Representative Gene Green on Health Care Debate

Jul 22, 2009

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

Representative Gene Green, a member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee who supports the health care bill, talked about the debate in Congress over health care legislation, including President Obama's meeting the previous day about the legislation with Blue Dog Democrats. Representative Green responded to telephone calls, electronic .. Read More
Representative Gene Green, a member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee who supports the health care bill, talked about the debate in Congress over health care legislation, including President Obama's meeting the previous day about the legislation with Blue Dog Democrats. Representative Green responded to telephone calls, electronic correspondence, and questions from middle school students. The students participated via Skype from the C-SPAN Civics Bus in Philadelphia. Sue Davis was the guest host.

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00:00:05 HOST JOINING US NOW IS CONGRESSMAN GENE GREEN OF TEXAS, A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE....
00:01:39 HOST WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE BILL?
00:01:43 GUEST WE HAVE HAD MARKED UP FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, STARTING LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK. BECAUSE THE WAS A MEETING...
00:02:34 HOST WOULD BE EASIER OR HARDER TO GET THINGS DONE IF YOU DO NOT MEET THE PRE-AUGUST DEADLINE?
00:02:39 GUEST I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS SO MUCH. IF WE HAVE A BILL THAT AND COME OUT OF COMMITTEE, I WOULD LOVE ...
00:03:14 HOST DOES THE PUBLIC OPTION HAVE TO BE PART OF IT?
00:03:17 GUEST I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE. I WAS A STATE LEGISLATURE -- WE TRIED TO COVER THE UNINSURED WITH SOME...
00:03:50 HOST AT THE PRESIDENT WILL HAVE A PRIME TIME CONFERENCE -- WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO SAY?...
00:04:01 GUEST I WANT TO HEAR THE PRESIDENCY WITH A SAY IN TEXAS ALL TIME, GET 'ER DONE. I WANT BOTH COST CONTAINMENT,...
00:04:49 HOST CONGRESSMAN GENE GREEN, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE CALL LYNN. -- CALL IN. LET'S TAKE OUR FIRST...
00:07:23 GUEST WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR CALL BECAUSE THAT IS MY PROBLEM. I'M A NATIVE BORN TEXAN, BORN IN THE SAME...
00:08:47 HOST WE HAVE THE C-SPAN 6 BUS FROM PHILADELPHIA, JOINED BY BRITAIN ANGEL -- CIVIS BUS. WHAT GRADE. IN?...
00:09:11 GUEST NOT AT ALL. IN FACT, THIS BILL SHOULDN'T TOUCH MEDICARE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. SINCE 1965, MEDICARE...
00:09:46 HOST DEMOCRATIC LINE, LEN FROM PRINCETON. CALLER: I AM A RETIRED MATHEMATICIAN AND I HAVE BEEN A STRONG...
00:10:11 GUEST I AM A CO-SPONSOR OF JOHN DINGELL POSSIBLE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL. IF WE COULD GET THAT IN THE HOUSE...
00:10:50 GUEST DID I LOSE HIM? I DON'T REALLY CARE MUCH ABOUT THE STOCKHOLDERS IN THE INSURANCE COMPANIES OR THE...
00:11:15 HOST I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO AN ACCORD -- EDITORIAL IN TODAY'S OPEN "THE WASHINGTON POST," THE CAN'T...
00:12:05 GUEST OF THIS BILL IS PAID FOR. IT IS OVER $1 TRILLION AND WE PAID FOR BY SAVINGS IN THE CURRENT MEDICAL...
00:12:57 HOST BOB ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE FROM CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I THINK THERE IS...
00:14:41 GUEST MEDICARE HAS LITERALLY BEEN A GODSEND FOR SENIOR CITIZENS OVER 65. IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT BECAUSE...
00:16:11 HOST JOINING US FROM THE C-SPAN BUS IN PHILADELPHIA IS JULIANNE. HOW WERE YOU?
00:16:20 Unidentified Speaker FINE.
00:16:23 HOST WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN?
00:16:24 Unidentified Speaker IS GREAT.
00:16:26 HOST DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
00:16:30 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS, IF WE PUT EVERYONE IN INSURANCE WOULD WE HAVE ENOUGH DOCTORS?
00:16:36 GUEST OF THE MY PROBLEM IS WE HAVE -- WHEAT -- OUR PROBLEM IS NOW, WE NEED MORE PRIMARY DOCTORS. JULIET...
00:17:21 HOST MALI ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE FROM CALIFORNIA. -- MOLLY. CALLER: -- I AM SO CONFUSED BY THESE CALLS...
00:18:56 GUEST WELL, FOR ONE THING, THAT IS NOT IN THAT BILL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE READING. IF THE BILL DID...
00:19:58 HOST WESTPORT, TOOK A -- KENTUCKY. BRUCE. CALLER: EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING THINGS,...
00:20:21 GUEST WELL, THERE ARE REASONS TO HAVE GOVERNMENT. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD RATHER HAVE PRIVATE...
00:21:00 HOST CARL ON INDEPENDENT LINE FROM THE TWIN LAKES, WISCONSIN. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I HAVE A...
00:21:27 GUEST LET ME ADDRESS THAT. AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS I'M PART OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH CARE PLAN AND IT...
00:23:10 HOST ON SITE, -- SKYPE, WILL HANCOCK. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I READ RECENTLY IN MAN HAS MANY OF HIS ORGANS...
00:23:31 GUEST IT DOES NOT HAVEN'T ANYTHING ON STEM CELL RESEARCH, BUT I'M A BIT -- BIG SUPPORTER OF ITS STEM CELL....
00:24:04 GUEST --
00:24:07 HOST AN E-MAIL WHO WRITES -- AS SIDE --
00:24:24 GUEST WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF HAVING A NICE CAR OR HOME IS LIFE THREATENING I KNOW IF I DON'T HAVE HEALTH...
00:24:56 HOST OUR NEXT CALL FROM PENNSYLVANIA. GAIL IS ONLINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION...
00:25:38 GUEST LET ME GET YOUR FIRST QUESTION FIRST, MY JOB AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE PROFITS...
00:26:21 HOST --
00:26:27 GUEST MALPRACTICE REFORM. I PRACTICE LAW IN TEXAS AND MOST MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES ARE BROUGHT IN STATE...
00:27:02 HOST BACK TO SKYPE -- MATTIE, ARE YOU THERE? WHAT GRADE IN SCHOOL YOU GO TO?
00:27:08 Unidentified Speaker GOING INTO NINTH GRADE ON LAKE FOREST.
00:27:11 HOST WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION?
00:27:14 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS, HOW FAR INTO THE FUTURE WHAT TAXPAYERS BE PAYING FOR THIS BILL?
00:27:19 GUEST THAT IS LIKE ASKING HOW LONG IN THE FUTURE WE WILL PAY FOR THE ARMY AND MILITARY AND PROTECTION OF...
00:27:52 HOST WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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