secretary sebelius' home state of kansas. it's more than the net worth of america's eight largest private foundations. and it's 33 times the amount of the money that avatar, now the now the highest earning movie made at the box office. i suppose avatar gathered $200 million during the time i've been speaking. it doesn't matter whether you're covered by medicare or medicaid or by one of the many insurance companies that are victimized by fraud each year. losses on this scale affect all of us. fraud isn't just a drain on the medicare or medicaid programs. it drives up the price that all americans must pay for healthcare. the enormity of the healthcare fraud program is equaled only by the audacity of some of the fraud schemes that we are confronting. let's take a recent example. last week the department of justice settled false claims allegations against a dental management company that was operating nearly 70 clinics across the country. these small smiles centers serve young children in predominantly low incomed areas but inste

please join me in welcoming secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you dr. palfrey for that nice introduction and your work at the association of pediatrics. we have an illustrious group here on the floor. we are pleased to be joined by our partners and congressman moran has a long history on wellness and obesity issues that he has worked on in congress and we look forward to working with you as this effort moves forward. mayor euel -- i cannot imagine any children not wanting to go into the room next door and hanging out. [laughter] i want to go hang out. [laughter] we are thrilled to have the first lady of virginia here. i can tell you that my husband still regrets us moving out of assisted living. [laughter] we had the opportunity to live in the governor's residence for seven years and he was happy to have me take this job but he did not know why he could but stay where he was. [laughter] we're still trying to sort that out a little bit. [laughter] i am very pleased to be joining in this effort with my

please turn me in welcoming secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius.[applause] >> thanks for that introduction and we have an illustrious group here on the floor. certainly we are pleased to be joined by our partners and congressmenan moran has been working with us and mayor euille, we are glad to be in your city. i cannot imagine any child not wanting to go in the room next door and hang out. it is fabulous. there is the y here addnnd to te y's across the nation, congratulations. we had the opportunity to live in the governor's recorresident. we are trying to sort that out. i am pleased to be joining in this effort with my friend and our wonderful first lady, michelle obama. we have some good exercises -- got some good exercises last night. all that sitting down and standing up. it is a thrill to have her take on the role as the leading advocate in this country for healthy living. dr. benjamin cares a lot about the lives and health of americans. she used to focus the attention in her clinic in alabama, and now it is a great opportunity to have her bec

secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius will be at the 19th street baptist church fore kickoff to flu vaccine week. they are trying to get the message out that americans still need to get the h1n1 vaccine. flu season is expected to continue for several more months. just since august the h1n1 virus hospitalized almost 38,000 americans and killed 1700. that number includes 188 children. >>> well here are some stories expected to make headlines in the week ahead. tomorrow hillary clinton begins a week long trip with stops in new zealand and new guinea. international development will be the topic. >>> on wednesday the supreme court will hear oral arguments from the nfl. they want to be exempt from antitrust laws and it will also likely impact the nba and the nhl. >>> a star studded lineup for the tasty awarded. it cited food on the web. special awards for anthony bore dane and meryl streep and you tube. >>> the rock group romantics will kick off a charity preview for a gala to raise money for children's organizations throughout detroit. >>> a parking meter change is now in

bob grummond and his staff who were instrumental in helping us get secretary sebelius here so i know he is here. he waved his hand. thank you so much. we appreciate it. [applause] the symposium promises to be fabulous and haven't we had a great start? there are people in the city going how did they get her, and we think we are pretty cool because we did. there will be many opportunities for all of you in the next few days. opportunities to learn and to grow with you are a first-time attendee. phyllis here for the first time? excellent. [applause] or opportunities whether you are a die-hard attendee. who has been here five, ten, 20? who has been to the 4-h camp? nevermind, that is a different story. opportunities to learn from presenters and exhibit tears and most importantly opportunities to learn just from each other. so we want you to make sure that you take the time to get to know this people that you don't know or you haven't seen as well as reconnect with people that you have met before. i have too many papers. i want to take this opportunity to also encourage you to share the m

sebelius. the problem there is with the arms thing. all the arms go from here over there.d a lot of charity work, and i don't anymore. i don't live there. i know all these areas because i hung out supposedly with the wrong people. and we might be here with, because america is the biggest consumer of drugs. >> no question. >> because of the money. it's easier to get to. they are trying to legalize marijuana in mexico. for what? they can't afford it. >> i'm going to allow him to respond to that's a few more words, but we are out of time. do you want to respond to that? >> i just think we need to consider the foreign policy implications of this drug issue, especially with afghanistan. if the united states can somehow cut down our consumption we would make the world better in afghanistan, mexico and here. thank you very much. [applause] >> howard campbell is a professor of anthropology at the university of texas at el paso. he's the co-editor of the university of kansas press enter america series. for more information visit utp.edu. >> we are in section 27 of arlington nationa

secretary of sebelius and i are so grateful for your help in joining this effort.stered new collaboration. it has enhanced our ability to bring abuse to lead and criminals to justice. it has enabled the recovery of stolen funds and returned millions of dollars to the united states treasury. together, we must continue to build on these achievements. last year brought record levels of achievement in our fight against health care fraud. in 2009, the justice department reached an all-time high in the number of health-care fraud charges to more than 800. we also obtained more than 580 convictions. on the civil enforcement front, the recovery is under false claims act were $2.2 billion. many of these successes can be attributed to your medicare fraud strike forces which are at the core of the heat law enforcement mission. by fostering increase collaboration, he has had strike forces act with speed and efficiency -- heat has had strike forces act with speed and efficiency. in the last eight months, we have filed more than 60 cases and charged two hundred offenders as occu

secretary sebelius has been the leader on health care. she's help the families and children for over 20 years. as governor of kansas, she was recognized for her work to improve access to health care, and since taking office in april of 2009, she has been a leader in some of the top issues for children, including the reform of our nation's health and respond to each one. we are very, very proud to be working with you. please join me in welcoming secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you, dr. palfrey, are not only that nice introduction, but banks are being here. and thanks for the work at the academy of pediatrics on a host of issues affecting our nations children. and we have an illustrious group here on the floor. and certainly, are pleased to be joined by our partners, congressman moran has a long history on wellness and obesity issues that he has worked on in congress. and we look forward to working with you as this effort moves forward. mayor euille, it's nice to be ba

he took office last april after his predecessor kathleen sebelius joined president obama's cabinet as health and human services secretary. from topeka, this is half an hour. >> mr. sargent in arms,. >> mr. speaker, the governor of kansas awaits without. >> please submit the honorable marc perkins and, governor of the great state of kansas. >> [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you all very much, thank you very much. thank you all, very much. bois mr. speaker, mr. president, minority leaders hensley and davis, cabinet officers, mr. chief justice and your colleagues, elected officials, honored guests, and my fellow kansasans. almost 150 years 45 governors have had a great honor to report to this body on the state of the state. now, during that time and we've had all kinds of crises. behalf financial booms and busts, we've been through two world wars, and we have faced countless natural disasters. and yet despite that, every pryor governor has declared that the state of our state was strong. they did so because they understood that you don't measure the state of a staged b

. >> the health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius, spoke at a symposium today. discussed various programs that assist homeless youth administration initiatives for curbing the problem. this is about 50 minutes. >> thank you, vicki, for that nice introduction. thank you all for your hard work. i know that you have been celebrating your 35 years. i think that you should be enormously proud of the work you have done. i want to be the first to acknowledge that i know how challenging the work is day in and day out, particularly in a year like this, where the economic downturn produces more needs on the service and and all of you are dealing with budgets being step -- slashed and people being laid off. you have the worst of all worlds, the most challenging of all times, and yet you are hanging in there. also, please do have a chance for a family visit. my sister is here. she is a board member of one of your terrific programs. in cincinnati. it is run by your outgoing share. i have been getting an in-depth look at some of these organizational functions while she has be

. >>> now, an event with health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. this is part of a conference on youth homelessness koza by a group called the national network for youth. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> good morning. good morning, everybody. thank you, so much, the key for the nice introduction. but more than that, thank you for your incredible hard work. i know that those of you in the room are celebrating these 35 years of the national network for youth and all the partnership organizations, and i think that you should be enormously proud of the work that you've done and i want to be the first to acknowledge that i know how challenging the work is day in and day out but particularly in a year like this where the economic downturn actually produces more needs on the service end and all of you are dealing with budgets being slashed and staff being laid off so you have in some ways the worst all worlds and challenging of all times and yet you are hanging in there. i am also pleased to have a chance for a family visit. my sister, allin de lig

what i would be doing is figuring out a way that once a week, for the next six weeks, secretary sebeliusady with whatever executive authority they have. to start doing this. and start playing up the systems that do exist in this country that have already bent the curve internal to the system. and they are out there. and it's basically just going to be reminding the blue dogs that this is possible. and then it's going to be coming up with some kind of a deal finally and you see the president now doing this. to deal with the other undone big issue. which is going to be a big medicare reform. because everybody knows that once health reform is done, the next big conversation is overall on medicare and medicaid reform. call it entitlement reform, call it whatever you want. but basically figuring out a way to get that on to a path of stability or something closer to stability than what we have now. so i think it's all about talking about those pieces. and i go back to what i said earlier, talk about the things that matter to the populations that matter. and for them, that's the number one piec

washington, and was not stop until he got to the sixth floor suite of offices for secretary kathleen sebeliusauthorities said. the man apparently left the building after being confronted by employees. he was arrested on tuesday on charges of impersonating a secret service agent, and was being held pending a detention at next week in the district federal court." here is an obituary from "the post" this morning -- the only recognized survivor of the hiroshima and nagasaki bombing. 93 years old, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of of the hiroshima and nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of world war ii, died january 4 in nagasaki. he had stomach cancer, according to japanese media reports. he was in hiroshima on a business trip with a shipbuilding company on august 6, 1945, when the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on the city. he suffered serious burns on his upper body and spent the night in the city. he returned to his home town in nagasaki, which received a u.s. atomic bomb attack three days later. on august 15, 1945, japan surrendered, ending the war." charlotte, north carolin

the secretary of health and human services sebelius may soon rescind a regulation protecting from discrimination our health care providers who choose not to participate in the act of abortion. all four of these and other actions taken by the administration are a direct and pernicious assault on the sanctity of human life. and today when twice as many black children in this country are eliminated through abortion than are born, we also hear repugnant assaults on the dignity of minority populations from our leaders. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg said, frankly, i thought at the time roe was decided there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of. so that roe was going to then set up for medicaid funding for abortion, closed quote. mr. speaker, let's reflect on that for a moment. quote, populations that we don't want too many of. from a supreme court justice. these statements deserve the strongest public review. abortion is not health care. no matter how much some leaders in congress would like it to be. abortion hur