what did you hear from henry waxman on this? >> he was one of the chief authors of this law. he's proud of it and no room for repeal. and what is fascinating if you followed the health care debate and frustrated of the senate.

what did you hear from henry waxman? >> he was one of the cheese off -- one of the chief authors of this law and there is no room in his mind for this to be repealed. for anyone who followed the year-long health care debate, house democrats were extremely frustrated that the senate was not getting on board fast enough. now, he is counting on harry reid and senate democrats to stop republican appeal efforts. he knows they will lose the vote in the house and harry reid has said it's not going any further. >> in the senate, are you hearing there might be said democrats that could compromise on tweaks to the health care law if they go about it piece by piece? >> i think there is a possibility. there are a number of senators who will be up for reelection that will be mindful of what happened in this last election with the concern that was raised on the campaign trail by tea party activists over the health care law. there could be a spirit of bipartisanship in a way that improves it, but that said, trying to look at what speci

host: one key play per, henry waxman. we talked to him last friday for c-span's "newsmakers" that airs following the "washington journal." one is the house vote scheduled for this wednesday, for repealing the house bill and what happens next. here is the response from congressman waxman. >> i think they will come at it, piecemeal and withhold money to make government enforce the law. and we need to change it but not enforce the law that means so many to people. they are making it against american people for this law, i don't believe it. and those of us who pass the law and support it, we have an educational job to do. i don't think they know the numbers that will be affected. and in my district, there are 55,000 individuals with pre-existing conditions. if they have to buy their insurance on the individual market, they won't be able to buy it no matter how wealthy they are. there are tax credits for 15,000 small businesses and families. i think tax credits to help individuals buy insurance is a worthwhile thing and it wil

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>> i think as henry waxman suggested in the taped piece. boehner has a history in the legislature. he's somebody who was a key figure in forging a compromise in no child left behind, the education reform thafrs a top priority for george w. bush when he first came in in 2001. we worked with george miller, a liberal democrat and a close ally of the speaker. so i think there are some hopes. but what democrats and republicans ails know is that there's a contentious body here, and there's contentiousness even in the republican ranks. for speaker boehner, he faces a robust majority, and a third on new, and 87 have never served in office before, and they didn't come to march in lock step with their own party much less with anybody else. so there's some challenges there, and i think he knows it, and democrats are ready to take him up on them. >> michael, is there a historic standard for judging speakers of the house? >> yes. one is getting re-elected. that means their party has done well, and they've done well with the people in the party. that doesn't always happen. in the case of a party

this is a committee the democrats used to devastating effect when representative henry waxman, for example, brought up members of the tobacco industry and, basically, had them, you know, flogged publicly in front of the public. so the oversight process of congress can be used. basically, you know, you can have, you know, considering how many committees and subcommittees are on congress, you could have, you know, the administration immobilized by subpoenas to come and testify in be front of congress. and, of course, it has a debilitating effect on the administration. the senate, for example, could refuse to confirm presidential nominations to agencies, for example, that were responsible for policing environmental laws. so there are lots of things that can be done to make it very, very difficult for the obama administration. the question is, what is it? or what combination of things could this moderately liberal democratic president and this conservative republican. minority in the senate, what do they agree on? and that's going to be an interesting challenge. one of the questions, i think,

when representative henry waxman brought up members of the tobacco industry and basically had them -- but flogged them publicly in front of the public so the oversight process of congress can be used -- considering how many subcommittees there are in congress, you could have the administration in mobilized by subpoenas to come and testify before congress. this would have a debilitating effect on the demonstration. the senate could refuse to confirm presidential nominations to agencies, for example, that were responsible for policing environmental laws. so there are a lot of things that can be done to make it difficult for the obama administration. the question is what combination of things could this moderately liberal democratic president and his conservative republican halrepresentatives in this newly empowered minority in the senate, what can they agree on? that is going to be an interesting challenge. in one of the questions, i think, the members of this panel are going to talk about. there does not seem to be a lot. people talk about certain things about education and perhaps or

henry waxman, the - california.ow he's been replaced by fred upton from michigan who calls himself a fan of the oil sands and has written to secretary of state hillary clinton saying let's move this faster. we can't wait to read this is a big economic issue as well as an energy issue. and what's interesting, peter, is after 9/11 all of the attention was on security but now we've had a recession, unemployment at 9.5%, and all the issues are starting to be framed in terms of jobs and in terms of ey. warsengeneedocus now onelhodoege t border moving more smoothly in addition to keeping it secure? and how do we use this energy relationship to help the economy in both countries? and i think that is where canada, despite the little bit of attention that it gets on an average day, is able to yb t e antn w both e whe use d t cgrs setheseisuett canadians have been talking about for quite some time. >> luiza savage come thanks for getting started tonight. appreciate it. now we will broaden the discussion and bring andrew quinn

you're going to include the minority in the rules, it's just a standard practice going back to henry waxman who ran the committee, tom banks owho ran the committee. the last time the other side, the chairman did not control the committee was when dan burton ran it in 1997 to 2002, i believe he ran a very aggressive oversight of the clinton administration. he was actually ridiculed for some of the investigations that he conducted at that time. he even at one point was doing an investigation of the vince foster -- of vince foster, a top aide in the clinton white house that some people believed his death was not a suicide. it was a -- he went in the backyard of his house and shot a pumpkin with basically to see the forensics involved and so at that point, the "washington post" and other publications editorializing that this is getting silly. the investigation has gone too far, they're witch hunts. to have that type of committee where he's engaged in silly, sort of witch hunt-like investigations. he wants to be taken seriously system of cummings, the ranking democrat on the panel, has said you

we had the chairman of the energy committee who was committed to opposing, henry waxman, and has been replaced by a senator says we need to move this bastard that it is a big economic issue. what is interesting here is that after 9/11, the attention was on security. now we have unemployment and recession and all of the issues are starting to be raised in terms of jobs and the economy. we are seeing a renewed focus on had to get the border moving more smoothly in addition to keeping it secure and how to use this energy relationship to help the economy in both countries? that is where canada, despite the attention it gets on an average day, is able to maybe get the attention of both the white house and the converse on some of the issues canadians have been talking about for quite some time. >> luiza, thanks. now we will broaden the discussion and we will bring in paul wells. you know they will not be seeing eye to eye on this topic. that is why we have them here to lead this debate. paul, canada and the u.s. -- perfect strangers or best friends? >> in listening to luiza, i thought was d

today we learned district by district impact of the repeal ranking member henry waxman's committee, energy and commerce committee, those figures are available. what we have also learned is 1 twenty nine million americans, 1 twenty-nine million americans have pre-existing conditions and could lose their health care coverage. those under 65, 1 twenty-nine million americans under sixty-five. seventeen million children have pre-existing conditions and could lose their health insurance benefits. in short, they already have, went into effect in december. we will hear the voices of parent, children, students at small business owners, the real places of reform and the one and only hearing where the americans can share their concerns before the vote to repeal their rights. republicans have closed off the processes by not having hearings. the stories we will hear today will highlight the cost, at a time when children with pre-existing -- people with prostate cancer could be thrown off the -- these stories will remind us of repeals costing the american taxpayer $250 billion added to the deficit in th