mr. robinson's ceremony up in new york.was the day i won the masters, and he said it was so important i should be there. i was just wondering if it was so important why didn't he ask me before instead of jumping on the bandwagon right when i won. that really bothered me. >> larry: did he call you personally? >> he did. i've always honored jackie robinson and know all about him, and i figured, you know what? i would rather -- i'm more of a private person and would celebrate his occasion within my heart. that was it. >> larry: how does a 22-year-old say no to the president of the united states? >> that's just me. it's not that i'm saying no to the president of the united states. i'm saying no to the way he approached it. >> larry: did you tell him the reason? did you say why didn't you call saturday? >> i just did a press conference, and i was walking out signing a bunch of autographs and here he was on the phone. >> larry: did you know you'd take some shots for that? >> i take shots for everything i do. >> larry: other than

mr. william robinson wrote, i'm about to be laid off from the job i've had for 19 years. my biggest fear is not being employed, but being able to find and get affordable health care. i'm 60 years old. i have a preexisting condition that will for certain make it impossible for me to buy health insurance. mr. and mrs. gilbert de la cruz quote, we're at the point of losing our home because we've spent our savings on medical and prescription drugs. i'm 67, retired and my wife is 62. because of the medicare gap and prescription drug coverage, we have to pay $600 a month on prescription drugs. it's a huge portion of our monthly income. we will be selling our home shortly because -- and perhaps moving in with one of our children because there doesn't seem to be any option. well, i want to say to mr. de la cruz, help is on the way. if we get the 60 votes, we are forced to get, not 50 when the majority, but 60 votes because of the republican filibuster. we get those 60 votes each time, there's hope for you because we are going to fix that entire problem. mr. ronald kim, he says i'

mr. william robinson wrote, i am about to be laid off from the job by a cab for 19 years. my biggest fear is not being employed but being able to finding get affordable health care. i am 60 years old. i had the preexisting condition that will force certain make it impossible for me to buy health insurance. mr. and mrs. gilbert look crews, quote, we are at the point of losing our home because we have spent our savings on medical and prescription drugs. i am 67, retired in my white is 62. because of the medicare gap and prescription drug coverage we have had to pay $600 a month on prescription drugs. it is a huge portion of our monthly income. we will be selling our home shortly because, and perhaps moving in with one of our children because there doesn't seem to be and the option. i want to say to mr. de la crews, help is on the way, if we get the 60 votes were forced to get, not 51 the majority but 60 votes because of the republican filibuster. we get the 60 votes each time. there is hope for you because we are going to fix that entire problem. mr. ronald cam says i am in

mr. william robinson wrote i'm about to be laid off from the job i've had for 19 years. my biggest fear is not being employed, but being able to find and get affordable health care. i'm 60 years old. i have a preexisting condition that will for certain make it impossible for me to buy health insurance. mr. and mrs. gilbert de la cruze -- quote -- "we're at the point of losing our home because we spent our savings on medical and prescription drugs. i'm 67, retired, and my wife is 62. because of the medicare gap in prescription drug coverage, we've had to pay $600 a month on prescription drugs. it's a huge portion of our monthly income. we will be selling our home shortly because -- and perhaps moving in with one of our children because there doesn't seem to be any option." well, i want to say to mr. de la cruze, help is on the way if we get the 60 votes we are forced to get. not 51, the majority. but 60 votes because of a republican filibuster. we get those 60 votes each time, there's hope for you because we are going to fix that entire problem. mr. ronald kim, he says "i

mr. kell helped to groom his successor, a third base fellow arkansas native, brooks robinson, who would laterjoin mr. kell as an inductee in the baseball hall of fame. it was during that ceremony that mr. kell said how incredible it was for two arkansas natives to travel the same path to this same place. although he ended his career in 1957 he never truly left the game. as has been noted in 1958 he began broadcasting on cbs' "game of the week" and joined the detroit tigers broadcast team teaming with van patrick and earn drn ernie hollowell. mr. speaker, regrettably, george kell passed away in swifton, arkansas, on march 24 of this year at the age of 86. although he's no longer with us, mr. kell's memory will be living on through his family and son as well as the couptless baseball fans that he entertained as both a player and a broadcaster. let us honor mr. kell by designating the postal facility in his hometown of swifton, arkansas, and the george -- as the george kell post office. and i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us and join mr. berry in sponsoring and supporting

mr. hatch: let me share here just an excerpt from these two people, and this is -- or from from -- an excerpt by dr. michael adams, ph.d., and carroll g. robinson, esquire, and barbara jordan from the mickey leland school of public affairs, texas southern university. "our reading of the constitution and supreme court precedent could not identify any reasonable basis, expressed or implied, for granting congress the broad, sweeping and unprecedented power that is represented by the individual mandate requirement. in fact, we could not find any court decision, state or federal, that said or implied that the constitution gave congress the power to mandate citizens to buy a particular good or service or be subject to a financial penalty levied by the government for not doing so." that's -- that's pretty impressive stuff. it is certainly possible to achieve the goal of greater health insurance coverage by constitutional means, not unconstitutional means. i am quite certain, however, that those means are politically impossible. liberty requires that the constitution trump politics, but in the legislation before us, politics trumps the constitution. an