in real life joyce is a terrific teaser though a gentle one. joyce the woman is one of the most sensitive people dedicated friends i ever had and that drives perfectly with the heart and humanity of her writing. choice has friends everywhere many of them are here tonight. she is close to many other writers though you could never list them all. strangers assume such a productive writer must be a close but in fact joyce keeps up with friends and loves to give parties. i mean, she is amazing. she writes these reviews, she entertains regularly, she teaches full-time and writes a lot. laughter cushy is on a vast array of subjects from the inner workings of family dickinson's poetry to the fine points of boxing and brain damage suffered by the typical a sociopath. here the writer and the person coincide as they do in terms of energy. the writer turned out novels, essays, children's books, a young adult novels and mysteries whereas the woman as also in vigorous and her activities as a superb teacher and sought-after public speaker. maybe this listing

he went home to joyce every night. us who are gathered here have had the privilege of calling jack murtha colleague. many also had a privilege of calling him friend. and so we gather today to mourn a loss of a friend, a dear friend and celebrate the life, a person who was a great legislator, a courageous soldier and a public servant to the end. a couple weeks ago a couple of planes full of members of congress, family and staff went to johnstown to pay our respects to jack murtha. we went there to console and we were consoled. we saw the tremendous outpouring of love and respect for jack murtha. thousands of people stood in the snow in line to wait their turn to say goodbye. again, members of the president's cabinet came to the service. and the president of the united states, william jefferson clinton, was there. i hope it was a comfort to the family that so many people at every level of our society appreciated jack's contribution, mourn your loss and are praying for you at this sad time. i had the privilege of speaking

he went home to joyce every night.ho are gathered here have had the privilege of calling jack murtha colleague. many also had a privilege of calling him friend. and so we gather today to mourn a loss of a friend, a dear friend and celebrate the life, a person who was a great legislator, a courageous soldier and a public servant to the end. a couple weeks ago a couple of planes full of members of congress, family and staff went to johnstown to pay our respects to jack murtha. we went there to console and we were consoled. we saw the tremendous outpouring of love and respect for jack murtha. thousands of people stood in the snow in line to wait their turn to say goodbye. again, members of the president's cabinet came to the service. and the president of the united states, william jefferson clinton, was there. i hope it was a comfort to the family that so many people at every level of our society appreciated jack's contribution, mourn your loss and are praying for you at this sad time. i had the privilege of speaking at j

sister joyce cox, a catholic scholar and spiritual director for the seattle archdiocese says a surveyin a book called "the none zone" found that people in the pacific northwest are less religious than the national average. >> the first question was: do you have any faith or church that you follow or you participate in? and the answer was none. so, 67% of those who answered, answered none, but they still claimed in other questions that they believed in god and that they were spiritual. >> rerter: that's the good news, an increasing number of americans say they are searching for spirituality. >> by whatever name you might call the holy one of being. >> reporter: and many, inside and outside of church, are finding it with the help of a spiritual director-- someone to listen and offer guidance in the quest for the experience of god's presence. sometimes it's in groups, like this retreat. most often it's one on one, and deeply personal. >> it isn't as though one has to meet with a person as a spiritual director in order to know the spiritual journey, but it sure helps. >> reporter: liz ell

[laughter] he went home to joyce machen every night. many of us who are gathered here have the privilege of calling jack murtha colleague. many also had the privilege of calling him friends. and so we gather today to mourn the loss of a friend, a dear friend and celebrate the life of a person who was a great legislator, a courageous soldier and a public servant to the end. a couple of weeks ago, a couple of planes holding members of congress, family and staff went to johnstown to pay our respects to jack murtha. we went there to console and we were consoled. we saw the tremendous outpouring of love and respect for jack murtha. thousands of people stood in the snow in line to wait their turn to say goodbye. again, members of the president's cabinet came to the service, and the president of the united states, william jefferson clinton, was there. i hope it was a comfort to the family that so many people at every level of our society appreciated jack's contribution, mourn your loss and are praying for you at this sad time. i had the privil

senator joyce, it will. it will. of course, what he is confirmed is what we have been saying is the price will be paid by pensioners and families, mr. speaker. all of this -- all of this so somebody on $150,000 a year can receive $200,800 per week. $200,800 per week. now mr. speaker, mr. speaker, he's not content with pulling a billion dollars of public hospitals. that's fine. that's fine, pulling a billion dollars of public hospitals but he wants to pay $200,800 per week to somebody on a $150,000 a year, mr. speaker. that just tells you the twisted priority of this legal opposition and how out of touch he is -- how out of touch he is the lifestyle of average australians. mr. speaker, she said something very revealing in the party room last week. very revealing. what we've discovered is a big new tax. [inaudible conversations] >> order! order! order, order! the house will come to order. order! order! those on my right, minister for finance, the member for account of a point of order. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i woul

his love of joyce was so palpable. it was so wonderful. it was such a joy to be behold.that's why he was going home every night not socializing with billy young or the rest of us for that matter. i feel quite certain that the caliber of person that he was, the specialness of his personality, the obedience to his grandmother to make a difference, his patriotism to his country, his love of his family, his mastery of the legislative process made jack murtha very special. i am quite certain that we will never see his like again. i also mention in pennsylvania about jack those of us knew him here knew it was important. he loved this institution. and he loved it as others have acknowledged -- acknowledged. i think that love was inkindled -- is that the word? kindled by his friendship with tipo neil. he loved tip o'neill. tip was his mentor. tip was his friend. tip loved this institution. and together they made progress for our country. they made friends with each other. and it's a special part of who jack murtha was. i, too, have a flag. this flag was flown over the capitol, j

i've rejoip joyced with those mothers and -- i've rejoiced with those mothers and fathers and wives who after months of not being with their loved soldier they're able to spend time with him. or her. and i've also wept for those who made the ultimate sacrifice, i've wept with their families, they made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, for our safety. every single sold that are i've spoken to who has been to iraq -- soldier that i've spoken to who has been to iraq or afghanistan would say that they would go back again. they believe in the mission, pretty sad that congress doesn't. they believe in the work that they're doing out there and they need our support. not this resolution which is, i believe, a demoralizing resolution to our troops. rather, i would encourage my colleagues to vote against this resolution because by voting against this resolution i believe you'll be voting for our troops. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. kucinich: i yield three minutes to the gentlel

people don't sit down and read a lot of james joyce but what is the contribution to civilization of all of these people who are not trying to sell but are just doing their thing that not that many people pick up on but a few people pick up on and then it bleeds down to other people? you know, i would just add -- i was thinking about this this morning. it seems in the west today because we're talking a lot about artists and we talk about other things, too. there are three categories of artists. there's the category that we all know, artists who are successful. then there's the famous image of artists who starve to death. and are great artists and then there's a third hidden area of artists in the wests, never talked about, that's those famous important artists who are able to make their art because like proust and other people we can name they didn't need to make a living. now, how does that relate to your notion, which i seem to get from the book, that the obligation of every artist is to find out what do people want and what should i sell that's coming truthfully inside me that will ma

. >>> one of the joyce of my life has been my friendship, my partnership with the greatest speaker theesentatives ever had, nancy pelosi. we spent the last year discussing, debating, drafting and redrafting. it's no longer a question of whether reform of our health care system is necessary. it's no longer a question of whether this bill is an enormous, positive step in the right direction. with the lives and livelihoods of millions on the line, the fact senate and congressmen would stand on the side of the american people or with the insurance industry responsible for this crisis. it's about whether you will fight for the insurance companies' profits for for the families' peace of mind. the question is whether you want to raise health care costs and the deficit or you want to lower health care costs and the deficit. and whether you want to pretend this is about senate procedure, admit it is about struggling people. the question is whether you want to protect our broken health care system or fix it. for more sweeping changes to america's health care will be law in a matter of days. we n

joyce: mr. o'reilly your segments with glenn beck make me laugh, but also make me think.ason: i'm 12 and sometimes not very responsible. recently my dad punished me and my assignment was to read bold fresh and write him notes on it. i learned i should focus on being productive in my life. thanks for the lessons. thank you for being smart enough to absorb them jacob, sound like a good kid. talking points memo, if you came in light we had a wild opening segment with al sharpton. that is different than bill o'reilly.com. please e-mail with us pithy comments from anywhere in the world even the u-conn territory of canada, beautiful place, -- it is way up there. o'reilly at fox -- o'reilly please when writing to us do not be pernicious. the word of the day no perniciousness when writing. that's's it for us. i'm bill o'reilly we hope to see you again next time. remember, the spin stops here we are

he goes, but add insult to injury, your sister-in-law joyce is in the hospital having knee replacement surgery and on the very day the insurance company jacked up my premium 75%, they denied her extra day that the doctor wants to keep her in the hospital because she has got, they are afraid she has led clots. so they are insisting we sent her home instead of paying for the extra day. that is what is happening in america right now. that is what we have got to deal with. that is what the american people care about her goat they don't want to be discriminated against because they had and l. miss one time and it might come back. you get cancer, you can't get insurance. you are denied. it doesn't matter if you got over it. you have a child with leukemia in your family, you can't get your insurance policy. you are lucky if you can get anything at all for your families in those situations. my county, we have 22% unemployment right now. we have dirty% foreclosures. we have devastation. we used to have five hospitals in my county and now we have got one and a little one satellite. they have all

that he would have spoken with fox 45 because you are my favorite station. >> we appreciate that, joyceeck with jack in baltimore. good morning, jack. >> good morning. >> what do you think should the governor have gone to iraq. >> i think he should have done. by him going over and visit the troops, we have a whole lot of national guard in here from baltimore and maryland area in afganistan and iraq. i think he did the right thing. that makes them feel better. i think the former governor ehrlich should go home and sit down and think about what he said because he opened his mouth. >> jack, we appreciate you calling this morning. >>> let's talk it shirley in aberdeen. hi, shirley. >> good morning. >> should governor o'malley have gone to iraq over the weekend? >> no. >> why not? >> he should have been right here in maryland taking care of problems that are in maryland. i support our troops 100%. i have a son in the guard. he he has been in the guard 20 years. i have a son that retired from the millitary for the 20 years. >> but you still don't think it was a good idea? >> no, ma'am, i do n

joyce, democratic caller in toms river, new jersey. caller: how are you? i think really that gtmo should be closed. i really do. and i think that we need to get out of everyone else's business. get out of war and concentrate on our -- which is hurt and fractured. the people are not being heard by the president. to concern over health care. we have to get out of this war and concentrate on here in america. host: joyce, thank you for the comments and thank you for all of the calls. more coming up. we turned our attention to william galston, senior fellow at the brookings institution and had a piece last week in "the financial times" about the need for trust in government to get things done. he will join us the next 45 minutes. we will read his editorial and take your comments as well. we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> almost 40 years ago, as lead engineer at motorola martin cooper led the team that developed the first hand-held mobile phone. a look at the

they wanted to go and all of the whites and in the white schools and blacks and black schools and joyce became a tainted word for many years it was considered a way of pretending to open up the schools when in fact you were keeping them exactly as they were. it was a we of defending the status quo of racial segregation. so there were freedom of choice plans, and in maintaining segregation, and there were -- this was the method of defending the status quo. so as time goes by the milton friedman idea began to gather some momentum and it isn't until there were efforts to promote choice during president reagan's's time because he liked the idea of the vultures and then in 1990 the idea of the choice burst to the floor with a very important book by john and terrie about politics and choice of american schools where they said and, you know, by now we've completely lost the connection of choice to segregation. they said that choice -- we must consider the possibility that choice itself is a panacea. the reason the test scores are low on performance is poor is because we have bureaucracies and

openly reimbursement, which is, look, i'm not a particularly lazy guy but if i want to medical and mike joycewas to be a german colleges and work out as make twice the money, that sounds pretty good to me. and basically we have a problem with the reimbursement is it is in the country. it's a trend problem but it's not just a training problem. it's about without our reimbursement structure is set. some of these pilots will try to get at the. wouldn't fix it but try to get at that. on testing it's interesting. to issue, what is the malpractice issue. president obama has not proposal malpractice by this. the republicans say we should do caps. well, you know, if you were somebody like you about like the wife goes to the hospital and the wrong breast gets removed and the cap is only a 202004 that, i'm not sure i think that's fair. and basically caps are not the answer. we need a much more subtle, human, more independent courts. basically, the thing about practice and what people don't know is that there's is vastly, vastly underreported malpractice in this country. only 3 percent of malpractice ca

voting "yes" gives young people like 24-year-old christopher joyce of old bridge, new jersey, who hadno insurance from work and suffered a massive stroke in january that left him paralyzed, barely able to speak. he'd be on his family's policy instead of league his family on the verge of losing their home. vote "yes" and never again will a mother or father in america wake up in the middle of the night with a sick child and look at each other knowing they can't afford the medical care their child needs. vote "yes" and never again will a man, woman, our child in america be discriminated against because they are sick or once had something an insurance executive decided was a disqualifying preexisting condition. vote "yes" and never again will an insurance executive be able to make medical discussions instead of a doctor to manage risk for shareholders and hold the bottom line other people. vote "yes" and christopher joyce would have the health insurance he needed to save his family's shoafamily'shome. vote "yes" and we'll make things better for every american family. that's what this bill

very joyce fisk's all over america in every state who are looking to buy some counting on us to helpke their lives better, to move these projects through, moved to funding a log, to put people to work, to reestablish their self-worth and their identity in the society and in our economy. all of us have jobs. they're a couple million out there who don't. who are counting on us to deliver. you started that process, done it well, lessons to be learned. we'll go forward from here. thank you for your contribution. committee is adjourned. sound @@@@ . @@@@@@@ captioning performed by vitac >>> seeing this parliamenttarian rule every day. to the fellow in broward county, it's going to be just a gift from good to jay leno and david letterman to have the parliamentarian rule on this. there's the chance that the political ridicule would be great over the next month or so. as far as other issues, i think you've got to say card check is dead. a big issue for organized labor. i don't see it going anywhere now. a big issue for walmart. i think cap and trade is pretty much dead. i think anything that

he leaves behind his wife of 25 years, joyce and sons, two daughters. and the nation forever grateful for his service. on behalf of the people of the 16th district of florida, god speed, mr. woods. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? mr. paulsen: i call attention to the month of march being national women's history month. i'm happy to stand here not only as a proud husband but a proud father to four daughters. national women's history month started in march of 1980, as national history women's week. in 1987, the celebration was expanded to a full month. this month, we mark 30 years of shining a bright light on the importance that women have played in shaping the great nation that we live in today. this year's theme is writing women back into history. through events, celebrations and many additional measures, 2010, will help ensure the historical and ground-breaking achievements made thousands of women that they found that right place in our history books. today i'm proud

>> how many people would like to give the american people the same insurance joyces members of congress get? -- the same insurance choices members of congress get? [cheering] and how many people would like a proposal that brings down health-care costs for everyone? [cheering] that is our proposal, and it is paid for, and it is the proposal. [applause] the united states congress owes the american people a final up or down vote on health care. [cheering] [applause] it is time to make a decision. the time for talk is over. we need to see where people stand, and we need all of you to help us when that vote. i need you to knock on doors, not talk to your neighbors, pick up the phone. when you hear an argument by the water cooler and someone is saying this or that, say no, no, no." -- a " no, no, no -- hold on a second." we need you to make your voice isn't heard all the way in washington, d.c. day -- [applause] they need to hear your voice is because right now, the washington echo chamber is in full effect. it is as deafening as it has ever been. when we get to that final vote, that echo cha

joyce. caller: i have a question regarding the different committees. these committee hearings that have nothing to do with health care have been shut down by one republican voice. they have people coming from all over the world to testify in these hearings. >> they had to cancel the ninth circuit judiciary committee circuit last week. caller: kudos to them in the committee hearing in spite of the committee hearing -- in spite of the objection. the american people have been hurt by this childish behavior of republicans. i would also like to comment on eric cantor's political headquarters in someone shooting at it. host: they called at random gunfire in the neighborhood. guest: it was a bullet hole. guest: i wanted to comment on that, but go ahead. guest: if the senate is meeting on the floor, committees can only meet with unanimous consent of the body. that is generally allowed. committees can meet when the senate is not in session, they do have that option. when you get into difficult situations, both sides will use the rules and it will not work very

major paul joyce is one of the mentor teams, are they ready? >> they will be by the time we finish. >> how long have you been here with them? >> we've had there for four days. we'll have them for three weeks. once they're finished, they'll be ready to deploy with the first armed forces and they'll be the future security of afghanistan. >> what's the sense of the quality of the troops? >> outstanding, sir. >> that's how the war is going to be won. mentors and trainers and those who care for them so they can fight for their country. >> what a positive, upbeat attitude. thank very much for that. several suspects are due in court this morning after f.b.i. agents raided suspected militia compound in michigan, ohio and indiana. at least three people were arrested on gun charges when agents swarmed a number of homes. the target of one raid believed to be a christian militia group known as the hutari. this man is a member of a different militia graoup. >> they're convinced that the earth is in its last phase and they must rise up to rebuild a christian

seuss' classic "the cat in the hat" to joyce's ulysses reminds us not only of the joy found in the written word but also the role libraries play in all our communities. libraries have always been a staple in american life dating back to our early colonial days. in the decades before the american revolution, america's first libraries enabled the dissemination of the very ideas that inspired our founding patriots. in the 18th century, the athenians of new england and the shareholder libraries of benjamin franklin served as precursors to our robust, modern network of public libraries. in the 1800's, our predecessors in the 16th congress established a research library to help those in government carry out their work with access to scholarly volumes on every subject. today, the library of congress is the largest library in the world, and its ornate reading room remains an awe-inspiring cathedral of learning. i have chosen today to honor three public servants who libra. mary klutz began her federal career as a u.s. marine. in 1990, she came to the library of congress as a budget analyst. in her