mr. burton to close for us. so we are waiting for you to finish. mr. berman: may i inquire how much time? the chair: -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 45 seconds. the gentleman is recognized for 45 seconds. . mr. berman: there are two important issues raised by this resolution. one seems a little more distant than it did at the time it was introduced and that was the possibility of a unity government that included an organization that is on our terrorist list that subscribes to violence, to the elimination of the state of israel and refuses to recognize past agreements in a unity government. hopefully that agreement -- the chances of it are diminishing. the second point is a strategy which violates the palestinian's own commitments to -- that they made in madrid, that they made part of the road map, that were made in the context of the oslo agreements, that they will negotiate directly with the israelis to resolve this conflict. i think it is all too appropriate to point out that should they pursue that cors, the assistance that we have ver

mr. burton: mr. speaker, i came down here today to talk about the libya issue, the war that supposedly is not a war. but i wanted to start off by talking a little bit about the rhetoric that's coming out of the white house and from the president. i was watching the news this morning and the president indicated that they were going to have these budget talks down at the white house today. and he said, and i quote, that the republicans, in effect, have a gun to the head of the american people. and that just isn't the kind of rhetoric that should be used right now when we're talking about the huge budget deficits we have. and if i were talking to the president, i would try to admonish him to not do that in the future. and then when we were talking about libya, i think it was just about four or five days ago, he said that we in congress are making libya a cause celebre, indicating that it's not an important issue and we're just trying to puff it up so that we can make political points. the fact of the ma

murdoch found as did mr burton's that you just can't buy all the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him for years and this time they may have succeeded just as he looks set to consolidate control over a lot section of the case media markets pulled out from under him and it's all over the hidden scandal now revealed that the police have known about it for years. the dangers of a debt default seven while the us is on the brink of a financial nightmare and what it might do to try to avoid. square a four wheeled frenzy is high speed formula one super car screech through the center of moscow. a new round of nato airstrikes. of the libyan capital tripoli as colonel gadhafi valid never to leave his country in the face of assaults by the rebels this comes after the opposition became the legitimate authority in the country in the eyes of more nations the u.s. and more than thirty other states recognize them would have diplomatic meeting on friday saying they would deal with them until an interim government is in place recognition by the contact group in libya also gives

mr. burton: i do. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. burton: i won't be redundant. i'll follow up on what my colleague, representative foxx, said in proposing this amendment for the two of us. this is merely a move to make sure that legislation that has already passed the defense of marriage act and in the authorization bill dealing with the department of defense coincides with the appropriation bill that we're talking about today. there's been some confusion in the department of defense about the -- on the -- in the facilities at these military bases that there could be marriages between two men or two women. the defense of marriage act and the authorization bill clearly states that they -- that that cannot happen and will not happen because it would be a violation of the defense of marriage act which has passed this body. even though the administration has chosen not to be involved in this issue, i believe it's incumbent on the congress to make this issue very clear so that we don't have confusion on these military bases when we talk a

mr. burton, for five minutes. mr. burton: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: and to be recognized for five minutes. madam speaker, i listened to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talking about the need for us to get our economic house in order. the president down at the white house is saying we have to raise taxes because we have a revenue problem. we need to bring in more money. the fact of the matter is that this last year we had a 7% increase in taxes coming in. we had a 7% increase in taxes coming in even though we have the unemployment problems that we have. the problem was we spent 11% more than we took in. so the problem that we have right now is that the white house is spending too much money. we have to cut spending. we're bringing in more money than we did last year, last fiscal year, but we're spending way more than that. so we have a spending problem, not a taxing problem. now, they also said that we ought to tax the rich more

name is jennifer smith and i'm here today to represent the john burton foundation for children without homes. i do have a letter from mr. john burton, who was, unfortunately, unable to make it today. but i wanted to be here myself to establish our support of this project. on a personal note, i spend my days quantifying the need for programs like this, as well as studying the successful outcomes, and i can speak to the fact that there is a great, great need for programs such as this in our city, as well as speak to the fact that programs similar to these have tremendous successful outcomes for these youth. so i just want to thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of my organization as well as in the hopes that you will support this project and the youth that it will benefit. thank you. president olague: thank you. if i've called your name, please, you can come to the mic. >> hi. my name is rod giden, the co-founder and executive director of at the crossroads, a street outreach and counseling organization for street youth in san francisco. i've been running it for 14 years. i was a member of the transition an ag

mr. burton said they don't disagree that much. the science of decomposition odor has not developed to the level where there is a signature set of compound that show human decom. they both agree the chemical signature from this car is consistent with a decompositional event. dr. burton said yes, i belief those chemicals have from a decompositional event. he believes it's human. that's what dr. voss said. they don't disagree that much on much of anything other than the final conclusion. dr. voss told you when you combine the science with his experience and what he smelled in that can, the odor he smelled for 30 years, i asked, do you have an opinion based upon all of that whether that odor was from human decomposition, and his answer was i can find no plausible other he can explanation. i would submit that dr. burton's other explanation is not plausible. cowan in direct wanted to just have dr. voss talk about the garbage from a photograph. without talking about what was actually there. but i wanted dr. furks rton to i wanted dr. fur

mr. burton: mr. speaker, today the fed chairman, mr. bernanke, is indicating that they're going to increase the money supply again. they call it qe-3. but the american people need to know that means they're going to print more money and when they print more money that makes the value of your dollar and your currency worth less. that means milk is going to cost more, bread is going to cost more because the federal government's not living within its means and they're going to print more money that's going to make all of our currency worth less. i want to tell you what's happening in other countries when we've done this. in hungary in 1946 the price of everything doubled every 16 hours. in yugoslavia in 1994 the prices doubled every 34 hours. in germany in 1923 the price of everything doubled every four days. in greece in 1944 it doubled every four days. in zimbabwe in 2008 it doubled every 24 hours. we need to stop this printing of money. we need to control spending in this body instead of letting the fed print more money which is a hidde

mr. burton: mr. speaker, the american people who may be paying attention to this whole debate may be confused. let me sum it up in one sentence them. want to spend more, they want to tax more and we don't. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hlen: mr. speaker, if what the gentleman's say something that we think we should getid of a lot of the pork barrel spending in the tax codewhether it's o subsidies or whether it's for corporate jets, yeah, we think we should get rid of some of that stuff for the purpose of reduce -- for the purpose of reducing the deficit. mr. jordan: would the gentleman yield for a question? mr. van hollen: we have a lot less time. really, otherwise i would. cot speaker tell us how much time is on either side? mr. jordan: quick question. joip excuse me. the gentlelady from ohio has 23 3/4 minutes and the gentleman from maryland has 401 1/2 and -- 40 1/2 and then there's an additional 30 minutes for mr. ryan on the major

mr. burton: mr. speaker, the american people who may be paying attention to this whole debate may be confused. let me sum it up in one sentence them. want to spend more, they want to tax more and we don't. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. speaker, if what the gentleman's say something that we think we should get rid of a lot of the pork barrel spending in the tax code, whether it's oil subsidies or whether it's for corporate jets, yeah, we think we should get rid of some of that stuff for the purpose of reduce -- for the purpose of reducing the deficit. mr. jordan: would the gentleman yield for a question? mr. van hollen: we have a lot less time. really, otherwise i would. cot speaker tell us how much time is on either side? mr. jordan: quick question. joip excuse me. the gentlelady from ohio has 23 3/4 minutes and the gentleman from maryland has 401 1/2 and -- 40 1/2 and then there's an additional 30 minutes for mr. ryan on t

mr. burton: mr. speaker, the american people who may be paying attention to this whole debate may be confused. let me sum it up in one sentence them. want to spend more, they want to tax more and we don't. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. speaker, if what the gentleman's say something that we think we should get rid of a lot of the pork barrel spending in the tax code, whether it's oil subsidies or whether it's for corporate jets, yeah, we think we should get rid of some of that stuff for the purpose of reduce -- for the purpose of reducing the deficit. mr. jordan: would the gentleman yield for a question? mr. van hollen: we have a lot less time. really, otherwise i would. cot speaker tell us how much time is on either side? mr. jordan: quick question. joip excuse me. the gentlelady from ohio has 23 3/4 minutes and the gentleman from maryland has 401 1/2 and -- 40 1/2 and then there's an additional 30 minutes for mr. ryan on t

mr. burton of indiana for today. mr. coble of north carolina for today after noon. and mr. ellison of minnesota for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, those leaves are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from california, mr. cardoza, is now recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. the gentleman is recognized for 60 minutes. mr. cardoza: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. mr. cardoza: i want to thank my good friend for yielding this time to me. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor and remember a great american. ms. linda lopez, a treasured member of my staff who passed away over the fourth of july weekend. it's somewhat appropriate that that was the weekend that she passed away since she was such an honorable and patriotic lady. her services will be held today in our hometown that we shared. linda was not only a dedicated constituent services representative, she was a tireless advocate and community leader in me

mr. burton and i have worked on together. the amendment would restore eligibility criteria for the weatherization assistance program to pre-stimulus levels. by way of background, prior to 2008, the weatherization assistance program enabled families to reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient. since the stimulus bill increased the eligibility threshold, the weatherization fund has exploded and has accumulated an estimated $1.5 billion in unspent funds. the program has been a model of government waste and inefficiency. last year, new jersey's state auditor audited $6 14,000 worth of weatherization funds that were disbursed in his state and found that $33,000 of the $614,000 that were spent actually went to no services at all. so over 5% of the funds are spent in that state were spent on nothing. this sort of waste and inefficiency no doubt is being seen all across the country. we have seen recent audits of weatherization programs in illinois, delaware and texas yield similar results. personally, i a

mr. burton is recognized for five minutes. >> i would stipulate all individuals are paragons of because they are such a two d. paragon. i think we need to repeat -- this is kind of a hearing and unusual in that this executive order we are asking you folks to comment on explicitly excludes you. as we all know in washington not to commissioners and chairman voluntarily comply with things they don't have to. >> those of us who have been around a little bit understand that. so my first question is why should this committee to end the absent the statutory language that would force compliance with something similar to the executive order. should we pass some sort of statutory requirement that the president says this executive order? or should we let this sleeping dog lie? >> let's try chairman petrini. >> thank you a minister burden. i don't have any specific recommendations. they think as i've indicated in my testimony, we are going to comply in the spirit of it and i think our agencies as an economic agent t., that we institute, do in fact take into account whether research just and reasonable a

mr. richard burton. >> in response from the question from my right honorable friend, the prime minister said if he was given credible information regarding andy coulson, he would have done something about it. so will he now answer my question from my right honorable friend when he received that letter in october, what did he do? >> the answer that all the information that came out while andy coulson was working at number 10 downing street there was a permanent conversation, if you like, about was this new evidence that he knew about phone hacking? if it was, he would have to go. if it wasn't, he wouldn't. that is the key point but in the end, let me just answer this way, in the end because there were so many allegations and because he wasn't able to get on with his job, he left. the second chance i gave him didn't work. now, we can go this a million times but in the end the decision to appoint him is mine for which i've taken full responsibility. the conduct that he had at the number 10 downing street is not something that's under question so i think it would be better if we spent our time w

mr. ake did not know right from wrong. >> and throughout it all in court, glen burton ake remained silent.tal patient than a convicted murderer. sheriff stedman watched and decided it had to be a ploy. he was feigning insanity. >> he'd had about five years or so to come up with this act. >> but did the jury see what the sheriff believed he saw? the decision when it came was quite a surprise. >> i remember when the verdicts were read in the courtroom, this was an audible gasp. >> we the jury empaneled and sworn in the above entitled cause do upon our oaths having heretofore found the defendant glen burton ake guilty of murder in the first degree for the death of richard barry douglass, to afix punishment at life in the state penitentiary. >> no death penalty. this time the jury spared his life. he would come off death row. >> the jury came back and sentenced ake to life for each of the murders and to 200 years each for the shootings of the children. >> but wait a minute. stephen hatch who did not fire a weapon faced execution, but ake, the triggerman, got life. brooks was floored. >> as i h

what is the name of jack burton's nemesis in "big trouble in little china." david lo pan, egg chen, wang, or mr what famed singer performs an ode to america right before apollo creed is killed by ivan drago? aretha franklin, tony bennett, james brown or cher? can't believe i put cher in there. all right. so let's get to how we go from the cult of the individual to the cult of narcissism. how do we go in the 1980s from be both saying that the individual guru is to be followed and listened to, to the cult of me, to the cult of focused on me? if you have the gurus that are above the rest of us, how can you also have a culture that's saying that you can be yourself the superhero? watch this commercial. ♪ you say you want a revolution, well, you know, we all want to change the world. >> okay. the brilliance of this commercial is the putting together of images of regular people with superstars. so watch this one example from this commercial in slow motion. that's a regular kid playing basketball. going up for a layup. and it immediately becomes michael jordan dunking a basketball. the idea probably,