he was here for his biographies of kissinger, benjamin franklin and albert einstein. in the past he has been the chairman and ceo of cnn and managing editor of time and then i just actually read this this afternoon. in november the past month the couple of weeks ago he was nominated by president obama to be the chairman of the broadcasting board of governors, and that is a body that runs voice of america and radio free europe and other international broadcasts run by the government. in what i felt was an engaging introduction to american sketches, walter isaacson shares the drive he has had since his youth in new orleans to become a great writer. he was in a place where he was soaking up the atmosphere of tennessee williams and william faulkner but he was also there until walker percy's death. but then before he went off to be a rhodes scholar the summer before, he was still on his great writer mission and offered a job as a summer intern by "the washington post" and he turned it down. he turned it down to become a stevedore on a derrick barge on the mississippi and t

there were a lot of people who were smarter than albert einstein in terms of their learning and their knowledge. his max plunk. they were all working on this problem. einstein was simply a third-class patent clerk working in the swiss patent office. but in his spare time, he realized that the speed of light is always constant, but as you try to catch up with the speed of light, time slows down for you. it was an amazing leap of the imagination, an act of creativity that was done by patent clerk and not by a professional scientist. it took them another five years before he got a job as an academic scientist because that's how long it took the rest of the scientific community to figure out this leap of the imagination. and so whether it's henry kissinger or hillary clinton or bill clinton or benjamin franklin ronald reagan, i have auld -- always tried to look at what made somebody stand out, what special characteristic that made them different from the people around them. i got inspired by the first real writer i ever knew, walter percy, and i hope his books are still here because i wil

there were a lot of people who are smarter than albert einstein in terms of their learning and their knowledge. they are the buzz max plonk, they're all working on this problem. i was simply a third class patent club working at the swiss patent office. but in his spare time he realized that the speed of light is always constant and as you try to catch up with the speed of light, time slows down for you. it was an amazing leap of imagination, inactive creativity that was done by a patent clerk and not by professional scientists. in fact, took them another five years before he even got another job as a academic scientist because that's how i took the rest of the scientific community to figure out the sleep of the imagination. and so whether it's henry kissinger or hillary clinton or bill clinton or benjamin franklin or ronald reagan, i've always tried as a journalist to look at what made somebody standouts, why did they have a special characteristic that made them different from the people around them. as barbara said, i got inspired by the first real writer i ever knew, walker percy.

albert einstein once said, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." even though their stimulus bill hasn't created a single job and has resulted in 10% unemployment, house democrats have brought to the floor a stimulus 2 bill that continues to expand numerous provisions of their failed stimulus 1 bill. and here's a graphic depiction of this insanity. how does spending more on the bureau of reclamation create more jobs? how does transit capital assistance now create jobs now than it didn't before? and how did loan guarantees create jobs now when they didn't before? this is a son of stimulus bill. let's stop the insanity. vote no. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: who seeks recognition? the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. obey: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, the chairman of the banking committee, mr. frank. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts for three minutes. mr. frank: madam speaker, the assertion that the e

albert einstein once said, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again andxpecting different results." even though their stimulus bill hasn't created a single job and has resulted in 10% unemployment, house democrats have brought to the floor a stimulus 2 bill that continues to expand numerous provisions of their failed stimulus 1 bill. and here's a graphic depiction of this insanity. how does spending more on the bureau of reclamation create more jobs? how does transit capital assistance now create jobs now than it didn't before? and how did loan guarantees create jobs now when they didn't before? this is a son of stimulus bill. let's stop the insanity. vote no. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: who seeks recognition? the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. obey: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, the chairman of the banking committee, mr. frank. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts for three minutes. mr. frank: madam speaker, the assertion that the eco

as albert einstein said, the most powerful force on earth is not nuclear energy, it's the power of compoundingst you. it also means when you act sooner rather than later the less draconian changes has to be made, the better ability to plan. so let's act sooner rather than later. taxes are going up on a lot more than those making $250,000 or more. why? mass. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i want to thank you for being at this hearing today and express my appreciation to our very distinguished witnesses. i have a feeling if we do the model of the commission that were looking at two people who could contribute enormously. so thank you very much and i thank our witnesses. >> i agree with you, senator collins. this membership on the commission would be an appropriate punishment for your good behavior. over the years. and for your excellent testimony today. i think we are really on the verge of beginning to try to do something about this. it's a long way from doing something.ñr but i think we have a reasonable opportunity here, reasonable chance to begin the process that we're talking about that both o

albert einstein once said, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again andcting different results." even though their stimulus bill hasn't created a single job and has resulted in 10% unemployment, house democrats have brought to the floor a stimulus 2 bill that continues to expand numerous provisions of their failed stimulus 1 bill. and here's a graphic depiction of this insanity. how does spending more on the bureau of reclamation create more jobs? how does transit capital assistance now create jobs now than it didn't before? and how did loan guarantees create jobs now when they didn't before? this is a son of stimulus bill. let's stop the insanity. vote no. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: who seeks recognition? the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. obey: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, the chairman of the banking committee, mr. frank. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts for three minutes. mr. frank: madam speaker, the assertion that the econom

as albert einstein said, the most powerful force on earth is not nuclear energy, it's the power of compounding against you. it also means when you act sooner rather than later the less draconian changes has to be made, the better ability to plan. so let's act sooner rather than later. taxes are going up on a lot more than those making $250,000 or more. why? mass. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i want to thank you for being at this hearing today and express my appreciation to our very distinguished witnesses. i have a feeling if we do the model of the commission that were looking at two people who could contribute enormously. so thank you very much and i thank our witnesses. >> i agree with you, senator collins. this membership on the commission would be an appropriate punishment for your good behavior. over the years. and for your excellent testimony today. i think we are really on the verge of beginning to try to do something about this. it's a long way from doing something.ñr but i think we have a reasonable opportunity here, reasonable chance to begin the process that we're talking about that

albert einstein once said, quote, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. the first stimulus didn't work. the new stimulus would only increase the already massive deficit and provide a temporary fix. higher taxes and higher spending is not the formula for economic growth. what america really needs is to encourage entrepreneurial activity, help small businesses, and get the government out of our pockets. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i have witnessed the horror of choice between back alley abortions and sometimes unforced marriage to try to avoid disgrace. those were the realities that women faced prior to 1973. my fear is that the harmful stupak-pitts language is signed into law we will revert back to those dark times. critical to this debate is a brea

. >> host: you describe albert einstein as he adds a new dimension. you say he had an attitude?] >> guest: yes. he was a character. he'll love life and was larger than life and loved people but he had an attitude and annoyed all of his professors wang graduated when everybody was given a recommendation for a job that he could not. he was destitute because he could not find a job so finally he was in the patent office. he was a smart alec. he had great friends. they appreciated how brilliant he was. but the teachers did not. >> host: i want to read just a little bit from the story b >> i want to read a lot of it from the story of science, the einstein volume on the nuclear bomb. i want to know why you write it like this. "the manhattan project might be the most ambitious scientific endeavor humans have ever undertaken. was it a success? you can decide that for yourself progress a work of science and technology, it was spectacular. the german effort never got very far. of the german scientists believed it was impossible to make a bomb in time for the of warsaw and never convince h

as albert einstein said, the most powerful force on earth is not nuclear energy, it's the power of compoundingu. it also means when you act sooner rather than later the less draconian changes has to be made, the better ability to plan. so let's act sooner rather than later. taxes are going up on a lot more than those making $250,000 or more. why? mass. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i want to thank you for being at this hearing today and express my appreciation to our very distinguished witnesses. i have a feeling if we do the model of the commission that were looking at two people who could contribute enormously. so thank you very much and i thank our witnesses. >> i agree with you, senator collins. this membership on the commission would be an appropriate punishment for your good behavior. over the years. and for your excellent testimony today. i think we are really on the verge of beginning to try to do something about this. it's a long way from doing something.ñr but i think we have a reasonable opportunity here, reasonable chance to begin the process that we're talking about that both of you

host: you describe albert einstein, who is pictured in the story of "einstein at a new hddw subject." guest: he was a character. he was larger than life. he was very bright, but he had an attitude in college. he enjoyed all of his professors -- key and away the -- he annoyed all of his professors. he was a smart alec. he had great friends. his friends appreciated how brilliant he was, his teachers did not. host: we will put the numbers back up in case you are interested in talking with joy hakim. i want to read just a little bit from the story of science, but einstein volume -- the einstein volum. e." " the manhattan project might have been the most ambitious project that humans have ever undertaken. was it a success? if you can decide that for yourself. it was spectacular as zero works of science and technology. the german scientists believed it was impossible to make a bomb in time for this war, so they never convinced hitler to give them enough money to make it happen, but the allies did not know that." guest: are we better off having an atomic bomb? i guess it might have happened

albert einstein is a poster of said that the greatest power on earth is not nuclear power.s compound interest. if you are a debtor nation, that works against every citizen of this country. the bulk of our budget problem lies in the health-care area, the area of health care entitlements. that is why the proposals make an effort to reduce the deficit now and in the future.