andrea asked secretary sebelius if she was pushed out. the secretary said that was not the case. she said this felt like the right time to leave. it s the end of the open enrollment period. they did get their stated goal of 7 million people to sign up. so now the focus shifts to omb director sylvia matthews burrwell, president obama s pick to take over as hhs secretary. she faces what is expected to be a contentious confirmation hearing process. democrats a bit concerned that this is shining a spotlight on some of the problems with the health care law right in the middle of the midterm elections. the obama administration hoping that the confirmation process will happen quickly, so that they can move beyond this. it is anticipated that ultimately burrwell will be confirmed. kristen, stay right there. we ll come back to you and talk about the white house s perspective on what s happening in the ukraine in just a moment. developing there in ukraine, the unrest has turned deadly. a g
health care website was rocky. but secretary sebeli zu leaves with the law working. 7.5 million enrolled. president obama will nominate his budget director, sylvia matthews burrwell to take over. so republicans should welcome a change, right? well, congressman fred upton say, quote, secretary sebelius may be finished in her roll oversea seeing the law, but our tefrts to get the answers in relief for the american people will continue. get answers? what answers? georgia senator saxby saying i ve had concerns about her willingness to ignore the clear intent of congress and texts of duly enacted laws. there they go with that lawless line again. and of course, senator shutdown
president s pick to lead the health and human services department. listen to this. sylvia burwell, named today to replace kathleen sebelius as the new health and humans secretary is the person who ordered the world war ii memorial barricaded during the government
joined the party. i think burwell presents an ideal opportunity to examine the failures that were obama care. four years ago, minds could have differed over whether this would work. seeing the disaster, the train wreck that is obama care, it s the essence of pragmatism to acknowledge this thing isn t working. 7.5 million people enrolled and they re still talking repeal? good luck with that one. joining me now, david corn and angela ride. thank you for being here. i m sorry i m laughing. this gets kind of more and more absurd by the day. you know, david, confronting the new health secretary is another excuse to talk about repeal now. well, yes. that was a woman who i knew years ago in the clinton administration. one of the most competent people
cabinet. sylvia matthews burrwell has been his pick for budget. she s the head of the walmart foundation right now. before that, she worked under president clinton and was the deputy budget director. at the energy department, the president has tapped earnest moniz. he, too, served in the clinton administration and jean mccarthy has been tapped to be the next administrator at the e p pa. she once worked for mitt romney. they joined other nominees including john kerry, chuck hagel and jack lew. federal agencies are implementing those forcing spending cuts. here s a snapshot of what some of the impact will have on us. the supplemental nutrition rall program for women, infants and