in may, the unemployment rate rose from 8.9 to 9.4%. since the recession began in december of 2007, payroll employment has fallen by 6 million and the unemployment rate has increased by 4.5 percentage points. job losses continue to be widespread in may but the rate of decline moderated in construction and several service-providing industries. large job losses continued in the manufacturing sector with employment declines in nearly all component industries. employment fell sharply in motor vehicles and parts, machinery and fabricated metals. since the start of the recession, manufacturing employment has decreased by 1.8 million accounting for 30% of the job loss during this downturn. construction employment declined by 59,000 in may, half the average of the previous six months. job losses moderated in the private service providing industries with employment falling by 113,000 in may compared with an average monthly decline of 356,000 in the prior six months. employment was little changed in temporary help, retail trade, leisure and hospi

correctly, we may not have gotten this right. when people back home are having to tighten their belt and are looking at the largest deficits in history, they want kang to get this right. what it does is it serve miss programs, but it doesn't let them continue to spend this $2.7 billion that quite honestly we didn't have to begin. with it's one thing to spend additional money when you have it, but when you don't have it, it's another issue. people back home are faced with that same issue. i got a letter from one of my constituents in abilene, texas, the other day. congressman, you know what we got caught up in the credit card and borrowing, we stopped that we quit charging a lot of things we used to charge. not taking the vacations we used to take, now we're saving. the question she said, congressman, why isn't the federal government doing the same thing? what do they not understand that we cannot continue to run these deficits at these levels? continue to spend money that we do not have? madam chairman, we have to stop this. we c

the selection of the month of may stems from the fact that may marks the arrival of the first japanese immigrants in the u.s. in 1843. . president carter made asian pacific heritage week an annual event and in 1990 president george h.w. bush proclaimed the entire month of may to be asian pacific american heritage month. madam speaker, they've made great strides in the area of civil rights and public policy. led by such notable americans as patsy mink, the phishes asian american congresswoman. not to mention the current members of the president's cabinets, which includes three asian americans and an energy secretary steven chu, gary locke, and veterans' affairs secretary eric shinseki. in closing, let us take a moment to recognize the contributions of the asian and pacific american community and celebrate such a rich cultural heritage by supporting house resolution 435. i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves e balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as

willing to push that point enough -- >> you are asking me to get into what we may or may not do. >> now you are sounding like the budget ministration. >> trying to get me fired? >> it sounds like you are making the settlement issue one of the main issues. president obama and secretary clinton has talked about mr. spoken about settlements, that settlements are on helpful but for you to say from the podium that settlement should stop indicates this is one of the main points you are pushing. >> we are focused on the goal. and the goal is peace. the goal is two peoples living in their historic homeland, and there are a number of obstacles to this ultimate goal. i'm not saying that settlements are the main obstacle -- just one of the obstacles. >> on the today show he said there is hope for a room for negotiation on natural growth. indicating there will be discussion on how to finesse that with a obama administration. is that your understanding? >> again, you are asking me to get into what is going to happen when we actually sit down and negotiate, but it has to be worked out first and forem

it may have grants to produce well-educated math and science teachers. the funding levels specified in my amendment will provide for an estimated two to four new teacher development projects. highly qualified teachers have a firm grasp on the subject matter. they're able to capture their students' imaginations and give them excitement about the science. they demonstrate to the student that creative inquiry and rigorous investigation are a true heart of science. they stimulate, invigorate and inform their parents, their students of the value and accessibility of careers in the stem. there's a shortage in math and science teacher experts, especially in the high need school districts. dr. michael mortgager say that students fall behind in test performance in the fifth grade. commerce, justice, science subcommittee on this issue, and i'm pleased to support language in the greater outreach to students at the primary and middle school levels. i am also pleased to see the experience based science funding get more attention and support. young, smart minority stu

chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. franks: mr. chairman, on june 1, 2009, only about a week ago, private william long, only 23 years eeled, -- old, was shot and killed as he worked at the army navy career center in little rock, arkansas. private quinton ezeagwula, age 18, was also shot in the attack that day. thankfully private quinton ezeagwula survived although our latest information is that he remains still in critical condition. mr. chairman, most americans who are listening today are hearing about private long's death for the very first time. its likely most americans haven't heard of this killing because private long's murder forces the issue that the mainstream media does not want to confront or report on. and that is islamic terrorism within and coming from within the united states. the men accused of shooting private long and private quinton ezeagwula was formerly known as carlos bledsoe, he converted to islam and changed his name. he later traveled to

on may 25th, 2009, popanother nuclear test was done. the chinese foreign ministry issued a statement fixed in its firm opposition. he strongly urged them to honor its commitment to the denuclearization, stop any moves that may further worsened the situation, and return to the six-party talks. china is committed as always to safeguarding the international bond prolific very -- and maintenance peace -- peace and stability in northeast asia. by conducting another nuclear test, they violated relevant resolutions, and affected regional peace and stability. we support and appropriate and balance the action from the security council. the measures included in the just adopted resolution are in accordance with article 41 of chapter seven of the you and charter. the resolution not only demonstrates a firm opposition of the international community to the nuclear test, but since a positive signal to thepprk. it shows the determination of the security council to resolve the issue peacefully. in this context the chinese delegation voted in favor of t

many people may be familiar with john walsh from his tv show "america's most wanted"," but they may not realize the tragic event that led to his advocating on behalf of children and his work with "america's most wanted"." in 1981, adam walsh was abducted from a toy department store in florida at a shopping mall. two weeks later, fisherman found adam's decap tated head. they never found his body. he was six years old. last year, after 27 years of not knowing who killed their son, police announced that adam's murderer was a serial murderer who died a decade earlier. otis toole was the killer's name. although this did not take away the walsh's pain, we hope it gave them some peace of mind and a sense of justice. even during the years of unanswered questions, john walsh advocated on behalf of children. he helped fight for the passage of federal legislation such as the missing children's act of 1982 and the missing children's assistance act of 1984. the missing children's assistance act of 1984 established the national resource center and clearinghouse for missing and exploited children thus

i think in some cases, it may turn out that this may increase the cost, while it actually devalues the benefit to the employee up front, it also by perhaps getting a higher utilization rate in the end may cost the government more money. so it's sort of a lose-lose situation. longer term employees would be required to exhaust any available prior leave before being eligible to take the additional advance leave and under most circumstances, they may already do this. so the amendment's only alleged new benefit to employees is to allow newer hires to go into a deficit on their leave in order to get days paid in their parental leave. again, federal agencies can already offer advance leave so there's no new benefit here. the true effect of this benefit is to gut the primary purpose of the bill to support families and child development by providing four weeks of unconditional paid leave to new mothers and fathers in the federal work force. in addition to gutting the bill, the amendment is inequitable because it would impact new employees and older employees differently. plfer, the amendment is

be facilitated and i emphasize the word may be. but it is going to be wave theory difficult and complex process. on the issue of the nuclear program itself, i think the negotiating point of departure might well be the desire to exploit more explicitly what the iranians have been affirming publicly for quite some time namely the three in vocations. we don't want nuclear weapons, we are not seeking nuclear weapons, our religion forbids us to have nuclear weapons. notes incidentally this stands in sharp explicit contrast with the position of the north koreans. the north koreans have been saying the very opposite. we want nuclear weapons. we are seeking nuclear weapons, and in your face, taha, we have nuclear weapons. that makes it tough to negotiate about and of arrangement which excludes nuclear weapons. the iranians perhaps out of the seat but perhaps in part at least truthfully are saying we are not building nuclear weapons, we don't have nuclear weapons, our religion forbids us to have nuclear weapons. that provides a point of dep

justice souter announced his decision to retire in early may. i think that neither the fact of his resignation nor the timing was a particular surprise. i think a lot of people in washington anticipated this. i say the timing wasn't a surprise, because i think it's certainly a fair inference that justice souter timed his resignation so as to permit president obama to choose his replacement, or at least permit a president other than president bush to choose his replacement. i say it's a fair inference because he resigned at effectively the first opportunity the he had to d do so in a post bush world. i think the fact of his resignation was not a particular surprise either. justice souter always said he looked forward to returning to his home state of new hampshire he never particularly enjoyed being in washington, at least that was certainly the impression he often conveyed. the always -- he always said he wanted to retire and go home at a time when he was young enough to go hiking in the mountains and enjoy the outdoors. as far as justice souter

it may not be politically correct to talk about stopping illegal drugs. in doing sthork agents of the border patrol made our streets safer, helped prevent child and spouse abuse, lowered emergency room admissions, hipped people make child support payments by helping them hold their jobs and because of illegal markets and other things causing them to lose their jobs, or by intercepting them or driving the prices up because of what they intercept. we're never going to stop all drug abuse and every border patrol agent know he is cant stop all drug abuse. but he know he is can intercept large numbers and that would have gone to the streets and homes of america and would have resulted in huge problems in crime and family safety in america. so maybe we don't want to call it the war on drugs anymore. instead we call it disease. for those who are addicted, it is a disease. in fact, unlike doctors and nurses who fight canence or -- cancer or researchers who fight cancer or lupus or diabetes, the border patrol agents are getting shot at and die. whether we want to

press may sit sound like sunshine and lollipops. you're exact word was invoice we're selling them mop at invoice negative o back ashley ppa minuses of 350 we are selling cars 1500 below invoice on average. we normally sell to the public as and voice or right around there. we are selling them up 1500 less than we normally do to the other dealers. >> parts inventory? >> mine has not been addressed yet. i don't know. i am still in a state of shock. >> i was told when chrysler came to see me yesterday i was told they took care of all of their dealers they are closing and inventories and cars and parts inventory of would be purchased. >> what needs to be understood, there is no written procedure how we will be paid. thank god i only have two new cars left but some have half a million dollars worth. we hear the cars will be trucked away and we will wait for the money some hopper i have not seen anything on paper obery will be paid. that is an important aspect. is there a written procedure? >> first of all. >> dell webb has been megabyte t

another area is the number of aircraft that may deployed. there were plenty of assets, identifying those well in advance, and we have looked at the active components, with the coast guard to see where the assets would be available as they are called into the emergency. the last area of concern and we look at this closely last week, the health and human services and the veterans administration is the evacuation. we have improved greatly over the ability to identify people who may be moved and how to receive them on the other hand, and the problem that we will face, is the release time of those patients. if you wait until the last moment, we can only moved so many people and we were trying to have the officers working closely, having the coordinated officers to talk to them, so if you make the decision in 48 hours here are the people you can move. >> i will ask my staff to design a chart along the gulf coast, to indicate how many nursing home patients live within 30 miles of the coast. i will provide these numbers. in hurricane katrina we had

reaching the target may lead to a sharper reduction in the balance sheet. we can raise the interest that is paid in tandem with the target and this will raise the opportunity cost of the banks that are lending. as we announced in march, we are looking for additional tools for legislative action. an example would be the authority to release debt, and expansion of the treasury supplemental plan. now what circumstances will require us to use the tools that we have, and what we may have in the future? one clear concern is price stability. the balance sheets grew in a matter of weeks and remains large. there is a precedence for a large increase in the balance sheets. this is subsequently associated with inflation. i want to emphasize part of this, inflationary pressures are likely to rise without broad expansion. this explains why there is concern, and why we look after the ability to reverse the growth of the balance sheet. forecasting inflation is never easy, but this comes with the job. public interest leads to many different independent use. but these are pa

so that may have given the president confidence in what he was getting was what he gets, and may have pushed him toward getting judge sotomayor or other finalists who did not have that track record of published opinions that judge sotomayor does. the moment he said his nomination all sorts of groups and throughout the country came to life, came out of hibernation, and they began what is characterized as a concerted effort to circumscribe what they view as the permissible candidates from which president obama can make a selection. a lot thought he should appoint a minority or a woman. i should add this was not confined to activist groups. shortly after he announced his retirement spector went on face the nation and said he should appoint a minority or woman. in fact, the lobbying got so intense in this area that the white house was forced to issue a remarkable statement where they said this lobbying was counterproductive and everyone who was really pushing the president in a public way toward one of their choices needed to knock it off, cut it out. a few hours after that, senator barba

so it is crucial that -- may i have an additional 30 seconds?it is crucial -- it is crucial that we proceed in moving on the articles of impeachment. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: i yield five minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. sensenbrenner a member of the impeachment task force and former member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sensenbrenner: i would like to demand in a division of the question so as to result in a accept rote -- a separate vote on the articles of impeachment. the speaker pro tempore: the article will be divided. mr. sensenbrenner: the overwhelming support is weighted in evidence against samuel b. kent. a federal grand jury indicted judge kent on three counts of inappropriate sexual conduct and one count of obstruction justice. he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice pursuant to a plea agreement. as part of the plea agreement, the government

may pointed out. one industry in concurrence on these issues -- let me point out two specific things in addition. this integrated database of pilot records is something that congress can direct the faa to do and do immediately so that the access to this information is readily available to people as we hire. the better information about people in the system, the safer it will be. the other issue underscoring the use of cvrs, as you talk about in your remarks, it is a tragedy that we are here, and all of the issues that congress, the faa, are learning about, are from -- it had to be after the tragedy. that is a shame. if there is the tool that can be used to help prevent accidents, that is getting information about how to prevent accidents before they happen, and we are not even touching it, that is a real tragedy. >> i would like to respond, we are talking band-aids, we need to look at the system. the thought that we can somehow monitor cockpit voice recorders and somehow improve the safety or the comp

speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sablan: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the significant contributions of hillel, the foundation for jewish campus life has made towards colleges and universities around the united states. hillel began as an organization 85 years ago at the university of illinois. benjamin franklin developed the organization as an oppornity for jewish students to support their heritage. during the war, hillel counseled soldiers, welcomed g.i.'s back to campus and sponsored european refugees. one of the refugees was the late chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, tom lantos. today hillel is the largest jewish campus organization in the world. hillel's mission is to enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate and graduate students so they may enrich the jewish people around the world. it helps them spiritually, intellectually and socially throughout their college years. hillel prepares thousands of young adults to enter th

>> part may? >> is that a statement or a hope that it's not going to haven't. >> i guess that's a hope. >> i doing in the hope of. >> thank you. >> mr. press, mr. mceleney searched this. none of chryslers submissions to announcement could have been interpreted to put chrysler dealers on notice of the scope of the termination as follows your is that statement true? true? yes or no? >> i'm sorry? >> mr. mceleney state as follows, none of chryslers submissions to the government prior to may 14 announcement could have been interpreted to put chrysler dealers on notice of the scope of the terminations that followed. guesser no, is that true? >> we have had a genesys program, dealer consolidation program in place for more than 10 years, and i think the majority of those dealers had good, long time to prepare for that. >> would you submit for the record your comments that proves that this is not the case. now, mr. mceleney, did general motors give adequate warning prior to its may 15 announcement that it

that effect issue was the point that the commission took up on may 20 at the end as you may know thisis the third attempt the commission has made to give shareholders who have a state law right to nominate directors the ability to have those nominees included within the company's proxy material, so the issue about disclosure and the ability to provide disclosure about their nominees is included and that rule proposal is up on the commission's web site as of last like. >> i would hope he would propose legislation that would go far beyond the proxy statement. what is needed is equal amounts of, in some cases millions of dollars to call shareholders and tried to get their proxy's and that needs to be equal. i guess my time has expired. >> thank you mr. garrett. >> before i go to my questions, to go back to the opening of the meeting were the chairman was talking about history and how history is relevant. indeed it is. the revisionist history is not relevant. yes there were some republicans on this side of the aisle just the repudiating what the passive administration did with a lot of th

i i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. johnson: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, the webcaster settlement act of 2009 allows the recording industry and the providers of internet radio also known as webcasters to negotiate reasonable royalty rates for the streaming of sound recordings on the internet. while a relatively new technology, the audience for internet radio is growing rapidly. 50 million to 70 million americans listen to internet radio each month in part because of the diverse programming available to cater to many different musical tastes. in 1995 congress passed a digital performance right for sound recordings. in 1998 the digital millennium copyright act expanded the right to internet radio services by granting them the privilege of using copyrighted music at an industry negotiated rate or in the event industry cannot negotiate a rate at a government mandated rate

much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. conyers: we're here today to perform one of the most solemn duties under the constitution, which is to consider the impeachment of a sitting member of the judiciary, a federal judge, who but for the congressional power of impeachment holds a life tenure on his office. the judge in question, samuel b. kent of the united states district court for the southern district of texas has already pled guilty to obstruction of justice and has entered in and is residing in a federal prison at this moment. the judiciary committee's independent investigation conducted admirably by a special task force established for that purpose and led by the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, has concluded that the charge underlying that guilty plea is overwhelmingly borne out by the evidence. as are the related charges of repeated sexual assault against various court employees under his supervision. judge kent's con

i yield myself such time as i may consume. madam speaker, today i rise in strong support of house resolution 435, which expresses support for the recognition in celebration of asian pacific american heritage. the measure before us was introduced on may 13, 2009, by congressman mike honda of california. along with other members and associate members of the congressional asian pacific american caucus. currently the measure is supported by over 55 members of congress and has been appropriately reviewed and approved by the committee on oversight and government reform as of june 4, 2009. madam speaker, the asian american and pacific islander community is composed of over 15 million people who on a daily basis are are making signature contributions to the betterment of our country. for example, in addition to being one of our country's fastest growing minority groups, the asian american and pacific islander community is also responsible for generating an estimated $326 billion annually for our economy as entrepreneurs and business o

want to hold it, some may want to see. most will believe there is a significant upside potential and they may hold it for a long time. i think frankly that is what is going to happen if the company is run right and it will be run right with the additions of the bennett concept should the amendment. so, you don't want the government to get rid of this docket at fire sale prices. the nobody benefits and that is the second practical reason. we the people should have the stock and secondly it will make the most sense from a long term value perspective and senator bennett has spoken to the reasons why the fiduciary responsibility of the government is also very important. i hope that rather than viewing this as some kind of partisan exercise our democratic colleagues will listen to their constituents back home, who were not happy about the way things are going with government takeovers these days and will see the value for them in adopting this amendment. this is an amendment, a bill that should be adopted, and i am very hopeful

what does may cause been? >> and it is a very vague terms. >> i am not certain. >> the actual subsection says if the secretary has reason to believe they use or consumption of or exposures to an article of feared may cause adverse health consequences of the actual standard is reason to believe and of the may cause is in there but it really is a standard of which is very protective of public health. >> dr. jones? >> i agree with those comments the. >> i believe it is much more vague them that. >> i hope we can work to clean up that language and i think there is an opportunity then ask the subpoena question again to those who want to talk about there are three criteria of section 311 which i did not delude to is any other proceeding respecting a violation of the act? i think most people agree. and a hearing or investigation to determine if a person is in violation or provision of this act? i think the average person would say okay. subpoenaed of the babies. >> any other matter relative to the commissioners juris

and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i rise in support of house resolution 505 which condemns the murder of dr. george tiller who was shot to death at his church on may 31. the resolution also offers condolences of the house of representatives to dr. tiller's family. i know that dr. tiller and his family are in the thoughts and prayers of every member of the house today. i want to commend our colleague, the distinguished chairperson of the rules committee, my fellow new yorker, ms. slaughter, for introducing this resolution. it is imperative that the house of representatives speak with the united voice in condemning this crime. it is a sad reminder that medical personnel are still at risk from armed extremists who are willing to resort to deadly violence in order to advance their causes. even when they quote their cause is in the language of life. there can never be room in the free society for the use of deadly violence to advance a cause. it

if you're from texas, fishing may seem like a distant thing and i understand that may be complicated, but let me say that fishing is a common resource. this $200,000 helps us to monitor fisheries, a very tightly and controlled fish erie. and this is the subsidy that the federal government as well as our state government gives to make sure that this stays a healthy resource. just to give you a sense of the size of is industry. there are 7,000 fisherman in the lobster industry. they brought in 69 million pounds last year. in texas, $242 million may not sound like a substantial contribution, but that's big contribution to the state of maine and fishing is very important to our state. 85% of all the lobsters in this country come from the state of maine. now, it may be that you think of lobster as some sort of glamorous food, but we are talking about hard-working fisherman and let me tell you how this industry works. by law in the state of maine, these are basically individual entrepreneurs. each one of these michigannermen is a business and family business in the state of maine. unlike ot

hinojosa: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1777, a bill to make technical corrections to h.r. 4137, which is the higher education act. mr. speaker, the house originally passed this legislation on march 30, 2009. this is a revised version from the senate. the senate made additional conforming and technical changes including a scholarship program for students whose parent or guardian was a member of the armed forces of the united states and died as a result of performing military service in iraq or afghanistan after september 11, 2001. clarifying the experimental site authority at the department of education. let me explain some of these changes. currently borrowers may rehabilitate their defaulted federal student loans by making nine on-time payments. once they meet this threshold, the guarantee agency may sell the loan to a lender which results in the default being removed from the borrower's credit reports. mr. spe

it may turn out that obesity is also a disease and there may be a medical model to use for its. that does not excuse people from reducing calories and eating healthy. of not trying to make excuses. in addition to that, we also need to look at the medical evidence. host: richmond, va. on democrats line. caller: thank you very much for your leadership, governor dean. the question that i wanted to ask -- i'm always hearing the people on the right saying that medicare is a cheap program, but the reason it is cheap is the cost is paid by the government. i'm wondering, when you come up with those figures showing that medicare is less expensive than other plans, has the cost paid by the government been included? guest: absolutely, yes. who cares if the cost is paid by the government or the private sector? it is cheaper. is the argument of the republic is that we should allow it in the fishing industry to drive us into economic oblivion. we should not get around to having the government running health care because the private sector knows everything -- that is their argument. the privat

you may think it's a mistake. the hitters are getting paid to get runs on the board for their ball club too. shairon did an excellent job. >> johnny: 0-9 the last four games willy has played in. he went through three straight sunday through thursday. >> rob: in the last few innings, harang has stepped up velocity against our hitters. now he's throwing a lot of sinkers and cutter, but they're all fastballs. he totally changed his approach to our hitters in the third lineup. >> johnny: that's the mark of a good pitcher to be able to do that and adjust the gameover all. >> rob: he's feeling it. you see him hitting that same spot over and over. he's going to make harris beat him to the field. >> johnny: drives to left field, pops up down the left field line, foul. six road starts, he's 1-4. he's been banged up a little on the road. 2-2 and two outs in the bottom of the 7th. willie harris in for shairon martis. we'll see joel hanrahan in the 8 8th. harris way fly to right. the nats are retired. we go to the top of the

and it may come sooner than you think. you are more powerful than you know, and we are deeply grateful to follow in your path. thank you very much, and keep fighting for my grandchildren, you will give them a wonderful life. >> the theme of this event is remembrance and truth. so it is my extreme pleasure to invite to the podium ms. ji-ling. she was a commander in tiananmen in the democracy movement. a wonderful woman, she will address us in chinese and english. give her a warm welcome. >> thank you for being here with us, and remembering tiananmen and 20 years later. i want to invite my colleagues and my dear friends that are with us 20 years ago, to come to the podium with me. i am speaking on behalf of all of us, please all others that were here earlier in the press conference. please join me on the podium. give them a big round of applause. [applause] >> 20 years later, i still remember the sunrising behind t he chinese history museum, shedding the bright light on the square. it was the morning of june 3, 1989 and the

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may not yield blocks of time, but the gentleman may yield. mrs. tauscher: thank you, mr. chairman. california, texas, colorado, new mexico, washington, south carolina, tennessee, idaho, georgia, anybody live there? those are the states that are expecting this cleanup money. your governors are expecting this cleanup money. mayors of communities are expecting this cleanup money. this isn't just little slush in tanks that we are trying to clean up, ladies and gentlemen. this is a 50-year residue of the cold war, dangerous, dangerous proliferation risks, dangerous health and safety risks. these states have agreements -- usually because they sued the federal government to this money be spent for this cleanup. if you think this is a triviality and your phone is ringing from your governors, they are saying our communities are at risk. you need to pose this motion to recommit. we have had hearing after hearing, subcommittee markups, committee markups, none of this was brought up. support this mark. defeat this motion to recommit. mr. skelton: i yield

i fully understand that we may have made some mistakes. but the lion's share of the sales in the united states are in major metro markets there we grossly underperform and in part because our dealer system is not properly structured. >> thanks. >> thank you, senator. senator mccaskill. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think mr. press, one thing we discovered today is that there is -- has been a significant breakdown in communication as it relates to your plans to relieve these dealers of their cars and replace them with the dealers going forward. these two gentlemen have said they didn't know it. i'm betting there is others that don't have all the accurate information so i think one of the things you -- we have learned from this hearing is you have a task in the next 24 hours and that is to check the phone log and the e-mail log and make sure that you have communicated clearly with all of the dealers that you have, in fact, moved 97% of the vehicles and are on a path to provide some kind of specific assistance as it relates to tools and parts

it may also be used for project rental assistance. the bill also authorizes appropriation necessary to provide 20,000 additional housing choice vouchers for homeless veterans for f.y. 2009 and each year thereafter. other provisions in the bill include the exclusion of veterans benefits amounts from rental subsidy calculations for all federally funded housing programs and an authorization of $1 million in technical assistance grants to nonprofits who provide veterans housing or provide assistance to veterans seeking housing. all in all, this bill, i believe, will help to address an area or an issue of homelessness in our veterans population, one that we must not allow to continue. h.r. 403 is similar to h.r. 3329, which passed the house in the 110th congress by a vote of 412-9. i urge my colleagues to support and i reserve the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. green: i thank the gentlelady for her generous comments and her appeal to colleagues to support this important piece of legislation. mr

i can understand why some folks may want to look at this very localized and may be a very parochial thing but this is a national piece of legislation and we are trying to achieve a national objective and the thing that is limiting us to being efficient is this transmission system. >> absolutely and by the way we couldn't agree more on this. >> so if you are looking at this map and the fact that we are talking it out along the coast and they may have more wind there, then obviously we ought to be looking, that is where we ought to produce it and we shouldn't use it most cost-effective way and that is what should be the driver. if we can do that we have to do it out in the dakotas then fine, do it in the dakotas but it shouldn't matter whether it is off the coast of massachusetts or in the dakotas as long as we are meeting the nation's needs and we are going to have the huge amount of power that is going to be necessary to come from renewable energies that we are going to meet these objectives. one quick point, i have got a home in south carolina. it is up on amounts up. we have got a huge

or may not have looked at this.you're talking about aig, bank of america, gm, chrysler, those paybacks are probably going to take some time, or what's your perspective on that? >> senator, i don't think any of us can forecast exactly how long that will take. i think it will take some time. the purpose of putting capital in there is to enable, for instance, the auto companies to make that transition over some period. >> okay. jump back to the auto program. you had said that you're going to be jumping in waist deep at least, if not further, into this program. can you tell me, from your perspective right now, who is making the day-to-day decisions on that program, or will it be you? >> well, eventually, if i'm confirmed, i will be involved in making those decisions. >> the primary decision maker? >> the secretary is involved as well. >> yes. >> and i will report to the secretary of the treasury as well. and i'm sure we'll have a continual dialogue about that, along with others in the treasury department and throughout

way that individual heads of states of european countries look at matters quite differently but you may rest assured that we understood in a world of an 6.5 million people we as europeans have to learn the decisive lesson to spake with one voice. we are about 500 people which means we carry quite a lot of political and economic weight. we will prove ourselves to be good and reliable partners for the united states of america and trans-atlantic partnership. there will be quite a lot of others i think whom we will be able to follow us. these are two sides and one of the same coin it. we have the task on one hand to work with the deepening of the european union, we have been working on a reform treaty that ran this us more capable of action with 27 member states and there is a good chance the question that has been mentioned quite often to is the person to call when i want to know something about the direction of one policy or perhaps the easier to be answered in the future, there will be a president of the council and the heads of state as somebody to continuously changing presidency is as

if any, even unintentional, material misstatement or omission is discovered consumers may lose their health insurance, that conflicts with hipaa. now, clearly, when it comes to post claims unleaded writing protection against fraud it is important, there is evidence some companies are not nearly as careful as they should be in their initial medical under writing, and rely instead on post claims unwriting to catch their mistakes later. applications for coverage may as broad, vague -- ask broad, vague or confusing questions and make it difficult for consumers to answer accurately and dom plea or, policies, other follow-up that should owe -- occur may not, for example, if a 62-year-old, submits an application indicating absolutely no health problems or histories, that application may be considered in coverage issue, without any further investigation, at the time of application. market competition and profitability create pressures on medical under brighters -- writers to do their jobs quickly and cheaply, however if it is allowed in health insurance it has to be completed up front before

we have people that the only risk they may have ever taken is to buy a lottery ticket chongging to tell companies how they should move forward with business plans. and the american people, one, we need to get them out of these businesses and a structure that ends the bailout and the government picking winners and losers and more important puts a market discipline into these companies. letting them feel knowing there's consequences if you think shareholders will have an uprising wait until they think they are about to lose their investment. today we send the signal you may not lose your investment or more importantly as we say to the american people guess what, you didn't like shares in that company? we are going to buy them for you because we are the government and we know the best investment of the american taxpayers' money , and by the way we don't have this money. this is money we are borrowing from china and japan and people we are having to buy energy from on a basis. the american tax payers are tired of being shareholders. let's get them out and get an exit strategy and more impor

i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, since 2001, the united states has devoted $32 billion in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to afghanistan. in an effort to combat waste, fraud and abuse with regard to the expenditure of these funds, congress created the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction or commonly known as sigar in the national defense act of 2008. that legislation empowers sigar to conducts audits, inspections of all u.s. assistance programs in afghanistan. congress intended that sigar would exercise its authority swiftly. and it came into existence in 2008 in july of last year with an authorization to hire 18 auditors, 13 inspectors and three investigators. but from the beginning, sigar has been hindered by certain limitations contained in standard federal government personnel authorities, and by the difficulty of attracting qualified candidates to work in the difficult security environment of afgha

you may proceed. >> thank you mr. chairman, distinguished members of the committee i would like to begin my testimony this afternoon with a short summary of the ntsb investigator actions to date regarding the accident involving cold air flight 3407 this is still the ongoing investigation and there is significant work left for our investigators but my testimony today will be limited to those facts we have identified and i will steer clear of any analysis of what we have found so a

i yield myself such time as i may consume. i also ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on house resolution 552. madam speaker h.res. 552 provides for further consideration of h.r. 2847, the commerce, justice, and state appropriations bill for f.y. 2010 under a structured rule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i know it's safe to say this has been a memorable appropriations process. for both sides. we are only getting started on this bumpy ride. appropriation bills often generate very emotional responses on all sides and this year is no different. the process is time consuming and stressful and my colleagues on rules know that we were not meeting well after 1:00 a.m. this morning simply because we like each other's company. the rule we rise to consider today came about as a result of concern from the appropriations committee that we were unlikely to get an agreement from the minority for set

turkey is deeply concerned with the nuclear tests conducted by the dprk on may 25th. we believe the nuclear test was a clear violation of u.n. security council resolution 1695, and 1718. earlier on turkey had expressed concern over the launch carried out by dprk on 5 april. we believe this undermines stability, mutual trust and confidence and the region even further. turkish authorities have condemned the nuclear test in strong terms and support the security council to send a strong and unified response of two dprk for this act. we believe that the resolution adopted today contains the necessary elements for such a response. it is our strong expectation that dprk and international community comply with this and abide by the provisions of the resolution appeared at the same time, turkey recognizes the importance of encouraging the dprk to return to the six-party talks. cherokee looks forward to these talks and considers them the best vehicle for negotiation. -- turkey looks forward to these talks. this is important for stability and a boat region. all the parties to th

the coming year may pose a test, however. as many of you know, the western district of wisconsin will have a complete turnover in 2009. judge shabaz took senior stat news january and chief judge crab will take senior status effective on the appointment of her successor. filings in western wisconsin went up 7% last year, and effective judiciary capacity fell by 50% because of medical leave. a crisis in that court has been averted only by the assistance of many other district judges in the circuit who have been pinch hitting. judges griefbach, statnewlier and -- all agreed to try cases in wisconsin last year. several arguments left them off the hook but without their willingness to pitch in the cases wouldn't have settled. and district judges moody and adelman are working on -- the southern district of end also faces hard times. it has -- of indiana faces hard times. it has five authorized position, but need more. it's among the district's busiest per filings per judge and has held its own only through superhuman efforts. this

and preferences may vary. -- the patient population and preferences may vary. if we are sure that this is meant to ensure care, our purpose is to find out what we think is best most of the time for the average patient and we want to put that out. fine. if we are going to tell the doctors what they are going to do and patience what they are going to do, it is not fine. it is not based on the best care, it is based on the best for the average, based on cost as well as outcome. without this amendment, i would like to know what section of the bill prohibits the government from using cer to decide which treatment can reach -- which it treatment the patient can cannot have. -- which treatments ththe patient can and cannot have? i trust that your intent is good. where is the protection? i will go back and remind you that a medicare patient today cannot, even with their own money, have a virtual colonoscopy, per orders of the dictate of cms. cms has decided that is too expensive for the benefits that we give. now on a

each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. all points of order against such amendments are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 21. at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the committee shall rise and report the bill to the house with such amendments as may have been adopted. any member may demand a separate vote in the house on any amendment adopted in the committee of the whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. section 3,in the engro

i may be mistaken. i think that's a fact. that she had six months after she discovered she was discriminated against to file a lawsuit. and lilly ledbetter said that's exactly i did when i learned i was discriminated against i filed within the statutory requirement but the supreme court across the street, the strict constructionists that they are reached a different conclusion. and their conclusion was that the law didn't mean that. the law meant that she had to file the lawsuit within six months after the first act of discrimination. in other words, the first time she was paid less than the man working next to her she had a clock starting to run. and she had six months to file the lawsuit. those of us who have worked outside of government and even those working in government for that matter to some extent -- but those working in the private sector know that it's a rare company that publishes the paychecks of every employee. and so you may be working next to someone for years and never know exactly what they're being paid. th