congress, jan schakowsky was one of us.he is an activist winning victories then and now for consumers and seniors and women. and she kept on being an activist in congress. as a member of the simpson/bowles commission, she wrote up a progressive alternative to that unpopular deficit plan, and she advanced a clear plan for funding public needs through economic growth, not austerity, and through progressive taxation. and working with all of us, she put forward real solutions. now, john schakowsky also knows how to talk with americans about the economic devastation that conservative policies are imposing on working families. we asked her here today to talk about how we can take a common sense program to create jobs, protect social security and medicaid, and to create an economic future for young people, and how bewe can win a w congressional majority that will prevent conservatives from having the power to throw our country over the cliff in december. so please, give a big, big welcome to our progressive champion, jan schakowsk

. >> now congresswoman jan schakowsky. >> i'm congresswoman jan schakowsky from the ninth congressional district. imagine today the burden of worry that is now lifted from the shoulders of millions and millions of americans. no longer under obamacare will families have to worry that someone will have a catastrophic illness, and not only will they have to deal with the illness, but the whole family may go bankrupt because of it. that won't happens because of obamacare. no longer will the woman with breast cancer or the man with prostate cancer have to worry that he will not or she will not have access to the health care that they need. a person with mental illness will now have full access to health care. this is such a great decision. we congratulate chief justice roberts and the majority of the court for deciding that the law of the land is that health care finally in the united states of america is a right and not just a privilege for those who can afford it. thank you. >> and now, we have gwen moore, who is the chair of the women's caucus. and progressive caucus. >> brothers and sist

here is the line john, i was saying to a jan schakowsky you -- this is predictable, if the states notif you are not ready now the government is going to have to do this and they are going to accuse him of wanting to do that all along. >> exactly. and did we nationalize the auto business, no? >> it is supposed to provide one-stop shopping but the court added a new wrinkle, ruling that states cannot be threatened with the loss of their entire medicaid allotment. so states that turn -- john you just said some republicans have said they are turning it down. states that turn down the money will still be stuck with treating uninsured patients in the hospitals. >> yeah. >> it's like screw you -- >> they hate obama more than they love america. >> yeah. administration officials predict states will participate even though it will take some to decide. seniors stand to receive better medicare coverage, and no copayments for preventative care, unless we have a vice president paul ryan in which case -- >> oh, god, yeah that will happen. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> that could happen. >> we had r

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congress, jan schakowsky was one of us. she's an activist, winning victories then and now for consumers and seniors and women. and she kept on being an activist in congress are as a member of the simpson-bowles commission, she wrote up a progressive alternative to that unpopular deficit plan, and she advanced a clear plan for funding public needs through economic growth, not austerity, and through progressive taxation. and working with all of us, she put forward real solutions. now, jan schakowsky also knows how to talk with americans about the economic devastation that conservative policies are imposing on working families. we asked are here today to talk about how we can take a commonsense program to create jobs, protect social security and medicare, and to create an economic future for young people, and how we can win a new congressional majority that will prevent the conservatives from having the power to throw our country over the cliff in the summer. so please give a big, big welcome to our progressive champion, jan s

thank you jan schakowsky.applause] and it is crucially important that people like molly katchpole translate this into the real flesh and blood, the real message and the real-life experience of average people whether they are young or old, whether working in factories are working in the service sector. we have to build a movement that makes this economic program not only obvious in washington, that makes it an evitable and our political system. so thank you all. let's all get out there and work and let's go on to the next set of rake out strategy sessions. thanks to all of our speakers. [applause] [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ republican presidential candidate made romney was in janesville wisconsin today on the fourth day of the bus tour of six states. he was joined by governor scott walker and congressman paul ryan for this half hour event. [applause] [no audio] >> is my honor to be on the stage with the man i hope is the 45th president of the united states. [applause] i saw that link it. although i don't

joining us is jan schakowsky of illinois. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for being there.ed, as you know. is it really the end of civilization as we know it for republicans to acknowledge that a woman should earn the same as a man if they do the same job? >> isn't it remarkable? equal pay for equal work in the year 2012, about 49 years after the equal pay act passed but has been -- but has failed to be enforced. all these years and still women are making an average of 77 cents for every dollar that a man earns. it will take us 45 years at this pace to get equity in the workplace when it comes to our paycheck. >> you see, the problem with this is it doesn't matter what the subject is, does it? the pay fairness act, student loans, the american jobs act. republican leaders won't allow anything to pass that might actually help the american economy. >> that's exactly right. last week when we were concerned about the jobs numbers, there was one group that was absolutely giddy with excitement, and that was the republicans who couldn't wait to rush out to microphones to declare ba

representative jan schakowsky, democrat from illinois. we have a half hour left. up next, congressman tom price. during the break, we will hear how the speaker and nancy pelosi reacted to the court decision yesterday. >> there is a lot of resolve among our colleagues to stop a law that is hurting our economy, driving up costs, and making it difficult for our employers to hire new workers. the american people want this repealed. they want common sense steps that will empower them and their families to choose the doctor they want at a lower cost. >> no surprise to us. we thought that we were on solid ground in terms of interstate commerce, in terms of the constitution. it was just a question of what the vote would be. we happily embrace the decision that came down. now we can move forward to the full implementation of the law. when that happens for the american people, the best is yet to come. host: joining us from capitol hill, congressman tom price of georgia. a member of the budget, ways and means committee, thank you for being with us this morning. i understand

but, boy, you know, i'm really heartened, and taking nothing away from jan schakowsky, who's just one of the great progressive leaders of our country at this time, i have to say, i just feel so much better about our country having just listened to molly. [ applause ] roger said i worked for rich trumpka at the afl-cio. it's true. rich is at the g-20 meeting in los cabos in mexico. this panel is trying to put across to you, the point and the heads of the g-20 and sends his deep regrets that he couldn't be with you. richard trumpka and the head of the american labor movement, we are all in the debt of the -- of the campaign for america's future, of rebuild a dream, for the vision you put out every day, and rich wanted me to make sure to say that to all of you here, that he was so sorry that he could not be with you today. now, let me -- you know, since sort of, you know, i'm the old guy on the panel i'm going to talk about the past for a moment. you know, back before -- back before "time" magazine profiled molly, "time" magazine did another issue a little while ago, 60 years ago, about

thank you, jan schakowsky. and it's crucially important that people like molly katchpole translate this into the real flesh and blood, real message and real life experience of average people, whether they are young or old, whether working in factories or working in the service sector. we have to build a movement that makes this economic program not only obvious in washington but makes it inevitable in our political system, so thank you all. let's all get out there and work, and let's go on to the next set of breakout strategy sessions. thanks -- thanks to all of our speakers. [ applause ] >>> on tomorrow morning's "washington journal" npr political editor marilyn geewax and tim tankersly discuss where u.s. financial markets are headed. university of baltimore law school professor charles tiefer examines the executive privilege claims concerning attorney general holder and the fast and furious case. and roberto ramirez from the census bureau and mark lopez from the pew hispanic center talk about hispanics in the

thank you, jan schakowsky. [applause] and it is crucially important that people like molly katchpole translate this into the real flesh and blood, for the message and real-life experience of average people, whether they are gone are old whether working at that hurries are working on a service that are, we have to build a movement that makes this economic program not only obvious in washington can, but makes it inevitable in our political system. for thank you all. let's all get out there and work and must go onto the next that a breakout strategy section. thanks to all of our speakers. [applause] b. is not [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this was sent and i was swept under the rug and capture not only the american people, that the new mexican people as well. they're a hundred of faceless mexican citizens who had been murdered as a result of this, but the only thing we knew outside of the government program is that guns from american gun dealers are going into mexico and causing all these

he has been pushing for things, jan schakowsky good. >> our friend ron paul some credit.>> this bring mess to the final points, the lindsey graham, john mccain taking to the microphone is blatantly political. does seem like there should be incentives for conservatives, libertarian-minded conner is vat thoifs are fearful of the state, fearful of the state authority, fearful that the government going to muck everything up, to be at the forefront of this, particularly when they take a shot at a democratic president. i wonder if we are seeing this at all. >> that also clashes with the general republican idea, america has to have this robust foreign policy, do no wrong and can't even question that. when sore tore john mccain is the only one of the national debate bringing up bradley manning's treatment, we are at this weird, bizarre -- but no i think what you are saying is exactly right. >> we will switch topics from secrecy to the world of food. michael hastings, rolling stone contributing editor, thanks for joining us. appreciate it the government's involvement on what you p

represented cathy mcmorris rodgers of washington, illinois represented at janikowski project jan schakowsky. "washington journal," live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> the heritage foundation will host a forum tomorrow morning on the supreme court's decision to uphold the constitutionality of the health-care law. that will be live on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. because attorney general eric holder is declining to turn over certain documents related to the gun trafficking investigation operation fast and furious, the house today voted to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. that debate is coming up in a few moments. in little less than an hour and half, the attorney general's response to the house vote. after that, we will repair our coverage of the supreme court's decision today of holding virtually all of the president's health-care plan, including the individual mandate requiring americans to buy insurance. the u.s. house of representatives has held attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. more than 100 democrats left the house chamber and did n