There are Certain Committee hearings that are very informative to the public. I like the way that cspan covers and in the way that they present themselves. In his commentary, but not edited out. It gives a real sense to the american people. Cspan is created by americas Cable Company in 1979. Yesterday, president obama nominated john brennan had the cia. And a discussion took place with chuck hagel and jane harman. We are with jane harman, who is now with us. She served on the Intelligence Committee from 2006 to 2007. Lets begin with the pick of john brennan. What does this entail . Guest he has been the center of obamas Intelligence Committee for four years now. He has managed the Terrorism Program quite well. And he is the gentleman that obama trust the most. I think it is an extremely good appointment. Host what does the job entail . Guest it is a different job than what it was in 2004. In 2004, four of us in congress but the fight for intelligence reform and we restructured our Inte
Believe that everything can be fixed. My former training in college in my graduate work work was an Aerospace Engineer and i hope to become an astronaut but because of my Mothers Health might life took a fast change. I must tell you as a little divergent comment, the pay performance structure we have now in medicare for bonus pay to most physician colleagues i think we can honestly say should he scrapped. We are trained to give our best to our patients. We are paid supposedly to give our best to patients. We shouldnt be doing metrics that have no bearing on the field that we do. In my field of ophthalmology some of the payfor Performance Measures could include something as ridiculous as doing a bodymass index. What does that have to do with the health of the eye or with the eye says about other conditions in the body . Nothing. You are spending medicare money for ridiculous measures. Taking her time in clinical practice to document this for someone who is a statistician who wants to ru
Some Common Ground to governor. The only way things will happen in the congress if the democrats and republicans Work Together. Lynn jenkins of kansas. Thank you. [inaudible conversations] youre watching cspan2, live coverage. Reaction to the president s state of the union speech in just off the House Chamber where the president spoke. Some of of the issues he talked about, raising the minimum wage, new medicare reform, tax reform, he talked about the cybersecurity order that he issued today. He spent about half the speech talking about the economy, he also brought up voting reform and, of course, gun control measures and one other issue he brought up was the issue of a new war on poverty. And now joining us, one of the 84 new members of congress is tony car dane use of california. Whos seat did you take . They changed the lines around in california, and i put my name for a seat there that was no incumbent. So i was able to win outright. Here i am. What is your background . I well, i s
And im glad that i was put in the middle of this because for everything that something good comes of it and that is why im here today. As a Small Business i insured my family and my two employees and i had wonderful insurance. I was pleased with it. It was a Small Business plan and i might tell you a little fact now that you will find surprising. In 2008, just as you said, those premiums raised ridiculous amounts every year. One year was 26 for this great Insurance Plan. I was in sticker shock. It got to the point in 2008 that each individual in my Small Business plan to have a fully comprehensive plan would have cost 859. These are 2008. I did the math and i said, i cant possibly afford this so i contacted my Insurance Broker and i said what are my options . He mentioned the consumerdriven health plans. Not very familiar with it, a little bit leery about the concept, i explored it. It took me two years to sign on however. What i did in those 2008 without the Affordable Care act legisl
You trust to make these decisions about their own reproductive health. I trust women 100 of the time. I think they should be able to make those decisions with their families come a with their physicians. Scott brown voted against that when it came to appointing a new justice to the Supreme Court who was prochoice. He was opposed to elena kagan. When it came to supporting the freedom of choice act when he ran in 2010, he opposed that. Lets move to dante. He has been next question for senator shaheen. Winter is up. That is not a reference to the tv show, is it . [laughter] regardless of who is elected, electricity bills are about to skyrocket for many homeowners. What is the best way to ensure affordable rates . Energy is an important issue for us here in new england. We lowered rates by about 16 . It is why i have worked with the senate to come up with an Energy Strategy because i believe we have got to support new energy technologies, alternative sources of energy. I dont think we are