mr. hamilton won and that, of course, opened the floodgates for which the redistributive state was ready to take money from some and give to others without any constitutional constraints. second case, commerce clause and he mentioned that the court in a store near case. congress indisputably has the power enumerated to regulate interstate commerce and the question is can congress regulate activities that are not interested in not commerce still under the commerce clause. and the course of a guess this was a case where the party involved grew crops on his own firm for his own consumption by him and his farm animals. he did not buy the crop anywhere. nsl the crops anywhere. it was all within one state. the federal government's and we can tell you how much you can produce and mr. worker said it under what authority? the commerce clause, how could it possibly affect commerce, this is an albino selling and the federal caris said you are out there producing you're own crops and if you were producing a crop to have to buy them. it your consuming what it is to produce and if you were consuming y

mr. lee hamilton, president wilson center, mr. hakim, president of inter-american dialogue, my colleagues in government, ambassador, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for my colleagues and for me to be here this morning in this very important think tank. i want to express our gratitude for this invitation. every day i repeat before my son -- fellow citizens one symbol frame and i do my best to repeat this. morning by morning, evening by evening, because i understand that every government has to convince the fellow citizens about the necessity to have important honor at the same time simple goals. the goal we are looking for in colombia is to bring columbia into a country with the highest level of confidence. confidence is the keyword. we support confidence upon three pillars. security with space values, investment with responsibility, and social competion. we can see that the only way for a country such as the case of columbia will to advance in and overcoming poverty and creating a civil community with a bet

mr. hamilton described it. during her confirmation hearing she said "as a judge i do not make the law. judges must apply the law." some raised the question whether judge sotomayor is a liberal activist because of her involvement on the board of the puerto rican legal defense and education fund. but judge sotomayor's role and involvement has not been directing legal opinions from this organization but has been directed, instead, at encouraging puerto rican youth to pursue careers in the legal profession. if you look at her record she's participated in 434 published panel decisions with at least one judge appointed by a republican president. and despite notions to the contrary she has agreed with the result favored by the republican appointmentee 95% of the time. what does that demonstrate? it demonstrates that judge sotomayor does not have an ideological boy across buideolo. and another controversy seized upon as a reason to oppose the confirmation and that is her so-called "wise latina" regards when she talked about hopes drawing special wisdom and insight from personal experience. jud

appropriate now as we look at the crisis facing the dairy industry and that founder was alexander hamilton, mr. speaker. when alexander hamilton said these words, he said that the greatness of our nation and the federal government of our nation shines at its brightest at our moment of crisis. well, this is a crisis, mr. speaker. it is a very special, unique crisis that is facing a very special and beloved industry, ice cream, milk, our cheeses, our butters. our dairy farmers all across this country, from the atlantic coast to the pacific ocean, from texas to vermont and connecticut, there is no industry that represents the grandor and the greatness of america as our dairy industry. and it is time for this federal government to do precisely what alexander hamilton spoke when he said at the time of crisis is when our nation shines at its most brilliant. let this nation, let this federal government shine on the dairy industry now. now, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the resolution just considered. the spea

mr. sessions: madam speaker, thank you so much. and i appreciate the gentleman from arizona. madam speaker, at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from hamilton, new jersey, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. smith: i thank my good friend for yielding. madam speaker, ms. norton earlier suggest that had prohibiting funding for abortion over which we have constitutional jurisdiction is none of our affair. to which i would respectfully submit, sending innocent and inconvenient children, protecting them from violence is always our affair. human rights and the defense of human rights, protecting the weak and the most vulnerable is always our affair. so i would respectfully ask members to reject this rule. last week president obama told of all people the pope that he wanted to reduce abortion. oh, really? this week pursuant to mr. obama's 2010 budget policy request, the house is getting ready to reverse a longstanding pro-life policy that prohibited taxpayer funding for abortions except in the rare cases of rape, incest or life of the mother. today's vote isn't just about whether p

mr. harvey. it's in the claret jug when it's sitting right in front of us at st. andrews. americans have won 11 of the last 15 open championships. daly, lehman, duval, hamilton.ick pryce won here in '94, tentatively, the prior 11 champions were not from the u.s., and that has really flipped around since then. as we said now, 11 in the last 15. as we're set now for the ceremony and presentation of claret jug and the medals as well. >> now, i will announce peter dawson to announce the winners and the captain of turnberry golf club, peter wiseman, to present them. >> the leading amateur and winner of the silver medal from verona, italy, matteo manassero. >> and the runner-up and winner of the silver is tom watson. >> we will hear from tom watson after the presentation. >> announcer: and ladies and gentlemen, with the score of 278, the winner of the gold medal and the champion golfer of the year is stewart cink. >> thank you so much. i stand here a little intimidated by this piece of hardware i have in my hands. a lot of emotions running through my mind right now and my heart. and i'm just proud as i can be to be here with this. my congratulations to tom. my hat'

hamilton, would agree that when you give your word, you are going to keep your word. >> i would expect we would keep the word. >> i think you would, and i give you credit. but mr.saying there is no deal, he did not sign it, though he benefited from it, he does not want to pay the taxpayer for the benefit provided by the u.s. taxpayer and the government. is that the right thing for him to do? >> i did not know what the circumstances are. >> weight. there are a lot of things you did well. i understand your trying to stabilize the situation. this is a simple yes or no -- we, being the treasury department and u.s. taxpayers, $128 billion of our money at risk. bank of america took great advantage of that because it provided stability and confidence. now mr. lewis he does not have to pay for because someone forgot to have the term sheet signed. is that acceptable to you? >> can i explain why i am hedging on this? i was part of doing a similar deal for citigroup. we had a term sheet and it was very difficult to get done. citigroup wanted to get it done at least as much as the u.s. government. it was hard to get it done. what i don't know is if the circumstances are as