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jackson lee: let me thank the distinguished gentleman from georgia and let me thank him very much for his very important statement on this important resolution and as well i'd like to thank the chairman of our full committee, mr. berman, and the ranking member of our full committee, ms. ros-lehtinen, and the manager of this legislation for the minority for the words that i believe are enormously important. let me indicate to my colleagues that this may be the most important -- one of the most important and devastating humanitarian crisis that we have faced over the time frame that we have been in congress. and let me say this. we have gone through hurricane katrina and rita. as i stand here today, there are a number of hurricanes that are in the gulf region.

rogers -- >> let me finish. >> cheryl: go ahead. >> let me finish. yeah. our stocks. i don't think it matters. tracy made a point they own most of our debt. what difference does it make that they are going to buy g.m. do we really care? they're making cars over here now, we're making cars over there. it doesn't really matter. it's a world market. you're going to have to proceed in a world market and compete. >> cheryl: i have to say, charlie does bring up a good point. there are rules and restrictions about foreign ownership of countries in this company. having said that, the taxpayer still owns a big chunk of g.m. our relationship with china on the political front is still stressful and tenuous. >> the treasury department is not marketing specifically to china. they're part of the i.p.o.. i thought this was a good thing. i thought we wanted to reduce the government stake in g.m., so the government no longer own tos 61%. that's what -- >> actually, they are marketing specifically to china. the two firms that are involved -- >> they are not. morgan stanley

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democrats are saying we want to make sure -- >> the choice is really clear. >> please let me finish. >> i haven't met one small -- >> excuse me. >> increase is taxes is what you all want to do. >> it's okay for you to interrupt me -- >> congressman -- congressman, we have a poll that supports congresswoman wasserman-schultz's opinion. >> it's a strong demand because when you look at $250,000 tax they're talking about over that income level, what you're really talking about is a tax on small business owners. >> no, no, no, you know how they define small business? pricewaterhousecoopers in small business with $26 billion in income. the way they define small business. >> i think we know -- i think we know the situation right now. thank you, congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz. >> this is not revenue. it's spending. >> we need to get tax cut policy, focus on the middle class. >> cut spending class. >> not the wealthiest americans. >> join us. >> what's the biggest thing we should cut? what's the biggest program we should eliminate? >> i think we should cancel unspent slous. >> what pro

let me very quickly acknowledge, as the mayor said, and echoing his words, the incredible work of the people that are actually delivering this project on the ground. most of them do not freeze because they are actually moving around when they are at the construction site. others are moving around and beating the bushes in other places, particularly finding local and minority-owned, small and disadvantaged businesses. they need to be part of the reality of both the stimulus and the rehabilitation of the entire infrastructure in this country. they are the future. they are the reality today in this project as well. i want to take a quick second to a knowledge paul prendergast and his team, the tremendous job they have done in finding those people and demonstrating that minority-owned businesses are perfectly qualified to add value to a project of this size. we have them right here in san francisco. we do not need to import them from mars. they are prepared to do a good job. we have to connect them to the right people. that is what paul and his team is doing and it deserves acknowledgemen

>> let me go to clark cooper.epublicans in your organization and do a great job of it. are there still throwbacks of republican congress people and senators? >> not at all. in fact, you -- >> not at all? wait a minute, this didn't happen. >> hey, this is one bad apple. senator chambliss himself said, i will not tolerate any sentiment like that. i want to -- >> why doesn't he find out who did it? >> well, he's going through the due process. in fact, i think it's appropriate that the sergeant at arms investigate the ip address. by the way, he doesn't have six or eight staffers. senator chambliss had 42 staffers. >> you are playing defense and i don't know why. >> this is from his atlanta office. one office in atlanta. somebody in the office did it. why doesn't he call up this office and talk to his chief of staff and find out who did it. why is he bringing in the democratic. appointed staff of arms who doesn't even know anyone. wouldn't you as the boss want to find out immediately and take internet and not try to ou

let me suggest a couple more things. this would not have been possible without the leadership of gen chapel. the day i was important or reject i was appointed, he was in my office talking about this. if you could give a day could round of applause to spur and jim. here is the problem. two years ago we were half a billion dollars short in funding. we had some bad to plant, and are not the work being done. i think the final eir was done in 2008 of the did not have the money. it was because -- and this is never acknowledged, and it deserves to be. especially now with the governor supporting my opponent, i do not need to promote him, but you have to support his appointee -- i get it. governor schwarzenegger deserves an extraordinary amount of credit. because of dale and his leadership -- susan kennedy on his staff. this was not always on the top of the list. you were sending money down south. at the last minute, the bricks were put on by susan, the governor, and with you, we directed $405 million through the shop program. so

let me say that it's also a particular pleasure to be at the institute because of the role it played career. which you mentioned. it gave me a home after i left the nfc at the end of 1999. that was a critical opportunity for me to work through some the ideas that i was developing about why al qaeda and its brand of terror was distinctive from what we have seen before. it really was an extraordinarily valuable experience for which i will always be grateful. i also want to say that working where i do now, i see your new building quite frequently. it's extraordinarily beautiful. we very much look forward to having you in the neighborhood and having even more convenient conversations like this. i hope you'll be kind enough to invite me to redo the speech there. i'm sure many of you do the recent "washington post" story claiming that government officials now rank al qaeda in the arabia peninsula and specifically in yemen the most urgent threator security. we have no such ranking and such statements are low value to highlight a threat. yemen terrorism is a major security. but the al qaeda

let me start with you. i want to follow up on something that senator corker raised and that's with regard to the new consumer protection entity. as i understood your testimony, you're allowed to stand up this agency and do some practical things and gather information, sort of laying the predicate for rule making. but really can't get into the meat of rule making, absent a confirmed head of the entity. is that a fair summary of your interaction with senator corker? [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank you for the opportunity to comment on this further. i think there are a range of rule making authorities that do hinge importantly on there being a director confirmed. there are authorities that the secretary has under section 1066 of the bill that will allow him to do the business of transferring and so forth. and to make sure that the rule making and the supervision and so forth, that the new consumer bureau receives from the various other federal agencies from whom they're receiving those authorit

>> well, let me tell you.emint or the tea party express coming out of california, far be it for them to determine whether or not the senator representing the people of alaska is conservative enough for them. what i'm trying to do, what i'm trying to do is represent the people of my state. so, you know, maybe, maybe from jim demint's perspective, you know, i'm not conservative enough for him. but the question is, do i represent the values of the people of the state that i represent? do i stand for what they value? and that's what we're doing here. that's what this write-in campaign is all about. it's giving the people of alaska an opportunity to weigh in and to have a choice in an election where you had joe miller, with 11.9% of the electorate, and a democrat that took 3.4% of the electorate, and where is everybody else in the middle? and this is something that i hope alaskans get engaged in and they say, wait a minute, we want to have a voice in this electoral process. that's kind of our constitutional right h

if a contractor says let me brace your chimney, you would say let me check with my engineer to see whatkind of basis are necessary and you can do the work. okay. contractors do not do seismic design work for the most part. there's minimal things they can do and we'll see that in a minute. here's some kids standing outside of one of his builds where we have a pair pet up there. people hang outside on the sidewalk. it's important to protect the public. >> after the event if you're going to go somewhere, do not g right in front of the building. maybe go to the center of the street although you're going to have to watch for cars, but it' not necessarily the safest plac to be to run out after an earthquake and hang out underth earthquake. we also have something called after shocks, so you want to be careful about where you go. >> so i picked a house in my neighborhood to look at in a little more detail. i think this suz built right after Ñithe 1906 san francisco earthquake. this is a wood frame building, it's basically a soft story building because it has a big garage door and next to it is

besides, let me see what you guys have. >> you know, i'm leaving. ter school, alice and delores park thinking about human behavior. >> i don't know what people want to -- from me, for real. i have to say i think people just want me to be perfect. but you know what? i am capable of doing anything. it doesn't matter who i am or the way i look. what matters is the effort. i will study more. >> alice studied hard. she gets automatic a's. she's on the honor roll! -- she gets all a's. she's on the honor roll. >> oh, my god. i can't believe it? you see? i am capeable. don't call me dummy. now who do you think schnur i am a girl with just good grades. >> the morale of this story is that no matter what people think about you, all you have to do is show who you really are. even if the situation isn't good for you, you must make the best effort you can and you will succeed in this life. jenny chuasiriporn did -- life. [cheers and applause] >> all right. yell about the shooting, about the killings. mothers don't remember reality. phone call. angers, her client.

let me say one last thing. i think it would be unconscionable for this congress to adjourn without giving the bipartisan majority in the congress who want to extend all current tax relief an up or down vote. >> a key question. >> hold on, congress mapp. i want to ask this key question. in this pledge to america that -- that we'll talk about in -- in greater detail in a moment, is this commitment to bringing down the deficit as well as extending the tax cut. how do you answer the charge from democrats, from the president as well, that you don't have a way to pay for extending the tax cuts, yet you're committed to deficit reduction. >> in the pledge to america which i look forward to chatting about, we say, look, we've got to do something to get the economy moving again. we give real and meaningful proposals to begin the process of reining in runaway federal spending for both political parties and reforming the government. >> how do you pay for the tax cuts? >> job one needs to be to create jobs. the american peo

let me show you on google earth. on apple avenue, east of 18th street. let me show you. this is near lake merritt. and here is the apartment building and she was mentioning. you can see that read trial where they are digging. the building, the bank building, and a thrift store. . where there digging. that red triangle hakka think you in the san bruno, and to rummage to the ruins of their homes. to see if anything could be salvaged. and portola elementary was also evacuate 11. smelled the smell of gasoline. they looked for a gas leak but perhaps the parent was smelling a buildup of carbon monoxide. the heating system was turned on for the first time in a long time. residents are still worried in the air with san bruno. christine connolly is been ocovering the details, and with the gas line explosion. >> and you know, it is very windy. they're concerned about the toxins. as we take a live look at this scene. many of just the chimneys of these homes. and the cars burned down. with investigators, on at the scene. for everybody, the air quality is a concern. while it has not

president, let me help you out.ve said they needed to destroy our churches, history and constitution. and they've done it. i translated this in to if they destroy it, we have to restore our faith, our hope. history, you know the truth of who we are and where we came from. you'll have hope. the constitution is charity. how did i get there? well, ben franklin was asked the same question the president asked: whose christianity, whose church will we go to? ben franklin was asked by yale. tell me, what is the american religion? this is how he described it. very simple. one, god lives. two, we will see him when we die. three, read the old testament, he gets a little pissy. he'll judge us when we see him. four, that's why we should serve him. five, the best way to serve him is to serve our fellow man. now why is that important to understand that this is the american religion? it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter what church or synagogue or mosque you go to. does it teach you these things, god lives, you'll see him afterwar

let me take a few questions. bruce? >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> have you talked to chancellor rhee? >> i have placed a call to her. but he we will talk. i'm looking forward to talk to her very soon. she has a message for me and i'm certain she always does. she will get back to me. >> we are not going to make any personnel decisions until after the general election, but i think it is important that she and i begin these conversations now, as i prompted that i would do. -- as i promised that i would do. and please remember we have education business to do. she's the chancellor of the schools. i'm she chair of the council and the committee, the whole education is reposed. so we have business on education as well so we will take the opportunity to talk a about those things. tim? [ inaudible ] i want to hear from her. she's very committed obviously to our kids as welt. the best thing at this stage is to say she and i will sit down asap. those considerations that we will obviously talk about. and see where we go from

finally, let me just ask you, you said you started in march of 200in? right. >> i appreciated the kindness you showed me when i went out for a tour. your facility. when -- that's 18 months when can we expect your tenure and i'm story that we don't have the ceo here today but under your tenure when can we expect this to be better? you've had 18 months, you've known it's a problem, when is it going to improve? >> i believe that we're in a position to -- these inspections. to inspection the facilities that produce 80% of the eggs by the end the year fiscal 2011 and i assure that as we do that and the rule that we put into place very quickly in the obama administration, we'll be able to feel a lot more confident about the conditions under which the vast majority of eggs are produced. >> so we won't be back here -- >> gentlemen, the time has expired. mr. waxman, questions sfleez thank you, mr. chairn. dr. sharfstein, it seems to me you have -- had a number of problems. you didn't have this egg rule in place. it's now in place. can you tell us succinctly what

let me know your decision. come on, let's go. we will talk about pie. not because i'm a fatso and i also can get people to run out and get pie for me and i can after the show stuff my fat face with it. no. this is science, man. i want to demonstrate a fundamental disagreement that americans have with many of the leaders in washington and the globalists like speaky me. remember, i'm a baker not a divider. like a lover not a fighter but a yummy ending. infer mind. the administration and the progressives and the marxists see the world's wealth contained in this, you have one pie, the entire world only has one pie. and so they want to make sure that absolutely everybody, the small businessman, he runs the bar downtown and the mayor, he is with the government and he is the mayor. and we have mr. burns, he runs the nuclear power plant. okay? he gets a slice of pie. and then you have homer which i heard from cass sunstein represents you, the average american person -- dope i and barney the drunk does nothing but drink all daily gets a slice of pie. where is qui

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let me just start out. in 1870s, thomas edison created a phenomenal little deal called a light bulb and afterwards we ended up having the creation of a major corporation called general electric. and we had this unique little creation born here in this country. at the end of this month, ge will discontinue making incan dessnt lights and the plant will be closed. this light will not be made anywhere in the united states. the cfls actually use about 75% less electricity. but the negative part of it is that because it's circular there's a lot of hand labor involved. and now the united states will import almost all the cfls from china, which gives me great pains. the stimulus also provided some opportunities for the department of energy to help companies get involved in the green technology. i mention all that because in your september 16 testimony in the senate, you said and i quote, we are commited to promoting policies in both the united states and china to create new opportunities for americans and grow jobs

now, let me be clear once more. the united states and the international community seek a resolution to our differences with iran and the door remains open to diplomacy, should iran choose to walk through it. but the iranian government must demonstrate a clear and credible commitment and confirm to the world the peaceful intent of its nuclear program. as we combat the spread of deadly weapons, we're also confronting the specter of climate change. after making historic investments in clean energy and efficiency at home, we help forge an accord in copenhagen that for the first time commits all major economies to reduce their emissions. we are keenly aware this is just a first step and going forward we will support a process in which all major economies meet our responsibilities to protect the planet while unleashing the power of clean energy to serve as an engine of growth and development. america's also embraced unique responsibilities that come with our power. since the rains came and the flood waters rose in pakista

let me go -- let me not go too much further into what i have to. i will say, the president was in a meeting. i do not know if he has been notified. john brennan, who is in the meeting, the us. i do not know if he had or had not had a chance to discuss that with the president. >> [inaudible] >> i do not know who is on the scene. the coast guard, the production facility is located in federal waters. they are the ones responding. i do not know who the highest ranking person is. >> on middle east peace talks, what is the president's role, going forward? does he feel like he has appropriately set the stage and secretary clinton is taking the lead? are there additional talks being planned, for example, with egypt, is he stepping back? >> i do not want to make any scheduling pronouncements. obviously, secretary clinton is the lead on this. george mitchell has spent a lot of time in the region, as well as the secretary. we have said this from the beginning, and as i mentioned the other day, one of the first things the president did upon walking in the oval

lastly, let me say one more thing. watch out for so casually trampling on the religious liberty of others. you may be able to do that when you are the majority, but if you undermine liberty for other people's children today, and your own children may one day see their religious liberties deprived from them. and the principles that protect muslims today here in this country will protect christians, jews, and others tomorrow. that is what makes us a great country. i thank you for being here. >> thank you so much, reverend. now we would like to hear from dr. michael cankennemen, the general secretariat of the national council of churches. >> i am the general secretary of the national council, but i'm pleased to say that behind me are the heads of our member churches. the national council is an umbrella group comprised of 36 of the major denominations in this country and behind me are the leaders of the greek orthodox, the armenian orthodox, the episcopal, methodists, lutherans, baptist, and other communions. and together,

let me go to andrea first. andrea, let me read to you quote from the book. this is something obama told his aides. "i think i have two years with public on this. they will stand by us for two years. that's my window." that seems to be a statement that politics plays a role in his thinking about how long to keep us in afghanistan. >> i think politics does play a role but that is a commander in chief and a president who ho is trying to understand what leeway he has. i think it is defensible. i have talked to michael besh loss and others who say that this is someone trying to figure out what is tolerable by the american people. i think they can explain this and say this is exactly what he is doing. >> how much he can get away with in keeps the troops, the base would depart otherwise. let ask you about the positive question. are we in there for two years because he believes in what we can do for two years or believe that is what he has to do to keep the right from attacking him, because throughout this -- these quotes we are getting from this book today, we are

let me read a bit of his testimony. it is interesting and important to note that none of this is done haphazardly. we're talking about a section of the population that incorporates people schizophrenia and bipolar. it is a very small percentage of what we're talking about. in situations like that, we have found that when people are off their mends that they do not always want to have that push. in most cases, the city would get proposition 3 funding for voluntary services only. forced or involuntary, that is not our focus. we do not receive benefits as the county for that. what happens in most cases is that people go into these programs. we can still have hearings. right now, you get if hearing. a hearing if you are locked up in jail. you go back and may still be locked in jail. if you get a hearing before you get locked up, there is hope it will not happen and someone will not be incarcerated. they are very strict guidelines for the increase hearing. you have to go in front of the judge. you are actually in court. supe

let me tell you something.t day, there was an explosion of emotion and joy in each and every home in chile, and i think many other countries in the world, and immediately after, we told them -- after the first chat, which was more or less -- we had to increase in order to be able to rescue them. it is very tough because they are very deep in the mountain and the rock is very, very hard. but i hope that by the end of october, beginning of november, we will be able to rescue them. >> charlie: you call it project jonah? >> yes. because prophet jonas was eaten by a whale and rescued from the bowel of the whale and we are going to rescue these miners from the bowel of the earth, and therefore, it was so emotional. i cannot tell you my feelings when i knew that they were alive. i was there. i was in the mine, and have dreamed so many times of the day when they would come out out surface. >> charlie: a national day. of celebration. >> to be with their mother, father, sons, daughters. >> charlie: a great story. >> it i

let me go do that. i honestly do not know the answer. >> [unintelligible] >> let me go look at the blocks. >> in august, the numbers went up from 18 for it 4% -- 18.4%. is that included in what the president is trying to do to get people back to work? >> again, what you have seen happen in this economy is that productivity has increased, temporary work has increased, employers have taken the steps of cutting hours, but not necessarily adding additional full-time workers. there are any number people that, in the monthly employment survey, would be included in a group of people that would like to work more it they could. that is what you typically hear on a daylight tomorrow unemployment number and an under-employment number. those who would like to have additional work, but cannot find it. obviously, those are just as much a focus as those -- inherent in dealing with either of those two groups is greater full-time employment. that is certainly what the president and the team are looking for. >> the produ

. >> let me ask you about the relationship with president bush. many people thought you would not get on because of the difference in your politics. >> we continue, obviously, to disagree on certain aspects of politics, like climate change or even the middle east peace process from time to time. i'm a democrat not a republican. but on the central question, after september 11th, of security, we were in agreement. >> you say george w. bush was very smart. he had an immense simplicity in how he saw the world. right or wrong, it led to decisive leadership. >> yes, it did. and i -- and i think, you know -- it's easy to mock that simplicity. it's easy to ignore the strength that sometimes comes with it and a decision like the surge in iraq. i can't think of many people that would have had the courage to take that decision in the way that he did. >> let's move on to bill clinton. you describe him as your political soulmate. why is that? >> i think he was one of the first people really to understand, to articulate, how progressive politics couldn't be a r

let me just ask you first. where do you get this money?> well the tea party express is a federal political action committee. we don't have a 501 c-3 or a 527 or any of these other devices. all of our money has to come from individuals by a law we can't take corporate donations and our contributions are limited to less than $5,000. we have about a half million members around the country. they contribute i think about an average of $62, $63 per person. so we're the purist form of democracy, i think, in the tea party movement in the sense that when we want to do something we don't have any money to start with. we have to send an email out to our people and say, hey, we think sharon angle will be a great candidate in nevada. do you want to get behind her. here's what we want to do to get on television. they have to send us money to finance it. we're very responsive to what our people want. if we have good ideas, then they respond by contributing. we're able to go out and help these campaigns of these good tea party, you know, type candidates t

finally let me finish with a need to get in the car and drive. all that's ahead, but first let's check the "hardball" scoreboards. the latest polls in the tight races around the country. we'll start with the connecticut senate race, where dick blumenthal leads linda mcmahon by just three points. joe sestak is now within five points of toomey. in missouri, a poll by has robin carnahan within striking distance of republican roy blunt. but in new hampshire it's republican ayotte with a 14-point lead over democrat hodes. we'll continue to check the hardball scoreboard each night. >>> joining me is josh marshall, founder and editor of "talking points memo" and joan walsh of salon. let me start with you, josh. this new appeal by the president, the vice president, speaking of talking points, they seem to have them. buck up. >> you know, they're in a tough position. they have to get their base out. frankly myself, i think they're right. if the people -- every democrat who supports those positions, those people need to show up. the problem is that the whit

let me go to rajmahan. relate to gandhi, how people relate to beganty and what he taught, you know, in a country that's not toughering r sufferir-- suffering from colonialism. >> there are so many things all of our countries are suffering from, corruption, from cruelties and from the division of the world in so many compartments. i think jesus and i believe moses, too, i don't know enough about moses, but i know about jesus and a good deal about gandhi and a fair amount of king. all these, as far as i can see, felt that all humanity was one and one of the great oppressionings of our modern world is this idea that some people in the humanity are okay, and others are not okay. and this, as far as jesus, moses, gandhi, king were concerned, all people are my people. and we should have to ask ourselves, are there some people in the world that we don't regard as our people? if the answer to that is yes, then, i think all of these would want us to make a change in our attitude. >> glenn: let me go here and may i t

earmarks are going to be a thing of the past. >> congresswoman rodgers, let me ask you, point for ment some place where it says, "we republicans get why you threw us out in 2006 and 2008 and here's why we're different now." # where is that provision? >> i just think that the fact that we have this pledge, it's positive, it's constructive, and the republicans did lose their way. they were spending too much, and we're recognizing that. and in this pledge, we say that we're -- this is a pact to get us to a balanced budget, a pact to actually address some of the deficit. start paying down the deficit, which has never happened under republicans or democrats. and we're going the back to pre-t.a.r.p., pre-stimulus spending levels. and saying, we need to get our fiscal house in order. and we're very much making a commitment to do that. and it was developed after engaging hundreds of thousands of americans, all across this country. so it's ideas and principles that people from all across this country have brought to us. >> congresswoman blackburn, can you cure what ails the u.s. economy witho