we have a turnover against oklahoma state. >> barry: seventh oklahoma state turnover. the cardinal battles. oklahoma statd seemingly in command, but yet a ten point ball game, 33-23 cowboys. >> barry: welcome back. time now for our toyo tires driven to perform. >> marques: jarrett mann did a nice job setting up the play on the penetration. landry fields is just terrific. >> barry: seven rebounds to go with it. james anderson 12 points and he has four rebounds. >> marques: you talked about it. these guys get the numbers. who else will step into the fray and make a he name for himself and help his team win this basketball game for stanford in particular. landry fields has 7 and the rest of the team, the last miss. >> barry: 38% for oklahoma state and 37% for standefoford. it's all about defense, though. >> marques: oklahoma state has done a great job man-to-man defense, a little zone defense right now against stanford. still man-to-man with the zone principles. it looked like a two-three zone. they're following cutters through. >> barry: stanford ball off of anderson. th

and i hope my colleague and friend from oklahoma will come and explain exactly what he meant. now, snar as far as this bill ts before us, i must say i wish this bill were different. i wish it had a strong public option. i wish it offered medicare to people 55 years and older. i wish it eliminated the mccarran-ferguson antitrust exemption for health insurance companies. unfortunately, it doesn't do those things. but my disappointment over those elements shouldn't lead me to conclude that this bill is wanting or this bill is bad. just the opposite's true. just the opposite is true we have to look at the positive side of what this legislation will do. it will extend the reach of health insurance coverage to 30 million more americans. i see on the floor this evening my colleague from arizona, he and i were on a television show early this morning. i'm sure we got great ratings, because the public can't wait to hear us. during the course of the television show, the senator from arizona expressed concern that 20 million americans wouldn't be covered by our bill. interesting, isn't it

i've been listening to the senator from oklahoma, who's a physician. and i know cares deeply about his patients, continues to treat patients as he serves near the senate. and it seems to me what you've done is pointed out the fact there will be much interruption, if you will, changes in the way that physicians and patients and their relationship is. but the big picture is -- is what you're concerned about too, and that is the tremendous indebtedness this country has. the -- the fact that the good chairman of the finance committee, who's here today listening patiently, and i know this has to be painful to him, the fact is that half of the reform we're talking about is putting people in medicaid. a program that 40% of physicians won't see and 50% of specialists won't see. mr. coburn: and the outcomes are poor. mr. corker: the outcomes are poor. i read last week, so man prescriptions for anti-sigh could the ex-- antipsychotic drugs of people to don't want to deal with them on medicaid. half of the money is coming from medicare, which is insolvent. so we s

and that will include, as the senator from oklahoma mentioned, school teachers from oklahoma, who are considered to have these high benefit plans. a school teacher making $50,00 making $50,000, $60,000 a year with a high-benefit plan. do you know what the tax is on that high-benefit plan? do you know what the tax is on that oklahoma school teacher? it's a 40% -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i thank the senator and i would just say i hope we get a bipartisan vote on this amendment, this offer, this motion. i hope we get a bipartisan vote to say the one thing we ought to do, if nothing else, is be fair to the american people. you don't pay taxes until the program is up and going. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: i ask unanimous consent to offer unanimous consent requests to the chairman of the finance committee. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: i'd offer unanimous consent that before -- that it not be in order for the duration of

the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognize plsmed lucas: i note to my colleagues, i have one remaining speaker and i turn to him to close when the time is appropriate. mr. stew spach -- stupak: i yield the balance of my time to the co-author of this amendment, mr. van hollen. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. . mr. van hollen: when used properly within the appropriate framework, derivatives can be valuable tools and provide important consumer benefits. that being said, we have learned all too painfully over the last year that derivatives used improperly and outside of an appropriate regulatory framework can become what warren buffet

coburn from oklahoma, and doctor barrasso from wyoming. i wonder if they would bear with me for just a minute or two to reflect on something that the majority leader said and the -- what the minority leader said. the minority leader talked about a historic mistake. there's been a lot of talk around here about making history on health care. the problem is there's many different kinds of history as the republican leader -- leader has pointed out. it seems our friends on the other side are absolutely determined to pursue a political come cozkamakazee mission for td states. i did a little research on historic mistakes. we made them before in the united states congress and maybe we'd be wise to take governor schwarzenegger's advice and slow down and learn from our history rather than try to top our previous historic mistake, like

i come from a capital-starved district in oklahoma. credit is important over the farmer, rancher, business person, every person engaged in the industry of energy production. every individual with a family trying to send their kids to school. let's not make every -- make everything they do cost more. i yield back the balance of my time, madam chair. first i would yield to the gentleman from the financial services committee, mr. bachus. mr. bachus: i thank the gentleman. mr. gutierrez came to the floor and he made a point that we want to avoid what happened in a.i.g. but in fact, i think he reminded the body of a very important thing. that's, what did happen in a.i.g. large counterparties and creditors were bailed out and whether you call it a permanent bailout authority, as we do, of $150 billion, or as the gentleman from illinois says, a funeral fund, it is $150 billion and it is used to bail out creditors and counterparties. now isn't that what happened in a.i.g.? isn't that what the gentleman from illinois and the chairman of the com

so ask my friends from oklahoma and wyoming. it's going to be a lot harder for congress if they try to fix all this health care system at one to come back and repeal it then it was too repeal a boat tax. don't you think that we ought to take the time to avoid another historic mistake? >> i would answer my colleague from tennessee as a practicing physician. when i see the historic mistake were going to allow the federal government which carrier you are going to get. we're going to divide the loyalty of your physician and no longer will you be able to get 100% advocate for you they will be an advocate for the government over the government says. because in this bill the one that's going to come has three different programs that puts government bureaucracy in charge of what you can cannot have. doesn't consider what your personal health, which are personal medical history is, what's your family medical history of spirit here's what you can and cannot do. that call ration. that's in the bill. that's coming and that's a historic make

says this bill is a disaster for oklahoma. not only will it raise insurance premiums, it will decrease the numbers of people available but even more fort lee the state employees in oklahoma will be under the tax for having to reach of a plan. by the time 2013 rolls around, so every state employee in oklahoma is going to pay a tax on their health care policy. they are not going to be able to keep it. if you have an fsa your not going to be of to keep it. so the very fact is if you really like what you have got today, your employer likes with you have got to date in you like what you have got today you can't keep it. i have had to other caveat. there is a grandfather clause in the bill but if you change one significant word in the health-insurance contract for your employees the grandfather clause goes away and then you come under the rules and regulations of the bureaucracies of the federal government. finally let me make one other point which we didn't have on this that it would reduce the fraud and waste and abuse so on septe

we caught up with adrian at the place the star began to rise, norman, oklahoma, where he continues to go back and give back, teaching a new generation what it means to move forward in football and in life. >> i always say to people he has the most amazing, inviting warm smile and i'm always looking for a little cockiness, a little glimmer in your eye and there's nothing with you. i keep looking for attitude. i just don't see it. it's there, right? >> my mom said it was there. >> you're one of those guys, totally different on the field than off? >> i keep a smile on my face during the game, but, you know, that's how i get away on the field and i've been doing it all my life. so, i have this mentality where i give 110% since i was 7 and that was instilled in me, you know, a long time ago. anytime i step on the field it's just like i'm transformed. actually, it's funny. i'll be sometimes doing warm-ups, i put my helmet on, make a little noises, mess around with the guys, get a helmet, put it on, like i'm transforming, you know, shh, do silly stuff like that to get myself in the mood or w

oklahoma state, as you mentioned, to go along with oklahoma.imited, i think, the conversation that it's always been so spirited in the game of basketball, which i think drives the interest in the game. that is, the healthy conversation about which conference is best in a given year. >> mike: the s.e.c. has come back this year. >> tim: much better year for them. >> mike: the big ten is coming back. you've got a bunch of teams in the top 45. >> tim: the acc is right there, it's not as top-heavy as perhaps it's been in recent memory. but that's because there's a transition taking place. but we'll say this, too, about boston college, al skinner knows how to get it done. and i think that given the fact that he hasn't had rakim until tonight, their record coming in was pretty good. >> mike: and i think, you know, you've got to bring him back. he's healthy enough to play. you have to work him in at at some point time. clearly it threw their rhythm off, affected reggie jackson. they'll get it figured out. now you just want him to stay healthy for them

this amendment simply says that everyone the senator from oklahoma -- oklahoma just made reference to the has that same protection for of that is all this amendment is about too. >> if you will yield for a question, if this amendment does not pass which protects all medicare advantage beneficiaries come all 11,532,000 in my state, and as a result of not only these cuts but additional cuts to come in the future which make it harder and harder for medicare beneficiaries to get coverage, i would ask your colleagues are particularly our doctors, what is the impact on eliminating medicare advantage and levying people with medicare fee-for-service which is the amendment survey which is yet to parcel language? said dr. unguaranteed benefits but the senator from oklahoma makes a good point* right now medicare vantage aren't guaranteed benefits and we will cut those but what is the consequence of seniors losing medicare advantage can be forced only on a fee-for-service program? >> ltd. preventative trading no coordinated care. loss of access to certain drugs. accessory things i'd vision, heari

i would ask my friends from oklahoma and wyoming. it's going to be a lot harder for congress if they try to fix all of this health care system at once to come back and repeal it than it was t to repeal a bot tax. don't you think we should take the time to avoid another historic mistake? mr. coburn: i would answer my colleague from tennessee that as a practicing physician, what i see is the historic mistake is we're going to allow the federal government to decide what care you're going to get. we're going to divide the loyalty of your physician. no longer will they be a 100% advocate for you. they're going to be an advocate for the government and what the government says. this bill, even the one that's going to come, has three different programs that puts bureaucracy in charge of what you can and cannot have. it doesn't consider your personal health, what your past history is, what your family history is. they're going to say what you can and cannot do. that's called rationing. that's in the bill. that's coming. and that's a historic

president, i ask consent to yield from the senator from oklahoma to describe the patients choice act. and the way we could truly save money and reduce the fraud abuse and waste in this system and the at the same time preserve quality health care. >> mr. president -- >> senator from oklahoma. >> thank you. >> you know, there these to be some clarification. medicare doesn't cover everything. 84% of all medicare patients have to buy a supplemental policy now. you know what medicare advantage is about? who set the prices on medicare advantage. the government set the prices on medicare advantage. the very same people that you want to run it now created the 14% premium. the insurance industry didn't set the prices. the medicaid services set the price. the government is responsible for that. now why is medicare advantage important? because the vast majority of the people in my state and every state who have medicare advantage can't afford to buy a supplemental policy to make them whole on medicare because medicare won't cover it. so medicare advantage for 89,000 oklahomans is the only way th

the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: thank you. medicare doesn't cover everything. 84% of all medicare patients have to buy a supplemental policy now. do you know what kphaeupbg is about -- medicare crank? who set the price on medicare advantage? the government set the price. the very same people you want to run it now created a 14% premium. the insurance industry didn't set the prices. the center for medicare services set the prices. the government is responsible for that different repbgs. why is medicare -- for that differential. why is medicare advantage important? because the majority of people can't afford to buy a supplemental policy to make them whole. so medicare advantage for 89,000 oklahomans is the only way they get equality with the rest of their peer group that can afford to buy a supplemental policy. and now we're going to take that ability away from the poor seniors in oklahoma, arizona, iowa, illinois, and we're going to say you don't get what everybody else because you are economically disadvantaged, so we're going

alexander, and the senator from oklahoma, mr. coburn, and senator enzi, and senator crapo, unanimous consent that we engage in a colloquy. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the minority has three minutes and 42 seconds and then on top of that at -- at 2:00, the senator from arizona controls 17 1/2 minutes. mr. mccain: thank you. i'll just let those minutes run together if there's no objection. mr. mccain: mr. president -- the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: i want to begin our conversation with a brief comment about the american association of retired persons known as the aarp, who has now come out against this amendment incredibly. and it's a fascinating history of that liberal democratic group because in 1993 they stated when we had some savings in medicare we had -- we had some savings in medicare in 1993, the aarp said -- quote -- "if we're talking about medicare cuts alone as a way of financing health reform, we would fight that with all of our strength. w

host: on your screen is senator tom coburn, republican of oklahoma.e washington post." "senators may be home for christmas only in their dreams." would you be here for christmas? guest: rather not be, but that is up to the majority leader. as far as i'm concerned, we are in a little bit of a charade right now. host: senator debbie stabenow, a democrat from michigan, was on the senate floor yesterday, and here is what she had to say. >> out of 40 weeks we have been in session here, 36 of those weeks we have at filibuster's, or stalling tactics, objections to amendments, objections to bills being put on the floor. that means that only four weeks out of the entire year we have been in this tuition were republicans have not been saying no -- in a situation where republicans have not been saying no, have not been stalling on things that are incredibly important. guest: i do not know if the numbers are right. probably the characterization is certainly wrong. most bills, without offering amendments. just like we have had the health care bill, we have had 10

mccain: -- believe the senator from oklahoma could not have a heart attack. mr.coburn: well, i'll ignore that comment. the fact -- the fact is, is what mayo says is we've got to figure out how we create the incentives in terms of how do we get paid cared for at a lower cost? medicare isn't the way to do it. as a matter of fact, i heard our colleagues talk, we've had eight votes since last saturday. we're ready to vote. this is a 2,074-page vote. i've got 15 amendments in the queue. i want to vote on them. they don't want to vote because they don't want the american people to hear all of the bad things about what's going to happen to their health care if this bill passes. and if we do medicare, what's going to happen is medicare costs are going to skyrocket but access to going to go down. mr. mccain: parntsly, i'd ask my colleague from tennessee, we don't know what we'd be voting on, because there's been a whole rewrite of this health care reform here after a year and we don't even know what the provisions of that bill are, except what has been leaked and apparent

. >> mike: you know, jim baron, they're playing oklahoma state this year. so they krael amp up their nonconference schedule. >> tim: when you think of the teams always there in that league and the success they've had in the tournament, getting into the top three of the a-10, pretty tough. >> mike: temple today beating nova by ten points, number three. >> tim: sanders, nice inbounds play and boston college. sanders now with six. >> mike: i think boston college is out of siync. they're still trying to work their way into a new rhythm. >> tim: there's outerbridge, baseline extended. not there. ravenel is hammered. outerbridge got him and will pick up the foul. esche ravenel is a big youngster from tampa, florida, 6'8", 255. outerbridge did pick up his first. got a hold on mejia, who was trying to keep up with biko paris, giving up a little size to the veteran boston college guard. >> mike: five turnovers, but two have been dead ball end line turnovers that allowed them to set up in some sort of pressure instead of giving bc a run out on them. >> tim: out of th

wizards home tonight night in oklahoma city. gilbert wanted a foul and didn't get it. >>phil: missed the layup, wizards have numbers. five on four. butler drives on randolph and stuffs it in. nice hesitation move by ka ron. steve: washington by two. very frustrating loss in minnesota. gilbert arenas has said we are not a good basketball team right now. we have to prove ourselves. >>phil: that's a good point. steve: you look at some team assaying we should win that game, as you have said, they are looking at the other team saying we should win that game. >>phil: and they are only on in that third quarter. much more hungry than washington. steve: minnesota winning for the 7th time on the season. randolph shot. butler has it with brendan haywood. coy penetrates. lays it up with jamison but missed it. >>phil: he messed with his concentration. mayo for carol and he is short. dezul and fouled by gilbert arenas. carol a rookie from missouri, a 27th overall pick last summer after a couple years in missouri. this ball is off of the front of the rim. brendon can't get to it and

host: oklahoma city, oklahoma. caller: i was calling about the five tribes in oklahoma.ons. they were eliminated from the tribes, and they will not be included with this. guest: this depends. the simple question is not whether or not you are an indian or anything of that nature, or a member of the tribe. the critical question is whether or not you have an interest that is held in trust by the united states. if you do, and you generate money, then you have an individual indian account, or you have an allotment. those are the individuals that will be members of the class. whether they are friedman or not, this does not matter. it is about if they have trust land. host: we have time for one more phone call. grand rapids, michigan. this is from the democratic line. caller: thank you for c-span and the hard work that mr. harper has devoted his time to. i would just like to know how you determine eligibility for what you have just explained to that last caller. i am from muskogee, oklahoma. we have some land in that area. and also, there is some grazing that is going on. and t

he's a guy who came as a very young man to tulsa, oklahoma. he has built one of the largest churches in the nation. he has been all throughout the soviet soviet union -- at that time it was the soviet union and throughout the world and he has been saving souls. this guy was just fantastic. when he died just last week, he was only 57 years old. and i -- i sat there -- i actually sat there, i say to the chair, for four hours in one chair and it was -- i didn't think i would be able to do that because i'm not -- i'm normally not that patient, but as people started giving talks and the eulogies that were given, the best was saved until last. and billy joe doherty has been married for 35 years or so to his wife sharon. she gave the most beautiful, long speech about her life with billy joe doherty. then one by one, the kids, four kids, john, paul, sarah and ruthie, they stood up and they gave tributes. and i was thinking, my prayer is that when -- my wife and i have been married -- in two weeks from now, it will be 50 years now. and we have 20 kids

the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: madam president, i know our leader's coming to speak, but prior to him coming, i will take a portion of my time that has been allotted to me by my side and discuss, you know, i sat here with great interest listening to the senator from new mexico. he referenced the state of massachusetts. i entered into the record yesterday that 21% of the peope couldn't get the care in massachusetts because they couldn't afford the co-pay and the deductible. this is basically a copy or model off of that. he also discussed the fact that this shows a $132 billion savings over the next 10 years provided you don't think you're going to allow any increase in doctor payments and you're going to reverse -- not reverse the 21% cut. i notice my leader is here and i'll be happy to yield to him at this time. mr. mcconnell: i thank my friend from oklahoma. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i'll be very brief. madam president, americans woke up yesterday stunned to read that dem

the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: i thank the gentleman and i thank the chairwoman for recognizing me and i rise in support of the peterson-frank amendment. it represents a year-long attempt to balance the needs of stronger regulation and a need to manage legitimate financial risk. thunderstorm amendment end users will not be regulated as -- under this amendment end users will not be regulated as though they were the financial houses residing on wall street. they are not systemically risky, they did not cause the financial collapse and they should be not be regulated like they did. not all concerns, however, have been resolved. and i would have preferred language that would have made clear only those that can cause a significant adverse impact on the u.s. financial system to be regulated as major swap participants. for that purpose i'm supporting congressman murphy's amendment that we'll see shortly to cure that deficiency. similarly i don't understand why market makers that only deal in cleared products need t

. $600,000 for a water storage tower construction in ado, oklahoma. -- in ada, oklahoma.population 208. $200,000 for a visitors' center in a town in texas with a population of 5,240. money for elimination of slum and blight in scranton, pennsylvania. now, that may have been put in by the cast of "the office." $292,000 for elimination of slum and blight in scranton, pennsylvania. $200,000 for design and construction of the garapan public market in the northern marianas islands. $500,000 for the development of a community center -- now, this is half a million dollars for a community center in custer county, idaho. the population is 4,342. $100,000 for the cleveland municipal school district. $100,000 for a school district. they just picked one and gave them $100,000. $800,000 for jazz at the lincoln center. $300,000 -- if you don't like jazz at the lincoln center, then go to carnegie hall. there is $300,000 for music programs there. i mentioned the rural bus program. $400,000 for orchestra iowa music education, cedar rapids, iowa, to support a music education program. $2,50

. -- in ada, oklahoma. population 208. $200,000 for a visitors' center in a town in texas with a population of 5,240. money for elimination of slum and blight in scranton, pennsylvania. now, that may have been put in by the cast of "the office." $292,000 for elimination of slum and blight in scranton, pennsylvania. $200,000 for design and construction of the garapan public market in the northern marianas islands. $500,000 for the development of a community center -- now, this is half a million dollars for a community center in custer county, idaho. the population is 4,342. $100,000 for the cleveland municipal school district. $100,000 for a school district. they just picked one and gave them $100,000. $800,000 for jazz at the lincoln center. $300,000 -- if you don't like jazz at the lincoln center, then go to carnegie hall. there is $300,000 for music programs there. i mentioned the rural bus program. $400,000 for orchestra iowa music education, cedar rapids, iowa, to support a music education program. $2,5

the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: the question i was going to ask, how many medicare advantage patients has he ever paid for? how many medicare patients has he ever cared for? how many times has he been in the trough experiencing the heavy hand of government as we try to care for people on medicare? the answer to that question is zero, because he's not a physician. he relies on the american medical association, the american medical association that today represents less than 10% of the active practicing doctors in this country. he relies on aarp who has 40 million in membership but is the fifth largest revenue receiver from supplemental policies. that's who he relies on. the fact is he doesn't have the experience of being in the trough, caring for patients. now, let me tell you what's going to happen to medicare advantage patients. the senator would not yield to me. i have no intention of yielding to him. mr. kerry: no, i was ready to yield on your time. mr. coburn: the senator would not yield. i will continue

senator coburn of oklahoma filed 212 amendments during the "help" committee markup. he offered 38 amendments to the bill. 19 of his amendments -- half of them -- were agreed to. of those that were not agreed to -- of those that were offered, 15 were not agreed to, all by roll call vote. so 13 amendments offered by the senator from oklahoma were included in the bill that is before us today. he has questioned whether or not the current procedure gives him an opportunity to offer amendments. the fact is, we are now on our 21st day of considering health care reform. exactly four amendments have been offered by the republican side of the aisle, four substantive amendments to change provisions in this bill of 2,000 pages. 21 days, four amendments. they offered six motions to stop the debate, send the bill back to committee. they're generic amendments. they don't ask for specific changes. they just take on an issue in the bill and say send it back to the committee and tell them to solve this problem and then bring it back to the floor at a later time. well, that's kind of a

but i think the senator from oklahoma makes a good point.ht now medicaid -- medicar, e advantage are guaranteed benefits. but what's the consequence of being forced only on a medicare fee-for-service program? mr. coburn: limited prevalence screening, no coordinated care, loss of access to certain drugs, accessory things like vision and hearing supplementals, but more importantly, what's going to be is poorer health outcomes sms that's what it's going to be. or a much smaller checkbook. one or the other. a smaller checkbook, because now the government isn't going to pay for it, you are; or poorer health outcome. if your checkbook is limited, the thing that's going to happen is you're going to get the poorer health outcome. mr. barrasso: the senator from arizona started talking about the closed-door meetings, secretly trying to come up with things. there was an article in the paper today that the democrats are turning to actually throw more people on the medicare rolls and medicaid rolls as they're trying to come up with some compromise. the i

oklahoma is first on the telephone.ler: when you look at some of these senators, they act as if they didn't care what the people want. there is talk of some of the special interests getting paper if they put money before their people, how you know they won't sell us out for some as the and not a secret. there was that mall thing that happened years ago and changed the system. it is obvious that they put money before the people. i don't know how -- i don't know how serious that is. host: we have columbus city, ohio, good morning. caller: i do support the bill but i did want a public option. i will support the bill. i think we need it. i am 76. i enjoy medicare. host: can you tell us why you support the public option? caller: there are so many people without insurance. they are minimum wage workers and they cannot afford the premiums that are being charged right now. the public option would bring that down. host: you are 76, you're on medicare? there has been talk about cuts in medicare in the senate bill or a medicare co

i am troubled by this statement and want to give the senator from oklahoma an opportunity to explain it because the simple reality is that don't think we should be wishing misfortunes on any senate colleagues on either side of the aisle. >>host: alex line from "congressional quarterly" did mr. cockburn ever come down to explain or talk privately? >> i don't know but i don't believe he ever came to the floor. from the perspective of the laymen or even a reporter, i did not think cockburn is statement was that outrageous i thought it was a frank acknowledgement that short of democrats getting lost in the snow on the way the republicans cannot do anything more erred but to stop the bill from passing. >>host: was there any more of on it on capitol hill? >> caller: and not too much there rose one question of senator lieberman could get back to the capital he left on friday to celebrate hanukkah. we have gotten confirmation he caught a train and is expected to be here. >>host: will all republicans be around for the bow? >> caller: they don't need to be. the onus is on the democrats to show

the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: i ask unanimous consent that myself and the senator from north carolina consume the next hour. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. coburn: thank you. we have been discussing health care in washington for the past eight, nine months rather vigorously. four years ago i started working on a bill with my colleagues in the senate, and we introduced a bill two years ago and modified it this year. it was introduced before the house bill. it was introduced before the senate bill. it was introduced before the bill that we have on the floor at this time. and it's called the patients' choice act. and we heard several times that the republicans just want to stop this. as a practicing physician, i fully recognize the need to significantly reform health care. there is no question. i recognize. and in that bill is guaranteed issue. no preexisting conditions are allowed in exchanges under our bill. but i also recognize that as we fix health care, some of the thin

see one of the biggest rebounders in the pac-10 and senior landry fields as his cards host oklahoma state. the big 12 series presented by toyo tires continues wednesday night at 1 eastern, 8:00 pacific. here at the honda center in anaheim, california, mississippi state's lead has been trimmed to 16 by ucla, and the bruins will have on the floor honeycutt with lee, roll, dragovic and nelson. it's been a productive five on the floor outside of dragovic who is 0 for 9. >> marcus: and yet his coach stays with him and that's one thing that you have to like about coach howland. if the it were me, i don't know. 0 for 9. enough, but going to stay with him and in hopes that he can shoot himself back into some confidence at the end of this game that will carry over for the rest of the pre-season heading into the pac-10 season. you need nik dragovic to be himself as a shooter, and we see nowhere near the capabilities over this game or the last few games jarvis. >> steve: ben howland has been very patient this year. he's in that teaching mode. he knows he has a young team. stewart missing and nelson

idaho, kentucky, oklahoma, missouri. no evidence that there are any riders available in the individual market. even though technically colleagues will say you can buy additional coverage, it's not offered. it is not available. we are told by the insurance carriers that in fact it probably won't be available. so we all know what this is really about. this is about effectively banning abortion services coverage in the new insurance exchange we're setting up and could in fact have a broader implication of eliminating this coverage for health plans outside the exchanges. so that's really what this is about, which is why it's so important. again, we are agreeing on the elimination or the banning of federal funding for abortions other than extreme crisis circumstances. we have done that in federal law. this is about whether we go on to essentially create a situation where effectively people cannot get that coverage with their own money. the center for american progress noted that because approximately 86% of the people who are

i would ask my friends from oklahoma and wyoming. it's going to be a lot harder for congress if they try to fix all of this health care system at once to come back and repeal it than it was t to repeal a bot tax. don't you think we should take the time to avoid another historic mistake? mr. coburn: i would answer my colleague from tennessee that as a practicing physician, what i see is the historic mistake is we're going to allow the federal government to decide what care you're going to get. we're going to divide the loyalty of your physician. no longer will they be a 100% advocate for you. they're going to be an advocate for the government and what the government says. this bill, even the one that's going to come, has three different programs that puts bureaucracy in charge of what you can and cannot have. it doesn't consider your personal health, what your past history is, what your family history is. they're going to say what you can and cannot do. that's called rationing. that's in the bill. that's coming. and that's a historic

sanders: i ask my friend from oklahoma -- i ask may friend from oklahoma why he is objecting. mr.coburn: regular order, mr. president. the presiding officer: regular order is the reading of the amendment. the clerk: section 1514, payments for prescription drugs. section 1515, payments for approved devices and equipment. section 1516, payments for other items and services. section 1517, payment incentives for medically underserved areas. section 1518, authority for alternative payment mythologies. part 3, mandatory assignment and administrative provisions. section 1520, mandatory assignment. section 1521, procedures for reimbursement appeals. sub title g. financing provisions american health security trust fund. section 1513, amendment of 1986 code, section 15 not to apply. part 1, american health security trust fund. section 1531, american health security trust fund. part 2, taxes based on income and wages. section 1534, payroll tax on employers. section 1536, health care income tax, sub title h. conforming amendments to the employer retirement income security act of 1974. section

nearly sank the boating industry and put 7600 people out of jobs, so i would ask my friends from oklahoma and wyoming, it's going to be a lot harder for congress if they try to fix all this health care system it wants to come back and repeal than it was to repeal a boat tax. don't you think that we ought to take the time to avoid another historic mistake? i would answer my colleague from tennessee as a practicing physician what i see is the historic mistake as we are going to allow the federal government to allow what kind of care you're going to get. we are going to avoid the loyalty of the opposition. they're going to be an advocate for which the government says because in this bill even the one that is going to count past three different programs that puts government bureaucracy in charge of what to can and cannot have. it doesn't consider what your personal health and past medical history is, what your family history is. they are going to say here is what you can and cannot do. that is called rationing. that is rationing the bill. that's coming and that is a historic mistake because i

can i ask my colleague from oklahoma, and i quote from this editorial come here we are supposedly going out for the weekend and the editorial from the "washington post" says presumably the expanded medicare program would pay medicare rates to providers raising the question of this spillover effect on health care system already stressed by dramatic expansion of medicaid. will provider's cost or will they shift them to private insurers driving up premiums. will they stop taking medicare patients or go to congress demanding higher rates. once 55-year-olds are in the or are likely to be kicked out and the pressure will be on to expand the program to make more people eligible. the irony of this late breaking medicare proposal is that it could be a bigger step toward a single payer system than the multi public option plans rejected by senate moderates as too disruptive of the private market. >> i would answer my colleague as somebody practiced medicine for 2,000 years mudpack said 29% of medicare beneficiaries the survey were looking for primary care doctor and had great difficulty in finding

oklahoma and tennessee. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, we are here obviously, as we are on a daily basis, to discuss the a daily basis, to discuss the >> mr. president, we are here obviously as we are on a daily basis to discuss the issue of health care reform, but we are and a rather unusual situation this morning, because we don't know what we are discussing or debating. i mean refiners cells in an interesting situation after almost a year of consideration of health care reform, with the measure of that is-- at least a couple of the outlines of that we no, but frankly we have had no details, except that medicare is going to be extended to eligibility for medicare is going to be extended to age 55. i just would quote, there was a meeting yesterday amongst the senate democrats and many senate democrats emerged from yesterday's caucus meeting saying "they learned little about the public option agreement and there were many outstanding concerns. senator mary landrieu called the agreement a very good idea. senator burr lance linco

oklahoma, 84,980. oregon, one of the most liberal states in the union, 249,993.pennsylvania, 864,040. puerto rico even, 400,991. rhode island, 65,108. south carolina, 110,949. these are senior citizens. south dakota, 8,973. tennessee, 233,024. texas, 532,242. my own state of utah, 85,588. vermont, only 3,966, but 3,000 people -- 4,000 people in vermont. virginia, 151,942. washington, 225,918. west virginia, 88,027. wisconsin, 243,443, and wyoming, 3,942. these are people who benefit from medicare advantage that would not like to get off of it. well, this choice in coverage has made a difference in the lives of more than almost 11 million people. 11 million individuals nationwide, families that benefit from this. the extra benefits that i had mentioned earlier are being portrayed as gym memberships as opposed to lower premiums, copayments and deductibles. let me read you some letters from my constituents. these are real lives being affected by the cuts contemplated in this bill. i'm going to have to get my reading glasses on. and you should see some of the beautif

and travel to memphis tomorrow and play the grizzles on monday night before returning home to face oklahomaesday at verizon center. nick young called for a foul. >> phil: you have to understand where your teammates are. that time brendan did a good job by switching off. besides pushing from nick young that was called for the whistle. >> steve: ellington short, blatche has it, quickly to boykin >> phil: fifth turnover. so far the timberwolves haven't scored off those turnovers. >> steve: they have committed one as kevin love collection back into the game. he doesn't have a rebound yet but last 7 points on 3-4 shooting. knocked away by butler, a foul called. al jefferson is back in for minnesota. that will be the second on butler. >> phil: he has his head on a swivel. you can see a lot of contact on that. >> steve: must have got him on the wrist. ramon sessions is a 66% free throw shooter. this is his first year here after the first two with milwaukee. he had the winning shot against the wizards a couple years ago. >> phil: i remember that in milwaukee, on the baseline. do you remember it? >>

oklahoma state and stanford. nba, wizards have won eight straight over the kings. on the other end, gilbert arenas swatted by evans. go the other way. 22-19. >>> don nelson back after missing five games with pneumonia. he's back with the spurs in town. spurs playing back-to-backs, looked awful against the suns. first quarter, warriors down one. they are the ones in yellow. maggette. popovich calls a time-out. first quarter still. curry. knocks that one down. 14-12, it is early. >>> back to the hockey, canucks trying to win four straight. the ducks in town. first period no score. bobby ryan goes the other way, and he goes what's called five hole. it is ryan's 15th of the year. . . brothers, not the movie but daniel and henrik sedin tie it up at one the other way. . >>> wig and liv. your long centering pass. >> the header was enough, and how they needed that! >> right! 2-1, liverpool is a winner. >>> that is it, we're out of here. i'm andrew siciliano. thank you for for watching. we showed it to you like five minutes ago. your las vegas "big moment" is kobe bryant at

ensign: i think the senator from oklahoma has made a wonderful point. right now, my state is suffering terribly, not because of anything individually, like that we didn't get our fair share of something. my state is suffering because the whole economy is in the doldrums and because we're such a tourist economy, construction oriented, the housing industry, all of those things in the general economy went down, my state's suffering. so you're exactly right. we should be looking at what's best for the entire country, because this is one of those things, as john f. kennedy said, a rising tide raises all boats. well, if the whole country's doing better, whether it's on health care or whatever it is, instead of looking for something individual for our states, you're exactly right, inc. the whole country -- i think the whole country -- our individual states do better if the whole country does well. mr. coburn: madam president, i would like to ask unanimous consent to place in the record an article that appeared today and it's a quotation from the founder from t

this will be a big cost for the state of oklahoma why is it that nebraska is more nebraska than oklahoma or nebraska or kentucky? it is not. we are dividing up the country on the basis of parochial preferences rather than doing the right thing for the country. i think it is also interesting to note that, in this bill is $190 million for a hospital. who did they buy for $100 million? what state is that? is that connecticut? is that nebraska? what other state? who has bought a deal that gets $100 million of that nobody else gets? this is going to sour in the stomach of the american people. this process is not legislation. this process is corruption. and it is corruption that is obvious to the average american in this country. it is a shame that that is the only way that we can come to a consensus in this country, to buy votes. >> the only other issue i would mention that we did not touch on is the abortion language. senator nelson also indicated that he had been trying to ensure that tax money was not used for elective abortions. then he had done that. it is clear now that, in the last 24

host: oklahoma city. scott, republican caller. caller: i enjoy your show very much. i wanted to express my utter disgust for the fact that once again we see proof that our congress has absolutely zero regard for the constitution in even thinking about such a draconian bill. article one, section 8, read it, folks, see where congress has any power to get involved in the health-care industry. they have none. the closest i would say they have to getting involved is granting patents for innovative drugs and procedures, one of the powers. but they have no power to interfere like they are trying to do now. that is why oklahoma is putting itself on the map in getting the 10th amendment reasserted in legislation and we have many good plans to give oklahoma to push against the horrible use of -- of the federal government. i am proud of oklahoma and i hope other states can assert state's rights because congress is no part of the solution at this point and as health care bill helps prove that. host: the senate is in at 10:00. watch it live on c-span2. david drucker, bring us up

boren from oklahoma. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for two minutes. mr. boren: thank you. i thank the gentleman from idaho for yielding. i rise today in support of the minnick-schock-boren-shuler amendment. everyone agrees that following a period in history where the dow jones industrial average lost almost 60% of its value, three of america's five mainly investment banks went broke and the u.s. saw the largest number of commercial bank failures in four generations, that we need to reform the way america's banking and financial regulatory system works is important. the question, though, is just how many new government agencies are necessary to accomplish this task. if we create a new federal agency to regulate consumer credit, will it improve the current regulatory framework or will it end up costing american jobs? i think we need to be cautious in our approach. so today i rise in an effort to streamline this piece of legislation. the amendment currently before this house will do a few simple things. first it will change the framework of the legislation b

good morning to david in tulsa, oklahoma. caller: "a fiery pieeace i an a cold war." found it in lightning. it brought many things about the cold war that i was not aware of. it updated the cold war. i just learned a great deal from the book. neil sheehan brought us book notes. the program has affected us in terms of my reading. anything he puts out i'm going to reprieve host:ad. caller: "a black physicians struggle for civil rights." he was a prominent physician in washington d.c. this tells the story of how we went from poverty and discrimination from mississippi to a status in washington " i counseled with presidents like john f. kennedy and lyndon johnson and just the struggle of getting to the point. they were a family of slaves in mississippi and became one of the largest landowners in mississippi. host: thank you. a book you may be interested is "and mighty long way." before it is by bill clinton. florida, joseph, nextel. -- next up. caller: it is a book i saw on c- span not too long ago. it was "operation solo." it is the story of a jewish immigrant who became

keith gao wan was expected to fill the shoes of blake griffin at oklahoma at those are big shoes.uckily for the sooners he is 6'9" and around 300-pound. there has been hype about his offensive skills, leading the mcdonald's all american game at 20 points have, he is expected to keep up his numbers and help oklahoma. number six overall recruit and number two power forward, john henson is sporting carolina blue and a lot of potential on the tar heel team. at 6'10", henson is long and lean. he has proven how good he is on court as one of four 6'10" forwards he is playing small forward and getting some early playing time. after o waffling, number five recruit, as espn u's number one point guard in the country, a lot is expected from john this season. he already dunked on gary stackhouse over the summer, thus already making a name for himself. he is expected to be a tough playmaker who helped the wild cattrano driving past his opponents. >>> henry is known for his offensive game. henry not only has range but punch. in addition to his offensive tex tarity henry was expected to use his s

oklahoma cities. it is the wizards third straight loss. after the game, arenas acknowledged that dc police are investigating the report of weapons found inside of the wizard's locker room. he had unloaded guns in a container. investigators want to know where he got she firearms. >>> now we head west to morgantown with marquette threatening west virginia. down one point with no time out. the mountaineers to butler goes the length of the floor and nails the game-winning shot. west virginia stays unbeaten. >>> while many redskins fans said good riddens to vinny cerrato he actually did draft orakpo and he has shined in his rookie year and now he's the first redskins defensive rookie to go to the pro bowl in 40 years. he leads all rookies with 11 sacks but said he would give up his spot to fletcher who's been snubbed again. >> i feel great when i got here but fletcher has done so much for me. i'd trade slots with him anymore. he deserves it as much as me if not more. i would trade him spots any day for what he brings to the table and the team.

. >> larry: we may have a comment on this, away from the topic, but earlier this month, an oklahoma womanand killed an intruder who crashed through her back paddio door. she was on the phone to a 911 operator when she did it. here's part of that call. >> you need to hurry, he is going to break this thing open. when he does, i'll have to kill him, ma'am and i don't want to kill him. >> can you understand what he is saying at all? >> boy, he is crazy. >> ma'am? >> hurry. dear god, hurry. i haven't shot yet. hurry. >> can you -- oh, my god. >> i shot him going out front i hit him. god help me. oh, please, dear god, i think i have a killed him. please, father in heaven. please, father in heaven. oh, my god. >> what do you make of that, ben? >> it is an extremely touching and overwhelming, just overwhelming. i say it is overwhelming. >> larry: tanya, different age we live in? >> absolutely. my god, just the fact that she had such conscience over somebody breaking into her house. >> larry: penn, talk about reality show. >> is heartbreaking, i don't know if it shows anything about our times chan