without coverage melissa knows she risks being one serious illness away from what she calls the brink of disaster. though the stress -- through the stress and fear of not having insurance, through that brink that she lives on of disaster, melissa waits and hopes that she doesn't get sick because that is the only option she has in this, our great country. rhonda is a mother in koffingtry. she told me about her struggle to get health care coverage for her family. as if raising her two sons wasn't enough work, this single mother works two jobs to make ends meet. although her employer offered health coverage at an affordable price, rhonda's limited income could not be stretched to cover the additional cost of coverage for her children. so her sons went without insurance for three years. rhonda, like so many hard-working americans, was call the between a rock and a hard place, making slightly more than the eligible income to qualify for health coverage through state assisted plans, but not making enough money to afford health care coverage on her own. she prayed every day that her children

been gentleman min on the minority staff, pete, ryan on my staff and melissa and megan from mr. simpson's staff have worked hard and have been a great help to the subcommittee staff. in closing, i want to remind members that although the increases i have outlined are substantial, their impact will be even greater. our subcommitt funds programs that span a bod spectrum of issues, from our cultral and natural heritage. our agencies fight fires, protect great water bodies and tend to the needs of the first americans. these programs are vital to every american. they will improve the environment for everyone and work to fulfill our nation's trust responsibilities. i'm proud of this bill and i ask that you support it. and i reserve the balance of my time. . the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from idaho for 30 minutes. mr. simpson: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. simpson: madam chairwoman, let me begin my remarks by expressing my thanks to chairman dicks for the reasonable and evenhanded manner in whic

. >> da capo is one of the imprints of the perseus books group and melissa warren is a vice presidentwhat are some of the your books coming out. >> we have a wonderful biography of james monroe harlow james unger and is called the last founding father because he truly was one of the last founding fathers of our nation. >> why another bio on james monroe. >> this is more complete. new information has been found through old archives and letters and records and, you know, we're finding that there's still a lot of patriotic interest out there so we would to be able to continue to feed that market. >> what else do you have coming out? >> we have a wonderful biography of amelia earhart coming out. there's a movie with hillary swank and richard gere that's going to be coming out this fall. we'll be bringing the book out to coincide with that. >> how old is the book? >> it's several years old. it's at least a decade. but we're giving it a new cover and rolling it back out there with an update. >> who's dominique la-pierre. >> dominique is a very well-known author who has a author of new york

host: the melissa turns a strong. the heroic image fades. we are taking a look at the headlines this morning. cincinnati is calling. on the democrat line. caller: the morning. a question is how the media has portrayed this struggle. it seems like there is a tendency in this country to view issues in black-and-white, good and evil. it is not clear to me that there is clear evidence that the regime is oppressive and is unpopular. could not it be true that there is support for this regime in general? if not, can you talk to that? guest: the media does like a heroic story and is willing to simplify to create heroes and villains. what is important in iran is to see the three generations in a vault -- there is an older generation that grew up and fought for the 1979 islamic revolution. they want the principles of that revolution including its popular support, republican forms of government, part of the system along with the clerical role. they want to see an ironic that is integrated with the world. -- c. and iran that is integrated with the world

i was sitting with beautiful woman, actually two beautiful women, melissa maxfield from comcast and rachel cockswestockd i got a call saying that david obie had decided to make some moves on the house floor that upset our republican friends so i had to go there. so i missed dinner. but tom vilsack would not feel nearly as badly if earn he were here with me now. i have to speak after the film, after tom, after bill and after everybody but al from has gone home. al from is here on the theory that i'm going to say some nice things. which is why all of us stayed when somebody is going to speak about us. i have known al from for four decades. he and i started to work on capitol hill together. he for a senator from maryland and me for a senator from maryland. he for senator joe tydings and me for senator daniel brewster. it was an extraordinary experiences for us bothment we were young men who were interested in politics and in policy and in our country's well-being. al from and i went operate ways for a while. i went to the maryland state senate. al did work in other places. but then in 1981 i

i was sitting with a beautiful woman, actually two beautiful women, melissa maxfield from comcast and rachel stockwell who used to work for david mccurdy, who now is my policy director, and i got a call that david obey decided to make some moves on the house floor and i had to go there. i missed dinner. tom vilsack would not feel nearly so bad now, because i have to speak now after the film, after bill, and after everybody but al has gone home. he only stayed because i said i'd say nice things. i have known al from for four decades. he and i started to work on capitol hill together, he for a senator from maryland, and me for a senator from maryland. he for senator joe tidings, me for senator daniel brewster. it was extraordinary experiences for us both. we were young men interested in politics and in policy and in our country's well-being. al from and i went separate ways for a while. i went to the maryland state senate, al did work in other places. but then in 1981, i had the good fnch to be re-elected to the congress of the united states. one of the member theefs congress of the uni

guest: i think, melissa, that we do a pretty good job. i think is in the morning is different from any other time on television. i would take issue with the premise of your question. i do not think we are shallow. i think we do a pretty good job building into issues. we are not perfect and never will be, but i am proud of the job we do. host: in the the course of history is there one individual you would want to interview? guest: the people i would like to interview or the founders. i would love to go back and talk to those who founded this country, washington, and jefferson. this remarkable group who came together. these great minds that all happened to be in one place at one time. the great advances in humanity have come about when a group of very talented people wind up in one place at the same time. the greeks on the hillsides of athens, and then our own founders. i mean, the more you find out about them the more fascinating they become. stop and think about this. we take the american revolution for granted these days. think what was

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melissa, hello. >> caller: i-safe enough with the taxes already, we are taxed on everything and even the air we breathe. enough with the taxes, leave the health care alone if the government messes with that they are going to ruin it. we are all going to hell in a handbasket. >> host: new york, independent. >> caller: good morning. well, i presented a plan to a couple of congress people wish to the taxes are not a good thing, but if you take a person's income and ago by their income, and take a percentage, they can pay for their either medicaid, medicare and even the seniors, they could use the medicaid as their supplement instead of an hmo which is very costly. >> host: you are saying added in the idea of a tax into the income tax, not too taxing benefits? >> caller: no, no talks at all. what you are doing is going by a person's paycheck, okay? i am talking about their income. not a tax. they would pay them souse a portion -- they would pay themselves a portion to medicaid, seniors would pay a portion to medicare and medicaid as a supplement. >> host: thanks for the call. front page

. >> melissa goldstein. i suspect that many of these scientists perhaps most going to industry thinking that they are going to do the good fight from the inside to try to work from within. i am wondering what you think about how we can parse that could work out. i think even the one of the studies you should came up with it validated response, the chromium industry but it got squashed by the industry so i'm wondering how we confine that could work in validated? >> evin moreso most scientists-- what happens is when an industry is facing a crisis and they see it chemical has been implicated in harm, they will use their own scientists. they often go outside and find consultants who really are sleazy and know how to work the regulatory system so i think the most important thing though is essentially what i would call regulation by shamming. people lafta have the name on the document and there has to be a public conversation around this work. there was a very well-known professor of the university of alabama was

melissa, of news for comedian and vice chair of the speakers committee. nigel milton, vice president of government affairs for version atlantic and a guest of our speaker. maryland, national public radio senior business editor overseeing transportation coverage. anita, partner of holland and knight and cochair of the firm's local aviation team and a guest of our speaker. skipping over the podium, angela keen, bloomberg news and chair of the speakers committee. skipping our speaker for just a moment your john bullard president of the group and a member of the national press club board of governors. he is also the speakers committee member who organized this event. thank you very much, john. paul charles the director of communications for virgin atlantic and a guest of our speaker. joe of aviation week. casper, senior press officer for the european union's delegation. and finally my rent, former ap bureau chief in london and the secretary of the national press club. ask anyone in this room who served richard branson is and he will be defined many different

the president emphasized it in his speech and melissa and her team incorporated it into the process polled time. to access the synergy between economic growth and economic security. rather than use the word balance, we use the word synergy between those two. that came out in the report, not just in the written word by in the apparent discussions and input the team, the government and outside stakeholders. i think that's an important piece to keep in mind. >> thank you. >> i would just add it is important precedent made this speech and as a focus and appreciation for the magnitude of the problem at the beginning of his presidency that he is dealing with it through a comprehensive review. i agree that senator rockefeller thinks need to engage the private sector and worked in a public-private partnership to a greater degree than we have in the past. don't have an opportunity to build on the report and for the president to hopefully appoint a very senior level adviser. we recommend senator rockefeller and senator snowe would have a direct report to the president that would manage this issue fr