Cspan. Live monday night, our series continues. Rack cara car wreck. Behold him i was in the hospital person praying the other would be ok. The other person was one of my best friends. Didnt know i didnt recognize that at the site of the crash. Because i prayed over and over for him to be ok, then he wasnt, i thought nobody listens. God wasnt answering my prayers. I went through a long time of not believing, not believing the prayers could be answered. It took me a long time and a lot of growing up to come back to faith. Laura bush, monday night. Next, the challenges of implement a state Health Insurance exchanges. Speakers include the secretary for the kentucky cabinet for health and family services, a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama during the state of the union. And experts representing a la for you, maine, new jersey, and rhode island. This was hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation. It is an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning and welcome to our Robert Wood Johnson foundati
Didnt work so well, and what they perceive between now and the end of open Enrollment Period on march 31st as well as what plans theyre making for open enrollment next year which believe it or not is only nine short months away. So let me introduce our speakers now. First of all, Heather Howard is with us. Shes the Program Director of the state Reform Assistance Network thats a program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation and its dedicated to providing Technical Assistance to states under the Affordable Care act. Shes also a Public Affair lecturer at Princeton University and a faculty affiliate for health and wellbeing. Heather previously served as the commissioner of the new Jersey Department of health and Senior Services and worked before that in the u. S. Senate, the house of representatives, the Domestic Policy Council and the trust division at the u. S. Department. Were also privileged to have audrey hane. Chief officer for the ymca in washington, d. C. Governor steve bash
And adult immigrants can live legally and without fear if they admit culpability. Passckground checks background checks, pay fines, and back taxes. We want to hear from republicans only for this first segment. What do you think from this immigration per proposal . If you agree, 202 5853880. If you disagree, 202 5853881. Republicans only for this first segment of the washington journal. You can get in via twitter as well. Facebook. Com cspan. Journal at cspan. Org. House Speaker John Boehner told theyters that they thought had to make a goodfaith offer. This problem has been around. From politico this morning boehner has long said that the house would not take up the Senate Immigration bill, but would consider it in several discrete bills. For any immigration bill to get a vote, he has said it must first gain support from a majority of the republican conference. Ted cruz has reacted to the plan. This is on breitbart. The amnesty push will rule in hopes of retaking the senate. He thinks
To how one gets to a closing guantanamo . I dont think it is that complicated once we decide the we are going to do. The argument been would be we will never really she because there is a risk if we release you. Thats not good criminal Justice Policy and i dont think its good counterterrorism policy. Everybody else down there that we determined for whatever reason we cannot release or weve tried and convicted them we will housing in the United States. There are many, many Public Policy arguments over the course of my great that a frustrated me. Its amazing how people lead to incorrect conclusions and then the same irreversible. But the notion that we cannot hold dangers people safely in the United States to me is patently absurd. And yet, it drives the debate. The reason that we have not close guantanamo, keep in mind, it wasnt some big liberal goal, gates, john mccain, george w. Bush said we should close guantanamo. Why havent we . Well, ill skip the political argument for the moment
With that, i yield to the chairman emeritus of the full committee. Thank you. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to make the Affordable Care act work. I remind my colleagues the last perfect law came off of the top of mount sinai with moses, written on a stone tablet. Nothing so good has happened since. I urge us to use our best efforts to see that this law goes into effect and works and that we carry out our responsibility to the American People. To see to it that we do everything we can to defend the laws of the u. S. I have heard some unfortunate things on the other side. They said we have to do everything in our power to prevent obamacare. Obamacare, get rid of it. Our friends on the other side have forgotten that. I hope they will continue to forget it. We have a chance to see to it that the American People get health care as a matter of right, not financial privilege. I am very frustrated, at least as frustrated as anyone else in this room, about the problems facing healthcar