i say that coming from a state that is proud to be the home of johns hopkins university and its great medical institution, university of maryland medical center with its discoveries and certainly n.i.h., a nation that is proud of the medical traditions of equal. we want to maintain choice. i want the constituents of maryland to be able to choose their doctor and hospital but to choose the national institutes of health plans that they -- to choose the health care plans they can participate in and we want to make sure this is affordable. we want to build on the country system and let me talk about one point that has gotten a lot of attention, whether we should have a public insurance option. i hope we have a robust public insurance option. i say that for many reasons. public insurance has worked in our system. just look at medicare. if the federal government did not move for medicare our seniors would not have had affordable health care coverage. our disabled population would not have had affordable health care coverage. i don't know of a single member of this body who is suggesting we

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one of the things i argue in the book is there is a psychiatrist at johns hopkins university robo-calls "exuberance." she effectively argue that roosevelt had a kind of form of manic depression called exuberance. betty cannot turn his mind off for his energy off. when you read a lot of roosevelt get so excited in his writings. he would like 4 50 miles and go on horseback all the time. as president he would disappear into the wild for days at a time without reporters. this was part of his need to act all the time. he was a person of pure emotion, pure emotion, locomotion. if you entered -- if he entered a room, he took it over. >> let me interrupt. are you a little like him? >> i identify with him in a sense that i admired him as a boy. -- that i had asthma as a boy. it was not fun. i have known a lot of relief from nature. i go on nature hikes with my kids. to the outdoors is a great replenish your. whenever --- replenisher. i go to big bend national park. my parents or high school teachers. we had a camper and we would go camping at all these places. i very much and like roosevelt in h

washington journal" tomorrow morning, will discuss the situation in iran with a scholar from johns hopkins universitye will hear from two members of the house financial-services committee, republican jed h ensarling and republican luis good year as. "washington journal -- gutierrez. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 eastern. live coverage of health care legislation markup is on thursday. >> every weekend, "book tv" has the latest nonfiction books and authors. writers and artists, gods and visionaries, from the garden of eden to today. eduardo galeano with a collection of short stories. he talks with john dingus. also sunday, books on the economy. former investment maker john talbott exposes the myths about the recession and what it will take to recover. then, j. richards on why he thinks capitalism is the best way to ease poverty and protect the environment. also this weekend, the end of overeating. david kessler explains why americans can control their eating habits. there are lots more books and authors this weekend on "tv." our web site has the entire schedule and a great new feat

center for responsive government, a lecturer at johns hopkins university. he has written a variety of policy issues in his articles that have appeared in the "new york times," "the washington post," "usa today," the new york post, the new york daily news, just to make a few. his book "how philip morris burned ted kennedy and the antitobacco movement," this is no fan of tobacco. this is a guy that's calling balls and strikes. he's one person that's more concerned about the public health in this country and making sure that what we do accomplishes good public health policy that he's willing to be outspoken. he goes on in his book and he says "the process of validating new, reduced risk products appears to be designed to prevent such products from ever reaching the marketplace, thus giving smokers the start and for man the impossible choice of quit or die." you might remember that part. we can now call the continuum of risk "quit or die." rather than making smoking safer for those who continue to smoke, it will deny smokers access to new products that might li

tomorrow morning, we will discuss the situation in iran with a visiting scholar from johns hopkins university. you'll hear from it to members of the house financial services committee -- you'll hear from two members of the house financial services committee, and we will also hear from george will. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the senate health committee continues work on health-care legislation tomorrow morning. live coverage is on c-span3 at 10:00 eastern. >> how is c-span funded? >> i have no clue. >> may be some government grants? >> i would say the nation. >> advertising for products? >> public money, i am sure. >> my taxes? >> how was c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> attorney general eric holder testified before the senate judiciary committee tuesday in a justice department oversight hearing. questions included the future of the detention center at guantanamo bay. this is three hours. >> good morning, and i was t

host: dan blumenthal, a graduate of washington university, studied at johns hopkins university and duke law school among his other capacities he was a former researcher at the washington institute. he focuses on north korea and asian studies at a.e.i. next, a call from sheila in ohio, republican line. good morning. thanks for phoning in. caller: thank you very much. why don't we use our submarine, our united states submarine and its missiles to bomb their missile sites? guest: well, i think that there are really no good military options right now with respect to north korea. we're stretched very thin around the world. we always have to worry about north korean retaliation. they really hold the capital of south korea, seoul, at risk. it's very close to where north korea has all of its artillery. seoul is a beautiful and very vibrant city. so we really have to be careful about military actions that -- it wouldn't just be a one-off action. we have to be really concerned about retaliation. host: let me go back to this headline, front page of the "u.s. times." in listening to some of the dis

among those seeking access to this single clean copy are the john hopkins university school of advanced international studies center of politics and foreign relations and an afghan students group at the university of virginia. on the area of cost that my good friend on the other side pointed out, there is no cost. any additional copies of the film will be made available for purchase which would cover the cost of copying, however small it may be. mr. speaker, during the history of u.s. i.a. and the broughting board of governors, congress has passed legislation to waive the domestic dissemination ban known as smith mutt to make a film able to view in the united states. this is a matter of precedence. in reference to not having done before on three different occasions, mr. speaker, three different authorizations. section 203 of the f.y. u.s. information agency in 1990 and 1991. section 204, 19 8 and 1989. section 205 in f.y. 2007. so with respect to the lady from florida, we certainly respect here but oppose the amendment. and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: does the gentleman

incredibly vigorous and one of the things i argue in this book is there is a psychiatrist at johns hopkins university that wrote a book. and she argued that roosevelt had a kind of form of manic depression called exuberance and he couldn't turn his mind off or his energy off. so when you read a lot about roosevelt, bully, he would hike sometimes 40, 50 miles. he would go into rock creek park as president and horseback ride all the time. he would do these -- like as president here, just disappearing in the wild for days at a time without reporters. but this was part of his need to act all the time. he was a person of pure emotion, locomotion, constant -- if he entered a room, he took it over. >> let me interrupt and ask another -- this probably isn't fair, but are you a little bit like him? >> i identify with him in the sense that i had asthma as a boy and it wasn't fun having asthma. for some reason, i have found a lot of relief from nature. so i go on nature hiking with my kids. the outdoors to me is a great replenisher whenever i get a chance. i'm living in austin, i go to a place called the wild b

fact that people from all over the world travel to my own state of maryland to visit johns hopkins university or the university of maryland medical center or n.i.h. in order to get their health care needs met or to train their health care professionals. we want to maintain that edge in