the new hhs secretary, kathleen sebelius has and op-ed there, too. she writes that we need reform that will improve the quality of care and give doctors the best research to help them make the most effective decisions, not just the most costly. we need to reform the eliminate the barriers. we must insure americans are not denied coverage because of pre- existing conditions, and we must provide insurance security for americans who lose or want to switch jobs. that is secretary kathleen sebelius writing in "the hale" newspaper this morning. caller: please bear with me. on the revenue side -- it is a well-known fact as i have been cancelled by my accountant and people of my brokerage firm, that i should not report my profits and options since options are never reported to the government. that is a trillion-dollar industry. it is voted down every time by a voice in congress. that tells you how deep the corruption goes. secondly, we should be taxing oil. and since when does being a doctor make you a millionaire? they buy into other mri facilities and repe

. >> here is kathleen sebelius about to testify at a senate appropriations committee on the annual budget. the white house has requested a net $79 billion for 2010. -- 807 $9 billion for 2010. region $879 billion dollars for 2010. job in the cabinet but also think the best job in the cabinet. your response please include comprehensive health reform, preparing for a possible pandemic influenza, addressing entitlements but also by medical research, substance abuse, drug safety and quite a few others. i certainly look forward to working with you cooperative lee in any way that i can. this hearing will focus on your discretionary budget but i would just like to mention some, what we are doing on comprehensive health reform. i know that you feel very strongly that prevention and public health must be at the heart of any serious reform in healthcare system and i commend you for your work in that area. i also believe in reform to the healthcare system must address the injustice of people with severe disabilities for being forced to spend their lives a nursing homes because we are not provided an

the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius, testified about her department's annual budget at this hearing of the house appropriations committee. the white house has proposed an $879 billion h.h.s. budget for fiscal year 2010. that's a $63 billion increase over this year's budget. this hearing is two hours 15 minutes. this hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. >> -- before this subcommittee. i noted the presence of the kansas call. [laughter] and we welcome that, too, today. madam secretary, when i was in the legislature i served with a fellow by the name of harvey do helm who was a retired dairy farmer, on lee as a basset hound on a bad day. [laughter] and he was probably the best human being i ever served with anywhere. and one of the things he always said he said you know one of the problems with this country is all too often the poor and the rich get the same amount of i support it there's in the wintertime, and it is my understanding that you have the outrageous view that can change, and it's my understanding that you are coming in here today intending to do some

kathleen sebelius and i have launched a new effort that will increase a sustained focus. we recognize that health care fraud has its debilitating impact, including those in long- term care facilities. coordinated activities of our attorneys and agents to address the abuse, neglect, and financial complications, bringing to bear the full weight of our department by making sure that these crimes are prevented and prosecuted. the american recovery and reinvestment act would grant funding, being used for tribal law enforcement efforts, including new police officers to combat violence against women and children. it will help to reinvigorate, which is vital to keeping our communities strong. members of the committee, i want to thank you again for this opportunity to address this priority. i will be pleased to answer questions might have. thank you. >> thank you. i understand that a career attorney in the department of civil-rights division made the final decision regarding the black panther issue. an employee from the bush and british alicia -- the bush administration. i wanted

. >> coming up, kathleen sebelius testifies at a hearing about her agency's budget. then "washington journal," with your phone calls. and later, gavel to gavel coverage of teh u.he u.s. house.

kathleen sebelius spoke earlier today on "good morning america" says that there's no choice but to revamp health care because the costs are crushing businesses and families. another says that it will increase costs and reduced losses in the senate health committee continues its mark up of health care legislation. live coverage on c-span3. the world bank has updated its forecast for the year. it says the world economy will shrink nearly 3%, almost double the previous estimate. stock futures are down this morning. the senate is close to passing a bill that would mandate its expenses reduced expenses and fund-raising be posted on line, a few weeks after nancy pelosi mandated house expense reports be digitally published. a democrat from missouri says there's a decent chance it may happen soon, forcing senators to put all their office expenses including staff salaries on line. even without remarks economic stimulus money will go to members of congress who oversee funding for the army corps of engineers. more than $2 billion of that stimulus money is going to those members' home districts. fina

is written now and the way the secretary of health and human services, a good friend of mine, kathleen sebelius has stated it, cer is going to be used -- its main purpose is going to be cost. if we do that, mr. chairman, we're headed for trouble. because that decision between you and your doctor will be taken away. i'm offering several amendments, mr. chairman, which i hope my colleagues will consider seriously and also hopefully accept. in an attempt to improve upon this bill. they'll include provisions to protect patient choice. the patient-doctor relationship. ensure that rural and low-volume hospitals are not disadvantaged by new regulations for hospitals. and secure equal footing for rural and urban health care workforce enhancement programs. i hope that these -- what i call commonsense amendments can find some bipartisan support. it goes without saying that this bill will affect every single american for generations to come. it should be better considered, it seems to me. it should even be bipartisan. and it must do better than this in improving health care access for the uninsured. mr. c

kathleen sebelius will testify about her department's budget. that is live at about 2:30 p.m.stern on c-span3. >> elizabeth warren is recognized for as much time as she may consume. >> thank you, chairwoman maloney, representatives. i appreciate the invitation to be here today on behalf of the congressional oversight panel and to be as helpful to you as i can. i should start by saying i am not scripted. since i do not have a preapproved script, you should take my comments as my comments alone and not necessarily reflecting those of the panel. i will do my best to regret -- to represent their reports, but otherwise, you are hearing from me. what is the congressional oversight panel? we are the smallest of the oversight unit here, particularly compared with the special inspector general. what we try to do is a fact based analysis of the end -- of the operations under the toxic acid relief program andy -- the toxic asset relief program. ob;we return to the same things that we started with are very first report about transparency, accountability, and clarity throughout the system.

director out at nih and i know the distinguished senator from maryland knows him personally, kathleen sebelius said this, the new secretary of health and human services and a personal friend of mine. i even have heard the president's dog boe said, well he barked, but in case you didn't follow cms there would be a biting consequence. now, i don't want to quarrel and get down into the weeds to the degree that we talk up our efforts for the whole morning especially since it is a friday and i do want to thank the chairman for his perseverance again also the ranking member. and i do want to thank again, senator mikulski who works with everybody with good intent, but we had a counter counter if i can find. allison, do you have that or do i have it? [inaudible conversations] >> okay, just to make sure everybody understands we want cms to inform and disseminate, we see now senate reports and recommendations are prohibited from being used by any government entity for payment coverage or treatment decisions. and then we thought that that would be more precise. so i still believe that the board prohibit

he's the director out at nih, and i know the distinguished senator knows him personally, kathleen sebelius said it on his secretary of health and human services, and a personal friend of mine. he even -- he'd heard that the president's dog bo actually tuesday. >> well, he barked, but he said in case you didn't follow cms, there would be a biting consequence. i don't want to quarrel and get down into the weeks to the degree that we just tie up our efforts for the whole morning especially since it's a friday, and i do want to thank the chairman for his perseverance again and also the ranking member, and i do want to thank again senator mikulski who always works with everybody with good intent. we have a counter counter, if i can find it. allison, do you have that or do i have that? >> if we want cms to inform and disseminate what they're about that we say now senator, reports and recommendations are prohibited from being used by any government entity for payment coverage or treatment decisions and we thought that that would be more precise. so i still believe that the word prohibit certainly

and i know kathleen sebelius, but she was just appointed about a month and a half ago.i'm so glad that you had linda douglass on because i wanted her to go and look for my letter. how can i get her direct number or e-mail or fax number? host: you can call the white house. by the way, you can go to whitehouse.gov. we're talking about the white house health-care plan and ronald is joining us from raleigh, north carolina. caller: good morning, first, let me sarah on vacation and i do not want everyone to -- let me say i am on vacation and i do not want everyone to think that federal employees are the only ones on the phone. my question is, what does what does the government think it has the right to pay for health care when they cannot even do it for their own federal employees? every year for the past 10 years or more, federal employees insurance costs, including copays and premiums, have gone up by 10% or more. secondly, if the american public thinks that the federal government can run a federal health system, just look at our military health care. when the government ca

my box kathleen sebelius says you're in charge of health care. well i was in charge of everything, window, rug, administrative assistant, whatever else. agriculture, too. but every time that we would get into problems with our hospitals, our doctors, our home health care people, clinical la, everybody in the health care delivery system it was because of some goofy thing out of the hqs on a cost containment principle based on something like cer and cer, i'm all for this, in terms of what you said, well established principles. i mean i'm not opposed to to that and to protect the public. jon kyl had and agenda on the senate floor, you get into the weeds on this and you bunch of acronym acronyms and whatever else so nobody pays any traengs. i can tell you that every time that has popped out of the woodwork it has been manage that came out of the hew, you remember joe califano and all of that, we had a wonderful seg suggestion from hew, no medicare bill would be paid unless was reviewed every 24 hours by three doctors. under cost containment. sounds p

and i know kathleen sebelius, but she was just appointed about a month and a half ago. i'm so glad that you had linda douglass on because i wanted her to go and look for my letter. how can i get her direct number or e-mail or fax number? host: you can call the white house. by the way, you can go to whitehouse.gov. @@@@@@@@ tt tt we're talking about the white house health care plan, raleigh is joining us. caller: i am on vacation. i don't want people to think a federal employee son the phone talking while they should be working. i want to clear that up. but my question is, what makes the federal government think that it has the right to pay for all americans to have affordable health care when a, they can't even do it for their own employees? federal government is the largest employer in the country, but yet every year for the last 10 years or more, federal employees' insurance costs, including co-pays and premiums have gone up by 10% or more. secondly, if the american public thinks the federal government can run a federal health system, just look at our military's healt

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i'm delighted that hillary and rahm emanuel, larry summers, ken salazar and janet napolitano, kathleen sebelius and tom vilsack all occupy hi positions. the president thinks they share his values. i was delighted that after the thrust bill passed the first major bill signed was the dramatic expansion of america co corp. of service opportunities. that congress passed a bill which will by 2017 expand amer correspo correspond. that is what we advocated in 1992. it took 25 years but it was 25 years well spent. [applaus [applause] >> the president and vice president biden who have revived the cops program. and it is important. the president is advocating a sweeping national direct loan program to cut the cost of colle college. that, too, was a d.l.c. idea. we made that an option with income contingent repayment for college students much and when we did it the students of america saved $9 billion repaying their college loans, $1,300or every $10,000 they borrowed and taxpayers saved $4 billion because no one defaulted on their loans. barack obama is right about this but the d.l.c. first proposed in. i

my box kathleen sebelius says you're in charge of health care. well i was in charge of everything, window, rug, administrative assistant, whatever else. agriculture, too. but every time that we would get into problems with our hospitals, our doctors, our home health care people, clinical la, everybody in the health care delivery system it was because of some goofy thing out of the hqs on a cost containment

stated that cer would be used to contain cost, as did larry summers, as did peter orszag, as did kathleen sebelius my good friend and the governor of kansas. and that's what worries me and i think that's what worries the senator from oklahoma. if we can leave this open, that's great. >> sure we can. and i appreciate -- >> i withdraw my request under the circumstances. >> thanks. yes, senator coburn. >> it's a very important section of this bill. very important. medicine is personal. medicine is individual. it doesn't fit in a box. >> no, but it does fix practicing guidelines. you yourself have said that. that national academies of clinicians. >> senator, can i finish my point? >> please go ahead. >> guidelines are important, but they're just that. they're guidelines. and when -- if, in fact, you pass this bill out here with this, you are going to raise the cost of@@@arragrr")rráb individual and guidelines are just guidelines, and we create a situation where physicians now have another step in the process, here's the government guideline so now i have to back up what i'm doing with all this other s

later, kathleen sebelius says the president is willing to listen on how to pay for health- care overhaul as long as they do not increase the deficit. the senate received articles of impeachment from the house this morning in the case against judge samuel kent, a federal judge in texas who has been convicted of sexual assault in his home state. the senate has not held such a trial since the impeachment of president bill clinton in 1999. the federal reserve board continues their two-day meeting today. members are considering whether some programs intended to drive down rates on mortgages and other consumer debt to be slow down. most economists predict fed chairman ben bernanke will not raise interest rates. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> as this year's supreme court term comes to an end, here chief justice roberts talk about the court tossed work. as well as some court watchers, including linda greenhouse, gen crawford greenberg, and ted olson. live coverage at 9:00 eastern on c-span, saturday. >> join our 3 our conversation sunday, july 5, live on in depth on c

health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testifies about her department's annual budget.and federal reserve chairman ben bernanke discusses the economy at a house hearing.

later in the day, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius talks about their budget request for next year. live coverage begins at 2: 30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. now we marks from national intelligence director dennis blair. he talks about his priorities for the intelligence community as well as his recent trip to asia. the intelligence and national security alliance hosted this event. >> hello. i want to welcome all of you for what i am sure will be an interesting discussion. tonight's event is part of an ongoing series of events that will -- that is bringing together leaders that will lay the foundation for the national security and intelligence community and for our future. we have brought together an exciting group of leaders working on some of the nation's most challenging issues which includes cyber security, counterintelligence, and other challenges to national security. we are hosting the director of national intelligence, dennis blair, and given the opportunity to hear the direction to ensure the effectiveness of our nation's intelligence community. you spent 34 yea

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director larry summers and indications from our new secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius, all have pointed to the huge potential of c.e.r. to be used to contain costs -- not to recommend procedures best for the patient, as determined by the patient and doctor but by c.e.r. to control cost. that is why the white house does not want to prohibit a government agency if using the results to deny you and your doctor the right to choose the treatment that is best for you. now, after all that was said and done, and a lot was said and not much done, i got quite a lecture this morning in regard to my use of the word "rationing" to describe what this could lead to. this lecture was preferred to as a "scare tactic." and they indicated that i was using the word "rationing" as a scare tactic to scare people to say that we don't want health care reform. and i find that rather condescending and demeaning. and it certainly is not accurate. you tell me when medicare fuses to pay your doctor if he or she decides you need a particular course of treatment that definite eights from the governm