what he came away with was that this method worked to disrupt the plot. terrorists were furious lafe alluded to the fact of the committee revealing that the sensitive and maybe even classified information that it went too far in what it said as describing from taking away from the briefing. do we know who said this? >> we do not. that really does speak to how eager republicans have been to by any means necessary to get out information as much as possible that they believe that these interrogation techniques that we've been hearing so much about have proven effective. the owe becomea administration has been accused of releasing intelligence and document that's show that they don't work and show how they were developed. he along with vice president cheney saying that there needs to be more out there did you have to grille representative cline in order to get this? >> it was easier than that? >> almost like he was anxious. >> no. but there was not an attempt to dance around the issue. he prefaced his response with "i want to chows my words carefully." he was

nonetheless, methodisms egalitarian spirituality, its teachings of biblical discipleship and its ability to convince her that doing good was the best way to pursue change bound her to the teachings and the doctrines of methodism even though she rejected the institutional church. the philosophy of methodism and her 1843 epiphany as sojourner truth converged into a divine dispensation that had her speak against the evils of society. she was summoned by the spirit that speaks to me. she was confident, bold, and unafraid to as she said go where others dared not follow. for years she was the lone black woman on the public stage. i cannot read, she said, but i can hear. what she heard comprised the majority of her speeches. she subscribed to newspapers and had them and the bible read to her. she listened to lectures and speeches and she formed opinions on social and political issues and used sacred texts as metaphors to define the times in which she lived. she delighted audiences with her homespun political parables based on rural farm life. as she said in akron, ohio, in that famous "ain't a

those alterative methods had to be substantially similarly balanced. the judge are geared for dissident pact liability in the top seven. for district impact liability, they have to show that they are equally valid alternatives with the impact. what is your alternative? what did they say it? the council and the record admitted this. >> they do not have to have the alternative. all that they have to do is know that they have an unfair test. there are alternatives that would not have the same unfair results. are you telling me that they had to have an alternative or they just had to look at this and say that we have disparate impact. >> you have disparate impact in almost every civil service exam in every urban area. this is not an anomaly. >> you are listening to this in the second sort -- second circuit court of appeals in ricci v stack destefano. this was a lawsuit made by white firefighters in new haven because city officials throughout a promotion test because only white firefighters past. judge sotomayor was up one bank of the judges. up next, argum

our method of integration nylander works in producing equity and -- are method of interrogation no longer works in producing equity. i don't want to go back on the debate and the words of affirmative action. i am aware of this leads to traditions that are different from those of france, but to reach a quality we will need to give more to those who have less. we will have to compensate the handicaps of those who have had less opportunity for success than others, but this should not be based on ethnic criteria. this should be done based on social principles, but it needs to be d

we have great methods today to extract fossil fuels from these. let me turn to some more statistics. regarding the haynesville shale. it's provided macik injections of capital into the fourth district of louisiana, my district. it's pumped $4.5 billion into the economy in f.y. 2008. it's created nearly $3.9 billion in household earnings in the same year. the greatest impact on indirect and household earnings was experienced by workers in the mining sector with new household earnings of $191.3 million in 2008. it's created over $30 million in new earnings in seven separate sectors. one mining 9.13 million. health care, 56.7 million. management, 46.6 million. professional scientific technical services, 38.5 million. retail trade, 35.7 million. manufacturing, 33.5 million, and construction, 31.8 million. he created correctly and incorrect directly over 32,000 jobs. the new jobs created by the extraction activities in the haynesville shale are widely disbursed across industries, large impacts have been felt in utilities 5,229 jobs. mining 3808, health

page 142, use of building materials and methods that are healthier for residents of the housing, including the use of building materials that are free of added known carcinogen that is are classified as group one known carcinogens by the international agency for research on cancer. outlined building materials as well, it appears. then we have a grant program to increase the sustainability of low-income community development capacity. we are going to provide loans, grants, or predevelopment assistance to eligible

of analysis is an incorrect method of analysis that the majority is using. >> it's interesting to hear you discuss to various audiences that you keep in mind of all times, your parties, your panel colleagues, colleagues on the full court, other circuits out there and ultimately the supreme court. it's very interesting, sort of multitasking that goes on. [inaudible] >> and the future. >> and the public. and the public. i mean, we have to remember -- i mean, when we're writing these opinions, writing tore clarity as somebody mentioned earlier so that people can understand the issues that we're revolving, i think is important. very important. >> just to comment from my point of view about the issue of dissents, in fact, on our court, there are relatively few dissents on any given calendar. even if the judges are quite diverse in their views, there's still i don't know, one, two, three out of 35 cases in which there are dissents ordinarily. and the reason is partly the kinds of considerations that have been discussed. that it's often possible to narrow the opinion or -- in order to get con

he's going to be hearing from supreme leaders and others in the government that he needs to method rateand tone down and slow down his harsh language and approach the west and solve the issues iran has with the west. there is a zanger that iran might be attacked by israel and america and a combination of them. host: what was the turn out yesterday where you voted? caller: it was around 12:00. there were quite a few people. it wasn't a very long line but constantly people were coming. i saw a lot of taxi drivers come and took time off jobs and probably lost theirát+y they came and parked and voted. you could tell people driving trucks even. i saw a lot of physicians and women. it was very exciting. my guess is that the majority favored mr. moussavi rather than mr. ahmadinejad. host: thank you. going to the next caller from virginia . caller: i think everybody is the same, they put -- [inaudible] i'm trying to say like the president, he is mistaken. you have to go there and live. not just reach in and say this is different. the difference between you and them. it is not just 100%. some pe

i mean, the whole idea of developing a method and the methodology is to determine what is effective. it is about the efficacy, and sometimes it is about what are the good stuff, not about to smile, but by approval. >> this amendment would not eliminate that. i would remind my colleagues there is one fact with medicare, if medicare denies the benefit, you cannot legally buy it with your own money. how many are aware of that? if there's a procedure to save my life and medicare says we don't cover the procedure, i am prohibited by law from spending my own money to buy that procedure. that is medicare law. so, not only do we have that preclusion, we are talking about now we are going to judge it in terms of age adjusted quality of life. quality and we are going to have somebody decide what the quality of life is. so, i would strongly ask you to it please consider something along the line of senator enzi's the amendment and i will make the point again. rediker it is denying a drug today in the procedure today that has great indications for certain people, but they decided it cost too much

using new methods of science that is developing but she also has to mobilize and protest using modern methods like civil disobedience she led the strike long before rosa parks and also with the immigration and it cetera, etc.. so so she had to fold task which she does with great meticulous and great courage. >> you have written across various john rose and styles, what about our your experiences in that regard? >> all of my books are about people characters but i feel that i was stalked by wall commitment for a long period of time. i was forced to read my captain o capt. and other bad poems. then when i was in college i stumbled into a class where we were reading a lot of speed 13 and again we read a lot of poems of the indiana nebraska school. [laughter] and i had a feeling that what is all of the excitement about this guy? not until some years later that i realized we were reading poems exclusively out of the deathbed addition. as many of you know, , walt whitman was eight poet who wrote the same book over and over again and could not get it right. he was editing his poetry as he we

which she does through using the new methods of the social sciences that are developing in this period and she also has to convince blacks to mobilize and protest using modern methods like civil disobedience, for example. she creates a railway strike long before rosa parks. and other means and also immigration, et cetera, et cetera. so she has a two-task -- a twofold task of which she does with great drama, with great meticulousness and intellectual acuity and with great courage. >> robert, you've written across various genres, various styles. what about telling history through biography? what are -- what are your experiences in that regard? >> well, all of my books are about people, characters but i feel like i was in some ways i've been stalked by walt whitman for a long period of time. it began when i was in high school and forced to read o captain my captain. other bad poems of whitman's. [laughter] >> then when i was in college, i stumbled into a class where we were reading a lot of whitman and again, we read a lot of the poems of the o indiana, o nebraska school. and when was the

they may go to less controversial methods. i think the answer to her question -- shouldn't you just have to study hard and do well? that is not what the law provides. right or wrong, the disparate impact of title 7 -- this was codified in 1991. it says if there are massive fleet discriminatory effects, if the test precludes african- americans or what ever group from doing well enough to be promoted, then the test is suspect. there's this question of burden shifting. that's just the law. one of the things that was the question is whether the court was going to gut that standard. there's still a place to bring a disparate impact flame going forward. it is going to be much harder. host: this is from "the new york post" this morning -- quote from jeff sessions, "this will only raise more questions concerning sonia sotomayor's commitment to treat each person fairly and not as a member of a group." paul is on the phone from tennessee. caller: i have a question. it seems like we have conservatives picking these judges, and the libera

if we want to have a powerful iran, i think that the second method is more suitable. we have to move on the basis of the second methodology. indeed, she talked about plans and i have written my plans and programs and i think i have three debates people like to just watch and i think that debates are complementary to each other contrary to mr. mahmoud on initial's severe point because i offer my view points. what is most important in this debate is the main incentive for me to enter the race. as a matter of fact, i am concerned about the future of the country because the present management of the country, and since you started about the foreign policy let me touch the foreign policy first and then the economic and social efforts. often main problems we are facing are discussed case by case and tangible for all. i am not going to just talk in general terms. i will give examples. one of the problems is in come come compatibility. these slogans are rare indeed but when we say that a country is collapsing and we are going to manage the world these are slogans and there is

conclusion that the violence against women legislation was unconstitutional because of congress's method of reasoning? fourth, do you agree with the division of constitutional authority between congress and the supreme court's articulated by chief justice roberts in his responses cited in this letter to questions posed at his hearing by senator dewine and myself? i do believe that there will be an opportunity for very important issues to be presented to the nominee based on what i have seen of her, in reviewing her record, and the meeting that i had with her, i have noted her excellent resume and looking forward to giving her an opportunity to answer the many questions raised in the press where she will have more of an opportunity to have a sound bite, but to give commentary on her record in support of her nomination. i thank t c c c c c call be dis. the presiding officer: without objection. a senatormr. sessions: the nomif a new justice to the supreme court of the united states brings to our minds a core question both for the senate and the american people, than is what is the proper ro

the president and congress are also proposing methods to make the existing system work better for all families. this is such a simplification of insurance forms and electronic health records that reduce duplication of tests and prevent medical errors. for the millions of americans without insurance, the president is committed to working with congress to design a sensible cost effective method of coverage expansion. expanding coverage will likely involve the creation of a health insurance of exchange to give individuals and small groups the same benefits of risk pooling and elimination of adverse selection predict election that others enjoy. one feature that the president emphasized that no one should be night -- be denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions. they need the security of knowing that if they change jobs, they will still be able to get health insurance coverage. there are important benefits to the economy and to society of covered expansion. the most important of these involves the health and economic well-being of the uninsured. in our report, we used the best availab

was important and the president thought it was important to take a question, using the very same method that many of you all use to report information on the ground. i will not make any apologies for that. host: the planted questioner was referred to as a designated hitter. guest: they call them the night before and said it might be interested in a question from an iranian. he got a great question. they sent an e-mail out and sought questions from people from iran. americans come to watch a press conference and they expect a spontaneous exchange. the white house pre arranged this thing. many journalists were upset. even though it was a well- intentioned thing on both sides, it is not the right venue for that. host: we also sued the president reading of names of people. guest: the white house and the ap often know what their questions are in advance. host: how did they know this? guest: because of the news that particular day. the press just gravitates to the daily news coverage and will ask the president on a particular item in the news. that -- i ran -- iran was the top news item that

method for measuring tar and nicotine which has been found to be a deceptive method of presenting data on tar and nicotine exposure through smoking. thankful, the f.t.c. agreed to implement the lautenberg-snowe bill by not allowing tobacco companies to label their products with low-tar, low-nicotine, and light. to augment that effort, senator lautenberg and i sent a letter to the f.t.c. supporting the decision to curtail these deceptive marketing tactics and finally holding cigarette producers to higher standards in as i stated at the outset. since 2000 smoke reduction has >> stephen strasburg moments away from becoming the number-one overall pick in the 2009 major league draft. he'll be taking by the washington nationals. signing him might be another topic. he's considered one of the all-time great pitching prospects and will go number one. joined once again by keith law. when you look at strasburg's numbers, he's amazing. the strikeout-to-walk ratio is something out of a video game. it is that astonishing. he's been... they say he's hit 103 on the gun. we had a chance to cover his ga

think it is important at some point to be involving the consumer or the patient in these payment methods peer down you know, this is a different approach than consumer directed health care, but i think that the two of them really need to come together because of these methods would be a lot more powerful if patients were engaged. if not only were they efficient providers rewarded on a say per-capita per enrollee basis, but also the enrollees have an incentive to use the efficient providers so you could get movement to them which is much more robust. you know, the key thing is we are not going to save a lot of money just by moving patients from one delivery system to another because the delivery systems are limited in how fast they can grow their capacity, but if there was enough movements that the systems that lost enrollees noticed it and decided to improve their efficiency, then we could get much more rapid gains from this approach. and this brings me to private payers, where do private payers of it in with us? and i think there is a lot of potential for medicare to work with private p

or effectiveness of the demonstration program under this section, including provisions relating to methods for rent adjustments, comparability standards, maximum rent schedules, and utility allowances notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the secretary may not waive any statutory requirement related to fair housing, non discrimination, labor standards, or the environment. now, in implementing this demo program, rising rent can be dismissed out of hand, but labor standards or the environment cannot. as i read it. let me get to page 107. no amounts made available under the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 can be used to carry out the demonstration program under this section. so no stimulus funds can be used, the majority claims stimulus funds are for a job creation. is this demo going to create one new job? i don't think so. let me get to page 112. additional credit for fannie mae and freddie mac housing goals for energy efficient and location efficient mortgages. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. everybody listen up here. it's not enough that we've got huge problems wi

other than taking out of the equation the taxpayer funded government competitor, are there other methods, this is for the old panel, that you would recommend for would do that, among private health insurance providers, that would encourage competition, decrease costs, motivate innovation? i will open that to the entire panel. >> i would be happy to speak to that to a degree. the establishment of an insurance exchange is a huge step forward in a positive direction. if you do that so you level the playing field, it is true that a small group in the individual market is totally dysfunctional, an embarrassment to this country that has to be reformed. in the process of putting together the ground rules, in terms of how the extra -- insurance exchange works, you have to be sure every individual american, whether an employer plan, small employer plan individuals, they access the exchange and the plan on the same basis, if a private plans have a set of rules to play by, there is community rating, risk adjustment, modified community rating, all those things that are essential insurance reform tha

again, it allows the states to propose some alternative methods of swifter, fairer justice. that's what we always want. i'm sure the courts would play a big part in this and any proposal from any other state. but we've got to look at ways other ways of doing things. i thought about something specific but that runs into trouble, so i thai thought having the experimental situation of the states being able to develop possibility, put it into grant form, they've got to meet the requirements of their constituents in their states and i'm sure some of these objection raised would be taken care of in their proposals, they would have to be or they wouldn't be able to do them. this has been an ongoing discussion but it is something that senator bachus and i have work and 0 for a long time and gotten to a point where we could agree on the principles and this is mechanism to see if we couldn't save some someone in area and get patients awarded quicker. >> mr. chairman, this will be an ongoing discussion about how to control health care costs but also to make sure that we're not injuring

how dealing with chronic pain can be treated with this method as well. are you familiar with this? ne >> i am certainly a bit familiar with it but not nearly to the extent that you have just outlined. again, i think it is a prevention strategy that i know has the potential of paying huge dividends. otential of paying huge dividends. i have seen and used as a violence prevention technique with kids in school, you know, teaching nefarious kind of control methodologies and you see violence levels rise with as you say folks becoming unemployed and the stress that is related to that. so i would just like to have the opportunity. we will have a new leader in the mental health area soon, and certainly it overlaps with half reform and work we are doing with early childhood and i just would like an opportunity to continue the discussion. i am not precisely sure what is going on right now it's a wonderful strategy. >> i have some information i would like to get it to you. i don't want to but your whole come under but i would like to talk about this in detail as well. i am done i guess. [laug

that's the whole point through a scientific method. now, i didn't take statistics, so i have to rely upon the scientists to tell you this, but i have listened to enough of them, assure us that that's the way they get a better count, a more accurate count. and isn't that tremendous that we have these sophisticated methods to achieve that? to oppose sampling in and of itself i think is to disagree that sampling does, in fact achieve a greater accuracy. and i think that is disagreed with by -- by the scientific community. mr. chairman, at this point, i reserve the balance of my time. i ask how much time i have, please. the chair: the gentleman has 2 1/2 minutes remaining. and reserves his time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: i ask the speaker how much time i have. the chair: one minute, 15 seconds. mr. broun: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mollohan: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from new york, mr. towns. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. towns: i thank mr. mollohan

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our method of delivering care is no better than our method of paying for it. we provide much of the care in investor-owned health facilities that profit by providing to many services for the well in short and too few for those who cannot pay. most doctors are paid fee-for-service which gives them a similar incentive to focus on profitable services particularly specialists who received high fees for expensive tests and procedures. in sum, health care is directed towards maximizing income, not maximizing health. most current reform proposals would leave the present profit the driven and inflationary system essentially unchanged and simply pour money into it. and unsustainable solution. that is what is happening in massachusetts where we have nearly universal health insurance that the costs are growing so rapidly that its long-term prospects are bleak unless we drastically cut benefits and greatly increase co-payments. we are learning health insurance is not the same thing as health care. it may be too skimpy or too expensive to actually use. initiatives such as

president, that you would sacrifice american lives rather than use legal methods that we know work to get information that can save those lives. i think the american people deserve to know the answer to that question. instead, the president has taken to accusing us of abandoning our values. or as he said in egypt last week, the fear and the anger that was caused by 9/11, quote, led us to act contrary to american ideals. it's a line that got him applause in cairo but it was a betrayal in my opinion when he said it there and it's a betrayal when he says it here. it's a betrayal of the brave men and women who have kept us safe since 9/11. they deserve our gratitude and our thanks. they do not deserve to be libeled by the president on foreign sale. we saw the president on the one hand, and on the other hand approach to foreign policy. this approach has become somewhat familiar in the opening months of his administration. faced with a difficult issue rather than take a stand, president obama has attempted to set himself above the debate. to see merit in both sides of the argument. and to a

the better data we have the better statistical method, the better actuarial methods of the better we can do this. and the name for a benchmark target below what spending would have been overall, and to the extent that benchmark is met or exceeded, that provides the shared savings, the additional payments that can go back to the providers that have taken the steps to actually get better outcomes and bringing costs down at the same time. so this slide provides a bit more detail on how accountable care can be implemented, via start with providers and payers to change the way that they are paying for care away from typically a fee-for-service approach. the accountable care providers that are working together identify who they are, and in the payer can identify who is actually getting care from those providers, who they are accountable for, the patients they are accountable for based on actual patterns of care. it doesn't require any active in roman steps. not taking benefits away from medicare beneficiaries or private plan beneficiaries. and those providers and been responsible for held

that's not a method that the american people who want to know what's going on and that their investments are safe in terms of their economics. >> everyone will know what the mechanism will be for failing and successful solutions. >> i'm not sure how the question is in this sense. different members had different views. it is largely accepted now that a piece of legislation designed has now marched into a vehicle to be leveraged to advance in a social administration. that is plunging this nation further into debt. in this unified proposal. number one, having the federal reserve be able to tend to their monday i tarry policy >> what's important is what we need to do going forward. >> anyone want to comment about the plan believing that that will have the account ability on the executive converseation, we have the add quissy commission. one thing i look at is certain practice i believe are risky as a whole or financial services as specific parts of that. if this commission had been in affect. they might have identified that mortal originaters were paid by the volume and not by the ability of

the rail method, we are at a third of the money.e have some money in discretionary grants we will be ob gating this summer and fall. we have 22,097 separate grantees. we are working with each and eefer one of them. we have more thans;s half the money obligated. >> we have the question of outlays. the state and transit entities after they have scompended the funds we are

the founding fathers provided only one extraordinary method of removing a federal judge, that of impeachment. the president cannot remove a judge he has appointed and the courts cannot. conviction of a federal or state offense is powerful to remove a judge from office. only the congress may remove a judge and only then by impeachment of the house and conviction in the senate for treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors justifying their removal. because we have been blessed by an extraordinary judiciary and because the bar for removal is high, the extraordinary remedy of impeachment of a federal judge has been used only 13 times in the nation's history, but the matter before us today warrants its use once again. last month, the house judiciary task force on judicial impeachment was directed to inquire whether judge kent should be impeached. as the chairman, i would like to report on our work and provide the members of the house of the facts. as the task force we were served by the capable ranking member by virginia, bob goodlatte and worked to proceed in a fair, open and deliber

the rail method, we are at a third of the money.e have some money in discretionary grants we will be ob gating this summer and fall. we have 22,097 separate grantees. we are working with each and eefer one of them. we have more thans;s half the money obligated. >> we have the question of outlays. the state and transit entities after they have scompended the funds we are spending money now that won't show up on the obligation figures. we feed to look more at the obligation. >> florida actually has zero projects under which work has done. maybe he needs to be talking to his d.o.t. the problem isn't with the federal highway administration. it is somehow, they can't get their budget under way. i'm going to turn now to this proposal, the 18 months which the chairman said you were a good soldier on. i have a particular concern with the mta. 2 questions, if the president is proposing a status quo continuation of the bush era policies across the board for 18 months, what are we going to about cost-effective in this? and i hear some bizarre

congress, where the court said that the congressional findings were rejected because of our -- quote -- "method of reasoning." -- close quote, as if there is some unique quality which comes to the nominee when the time of confirmation to walk across the green between the heergt room -e hearing room and the supreme court chambers. noted in the dissent by -- noted in the

that is the preferred method that this administration would like to see addressed and discussed. >> will the president recommend to the senate to drop the tariff position of the house? >> he has concerns about the positions. i think the bill is likely i don't know about this provision -- but it will likely look a little different coming out of the senate. that two have to be reconciled. >> coverage today, at the gay community is divided over whether or not the present -- president has done enough. can you talk about the president's thinking about this? >> i appreciate the question about mollifying the community. that is not the way the president looks at this important issue. if you go back and look at the campaign for the senate or president, he believes -- his beliefs are consistent with his values. he did not play a lot of interest-based politics in the presidential race. that was denoted by the fact that he did not get a lot of endorsements. i will not get ahead of what he will say, but i think he will address a number of issues and reaffirm commitments that he has made. >> the presi

the method that there is a leader of their whose power is unquestionable is broken. -- the myth that there is a leader out there whose power is questionable is broken. call in with your comments. the numbers listed on your screen below. there are some pictures as well. this stems from the protests that are going on. it also talks about how social networks, such as twitter and other things, led to what is going on that your scene played out on television every day. and the crackdown on communications began on election day when text messaging services were shut down. cell phones transmissions and access to facebook and other social web sites were also blocked. maryland, democrats line, go ahead please. caller: i actually do not think that the president of the united states should be involved in another election. basically, there is nothing like a free and fair election. everything is politics. somebody has to win. free and fair does not mean people are not going to write it. -- free and fair does not people -- does not mean people are not going to riot. the president should focus on th

that method -- we need to be producing more ourselves which would resonate louder with the american consumer. that is opposed to market speculation. i do not think that republicans would be adverse to having that kind of challenge again for the consumer's benefit. i hope that we do not see a repeat of that. people in alaska are still bleeding from what they ended up paying last year. in some of five villages back home, we have people who are paying $7 or $9 a gallon for fuel. it -- when the prices go down here, they do not go down up north. when you get your fuel barged in once in the fall and once in the spring, you are paying a lot in price. those alaskans were paying the price till just about a month ago. we do not want a repeat of $140 oil. >> any more questions? >> even though you are not enthusiastic about this bill, it sounds like it will get your support at the moment. >> if we keep out the ugly amendment, yes, it would get my support. >> would you consider to keep major changes from happening on the floor? >> we will certainly try. as you all know, you can say, i will work hard to k

there would have to be studies done to show that those alternative methods would be substantially similarly valid. that is not what we're dealing here because we're not at that stage. in response to questions, on the linchpin -- the linchpin for disparate impact my ability, there is an equally valid available alternative for adverse impact. the oral argument they said what is your alternative? that is a question for another day. they admitted that the examinations were not looked at. >> they do not have to have the alternative. all they have to do is no the have an unfair test and there were alternatives that would have the same unfair results. >> are you telling me they had on alternative or they look at this and said we have disparate impact? >> you are listening to a portion of the argument before the second circuit court of appeals. a case stemming from a lawsuit filed by white firefighters in new haven, connecticut against city officials who threw out a promotion exam because no african americans and only to hispanic firefighters past. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor was one of t

demonstrated in issuing this method. elements are particularly important. the council condemns in strong terms the nuclear test by the dprk. the council demands dprk condemns missile launch with nuclear technology. the council demands they completely comply immediately under the resolution including seizing all activities with their nuclear programs. the council takes additional measures to prevent arms, goods as well as financial resources to their missile program, arms embargos. the council underlines the importance of dprk is holding to humanitarian concerns. they'd need to take concrete measures of the resolution. we hope this measure the council has taken now will induce dprk to comply with their obligations. at the same time, this is not measured harm against the people of the dprk. this is intended to help of your changes behavior, which is essential of all member states to take the necessary actions and implement these measures fully and faithfully. incorporate with each other effective implementation. in parliament with this measure to achieve peac

can you give us some insight, as you look at that particular method with regard to the current north korean situation or that of its leadership as to what kind of pressure is involved, these terminations of the banking system? >> that is a subject we continue to examine, a subject which is covered in part by the u. n. security council resolution which is pending adoption in new york. it is one which we are exchanging views with our partners and allies in the region. i am not able to go very far at this point. we are looking at all mechanisms which would enable us to help to persuade north korea to come back to a negotiating framework. >> can you describe from your own experience or your own history of this situation how those financial instruments worked? as the public looks at this and tries to wonder stand something of that complex nature, why was this effective in regard to north korea? >> i can't go into much detail on this. not because i am reluctant to comment, but because i was not involved in these efforts at this time. we are looking at the possibility of additional measures

help spur participation in treasury's own mortgage modification program and can you suggest a better method to give homeowners more leverage to change the bankruptcy code? >> you're right the housing is at the center of this crisis and of course, millions of americans are losing the home including many who were very responsible and are suffering enormous damage simply because of the action of those borrowers who lived way beyond their means and those banks that made a bunch of loans they should not have made, and i agree with you. i think the government should have moved earlier to address this crisis. we were late as a country and behind the curve. i do believe that the president's program is a -- it does provide a very powerful set of incentives to induce a substantial increase in modifications. we're at the very early stage of implementing that program. it's true we've been in office now six months and this program was laid out in terms of the detail only a few months ago, but there is a substantial increase in efforts to put out notifications to potentially eligible borrowers and i expe

it was important and the president thought it was important to take a question using the very same method that you are using to report information on the ground. i will not make apologies for that. host: the questioner asked about the designated hitter. guest: they called him the night before and said we might be interested in a question from an iranian. he had a great question directly from an iranian. the problem with that is that americans come to watch press conferences and they expect a spontaneous exchange from reporters. the white house pre-arranged this thing and that is why so many journalists are upset with this. it was a well intentioned thing on both sides. it is not exactly the right thing. host: is it always spontaneous? guest: the fact:ap is that ap always gets the first question. they know the top four or five news stories. iran on that given day was a top agenda item. the one thing that is getting lost here is that nico asked a difficult question. he did not give a response as to whether -- under what conditions he would accept a ahmadinejad. he was able to ask the questi

violence against women's legislation was unconstitutional because of congress's -- congress and their method of reasoning. and do you agree with the division of constitutional authority on the supreme court, articulated by chief justice roberts. i do believe that there will be an opportunity for a very important issues, to be presented to the nominee based on what i have seen of her in reviewing the record, and the meeting that i had with her, i have noted my -- i have noted her excellent rise in may, and i look forward to answering the many questions, where she will have more than an opportunity to have a sound bite, but to give a commentary on the record in support of her nomination. i yield the floor. >> the nomination of a new justice to the supreme court of the united states brings to mind the question, both for the senate and the american people, what is the proper role of a federal judge. answering this question is not an academic task, this is fundamental to what we will be doing here. how the american people and their representatives, who have been delegated this responsibility, t

it is a method of using the comments. go to the very five voting like many will find yourself in the middle of the manner. >> that is what i did. >> you were representative of west branch. >> i had six elections before being elected. >> yes. >>we can go to the house of commons and we have our pictures of the house of commons. there we see it. >> order, order, prime minister. >> her majesty, having been informed of the will resignation of the late speaker of the house, the gives leave to the house and makes way for the election of the new speaker. >> >> the house will now proceed to the election of a new speaker according to provisions a note and was published four weeks ago. in a moment, i will call the candidates to address the house in order in which i drew their names by lot earlier this morning the order of speaking was published earlier today. when all the candidates address the house, we will proceed to the first ballot. >> thank you, mr. williams. all hon. members are, by definition, experienced campaigners. as som

but there is a method to the madness, and i will highlight what guides the thinking. the first is insurance. do not put all your eggs in one acronym. the second is innovation. the third is size. in an environment of great uncertainty, make no little claims. i will discuss each of these before i talk about the return to traditional policies. to understand insurance, you have to understand the first rule of risk. each of these is a challenge to the mandate of the financial system and price stability. diagnosing each risk raised difficult questions. we saw failure in parts of the financial system. how art is going to affect the rest of the economy. this will begin to deteriorate significantly. finally, prices declined for the first time in decades. what we enter a time of deflation? the diagnosis was surrounded by uncertainty, but the remedy brought its own measure as well. which treatment was appropriate and could be used in a timely fashion. under what circumstances and for how long should this be applied. how should the treatment be scaled back? the fed was adopting a

when security officials came to you and said we should keep our interrogation methods confidential you said no. when the civil rights of americans were trampled on by members of the black panther at the voting place you let the offenders get away. and as the american people look to you to lead in the war against terrorism you have remained too silent. you even granted the release of dangerous detainees, including ms. padilla's alleged accomplice and another detainee who reportedly killed an american diplomat. there's some things that you are doing. i think that deserve commendation. your department has defended the nation's secrets. this year at least three times in federal courts by invoking the state secret privilege. that's something you need to do and right. and standing up for our nation's secrets, you faced a lot of criticism, i know, from the left but i think you did the right thing. i'm encouraged that you listened to members of congress and the intelligence community to oppose the release of interrogation photo. i thought that was an awfully unwise thing. the release of these

justice kennedy acknowledged the government's legitimate interest in protecting sources and methods of intelligence gathering and stated the expected district court will use its discretion to accommodate this interest. he cited the reynolds case, i mentioned earlier in doing so. i oppose any efforts, including this bill, that invite the court's to deviate from the some procedures they correctly follow to protect security information. the bill would preclude judges from giving way to the executive branch's assessment of national security. it would authorize courts not to use proceedings in conducting a review of claims. it would prevent courts from being able to dismiss the case from the government -- when the government cannot defend itself without using privileged information. the obama administration is not enamored with the approach of this legislation. it has adhered in court to the doctrine as asserted by the previous administration. according to the editorial page of "the washington post" says it is hard is distinguish the obama's administration from the bush administration's pos