there was a case during the vietnam war called continuingor versus des moines in which kids wanted to wear arm brands in protest and the court upheld the students did not have to check their free speech rights at the door of the school. they had free speech rights in school as long as it does not disrupt the educational experience. >> short piece from the documentary as a student talked about being reprimanded for his religion. here is a look at that. >> most impactful moment of that whole day is when i went to talk with the advice-principal, he called me and sat me down, and he stared across the table and started talking to me and about halfway through the conversation he looked me in the eyes and said, if your face is offensive, you have to leave it in the car: i couldn't believe what i was hearing. if my face was offensive! are we in the united states? >> what can you add there? >> again, this was a kid who wanted to wear a t-shirt which he felt was expressing his religious views into the school. what the school did is he walked into the classroom and they immediately ejected him f

you know, raising moin, recruiting great candidates and really going after the vulnerable democrats aroundw, i wasn't really going to talk about my senate colleagues because you know, this is a house-senate dinner. they do our thing, we do ours. let me tell you what, i could not have a greater partner in this town than senator mitch mcconnell. you know, there are an awful lot of those senators now who were former house members and friends of ours. let me tell you what, working together on behalf of our party, i think we're showing the american people the best of the republican party and the best that we can do on their baffle. behalf. i also want to thank newt for being here tonight, as well. newt is a true agent of reform, an ideas guy who knows how to solve problems and who knows how to win a fight and i look forward to what he has to say tonight. listen, everyone in this room tonight is a prime target for president obama and speaker pelosi, and it's not because you're reblican. it's because you work hard and you play by the rules. you know, responsible, hard working fames are taking it

solkal chairman of mid-america holdings company based in my state of iowa in the capital city of des moines. we're all very well aware that there are very divergent opinions on the so-called cap and trade program advocated by chairman waxman and subcommittee chairman markey. hearing witnesses are typically invited to share different positions and offer different perspectives on prospective policies. that was the case with the mid-america c.e.o. his company supports the cap on emission reductions in the bill but strongly opposes the trading component. in his testimony, he made clear his position that the trading mechanism in the waxman-markey bill, will impose huge costs on customers. the costs will come in two ways: first, to pay for emission allowances which will not reduce greenhouse gas emission and then for the construction of low- and zero-carbon power planted to reduce emissions so in those two ways customers pay. he indicated mid-america's customers would see an increase in electricity rates of somewheres between 12% at the low end and 28% at the high end under this climate bill now

. >> mary beth tinker -- tinker verses des moines banned -- are bad. she was on our show and with the panel together and during a panel discussion, she felt comfortable enough that she came out and introduced her girlfriend. it was a very powerful moment. a lot of experiences like that that have happened over the year mean a lot. mary beth tinker was right up there at the top. >> it was a shameless plug for the students here. the tanker armband is in the first amendment now. >> phil donahue, we had phil donahue as our guest. usually in the greenroom, i would tell our guests about having a dialogue and answer -- and answer the questions. i told phil, i will not reach you on how to work an audience. i learned from watching you on television. that was a rare moment. he was a master. he produced a documentary. he came out and what he did with the audience -- i wish i could have taken notes. in the aftermath of 9/11, there was a close-up program called "running after danger." you remember that program. tell us about this next clip. >> what we are about to s

tinker versus des moines says that a student has free speech rights until it disrupts the educational experience. this is a hard case. does the mere fact wearing a t shirt in which has this language, which is very offensive to many, and there were homo sexual students in the class, disrupt just by the wearing of it? or should the school have waited until somebody punched him, for instance? and that certainly would be disruption? well, the school made the decision before any disruption actually occurred that was physical or voible. they just sort of immediately had thim take off the shirt. so that's an impulse where perhaps my thing would be, well, you know, the school was overreacting. let the speech out there, let other kids come back and argue against the speech he was making. the school had a less ban and gay community. they had a day of silence. so let that argument happen. and if it becomes disruptive, then make him take tauf t shirt. but the preemptive strike against him struck me as an overreaction and a political correctness. there is a marketplace of ideas. if you don't like

the late senator daniel moin han published a paper on defining deeve yensy down in which society lowers its standards, where by unacceptable conduct becomes acceptable. i recently heard from a number of my constituents about an abusive attack on governor sara palin's 14-year-old daughter. governor palin and her 14-year-old daughter had attended a yankee game and david letterman did a totally inappropriate joke about them. last year david shuster made an inappropriate comment about chelsea clinton. the president of nbc apologized and suspended shuster from the network. the palin family received a belated apology a week later. i hope the host realizes that children should not be the targets of sexually charged jokes or do we allow the unacceptable to become the acceptable? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> request to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, i rise today to protect the doctor-patient relationship. p

what we have assumed that we know what the states need and the purpose of this amendment and des moines to modify it in ways that will meet with you. we don't know and so with this amendment does is strikes in large portion of the title x of for the authorization and millman grants will will and increases it to a billion mahwah. coburn number 70. 11 and i am willing to change the last member to what ever you wanted to be but here is my point. is what we need in oklahoma different what senator hearing aids in washington throwing i have a shortage of one type of public health professional and she might have different period we know is the states know they need so the whole idea behind this would be changed this title where we left off the states decide to do with they need to be a so we take this $4 billion or five points $6 billion increase in the same okay, we have the santa millman grants and were forced to run programs and we let the states this person or they need them, not under what we are going to say they need, we are going to let the states decide what they need. this does three

but i have a small company in des moines, iowa, employs about 200-plus people. the owner of it didn't start reducing premiums. he found that didn't work that well. he wasn't getting that much reduction. but what he did is he just built a gym on to his workplace. and he hired a full-time trainer/nutritionist. he went to iowa state. i don't know why i wanted to add that. but then, he said to his employees, okay, this is all voluntary. i want to get you all into a smoking cessation program. and i may be a little off here. i can't remember it. but like if you sign up with our less absenteeism. he runs two shifts a day, two eight-hour shifts. it used to be that, boy, when the first shift finished for the last half hour you didn't get any work. people rushing for the doors. now he said people hang around. they take care of their equipment. they are more condeucive to working longer. a lot of times their families will come over and use the gym so they stay there and work a little bit longer. so he just found his productivity shot through the roof on this kind of a thin

well, fortunately, when i have photographed the des moines, iowa, state fair, which is a great place to photograph candidates, because in essence, they come to you, that's one of my great metaphors of following basketball, as michael juror done said, when he was younger, he would take the shots. when he got orlando, he -- got older, he would let the shots come to him. it was obvious during this presidential campaign that we were in a sea changing environment here, so i tended to focus on senator obama and fortunately when i went to the iowa state fair, i had not been there for probably 40 seconds and there was senator obama standing virtually right in front of me and at that time it wasn't 250 photographers, it was only seven or nine guys, so fortunately, that's one of the things that i -- that you do, in taking pictures, is not only do you learn to forecuss, take shots, -- focus, take shots, but also you learn when you're shooting presidential candidates to walk backwards really well, but you have to be able to walk backwards while you're changing lenses, going this way and at the s

and serious constitutional challenges and consequently we invoke the doctrine unconstitutional of moines. we are going to hold that district, that was to get out from under the voting rights act for the bailout provision which on its face does not apply to this district because it applies in the language of the statute only those jurisdictions they themselves actually are registered voters in the district is not registered voters as part of the travis county texas and a registered voters and actually came in on the side of those defending the voting rights act. but the court said, well, because of the doctrine of voting rights act we will read that provision and find it the district is eligible to apply for a bailout. and so we sent the case back on that and let them apply and see what happens. so, of course, this is very intriguing pair go when dick mentioned that the court is now more transparent and a certain level i guess it is but one would like to know what would happen in the core to do in the tennessee -- >> remember the oral argument of this case kennedy was especially active, h

without objection, i'd like to enter into into the -- from "the "des moines register"." the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. engel: flex fuel vehicles would only cost $90 or $100 per car and would be very important in moving us in that direction. could i have an additional minute? mr. waxman: i yield the gentleman for another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute. mr. engel: g.m. and ford each committed to making 50% of their cars flex fuel vehicles by 2012. they're reneging now and i believe we should have strong language to move them back to their original position. i really believe that flex fuel cars are really the way to go. but we have a bill before us and the bill is much, much more positive than anything else. it's a big step in the right direction and i think that our colleagues who are on the fence, as i pointed out, the bill doesn't give everything to everybody and doesn't do nearly what i would like to it to do but i think it does enough so we can move in the right direction to make ourselves energy independent,

they entered a drugstore on a hot summer day in des moines, iowa, at a segregated lunch counter. when the manager refused to serve them because the store did not -- quote -- "serve colors" miss griffin refused to leave. and outraged iowans responded with outrage. and they won. edna griffin won. the lunch counters were desegregated and who -- who -- but a handful knows of edna griffin or john bib intvment or len nard hudson? it is only because of the extraordinary acts of bravery by ordinary americans like these in all corns of this country that the mightiest walls of oppression have been torn down. as this nation formally apologizes and acknowledges slavery and jim crow, we must also recognize that this nation owes these individuals most known toll their friends and their family, an enormous debt of gratitude. 's awe make this formal apology, moreover, we must acknowledge and celebrate the deep lasting contributions that slaves, former slaves, and their decendants have made to this country in every field of human endeavor: law, literature, science, medicine, arts, business, educa