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. >> ladies and gentlemen, to introduce the president reject laura. -- the president -- laura. [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is laura klitzka. 7 10 months ago my life changed when i found out i had staged three breast cancer at 43 years old. i had a fairly average life being a working mom with a husband and two young children. the diagnosis altered everything in my life. i often found myself unable to work. fortunately, my husband worked entered the insurance for our family. the insurance plan had high deductibles and out of pocket expenses. although we felt fortunate to have insurance, we soon found we were overcome with medical bills. we knew there was not an option to cancel any of my treatment and we just have to face the bills as they came and hope for the best to make our minimum monthly payments set up with each clinic. i continued to receive medical treatments, including chemotherapy, several surgeries, and radiation throughout 2008. i finished my last treatment in december and truly hope my cancer was gone and that i could try to get back to some kind of normal
. >> ladies and gentlemen, to introduce the president reject laura. -- the president -- laura. [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is laura klitzka. 7 10 months ago my life changed when i found out i had staged three breast cancer at 43 years old. i had a fairly average life being a working mom with a husband and two young children. the diagnosis altered everything in my life. i often found myself unable to work. fortunately, my husband worked entered the insurance for our family....
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i especially want to thank -- [applause] i especially want to thank laura for sharing her story. it takes courage to do that and it takes even more courage to battle a disease like cancer with such great determination. and i know her family is here and they're working and fighting with her every inch of the way. moving but sadly it's not unique. every day in this country more and more americans are forced to worry about not just getting well, but whether they can afford to get well. millions more wonder if they can afford the routine care necessary to stay well. even for those who have health insurance, rising premiums are straining family budgets to the breaking point. premiums that have doubled over the last nine years. and have grown at a rate three times faster than wages. let me repeat that. health care premiums have gone up three times faster than wages have gone up. the desperately needed procedures and treatments are put off because the price is too high. and all it takes is a single illness to wipe out a lifetime of savings. employers aren't faring any better. the cost o
i especially want to thank -- [applause] i especially want to thank laura for sharing her story. it takes courage to do that and it takes even more courage to battle a disease like cancer with such great determination. and i know her family is here and they're working and fighting with her every inch of the way. moving but sadly it's not unique. every day in this country more and more americans are forced to worry about not just getting well, but whether they can afford to get well. millions...
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[applause] >> stories like laura's are being told by women and men all across this country. by families who have seen out of pocket costs soar and premiums doubled over the last decade at a rate three times faster than wages. this is forcing americans of all ages to go without a checkups or the prescriptions they need. that you know they need. it's creating a situation where a single illness can wipe out a lifetime of savings. our costly health care system is unsustainable for doctors. like michael kahn in new hampshire who, as he puts it, spends 20% of each day supervising a staff, explaining insurance problems to patients, completing authorization forms, writing a few letters, a routine that he calls disruptive and distracting giving him less time to do what he became a doctor to do and actually care for his patients. [applause] >> small-business owners, like chris and becky link and nashville are also struggling. they have always wanted to do right by the workers at the family-run marketing firm. but they recently had to do the unthinkable and lay off a number of employee
[applause] >> stories like laura's are being told by women and men all across this country. by families who have seen out of pocket costs soar and premiums doubled over the last decade at a rate three times faster than wages. this is forcing americans of all ages to go without a checkups or the prescriptions they need. that you know they need. it's creating a situation where a single illness can wipe out a lifetime of savings. our costly health care system is unsustainable for doctors....
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shivago" and that's my favorite movie, too, but i think it's because julie christie was playing laura, but i'm sure you have more profound reasons for liking it. i wonder if you could tell us why you responded to senator schumer by saying "dr. zhavago" was your favorite movie and what you liked so much about it. >> i responded because it is my favorite movie. i was under oath, after all, and if i were under oath here, i would have to answer pretty much the same way you did. aside from that, and i'm certainly no film critic, but, you know, a level of an astounding cast, great drama, wonderful cinematography. i mean, the images walking through the russian winter. you know, on a more fundamental level, it does tell a story about the triumphs of human spirit an basic human emotions over oppressiveness over the communist regime, over the oppressiveness of war an revolution. you still have people at a very personal level triumphing, including the triumph of laura, you remember the scene of the young girl mays with the ballerina and art will persist in the main character's poetry, things tha
shivago" and that's my favorite movie, too, but i think it's because julie christie was playing laura, but i'm sure you have more profound reasons for liking it. i wonder if you could tell us why you responded to senator schumer by saying "dr. zhavago" was your favorite movie and what you liked so much about it. >> i responded because it is my favorite movie. i was under oath, after all, and if i were under oath here, i would have to answer pretty much the same way you did....
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this story of luke and laura at general hospital was one of the transfer of moments in the 1980's. everyone was watching it. everyone was fascinated. all the students would watch in the dormitory and so on. and i hadn't realized until i went back -- by the way i was at a gym the other day, amazingly enough, and i saw general hospital on the tv. luke is still there, he's 150-years-old and still in this place. [laughter] anyway, the way that luke and laura got to get there is that look raped more on the floor of a disco. you can go and look this up. that was the great consciousness of this period but i was so happy to go back and revisit a general hospital. so any way we took it through to the nd and followed all of these little women and their triumphs and tragedies as we went on. one of my favorites was a doctor, who we picked up on just because a woman in minneapolis working for me and i asked if she could find someone that went to medical school to talk about medical school stories, but it turned out this woman was for personal relationships, a textbook, personal relationships th
this story of luke and laura at general hospital was one of the transfer of moments in the 1980's. everyone was watching it. everyone was fascinated. all the students would watch in the dormitory and so on. and i hadn't realized until i went back -- by the way i was at a gym the other day, amazingly enough, and i saw general hospital on the tv. luke is still there, he's 150-years-old and still in this place. [laughter] anyway, the way that luke and laura got to get there is that look raped more...
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citizen journalist laura ying and laura lee to 12 years hard labor in the north korean gulags. it would provide release of our two u.s. citizens before the lifting of any u.s. sanctions or granting of diplomatic recognition. much of the language of my amendment had been accepted by the chairman last year and incorporated into the security, assistant and arms export control reform act of 2008. the foreign affairs committee unanimously adopted the agreed upon north korean language during markup held last may. yet, the amendment i offered to address this threat to u.s. national security interests and to our allies in the region was rejected yesterday by the rules committee. in conclusion, mr. chairman, at a time when our country faces a range of threats in our own hemisphere, this bill does not set out a comprehensive approach to those threats. the bill also displays a willingness to put our national security interests in the hands of the vaguely defined international community. mr. chairman, because of the fundamental weaknesses and the core problems with this bill that have not
citizen journalist laura ying and laura lee to 12 years hard labor in the north korean gulags. it would provide release of our two u.s. citizens before the lifting of any u.s. sanctions or granting of diplomatic recognition. much of the language of my amendment had been accepted by the chairman last year and incorporated into the security, assistant and arms export control reform act of 2008. the foreign affairs committee unanimously adopted the agreed upon north korean language during markup...
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speaker, two american journalists, laura ling and euna lee are reporters for current tv. they were in china near the north korean border making a film about the horrible sex trafficking between north korea and china. the north koreans claim they crossed the border illegally. so the communist court sentenced them to 12 years at hard labor. that's some border enforcement polcy. the conditions in these prison camps are harsh. some reports say a quarter of the inmates die of starvation every year. the prisoners do back breaking work in factories, coal mines, and rice paddies. they are also used in experiments involving biological weapons. i he guess the communists didn't get the memo on human rights. now we hear they may have actually been kidnapped and forcibly taken to north korea. anyway they are being used as political prisoners to try to force this administration to give more concessions and american money to north korea. north korea's starving. the communist regime is bankrupt. they want to be able to sell nuclear technology to terrorist nations so they are holding thes
speaker, two american journalists, laura ling and euna lee are reporters for current tv. they were in china near the north korean border making a film about the horrible sex trafficking between north korea and china. the north koreans claim they crossed the border illegally. so the communist court sentenced them to 12 years at hard labor. that's some border enforcement polcy. the conditions in these prison camps are harsh. some reports say a quarter of the inmates die of starvation every year....
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the sentencing of laura ling and euna lee, two young american journalists sentencing them to 12 years hard labor. the ongoing counterfeiting of u.s. $100 bills, missile proliferation out of north korea. drug trafficking and other illicit activities. so many illicit activities i think some of us are confounded by the fact that almost half of the hard currency that goes into that regime is money they make through illicit activities. and now north korea's conducted a second underground nuclear test in three years. we are in the myth of a -- midst of a leadership struggle and many expect as a result more provocations, more missile tests, more nuclear tests over the ensuing months. weeks after the north korean test, the u.n. security council has passed a waterdown -- watereddown resolution. just after the previous admission did -- administration did, this action will be touted, it will be touted by our spokesman, as an effective response. we have heard this story before, unfortunately. it is not an effective response, and it is not because, frankly, with the lowest common denominator u.n.
the sentencing of laura ling and euna lee, two young american journalists sentencing them to 12 years hard labor. the ongoing counterfeiting of u.s. $100 bills, missile proliferation out of north korea. drug trafficking and other illicit activities. so many illicit activities i think some of us are confounded by the fact that almost half of the hard currency that goes into that regime is money they make through illicit activities. and now north korea's conducted a second underground nuclear...
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. >> laura ling any euna lee of current tv were sentenced to hard labor. economic numbers are justin. construction of new homes jumped in may. it is the sign the deep housing recession is beginning to bottom now. wholesale prices were up less than expected in may. there were as a drop in food costs. witnesses testified in the former ceo predicts hank greenberg. he was ousted by the company amid allegations of accounting irregularities. a hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. we will have that live for you. president obama is hoping the campaign of creigh deeds. he e-mail hundreds of thousands of supporters urging them to support the state senator who became the democratic nominee for governor. rep from the house oversight committee is asking for all documents related to countrywide financial that benefit government officials including two democratic senators. eight years of documents are due on the hilt by tomorrow. when the boston red sox come to washington next week, they will hold fund-raisers at nationals park. this will be for between -- lobbyist
. >> laura ling any euna lee of current tv were sentenced to hard labor. economic numbers are justin. construction of new homes jumped in may. it is the sign the deep housing recession is beginning to bottom now. wholesale prices were up less than expected in may. there were as a drop in food costs. witnesses testified in the former ceo predicts hank greenberg. he was ousted by the company amid allegations of accounting irregularities. a hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. we will...
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host: let's move on to laura on the independent line from maryland. caller: i am a poor person. i never even thought to write it off my taxes. that is not the point i wanted to make. i wanted to talk about fox. rupert murdoch', owns several newspapers. he describes himself as a tabloid journalists. he owned a tabloid in england. he is fond of saying he does not report the facts. he is a commentator, like plan backed -- glenn beck says that he was. i would suggest you turn to c- span. i think rupert murdoch should know. host: thank you for calling. this is a picture of william jefferson. they are entering district court on tuesday. the federal bribery trial opens. they say he used his office to carry out bribery schemes. one of the most powerful officials, a member of the u.s. house was using his public office for private gain. the assistant u.s. attorney told jurors that mr. jefferson is facing 16 criminal cases of racketeering, bribery, and obstruction of justice for receiving bribes. he has pleaded not guilty. you can see the write up in "the wall street journal." caller: i al
host: let's move on to laura on the independent line from maryland. caller: i am a poor person. i never even thought to write it off my taxes. that is not the point i wanted to make. i wanted to talk about fox. rupert murdoch', owns several newspapers. he describes himself as a tabloid journalists. he owned a tabloid in england. he is fond of saying he does not report the facts. he is a commentator, like plan backed -- glenn beck says that he was. i would suggest you turn to c- span. i think...
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and let's give thanks to all the great people like sean hannity, rush limbaugh, bill o'reilly, laura ingraham, mark levin, william bennett, glen beck, hugh hewitt, dennis frayinger, dennis miller, dick morris, ann coulter, michael steele, karl rove, newt gingrich, thomas so, victor davis hansen, shelby steel, charles kroutheimer, michele malkin, fred barnes and so many others. let's give thanks to them for not giving up and staying the course to bring an end to this false prophet, obama. that's what i said pretty much this morning. and now i have the honor, you know, the honor to be with you and to introduce such such a wonderful array of great people who i'm so honored to be, you know, able to introduce to you tonight. since 1976, orrin hatch has served the people of utah with distinction and honor. in the senate, we can -- and by the way, i met orrin hatch, and isn't he -- i mean, you know i'm in the movies and sometimes people see me they say gee, you're taller that inthought you were or you know, whatever it is. or you're not as old as i thought. i say that. but really, they neve
and let's give thanks to all the great people like sean hannity, rush limbaugh, bill o'reilly, laura ingraham, mark levin, william bennett, glen beck, hugh hewitt, dennis frayinger, dennis miller, dick morris, ann coulter, michael steele, karl rove, newt gingrich, thomas so, victor davis hansen, shelby steel, charles kroutheimer, michele malkin, fred barnes and so many others. let's give thanks to them for not giving up and staying the course to bring an end to this false prophet, obama. that's...
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and let's give thanks to all the great people like sean hannity, rush limbaugh, bill o'reilly, lauraraham, mark levin, william bennett, glen beck, hugh hewitt, dennis frayinger, dennis miller, dick morris, ann coulter, michael steele, karl rove, newt gingrich, thomas so, victor davis hansen, shelby steel, charles kroutheimer, michele malkin, fred barnes and so many others. let's give thanks to them for not giving up and staying the course to bring an end to this false prophet, obama. that's what i said pretty much this morning.@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ to introduce such a wonderful group of great people, who i am excited to be able to introduce to you tonight. since 1976, orrin hatch has served utah with honor. in the senate -- isn't he -- i am in the movies. people say i am taller than they thought. or you are not as old as i thought you were. they never said that. when i saw orrin hatch, i'd only shown him on shows. n him on shows you know where his face is on television and he's usually addressing very serious subjects so he's very, you know, has a very serious demeanor. but i found out w
and let's give thanks to all the great people like sean hannity, rush limbaugh, bill o'reilly, lauraraham, mark levin, william bennett, glen beck, hugh hewitt, dennis frayinger, dennis miller, dick morris, ann coulter, michael steele, karl rove, newt gingrich, thomas so, victor davis hansen, shelby steel, charles kroutheimer, michele malkin, fred barnes and so many others. let's give thanks to them for not giving up and staying the course to bring an end to this false prophet, obama. that's...
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i was delighted to hear laura bush, the foreman first lad they recently too she's proud president obama nominated a woman to serve on the supreme court. you know, i -- i recall that justice ginsburg said she was cheered by the announcement and that she's glad she's no longer going to be the lone woman out of nine members of the court. now, i contrast this to reaction to president bush's naming of justice o'connor's successor a few years ago when justice o'connor conceded her disappointment because when she was leaving and not replaced by another woman, the percentage of women on the supreme court dropped by 50%. now, sandra day o'connor and justice ruth bader ginsburg weren't being prejudiced or biased or discriminatory. of course not. and i hope that all americans are encouraged by the nomination of judge sotomayor, hope they join together and celebrate what it says about america being a land of opportunity for all. she is the first nominee to the supreme court in 100 years to have been nominated to three federal judicial positions by three different presidents. it was president george
i was delighted to hear laura bush, the foreman first lad they recently too she's proud president obama nominated a woman to serve on the supreme court. you know, i -- i recall that justice ginsburg said she was cheered by the announcement and that she's glad she's no longer going to be the lone woman out of nine members of the court. now, i contrast this to reaction to president bush's naming of justice o'connor's successor a few years ago when justice o'connor conceded her disappointment...
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finally, former first lady laura bush says she is pleased that president barack obama nominated a woman for the supreme court, saying it judge sonya soda sounds like a winner and a good nominee. she made the remarks in an interview broadcast earlier on " good morning america." "washington journal" continues. host: healthcare is the issue for the next 25 minutes or so. what should the administration's plan look like? from the u.s. news section in this morning's "the wall street journal," this piece about a link senator kennedy. in the newspaper, if the liberal mr. kennedy takes a lesser role that could make it easier for the more conservative mr. baucus, the senator from montana to push the health care legislation into a centrist direction. mr. kennedy is a major proponent of including a publicly run health insurance option. his committee last week began circulating the first draft of the proposal for sweeping changes, starting the maneuvering in earnest. there will make the bill's details in mid-june. following that, mr. kennedy's committee will engage in negotiations with mr. baucus an
finally, former first lady laura bush says she is pleased that president barack obama nominated a woman for the supreme court, saying it judge sonya soda sounds like a winner and a good nominee. she made the remarks in an interview broadcast earlier on " good morning america." "washington journal" continues. host: healthcare is the issue for the next 25 minutes or so. what should the administration's plan look like? from the u.s. news section in this morning's "the wall...
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i was glad to hear laura bush, the former first laid combri say recently she too is proud that president obama nominated a woman to serve on the supreme court. you know, i -- i recall that justice ginsberg since she was cheered by the announcement that she is glad she is no longer going to be the lone woman on the court. i contrast this to president bush's nomination naming of justice o'connor's successor a few years ago when justice o'connor conceded her disappointment because she was leaving and not replaced by another woman, the percentage of women on the supreme court dropped by 50%. now, sandra day o'connor, justice ruud baader ginsberg weren't being discriminatory. of course not. hopefully what it says about america is being a land of opportunity for all. she is the first nominee to the supreme court in 100 years to have been nominated to three federal judicial positions by three different presidents. it was president bush george h.w. bush whombings a republican, who nominated her to be a federal district court judge.
i was glad to hear laura bush, the former first laid combri say recently she too is proud that president obama nominated a woman to serve on the supreme court. you know, i -- i recall that justice ginsberg since she was cheered by the announcement that she is glad she is no longer going to be the lone woman on the court. i contrast this to president bush's nomination naming of justice o'connor's successor a few years ago when justice o'connor conceded her disappointment because she was leaving...
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what we say to americans like laura, a woman who has walked all -- who has worked all her life, whose husband has worked, whose family has done everything right. a brave and proud woman whose child school recently took up a penny try to help pay her medical bills. what do we tell them? [applause] here is what i am going to tell them. after decades of inaction, we have finally decided to fix what is broken about healthcare in america. we have finally decided it is time to give every american quality health care at affordable cost. we have decided to invest in reforms that will bring costs down variate [applause] -- that will bring costs down. we have decided to bring costs down now and in the future. we have decided to change the system. so that our doctors and health care providers are free to do what they studied and worked so hard to do, to make people well again. that is what we can do right now at this moment. i will not accept no for an answer. we need to get this done, but i need your help. that is why i welcome your thoughts and questions on this and any other issue. thank you
what we say to americans like laura, a woman who has walked all -- who has worked all her life, whose husband has worked, whose family has done everything right. a brave and proud woman whose child school recently took up a penny try to help pay her medical bills. what do we tell them? [applause] here is what i am going to tell them. after decades of inaction, we have finally decided to fix what is broken about healthcare in america. we have finally decided it is time to give every american...
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journalists, laura ling and hanna lee, who were detained earlier in north korea. defense secretary robert gates signed an order yesterday creating a cyber command to oversee pewter networks. -- to oversee computer networks. the new headquarters will be based at fort meade, maryland, just outside washington, d.c., and will be under the offices -- the auspices of the u.s. strategic command and the last -- the u.s. strategic command. finally, south carolina governor mark sanford is telling the newspaper that he was in argentina during his unexplained five-day absence, not hiking along the absent -- not hiking along the appalachian trail. he told a state newspaper that he arrived at the airport today. he said the last minute decision was because he wanted to do something exotic. governor sanford said he returned after a five-day absence because the trip turned into more of a fuss than he ever expected. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest is "wall street journal" reporter sudeep reddy. thank you for
journalists, laura ling and hanna lee, who were detained earlier in north korea. defense secretary robert gates signed an order yesterday creating a cyber command to oversee pewter networks. -- to oversee computer networks. the new headquarters will be based at fort meade, maryland, just outside washington, d.c., and will be under the offices -- the auspices of the u.s. strategic command and the last -- the u.s. strategic command. finally, south carolina governor mark sanford is telling the...
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of commonsense and decency, how deeply concerned we are for the fate of two american journalists, laura ling and euna lee who are under detention in north korea. we are offended by the severity and excess the sentence which was pronounced on them and we hope that commonsense is going to prevail and that north korea will see this not as an opportunity to further dig a hole but as an opportunity to open up and reach out to the world to suggest there's a better way to try to deal with all of these issues. we urge north korea to do what is right. we urge them to do it promptly and unconditionally and to release those young women from custody. senator lugar? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. for holding this hearing, to review the present situation in north korea. the recent provocative actions by north korea that you've cited are moving their country toward even greater isolation. almost universally the international community has condemned north korea's nuclear test, detention of american reporters and bellicose remarks. there's wide speculation about the motivations for north korea's
of commonsense and decency, how deeply concerned we are for the fate of two american journalists, laura ling and euna lee who are under detention in north korea. we are offended by the severity and excess the sentence which was pronounced on them and we hope that commonsense is going to prevail and that north korea will see this not as an opportunity to further dig a hole but as an opportunity to open up and reach out to the world to suggest there's a better way to try to deal with all of these...
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in 2007 governor jim doyle appointed laura naz ar to the service commission. she has played a leading role in confronting the challenges associated with transmission development. the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one canadian province. prior to her appointment to the wisconsin psc, commissioner naz ar worked as an attorney and practiced extensively in the areas of electric and water utilities representing rate payers and utilities. she helped to create the first stand alone transmission company, otherwise known as atc and helped to cite a 210 mile extra high voltage line in wisconsin and minnesota. in addition to all of these credentials, i can also tell you what she eats for breakfast and grow in her vegetable garden because as you all know she is also my partner. i welcome her to our subcommittee. >> thank you, con
in 2007 governor jim doyle appointed laura naz ar to the service commission. she has played a leading role in confronting the challenges associated with transmission development. the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one canadian province. prior to her...
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congressman the laura has introduced a bill to create an office of, the federal office of health insurance oversight that establishes such reporting requirements on insurers and that appropriates resources so the federal government and state insurance departments together can carry out those responsibilities. i hope congress will follow her leadership and make adequate oversight enforcement resources part of healthcare reform. >> thank you and thank you all for your testimony. we will go to questions. mr. sassi, let me ask you this. you threw a bunch of statistics gaddus but i was looking at the state of california alone and it seems to me if i remember correctly in july 2008 anthem lacrosse which is a subsidiary of wellpoint paid a 10,000-dollar fine and had to reinstate 1,770 rescinded policies and then in february of 09 once again california and then across had to pay 15 million-dollar fine to reinstate over 2300 rescinded policies and then another settlement, the 5 million another 450 so it seems like in the last year you have had to reverse 4500 decisions and pay a fine of $30 million
congressman the laura has introduced a bill to create an office of, the federal office of health insurance oversight that establishes such reporting requirements on insurers and that appropriates resources so the federal government and state insurance departments together can carry out those responsibilities. i hope congress will follow her leadership and make adequate oversight enforcement resources part of healthcare reform. >> thank you and thank you all for your testimony. we will go...
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special agent laura burns testified during the holy land foundation case that care, quote, was formed in the aftermath of the 1993 meeting by palestinian activists in america who brain stormed ways to spread pro-hamas message here without attracting too much attention. a department of justice press release issued on november 24, 2008, when the holy land foundation verdicts came down, stated similarly, quote, the government's case included testimony that in the early 1990's hamas' parent organization, the muslim brotherhood, planned to establish a network of organizations in the u.s. to spread a militant islamist message and to raise money for hamas. holy land foundation became the chief fundraising arm for the palestine committee in the u.s. created by the muslim brotherhood to support hamas. according to a wiretap of a 1993 palestinian committee meeting in philadelphia, former holly land foundation president and c.e.o. spoke about playing down hamas ties in order to keep raising money in the u.s. another wiretapped phone call included abdul rack mad, holly land -- holy land foundatio
special agent laura burns testified during the holy land foundation case that care, quote, was formed in the aftermath of the 1993 meeting by palestinian activists in america who brain stormed ways to spread pro-hamas message here without attracting too much attention. a department of justice press release issued on november 24, 2008, when the holy land foundation verdicts came down, stated similarly, quote, the government's case included testimony that in the early 1990's hamas' parent...
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laura is next on the republican line from erie, pennsylvania. caller: i just wanted to address two separate parts of this. first, calling mr. obama is a christian when conservative christians in this country will never have common ground on his belief on abortion, on homosexual unions, and putting that agenda into our schools, and on comprehensive sex education, handing our kids condoms and birth control. its coat collar, how will you take those -- host: caller, how will you take those domestic issues and integrate them with -- caller: we are not going to find common ground on that because he does not reflect christian beliefs, you know, in our own country that conservative christians agree with. i also wanted to ask -- there was a traditional values.org at said he was mixing fact with fiction. the center said there were only 2.3 miss lee -- 2.3 million muslims in america where obama said there were 7 million. also mr. obama is claiming that islam promotes power and dignity among human beings when non- muslims in islamic nations are subjected to
laura is next on the republican line from erie, pennsylvania. caller: i just wanted to address two separate parts of this. first, calling mr. obama is a christian when conservative christians in this country will never have common ground on his belief on abortion, on homosexual unions, and putting that agenda into our schools, and on comprehensive sex education, handing our kids condoms and birth control. its coat collar, how will you take those -- host: caller, how will you take those domestic...
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and finally senator boxer sked me to mention that she shares the concern about the imprisonment have laura ling and una lee. and signing with respect to the administration's approach and we look forward to that. senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ambassador, bosworth, thank you for being here and for your service. to be parochial i would say you graduate dartmouth and you do us proud in new hampshire. >> thank you. >> can't still him. he still lives with us. [laughter] >> we're working on that. according to recently released reports, north korean exports jumped 23% last year compared to the previous year. and imports jumped 33%. to follow up a little bit on what senator casey was referencing with respect to china, what do these statistics say about our ability to isolate north korea economically and what affect have sanctions really had on the country? well, i think first of all, senator, it's important to note those are percentage increases off very low base levels. now i haven't personally analyzed the data sufficiently to be able to tell you exactly what it means. i think one
and finally senator boxer sked me to mention that she shares the concern about the imprisonment have laura ling and una lee. and signing with respect to the administration's approach and we look forward to that. senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ambassador, bosworth, thank you for being here and for your service. to be parochial i would say you graduate dartmouth and you do us proud in new hampshire. >> thank you. >> can't still him. he still lives with us....
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laura, a natural leader in the classroom who is smart incompetence boucher centers stage now said the dinner table and grilled her family with questions about the government. considering the bill of rights and the 2nd amendement cut in individual have an f-14 with a rocket launching missiles she astor family quite seriously one night. what? what you talking about her father sputtered? that is bearing arms, where to draw the line? her father was pleased his daughter would come home and push the envelope, making him defend his way of thinking. she was not spouting off anything i'd said. she was simply playing devil's advocate which we did in class all the time. >> host: playing devil's advocate. law school is all about the socratic method of the devils at the get. let me give you a hypothetical and what do you do with that? of this kid is ready for law school, and she learned it in the sixth grade ms. cahill. ms. cahill, last year audienced think the whole book is about high points in joy and wonder, remember how it started out. this was a single mother, no money, decides to run for con
laura, a natural leader in the classroom who is smart incompetence boucher centers stage now said the dinner table and grilled her family with questions about the government. considering the bill of rights and the 2nd amendement cut in individual have an f-14 with a rocket launching missiles she astor family quite seriously one night. what? what you talking about her father sputtered? that is bearing arms, where to draw the line? her father was pleased his daughter would come home and push the...
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these are not the worry is the one like laura should have to face in the nation as will the ads are in a nation as wealthy as ours. as stories like hers are being told by women and men all across this country, by families who are seeing out-of-pocket cost sort and premiums double over the last decade at a rate three times faster than wages, this is forcing americans of all ages to go without the checkups or prescriptions that they need, that you know they need. it is creating a situation where a single illness can wipe out a lifetime of savings. are costly health care system is unsustainable for doctors, like michael, and in new hampshire, who, as he puts it, spends 20 percent of each day supervising a staff, explaining insurance problems to patients, completing authorization forms, writing appeal what others from a routine that a cause destructive and distractive, giving him less time to do what he became a doctor to do and actually care for his patients. [applause] small business owners like chris and becky in national are also struggling. they always wanted to do right by the worker
these are not the worry is the one like laura should have to face in the nation as will the ads are in a nation as wealthy as ours. as stories like hers are being told by women and men all across this country, by families who are seeing out-of-pocket cost sort and premiums double over the last decade at a rate three times faster than wages, this is forcing americans of all ages to go without the checkups or prescriptions that they need, that you know they need. it is creating a situation where...
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laura, a natural leader in the classroom whose smarts and confidence put her center stage now sat at the dinner table and grilled her family with questions about the government. considering the bill of rights and second amendment, could an individual have an f-14 with a rocket launching missile, she asked her family quite seriously one might. what, what are you talking about, her father stoddard? well, that's bearing arms. where do you draw the line? his father was pleased that his daughter would come home and push the envelope making him and his we've thinking. she wasn't spouting off anything i said. she was simply playing the devil's advocate which we did all the time. >> host: playing devil's advocate. wall school and you say might still be interested in will school is all about the method about devil's advocate. let me give you a hypothetical and what do you do with that. this kid is ready for all school in sixth grade. ms. cahill, less the audience think about the book as high points and john and wonder remember how i started out this is a single mother, nomani decides to run f
laura, a natural leader in the classroom whose smarts and confidence put her center stage now sat at the dinner table and grilled her family with questions about the government. considering the bill of rights and second amendment, could an individual have an f-14 with a rocket launching missile, she asked her family quite seriously one might. what, what are you talking about, her father stoddard? well, that's bearing arms. where do you draw the line? his father was pleased that his daughter...
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laura and natural leader in the classroom who's smart and confidence put her center stage now set at the dinner table and grilled her family with questions about the government. considering the delights and second amendment could an individual have an f-14 with a rocket launching missile, she asked her family quite seriously one night. what? what are you talking about, her father sputtered. well, that's bearing arms, where do you draw the line? his father was pleased her daughter would come home and push the envelope making him defend his way of thinking. she listened spaulding of anything i said. she was simply playing the devil's advocate which we did in class all the time. >> host: playing devil's advocate. wall school you say is the socratic method is about the devil's advocate. let me give you a hypothetical and what do you do with that and this kid is running for law school and our audience think the book is all about high points and joy and wonder. remember how i started out, a single mother, no money, decides to run for congress. there were low points to three part-time jobs.
laura and natural leader in the classroom who's smart and confidence put her center stage now set at the dinner table and grilled her family with questions about the government. considering the delights and second amendment could an individual have an f-14 with a rocket launching missile, she asked her family quite seriously one night. what? what are you talking about, her father sputtered. well, that's bearing arms, where do you draw the line? his father was pleased her daughter would come...
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, and the many people that -- rob warden, from me and the many other people that are here with me, laura, love and the care and their passion for justice has brought all of us home, racism, means nothing to me, because we have just as many black cops, hayes panic cops as we do white. caring is what the problem is. accountability, is what is wrong, we don't have enough accountability and enough integrity and honor in the position that we choose to put our appointed people in office and need to hold people accountable. >> that's right. [applause]. >> yeah? >> two things. for me, that the short comments and then i have a question. you know, there is a scripture in the bible that i leaned on very heavily in my bed zachariah, chapter 9, said, "turn ye to the strong hold ye prisoner of hope." and there is another verse, in romans that speaks about being more than a conquerer. in christ. you know a conquerer takes a city but someone who is more than a conquerer possesses that city. and i would like to personally commend both of you for having the courage to possess the city, and for being examp
, and the many people that -- rob warden, from me and the many other people that are here with me, laura, love and the care and their passion for justice has brought all of us home, racism, means nothing to me, because we have just as many black cops, hayes panic cops as we do white. caring is what the problem is. accountability, is what is wrong, we don't have enough accountability and enough integrity and honor in the position that we choose to put our appointed people in office and need to...
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in 2007 governor jim doyle appointed laura naz ar to the service commission. she has played a leading role in confronting the challenges associated with transmission development. the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one
in 2007 governor jim doyle appointed laura naz ar to the service commission. she has played a leading role in confronting the challenges associated with transmission development. the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one
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host: laura on the democratic line from denver, colorado. caller: i have a question about health care. i have been with kaiser permanente for 11 years. in november when the switchover of everything going on, they were going to george three-time is the amount, and it went about doubled each month so i had to quit after 11 years. so i am wondering when they say you get to keep the insurance that you have, that is really not true. and i would like to know which country does this work in? guest: first, let me say that nothing under the legislation we are working on an house, sort of unprecedented effort where you have three committees working hand and glove literally with the members, the leadership, and staff producing -- nothing in that would prevent you from keeping the insurance that you have. the president says, and i happen to agree, and it cannot deny people who are happy and satisfied with their coverage to be able to continue with that. stay with their insurance, stay with their doctor. that's great. what we are proposing is an alternat
host: laura on the democratic line from denver, colorado. caller: i have a question about health care. i have been with kaiser permanente for 11 years. in november when the switchover of everything going on, they were going to george three-time is the amount, and it went about doubled each month so i had to quit after 11 years. so i am wondering when they say you get to keep the insurance that you have, that is really not true. and i would like to know which country does this work in? guest:...