that we haven't talked about yet burwell yet sylvia burwell is still waiting to join the cabinet she is the nominee for the office of management and the budget which means essentially she's in charge of allocating all of the money in our government which is you know a pretty hefty task if you ask me so she was in government once before she was a deputy chief of staff under bill clinton's administration then she went on to join the bill and melinda gates foundation which is you know it's a charitable institution it's a charitable arm of the gates fortune but charities big business to see that charities have a lot of power the bill and melinda gates foundation is hugely involved in education in particular charter schools which means. certainly have a very specific take on what it means to be charitable and then she went to the wal-mart foundation where we got really good journalism out of josh eidelson from the nation regarding essentially what was going on at the wal-mart foundation so in in less than a year they spent almost two hundred million dollars to different charities right ch

this is a special place sylvia mathews burwell calls home, a showcase for the best of west virginia and america. the beauty, the outdoors and the people are warm and welcoming. sylvia's humble. she is hard working and has spent most of her life helping hard-working families everywhere achieve the american dream her greek immigrant grandparents found in this country. she went off to harvard, was a rhodes scholar and has traveled the world over, but she has never lost touch with her west virginia roots and the ties that bind us together. no matter where she is, one day each week like clock work sylvia is on the phone with the two best friends she made in the first grade in hinton. think about it. that's who we are. that is the heart and soul of west virginia, friends and family, but make no mistake, madam president. i am supporting sylvia's nomination, not because she is from west virginia which makes it all that much sweeter, but because she embodies the best of our state and our country. in west virginia, we judge people by their deeds as much as their words and sylvia has already accom

having sylvia matthews burwell around will help. after her time in the clinton administration, she turned to philanthropic work, which was a natural thing for her. as president of the gates foundation, the global development program, which put her all over the world, and she headed that. and as you know that's one of the largest foundations in the world. it makes the rockefeller foundation look like a small piece of dust being blown blone down some street somewhere. and then recently she's worked for the wal-mart foundation. but she wants back in public service. not only does she understand budget issues, but she wants to put that knowledge to good use and put it to good use to balance and to reduce deficits and all the right things. but mostly to help people and help communities. that is sylvia matthews burwell. it just is. and that's why i'm so proud to introduce her. i'm furious i can't introduce her tomorrow, but i can't. joe man chen -- manchen will, he better not speak as well as i am. he has a statement he wants to put in the

director, sylvia matthews burwell is the right person to kin continue jeff's great work. [applause] in the 1990's, when she was what, 19? sylvia served under jack lew as part of o.m.b. later she helped the gates foundation grow into a global force for good, and then she helped the walmart foundation. so sylvia knows her way around a budget. as the granddaughter of greek immigrants, she also understands that our goal when we put together a budget is not just to make the numbers add up. our goal is also to reignite the true engine of economic growth in this country, and that is a strong and growing middle class. to offer ladders of opportunity for anybody willing to climb them. sylvia's mom is here. sylvia luse loves to talk about her parents, growing up in west virginia and the values that they instilled in her as educators. i think that reflects everything that sylvia now does. so i am absolutely confident that she is going to do a great job at o.m.b. those values are event especially important to remember now as we continue to try to find a way forward in light of the bud

sylvia burwell, currently president of the walmart foundation, will testify before the senate budget committee. see it live starting at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> the economy and federal deficit our topics in this documentary from franklin county high school. in third prize winning video this year's student cam competition. ♪ >> dear mr. president, my name is rachel. mr. president, i understand you are very busy as there are many issues you have to deal with, but i think the most important issue is the economy and the national debt. in fact, the people i interviewed seem to have the same basic thoughts when i asked him about the economy. >> it is rough. >> it is hard right now. >> i think it stinks. >> well, it could be better. it is no secret the economy is struggling in america. businesses are moving overseas, american jobs are being lost, and the national debt is increasing. i believe helping our small businesses across america can be important to revive the economy. many of the stores in our small town in southern indiana were for sale or for rent or empty in the last two

and took off -- and president obama has nominated walmart foundation president sylvia matthews burwellbe his next budget director. and she's a good fit 'cause walmart also heavily dependent on china. so, the two -- [ light laughter ] [ audience ohs ] see, this will -- yeah, this will fit nicely.

when the president submitted the name of sylvia burwell to be the o.m.b. director, i know they worked together in the clinton administration, i said erskine tell me what you know about her? he took me back in time to the late 1990's, you at the time were maybe chief of staff to bob ruben as i recall. he said that he was in a meeting in the oval office with bob ruben, the president, leon, erskine, and you four of you. and i think the president was grilling bob on a particular issue. and he was maybe struggling to respond. you handed a note to bob ruben. he read it. gave the president a brilliant answer. as the president was aing and awing over the brilliance of the answer erskine interrupted and said mr. president, i think i have broken the code here. ruben isn't that smart. it's sylvia. that addresses the issue you raised. that is high praise for a guy i respect enormously. we are grateful you are here. our best to the folks who raised you for doing a terrific job with you. one sister? one sister? you turned out well. i know hinton, west virginia, they are

in the senate confirmation hearing for sylvia burwell, nominated to become white house budget director. next -- after that, he win a." 11, shened at age lived with her favorite uncle, james buchanan. your's later, he becomes president. she served as white house hostess. she is the first to be called first lady on a regular basis. she is so popular that she sets trends in clothing and children and ships are named after her. meet harriet lane. we will look at her life and that of her predecessor, jane pierce, along with their questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. at 9:00adies" tonight eastern on c-span. also on c-span radio and at c- span.org. >> certainly, general petraeus thought that his private communications were going to remain private. we all should have that reasonable expectation that when we are communicating with one person, we are not communicating with the government. we are not laying out our whole life to the government. we should have that privacy. >> we want the government to be trustworthy, but we do not want to say the american people, trust governmen

in sylvia burwell. i know she's the right person to come into this leadership role at this important time for our country. she is no stranger to o.m.b. or to tackling important fiscal issues. in the 1990's, she was a critical part of president clinton's economic team. she served as deputy director of the office of management and budget, deputy chief of staff to the president, and chief of staff to the secretary of treasury. in those roles she worked very closely with jack lew, erskine bowles, robert rubin and the rest of president clinton's economic team to help produce three out of the four budget surpluses in a row. during her tenure, our government took a fair and credible and a sustainable approach to our federal budget. that gave businesses the confidence to hire new workers and invest in their growth. her leadership and hard work in the 1990's helped to create broad-based economic growth that worked for the middle class and turned our debt and deficit problems around. madam president, sylvia's fir