julie philipp is news director of wxxi in rochester, n.y., and host of "need to know rochester." jose luis jimenez is with us from kpbs-san diego. he is the social media editor for "fronteras; the changing america desk"-- a consortium of seven south western radio stations. and karen kasler is capital bureau chief for ohio public radio and television. we want to thank you all four for talking with us. dick pryor, i want to start with you, what are people in your viewing area around oklahoma saying about what the president had to say last night? >> i think people here were very impressed by what president obama said. obviously they were listening first and foremost to hear how he compared to what president clinton said in 1995 following the oklahoma city bombing. the speech was different, the atmosphere was different. it was a lot longer. president clinton spoke for nine minutes and the atmosphere in the arena was different than it was in oklahoma city. it was much more solemn here. i believe the president did all of the things he needed to do and that's what people were looking fo

just a european history major from the university of rochester. [inaudible] >> i was kind of surprised that i expected it to be more red when i got back. but, you know, they want to keep the voice of the author. but oh, yeah. trust me. i got a lot of edgy and i'm in looking at it thinking, because when you're editing it's a matter of fact. they're correcting your grammar and whatnot your syntax. so i'm reading it and just kind of like, i'm done. it was interesting but definitely a lot of red ink. good question. >> what do your fellow marines think about you writing the book? >> a great question to a lot of the guys love it because this is really what they struggle with coming back from iraq. because you think about from the average lance corporal's perspective, they don't really know why they're doing a lot of the missions. they know there are specific objective, targeted this guy, in this house, let's go get him. they don't really know the full context of what are we trying to do in the city of ramadi. what we trying to do as a battalion, as a br

if he could listen to doug lowry's homage to the contributions he brought to the cultural life of rochester, new york? what might he think as he studied the changes made to the theater that he had crafted so long ago? jamal rossi this is a man who was both innovative and forward thinking and a person who would never be satisfied sort of the way things used to be. and so the space function is a movie house only for a few years. and really its life has been as a concert hall. while it has been aesthetically fabulous, it hasn't been acoustically fabulous. i think that he would have been the first to say fix that. i have to believe that mr. eastman would give us all a pat on the back and say, "well done." (music) (production credits) this program is made possible in part by: louise epstein keith & betsy wilson the pike company providing construction solutions since 18. serving clients throughout the northeast, pike offers a full range of commercial building services including construction management, general contracting, design build, and facility management. information available online. and b

well, i just heard what my friend from rochester said. i will say this is a great day for the people's house because we are going to in fact be implementing the commitment that was made to focus on getting our economy back on track. with that, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to have very hardworking and thoughtful member of the rules committee whwas with us for 12 hours up until late last night, our new colleague from north charleston, south carolinamr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. mr. chairman, i will say that it's truly an honor to serve on the rules committee. my first experience at the 12th hour experience all day yesterday. what an opportunity to serve the american people. thank you, sir. this is a great opportunity for all of us in america, to kill the job-killing health care bill that is taking jobs away from the private sector. soon we want to make six quick points. we all recognize th the cost of insurance is only going up,

what happened in rochester this week you will take part in the world economic forum in davos it's the first time in the history of the form that russia will be represented at the top level why did you want to take part in the form personally and what are you going to talk about in your address at the opening ceremony maybe some key ideas a small room most. serious but it applies to but because of the recent events my agenda for davos will most likely be shortened but the important issue remains the same and i made this decision to take part in the forum as a president of the russian federation because i think that it's a very important international forum where we can address our position we're stablished a very good for an instant petersburg russia but i think it is very successful and both promoted but we still need to talk to call leaves the leaders of countries and governments businessmen in other places in this respect davos is the most popular place i first went there when i worked in the government because the atmosphere at the forum was very good it's informal so you don't eve

chris en rochester, estas al aire. >> chris: apenas estoy viendo que esto sucede y estoy un poco asustado>> nadie puede decirle la rapidez con la que avanzara sus sintomas. podemos decirle que con el tiempo empeoraran, pero si comienza a tomar prosvent tiene ingredientes que revertiran el proceso y desde el dia que empieze comenzara a sanar. >> la siguiente llamada es de lou de nueva york. ¿tienes alguna pregunta para el doctor? >> lou: hola! si, doctor, tengo 62 años de edad y tengo algunos de los sistomas que estan tratando... ¿pueden causar cancer? >> lou, la respuesta es sencilla es no, pero un hombre de 62 aÑos de edad con agrandamiento benigno de prostata tambien es un hombre con riesgo de cancer. recuerde, recomiendo que todos los hombres de 50 aÑos vean a su medico se sometan a un examen digito rectal y se hagan el examen de p.s.a. primero descartar el cancer y despues prosvent puede ayudar a aliviar el problema del agrandamiento de la prostata. >> barbara: y sin efectos secundarios. >> estos ingredientes fueron estudiados, infinidad de veces con miles de pacientes y sin efectos s

. >> born in new york, near rochester, 42 years of age, wife, amy, three children. catholic. politics, independent. saint bonaventure university new york. b.s. marketing. state university of new york at buffalo, mba. marketing intelligence service, a subsidiary of data monitor, a company headquartered in london, england. general manager, naples, new york, 10 years and currently. lookout magazine formerly published by marketing intelligence service. editor eight years. productscan online, a database of new consumer package goods, executive editor 10 years and currently. health products, business magazine. a trade journal, columnist five ars and currently. hobby, skiing, auto racing. tom, robert vierhile. born chicago 61 years of age, daughter donna. one daughter. jewish. democrat. university of chicago, b.s. chemistry. massachusetts institute of technology, ph.d., micro biology. center for science in the public interest, a nonprofit public health advocacy association with over 8,000 memrs. cofounder and executive director 33 years and currently. author, numerous books, includi

dreier: i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from rochester, new york, ms.slaughter, and pending that i yield one minute to the distinguished majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman, madam speaker. it's a great honor to call up the rules package for the 112th congress. two months ago voters sent a clear message of repudiation against a government that failed to deliver results. government for too long has operated under the flawed assumption that growing bigger and controlling more is necessarily better. consequently washington has grown inefficient, unfocused and wasteful. spending has gone progressively higher while results for all americans have not been realized. our new majority stands for a different and better way. we believe in a government that controls less and spends less but accomplishes more. we believe in a smarter government, a more efficient government, a more focused government. the new house majority will be about cut and grow. we're going to cut spending and jo

. >> in audible >> the water starting to recede in rochester, but it is slow going no matter what mode of transport. higher than the previous record set in 1956. >> nothing like this is r happen. >> the cleanup has begun for some, others will have to wait a while longer. at least the main highway have been reopened allowing hundreds of stranded truckee's to get back on the job. >> coming up strange rumblings in the mind of the accused tucson's shooter, will point out why so many people are asking for better treatment of the mentally ill. if you like to walk your dog in sad francisco there may be fewer places to do it legally. @ a new proposal would require doctors to be released in some places in the recreational area. it would then dogs from all together from other areas from the park. kron4 stanley roberts take a look to what some dog owners are doing on one federal beach. >> this dog owner is violating a federal police or law by not having his dog on billy's. in one section of the beach all bulbs must be on a leash. from steroid 21 to the boulevard all dogs are not permitted to run

i was a european history major from the university of rochester. no professional writing bctd. as the intelligence officer for the company, i got every mission debrief, so i debriefed every mission control that went out and aware of everything that occurred. when it comes to writing the story, you'll notice when reading the book, there's a lot of quotes. i mean, i did in depth interviews with the company. it's not my story, but rage company's story. i really tried to go at length to make sure it was as accurate as possible. in order to do that, i had to interview a lot of marines. you'll see it jumpings perspectives. you'll see it from my view, a lieutenant and sergeant's perspective. when a marine was killed in cam bat, i wanted to write from the on-scene commander. i didn't want to write from my own. i wasn't always at the scene. i wanted to make it as accurate as possible. i think that really drove my writing style because somebody who wasn't a professional you know in writing nonfiction, it's easier because i can follow events as they occur. you pick up on that as you read

rochester, new york. good morning. caller: yes, i want to see it repealed. i want to see it take into space in the next flight. if the democrats were being honest on their side and they put in the dr. fix in this bill, this bill would not score as good as it did. that has to do with the medical. they put it in some other bill. they did not mention that in their arguments. on the other hand, the republicans are coming out and telling you that they like a lot of things that are in it. it's too much of a boondoggle to try to cut here and there. they want to make it affordable. if you open insurance across state lines. if i can buy something in the midwest -- these people have got to readjust their prices all over the united states. you have more people that are willing to buy cheap plants. they want to replace -- i am on medicare, but i'm not complaining about it or worried about if this happens or that happens. host: paul, do you think it's a good idea to slowly go after medicare and the spending that goes along with it in order to tackle our deficits? caller:

. >> born in new york, near rochester, 42 years of age, wife, amy, three children. catholic. politics, independent. saint bonaventure university new york. b.s. marketing. state university of new york at buffalo, mba. marketing intelligence service, a subsidiary of data monitor, a company headquartered in london, england. general manager, naples, new york, 10 years and currently. lookout magazine formerly published by marketing intelligence service. editor eight years. productscan online, a database of new consumer package goods, executive editor 10 years and currently. health products, business magazine. a trade journal, columnist five years and currently. hobby, skiing, auto racing. tom, robert vierhile. born chicago 61 years of age, daughter donna. one daughter. jewish. democrat. university of chicago, b.s. chemistry. massachusetts institute of technology, ph.d., micro biology. center for science in the public interest, a nonprofit public health advocacy association with over 8,000 members. cofounder and executive director 33 years and currently. author, numerous books, inc

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well, i just heard what my friend from rochester said.s a great day for the people's house because we are going to in fact be implementing the commitment that was made to focus on getting our economy back on track. with that, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to have very hardworking and thoughtful member of the rules committee who was with us for 12 hours up until late last night, our new colleague from north charleston, south carolina, mr. scott. the speer pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. mr. chairman, i will say that it's truly an honor to serve on the rules committee. my first experience at the 12th hour experience all day yesterday. what an opportunity to serve the american people. thank you, sir. this is a great opportunity for ll of us in america, to kill the job-killing health care bill that is taking jobs away from the private sector. soon we want to make six quick points. we all recognize that the cost of insurance is only going up, up and up. the

dreier: i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from rochester, new york, ms.slaughter, and pending that i yield one minute to the distinguished majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman, madam speaker. it's a great honor to call up the rules package for the 112th congress. two months ago voters sent a clear message of repudiation against a government that failed to deliver results. government for too long has operated under the flawed assumption that growing bigger and controlling more is necessarily better. consequently washington has grown inefficient, unfocused and wasteful. spending has gone progressively higher while results for all americans have not been realized. our new majority stands for a different and better way. we believe in a government that controls less and spends less but accomplishes more. we believe in a smarter government, a more efficient government, a more focused government. the new house majority will be about cut and grow. we're going to cut spending and jo

well, i just heard what my friend from rochester said.l say this is a great day for the people's house because we are going to in fact be implementing the commitment that was made to focus on getting our economy back on track. with that, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to have very hardworking and thoughtful member of the rules committee who was with ufor 12 hours up until late last night, our new colleague from nth charleston, south carolina, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south colina is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. mr. chairman, i will say that it's truly an honor to serve on the rules committee. my first experience at the 12th hour experience all day yesterday. what an opportunity to serve the american people. thank you, sir. this is a great opportunity for all of us in america, to kill the job-killing health care bill that is taking jobs away from the private sector. soon we want to make six quick points. we all recognize that the cost of insurance is only going up, up an

she is a professor in the brain and cognitive sciences department at the university of rochester. she has done a lot of research on video game players. and parents: the news is a little bit counter-intuitive. >> we can show that, they have better vision, the kind of skills that are not typically corrected by training but corrected by your glasses which is not something that you would think playing videogames actually changes. and it's not only the case for vision but its also the case for attention, for different aspects of cognition like multitasking, visual short term memory. >> reporter: and bavalier says the games that are most beneficial are the not the ones you might suspect. no disagreement from the halo legend known as flamesword, a.k.a. michael chaves. he's a professional video gamer. yes, kids, you can get paid t do this! even though i hesitate to mention it. >> i think faster. i have more outcomes in my head because in the game you are trying to complete a task and there many ways to accomplish this task. and if i could do it in the game, i feel i could do it in person,

dreier: madam speaker, let me just say to my friend from rochester that i will be the final speaker. ms. slaughter: you're ready to close. mr. dreier: i'm ready to close. ms. slaughter: thank you. mr. dreier: how many more speakers does the gentlewoman have? ms. slaughter: two left. i would like to yield one of those minutes to ms. sutton from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for one minute. ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker the issue facing this country is jobs. instead of rushing to the aid of the insurance industry to reinstate their right to engage in egregious discriminatory practices of discriminating against adults and children based on pre-existing conditions, instead of allowing the doughnut hole to continue to bear down on our seniors, we should be passing real jobs legislation. urgently we should be bringing up jobs bills that will make a real difference like putting an end to china's currency manipulation. we have heard the numbers, 2.4 million jobs lost across the country. 92,000 jobs lost in ohio. and 5,700 jobs have been lost in

he was a great mayor of rochester. he is going to be -- that's rochester. he is going to be a phenomenal lieutenant governor. lieutenant governor bob duffy. >>> to my colleague and congratulations to the re-elected controller thomas dinapoli. [ applause ] >> to our brand new right out of the box attorney general eric schneiderman. [ applause ] >> to majority leader dean scalos. thank you very much, dean. assembly speaker sheldon silver. ♪ ♪ >> senate minority leader john sachlson. assembly minority leader brian cole. to the judges of our great court of appeals. it's an honor to be with you, and a special thank you to the young people behind me. these are high school students who represent new york's 62 counties. they are the future and the state that we are talking about preparing today is the state that we will leave them. we hope they do a good job and we thank them for being with us. thank you! [ applause ] >> my friends, i believe this state is at a crossroads, and i believe there are two very different paths that this state may go down. certain factors

it is costing the american people -- the other thing -- i'm in rochester.y car insurance in california. i can by car insurance, but i cannot buy health insurance across state lines. host: the health care law was part of last night's speech and the gop's response from paul ryan. here's what the budget chairman had to say. >> costs are going up. premiums are rising. millions of people will lose the coverage they currently have. job creation is being stifled. businesses and unions from around the country are asking the obama administration for waivers from the mandates. washington should not be in the business of picking winners and losers. the president mentioned the need for regulatory reform to ease the burden on american businesses. we agree. we think the health care law would be a great place to start. host: an independent in oakland, california. your thoughts on the state of the union. caller: the previous caller made the comment that you probably could not please most of the republicans. i really believe that they should try to get back to some core rep

i was a european history major from the university of rochester. no professional writing background. as the intelligence officer for the company, i got every mission debrief, so i debriefed every patrol that went out. i was aware of everything that occurred. and so when it comes to actually writing the story, you'll notice that when you're reading the book it's very, there's a lot of quotes. i mean, i did some in the-depth interviews with the marines of the company, so this is really a story about the company. it's not my story, it's rage company's story. so i really tried to go at length to make sure it was as accurate as possible. and in order to do that, i had to interview a lot of marines, and you'll see the story actually jumps perspectives. you'll see it from my point of view, a lieutenant's point of view, you'll see it from a sergeant's perspective. and especially when a marine was killed in combat, i wanted to write from the on-scene commander's perspective. a lot of times i wasn't exactly at the scene. so i wanted to make things as accurat

well, i just heard what my friend from rochester said. i will say this is a great day for the people's house because we are going to in fact be implementing the commitment that was made to focus on getting our economy back on track. with that, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to have very hardworking and thoughtful member of the rules committee who was with us for 12 hours up until late last night, our new colleague from north charleston, south carolina, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. mr. chairman, i will say that it's truly an honor to serve on the rules committee. my first experience at the 12th hour experience all day yesterday. what an opportunity to serve the american people. thank you, sir. this is a great opportunity for all of us in america, to kill the job-killing health care bill that is taking jobs away from the private sector. soon we want to make six quick points. we all recognize that the cost of insurance is only goi

heok was a great mayor of b rochester, he's going to be a, he is going to be -- that's rochester. [laughter] he is going to be a phenomenal lieutenant governor, lieutenant governor bob duffy.o be [applause] >> to my colleague and congratulations to the reelected controller, thomas denapoli. [applause] to our brand new right-out-of-the-box attorney general eric schneiderman. [applause] to majority leader dean skellos, thank you very much, dean. [applause] assembly speakers sheldon silver -- [applause] senate minority leader john sampson. [applause] assembly minority leader brian cole. [applause] to the judges of our great court of appeals, it's an honor to be with you. chief judge. [applause] and a special thank you to thebe young people behind me. these are high school studentshn who represent new york's 62 counties. they areth the future, and the state that we are talking about preparing today is the state that we will leave them. we hope we do a good job, and we thank them for being with us. thank you.that [applause] >> my friends, i believe this state is at a crossroads, and i

well, i just heard what my friend from rochester said.y this is a great day for the people's house because we are going to in fact be implementing the commitment that was made to focus on getting our economy back on track. with that, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to have very hardworking and thoughtful member of the rules committee who was with us for 12 hours up until late last night, our new colleague from north charleston, south carolina, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. mr. chairman, i will say that it's truly an honor to serve on the rules committee. my first experience at the 12th hour experience all day yesterday. what an opportunity to serve the american people. thank you, sir. this is a great opportunity for all of us in america, to kill the job-killing health care bill that is taking jobs away from the private sector. soon we want to make six quick points. we all recognize that the cost of insurance is only going up, up

rochester, new york, 76. and in syracuse, a jaw-dropping 113 inches. nearly ten feet. today airlines have to finish clearing backlog after the storm grounded more than 1,200 flights around new york alone. thousands are still without power. and for millions of students, it is back to class after a snow day. only the ninth in 33 years for new york city's schools. you can imagine where their heads may be. do you like to go fast or slow? >> medium. >> reporter: medium. good answer. that's a good answer. he is 4 years old. he let me borrow his sled for part of the day. by the way, this is serious business. the american red cross is reporting that the blood supply sat the lowest level for january in ten years. largely because people have not been able to give, canceling their appointments because of the bad weather. >> yes. we are still in january. peter alexander, thanks so much. how much snow is on the way this time? we will get the forecast for both coasts in just a moment. >> i have to work this weekend. i'm going to l.a., away from the snow. >>> let's get a check of the

he was a great mayor of rochester. he is going to be -- that's rochester.going he is going to be a phenomenalg lieutenant governor. lieutenant governor, bob duffy. [applause] [cheers and applause] to my colleague and congratulations to the reelected controller, thomas dinapoli. [applause] two are brand-new, right out of the box attorney general eric the bo schneiderman. [applause] to majority leader, dean's fellows, thank you very much coming team. scal assembly speakers sheldonheldon s silver. [applause] senate minority leader, john sands in. [applause] jo assembly minority leader, brian cole. [applause] to the judges of our great court of appeals, it's another to beg withes you. it's an honor to be with you and a special thank you to the young people behind me. these are high school students who represent new york's 62 counties. they are the future and the state that we are talking about preparing today is the state that we will leave them. we hope they do a good job and we thank them for being with us. thank you! [

again, madam speaker, it's very important for us to ensure that we have the input of my friend from rochester, ms. slaughter, and other democrats as well as other republicans in this process. madam speaker, this rules package is a very significant first step. we've learned the hard way that bad process enevidentably results in bad outcomes. we need to look no further than our ailing economy and spiraling deficit, not to mention congress' abysmal approval rating to see that that's true. by reforming the rules of the house we set the stage for reforming the entire federal government. ultimately we ensure fidelity to the original rules document, that being the constitution. and i'm so pleased that tomorrow and i'm so pleased that tomorrow on the house floor led b

. >> trying to get to rochester, new york. >> reporter: in miami, many frustrated passengers are trying to get to atlanta where the airport america's busiest is virtually shut down. >> everything is delayed. looks like the pipeline from here to atlanta, you know, everything's shut down so we're going to be here for a couple of days. >> reporter: auburn fans from alabama to arizona for last night's college football national championship game were also completely out of luck. >> kind of in between crying and throwing something at somebody. >> reporter: but not everyone's complaining. in wrightsville, north carolina, local children got creative using the normally white sandy beaches for sledding trails. here in atlanta, the storm marks the second significant snowfall here in just three weeks, no big deal in the northeast but a huge deal here in the southeast and across the region many folks here will be staying home and the city will stay in a state of near paralysis. chris? >> cbs' mark straussmann in atlanta this morning, thank you and stay bundled up. not used to it makes it tough down

again, madam speaker, it's very important for us to ensure that we have the input of my friend from rochester, ms. slaughter, and other democrats as well as other republicans in this process. madam speaker, this rules package is a very significant first step. we've learned the hard way that bad process enevidentably results in bad outcomes. we need to look no further than our ailing economy and spiraling deficit, not to mention congress' abysmal approval rating to see that that's true. by reforming the rules of the house we set the stage for reforming the entire federal government. ultimately we ensure fidelity to the original rules document, that being the constitution. and i'm so pleased that tomorrow on the house floor led by our friend from virginia, mr. goodlatte, we will be having a bipartisan reading of the constitution. and, madam speaker, our founders understood better than anyone the importance of restraining federal power. i think that thomas jefferson put it best when he said in questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief by the cha

well, i just heard what my friend from rochester said. i will say this is a great day for the people's house because we are going to in fact be implementing the commitment that was made to focus on getting our economy back on track. with that, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to have very hardworking and thoughtful member of the rules committee who was with us for 12 hours up until late last night, our new colleague from north charleston, south carolina, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. mr. chairman, i will say that it's truly an honor to serve on the rules committee. my first experience at the 12th hour experience all day yesterday. what an opportunity to serve the american people. thank you, sir. this is a great opportunity for all of us in america, to kill the job-killing health care bill that is taking jobs away from the private sector. soon we want to make six quick points. we all recognize that the cost of insurance is only goi

dreier: madam speaker, let me just say to my friend from rochester that i will be the final speaker. ms. slaughter: you're ready to close. mr. dreier: i'm ready to close. ms. slaughter: thank you. mr. dreier: how many more speakers does the gentlewoman have? ms. slaughter: two left. i would like to yield one of those minutes to ms. sutton from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for one minute. ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker the issue facing this country is jobs. instead of rushing to the aid of the insurance industry to reinstate their right to engage in egregious discriminatory practices of discriminating against adults and children based on pre-existing conditions, instead of allowing the doughnut hole to continue to bear down on our seniors, we should be passing real jobs legislation. urgently we should be bringing up jobs bills that will make a real difference like putting an end to china's currency manipulation. we have heard the numbers, 2.4 million jobs lost across the country. 92,000 jobs lost in ohio. and 5,700 jobs have been lost in

deal with nuclear issues in the department of energy or the of the questions that my friend from rochester raised. >> thank you for the clarification of that definition. by that definition that you just gave us, social security is on the chopping block, medicare is on the chopping block -- >> we are talking about non- discretionary spending. social security and medicare are not discretionary programs. they are entitlements. i believe it is absolutely essential for us to proceed with entitlement reform. but this measure does not, in any way, touch the issues. it happens to be non-security spending. >> will mr. ryan come to testify? >> he is not able to be here. >> i think that a lot of the questions we have, he is really the one to answer them. let me just make sure i understand this correctly. -- the way the budget process will work. under the rules that the majority passed, the chairman of the budget committee can come up with a number, put it in the record, and that is the number that we'll have to abide by in terms of how much appropriations can deal with and all that. >> that is correc

review of her medical records that detailed physical abuse by her husband a woman's shelter and rochester minnesota was told that its employees were considered uninsurable because most of them were survivors of domestic violence and an informal 1994 survey conducted by the senate judiciary committee found that the largest u.s. insurer is admitted using domestic violence as a factor in deciding whether to offer insurance coverage and how much to charge. these practices were explicitly banned by health care reform and repeal of reform will allow this injustice to continue. i respectfully request this amendment be made in order to preserve the ban on the gender reading and the prohibition on insurance practices that discriminate so egregiously against women. thank you. >> [inaudible] [laughter] is it one week? gap. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> mr. chairman, thank you and congratulations, and ranking member souder for her great leadership and to the two members who have joined us on the republican side. last year what we heard over and over again from our colleagues on the republican side was

. >> jen and keith moore are married from rochester, new york, and each of them lost more than 100 poundo nutrition and we would consume 2,000 to 3,000 calories per meal. >> after we got marry, the bad eating habits continued. i worked long hours inm/o retai and we would be too tired and lazy to bother with a healthy dinner. >> keith and i both loved food and used it to fix all of life's problems. bad day at work, we would order a pizza and wings and get a 64-ounce soda from 7-eleven. >> we tried a few fad diets but they never worked. at my heaviest i was 288 pounds. >> and i was a whopping 285 pounds. september of 2009 was my turning point after a visit to the amusement park. too fat to go on a ride with my daughter, i was asked to get off. i vowed that my next year, i would return and be the hot mom. >> i was a little skeptical when jen started her weight loss journey again, except this time i saw something different in her. i saw her approaching it in a balanced way. nothing extreme, no fad diets. >> i refused to even use the word "diet." it was my lifestyle change. i became active an

customary 30 minutes to my very good friend and rules committee colleague, the the gentlelady from rochester, new york, ms. slaughter. pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dreier: during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to rise and extend which i have done. and i ask all members have five lemming days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: madam speaker, house resolution 26 provides for a closed rule for consideration of h.r. 2 and self-executes an amendment by the majority leader which is required under the statutory pay-as-you-go act of 2010. this is routinely required and is similar to many provisions that have been self-executed since the enactment of statutory pay-go. the resolution provides for seven hours of debate on h.r. 2, equally and controlled by the chair and ranking member of six committees and the majority lead

customary 30 minutes to my very good friend and rules committee colleague, the the gentlelady from rochesternew york, ms. slaughter. pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dreier: during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to rise and extend which i have done. and i ask all members have five lemming days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: madam speaker, house resolution 26 provides for a closed rule for consideration of h.r. 2 and self-executes an amendment by the majority leader which is required under the statutory pay-as-you-go act of 2010. this is routinely required and is similar to many provisions that have been self-executed since the enactment of statutory pay-go. the resolution provides for seven hour of debate on h.r. 2, equally and controlled by the chair and ranking member of six committees and the majority leader