Jr. Who said the ultimate measure of a man is where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. With that we welcome you inside. Pam cook is with us today and that resonates. I talked to my children a little bit about that. The challenge and controversy, that is when you shine. History and what is happening today is the perfect time to talk about this. I cant think of Martin Luther king jr. Without thinking of rosa parks. They are connected in my mind because of the bus boycott in alabama bringing dr. King into prominence. I studied the boys boycott a lot. Happening today there are many events across the country and here in the bay area marking the Martin Luther king jr. Federal holiday. Tom vacar is doing us live from San Francisco where there is a day of service and a march to honor dr. King. The big event at the moment in San Francisco is the San Francisco Labor Council breakfast in honor of Martin Luther king jr. Along with the community foundation. It is interesting to note t
People. Maybe 2,000 people. And more people are coming in. From the march that was from the cal train station, up to yerba buena gardens. Now, this is the San Francisco interfaith council, a celebration of diverse faiths and spirit ule traditions, and the two major speakers here today, will be Democratic Congressional leader nancy pelosi, and acting mayor lunden breed of the city of San Francisco. This is all to celebrate one of the greatest americans in american history. Dr. Martin luther king jr. He walked with us, and amongst us, for just a short time. But what he said will be heard forever. The dr. Martin luther king celebration train from san jose, arrived at San Franciscos cal train station about 11 00 this morning. Bringing folks who would march a mile and a half to the Yerba Buena Center for San Franciscos main mlk celebration. Now, while the riders rode, the Sf Labor Council held its annual mlk breakfast at the marriott. Attended by every mayoral candidate. We asked young and
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Good morning, everybody. Id like to welcome you to our event this morning that aims to bring us together for a dialogue on issues. Id like to thank chairman greg walden for being here today particularly after the news we heard this morning. Here at bloomberg government, our tools, news, and analysis is closely aligned with topics the house energy and Commerce Committee has been working on so we look forward to working with him on health care and other topics. With that id like to introduce my colleague, lauren, who leads content at bloomberg government, who will be chatting with chairman walden this morning. Thank you. [applause] thank you, arielle and thank you for everyone joining us. Were beginning the event under a darker circumstance. I want to ask you, chairman walden what do you know so far and whats the status of your colleagues at the moment . Greg thank you and good morning, everyone. Its not the way i want to start a day any day. I hope well have a moment of silence and put
Telecom, technology, all of i would like to start with the biggest issue, which is health care. We know your Senate Colleagues on a bill maybe behind closed doors, circulating language, where do you assess the status of this . Greg in the first few months of the year, when we had this task before us, we got a lot of public suggestions from some of our colleagues across the aisle about what we should or shouldnt do. After we passed the bill and sent it over to the senate thats been kind of radio silence thereafter. They got a tough job. I respect that. I know theyre serious about their work. I know Lamarr Alexander is a terrific legislator. If anyone can help pull this together its him and orrin hatch and the others that are involved. Its hard. Its hard doing major reform of entitlement programs, something involving insurance at any level, especially Health Insurance, its very difficult work. And they have virtually no margin of votes, like we had no margin to work with, theirs is tight