mr. weiner: it's an interesting point. one of the most common things we hear from people who oppose this comprehensive health plan is they pick a read of information and say, why don't we do this? why don't we let all insurance companies around the country compete in every market? well, i'm open to the idea but i got to tell you, they don't seem to want to. we have 50 states with 50 state insurance commissions and you can knock on the door on any one of them and say i want to apply to provide service here in minnesota or new york. you know we have a grant total of zero applications from insurance companies in new york want to operate in maine. i tell you why, mr. ellison, for an obvious reason. if you're an insurance company in new york, you don't know any of the doctors in maine. and what your patients and customers will want is my doctor in your network. so they have to go organize all these doctors, create a whole new network. it's hard to do. i honor health insurance companies for trying to do it -- they make a lot of

mr. weiner is walking in the door so we are going to have a nice conversation. welcome, mr. weiner. i'm honored to support your bill. this addresses the need for new construction or substantial rehabilitation for multifamily units. the f.h.a. multifamily insurance program expands the supply of rental housing. f.h.a.'s multifamily mortgage programs has them to provide long-term fixed rate multifamily properties that are available for low to moderate income families. these include police, firefighters, service workers and among others. in the most expensive cities, it's difficult for those starting out in the work force to find affordable housing where they work. there is only three f.h.a. multifamily insured loans for high-rise construction in the nation in fiscal year 2007 and 2008. according to the mortgage bankers association, m.b.a., while the base loan limit in high-cost factors have been raced in the past eight years, -- raised in the past eight years, in most parts of the country, in fact, the data shows that while elevator buildings cost 45% more than nonelevated structures,

mr. weiner and the reason i'm calling is to tell the people listening in that after 40 years as a republican resigned from my party last week. host: why? caller: quite obvious, i think. opposition to everything. not only health care. and i finally decided to resign from that party. i got a phone call. host: we're going to let you go but we will allow you to call back in 30 days. we will take a short time out and get back to more of your calls. talking the economy yash gupta, dean of the business school at johns hopkins university. we will be right back. >> joined "book-tv" at the national book festival in washington. live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. every weekend on c-span2. see personal interviews with every supreme court justice, current and retired during supreme court week. did an insiders view of the people and places that make up the nation's highest court. >> often when i go home at night, the building is vacant and i walked through the great hall and and look around at the pillars and it really impresses upon me the importance of the work we are doing. as many times as i have walked throu

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