levin: mr. speaker, pursuant to h.res. 1495 i call up the bill h.r. 5618, to continue federal unemployment programs and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5618, a bill to continue federal unemployment programs. the speaker pro tempore: we will have members and staff please take their conversations off the floor, the gentleman deserves to be heard. members, please. the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i yield myself -- no, you need to split the time first. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is still not in order. pursuant to house resolution 1495, the amendment printed in house report 111-519 is adopted and the bill is amended, is considered read. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: thank you very much. i yield myself such time as i sh

>> levine joined me at the richardson gallery in new york. he's written an essay for an exhibition of photographs by andrew moore that capture a lost world of detroit. an old school, homes, and factories including ford's river rouge plant where levine himself once worked. >> when i was a young guy working in these places and didn't see a way out, and i certainly didn't think that the way out would be poetry. >> where did the poetry come from? >> no one knows where poetry comes from. i had been writing poetry from the age of 14. it was just something i loved doing, i loved language. i had -- i recognized that i had a facility for it. my teachers praised me. to the skies. which was wonderful. >> levine graduated from wayne state university and left the auto plants behind. he taught at fresno state in california for many years. and he and his wife franny now divide their time between fresno and new york. you have kept writing about detroit to this day, you kept writing about work. did that become a kind of mission, that's the right word? >> one

levin: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i urge members to support the u.s. manufacturing enhancement act of 2010 also known as the miscellaneous tariff fill. it suspends tariffs on components used in manufacturing. this bill is a shot in the arm for u.s. manufacturers and workers who need these products to keep making their goods and supporting american jobs. i want to underscore that point. this bill grorts u.s. manufacturing jocks. pro-- deports u.s. manufacturing jobs. it reduces tir raves for things in automotive, textiles, electronics, machinery, and equipment. when the cost of these inputs is lowered, u.s. producers' overall costs are reduced, making their products more competitive in this market and global

levin: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1550, i do call up h.r. 4213, with the senate amendment thereto and i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill, designate the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment and report the motion. the clerk: mr. levin of michigan moves that the house concur in the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 4213, h.r. 4213, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and for other purposes. senate amendment to house amendment to senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 4213 contains an emergency designation for the purposes of pay-as-you-go principles under clause 10-c of rule 21, and pursuant to section 4-g-1 of the statutory pay-as-you-go act of 2010. accordingly the chair must put the question of the consideration unde

levin: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1875 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1875, a bill to establish an energy commission to end the trade deficit. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, and the gentleman from texas, mr. brady, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: mr. speaker, first i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i urge members to support h.r. 1875, a bill to establish an emergency trade deficit commission. this commission will examine the causes and the consequences of the united states' persistent and substantial trade defi

john caldwell, aaron levine. before you start, congratulations. >> same here. commissioners, i am the coordinator of the mayor's six debtholders group. i am delighted to be here today to endorse this great project, which will add to the arts and educational facilities in the city center and franklin street areas. i think this project has been well planned. as you can see from the presentation, i have been concerned about the narrowness of the sidewalks on franklin street. it becomes a problem at the intersection after performances. the sf jazz people have told me they are planning to put a bold in front of their building to avoid that safety hazard that occurs at other corners. no we do need to deal with the franklin street area as more and more institutions come to the area and more and more people walk on the sidewalks. sf jazz wants to be a member of the community. the have indicated an interest in participating in the community benefit district for a civic center which is being planned to the mayor's office. i think this is a great step forward. it is, as w

after that, nomination hearing for james clapper. >> this week we welcome carl levin. senator, thank you for being with us. let me introduce our two questioners, pentagon correspondent. covers nuret for "national journal." and we'll start with you. >> senator, i wanted to ask you how you would define victory in afghanistan, what you think that will look like and how much time do you think congress and the american people will give president obama before patience runs out? >> victory to me is success, not victory -- it's not something which is going to be kind of a signed thing at the end of a war. it's going to be a gradual, hopefully we'll know when success will be achieved but won't happen at a particular moment in time. success will be marked by the ability of an afghan government to have security and be able to retain security inside of its own borders and to provide the necessary means for its own people to have a life, which has got some hope economically, whether it's improved governance over what it is now. i won't say it's a democracy of western europe, but mo

getting 900 pages of internal documents about goldman sachs would have been nil, so thanks to carl levin'sommittee we got those documents and it shows a lot of things that are really unpleasant including profane emails and bad behavior and goldman released love emails with a girlfriend -- it shows about the poor ethic on wall street and that's i think what the american public is reacting negatively to. >> charlie: i'll come back to that point. why did the s.e.c. make this deal? >> it came out hours after the monumental financial regulation package was pushed through congress. the s.e.c. needed shock and awe, it was laid low after the madoff debacle, they needed to go out and kneecap someone. they took on the biggest. if you're going to do it would you go after b of a or citi, some players laid low by tarp? no, you go after goldman from the signaling perspective. take the obverse of that, what happens come christmas time and you are sitting at the sorkin dinner and brisket is being served and is your mom going to bring up goldman sachs? no. goldman sachs is no longer going to be a household

. >> reporter: but for nearly two years, levine said she hasn't been able to connect with her friends. instead, someone else has, a hacker. >> someone i don't know who it is has come on to my account and they have changed my email and password and i lose access to my account. they go online and chat with my friends, chat with random people that i don't even know. they add people. >> reporter: so levine has deleted her account with the help of facebook and started a new one. but she is now on her fifth account and says the hacker problem still persists. >> just gets frustrating. >> reporter: if you keep setting up new accounts and they keep getting compromised, whatever is happening is sitting on your computer and seeing every change you make. so this could be a key logger. brian cooley from cnet says a key logger is software that could easily be installed on a computer through clicking on a website or plugging in a flash drive. >> it logs every keystroke you type and sends it to some hacker so every keystroke you type setting up the new email account is also sent to them. you never ge

abe levine is a collector of rare art outside atlanta.re at $70,000 was a bargain. >> to be able to own a piece of history the 8th wonder of the world in my house is just a dream i never would have envisioned. >> reporter: wigan's work was also featured at a show in new york with the most unlikely curator, arguably the world's tallest. 7'1" shaquille o'neal. small wonder that wigan's creation is the tiniest shaq the world has ever seen. >> put a guy like me inside a little pin. that's crazy. that's art. i can't do it. it would take me 17 years. >> reporter: willard wigan's work is a reminder that we all started small. and that sometimes the microscopic can have a monumental impact. >> there's a saying less is more. little things mean a lot. my work means a hell of a lot to me and a hell of a lot to everybody that sees it. i haven't reached my peak. my work is still too big. >> osgood: ahead, happy? ,,,,,,,, >> osgood: tree mile posts by which to remember the week. a research team released results of a computer analysis of all public tweet

levin: mr. speaker, i now yield four minutes to the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, our subcommittee chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for fo four minutes, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, when most of our republican colleagues vote no against extending unemployment benefits for americans toda these people have who have lost their job through no fault of their own, they're doing it and they'll say it's because of the deficit. but in reality they're simply trying to make the president fail at any cost. we have precedent here for that. back in the 1990 when newt gingrich ruled this place, they thought the american people were stupid, but it didn't work then and it won't work now. in december, 1995, newt gingrich thought he could win the presidency for the republican party by shutting down the government. and proving t

levine, who, unfortunately, had to leave, but i want to thank him. now, we have doug with us. this was founded in 1967. disabled sports usa is dedicated to provide an environment with positive and therapeutic and psychological outcomes. individuals are in power to reach their full potential. a programs allow individuals of all abilities to discover their own strengths and interests. with emphasis on safety, fun, and learning, a disabled sports and kyrgyzstan dissipation by individuals of all ages and disabilities, including those with orthopaedic, spinal cord, neuromuscular, visual, in hearing impairment. included, too, those with cognitive and developmental disabilities. i want to also add the disabled sports continue to do a lot of work with our veterans from iraq and afghanistan wars, through the wounded warrior sports project. i would like to welcome him, a graduate of our very own galileo high school. >> thank you very much. it is a pleasure. i graduated from galileo in 1962. i was in the service and lost a leg in vietnam, and when i came home, the world war ii vets took

pamela levin, deputy director of financial services. i'm pleased to announce that we are on track to end the year with a positive fund balance. at this point in time, we are still closing the year, departments are still charging us for work orders. we are still doing entry to move monies around in terms of transfers and -- so it is still kind of a preliminary, still have not calculated deferred credits, but as of now, we are projecting to take our fund balance from $553,000, where we ended last year, by $3.49 million, to the total of $4.3 million. staff will only fund 21.1 days of payroll, and i just wanted to add that i would to some training yesterday with controller's office of emergency management, and one of the things they said was departments need to maintain a positive sign balance in the event of an emergency because that is what we would need to draw on initially. so i think we have done well in controlling our revenues. one of the things is that we have done a really good job in bringing in additional revenue. in terms of the

the initial amendment was recrafted into the graham-ky graham-kyle-levin amendment. it was an extraordinary act of bipartisanship that occurred. i think it was the vote was 8 a-14. one of the things that legislation did is -- i'm not remotely suggesting cause and effect, but the letter urge there be article three review and they provide a military review of military commission determinations. >> i bring this up because it's come up during the course of this hearing raised by senator kyle and then in your discussion with senator graham. and there's one other element that should be mentioned. the supreme court agreed with your conclusion in that letter, even before the passage of this graham-kyle-levin amendment. it held that holding that it violates the u.s. constitution to deny the detainees to habeas. they said the laws and constitution are designed to survive and remain in force in extraordinary times and justice stevens was fifth vote in the case. no surprise chief justice roberts and justice aleet dalit dissented. so they agreed in that letter that you sent. a pr

after a conversation with senator carl levin, who is back with -- from afghanistan. we talked about the policy on the ground and the domestic debate at home. what did you learn? >> what i found most interesting were his expectations for 2011 when u.s. troops are expected to leave. he did not talk about democracy flourishing. he described a good enough situation where the fifth afghanistan government can hang on until they can take control of their country. we are not talking about leaving a country behind that is really in tact, and i think the expectations are so much lower than perhaps 2001 and half 2002 when we started the war, and people thought we were going to bring democracy to afghanistan, and we realize the complexities are so overwhelming, so just -- to juxtapose what we saw, i find that interesting. >> of the domestic front, patience is driven in part by resources on the debate about federal spending, what did you take away from the description of the process of? >> i defer to him. he is an expert in process. it was very clear in this town that it has been

levin: mr. speaker, i now yield four minutes to the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, our subcommittee chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for fo four minutes, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, when most of our republican colleagues vote no against extending unemployment benefits for americans today, these people have who have lost their job through no fault of their own, they're doing it and they'll say it's because of the deficit. but in reality they're simply trying to make the president fail at any cost. we have precedent here for that. back in the 1990 when newt gingrich ruled this place, they thought the american people were stupid, but it didn't work then and it won't work now. in december, 1995, newt gingrich thought he could win the presidency for the republican party by shutting down the government. and proving

this morning, when i asked randy levin about the benefit of switching to cloud e-mail apps he said they save the $5 million. he said, we get to survive. we're surviving our budget crisis. there are so many opportunities in the cheap technology that has come onstream. we need to broaden our definitions to include some of these new product technologies. the cost of things that used to be very expensive are coming down radically. there is a huge opportunity for the government to take advantage of that. by designing programs correctly, you can actually get more for less. >> since you have started putting these forums together, do you find that environment and interest in trying to get more people involved in this process is changing? >> absolutely. something like this really benefits from the kind of visibility that we're able to give to innovators. if you make innovators into heroes, at some point, people start to pay attention. other people want to be like them. when you see the sea at all of this tiny city in texas build these things -- the cio of this tiny city in texas build these thin

i am here to present comments for myself and levine asked me if i would introduce her letter as well. i think we have had some excessive comments on the plan. while we did not achieve consensus there either, i think our comments were taken into account in the work on the report. achieving consensus is an ongoing effort, particularly on the waterfront. to work by neighborhood design has the potential to add more players and texture to that. such efforts are always to be encouraged. i hope to broaden their efforts to engage all stakeholders in this critical area of the city, not only the community participants so far, but other businesses and institutions like the very building, design groups, civic-minded groups, and other important parts of the city. with regard to toby's letter, she says the study is a strong development for shaping future development on the waterfront. the current situation must be changed. we have several blocks with a non penetrable fence followed by in slightly marks reject unsightly marks. she believes this should be accepted as it were the document that would p

senator levin tends to be pretty honest about these things. with the republican votes, sounds like he will be able to pull it off and that will be absolutely historic, the house could pass this and the senate could pass this and this law would be changed with very little congressional debate. >> he said -- went back to 1945. i'm struck by how much has changed from 1992 when bill clinton wanted to change the policy to allow gays to openly serve. and he got hammered and don't ask-don't tell was the compromise and senator nunn came up with it. we have come a long way. the chairman of the joint chiefs has said it's time. it's time to stop this discrimination. >> that's it for our time. thank you very much for being here for your questions for senator levin. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today, an oklahoma governor's debate. you will hear remarks from candidates looking to replace the present governor. >> this weekend, former "new york times" public editor on the

. >> following up on that comment and the one by senator levin, ah, coming back to afghanistan and i think both oyou have been to afghanistan, ah, it seems odd that in a country where the u.s. and nato have tens of thousands of troops, it would be impossible to bring the drug trade under control, the illegal drug trade under control. >> well, it's a country the size of france and it's also got, ah, with the most inhospitable terrain you can possibly imagine. so, it's not that easy, and the outgoing nato commander said it would require about 400,000 troops, as opposed to the 100,000 we have today. >> vanda. >> well essentially, not at all surprising. um, we have to remember that afghanistan is the third poorest country in the world, and, ah, that about a third and half of the country's economy comes from drugs. the other half essentially comes from foreign aid. imagine the economic consequences and inevitably the political consequences of such an arrangement. to try to reduce the size of the economy is extraordinarily difficult and painstaking process. if you simply destroy the poppy

senator levin is our guest on "newsmakers" this morning. guest: what is significant about the offensive or effort which will begin, which is going to begin by the end of july, the beginning of august, is not only is it an effort going right into the heart of the taliban, it will loosen their grip. does that mean it will not come back at night? no. does that mean there will not be any ied's? no. exploding, asd's there are in kabul. the afghan government is in control of kabul. it will be must -- much more in control after this effort is made than it is now. what i point to as perhaps the most important part of this is that the afghan army is not going to only be there as partners with us and other coalition forces. it will be in the lead. those words are very significant. they are significant to the american people and to the afghan people. you will notice, in the kabul conference declaration or that those words were focused on. timetable for when afghan forces will be in the lead in providing security for their country, when that phase, tra

senator carl levin, chairman of the armed services committee. they held this news briefing on capitol hill. this is 40 minutes. >> senator jack reed and i visited pakistan and afghanistan for three days last week and returned home yesterday. we met with key leaders, including the prime minister, and key provincial governors, and with the general who is the commander of their 11th corps, which is the pakistan army corps, which has done a significant fighting in the swat valley,. in afghanistan, we met with general petraeus and ambassador eikenberry, with president karzai, with the defense secretary, and with the new chief of staff of the afghan army, with the minister of the interior, mr. kan, we also went to kandahar and met with the commanding general, general carter. he is a british general but he is the isaf commander. we met with the governor of kandahar province and the mayor of kandahar city. then our last major meeting was with the corps commander of the 205th afghan corps. i will come back to him. i was last in afghanistan last january.

here's paul levine. >> hot dogs.diums and arenas, feed millions of people annually. they haven't caused a mass outbreak of food borne illness. but safety experts say some fans are getting food poisoning, even though cases often go unreported. "outside the lines" pulled concession reports at concession and restaurants at all 107 major league baseball, nba, nhl venues in the united states and canada operating in 2009. at 28% of the facilities, a majority of food establishments had incowher cured what they referred to as major or critical violations. much as employees who didn't wash their hands. evidence of mice infestations. a food service manager who says he's worked in the industry for 25 years and now supervises food safety at a stadium where a major league baseball team plays, agreed to speak to "outside the lines," as long as he could remain anonymous. he says he sees problems almost daily. >> it runs the spectrum of what you can think of in your mind. i see it because it's on such a large scale. >> reporter: at

congressman levin will not allow a jar -- h.r. 25 on the floor. and lots of people cannot get jobs, they do not have unemployment, but they do not understand that the tax system works against them. i always tell people, anything that creates a $13 trillion offshore money to go out because of the tax code, we should get rid of that immediately. the american need to see that it taxes the poor up to the poverty level. president obama should be behind this 1000%. i cannot understand why you cannot get levin to make it out of there. i appreciate your input. guest: i would love to see if brought to committee and have a full vote on it. i think people understand how bad the tax code is for them. i do not think everyone understands just how anti- competitive bid is, how it drags down our economy, and how other countries have exploited our tax code to be bused to jobs. unfortunately, washington has a number of proposals that will kill the effort to buy american products. the sooner we get a vote, the better. host: earlier, we said we would talk about medic

>> i yield to chairman 11. >> -- senator levin. >> let me ask you about information sharing. your answers to the pre during question the state to the you believe obstacles remained to adequate information sharing. hughes said it was cultural. -- you said it was cultural. it reveals the cia will not share the data base of operational cables and the dod's intelligent task force for counter-terrorism. the bill they cannot allow non- nsa person to access the data base on the grounds that it cannot be trusted. can you comment on that question and information sharing? >> it continues to be a problem. i think we have gotten a challenge. it is better than it was. it is better than it was before 9/11. any improvement. i think nsa is understandably currency inches above the production of potential data on u.s. persons. there are very sensitive as they should be. that is one inhibitor to collaborative and sharing that we might like. that is an area i will continue to work. >> the city will -- he said he will -- why do we need instances? -- incentives? why do we need incentives and conse

>> i yield to chairman levin. >> let me ask you first about the information-sharing. used to you believe obstacles remain to adequate information sharing. our investigations and recent terrorist attacks reveal that the cia one not share its database with the dod, or with the nsa and a the watts center physic cannot allow certain personal to access the other databases. can you comment on that question and information-sharing among agencies? >> it continues to be a problem. it is better than it was, better than before 9/11, but needs improvement. nsa is understandably conscientious about the protection of potential data on u.s. persons, are very sensitive about compliance. that is one inhibitor to collaborative, full sharing. it is an area i intend to work on it, if confirmed he. >> you said you will achieve progress of the discipline application of incentives, both for words and consequences for information-sharing. what do we just need a directive by executive order? why do we need incentives, rewards, and consequences? >> is one way of inducing change in the culture.

and ed perlmutter and joe donnelly, joe baca, kevin brady and sandy levin, thank you very much for helping. and most importantly, thank you to the speak and to the majority -- minority leader and everyone else for being there for us. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. we'll see you at the third annual congressional women's softball game next year. we yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and agreeing to house resolution 1460 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: house resolution 1460, resolution recognizing the important role pollinators play in supporting the ecosystem and supporting the goals and ideals of national pollinator week. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. so many as in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the rules are suspended -- >> mr. speaker, i ask for a recor

levin, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4380, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4380, a bill to amend the schedule of the united states to modify temporarily certain duty and for what purpose does. the speaker pro tempore: -- and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. this recorded vote by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 378, the nays are -- 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of

host: and of course part of this, the cost involved, senator levin, the chair in the senate arms services committee in afghanistan and iraq during the july 4th recess talked about whether or not the pentagon can sustain the level of grodse it has seen since -- growth since september 11. >> there's a sense that as we grapple with this, the 7% increase are just going to have to end and it's going to have to be belt tightening. >> it is. and i tried to answer that quickly in my answer but not adequately. the next year's budget is where these battles are going to be fought. i think the two big issues are troops in iraq and afghanistan. you're not going to make huge reductions if the keep the current deployments and the current size of our military. and secondly even on the contractors that we hire, or we're going to have to cut down the use of contractors which represent a significant chunk of our budget. host: senator carl len is our guest on "newsmakers." you can watch tomorrow at 10:00 and again at 6:00 eastern time. you also talked about the issue of private contractors. your response. gu

levin. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. boustany: mr. speaker, we'd like a vote. vote. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman ask for the yeas and nays? mr. boustany: yes, the yeas and nays, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the 15-minute vote on the motion to concur will be followed by five-minute vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5341. members, this is a 15-minute vote. 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial pur

levin is about 20 minutes late and trained a number to 07 is also likely to. >> what would you advisecommuters that are entering the system right now what it would expect? >> well i think that our crews are working really well to try and catch up and they're going down to the station >> it is unusual that you have equipment problems two days in a row, is there any connection from yesterday's problems and today's problems? we looking at the same equipment that might of broken-down today's a row >> you know, it is just an unfortunate consonance and i do want to apologize to our writers, this is not something that, we take great pride in our trains and providing on-time service, this is something that we've really regret. >> you are saying that the delays are confined to the northbound direction? yeah >> is that is true. the >> he will check back with you later, the single track in sun belt, and you're going to have to move around some slow traffic here on highway 4, we're calling the eastbound direction of hot spots as well as the west bound direction because there are unusual delays fo

senator levin into your other committee has made very clear how much importance he attaches to it as have u.n. chairman kerry and others. i cannot stress how important this is, because afghanistan cannot go forward unless the international community led by the greatest nation, the united states, continues to fulfill its commitments in the area beyond combat troops. now it is obviously much cheaper and it is obviously something that can only occur as the police and army are trained and able to stand on their own feet. and, as for economic and development assistance, that is essential. what happened in 1989 when the soviets led by the united states turned its back on afghanistan and watched the liberation of eastern europe, never recognizing that the fall of communism had begun in afghanistan, never recognizing we had a commitment is a lesson of history we cannot afford to repeat and it was a direct line from the 1989 decisions to 9/11. and we all know the history here. so i want to stress what 9/11, what july 2011 is and is not senator, and the importance of continuing it, and in term

fact, when i testified before the house ways and means committee on this issue, congressman sandy levin held a hearing on our trading relationship with china, and the other thing that the census bureau says is, well, we don't make these things here. or, we don't put them out, you know, we can't find folks here in the u.s. that make these. i took seven or eight hats from my office representing different groups in my district, one was from a high school, their baseball team cap, they were all made in america. and of course those items were of a much better quality than the hat that was made in china. my ultimate point is that china has been playing us for fools. china has been maying us for fools. they are eating our lunch, we are letting them do it. and so it's time for us collectively as democrats and i hope our republican colleagues join us in this fight, it's time to fight for our jobs. this is a simple matter of fairness. and i'll sum up this issue, that what my bill does, it's a straight issue of reciprocity. a true fair trade issue. and the way it works is that we will allow chines

you know, when we left here for one break, we had agreed with senator reid and senator levin about extending unemployment insurance and we were told by the speaker of the house that she wasn't about to set the precedent of starting to pay for unemployment insurance. well, why not when we have a $1.6 trillion deficit, when we have $13.3 trillion worth of debt as i stand here today, when we are mortgaging the future of our children, we're stealing opportunity away from them as we sit and do it. why not? why not meet the challenges that are in front of us by responding in a way that says meeting people's needs today are important and it's important we not take away from the needs of the future as we do that? and yet, we're lectured that it's a partisan debate. there's nothing partisan about this. in my soul, i want to help everybody out there that's unemployed and facing a tough time today. but also in my soul is i don't want a mortgage the future of any more american children when we have tremendous amounts of waste, fraud, and duplication that could easily be eliminated. one of the motions th

mark levin writes in. >> it could be anybody. >> there are a lot of radio talk show hosts out there.lutely. and because i have been all of those characters, you're going to get a real behind-the-scenes. you'll see what it's look like to be in a radio studio, a television studio. a grand jury room. you won't feel dumbed-down to. that's why i want to write it. i get to the end of my day, i'm on tv, i don't want to watch a lot more tv. i want to take the 15 minutes, and feel like i got something smart, but fun. there wasn't that much out there about strong women who are supporting each other. no back-biting, they're together and trying to do the right thing as women. i wanted to do that. >> who are the other two, the women? >> there's a federal prosecutor. >> are they based on other people or just from your own experience? >> just from my own experience. and i do change names to protect the guilty. i have a little present for both of you. >> we like those. >> we never know who this book could be modelled after. >> oh, my gosh. look at this, that's funny. very, very funny. kathie lee and