also tammy duckworth. the chairman of the committee, robert menendez, and john mccain published an editorial calling for the ratification of the treaty. , bobanking republican corker, talks about the treaty, saying since the u.s. already has the gold standard for disability rights with americans heh disability act, he says has concerns about the unintended legal consequences of the proposed treaty, including its pension of federal power beyond the current limits of the constitution. you're watching live coverage. they should gavel in shortly on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. let me welcome our panelists and all of our guests who have come here today for this important hearing on the rights of roughly one billion people around the world them up with disabilities. let me quickly welcome three guests. among them, congressman tony o who has been

tom ridge will testify along with richard thornburgh and tammy duckworth. that is this afternoon at 2:30. tonight, live coverage of election results in new jersey and virginia. both states are electing governors today. live coverage at 9:00 on c-span. impact of the health care law on hospitals and the quality of care was the subject of an event held by u.s. news & world report monday. donna shea leyla took part in this discussion. also bill frist. [applause] and thanks for allowing me to host this panel. this is an amazing group of folks appear. ,, i doi get to the topic not want to miss the opportunity given that i'm sitting to somebody who is positioned to give us thought about how things are doing with the limitation of the affordable care act act. i wonder if you might venture to give a grade to the limitation. >> am glad i am here with cardiologists. >> is been very tough. if we know anything in this country it is how to do software. look at the states that are doing it themselves. they are registering people and already have a platform for medicaid so

am honored that the witnesses are from illinois and also to say a word about our colleague and tammy duckworth. it is interesting how we came to meet. i invited her to be my guest in 2005. she came in a wheelchair. it was nine weeks after she had been shot down serving in the illinois army national guard, co-piloting a helicopter in baghdad. she lost both of her legs and there was a question about one of her arms. she came with her husband, also an army guard, pushing her wheelchair behind her. it is an incredible story. the most amazing part of the story is that in just a week from now, it will be in observance of her ninth alive day, the ninth anniversary of her survival from that helicopter incident in the crash that followed. she has led such an amazing and inspiring life since. tomorrow she celebrates her first anniversary as a member of the house of representatives. she has worked so hard for so many people and veterans with people with disabilities. i am honored to count her as a friend and glad she can join us today. >> thank you for joining us. as i said, we will ask you to limit your

today, tammy duckworth is a member of congress, democrat from illinois and she beat joe walsh. [applause] this excerpt goes on to talk about enough for that i've engaged in the number of my colleagues. a republican from orlando is one of them. to try and make sure that we can go the relationships across the aisle. when i was in the legislature with dan and other colleagues in tallahassee, we did have opportunities to sit next to each other in committee hearing and spend time together on the house floor. you notice how to connect business on the housework today. we really are just engage in a series of timed speeches and we take turns back and forth, republican and democrat. but we are not hearing each other. it's an opportunity. no offense to seize and. they project your message to the hundreds of thousands of people watching at that moment. years ago, they can see kerry would actually pass the bill into law. the idea was that members would gather and build relationships and trust to work together and reach across the aisle with give and take and eventually the product that cam

illinois democratic congresswoman tammy duckworth, an iraq war veteran who lost both legs in that conflictid the treaty would protect disabled americans overseas as well as citizens of other countries. but home schooling advocate michael farris of the home legal defense association warned the treaty would allow the u.n. to infringe on american sovereignty. >> it's not surprising, then, that when disabled americans travel abroad we can find ourselves mistreated and rejected simply because we are physically or cognitively disabled. blinded veterans have had their guide sticks taken away after being mistaken for weapons. people with artificial limbs have been told to store them in overhead bins. >> despite pleas to the contrary u.s. ratification of this treaty does impose binding legal obligations on this country and it will be the responsibility of the united states to comply with international law. the treaty doesn't ban home schooling, but the treaty does is shifts the decision making authority from parents to the government. that's what the meaning of the best interest standard is. >> ifi

treaty and ratifying it puts in a leadership position to get the world to move in the direction so tammy duckworth will be able to travel anywhere in the world and have the greater lively hood their access fulfill their god-given potential. whether it's in a job, business, for travel, whether it is for advocate will be able to achieve. and american businesses will already the lead the world in term of seability standards. those standards will be the standards that other countries will adopt so that, you know, erick, the football player from rutgers who ha as a big motorized wheelchair will be able to travel another place in the world and likely have the access. that's why ratification of the treaty expands our reach and our advocate to ult -- -- but -- i think it's a good question it's been raised. i think it deserves -- >> mr. chairman, can i offer a few -- >> let me -- if i can -- senator cardin, and then we'll -- we'll get you to work it in. >> all right. >> i'll try to leave time for you to respond that. >> thank you. >> let me further answer, senator johnson's point following up with chairman

it's great to have tammy duckworth year, an american hero, and she's in a wheelchair. and in 1990 we passed the ada, and we make sure there were on ramps for those wheelchairs everywhere in our country. it would be great if you could go anywhere in the world as well and know that we were moving in that same direction. and we thank you so much for your service. back in 1990 when we did the ada, i was the chairman of the telecommunications committee, so close captioning for tv sets, or ensuring that a phone system is available for deaf and blind person as well. in the 1996 telecom act, extend that as well. but then in 2010, i authored with cliff stearns, a very conservative republican and outside, and mark pryor who will be here on this insight, very concerned republicans, were able to pass a law that said everyone of these wireless devices had to have an on ramp for the deaf and the blind. we had to negotiate with the consumer electronics association, this massive organization of thousands of companies. because they had to sign off on it. and now the deaf and blind can

it's great to have tammy duckworth here, an american hero . she is in a wheelchair and in 1990, we passed the ada to make sure that there were ramps for those wheelchairs everywhere in our country. it would be great if she could go anywhere in the world as well and know that we are moving in that same direction. thank you so much for your service. back in 1990 when we did the ada, i was the chairman of the telecommunications committee so closed captioning for tv sets, and assuring that the phone system is available for deaf and blind people as well. in the 1996 telecom act, we extended that as well. in 2010, i authored with cliff stearns, a very conservative republican, and we were able to pass a law that says every one of these wireless devices needed to have an on ramp and we had to negotiate with the consumer electronics association, this massive organization of thousands of companies because they had to sign off on it. now the deaf and blind can use these devices to matter where they are. wouldn't that be a good thing if that was true for

it's great to have tammy duckworth here. in 1990 we passed the ada. it made sure there were onramp for the wheelchair everywhere in our country. it would be great if she could go anywhere in the world and we are moving in the same direction. we thank you for your service. back in 1990 when we did the ada, i was the chairman of the telecommunications committee. so closed captioning for tv set or ensuring that a phone system is available for a deaf and blind person in the 1996 telecom act extended that as well. but then in 2010, -- very conservative will be here on the conservative site with conservative republican. able to. a law saying every one of the wireless devices had to have an onramp. we had to negotiate the massive organization of thousand of companies because they have to sign off on it. and now the deaf and blind can use the device no matter where they are. wouldn't it be a good thing if it was true for the whole world? all deaf and all blind had the capacity? i would like the attorney general to come back to you ask and the question. what d

farrisee, tammy duckworth, congresswoman duckworth wanted me to point out that you here after a 30 yearthe united states army retiring as a major general, is that correct? >> yes, it is. >> on behalf of certainly congresswoman duckworth and myself and i know my colleagues, thank you for your 30 year service in the u.s. army and to your country spent thank you. it's been my privilege. >> let me ask the question of -- first of all, mr. murray, you and get something i think to mr. farenthold on furloughs. he asked whether only 4% of the veterans workforce was for load and which parts were furloughed. and you said our i.t. people spent furlough notices did go out for information -- not all of them, not the ones about the medical centers but some that did not meet the necessary implication that's the high bar were furloughed spent this committee particularly that has a resonant tone to it because we are very struck by the fact that i.t. has properly deployed and invested in can really make a difference in terms of adding capability and capacity, especially in a resource been there. one of th

especially honored in addition to saying a word about my colleague mark kirk to say a word about tammy duckworth because it's into string how we came to me. i invited her to be a guess at my state of the union address in 2005. she came in her wheelchair and i didn't realize it was only nine or 10 weeks after she had been shot down, serving in the illinois army national guard co-piloting a blackhawk helicopter. she lost both of her legs and it was a question then about one of her arms. she came with a big smile on her face in full dress uniform with her husband also national guard officer pushing the wheelchair behind her. that is when they came to me. it's an incredible story and the most amazing part of the story to me is in just a week from now she will be in observance of her ninth alive day, ninth anniversary of her survival from that helicopter incident and the crash that followed. she has led such an amazing and inspiring life since. tomorrow she celebrates her first anniversary as a member of the united states house of representatives. she has worked so hard and for so many people in so m

. -- tammy duckworth. it's been incorporated in the armed services committees, they're on the floor virtually identical and it's a strategy to deal with our veterans unemployment rate making sure active duty military receive civilian credentials for the skills they obtain in the military the moment they obtain them. my colleagues on the armed services committee were good enough to include in the underlying bill this bill will help us deal with veterans' unemployment rate. that's one of the reasons i so much want to get to it and i'm so strongly supportive. second, shipped building. mr. president, you and i have a real interest in this topic all a all americans do, it's of great importance to the state. in virginia we manufacturing the largest items on the planet earth which is a nuclear aircraft carrier in newport news. as the defense department reorients strategy towards asia we have to find the navy bearing more and more of the operational burden and that policy shift and we have to continue to provide t

veteran who has spoken out about this is congresswoman tammy duckworth, an iraq war veteran.e is a piece urging congress to ratify the treaty. that was posted earlier this past week. and she testified. testified at the tearing of the foreign relations committee, which will be shown at 10 a.m. right here. we have about 10 minutes left to take your calls and comments on this. sarah is from parkersburg, west virginia, on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning and thanks for taking my call. say that our to , the usa takes care of our people. we have things going on all the people.include disabled we even have employers who are given tax rates and so forth for employing disabled people. i'd on think we need a treaty from the united nations to prompt us to take -- i don't think we need a treaty from the united nations to prompt us to take care of our people. i think we do a good job of it on our own. signing for this treaty now, how many things will they add into it before it is actually ratified and there is something that people can use? it might be somethin

today, tammy duckworth is a member of congress, democrat from illinois and she beat joe walsh.erpt goes on to talk about enough for that i've engaged in the number of my colleagues. a republican from orlando is one of them. to try and make sure that we can go the relationships across the aisle. when i was in the legislature with dan and other colleagues in tallahassee, we did have opportunities to sit next to each other in committee hearing and spend time together on the house floor. you notice how to connect business on the housework today. we really are just engage in a series of timed speeches and we take turns back and forth, republican and democrat. but we are not hearing each other. it's an opportunity. no offense to seize and. they project your message to the hundreds of thousands of people watching at that moment. years ago, they can see kerry would actually pass the bill into law. the idea was that members would gather and build relationships and trust to work together and reach across the aisle with give and take and eventually the product that came out of that proces