i want to encourage all americans to stand up to the same fear mongering attacks that have prevented them from getting -- the health care they deserve for decades. we can offer a public option that helps all americans. i implore the american people to remember that we are not the

we are sacrificing to fear mongering. host: this is a bipartisan commission. guest: jim talent, former republican senator, bob graham a former democratic congressman. this is not something that heritage did. this is the complacency that i am worried about. people think we are out of the woods on this. i still believe that al qaeda and others in the cross hairs host. the program elite -- begins at 11:00 a.m.. host: do you think that 9/11 -- there is confusion about that. everyone saying a lot of stories. what do you think? my last and final statement would be, why would we want to listen to the republicans when it was their policies that got us into the problems that we have now? guest: i don't think 9/11 was a conspiracy at all. i don't understand the conspiracy theories. nearly 3000 people from 80 countries died. there is a real threat out there. there still is a threat. if you read, you'll see that terrorism is still a problem around the world. host: part of the commission's report deals with biological weapons. guest: by a weapons are a concern today. -- bi

before all the fear mongering and before all the misleading information begins. if you are serving our country, if you're wearing the uniform of our nation, your health care will be protected and strengthened under president obama's health care reform effort. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. critical to health care are reform is who has the power. currently the pair has the power. ask a medicare recipient if she has the power or the government agency which pays. ask a patient denied a procedure if he has the power or the insurance company which pays. reform must fix what's broken. what's broken is who has the power. real reform gives the patient the power. government already controls 50% of health care spending. by controlling dollars, bureaucrats control care. the president's plan doubles down on government control. it doubles down on what is broken.

we have heard a lot of fear mongering here on the floor of the house of representatives and a lot of misinformation trying to scare voters and consumers into believing that somehow their taxes are going to go up. that's not true. this is a carefully crafted bill that provides lots of exemptions to energy intensive industries, to trade and vulnerable industries that will really make a difference in people's lives. frankly to stand still is to lose. and that's why so many companies like johnson & johnson, conoco phillips have endorsed this legislation. energy intensive industries have endorsed this legislation because they know that if we are going to move forward and stay competitive as a country and if we are going to protect the interest of our consumers and environment, we need a new platform. this bill provides that. i support the legislation and urge my colleagues to do so, too and not listen to fear mongering, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise?

there was no arrogance or fear mongering in president obama's speech. he made no threats. he did not talk about an endless war on terrorism. instead, the president called for a new beginning between the united states and the muslim people. he renewed his pledge that america is not and never will be at war with islam. he called for cooperation instead of conflict. he courageously acknowledged the mistakes of the past and called for an end to mistrust. the president marginalized extremists by saying and i quote him, the enduring space of over a billion people is so much bigger than a narrow hatred of a few, unquote. he defended israel's right to live in peace while recognizing the palestinian people's right to a state of their own. on iran, president obama urged diplomacy and reiterated his call for a nuclear-free world. and he advocated for democracy, for religious freedom, economic opportunity and the rights of women and girls. madam speaker, everyone listening to the speech had to be inspired by the president's eloquence and good well, but the president also acknowledged

i do not know where war- mongering comes in. i was against the war in iraq and thought it gave excuse to the warmongers in the region, including those like ahmadinejad. it created a mistrust of the possibility of any form of democracy in the region, including in palestine. so, you have to understand that our own cry for freedom implies allowing other people to be free. they go hand in hand. freedom is not an american entity. it is a universal entity and the same way that the tortures and abu ghraib for not the products of certain people, but a tragedy that belonged to america. host: this is an e-mailed question. guest: i believe that democratization in one area will lead to that in another area. i do not believe we can bring about democratization by foreign invasion. that has a danger of bringing all the violent elements, not only within the country, but within the region. i hope in coming years we see change were both iraq and iran as well as other areas will become more democratic. host: mike is next on our independent line fr

and the kind of a traditional sense of it as a bunch of the traditional sense of a bunch of policy monger's implementing policy is an important part of this president's vision, how do you institutionalize change? how do you make it happen? the washington post talked-about the memorandum sent to all agency heads about transforming the federal personnel process. this is the management side of omb, making it different and transforming government. we are at a unique moment in the public/private sector, the boundaries of public/private sector, the power of government to solve human problems. now we have the opportunity to make government transparent. omb is a center of a lot of the transparency efforts, the recovery effort, the vice president's office implementing a lot of stuff in the recovery act. in 4 months i tell people it has been 4-1/2 months, we have had 2 budget cycles in the 2010 budget. it has been an extraordinary amount of work. given the economic mess we are in, given just how presidential priorities are implemented through economics and budget, it is natural that omb would pursue

will try to scuttle this opportunity no matter what, who will use the same scare tactics and fear mongering that has worked in the past. who will give warnings about socialized medicine and government takeovers, long lines and ration of care, decisions made by bureaucrats and not doctors, we have heard this all before. because these fears tactics have worked, things have kept getting worse. let's begin by saying this, to you and to the american people. i know that there are millions of americans who are content with their health care coverage. they like their plan, and most importantly, they value their relationship with their dr.. they trust you. that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise. to the american people. if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your dr. period. [applause] if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, [applause] no one will take it away. no matter what. my view is that health care reform should be guided by a simple principle, fix what is broken, build on what works. that is what we i

we must not let the scare mongering about the possible consequences of a public option deter us from doing what the american people overwhelmingly want and need. it is time to put the health needs of the american people -- not the insurance companies -- first. it is time to move past the partisan bickering and make sure that the health care reform passed by congress includes a real public option. it is the right thing. it is the smart thing. and it is what the american people want and they deserve. mr. president, i yield back the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. a senator: i ask unanimous consent to speak for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. demint: thank you, mr. president. it seems that you're always stuck with listening to me. i apologize for that. i want to respond to my colleague's grand design of our new health care system in just a moment, but i'd like to back up a little bit and discuss health care and some other things in context. there's no question in anyone's m

schakowsky: it's nearly a decade ago that in my district a hate monger came with a gun and pointed it at young men and women, people, families, leaving their synagogue at the beginning of the sabbath. when he wasn't able to kill anybody there, he drove down the street and saw an african-american standing in front of his house with his children in skokie, illinois, and shot and killed ricky birdsong a community leader and beloved member of that community. we made some progress in extinguishing anti-semitism and hatred, we've certainly worked toward it. yet yesterday, at the holocaust museum a place dedicated to remembering the lives of senselessly killed millions of people. another shooter was there. but standing in his way was officer johns, officer stephen tyrone johns who died in defense of tolerance in our country, against intolerance in our country and saved probably the lives of many, many people in doing so because that shooter was going on to kill others. we owe him and his family a debt of gratitude and send condolences to those who loved him. thank you. the speaker pro tempor

i want to encourage all americans to stand up to the same fear mongering attacks that have prevented them from getting -- the health care they deserve for decades. we can offer a public option that helps all americans. i implore the american people to remember that we are not the country of no we can't. we are america. the country of yes we can. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. speier: mr. speaker, while we are often focused on the things that make us different from other cultures, the recent news in iran illustrates there are far more things that bind us than divide us. freedom of speech, democracy, and respect for basic fairness are not uniquely american or western values. they are hard wired into all of us. as elemental to the human experience as the need for food, water, or love. we will likely have political differences with the government of iran

at the capitol by someone who was deranged, but the person who killed the officer today was a hate monger, hating jews, hating blacks, hating everybody and it's time for us to pause and say that all people of goodwill will not tolerate that kind of hatred. there's another thing that we really need to take into account as well, and that is when deranged people can get hold of guns, we really have a serious problem in this country that we need to do something about guns that are out there in the hands of deranged people, people who should never own guns. this person who fired the fatal shot was a known white supremacist who served time in jail, how in god's name was he ever able to get a gun? we really need to think p about this. it hasn't to do with second amendment rights but sensible second amendment rights and sensible feelings and thinking about who should be allowed to have a gun. certainly not a deranged person. i would ask for a moment of silence for officer johns and let his family understand that the united states congress appreciates his great service to our country. and there ar