now, i want to introduce secretary burwell. when our staff said you need secretary burwell's biography, i really know her biography because, when i was in government, she was a hotshot in government. when i worked in philanthropy later, she was a hotshot there. i'll do the full bio anyway. she was sworn in in june as the 22nd secretary of health and human services, a smaller club than i would have thought. before that, she served as director of the office of management and budget, where she worked closely with congress to restore order to the budget and appropriations processes. before coming back to the government and rejoining this administration, she was president of the walmart foundation in arkansas during a period when that foundation surpassed $1 billion in total giving. for 10 years before that, she was president of the global development program at the bill and melinda gates foundation in seattle, washington, an extremely large foundation, and works on a huge range of issues from vaccinations children's health, agricul

now, i want to introduce secretary burwell i was first -- our staff said you need secretary burwell's biography, i was in government she was a hot shot in government, i worked in philanthropy later, a hot shot in philanthropy. i'll do the full bio. sylvia burwell was sworn in in june in the 22nd secretary of health and human services, smaller club than i would have thought of people who have been secretary of hhs. before that, she served as director of the officer of management and budget she worked with congress to restore order to the budget and appropriations processes. before joining the -- before coming back to government and rejoining this administration, she was president of the walmart foundation in bentonville, arkansas, during a period when that foundation surpassed $1 billion in total giving. for ten years before that president of the global development program at the bill and melinda gates foundation in seattle, washington which is an extremely large foundation. and works on a huge range of issues from vaccinations, children's health agricultural development and the founda

chuck burwell. >> good afternoon and happy new year to the board. my name is chuck burwell. i am applying for various seats on the board. i am a 30 year resident of san francisco being away for a couple of years and a member of city guide giving walks tours in san francisco. i have been a card carrying muni rider for a number of those years. i ride my bicycle everyday. i work in the financial district so i go from mission tares to -- terrace to the mission area and a member of the improvement association. i visit my local bike stop and other businesses on ocean avenue so i walk from my home to that location and i would like to serve. any questions for me? >> okay. seeing none. thank you. >> certainly. >> daniel weaver. dan. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is daniel weaver and i am an out going member of this community advisory committee and hope to be appointed for the new term. i am the executive director of the ocean avenue association which comes right up to the door of the station area, and i am also involved heavily with the car barn project trying to move it for

now, i want to introduce secretary burwell when our staff said you need secretary burwell's biography, i really know her biography because, when i was in government she was a hot shot in government. when i worked in philanthropy later, she was a hot shot there. i'll do the full bio anyway. she was sworn in in june as the 22nd secretary of health and human services, a smaller club than i would have thought. before that she served as director of the office of management and budget where she worked closely with congress to restore order to the budget and appropriations processes. before coming back to the government and joining this administration, she was president of the wal-mart foundation in arkansas during a period when that foundation surpassed $1 billion in total giving. for 10 years before that, she was president of the global development program at the bill and melinda gates foundation in seattle, washington. an extremely large foundation. and works on a huge range of issues from vaccinations children's health agricultural development, and she was the first chief operating offic

speakers included julian castro and sylvia burwell. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning, washington d.c.! happy king day! oh, you can do better than that. happy king day! happy king day! [cheers and applause] >> all right, first giving honor to god who is the head of my life to reverend sharpton, the head of this merry band, thank you so much reverend sharpton. i want to thank all of you for coming. my name is nate miles. i'll be your emcee for the morning. i see that happy king day and i mean it very seriously, because there used to be a time when we used to have to sneak and take the day off from work. joe, when we couldn't tell them that we really, when everybody else went to work except us and we secretly protested and had our own king day, but thanks to coretta king and all of the rest of the king family, reverend sharpton, jackson, and all of the other civil rights leaders around the country, we have a day that we can legitimately say happy king day! >> happy king day! >> that's a lot better. as we come today, we have

very -- can issues in burwell v. hobby lobby in the blockbuster decision the supreme court rejected the obamacare regulation that proviewedded employer-sponsored health care plans to provide -- which required employer-sponsored health care plans to provide free contraceptive coverage. the book is based on the theories -- the series of debates between ilya and david that took place earlier this year at national constitution center in philadelphia moderated by center president jeffrey rosen. in those debates and in this book, our posing advocates exam whether for-profit corporations can assert religious liberty exercise claims under federal law, whether businesses or their owners directors or officers with religious objections should be exempt from coverage requirements and what the implications are now that the supreme court has ruled in favor of hobby lobby. more fundamentally still is a question that i hope they'll address along the way; namely whether the government -- whether religious liberty has become an except

[applause] secretary of health and human services burwell to show you , her commitment, she is on her to philadelphia open enrollments for the affordable care act closes on february 15. she wanted to be here to speak before and to be part of n.a.n.'s annual breakfast. we're honored to have her as we call it, our preacher for the morning is secretary castro. we have two distinguished members of the president's cabinet. let me also say from the white house, we're very happy to have heather foster. stand up, heather. [applause] she is one of the outstanding people in government who has really demonstrated real leadership and we're very proud. her parents are with us as well this morning. where are your parents? i want her father to know, i want her father to know that this is really your birthday party. [laughter] today is his birthday. [applause] and aside from the dr. king day, this is heather's daddy's day. i want him to know that. [laughter] we're honored to have you. she has in my judgment showed a real commitment to making sure that one of the most historic progressive moves of thi

and obviously, secretary burwell was here, speaking about some of those disparities that exist withins the aetna foundation. when we started taking about this year's awards, we wanted to lift up as part of the king day celebration, we wanted to lift up aetna again. the work that we think about in terms of healthy living is so important to us being able to continue the fight that we talked about. so we chose floyd green -- where is floyd? there you are. the vice president and head of committee relationships of urban marketing for aetna. he is responsible for their philanthropic investment for the brand, and he is the recipient of many professional and civic awards, again, well-deserved including a presidential meeting with jimmy carter to discuss foreign intimacy policies, and the international global award for excellence and health care marketing. most recently, he was honored by black doctors.org at john hopkins center for health disparities solutions. it is very fitting that we give today's mlk merit award to floyd green the third. [applause] >> good morning. i am deeply honored to

now, i want to introduce secretary burwell when our staff said you need secretary burwell's biography, i really know her biography because, when i was in government she was a hot shot in government. when i worked in philanthropy later, she was a hot shot there. i'll do the full bio anyway. she was born in sworn in in june as the 22nd secretary of health and human services, a smaller club than i would have thought. before that she served as director of the office of management and budget where she worked closely with congress to restore order to the budget and appropriations proses. before coming -- processes. before coming back to the government and joining this administration, she was president of the wal-mart foundation in arkansas during a period when that foundation surpassed $1 billion in total giving. for 10 years before that, she was president of the global development program at the bill and melinda gates foundation in seattle, washington. an extremely large foundation. and works on a huge range of issues from vaccinations, children's health agricultural development, and she w

laughter ] >> one thing i wanted to bring up was the supreme court went in and looked at a thing called burwel, and it was about hobby lobby. and hobby lobby said as the religious stance, the owner said i don't believe that my employees should have to pay into the healthcare system of the united states, and it's a religious thing that i feel that, it's against my faith, and the supreme court did what? >> supported it. >> supported it. said okay, you can take and opt out, and you do not have to pay for your employees to be into the medical insurance field, which is a huge deal, and i have to wonder, where is the supreme court going in defining the boundaries of the free exercise clause versus operation? >> many people support it. i'm interested to see how they come out on it. >> the fact that my personal belief trumps the participation of my employees in the healthcare system. >> that's going to be huge. >> i'm not so sure about that one. now -- >> i think science and religion. the future of god is a new book out. >> what is the future of god? >> he challenges the atheists who have no respect,

. >> next health and human services secretary sylvia burwell on global health security.he remarks from william adams incoming chair of the national endowment for humanity. after that, the state of the state speech. >> health and human services secretary sylvia burwell says it is time to find common ground on

. >> this is king versus burwell, it is going to be heard by march decided by june. we're potentially heading into a big period of health care policy change. this decision might reopen the law -- i think the justices on the court are increasingly assertive about vindicating the rule. as opposed to executive overreach -- >> exactly. >> what they might do is toss this into congress saying here's this problem you created you passed a bad law. now the political branches can fix it. it's going to be up to the republicans i think incumbent on the republicans to offer a pragmatic alternative to try to increase confidence that this won't be too disruptive. >> they need an agenda. much more ahead as we preview the stories to watch in 2015. we'll turn to challenges across the globe when we come back. >>> welcome back as we look ahead for the stories to watch in 2015 we're back with dan henninger and joe rago let's turn to events around the world and certainly one of the big questions will be whether president obama cuts a nuclear deal with iran. >> it's in his head therefore h

burwell spoke about enrolling for health care before the upcoming deadline, on february the 15th. >>>n new jersey governor chris christie tweeted about doctor king today, saying in party ask all in new jersey to observe doctor king's life, mission, of peacefully working towards freedom, through act of of service within our own community. he went onto say doctor king's legacy remains one of try um over adversity and racial injustice to bring the spirit of piece to our country. >>> just a day a ahead of the inauguration pennsylvania governor elect tom wolf takes part in a king day of service event in harrisburg. speaking at the downey school the democrat says that martin luther king day should be more than symbolic, it should be part have the collective movement to a better society. he says best way to honor doctor king toys serve others. >>> of course tom wolf will be sworn in as forty-seventh governor of pennsylvania, tomorrow at noon, watch inauguration live on our web site on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> there is still much more to come at 6:00 o'clock tonight including a hei

burwell challenging subsidies on healthcare.gov. plans unstated exchanges. ruling against the administration could gut the enrollment. expect to find middle ground between the spirit and the letter of the law. >> in the big push towards consumer related health care established players and new entrants are going to push technology at us making 2015 the year of the wearable health gadget. even apple's watch will struggle to dominate in a crowded market. health i.p. infrastructure players will be the real winners with increasing demand on data. >> if you wanted growth in 2015 you almost had to be in biotech and pharma. stocks in the sector continue their run returning more than double the s&p 500. here's three predictions for 2015. first, drug price wars. it may be the biggest threat to big pharma's valuations. pressure on escalating drug prices. so far mostly from health insurers and patient advocacy groups. in 2015 we could see price wars among drug makers themselves. specifically keep an eye on hepatitis c when science faces new competition. and second immew

chuck burwell seat six. daniel weaver seat five. and gwynn seat four. okay. >> sounds good. >> can somebody make -- >> so moved. >> any objection? >> nope. i just want to thank everyone for their participation. i agree and concur with all of your recommendations supervisor. >> okay. i also like to thank everybody for their interest in this and it's close enough to my home. that's why i asked the question whether or not you can make the meeting because it's important to my district also. okay. so with that motion passes. [gavel] congratulations. let's see where are we? >> item number 3. >> item number 3 madam clerk. >> item number three is a hearing considering appointing six months terms ending november 18, 2016 to the urban forestry council. there are six seats and eight applicants. >> so we have a request to continue this item due to an emergency that affected the ability for the applicants to attend this meeting. however we will hold public comment on this item. if there are any members of the public who are present for this item so any public commen

after, sylvia burwell on global health security. >> the c-span city tour takes american history on the road traveling to u.s. cities. we partner with comcast for a visit to west virginia. >> there are two volumes. the reason i thought it was important to collect these histories, willing transformed into an industrial city in the latter part of the 19th century. it is kind of uncommon in west virginia and that it drew a lot of immigrants from various parts of europe here in search of jobs and opportunities. that generation is pretty much gone. i thought it was important to record their stories to get the members of the younger generations and ethnic neighborhoods they formed. it is an important part of our history. most people focus on the frontier history and civil war history. those periods are important but there is this industrial immigration that wheeling had. >> wheeling starts as the front tier prayed that river was the western expanse of the united states in the 1770's. the first project funded by the federal government for road production was the national road that extended fro

are the two main speakers ilya shapiro and david gans who provide comprehensive analysis indicates burwell v. hobby lobby the blockbuster decision of the supreme court handed down at the end of last term which rejected the obamacare regulation of the employer sponsored health care plans that require them to provide free contraception and coverage. the book is based on a series of debates that took place earlier this year at the national constitution center in philadelphia moderated by jeffrey rosen and in those debates opposing advocates examine whether for-profit corporations can assert religious liberty to exercise claims under federal law or with religious objections should be exempt from coverage requirements and what the implications are with the supreme court now that it has ruled in favor of hobby lobby and fundamentally still is a question i hope it will address whether religious liberty has become an exception to the government rule to be justified case by case under a properly read constitution. to debate these issues they will have 12 minutes each starting with ilya after words

approach this year and if it is impacted at all or shaped at all by the pending litigation in the king burwell. is that a sign to repeal and replace strategies or the smaller tweaks, like the 40 hour workweek and insect things like that? >> bruce is going to enlighten you. i will say that health care is 17% or 18% of our economy. legislation of high significance in terms of many changes in the system is very difficult to implement and very difficult to rationalize. the president and the white house have been basically rewriting it as we go along. which is sort of a unique perspective for us. but there are going to be changes, because it is so omnipresent in everything we do that we have got to find out what works and what is not. and we will be a part of that. bruce? >> in my opinion, we are going to do health-care legislation for ever. it is 1/6 of the economy. there is no magic wand in the space. we think there are serious structural issue problems with the law enacted. our members have to deal with them so our objective and role in response ability is on behalf of our members. that runs the

burwell? >> exactly. one of the discussions they had with the president is he prepared for whichever way that response comes from the supreme court? are you prepared if the aca loses in that process? what happens next? >> and he said? >> he thought they were prepared but it was pointed out many in his administration have mentioned many times that they are not taking any control over that they think they will be fine. >> you know, i have been around the block practicing law. you never fine. i don't care which side you are. in the event they do lose? >> well, that's why we should take up inside the house, a what do we think about healthcare and which direction we should go? we have a retreat this weekend and for the first time in a decade, you are going to have the house republican and the house senate together working on their agenda for the future, which i think would be very positive. and what i said to the president today and i have said this before. in america, we have a history that we have been able

need to pay attention to health and equities that exist in the black community and sylvia mathews burwellas speaking about those disparities that exist within our community and one of our great partners for that mention was the etna foundation and when we started thinking about this year's awards we wanted to lift up as part of the king day celebration we wanted to lift the that the again because the work week think of in terms of healthy living is so important to us being able to continue the fight the we talked about. we chose floyd green who is vice president and head of community relations and their bidding marketing for etna and is responsible for their philanthropic investment for etna brands and its recipient of many professional and civic awards well-deserved, including a presidential meeting with jimmy carter to discuss foreign and domestic policies in the international global award for excellence and health care marketing. most recently he was honored by blackdoctors.org at johns hopkins university, he is fitting we give today's merit award to floyd green iii. [applause] >> good

department of health and human services secretary sylvia burwell in philadelphia this morning.he's participating in a martin luther king, jr. day of service project held by project home. afterwards she will tour the klein wellness center on cecil b. moore avenue. there she will talk about the affordable care act and using the health insurance marketplace. open enrollment runs through february 15th. >>> and today as part of a nationwide effort half a dozen theaters right here in philadelphia are inviting students to attend a free screening of the oscar nominated film "selma." they have to show school id or report card to get in. local business leaders pitched in more than $40,000 to pay the ticket cost for 4700 students. >>> well many of those students will be there to see "selma" for free because, well there's no school today. the federal holiday also means post offices, banks, and government offices all closed. >>> there are a number of dr. king day events happening across our region today including this the philadelphia orchestra's annual tribute concert is at 1:30 at gerard

. >> we want to thank you for coming and thank secretary burwell for joining us at new america. we hope you'll come to future events here. not always as high profile as this one, we are really glad we could host you today. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> next, remarks from william adams, the incoming chair of the national endowment for the humanities. after that, governor mike pence gives his state of the state address. and then president obama and representative russell with weekly addresses. >> on newsmakers, republican senator john hoeven. he is the sponsor of a bill that would authorize construction of the keystone pipeline. he talks about the legislation which president obama has threatened to veto. even watch the interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern. >> tuesday night, president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage begin at 8:00 p.m. eastern including the speech. the gop response delivered by joni ernst. and your reaction through open phones live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span2, watch the speech and cong

. >> we want to thank you for coming and thank secretary burwell for joining us at new america. we hope you'll come to future events here. not always as high profile as this one, we are really glad we could host you today. thank you very much. >> thank you very >> on newsmakers republican senator john hoeven of north dakota. >> william adams, the 10th chair announces a new initiative to enhance the significance of the arts and humanities. the initiative is part of the institution's 50th anniversary celebration. the government institute titian was founded in 1965 with a mission to support research, education, preservation, and programs and humanity. this national press club event is about one hour. >> tuesday night, president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage begins at it :00 p.m. eastern. the gop response, delivered by joni ernst and the reaction for open phones, live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span2, watch the speech and congressional reaction in the u.s. capital. the state of the union address live on c-span c-span2 c-span radio, and c-span.org

. >> coming up next on booktv ilya shapiro and david gans debate the burwell v. hobby lobby supreme court case which established the right of for-profit corporations to be exempt from a law based on the religious beliefs of its owners. this is about an hour and a half.

or that is what my twitter feed told me about the decision of burwell vs hobby lobby. it had nothing to to with the power of big business freedom to use contraception or balance constitutional concerns. hobby lobby was a straightforward statutory ruling on whether the government could override religious freedom. the supreme court ruled that corporations can't be forced to pay for their employees contraception if doing so violated their religious beliefs. let's unpack that and step back for a second. the department of health and human services including 20 contraexceptions as part of their minimum essential coverage that all insurance plans had to have to satisfy the obama employer mandate. through that requirement, from the legislation, all they said was you have to cover preventable care and they listed 20 contraceptives and included in that are four that businesses, non-profit and for-profit objected. they were morning after pills and ied that work by preventing fertilize fertilized eggs from implanting. the founders and owners of the hobby lobby store protested this

there will be drama in king versus burwell. exchanges. a ruling against the administration could gut exchange enrollment. expect chief justice john roberts to find middle ground between the spirit and letter of the law. in the big push towards consumer-related health care, established players and new entrants will push technology at us. making 2015 the year of the wearable health gadget. apple's watch will struggle and dominate in a crowded margaret. health i.t. infrastructure players will be the winners with increasing demand on data. these health apps are proliferating the big question is whether they add something for you. some of them aren't playing with one another. that's part of the problem with apple health kit and apple's watch. if you've got a fitbit it doesn't play with the health kit. which one will you stay with now that you invested? >> sounds like the battle for your living room. thanks bertha coombs. when we come back david rosenberg on where we are headed for 2015. kara swisher talking about marissa mayer. dow

great, great opportunity will come i believe in june when the supreme court will rule on king versus burwell. this is the case coming before the court that will do the argument in march rule likely the last week of june and probably the last day of the ruling this is the one that says the law itself the bill has passed a law put in place did not provide for subsidies to be able to be utilized to provide health coverage for those who get the coverage through a federal exchange. very clear. the law is very clear. this law, if this position of the supreme court agrees with what we believe to be the letter of the law, then this unravels obamacare of the dog on quickly. that's a good thing but it's not a good thing to not have any replacement, not have any solution ready and available for congress to act upon. so we need to be ready, willing and able to move forward but we are making certain we stick to the pencils of healthier, accessibility, affordability, quality, coverage and choices. not destroy those principles. if we do that i think will have a great opportunity that the president supports

all other values and ateast that is what my twitter feed told me with the supreme court decision burwell hobby lobby came down. it had nothing to do with the power of big business of their freedom to use any type of contraceptive or to balance liberty against other concerns. hobby lobby was a straightforward question of statutory interpretation regarding whether the government was justified in this particular case to override religious liberties. the supreme court ruled that closely held corporations cannot be forced to pay for all employees contraceptives if that would violate their religious beliefs. so there was no constitutional decision the expansion of corporate rates or weighing of religion vs birth control. but let's step back. to the department of health and human services provided 20 contraceptions that all insurance plans had to have to satisfy the obamacare employer mandate. throh interpreting that requirement all the legislation said you have to cover preventive care and interpreting that davis did 20 contraceptions for an for work of those two reassesses for-profit and nonp

. >> and looking right now, at cynthia burwell, health and human services secretary, it's interesting to think of the people who were there last year as members of the president's cabinet who are not there this year. both the health and human services secretary and the veterans administration secretary. general shinseki he of course stepped down or was asked to step down depending on your point of view after the very upsetting v.a. scandal with veterans in this country not getting the care that they deserve and now there is a new veterans administration secretary, robert mcdonald. >> we saw the president's national security advisor susan rice. she's there. she's a member of the cabinet, at the same time all of them are there. once again, jake remind our viewers who from the cabinet is not there tonight? >> the transportation secretary. anthony foxx is the designated survivor. the tradition dating back to the cold war when there were fears of a nuclear war with russia. i don't mean to laugh at that but it's such a quaint time. in the '80s, made the name of the designated survivor publi

>> so the issue that you're talking about is the king versus burwell case which will be in front of theupreme court this year and essentially what that case argues is that the federal subsidies that are being given to states that haven't set up federal exchanges through obamacare those subsidies are illegal. lower courts are argued they are illegal and ruled they are illegal. if the supreme court agrees with that it will be a very difficult year for because subsidies are one of the key parts that hold obamacare together. the supreme court, we'll be watching that. the white house will certainly be watching that closely. they have argued that there is just some language in the law that should have been written differently, when we see videos of jonathan gruber showing actually it was very intentional if states did not sign up for exchanges and set them up in their open states those subsidies would not be qualified under the law and therefore illegal. it is a big year. lots of things to watch especially at the supreme court. heather: a big year and big number of people apparently eligible

we have america's health and human services secretary, sylvia burwell. you can give her a round of applause. [applause] >> we've got our surgeon general. [applause] stand up. our new surgeon general. we haven't had one in a while. we are happy to have him here. he looked sharp in his uniform. we have the national cancer institute. [applause] we have the singing scientists of nih here. [applause] and we have my science advisor who does not sing. [applause] for anyone wondering, is there a doctor in the house, we have you covered. wheels of members of congress who are here. lamarr alexander from the great state of tennessee has been one of the key supporters encouraging medical innovation. i look forward to working with him. [applause] ms. murray couldn't make it hit today, that we have on the house that congresswoman who is here. we're proud of her. [applause] last week in my state of the union address, i focused on what we needed to do to make sure middle class economics helps more americans get ahead in the new economy. help make families make ends meet

with her about the president's statement and about secretary burwell's own desire to help implement that. so today senator burr and i release the report, "innovation for healthier americans." and next senator murray, who's ranking member of the senate committee on health, education labor and pensions, and i will start examining the issues in this report and to other issues raised in comments through a bipartisan help committee staff working group. i emphasize that. we're going to be working together, democrats and republicans, we're going to be working with secretary burwell. we're going to be working with the president of the united states, and we're going to be on a parallel track with the house of representatives where chairman upton and his team have been working for several months on what they call 21st century cures. in our committee in the senate will begin hearings in march. and we're releasing the report today in order to ask for comments. surely we missed something in the report, and someone who is listening or reading it may have an idea for solution. we'd like to know ab

approach this year and if it's impacted at all or shaped at all by the pending litigation in king burwell and if that's kind of a, if that's a sign towards repeal and replace strategy terrace or kind of the mauler tweaks like the -- smaller tweaks like the 40 hour workweek and things like that? >> well, bruce is going to enlighten you on that. i would simply say that health care is 17% of -- or 18% of our economy. and so legislation of high significance in terms of many changes this in the system is very difficult to implement ask very difficult to -- and very difficult to rationalize. and the president and the white house have been basically rewriting it as we go along. which is sort of a unique perspective for us. but it -- there are going to be changes because it is so so omnipresent in everything we do that we've got to find out what works and what doesn't. and we'll be a part of that. bruce? >> look, a couple points. we'll be doing health care legislation, this my opinion forever. just because tom pointed out it is about a sixth of the overall economy. there is no magic wand in this

burwell. this is the case coming before the court. they'll hear the arguments in march and rule likely the last week of june and probably the last day of their rulings. and this is the one that said if the law itself, the bill as passed and the law put into place did not provide for subsidies to be able to be utilized to provide health coverage for those who get their coverage through a federal exchange, it is very clear -- the law is very clear. and this law -- if this position, if the supreme court agrees with what we believe to be the letter of the law, then this unravels obama care pretty doggone quickly. that is a good thing. but it is not a good thing to not have any replacement or solution ready and available for congress to act upon. and so we need to be ready willing and able to move forward with making sure we stick to the principles of healthcare accessible and coverage and choices, not destroy those those principles. if we do that, i think we'll have a great opportunity for the president to support positive reform when it

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will speak about the white house's health care priorities. it is that 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> the c-span cities to her takes the book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their literary light. we visited wheeling, west virginia. >> i wrote these books. two volumes. the reason i thought it was important to collect them is wheeling transformed into an industrial city in the latter part of the 19th century. the earliest part of the 20th century. it is uncommon in west virginia in that it true immigrants from various parts of europe here in search of jobs and opportunity. that generation of immigrants is pretty much gone. i thought it was important to record their story, give memories of the immigrant generation and the ethnic neighborhoods they formed. it is an important part of our history. most people tend to farkas does focus on the frontier and civil war history to read of equal importance is the industrial time and the immigration that wheeling had. >> wheeling starts as an outpost on the frontier.

. >> health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will speak tomorrow on the white house healthare priorities. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> the c-span cities to her takes book tv and u.s. history on the road. this weekend we partnered with comcast for a visit to west virginia. >> there are two volumes, the reason i thought it was important to collect these histories is that wheeling transformed into an industrial city in the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century and it is kind of uncommon in west virginia in that it drew immigrants from various parts of europe here in search of jobs and opportunity. that immigrant generation is pre-much done. i thought -- is pretty much gone. i thought it was important to record their story and the ethnic neighborhoods they had. multiple focus on the frontier history and civil war history those periods are important but of equal importance is the industrial. -- industrial period that wheeling had. >> wheeling starts as an outpost on the frontier. that river was the western extent of the united states in the 1770's. the fi

now of course, i can express my own opinion on that how the court should rule in king versus burwell. i won't speculate how the decision will turn out except express my own personal opinion. i just say we should be prepared because should the court validate subsidies to exchange we need to mitigate the discsal damage obamacare will inflict on the health care system and that is something we have to be working on. finally in terms of health care there are a few must-pass items on the finance committee's agenda. one of these is the childrens health insurance program or chip which is set to expire in september. we heard from a number of governors from red states and blue states alike they want to see this program extended. it is a marvlous program. it worked very very well. i'm optimistic we can work on a bipartisan bicameral basis to extend chip in a responsible way. in addition there is medicare sustainable growth rate or sgr. that expires on march 1st. last year i joined five of my colleagues introducing a bipartisan bicameral bill to fix the broken sgr formula with an improved payment

burwell. this is the case coming before the court.y'll hear the arguments in march and rule likely the last week of june and probably the last day of their rulings. and this is the one that said if the law itself the bill as passed and the law put into place did not provide for subsidies to be able to be utilized to provide health coverage for those who get their coverage through a federal exchange, it is very clear -- the law is very clear. and this law -- if this position if the supreme court agrees with what we believe to be the letter of the law, then this unravels obama care pretty doggone quickly. that is a good thing. but it is not a good thing to not have any replacement or solution ready and available for congress to act upon. and so we need to be ready, willing and able to move forward with making sure we stick to the principles of healthcare accessible and coverage and choices an not destroy those principals. if we do that i think we'll have a great opportunity for the president to support positive reform when it comes to h

. >> health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will speak about the white house's health care priorities at the new america foundation live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the national coalition on health care yesterday looked at how payments made by drug and medical device companies influenced doctors and hospitals. the new data on payments is the result of the physician-patient sunshine act that requires the companies to report any items given of value. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning. i'm the president and ceo of the national coalition on health care. our mission is health care affordability. one of the key strategies to achieve that is greater transparency. today, we have a chance to look at the physician payment sunshine act, and see how it is doing. this is one of a series of events at the national coalition sponsors to lift up what we see as promising developments in health care. today is one of several congressional briefings. so, i welcome you today. thank you for coming. thank you especially to c-span for being here with us. and those of you watching on tv, i thin

burwell coming up before the supreme court, which is likely to gut obamacare -- host: the subsidy issue. guest: we are not really wasting time. we need to set the vision so that american families know what we stand for. we stand for more jobs and better paychecks for them. it comes to coming up with a solution vote -- what is the new solution, which is not bureaucratically driven? what is the free market solution to help them be better off? you have to have the right balance. in the 114th congress, now that we've both chambers, we are going to get it right. host: is there consensus on the homeland security funding issue? here from "the washington times" this morning "$39 billion bill would find dhs through september but republicans are expected to attach amendments on the bill that would prevent funds from being used for limiting the president's executive order on immigration." are you in agreement with the leadership strategy on this? guest: we helped develop the leadership strategy. our leadership did a good job this time. instead of throwing something out there for us to digest -- ho

i applaud governor pence and i applaud health and human services secretary sylvia burwell for working together to move forward to continue indiana's successful consumer-driven approach that empowers members and provides access to quality care. this agreement will expand an existing proven program to more than 350,000 low-income hoosiers and allow the state of indiana to end traditional medicaid for all nondisabled adults between ages 19 and 64 who will be transitioned to the new plan just approved through this waiver. the answer to our nation's health care problems is not that the broken status quo of obamacare. indiana has shown and will continue to show that reforming traditional medicaid and offering innovative health care solutions is the right way to empower individual citizens as they seek access to quality health care. once again inn is -- indiana is leading the way by creating state-based innovative ideas for governing. as i serve individuals and hoosiers here in washington, i've often turned to what i call the indiana model as a blueprint for a more efficient and fiscally res