mrs. pelosi met with bashar assad, and headlines across the world stated that mrs. pelosi had said that the road to peace is through damascus. guest: right. caller: when this first started over a year ago, my question is, could not mrs. pelosi have gone as an envoy, and led a peace mission to syria? guest: it's funny you mention that, it brings back memories. i was actually there that day in damascus when she was visiting. what she was needing concerning peace was the policy and this is very popular, it has been for decades, an especially in democratic party circles of basing u.s. policy and large parts of it on the peace process, and here we were talking about facilitate ago peace treaty between israel and syria, and that's for the first couple of years of the obama administration, was the policy. with the uprisings, we have the problem of the assad regime versus its own people, open hostilities. mrs. pelosi did not go over, but we did have others who have been along the way who had been engagin

mrs. pelosi met with bashar assad, and headlines across the world stated that mrs. pelosi had said that the road to peace is through damascus. guest: right. caller: when this first started over a year ago, my question is, could not mrs. pelosi have gone as an envoy, and led a peace mission to syria? guest: it's funny you mention that, it brings back memories i was actually there that day in damascus when she was visiting. what she was needing concerning peace was the policy -- and this is very popular, it has been for decades, an especially in democratic party circles -- of basing u.s. policy and large parts of it on the peace process, and here we were talking about facilitate ago peace treaty between israel and syria, and that's for the first couple of years of the obama administration, was the policy. with the uprisings, we have the problem of the assad regime versus its own people, open hostilities. mrs. pelosi did not go over, but we did have others who have been along the way -- who had been

cannot mrs. pelosi have gone as a convoy and led a peace mission to syria? guest: it brings back memories. i chilly there that day in damascus when she was visiting. -- i was actually there that day in damascus when she was visiting. she was mentioning the policies. there is a habit of basing u.s. policy on the peace process. here we are talking of facilitating a peace treaty between israel and syria. with the upright the -- uprisings, we have open hostilities. she did not go over. we did have others who had been engaging the assad regime like senator john kerry and had made overtures earlier to damascus. he has shifted along with everyone else. the reason why is the brutality of the regime. i do not think she will be going to damascus. host: was the syria a coalition partner? guest: it was. it helped seal the iraqi border. the action committed troops to the invasion of iraq. that was long ago. it is a very different regime. the brutality has in dort over the -- in toward -- endured over the decades. what we're able to work with them, the current uprising ha

pelosi has assured me she is going to be coming back. i'm going to recognize mr. webster and read the rule here. each committee shall apply the five metal during the question and witnesses until such time as each member of the committee who so desires has had an opportunity to question each witness. ms. slaughter is right we don't subpoena members for the committee but that is the rule of the house. >> mr. webster? excuse me? i'm sorry? [inaudible] >> i said the rule says that each member of the panel has the right to question any witness who is here. >> thank you mr. chairman to it i would like to relate a real-life story someone can clean with the soldier and 50,000-dollar price tag has been put on the rich than let's see if that is true. 51 years ago my father started our small business and he started leaving a really good job and i was 12-years-old at that time. he took everything he had and put it into a business. he took no salary. my mom worked as a -- she is a registered nurse that worked in the hospital on the nights and weekends she was the secretary dur

because mrs. pelosiany wanted unanimity among the democrats when the law was enacted and because some conservative democrats interestingly some of them are not going to the democratic national convention this year. >> they're busy. >> insisted that some tools be taken away from the i.r. some were so they can't seek an indictment, criminal charge for those willfully refuse to pay this. the i.r.s. is not seize bank accounts and dock wages. the i.r.s. cannot add penalties for your failure to pay. only thing that keeps adding is interest. and the interest is established by the statute. >> so some conservative democrats were against those things. are those things -- are the i.r.s. able to do those things in general? >> sure. if you file a tax return and acknowledge what you owe and don't pay it, the i.r.s. can take it out of your bank account without notice to you. but cannot do this for the so-called tax. >> so if people are looking at this and think, oh, there really aren't many teeth in this law, they can'

goolet's give a hand to our leader pelosi, the chief of police, mr. henderson from my office, and all the other leaders. thank you 3 much. we have a great reason to be celebratory the whole month, and i want to let you know i expect hundreds of thousands of people to come to our city to enjoy not only the great weather but the celebratory events and we have in store, and we are going the right direction. we are doing everything we can to have a city that is recovering common and and we get to shine our san francisco values for the rest of the country for a whole month, if not a whole year. how about that famine? i am not going to give you a whole speech. i am going to leave that to the other politicians. i take great pride in this city. whether it is commissioners or people in the community who work with us, our supervisors and elected officials, i take great pride in working with all of them to make sure this city is a warm, welcoming, servers, and equitable city, and this year's theme, a global economy, is all about getting the whole world to pay at

mr. wright? >> disinformation i am about to give you, there is nancy pelosi, state superior court, and the court of california. this is managed by the community housing partnership. why first move into that place, i signed the contract. with the corporation housing unit, you underlined the need. he moved into an apartment that was infested with mice. i paid my rent on time, and had my intelligence insulted. supervisor -- and gale gillman, the head of the community partner. this is what i had to deal with. this pertains to the apartment inspection. i was complaining about the mice in the building. i did my own investigation and found out there were people complaining about mice there before i moved in. when i further complained, they told me you will go to the health department because i did not unpack my boxes because i am in an apartment infested with mice. several other units were infsted. -- infested. >> do you have any questions? i am not done. >> we have no questions. the next speaker. >> can i speak to you about this? i have to retaliate. >> thank you. we will listen to more comments later

harry reid and nancy pelosi are among those expected to attend. mr. obama is calling for congress to extend the bush era tax cuts for everyone making less than $250,000 a year. but he has some work to do to get all of the democratic members of congress on board with his plan. pelosi is on record wanting to extend the limit to all of those making $1 million a year or less. >>> the fauquier county sheriff's office says the death of a winchester star reporter is now being investigated as a homicide. 48-year-old sarah greenhall's upper hill home was on fire monday when emergency crews got the call. her body was found inside. she was well known for her reporting on equestrian events. deputies are waiting for results of an autopsy to determine the cause of her death. >>> a massachusetts man linked to a terror plot here in washington plans to plead guilty in the case. according to court documents, he has agreed to plea -- with a plea deal with prosecutors. they say he plotted to fly remote controlled model planes packed with explosives into the pentagon and

even nancy pelosi of all people, nancy pelosi is saying, well, $250,000, mr. president, ain't rich. >>neil: he wants do make it $1 million. >>reporter: that should be a starting point when you talk about compromise, what i love is compromise, 100 percent of the way i want, and 80 percent the way you want it. >>neil: but the president twisted it differently and i shot it was shrewd, look, republicans and i agree on this. we want to extend the tax rates for the middle class so for 98 percent or 97 percent of americans we will do that now and putting the republicans in the box that if they do not they look awful. >>reporter: and what compromise. we both agree on this so we will do that. but, that is 100 percent of what he agrees with and 80 percent of what they agree. the idea is, really, and the big battle over taxing small businesses or individuals who file taxes as small businesses, and the president used 3 percent number, of course, when it comes to the numbers and the argument, but it is a lot people they use people, and if they can get around with fractions they get away with fra

mr. obama "does not have a clue how to get america working again." and democrats nancy pelosi and chuck schumer what the cut off to be $1 million not $250,000. >> i want to make sure that it is clear his position is $250,000. >> it would save the average family $2,200 next year. >> the white house said that if congress sends -- sent the president a bill that extends the cuts for everyone, he will veto it. it is an election year and they are happy to have this argument among democrats. they feel it will paint mitt romney as the protector of the wealthy. republicans feel that democrats are keeping the jobless rate at 8.2%. >> more on the president's pitch on extending the tax cuts. the debate by republicans and what it means for you on the politics page of wjla.com. >> on the hill, congress is back in session following the fourth of july holiday. the big story this week among house republicans voting to repeal president obama's health- care law which imposes a tax on anyone who does not purchase health insurance. it is coming up at 6:00 p.m., you are forking out more at the gas

mr. mayor have said, over the course of her 25 years in public service, leader pelosi has been instrumental in shaping and transforming san francisco. people's lives and our physical environment. she has been a tireless champion of infrastructure investment in our city which not only creates jobs but also spurs economic development and housing investment. it is my great honor and pleasure to introduce leader pelosi. [applause] >> thank you very much for your kind introduction, mayor, for your very generous words. chancellor, for yours as well. to all of you, congratulations on all that this representeds today. jobs now, jobs now, jobs now. that is our mantra. jobs now and jobs into the future. chancellor, your words about what your purpose is here are so inspiring and it is one of the reasons we are able to attract the resources of that we can for this area. tiger means, just so you know, tiger means and it is completely in keeping with what the mayor said, transportation investment generating economic recovery. is this a perfect fit? a perfect example of what a tiger grant should be? [appl

but that's not what pelosi and taylor were saying and you know it, mr. shelton.y were implying. >> i know what they were saying. >> bill: romney went in there to antagonize, antagonize the audience. >> absolutely. quite frankly that's exactly what he did. >> bill: now, come on. >> i believe he did come in there -- we have had republic candidates for president at the naacp before. as you know four years ago john mccain. as you know, when george bush ran for president. >> bill: mccain got jazzed too by your. >> that's not true. neither one of them. that he was absolutely not true. >> bill: they got jazzed by your crew. >> i hope you will go back. >> bill: i covered it. i remember covering it. wait a minute, hillary. >> viewers see exactly what happens. >> bill: quite frankly what you are saying is untrue. >> bill: wait, wait, wait. mr. shell ton, hold it? >> from houston came last time we were here. >> mr. shell ton you are filibustering now. >> sure, go ahead, please. >> bill: bill thank you. >> no, please, your turn. >> bill: mitt romney gave the same speech he g

appeal yowsies -- -- miss pelosi and mr. schumer favor favor $1 million the cutoff. mr. schumer has said people are not likely to spend the savings and help the economy. administration officials at the white house said they did not believe that the difference between the white house and the democratic leaders was a big obstacle. charles, republican in new york. hi. caller: how are you doing, ma'am? host: good. how are you? don't think that we should raise tax on anyone. that's my feeling. not with the unemployment rate the way it is. there was an advocate -- i don't know if it was your show, a few weeks ago, talked about the when the unemployment rate is above a certain amount, we shouldn't raise tax on anybody. i think he said around 5%. if the unemployment rate is under 5%, maybe raise taxes on everybody a little bit to help bring in revenue. i don't know who the advocate was, but i thought that was a good idea. i think this is just election year ploys. the camp has both houses. that's all i have to say. host: let's look at the breakdowns of the tax increase that could

pelosi. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. mr.am mcdowell, the representative of the montford point marines, to each and every marine who is here. some survivors are here. many members of the families are here as well. a welcome to each and every one you. let us applaud our marines, but let us applaud their families as well for their patriotism to our country. i am honored to be here with our other senators here, the representatives of north carolina, burr and hagan, i am delighted to join our colleagues on the house side. thank you for your service to our country. -- congressman west. corrine brown, the author of the resolution. she did not tell you that she collected the signatures in record time. with the work of our congressional black caucus in the house of representatives, many who are with us this afternoon. what was also not mentioned is that she is the second ranking democrat on the veteran affairs committee. she continues her work in support of our men and women in uniform as a leader on veterans affairs as well. thank y

mr. smith that republicans were making unfounded assertions about who might have leaked. conyers' turn-around came after nancy pelosiued that congress should defer to investigation ordered by eric holder one run by the f.b.i. and directed by two u.s. attorneys. >> i believe right now the administration has put in place a look at how these things occurred. >> she acknowledged that congress has right to investigation since she launched in while in the majority but said the administration own investigation should come first. >> bret: jim, isn't it odd that the former speaker, now minority leader is asking congress to hold off? >> for a congresserrial leader to argue congress should refer to executive branch isn't something you hear every day. any action by the judiciary committee would move faster than an f.b.i. investigation. and be more public. it could also be embarrassing to a president running for re-election. so she wants to preserve congress right to investigate but not yet. >> bret: thank you. still ahead, the penn state child sex scandal and where a legend fits in. first, just how dangerous is iran's military?

mr. faleomavaega: i would like to express my most sincere appreciation to our speaker of the house, john boehner, majority leader, eric cantor and our minority leader, nancy pelosi, minority whip, steny hoyer, and ms. ros-lehtinen and mr. berman, john kline and george miller, chairman smith and ranking member conyers, chairman doc hastings and ranking member ed markey and certainly senator jeff bingaman and senator murkowski who serve as chairman and ranking member of the senate committee on energy and natural resources for all they have done on behalf of the insular areas. i cannot thank my colleagues enough for standing with me because i know that passage of this bill is only possible today due to their support. i thank the committee and staff leadership for their working in close association with my office which will benefited the associated states of micro neice yeah and the territory of american samoa. as my chairman alluded to about the section, it is very simple. this is located -- for the benefit of information to my colleagues, the area is located in the marshal islands. this is where we exploded 43 of our nuclear bombs out of the 67 nuclear bombs that

mr. speaker, aidike to yield one minute to the leader, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. miss -- ms. pelosi: thank you very much. i'm very sad to join my colleagues in expressing the deepest sympathies of the house of representatives to the families and loved ones of the victims in aurora, colorado, and the entire community as it grapples with its grief. my colleagues have spoke very vingly from the standpoint of faith and hopefully that plathe will be a comfort to those -- faith will be a comfort to those who are affected. as you know, mr. speaker, when we learned of this tragedy, the president ordered flags to be flown half-staff for one week to commemorate the tragedy that aurora, these individual families, and our country had suffered. that was done as a mark of respect for the 12 innocent victims and all who were affected. the victims who were murdered, that's just the word, that day, the vast majority were very young people. the one, gordon cowden was a father in his 50's. the othe

friends included nancy pelosi and president obama was not invited because mr.t the secret service to disrupt their small town. >> smart move. >> i don't think he was offended either. >> with a change of character, barney and -- barney who will be here tomorrow morning in studio spending his money moon at the full-court press. >> nice. >> which you will do. >> got me on the record. i will do it. >> tell alex. that means you have to propose. thank you for getting ahead of me. >> man. >> i realize i might have gone a bridge too far there. >> come on guys. >> anyhow barney was on with jimmy kimmel a couple of months ago and kimmel asked about his partner. >> may i ask what the age difference is between you and jim? >> yes. 30 years. >> you dirty dog. >> retiring congressman might he head to the t.v. world in his next gig? the detroit news. >> with a name like that. >> the detroit news reports the michigan republican actually wrote a pilot for a raunchy variety show in his free time after dropping his presidential bid last fall. he says the concept includes him and

mr. speaker, aid like to yield one minute to the leader, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. miss -- ms. pelosi: thank you very much. i'm very sad to join my colleagues in expressing the deepest sympathies of the house of representatives to the families and loved ones of the victims in aurora, colorado, and the entire community as it grapples with its grief. my colleagues have spoke very movingly from the standpoint of faith and hopefully that plathe will be a comfort to those -- faith will be a comfort to those who are affected. as you know, mr. speaker, when we learned of this tragedy, the president ordered flags to be flown half-staff for one week to commemorate the tragedy that aurora, these individual families, and our country had suffered. that was done as a mark of respect for the 12 innocent victims and all who were affected. the victims who were murdered, that's just the word, that day, the vast majority were very young people. the one, gordon cowden was a father in his 50's. the ot

mr. chairman, for yielding the time. madam speaker, my, my, my. former speaker pelosi was so right when she said, congress had to pass this bill so americans could just find out what's in it. well, americans have learned a lot since we first tried to repeal the president's health care act last january. we learned that it still continues to stifle job growth and we learned more and more about it and that's why we have to attempt to repeal once again. . earlier this year americans discovered that the law creates a new nationwide mandate for coverage that doesn't allow people to opt out when they have a religious or moral objection to those covered services. a violation of the religious freedom restoration act, duly passed by this congress, and more importantly, a violation of their first amendment rights. these inflexible mandates jeopardize the ability of institutions and individuals to exercise their right of conscience. one of the most basic rights. and yet we discovered this since we voted on the repeal last january. so, mr. speaker, by now americans have learned eno

mr. bill's turn. so hang on. >> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> well, it was a calculated move on his part to get booed at the naacp convention. >> bill: nancy pelosianting to be scorned by an african-american audience. [boos] >> bill: why would the governor want that? we will tell you what the nasty innuendo is. >> the most powerful leader of the penn state university repeatedly concealed facts relating to sandusky's child abuse from the authorities. >> bill: a shocking report accuses the brass at penn state, including the late coach joe paterno of allowing the child molester sandusky to run wild. megyn kelly with details. >> two 43-year-old yo-yos skipping around the house. grow up. you are a man already. how long you can stand in front of the bathroom mirror? >> stop it. >> bill: great american news quiz the funniest people in america edition. we think you will like this one. >> love me? hello? [ laughter ] caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. race and mitt romney that's the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as we reported l

take a listen to steny hoyer and nancy pelosi and you get a feel for both sides of the equation. >> the time is right when mr-- congressman jackson has an evaluation of what his situation is and i'm sure then he will share it with his constituents. our prayers are with his family. i hope that we will hear soon that he's on the way to recovery. >> i think congressman jackson and his office and his family would be well advised to advise the con stit two wentsz of his condition. he's obviously facing a health problem. >> reporter: now the question is the extent of that health problem. mood disorders, there are many of them. they include depressive disorders, by polar disorders. this doctor doesn't go into any specifics around that. what we do know, ashleigh, is that according to his office he is not receiving rehab for drugs and alcohol which was previously reported. and he did not apparently commit suicide. that, according to jesse jackson sr. still though a lot of questions as to exactly whats' dealing with and how long he'll be out. >> ted, i'm curious if the questions are perhaps more numerous because there

mr. speaker, aid like to yield one minute to the leader, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. miss -- ms. pelosi: thank you very much. i'm very sad to join my colleagues in expressing the deepest sympathies of the house of representatives to the families and loved ones of the victims in aurora, colorado, and the entire community as it grapples with its grief. my colleagues have spoke very movingly from the standpoint of faith and hopefully that plathe will be a comfort to those -- faith will be a comfort to those who are affected. as you know, mr. speaker, when we learned of this tragedy, the president ordered flags to be flown half-staff for one week to commemorate the tragedy that aurora, these individual families, and our country had suffered. that was done as a mark of respect for the 12 innocent victims and all who were affected. the victims who were murdered, that's just the word, that day, the vast majority were very young people. the one, gordon cowden was a father in his 50's. the ot

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mr. levin. not for the republicans. because we were not offered a single amendment. we weren't even offered a motion to recommit. in fact, the pelosi-led congress denied us a motion to recommit on 47 separate occasions. so i would say to the gentleman, again, the speaker has been consistent throughout. we intend to continue to strive towards an open process. we intend toffer you a motion to recommit, a stand-alone amendment if you want to offer a tax hike twice. that's our intention, yes, mr. speaker. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman, and i will interpret that, mr. speaker, as indicating that if we choose to offer as an amendment the bill that passed the senate, which ensures that there will be no tax increase on 98% of americansthat we would be allowed to offer that bill and it would be protectednder the rule in such waivers that are necessary will be extended. that's how i interpret that. if i'm wrong, perhaps the majority leader can correct me. i don't want to -- parse words or lead to confusion. . i know what the senate bill is. and it is at this point in time our intention to offer that senate bill as an amendment to the bill

pelosi, she held a briefing earlier today. >> good morning. yesterday i joined our distinguished house democratic whip, steny hoyer, our assistant democratic leader, mr. clyburn, and ranking member leaven in a letter -- ranking member of the ways and means committee, mr. levin, and sending a letter to speaker boehner and ways and means chairman, dave camp, asking for a markup of tax cut legislation for the middle income talkts. everyone agrees that -- tax cuts. everyone agrees we should have a middle income tax cut. tax legislation will soon be brought to the floor. we think a matter of this magnitude should have a markup in committee. where both parties can offer amendments and we have a full discussion in committee before it comes to the floor. the middle income tax cut is something, again, that the president has put forth that we all agree should happen. tax cuts for everyone up to $250,000 a year. that means if you make more than that you still get a tax cut up to that level of income. so everyone gets a tax cut. it appears the republicans have made their choice. they are not going to have -- hopefully they will have a markup, but so far we don't

you'll recall that minority leader pelosi, with passage of the president's health care mandate, said that once it is passed, we'll find out what's in it. mr. tipton:, a little comical to be able to hear that, but the fact is it was actually true. because they continued to fill in the blanks with regulation. we continue to see that with dodd-frank. and congress is not having the opportunity to truly be able to be engaged. i know in each of our economy we have challenged the -- committee, we have challenged the bureaucracies to be able to bring those rules back to the authoritative committee, to be able to bring them back to congress, to actually be able to play a role. because here is fundamentally the problem. once they go final with a rule, it takes that proverbial act of congress to be able to pull back the rule, the member of congress, the member of senate never asked for. we've got to be able to have these opportunities to re-engage the people who are actually elected, to be able to represent the american people rather than have a nameless, faceless bureaucrat writing regulations that are hurting american business, hurting our economi

mr. desjarlais: i come to the house floor today to call attention to another problem in this poorly drafted 2,700-page job-killing bill. we remember former speaker of the house nancy pelosi'sfamous statement that we needed to pass the bill to find out what's in it. today i stand perplexed not only by what's in the bill but by what is not. while many states are refusing to set up exchanges, making it necessary for the federal government to create them. that's permissible in the law. here's what is not. nowhere does it give permission for credits to be offered in federally run exchanges. mr. obama has had the i.r.s. unilaterally change his bill to fix this error. last i checked, it was congress that made law, not the executive branch. the legislative process should still have meaning in this country which is why my colleague and federal tennessee physician, dr. phil roe, and i introduced legislation to prevent this. even my colleagues who support the law agree his administration's actions lead us down a dangerous constitutional path my opposition to obamacare is clear. that aside, having a president act without congress to change law sets a dangerous precedent, one that viol

mr. desjarlais: i come to the house floor today to call attention to another problem in this poorly drafted 2,700-page job-killing bill. we remember former speaker of the house nancy pelosi'smous statement that we needed to pass the bill to find out what's in it. today i stand perplexed not only by what's in the bill but by what is not. while many states are refusing to set up exchanges, making it necessary for the federal government to create them. that's permissible in the law. here's what is not. nowhere does it give permission for credits to be offered in federally run exchanges. mr. obama has had the i.r.s. unilaterally change his bill to fix this error. last i checked, it was congress that made law, not the executive branch. the legislative process should still have meaning in this country which is why my colleague and federal tennessee physician, dr. phil roe, and i introduced legislation to prevent this. even my colleagues who support the law agree his administration's actions lead us down a dangerous constitutional path my opposition to obamacare is clear. that aside, having a president act without congress to change law sets a dangerous precedent, one that violat