petersburg university to 60 business students, and i asked how many new who ayn rand was. she was a graduate, and one person raised his hand. a similar situation. thank you, very much, mr. president, and please stay seated. the next panel will be up here immediately. the crisis has the long time in the making. and we know that we cannot turn this around overnight. recovery will be measured in years, not weeks or months. but we also know that the economy will be strong for generations if we commit ourselves to the work that needs -- the work that needs to be done today. be done today. ñrwe will not make the mistake f

petersburg university to 60 business students, and i asked how many new who ayn rand was. she was a graduate, and one person raised his hand. a similar situation. thank you, very much, mr. president, and please stay seated. the next panel will be up here immediately. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> we spoke to a capitol hill reporter about the health care bill. >> you write that the german is planning changes to the legislation? >> he is trying to make it more affordable by increasing subsidies for moderate-income americans who would be purchasing insurance and raising the costs for certain high-and plants. all this is aimed at making that build more affordable for individuals and families. >> you mention the cost for the country. how will that affect the change of the cost for the bill? >> it will go up. the senate proposal came in lower than expected. the chairman max baucus had $28 billion that he was working with off the start. this would keep it -- it would still be a deficit-neutral bill, and obama is insisting on that. the cost could grow

petersburg university to 60 business students and asked how many knew who ayn rand was and she was a graduate of the university and one person raise their hand. it is a similar situation. thank you very much, mr. president. please stay seated. the next battle will be appear immediately. [applause] -- the next panel will be up to here immediately. [applause] [no audio] >> coming up later on c-span, all look at how attorneys approach cases involving national security and classified information. this is hosted by the catholic university law school. there will be two former's inspectors general from the cia that will be live at 5:00, eastern, here on c-span. as we look at a live picture of the u.s. capitol where the house and senate will meet later today, the house comes in at 4:00 p.m. eastern to hold a quick pro forma session. work will start to marron. there will be more debating on fiscal 2009 spending. live house coverage here on c- span. the senate committee chair, max baucus, revealed his health plan last week. the process continues at 9:00 a.m., eastern, with a committee session.

will be joining later in the program and he's a professor at john hopkins university, maryland, and next is george from st. petersburg florida. caller: good morning c-span, i heard what the president said, but let's remember one thing. he may have inherited a bad situation, job wise, house, mortgage and everything. but if we went back to when this basically started, if we go back further during the jimmy carter years, we had double-digit unemployment and high interest rates, we had that and what reagan did and stimulated the economy and through the bush years. and clinton inherited a good economy. and about when george bush started running, see a lot of jobs left, a lot of people started laying off and george bush came in and we hit 9/11, and we have a lot of job losses and home mortgages, and i look at this man, and when people voted for him, he promised the american public 3 million jobs. he hasn't done anything about that. had health care system, we can't afford it. it's a proven fact, we cannot afford free health care. and everything is more -títo health care than our economy and our jobs. people are losing their