one of the policy and congress pacific fiscal policy will be solved any time soon ok chris let's go back to the studio here let's go to the u.s. double dip in the future before we go to u.s. could i just add one last point on the eurozone i think that the political angle is very important here because it seems to me that you know while as you quite rightly say it's more more fear of a meltdown rather than political will i think the political aspect is important we are seeing these major political differences in other words the voting public in countries like germany that are very solid and they're increasingly getting fed up what you know you pay for exactly and i think that's the issue so i think i wouldn't automatically dismiss therefore some form of a default i think that the german seemed to be gunning far as you know to share the pain you know rather than have the german taxpayer pick it all up for example and i think it seems to me from listening to chancellor merkel is that she's in favor of some sort of a controls default if there is selected yeah faltering that is if this seems

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call for desperate measures earlier i spoke to peter schiff he's president of euro pacific capital he also ran for congress in two thousand and ten and i asked him what he would be doing if you was in washington right now calling the shots here's his response. well you know i don't think we should raise the debt ceiling it is a charade for now it's true default is up to us if we want to default obviously we can do it but if we don't want to there's plenty of revenue and at some point that won't be the case with interest rates rise then we did it then we simply won't be able to make the payments but for now with interest rates as low as they are it's still our choice eventually it's not going to be but for now it is but the real problem is not the debt ceiling the problem is the debt and raising the ceiling makes that problem bigger is i mean it seems to me like you're saying then sunk elements that deficit spending needs to be stopped dead in its tracks period but here's the deal the only way to stop it covered congress progress for years to reduce spending in the future but it never happens it's just like

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join us for the library of congress this sunday night at eight eastern pacific on c-span. about that question, the library holds a personal record of over 900 current and former members of congress. >> space shuttle atlantis is on its final mission to the international space station among return to earth july 21. president obama called the astronauts today in the crew also spoke to reporters on earth from aboard the international space station. this is an hour. >> atlantis, ss is houston. are you ready for the event? >> we are ready for the event. >> atlantis, please stand by for the white house. >> hi, please hold for the president. >> hello? hello, this is the international space station. >> well, this is president obama. who am i talking to? >> hello, mr. president. you're attacking and increment 20 crew in the courtesy shuttle atlantis. >> that's funny because i was just daily now for pizza and i didn't expect to end up in space. >> los cabos sir, it's an honor and privilege to take some time out of your busy day to meet with us. >> a listen, it's wonderful to talk to y

join us for the library of congress tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> on this morning's "washington journal," the health policy correspondent for national public radio talk about the medicare program. julie rovner is back at our table. she is health policy correspondent for national public radio, talking about medicare spending reductions, but something specifically known as the independent payment advisory board. sounds like an awful, but it is an important thing for us to know -- sounds like a mouthful, but it is an important thing for us to now. guest: it is going to be a 15- member commission, appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. they will make recommendations for how to restrain medicare spending if and only if it medicare spending is anticipated to be above a certain threshold. there are different thresholds from 2015 to 2020 and after that. i won't get into them. it is how much medicare spending is expected to exceed a certain amount. the board does not make its first recommendation until 2013, which is why the bo

join us for the library of congress, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacificspan. >> "washington journal" continues. host: julie rovner is back at our table. she is health policy correspondent for national public radio, talking about medicare spending reductions, but something specifically known as the independent payment advisory board. sounds like an awful, but it is an important thing for us to know -- sounds like a mouthful, but it is an important thing for us to now. guest: it is going to be a 15- member commission, appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. they will make recommendations for how to restrain medicare spending if and only if it medicare spending is anticipated to be above a certain threshold. there are different thresholds from 2015 to 2020 and after that. i won't get into them. it is how much medicare spending is expected to exceed a certain amount. the board does not make its first recommendation until 2013, which is why the board does not exist yet brought those from -- which is why the board is not exist yet. it has become

china says the library of congress this monday night at eight eastern pacific on c-span. and read every book in the slavery, one per day, would take over 60,000 years. >> in a few moments, unauthorized charges on phone bills come a process known as cramming. >> americans could eat pena to $2 billion a year in unauthorized charges on phone bills, according to a study by the senate commerce to many. the report is on what is referred to as cramming and looks at phone companies that allow third parties to have churches, many an an authorized to them in them in phone bills. senator jay rockefeller says he's going to introduce legislation to ban or party fees and the fcc estimates that as many as 20 million american households have unauthorized feeds on their month play phone bills every year and said it too is considering new rules to protect consumers. this is about an hour and a half. >> today's hearing is about a scam that is caused telephone customers billions of dollars. all of you at the witness table are aware of this in various ways. and it is called unauthorized charg

join us for the library of congress this monday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span.modern technology reveals that jefferson used the word subjects before replacing it with the word citizens in his first draft of the declaration. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> well i'm reading ulysses by james joyce. i started that on january 1. it is a new year's resolution of mine to plow through that book. that is bloomsday, the day the whole book is built around. i have a chapter to go. i don't recommend it. it is a classic, but it is impenetrable, very hard to read that i will get it done. also, the summer will be reading "founders" which is a raphael book about those who are part of the american revolution. not a lot of new ground plowed but very interesting stories. looks good to me. two books by patrick o'brian, master and commander in the far side of the earth, which is what was put together to make the master and commander movie starring russell crowe. i loved the movie and want to read the books now. the other book i will be reading is called

join us for the library of congress this monday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span. and to read every book in this library, one per day, it would take over 60,000 years. >>> the chairman of the house oversight subcommittee on national security says that despite spending billions to enhance security, airports are still vulnerable to terrorist attacks. those comments came during a hearing on securing airports parameters. witnesses include the former security director of the tel aviv international airport in israel. this is a little less than two hours. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. i appreciate you all been here for this oversight hearing part number to regarding the tsa airport perimeter screenings. i'd like to welcome a ranking member tierney and members of the subcommittee and the audience who are here participating with us and those of you that are watching on television to meet today's proceedings in the second mysteries of hearings designed to evaluate the status of u.s. airport security and the policies employed by the department of homeland

congress. this monday night at 8 eastern and pacific on c-span. oh, and to read every book in the library, one per day, it would take over 60,000 years. >> on monday, house financial services committee ranking member barney frank defended the reasonable regulations measures signed into law a year ago. in his remarks, congressman frank said he was concerned that house republicans were undermining the law by cutting the budgets of regulators implementing it. his remarks and the q and a with reports are about an hour. >> thank you. and that reference to my colleague, mr. bachmann, remind you that those of you who cover the financial services committee might ask your editors for dual pay. because you will be covering the republican presidential. because i think for the first

join us for "the library of congress" monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. is considered the most famous photo here at the library of congress. >> this week and on american history tv on c-span3, american artifacts on the civil war photographs at the library of congress. his new book "classified -- secrecy and the state." looking at the issue of civil rights in the early 1990's. get the complete schedule on c- span.org/history. host: we welcome alan gomez, a reporter with "usa today" focusing on the issue of the u.s.-mexico border. in a story you wrote on friday, the picture painted of the border between the u.s. and mexico, is a very bloody one. you find it is very different. why? guest: from this debate, it has been tough to find any sort of data or anything to quantify a lot of these claims out there. on both extremes, people are saying it is either incredibly violent, very much a war zone, and on the other hand people say it is one of the safest places in the country. what we decided to do was put all of this data to it. half it has turned out to be very

join us for the library of congress, this monday night at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. about that question, the library holds the personal records of over 900 current and former members of congress. >>> the senate special committee on aging and the senate health and pensions committee organized a discussion on 401k accounts and retirement savings, specifically the so-called linkage that occurs when individuals cash out their account for take out loans against them. we will care about the two new studies, one that examines the increase in the amount of money being withdrawn from bob 401k accounts before the retirement, and another that explores the racial disparities in retirement savings accounts and early withdrawals. we will also hear about proposed legislation to revise current policy on the early withdrawal from retirement savings. this is 40 minutes. >> good morning. my name is john and ayman analyst on income security at the congressional research service. we provide nonpartisan policy analysis to members of congress and committees. ensuring that americans have ade

join us for the library of congress this monday night at 8 eastern and pacific. if you look at every photograph in this collection and spent one minute on each, it would take over 24 years to see them all. >> a decision on raising the debt ceiling needs to be made this week. also, house speaker john boehner said republicans may be willing to give president obama the power to raise the debt ceiling in anchorman's with congressional approval. that plan would allow republicans to vote against raising the debt ceiling without risking default. after meeting with senate democrats, timothy geithner encouraged congress to avoid a default say, "we are running a tighme." ashima will talk with you about the security plan. >> this weekend, live from salt lake city, the nation's governors look at the lessons of 9/11 and thomas friedman talks competitiveness and the economy. look for live coverage saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern and sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern. >> as the debate on extending the debt ceiling continues, congressional leaders, including house minority leader nancy

join us for the library of congress monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c- span. this is considered the most famous photograph of the library of congress. >> on thursday, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said failure to raise the debt ceiling would result in higher interest rates, slower economic growth, and an even bigger national debt. mr. bernanke testified before the senate banking committee. this is two hours, 15 minutes. >> i called this hearing to order. we are pleased to welcome chairman bernanke who will deliver the federal reserve's semi-annual report to the congress. his testimony comes at an important moment. while our economy is recovering from the disaster created by the financial crisis, the recovery is far from complete. employment is unacceptably low and the unemployment rate remains at 9.2%. the high levels of unemployment are matched by output that is significantly lower than it was thought to be. the cbo estimates of potential gdp showed that the economy is 5.6% below what it could be producing. of course, the housing market, which is an im

join us for the library of congress this monday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. about that question, the library holds the personal records of over 900 current and former members of congress. >> this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span3, american artifacts visits the lillian quist exhibit of civil war photographs at the library of congress. the author on his new book, "classified: secrecy and the state in post-war britain yts. and a professor looks at the issues of civil rights in the early 199 's. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history. this weekend on c-span -- live from salt lake city, the nation's governors look at the lessons of 9/11, and the featured speaker, thomas friedman, talks competitiveness and the economy. look for live coverage saturday at 5:30 eastern and sunday at 1:30 eastern. the national governors association, this weekend online on c-span radio and on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen is congressman john carter, republicans of texas, and as i mentioned before the break, he is a member of th

join us for the library of congress tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> the senate has completed its business for the day and will gavel and tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.. earlier on the floor of majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell discussed the federal debt and deficit including a possible weekend session. senator mcconnell also responded to the president's nomination of the director of the new consumer financial protection bureau. this is 10 minutes.demoats >> senate democrats sat down with secretary tim geithner and a picture he painted is as follows. a that is p a picture of what our world would look like if then ft republicans in congress force this nation for the first time in history and he called on his financial obligations. the picture was really graham. this is how we describe the state of our government. the state of our government if congress allows thishis unprecedented default is quote lights out. he said default would result inn a complete quote loss of capacity and function as a government and of quote. e

join us for the library of congress this monday night at 8 eastern and pacific on c-span. if you looked at every photo in this collection and spend one minute on each it would take 24 years to see them all. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2 on afterwards, marine maj jane malware relives her experience on the front lines in iraq. richard white gauges the impact of the transcontinental railroad on the gilded age. in eisenhower 1956 david nichols looked at the suez canal crisis. eisenhower faces the change in the cold war's balance of power. go to booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert. the weekend schedules in your in box. >> the fourth of the white house council on jobs and competitiveness jeff immelt, ceo of general electric spoke to any event hosted by the chamber of commerce. this is half an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. our next speaker leads one of america's greatest, most innovative and successful companies, general electric as it is commonly known. jeff has one of the toughest and best jobs in the world. ge is the sixth largest firm in the united state

we're going across the pacific now with lawmakers a loggerheads over how to pay for raising the u.s. debt ceiling president obama threatens to veto a rival republican plan congress has less than a week left to raise the country's multi trillion dollar debt ceiling if it hopes to avoid potentially devastating default and nationwide address obama warned that an american default would impact the around the world and that washington would be to blame if we criticize republican opposition for stalling talks and refusing to accept a balanced approach republican house speaker john boehner hit back accusing obama of spending beyond the country's means and expecting a blank check the two parties have been locked in dispute over whether spending cuts or tax hikes is the best answer to the debt crisis and u.s. congressional candidate candidate dan o'connor thinks that the debate in both sides has ignored a key point. i think a lot of the politicians in d.c. and this is both republican and democratic politicians they continue to necked all to neglect the biggest tax and that's the inflation tax this is a perennial tax and it's not it's not politically. beneficial for them t

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close with this monday night at 8:00 eastern this it -- for "at the library of congress," this monday night at 8:00 eastern-pacific. >> our coverage of the summer meeting of the national governors' association continues at 1:30 eastern with author and "new york times" columnist thomas friedman. as we wait for that session to begin, here is friday's opening news conference, with washington gov. christine gregoire, this year's share, and nebraska gov. dave heineman, vice chair. >> it is my pleasure to welcome not only you folks here, but the folks behind me -- christine gregoire to my right, chairman of the national governors' association and governor of the great state of washington, and dave heineman, a vice chair of the national governors' association, from the great state of nebraska. on my far left over here, lincoln chafee, governor of .hode island gu w we are here representing approximately 32-plus governors attending this conference in some form or fashion over this weekend, as we get together for the national governors' association. my name is gary herbert, governor of the greats did it utah -- a great stat

join us for the library of congress tonight at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> tonight on "the communicators" sec commissioner robert mcdowell on the sec's actions this week begin cracking down on unauthorized service charges on consumers phone bills. >> governors from more than 30 states, commonwealth and territories gathered this weekend in salt lake city for the 103rd annual national governors association meeting. one of the session saturday and involved a discussion on u.s. border security efforts as well as lessons learned from september 11 in protecting communities. we will hear remarks from the u.s. customs and border protection deputy commissioner as well as the president for the center for national policy. governor jan brewer of arizona and governor martin o'malley of maryland co-chair the special committee on homeland security and public safety. >> and we'll showed as much of this as we can enter the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission starts his remarks which are expected shortly. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible convers

congress and private stockholders. as relates to these free trade agreements, the trade negotiations and the negotiations of the trans- pacific partnership agreement. the bipartisan trade promotion act of 2002 requires the administration consult with congress and other stakeholders before, during, and after trade negotiations. earlier this year, the ambassador referred to "extensive consultation with the business community, labour and congress -- regarding the korea fta. but they say as the new agreement was announced, the claim from the administration apparently includes the process of consultations with a broad range of stakeholders that was widespread. claimed? really? many of the private sector stakeholder certainly did not sound like they're offering a claim to me. many of the companies and individuals with broad experience and trade agencies acknowledge the industry's at stake have been formally removed from the process. in the case of the south korea and implementing bill, i am stunned by that description concerning the fact that about one-third of implementing bill for the fta contains offsets and the taa program that

join us for the library of congress this monday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span. ', and to read a book every day here, it would take over 60,000 years. >> next, an afl-cio forum. it includes al franken and sandra levin. this is about two hours. >> well, i guess we can get started. welcome to the forum today. i want to thank you for coming. thank you to the sponsors, afl-cio, demos, and the economic policy institute. i'm bob herbert. i sometimes wonder what universe the politicians in washington are traveling in. we have a full-blown employment crisis in the country. it's a true disaster, but that's not the sense you'd get if you follow the comings and goings of the movers and shakers at the white house on capitol hill. i've been talking to people who have been out of work for the longest time, and whose families are really suffering. missing mortgage payments, credit cards, missing meals. one man who was out of work for a year and is married and the father of a 5-year-old told me what it was like last christmas when the family had a tree, but had no presents to put under

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join us for the library of congress tonight at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> last week the u.s. special envoy to sudan testified before the senate foreign relations committee on u.s. policies toward the nation. as well as the new country of south sudan which recently declared its independence. he discussed the continued military conflicts between the two nations and their disagreements over how to share oil revenue. senator john kerry chairs this 90 minute hearing. >> the hearing will come to order. thank you all very much for being here this morning. ambassador lyman, it is a great privilege to welcome you back to the committee. we appreciate enormously the work that you are doing as the president's special envoy to sudan. and i want to just thank you personally. i've had a chance to see you working in many meetings that we have had together they are in sudan, and i've been extraordinarily impressed by your steady, calm, tireless commitment to working under difficult circumstances to make progress. it's the essence of good diplomacy, and i reall

congressing. >> as the crisis at news corp deepens, we'll look at rue put murdock's empire. >>> the debt crisis continues on both sides of the atlantic. >>> and protecting its pretty tors. the pacificmined to safeguard shark tourism. first up, though, investors are are finding more reasons to sell news corp's stock today. shareholder of the murdoch-controlled company fell sharply as the fallout continues from the phone-hacking scandal that has shut down the "news of the world" tabloid. the controversy has reached the highest levels of the london police force. this is the metropolitan commissioner. he resigned on sunday with his ties with neil wallace who was arrested last week. stevenson insists that he's done nothing wrong. >> as commissioner, i carry umt mat responsibility. with hindsight i wish we had -- i didn't and that's that. i do believe, though, that on its own, this would not be a matter that comes to my position as commissioner, however, the issue of my integrity is different. let me state clearly i and the people who know me know that my integrity is completely intact. i may wish we had done something differently but i will not lose any sleep over my personal integrity.

join us for the library of congress this monday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span. about that question, the library holds the personal records of over 900 current and former members of congress. >> americans could be paying up to $2 billion a year in unauthorized charges on their phone bills, according to a study by the senate commerce committee. the committee released a report wednesday at a hearing on cramming. that's when phone companies allow third parties to add charges, many unauthorized, to landline phone bills. committee chairman senator rockefeller announced he plans to introduce legislation to ban third party fees. we hear more about the practice of cramming at this 90 minute hearing. >> good morning. this hearing will come to order. and today's hearing is about a scam that has cost telephone customers billions of dollars, all of you at the witness table are aware of this in various ways. and it's called unauthorized charges. telephone company can have authorized charges if you want to buy dish tv or something of that sort. that's an authorized charge, but

congress. your tweets are at the bottom of the page. send them in to @cnnyourmoney. bill gross is the founder and co--chief investment officer at pacificement investment company, known as pimco. he is quite possibly the most important bond man in the world. bill, good to have you. we've been listening to everything you have to say. let me ask you this, economics 101, probably in the first week of classes says that if an entity, a government, an individual, a business is at more risk of not paying its bills in a timely fashion, the cost for that entity to borrow increases. tell me how that lesson from economics 101 plays out into this discussion. sit still valid? >> well, certainly it's still valid, ali. thank you for having me. i enjoy your program every saturday morning out here in california. yeah, i think risk spreads, interest rates go up if a creditor is at risk of not paying its debts. we saw it in california. california in 2009, for instance, april of 2009, began to issue i.o.u.s. and the cost of that debt that later came to pay them off was 100 basis points than it was before the i.o.u.s. the cost to the issuer goes up by incre

pacific ocean in the year 2020. the official says russia and its partners had agreed it cannot stay in space beyond that date. but sources at nasa appeared in congressxnews.com they know nothing about any concrete plans to shut down the station in 2020. i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. six days to go now until the feds say max out the national credit card. and this crisis of your lawmakers making. a live look at the place where they work, forecasting, unquote. where the house rules committee is meeting now. lawmakers getting ready for tomorrow's vote on speaker john boehner's plan to raise the debt limit but the white house accusing republicans of wasting time with a bill that, quote, has no chance of becoming law, unquote. some top democrats are now calling for the president to go it alone. raise the debt limit himself without the okay from congress. so how do you do that? ed henry, our chief white house correspondent live there tonight. 14th amendment option, right? >> that's right, shep. basically says that the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. some democ

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congress. a c-span original document next monday at 8 eastern and pacific. >> now on to the house agriculture andnatural resources subcommittees. they held a joint hearing on friday to look at the forest service plan that would ban hydraulic drilling for oil and gas on federal lands in virginia and west virginia, again, it's known as fracking where you inject water and chemicals to release natural gas into wells. this is the first 45 minutes of that hearing. >> the subcommittee hearing will come to order. the chairman notes the presence of a quorum. under natural resources committee is three members. the natural resources and the agriculture committee are meeting today to hear testimony on challenges facing domestic oil and gas development, review of bureau of land management/u.s. service ban on drilling on federal lands. under natural resources committee, opening statements are limited to the chairman and ranking member of the subcommittee. in addition, opening statements will be offered today by the chairman and ranking member of the agriculture subcommittee, and should they wish to participate

congress. a c-span original documentary in high-definition next monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with congressman chaka fattah, democrat of pennsylvania, second district, and member of the appropriations committee. let me begin with a question we asked our viewers. mini deal or grand bargain? guest: we are a great nation and we should not be majoring in the minors. the object here is not a math exercise of how we bet -- we balance the budget. how do we continue to position our country? we are the wealthiest country in the world. we have the most significant military. we have advantages in technology and innovation. how do we keep our advantages as a nation? how do we manage our fiscal house in a way that makes sense? i think the terminology is easy for the washington press, but it does not address the fundamental issue, which is that all of our advantages as a country that used to be absolute are now a relative. we have economic competitors that are chasing us. we have china, which is a much larger country. we have india. we h

pacific islanders 13%. asian-americans stay unemployed longer than any other american group. jobs growth should be congress'sn't getting the message. they passed 81 bills and how many of those have created jobs? zero. in 200 days -- in fact, they tried to put 2 million americans out of work. and now with the default negotiations, they are holding america's economy and the american people hostage to their agenda of tax cuts for the rich and loopholes that help corporations. we need house leaders looking out for the american people and creating jobs, not cutting them. we need strong house leaders who will truly do something about the economy, not just promote corporate interests and the rich. and now i have the pleasure of introducing my esteemed colleague the chair of the new democrats. >> thank you very much. i'm very pleased to be here today. joining my colleagues of the leadership of the house democratic caucus. many of you may remember 100 days ago today, i stood on the floor and gave what we believed is the first speech's speech and that was in reaction to the lack of any jobs bill in the first 100 days

the pacific, we remain concerned about the cost of this plan and the lack of forward progress on the part of our japanese allies. the report accompanying this bill directs the navy to provide congress with the detailed information and the cost and prognosis of the guam relocation initiative. initially, the -- additionally, the committee is concerned with the potential cost of related troop realignments in korea and the long-term impact of troop reductions in europe. their report accompanying this bill addresses these concerns in depth. mr. president, as i said before, this is a sound and responsible bill. senators kirk and i have worked a hard hand in hand to forge a bipartisan approach for the milcon-v.a. bill and i believe we have succeeded. i urge my colleagues to support final passage of the bill today. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. mr. kirk: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. kirk: before we do that i want to join my colleague and say that the republicans unanimously supported this bill that provides appropriations for our veterans and for our military construction needs unanimously in the subcommittee. they supported thi

join us for the library of congress 8 eastern and pacific. if you looked at every photo in the collection and spent just one minute on each, it would take over 24 years to see them all. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, american artifacts visit the library of congress. >> recently health and human services secretary kathleen sebeilus talked about youth, the current health care system, and the implication of the health care act. >> first of all, we wanted to thank you so much for taking time out of the business schedule to be here with us today. we know that you have an incredibly busy job, and so we're just thankful that you are taking time to talk with us today. i guess we really want to thank you for not only being there to push and pass health care, but implementing health care reform as well. i know thinking about our generation, we definitely benefit from two major provisions of the affordable care act. one is the dependent coverage, my parents are excited that i can stay on their plan until i'm 26. and also making sure