burgess of texas talks about efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care act. hosted by the american enterprise institute, this is two hours. okay. okay. i want to thank everyone for attending this event today. i m joe antos, the wilson had h. taylor scholar for health care retirement policy at the american enterprise institute. on behalf of aei, the brookings institution and the pacific business group on health, i want to welcome everyone here and everyone watching remotely including those who are watching c-span to today s conference. we re going to discuss high quality health care that is available for patients, employers and taxpayers. this is a critical topic for government poll he icymaker spo. the recent election highlighted the disagreements among many people in this country about what is the best way for government to proceed in this area. and obviously changes are coming. the expansion of health insurance coverage under the aca has come at a steep price and
political grab for votes. we re asking our viewers what you think. those who have been convicted of a felony should lose the right to vote for life? at what point should the right to vote be restored. 202-748-8001. democrats 202-748-8000. 202-748-8002. and special line for convicted felons. 202-748-8003. you can all catch up with us on media on twitter at cspan, on facebook and facebook.com/cspan. very good tuesday morning to you. in this country nearly 6 million american citizens are unable to criminal se of past convictions. yesterday the governor of irginia sought to do something about it in a ceremony at the virginia civil rights memorial talked about his renewed push to restore voting rights for some convicted felons. a bit of what he had to say. today we are here to talk about an issue of justice. the restoration of civil rights. this is an issue that i have about for many, many years. i personally believe in the of second chances and dignity and worth of every single
constitution. you can t pass qualifications that are unconstitutional or voting late people s rights under federal protection such as the voting rights act. and that s the lawsuits we re now is when states have crossed the line and really gone too far in restricting who has ability to vote. host: jennifer clark is a ounsel at the brennan center for justice. you can find them on twitter @brennancenter. thank you so much for your time this morning. guest: thank you. you to r: we invite watch all the oral arguments and programs on this issue spotlight, 2016 election and voting rights in their entirety, at our video library at c-span.org. q&a.uncer: sunday night on there s an average, imagine, of one racial lynching a week in it was a and brilliant psychological device if old down a race, because you were black, you were afraid that this could happen to you. announcer: also, lawrence leamer talks about his literary career, including his latest the lynching , the epic courtroom
in washington d.c. as part of the united states senate youth program, sunday night fá8:00 p.m. pacific on e1c-span s q & a. on wednesday a panel looks at trends in health care costs. looking at the role of the affordable health care act in the slowdown of health care in the last few years. this was put together by the alliance for healthc reform and the kaiser foundation. good afternoon. i am marilyn sarafeeney with the alliance of health reform. along with senators carter and blunt, i would like to welcome you to today s briefing on the subject of health care costs. i would also like to thankw3 our partner in this briefing, the kaiser family t(foundation and we have with us today as my co-moderator drew altman who is the founder of the kaiser foundation. our mission today is to try to take some of the mystery out of health care costs. our experts are goingt( to explain the trends, the prospects moving forward, what is driving health care costs, and what policymakers and
president. let gccc countries have the operation. and this operation became legitimate. and in principle, we supported this operation. and we announced that we can, if they need, we can support, we can give them a logistic support and intelligence. so far, we haven t received any demand from the coalition. but at the end, turkey s political solution and immediate cease-fire. and humanitarian aid, we are sensitive in that. and broad-based political dialogue. meaningful dialogue. and possibly national unity administration or government in yemen. that is what we need. and that is turkey s position. and i was with him in tehran, and he was straight with our iranian counterpart that what iran is doing, their sectarian policy ambitious in the region is not helpful. and not helping their interests either. we were very clear with iran, but we can aaron should also be involved in the process. in this process that i mentioned in yemen. they should also use their influence that they s