it is great to be back in green bay. [applause] we are hoping that both the packers and the bears do better this year. >> boo! >> come on. we can bring everybody together. i want to make a few acknowledgements. we have got some wonderful special guests today. can everyone please give laura huge round of applause for sharing her story. [applause] i want to thank our hosts, printable brian davis and his family and superintendent greg mosqus. please give them a big round of applause. your outstanding governor, jim doyle, is here. please give him a big round of applause. [applause] lt. gov. barbaro walter -- barbara lawson is here. your congressman is here. your own mayor. [applause] milwaukee mayor tom barracket is here as well. i want to thank the tribal leaders who are with us here today. [applause] they couldn't be with us but i want to in knowledge great leadership you're giving in the u.s. senate from herb kohl and russ feingold. give them a big round of applause. [applause] this is a town hall meeting, but if you do n

it is great to be back in green bay. we are hoping that both the pack rds and the bears do better this year. come on. we can bring everybody together. i want to make just a few acknowledgment. we've got some wonderful special guests here today. first of all, can everybody please give laura a round of [applause] i want to thank our host and superintendent greg moss. please give them a big round of applause. [applause] your outstanding governor jim doyle is here. give him a big round of applause. [applause] lieutenant governor barbara lauten is here. give barbara a big round of applause. congressman steve cagen is here. congressman. your own mayor, jim smidt. [applause] . and milwaukee mayor tom baret is here as well. i want to thank all the tribal leaders of wisconsin who are with us here today. [applause] and they couldn't be was but i want to acknowledge the great leadership that you're getting in the united states from your senators. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] this is a town hall meeting. but i

it is great to be back in green bay. we are hoping that both the packers and the bears do better this year. come on. we can bring everybody together. i want to make a few acknowledgements. we have some wonderful special guests here today. first of all, can everyone please give laura a huge round of applause for sharing her story. [applause] i want to thank our hosts, principal brian davis and his beautiful family and superintendent greg malls. please give them a big round of acrosapplause. your outstanding governor, jim doyle, is here. give him a big hand of applause. [applause] lt. governor barbara lofton is here. congressman steve kaydin is here. -- steve kaydin is here. your own mayor, jim schmidt. and milwaukee mayor, tom barrett, is here as well. [applause] i want to thank all the tribal leaders of wisconsin who are with us here today. [applause] i want to a knowledge great leadership that you are getting in the united states senate from herb kohl and russ feingold, although they cannot be here with us today. give t

there are great things happening in green bay. there are things that can be reproduced. i question is, when will the focus be on reproducing those things, smaller classrooms, creating communities in classrooms, and moving the focus away from single day testing and test driven outcomes? [applause] >> first of all, thank you for teaching. my sister is a teacher, and there is no more noble and profession and helping to train the next generation of americans. [applause] i completely agree with you that there is a lot of good stuff going on in american education. the problem is that it is uneven. that we put it this way. there are actually two problems. in some places, it is completely broken. in some urban communities, you have 50% of the kids dropping out. one out of every 10 children graduates at grade level. the system is broken for them. we cannot have too big of a debate here. don't worry, i am going to answer your question. so there are some places where really is completely broken. there, yes, a lot of it has to do with poverty and families that are in bad shape. ther

. >> welcome to green bay, mr. president. i am here with my 10-year-old daughter who is missing her last day of school for this. >> oh, no. do you need me to write a note? [laughter] >> i will take you on that, mr. president. [applause] >> i will start writing your note now. what is your name? [laughter] >> i have some people here from work and. >> and no, i am serious. what is your daughter's name? that is a cool name. i am writing to kennedy's teacher. >> i work in a health system and we were prepared, brokers, everyone trying to lower costs for employers. we have a retail health clinics, will get health clinics, primary clinics -- retail health clinics, primary clinics, and all i'm hearing about is long term. i question is what is its timing had set up for this? what you see happening especially in the area of working with employers to either offer more insurance or to be able to get them something now? >> look, we're not going to be able to -- whatever reforms we set up, it will probably take a couple of years to get it i

that's why i need your help, green bay. thank you, everybody. god bless you. [cheers and applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the government funding of direct aid to colleges and their students really is a late 1950's, early 1960s thing that has grown very rapidly since then. >> hillsdale college has never accepted government funding. and today not even government-backed student loans are permitted. >> you know, title iv of the higher education act is 400 roughly pages long. we have a lawyer here in town who tries to keep the government from giving us money. and i went to ask him to send me title iv. and he said it wasn't any use, i wouldn't be able to read it. >> hills dale college president larry arnn sunday night at 8:00 on c span q and a or listen on xm satellite raid yes or podcast. >> how's c span fundd? >> private donations? >> taxes? >> i don't really kn

. >> jim: he was born in green bay. huge packers fan. of years ago when thepackers were in the nfc championship game, he found out the night before he had a chance to get tickets and drove 14 hours to green bay to seat game and the packers lost. he was there and he had pretty good seats. fouls it off. >> buck: yeah, once you're a packer fan, you'll do strange things to go see a playoff game obviously at green bay. certainly, at lambeau field a- rich tradition. >> jim: one out, none on. marlins have the 2-0 lead. pitch recognition pretty good. they appeal to first. john hirschbeck said he appealed in time. >> buck: pretty good slider they throw to the outside and berken just fought to check his swing and got the favorable caught from the you were. >> jim: and he comes back to get him. third strikeout for nolasco and two away. cal ripken, sr. all-stars will host the mid-atlantic valley league. come out and catch where orioles aubrey huff, luke scott, chris ray and halls all launched their careers. gametime 7. 0678956789 get there early. ho

there are great things happening in green bay in appleton and all over the u. p. and there are things that can be reproduced. my question is, when will the focus be on reproducing those things, smaller classrooms, creating communities in your classrooms, and moving the focus away from single-day testing and test-driven outcomes? [cheers and applause] >> all right. i first of all, thank you for teaching. my sister's a teacher. i think there's no more noble a profession than helping to train the next generation of americans. [applause] >> you know, i completely agree with you that there's a lot of good stuff going on in american education. the problem is that it's uneven. and well, let me put it this way. there are actually two problems. in some places it is completely broken. in some urban communities where you've got 50% of the kids dropping out, you only have one out of every 10 children who are graduating atde

here is a preview of president obama's trip to green bay today. this writer writing that when president obama touches down he will be landing in one of the highest value help communities in the nation. it has managed to control medical spending while steadily improving occam's. president obama says if we could make the rest of the nation practice medicine the way that green bay does we would have higher quality and lower costs. -- that was actually said by a peter orszag. obama is increasingly focused on wasteful medical care that does not extend life in may actually be harmful, he says. today in his meeting his first as president to promote health reform is intended to abolish one city strategy. the event coupled with a speech to the american medical association on monday represents a fresh push to sell the public of legislation that could dramatically alter health care is given and pit for in this country. in the coming days and weeks, the president will be more active in making a public case for the origin need to reform our health-care system

think the fan base of the green bay packers whose ownership is distributed among the people of green bay. this is the fastest way to get back to the wise principal. if you can find it in the yellow pages, the government ought not be doing it. more than the money it is the principal of the thing. the other day a visiting european automotive executives said to me with a laugh that he had come to the, quote, new american automotive center, washington, d.c.. to get our economy moving again, let's get out of the companies out of the hands of washington politicians and bureaucrats and back into the marketplace in the hands of american investors. the sooner the better. >> wind la amar described this amendment that he just described to you i said i have an amendment that will fit perfectly. and so, i have joined my amendment to ks and we will be offering it as the alexandre-bennett amendment or as it will be known in utah the bennett for alexandre amendment. [laughter] there will obviously be a period of time before the stock can be distributed. he has anticipated roughly a year. in that peri

then, president obama visit green bay wisconsin -- green bay, wisconsin for a discussion on health care. then, we will hear from nancy pelosi and the house republicans that unveiled their alternative proposal. this week on "newsmakers," we talked to senator jon kyl from arizona. that is sunday at 10:00 and at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> there is still time to get your copy of c-span's 2009 congressional directory with information on house and senate members, the cabinet, supreme court justices, and the nation's governors. it is $16.95 online at cspan.org/products. >> the government funding of colleges and their students really is a late 1950's and early 1960's thing that has grown very rapidly since then. >> today, not even government- backed student loans are permitted at hillsdale college. >> we have a lawyer here in town who tries to keep the government from giving us money. he said there was not in use in title for funding. -- and use -- any use in title iv funding. >> today, bank of america ceo ken lewis was here on capitol hill testifying about his company's merger with financ

bernstein, why is the president traveling to green bay today? guest: declared, i am economic policy adviser. the president wants to do one of the things this president does best, which is to take his message to the people. and this case, it is the message of health care reform. obviously one of the most important pillars of the new economic foundation that the president has set out in his budget as part of his first term, and we are deep in the process of moving this important policies for come in ways that strike us to highly promising. host: in what ways? guest: there is a lot of talk -- talking washington and throughout the nation about our fiscal future, and the ability of our economy to be healthy down the road. if you look at health care expenditures, right now they are about 18 percent of the economy, bp. -- gdp. you're talking but adding 10 percentage points to health care, that means 10 percent of gdp last for all of the other things that we think are important. schools, parks, vacations, homes, you name it. that would be fine if you be

green bay. this is the fastest way to get back to the wise principle, if you can find it in the yellow pages, the government ought not be doing it. more than the money, it's the principle. the other day, a visiting european automotive executives said to me with a laugh that he had come to the new american automotive center, washington d.c. for get the economy moving again, let's get the auto companies out of the hands of washington politicians and bureaucrats and back into the hands of american investors, the sooner the better. >> when he described this amendment was described to you, i said i have an amendment that will fit perfectly. so i have joined my amendment to his and we will be offering it as the alexander-bennett amendment. or as i suppose it will be known in utah, the bennett-alexandre amendment. there will be some time before the stock can be distributed. he has anticipated roughly one year. in that time, the secretary of the treasury will be in charge of controlling the stock. my am

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. >> the president mentioned yesterday in green bay extra revenue going to be needed.ill there be a package coming from the white house? does the white house have to wait for a cbo, or is there a figure in mind? >> well, i would say this, a couple of things. obviously, in the original budget that the white house submitted was a significant down payment toward health-care reform. i think over $600 billion. it is a 10-year period that included changes for the taxation of charitable contributions for those at the very top of the income scale as well as the president outlining what we have talked about here, which is restructuring aspects of medicare and medicaid that are inefficient in the system, particularly, i think, the biggest example was medicare plans that pay private insurers extra money to do what they already should be doing in the form of sort of a middle man payment. i think the president will in very short order outlining additional ways -- outline additional ways in which efficiency can be brought to the system with achievable savings and even in a greater w

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. >> on the green bay visit, his talk about people who need health care and he seems not to make an economic case about some hospitals deliver health care more efficiently. >> i do not think that will be the specific emphasis, but the president has always talked about health care as a very concrete matter of economics. the cost of health care matters into is -- matters to small businesses and families. to get back to the recovery act, the delivery of health care any more economic and official -- economic and effective way is something that the president, i think, will let these touch upon. whether or not that is going to be the focus, i am not sure. when we're talking about health care at large, there is not one thing or only one thing that you can focus on. obviously, there are incredible proliferation of costs as i have said for families and small businesses, but also how are we going to change the way and make the delivery of health care more efficient so that a country that spends more per capita on health care does not find its way -- does the fund itself lagging in other ways. i think

had ten years ago, and he thinks that with the vikings running the very same system that he ran in green bay and his familiarity with childress and offensive coordinator daryl bevel that the vikings can be a serious threat in the nfc and that he is capable still of having a spectacular individual season. >> meanwhile the jets have reached a contract agreement with their top pick, mark sanchez out of usc. the deal worth $50 million over five years, $28 million in guarantees. john clayton with what's ahead for sanchez. >> now, that mark sanchez has his new five-year deal for $50 million, it could go up as much as $60 million depending on how he plays, he can concentrate on trying to win the starting job, which he should. certainly since there's not going to be a holdout should help his case. along with the fact he continues to make progress during the off season. sanchez is in line with a good running game to be the starting quarterback. sure, kellens is there, he's got the lead right now, but now that this deal is behind sanchez, he can concentrate on winning the starting job and being the qu

. >> gary: and the green bay packers, the love of his life. he is, was and is, a devoted packer fan. >> jim: some dead rodent. if you're a rodent, don't hang around jason. >> gary: murphy can't bunt, because mora is a few steps behind third. >> gary: that one to left fie. scott will back up on t he has room. he's got it. murphy is retired. he's 0-3 in the ballgame. beltran is coming up. was reached on an error and grounded out. we have an e-mail question from y. why do you think pitchers have tommy john surgeries so earlyn their careers? >> jim: first of all, they have mris, and number 2, it works. it's a surgery when you have e ligament shredded, and i've never seen the absolute numbe. we hear the guys that have come back, looking at one right here. lots of guys come back, but -- [ indiscernible ] >> gary: if she happens why it happens early, if you have that kind of injury, you're either going to get it taken care of or you're not going to pitch. that's why it has to be done when it's discovered. t

there was a crackdown under attack and a job, so they are going for mousavi, and they want to go green bay are saying, because that is the color he chose for his -- and they want to go green, they are saying, because it is the color he chose for his campaign. having any green material, the police said last night that whoever has the green symbol, no matter what, a green headscarf, t-shirt, what ever, will be banned from working, so therefore you cannot see that color today very much at the polling stations. host: what happens if neither candidate gets 50% of the vote today? guest: then the election will go to the second round. and that's -- candidates can get 50% plus one of the vote, then it will go to june 19. host: what is being done to ensure this is a fair election? there have been concerns from various sides wanted to make sure this is conducted in a fair manner. guest: well, each candidate can have his representative at the polling stations, and the government and the supreme leader have promise people that it is going to be -- host:, the supreme leader, the ayatollah khamenei, is h

host: here is what the president had to say about health care from green bay, wisconsin.uest: what you will hear -- >> what you will hear during this debate is that people will say that the deficit is skyrocketing. that is the reason we cannot afford to do health reform. i want to repeat, the single biggest problem that we have in the terms of the debt and the deficit i

sorry, pat from green bay on our democrats' line. caller: i think you're asking the wrong question, but what i would like to say is that these same banks laundered three- quarters of a billion dollars through the barack obama campaign. if you recall, in october when obama voted for this tarp program to funnel more money back to these things, that he received $300 million in pre- paid, untraceable credit cards through his campaign. that put him over the top. it made him president. the quid pro quo was when he took tim geithner and made him treasury secretary and literally turned over the united states treasury to the federal reserve bank which is not a bank, nor federal. it is private banking companies. i would like to know from your guess why he is not reporting on those things? this is the real question. host: before we go, you said that we are asking the wrong question. what is the question? caller: how come the federal reserve has now taken over the united states treasury? it is not back bygold or anything. when you look back in h

. >> i am the president of the green bay school board, and i'm also a registered nurse working at st. vincent's hospital. [applause] my question centers on wellness and personal responsibility for 1's health care. can you talk about how your reforms can encourage well as encourage people to take more responsibility for their own health care. >> is a great question. -- it is a great question. for those of you who still have employer-based care. one of the things we have been doing is meeting with companies who have been doing some innovative things to encourage their employees to get well. some of it involves financial incentives. these employers, they will say that we will provide for your health insurance. if you quit smoking, you will see money in your pockets in the form of lower premiums. if you lose weight, you will see an incentive, money in your pocket. they set up gems or range -- gyms, or arrange for a club membership for their employees. they also set up a computerized systems you can check your progress on an ongoing basis. just by logging on, through the company. there are

vikings and it's been noted many times is that the vikings' play book is basically identical to the green bay packers play book. so this is all about the physical sh not the mental because he's not going to have to learn a new offense like he did with the jets. how long are the vikings willing to wait? maybe we'll hear something this week. maybe they'll say, you know what, it's just not going to work, we're moving on. but it takes two to tango. >> that's the viking side of things. how long will brett wait before he makes a decision? >> that's a good question. you know, i would think he's willing to wait two to four weeks. you know, at some point, you know, let's say by july 10th or whatever you would think that he would want to know, my arm is feeling okay. in fact it's feeling close to a hundred percent because he doesn't want to embarrass himself. he really doesn't. was he embarrassed the last five weeks of last season? sure he was. no question about it. the guy has a lot of pride. heem who begrudge him his right to try and pursue his passion, that's just the way people are going to feel. h

host: mike is on the phone from green bay, michigan. caller: good morning. bob, i appreciate your career so much.

in the request to make sure i did not forget and as you might be aware the president is going to green bay wisconsin on their state to talk about health reform and i don't doubt he is going to hear something about this popular program. it's my understanding we are in the final stages of review that people in the agency are aware of model me how popular it is but how successful it's been and i am hopeful we will be able to give you news in the near future. >> i will take that as a somewhat positive. >> i don't have the definitive answer today. i hope i would have it, but close. >> i happened to give a speech monday at wisconsin to 400 people involved in issues that apply to seniors all across the state and i had something like a dozen lines written in my speech. the only one there really got any applause was my reference to the senior care program and how effective it has been. >> i can tell you in the discussions i have been involved and in health reform i asked our were folks just because before i came to this position as a governor and as someone who shared ideas with other governors not

host: mike is on the phone from green bay, michigan. caller: good morning. bob, i appreciate your career so much. you have covered presidents kennedy to obama. in a high-turnover business i wish more news outlets understood how valuable your experiences. as i have searched news about iran, elizabeth palmer is the only reporter i have seen able to stay there. on the matter of the health-care issue in american al i have done some research here in wisconsin where we have talked to bury farmers about their health care, many paying $1,500 per month, $500 deductible. milk prices are down. these people are so important. healthcare is a very serious issue, yet when you ask them what they think are some solutions, well, they do not want national health care because they do not want the government involved. i think that is the success of certain conservative talk-show hosts scaring people away from that solution. what we do not know all about is how national health care works overseas in some countries like australia. is it a good program, or not? i think we need to f

giambi who is very patient, get as head green bay gets -- gets ahead, two balls and no strikes. a vicious cut. giambi came through the athletic system and left as a free agent, went to the yankees in this seven year deal expired and then came back. rich hill has loaded the bases after back to back walks. 2-1 on giambi. inside, ball three. >> and after a bases clearing double in the third against berken yesterday. and a high, fastball down into the corner, with two outs. >> nowhere to put him. bases loaded, one down. and 3-1, it's high. ball four. he's walked three in a row and he forces in a run. and as cabrera comes to the plate, jogging to the mount for a first inning visit. >> this is the concern that they had, was it takes a while for rich hill to get into the flow of the game. he gave off a leadoff double in his last start to ichiro and then was able to avoid the damage and had a great first inning when he got a pop-up, strikeout, and a pop-out to get out ichiro. but it hasn't been the same today. >> what hill could use here is a double play to get out of it. here is the ca

but i think the president, and you can see his remarks in green bay. the president's remarks clearly linked the economic recovery to the need for health care change. i think those are things we're doing relatively jointly. his campaign, he spent $18 million with no public financing. they spent $250 million on tv. $150 million was devoted to attacking john mccain for saying -- including health benefits as a tax care exchange. they spent $100 million attacking the idea that this would be the first time we've taxed health benefits. like everyone else, you have a trillion dollar plan k discussed, you have huge chunks of money, so there is a movement in the senate in considering taxing people at some level. you find ways in which campaigns can strain policy. i think it would -- be awkward for the administration after making that marker not to tax health care benefits. i think in that way the campaign becomes now an issue when you think about where we are in policy. i think that's another confidence in the 2008 campaign as we look to the health care policy.

talking about coverage as a concern but i think the president, and you concede those remarks in green bay, the president's remarks clearly linked the economic recovery to the need for healthcare change. so come on i think those are things that he is doing relatively jointly. i would just say that we rebrand this last election in 2008 what you need. president obama's campaign approaching 800, $2 billion, no public financing. vespa intuitive and $50 million on tv. 100 million was devoted to attacking john mccain for saying, john mccain's proposal included taxing health benefits as part of a tax credit exchange and they spent $100 million attacking the idea that this would be the first time we taxed health benefits, so like everyone else you got a trillion dollar plan that is being discussed. you have got to have huge chunks of money so there is movement in the senate at least to consider taxing health benefits at some level and you find ways in which campaigns can strengthen policy because they think it would be offered for the administrations having spent that money and made that marker no

i think about the woman who was in wisconsin that i was with who introduced me up in green bay, 36 or so, double mastectomy, breast cancer has now moved to her bones. and she has got two little kids, a husband with the job. they had health insurance, but they are still $50000 in debt. and she is thinking my main legacy, if i don't survive this thing is going to be leading $100,000 worth of debt. so those are the things that i am prioritizing. now, the public plan i think is an important tool to discipline insurance companies. what we have said is, under our proposal, is let's have a system the same way that federal employees do, the same way that members of congress do what we call it an exchange but you can call it a marketplamarketplace would essentially you have a whole bunch of different plans. if you like your plan and you like your doctor, you will not have to do a thing. yukiko plant. you keep your doctor if your employer is providing you good health insurance, terrific. we're not going to mess with it. but if you are a small businessperson, if the insurance that's being offere

. >> but even last week in green bay, the president says if you like your health insurance, we're notoing to touch it. you're saying there would be changes? >> the problem is the two bills that are being written don't abide by that wonderful sentiment. i agree. if you like your insurance, you ought to be able to keep it and it shouldn't be interfered with by this health care reform. but the bill that is being written in the finance committee explicitly says if you have individual insurance, if you're an employee of a small business that provides insurance to you, as soon as that contract expires with the insurance company, usually at the end of the year, sometimes it may be a two-year contract. at that point that policy no longer exists. you can't keep it. and what you're going to have to do is now find a policy that fits within this new regulatory regime that's being considered where the insurance company has to do all kinds of things even, there's talk about regulating the premiums, the doctors would be regulated under it. so the insurance that you used to have you don't have any mo

last week thursday, president obama came to green bay, wisconsin, and he didn't have to travel very far to find a health care story. at the airport restaurant is jeff and jeff is working 65 hours a week, two different jobs, and he doesn't have the health care coverage that he needs. he can't get health care coverage because he has a preexisting medical condition. it's time for this house on both sides of the aisle to understand that jeff isn't the only one who needs our help. we need to have choices, we need to have the care that we require just to get through the day and we have to have health care at a price we can all afford to pay. and we must guarantee that no citizen shall suffer from any discrimination due to any preexisting medical conditions. and i'll ask you this question, isn't it time that we have a federal standard, a standard health benefit plan that's available to each and every american citizen and legal resident? i think it's time and so do the people of northeast wisconsin. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expir

bay area. maybe there'll be work for them. maybe they'll get green jobs, i don't know. right now we have half a million acres out of production. how many more acres will we put out of production. how many more people will starve because of the inaction of the democrats in this body. how many more? that's all i want to know. i'll yield if anyone wants to answer me how many jobs we're going to lose. the chair: the gentleman from texas controls the time. mr. nunes: looks like we won't get an answer once again, mr. speaker. but i want to thank my democrat colleagues, mr. cardoza and mr. costa for supporting this amendment. i know it's been hard for them, i appreciate their friendship and work on this issue. i want to thank the republican leadership in this body for supporting this amendment. i yield back to the gentleman. the chair: the time of the gentleman from texas has expired. members are reminded to please address their remarks to the chair. for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. mollohan: strike the reck sith number of words. the chair: the