just seeing great things

. >> and the nfl may weigh in on>a plaxico burress' case before th law does.axico burr espnews now. >> hi. welcome to espnews. now available in hd. you know, the last time they played the subway series, it was more like the taking of pellham 123. >> 15-0 in that game. as joe girardi would say, it's the subway series, you're going to see strange things. we saw strange things tonight. stiffer field hosting its first subway series. c.c. sabathia. third yankee pitcher with an rbi against the mets. sabathia, he was vintage. the yankee offense, despite not having a lot of the regulars, still scored nine runs. a-rod, career home run number 564. that bolts him ahead of mr. october, reggie jackson, for 11th on the all-time list. brett gardner had his first career five-hit game. the mets one through three hitters, 0 for 12, four strikeouts. mets also made three errors in a four-run yankees second inning. meanwhile a-rod continues to climb the home run charts, passes the yankee great in reggie jackson. next up for him, rafael palmeiro who sits at 569 home runs. lakewood five behind palmeiro. >>

burr. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: . vote:

of 24 hours which is a normal process that is difficult to do so i want to accommodate that senator burr has raised to give adequate time for people to respond so you can have amendments ready if you are not happy with the cbo numbers provided. >> mr. chairman and may add to my comment even with the 12:00 accommodation, i can i get here the airline schedules i have no effect and i would be cut out. i understand we can't all make it but let me make this clear, if the legislation is not released to us today over the weekend rican actually read it i am not sure having the cbo con man and brief us on how they scored a product that we have yet to look at and disseminate the informatiinformati on is valuable to those of us who have not seen it. of the fact we do not have the legislation before money, i would ask said chair to delay the cbo briefing until we better understand what cbo would describe. >> mr. chairman, i know you try to run a fair process and it is a difficult job and you run into this in the extraordinary way. but let me tell you, when i question the most important part of the b

it is important to remember a while that act is an integral part of our plan, one that's burr's new demand and put people back to work during these hard -- hardest hit times, it is one pillar of our plan. the housing plan, financial regulatory reform, a budget that makes investments in energy, health care, and education, while cutting the deficit by half over our first term, remain other pillars. i would like to briefly run through 10 new major projects that will define the next three months of the recovery act under way across the united states. this reveals how we address the economic downturns throughout all regions of the countries in every state, turquoise, and it is a pervasive recession geographically. the recovery act is equally pervasive geographically. now it is a test of whether the system is truly idiot proof. we have not used this before, so we're making history. >> we cut newspapers. >> ooh. >> is there not one behind their that we could -- >> you want to move over here so we can see that one? >> the first light combines all of it -- the first allied combines all the activity

we have a bill proposed by senators burr and coburn on our side of the aisle. several members on the finance committee, including myself, are working on a proposal that will empower patients and consumers, and not the government. it will not get between doctors and patients. it will not rely on denying or delaying access to care in order to keep costs down. we believe that innovation is one of the things that's made health care in america among the greatest in the world, and that's why we believe that we need to retain and protect and nurture that innovation and that quality health care and to empower patients to use a market that plays by the rules to help lower their costs. i've seen that as recently as a few weeks ago in austin, texas, when i visited with a number of employees of the whole foods company that's headquartered in austin, a grocery company, where these workers have health savings accounts, or high deductible insurance. they actually call them wellness accounts. i was told that 80% of the employees at whole foods don't have to pay any money out o

. >> senator burr? senator isakson? senator mccain? >> aye by proxy. >> senator coburn?>> no. >> senator roberts? >> aye by proxy. >> chairman kennedy? >> aye by proxy. i want to recommend that all future amendments be offered by senator sanders. very good, senator. lamar alexander, you're up. >> thanks, mr. chairman. i have an amendment to title three, section 311. the purpose of it is to make sure that the right choices program which is in that title doesn't require the states to spend any money on it, and this is a relatively small item, probably, but i would like to make a larger point in making my proposal, if i could say just a word about it. >> certainly. >> we have talked a lot here about cost and usually the cost is described in terms of cost to the federal government, and the cbo, congressional budget office, score has said that the kennedy bill even without three of its major points would add $1 trillion over ten years. senator gregg has said that once the program is implemented fully by the fifth year, it would be more like $2.3 trillion. but i would like to

the president is right, if you do not count aaron burr. in just under five months, secretary geithner has led the unprecedented efforts to rebuild the financial system, to restore trust in america's position in the world and that process is in the middle right now. judging by the energy and intelligence with which he is taking on our economic crisis, i would put my money on secretary geithner. i think that we all have put our money on secretary geithner. leading this morning's discussion is one of our company's most thoughtful journalists. he is the 16th managing editor. he is a steward of our long term commitment to journalistic excellence. in conceiving this interview series, we were motivated by the realization that it is good to read and watch cnn on tv, but in this high-tech world, there is nothing like it face to face discussion to get not only the ideas, but the thinking behind the ideas. please join me in welcoming the 75th treasury secretary of the united states, the honorable timothy geithner. [applause] >> let's get right down t

fugate to begin the may ask senator burr i know you were just coming in, welcome, do want to make and a brief opening statement or should we go right to the panel? thank you. we're happy to have craig 85 with us the new administrator from fema and man who i gave my whole hearted support they give for the work to have done but we look forward to hearing from your administrator 35 because we have made progress there is a tremendous amount of work that has to be done we're looking to you for leadership and guidance and may i say migrate banks to nazi war who came in on the election of president obama and appointment of secretary janice napolitano step did in the interim and was immediately able to make a tremendous difference of improvement. i know you are happy with what she was able to do but i want to read knowledge that and thank you for being the formal an official director and look forward to your remarks. >> thank you, madam chairman, senator landrieu, there is always the first time to testify a lot of formalities i have submitted written testimony by walt try to keep the short be

we have a coburn-burr plan that's what been introduced. senator gregg has a plan that is introduced. to date we've only seen a little sort of generalities about the democrat plan. all we simply know is that they're going to insist upon a government-run component to that. and, again, it is simply nothing more or less than a government takeover of health care, which is going to lead to all kinds of outcomes that i don't think most people in this country are prepared for. and, frankly, if they had the opportunity, would not support. but they have entrusted with us the responsibility to look for ways to make health care more affordable in this country. there are a lot of good suggestions, which as i said before, republicans are putting forward. it will be very difficult if the -- if the bright red line put forward by the democrats in the senate and howpt is a government-run program, a -- house of representatives is a government-run program or else. that is not -- i will certainly not subscribe to that solution for america's health care system,

they were going to raise that another 25 basis points burr after the conservative torship they decidedot to. but they've done some risk-based pricing. they've raised the fees where the risks are higher. this is the balance of trying to conserve assets verb us is the mortgage market and there's things that have to be done. we've watched what they've done and we've talked to them about what they've done and they're very much working to try to achieve a balance between safety and soundness. >> thank you. there's no question that we need a gsc reform package. i don't know that we want to have the taxpayers eternally bailing out all of the various companies including the mortgage giant. so, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. >> thank very much. and now we'll hear from mr. adler from new jersey. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. lockhart i want to follow-up on some questions. my sense is that mortgage insure percent lack the capital to underwrite new mortgages. i'm wondering what you think the fha could do to that problem for america? >> that's a good question. as you know fanny

chairman -- >> senator burr, i don't know if it's the number one priority, but much of cdc is devoted always to dealing with -- to being reactive to difficult situations, whether it's an outbreak of e.coli at a county fair in ohio or north carolina, whether it's a flu virus, whether it's a whole lot of things. it's an agency that, because of its general, i think its general flat line funding for most of the years, it's an agency that has trouble focussing on an affirmative mission because it's playing defense so much. and that may be a question of management in part burke it's a question of what resources do we get them and where do we direct them. insenator harkin's efforts and the attention that prevention is getting in this legislation, the discussion that swirls around it as we move forward and this $10 billion or $8 billion a year or so will help them focus much better than they have on the big issues. i yield to the senator. >> my point was the numb befr one issue relative to the prevention side. clearly not to their response side. i think senator isakson might take objection to

. >> senator burr. >> awesome. [laughter] thank you, mr. chairman. >> chris, listen to this, i'm about to compliment you. chris? >> yes, sir, i'm sorry. >> i'm about to compliment you. [laughter] >> take your time. [laughter] use as much time as you would like. [laughter] >> you know i have deep respect for you, and for all the colleagues on this committee. and i personally feel that you have been stuck with something that if you had control over we wouldn't be here right now. we would probably still be in the process of exchanging ideas to come up with a consensus bill. we are not doing that. and there's not a consensus approach. there have been no input from this side on this which is part of the bill. i find it unbelievable that we could start a markup where at some point tomorrow the most contentious parts of the bill are quite be shared with us and i take the chair at his word that we will have ample time to offer and construct our amendments. on a bill of this magnitude, on a bill that affect 70% of gross domestic product of the count

former vice president aaron burr's enigmatic conspiracy of 1805, 1806 to make a nation for himself and others in the region opened by the louisiana purchase had come apart but illustrated the limited control exerted by the east over the last. of the national government over its unsettled territory. a continental nation was so uncertain that president thomas jefferson had deemed it optional quote whether we remain in one confederacy or form into atlantic and mississippi confederacies i believe not very important to the happiness of either part. but coming of the steamboat in 18078 hope for a connectedness but illustrated the lack of it. so they were both on the hudson and mississippi rivers but no true navigation between them. the war of 1812 proved over its psaltery for your course that the united states remained a shaky nation. the british burned washington. president james madison escaped on horseback separated from his dolly. the british also burned buffalo and neighboring blackrock. the pioneers of western new york fled east in terror. there was no defending the state western flank

and i understand that there's other amendments such as one by senator lieberman and one by senator burr also that should be considered. so i want to point out that i'm not holding up the bill nor put any hold on the legislation. the fact is that importation of prescription drugs is certainly germane and should apply to this legislation before us. last week the majority leader was kind enough to say that he would see about this amendment and when it could be considered, and has just informed me that he has discussed the possibility that it be brought up on the health care legislation when it comes to the floor. well, one, the issue can't wait. and, two, that is not an ironclad commitment. and as much as i enjoy people's consideration around this body, from time to time i have found that without an ironclad commitment sometimes those commitments of consideration go by the wayside. but i do appreciate very much the majority leader's seeking to help me address this issue. so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate begins consideration of h.r. 1256, that it be in order f

ryan burr along with michele lafountain on what is a monster day and night in the sports world. we got nba final, lakers-magic, game three. pittsburgh with their backs against the wall, game six, stanley cup finals at the igloo in pittsburgh. pens need to win to stave off elimination and not be embarrassed again and have the red wings skate around on their home ice with that stanley cup thing, plus major league baseball draft currently going under way. but it's all been trumped by breaking news out of southern california, and the college basketball team at u.s.c. >> that's right. so unexpected news as tim floyd has resigned this afternoon. according to the clarion ledger, the basketball course at southern california a month after being accused of giving $1,000 to man who helped steer sharpshooter o.j. mayo to u.s.c. floyd submitted a one-paragraph letter of resignation to u.s.c. athletic director make garrett. this is what it says: >> senior college basketballteom writer for espn "the magazine," espn.com andy andy katz., lesta andy, let's start with this. a how big of a shock wa

other cosponsors are senator dick durbin, senator judd gregg, ted kennedy, richard burr, chris

like to be able to promise, and as the subcommittee chairman on aging, with my colleague, senator burr, the ranking member, that we review the legislation that is spending, that helps deal with this issue of encouraging the development of advanced medical directives. in other words most people getting the directives. and look at the existing legislation. with various legislative proposals that are being recommended, it seems this bill moves forward, we could not come back to the committee with an idea-- there he is, good. >> john, we are talking about yeah, thank you sir. your timing is perfect. barbara, do you want to finish? >> the thought is simply this. in a nutshell, that while this amendment is well intentioned and wanting individuals to plan for their future needs and to have an advanced directives, aarp and also the administration is concerned that it would have adverse consequences for patients and providers. instead, they encouraged that the members of the health committee look at the legislation. their three different legislative bills that are pending, that could facilitate

they are actually far more to the drastic both senator coburn and burr have considerable reform. they want to guarantee issue and no pricing on health status. well, if you have those to you must have a mandate because if you have only the to you get new jersey, which is what we have. [laughter] we have guaranteed issue and a cumulatively rating but not a mandate to buy insurance, and therefore only sick people in the end stayed in the pool and the healthy don't buy it. that i think will not work in fact i think that most economists would argue against it. than you might as well that is a big thing to chew off. wants the fine print is out there for people in the individual market to price their product and that structure from health status will be a brand new experience. so we will see if that comes about. but it is interesting that senator coburn had it in his bill and obama, bachus, everyone else and the house has, and i think you're bipartisan thing has that said there is at least across party lines and agreement that market as it functions is dysfunctional and needs to be refo

>> what is the average rate of return, and others variables, a ballpark -- burr i can submit in writing by don't have an average for you today. >> thank you. ai thank the gentlelady. i thank all the witnesses. you've been fantastic and you, mr. wellinghoff i want to tell you how much we appreciate your willingness to take on this job. this is one of the toughest jobs we are going to have in america. you have an outstanding record, and i've already had in conversation with him privately and i am very glad that you have this job in that position. it's very sensitive and it's going to require people like you who are willing to spend the time to get this right so we have a long-term solution. and as we are going forward especially the next week or so, we are going to need some specifics to helpless think through this issue in terms of where the problems have been, what has caused the problems and would be needed in order to correct those problems. we will need some examples and some specifics with regard to what has been used as a blocking mechanism to the resolution of these regional issue

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senator burr and i have worked together on this in the past a lot of different things. we may have different approaches on how to do it but i think-- i don't know if all but a lot of us really feel strongly about this. center hatch and i have worked on issues on mama is going back to 1994. when we both entered, will meet both introduced the shea bill. i know of his strong support for wallace activities. so, i think there has been some really pretty good suggestions that i have seen from the other side on this. not all knowledge reside here with one person or one staff grouping, but the process i think it's going to lead is towards having some significant reforms, reforms, changes in wellness and prevention. but, i will again repeat, nothing comes free. nothing is free. there's no free lunch here. freer pointage dude we are going to have to put some bucks behind it and if we get into a match where to put the box behind it were quantitate the bugs out of medicare or medicaid or existing structures, propension will never get there so we have got to set the structure up, we

this bill is a burr cat's dream. it gives the e.p.a., the d.o.e. and many others, leverage over our energy markets. some in congress will have these buyer cats in their crosshairs aiming to game the system as this massively complex plan is implemented. i oppose this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: i yield to the the gentleman from kansas, mr. moore, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. moore: i commend chairman waxman that will help the country make a transition to a new clean energy economy. i urge members to vote in support of the underlying bill. americans are demanding bold policies that will push our country in a new direction on energy and secure a clean energy future for america. this is a positive step forward, but i urge chairman waxman's leadership to strengthen the renewable electricity standard during the conference committee. a strong standard would mean more jobs in the united states and a larger share in domestic clean energy. our children a

we're working on possible agreement on three senator burr amendments 1, 2, 7. we have a whole series of coburn and gregg agreements we don't have agreement on right now. also one by senator hatch. the total democratic amendments of course are two or three. i think there's a discrepancy in the number here. but two or three. senator sanders has i guess three. if i get that right. 6, 7, 8. he'll be offering -- he will not be offering for a vote but will talk about them. we're making a little progress on amendments. just a word about jurisdiction. the senate finance committee has jurisdiction over waste and fraud -- i should say fraud and abuse efforts in public programs such as medicare and medicaid. and they are including strong provisions in their bill, the finance bill, on this. the health education labor pensions committee has jurisdiction over private, private health insurance anti-fraud activities. because of our jurisdiction over the health insurance portability and accountability account and arissa, as we know, the employee retirement income and security a

. >> senator burr. >> aye by proxy. >> senator mccain. >> aye by proxy. >> senator hatch. >> aye by proxy. >> senator macao ski. >> aye by proxy. >> senator kennedy. >> no by proxy. >> 10 ayes, 13 >> number 783. coburn number 73. >> this is just another level of trying to keep us accountable. since we don't want the states to do it, and we don't want to give the states flexibilities, how about if we find that a work force program is ineffective, allowing the secretary to say so and redirect the funds to where the program is effective? that's all this amendment does. if the secretary says this isn't accomplishing anything, we're throwing money out of the door, i would like to redirect this money to a program that's working. >> it just gives the secretaries the authority. >> mr. chairman? >> we trust the secretary for everything else in this bill. why can't we trust the secretary to make that evaluation? >> mr. chairman? >> well, first of all, the end of the line legislation calls for the creation of a data analysis center so these work horse programs will be tracked very closely. one of th

. >> senator burr? >> aye by proxy. >> senator mccain? senator hatch? senator murkowski. senator roberts? >> the senator is recorded. senator, would you like to be voted as aye? >> chairman kennedy? >> no by proxy. >> 14 ayes -- or no, 11 ayes, 14 noes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. senator murray? >> mr. chairman, we are now ready to accept murkowski number 23 as modified. ask unanimous consent it be accepted. >> any objections to senator murkowski number 23 as modified? without objection, the amendment is agreed to. next up? >> mr. chairman, we have a meeting. >> do you have a meeting. maybe it's just as wise at this juncture. my view would be as i said earlier, i know our republican friends have a meeting to attend. >> if i could ask, i know the republicans are going to leave, how many more amendments we expect on this? >> i have no idea where we are -- four? judd, do you have any further ones on this one? this section? >> on this title? >> so we have four -- >> we have four more. we will come back. i will aim to reconvene at 5:30 but ask the senators to keep me i

afternoon a vote on the substitute amendment offered by north carolina republican senator richard burr. that's expected at about 4:20 eastern time. also some news as judiciary chairman committee patrick leahy said that confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor will get underway on july 13. more lives in a coverage coming up at 2:15, about an hour from now, live here on c-span2. >> to try caucus is made up of members from the black, hispanic and asian pacific american caucus is. this is about 45 minutes. >> okay, good morning and thank you all for being here. some of us may have to leave for a markup. but we will made our statement and we will be coming and going as scheduled permit. i barber later type represent the ninth congressional district of california, also the chair of the congressional black caucus. and i stand here before you today as a very proud, original cosponsor of the health equity and accountability act of 2009 with my colleagues who have worked on this bill for many, many years. congresswoman christiansen, this year will lead not only the efforts

the president is right, of course, if you don't count aaron burr. in just under five months, he has led to treasuries unprecedented efforts to rebuild the financial system, to restore trust in america's position in the world, and that process is in the middle of under way. judging by the energy and intelligence with which he is taking on our economic crisis, i would put my money on him. in fact, i think we all have put our money on secretary tim geithner. leading this morning's discussion is one of our country's most thoughtful journalists. he is the 16th managing editor at "time" and not only the start of their command to journalistic excellence, but he is leading our 21st century reinvention of the brand and role and mission of that magazine and our public life. in conceiving this interview series, we were motivated by the realization that it is good to read, it is a good to watch cnn, but in this high-tech world, there's nothing like a face to face discussion to get to not only the ideas, but the thinking behind the ideas. with that, please welco

they're in the burr-coburn bill. they're in the legislation introduced by senator gregg of tphafplt they're in the legislation that senators hatch and cornyn are working on. we would like to give dollars to low-income americans so they can choose to buy an insurance policy and have the same kind of coverage that most of the rest of us can buy. we would rather give them choices in the private market which by far is what most americans have and choose today. we can do that at -- without adding debt to the -- to the national debt, the wyden-bennett bill is scored at no extra debt. and we can do that in a way that reduces the uninsured more than the kennedy bill does. so, madam president, with respect, i suggest we start over. we do it in a bipartisan way. that we take some suggestions, actually from the republican side, which hasn't been done at all. that's another thing the president said, he said he wanted a bipartisan bill, we've had a completely partisan bill. we don't like that. we came here to be a part of solving

for purposes of today because i was cognizant of time and senator burr has flight schedules of cetera. first of all in terms of the roberts counteroffer, i am strongly opposed to that, because the term any government agency is too broad. kospi it is entity. >> he rightfully says-- excuse me, any government entity. he rightfully says that this could impact on the va or tricare and quite frankly, i would be able to make up-- want them to be able to make up their own minds. i think a government entity is too broad. it could have a negative impact. now i want to go to this term rationing. it is a highly charged, focus driven word. and we know why that word is being used, because it is meant to scare people. is meant to scare people about this health plan pagoda is meant to scare people about going to value efficacy, evidence informed patient-centered medicine and quite frankly rationing occurs every single day. the minute you have a pharmaceutical formulary, you are being told by your health insurance company what drug you can take and what tragacanth take, but often it is based on financ