it is my honor to welcome vicki gonzales of miami florida, miami -- michael collins, kathy from palmer of, and diane milwaukee, wisconsin. it is my pleasure to yield to vicki gonzales from miami, florida. and welcome all of our nurses

my name is michael collins. i'm a registered nurse at university medical center in las vegas, nevada. university medical center is the only burn care center in the state of nevada and has the only level one trauma center in the state of nevada and it provides the only renal transplant center in the state of nevada and that is where i work. before the affordable care act, our hospital was chronically in debt, to the tune of at least $180 million every fiscal year. we are mandated by state law to treat all who come to our doors. regardless of their ability to pay. since the affordable care act, we have been able to provide services and extend our outpatient services because we have turned a profit of over $35 million in the last two years. now, with the repeal of the affordable care act, more than 371,000 nevadans stand a chance of losing their health care coverage. the leaders of the republican party are talking about taking away the affordable care act, but there is no plan in place to replace it. i would like t

now, jack is michael collins' successor, right? down a few steps, who built this museum. ething jack and i shared because after mike collins was the director of this museum, he became the undersecretary of the smithsonian. and i'm very proud to occupy that office today. and as i often say, mike collins had to go to the moon and back to do all this. all i have to do is walk up a flight of stairs. but it makes me ever so proud to be part of this effort, part of the museum, part of the smithsonian that really serves all of you, all of us and people beyond. we take very seriously the idea of our mission of increasing and diffusing knowledge of inspiring the next generation. it's a great responsibility we share. and tonight we are so, so happy to celebrate this birthday. d you have not only the people here, but we're joined by others who have special birthday greetings. ♪ >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> happy 40th birthday. >> happy 40th birthday. >> happy 40th birthday. >> t

it separated from the command module where michael collins stayed to orbit the moon and it began its descent down to the surface. >> 40 feet down, 2 1/2. picking up some dust. drifting to the right a little. contact right. okay. engine stop. >> we copy it down, eagle. >> the eagle has landed. >> this was a thrilling moment in history. and almost everybody who was alive at that moment remembered where they were, whether they were watching it on television in their own homes or if they were standing in an appliance store watching it on a television. people around the world stopped to watch the landing on the moon and the first steps of human beings on the moon. >> i'm going to step off now. that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> after the crew. >> the apollo 11 crew had climbed out, done some exploration close to the lunar module, collected some samples of lunar soil and rocks, taken some photographs, placed a u.s. flag on the moon, they went back in to the lunar module. and this became their vehicle for their trip home. they launched the small top portion, leavi

once they were secure inside the command module, reunited with michael collins. the lunar module was detached and it fell back to the moon with an intentional crash on the moon because geologists and seismologists wanted to track what kind of impact it made on the moon. so from a space historian's point of view, these two craft, the apollo command module and the lunar module are the icons of the space race. along with the suits worn by the astronauts on the moon, these symbolized that very historic moment in time, july 1969, when human beings first set foot on another body in our solar system. and in effect, won the space race. when children look at this spacecraft, they often say that doesn't look like a spaceship, because we tend to think that spacecraft are always streamlined and maybe they look like rockets more than anything else. but this spacecraft has an interesting design and in many ways it's fairly primitive given the job that it had to do. it didn't need to be streamlined on the outside because it wasn't going to operate in the atmosphere. it would on

to welcomenor michael collins. cathy stoddard of pittsburgh pennsylvania and diane palmer of milwaukee, wisconsin. it's my pleasure to yield to vicki gonzales from miami, florida. and welcome to all of our nurses who are here today. morning.you and good my name is vicki gonzales and i am a nurse at jackson memorial hospital, florida possible largest public hospital. my heart is overjoyed when our patients get the care they need. 'st too long ago, jackson memorial emergency room was flooded with individuals who lack health care coverage and relied on emergency medicine for primary care. emergency medicine costs five times more than a visit to the doctor's office. far too often, uninsured individuals cannot afford out-of-pocket charges that can easily exceed one months rent. that was more patients covered and more of a safety net, my hospital can invest nation care dollars wisely. more patients have access to care regardless of pre-existing conditions. if congress forges ahead and takes health care away, millions of

but just two weeks ago we had michael collins here, the first time he's been here in a few years. our original director. and we've met buzz aldrin, neil armstrong, john glenn, scott carpenter, pete conrad used to come here. owen garriott back from the early period, john young and the bob cripin the first crew from the first space shuttle mission. eileen collins has been here and pam melroy, the two commanders of the shuttle mission. and again, in may we had astronauts who had just returned from the international space station. so whenever they come to washington, they like to come here too. many of them spent hours here when they were children. and they say that this museum was partly responsible for their love of aviation and their passion to become astronauts. >> let me just make the point, for those of you listening on c-span radio, of course watching on c-span3's american history tv, we are live at the national air and space museum in washington, d.c. our next caller is john joining us from new hampshire with valerie neal. go ahead, please. >> caller: good evening. i just want

>> this is the "columbia" command module that was piloted by general michael collins, who was the first director of this museum. >> and he's still alive. >> yes, he was, and he was just here last month. and the interesting thing about this is it has not really been opened since 1970. and we found graffiti inside where he had written on the side of it, and so did buzz aldrin and neil armstrong. but first time it was ever recorded. so, he talked about it a little bit and the experiences he had. but this is from "apollo 11." so this was the base camp, so to speak, for the folks that went to the moon. >> and what's amazing is how small it is. >> yes, for three people. >> cramped quarters. >> yes. fortunately, they weren't gone that long, and two of them were out on vacation for part of the trip. >> do you have a favorite exhibit, a favorite spot here at the museum. >> well, i do, yes. we have an airplane down in the sierra gallery called the boeing f-4/b-4, and my family flew that exact airplane the year i was born, so it has special meaning to me. >> we are inside the national air and spac

michael collins joins us now. that chart, is there a signal in that for you? michael: there is.ng to make a quick buck in the near term. insuranceal money, companies or pension plans or retirees, they have a much longer term perspective. and typically, you want to sell depth of ae recession and you want to buy them when you go through a growth surge. because that is when yields are high. so i think this is an opportunity to take a long-term perspective and buy bonds. jonathan: you could take a long term perspective if you believe this is the new range and you could trade around here and you feel this is where we are at? michael: i do. i look at what is priced into the yield curve. i take the under on that. i think it is unlikely they will get as many hikes as they have priced in. david: there is an unfair model. of long-term guys have a lot money. so it will collect itself if you keep on buying? that into this year. stocks were up 10% from the election and bonds were down. that is a big divergence. so we saw a lot of money this asr coming out of stocks pension plans rebounds and

. >> we are going to go to michael collins from u.s.a. today. reporter: president-elect trump assange to say that the russians weren't involved in the hacking. i would like your thoughts on mr. assa nmp ge and whether he is a trust-worth source? senator corker: i don't know the gentleman and has been in a facility for some time in europe. i have a very low regard for what his organization has done in compromising u.s. intelligence, compromising u.s. diplomats and citizens and our ability to communicate with other embassees. there is a trust level that has occurred. so i don't know the gentleman. based on what i know have a very low regard for what he and his organization have done. i think we are going to have some other leaks. you realize that yesterday, we had a hearing and the f.b.i. couldn't come and told not to come and the director of national intelligence told not to come, not to have a representative. and while waiting until next week for this classified report and we reallyr we hope most of it is not going to be classified and you can s

but just two weeks ago we had michael collins here, the first time he has been here in a few years. our original director. and we've met buzz aldrin, neil armstrong, john glenn, scott carpenter, pete conrad used to come here. owen garriott back from the early period, john young and the bob cripin the first crew from the first space shuttle mission. eileen collins has been here and pam millroy, the two commanders of the space mission. and again in may, we had astronauts who had just returned from the international space station. so whenever they come to washington, they like to come here too. many of them spent hours here when they were children. and they say that this museum was partly responsible for their love of aviation and their passion to become astronauts. >> let me just make the point, for those of you listening on c-span radio, of course watching on c-span3's american history tv, we are live at the national air and space museum in washington, d.c. our next caller is john joining us from new hampshire with valerie neal. go ahead, please. >> good evening. i just want to ask i

. >> we are going to go to michael collins from u.s.a. today. reporter: senator, as you know, president trump has recently cited julian assange to say that the russians weren't involved in the hacking. i would like your thoughts on whether he and should be considered a trustworthy source on the issue? sen. corker: i don't know the gentleman. i guess he has been in a facility for some time in europe. i certainly have a very low regard for what his organization has done in compromising u.s. intelligence, compromising u.s. diplomats and citizens and our ability to communicate with other embassees. there is a trust level that has been lost through all of what has occurred through the years over the last four or five years. so i do not know the gentleman. i certainly, based on what i know, have a very low regard for what he and his organization have done. i think we are going to have some other leaks. you realize that yesterday, we had a hearing, and the f.b.i. couldn't come, they were told not to come and the director of , national intelligence told