mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield to the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for five minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend, john lewis, for yielding. i thank john lewis for his service to our country, to its principles, to its values, to its people. i thank john lewis for being my friend, and i thank john lewis for allowing me for the ninth time to walk with him across that bridge, and as i do i will be holding the hand of john lewis and holding in my other hand the hand of my 10-year-old granddaughter, alexa. this coming week marks the 47th anniversary of the bloody sunday for voting rights. i want to say to dan lungren, my friend, i thank him for the remarks he just gave. they were heart felt and on target. the letter from the birmingham jail to which he referred is certainly one of the great epistles, as he refers to it, to the people of america, to the people of conscience, to th

mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank my colleague, the majority leader, eric cantor, congresswoman terry sewell, and martha roby in offering this resolution today. and i, mr. speaker, yield myself as much time i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lewis: i'm so pleased that this resolution will preserve the oral history of current and former members of congress who participated in the civil rights movement. and it will also preserve the experiences of members who have come on the pilgrimage to alabama. together we have retraced the steps that will were walked so many years ago and spend time with some of the people who shaped the civil rights movement. some of the members who have gone on this pilgrimage were not even born during the civil rights movement. and they come to learn about our nation's history. many members have come away changed by this experience foreevery. this resolution will help us preserve a powerful and transformative period in american histo

mr. lewissk unanimous consent from all members of written statements be included in the record. without objection, so ordered. i will also ask unanimous consent that gao's report on the 2011 tax filing season and fiscal year 2012 budget request be included in the record. without objection, so ordered. mr. lewis. >> thank you very much madam chair for holding this hearing on the internal revenue service. i'm pleased that we have the commissioner in force today. i have serious concern about the effects of regions budget cuts on taxpayers, tax collection in the agency operation. in our most recent report to congress the national taxpayer advocate stated that the most serious crime on taxpayers at the irs is not adequately funded to serve taxpayers. i fully agree with that statement. this year the agency's budget was cut by over $300 million. this cut -- telephone calls have increased by 34% and had decreased by 20%. over 65% of taxpayers seeking telephone assistance are able to speak to an irs emp

mr. lewis, i ask unanimous consent from all members have written statement be included in the record. without objections awarded. i will also ask unanimous consent to gao's report on the 2011 tax filing season and fiscal year 20 total budget request be included in the record. without objections awarded. mr. lewis. >> thank you very much, madam chair for holding this hearing on the internal revenue service and i am pleased that we have the commissioner before us today. i have serious concerns about the effect of the recent tax collection agency operation. in the most recent report to congress, the national taxpayer advocate stated that the most serious problem facing taxpayers is that the irs is not adequately funded to serve taxpayers and collect taxes. i fully agree with the statements. this year the agency budget was cut by over $300 million. this cut harm taxpayers and telephone service, telephone calls have increased by 34%, but the hours had decreased by 20%. over 65% of taxpayers seeking

and with that, madam chair, i yield back. >> thank you mr. lewis. i would like to welcome back the commissioner of the internal revenue service, mr. douglas h. shulman who has served as commissioner in march 2008. commissioner shulman, thank you again for your time today. the committee has received a written statement and it will be made part of the formal hearing record. you will be recognized for five minutes for your oral remarks, and you may begin when you are ready. >> thank you very much, all the names of the subcommittee, for giving me the opportunity to testify today. i want to talk about, all about filing season and our strategic initiative, and the president's 2013 budget which would give us a much needed increase over the 2012 enacted levels. a significant portion of the president 2013 budget would restore congressional reductions in irs funding made over the last two years. i want to start by saying that i believe it's incumbent on all of us in the government to be as efficient as possible and to spend taxpayer dollars wisely. for the irs

so again i wanted to bring you some headlines from the conversation that mr. lewis and i had a short time ago. there's a picture of joe lewis the founder of the tavistock group with regard to greece, similar to what jeff keswin thinks, this is the end of the beginning. yes they solved part of the issue but it's just the end of the beginning. he's still concerned about what's happening over in europe though he does say worldwide stock markets should turn to benefit from very low interest rates. the environment, he says, still pretty good given the fact that we do have very low interest rates across the board. in terms of what's happening over in europe, austerity alone will not work he says. in terms of the euro itself and this is probably what a lot of people want to hear, from a guy like joe lewis, again, one of the most skilled currency traders in the world, the euro will move higher on a larger bailout fund than lower on the need to use it. he thinks the esfs fund will be enlarged and may give a little bit of a boost to the euro. but if the situation gets bad eno

. >> let's welcome back mr. lewis.>> this is a bull elephant on the other side of the hudson finally speaking back against a mayor who has not gotten much push back when it comes to public safety, certainly not within new york. when chris christie speaks, he has authority that a lot of people don't have. former prosecutor, tough as nails, nobody is squishy liberal, a guy who has a lot of power. one of the more statutorily powerful governors, probably the most in the entire country. he controls a lot of law enforcement apparatus even as governor. when he says this isn't working, this needs to be coordinated. we need to be kept in the loop it has the authority that the civil libertyies union might not have. >> is this as far as he wants to go because mayor booker went further, saying deeply offensive. is he hoping to provoke a resolution of this or would he indeed, go further in stone wall reaction to bloomberg and commissioner kelly. >> when i hear from booker he's a personal friend of the mayor. they're somewhat close.

with that, i would recognize mr. lewis for 5 minutes per >> thank you, very m. >> the gao notes there has been a 34% increase in the number of calls for this filing season and a 50% increase in calls answered by the automated phone service. can you tell us what are the taxpayers calling about? what is the nature of the calls? >> calls can be anything from people want to set up a payment plan, to people are curious. i'm filling out my return and i'm going to take this deduction. how does that work? just general tax law questions, two questions about where is my refund? i filed last friday it and my procure told me i would get a refund and i have not got it. calls very. ary. we can give you a breakdown para >> thank you very much. we understand there is a request of a cap adjustment of $700 million. what are your plans if any if the agency does not receive these resources? >> we are still early in the congressional budget and appropriations cycle. and so we are quite hopeful, and in the past, we have had broad bipartisan sup

i recognize mr. lewis for 5 minutes. >> mr. commissioner, the gl knows there has been a 34% increase in the number of calls this filing season and a -- the g. at a all nodes that there has been a 34% increase in the number-- gao -- gao knows that there has been a 34% increase in the number of calls. can you tell us what the taxpayers are calling about? >> because could be anything from people wanting to set up a payment plan to general tax law questions. questions about, where is my refund? i filed next friday -- last friday and my prepared told me i would get a refund on wednesday. i could give you a specific breakdown what he calls are. >> thank you. we understand there is a cap adjustment of $700 million for next year's budget for an enforcement program. what are your plans if the agency does not receive these resources? >> we are still early in the congressional budget appropriations cycle. we are quite hopeful. in the past, we have had broad bipartisan support for that adjustment. the most recent adjustment was for 2006 an

mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentlelady from -- the gentlelady for yielding. i rise today to honor the memory of our beloved colleague, the distinguished the gentleman from the state of new jersey, donald payne. today we have lost a wonderful and good friend and the people of new jersey have lost a fearless leader and advocate. any american can be elected to public office, but not everyone can serve with dignity and great respect. donald payne, my friend, my brother, enjoyed the admiration of his colleagues because he led by example and through qui determined diplomacy he accomplished a great deal. a deep sensitivity to the human condition were at the center of all he did. his work was an extension of the belief that each of us has a responsibility to serve one another. and that we must use the pow and resources of a great nation to relieve the burdens of the poor, the oppressed, the hungry and the sick. as a public school teacher willing to unlock the power of keadcation to free those -- education to free those who were struggling in the urban areas of americ

mr. lewis: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, america has the best health care system in the world. long before coming to congress, i spent my energy in the life and health insurance business. in selling individual contracts, i found that questions of pre-existing conditions and portability were a major concern for people buying individual health insurance contracts. over the years i became convinced that these two major challenges could be solved by breaking down the walls between the individual states. this would provide a much larger pool of applicants, thus allowing for a much more reasonable base to underwrite the cost of covering those pre-existing conditions and allowing for a more effective portability. when we debated how to solve the problems affecting our health care system two years ago, many were warned that government would go too far and must not be the solution. our former speaker said, and i quote, we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. well, now we know what is in it, and it's

mr. lewis, for five minutes. mr. lewis: madam speaker, for more than 30 years monica pearson has been the voice of wsb-tv, the atlanta abc station. she's a caring individual and one of the most loved television anchors in the nation. you can always see her up in metro atlanta, somewhere serving and sharing, giving back to the community of people who have supported her for many, many years. . when monica delivers the news she believes it because they believe in her and they know she believes in them. she didn't just read the news, but as a member of the community, she tried to discover the truth. and we trust what she said. though she may be leaving, she's not retiring from her involvement with our city, our state and our nation. i wish monica and her husband, john, the very best. we love her. she's been good for our city, for our state and for our nation. madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from -- the chair recognizes

mrs. denise lewis. >> i am delighted to be here. [inaudible] i cannot begin to put it into words. am filled with anticipation. [inaudible] i do not think so. the challenge is on. >> the honorable judge. mr. james lassiter. mrs. lassiter. mr. george tunis. mrs. ulga tunis. mrs. luiz ann rodgers. ms. hilary rosen. mr. john jkelly. mr. and mrs. -- mr. paul shinkman. dr. john feliz austion. mrs. maggie austin. mrs. lynn kaufman. >> we broke away there momentarily to take you out front. the president and first lady awaiting the arrival of david cameron and his wife samantha. live coverage here on c-span. >> very pretty. they look better than us. >> present. >> mr. george clooney. >> smiled. . mr. kerry -- mrs. dorothy -- >> great to be back. >> mrs. carrol -- mr. charlie rose. ms. amanda burden. mr. tony james. mrs. annabelle james. mrs. meredith dewitt. mr. terry dewitt. mr. james schneider. mrs. tracy schneider. sentaor mccaskill. mr. joseph shepherd. mr. hunter biden. mrs. kathleen biden. mrs. catherine -- the honorable hilda -- the secretary of labor. the honorable anthony miller.

mr. lewis? >> thank you mr. sherman. doctor, thank you for being with us. i can't help but scratch my head about the fact that we are able to acquire someone of your background and talent to serve in this capacity. to save them least to be taken from the committees like this, if you are willing us to serve we are very much appreciated. your background as well known at a nobel prize winner in the arena of physics, but beyond that you're celebrating or anniversaries and other things. deride holds a doctorate of philosophy as understand in physics from oxford university and beyond that she served as chief of staff for two stanford university presents as of the definitions. it's got to be interesting to hear you talk about at night. [laughter] alana o.s. for sure she would not have admitted me. [laughter] i must say, your service is very much appreciated. but beyond that, the panel probably doesn't realize this, but yucca mountain has for all these decades essentially been in my district, and in the early days it strikes me that unless we learn from this most r

yesterday evening mr. lewis me show -- michaud jr. passed away. he passed away at the ripe old age of 89. as i visited with his son this morning on the telephone, he had a nice remark saying, my dad would constantly say if he knew he was going to live that long he would have taken better care of himself. imagine that. he was born in 1922 in south central louisiana, at the age of 24 he bravely served our country during world war ii in the marine corps. and after serving his country, he came back and began living the american dream. he became a entrepreneur. he started his own businesses. in 1958, he bought a restaurant franchise which he expanded across all of south louisiana. he he ventured into other businesses from cattle ranching to real estate to oil and gas. later in 1960 mr. michaud sought to serve his community and his state. he was elected to the statehouse to representatives where he served for four years before making a run for governor. he re-entered the political career in 1968 where he won a seat on the louisiana state board of educat

mr. lewis: madam speaker, again this year the republican budget would end medicare's guarantee to our seniors. the republican budget takes aim at the very heart of our moral obligation to our seniors. medicare has been both a blessing and a life line for our seniors and disabled. our seniors have worked a lifetime to make our country great and we will not break our promise that medicare would be there for them in their retirement. medicare is at the core of our social compact, is at the heart of what has made our nation strong. we must not turn medicare into a voucher program. we will not, we must not balance our budget on the backs of our seniors. with that, madam speaker, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: madam speaker, i rise today in support of the bipartisan senate passed highway transportation re-authorization bill, we all know that in this global economic -- glo

you know, the honorable lewis mr. farrakhan he speaks of black empowerment while you guys in the media a lot of people will pick and choose different things that he says, the overall theme of everything he spoke about at berkeley was black empowerment. >> laura: jasmine, do you agree with his point of view that the jews control the media? he also has referred to that and clearly if you go against the jews they control the media so basically you are up against, you know, a wall. that's his point. do you agree with that? >> what i agree with is is his right to say that unlike other folks who are saying more problematic things over public airwaves, minister louis farrakhan is a private citizen and more than that. >> laura: wait a second. is he a private citizen. >> is he a private citizen. is he a spiritual leader. >> laura: isn't he a public figure? >> is he a spiritual. >> laura: indicate he was a private citizen. he says some of the most. >> is he a minister. is he a private citizen. he can say what he wants. >> laura

mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentlelady from -- the gentlelady for yielding. i rise today to honor the memory of our beloved colleague, the distinguished the gentleman from the state of new jersey, donald payne. today we have lost a wonderful and good friend and the people of new jersey have lost a fearless leader and advocate. any american can be elected to public office, but not everyone can serve with dignity and great respect. donald payne, my friend, my brother, enjoyed the admiration of his colleagues because he led by example and through quiet determined diplomacy he accomplished a great deal. a deep sensitivity to the human condition were at the center of all he did. his work was an extension of the belief that each of us has a responsibility to serve one another. and that we must use the power and resources of a great nation to relieve the burdens of the poor, the oppressed, the hungry and the sick. as a public school teacher willing to unlock the power of keadcation to free those -- education to free those who were struggling in the urban areas of am

you know, the honorable lewis mr. he speaks of black empowerment while you guys in the media a lot of people will pick and choose different things that he says, the overall theme of everything he spoke about at berkeley was black empowerment. >> laura: jasmine, do you agree with his point of view that the jews control the media? he also has referred to that and clearly if you go against the jews they control the media so basically you are up against, you know, a wall. that's his point. do you agree with that? >> what i agree with is is his right to say that unlike other folks who are saying more problematic things over public airwaves, minister louis farrakhan is a private citizen and more than that. >> laura: wait a second. is he a private citizen. >> is he a private citizen. is he a spiritual leader. >> laura: isn't he a public figure? >> is he a spiritual. >> laura: indicate he was a private citizen. he says some of the most. >> is he a minister. is he a private citizen. he can say what he wants. >> laura: one at a

mr. gaddis discusses kennan's life and career with susan glasner, editor-in-chief of foreign policy magazine. >> host: i'm susan glaser editor of foreign policy and talking today with john lewis gaddis about his book, george f. kennan. as you've already heard, kennan was a diplomat, scholar, a prize-winning author, historian john lewis gaddis has spent 30 years writing his biography. it's just out in the last few months. he calls kennan's and american life, a subject we are discussing today. he will talk even more about the 700 page book, one whose grand sweep runs all the way from princeton on the eve of world war to the show trials and the

lewis was there. the president says "homeland" is his new favorite show. and mr.ng himself, george clooney, was there without a date. >> everybody is going the start talking. >>> for all of you into fashion, the first lady was wearing a teal marchesa gown. >>> won wade is obsessed with white house memorabilia. this is him in a reply c replic oval office. >> he drives a car jfk used in his final months in office. his wife and daughters dress up like the kennedy women when they ride if the car. >>> now for a moment of unadulterated joy. take a look. >> that's little lennon speaking out as he experiences bubbles for the first time. he can't believe his young eyes. >> doesn't take much to impress a toddler. [ groans ] pssst! don't go in there! it's your surprise party and we want this hair color to be party ready. let's get some dimensional color. now!? what if it comes out wrong? [ gigi ] nice 'n easy gets your right color every time. guaranteed. in one step get tones and highlights for a gorgeous result. now, go party! surprise! surprise! surprise! surprise! i had n

mr. damien lewis. >> [inaudible] >> what do i want to tell them? [inaudible] there was that moment in the new york times op ed, it seemed we crossed into the cultural zeitgeist. president obama's foreign policy -- when does he watch tv? that is what i'm going to ask him. [inaudible] >> mr. warren buffet. mrs. buffet. -- mrs. astrid m. buffet. the honorable tina chen. mr. john w. thompson. mrs. sandy thompson. dr. amy -- dr. michael doyle. the honorable eric holder, attorney general. the honorable kathleen sebilius, it secretary of health and human services. the honorable rajiv shaw. mrs. shaw. mr. joe lamont. mrs. andra lamont. mr. anthony gardner. mrs. alejandra gardner. mrs. carol penske. mr. david penske. mr. raj fernando. mrs. jennifer -- the honorable martha johnson. mr. steve johnson. the honorable camilla harris. mrs. mike harris. -- maya harris. the honorable wendy sherman. mr. stokes. -- bruce stokes. the honorable brooke anderson. mr. james -- ms. ann windosr. -- anna wintour. mr. shelby bryant. mr. harvey weinstein. ms. georgina chapman.

mr. franc. it was my conclusion he has a distinctive inuz with greatness, afraid to leave something else and suck couples to narrative literalisms. professor lewis says, great monuments are simple lucid and say only one thing. we honor, we celebrate, we grieve. i would like to disclose i'm board of architecture art. michael franc and i were among winners. as a result of this issue, should there be another competition, i will not enter it. in a city that is overflowing with green shortstop scapes and parks this provides one of the most urban circumstances to provide washington her principle successful civic square as called for by the mcmillin plan. a theater for the automobile which is how mr. gary describes his design will continue the exodus of inhabitants as soon as they are allowed to leave their workplaces. a design must conform with 1791 la font and mcmillin plans. the fundamental zoning codes for the city and monumental corps. no subsequent zoning plan put together any agency has ever replaced them. the gary plan having gone through the gsa design excellence program has attempted to compromise this rule. the memorial commission and gary i

lewis-mcchord has been culled the most troubled base in america. >>> our new poll finds a race between president obama and mitt romney would be very close. 49% say mr. obama would be re-elected. 49% say romney would win. >>> drenching rain in the northwest. showers from new orleans, atlanta and pittsburgh. near 70s in the northeast. enjoy those temperatures. >>> and finally this morning, they say that a woman's work is never done. but apparently, many of us won't have it any other way. >> that's right, as moms juggle family and jobs, a new study shows fathers want to pitch in, guess whose stopping them? claire shipman explains. >> laundry. >> get dinner started. >> and i do it all over again. >> reporter: the modern woman ace time crunch. but this just in. we can't blame slacker husbands or killer jobs anymore. >> women are still holding themselves to be standards that require that they're responsible for so much of what goes on at home while really performing at work. >> come on. >> reporter: that's right. a surprising new survey by "real simple" magazine say women need to look in the mirror to find the real culprit. we say it's helicopter motheri

mr. pike, a partner at farrers... >> bergman: james murdoch led the news that night. for mark lewiswouldn't give up under intimidation, like the mp tom watson, persistence had kept the story alive. you've said that but for pure chance, pure serendipity, it's very possible none of this would have come out. >> correct. the journey, which is something which had started as a small file in my office in manchester, had led to the resignation of someone in ten downing street. but actually that was only about twenty percent of the journey. i describe my life as that two or so years ago, i walked into a john grisham novel. >> bergman: the phone-hacking scandal will roll on for years, uncovering connections to more people yet to be named. >> it's almost unstoppable, this process. so you have this very powerful judicial inquiry looking at the relationship between newspapers and the police, or looking at the relationship between the murdoch organization and politicians, which is going to be extremely interesting because of the possibility that the murdock people have been telling government how

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from lewis is recognized. ms.landrieu: i ask unanimous consent that on wednesday, march 28, at 5:00 p.m., the sna proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en bloc: calendar number 464 and 497 that there be 60 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form, upon the use or yielding back of tiernlg the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on calendar number 4649 and 497 and in that order. the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order and that any related statements be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to consideration of s. res. 407 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 407, expressing the sense of the senate that executives

mr. gaddis discusses kennan's life and career with susan glasner, editor-in-chief of foreign policy magazine. >> host: i'm susan glaser editor of foreign policy and talking today with john lewis gaddis about his book, george f. kennan. as you've already heard, kennan was a diplomat, scholar, a prize-winning author, historian john lewis gaddis has spent 30 years writing his biography. it's just out in the last few months. he calls kennan's and american life, a subject we are discussing today. he will talk even more about the 700 page book, one whose grand sweep runs all the way from princeton on the eve of world war to the show trials and the devastation of the postwar japan, the intrigues of dean acheson state department and the politics of vietnam and the personal life of a respected but i think fair to say somewhat tormented intellectual. kennan today is best remembered as the architect a freeze if you google him will inevitably come up with his name. he expressed that of course in his famous article in a foreign affairs back in 1947. but as his book reminds us, he made many other contributions for practically inventing the serious study of the soviet union in sight of the

mr. barrasso: i agree with my colleague from lures lewis who is an expert in these areas and spends so much time talking about energy and the need for affordable energy. that's what people are asking for. they're noticing the pain at the pump and saying why is this? and they don't have to look any further than the president's policies. the president's efforts to in my opinion make it harder for us to explore for energy. and what does he try to do? reuters report this morning -- u.s.-britain agree to strategic petroleum reserve. this is there for emergencies, disruption o supply, not for a political disaster. what the president has on his hands is a political disaster. the fact that the price at the pump has gone up about a penny a day for the last 30 days. so people are paying more. they realize it. if they're trying to also deal with mortgage and kids it's much, much harder. it is a direct impact on their quality of life. yet the president continues to give speeches about the gasoline prices and to blame everyone other than himself. but it is discouraging to see the president looking to th

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mrs. bales detailed on the blog, since the bales had been living at joint base lewis mccord in washingtontion, she wrote germany would have the best adventure opportunity. italy the second best adventure opportunity next to hawaii and she just wrote enough said and kentucky we'd be close to bob's family and georgia a good place to be a sniper teacher, all that have is on hold because her husband is locked up at fort leavenworth in kansas, where a crime he allegedly committed and a place they ut that he was done with. the sergeant bales was told he was not going to be redeployed, but changed overnight. >> clayton: a lot changed for the family overnight. peter doocdoocy. and looked up for life at age 14. how young is too young to be locked away in prison all the way to the supreme court. coming up. and one city canceling easter steg hunt because of bad behavior. this time the kids aren't to blame, the paints parents are the ones out of control. ♪ abin fever. because with get-it-done savings on everything we need... ...we can turn this weekend into a fresh floor... ...or an updated bathroom.

lewis of south carolina to be united states district judge for the district of south carolina. timothy s. hillman of massachusetts to be united states district judge for the district of massachusetts. mr. reid: mr. president, i have cloture motions relative to each of these district court nominees at the desk. i now ask consent it be in order for them to be filed. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in cord an with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing riewstles of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of gina marie grow of west virginia to be district judge for the northern district of west virginia, signed by 18 senators as follows -- reid of nevada, manchin, brown of ohio, udall of new mexico, murray, begich, kohl, nelson of florida, lautenberg, shaheen, bloomen that will, cardin, coons, feinstein, leahy, durbin, lieberman, schumer. cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance -- provided mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i have filed 17 cloture motions. the clerk has read t