dr. barrasso, himself a physician, who is on the front line of this issue, has griffin this a great dealof thought. so at this point i ask him to join into this colloquy. mr. barrasso: madam president, i stand here with my friend and colleague from mississippi because he and i both attended in his home state of mississippi, a meeting at a hospital where we met with doctors, also met with patients, met with people from the community while the debate and the discussion was being conducted about this health care law. at the time people were asking the sorts of questions because they had heard the promises. would this actually lower the cost of insurance by $2,500 a family? that's what people wanted. that's what they expected. the other question: will i really be able to keep the care that i have and the doctor that i have if i like it? now here we are a couple of years later, the second anniversary of this health care law being passed, and i'm here with my friend and colleague from mississippi, and it just seems to me that the questions that were asked by your constituents, by the doctors i

dr. barrasso, himself a physician, who is on the front line of this issue, has griffin this a great deal of thought. so at this point i ask him to join into this colloquy. mr. barrasso: madam president, i stand here with my friend and colleague from mississippi because he and i both attended in his home state of mississippi, a meeting at a hospital where we met with doctors, also met with patients, met with people from the community while the debate and the discussion was being conducted about this health care law. at the time people were asking the sorts of questions because they had heard the promises. would this actually lower the cost of insurance by $2,500 a family? that's what people wanted. that's what they expected. the other question: will i really be able to keep the care that i have and the doctor that i have if i like it? now here we are a couple of years later, the second anniversary of this health care law being passed, and i'm here with my friend and colleague from mississippi, and it just seems to me that the questions that were asked by your constituents, by the doctors

. >> senator barrasso is next. >> thank you. dr. yergin, i would like to ask about the strategic petroleum reserve. yesterday the financial times reported the obama administration is proposing the u.s. and japan and several european nations tap the reserve to address gasoline prices. .. about using our strategic reserve before it's absolutely necessary. do you think it's appropriate to tap the strategic petroleum reserve at this time? >> i think option is still the word. i think the strategic petroleum reserve is a whole system of the international energy emergency sharing list that deals with disruptions in major threats to gdp. and i think that we are heading -- if you listen to these numbers that have been used here today about spare capacity and paul described a high degree of geopolitics but what is different about the geopolitics this time, part of this aimed at reducing an important source of oil supplies on the market but that hasn't happened yet. it's not going to happen until june so i think the spr is a very important ass

barrasso. >> thank you mr. chairman. dr. yergin i'd like to ask about the strategic petroleum reserve.is today the financial times reported the obama administration is proposing that the u.s. and japan and several european nations tap their strategic oil reserves to address gasoline prices. this would be the second time this administration has tapped the strategic reserve. the obama administration tapped it last june and to my knowledge has not yet filled the reserve back to capacity. i understand that the international energy agency has not supported the obama administration's recent proposal. the executive director of the eye dea has said no specific supply disruption is currently underway. germany has also resisted the proposal. germany's economy minister has insisted germany's preserves our general -- genuine physical shortage. in your op-ed you stated boat there should be some caution about using our strategic reserves before it is absolutely necessary, so do you think it is appropriate to tap the strategic petroleum reserve at this time? >> i think ocean is still the word. the st

dr. barrasso, himself a physician, who is on the front line of this issue, has griffin this a great deal of thought. so at this point i ask him to join into this colloquy. mr. barrasso: madam president, i stand here with my friend and colleague from mississippi because he and i both attended in his home state of mississippi, a meeting at a hospital where we met with doctors, also met with patients, met with people from the community while the debate and the discussion was being conducted about this health care law. at the time people were asking the sorts of questions because they had heard the promises. would this actually lower the cost of insurance by $2,500 a family? that's what people wanted. that's what they expected. the other question: will i really be able to keep the care that i have and the doctor that i have if i like it? now here we are a couple of years later, the second anniversary of this health care law being passed, and i'm here with my friend and colleague from mississippi, and it just seems to me that the questions that were asked by your constituents, by the doctors