elected officials for expanded coverage. the group protect our care organized the event. leslie: my name is leslie dach. i am the founder and chair of protect our care. thank you for joining us today for a conversation with a very special guest, the 44th president of the u.s., barack obama. we are here today to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the affordable care act, one of the many legacies of president obama s eight years in office. many of you who joined today are veterans of that fight, the fight to pass the aca and the fight to preserve the aca through the last difficult four years. many of you, and millions of others around the country, are people whose lives are better today because of the affordable care act. our special guest with me is brad woodhouse, the executive director of protect our care and himself a veteran of the effort 11 years ago to pass this law. brad, thank you for all you have done and all you do every day for american health care. brad: thank you,
conferences as well as remarks from members of congress. use the interactive gallery of maps to follow cases in the u.s. and worldwide. go to c-span.org/coronavirus. happier becerra was on capitol hill for the second day of confirmation hearings. he faced questions from the senate finance committee about the coronavirus pandemic, women s health care, prescription drug costs and mental health services. mr. becerra previously served in the house of representatives until 2017 when he became california attorney general. this hearing runs just under three hours. the finance committee will come to order. and colleagues, this is nominations week here in the senate finance committee. this is the second of three nomination hearings. we re very pleased to be able to welcome attorney general javier becerra, president biden s nominee, to lead the department of health and human services. with a pandemic raging so many americans are struggling to get by, and our health care system is s
confirmation hearing before the senate finance committee today. if confirmed mr. becerra will be the first latino to head the department. live coverage here on c-span 3. the finance committee will come to order. and colleagues, this is nominations week here in the senate finance committee. this is the second of three nomination hearings. we re very pleased to be able to welcome attorney general javier becerra, president biden s nominee, to lead the department of health and human services. with a pandemic raging so many americans are struggling to get by, and our health care system is strained to the max. there may not be a higher stakes job in the executive branch outside the presidency. attorney general becerra brings more than 2 decades of experience in the congress. he was a senior member of the house ways and means committee, which overlaps with this committee on many important health issues. he was closely involved in major accomplishments on health care including the
became law. health care activist the importance of grassroots advocacy and lobbying elected officials. i am the founder and sheriff protect our care. thank you for joining us today for a conversation with a very special guest. the 44th president of the u.s., barack obama. we are here today to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the affordable care act. one of the many legacies of president obama s eight years in office. many of you who joined today are veterans of that fights, the fight to pass the aca and the fight to preserve the aca through the last difficult for years. many of you, and millions of others around the country, are people whose lives are better today because of the affordable care act. our special guest with me is brad woodhouse, the executive director of protect our care and himself a veteran of the effort 11 years ago to pass this law. brad, thank you for all you have done and all you do every day for american health care. thank you, wesley. and i want to
pelosi held a three and a half hour meeting with white house chief of staff mark meadows and treasury secretary steve mnuchin. we re not close yet. but it was a productive discussion. now each side knows where they re at. and we are going to work very hard to come to an agreement that meets the needs of the moment. we still believe, and we discussed this with them, that this is one of the greatest problems america faces, and we need to meet those needs in a very, very serious way. joining me for more, nicholas wu, usa today congressional reporter and leigh ann caldwell covering congress. going into these negotiations today on capitol hill, the sticking points were pretty clear. democrats want to extend that $600 unemployment benefits. you had republicans arguing for this liability protection from lawsuits. coming out of these negotiations, are those still the sticking points? well, from what we re hearing and seeing, these are still very much the main sticking points fo