he's a native ohioan born in beach city, ohio, on december 3, 1924. after high school, congressman ralph regula served in the united states navy with distinction and honor in world war ii. he later graduated from college and earned his law degree in canton, ohio, at william mckinley school of law. he went on to become a lawyer and later a state legislator. he was first elected to congress in 1972 and served 18 consecutive terms retiring last year to spend more time with his lovely, lovely wife, mary, and his college sweetheart. as well as their three children and four grandchildren. as much as i wish to claim this as an original idea, i have to give thanks and credit to senator sherrod brown, who first introduced this legislation last december before i was sworn in. it's appropriate that we honor congressman ralph regula with this bill, because in many ways this building would not exist without his efforts. having laid the groundwork for it many, many years ago. . it will serve his legacy for many years to come. it is fitting and proper to honor congre

and that's what i've been doing is touring some of the states hardest hit, particularly in ohio and in michigan and other parts of the country that have very high unacceptable, unemployment rates higher than this figure. >> we have two reporters here from different parts of the country. >> as you know, your home state is one of those places hard hit at 11% unemployment rate. there are four other states that are over 11%. michigan has 12.9%. what is the administering doing particularly for those states particularly hard hit and when it comes to the long term under available to the states, and many states are benefiting from an extension of unemployment benefits. that went out and gave a $25 increase for anyone who is drawing down unemployment insurance. additionally some states that have gone so far as to change and modify their laws to receive funding under the ui modernization act will now be able to get moneys to help provide coverage for part time workers. and in many cases women and people that have to move on because a spouse has moved to oods location or they were a victim of dom

ohio. they added money just to help those workers in twinsburg, ohio. that is great, but in the meantime, we have a tough time here. they have a huge facility

this is starting to actually give the republicans, which was the party out of favor in ohio, give them some real ammunition for perhaps winning some seats in the next election. >> steve and jim, jent, thanks for being was on c-span's "newsmakers" program. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> watch "newsmakers" again with labor secretary hilda solis later today at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. up next, president obama's remarks on the middle east. the past week, general motors filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. coming up, a statement from president obama on general motor's future along with the remarks from the company's c.e.o. e on c-span. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. the afternoon. i am honored to be in the timeless city of cairo. i am being hosted by two remarkable restitutions. for over 1000 years, this us stood as a beacon of islamic light. for over a century, cairo university has been a source of aesops ad

and kosciuszko was also given 500 acres in ohio as a result of his being a general in the american revolution. so he had his own land. he could have come and live in ohio on that land as well. the reason i think he didn't return it because he always held out hope that he would be able to free the presence of bold. that was his obsession. not only did he want to freed american slaves but he wanted to into feudalism, frieda serves and freed dozens of europe. >> how much would that be in current dollars and what happened with the acres in ohio? [laughter] >> does anybody have a calculi are on them? [laughter] >> i don't know how much that would be but i think it would be more than a bucketful of money and the land in ohio, kosciuszko tried to lease it. he asked jefferson, he said fines and farmer who's interested in leasing my land, figure out what the going rate is and then give it to him for 1% less than that. some french farmer went and tried to farm it for a while but didn't have success. and as for the money, that he had in the american -- that he earned in the american revolution, unfort

kosciuszko was also given 500 acres in ohio as a result of his being a general in the american revolution, so we had his own land. he could have lived in ohio on that land as well and i think the reason he didn't return i think was he always held out hope that he would be able to free the peasants. not only did he want to free american slaves but he went to end feudalism, free the serfs and free the peasants of europe. >> you mentioned kosciuszko-- offered $12,000. how much would it be in current dollars and what happened to the acres and ohio? [laughter] >> does anybody have a calculator on them? [laughter] i don't know how much that would be, but i think it would be more than a bucket full of money. and diland in ohio, kosciuszko tried to lease it. jeppesen, he said find some farmer who is interested in leasing my land, figure out what the going rate is and give it to him for 1% less than that. some french farmer went and tried to farr for a while but did not have success and as for the money that had in the american, that the earned in the american revolution,

this is starting to give the republicans, the party at a favor in ohio, some real ammunition for a winning some seats in the next election. >> steve cox is with the "plain dealer. gentlemen, thanks for being with us on "newsmakers." >> tonight on "q&a", governor mitch daniels. he was reelected in 2008. before that he was director of the office of management and budget under president george of the bush and a senior advisor to president reagan. "q&a" at 8:00 eastern here on c- span. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," michael crittenden, dave mccurdy talks about federal assistance to the of industry and general motors, and stephen aftergood looks at the possibility of a center to speed up the classification of government documents. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations. >> i do not really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i do not know where the money counts from. >> contributions from donors. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> nevada senator joh

i have a have you unique district in the fifth congressional district of ohio. it's interesting in that i represent not only the largest manufacturing district in the state of ohio but i also represent the largest agricultural district in the state of ohio. and as we have been talking about this, there's been a lot of information that's been put out there by a lot of different groups but i think it's interesting to point out the heritage foundation and the brookings institute has put out how many jobs we will be lost about this. the heritage foundation says you will look at 1.5 million jobs being lost. carry out to the end date of the brookings institute about 2.5%. and we can't afford to have this happen in the united states. . what type of energy it was. in my case in the state of ohio we received 87% of our energy is coal generated. next store to us to my west indiana. they get 94%. so they ranged all thee districts together -- ranked all these districts together. they said, where do you stand? this is one rft times you don't want -- this is one of the times y

in ohio, nearly 55% of all jobs are midlevel jobs and many of these jobs receive new and federal job creation dollars in health care, green jobs, infrastructure and construction. unfortunately only 45% of workers in ohio have the skill set for these jobs. alarmingly, madam speaker, the national commission on adult literacy recently reported that 30 million adults score at below basic levels on assessment tests, meaning they can perform no more than the most rudimentary literacy task. another 63 million adults are able to perform only simple, basic, everyday literacy tasks. consequently, madam speaker, we have a mismatch between skills of our nation's workforce and we must have the ability to succeed and the skills our nation's workforce possesses. what we need to do is match those skills and the people who need jobs. years ago our nation established a number of workforce development programs to meet this demand by preparing workers for midlevel jobs. since that time, federal education and training policies have invested very little in these jobs. investments in the programs that prepa

sherry in albany, ohio, she is not medicare eligible, she is forced to consider borrowing from the equity in her home to pay her $1,070 premium through cobra. she had a job. she lost her job. she has to pay the employer and employee side to pay for her health insurance. that's the way cobra works. a good program, but a bit of a cruel hoax, if you lose your job, it is pretty hard to pay your premium and your employer's premium at the same time. she's considering borrowing against her house to pay for her health insurance for cobra for 18 months, she will get a little bit of help now, because in the stimulus package, we took he care of some of that. she that's to find a way until 65 to cobble together insurance. terry, a small business owner nearby in columbus, expects to pay 35% more this year to cover his employees. he wants to cover his employees, but he has a 30% increase. what's he supposed to do? especially when his business, i don't know a lot about his business, but so many small businesses are squeezed more and more because of the economy. so we know these stories, and that's why i

and if you look at it per household, it's a $483,000 for every man and woman in ohio, in the united states, $184,000. to be completely fair to president obama, our annual deficit and growing national debt have been problems for some time now, and, folks, i've come to the floor of the senate time and time again to talk about paying down debt, balancing our budget and so forth. and to my knowledge, president bush never once menentioned the debt in any one of his state of the union addresses. over eight years, it was like it didn't exist. never mentioned the national debt. and also, another disappointment for me is that he failed to deliver on tax reform as he promised in -- actually it was in 2004 at the republican convention. promised all of us that he was going to do something about tax reform and he never kept his promise. but under the obama administration, we've really exacerbated the problem with an omnibus appropriations bill that includes $408 billion in nonemergency funding, a $787 billion stimulus bill, and a ten-year proposed budget where the lowest deficit for a single year is la

dayton is a community in southwest ohio. she wrote to me to share her story. for the past five and a half years she paid almost $130,000 in health care bills. how can this be? was she uninsured? no. when her illness struck she was a partner at a law firm, had good insurance. once she became too sick to work, she lost her coverage. she was forced to fend for herself. she and her family went on cobra for as long as they could, then paid $27,000 a year for insurance on the individual market. the individual market is where the administrative costs run 30%, 45,% where medical underwriting runs rampant. she traded that plan, $27,000 a year plan, $2,500 a month almost, for a bare-bones policy that cost only $15,000 a year. only. but doesn't cover prescription drugs and has a $5,000 deductible. that means before she gets one dollar of care paid for by insurance companies she's paying $15,000 for the premium and $5,000 for the deductible. she writes in her letter this is not what insurance is supposed to be about. the bill before us today will take a number of steps to

that averaged 150,000 per dealership in ohio. that is about putting americans back in american-built cars. i yield back my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from ohio reserves this egentleman from michigan is recognized. >> i yield two minutes to the distinguished republican whip, mr. cantor, of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cantor: madam speaker, i rise in reluctant opposition to this bill. it was my sincere hope this bill would have come to the floor under a process that would have allowed members to offer amendments. had we been permitted to do so, i would have offered an amendment to allow individuals to use the credit for the purchase of a fuel efficient previously owned vehicle. even after a generous credit, for many american family a new car is financially out of reach. yet with gas prices rising again, these families deserve the same opportunity to upgrade their current vehicle to a more fuel efficient model. for

the third annual civil rights baseball game will be played in cincinnati, ohio the great american baseball ballpark on june 20, 2009, between the cincinnati reds and the chicago white sox. many celebrities will be in attendance, including hank aaron, muhammad ali, bill cosby, and b.b. wayans. this game was created to honor those who fought both on and off the field for equal treatment of all people. the first civil rights baseball game was played in memphis, tennessee in 2007 between the st. louis cardinals and cleveland indians. wfs organized as a preseason game, sfwended to commemorate the civil rights movement in the united states. memphis was selected for its important role in the histthroif civil rights movement. this year's city host, cincinnati, ohio, has a long and rich history in both the game of baseball and the field of civil rights. cincinnati was an important stop in the underground railroad and is the home of the national underground railroad freedom center located adjacent to the ballgame. it's also the home of the negro league cincinnati tighters from 1934 to 1937, and it w

lifesometimes and access to seeing the doctor that they choose and when i speak to my constituents back in ohio, in northeast ohio, i talk about the five p's of health care. the five p's. the fact that we need to cover all people. now, when we talk about covering all people, we need to understand that by not doing so, it's actually costing all of us paying into the system more money. those 46 million uninsured or underinsured people who can't seek access to their doctor because their health care effectively ended when they got their pink slip at their job because they can't afford a cobra payment, they are uninsured or underinsured and when they use the hospital emergency room as their primary care physician, they're costing all of us paying into the system four or five times more by using the hospital room, the emergency room, as their primary care physician. we need to cover all people. and to those americans who might be listening tonight, we need to understand that the american people -- the american taxpayer right now is paying to make sure that every man, woman and child in iraq has acces

russians and prescience and austrians who had all taken them and kosciuszko was also given 500 acres in ohio as the result of his being a general in the american revolution so he had his own land he could have come to live in ohio on that land as well and the reason i think he didn't return is because he always held hope he would be able to free the peasants of poland. that was his obsession, not only did he want to free american slaves but and feudalism, free the serfs and peasants of europe. ..

in the wrong direction. i urge my colleagues to vote yet. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: i recognize the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. latta: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in opposition to this massive national energy tax. we're all for clean energy and the republicans have put forth an all of the above strategy. that's a strategy we need to do in this country, we can't pick winners and lose irs. i represent the largest manufacturing district in the state of ohio, but i represent the largest agricultural district. ohio uses 87% of coal for our generation. with this -- what this bill will do is kill jobs in ohio. we're struggling right now. it's tough. one of the things that a lot of people don't realize, since we have so few farmers out there left, 1% in ohio, we have so many farmers that not only work a full day on the farm but go out and work all night at another job. we've got to have jobs going both way prarkslell with each other this bill is not going to help these people out there. it's going to kil

indiana, a couple in ohio. the gm stamping plant in mansfield was consistently ranked higher according to the competitive operating agreement that gm does its own assessment. it has the lowest manufacturing costs per ton. gm chose to close that plant. how does the administration -- i mean, they made that decision. i know it wasn't a political decision. the local congressman said president obama should go and explain to the workers why he closed the plant. that was a political statement to be sure. how does the administration oversee the operations of these companies to make sure they're making objective and transparent decisions? i mean, there were some arguments to close it i assume although they didn't make them very well. there were many more arguments to keep it open. 1100 people work there. it's a devastating for a community that size. we know what a plant closings do to communities. talk about your oversight and the demands for transparency in these companies that federal taxpayers have major investments i

not exaggerated by an example of how that can be skewed to an unfair management it has been found in ohio and through expert testimony they have thrown out many cases as a criteria, one of the terminated rejected stores in the congresswoman district, there is a dodge dealership in the middle of four country. two ford plants one was shattered but still a lot of residual buyers and living there, retirees and a planned still going. this dealership is right between that. 100 miles to the west is another dealership near a jeep plant in toledo ohio. the dealer in toledo mend my dealership is held to exact the same standard for govett is absurd >> mr. anderson does gmac own part of the new gm board is gm's still own part of gmac financing? >> tm will own the shares in a gmac. we will own approximately 9.9% wants the other hampshires are in a trust because of our agreement we agreed we would not sell down our interest. >> mr. chairman i just want to pick up, but gmac part. but i have to find it. i have talked to a lot of folks in my district. one of their complaints with gmac, i had a dealers t

i have some in ohio have been around 75 years that are closed and it's tragic because the dealers do so much for the communities and all that. so i just wish that the two major companies would explain beer sort of the economics of why they did it. the other point i want to make, i apologize, senator hutchison, you mentioned jamesville. if you made public the three communities if there are in fact three, you seem to sound like there are, that gm is looking at for the small cars or would you like to make that announcement right now, mr. alabama? . >> i know there are three. i know there's one in michigan in jamesville, to be perfectly honest, i don't recall whether it's been made public but we will get back to you on that. >> any in ohio, by chance? >> no comment. >> well done. >> i'm not telling you. >> senator hutchison? >> mr. bloom, i have heard what you said to mr. kohl, mr. brown, mr. johanns, and it's not coming together for me, either. i'm going to refer to the march 30th white house determination of viability summary for the general motors corporation in response to their viab

in ohio the two largest insurance companies in my state account for 50% of the market in some cities it's literally 89% of the market. this bill -- we know that a public option but again discipline the market better in a way that wide-open competition would do. finally, mr. chairman, this bill would give providers the tools to improve the way health care is delivered in the country. improvements will help americans with chronic conditions to manage those conditions, improvements that can dramatically reduce medical errors and overcome on justifiable disparities and health care outcomes. these reforms drop in sight and inspiration from the work already being done by dedicated and individuals within the health care system. individuals like dr. derek who heads the cancer center at the cleveland clinic. he's devoted himself

hospitals in mississippi and ohio. who knows what they'll find out there about the way government treats our veterans. madam speaker, the veterans administration is a government-run health care program that treats our veterans cavalierly in these examples. veterans should be able to go to any doctor or hospital to be treated and notound and tied to v.a. hospitals. and also this is a prime example of how things will be when the government takes over the health care of all americans. do we really want the government to control our health care? not a healthy idea for americans or for veterans. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair recognizes the ms. woolsey from california for five minutes. ms. kaptur: and to include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady from ohio is recognized. ms. kaptur: thank you. madam speaker, the first goal of our banking system as opposed to a securities system should be to create a safe and

in ohio, there has been expert testimony. the minimum sales responsibility as a criteria has been thrown out in many cases. one of the rejected stores in sutton's dealership has a dodge dealership in ford territory. there are still owners living there. there are retirees. this dealership is right between them. 100 miles to the west, there is another dealership near eight jeep -- near oa jeep plant in toledo, ohio. they are held it to exactly the same standard. that is the absurd. >> mr. henderson, is gmac part of the new gm? does it own part of the gm financing? >> gm will own the shares in the new gmac. 9.9% wants the other hampshires are in a trust because of our agreement we agreed we would not sell down our interest. >> mr. chairman i just want to pick up, but gmac part. but i have to find it. i have talked to a lot of folks in my district. one of their complaints with gmac, i had a dealers tell me after gmac got the government dollars the immediately raised the interest rate by 6%. they made the dealer paid $10,000 just t

in addition there are two other chrysler dealerships in my district that are being eliminated. across ohio 47 chrysler dealerships are being eliminated in the ohio auto dealers association estimates and 130 gm dealerships may be cut. the impacts of these decisions on families and local economies will be substantial. and we heard from the distinguished gentleman from pennsylvania and i associate myself with his remarks. on average 43 people work at a dealership in ohio where the average pay is $44,000 a year. with these closings, millions of dollars of income will disappear with the jobs and those jobs are lost on top of the 2,000 auto manufacturing jobs that will be eliminated by the closing of the chrysler twinsburg plant, the gm mansfield metal center plant and gm's power train unit in parma. these dealers and their employees, they're not merely statistics. they have families. they have mortgages. and dare i have say they have car payments. and in the time that i've been in congress we've been fighting. we've been fighting hard to try to keep those jobs in america. because if people do n

one in parma, ohio, too. he stamping plant in mansfield was consistently ranked higher according to the competitive operating agreement that gm does its own assessment, has the lowest manufacturing costs per ton. gm chose to close that plant. how does the administration, i mean, they made that decision, i know it wasn't a political decision. the local congressman said president obama should go and explain to the workers why he closed the plant. that was a political statement, to be sure. how does the administration oversee the -- there were some closing arguments, i assume, although they did not make them very well, there were many more arguments to keep it open to a it is devastating and we all know what these plant closings due to a community. talk about your oversight and the demands to -- the demand for transparency in these companies that federal taxpayers have major investor tments in. >> certainly, these are devastating and general motors is closing many plant. we have made an absolute determination we

-- also being the number one agricultural district in the state of ohio. i have myr-- we're in tough tim. i have part of the -- i have the highest unemployment rate counties in the state of ohio, one over 16% now. and as we have been on our break, i crisscross my district during that time, and also when i'm at home every weekend, going through factories and talking to businesses across the region and also the people that work there. and, you know, i'm finding, you know, folks are out there in the business sector, especially in these factories, they can't shed any more jobs. they shed any more jobs, they're not going to be operating. a lot of them are hanging on by their fingernails now. there have been pay cuts that people have taken. they have reduced the number of hours that they're working for a week. and so it is a very, very tough time. and when we have been doing this, one of the -- going across the district, one thuing i woul like to ask, on your testimony on page one, you say that, you know, the consumer spending has been relatively flat and consume

caller: good morning, i want to know the caller would speak more towards ohio in the paradigm shift. for now we have the democratic senate and control of what will make up the portioe board if the reelected. we have seen ohio be very jerymandred for republicans who had control -- finally the democrats took over because they're so out of five. i want to know if you have studied the ohio state map? guest: that is an excellent question an interesting topic. ohio is an important state with many congressional seats. republicans control process there. redistricting there is done by an independent commission for the state legislature. the districts were gerrymandered by republicans. during the course of the decade in ohio when republicans control the process there was an initiative to take this issue and put it into the hands of an independent commission in a bipartisan way. democrats of course supported it because there were other partou. now the democrats have taken over and you see their interest in coming up with an independent commission. that has really waned. republicans seem to be mo

there's a lot of cities with higher rates i found in ohio and michigan. that's what we will do to play our resources. >> we'll see the entire interview. that's tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. back to the phones and discussion regarding how congress should handle healthcare. we go to cleveland on the phone for democrats. go ahead. good moverpbing morning. i would like to comment on the second gentleman that called first all regarding the statement that he made about paying for healthcare for people that don't take care of their bodies. as a professional, i would like to say that people who take care of their bodies also get ill. i have provided healthcare for 30 years. i am the at point that i have wanted to leave it and get out of it. the things i have seen have b horrible. they really have in the 30 year time that i have been a participant. the profitting in the system that has so much of the cost overpadded to where if we can deal with these people who help to create this problem, a lot of the costs could possibly go down over time to wh

as i mentioned in my opening statement, ohio has been hit hard by issues arising from food safety. in the past year there have been 105 cases of salmonella reported in ohio and sadly three deaths resulting from the most recent peanut butter strain. a constituent of mine who unfortunately died from salmonella poisoning -- a contract in a nursing facility, and just in april of this year and cuyahoga county there were three incidents of illness from e. coli and another death this time a seven year-old girl. so this is an urgent issue for the people i am so honored to represent. i mentioned that i introduced to protect consumers act which was a bill that would give the fda mandatory recall authority and i'm happy to see that it is a part of this comprehensive bill. and i would just like to get a little bit more of your opinion about the need for a recall authority and this bill of chorus seeks to remedy the situation of the fda not having a mandatory recall authority by laying out to different types of recall authority is your first that the fda believe certain food because adverse heal

and the gentlelady was talking about what she did in the state legislature and in ohio we have a similar situation, where folks were delaying payments, insurance companies were delaying payments to doctors who ultimately run a business. when you see your primary care physician, they have a staff, payroll, have to keep the lights on and pay utility bills, just like any small business. when you do look-backs and suggest whether this m.r.i. was necessary or authorized, whether this was x-ray was necessary or authorized and you delay those payments over a time period, the doctor can't keep the lights on in the building. and that should end. and we passed a bill in the state legislature called prompt pay to make sure that insurance companies were making best efforts to pay those bills on time so doctors could keep the lights on. and additionally, we were doing health care simplification, so we could involve a little bit of medical i.t., so when you roll into a hospital, god forbid, after an accident. when they pull up your name and pull up your identification, they're able to identify who you

when my husband was alive, 14 doctors treated him in southeast ohio that said that he had a football injury in his shoulder, and there was eight infusion into his heart -- a infusion into his heart. in other words, you're going to hospital in a suburban area or a smaller town, and they will keep you for a week. they cannot find your problem. host: we have to leave it there. guest: it is hard to sort out whether you just have a hospital in your area that is a real problem or if this is a major national problem. it is a little bit of both, although, it sounds like this is more of a problem in your local area. rural healthcare is a difficult area because proportionately, many more americans continue to go from rural areas to suburban areas or urban areas. it is hard to sustain an expensive medical operation if you do not have a population to support it. receive a downward pressure on rural hospitals. -- we have seen downward pressure. we have seen medical care that is not what we would call tertiary care. this solution is not to bring all the experts from boston and new york into a small

as a matter of fact 21.6% of the youth in ohio have a prevalence to smoke. 45% have a prevalence to alcohol. 17.7% have a prevalence to smoke marijuana. yet some come to the floor and claim if we just give this to the f.d.a., youth smoking, youth usage is going to go away. if that -- if that claim were even partially correct, the marijuana usage would be zero. because it is illegal. there's no age limit. well, mr. president, some will claim that we don't address labeling. we address labeling on packages of cigarettes to discourage children from even looking at them. we require warning levels on the front and the back of packs. we require graphic warning labels that show graphic lung cancer and mouth cancer and other pictures to deter kids from smoking. as my colleagues can see, keeping kids from tobacco advertising is a key component to the burr-hagan substitute amendment. compare that with the underlying bill and you won't see the same commitment to limit advertising that children will see. the underlying bill contains graphic warning labels, but doesn't limit print advertising. tobacco co

caller: i want to know if your guests can speak for ohio and a paradigm shift that has happened or we have democrats in control of what is going to make up [unintelligible] if they are reelected with this upcoming term. what we have seen is that ohio has been very gerrymandered when the republicans had control. the districts were sold out of whack that the democrats took over, when in in each republican district. i want to know if he has studied the ohio state map and could talk about the redistricting there. guest: that's an interesting topic because ohio is a very important state with a lot of congressional seats. as the caller pointed out, republicans control process there. the redistricting there is done by an independent commission for the state legislature and the districts were gerrymandered by republicans. interestingly enough, during the course of the decade in ohio, when republicans did control the process, there was an initiative to take this issue and put it into the hands of an independent commission that would, and a bipartisan way, democrats supported it because they were the party of po

in ohio, $3.5 billion is spent each year by and on behalf of the uninsured for health care that meets about half their needs. that's no bargain. for the first time in a long time, we're on the verge of meaningful health care reform that will make a difference in the lives of americans who have for too long put up with less than they deserve when it comes to health care. our health insurance system does some things very well but we've let the industry, the health care industry, forget its own core, central purpose. the insurance industry's supposed to bear risk on behalf of its enrollees, not avoid risk at the expense of its enrollees. the insurance industry is supposed to protect the sick, not throw them overboard. the insurance industry is supposed to offer affordable coverage to every american, not expensive coverage to some americans and no coverage to the rest. the insurance industry is supposed to cover the reasonable and customary costs of health insurance and health care, not a fraction of that. the health insurance industry is supposed to cover the doctors you need, not the do

are people in the u.s., and you are more likely to see a news report on a factory being shut down in ohio because of chinese competition than to get a story about how the workers in that chinese competition are treated. you could do news stories on both. host: brooklyn, new york. michael pre-dawn. -- michael. you are on. caller: first a comment. it we are trying to get some peace in the middle east situation. it is probably one of the most failing questions of our time policy-wise. .

manufacturing jobs, many in the presiding officer's home state of colorado. 200,000 manufacturing jobs in ohio. 2008 study by the economic policy institute found the u.s. has lost more than 2.3 million jobs since 2001. as a direct result of the u.s. trade deficit with china. we shouldn't let china profit from recession. it is not just the chinese pushing for the status quo. those who -- these are american investors, american companies actively support a regime that is trying to become a global competitor. no no boundaries, too often these companies leave their moral come pass at home. -- compass at home. the united states should stand up to rather than apologize for china's brutal regime. if china seeks to become a member of the international community, it should match its aspirations. china continued to deny its people basic freedoms of speech and religion and assembly. it increased severe cultural and religious oppression of ethnic minorities such as the uighurs. it increased persecution of chinese christians and increased suppression of dissidents and journalists. earlier today i had the pl

in this matter. the gentleman has a thought he would like to share? mr. mccotter: yes. through the speaker, the gentleman from ohio first, i caution you if you continue to quote mr. feldman you may get a pg-13 rating for your special order. i would also like to point out many of us in detroit have grave concerns when the membership of the auto task force was announced because of the absence of the understanding of the auto industry and manufacturing. and to be quite honest with you the absence of some of the members owning cars. i yield back. mr. latourette: i thank the gentleman. that's where we were going to go next. there was a hearing here on capitol hill about three weeks ago and the judiciary committee and the witnesses were asked by a colleague of ours who joined us the last time we did this, mr. jordan of ohio, do any of of these individuals on the automobile be task force, have any expertise in how cars manufacturing our car dealership businses operate? the witness indicated the answer is none. they have no experience. and went on to say that the "wall street journal" actually did a survey of the members

host: leanne in ohio, who speaks for your party? caller: sarah palin all the way. what happened with the republican party this last eight years is president bush was a social conservative, but we need a fiscal conservative in the white house. host: sarah palin on the fox news channel last night with strong hannity -- sean hannity. here's what the two talked about with regard to the rhetoric in american politics today. >> we are hearing a lot of good rhetoric. but we are not seeing those actions. this many months into the new administration -- quite disappointed, quite frustrated with not seen those actions to rein in spending and slow down the growth of government. instead, it is the complete opposite. it is expanding at such a large degree. unfortunately, our country could evolve into something that we do not even recognize. that is so far from what the founders of our country had in mind for us. that is where we're headed. you have to be blunt about the candidate and honest with the americans to let them know. if we keep going down these roads, nationalizing many

host: you are breaking up a little so i will move on to the independent line in ohio. caller: yes, and not very optimistic about the economy. with this stimulus package that the democrats pretty much forced down our throat and did not allow anyone to read before they passed it >> we will leave this morning's "washington journal" to go to the white house briefing which is just beginning, live, on c- span. [laughter] >> re, sometimes those things that happen in bubble boxes come out of my mouth. >> and a question -- michael jackson from friday to today and then the letter over the weekend -- >> i do not understand. >> friday, when you're at the podium, you told us he was anticipating the question about michael jackson. >> i was surprised that nobody asked one. i do not think you were there friday. >> i was. >> with chancellor markell? -- merkel? >> no. >> i did not expect you to ask a question because you were not there. >> anyway, then your statement -- your stigman use said -- you said you did not lead us into believing -- and sunday we find out there is a letter. all

in kentucky, cotton candy is taxes as candy in ohio it's taxed as food. ere's no way for us to know the tax rates on every product in 7,000 places for that reason it's impossible for them to tax. however they're talking about getting around that by creating database updated and then they would argue that knocks down that objection. but still there's about 07' pse&g 80 percent americans against paying taxes on internet purchases. it would wipe out e-bay because everybody would start to have the to pay and collect taxes and thus. the internet is a friction less environment now and that would impose it on that. >> it's happening at the state level and it's also, congress is looking to pass law to enable it, that sort of enables getting around, enables the central data base to get around the objection from the supreme court. the state legislators are starting to sort of reach and try to find ways through that. could the states make a case if something is bought off the internet it's not from a brick and mortar state and we're losing revenue from it? >> they ce

. >> when i am home in ohio, i get an earful about the crushing debt washington democrats are running out. the president spend the stock -- say the spending binge is necessary to put americans back to work. the promise of employment would not raise -- rise above 8%. our nation has lost nearly 3 million jobs this year. unemployment soared above 9%. unemployment will soon reach double digits. for all of this spending, and all of this borrowing from china, the middle east, our children and grandchildren, where are the jobs? democrats are pushing a government takeover of our health-care system that will cost at least one trillion dollars. the president has claimed that americans will be able to keep their doctors under the democrats' plan. the congressional budget report say that millions of americans would lose their coverage and their doctors. another independent report projects that nearly 100 million americans may be forced onto government rolls. our nation could lose an additional 4.7 million jobs under the health-care proposal based on analysis developed by a white house chief econo

bombers and fighter planes rolled off assembly lines in ohio and kansas, where my grandmother did her part as an inspector. shipyards on both coasts produced the largest in history, including the landing craft from new orleans that eventually made it here to omaha. despite all the years of planning and preparation, despite the inspiration of our leaders, the skill of our generals, the strength of art out -- firepower and unyielding support from our home front, the outcome of the entire struggle will ultimately blessed -- rest on the success of one day in germany. lyndon johnson once said there are certain moments when history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. the date was such a moment -- d-day was such a moment. the allies predict had the allies failed year, hitler's occupation of this continent might have continued indefinitely. instead, victory here secured a foothold in france. open a path to berlin. it made possible the achievements that followed the liberation of europe, the marshall plan, the nato all

yet we know for example there are places like the mayo clinic in minnesota, the cleveland clinic in ohio, and other institutions that offer some of the highest quality care in the nation at some of the lowest costs in the nation. we should learn from their successes and promote the best practices, not the most expensive. that is how we will achieve reform that fixes what does not work and builds on what does. this week, i conveyed to congress my belief that any health care reform must be built around a fundamental reforms that the war costs. improve quality and coverage, and also protect the smart choice. that means if you like the plan you have, you can keep it. if you like the doctor you have, keep your doctor, too. the only change you will see are falling costs as our reforms take hold. . all across america, families are making hard choices when it comes to health care. now it's time for washington to make the right ones. it is time to deliver. i am absolutely convinced that if a keep working together and living up to our mutual responsibilities, it would place the american people's i

in ohio, i get an earful about what the democrats in washington are doing. they promise unemployment would not rise above 8%, but a trillion dollars stimulus was passed. our nation has lost nearly 3 million jobs this year. unemployment is above 9%. now the president says unemployment will reach double digits. after all of this spending and borrowing from china and the middle east, our children and grandchildren, where are the jobs? democrats are pushing a government takeover of our health-care system that will cost at least $3 trillion. the claim americans will be able to keep their doctors under the democrats' plan. but the nonpartisan congressional budget shows the least 23 million americans would lose their current health care plan and doctors. another report projects that nearly 100 million americans may be forced under government rules. our nation could lose 4.7 million jobs under need the democrats' proposal based on analysis developed by chief economic adviser christina romer. 1 million small business jobs will be lost due to the costly mandates of th