former hud secretary and mayor henry cisneros former health secretary u.s.ator mel martinez former u.s. representative allyson schwartz and former u.s. representative vincent weber all have been tremendous leaders for this effort with a level of technical unmatched and we very much thank them for their dedication to this particular project. i also want to recognize at the outset the efforts of bpc led by the staff of the task force as well as the external account and external advising council consisting of leaders in health and housing space. we will hear first from the task force members on the recommendations. this will be followed by the task force led by dr. nye and followed by the open question-and-answer. that can all be here in the audience will have an opportunity for some questions but at this time please welcome a wonderful friend the senior health and housing task force member secretary cisneros. [applause] >> thank you. bill thank you very much for your kind words and thank you for your service. at capitol hill and sigma and that the bpc were he

former hud secretary henry cisneros, former hud secretary u.s. senator mel martinez, former u.s.epresentative allyson schwartz, and former u.s. representative ben weber. also been tremendous leaders for this effort with a level of technical depth unmatched and we very much thank them for their dedication to this particular project. i also want to recognize at the outset the efforts of the team here at bpc, led by trent 11 and anand parekh, consisting of leaders in health and housing space come and i think many are here today, and just if you here, would you please stand up if you are part of that advisory group that we have? they were very helpful in all of us. thank you. [applause] >> over the next hour we will hear first from the task force members on the recommendations. this will be followed, moderate discussion with a task force led by anand parekh et al. but an open question and answer period and all of you here in the audience levitt opportunity for some questions. so at this time please welcome a wonderful friend of bpc, the senior health and housing task force member, se

time, please welcome a wonderful friend of bpc, the senior health and housing task force member henry cisneros. >> thank you. thank you very much for your kind words. and thank you for your service. i first had the opportunity to meet bill here at the bpc about four years ago after a career on capitol hill. he is focused on the really important questions before our country. four years ago, he was helping staff the task force that dealt with deficit reduction issues. medicare, medicaid, social security and the work of this task force overlap greatly. because what we're trying to do in this work is to find ways to shave the increasing costs by having people live healthier lives in their own homes for as long as possible. i want to express our thanks to the foundations who supported this important work. and have supported the bpc previous work in housing and in aging. over the next 15 years, america's senior population is poised to grow dramatically driven by the aging of the 78 million babyboomers. people born between 1946 and 1964, first of those turned 65 in 2011. every year 1.8, two million p

i spoke with its co- founders, democrat henry cisneros and republican businessman, sal trujillo.neros is a former housing secretary for the clinton administration. gentlemen, thanks for being with us. mr. cisneros, the two of you wrote an essay for the "wall street journal," you said that you've been watching this presidential campaign unfold at first with disappointment then with concern and now with real alarm. what is alarming you? >> well, what alarms me is that the rhetoric about latinos seems to be giving people permission to denigrate this population, to diminish its place in american life. that's just wrong. this is a population of 55 million people, growing to 100 million people. it is essential to the american future. it is already making a major contribution in many areas of american life from religion to pop particulars to entrepreneurship and to corporate business and as consumers, one of the most important areas is in its contribution to the american economy. what sol has come to call the mainstream economy, the mainstream american economy. next american economy. an

then former hud secretary henry cisneros on issues facing aging americans. after the supreme court oral argument and foster v chapman. >> c-span washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning with presidential candidate bernie sanders declaration of pursuing the nomination through to the democratic convention, congressman rick nolan talks about the 2016 campaign the future of the sender's candidacy his support of political reform. the ongoing concerns the wait times at airports and the agencies efficiency and effectiveness and the executive director of the presence committee and the arts and humanities and tony award-winning actor john floyd young discussing the government's role in promoting arts, education, public schools. be sure to watch c-span washington journal live. join the discussion. >> tuesday house oversight committee chair testifies on the conduct of irs commissioner john cost can and surrounding the irs targeting investigation. congressman javits will appear before the house judiciary co

we will hear from two former housing and development secretaries, henry cisneros and mel martÍnez.naudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome to the bipartisan policy center. i'm bill hoglan, senior vice president at the center and i have the pleasure of helping to oversee our fiscal pension healthcare and policy work. i rent cily came across the statistic that startled me. there are over 600 million people in the world today over the age of 65, all cards on the table, i'm one of them, remarkable in itself the fact but even more remarkable it is estimated that half of all humans from the beginning of recorded time who have been over the age of 65 are a live today. amazing. and now statistics and estimates can always be an error, i am certain of one thing as i look around room, everybody in this room will be ten years older ten years from today. [laughter] >> we are all living longer and that's a good thing, but with the good new

later, a look at the connection between health care and housing for the elderly with henry cisneros and mel martinez. you can watch it live at 2:00 eastern on c-span two. house a look at the white messaging strategy for the iran nuclear agreement. a national security advisor from the obama administration was asked to appear at the hearing but did not attend. lawmakers heard from a former adviser to the george w. bush administration and representatives from two washington-based think tanks. >> i think it is important we take this up and deal with this situation as we keep going. there are three items i would ask for unanimous consent -- first is the aspiring novelist to became the obama administration policy guru, the second is a letter from may 16 addressed to me and copied to the ranking member from neil eggleston talking about how they'll white house would not to then rhodes available committee today. i would also like to enter a letter from senator cornyn, senator mark kirk and senator john barrasso and come without objection, i would like to enter these into the record. >> without o

time, please welcome a wonderful friend of bpc, the senior health and housing task force member henry cisneros. >> thank you. thank you very much for your kind words. and thank you for your service. i first had the opportunity to meet bill here at the bpc about four years ago after a career on capitol hill. he is focused on the really important questions before our country. four years ago, he was helping staff the task force that dealt with deficit reduction issues. medicare, medicaid, social security and the work of this task force overlap greatly. because what we're trying to do in this work is to find ways to shave the increasing costs by having people live healthier lives in their own homes for as long as possible. i want to express our thanks to the foundations who supported this important work. and have supported the bpc previous work in housing and in aging. over the next 15 years, america's senior population is poised to grow dramatically driven by the aging of the 78 million babyboomers. people born between 1946 and 1964, first of those turned 65 in 2011. every year 1.8, two million p