he would go through mobile, alabama over to new orleans. on the rear front seat of that bus was one white male, jim, and one black male sitting right behind the driver. no problems here in nashville. no problem in tennessee but as soon as they crossed into alabama that was a different story. the bus was stopped on the north side of birmingham. the two were arrested. then the bus went on. as i said they had regular passengers. they went on to birmingham, got to the station and the police said i want everybody to stay on the bus. we are going to check your tickets. and if you had a ticket that had all those cities the made you stay on. i'm going to skip a little bit. that was on a tuesday i believe. on that late friday night, cotter said i'm going to take you back to fix where he belonged. they got in a limousine and came back as far as the tennessee alabama state line at ardmore about one or 2:00 in the morning. they found a phone, called national and for a station wagon, drove back and picked them up and took them back to birmingham. now yo

bachus of alabama. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for the second and third vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 19 printed in house report 111-370, offered by the gentleman from georgia, mr. marshall, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 19 printed in house report 111-370 offered by mr. marshall of georgia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is @@@

>> welcome to the coliseum in auburn, alabama. tonight, acc versus sec basketball as 4-3, virginia, takes on 4-4 auburn. i'm mat kanan joined by daymeon fishback. you look at the auburn team, our alma mater, 24 wins a year ago. finished second in the sec west and just missed the ncaa tournament. this year off to an erratic 4-4 start which includes a first ever loss to troy on this floor friday night. >>> and lebo is still trying to recoup. he is excited about the team this year, a lot of new faces. trying to put the pieces back together and today will be an excellent chance for him to make a statement, acc versus sec. a chance to catapult make on get on the road late in the year. >> key matchups for tonight, for auburn one of two returning senior starter starters if dewe reed. >> daymeon: he weaves in and out of defenses like a corvette in traffic. he is a guy who flips to the line. third most times in the acc right now. got to keep him off the line in you are auburn. on the other hand, dewayne reed. >> matt: starting line-ups ton

you are know about them in alabama.hen we see and we read the report by the actuaries, the committee that overseas medicare, and they didn't rush to do this. they're talking about the tbhail now has been out -- they're talking about the bill that now has been out. it took them three weeks to do the report because they wanted to do a very thorough evaluation. and they looked at it and said, we think one out of five hospitals in the united states will end up closing in the next 20 years and one out of five doctors will have to close their offices if this goes through. and this is what they're proposing. this is what the democrats are proposing. something that is going to lead to one in five hospitals closing, one in five doctors' offices shutting doors, saying we can't continue to keep the doors open urpdz these circumstances. -- under these circumstances. this report has said this the whole effort to drive down the cost of care is wrong, at its coirts a wrong, that the cost of care is going to go up if we pass this bill

as uab takes on south alabama at 6:30 eastern. then the alabama crimson tide take on kansas state at 9:00. bob neil and sanderson and sonny smith with the call of the coors classic live from mobile alabama. that's coming up following this game right here. right here, the kentucky wildcats now enjoy their largest lead of the afternoon. 36-24. several records on the line today. we told you how coach calipari trying to break adolph rupp's record for first year head coach. dave loos standing in the way and his austin peay governors. >> kyle: dave loos was outstanding athlete himself and in four hall of fames, which i thought was amazing. >> matt: one of the hall of fames he was in is the st. louis amateur baseball hall of fame. >> kyle: yeah. >> matt: dave loos was an all-conference short stop for the memphis tigers. memphis state when he was there. he was also the starting point guard for the tigers 40 years ago. back at rupp arena, one of the last time he was here was spectator for final four, where final four upset georgetown. and

the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that my remarks appear without interruption in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. so, mr. president, just to restate, we're on an unprecedented course of spending that's never been seen in our country brsm th before. the only thing like it was during world war ii and we were in a life-and-death struggle, fighting wars in both the pacific and atlantic and africa and around the world. virtually every able-bodied person was either in the military or building ships and airplanes and weaponry to send to our soldiers. the whole country was mobilized. so we never did this to our deficit then, and we did it in a way that commenced a paydown of those debts after it was over. so i wanted to emphasize -- what i wanted to emphasize was, many of my colleagues have heard it stated, people seem to all admit it, we're on an unsustainable path. this is not a sustainable spending schedule that we are on. well, how do we get off of it? when do

the gentleman from alabama. mr. bachus: i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from west virginia, mrs. capito. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. mrs. capito: thank you. i'd like to speak to on -- in opposition to the bill but i'd like to talk about the manager's amendment as well. before i get into the manager's amendment, i'd like to reinforce my opposition to the bill in its entirety because of the permanent bailout fund that's created, the continuation of bailout the implied government guarantee in the financial marx place and the way that taxpayers are placed on the hook potentially for billions, if not trolls of dollars to bail out failed nonbanks. but specifically, i'd like to talk about the two parts of the manager's amendment added without discussion, specific discussion, by the committee, to my knowledge and also go to a larger point which is not only, we've labeled this bill tarp two, this goes back to tarp one, and using tarp funds to fund things that the tarp money was not inte

from huntsville, alabama, this is about 15 minutes. >> thank you very much for being here. i appreciate it. this is a big day, a big day for me. it's been a tough, tough decision for virginia and i and my family who have thought it out, but i just want to say thank you for taking the time out of the middle of the day. it's been an immense pleasure to serve the fifth congressional district of alabama this last year. as most of you know, i was elected by the people of north alabama as an independent conservative congressman. i am pro business, pro life, pro second amendment and have worked hard to support our space and defense programs and represent our alabama values. however, as the 111th congress has progressed, i have become increasingly concerned that the bills and policies pushed by the current democratic leadership are not good for north alabama or our nation. and more importantly, they do not represent my values and convictions. while i voted against health care, i voted against cap and trade and two huge spending stimulus bills and i now believe that i have to go eve

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama. mr. rogers: i have no further speakers, i urge support of this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: i urge my colleagues to support this bill, the gentleman from beavepl has worked hard and been very dedicated to this piece of legislation and i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3978? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's pr

democratic party really does not represent, truly does not represent alabama.i think they will understand the decision. i understand there comment. i appreciate each and every one of them. >> this is the first time you have switched parties or change your mind? >> no. i mean, yes. it is the first time i have switched parties. it is not the first time i've changed my mind about something that has gone on. my mind is pretty open. i might change it. but not out party. >> [unintelligible] of the sleek, there were some things that made to question and -- obviously, there were some things that made to question. >> absolutely, the first stimulus bill was poorly thought out. we watched no negotiations go on with aig and huge bonuses paid back, coming out of the pockets of every american taxpayer. we watched our leadership nor thousands and thousands -- ignored thousands and thousands of job losses each month, continuing to pursue a stimulus package, a cap and trade bill, a health care bill, when men and women were losing jobs by the hundreds of thousands. we have lost

here now is his brief announcement from owensville, alabama. -- huntsville, alabama. >> it has been amy family. but this one to say thank you for taking time out of the middle of the day. -- i just want to say thank you for taking time out of the middle of the day. it has been a pleasure to serve this past year. i was elected by the people of north alabama as an independent conservative congressman. i'm a pro-business, pro life, pro-second amendment, and have worked hard to support our brands and represent alabama's that these good as the 111th congress has progressed, i am concerned that the bills and policies pushed by the current democratic leadership are not good for north alabama or our nation. more importantly, they do not represent myçó values and convictions. while i voted against health4++ care, i voted against cap-and- trade, and two huge spending stimulus bill, i now believe that i have to go even further and stand with the party that is more in tune with my beliefs and convictions. for that reason, i am ç announcing today that i am joining the republican conferenceñr imme

[inaudible conversations] >> admiral jeremiah denton represented alabama in the u.s.e from 1981-1987. he's the founder and president of the admiral jeremiah denton foundation. for more information visit admiral.dentonfoundation.org. >> author robert carroll, what are you reading? >> rereading the prime minister by anthony. he wrote six political novels about england in the 1870s. wonderful political understanding of how human beings in politics, how human nature influences politics. >> why are you rereading those? >> i just think he's got such a wonderful -- well, first his sentences are great, his paragraphs are great. you say, boy, how did he do this? so i'm always looking to see how he did it. but even more than that i write about how, i try to write about how human beings and presidents and cabinet ministers are affected by being in politics, and he's really doing the same thing in a fictional way. and as i try to learn from him. >> american icons, three original documentaries from c-span now available on dvd. a unique journey through the iconic homes of the three

million to build a tram between the huntsville botanical garden and the marshall flight center in alabama how many places need need $1.6 million to build a tram? $250,000 -- it's probably going to go out to the statue of vulcan also. $250,000 for the monroe county fiscal court for the monroe county farmers market in kentucky. $750,000 for the design and fabrication of exhibits to be placed in the world food prize hall of laureates in iowa. $500,000 to support the creation of a center to honor the contribution of senator culver, an iowa state senator at the simpson college in iowa. $400,000 to recruit and train closed-captioners and court reporters at the a.i.b. college of business in iowa. $250,000 for renovating the murphy theater community center in ohio. now, my friends, there is a lot more, and i will just go through them briefly, but the point is -- the point is you'll notice two things. one, that the preponderance of these pork-barrel and earmark projects are -- are allocated to members of the appropriations committee, which, first of all, is fundamentally unfair. second of all, you

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: i thank senator kyl for his consistent performance over his entire career in the senate, trying to maintain financial responsibility in this body, and i respect him highly on that and many other issues, and there is so much that we could say at this point on the debt limit which we expect to vote on tomorrow. i am not going to vote on a debt limit increase until we accompany with it some action that will actually reduce the incredibly irresponsible path we're on. that is going to be one of my positions, and i think others will take the same view. so we have to increase the debt. well, we have to do something about reckless government spending. we really do. we've got to do something about it. and they always say next year. so i say when? so i believe we should condition any increase of the debt limit on the passage of legislation that would renew what has expired, spending caps on the discretionary spending accounts, and i thank senator kyl for supporting the legislation. in

bachus from alabama oakow in my ears, mr. speaker, and that is that it isn't so much about this stack in the bill that mr. frank says might be too heavy for to us carry, it's about the culture of the bill that might be too heavy for the american people to carry. it's about the difference between believing the federal government can regulate more aspects of our society, more aspects of our economy, and the difference in believing whether people can become and entities can become too big to be allowed to fail or whether small businesses might be too small to be allowed to succeed. and it's about the difference between the free enterprise economy and a managed and controlled economy. it's about the difference between liberty and the difference between a socialized economy. and i've watched this economy -- as this economy has spiraled downward over the last 15 or so months and we've been involved in this. we've been engaged in it intensively. and it comes down to two divergent philosophies. one of those philosophies is echoed in

quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: i would ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. sessions: mr. president, i see my good friend, senator kaufman and klobuchar talked about actions we could take to deal with fraud in health care, and i support that and had the opportunity in the past as a united states attorney to lead a group that would do that, but something is troubling me today a great deal, and i'm uneasy about it and it goes to the heart of how the legislation that's before us today has been put together. we had senator mccain offering an amendment to say that every state should have the same policies with regard to medicare advantage that the state of florida has. presumably that was an effort to gain some support. we have seen other situations like that with louisiana and other places getting special advantages. let me tell you about something that's particularly troubling to me. it was written about by robert reich who was the secretary of

host: alabama, on our democrats line, go ahead. caller: the reason we are in this mess is because we allow insurance companies and medical suppliers to fund campaigns of politicians. we can amend the constitution. that is why women have the right to vote. it is more than 40 million people not insured. people who pay their premiums think they are insured until they get sick. that is when they are denied coverage. it is a ponzi scheme involved in interest rate you pay your premiums and i know you have a pre-existing disease -- and they know you have a pre-existing disease. we are the only country in the world that penalizes our citizens on making them go bankrupt when the become ill. we cannot wait until 200014. we will be broke or dead. guest: the caller is right in saying that our system is such that even a good number of people who have health insurance of one of going into great debt. many of them file bankruptcy because they have to spend so much money out of pocket for health care. health care cost is the single largest factor

does the gentleman from alabama -- if the gentleman from alabama has no more speakers, i am prepared to close after the gentleman closes. mr. rogers: i have no more speakers. all i would do is urge the members to support this. it's a good bill. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: as you heard, this is a commonsense legislation that would enhance our nation's preparedness and response capacity. all we're trying to do is make sure we get rid of any regulations that cost our local -- cause our local folks problems. number two, we need to make sure that -- if we are going to spend billions of dollars on grants, we just got to make sure that we measure those particular results. and the bottom line, mr. speaker, we're trying to focus on the customer and the customer are the folks that -- the recipients of this grant. i certainly want to thank our ranking member, mr. rogers. he's done an outsta

i did three years in an alabama prison on marijuana and they are eight camps. -- hate camps.f you want to find your terrorists, go to prisons. host:aoz you think we should put prisoners on the no-fly list? caller: not so much that the dollar through people in prison and treat them like they are terrorists. i am 65 years old and i don't own a gun or anything else. they are creating nothing but hate. -7hwe need to change our prison system and probably de- criminalize marijuana. host: the director of the national institutes of health is our guest. we want to show you a little bit of his interview and you consider the entire interview tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., eastern. >> those lines have no restrictions in terms of what applications can be applauded for it on december 4, my advisory committee, which looks over stem cell lines to see whether they measure up to the guidelines issued back in july and stimulated by the obama executive order, looked at these 27 lines and looked carefully at those who were donating the ambrose. the consent form says the stem cell lines are will

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama is recognized. mr. sessions: following up on that, i happened to see governor schwartzenegger on television today and he said he had initially been inclined to support this legislation but that when he realized what it would do to his budget and the medicaid budget in california, they would -- it would cost them $3 billion. they did not have that $3 billion. indeed, they didn't have the money necessary to meet their current obligations under medicare. therefore, i would ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and it be in order to offer an amendment to extend to the state of california the same benefit that provides 100% federal funding to the state of nebraska for their expanded medicaid program. this would give the same treatment to california as nebraska would obtain. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. baucus: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. sessions: well, mr. president, i think i would be remiss if i didn't ask that -- unanimous consent tha

. >> areshman democrat from northern alabama -- huntsvle, alabama, pker griffith, who democrats have been a ry mpetitive seat -- retiring congressman bud kramer w had been a democrat was a democrat democrats spent a miion dollars toin that seat. and anyte anybody leaves a party -- a especially condemns the party or -- or indites h party on the way outs he -- indicts has party the way out anjoins the opposition it's t insignificant -- mr. -- mr. grfith probably nobody had heard of before this weetried to cast it in mol terms that it w a philosophical move. >> bro: that went over well with his colleagues. >> is about self-preservation -- imakes you yearn for the varnished candor of arlen ecter who, when he left arle specter became a democt from pennsylvia earlier this year -- he conceded verfrankly he couldn't win the republica primary, hcould not win in vember as an independent so became a democrat and the was something -- thereas no paul on theoad to damascus, some ephany, this was all about self-preseation but the democrats have become the majority party in e house of representative

the gentleman from alabama. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i ask permission to speak to the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> madam chair i rise today to recognize an outstanding -- the outstanding career of jerry hayes of huntsville, averl alabama. his decades of responsible journalism have earned him the respect and trust of hundreds of thousands of people. his 30 years at whnt news in north alabama have brought inspiration and guidance to an untold number of aspiring journalists looking to begin their careers. when he is not in the studio or at the scene of a story, jerry is bettering the community around him. his work for tennessee valley children is near to my heart and north alabama parents owe him a debt of gratitude that is almost impossible to repay. each year the national academy of television arts and sciences recognizes individuals who have made a meaningful contribution to broadcasting by inducting them into the silver circle. jerry epitomizes the type of excellence that the acade

. >> a freshman democrat from northern alabama -- huntsville, alabama, parker griffith, who democrats have been a very competitive seat -- retiring congressman bud kramer who had been a democrat -- was a democrat. democrats spent a million dollars to win that seat. and anytime anybody leaves a party -- and especially condemns the party or -- or indites his party on the way out as he -- indicts has party on the way out and joins the opposition it's not insignificant -- mr. -- mr. griffith probably nobody had heard of before this week tried to cast it in moral terms that it was a philosophical move. >> brown: that went over well with his colleagues. >> it's about self-preservation -- it makes you yearn for the unvarnished candor of arlen specter who, when he left arlen specter became a democrat from pennsylvania earlier this year -- he conceded very frankly he couldn't win the republican primary, he could not win in november as an independent so he became a democrat and there was something -- there was no paul on the road to damascus, some epiphany, this was all about self-preservation

. >> kyle: you can tell he's been in alabama for a few years there. football country. >> matt: yep. >> matt: a turnover by the wildcats. they committed seven in the game. but not a high number for either team. only five for austin peay in the first half. still waiting for anthony campbell to get going. channels for three. there he goes. channels. another three-pointer for him. he has 88 11 points. >> kyle: see if they capitalize. nothing fancy. but grind it out. if you get an open shot grind it down. >> matt: campbell cold on ice. try to draw a foul. maybe get on the free-throw line. >> matt: caleb brown with the steal. dished the channel. had his shot blocked. wall is hurt. >> kyle: got his leg tucked up under him when he reversed. sere yours pain. he was moving slow -- serious pain. he was moving slow yesterday at shoot-around. >> matt: he had his back attended to in the work-out. hard to tell what happened. you can see the left leg twisted underneath him. >> kyle: yeah. thigh muscle might have been stretched there. >> matt: he's going to hobble off

i would like to thank again the gentleman from alabama.ow it's difficult for him to work with us on this because he is the champion of the s.e.c. the crimson tide of alabama. with that i would like to urge the passage of the amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 16 printed in house report 111-370. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? mr. peter: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 16, printed in house report number 111-370, offered by mr. peters of michigan. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 964, the gentleman from michigan, mr. peters, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. peters: thank

alabama has 181,304 people on medicare advantage. alaska, 462. arizona, 329,157. arkansas, 70,137.california, 1,606,193. colorado, 1898,521. connecticut, 94,181. delaware, 6,661. the district of columbia even has 7,976. how about florida? 946,836. almost a million people on medicare advantage. good reason -- it works. georgia, 176,090. hawaii, 79,386. idaho, 60,676. illinois, 176,395. indiana, 148,174. iowa, 63,902. people enrolled in medicare advantage. let's proceed further. kansas, 43,867 people enrolled in medicare advantage. kentucky, 110,814. louisiana, 151,954. maine, 26,984. maryland, 56,812. massachusetts, 199,727. michigan, 406,124. minnesota, 284,101. mississippi, 44,772. missouri, 195,036. montana, 27,592. nebraska, 30,571. nevada, 104,043. new hampshire, 13,200. new jersey, 156,607. new mexico, 73,567. look at new york, 853,387. north carolina, 251,738. people enrolled in medicare advantage, who love the program. north dakota, 7,633. ohio, 499,819. goo geewhiz, that's a lot of people who are satisfied with medicare advantage. oklahoma, 84,980. oregon, one of the most l

guest: kevin, i'm congressman bachus from alabama.'t confuse me with senator baucus from montana. a lot opá you said, first of all, and earlier i talked about our principles. we shouldn't compromise our principles. in healthcare, we shouldn't compromise our principles. we have -- you know, i believe and i think you believe that it is an abomination for the government to fund abortions, and yet, you know, the senate just yesterday or the day before rejected tight restrictions on this government-managed plan paying for abortions, which i think is just outrageous. when you said to start, you called, you had trouble managing, and you had trouble with the loan, but you were too small to save, and i think that's the expression i have used. i don't believe in too big to fail. i believe that the fact that you are a certain size shouldn't give you certain privileges. it is unfair, because if you have too big to fail and then you have too small to save, a lot of small businesses in this country have failed a lot of homeowners have lost their ho

million to build a tram between the huntsville botanical garden and the marshall flight center in alabama. how many places need need $1.6 million to build a tram? $250,000 -- it's probably going to go out to the statue of vulcan also. $250,000 for the monroe county fiscal court for the monroe county farmers market in kentucky. $750,000 for the design and fabrication of exhibits to be placed in the world food prize hall of laureates in iowa. $500,000 to support the creation of a center to honor the contribution of senator culver, an iowa state senator at the simpson college in iowa. $400,000 to recruit and train closed-captioners and court reporters at the a.i.b. college of business in iowa. $250,000 for renovating the murphy theater community center in ohio. now, my friends, there is a lot more, and i will just go through them briefly, but the point is -- the point is you'll notice two things. one, that the preponderance of these pork-barrel and earmark projects are -- are allocated to members of the appropriations committee, which, first of all, is fundamentally unfair. second of all, yo

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bill ebberly in huntsville, alabama. he says, "the worst part of this bill is that most of the cuts will be paid for by cuts to medicare." i think the senator indicated he believes that accurate. he goes to say -- quote -- "i am 68 years old and i have paid into medicare for 40 years believing it would cover much of my health care costs when i became 65. now i am being told that the government has found people who need the coverage more than i do. and they will cut the care for which i have paid for 40 years in order to cover people who have paid nothing into the program. it's not the government's money. the money belongs to those of us who paid into for so many years and are watching as it is being taken away from us." and i guess my question to you, since you've been so intimately involved with medicare over the years, is it not true that every working american has money taken out of their paycheck to fund their medicare -- medicare and that they believe and we have a compact with them that when they reach 75, they wil

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. a senator: mr.president, i rise today in disbelief -- mr. shelby: mr. president -- a senator: i'd yield up to 20 minutes to the senator from alabama for leader time. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. shelby: i rise today in disbelief. the american public is searching for answers from its leaders on health care and yet they're poised to receive an expensive and holy inaccurate so-called solution. after weeks behind closed doors, including now, majority has produced a bill thus far that raises taxes, makes drastic cuts in medicare and increases premiums to create a new government program that so-called -- the so-called public option. mr. president, i believe that the public option is nothing more than socialized medicine and expanded government disguises greater choice and thus i'm adamantly opposed to this bill as it's written. mr. president, any legislation seeking to effectively address health care reform should have, i believe, as its dual aims, cutting costs and increasing acce

host: next up, hamilton, alabama, go ahead.d and i have updated to a more energy efficient furnace. unfortunately, we are retired. we have no taxable income. how can we take advantage of these breaks? guest: on fortunately, if you have zero taxable income, the energy credits are not refundable. they can only reduce your tax liability to zero and since it is already there, you'll not get much of any benefit from the federal taxes. i would check to see if there is any particular benefit at your state level in alabama. i would also contact my energy supplier, whoever that might be, because they may be able to give you a break and your energy rates considering your residential and have instituted energy savings and if you are retired and over 65, some of the energy companies also have different rates for people who are retired. host: we have a twittered message -- it used to be that the upper income people who got most of the money back from compound interest interest rates now are apoint 0.025%. why save? guest: the answer is to s

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. enzi: the chair yields up to 20 minutes to the senator from alabama. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: mr. president, i appreciate the comments that have been made about preexisting illnesses, and i do think that we can do something with this legislation to fix that. you just got to be careful, if you have two people, both making the same salary, they've both worked for 20 years, one individual saved and paid his health care insurance for those 20 years and got sick and is covered by it and another one chose not to, it's really not insurance if -- if a person then walks in and wants somebody else to pay for it. but we can do that. i think we can work through those difficulties and i would support definitely moving in that direction. and my colleagues earlier mentioned about medicare advantage, that this is a program that some are critical of and they think we can deliver health care better without medical -- the medicare advantage part of the medicare prog

i yield to another former and distinguished prosecutor, senator sessions of alabama. >> thank you.e delighted to have you here. i will not delight with remarks. i look forward to hearing your testimony we do spend a considerable sum of money. it is an important eirsion. every dollar needs to be wisely spent. we want to discuss that. sometimes age becomes less vibrant when they initially started. i would like to talk about that. there has been tremendous progress. when i started in 1981, i guess, it was since then that local police departments and even small police departments were becoming far more attuned to the dangers of a come from ignoring domestic violence. training programs have increased dramatically. there are far more sophisticated today than when this program originally passed. that is all to the good. let's talk about what good things have happened and what challenges we face and how to make sure these programs are the most productive programs to reduce violence in america. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> i can remember in 1990 when senator biden first started

i did three years in an alabama prison on marijuana and they are eight camps. -- hate camps.f you want to find your terrorists, go to prisons. host:aoz you think we should put prisoners on the no-fly list? caller: not so much that the dollar through people in prison and treat them like they are terrorists. i am 65 years old and i don't own a gun or anything else. they are creating nothing but hate. -7hwe need to change our prison system and probably de- criminalize marijuana. host: the director of the national institutes of health is our guest. we want to show you a little bit of his interview and you consider the entire interview tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., eastern. >> those lines have no restrictions in terms of what applications can be applauded for it on december 4, my advisory committee, which looks over stem cell lines to see whether they measure up to the guidelines issued back in july and stimulated by the obama executive order, looked at these 27 lines and looked carefully at those who were donating the ambrose. the consent form says the stem cell lines are will

that will take place this afternoon in his district in northern alabama.passed the bill through procedural votes this morning, paving the way for more debate, although there were also hints from the majority and minority leaders that negotiations were under way to shorten the workweek, but a final vote is now set for christmas eve. you can watch the senate live on our companion network, c-span2. it is a senate hearing]i on the back lot of dna evidence collected for unsolved rape cases. tens of thousands of rape kits had not been tested. we will hear testimony from law- enforcement and a rape victim who is now a dna testing at the kit. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. today a committee is holding a second hearing on the reauthorization of the ground- breaking justice for all act. the justice for all act includes the debbie smith rape kit back log reduction act. this -- this authorizes funding for the rate kits. now we will examine some disturbing reports that despite our progress to ensure justice for rate victims, -- justice fo

a young man out of mobile, alabama.nd signed with virginia coming out of high school and ended up going to ocaloosaual walburn college. and ended up with the cavaliers. >> matt: hargrove on the move. and the lay-up. hargrove the senior out of south carolina really counting on them to give them big things this year. he and reed will have to have big nights almost every ballgame. zeglinski. a long-range three. he dials it up. they have six points in the half, daymeon, and he has all of them on three-pointers. reed back the other way. the virginia a defense didn't get the payoff at the end of the reverse. jontel evans all the way. he had his shot blocked from behind by waller. nice. oh, and the block by sene. denied on his way to the hole. >> daymeon: you have to know where he is at. very good at blocking shots. also good for the other defenders for virginia. you can throw out more ball be sure when you have sene waiting in the back. >> matt: sene has three of virginia's four blocks in the ballgame. they really missed him

bachus from alabama oakow in my ears, mr. speaker, and that is that it isn't so much about this stack in the bill that mr. frank says might be too heavy for to us carry, it's about the culture of the bill that might be too heavy for the american people to carry. it's about the difference between believing the federal government can regulate more aspects of our society, more aspects of our economy, and the difference in believing whether people can become and entities can become too big to be allowed to fail or whether small businesses might be too small to be allowed to succeed. and it's about the difference between the free enterprise economy and a managed and controlled economy. it's about the difference between liberty and the difference between a socialized economy. and i've watched this economy -- as this economy has spiraled downward over the last 15 or so months and we've been involved in this. we've been engaged in it intensively. and it comes down to two divergent philosophies. one of those philosophies is echoed in

today's lesson which i learned about literally only three hours ago was a case in alabama a couple adopta foster child, hiv-positive know, 2-years-old. the father is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer of his own. they go on a big trip and are at an rv park and the person who runs the park somehow finds out the two-year-old is hiv-positive and doesn't let him use the facilities. this is the 21st century, 2009, a week or so ago a few racists in south carolina pleaded guilty a father and son team, the second bother and son team i've encountered in 60 days on the job. african-american is going to a restaurant to use the facilities and the chase him out. one guy grabs a chain saw, a chain saw, starts the chain saw and chases him down the road. the other guy grabs the car that that person was driving. it had been parked there and they set it afire. to white people come to the person's age. if they attack them. this is the 21st century. this is our work. and they pled guilty. this is why i love my job. and working with all of you we will move forward and we will make sure this chapter of our hi

coming up momentarily, a news conference with jeff sessions of alabama. the house is also coming in. we take you there live. the chair lays before the house a communication from the clerk. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 22, 2009, at 9:45 a.m. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 2877, h.r. 3072, h.r. 3319, h.r. 3539, h.r. 3667, h.r. 3767, h.r. 3788, h.r. 1819. with best wishes i am, signed, sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the you chair now lays before the house another communication from the clerk. the clerk: the honorable, the speebling, house of representatives, madam. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of u.s. will the house suspend the rules and pass, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on dece

the member from alabama is now joining the republican conference. but there are a number of loyal democrats who have no intention of switching parties, and they have stepped forward and said i can't vote for it. don't count me in on this. now, bart stupak is a representative, a courageous pro-life representative from michigan, and he did vote for the bill. and i don't impugn his motives. he did what he thought was right, but before he voted for it, he made sure that legislation was included in the house version to make sure that the hyde language which has been the law of the land for almost two decades was included. and here's what representative stupak said yesterday, or day before yesterday about this so-called pro-life compromise that was included in the version that we'll have to vote on in the senate. he said it's -- "not acceptable. it's a dramatic shift in federal policy that would allow the federal government to subsidize insurance policies with abortion coverage." that's a release that -- actually on december 19. i appreciate the courage o

how about that, including 25 cincinnati at alabama birmingham. usually a tough game here for the bearkats. the blazers are up 14. first half, millsap had 22 points, 15 rebounds and this was uab's night pretty much all night. here in the second half. aaron johnson straight down the lane, a 64-47 uab victory. >>> wake forest/unc wilmington. dominick lacey, no. john fields, yes. will ming done is down two early. in the second half it's all wake. deacons are up 13 and they would keept the pressure on. l.d. williams at midcourt. the alley-oop finished 80-69. wake is a winner. coming up on the halftime show, the presbyterian blue hose travel to columbus, six freshmen with no seniors. guess what happens? why is travel these days about what you give up, and not what you get? like electricity, for gadget power at your seat. room to stretch your legs... and your wingspan. food when you're hungry... and taking off your shoes only if you feel like it. these aren't luxuries, they're basics. get them back on acela. amtrak guest rewards members earn double poin

our air marshal ranks but also passengers need to be their own tomplee -- host: timothy in mobile, alabama. go ahead. caller: just a quick comment. i thought that osama bin laden was the master mind behind 9/11 and how do you register internal terrorism and -- on your list i saw a couple weeks ago homeland security was apologizing for having say like the nation of islam on a security list or for investigating them. and then they were saying they weren't supposed to. and what keeps people from driving in and going to an airport from out of the country. thank you. guest: on the first point, osama bin laden is the head of al qaeda and the number one iconic terror leader, but khalid sheikh mohammad was the mastermind of 9/11 that's exactly right. this is a plot conceived that he brought to bin laden and bin laden ultimately fled. i don't know that the nation of islam is on any watch list. i don't believe that to be the sfofe -- host: our last call for clark kent comes from memphis, tennessee. larry on our democrats line, go ahead. caller: good morning. i hope you let me express my opinion. wha

they plan more strategizing next week pretty tense days involved are alabama, colorado, michigan, northota, pennsylvania, south carolina, texas, utah, virginia, and washington. host: bedford, pa., mike who opposes the bill. caller: i'm a small-business owner. i have watched this whole thing. to me, the buying of boats and the back room deals, this is not what we signed up for. by temperament. that is represented by a congressman who went from being a republican to democrat. i do not want to see my kids and grandkids suffer for this. it has been a semi-honest about it. vote. i like the medicare thing. i don't have a problem with the public option. this is from a republican that owns a business. i have been pleased that i have to keep working and we are in the oil business. that is a tough business. host: majority leader harry reid is speaking from the senate floor. >> this place would not run as well without her working with the secretary of the minority and his entire group. they are wonderful people to work with even though sometimes this place becomes very partisan, the worked on lela

>> well, the most interesting into -- i flew down to tuscaloosa, alabama and interviewed professor force mcdonald's. he was one of the professors and historians who served on the scholars commission and i asked him point blank, i go, tell me what you think is some of the most important point that really proves jefferson's innocence in this whole thing and he said, it's very very easy. let me tell you what people have not seen from the forest from the trees. thomas jefferson had all female children. except for that infant to die. randolph jefferson had six male children. the dna match to a male child. he just told me, what is more common sense? who is more logical as the father of a male child? randolph having six male children or thomas jefferson who had all female children? and that kind of just dawned on me, that was just one of the things that i learned from interviewing these people. before i even researched this book, i really didn't know that thomas jefferson had a younger brother. he was 13 years younger and one historian and described him as a half with. in fact, there's only one

>>host: alabama? did evening. fred. are you there? let's try tenn. >> caller: i have considered myself a republican but i voted for the president but i support the bill because there are millions of people who either cannot be covered by health care or would not be covered orenda current system because they have a pre-existing condition with a person with a disability or they work for themselves and have a large discount as they would with a major company and we have to secure health care for all those people from the current system. >>host: alex went from "congressional quarterly." go ahead. they called cloture by this sonat 1:01 a.m. eastern. why is this significant? >> it is a big tax go. if they can pass the though they will show the have the support to pass the bill. >>host: do they have the support? >> if they don't we are not aware. if they don't have the 60 votes i don't know who it would be they have only been negotiating with ben nelson from nebraska and he says he is for the bill. >>host: they have been added since 1:00 in

its coat tobias in birmingham, alabama, host: tobias in birmingham, alabama, go ahead.hello? the use this time for major legislation, make more effort to address the economy. because it is not going to be an extreme priority to the place where -- i did not say that this climate change moving forward, but in reality -- i do not say that this climate change moving forward, but in reality, leaving obama -- blaming obama, talking about obama. you can find everything he will say or do is attacked, so you need to be very careful host: tobias, thanks for your call. guest: i think one of the things to buy as is pointing out there is the tension in the debate. in the long run, you are going to have an economic benefit from curbing read us gases, and it will spur innovation in green technology here at home, but it will be essential if we're going to shift to a low-carbon economy. in the short term, there will be some economic dislocation, and you'll be hearing a lot about that, including higher energy prices, as part of the congressional debate early next year. host: we have this

at the age of 25, he went off to alabama to start a school.no buildings, notebooks, nothing. so he started from scratch and brought in at tuskegee institute in that region, and he became a famous educator, but he was also a politician and an advisor on republican matters to several republican presidents, including theodore roosevelt. >> the story of the speech. how did it happen? and there was a fragment in the process before we get to the other line of speech which got our attention for some reason. build up to that. >> to was a good orator. but he really wanted to reach the white crowds with his message. so he was given an opportunity one time up in boston, and he got on the train, went back to alabama, and a speech that lasted two diplomats. he got on the next train back. he talks about how he traveled on thousand miles to give a two- minute speech. the speech itself, we do not have. we piece together his message from those newspaper accounts. his speech in atlantatlanta, toward her, was the speech that established him as a natural -- in at

its coat tobias in birmingham, alabama, host: tobias in birmingham, alabama, go ahead.ello? the use this time for major legislation, make more effort to address the economy. because it is not going to be an extreme priority to the place where -- i did not say that this climate change moving forward, but in reality -- i do not say that this climate change moving forward, but in reality, leaving obama -- blaming obama, talking about obama. you can find everything he will say or do is attacked, so you need to be very careful host: tobias, thanks for your call. guest: i think one of the things to buy as is pointing out there is the tension in the debate. in the long run, you are going to have an economic benefit from curbing read us gases, and it will spur innovation in green technology here at home, but it will be essential if we're going to shift to a low-carbon economy. in the short term, there will be some economic dislocation, and you'll be hearing a lot about that, including higher energy prices, as part of the congressional debate early next year. host: we have this

double-double and mississippi state will have to fight their rivals and ole miss picked to come in second, alabama, lsu, arkansas and auburn, real powers in the east with kentucky and tennessee and vanderbilt, south carolina and florida. florida lost other day though for the first time. >> marcus: varnado, can i see him in an nba camp just really opening the eyes of some coach because of all this activity. jarvis. >> steve: lee picks it off and malcolm, a nice drive to the hoop, and that was strong by malcolm lee. >> marcus: going to the hole. i don't know if it will ever happen, but i'd like to see him being able to try and use that kind of ability from maybe a force with space to operate and off the dribble going to the basket jarvis. >> steve: the bruins have a lot of players that need to get in that weight room? >> marcus: yeah, tyler honeycutt, malcolm lee could use some more strength and right here coming at you, a nice little stutter going left and getting the defense to bite and explosion going to his right and his athleticism really amps up two or three notches, malcolm lee. flat-footed,