peggy said what did she say to you? >> i told her about myself and my husband and the fact we had to get another job to support ourselves. we had jobs cleaning offices and she and her husband were riding to work one day and he said to her, mary, i cannot feelw3 my legs. they are known. my arm is number and he pulled the car over to the side of the road and he died. so ms. henry told the story to michelle obama and it was quite soon after the death of her husband so telling the story she was in tears. and ms. henry said michelle reached over and got tissues and hugged her and comfort third hurt and they became friends as a result of that conversation. several weeks ago when the president had his first speech to the joint houses of congress, the white house invited ms. henry to come to d.c. they put her up in a hotel there broader to the congress and to the white house and by this time we had sent her a book so we could verify that she was indeed and she took her book with her to the white house and she showed it to the p

my name is peggy redittz and i'm testifying on behalf of my brother. my brother was a business owner of a restaurant that he ran with his wife, marie. he purchased a health insurance policy from fortus insurance company in august of 2003. on the application, he indicated he had kidney stones and smoked. he listed all physicians who had treated him. it will health application was accepted and is h his coverage began in august of 2003. a year later, my brother found himself inexplainbly losing a large amount of weight. his wife, marie, urged him to see a doctor. in september of 2004, my 59-year-old brother at the time was diagnosed with stage four n n nonhodgkin's lymphoma. he started treatment. due to the aggressive cancer he had, he was given six more rounds of chemo by january of 2005. he suffered a lot during the period of time and was often unable to work. he was referred to a specialist in stem cell transplantation and for high dose chemotherapy. he began this for purposes of preparing him for stem cell implant. these treatments were long and diffi

peggy raddatz who is the sister welcome all of you thank you for coming. is the policy to tackle testimony under oath. please be advised you have the right under the rules of the house to be advised by counsel during your testimony. do you wish to be represented during your testimony? you are all shaking your head snow coal debate okay. i ask you to rise and raise your right hand to take the oath. ms. beaton, if you want to sit there that's okay. do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in the matter pending before this committee? let the record reflect the witness is replied in the affirmative. they are now under oath and we will hear a five minute opening statement from each of you. ms. beaton, would you like to start first -- he would like to be last? ms. horton, would you like to be first? will you pull the microphone first and there should be a button, pull the microphone for word. it doesn't pick up as well as it should. >> can you hear me now? >> i can hear you. >> good morn

[applause] >> peggy brooks-bertram is the cofounder of the uncrowned queens institute for research and education for women inc. at the university of buffalo in the art. to find out more visit as you and why that edu. >> mark top nonfiction authors and books throughout the weekend on c-span2's booktv. with books on the economy, former investment banker john talbott exposes myths about the recession and what it will take to recover. jay richards on why he thinks capitalism is the best way to ease poverty and protect the environment. also this weekend, the end of overeating, former fda commissioner david kessler explains how americans programmed by too much sugar, salt and john can control their eating habits and on after words, writers and artists, god's and visionaries from the garden of eden to today. atwater galeano recounts the history of the world three collection of 600 short stories. he talks with colombian university professor john dinges. there are lots more books and authors every weekend on booktv. our web site has the entire schedule and great new features including streaming

joe scarborough discusses his book with peggy noonan called columnist for the "wall street journal." >> host: joe scarborough, anchor of the morning cable news show "morning joe" on msnbc with you cohost. you are a former congressman. you represented florida's first district. >> guest: first district. >> host: in the house from 1995 to 2001. you were elected in 1994, and member of that famous class that one republican control of the house for the first time. and i think in two generations. >> guest: it was a very long time. >> host: 40, 50 years. before that you were a practicing attorney and i think a schoolteacher former host of scarborough country. you have a radio show monday through friday, 10:00 to noon on i think w. adc in new york. you have a new book called "the last best hope" published by crown books. i think it's your second book. >> guest: it is. >> host: all right, joe, how do you anchor a cable news show from seven to nine, retial show from ten to noon. the pratt they require, make appearances, help charities, see your family, be a friend and white ebook? [laughter] ho

. >> peggy 11 award from the organization? >> she won two awards, one of holly prize for political as editions of political history and she won the laurence levine prize for a beloved historian who passed away a few years ago for the best book and cultural history. >> who is shea? >> peggy is the beekman a professor at northwestern history and university of oregon and she is a professor of a domestic studies, this is our second book and she -- it is a labor of love of. >> the day wall street exploded. >> what could be more topical, this is not about the economy today, set in the 20s when there was i to make a real explosion down on wall street. this is the first book, mr. nouri book and a wonderful storyteller, beverly gage is a professor of yale and she wrote this to talk about america and the age of terror. she started it well before 9/11 so this is not a book that was inspired to write because of current events in europe is something to talk about was happening on wall street at this time it is a detective story. >> finally

peggy. we have our cdc director, and we have some extraordinary members of congress here on stage, senator dodd, senator bourbon, senator harkin, representative waxman, rep christiansen, and rep platz, all who did a big part to move this legislation forward. [applause] i want to thank all of them. there are three members of congress that i have to especially thank, representative waxman, representative dodd, -- senator dodd, and most importantly, senator ted kennedy who cannot be here today. [applause] and the legislation i am signing today represents a change that has been decades in the making. since the middle of the last century, we have known about the deadly effects of tobacco products. more than 400,000 americans now die of tobacco related illnesses each year, making it the leading cause of preventable deaths in the united states. more than 8 million americans suffer from at least one serious illness caused by smoking. these health problems caused us all more than $100 billion a year.

both peggy and i have letters in this book and my letter is about my father and my father's struggle throughout his life to care for a large family, all the jobs he had, a talented men who only had a sixth grade formal education but he was a minister and worked very hard in a plant everyday got up at 4:00 a.m. a self-taught photographer, and a man who tookw3 care of our family, a nurturer were again black families where black males are not seen as taking care of their children or families but we have the obama's as a representation of that. but that has been true in our community for ages so we want to tell that story to let michelle and others know that there is a historical continuity within our families that go back generations and now we see the evidence of that very vividly and portrayed in the obama family. >> i want to say something that they am not trying to make sure people understood what type of book this was progress number of people who reviewed the book was saying this is a a very nice book of letters come of sweet letters, nice and the feeling is nice and cute but that

deeply into their relationship with him and also the infamous -- what was commonly referred to as the peggy eaton matter, which was the wife of one of his cabinet members who had been maligned similar to the way his wife had been maligned during the campaign and he defended her and made it into a really big issue. so, you know, meacham's a good writer and it's a good read. i also finished a book actually since then that's older, been out a couple of years by michael korda, a biography of eisenhower. it dawned on me i never read any eisenhower books and felt like that was a gap in my reading that i needed to fill. and i would highly recommend that to everyone as well. i'm going to move on to a book -- the author actually escapes me of a book that's been out a while called the best year of their lives. it's about 1948 in the life of richard nixon, lyndon johnson and john f. kennedy, which was recommended to me by senator barrasso, a senator from wyoming who's a voracious reader. there's also a book about the republican leader of the senate coming out june 15 by an author named john david dych

i would suggest that we have a new commissioner of the food and drug administration, peggy hagberg, who's now been affirmed and redoing the inspections and food safety system is essential. it's got to be public-private partnership whether or not it is a stand-alone agency or in the food and drug administration i think is almost secondary to what the system needs to look at. and i am eager to restore the fda to the gold standard which it is a long way from right now. >> thank you, mr. chairman. historically, health insurance programs have been driven by the individual states. new york state law used to dominate this entire arena. commissioners across the state's played a significant role. you have indicated by way of your statement for the record that you intend to begin building on the system that we have. in doing that, d.c. the federal government's role core operating with the state's or do you foresee a more centralized federal government system? >> i met with my former colleagues the other day. the insurance commissioners were here, dealing with this very issue. i am most vote -- i am

i want to extend a special welcome to miss peggy raddatz from my home state, from la grange. i thank you for being here and sharing your family's story with us. i know it isn't always easy to discuss personal matters. but you certainly are helping us to make better health care policies. and i thank the witnesses for helping us. when a consumer goes to buy a health insurance policy they try to identify the best policy to heat meet the health care needs of their family. at no time do they imagine that once they buy a policy, they might get sick and their insurance will simply rescind their policy and leave them without coverage, but with a high pile of bills. the practice of post-claims underwriting in the private market is wrong and we should prohibit it. let's face it uks it's already hard enough for an individual or small business owner to find health insurance. in my state of illinois, there is no requirement that insurers take all-comers. i've heard from constituents over and over again who are unable to find a policy really at any price. those who do get through the insur

and all so the infamous what was commonly referred to as the peggy eaton matter which was the wife of one of his cabinet members who have been maligned, he felt similar to the way his wife had been maligned during the campaign, and he defended her and made it into a really big issue so john mecham is a good writer and it is a good read. all so i finished a book, actually since then, that is older, been at a couple of years by michael korda, a biography of eisenhower. a very well-written book and it dawned on me that i had never actually written in the eisenhower books and i felt like that was a gap in mind reading that i needed to fill and i would highly recommend that to everyone as well. i am going to move on to a book, the author actually escapes' may come a book that has been out there while called the best year of their lives. it is about 1948 and the life of richard nixon, lyndon johnson and john f. kennedy which was recommended to me by senator grasso was also a voracious reader of american history. and all so interestingly enough there is a book about the republican leader of

topical book that the propositions in california is not different than what that law what you >> and peggy pescoe won what awards? >> she won the holly prize which is for political institutions and political history. and she won the lawrence levine prize for a beloved historian who passed away a few years ago. >> and who is she? >> she's the beakman professor of northwestern history at the university of oregon. this is her second book and -- it's a labor of love. >> the day wall street exploded. >> what could be more topic cal. this is not about the economy today. this is a book set in the '20s when there was actually a real explosion down on wall street. this is a first book. this is an extraordinary first book and a wonderful storyteller. beverly gage is a professor of yale university. she started it well before 9/11. it's not something she decided to talk about before the current events and what was happening in wall street in this period and it's a real detective story. >> and finally one other book we want to talk about the wilsonian moment. >> this is new method ideology and what is

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