>> there were amendments to be suggested by senator greg when improving data collection, which i know we would also -- that we could proceed on. >> mr. chairman, if you would indulge me, there are two amendments we worked out, senator mikulski then one we didn't work out. >> you had a greg amendment nine, related to shared decision-making and you had greg amendment 10 related to data collection. >> those are both agreed to. >> i would agree. then when we get a quorum, we can do a unanimous consent. >> i would offer the greg amendment 35. >> greg amendment 35. >> can we hand that out so we don't -- >> as one more members show up we'll consider these discussed. >> what title is this? what section? >> it goes to title 2, generally, title 3 and title 4 generally. it's the gao review of the activities of those titles. >> we now have -- is it right do we have 10 or 12 here? >> six, seven, eight, nine, ten. i'm sorry, still missing people. >> i can talk about it if you don't mind. >> go ahead. >> mr. chairman, as we all know and the president has made the point and totally appropriate, one o

you had a greg amendment nine related to share in decision making and you had greg an amendment 10 relatedto data collection. >> those are agreed to. we will just except those only get a quorum and now an offer the brennan and 35. >> can we hand out? and as soon as one more member shows up we will cover these amendments that have already been discussed. >> what page? >> which title is this? >> it goes to title to generally, title three anti-war generally. >> it is the gao review of the activities of those titles. >> we now -- and to have 10 or 12 here? we only have 10. we're still missing people. >> i can talk about it if you don't mind. >> go ahead and give max mr. chairman, as we all know and the president has made the point and is totally inappropriate, one of the average has to be to reduce the cost of health care and the rate of a growth and cost over the years because we are basing -- >> [inaudible] >> i do. we are facing an unsustainable situation in our federal budget which is jim and in large part by the cost of health care. we know that we have a approximately $38 trillion unfund

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. >> i have wrestled with this and i am going to vote for the greg amendment. this bill has had no hearings in either house, to the best of my knowledge. it is deeply flawed public policy, i believe. i just have a problem with people who put a bill together, representing the automobile industry, and then you buy pass everything. it passes on the floor of the house, it's put in a bill where you can't do anything with it. we were refused any ability to negotiate. and i just don't think that's the way to go. and i think as the bill gets carried out, people are going to see the flaws in the policy. so i mean, i said what i think and i will vote for the greg amendment. >> i wish to associate myself with the remarks of chairman obey. this is a measure of compromises. we didn't get everything we wanted. but we must get the business proceeding the way it should. if we are going to keep the package together, i would strongly advise that we vote against the greg amendment. and the clerk will now call the roll. [clerk calling roll] [roll call snfpltted] [no. call the roll

mandatory funding. >> so as i understand this amendment is to correct the issue raised by senator greg in terms of the budget issues that we're -- >> yes. >> -- that we will perform. i will lead my colleagues in a discussion about it. i appreciate my colleagues offering an amendment to straighten out that issue. >> he is the authority on it. i had to leave for a moment, senator. but i think some of the things that you had mentioned about it is that what we've done is eliminate budget points of order against it. and we have established a new source of direct federal funding, $10 billion by 2014 and the reason it's only $80 billion is that it starts at two then four then six then eight. and then $10 billion and continuing. and this would create a situation where public health service act programs are funded twice in the same year, once at the normal appropriations process and again through directed spending which is always additional spending and establishes a precedent in which supplemental direct funding sources can be created in order to bypass regular budgeting decisions. what other

delia scott, chris, greg, beth, juliet, melissa, greg scott on the majority staff with david and daron been gentleman min on the minority staff, pete, ryan on my staff and melissa and megan from mr. simpson's staff have worked hard and have been a great help to the subcommittee staff. in closing, i want to remind members that although the increases i have outlined are substantial, their impact will be even greater. our subcommitt funds programs that span a bod spectrum of issues, from our cultral and natural heritage. our agencies fight fires, protect great water bodies and tend to the needs of the first americans. these programs are vital to every american. they will improve the environment for everyone and work to fulfill our nation's trust responsibilities. i'm proud of this bill and i ask that you support it. and i reserve the balance of my time. . the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from idaho for 30 minutes. mr. simpson: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. simpson: madam chairwoman, let me begin my re

greg craig will talk about getting things done in washington. while we wait, more about health care. major provisions of the draft health care bill offered by house democrats today would impose new responsibilities on individuals and employers to get coverage in the insurance company practices that the -- that deny coverage to the sick. here is senate majority leader hit -- harry reid talking about health care today. >> as the debate escalates over health care, it is easy to become sidetracked by misrepresentation or attempted to point fingers. when we do those things we lose sight of what is at the heart of this effort. this debate in this reform. i want to take just a moment to remind all of us with this is all about, the health care debate. it is not -- it is about hardworking americans, because they are to often casualty's of or broken health care system and deserve better than to be casualties of misleading politics. for those without health care, this is a critical crisis that affects children, families, small-business is, big businesses,

you have more people accessing greg's list through mobile devices. is there a change the ec and the discourse in a behavior of the community -- it the ec in the discourse of behavior in the community. >> i do believe that brevity is the soul of wit. shorter communication is more effective than longer communication. if someone here e-mail's me something, a response could be, can you see it -- can he said to be the briefer version of that? -- can you send me the brief version of that. i personally find short for more effective than long form. i have gotten more terse in my communications. this would be easy in washington. people are passionate about having something to say, saying it briefly, and stopping. most parts of the country, people will go on and on. in washington, people say it and stop. that is admirable. >> is a weird thing to find someone coming to washington and say they find the culture admirable. >> you were very involved in the obama campaign, and early helps them develop ways to use social networking. are there one or two things that t

. >> senator greg. >> aye by proxy. >> senator alexander. >> aye by proxy. >> senator burress. >> aye by proxy. >> senator mccain? >> aye by proxy. >> senator mikowski. >> aye by proxy. >> senator roberts. >> aye. >> chairman kennedy. >> no, by proxy. >> the ayes are 10, nays are 15. i thank our colleagues. are there further amendments to title two? >> i think senator coburn. >> tom? >> could i inquire. senator mikulski was very straightforward and honest about what was really intended in the cer stuff. and when she was asked by senator greg in our kind of roundtable about what their intention were to really tell a difference between, you know, i just have some questions so i can understand. i think we use -- i can't remember the examples. maybe it was claritin and allegra. i think he used one of the other. let's say cer comes out and says one is better than the other. what's going to be the require me ment? what's going to be the requirement for somebody who is practicing medicine and allegra doesn't work for their patient but claritin does? >> the doctor -- excuse me pooim sorry. th

i want to thank greg dean for the efforts that he has. he has a legal mind that helps us on these issues, and i -- i would ask permission to expand that with some other names in the record. but i do intend to continue the fight against tobacco and i do ask my colleagues to join me on this. and i thank senator dodd for all of his efforts. there is true passion. i yield the floor. mr. dodd: thank you. mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. dodd: let me thank our colleague. we're getting close to the time of the vote. but i'd be remiss if i didn't also mention our staff. i often say this at a time like this. as senators, we get the opportunity to stand here and -- at a little podium and be heard but there are literally dozens of people whose names that most americans will never know who make these moments happen, and they deserve the kind of public recognition because they worked tirelessly, late on the nights, weekends, around the clock negotiating, working with each other trying to iron out provisions of th

joining in the questioning, greg piper. just start off by giving us a brief snapshot of the bertelsmann companies. >> guest: sure. we're a major media company based in germany. our key divisions are in television, that's broadcast television and television production where we're the largest broadcaster in europe with brands like rtl and mc in france, channel 5 in great britain. we're very active in the magazine field, we're the largest magazine publisher in europe as well. tunnel -- we have a very large services company which provides all kind of media services from the reproductions of dvds, you know, all the way to printing of books to electronic payment services for google and microsoft and others. and then last but not least in the u.s. we have businesses such as random house which is the world's largest consumer book publisher based here in new york actually, and we have a number of printing and servicing concerns here in the u.s. and, of course, we have free mantle media which is one of the producers of "american idol

speakers include white house counsel greg greg and john podesta. this lasts about an hour and a half. >> it was like the perfect foil for all of us. >> good evening, everyone. if i could quiet the crowd,

we were to have greg craig on the panel tonight. you know, it's tough in the white house and the west, particularly over last five and half months. he is not yet in witness protection but he did come up, he had an unavoidable conflict so he will not be with us this evening. so i regret that. but he is with us in spirit. let me start, i'm going to start in honor of her role as the former executive director of the american constitutional society or i'm going to start with lisa. and i want to ask you a two-part question that have nothing to do with each other. the first part is you have been the executive director of the mirkin constitution society, and you have been at the white house staff secretary. we know which one is harder. you have to answer which one is more fun. and when you are done without, last year i think at this conference i think if you asked anybody in the audience, there was probably everyone assumed that if a democrat was elected president, president obama was elected to office, he would close guantÁnamo. he has ple

the most honorable greg smicraih of new jersey. [applause] >> thank you so much. thanks to each and everyone of you for being here today. on this very important remembrancer of tiananmen square. my friends, the brave and tenacious heroes of tiananmen square will never be forgotten, nor will their big sacrifice. for some it was torture and for others it was death. their sacrifice will never be in vain. i truly believe that future generations of chinese and other advocates of democracy worldwide will forever honor their courage, vision, and belief in democracy. the chinese people deserve no less. it is a matter of when, not if, that democracy will come to china. 20 years after the incident, a pro-democracy advocates remain in concentration camps, subject to torture and degradation. on several trips to china, and another congressman have been in that prison. we stayed a couple of hours. we saw men and women with their heads shaved. they looked like concentration camp victims from the second world war. right before the beijing olympics when all the world community was

joining in the questioning is greg piper. could you start off by giving us a brief snapshot of your company. >> it is a major media company based in germany. our key divisions are in television and television production. we are the largest broadcaster in europe. we are very active in the magazine field and we are the largest magazine producer in europe. we have a very large service company. it provides all kinds of media services for reproductions of dvd's to the printing of books and electronic payment services like google and microsoft and others. in the united states, we have random house which is the world's largest consumer book publisher and we have a number of other printing concerns here in the u.s.. we are also a producer of "american idol." >> and you are for vice- president of random house. -- you are former vice president of random house. what do you look for in the president? >> it looks for mostly early stage investments. to give you an example, from the publishing side, some years ago, we pioneered the digital

greg run to lead with that. that seems to have evaporated since got into office. host: next is a call from michigan. caller: host: we will come back to you. let's go to new jersey. caller: i am a supporter of ron paul. a belief in his programs. i think the american people made a tragic mistake choosing between mccain and obama. my question to your guess is, do we need a new commission to come into looking -- to look at downsizing the government? why shouldn't the government do the same thing? the government is inflationary and we need to downsize it. let's do it immediately. your comments? guest: i disagree. i think it is crazy that we are even talking about this at a time when we are having the biggest crisis in 70 years. it amazes me that you have all these people on the right side of the aisle still talking about how we of to cut government workers and the budget. we need to be inflating this economy, giving people jobs. host: our next call from kentucky, good morning. let me share with you part of the interview we did with president obama from the library of t

mclouth coming up throwing, laroche trying to score from second, and the throw cut off by first baseman greg norton, laroche is scoring on the plate, and the pirates go on to this, after giving up a two-out homer, matt capps gets norton to fly out and end the game and the danger, 14th save for capps, and the pirates snap their three-game skid, laroche drove in two of the three winning runs. bly the way, pittsburgh starter charlie morton left after pitching only one inning due to tightness in his right hammy, the braves, their three game winning streak comes to an end. colby rasmus hitting cleanup for the cards, 12-6 in his last eight games, top first, two on, one out, rasmus with a three-run homer to right field, his seventh homer of the year, and the cardinals go on to win 13-4, rasmus extends his hitting streak to nine consecutive games, and the cards score a season high 13 runs to snap their season. and some drama in houston. geoff blum singles in miguel tejada, and it's a walk-off, and the cubs lose after having gotten the early lead in the second inning from geovany soto, a homer, and s

greg brown, the c.e.o. of motorola. and our outstanding football player. jorge a journalist in the country, and b.b.wane, and tony hawk, the outstanding skateboarder in the world. darrell mcdaniels, mike glass, a small businessman, and senator edward bye, and president david lad, the president of a community college and my staff, dennis mc dona and reggie love, and bobby mashay with this good-looking grub. i don't want to talk long, i want to come around and say hello to everyone. i want to thank all for participating. for the young people here today, i just hope that the message we are sending out, about how important fathers are. it's something that you will internalize. because all of you are probably going to end up being fathers. and the time is now to start thinking about what that means in terms of responsibilities. what it means to be a man. and the men you are sitting with today, exempify whether famous or not, they embody that spirit of love and dedication and commitment that fatherhood is all about. we appreciate all of you. i don't want to get

two years ago, picking first, they selected ohio state center greg oden. thus did the seattle supersonics, now the oklahoma city thunder, fall into kevin durant, an extremely scorer. is history repeating itself? oden missed all of the 2007-2008 season and was only able to play 61 games last year, degree which he averaged six points and five rebounds. we can't say he'll fail, but he doesn't z appear to be very fragile. and let's not forget the great tease that bill walton turned out for the city of portland. well, at least they got their only championship out of him before he left town. bowie was a nice guy, and oden is off the charts friendly and accessible. he's everything you want off the court. keeping him on the court will be the ongoing problem. >> my admiration for jim brown is both an athletic icon, and more importantly, a catalyst for change, second to none. but i really wish he would stop brow-beating michael jordan and tiger woods. brown wants them to be just like him, but that's not who they are. but that doesn't mean all they're doing is sittin

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we were going to have greg craig on the panel tonight. it is tough in the white house counsel's office. he is not yet in witness protection, but he had an unavoidable conflict so he will not be with us this evening, so i regret that. but he is with us in spirit. so let me start. in honor of her role as the former executive director of the american constitution society, i will start with lisa. i want to ask you a two-part question. the first part is, you have been the executive director of the american constitution society and you have now been the white house staff secretary. we know which one is harder. you have to answer which one is more fun. when your done with that, last year i think at this conference, if you ask anyone in the audience, probably everyone assumed if a democrat was elected president, he would close guantanamo. he has pledged to do that. you might want to reflect a little bit on why you think there has been so much resistance to that, particularly on capitol hill. most of the people in theoom would have thought that he

anderson had just hit a two-out hitter for atlanta, but matt capps gets greg norton to fly out to endhis one and end the danger, and the win snaps the three-game losing streak for pittsburgh. meanwhile atlanta sees their three-game winning streak ended as well. a full highlight ahead on "espnews." >> straight ahead, phillies and mets among our top stories, moments ago the mets had a 4-1 moments ago the mets had a 4-1 lead. i had a customer come in and she was looking for a gift for her husband for father's day. he was big on music, he loves to host parties and he loves to be outside on the grill. right now what he uses is this old boombox. and that's when i said, "insignia rock speakers." they look like rocks. you can put them anywhere. they sound great. all weather. they blend in. "don't tell him about it. just hide the boombox from him." father's day. he was outside and he starts barbecuing. and all of a sudden, they turn on the music, and he's like, "where's all this coming from?" from those little rocks. matt went on the bud light port paradise cruise. it was awesome. for four day

greg brown whose the c.e.o., antwan randall el outstanding football player. dr.teve rosin, bfrlt b. wang outstanding actor -- b.b. wang outstanding ack, to tony hawk who's the best skateboarder in the world. coach bill cower of the championship steelers. darrell d.m.c. mcdon yells. mike glass whose a small businessman. senator evan bayh, fatherhood's dad's inc. dr. robert franklin as well as mike straunmanneis and we also want to thank bobby flay with these unbelievably good-looking grub over here. i don't want to talk long. i want to say hello to everybody. i just want to thank everybody for participating for the young people. i just hope that the message we're accepteding out about how important fathers are is something that you will internalize because all of you are probably going end up being fathers. and the time is now to start thinking about what that means in terms of responsibilities, what it means to be a man. and the men who are -- you're going be sitting with today, i think exemplify whether their famous or not famous, rich or not so rich, they imbod

and the former pirate comes up throwing and the throw is cut off by greg norton.oche comes in to score and it looks like it would have been on the money. and. >> the m's and o's and jose lopez and company struggled in the charmed city recently. jose lopez and the two-run home run and the mariners snapping the five-game losing streak in baltimore. giants and d-backs. and allowing two hit so far in 4 1/3 innings and a two-run home run in the third is the ninth for the year in san francisco. and the a's are leading the twins 3-2. and cabrera with an rbi, along with suzuki. and liriano on the hill for minnesota. @@úúxx

no. 2, we rejected out of hand center greg's vote -- senator gregg's vote. we know without a shadow of a doubt that the cost it saves would be greater than the cost would be to implement it. it is pretty obvious from the medicare numbers. i would like to work with the gentle lady and the chairmen during the course of the mark up before we get to the end. i'm pretty serious about not slipping this. it is an opportunity for me as it is for a lot of other people to do things they have always wanted to do. i think this one makes an awful lot of sense. i would appreciate the opportunity to continue to work with the lady. i will get the information on the web access. >> that think about it from the standpoint of 64 years -- you are 64 years old and getting ready to apply for medicare. who are you? what is expected of you? what is it that you need to do? how're you going to be able to do it? it is the how were you able to do it then gives me pause and concern in terms of making a condition of how much you validate. this is compared to a situation where you come wit

next is greg from virginia. good morning. caller: yes, i think it is a little -- i am disgruntled. it seems like we are putting all the money into the financial institutions or the stimulus package has focused on financial institutions when their product is money. so we are giving them their product. they were not good at managing their product. the money would have been better used had it been given to citizens to stimulate the economy. people don't have money to spend. if it would have given some of that money back to the people, then the people could use it. but it seems like this a administration is in support of big business when that was not what the people voted for. people voted for change but nothing seems to have changed because big business is still the one reaping the benefit. host: the headline in the washington paper, the situation on the metro system which took place just a few miles from where we are on capitol hill. nine deaths in the train systems deadliest accident as it took place yesterday afternoon at about 5:00 p.m. eastern time. adrian fenty saying 70 others

greg burke strikes out matt kemp, casey blake picked off trying to steal third. correia gets the win on three days' rest. he retired the final 15 batters he faced. keith fell gets his 18th save, top in the majors and the padres get their first win at dodger stadium this year. >> biggie as small as might have said it best. "when i was dead broke, i couldn't picture this." ah, to be in college. a few months back mark sanchez was a college student playing quarterback at u.s.c. on april 25th he became an nfl player, drafted fifth overall by the new york jets. on wednesday, he became a very wealthy man. sanchez according to chris mortensen has agreed to a five-year deal worth $50 million, 28 of it guaranteed, the quarterback with a record-setting performance. in the rose bowl. >> tuesday espn's ed werder reported the vikings gave brett favre a deadline to report to off-season workouts this week if he wanted to play for minnesota this season. wednesday, coach brad childress said unless favre's wife wants him out of the house, the team did not set a deadline. >> was the

senator conrad unveiled a co-op plan in the finance committee, and this is what senator greg said about it. senator gregg put out a bill involving co-ops, so there were people thinking in a plan -- thinking about a plan that would be bipartisan. what do you think about a plan that would allow consumers to choose? >> i think there is a lot of work that needs to go into this idea. it is interesting. i'm sure that in the coming weeks there is going to be more developed so that we can take a look and see what is this idea and how would it work. we've had things like mewa's, multiemployer welfare arrangements that were not regulated and turned out to be a very big problem. so when you begin to look at what kind of co-op and what kind of pooling they are talking about it, as we have more details, we will have more to comment on. >> thank you. >> more non-fiction books all weekend. inside the revolution. how the followers of gee hawed, jenniferson, and jesus are looking to dominate the world. also ahead, arthur lapper on taxes and the end of prosperity. and later, foreclosure nation. the housi

if i remember over the last bunch of games i've seen, one night in florida pitching for the braves, greghad 21-23 first hitters first-pitch strikes. alex riosfouled out to herndez first time. zimmermann goes right after him. gets a pop-up. guzman is there. and two outs here in the fourth. here comes ducky medwik. >> rob: settle. settle. >> aflac. >> bob: three center fielders had over 100 rbi's each of their first two seasons. wow. would griffey be one of t? ther

greg? [ no audio - stand [ no audio - stand by please ] inaugurated. >> we weren't going to pass on the best player in the draft, we felt he was the best player and as we stated to you many times we're gonna take best player available at all times. [ inaudible question ] >> well we were optimistic about signing all our draft choices, we don't negotiate through the media so i'm not going to begin now. we're going to begin the process. i've spoken to scott boris in a congratulate tory phone call, also had a great and detailed conversation with steven strasbourg, he was elated to be drafted by the washington nationals and fired up with being the number 1 pick and was having a great deal of fun there in california with the rest of his teammates at san diego state. [ inaudible question ] mike, can you just, other than obvious fastball and can you talk about why this kid is being called a once in a generation kind of pitcher in your opinion? >> i don't always call him that. he is an outstanding p

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. >> i will defer to senator greg this is his ranking member on the budget committee looks at the scores for us and would give probably some comments where we are today where we are going. >> well, i appreciate the chairman's decision not to go forward because we don't have a joint tax and don't have jurisdiction over the tax section it but it's important but the context of the cbo scoring in context. context, because what the class act is creating is a brand new entitlement and brand new

our representative on the steering committee, greg harper of mississippi is an attorney with a child who he has brought to share his unique health concerns with us. and we have all learned a lot from him. and of course, our policy committee representative, jason chaffetz, who is a former division one football player at brigham young university and a dear colleague of ours. and two wonderful freshmen who are plowing new ground, the very first vietnamese american to serve in the united states congress, congressman cao, escaped from vietnam. lost his nirm in katrina and fought to bring telecommunications to the residents. we boast the youngest member of this, aaron shock, illinois state republic and a member of congress, with whom we are privileged to serve. i thank the gentleman for joining me this evening. i thank our speaker, the gentleman from virginia, who was very patient with his fellow freshmen colleagues from the other party and look forward to the opportunity to have a bipartisan freshmen discussion at an early opportunity. with that, mr. speaker, i move that the house adjourn

we're joined by greg scandlen from consumers were healthcare choice is. >> of talk about mandatory coverage and i suppose i should start off by confessing i have violated the law on the way here today the district of columbia has mandated that no one use a cell phone while driving within the district and i confess somebody did call me and i was continuing to drive even before i got to washington d.c. i was violating the 55-mile per hour speed limit with about 10,000 other people so the point* is that mandates simply don't work. [laughter] they talk about the main gate auto insurance coverage but about 15% of all drivers to not have autumn insurance coverage although it is mandated in 47 states and that is why you have the uninsured motorists writer on your on a policy because it is so broadly violated. all of the interest groups and washington support it the american hospital association, a lot of republicans support it and democrats but this has happened before in 1988 congress passed up medicare catastrophic program which required elderly people to buy the supplement program it was suppor

nfl spokesman greg aiello said on friday, what other personal conduct policy would be applied in that case if there's a postponement hasn't been determined, but it hasn't been ruled out. >> plaxico burress, averaging a career high 19.9 yards yards per reception in 2004. but you can see, looks like my 401k. >> last year, second lowest season average of his nine-year career. 13 yards per catch. >> baseball now. bad news for the mets. j.j. putz will undergo surgery to remove a bone spur from his right elbow. he's expected to miss 10 to 12 weeks. claiming the elbow hurts like hell. in the last inning and a third he's pitched, he's given up seven earned runs. >> watch your mouth. >> i'm just quoting. my mom would wash it out with soap. >> i still would have said heck, knowing my mom would be watching. >> i'm going to get a phone call when i get off the set. jose reyes, one of the notables on this list. along with a calf injury and torn hamstring. we asked our manager at what point would he approach the front office if he was the manager of the mets about making a deal? >> if i'm the manage

senator gregg on improving data collection, which i know we would also -- to be suggested by senator greg on improving data collection. >> there are two amendments we've worked out and i would like to move to an amendment which isn't worked out. >> well, wait. those amendments -- you had a gregg amendment 9 related to shared decision-making and you had gregg amendment 10 related to data collection. >> those are both agreed to, as i understand it. >> i would agree. then when we get a aquarium, we could do a unanimous consent. >> we'll just accept those when we get a aquarium. i would offer gregg amendment 35. >> do we have that out? >> as soon as one more member shows up, we'll consider these amendments that have already been discussed. >> what page is -- >> which title is this? >> it goes to title 2, generally, title 3 and title 4, generally. it's the g.a.o. review of the activities of those titles. >> if i can -- we now have -- is that right? do we have 10 or 12 here? we only have 10. i'm sorry. we still have to go forward. i apologize. we're still missing people. >> i can talk about it

greg curl replaced amy brinkley as boa's chief risk officer. given the fact that mr. curl fwaled to unless $12 billion of merrill lynch's losses, it is wise to have mr. curl be your chief risk officer? and did you approve of that decision? >> mr. curl didn't miss the instruments which caused the loss. what happened is we did not anticipate the meltdown of such a significant proportions in the fourth quarter. so we -- he identified everything properly. no one thought things would get as bad as it did in the fourth quarter. and i made that decision. >> you made the decision that mr. kerl should go ahead and become the coo. >> i made the decision for him to become the cro. >> let me announce that we have two votes on the floor and that we will recess for until 12:30, we will be returning at 12:30 and of course continue the questions. so the committee is in recess until 12:30. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the meeting will resume. may i remind the witness he is still under oath. we will

. >> host: windsor vermont, greg on the independent line. >> caller: im and although mechanic, independent, have my own business and this little project they are throwing out, the bottom line is the american public, we have more money, number one. number two, the first comment, the leedy commenting about the problems, we have competed against the japanese and the bottom line is the american public is so dissatisfied with american made cars we have to go to the research and development as an auto mechanic i see this time and time again the dealerships, the service departments are terrible. people are dissatisfied. they are not going to buy american made cars. keep going back to the european media goals and i feel that -- people with cars that are gas guzzlers have more money, that's why they own those. if they're fortunate to buy a new vehicle, then they are dissatisfied with american made cars. it's called the control. we need to go to research and development and compete against the japanese and that's the bottom line as an automotive mechanic i know what i'm talking about. >> host: thank