we have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez lit up the minor league with his presence.ll find out if he lit up his final league start with his bat. the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier, with the a's going for win number 11. >> what's up? welcome to "our house." keeping you current on espnews. i'm the coach why, don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. the team can't seem to put a run on the board. randy wolf the starter for the dodgers. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. l.a. has lost four out of its last five overall. >> monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance. dhg for class a. a single in his first at-bat. second at-bat not as productive. he struck out on three pitchers. ramirez expected to work out at dodger stadium on tuesday and wednesday before rejoining the dodgers on july 4. >> san francisco, a game and a half lead in the wi

we have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez has lit up the minor league with his presence. we'll find out if he lit up his final rehab start with his bat and the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier to have halladay back but would he be rusty against the rays? let's start right now. >> keep it current on espnews, alongside mike, i'm the coach, why don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> that's where we begin as the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies on monday night. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. we are now tied at two, bottom of the fifth, spilborghs, two run south. wolf helping his own cause, tying the game at 2-2. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance, this is a single in his first at-bat. so manny out of the box early but then he whiffed on three pitches in his second at-bat, and then, in his third at-bat, he struck out again. so manny is expected to work out with the

we have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez has lit up the minor leagues with his presence. we find out if he lit it up with his bat. the toronto blue jays should be happy to have halladay back. roger federer on a date with destiny. number 15 is now within sight. let's start right now. >> what's up? what do we have to keep you current. alongside mark morgan, i'm the coach. why don't we start with two of the best national league teams playing out west. >> as the dodgers await the return of ramirez later in the week, l.a. opened against the rockies. dodgers have won eight of nine games between these two teams this season. bottom of the seventh inning, we're tied at 2-2. spilborghs has two home runs. wolf out of the game as you see, but wolf helped his own cause with a two-run single in the fifth tying the game at 2-2. as soon as this one goes final, highlights right here on espnews. >> monday night manny ramirez made his final minor league appearance. manny, dhg for class a inland empire. there is a single in his first at-bat. he then struggled throughout the rest of the night

this bill also does many good things for south texas. it provides space for the army reserve to warehouse equipment in a controlled humidity environment in texas. the bill also authorizes a project that would reduce carbon emissions and provide a renewable source of free electricity. i support this bill, h.r. 2647, and am proud of what this bill does to restore strength for our military. my friended, this is a good bill that reflects -- my friends, this is a good bill that reflects our bipartisan desire to balance the many priorities of our armed forces. i ask my colleagues and friends to vote for this bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yield now to the gentleman from virginia, the subcommittee ranking member on readiness committee, mr. forbes, three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. forbes: thank you, mr. chairman, for the opportunity to stand in support of this year's defense policy bill. i'd also like to express my sincere

wondering if your figure or department included illegal aliens coming up from mexico, living in south texas. i wonder what happens to all these people. to say they're free and work to do as they choose. a lot of those folks just have no choice. back in the '80's, i worked in a refinery for about eight years. whenever we would have a turnaround, they would bring in a bunch of illegals. none of them spoke english and in the first place, that is a very dangerous situation in a refinery. it is said these folks take jobs that americans don't want. i have seen some of the jobs these folk his to do in refineries, and they're extremely dangerous. i wouldn't take what they were paid or anything to do with the extremely dangerous jobs. guest: i think that gets to the heart of the issue for a lot of what we snow human trafficking in the united states. there is a lot of human trafficking involving human citizens in the industry. what we see as far as heavy industry, factories, et cetera, it typical is this notion that bosses want a compliant and complacent workforce. one that won't complain they're bei

it was inest tabble that the earth was going to cool and people were going to have to migrate to south texas. and it's a fact that at least one, and probably more than one, although scientists were certain we were going to undergo this ice age, are now on the side of the argument that the earth is going to get warmer and get warmer fast and then anything that's a weather anomaly is going to be the result of global warming. if you remember, we had a few hurricanes as a result of global warming. last year, hurricanes were way last year, hurricanes were way off.

the event, hosted by the south texas law school in houston is a little over an hour. this program contains language that some find objectionable. >> you know, it's often said, i think, by those of us who are doing this work, which is about everybody here, that -- and i think we take consolation in the idea that we're making some history happen as we do it. but the truth is, it's hard to get your head around that sometimes. you don't realize, i mean, you do a lot of work on a case and maybe it happens and maybe it doesn't and maybe even when it does, it seems like it was just for one individual, seems like it was just for that one time. that's great enough, but sometimes we need reminders that the work that we do lights a torch up for people that come next. i've had a real personal experience with that recently, it was my privilege to represent the family of a young man named tim cole, who as many of you know, we posthumously exonerated in a texas court about a month ago. thank you. but there's a story behind that, because one of the most important features in that cas

texas will be fine. we will be working together. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. spratt of south carolina. mr. doggett of texas. pursuant to the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the time. this is a trying time and i appreciate my friend from texas belief and hope in the future. i just have read enough of of this bill and know enough to understand about the consequences. this isn't the whole bill. this is 2/3 of it. the other 300 pages they allowed me to borrow a copy briefly earlier today during debate, right before the debate closed, but this is about 2/3 of it. we are having a job fair in longview, texas monday. that arose when i met with a bunch of my constituents, most all were african-americans, a month or so ago who had lost jobs because jobs were being moved overseas. energy was too costly here. the corporate tax is twice as much here as -- over twice as much as what it is in china. and i have been hearing from other m

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 two minutes to the the gentleman from hawaii, the chairman of the air, land subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may not yield

spratt from south carolina, mr. doggett from texas and ms. jackson lee from texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey of california. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for five minutes. without objection. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i rise today to celebrate the albanyan organization of southeast michigan and raise a concern they expressed to me. respect for people of diverse cultures has made our nation great. our national heritage reflects the cultural contributions of a wide range of ethnic groups. i'm fortunate to represent the 9th district of michigan, a district rich in religious and ethnic diversity and includes families from the ball can region. as a congressman of the 9th district, i have developed a strong bond with the community. this is a people that strongly values community se

spratt of south carolina. mr. poe of texas. mr. poe: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to assume the gentleman's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise this evening to announce the sad passing of dr. bob frederic. a distinguished kansan and an exceptional human being. dr. frederic served as athletic director at the university of kansas for 14 years, the second longest tenure in the school's history and a period during which the jayhawks experienced tremendous success. under bob's leadership, jayhawk athletics received 32 conference championships and generated 31 all-american -- academic all americans. the latter of which i'm sure meant the most to dr. frederic, as that was the kind of person he was. dr. frederic felt most concerned about the well-being of student athletes. first as a coach and later as an athletic director, dr. frederic showed that concern as he personally took an interest in the students at kansas university that were also engaged in an intense dedication that it

south carolina. mr. wilson: madam speaker, i yield so much time as he may consume to the gentleman from texas, mr. hall. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. . mr. hall: i stand here to speak on this bill. i have some misconceptions about it, but i intend to vote for this bill. i can't vote against this bill because it benefits people that have served this contry, that have suffered for this country. and i never in the 28 years i have been here voted for a bill that affected adversely any veteran or any person that stood up for this country, and i admire and respect mr. skelton the author of this bill. i disagree with the way he has funded it and want to point that out. i would also point out i have a letter addressed to mr. skelton that he's not had the time to receive it because this bill was introduced yesterday and it's on the floor today. that's a little hayes -- hasty but this is an important bill and a bill that needs to be passed. but i'm torn today as i rise to speak on h.r. 2990 on the one hand i support the visions in the bill, retired pay benefits for reserv

south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered noork the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extends their remarks and include there therein extraneous material. mr. mccotter for today, mr. mcclintock for today and mr. mccotter for june 26. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house a message from the senate. the clerk: i, nancy ericson, having custody of the seal of the united states senate, hereby certify that the attached record is a true and correct copy of a record of the united states senate, received by the united states senate sergeant at arms from samuel b. kent on june 24, 2009, and presented to the senate in open sessi o

texas. caller: first of all, i almost hung up because henry from south carolina said everything i wanted to say. i just want to add one thing, i feel -- i do feel bad for the governor because obviously he is in love with two women, and i feel extra sorry for his wife and children. host: let me just show you when the full court put -- photographs, would "the wall street journal." governor sanford's odyssey and in tears with condition of an affair. this photograph from january of 2007 as he was sworn in for a second term with his wife, jenny, and four sons. caller: it is unbelievably sad for the kids. but the reason it is being talked about, the lady earlier said earlier saidglee -- earlier said glee is it is a two-way street. no party is pure as the driven snow. everybody makes mistakes. and as henry from south carolina said, all the preaching about family values, etc., it is like, we are all the same, all people. that's all. host: thank you for the call. at the top of the hour we will turn our attention to homeland security, six years after the agency was formed, and also no. 3 a, iran, and

their 211 as the office is dropped off of their ability in south louisiana, north louisiana picked up as i am sure the same thing happened in texas and in alabama and mississippi and florida is the storms come in, the northern part of the state picks up the great amount of help. we want to hear about the increased activity of the 211 operation, which is sort of the go-to the operation when people need help and assistance. they don't call 911, they call 211 and we want to help americans understand that. with that opening statement i would like ask mr. fugate-mag good to see a senator. i would like to ask mr. fugate, if you can let me ask senator burris, i know you are just coming in and welcome. do you want to make any brief opening statements or should we go right to the panel? thank you, thank you senator. we are happy to have craig fugate with us who is the new administrative from the muck, and man that i supported and keep my wholehearted support for and many members of the senate. you are

phenomenal job as the offices dropped off of their ability in south louisiana, north laws f louisiana picked up as i'm sure the same thing happened in texas and in alabama and mississippi and florida as these storms come in, the northern part of the state picks up a great amount of help and we want to hear about the increased affect tivity of the 2-1-1 operation, which is sort of the go to operation. they don't call 9-11, they call 2-1-1 and we want to help americans understand that. so i'd like to ask mr. few gate, good to see you senator. i would like to ask mr. fugate to begin. let me ask senator burriss, i know you're just coming in and welcome. do you want to make any brief opening statement or should we go right to the panel? thank you. thank you, senator. we are happy to have craig fugate with us who is the new administrator from fema who i supported and many members of the senate, you are greatly experienced. we thank you for the work you've already done. but we're looking forward to hearing from you, because you know as i know that while we've made some progress there's a tremendous amount of work that has to be done and we're lo

people leadership they deserve and this organization leppert texas old will be in good hands and i recommend to this committee. on behalf of all south carolinians thank you for holding this hearing so timely and i look forward to having their confirmed soon. >> senator demint. >> thank you mr. chairman. and i to thank you for expediting this hearing. my only reservation in endure sing inez it is that that endorsement by her with this committee, so i hope-- i hope that you will overlook that. we are very proud that she is representing south carolina and she has been an advocate for children. she has practiced environmental law and public interest law. she is a serious nominee for this position and she has dealt with all of the issues in a large, controversial public agency in south carolina. she did that with a lot of professionalism and style. and as some of you know, she and i were in a hard-fought race for the senate in 2004 and i was very excited to hear about the nomination and my support means that i hope she won't run against me again. [laughter] but, we are delighted, and i know this committee has said a chance to meet her. t

texas governing authority from a key provision of the civil rights law. the voting rights act requires all or parts of 16 states mainly in the south with a history of discrimination in voting to get approval -- approval for making changes in the way elections are being covered. the northwest austin utility district -- can't opt out of the advanced -- approval -- can opt out. the court ruled 6-3 in favor of a teenage boy from oregon who whose parents fought to of their local school district. the 5000 two hundred dollars a month it cost to send their son to a private school. majority opinion says a school district must pay for private special and services if the public school does not have a proper and services regardless if the child previously receive special education services for the public schools. the supreme court has upheld a federal government permit to dump waste from an alaskan gold mine into a nearby wet -- late, even though all its fish would be killed. the justices say a federal appeals court wrongly blocked the permit on environmental grounds. the army corps of engineers granted the permit in 2005. instrumental groups challenged the permit, saying it

provide service for 440 mile texas debone court or that senator hutchison mentioned, you bring texans together along the gulf coast corridor to new orleans and east coast and south central corridor into oklahoma city, little rock and memphis and ultimately into the midwest. this project, impressive in itself, will require a unique part of of federal, state and local officials and the private sector and we would very much look forward to working with this committee with amtrak to make that happen. thank you for having us here. looking forward to questions. >> miss fleming, we welcome you and ask you to make your remarks. >> mr. chairman, ranking no. 19, thune, ranking member hutchison, thank you for the opportunity to discuss passenger rail, and the reinvestment act. the $8 billion provided by the act for high speed and other intercity passenger rail project have focused more attention on and generated a great deal of anticipation about the possibility of developing high-speed rail systems in the united states. my testimony have 2 parts, i will discuss the fact is that we have identified that affect the economic viability of high-speed rail projects and how f r a

sioux falls, south dakota, which is focused solely on educating americans about the effects of nationalized health care. and the other one that's going to be very large is in dallas, texas. tea party patriots is hosting opposition to government-run health care town hall meetings between now and the end of july. each week, one of these town halls will be fully interactive, like this event today. today we're on patriots heart networking which is part of blog talk radio. we're on you stream, live video streaming. chat rooms and a tweet stream going on all today. on july 2 in florida, in -- and then nationwide on july 17, tea party associates is hosting another major round of tea party protests around the country. this time, we're going to be in front of the local congressional, and senatorial district offices all around this country. if you've heard about the effects of government-run health care today and it concerns you, and if you are like barbara gilbert and you're willing to serve your country to ensure that your children and grandchildren are not left to inherit these deficits in this kind of health care, go to teapartypatriots.org today to get plugged in. >> that's

texas, new mexico, arizona, utah, nevada and california as well as part of colorado, oklahoma, wyoming and kansas. the pacific northwest was open country. backbeat the appalachian mountain range guarding the interior from south carolina to what only recently have become main, threatened to confine the great american experiment to the atlantic seaboard. the allegiance of the several new trans- montaigne state was unproven, their settlers looked westbound rolling river valleys for the mighty mississippi, not over their shoulders at the mountains that separated them from their political creators. former vice president aaron burr's enigmatic conspiracy of 1805, 1806 to make a nation for himself and others in the region opened by the louisiana purchase had come apart but illustrated the limited control exerted by the east over the last. of the national government over its unsettled territory. a continental nation was so uncertain that president thomas jefferson had deemed it optional quote whether we remain in one confederacy or form into atlantic and mississippi confederacies i believe not very important to the happiness of either part. but coming of the steamboat in 18078 hope for a connectedness but illustrate