ways and means committee, charlie rangel, and four of the democrats. senator bob brown bought -- senator brown back is the third above and sang he will vote against sonia sotomayor's nomination did any speech the senator said he is afraid judge suleyman york -- judge sonia sotomayor wants to be a player more than an umpire. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome former congressman, governor, and secured a secretary, tom ridge. the department of homeless security formed in march of 2003. has the the problem of that to your expectations? guest: yes. i think one of the problems is when the aggregate 180,000 people, different agencies, and still try to build a system that works a more collaborative and effective fashion. but, yes, i think it has appeared a lot of people work very hard to form a fundamental policy decisions to assist not only president bush but on which

i love you charlie and thank you. data think is looking down unsmiling not only on the fact that we are on to do this but that i'm associated with six wonderful people and i am proud to be here with my colleagues and to tell you about how exciting this day is. i have for 50 years of healthcare reform, and the release of this discussion draft is the first up towards getting a bill passed this year. what we have come up with is an american solution, much planning is gone into the discussion draft so that you and the rest of the nation will see today. but, now the real work begins. the work of explaining to our colleagues in the congress and making and the proposal available to the american people. we offered greater choice to the american people. the goal of the option to choose between plans, to keep that which they have now and to keep their doctor, or to make such changes as they wish as free americans to do. we will also give the people the choice of a high-quality public health insurance options that will compete f

the pitch track. >> rob: the uncle charlie's are the ones that's coming from nolasco.that's a snap dragon. that's more of a slider, kind of a 3:00 to 9:00 deal. >> bob: so the american league won 137 games, the national league 114 for a plus 23. >> rob: but i think we've established the american league east is the best division in baseball. >> bob: absolutely. that ball hit so well and josh willingham does it again. he did it to nick markakis yesterday. that was in left field. this may be the best play we've seen from josh as he repairs his divots in right field. >> rob: josh willingham has played this outfield many, many times. he knows it's beautiful, soft football turf. you'll see him pull up a few divots here and he makes a great grab. soft line drive. >> bob: guzman has got it. it stayed close enough to nick johnson. @úpxx?xxúú@@ >> bob: nothing like some good glove work to give your pitcher an eight pitch half inning. it will be nieves, olsen, then willie harris in the top of the fifth. nationals 0-6 against the marlins this year. three of those here. they've los

he is like charlie manuel. they are very reserved. they are not like lou piniella who i played for. he is more like pete rose where he is very reserved, you don't know what he is thinking but he notices everything. there is nothing that gets by manny acta. i think one of the worst things this organization could do is fire this man at this point. he is not responsible for what's happened. >> bob: and in a world we live in today, where celebrities constantly make fools of themselves by throwing tantrums and emoting in public, i find it quite refreshing. >> rob: and i was one of those tantrum thrower as a player. i was a poor loser but manny is not about that. that's not his style. i can tell you, he privately -- which is very classy and respectable and that's how you get respect in this game, he won't call guys out publicly. i hated that about managers who would do that in the papers and do it publicly, press conferences, so if you are looking for that from manny, you are not going to get it. if you are looking for that from charlie manuel, you will note get it. >> bob: nick johnson w

happy birthday, charlie, from your dad, who is here in miami with the orioles. adam jones stays in the game in center field. he pinch-hit for pie. albers stays on for his second inning of work. he missed outside. 2-1 on jeremy hermida. 1-3 with a double. high pop-up. melvin mora with a play at third has it for the out and one down. you wonder who might play. there's dan meyer with lindstrom lind on the disabled list because of a sprained elbow. the word is he will not even throw a baseball for a month. >> buck: yeah, unfortunately, sometimes precursor to tommy john environmental a -- surgery is a forearm strain and they can't get got tom of it. hard thing to fathom is how he could throw 98 last night. he said the pain is really heightened when he throws his slider. he couldn't get on top of that slider. he's been dealing with this for a while now and it just came to a point where he had to yield to the injury and give his elbow a chance to rest. >> jim: dan uggla takes strike 1-1. they hope it's not serious. it might have to lead to surgery. if it does, he tunt

republicans ought to know that and then his friend charlie cook said, is what it is. now, is what it is, is just a few words and i couldn't figure out why i've been so unsettled by these keywords. it does bother me in a way i could not define why i was so troubled by it and then a few days later hit me -- i couldn't think of any other kind of bias, any other kind of bias where any decent person would write it off so cavalierly with the phrase, it is what it is. no decent person would ever say, we're not going to hire her, she is a woman, but is what it is. or i know that black guy is hungry but he can't eat at the lunch counter, it is what it is. now i understand the analogy goes just so far -- nothing, for example is the same as a race in america but i trust of the to get the point. that they just went out and a concern and knowledge and their biases or at least the media as biases and then simply said, it is what it is. you know what, it is just -- in is what a distance is a good enough anymore. we need a journalist or two has the guts to stand up and say it is what

we will now hear from chairman of the ways and means committee, charlie rangel. >> thank you, henry. it has been a real pleasure for me to work with the chairman of energy and commerce and labor in putting together this plan that hasn't been easy but has been really an educational process from all of us and to be working in the shadows of john dingell's father and recognizing the historic work than he has done over the years and the health reform system just reminds me of how many politicians, members of congress and presidents have said that they are going to do something about reforming health system. and now with the press time the president has pulled together all of the stakeholders, all of the people that have fought against this over the years to come together and two recognize that we have to do it for our country, we have to do it for our citizens, we have to do with our economy, and we have to do it if we are going to remain competitive. everybody has a story, a horror story of somebody the high cost of health insurance and where was america blacks behind all the industrial

i gave it to charlie and he did a good job getting it back to me. you saw the rest from there. >> you had a great run in this tournament. new respect, though, will and we are at the point where we don't want respect, we want to win. >> all right. obviously a disappointed landon donovan. the u.s. falls after going up 2-0 at the half. more coming up on "espnews." >> inter-league has not been kind to the defending world champs. what it took to end on a good note in toronto. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. >> get you caught up on the closing weekend of inter-league play. the phillies pull off the win over the blue jays. they get their second win over toronto this season. phillies finish early 6-12, the most inter-league losses by defending world champions. >> red sox won six of seven against atlanta. not going to happen. mike gonzalez striking them out. 2-1 atlanta takes that one. tommy hanson now fourth straight victory for him in his last three outings. he allowed two runs in 17 innings with runner necessary scoring position. hold re

breaking pitch and the count is 2-2. 2-1, fastball count for the hitter and you get the old uncle charlie. got him. overbay could not pull the trigger. it was up and in. enough of the corner, two outs. it will be tavarez now and millar. >> rob: well, very nicely done by julian tavarez. looked him away, away, away and then comes right in, two-seam fastball, drops in on the inner half, absolutely froze overbay. >> bob: kevin millar, 1-for-4 with a business hit tonight. zimmerman really guarding the line at third. nick johnson holding the runner. that's a nice breaking ball. >> rob: it is. >> bob: it's about the speed of a change-up, 84. >> rob: he threw a 93 running fastball that was off the charts. now he comes back with an 83 mile-per-hour change-up. he turned that over like a screw ball. no telling what julian tavarez has learned over 17 years in the big leagues. >> bob: they used to get all over him about the debris that accumulated on the bill of his cap. he got thrown out of a game one time. that's inside and strike 2. >> rob: he accumulated a lot of knowledge over the years, why not

. >> rob: that reminds me of a peanut -- peanuts cartoon, charlie brown getting his glove hit off.his is a shot right back at him. look out. frasor takes off and then what happens here? he just keeps running. >> bob: the shortstop marco scutaro finally told him to forget it. >> rob: one more look. i can't believe that happened. >> bob: here is nick johnson. >> rob: i think he wanted him to keep running into center field. >> bob: can nick johnson get on base one more time? he's walked twice, three hits tonight. each bullpen has one pitcher remaining. there's his left-hander b.j. ryan who has a 5 5.71 e.r.a. and nationals remaining pitcher is their closer mike macdougal who closed and put away those two games in new york. guzman doesn't run much at this stage of his career. 1-4 in stolen bases this year. 118 steals, but very few in recent years. bottom 11, 1-1. the count, 1-1 the score. and number 11 on deck. i'd love to see a two somewhere, but not strike two. guzman at first. one out. a lot of hitting room right side. rolen way off the line left side. nick johnson came into this ga

and it also clears up some room for them to resign their free agent charlie villanueva and sessions. for the bucks it was about money and staying young and resigning their bright young players. >> all right, chris. the other big news today, yahoo! sports reporting on the for three players. what can you tell us about boston swapping players around? >> that's the surprising thing. detroit did not consider that trade at all, but the issue that boston is shopping a rajon rob doe is the big story. it boils down to he's been headache for coach doc rivers. he's very hard to coach, and he's got some attitude problems. and the celtics feel like if this guy has some attitude problems right now when he's not highly paid, when we still have three superstars, what is he going to be like if we pay him big money? and, you know, he's an all-star. so they're trying to move him right now, and it tells you how bad the problem is because they're coming off winning a championship with this this guy as a young point guard two years ago, and then he played tremendously in the playoffs, so the fact that the

interesting tonight, how charlie emanuel will utilize his bullpen. will he use madsen to close? a lot of people in philadelphia are calling for madsen to close. i don't think the team is, but fans are. >> we look ahead to that game. >> world cup soccer qualifying. the u.s. looking to bounce back from a terrible 3-1 loss to costa rica this week in the final round. hosting team honduras at soldiers field. the horrible turnover. honduras on the break. the man who scored two goals against mexico in an upset 3-1 april 1st, puts the u.s. down 1-0 quick. with the u.s. tied it up at 1-1, penalty kicks. second half now, dempsey blows that chance. a costly mistake by him, another one. tied at 1-1. 68th minute, the corner kick. the captain with the header. the stars and stripes win 2-1. first come-from-behind win for the americans in a world cup qualifier in 24 years! the u.s. a key win, is in second place in the standings trailing costa rica. the top three teams at the end of qualifying win bids to the 2010 world cup in south africa. the u.s.' next qualifying match is august 12th against

the entries about charlie chaplin i think he hated. i didn't know how young he was. and this was the proof, the evidence that we were becoming the same person because i think otherwise he would have allowed me to have my ground. but, no we were the same person. >> host: right. so,. >> guest: so when he died a passport of me died also. >> host: well, i haven't -- mark freed has done well by you. >> guest: i tell you, poor mark, but we are becoming sort of the same person. when we worked together on images, very, very good letters. >> host: i wanted to talk about a couple themes you develop, revolution and ideology, then talk about religion, but let's start with ideology. you said in an interview i read, i'm strongly influenced by marxism. and i love this -- perhaps i belong to the supersuspicious wing of the marxist movement to the magic wing. i eave hauls had problems with the dogmatic parrots that don't have ideas, only repeat them. i don't want to get into a discussion of the works of marx but who are the marxists that actually have had influence, that you see as y

also the ranking member, peter king, and to the ranking member of the subcommittee, charlie dent. also to the chairman of the subcommittee, ms. sheila jackson lee. they and the homeland security committee were most helpful. mr. chairman, often as we go through the airports of america we and our constituents see members of the military passing through those airports, many of them are going to iraq and afghanistan. they are leaving their loved ones. facing sometimes an uncertain future. others are coming in from iraq and afghanistan going home to see loved ones. sometimes they hadn't seen them for over a year. they are often loaded down with heavy gear. now, also at the same time we see the registered travelers who we talked about earlier, we see united premium members, we see delta platinum members and gold medallion members. we all see them getting priority. that's ok. i have no problem with that. but if there's any group of americans who ought to get priority to go to the front of the line, not to skip security, but to go to the front of the line, it's men and women in uniform. s

bly the way, pittsburgh starter charlie morton left after pitching only one inning due to tightness in his right hammy, the braves, their three game winning streak comes to an end. colby rasmus hitting cleanup for the cards, 12-6 in his last eight games, top first, two on, one out, rasmus with a three-run homer to right field, his seventh homer of the year, and the cardinals go on to win 13-4, rasmus extends his hitting streak to nine consecutive games, and the cards score a season high 13 runs to snap their season. and some drama in houston. geoff blum singles in miguel tejada, and it's a walk-off, and the cubs lose after having gotten the early lead in the second inning from geovany soto, a homer, and so the astros take this one 2-1. sampson, the winning pitcher, he improves to 3-0, two innings in relief, and so the astros have the winning way in this one. >> yes, they do. ed werter saying the vikings moving off their move toward brett favre. >> was there a deadline or not placed on brett favre to report this week to practice? >> absolutely not. maybe by deanna or somebody like that,

about the character of course in the book, but he opens the unlawful to a section where a guy named charlie utter is talking to a woman of the night named noraline who has no last name and they are sitting together looking at a little skilled seamen on the floor and he's, you know, playing with her a little singing it's like a pollywog you can see him alive in there and she's saying i hate to see anything hurt, and at this point actually it was on the point of the word jazz on half of this word that wasn't standing up to follow margaret truman the rest got up. there's nobody in this room younger than margaret truman at that point. [laughter] to get out first. [laughter] >> that wasgate x5rmob, though. there was a bad mob that was -- and they had more than( umbrellas. they had ball bats and tire irons. so as these things go, we'll call that the bad mob. we're at the m's already. n, neighbors, they could not be improved by a good fence. outcast. i have a kid name lemoncats whose father throws him in kind of a high school kid, one of those kids that's it from the day he first starts school. ev

want to thank the energy and commerce committee, henry waxman, his colleagues, and everyone such as charlie rangel, the chair of the agricultural committee for their many ongoing contributions to this process. i want to express my appreciation to nancy pelosi for her leadership. we know what this is so important. the nation that leaves in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leaves the 21st century global economy. that is what we seek to achieve. we want a bill that will open the doors to a better future of this nation. i urge members of congress to come together and pass it. the last issue of want to address is health. congress is considering various health care proposals. this is a complicated issue. i am very optimistic about the progress they are making. like energy, this is legislation that will be paid for. it will not add to our deficit over the next decade. we will find the money through savings and efficiencies through the health-care system, some of which we have already announced. we will insure that the reform we pass will bring down the cost of health

by charlie.aller: i am confused and i have seen a lot of information saying that it is not the best policy for california. it takes a couple of thousand gallons of water to make 1 gallon of ethanol which seems to affect food and gasoline prices. why can we put a fee on the use of corn ethanol in california's gasoline so that the gas companies will have to get rid of that mandate? guest: it is certainly an idea to consider. the whole issue of ethanol is really a national energy issue. in calif. we're on the verge of passing the first in the country -- 33% renewable energy standard. to say that we can no longer rely on fossil fuels that hurt our climate, that we can no longer rely on foreign oil. you talk about what is important in foreign policy, certainly it is to promote renewable energy. i know that california even in the difficult times is on the verge of doing something very important for renewable energy, lessening the demand for imported oil. host: let me go back to the issue of education.

charlie? >> it on the sector is condition is she still in the business conducting business of any kind? >> i believe -- >> did she leave? >> i believe she has called a meeting outside the building. i'm not sure whether she is physically here right now. >> two quick questions. deputy steinberg is going to corfu which he has said that the end of the week so this is why he is not going to trieste on the way to corfu? why is bill burns going to that? because he's involved with iran or the p5 plus one or what? >> that's a good question. i think that is what just to collect we. segment my point is the i talions invited the iranians to attend the peace five plus one meeting in italy and the indications that the iranians are not sending anyone because what is happening over there so i wonder if this was a factor in the decision not to go. in other words did she think if there is no opportunity to go to iran at this point she might as well stay home? >> i think right now she wants to be sure that she i

pittsburgh starter charlie morton left after pitching just one inning due to tightness in his right hammy. the braves see their winning stream come to an end. the braves have seen their winning streak come to an end. >> the vikings have backed off their pursuit of brett favre after favre failed to report to organized team activities this week. brad childress hit the radio air waves with his version of what was expected this week. >> was there a deadline or not placed on brett favre to report this week to practice? >> absolutely not. maybe by deanna or somebody like that, but certainly not from me, not even close. don't know where that would have dropped out of the sky from. >> would it be safe to say that there will be a later date where this will resume in a more serious manner? >> i don't know. i'm not into predicting the future. we'll just have to see what's around the corner tomorrow. he was a great player. he obviously had a setback last year. he was playing very well early. and if in fact he's had that surgery, i'm anxious to see just exactly what he's got left in that cannon becaus

guest: this will be one of the great debates and it does not begun charlie along partisan lines. if you create a government-run interests whether they will under-priced the private-sector insurance and drive it out of business, and then you have a big step towards will be a single-payer when the government provides it for workers in medicare and medicaid provided for the old and poor. you would not have much of a pprivate sector left. that is one of the fears. it will be hard to pull out from washington and the next few months. host: let me refer to this lawmaker who asked about whether this will create the competition. he appears on "newsmakers" and here's part of that interview. >> at the end of the day few choose to have competition and a plan that is dependable and affordable, you cannot do without having the public plan their which creates the competition for private plan, so, yes, there will be a public plan in the bill. will people look for it? i do not know. who wants to go home at next year's primary and say i voted against the plan that will provide let's say 30,000 peo

. >> gary: colorful was charlie. coalreadyful were the a's. >> buck: the uniforms and white shoes. first to have colored uniforms and white shoes. paid his players to grow mustaches and fingers took that all the way to the hall of fame. >> gary: most players fined for having them, he paid players to grow them. he had one of the best. 2-1 delivery and he will foul that one away. and a 2-2 count. great promoters of the game in every sense. here's the 2-2 delivery on the way. and that one to left field. that's going to stay up. holliday there to get it. two down. two away in the 6th. on saturday june 13, the first 10,000 fans 15 and over will receive an orioles crab mallet set appropriated by old bay. this set has a couple summer favorites. steamed crabs and orioles baseball. tickets low as $9. call for tickets. pitch is taken for a strike markakis. we had a set of those mallets. did you see them today? >> buck: no. >> gary: yes. in the truck. and they work. i tried them out on the table. i walked into the truck. very solid. >> buck: crabs on you. >> gary: 1-1 delivery. 2-1. single an

i think i will just leave it at what i said in answer to charlie's question. we continue to call for the immediate release of these two women on humanitarian grounds. >> i wanted to talk israel. are the conditions set yesterday by the prime minister, is it wise to have a palestinian state form and arm as the prime minister was suggesting are demanding? >> nick, you saw the white house statement yesterday. it welcomed the fact that prime minister netanyahu made an important step. we're committed to two states living side by side in their historic homeland. we believe the solution can and must insure both israel's security and the film of the palestinians' legitimate aspirations for a viable state. we welcome his endorsement of his book. >> with all the conditions, can there be a viable solution? it has to be demilitarized, airspace? >> our policy is clear on this. we want the conditions and the roadmap fulfilled. we want israel's security to be insured. we want the palestinians to have their own homeland. in terms of what prime minister netanyahu said yesterday

we have put out press releases and as you know in 2 weeks -- in charlie wi end have another report on qassam rockets, it does not absolve the other actor from necessity to adhere to the geneva conventions. >> how and where was human rights watch founded and by who? >> i have been there for 6 years. human rights watch started as helsinki watch which looked at the old soviet union and how people were being treated and it grew and has taken on a larger mandate. if you look at our web site you can find out more about it. >> what does the senator feinstein bill do? do we have the name and number? >> to me have the name and number? it is outside on the paperwork, the civilian cluster protection act, it escapes my mind right now. what it does is simply states that the u.s. can only employ cluster munitions in areas that are not populated by civilians and also must have a dud rate of 1% or less, they have to work 98% of the time. a solid build. it gets us 90% of the way to being on board the current treaty. if i may add, with the u.k. and germany, canada, some of our major allies, it is not j

you only hear it is an ongoing investigation of the charlie rangel thing, for example. who's not been fair on his taxes. i don't know who the government official was, but he plainly stated that by the end of last year we would know everything we are to know about that and here we are six months into the year -- and not just picking on him, but you have the others like blagojevich of illinois, you have a correction in the new mexico governor because of alleged wrongdoing. i could go on and on. quite frankly, there's probably corruption on both sides of the auto, although it seems to be the hierarchy of the democratic party. yes, i am biased because i am republican. i think that the republicans are the lesser of two evils. guest: sam, i share your frustration, but in this case at the ticket has much to do with the media as much as with our legal system. lawyers have got and sophisticated in good a dragging things out. these things can go on for years. that is what this is all about. this is not something i think we in the media can do much about. we can keep pushing. we c

. >> thank you very much, charlie. >> thank you very much. >> up next on c-span, a news briefing with defense secretary robert gates. then a house hearing looks at the privacy issues involved in internet advertising. later, syndicated columnist george will. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] tomorrow night is the annual radio and television correspondents dinner in washington, and c-span will bring you live coverage, including president obama's speech, beginning at 8:25 easter. >> how is c-span funded? >> government grants? >> donations? >> public money. >> taxes? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a prohibition is -- a private business initiative, no government money. >> topics of thursday's pentagon briefing include the investigation of a battle in afghanistan last month that killed civilians and the north korean threat to fire a missile at the u.s. defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs of staff chairman admiral mike mullen speak with reporters for 35 minutes. >> good afternoon. first,

i know some of us will feel like charlie brown here, but i believe. i'm an optimist at heart, so i really think that we can do it. i think this is the time for all of us to collaborate and to come together and put any little issues aside and put our shoulders to the grind stone and work really hard to make sure that happens. we know when we choose to work on mental health issues, we strengthen families, and we also know we are not taking life easy road. that's why gatherings like this one are so very, very important. we come together as advocates, consumers that care so much about this issue that understand the importance of the issue, the depth it brings to us, when we have someone in our family, co-worker, anybody. one in five families in america will be touched with a mental health issue. we understand that. it is so important to communicate that with other people. coming together like this gives us a chance to reinforce that sense of community, and at this time at the top of the mountain to consolidate our forces. i know that is something that you

. >> rob: yeah, you and charlie fighting over hot dogs. it's ugly. >> bob: he's off this inning.t do you expect? i don't know how you do two innings at a time. that must be exhausting. here is scutaro who bounced back to the pitcher first time up. that's a good fastball when you're ahead just moving off the plate. a tradition of innovation, firestone. most starts by national league rookies. shairon martis is right up there with 13 with are karakma of atlanta. a line drive. anderson hernandez, yeah, you hit it near that kid, he'll catch t he's proven that. again, i ducked into manny's office after the ballgame last night, we chatted for a minute about what anderson hernandez did early in that game last night, rob. when he made those two plays, that sent a message to craig stammen i don't have to be afraid to let this lineup with all these stars hit the ball. >> rob: absolutely. it gives you confidence that if you make a mistake rand somebody hits the heck out it have like say a-rod in the seventh inning, somebody will be there to pick it up and catch t if you make an error, you're

. >> charlie hustle. >> spoken like a mariners fan.is during the regular season. came close to those numbers in this game alone. 5 for 6. three runs batted in. carolina eliminates southern miss 11-4. final game in the coaching career of eagles long time coach, palmer. well, texas and arizona state won their opening round game in the college world series. texas trailed 6-0. in the fourth inning, that's cameron roth. cutting the lead in half. later in the inning, texas down 6-4, belting one through the right side of the infield. pair of runs come around. longhorns tied up at 6. same score in the 7th. ruff, second of the game. 10 unanswered runs for texas in this game. but we also know that this isn't about that. it's about a company that's most of the about a company looking for an undisclosed take ten years ago to deny coverage for a brain tumor today. the practice of the private insurance market have less to do with the consumer and a lot to do with company profits. as we move forward with health care reform we have to put an end to pr

this is a sensitive issue and i think i would just leave it at that what i said in his answer to charlie's question, is that we continue to call for the immediate release of these two young women on humanitarian grounds. >> so can we change? >> sure. >> one or two on israel -- are the conditions set yesterday by the prime minister of israel is acceptable to the administration? is it wise to have a palestinian state in the form and unwise -- an unarmed as prime minister netanyahu is suggesting were demanding? >> i think he saw the president, i guess it was robert gib statements, the white house statements yesterday. >> they didn't say much. >> and welcome the fact that prime minister netanyahu made in a poor and staff. we are committed to two states. living side-by-side in their historic home stand -- homeland and we believe a solution and must ensure israel's security and the fulfillment of the palestinian legitimate aspirations for a viable state so we will come prime minister netanyahu endorsement of that goal. >> with all these conditions can be a viable state? i mean, that israel would

later charlie pay trick leahy discusses the sonia society toe major supreme court nomination. -- sotomayor supreme court nomination. >> tomorrow rahm emanuel speaks at a meeting of the democratic council. we'll have live coverage beginning at 9:00 a.m. southeastern time. >> how is c-span funded? >> i have no clue. >> maybe some government grants. >> maybe donations. >> advertising for products >> public money, i'm sure. >> my taxes. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ook ago, america's cable companies created c-span as the bubblick service. no government -- as a public service. no government money. >> witnesses include health insurance executives and people who's policies were canceled while they were being treated for serious medical conditions. this is a little more than three hours. >> hearing will come to order. today we have a hearing entitled "terminations of individual health spolsis by insurance companies." >> the chairman the ranking member will have five minute first opening statement. other members of the subcommittee will be recognized for three minutes. now before we begin, i'm

the only thing that's missing in the aisle that separates republicans and democrats is a checkpoint charlie. a lot of republicans just never ever go over to the other side and talk to democrats, and democrats don't go over and talk to republicans. and you ask why and they just say because and use a fine. but it was fascinating. i was a bit liberated when i got up to washington since my political party, the republican party tried to kill me lyrically throughout the first campaign. i was able to do whatever i wanted. there were several times that newt gingrich started to threaten me and say get in line or else. i said or else what? are you going to campaign against me? i got 62%. please, come to my district and campaign against me. so again the opportunity to team up with democrats when i wanted, go after democrats when i wanted. and what i found was that that sort of independence, listen, i'm a very, very conservative guy but that independence from partisanship from having to play as a republican with every single thing i did actually work very well with voters. doing, my gosh, how radical.

last nationals pitcher to recall a hold versus the reds was charlie manning that was last year, august08. certainly going to take care of that very quickly. maybe even today. john lannan will probably go all the way with a complete game as well. just as these relievers chemotheir game in the -- keep them in the game you can keep your color. we will be back talking about the nationals offense. and he will give us a break down. micah owings taking on john lannan in the series finale as the nationals look for another complete game. the nats and reds, a day game from the park next. so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rate. alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. dude's good. dude's real good. dudes. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> concentrate and

talking to charlie manuel about that. and their explanation is it's just the way they've gone so far. this is a team last year that went 7-0 in the post season. i don't think it's anything of them putting too much pressure on themselves at home or being more relaxed on the road. i think for whatever reason, it's one of those quirky baseball things that you think over the course of a 162 game schedule it's going to even out, and by the end of the year they'll be a good team at home as well. >> going for the eighth win in a row. thank you, todd. >> thanks. >> on the other side of the equation, phillie beat the dodgers last night. and joining us now is jim pelts from the los angeles times. and l.a. has to have relief. they don't have to face hamilton tonight. but what do you think of this team's offense? they've managed just two runs in the last four games. >> joe torre said as much before the game started tonight. there is no question the offense has eased up a bit. the dodgers still have -- they're tied for the best battin

i also want to thank charlie rangel, the chair of the ways and means committee and collin peterson, the chair of the agricultural committee, for their many and ongoing contributions to this process. and i want to express my appreciation to nancy pelosi and steny hoyer for their leadership. we all know why this is so important. the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century's global economy. that's what this legislation seeks to achieve. it's a bill that will open the door -- door door to a better future for this nation and that's why i urge members of congress to come together and pass it. the last issue i'd like to address is health care. right now congress is debating various health care reform proposals. this is obviously a complicated issue but i am very optimistic about the progress that they're making. like energy, this is legislation that must and will be paid for. it will not add to our deficits over the next decade. we will find the money through savings and efficiencies within the health care system. some of which

i know some of us can feel like charlie brown here, but i believe i am an optimist at heart so i really think we can do but i think this is the time per of us to collaborate and come together and put the issues aside and put our shoulders to the grindstone and work really hard to make sure that happens because we choose to work on mental health issues and with those that day and night we are really strengthening families and now we are also not taking life easy road. that is why gatherings like this one i really so very important. we come together as advocates and professionals and consumers who care so much about this issue and understand the importance of the issue, the death and feelings that brings about in each of us, co-worker or anybody. one in five families in america will be touched with a mental health issue. we understand that and is important to communicate and reinforce that with other people. coming together like this gives us a chance to reinforce the sense of community and at this juncture in our history and this time to consolidate our sources and of that is something y

but what have you riddances travels and charlie? [laughter] let me tell you this about a couple of people, there for a while it was blue earth and then carry high weight, and then it river highway,. worse, now is going to be blue quoz and i don't know what else. it gives me amused and i'm getting tired in trying to think of something it comes out like that. there is a man i met near columbus, ohio, frank xavier brusca. he amassed nearly person was hoping to meet on the back rows. alice hoping to meet people who use an old in the american way of speaking, people who think of the seventh generation beyond. it seems to me so america has not been doing too good a job of that of late. you can sit in washington, and individuals as early on wall street. let me quote in god bless you mr. rosewater, a character saying that the philosophy is grabbed much too much or you will get nothing at all with and i think sometimes we in this country might do well to remember that sews looking for people who are thinking be on themselves, thinking about

straight men but nevertheless set off a crackdown against gay men and lesbians in the miami area and charlie johns, one of the major players on the committee, was acting governor at the time and was quite aware of using that as an issue to impose law and order. in tampa in 1957, the state has started a new survey actually of tuberculosis hospitals and discover that process that a number of gay men were to the tuberculosis hospital in tampa and this then led to the hillsborough county sheriff's department conducting its own investigation which turned up some speed to teachers and that in 1957 is going on about the same time that the committee is becoming frustrated with its efforts against the naacp so there are trying to tie the naacp to communism in the cold war context. of course, people illogically try to tie communism to homosexuality so all three of these never made any sense, but that is how the committee was looking at things. [laughter] and there is one more thing and that is florida is booming in population in the 1950's and goes from 2.7 million in 1950 to about 5 million which is

others in the ohio delegation, senator brown and others, representative boccieri and representative charlie wilson, marsha fudge, a lot of others, have been spending time trying to raise awareness and push the auto task force to consider these 15,000 people across this great country who have contributed in such a significant way to the auto industry. and we want to make sure that the auto task force recognizes that as these decisions are being made, some already are made, that they are made fairly and equitably, that these people who have served the company as significantly as others get the same kind of recognition, the same kind of support. and they're not asked to bear the brunt of the whole burden. . as the new g.m. tries to re-invent itself and get back up on its feet, it's important that they don't lose and i think it's important for the auto task force to recognize this, mr. speaker, that they don't lose a core constituency of general motors consumers. former -- former employees who have been loyal to the company, 15,000 of them, should not only be considered but as a basic tactic fo

charlie rangel said it would never be part of their plan, and now it may be. i think it is helpful to give employees more input into how the benefit is used. that one thing helps create a more competitive marketplace. the marketplace does not control costs, or people under 65 get their health insurance at work. normally, their employer is only talking to a couple people about whether they continue with them or go to somebody else on an annual basis or whatever basis they look at their health care. i could see a much larger marketplace than that if the employee also has options beyond what is offered at work. that makes people who offer a policy at work want to be more competitive with the policy offered at work. if you are a big insurance company, offering a policy through general electric, or anybody else, you want people to sit with that policy. suddenly, the competitive dynamic is substantially different than today. competition, savings in the system itself, new technology, new transparency are all part of keeping costs down, as are simply new ways to get p

half of the the 20 the century being so shaped by industrialization and by the assembly line and charlie chaplin in modern times, these kind of images, wal-mart was doing the same thing but with a completely different cast of characters. and with completely different sort of animating idea is in a different geography. i think there has been a lot of marvelous reporting in the business press bank guinness about how it has reshaped economic relationships about the plant, the time of a offshoring phenomenon wherein it wal-mart would be china's sixth largest trading partner if it were an independent country. those kinds of relationships have i think worked their way into public consciousness so it was an easy starting point now. i started looking at it in 2002 as a point where wal-mart for the first time became the largest company on the planet and this was a really signal moment i think that's a lot of people grasped at the time because it was the first time in as a service provider, a place where women in blue smocks asking if i can help do replaced big heavy industry distractive of oil co

speaker, i know you know who they are, but just sort of running around the board here, down here charlie rangel, the distinguished chairman of the ways and means committee, here a former colleague of ours, rahm emanuel, president obama's chief of of staff, up here mr. or zag -- orr zag, the -- orzag, the o.m.b. bean counter. senator dodd from connecticut. in the upper corner ms. pelosi, the distinguished speaker of the house of representatives. and mr. harry reid, the distinguished majority leader over in the united states senate. so we have narrowed it down to one of these folks. the question mark down there is sadly, and this is really a disappointment to me, sadly some are just saying that it was some staffer that put the thing in. the question mark is this staffer who apparently has the power to change law and make law. i really don't think it was -- it may have been a staffer who was using the pen. clearly a staffer had to be directed by somebody to do that. we thought originally that senator dodd, the chairman. banking committee, might be the person we should focus in on. he's made

ocean and coastal economy, co-authored by professor charlie hogan from the university of southern maine found that coastal counties contributed 42% of the national economic output in 2007 and working waterfronts are critical to supporting this economy. we must protect working waterfronts and the jobs they provide. i would like to thank my colleagues for joining together to protect working waterfronts and i look forward to working together to move this legislation through congress. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i'd like to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise to offer my gratitude on behalf of the people of the 21st congressional district for the lifetime service of dr. terry bradley. he's retiring from his position as superintendent of the clobus unified school district. i have known him for many years as his representative in congress. his hard work and commi

in the interim, charlie, i wanted to start with a couple questions. you started about your forecast and that you expect to see unemployment continue to rise well into 2010, which is a pretty much consensus forecast at this stage of the game. how high do you expect the unemployment rate to rise and do you have a regional forecast as well? >> that's a great question. most recently the view within the federal reserve as projected by our central tendency of forecast was that the unemployment rate was likely to rise to a point of about 9.5%, and sometime in 2010 it would peak. frankly since we put those forecasts together, you know, events have transpired slightly better than i had envisioned at that time. at least in terms of financial markets and credit spreads. it has been disappointing, though, that unemployment rate leaped up so quickly to 9.4%. so if we previously thought it might top off at 9.5 to 9.75, we're almost there. so i think there is a risk that the unemployment rate is going to get closer to 10% than i thought it possibility that it might