rangel: i would like to conclude. this is a very historic moment in our nation's life where we have the opportunity to provide leadership to the whole world to prevent the continuation of global warming. i wish it had been more positive from the other side that they would have had some contribution to make in order to make certain that our nation maintains the leadership that it has. i would like to yield the balance of my time to chairman waxman of the energy and commerce committee, with your kind permission. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. waxman: thank you very much, madam speaker. i would like to yield to the the gentleman from florida, mr. grayson, a minute, so we can enter into a colloquy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. grayson: i rise to enter into a colloquy with the chairman, mr. waxman. my attention today is draw attention to the need for further research and work concerning the effect of ongoing changes in climate and on the

rangel: i yield to the gentleman. mr. barton: i'd like to yield to the gentleman from new york one minute, mr. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. barton: and i'd like to thank mr. rangel for his courtesy. mr. lee: i like to thank the gentleman for yielding. my community knows too well that washington typically overregulates and hides the costs to taxpayer. this bill is being over 1,100 pages in length and 50 pages dedicating to regulating light bulbs. in order to garner enough votes, the majority has tried to shift the most punitive costs of this bill to later years so they can get it passed. early on it will be the government footing this enormous bill with your tax dollars. and then down the road the subsidy will shift to consumers will pay directly to sustain this program through higher job-killing energy prices. either way, it's the taxpayer who bears the burden. this bill is truly a pipe dream. we need to focus on an energy solution that rewards innovation using american-mad

ways and means committee, charlie rangel, and four of the democrats. senator bob brown bought -- senator brown back is the third above and sang he will vote against sonia sotomayor's nomination did any speech the senator said he is afraid judge suleyman york -- judge sonia sotomayor wants to be a player more than an umpire. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome former congressman, governor, and secured a secretary, tom ridge. the department of homeless security formed in march of 2003. has the the problem of that to your expectations? guest: yes. i think one of the problems is when the aggregate 180,000 people, different agencies, and still try to build a system that works a more collaborative and effective fashion. but, yes, i think it has appeared a lot of people work very hard to form a fundamental policy decisions to assist not only president bush but on which

today am honored to be joined with chairman charles rangel from the ways and means committee, chairman henry waxman of the energy and commerce committee, chairman john dingell and a respected-- perspective subcommittee chairs, pete stark from the ways and means committee, frank balloon from managing comers and raw benders from the education and labor committee. today marks a historic moment in american assurgent quest to fix their broken health insurance system. for the past six months are three committees, the committees that of jurisdiction over healthcare and the house of work together an unprecedented manner to develop and present a healthcare reform discussion draft for congress and the american people that embodies president of hamas call for fundamental change in our healthcare system. president obama has assets to drop the reform bill that will control costs, guarantee choice and ensure quality and affordable healthcare coverage for all americans. i believe that our draft lives up to those essential principles. our discussion craft reflects months of hard work and the views of

congressman rangel, chairman rangel of the ways and means committee. and chairman peterson of the agriculture committee. we thank them for their leadership and for giving us this opportunity today. madam speaker, no matter how long this congress wants to talk about it, we cannot hold back the future. and so in order to move on with the future, i want to yield back my time, submit my statement for the record, urge my colleagues -- urge my colleagues to vote for this important legislation. when you do, just remember these four words for what this legislation means -- jobs, environment and energy daily is joining us on the phone. that vote was close. guest: they were working in the hallways, they got involved early this week it, and remembers to the white house. basically, you had energy and commerce democrats going one by one, trying to convince them that what they had passed out of the committee was a bill that had taken, you would often hear was a microcosm because of how many democrats that were there. they had to make a whole bunch more democrat -- d

rangel and others who have attempted to forge a consensus on this legislation. the bottom line to this legislation is that it will make america less dependent on foreign oil. despite the criticism from the other side, some project the concept of climate change in global warming from that side. it is very difficult to find middle gaunt -- ground. we must make difficult decisions and tough choices. this climate change bill before us today makes those tough choices for our future and our children's future. it is in the interest of america and the world. america leads the way. this is an opportunity for us to reclaim that leadership. this legislation will lead our consumers and small businesses towards smarter and cleaner and more efficient energy use. the american business community will not be disadvantaged by importers who skirt the rules. this legislation is a vote for innovation and environmental stewardship. i would be remiss if i did not mention this as well. for the previous eight years, the administration rejected the idea of global warming -- to grudgingly

congressman rangel, chairman rangel of the ways and means committee. and chairman peterson of the agriculture committee. we thank them for their leadership and for giving us this opportunity today. madam speaker, no matter how long this congress wants to talk about it, we cannot hold back the future. and so in order to move on with the future, i want to yield back my time, submit my statement for the record, urge my colleagues -- urge my colleagues to vote for this important legislation. when you do, just remember these four words for what this legislation means -- jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. >> the house then went on to pass the energy and climate change bill on a vote of 219-212. darren small son joining us on the phone. that vote was close. do to get this bill passed? >> they were working the hall ways, the house floor. president obama got involved early this week, calling members, inviting members up to the white house, freshmen and sophomores primarily. and basically you had the energy and commerce committee democrats, the people who wrote this bill,

rangel and the rangel rule. we have talked issues about other members of this congress. ms. waters, mollohan, murtha, all these guys. i have talked about those issues. i said i have no -- i don't know whether these accusations are true or not but somebody needs to resolve them. if we are draining the swamp, somebody needs to resolve those issues. if there is a lie going to the congress and we are draining the swamp, somebody needs to drain that part of the swamp that has to do with this lie. that's what this is about. that's all i'm trying to do. i'm raising the question for you, members of this house, and for the american public to think about. what about this culture of corruption? it obviously seems to be here. what about this issue of lying? it needs to be resolved. the security of our nation is at stake. i'm not here by myself and i have been talking way too long without recognizing a really good friend who has come down here just have a friendly vision it about some of these issues -- visit about some of these issues that aren't resolved, my friend phil gingrey of geor

me from the river, a fast-growing torrent of runoff that drains a collection of 14,000 feet in the rangel mountains of south central alaska. if by tossing a stick into the river, it would stretch 3 miles of canada for dumping into the cold gray swirl of the larger copper river. from there the state would flow southward, past a couple of small villages and dozens of fish traps several recently dragnet of the banks by their honors to save them from the crushing flows of winter ice. after dodging pass mountains and winding through canyons the state would enter the gulf of alaska outside the prince william sound. as the crow flies or more likely in these parts the reagan, that is 80 miles from here. along the by the crow lacrosse 12 lee highway and any number of wolves, black bears, grizzlies, wolverines, mountain goats in this and perhaps a herger two of wandering buffalo. earlier in the morning there are 20 of them in this belly. one of them, a cow or female is now lining up hill within arm's reach, probably about 600 pounds of hide and innards. another 400 or five and a council made. when

process we have received valuable input and expertise from other leaders in the house like chairman rangel on trade issues, chairman peterson on agriculture issues, amongst, again, many others. the legislation we have before us today is the most important energy and environment legislation to ever have been considered in the history of the united states. the consequences for our country are great unless we act to deal with these issues. this legislation sets a new course for our country creating millions of new clean energy jobs while reducing our dependence upon imported oil. and when it becomes law and it will, for the first time in the history of the united states congress, for the first time in the history of our country we will put enforceable limits on global warming pollution. at its core, however, this is a jobs bill. it will create millions of new clean energy jobs in whole new industries with incentives to drive competition in the energy marketplace. it sets ambitious and achievable standards for energy efficiency and renewable energy from solar wind, geothermal, biomass so that

commerce committee, chairman markey of the energy security and climate change committee, congressman rangel of the ways and means committee and chairman petersen of the agricultural committee. we thank you for their leadership. madam speaker, no matter how long this congress wants to talk about it, we cannot hold back the future. in order to move on with the future, i want to yield back my time, i submit my statement for the record and urge my colleagues to vote for this important legislation. when you do, remember these four words for what this legislation means jobs jobs -- jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. let's vote for jobs. >> the house then went on to pass the energy and climate change bill. dara in samuelson joins us on the phone. what did the democrats have to do? >> they were working the hallways and the house floor. president obama called members and invited members to the white house. you had the people who wrote this bill going one by one and member by member to try to convince them that what they had passed out of the committee was a bill that had taken their interest into account. i

thank the energy and commerce committee, henry waxman, his colleagues, and everyone such as charlie rangel, the chair of the agricultural committee for their many ongoing contributions to this process. i want to express my appreciation to nancy pelosi for her leadership. we know what this is so important. the nation that leaves in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leaves the 21st century global economy. that is what we seek to achieve. we want a bill that will open the doors to a better future of this nation. i urge members of congress to come together and pass it. the last issue of want to address is health. congress is considering various health care proposals. this is a complicated issue. i am very optimistic about the progress they are making. like energy, this is legislation that will be paid for. it will not add to our deficit over the next decade. we will find the money through savings and efficiencies through the health-care system, some of which we have already announced. we will insure that the reform we pass will bring down the cost of health care. w

rangel, who has attempted to forge a consensus on this legislation. the bottom line to this legislation is that it will make american less dependent on foreign oil. despite protests from our friends on the other side, there is an element on the other side that rejects the concept of climate change and global warming. it is very difficult to find middle ground there as a side that simply projects the size of our times. a part of our job in government is to make some difficult decisions and some very tough choices. this climate change bill makes those tough choices for our future and our children's future. it is in the interest of america, but it is also in the interest of the world. america leads the way. this is an opportunity for us to reclaim that leadership. this legislation will lead our consumers, our businesses and communities towards smaller, cleaner and more efficient energy use. it will not be alone. strong trade enforcement mechanisms mean that it will not be disadvantaged by importers that skirt the rules. i would be remiss if i did not men

rangel, speaker pelosi, and leader hoyer, will listen to our leader, john boehner. the republican task force has worked diligently over the last three months trying to come up with alternatives so that we can work together for the good of thank you for joining us. >> @ noon, the u.s. house devils in four legislative business. on the agenda, a bill that provides federal rebates for purchases of fuel-efficient vehicles. we spoke yesterday with the capital and reporter for the view of today's debate. >> joining us on the telephone is just aoshj. cash for clunkers, how would it work? >> it would offer americans up to $4.5000 to trade in a gas guzzler for new vehicle. there is a discrepancy on the threshold. the house proposal, which came out of the energy and commerce committee, was issued, the threshold for older vehicles would be 15 miles a gallon. to qualify for the credit, i think it is " 0.5 mile an hour for cars. one or two miles a gallon for trucks, depending on the size. >> the house is set to consider a bill on tuesday. will it to get two-thirds support require

i commend our three chairmen, chairman rangel, chairman waxman and chairman george miller for working together, eliminate any turf challenges that occurred in the early 1990's, 1993, 1994, and to facilitate this improvement in the lives of the american people. >> madam speaker, the senate passed tobacco bill barring any expected amendment -- >> when we see the bill, i can give you more definite answer. but from what i have seen so far, i believe it will be possible for us to accept their bill and send it right on to the president. we are talking about the f.d.a. tobacco bill. thank you all very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> and the house should be gaveling in in the next 10 or 15 minutes or so. when they come back they'll have a vote on the republican motion to instruct conferees on the 2009 war spending bill. and debate ahead on u.s. aid to pakistan. you heard the speaker there also say that the house likely to consider a resolution later today on the house floor condemning the shooting that o

you only hear it is an ongoing investigation of the charlie rangel thing, for example. who's not been fair on his taxes. i don't know who the government official was, but he plainly stated that by the end of last year we would know everything we are to know about that and here we are six months into the year -- and not just picking on him, but you have the others like blagojevich of illinois, you have a correction in the new mexico governor because of alleged wrongdoing. i could go on and on. quite frankly, there's probably corruption on both sides of the auto, although it seems to be the hierarchy of the democratic party. yes, i am biased because i am republican. i think that the republicans are the lesser of two evils. guest: sam, i share your frustration, but in this case at the ticket has much to do with the media as much as with our legal system. lawyers have got and sophisticated in good a dragging things out. these things can go on for years. that is what this is all about. this is not something i think we in the media can do much about. we can keep pushing. we c

rangel for his courtesy. >> the people in my district note to well that when washington applies itself to a problem, it over regulates and hides the true cost to the taxpayer. with it being over 1100 pages in length and 50 pages dedicated to regulating light bulbs, in order to garner enough votes, the majority is trying to shift the most punitive costs to laborers so they can get it passed. early on, it will be the government putting this enormous bill with your tax dollars, and down the road, the subsidy will shift to consumers who will pay directly to sustain this program to hire, job killing enterprises. either way, is the taxpayer that bears the burden. we need to focus on an energy solution that rewards innovation using american made energy, not trying to find a way to tax our way to prosperity and continue this terrific job loss. that is why i urge my colleagues to oppose this bill. >> the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas. >> i want to yield one minute to the distinguished congresswoman from the science committee. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. i

i assume you have some interaction with the chairman rangel and chairman waxman and chairman miller. you have to have some idea how you will pay for this bill. i'm giving you the benefit. if the president says he can save $60 billion a year, say $60 billion a year. i think you need to put 60 more billion dollars in savings on the table. you had to do it when your governor. >> that is true. this is a discussion draft. whatever bill was passed, will be paid for. we will work closely with the chairman. we were closed with the senators on the other side come up with the strategy to do just that. >> shouldn't we tell them up front? >> we do not have the cbo score for this yet. >> add these yet to put on the table where you are going to get the money. >> i've understand. >> it is not a box of chocolates. you do not know what your one to get. oh, there is $60 billion. my time has expired. i think we established a good point. i commend the present for that. it is a bad thing if the den and a shoestring with the american people where you are going to get the money. -- is a bad thing if you do

last friday, i joined with the chairman rangel and chairman miller to propose a discussion draft on health reform. this morning, we have the honor of hearing secretary sibelius' present the administration's views on the discussion draft. based on her contributions today and on what we will hear and learn from, the 50 state holders appearing before the said committee this week, and on the input from the members, we will revise the discussion draft and introduce a bill for consideration by the three committees. our legislation will reduce health-care costs. it will cover all americans. it'll improve the quality of care. it will be fully paid for. the lead sponsor, all there, will be the chairman of this committee who is faithfully carried on his father's legacy as an undisputed leader in the struggle for health reform. i want to emphasize a few important points about the discussion draft. it is just that, a draft for legislation and for discussion for the legislation. we are seeking input for the administration and others, because we want to approve the draft before introducing legislation.

rangel said it would never be part of their plan, and now it may be. i do not think it is necessary to tax that benefit. i think is helpful to give employees more input as to how that benefit is used. that one thing helps create a more competitive marketplace. we have a marketplace now, but it is not the kind of competitive marketplace that really improves cost. 61% of the american people under 65 get their insurance from work. their employer is only talking to a couple of people about whether or not you continue with them or go to somebody else on an annual or triannual basis. they're only talking to a couple of people. i can see a much larger marketplace than that. it makes people who offer policy at work want to be more competitive with the policy that is offered at work. if you're a big entrance company, and you're offering a policy through general electric or anybody else, you will want people to stay with that policy. the competitive dynamic is substantially different than it is today. competition, savings and the system itself, new technologies,

i commend our three chairman, rangel, waxman and miller for working together, limiting any chank challenges that occurred in the 1990's and to facilitate this improvement in the lives of the american people. >> the senate passed tobacco bill barring unexpected amendment in the next couple of days. >> when we see the bill i can give you a more definite answer. from what i have seen so far, i believe it will be possible for us to accept their bill and send it to the president. talking about the f.d.a. tobacco bill. thank you all very much. >> house republicans put forward their health care proposal on thursday. john bohner is joined by members to have group which crafted their plan. this is about 20 minutes. >> on every major issue addressed by congress and the white house this year, it is the american middle class that has take an hit from the trillion dollar stimulus bill to the fiscally irresponsible budget to endless bailouts. washington has asked the middle class to bankroll trillions in spending that we can't afford. now it appears that democrats are ready to lead us off the cliff again

rangel, speaker pelosi, and leader hoyer, will listen to our leader, john boehner. the republican task force has worked diligently over the last three months trying to come up with alternatives so that we can work together for the good of all americans, especially those who, through no fault of their own, are out there with no health insurance coverage. host: congressman phil gingrey, thank you very much for joining us. joining us in just a few minutes, senator bernie sanders, independent from the state of vermont. we will also turn our attention to foreign policy, the situation in the middle east, the elections in lebanon, and also shibley telhami will join us from the year sever city of maryland -- from the university of maryland. it is tuesday morning. "washington journal" continues in just a moment. >> harvard law professor elizabeth warren heads to the congressional oversight panel which monitors the spending of the $700 billion troubled asset relief program. she will testify this morning before the joint economic committee on the recent bank stress tests. we w

i also want to thank charlie rangel, the chair of the ways and means committee and collin peterson, the chair of the agricultural committee, for their many and ongoing contributions to this process. and i want to express my appreciation to nancy pelosi and steny hoyer for their leadership. we all know why this is so important. the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century's global economy. that's what this legislation seeks to achieve. it's a bill that will open the door -- door door to a better future for this nation and that's why i urge members of congress to come together and pass it. the last issue i'd like to address is health care. right now congress is debating various health care reform proposals. this is obviously a complicated issue but i am very optimistic about the progress that they're making. like energy, this is legislation that must and will be paid for. it will not add to our deficits over the next decade. we will find the money through savings and efficiencies within the health care system. some of which

i have also handed a letter explaining this issue to both chairman charl rangel and ranking member david kemp and i hope they will join me in supporting our military families. with that, mr. speaker, before i close, as i always do on the floor of the house, because we have young men understand and women in afghanistan and iraq -- men and women in afghanistan in iraq, we have young men and women dying for this country and young men and women who are losing limbs in those fights in afghanistan and iraq, so i ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, i ask god to please bless the families of our men and women in uniform and i ask god in his loving arms to hold the families who have given a child dying for freedom in afghanistan and iraq. and three times, mr. speaker, i ask god to please bless america, i ask god to please bless america and again i ask god to please bless this great nation known as america. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. ms. berkley of nevada. for what purpose does the

we have done this through chairman rangel's efforts with the caribbean basin legislation and other initiatives. congresswoman waters who worked so hard to save the banana industry and then chair of the congressional black caucus. she and i traveled to barbados in 1997 for that meeting. i also want to recognize a special work done by congressman donald payne who was the founding chair of the friends of the caribbean caucus and congressman kendrick meek, congressman gregory meeks, and of course congresswomany vet clarke. truly all the members are champions of the causes of the caribbean. last year one of our great achievements led by congressman donald payne and you, madam speaker, congresswoman lee, in one of those great efforts pepfar was extended to all of the caribbean for the very first time. two months ago health ministers and caricom leaders met to draft a five-year plan which would build on the pan cap, the pan caribbean partnership to ah.i.v. and aids in this region. the shirley chisholm exchange act of 2009 introduced again by congressional black caucus chairwoman and madam speaker lee

i really want to thank chairman berman, chairman waxman, ranking member ros-lehtinen and chairman rangel for supporting this very commonsense piece of legislation. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from washington. mr. larsen: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd again ask my colleagues to support this important amendment to h.r. 2410 and appreciate everyone's support and making it happen and bringing it to the floor today and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from washington. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. mr. larsen: mr. chairman, i ask for the yeas and nays. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from washington will be postponed. it's now in order to consider amendment number 8 printed in part c of house report 111-143. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. sessions: thank you, mr. chairman. i ha

s, both lotted by the speaker and chairman rangel. it could be viewed as a precedent to justify the inclusion of similar language, not only a new trade agreements but perhaps in efforts to revise existing ones which would, of course, apply to us as well leaving the united states vulnerable to challenges that our labor laws don't meet this standard. i'm also concerned about the pay for. for every dollar of duty relief that reconstruction opportunity zone exports from these countries receive, other pakistani and afghan exports have to pay at least that amount in increased fees making these countries potentially worse off than they are right now. lastly, i'm disappointed that this is my first opportunity to explain my concerns. this bill was not even considered by the ways and means committee which, again, it's not about the committee. but, again, this denies the american people their voice. this is not the return to regular order we were promised by the speaker, and i fear this is not the last time this month i'll be on the floor raisin

>> caller: i have a 2006 rangel. >> host: thanks for the call. >> guest: the domestic companies, chrysler and gm were white-- finance with the chrysler arm but now they have funds, gmac controls both of those and that is something that consumers have to deal with. with those finance arms. >> host: he talked about chrysler and the companies in the market section of the "financial times" talks about the chrysler investors try to foil the fiat deal. what is your take on the deal for chrysler? what dissent mean for them? >> guest: it is an interesting partnership. fiat is popular in europe and has a number of models there that are on the smaller fuel-efficient end. they also have some cars that used to be in the u.s. market. they have been in the market for a while but it looks like the question is how long it takes for them to bring those vehicles into the u.s. market, what kinds of platforms that will be introducing but i think there is technology there that chrysler believes it can benefit from. >> host: to chicago we go, dean of our independent line. welcome. >> caller: i would like to sa

i've been trying to talk about since day one of this conversation i've had when i brought up the rangel rule and all these other things is that if we as members of this house have questions that we think need to be resolved, we have only one place to go and that's to our colleagues in this house and say, these issues need to be resolved. if there's nothing to them, we need to find out there's nothing to them. but they need to be resolved. and if you're draining the swamp that means you're going to address issues as they come up. if something stinks over in this part of the swamp, you drain that swamp and fine out what's stinking. that's what she meant when she said draining the swamp. now we have parts of the swamp where our colleagues on the other side seem to be dwelling in right now by accusation home, by press accusation. let's clear those peoples' names. if there's nothing in that swamp, let's drain it, let's find out. and that's the responsibility of the leadership of the majority and that's the responsibility of the ethics committee and that's why we keep talking about those ethi

charlie rangel said it would never be part of their plan, and now it may be. i think it is helpful to give employees more input into how the benefit is used. that one thing helps create a more competitive marketplace. the marketplace does not control costs, or people under 65 get their health insurance at work. normally, their employer is only talking to a couple people about whether they continue with them or go to somebody else on an annual basis or whatever basis they look at their health care. i could see a much larger marketplace than that if the employee also has options beyond what is offered at work. that makes people who offer a policy at work want to be more competitive with the policy offered at work. if you are a big insurance company, offering a policy through general electric, or anybody else, you want people to sit with that policy. suddenly, the competitive dynamic is substantially different than today. competition, savings in the system itself, new technology, new transparency are all part of keeping costs down, as are simply new ways to get p

i commend chairman rangel of the ways and means committee, chairman miller of the education and labor committee and chairman waxman of the energy and commerce committee. and this week we are continuing our work on our historic energy bill which is important to our national security, it's important to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, in the interests of protecting american people, and our interest to reduce pollution in the air, to protect the health of our children and all americans. it's important for us to invest in new contingencies to keep america number one in innovation and new green technologies and to create millions of new jobs in this new green economy. and it's important. that's why i'm so glad that people of faith are working with us to preserve god's beautiful creation and our moral responsibility to pass it on to the next generation better than we found it. so it's a pretty exciting, it's historic, it's transformational, and we're working hard to bring it to the floor this week. with that i'll be pleased to take any questions you may have. >> [indiscernible] >> you

rangel said it was not be part of their plan and now i think it is. i don't think it is necessary to tax that benefit. i think it is helpful to give employees more knowledge of how it is used. we have a marketplace now but it is not the kind of competitive marketplace that really controls cost. a marketplace where 61% of the american people under 65 get their health insurance at work and normally their employer is only talking to a couple of people about whether you continue with them or go to somebody else on an annual or triannual basis. i can see a much larger market mace with that, than that, if the employee also has some options beyond what is offered at work. that makes people who offer a policy at work want to be more competitive with the policy that is offered at work. if you are if you are a big insurance company and offering a policy through general electric or anybody else you want people to stay with the policy. so suddenly the competitive dynamic is substantially different than it is today. so, competition, savings in the system itself, n

, i know you know who they are, but just sort of running around the board here, down here charlie rangel, the distinguished chairman of the ways and means committee, here a former colleague of ours, rahm emanuel, president obama's chief of of staff, up here mr. or zag -- orr zag, the -- orzag, the o.m.b. bean counter. senator dodd from connecticut. in the upper corner ms. pelosi, the distinguished speaker of the house of representatives. and mr. harry reid, the distinguished majority leader over in the united states senate. so we have narrowed it down to one of these folks. the question mark down there is sadly, and this is really a disappointment to me, sadly some are just saying that it was some staffer that put the thing in. the question mark is this staffer who apparently has the power to change law and make law. i really don't think it was -- it may have been a staffer who was using the pen. clearly a staffer had to be directed by somebody to do that. we thought originally that senator dodd, the chairman. banking committee, might be the person we should focus in on. he's made some p

rangel and obviously speaker pelosi and will listen to our leader john boehner, the doctors caucus, the 15 of us of the republic and doctors caucus, the republican task force has worked diligently over the past months to come of with alternatives so that we can work together for the good of all americans especially those few to no fault of their own air out there with no health insurance coverage. >> congressman mr. gingrey of virginia, thank you. >> we continue our discussion on health care system, vermonts center bernie sanders launched, join us on "washington journal" for 30 minutes. >> host: i want to introduce bernie sanders, thank you for being with us. your single payer plan, how what were? >> guest: it begins to do the major problems that exist in our current health care system and i think understands that the current system is disintegrating with 46 million without any health insurance, more who are underinsured and at the end of the day off we end up spending despite those results far more money per capita almost twice as much as any other country and our health care outcomes

rangel has had discussions with mr. camp. and i know that mr. waxman has sought and indicates to me and i wasn't there but he's had discussions with his ranking member as well, mr. barton. so let me assure the gentleman that we welcome bipartisan participation. i told that to mr. blunt. mr. blunt and i think i think as you know have a history of working together successfully on behalf of legislation in this body and i have great respect for him. he heads up your health task force and we have had discussions. i've asked him to provide me with any suggestions that his task force has that he believes would be useful for us to discuss further. and i'm very hopeful that he will do so. as you know we put a discussion draft on the table today for discussion. your side has put some principles out as well. i'm hopeful, i know the president is hopeful that we can discuss those. we did have an unfortunate experience, as the gentleman recalls, when the president said he wanted to sit down and talk about the stimulus and he was coming down to meet with your

we will now hear from chairman of the ways and means committee, charlie rangel. >> thank you, henry. it has been a real pleasure for me to work with the chairman of energy and commerce and labor in putting together this plan that hasn't been easy but has been really an educational process from all of us and to be working in the shadows of john dingell's father and recognizing the historic work than he has done over the years and the health reform system just reminds me of how many politicians, members of congress and presidents have said that they are going to do something about reforming health system. and now with the press time the president has pulled together all of the stakeholders, all of the people that have fought against this over the years to come together and two recognize that we have to do it for our country, we have to do it for our citizens, we have to do with our economy, and we have to do it if we are going to remain competitive. everybody has a story, a horror story of somebody the high cost of health insurance and where was america blacks behind all the industrial

congressman rangel, chairman rangel of the ways and means committee. and chairman peterson of the agriculture committee. we thank them for their leadership and for giving us this opportunity today. madam speaker, no matter how long this congress wants to talk about it, we cannot hold back the future. and so in order to move on with the future, i want to yield back my time, submit my statement for the record, urge my colleagues -- urge my colleagues to vote for this important legislation. when you do, just remember these four words for what this legislation means -- jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. let's vote for jobs. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia, mr. forbes. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. mr. forbes: request a recorded vote, please. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic dev