this moment go by without telling the chairman of the subcommittee's have worked so hard on us, rob andrews, frank malone, and the ways and means peter stark has for decades been working on its ear and i want to thank the staffs of the three committees. we have relied heavily on them, we will meet and decide the direction we want to go, but they have had responsibility and working with all the committees and working together. .. working so seamlessly together and coming out with this discussion proposal. thank you. [inaudible conversations] one [inaudible conversations] mal remarks on health care reform with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. this is a few minutes. mr. president, one thing republicans and democrats can agree on is the need for serious health care reform. one the president obama spoke to the american medical is as a nation to discuss the issue. i applaud the president for his commitment to health care reform and agree we need to make health care more affordable and accessible to all americans. while the american people want reform they want us to fix what's wrong with t

rob andrews of new jersey chairs this hour 40 minute hearing of the education and labor subcommittee on health. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, ladies and gentleman. welcome to the subcommittee. having determined we would proceed we would like to welcome our colleagues who are present this morning. ladies and gentlemen who would be witnesses and the members of the public and the press. it is great to have you with us. the united states is spending more of our national wealth, more of our business firms i ncome, more of our family and individual income on health care than any of our industrial competitors anywhere in the world. and i do think there is an emerging consensus we are not getting what we are paying for. we are not getting the quality that everyone wants and deserves, and we are certainly not getting the coverage that everyone wants and we believe deserves. there are too many people left out of our system. there is too much money spent within our system on other than providing health care to people spend on what many of us feel is wasted expenditures. at the pres

chairs, pete stark from the ways and means committee, frank alone from energy and commerce, and rob andrews of the education and labor committee. president -- today marks a historic moment in america's urgent quest to fix our broken health insurance system. for the past six months are three committees, the committees that have jurisdiction over health care and the house have worked together in an unprecedented manner to develop and present a health care reform discussion draft for congress and the american people that embodies president obama's call for fundamental change in our health-care system. president obama asked us to draft a reform bill that will control costs, guaranteed choice and ensure quality and affordable health care coverage for all americans. i believe that our draft lives of those essential principles, our discussion draft reflects months of hard work in the views of many of our colleagues. we met with our respective democratic sen republican committee members with their senate colleagues and the cbo and the administration and other stakeholders in an open and collaborati

. >> rob: that's andrew miller, the lefty sitting there. pretty good arms on their side of the field too. they've got andrew miller, dontrelle willis, miguel cabrera trade. great, young left-hander. >> bob: ryan zimmerman this year having a very ought year -- odd year in one respect. he's hitting .333 against right- handers and well under .300 against lefties. 0-2 here. he's gone for the second out. first strikeout by sean west. adam dunn coming up. >> rob: well, 0-2. this is a perfectly placed breaking ball right here in on his feet on the ground. >> bob: if you hit it, it's going to hurt. >> rob: if you hit it, it's going to be foul or in the ground. you can't hit that fair. it looks good coming in and then bottom drops out of it have. especially from a 6'8" guy. >> bob: how about the size of this matchup? that's a short hopper to uggla in right field. the nats go in order in the top of the third. they've outhit the marlins 3-2 and it's time.   >> bob: nats fans well represented here in south florida whenever we