secretary sebelius is guiding the implementation of the historic affordable care act. she also is at the forefront of the obama administration's efforts to build a 21st century health care system for putting a new focus on prevention to promoting electronic health records to expanding the primary care work force. the partners across the cabinet, she has launched new efforts to make government work better for the american people, including working with secretary vilsack to build a 2112 century food safety system and new guidelines to be announced here today. throughout his distinguished career in public service as mayor, state senator, and governor of iowa, secretary vilsack has had a remarkable record of making positive change in the lives of those who he has served. in the past two years usda supported struggling farmers and ranchers, provided food aid to one in four americans, and implemented the recovery act to create jobs and build a foundation for future economic growth. under secretary vilsack's leadership, usda is working to conserve america's forests and privat

secretary sebelius is guiding the implementation of the historic affordable care act. she also is at the forefront of the obama administration's efforts to build a 21st century health care system for putting a new focus on prevention to promoting electronic health records to expanding the primary care work force. the partners across the cabinet, she has launched new efforts to make government work better for the american people, including working with secretary vilsack to build a 2112 century food safety system and new guidelines to be announced here today. throughout his distinguished career in public service as mayor, state senator, and governor of iowa, secretary vilsack has had a remarkable record of making positive change in the lives of those who he has served. in the past two years usda supported struggling farmers and ranchers, provided food aid to one in four americans, and implemented the recovery act to create jobs and build a foundation for future economic growth. under secretary vilsack's leadership, usda is working to conserve america's forests and privat

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, "newsmakers," with kathleen sebelius. then president obama speech at the memorial for the victims of the shooting in tucson. >> is the cost of the health care legislation in the range of the estimates? >> implementation is absolutely on schedule. it has been a daunting task from the beginning. the way the bill was designed by congress, the president anticipated a lot of benefits reaching the american public in 2010. to get regulations formulated, to get the information out the door and make the programs up and running has been the work of three federal agencies, the department of labor, the department of treasury and our department and a lot of careful work with state insurance commissioners across the country with a lot of insurance providers and a lot of disease groups. every deadline has been met. people are now beginning to really connect with the benefits that they have available to them. that is good news. in terms of overall costs, we have said from the onset that a lot of the assets here at the department of heal

. >> our guest is kathleen sebelius, health and human services secretary. we're discussing repealing the health bill signed into legislation last year. there is a new poll al that says 75% of the american public wants the health care law changed. 38%, down from 52% say they want to repeal it. would the administration be able to look at changes to the health care law as proposed by the house and passed by the senate? >> we have said from the outset that there were a number of good ideas that could not be included in the bill because of the procedure on the senate side that had some very strict budget rules, the reconciliation procedure. we know that there are things that need -- the 1099 reporting which could be a burden to small business and performance has been proposed. we are eager to work here with congress to change that feature. can that bill be improved? i think about medicare when my dad was in congress. he served on the congress committee and helped to write the medicare law. medicare today looks very little like it did when he served. he will be 9

there is secretary sebelius. secretary donovan. helping me all evening are shields and gerson that's sind i caned columnist mark shields and "washington post" columnist michael gerson. there we just saw the supreme court. a quick shot of the supreme court. i haven't had a chance to count them. have either of you, michael or mark, there are supposed to be six present. ahead of time they said there would be six. the three who are not here are justice alito, justice scalia and justice thomas. but i see justice roberts, chief justice roberts is here. everybody who was watching the last time. it wasn't at the state of the union. it was at the joint session of congress where president obama addressed a joint session of congress for health care reform. he made a comment, the president did, about the supreme court decision on campaign finance. justice alito shook his head. it became a bigdeal. here is william livinggood who is the house sergeant of arms. he is now going to announce the president. ( applause ) >> mr. speaker, the president

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there is secretary sebelius. secretary donovan. helping me all evening are shields and gerson that's sind i caned columnist mark shields and "washington post" columnist michael gerson. there we just saw the supreme court. a quick shot of the supreme court. i haven't had a chance to count them. have either of you, michael or mark, there are supposed to be six present. ahead of time they said there would be six. the three who are not here are justice alito, justice scalia and justice thomas. but i see justice roberts, chief justice roberts is here. everybody who was watching the last time. it wasn't at the state of the union. it was at the joint session of congress where president obama addressed a joint session of congress for health care reform. he made a comment, the president did, about the supreme court decision on campaign finance. justice alito shook his head. it became a big deal. here is william livinggood who is the house sergeant of arms. he is now going to announce the president. ( applause ) >> mr. speaker, the president

. >> reporter: so, we turned to secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius late today, who told us, what the federal government can do is try to shine a spotlight on these increases. secretary, what would you say to the customers we talked to today who would want more than a bright light shined on the figures. they want someone to say, you can't do this. >> well, i would agree with those customers, and that's really what the state authority would do. >> reporter: in so many states, authorities don't have the power to reject these double-digit hikes. so, what can you tell customers tonight? what should they do? >> they should contact the governor of their state and the state legislature, demanding that those laws be changed. >> reporter: but call the governor? we asked the secretary if that might seem overwhelming for so many americans who want to hold onto their health insurance. but she did say that the power over the rate hikes sits with the states, and only a small handful of state insurance commissioners tonight, diane, have any power to do anything about this, to r

now they have become champions of it. >> did secretary sebelius satisfy you with her answer? >> it was interesting to hear her say they are planning to carry out all the new responsibilities without an increase in their budget. even more so, they have less money. she did not speculate about what might happen if republicans are successful in another component of their strategy, which is to take money away from the offices that are carrying out the regulations so they cannot do their work, defunding or a partial government shutdown. she did not say what she would do at that happens. it is hard to imagine what the contingency plan would be for that. >> finally, what did you not ask her that he wanted to ask her? >> one of the things hhs is going to have to contend with is what the states are going to do. a lot of the implementation rests with regulations hhs has begun to come out with. a lot of governors who have come into office is not -- are not in harmony with this law. >> this is a small thing compared to all of the major issues about health care reform and the insurance mar

i think secretary sebelius and her staff have shown admirable flex and in working with the states toadjust to their local conditions and deal with transition issues as they go through. but inmplementation enforcement is up to the states. we are closer tthe consumers and health plans. we can work more effectively through a series of relationships and i think that was the wisdom in the act that you passed to leave that flexibility in that enforcement to the states. in terms of the pekts to consumer protection, senator murray talked about rate review. we have a comprehensive rate review process. the insurers have to come up with their rate factor, they have to be posted on the website. i collect testimony before i make a decision on what the tes can be going forward. the effect of this is to increase the accountability of insurers, shift the focus of the conversation from how can i shift costs, how can i get rid of sick employees and how did we address the underlying cost of the system. and that's what we've done in road islands, we've taken ideas from colorado. yesterday i had a conrsa

. >> tomorrow, kathleen sebelius. she discusses the republicans' efforts to repeal the health care overhaul legislation. that is at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> starting tuesday, the house takes up the repeal of the health care law. watched the debate and final vote on c-span, and go to c- span.org to continue the conversation. >> next, a discussion on an annual report that looks at political rights and civil liberties around the world. this is 40 minutes. what is ther, story about tunisia and freedom in the world? guest: this is the first time an arab leader has been forced from power, and a huge development. the president, after the rise up in the middle of december, he felt he could no longer rule and he felt he had to flee the country. this happened with massive violence. there were estimates of several school were killed in protests -- several scores of people killed in protests. get a new government will finally respect the two nation'' ability to express themselves freely to participate in the

our guest on "newsmakers" is catherines a bid -- kathleen sebelius. she spoke about the impact of health care law will have. >> since the house has chosen to do this as their first order of business rather than work on jobs and the economy, which the american public said, clearly, is their number one priority, it does present an opportunity for us to, again, remind people what the new house leadership and house member majority is voting to take away. the kind of freedom that americans are just beginning to realize, where they can loosen that kind of chokehold and insurance companies and begin to make some more choices. seniors would lose the annual wellness check up that just begins this year in 2011 -- checkup that just begins this year in 2011. they would not have the opportunity to forgo copays for preventative care. parents of young adults would not be able to keep their children on the family plan, which many have taken advantage of. small-business owners would have to give up their ability to keep their employees in the health insurance market b

. >> reporter: amid the debate, the secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius met with house democrats, and warned americans with pre- existing conditions will never get coverage, if the law is repealed. >> people talk about repeal as political theater or symbolism. it isn't symbolic to the 149 million americans with health conditions who now are locked out or priced out of the market. and it sure isn't symbolic to >> reporter: on the senate side, democratic majority leader harry reid reaffirmed today he will not bring the bill to the floor for a vote. but house majority leader eric cantor dared reid to hold to that position in the face of public pressure. >> leader reid continues to say that he is not going to bring this up for a vote in the senate. the american people deserve a full hearing. they deserve to see this legislation go to the senate for full vote. >> reporter: following repeal, the house will vote tomorrow on a republican resolution that orders four committees to draw up an alternative health care plan. >> ifill: for more on today's action on capitol hill,

the, you know, the sebelius -- >> host: is also a lot of places because the government especially in the clinton at fenestration didn't think it had enough evidence for example before the secret indictment was delivered against bin laden they couldn't really move against them, right? >> guest: right. that is the very good point. they didn't really know enough about bin laden until the secret indictment came down and probably least 97. and a matter of fact that indictment is partly based on some of the things he said to us in the cnn interview that i produced in which he was citing violence against soldiers. look, i'm not pretending that this is easy, but i can think that -- i try to be fair to the vision of attrition. the context of these decisions was in the anthrax attacks after 9/11, the condoleezza rice is quoted in the book saying after 9/11 the system was flooded with information about every possible threat so every 7 a.m. national security meeting was just a huge panoply of potential things that might be very bad that might go wrong and everything was sort of coming into the s

." >> kathleen sebelius talked about the impact of the health care law during a senate hearing. a look at that senate hearing on health care law and consumers. the hearing is about two hours and 30 minutes. >> the senate committee on health, education and pensions will please come to order. today, we meet for the first in a series of hearings that this committee will hold on the affordable care act, hearings that will focus not only on the politics of health care reform but on the tangible, positive impact the reform is having on americans' lives. we can all agree that what this debate needs more light and less heat. today's hearing will focus on the benefits of health reform that americans are experiencing right now, specifically the bundle of significant consumer protections that went into effect last september, known as the patients' bill of rights. these protections are a historic long awaited improvement in the quality and scope of health coverage for all americans. everyone who pays a premium is protected against some of the most egregious and abusive practices of the heal

our first panel, of course, we welcome secretary health and human services, kathleen sebelius to her first hearing of this new congress. in addition to experting implementing the private insurance market reforms, i want to applaud the secretary for her relentless work in eliminating the abuse in medicare and medicaid. we recovered more than $4 billion of fraud last year, the highest annual recovery ever. thank you very much. the department released new rules authorized by the affordable care act giving it more effective tools to detect and gatd fraud. oursecond panel is composed of three government witnesses. as always, i'm pleased to be joined by senator mckenzie, and before i turn to an opening statement, i have one administrative matter. i request the record to stay open for statements to be submitted. >> thankyou, mr. chairman. i appreciate the secretary being here today. i was ve pleased at the state of the union that the president meiod that there are flaws in the health care bill that need fixing. he specifically mentioned tort reform. of course a year and a half ago at the am

. >> reporter: so we turned to secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius, who told ushat would you say to the customers we talked to today who would want more than a bright light shined on these figures? they want someone to step in and say, you can't do this. >> well, i would agree with those customers and that's really what the state authority would do. >> reporter: in so many states, authorities don't have the power to reject these double-digit hikes. so what can you tell customers, what should they do? >> they should contact the governor of their state and the state legislature, demanding that those laws be changed. >> reporter: call the governor? we did ask the secretary if that seemed overwhelming for so many americans who are simply trying to find a way to hold to their health insurance. she pointed out again the power remains with the states and state insurance commissioners are the only ones who can reject these numbers outright. only a handful of those commissioners actually have that power. david muir, abc news, new york. >>> another snow storm is on the way

tomorrow, on "newsmakers," kathleen sebelius. she discusses the overhaul of the health care legislation. treasury secretary timothy geithner on the u.s.-china economic relationship. his speech is seen as a preview of topics that the president will discuss with president hu jintao. this is almost one hour. chinese president's visit. >> we have a special event today. timothy geithner, to this country, will speak to us on u.s./china economic relations. the subject as all of you know is great importance to most countries and to the world. in the absence of justice einhorn who is watching this event from italy, head of our china studies department david langton who is watching from korea, in the international school. i have been asked to introduce the secretary and serve as moderator during the question and answer session. i teach courses on china's economy at the school. since timothy geithner is well known to all of you are can keep my introductory commentary very short. he played a prominent role in national and international econo

kathleen sebelius. she discusses the republicans' effort to repeal the health-care overhaul legislation. that is at 10:00 a.m. here on c- span. >> starting tuesday, the house takes up the repeal of the health care law. watch the debate and final vote live on c-span. and go to nkunda c-span.org to read the bill on line -- and go to c-span.org to read the bill online and read c-span's facebook and ritter pages. the >> c-span cozy local content vehicles are traveling the country. we now take you to go a reno -- kobo aruna in detroit. we caught up with the task force on the automotive industry. >> we appreciate ron coming out. ron has played such a pivotal role on behalf of president obama, as you all know, in getting us where we are now. also with the efforts that have allowed ford to -- to support for efforts to be here. -- ford's efforts to be here. we are very excited about every one of the cars that are here. they were impacted by section 136. we want to expand those and be able to give our suppliers o

insurance companies who patrolled -- host: that's canalling reen sebelius. final times. the fed miss read dangers of the housing crash. they spotted most of the issues that would cause the 20067 and 2008 crisis. members of the fed discussed the possible bubble of house prices. they decided that they either could not or should not do anything about it. we don't necessarily see profound consequences. that's from the financial times this morning. the topic of corporate tax rule discussion several corporations endorse the enhancing. host: virginia on the phone. caller: thank you for taking my call. i was married to a soldier currently retired. i know i would not want to be on the front line. i do know there is a place for women on many different areas but to be on the front line, there is a more vul ner automobile and more rates occurring. i think it mayham per their ability to reability. when they come home and look at their children and seen the children that they have had to kill in their minds. how is that going to affect them not to mention the fact that the body of a w

the examples of where you have these mini med programs that part of the 222 waivers, as secretary sebeliushas already had to give to businesses. >> to be clear again not at levels exactly indicated by law that rather minimal levels indicated by law. that is a minimal package that would be required in most benefits. it's not just checking a box and saying by the way, we provide you 50 bucks of coverage and that is in no means meaningful form of the coverage. what all this is about is reducing cost shifting which is very inefficient with regard to how we pay for health care. this is not a principle but in any way, shape, or form contrary to the free market. what it is is a way of correcting for a market failure, and that is mainly the problem of people mooching off of others. me making a personal decision, i think was mr. king saying why is it anyone else's business, i'm in my castle or house and i choose not to of health care. why does that impact anybody else? it does because if you have a heart attack and call 911, you are picked up by a good, they bring you to the hospital, they operate

. >> sunday on "newsmakers" kathleen sebelius talks about republican efforts to reach her tail the house- health-care law. watch this sunday at 10:00 a.m. in the 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. and speaking of the health-care debate, the house comes back into session on tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern to begin a general debate on that piece of legislation. work was supposed to be completed last week, but it was postponed due to the shooting in tucson, arizona. it will have a couple of hours of debate followed by a final vote. majority leader harry reid says it will not be brought to the floor for consideration. follow the house live as they debate health care here on c- span. each year the washington center brings hundreds of students to washington to experience the workings of government. sunday, they will discuss politics, government, and their future on "q and a." >> this weekend on the american history tv on a c-span3 work on pop culture a conference in boston. the first delegate for washington, d.c. -- they will talk about creating currency and a discussion about the the first state

later, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testifies on capitol hill about the new health care law. >> tomorrow, former u.n. ambassador john olson talks about u.s. foreign policy and national security. live coverage begins at noon eastern time. and at 1:30 p.m., the congressional crack caucus holds a series of discussions on the recession and how it is affecting minorities. live coverage on c-span and on c-span.org. >> 9011 -- 9/11 redefined the presidency because it made it abundantly clear that i needed to protect the country. i did a lot of actions that were controversial. to be told, if i had to do them over again, i would do them the same. >> sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span "q&a." >> the c-span network provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you on television, radio, all mine, and on social media networking sites. find our content any time through c-span video library. and we take c-span on the road with our local content vehicle, bringing resources to your community. it is washington your way.

. >> today, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and agriculture secretary tom vilsack reviews new dietary guidelines promoting health and nutrition and reducing obesity. the guidelines are published by their respective agencies every five years. this news conference can be seen live this morning at 10 eastern. >> jay carney will be the new white house press secretary. he worked as a correspondent for time magazine. watch c-span coverage of his other appearances online at the c-span video library with every c-span program since 1987, all searchable and free. washington your way. >> next, a discussion examining different education systems around the world. speakers from sweden and chile talk about the use of private school voucher programs and how they can be a model for the u.s. this 90-minute forum is hosted by the cato institute. >> well, i think we should be able to get started now. and i'd just like to welcome everyone to the cato institute. my name is andrew coulson, and i direct the cato institute's certain for educational freedom. now, if you're here today, it's

. >> on "newsmakers," kathleen sebelius discusses the efforts to repeal the health care legislation. "newsmakers" at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. each year, the washington center brings hundreds of students to washington to experience the walking -- the workings of government firsthand. ."at is on c-span's "q & a >> friends and colleagues gathered to memorialize richard holbrooke. he was special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. speakers include president obama, secretary of state hillary clinton, bill clinton and mike mullen. it took place at the kennedy center for the performing arts in washington. [applause] [applause] >> well, i'm david rubinstein, the chairman of the kennedy center. on behalf of the kennedy center, i'd like to welcome everybody here for a memorial service for a extraordinary man who was often against so many odds. some of you maybe wonders why at a memorial service we have a palm tree. the answer is that south pacific is playing here now. we were going to move the palm tree, but kofi said "south pacific" was his favorite show. he was the asia and paci