christina romer. i think some may want to submit questions to you. if you could respond to those in a timely fashion, we would appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> i would be happy to. thank you. >> our second panel will be made up of several people. if these people would come forward please. i think we have places for you. one person is the research professor at georgetown university where she directs research on health insurance reform. she served at the u.s. apartment health and human services. she has a b.a. from oberlin college. our next guest is a very distinguished. she serves as a board member of the commonwealth of authority. she holds a b.s. from the university of massachusetts, boston. in james is a member of an organization that was withheld and retirement benefits for fortune 500 companies. he went to george washington university. he retired in 2001 from one particular organization. robert is from the heritage foundation. he is involved in a health insurance reform initiative in 2005. he received his degree from the university of ar

in this interview with christina romer she talks about the stimulus legislation. she says the stimulus money was being distributed in almost exactly the rate forecasted by the office of management and budget. she says it should make a material contribution to growth in the fourth quarter it this year. california is next up on the republican line. caller: hi, they're so many people in this country other working people starving and having a tough time. why are we giving israel $4 billion per year since 1945? there are only 5 million jewish people in israel. host: a story this morning in a paper concerning a settlement freeze, saying that israel is open to a freeze on the broader section. they write that israel would be open to a complete freeze of the settlement building in the west bank for three up to six months as part of a broad peace endeavor that included a palestinian agreement to negotiate an end to the conflict. this is according to senior officials on sunday. they spoke before a planned meeting on tuesday in washington. it involved a meeting between barak

jobs under need the democrats' proposal based on analysis developed by chief economic adviser christina romer. 1 million small business jobs will be lost due to the costly mandates of the democrats. spall businesses are the engine of our economy. we should help them weather the storm. washington has not tried this yet. republicans are offering a plan that will encourage investment and allow small businesses and families to keep more of what they earn, to help our economy gets moving a gun, it will stimulus plan. -- to help our economy gets moving again, a real stimulus plan. we have a plan without costly taxes and government mandates. this week, the president and democrats on capitol hill continued their push for speaker posies national energy tax. by imposing the tax on every american who drives a car or flicks on a light switch, this plan will drive up the price for food, gasoline, and electricity. even president obama has said that energy prices will skyrocket and its consequences will be severe in rural communities across our country. the bill will shipped millions of jobs to competitors

christina romer. small business jobs will be lost. small businesses are the engine of our economy. we should help them weather the storm and create jobs. this'll be a real stimulus. republicans encourage investment that allows families to keep what they earn. we need a real stimulus plan. our health care will put forth a better alternative that will reduce costs and increase the quality of care in a way americans can afford. this without new taxes, costly mandates, or a government takeover that would bureaucrat in charge of medical decisions. this week the president and democrats continued their push for a speaker pelosi's energy tax. by imposing this tax who drives a car or flips a switch, this plan will drive up the prices for food, gasoline, and electricity. even president obama has said that energy prices will "skyrocket." the consequences will be severe in rural communities. the democrats' bill will give millions adjusted competitors like china and india. a recent study estimated it will cost is between 2.3 and 2.7 million jobs every year. we should be creating american jobs,