before we introduce the rest of our program, we are pleased to welcome congressman paul ryan. [applause] >> thank you, bill. i believe i am the first elected official to be invited to give the opening symposium address. i want you to note your bailout check is in the mail. i am honored to be on the platform today. governor daniels, rich lowery, good friends, it is an honor to be with you today. it is an honor to be a part of this event here today. i want to just note an article in the wall street journal recently. my address this morning in elaborates on some of these ideas. actually, the ideas of many friends in this room contributed to these remarks so you are all to blame. i am not going to spend my time picking over the ashes of the recent elections. republicans lost. conservatives and republicans are not exact -- are not exact equivalence. this is not to say americans have become liberals. more hurdles in on a per norse ship and appliance division of risktakers with a wall of -- hurdles in of entrepreneurship and division of risktakers. president bush himself admitted tha

new jersey, serves on the house budget committee, joining along with our guest host congressman paul ryano have you on the program. >> good to be on with my friend paul this morning. you're doing a good job, paul. >> thanks. >> you're both trying to carry some water. what we're trying to figure out is whether or not the notion of a public plan is either losing or gaining momentum. the president's poll numbers on health care have come down. on the other hand, he seems to be aligning with some groups, like the ama, that historically you wouldn't expect to be part of this. which is it? >> i think he's gaining momentum because people realize the competitive value of the public option. you know, 96%th health care companies would fail the stress test. i think the only way to break that oel goply is to have meaningful competition. >> governors have problems with some unfunded mandates in the plan. blue dogs are writing letters they don't think are so great. i mentioned the poll numbers coming down. why is that not a sign that the president, to some degree, surnd the gun here and time is running

mitch daniels, house ranking member paul ryan, and rich lowry of "the national review." gunston -- the hudson institute hosted this event. >> ok. good morning. my name is bill schambra, and i am director of the bradley center and washington. christa schaefer and i welcome you to the fifth annual bradley symposium, entitled "making conservatism credible again." a special welcome to our nationwide c-span audience. as are many groups represented this morning, the bradley center is a proud grantee of the blind and harry bradley foundation located in milwaukee. we are pleased to have some board members and spouses and staff with us. and my particular thanks to the bradley vice-president for this critical assistance in devising and executing this symposium. this symposium. a very young republican hill staffer named paul ryan stopped by the lion house to find out more about our civic renewal efforts in milwaukee and to announce he was going to run for the united states house of representatives in the first congressional district down lake michigan shoreline from milwaukee. that

it was prompted by of paul ryan's remarks. what we are really witnessing is a war on american exception lissome and the american character as it has existed throughout our history. if you want to think about who we are, we have always been a commercial nation characterized by an open and dynamic economy, across the sweep of western history the last several centuries, there has always been one superpower, if you will, that is characterized by having a large navy, a sophisticated financial system, and it's over leaning concern is increasing its national wealth through commerce. first it was the dutch, then the british took over from the dutch, and then we took over from the british. that is who we are. we have also always been a world power with crusading tendencies come right from the very beginning. the founders talked of our new country as an empire. george washington used over and over again the phrase "and empire of liberty." george washington spoke of settling the ohio river valley, but his vision swept further westward an

republican congressman from wisconsin paul ryan now joins us.ou doing today, carlos and katrina? >> very well. you ro wrote recently in the "milwaukee wisconsin journal sentinel the following. now, i know not only have you been in congress several terms but you worked on the hill a couple of different senators and you know this issue has been around a long time. are republicans being genuine in their complaint this is moving too quickly? >> west yes. . i don't think we should pass bills that we don't know what they cost. i don't think that is being abusive. i have already proposed other legislation, a number of republicans are proposing alternatives. you can look at the patient's choice act on my facebook page and see many proposals we put out there to say let's get everybody insured and everybody insured who has pre-existing conditions and you can do this without the government taking over and without all of these new taxes and new spending programs. so we want to see how health care reform is done but we want to do it right. if you rush this t

representative paul ryan is a republican member of the house ways and means committee; one of three house committees voting on health reform so far. and representative jim cooper is one of the so-called blue dog democrats. he's from tennessee. gentlemen, thank you all. senator dodd, i want to start with you. i want to focus mainly in this conversation about the cost because that seems to be the big hang-up. at this point, what do you see as the way to pay for this, the plan to pay for this that has the best prospect of surviving the congress? >> well, first of all, you like to have your plan, the hospital, the doctor you have, you get to keep that. we don't want to you change any of that. we would like you to have al the freedoms you have. bring down costs not only involve the price of the health care but also the savings we've tried to incorporate in your bill, a bill that ended up with a price tag of about $611 billion over ten years. that was far less than the earlier predictions of twice that cost as a result of some of statements that we did in that bill: prevention, quality care, in

republican paul ryan of wisconsin is the ranking member of the house budget committee. he joins us now. he did not support the stimulus bill. he does not support it now. congressman, give us your views. >> first of all the claim was the stimulus would keep unemployment below 8%. it's now 9.5%. we've already lost 2 million jobs since the stimulus passed. more to the point, the stimulus is going to cost $1.1 trillion in borrowing. that's pushing interest rates up. that is hurting people who are trying to buy homes, who are trying to avoid foreclosure, who are trying to invest. so when we see the stimulus which is spent very slowly, the kind of spending in this stimulus, most of it dubt occur till after 2011. it's not working. we should do something better. only 3% of the stimulus package actually goes to encouraging businesses to keep or create jobs. the rest is rebates and spending. most of the spending is slow, wasteful and ineffective. >> you fundamentally just believe we shouldn't be borr borrowing money we don't have -- paul krugman who won a nobel prize for economic

paul ryan introduced a bill recently that is a good version of how that might go. the question of whether we will ever be able to implement our kind of reform, the next time we have a chance at power, depends on whether we can stop a very bad idea from being implemented in the meantime, from establishing facts on the ground that will prove to be irreversible. that is a case where the party of no and the party of better ideas is the same party, it shows the importance of saying no and the importance of having better ideas, and knowing how to explain to the public. our problem in the past year on health care has not been a lack of ideas, but it certainly has been a lack of ability to explain to the public, a problem are leaders and all of us have had, and a problem that is one of our great challenges in the next few months and years beyond. the other area i think we need to focus on is closely related, but is broader and larger. is where it seems to me that the democrats are most severely overreaching now, and where an informed and intelligent and courteous, firm opp

we will hear from the national review and congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. >> how c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations? >> government? >> it is a public funding thing? >> policies been funded? 30 years ago, they created it as a public service, a private business initiative. no government mandate or money. . . >> and the largest trainer of health care work force professionals in the washington metropolitan area. i want to thank the president and the community college assistant for being such great hosts today. we are joined by numerous officials, and i will name them all, but we have federal, state, local, from boards of supervisors to senators here on such an incredible topic. we are glad to have them. the president has had plenty to do in the last five months working to bring our american economy back, regulate credit cards, regulate tobacco so our kids will be safe. so many issues, pay equity for women. but in the massive issues, he has not failed to pay to virginia. he has not failed to pay attention to fambing -- fairfax county. we stood at the edge of the fairfax

we are joined this morning by congressman paul ryan. know what you were in for, mang man. but you are here for three hours. we've got a ton of things to talk to you about. just about every story has a washington angle as well. >> that's the new financial center of the world. you guys ought to film us from down there. >> you're right. we should be based there. we cover america's business in washington now, unfortunately. >> the congressman will be with us for three hours. we'll hope you'll weigh in on every single story. the top story, cnbc confirmed the cit group's board is reaching an agreement with bond holders. this happened last night. a deal for a $3 billion in rescue financing coming through. we have learned that the liquidity facility carries two and a half years for a term. and parts available immediately. the fund should help cit avoid bankruptcy for the short term. there are questionses about the long-term ramifications. an official announcement is expected before the markets open. >> you remember when the bankruptcy didn't co

we will talk to paul ryan, ranking member of the budget committee and ways and means committee.good to see you. everyone seems to be on board that we need some kind of reform. >> things need to be fixed. we need insurance for the uninsured, and those who cannot get it because of a pre-existing condition. there russian the bill next week. they say they're talking about massive increases for everybody, massive spending, and telling us, but nothing like what we have with medicare and medicaid. shepard: the cost of health care is going up like this, and as baby boomers get older, it will go like that. if we do not fix it, we will be bankrupt, and of story, and that will be the end. >> this new bill makes things go up faster, making costs go up even faster than they do right now. it could grow even faster than medicare and medicaid. we're sanitary, -- we are saying no, we are having other problems. let's fix the problem without massive taxes and spending, and that is why we would like to have a bipartisan agreement, but the president is saying no. they're giving the american people a

in my view, i'm a co-sponsor of the plan authored by congressman paul ryan from wisconsin and nunez from california. it is directly opposite from this, instead of taking medicare and medicaid, currently act airily bankrupt, riddled with fraud and having all kinds of problems. instead of taking that for everybody, let's replace that system with a refundable tax credit where everyone goes out and buys their own insurance and those who can't afford it get a refundable tax credit so they can have the mun to do it and use the money now in medicaid or medicare to do that, open up all 1300 plans you mentioned before that are out there for everybody so you can buy plans across state lines and let everybody buy their own insurance and have a high risk pool for pre-existing conditions so you can't be canceled or terminated with a pre-existing condition. >> this would turn us more into savvy consumers of health care. right now, if i'm covered, i go where i want and let them run any test they want. if i'm paying myself, i'll be much more wise about it perhaps. >> dennis, that is dead on right. the p

>> there are some very good leaders in the house of representatives right now, paul ryan, pence, people like that -- >> everybody says ryan. >> this guy mcconner is -- >> i hear ryan a lot. maybe because he's irish and we heard him. r. emmett terrell, a famous name. we call him bobby. >>> up next, president obama and the arrest of henry louis gates. it isn't henry kissinger who got arrest arrested. we'll see. will his comments today quiet his critics. the president who first blamed the stupidity of the police. "the politics fix" is coming in next. >>> sarah palin gives up the governorship of alaska this sunday and her newest poll numbers don't look so good, at least not nationally. was stepping down the best political move for her? we'll talk about palin when we get back. "hardball" returns after this. we all have confidence and we all have doubt. but when the moment comes... what's going to win? here's to confidence. gillette helps you look, feel, be your best. gillette. the best a man can get. >>> we're back. time for "the politics fix" with michelle bernard, the president of the inde

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i think on the house side, house republican side, i think paul ryan is a guy that i am really impressed with. he's a conservative that doesn't scare the kids. >> host: yeah. you hear a lot about him. he's having a moment. >> guest: is a wisconsin guy. i'm a believer if republicans are going to win outside the south it might be good to have leaders that don't talk with a southern accent. this comes by the way from a guy that lived in atlanta, alabama, mississippi and florida. i and i am a southern conservative. but right now, we are getting routed in new england, the midwest, the pacific northwest because when people think of the republican party they think of the newt gingrich, george w. bush, tom delay, armey, the ice with texas twangs. >> host: what is wrong with that? >> guest: well, ronald reagan and barack obama both have been able to find the middle of american political life. and maybe it is a midwestern sensibilities. i'm not exactly sure what it is, but we just can't be confined in the south. why did ronald reagan offend so many people in europe? because at the time -- even tho

been trying to keep an eye on hoping you might see someone like that emerge, guys like eric cantor, paul ryanou've wanted to see break out of the mold. but lately the talk with those two is they haven't been against the big spending proposals as they might have hoped. maybe there's hope for somebody in the house to break out. i think that's where it would come from. if it did. because as bright as the governors looked six months ago, namely talking about mark sanford, doesn't seem to be coming from that bench right now. >> certainly not from south carolina at this point. amanda carpenter, eleanor clift, thank you both. >>> coming up in our next hour, if you think taking a trip to vegas is out of your price range in these tough economic times, wait until you hear some of the airfares out there. airlines and resorts are slashing prices. we'll tell you some of the best deals. you're watching msnbc. gecko vo: you see, it's not just telling people geico could save 'em hundreds on car insurance. it's actually doing it. gecko vo: businessmen say "hard work equals success." well, you're looking at, a

>> there are some very good leaders in the house of representatives right now, paul ryan, pence, people -- >> everybody says ryan. >> this guy m >> this guy mcconner is -- >> i hear ryan a lot. maybe because he's irish, and we like him. r. emmett tyrrell, a famous name. we call him bobby. thanks for coming on. >>> up next, president obama and the arrest of henry louis gates. it isn't henry kissinger who got arrested. we'll see. will his comments today quiet his critics. the president who first blamed the stupidity of the police. is he off that one right now? come on in. you're invited to the chevy open house. where getting a new vehicle is easy. because the price on the tag is the price you pay on remaining '08 and '09 models. you'll find low, straightforward pricing. it's simple. now get an '09 silverado xfe with an epa estimated 21 mpg highway for under 28 thousand after all offers. go to chevy.com/openhouse for more details. from brink's home security... you can now expect from broadview security - for home and business. call now to get the proven technology of a broadview security s

paul ryan and others in our caucus negotiated some 20 pages of additional things.but the bottom line is that we left there, ordered secretary of treasure and those responsible can do whatever they think they need to do. now, we can try to pass blame, we can try to say whatever we want and in the future probably need to tie it down more, but at the end of the day, our conference, after hours of internal debate, knew that given the nature of the crisis, we had signed a blank check for good or bad, that we were going into an election season, we were about to leave town, it was getting highly politicalized, things were changing. i'm not defending the decisions that you made. i'm just saying it's a little bit much for members of congress to claim that there are all these guidelines in place, because we knew full well, you had an opt-out clause. now, that said, clearly you misled us, and we probably wouldn't have had the votes, even though we underneath knew that was there, because we understood it was toxic assets. we didn't believe you were going to take over, and the

gretchen: congressman paul ryan from wisconsin, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts this morninghead their parents are fighting for freedom, but these military daughters aren't just sitting back and waiting for them to come home. they're making sure other kids know they're not alone. the sisterhood of the traveling bdu's next. gretchen: let's check in with hemmer to see what's on top of the hour. bill: good morning to both of you, the longer health care lingers, the more and more americans are turned off by the plan on the table. what the new polling numbers are telling us. who made the call to drop charges against a member of the black panthers for voter intimidation? a fox news exclusive answers that. bats are wild and dangerous. who are you going to call? . rewrite your hair's past and give it a whole new life. new aveeno nourish plus. active naturals wheat formulas proven to target brian: we all know too well the sacrifices of the military and their families, and the sacrifices they make for us, especially when they leave their families behind. gretchen: we have the daughters

. >> paul ryan. >> hi, i'm paul ryan. member of the budget committee and also serves on the ways and means committee which marked this bill up last friday morning. a couple of cost points i think ought to be made give than we're here to learn from experiences from other country has have done this. number one, the congressal budget office is telling us that not only is this bill not paid for in the first tenor use, it the has $239 billion deficit. i expect the majority will close that but they're telling us that costs grow at 8% a year and offsets grow at 5% a year, what that means is congress is on the verge of creating a new entitlement which will be unfunded. a new unfund liability on top of the ones we already have, medica medicare and med. the reason i point those is it's very important if the government is to earthly take over the rest of the health care sector. they're telling us that with the health care option, two out of three americans will lose the private coverage they have and be dumped onto the public plan i

. >> paul ryan. >> hi, i'm paul ryan.king member of the budget committee and also serves on the ways and means committee which marked this bill up last friday morning. a couple of cost points i think ought to be made give than we're here to learn from experiences from other country has have done this. number one, the congressal budget office is telling us that not only is this bill not paid for in the first tenor use, it the has $239 billion deficit. i expect the majority will close that but they're telling us that costs grow at 8% a year and offsets grow at 5% a year, what that means is congress is on the verge of creating a new entitlement which will be unfunded. a new unfund liability on top of the ones we already have, medica medicare and med. the reason i point those is it's very important if the government is to earthly take over the rest of the health care sector. they're telling us that with the health care option, two out of three americans will lose the private coverage they have and be dumped onto the public pl

we talked to congressman paul ryan, republican in wisconsin yesterday, he's going to have 15 town meetings over the next five weeks. many of the congressmen are going to have the same meetings, and they're going to hear a lot of questions about this health care plan. here's one of the big differences, heidi. the republicans have now read this plan and they're going to be talking about specific provisions in it. there's already a majority opposed to the health care plan. i think right now advantage of the republicans, advantage blue dog democrats. the blue dog democrats who have signed on, only four of them, there are 48 more who haven't signed on yet. >> okay, so 4 of 48, i guess i'm still curious to know that your listeners, are they feeling like they're getting a clearer idea of what's in this potential bill or is going to cover them, as, again, people outside the beltway, the average citizen. do they get it? >> yeah, you know, what's most interesting about this debate is that it's really been a debate. yes, there's been politics in it, but what's happened the last few weeks has been a f

individual congressman paul ryan from wisconsin, for example, have come up with different kind of plans, but there's been no one republican alternative, which the leadership, which is what matters. until the republican leadership like eric cantor number two behind john boehner until he steps up and says this is our bill and this is alternative to the president. it doesn't mean very much. on the other hand we need to point out and i will right now, this president has not come up with an obama plan. >> here's the thing, ed. because there is a very deliberate. look, you're covering hem every day strategy here. look, clinton health care was shot down in part from some of the analysis i have been reading and listening to because it was this plan. here is our plan and we're going to, look, you're going to pass this. >> you're absolutely right. they're trying to learn ron emanuel the white house chief of staff. >> he worked on clinton health care. >> he learned that lesson, you're absolutely right. the question is did the pendulum swing too far. too different from bill clinton instead of givin

. >> we had paul ryan sayed, it's going to get discussed. they're complaining about -- >> this now get into the area we saw in 1993 where people get very concerned and very afraid about what's going to happen. i have concerns, too. we have pretty good health care plans, pretty good packages. >> we have the cadillac plan. >> things that make sense are the idea of taxing us. we should be taxed on the benefit we receive. that i have no problem with. >> if you have a cadillac plan, maybe it should be taxed because it's like a benefit -- >> income and benefits, it should be taxed. i have no problem with it. >> then the union plans get taxed and -- >> everybody has to give into everything. everybody's going to have to give on something. >> what is the president willing to accept? how low can he put the bar? >> what does he need to be able to bend on it if he expects to get anything taxed. >> he'll throw rich people under the bus before unions. >> the democrats in congress are backing down. they're saying, forget it, too many of our own guys are co

if you were to look at paul ryan's plan from wisconsin, if you look at a number of folks, even a bipartisan bill up on the senate side. widen bennett. there are a number of plans that look to help state businesses or pool their resources so they can get into association health plans. there are cooperative plans, such as senator charles grassley has. all intended to help people pool their resources, lower the cost, and ease the burdens for folks so that whether it's employers or individuals so they can help bring down the cost of their health insurance premiums. guest: there are some republicans on the senate side who are trying to come up with a bipartisan solution. i just would like to say something here about this canada conversation. because there's not a single democrat i'm aware of who's talking about the canadian health care system. what they're talking about is building on the system that we have, the american system. a system that's based fundamentally on private insurance companies delivering care, not the government delivering care. there's not going to be any government takeover

let's pass the paul ryan amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. spratt: i recognize mr. van hollen. mr. van hollen: i rise in strong support of this legislation. on the day he was sworn in as president, president obama inherited huge deficits and exploding debt in this country. the previous administration wanted to put everything on our national credit card and ask future generations to pay for it. it's time to put an end to this and this bill is the beginning of the end of irresponsible spending. it's the end of sweeping our problems under the rug and saying we are going to put them off for another day and we have seen the impact this kind of budget mechanism can have. we saw it in the 1990's, during which we had a pay-go rule in place and saw our deficits and debts go from record deficits to record surpluses. and when we abandoned that, when we abandoned that fiscal discipline rule in 2002, we saw our federal debt explode. as we dig ourselves out of this economic ditch we find ourselves in, it's important t

let's pass the paul ryan amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. spratt: i recognize mr. van hollen. mr. van hollen: i rise in strong support of this legislation. on the day he was sworn in as president, president obama inherited huge deficits and exploding debt in this country. the previous administration wanted to put everything on our national credit card and ask future generations to pay for it. it's time to put an end to this and this bill is the beginning of the end of irresponsible spending. it's the end of sweeping our problems under the rug and saying we are going to put them off for another day and we have seen the impact this kind of budget mechanism can have. we saw it in the 1990's, during which we had a pay-go rule in place and saw our deficits and debts go from record deficits to record surpluses. and when we abandoned that, when we abandoned that fiscal discipline rule in 2002, we saw our federal debt explode. as we dig ourselves out of this economic ditch we find ourselves in, it's important t

if you were to look at paul ryan's plan from wisconsin, if you look at a number of folks, even a bipartisann the senate side. widen bennett. there are a number of plans that look to help state businesses or pool their resources so they can get into association health plans. there are cooperative plans, such as senator charles grassley has. all intended to help people pool their resources, lower the cost, and ease the burdens for folks so that whether it's employers or individuals so they can help bring down the cost of their health insurance premiums. guest: there are some republicans on the senate side who are trying to come up with a bipartisan solution. i just would like to say something here about this canada conversation. because there's not a single democrat i'm aware of who's talking about the canadian health care system. what they're talking about is building on the system that we have, the american system. a system that's based fundamentally on private insurance companies delivering care, not the government delivering care. there's not going to be any government takeover of anythin

i also want to thank the congressional sportsman caucus, especially its co-chairs, dan boren and paul ryan, for their support. this bipartisan organization comprises of close to 300 members of the house and the senate, focuses on protecting the interests of our nation's sportsman. mr. speaker, as a proud member of this caucus, i know it works diligently for our sportsmen who have historically shaped the character and the quality of america's calt rale heritage, natural resources and our economic vitality. and i first introduced the hunters for the hungry resolution in the 108th congress back in 2003 as well as in each subsequent congress. the purpose of this resolution is to praise the work for hunters of the hungry programs across our country. these programs provide a unique way in way to address our nation's hunger problem. although these organizations are called by different names in 45 states where they are located, hunters for the hungry organization show the humanitarian and the kind -hearted spirit of our nation's hunting community. these programs are volunteer and they are cooperat

third, the republicans have very good plans, some plan this is a myself and paul ryan from wisconsin have worked on and we're going to continue to work on over the break. the good thing, the best thing about the plan that we've put together, that the republicans have put together, is that we deal with the medicaid problems in this country. one thing we have to look at over the long run is the debt continues to pile up. we have three major problems in this country that no one wants to talk about. that's the unfunded liabilities that this country has. we have unfunded liabilities of medicaid, unfunded liabilities of medicare, unfunded liabilities of social security. the sad part about the democrat plan is that they want to put more and more people onto medicaid. in my district, only 22% of the doctors will see medicaid patients. the republican plan we've put forward actually deals with the medicaid problem we have in this country and actually gives people better health care. that's, i think, something that needs to be done. mr. latourette: the other thing the gentleman is hiding his li

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