. >> in the last congress, senators lieberman, collins and carper introduced legislation called the projected cyberspace as a national asset act. in this bill, it would enhance of the homeland security act of 2002 and others to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states. this bill blight when the e111 congress ended. however, they're have been reports it will be reintroduced in the 112 congress. karen evans is a former administrator at the office of management and budget. ms. evans, of what would this bill to? how would it change the law? >> it's taking a look at a comprehensive approach of trying to update many of the statutes that are already on the books, to reflect the environment that we are in right now and the dependence on communications services, cybersecurity types of activities and bring clarity and alignment to the roles and responsibilities within the federal sector. >> would it in hands with the president can do now one comes to communications? >> i know there's a lot of interpretations going on about this especially t

. >> lieberman, collins, and carper put forward an act to enhance the security and the resiliency of the united states. this would die when the 111th congress ended. this is the former administrator of the office of management and budget. how would this change will law? >> we have to look at taking a comprehensive approach on trying to update the statutes with the environment that we're in right now. this is dependent on the telecommunications services and activities, and the allied during the federal sector. >> and this would hands with the president can do right now? >> there is a lot of interpretation, this is about the national emergencies. the president, currently under many of his provisions has the authority to do this under a national emergency. he is clarifying these and green these up to date. this will tell people what to do if there is a state of emergency. and we can clarify this and update this possibility, to recognize how we do these things and what the environment includes. >> so where did this term come from? >> when we start reading this in one particular sector, f

karr, i want to go back to what senators lieberman, collins and carper said this week in a statement, and this is regarding the first amendment: >> guest: well, the -- i think their statement earlier this week was a step forward. i would like to see the specific language in whatever new version of the bill they're looking, they're looking to propose before, before passing judgment. i can say that the legislation which was introduced in 2010 doesn't clarify that protection. in fact, their statement seems to be the strongest clarification of that that i have seen. we need to see it in the language of the proposed bill as well before we can, we can take comfort that they are, indeed, moving in the right direction. it's interesting, also, to note that on friday, the day that egypt chose to shut down its internet, white house press secretary gibbs said that he believed -- and i guess he was speaking on behalf of the white house -- that internet access and the right to social networking is a basic individual right. and i'd like to see the white house make good on that pledge and make sure t

the first thing he does is purge the party as tens of thousands of carpers were unwilling to actually along with the great leap forward and are replaced by unscrupulous men willing to benefit from the radical wins the glow from beijing. something else he does is takes to task not so much number two, but zhou enlai. in public meetings in front of other leaders, he demeans him, humiliate him, makes him right to self confession two or three times until zhou enlai himself finally falls in line and declares his full support for the great leap forward and his dying admiration for mao tse-tung. mao tse tung is the one who pressures him. mao tse tung is also the one who allows them to stop by stepping back in 1961. >> maybe it would be helpful to walk us through the first few months or years of how mao's actions ramified on a local level. how did it begin? >> it begins in moscow as khrushchev somehow wishes to enter into competitive, frighteningly competitive knitting with the united states. this is where mal very much starts the great leap forward past the soviet union and possibly even engl

then senator carper, carden and then senator snow. >> thank you. it's very nice to see you. thank you for your good efforts and the efforts of the team that you're leading. a couple statements and then a question. the question i ask you is on defensive medicine, what are we doing? what will we do under the proposal? before we say that, somebody said -- in fact a couple people sat this table two years ago and we had chairman had an extensive series, as you know, extensive series of hearings where we focused on how do we get better outcomes for less money? and that continues through the focus of my efforts. not only crafting health care legislation, but as we try to implement it and go forward. it's all good and well we talk about extended coverage. we need to do that. unless we find ways to get better outcomes for less money, we're not going to be able to extend that coverage for long. but somebody sat at this table a year and a half, two years ago said we could make progress in four fronts. one, obesity, overweight, two, tobacco, three, reducing high blood pressure, four, re

then senator carper, carden and then senator snow. >> thank you. it's very nice to see you. thank you for your good efforts and the efforts of the team that you're leading. a couple statements and then a question. the question i ask you is on defensive medicine, what are we doing? what will we do under the proposal? before we say that, somebody said -- in fact a couple people sat this table two years ago and we had chairman had an extensive series, as you know, extensive series of hearings where we focused on how do we get better outcomes for less money? and that continues through the focus of my efforts. not only crafting health care legislation, but as we try to implement it and go forward. it's all good and well we talk about extended coverage. we need to do that. unless we find ways to get better outcomes for less money, we're not going to be able to extend that coverage for long. but somebody sat at this table a year and a half, two years ago said we could make progress in four fronts. one, obesity, overweight, two, tobacco, three, reducing high blood pressure, four, re

first time, just as a high school i was nervous would be assigned to me if i found myself between tom carper and bernie sanders. [laughter] to my left. sure enough, right before my first vote, senator sanders leans over and goes "i hope you're going to grow that beard back conrad." [laughter] once again, all of my friends were doing it, so i asked someone to the prom. i mean the state of the union. my date was senator bozeman of arkansas. i got him a wonderful corsage, something that went with his eyes but not so much his life back physique. once we got through talking about how we were both from chicken growing states there was a lot of awkward silence. [laughter] just like at my high school prom. actually been there for the state of the union was a high point for me. i was inspired, by the way democrats and republicans sat together. and in the same spirit, joe lieberman sat by himself. [laughter] and by the way, sitting all yourself is not a euphemism for something christine o'donnell doesn't really approve of. after [laughter] i was so genuinely inspired by president obama's team, his cal

first time, just as a high school i was nervous would be assigned to me if i found myself between tom carper and bernie sanders. [laughter] to my left. sure enough, right before my first vote, senator sanders leans over and goes "i hope you're going to grow that beard back conrad." [laughter] once again, all of my friends were doing it, so i asked someone to the prom. i mean the state of the union. my date was senator bozeman of arkansas. i got him a wonderful corsage, something that went with his eyes but not so much his life back physique. once we got through talking about how we were both from chicken growing states there was a lot of awkward silence. [laughter] just like at my high school prom. actually been there for the state of the union was a high point for me. i was inspired, by the way democrats and republicans sat together. and in the same spirit, joe lieberman sat by himself. [laughter] and by the way, sitting all yourself is not a euphemism for something christine o'donnell doesn't really approve of. after [laughter] i was so genuinely inspired by president obama's team, his cal

first time, just as a high school i was nervous would be assigned to me if i found myself between tom carper and bernie sanders. [laughter] to my left. sure enough, right before my first vote, senator sanders leans over and goes "i hope you're going to grow that beard back conrad." [laughter] once again, all of my friends were doing it, so i asked someone to the prom. i mean the state of the union. my date was senator bozeman of arkansas. i got him a wonderful corsage, something that went with his eyes but not so much his life back physique. once we got through talking about how we were both from chicken growing states there was a lot of awkward silence. [laughter] just like at my high school prom. actually been there for the state of the union was a high point for me. i was inspired, by the way democrats and republicans sat together. and in the same spirit, joe lieberman sat by himself. [laughter] and by the way, sitting all yourself is not a euphemism for something christine o'donnell doesn't really approve of. after [laughter] i was so genuinely inspired by president obama's team, his cal

. -- carper from delaware. apparently it takes two democrats to balance me out.ause] but let me make one thing perfectly clear -- a new seating arrangement is not bipartisanship. and new rhetoric is not a new agenda. the president -- the president last year, for example, talked about -- excuse me -- the president talked a lot about supporting clean energy. and he kind of started by recycling his speech from last year. if you look at his speech last year, the president talked about a three-year freeze on spending. this year, he talked about a five-year freeze on spending. last year, he talked about pushing through trade agreements with south korea, panama and colombia. this year, he talked about, you guessed it, trade agreements with south korea, panama, and colombia. last year, the president talked about spending. this year, he talked about investment. for those of you who don't have your obama state of the union decoder ring, investment is just another washington word for more spending. when this administration talks about making an investment, i think a lot of

so i sat with center gillibrand in new york senator carper from delaware.takes to democrats to balance me out. [applause] >> but let me make one thing perfectly clear. a new seating arrangement is not bipartisanship, and your rhetoric is not a new agenda. [applause] >> the president last year, for example, talked about, excuse me, the president talked a lot about supporting clean energy. and he kind of started by recycling his speech from last year. if you look at a speech last year the president talked about his three-year freeze on spending. this year he talked about a five year freeze on spending. last year he talked about pushing through trade agreements with south korea, panama and colombia. yesterday talked about, you guessed it, trade agreements with south korea, panama and colombia. last year the president talked about spending. this year he talked about investment. for those of you who don't have your obama state of the union decoder ring, investment is just another washington word for more spending. when this administration talks about making an i

i heard senator carper say this, i've heard many people say this, that one reason why unemploymenunemployment is not coming down as fast as it should when we come out of this recession is because of uncertainty. it's unpredictability. of people, business, consumers. just don't know what the future holds for them. and there are many examples of this. one is this sgr provision. you know, it's unpredictable. doctors don't know. congress doesn't know. people don't know. that's just one of many, many, many examples, and so i really urge you to very, very seriously -- i know you're not going to do this, just toss it off. i know it's really serious. i'm trying to emphasize how serious this really is. and we have an opportunity here with each of these extenders, one by one, figure out a solution. either they're permanent or we repeal them. let's find a solution here because we are spending too much of our time here in the congress just trying to extend something. reinvent the wheel. we know what the outcome is going to be anyway. it's how we get there. one final point. the most important part of heal