. >> you have albany, which is a total disaster. albany ought to be eliminated from the m. [laughter] it is a sea of corruption and cronyism. albany, new york. >> are you talking about a nuclear strike? >> and neutron bomb wjla.co w -- a neutron bomb. in california -- nina is absolutely right. when you are only there for six years, it guarantees that lobbyist interests are dominant. the cycle continues and is not a virtuous cycle. to our community it's our lifeline to the emergency information we need it's a free service that provides free entertainment. but one day soon, it could be taken away. there's a movement among special interest groups to limit free antenna tv and millions of americans who depend on it would lose out. let's tell congress to keep free antenna tv as part of our communications future. always free and always local. i think you might have hooked it up wrong, though yea, we're getting way too many channels. no, no. that's -- that's standard. fios also comes with 11,000 free movies and shows on demand per month. ah, standard. gotcha. a certain somebody say

we're doing okay from new york city up through the new york stay thruway up around albany.s far as snowfall goes, 6 to 12 inches the next 2 days. mostly northern new england that. will be the worst of it. this will be a prolonged event. the snow will be slushy and frozen at night especially. now the airports, so far, so good at logan. we're doing great. newark just reporting at about one-hour delays. winds will pick up tonight. if have you to fly tomorrow out of logan or providence or hartford, albany up through areas of maine , it will be wins gusting up to 50 miles per hour. i expect more significant airplane delays tomorrow than today. that's the storm in the east. the other big story, chris, this cold outbreak. this is the coldest it's been this winter. i was looking at sioux falls, iowa. they had their temperature minus 32. coldest they have been since 1974. this is a significant cold outbreak. >> that's just not right. we were talking about fargo, so i found the line where the two guys are dressed up like eskimos and you know it's already 20 degrees below zero, and on

water but once they get inland it ranges from seven in mount washington, 6,000 feet to 18 degrees in albanydo we show you new england in reference to our 23 in baltimore? we'll be there next week and doesn't look like that chill will go away much over the next six days. we could reinforce that cold air was play that football game in new england. snow back to the west. snow from lake erie. pretty heavy chicago and eastern suburbs extending back towards pittsburgh but really, they have nothing else to do but enjoy the snow this time of year. the rest of the eastern seaboard, you can see they are not the only ones getting the snow. we've had snow passing through the deep south from arkansas in through northern sections of mississippi. as we watch this southern push of the jet stream and last half-hour we had shown you some of the temperature near freezing from orlando northbound, the northern half of florida, that arctic chill just locks itself in place, the citrus crops in danger of freezing for yet another morning, while we have this disturbance to the northwest and chance of maybe afternoon

we take you now to the state house in albany, new york, for live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> looking live inside the state house in albany, new york, looking for the state of the state address for governor david paterson. he's expected to focus on ethics issues including campaign finance law and term limits. the speech scheduled to begin at 1:00 eastern time running a few minutes late here. we have an opportunity to give you a little bit of information on another state of the state address going on right now, in fact, california governor arnold schwarzenegger is

he concentrated on campaign issues and finance reform law during this speech in albany. >> thank you.before we begin, i like to thank the speaker and all of his staff members to arrange these wonderful accommodations for ross and the cooperation of the staff of senator john samson and his cooperation as well. >> it has become customary on occasions of this significance to recognize each and every public official in the room with congratulatory pronouncements and self reflected praise. but my colleagues, at times are measures and i would ask what your understanding that we dispense with the flourishes and formalities and i would like to address all of you today just as fellow citizens of our great state, all equal under the eyes of god, all response both to the people of the state of new york, whether our service be short lived or long remembered. this is a winter of reckoning. i come before you today not just to talk of the state of the state, but also of the state of our self governance. a fragile instrument of popular will that has become the will to be popular. where it is easier t

he goes into places like birmingham or albany georgia or chicago were meant this tennessee and stirs things up. that is what is so interesting. demanding dozens of things from mayor daley in chicago of the early version of affirmative-action if he precipitates fear and loathing among the white population but also among certain black power brokers to have their own relationship with city hall and look at king as the outsider who is upsetting the delicate balance of power in their own city. >> host:. >> host: what compel due to write this book? >> guest: i was transformed and impacted by the 2008 election. i wanted to connect to the election results with my own work on postwar african-american in history and especially the civil-rights and black power movement. one of the least reported stories was the impact that black power radicalism had on the nation in terms of transforming the nation to elective the first black president. when we talk about obama cover we talk about civil-rights including the then is senator obama. one of the most famous speeches 2007 at the demonstration 1965 th

king goes to birmingham, places like albany the, georgia, memphis, tennessee, and he really stirs things up. very, very combative. demanding dozens of things from mayor daley in chicago in 1965-'66. really an early version of affirmative action for the city, and he really precipitates fear and loathing among the white population, but also among certain black power brokers who have their own relationship with city hall and mayor daley, and they look at king as really this outsider who's really upsetting the delicate balance of power be in their own city. >> host: let me pause this conversation a bit just to ask you what compelled you to write this book? >> guest: well, i was really, really transformed and impacted by the 2008 election, and in a way what i wanted to do was really connect the election results with my own work on post-war african-american history, especially the civil rights and black power movements. i think one of the least reported stories of the election was the impact that black power radicalism had on the nation in terms of transforming the nation enough to elect the f

he goes to places like albany, georgia, like chicago, memphis tennessee and he stirs things up and that is what is interesting about dr. king. terrie combat if demanding dozens of things from mayor daley in chicago in 1965, 66 of the slum clearance in the early version of affirmative action for the city and he precipitates and loathing among the white population but also certain black power brokers who have their own relationship with city hall and mayor daley and looking as an outsider who is upsetting the delicate balance of power in their own recipe. was with me pause on this conversation just ask you what compelled you to read this book? >> guest: i was really transformed and impacted by the 2008 election and in a way but i wanted to do was connect election him results with my own network compost war african history especially civil rights and black power movements. i think one of the least reported stories of the election was the impact that black power radicalism had nomination in terms of transforming to elect the first black president. and when we talk about obama during the 200

king goes into places like birmingham, albany, georgia, chicago,and he really stirs things up. that is what is so interesting. very, very combative demanding dozens of things from mayor daley in chicago, an early version of affirmative-action. he really precipitates fear and loathing among the white population, but also among certain black power brokers who have their own relationship with city hall and mayor daley. they look at king as this outsider who is really upsetting the delicate balance of power in their own city. >> host: let me pause in this conversation just ask you, what compelled you to write this book? >> guest: well, i was really, really transformed and impacted by the 2008 election. in a way, what i wanted to do was really connect the election results with my own work on postwar african american history, as well as with the civil-rights and black power movements. i think one of the least reported stories of the election was the impact of that black power radicalism had on the nation in terms of transforming the nation enough to elect the first black president. w

albany, new york, minus two windchill. you see it this morning from boston to philadelphia.indchills in the single digits in many cases. at least it is sunny. sunny doesn't quite feel as bad. temperature right now is going to hover around 27 in new york. alex, the worst of this is still up for our friends in bismarck to minneapolis. windchill is still minus 20 to minus 30. and they haven't come close to getting near freezing so far in the new year. probably have to wait until the middle of next week. there is a big warmup coming. this is the last day of the harsh cold. >> okay. bill karins, thank you very much. stick around. i want you to join in with my next guest. no disrespect to you, bill, but it is said that weather forecasters have the one job where you can still be wrong and -- >> we're like baseball players. >> make an error and still have a contract. for one forecaster, really getting it right, you know who? the farmer's almanac that publication has been around since 1818, boasts an 80% accuracy when it comes to predicting the weather. joining me in the stud swroe s

albany or go to jail. that's the basic choice that government offers the citizens. every once in a couple of years you get a chance to make group decisions and elections and throw the bums out. until the new bums give you the same choice, all they or go to jail. and the difficulty, and the contrast with the private sector is very direct. you make business decisions every day and you have an almost limitless array of choices that go into an american supermarket. you don't like some of the junky food and the non-nursing food. they all have organic sections that appeared as a response to the marketplace that you didn't need the government to declare were not going to prepare -- i'm not sure organic vegetables are worth it, but some people believe in and you can get it. it's in the market. and this functions remarkably well. if you look, look, talk for a moment nonprofit versus profit-making sector. talk for a moment about education. do you think it is an accident that schools, private schools, catholic parochial schools in particular, spend far less per student than th

the reform albany act will have an independent ethics commission that will have jurisdiction over stategovernment. this commission will have the power to enforce campaign finance in pay to play and finally bring jurisdiction and oversite to so-called good government groups who hide owners behind walls of sent iment. the reform will significantly drive down campaign contribution and call for openness of outside income. i recognize significant push back, however, when i step back and think about our roll in government, my cool eegs, how much more would it have been if we had instituted the right procedures to address unethic kl conduct. what has now happened is that the public wants bolder initiative in order to win back their trust. they have routinely demanded special treatment without any regard for others no one person or group is deserving of anymore. there is no moral high grand. nothing lower than engaging in the currency of influence to the debtment of other new yorkers that don't have the same representation. the reform are integral to the come back. we can attract businesses onl

a very important second link between schenectady and albany and $9 million for a new passenger rail station in downtown schenectady. >> well, you'll be happy to know that there is no bigger advocate than luis slaughter who i talk to every day -- not every day but at least once a week anyway. she really -- she's on this. she's been a big promoter. she's gotten the delegation from new york together. and she's been a strong advocate and we're very aware of it. >> thank you. >> yes, sir. >> sam adams, mayor of the city of portland, oregon. and i just wanted to thank you for doing in just a short few months in terms of making the necessary reforms to the federal funding programs for streetcar that had been gummed up for years after they were authorized and created. you fixed them. we thank you and to you and to the rest of the folks listening, portland not only was the first to bring back the modern streetcar but now we're selling them. united streetcar. we're offering good prices. thank you. >> no. it's a very good story. it's a very good story. the thing that i found when i went to portland --

[applause] the reforma albany agenda will significantly drive down campaign contributions, call for, require openness of outside in comes, will strip public officials of their pensions who commit felonies, phased in gradually public campaign finance, and impose term limits on state officeholders by constitutional amendment. [applause] now i recognize that there will be significant push back to this legislation. however, when i step back and just think about our role in government, how much more for cited would have been if we had instituted the right procedures to address unethical conduct and at acts that have embarrassed the salt? what has now happened is the public want boulder and morris -- and more decisive initiative to win back their trust. the goal is to bring fairness and openness to the government which has very little of either. the money interests, many of them here today as guests, have got to understand that their days of influence in this capital are numbered. they have routinely demanded special treatment without any regard for others. no one person or group is above

fastest-growing state in wind power and business is seeking to build the equipment coming to new albany and clinton. within weeks you will see us explode on to the solar power landscape. perhaps most telling, 2008 brought the welcome word that moreeoe moving into indiana than moving out. the numbers were not huge but they mark a big reversal from an era in which most years sought exodus sometimes including many of our most promising young people. one recent identified indiana as the second place to place in america for college graduates. the college team that is in hot water. we have stood up to this recession with the strength reflecting the 30 character users. odds are the year will not be easier. everyone in the public's employee has a chance to do so remembering where jobs come from and who it is that pays for our salaries and every penny we dispense. two years ago tonight i recall the toughest question i was asked in my first month as governor. what makes your state distinctive? what makes you stand out? no need to ask any more. but at any map of states still in the black. states p

host: pete, albany georg, georg. caller: good morning. may delete laid all the responsibility at the feet of the republicans. it was bill clinton. he laid the groundwork for this whole thing to emanate. you are for getting chris dodd and barney frank and the great work at freddie and fannie. then you act as though americans are against the average person when the democrats do all they can to drive up energy costs from drilling for oil to creating new nuclear facilities. they have always been against that and it is causing middle- class people to pay more for every good that they buy. how can you make the statement and have the republican ignore it? republicans were single-handedly the cause for the financial breakdown? when you had democrats urging no-money down home loans. they were responsible for things you neglect to mention. it amazes me you could think that the democratic party had no cause in a financial meltdown. guest: well, in the interest of full disclosure of have clients and the financial services industry, however, i disagre

when she tried to write, blowhard fatcat in albany, new york, where the state house is better have aer belly, they would change it to protuberant abdomen. molly is going oh, my god. that wasn't having. it culminated her rather famous, for molly, a moment where she was sent to new mexico to write a story on behalf of "the new york times" about, there's no other way to describe, a chicken killing festival. people would gather around and you and kill a lot of chicken, roast them up, pluck feathers and talk about chickens. i have no other way of describing that we have festivals like this with texas. i'm spice that was an index of. we have the fireman festival in martial. she couldn't help herself. she wrote a story, send it back to the editors in new york and she described the festival as a gang pluck. [laughter] . . come to new york. she knew she was coming for a dressing down. quite deliberately she shows up at the new york times office in new york wearing a dress that when friends saw her, there were botches on it. the editor of the new york times is the most powerful man in journali

when she tried to write that some blowhard bloviating fat cats in albany, new york, where the state artad a trendline. they would change it to protuberant abdomen. ali said my god, what is going on. there were moments when she was sent to a corel is in mexico to read a story on behalf of "the new york times" about, there is no other way to describe it, a chicken killing festival. people would gather around and kill a lot of chicken, roast them up, eat them, like feathers, and talk about chickens. we have festivals like this in texas. i'm surprised that wasn't in texas. we had the fire and marshall and texas. to do a slice of life stories you couldn't help herself. she read a story comes in and back to the editors in new york to describe the vessel as a gang of pluck. [laughter] that obviously works with you. so it didn't work in new york. they didn't like that. they thought for some reason that molly was suggesting something else. i don't know what happened. and she got a phone call and for those of you who are insider baseball junkies, abe rosenthal, one of the titans of american journ

so to try to settle the matter, jay literally went to albany with a suitcase full of cash.ilarious figures from the new york state legislature, i can see both sides of the issue, depending on how business the suitcase was. [laughter] >> and it finally -- vanderbilt actually managed to poor some of the payback a lot of what he was lost. it's incredible. >> he kind of never forgave them for it. he would try to contact; right? >> yes. one of my favorite example is about the time of the civil war is when he goes to seawanses. this is the high point president in the civil war, it's a better part of 1 million people died. people started to go to mediums all of the time to contact the dead. vanderbilt did it. i don't think he based any business decisions on these. not only because it continued to be successful, i personally don't believe in spiritualism. i don't think the mediums were contacting the dead. i think they would say a lot of nonsense. vanderbilt clued into that too. he called up the ghost after fisk had been shot dead. he asked him a few questions. of course the answer

now businesses seeking to build the equipment for this new industry are coming to muncie, to new albanyon. within weeks, you'll see us explode on to the solar power landscape. perhaps most telling, 2008 brought the welcome word that more people are moving into indiana than moving out. the numbers weren't huge, but they mark a big reversal from an era in which most years saw a net exodus, sometimes including many of our most promising young people. one recent ranking identified central indiana as the best place in america for new college graduates. a teabag's strength is revealed in hot water. so far, we have stood up to this recession's heat with a strength reflecting the sturdy character of hoosiers. odds are the year ahead won't be much easier. everyone in the public's employ has a chance to help, and a duty to do so, remembering where jobs come from and who it is that pays for our salaries and every penny we dispense. two years ago tonight, i recalled the toughest question i was asked in my first months as governor, when an east coast ceo asked, what makes your state distinctive. wha

i have seen a travel from california to albany, new york and back, nonstop.s its own air compressor that provides its own air tank and it comes in four, six, or eight cylinder. it has no steering column, therefore, it has a digital steering system. it has air-conditioning, heat, even have liked. host: we had another, and from another caller about that. guest: i am not an expert on that. i am a scuba diver, so i understand compressed air, and i know this is a viable way to go. the question is, how do we compete with the technology that has been around for 100 years and a fuel system that is intrenched? is it the air car? is it the of electric car, natural gas? the most of the beginning that i have seen in this particular world is that you've got to have a fuel structure and vehicle structure moving in parallel with one another, and we do. the utility industry is very excited about providing fuel for transportation and electricity is generated from domestic fees to a very high degree, and that is good for a lot of reasons. and the grid is going to get cleaner o

host: willie from albany, georgia. democrat line. caller: your last guest stated that democrats had spent $1 trillion that put us into a deeper deficit. understand that was needed to keep us from going into recession. my question to you is how long do you think it will be before we get health care passed? guest: we are very close. in the next few weeks, you will see a strategy put forward. we have a bill that passed the house, senate. we are close. in the next few weeks, you will see movement. on the other issue, i thought the president was very effective say when the recession started, we had to use a certain amount of money for the bailout, for the stimulus, recovery act, to get things moving again. otherwise, we would have had a collapse. yes, we have spent money, but now that the worst is over, we can address the deficit problem. i think the president is stressing that when things are bad, you have to do tax cuts, spend money on infrastructure, in order to get things moving again. gradually, you can move away from that. you said

host: pete, albany georg, georg. caller: good morning. you may delete laid all the responsibility at the feet of the republicans. it was bill clinton. he laid the groundwork for this whole thing to emanate. you are for getting chris dodd and barney frank and the great work at freddie and fannie. then you act as though americans are against the average person when the democrats do all they can to drive up energy costs from drilling for oil to creating new nuclear facilities. they have always been against that and it is causing middle- class people to pay more for every good that they buy. how can you make the statement and have the republican ignore it? republicans were single-handedly the cause for the financial breakdown? when you had democrats urging no-money down home loans. they were responsible for things you neglect to mention. it amazes me you could think that the democratic party had no cause in a financial meltdown. guest: well, in the interest of full disclosure of have clients and the financial services industry, however, i dis

albany, new york on the line for democrats. caller: yes, i do think that prepares should be regulated. there is too much to know these days in taxes for an office to do it. at least if someone is regulated they have responsibility to study, take a test. even with that will happen is that returns might be correct, but they was still a moment a lot of deductions people could be having. i think that is the biggest problem with the tax code. taxpayers taking advantage of every deduction they are entitled to. host: isn't that what they are supposed to do? caller: yes, but sometimes they're not as successful as a taxpayer would like. a taxpayer would never know. so, i think having prepares to take tests for the irs is a very good first step for accuracy. then we should all move on to getting the biggest deduction we can. host: things for your call. we will go momentarily to the carnegie endowment for international peace. -- thanks for your call. on the panel of representatives from carnegie as well as the imf, the american enterprise

contender in the senate race in massachusetts, a republican lawyer from the it said it arrived in albany on wednesday to discuss his plans to run against senator kirsten gillibrand. you are angry? i will fight for you. you are frustrated? your voice will be heard. a scene at similar from both sides of the aisle. national, dave is on the republican line. -- nashville. caller: democrats have been in control of congress for four years, the nation's purse strings, and their brand of socialism just brought a trickle of poverty and people are voting against that. what have the democrats learned? i can tell absolutely nothing. our president said he will speak more to the american people. the guy has had 411 speeches in the past year. it that sounds like an awful lot of talking to me, but that is all it is, talk. host: front page of "the politico." democrats face life after 60. on "the hill close " says white house seeking new direction. keith on the democrats' line. caller: we as democrats need to create a movement behind the president and the democratic party. just like back in the 1960's unde

neil strine from albany new york. democrats won. your reaction, go ahead, please. >> caller: i just want to congratulate senator brown. i just want to tell you that my wife and i, even though we live in new york, drove over to massachusetts on sunday and volunteered and became brown volunteers in massachusetts and made phone calls for the senator. >> host: and what made you do that? >> caller: because we are fed up. we don't want the health care bill. the fact they would not put it on c-span we thought was all right bribery in the country and the part of our elected officials and nebraska and the unions convinced us that we have to do something. and i hope people are around the country have the same view that we found this weekend to do this because america has to turn a silver of four of our children and grandchildren. we have to start developing new industries. we have to drill for our own oil and our own gas. we have to keep the money on this side of the water, and i hope that senator brown hears me and i hope that he and the res

so do try to settle gold went to albany with a suitcase full of cash and there were some hilarious figuresfrom the nearest tape or just later they could see both sides of the issue depending on how big the suitcase was. and it finally vanderbilts actually miraculously manage to force them to pay back a lot of what he is lost. but it's an incredible episode. >> he never forget that even though he tried to contact big jim fisk. >> one of my favorite example of that is about the time of the civil war is when vanderbilts starts to go to santas. and as a point on the book, this is, this is actually a hybrid of spiritualism in american life. in the civil war, the better part of a million people died and so people started to go to mediums all the time to contact the guide. vanderbilt definitely do that. i don't think you do any business, based in the business decisions on the sÉances. and not only because to continue to be successful, i personally don't believe in spiritualism so i don't think the median section were contacting the dead. so i think that they were saying a lot of nonsense when the

power, and now business is seeking to build equipment for this new industry coming to muncie, to new albany and clinton. within weeks you will see us explode onto the solar power landscape. perhaps most telling, 2008 brought a welcome word that more people are moving into indiana than are moving out. the numbers want huge but the market's big reversal from an era in which most years salles net exit as sometimes including many of our most promising young people. one recent ranking identified central indiana as the best place in america for new college graduates. a teabags strength is revealed in hot water. so far we have stood up to this recession with a strength reflecting the sturdy character of hoosiers. the odds are the year ahead will be much easier. everyone in the public employee has a chance to help and the duty to do so remembering where jobs come from and who it is that pays for our salary and every penny we dispense. two years ago tonight, ausley recalled the toughest question i was asking my first months in governor when an east coast ceo asked what makes your state distinctive,

. >> host: let's here from albany, georgia. hi. on the democrat line. >> caller: good morning. i'm joe collins. i was listening to the lady that called in saying that the promise that he's going to get jobs. but i feel like the president did not go out and just make people give you a job. you have to understand that we can't do that. he can only try as hard as he's doing to try to make it possible to get jobs. but it's not like he can go out and just make people hire you and give you a job. >> host: any perspective there? >> something that's an important point. one of the things that we have fact checked on polotifact one of the claims about the stimulus bill and how many jobs have been saved or created. this is an interesting question. i guess to your point about the nature of stimulating an economy and trying to get businesses to create jobs. what obama has said repeatedly is numbers about how many jobs have been created or saved by the economic stimulus bill. we've been very skeptical of that. particularly because of the word save. that's a very difficult thing to measure, u

albany, new york, charles on our independent line. to be a lot of party strife and egos involved. instead of all the hoopla and getting down to the basic needs of america, what the federal government should do is protect our borders. listening to the comment as before me, janet -- what the caller? it is not about that. they are in this position because of their great minds and their love for american. but their egos get involved, and that is really horrible, because americans to take it upon themselves to protect their own neighborhoods as well. host: was this the kind thing that you think a department head or some individual should be fired or personnel change? caller: someone should lose their job, whether corporate america or even the neighborhood store, get rid of them. they are putting something in jeopardy. our nation's livelihood, our ability to live free the way that we want within a lot, and it starts in the basic neighborhoods. if the local police see something and passes up a command -- a chain of command, who knows how far

. >> my name is carolyn and i am from albany, new york. >> that is my mother's name >> [inaudible] [laughter >> you had a 46% downturn in gun violence. we have established a gun violence task force, but we cannot seem to find the answer. >> i have talked about it in a speech already, but i will be more specific about it. we have been able to achieve 46% reduction in gun violence. it used to be the stolen car capital of the world and we're down 4% on cars as well. two things, back to the daily discipline of your ideals, your values and your love. we had to do two things. one was, run the police and armed with a much higher level of discipline. those of us that are in the public sector, be it nonprofit or government, government does not often select for count -- accountability. whether it is schools or whatever, accountability is a difficult thing to infuse into public institutions. market accountability is easy. but ribordy knows what the bottom line is at the end of the week. government accountability is difficult because to me, it means three things. it is having clear standards of what you

i have seen a travel from california to albany, new york and back, nonstop.it has its own air compressor that provides its own air tank and it comes in four, six, or eight cylinder. it has no steering column, therefore, it has a digital steering system. it has air-conditioning, heat, even have liked. host: we had another, and from another caller about that. guest: i am not an expert on that. i am a scuba diver, so i understand compressed air, and i know this is a viable way to go. the question is, how do we compete with the technology that has been around for 100 years and a fuel system that is intrenched? >> we will leave this sequence to go to the white house. here is robert gibbs. >> one quick statement before we get started. we are deeply saddened by the loss of the ethiopian airlines in beirut, lebanon last nine bird our thoughts and prayers what the families and friends of those who lost their loved ones. united states commenced the government of lebanon and the united nations rescue workers in their immediate response in recovery efforts. >> the middle

includes high-speed court -- high-speed rail corridor in upstate new york, a very important link between albany and schenectady, and $9 million for a passenger rail station in downtown schenectady. >> you will be happy to know that there is no bigger advocate than louise slaughter, who i talked to every day -- not every day, but at least once a week. she is on this. she has been a big promoter. she has gotten the delegation from new york together and she has been a strong advocate. we are very aware of it. >> thank you. >> sam adams, mayor of this city of portland, oregon. i just want to thank you for doing in just a fourth -- short few months in terms of making the necessary forms to the federal funding programs for streetcar, which had been done up for years -- bumped up for years after being authorized. we thank you for listening. portland was not only the first to bring back the modern streetcars, but now we are selling them. united streetcar, we are offering good prices. >> it is a very good story. it is a very good story. the thing i found when i went to portland, the morning i borrowed o

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[applause] the reform albany agenda will significantly drive down campaign contributions, call for -- require openness of outside income, will strip public officials of their pensions who commit felonies, phase in gradually public campaign finance and will impose term limits on state office holders by constitutional amendment. now, i recognize that there will be significant pushback to this legislation. however, when i step back and just think about our role in government, my colleagues, how much more foresighted would it have been if we had instituted the right procedures to address unethical conduct and bad acts that have embarrassed us all. what has now happened is that the public wants bolder and more decisive initiatives in order to win back their trust. the inevitable goal of this legislation is to bring fairness and openness to government which has very little of either. the money interests, many of them here today as guests, have got to understand that their days of influence in this capitol are numbered. they have routinely demanded special treatment without any regard for ot