. >> meredith, 400,000 americans have ms, 200 people a week are diagnosed with it in this country.g done in terms of research, in terms of funding. you've been in the direct light of this for a long time. what do you think? >> not nearly enough. i defer to you because you know the numbers. >> let me tell you something, i feel very strongly about this. the nih budget, which has been frozen at about $30 billion a year is inadequate. $30 billion a year pace for about 2 1/2 months in afghanistan. if one shares the belief that i think -- well, i'll speak for myself -- that i have, which is that we're going down the wrong road there, you have to wonder why we're not taking care of our own people, why our priorities are so skewed and why we're not spending more money on lots of things but one being medical research. you know, a hundred -- almost half the population, almost 130 million people have a chronic illness. there's a tremendous need for research. this is what's breaking the system. and we're not putting enough of our resources into medical research and taking care of our own peopl

have a message for ms. bachmann accusing her of dividing americans. hele bachmann respond afford they f after they finished that. >> they have a right to do that but how disrespectful to do that when we are here to honor veterans and stand behind them and our military. i hope some day they truly come to understand and appreciate what's been done for them. >> we know wrai isiowa is a key state for the election. jeremy was elected mayor of aredale, iowa. the 18 year old did not campaign and was not on the ballot and did not have to kiss babies to become mayor of the town with a population of 74. he secured the win with write in votes. you can meet him here at 2:00 p.m. on news nation with tamara hall. >>> despite a double digit unemployment rate, african-americans still support president obama and his policies. overwhelming 86% of african-americans approve of his handling of the economy and the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. i'm joined by joanne reed, msnbc kro contributor. we look at the unemployment numbers and it's been difficult for the african

american airlines. >>> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. period. i saw ms. allred and her client yesterday in that news conference for the very first time. as i sat in my hotel room with a couple of my staff members as they got to the microphone, my first response in my mind and reaction was, i don't even know who this woman is. >> back with david gregory, eugene robinson and cynthia tucker. cynthia tucker, i want to ask you about this. this isn't a case of interpretation by the woman, staff person, and a way that she interpreted something, a behavior or words by a male staff or colleague. this is an action which would not just be inappropriate, but bad behavior in any setting, possibly criminal behavior. >> absolutely. >> strong, aggressive, sexual advance on a woman of the kind we talked about or she talked about in her testimony yesterday when they gave the press conference, talking about grabbing her head and pushing it towards his crotch, him reaching towards her genitals. the whole thing so graphic and so clear. his defense wasn't a limited modified ha

ms. dukes experience w not an isolated incident you but -- >> when you have a class as big as a small americancity -- >> over one willyon women, a lot of women had a difficult time. >> over one million women. >> over a million women included in that lawsuit. that's really why it was kicked back because it was determined to be too big. too big. so it's been chopped up so we can see what is going on state-by-state and i think this is a good strategy and it will be interesting to see how that plays out. i think walmart has developed new programs that they really allocated to buy products from women-own businesses. i think that whether or not how this case pairs out, we will find out that walmart is trying to reach out to women in a way and i hope women will be able to take advantage of that. >> they might not have been policy discriminating against women that were written down but it's a way of thinking about there is a manager who said that men are better dealing with a single focus objective and that's what walmart is about. so, people hearing this is a okay, there are men that should be promot

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american people to have a fair shake. thank you for your leadership, representative fware men dee. you have been tremendous. mr. garamendi: thank you, ms. sutton, for so abley representing ohio and your states. we've got work to do. we've got veterans to care for and they need help. americans want scrobs and the american jobs act is there. if we were to bring that up today or tomorrow instead of the foolish little bills that have been going on around here for the last month and a half, americans can go back to work and it would be fully paid for with a fair tax. we have work to do. i ask the speaker of the house, my republican colleagues, to give americans a chance to go back to work. put the american jobs act up for a vote. put that tax up for a vote. let's pass it. i think we'd vote it out of here in half a moment if we had a chance. right now, woe don't even have that chance. with that, and hope for the future, and thanksgiving for those men and women that have been out there protecting this nation, the veterans, young and old, able and disabled, we thank them. thank you. ms. sutton: thank you. mr. garamendi: i yield back. the speak

ms-nbc wonder why they have no audience? why threaten him before the harassment issues come up? >> when the you look the at the african-americanown, it goes to the fact that he's a conservative. they don't like that he's a conservative african-american. it goes against what the majority of african-americans believe in -- >> sean: he's a threat? >> absolutely. i have so many conservative african-american friends that actually stay quiet because they don't want to have this confrontation with the liberal democrats. at the end of the day, as the republican candidates are doing, presenting solutions for the communities so that the minority communities can get out of welfare, find jobs and have opportunity here in america. >> sean: this is disgraceful. >> it's coming from everybody. this is-- the republican establishment -- >> sean: no, give me an example of a republican who said anything similar to what you just heard. >> what do you mean? they are coming at him from a different angle? >> sean: curry white favor, symbolic crack pipe, bad apple. >> howard dean went through the exact same thing -- >> sean: he did not! >> yes, he did

ms. white is just the latest that he's accused of lying. i think that the american people are going to be able to make a judgment if they have not already done so. >> there are some details about ginger white that have emerged tonight. she filed a sexual harassment claim against an employer in 2001 that was settled. she has a history of financial problems. she's been evicted from apartments and filed for bankruptcy. does any of this matter, gloria? i mean, is it really credible that a woman would make a charge of a 13-year affair if there was simply no truth at all to it? >> apparently she has quite a bit of corroboration in the form of at least numerous texts, perhaps e-mails, perhaps other evidence from herman cain. and does the fact that she's had financial troubles matter? zero, zip, nada. there are millions of women in this country and millions of men as well having financial problems. the fact that she's had them in the past does not bear on whether or not she's credible on this issue. as i understand it, she was concerned that people were getting in touch with her, finding out. she also didn't like herman cain's attacks on the women w

american made. if we have a policy. now on the floor here, three weeks ago, we were talking about this, and our colleague from illinois, ms. janikowski -- ms. schakowsky, brought something to the floor that blew me away. she brought a document prepeared in 1788, by george washington. it was a manufacturing policy for america. he told hamilton, who was then the secretary of the treasury, to go out and develop eight steps for an american manufacturing policy. so this is not new in america, folks. we need a manufacturing policy in america, we call it make it in america. it's a tax policy. educational policy. an infrastructure policy. it is an international trade policy where we don't give it away but we require fair trade, not free trade, fair trade. these are american manufacturing policies of today. thank you, george washington, for setting us on the course we need to continue with. mr. tonko: absolutely. i hear in your statement the wisdom of sound planning. we need that. for government to be smart and efficient, which is the call by the general public, we want smart investment from our government. ask any competitor out

ms. herrera beutler: chimp hill said americans can be counted on to do the right thing after they have exhausted all other possibilities. it applies to this institution. what have we tried? we have tried billion dollar bailouts for auto companies and wall street fat cats, not for main street. we have done bailouts for auto makers and thrown money at everything and have added so much to our national debt in the last four years. republicans did it, too. doesn't make it right. so, are we better than we were four years ago? no. in southwest washington state, we still have rampant unemployment and joblessness. i'm no economist and not the distinguished minority leader who i respect. i'm just an average american but understand a very simple truth, you cannot spend more than you have. that's all this amendment does. that's it. we aren't cutting social security. we aren't cutting medicare. we are actually protecting those programs by saying this federal government is going to live within the money that it takes from the taxpayers every year, no more, no less. it's very, very simple. you don't have to be

american women and writers. host: we have another tweet. connecticut, tom, your next. -- you are next. caller: where does "ms."azine stand on opposing pornography and smut? my perception is that it used to oppose its strongly. some people used to be opposed to pornography. probably isimates, 40% of content on the internet. guest: you know your history. there was a cover which was the most explosive cover inside "ms.," the most debate internally about this issue. woman's pornography is another woman's eroticism. this was unbelievable sensitive. some felt it was untenable to condone or allow pornography to be considered part of the vocabulary of eroticism. for others, they felt the product proclivities -- their preferences should not necessarily be ruled out just because one woman might be offended by it. that debate was yeasty, let's say. we were not able to go into how incredible the intense that debate became. "ms." had a line or opinion that they espouse down the line. generally they were against violence against women, and anything that smacked of that was untenable. in terms of where part for is today, i'v

ms. nathan, there was an act just launched encouraging members of congress to commit to strengtheninged older americans agent. how many members of congress have joined the support drive? >> so far, senator, chairman sanders, and aging committee chairman cole provided statements of support. >> [inaudible] >> we're delighted to do that. thank you very much. >> i'm committed to -- a big part of what i've been doing in minnesota, and listening, ect., and i'm committed to strengthening the older american's agent and introducing this and bill of rights putting in place additional protections for seniors who receive home and community based services. my bill would expand the long term care on programs of seniors in their homes as well as guaranteed that every -- >> we are well aware of the work you've done with your constituents and trying to improve the older americans act, and we deeply appreciate your commitment and support. >> when push comes to shove, they can sell their home, and the housing market today is such that the nest egg disappeared in many ways, and some seniors are even underwater in their mortgage so that option is gone, so we are

ms. bondi's argument of a limitless power of congress but he said, it is clear that the millions of uninsured americans have a substantial impact on interstate commerce, and as you know, that is the supreme court's standard based on prior cases. so how do you argue against that? >> well the argument against it is exactly what was contained in the opinion which the states won in the lower courts and that is this case is not about health care, it is not about health insurance. instead what this case involves is the limits of congressional power. the issue isn't whether or not someone who enters into the stream of commerce such as buying health care insurance can be regulated by congress the issue is whether or not congress can force americans into the stream of commerce. it is important to understand there has never been a law like this ever passed by the united states congress. gregg: right. >> equally important to understand that the united states supreme court has never considered this issue. if the supreme court upholds this law the supreme court itself will be expanding the scope of congressional power.

american dream. as we reignite it, which is part of what this is all about. with that i would be pleased to take any questions you might have. ms. pelosi, we talk about the supercommittee but coming up on november 18, the government runs out of money. it's been showed that republicans want to attach policy riders to the appropriations bills. after seeing what the republicans have done in the last few government funding bills, do you expect there to be talk of a shutdown again and do you feel house democrats, emboldened the last time they stuck together, will stick together and not cave too early? >> as you know under the leadership of our whip, steny hoyer, 183 democrats signed a letter to the speaker, the republican leadership, saying let's just get our work done in terms of our appropriations bills. let's not use them as riders that could be an excuse for this kind of confrontation. the public needs us to get the job done not to make every bill that should be the regular order of the house to be this kind of confrontation about a showdown. we would be passing the -- one of the many buses that has a number of the bills and the

american consumers -- >> this will only take a minute. >> this will only take a minute. >> we have a message for ms. bachmann. >> we have a message for ms. bachmann. >> -- down -- [ chanting ] >> all: usa! usa! usa! usa! >> thank you, everyone, for your patience. don't you love the first amendment? it's great. we have a great country, and i want to thank you all for your understanding. god bless you. thank you for that. >> not a bad way of dealing with it, i suppose. the protesters were ultimately escorted off the aircraft carrier by police chanting "we are the 99%." >>> president obama will be on an aircraft carrier of his own. his own. a different one. a tradition in parades as americans honor our soldiers, veterans and military family, the president will welcome some vets in the white house hosting breakfast there and later take part in a ceremony at arlington national cemetery. the next stop, san diego, watching the first college basketball game to be played on an active navy aircraft carrier the famous "uss carl vincent." >> i wouldn't mind being there for that. >>> so what's the weather going

ms. claus were big stars out here. boys and girls dreaming about the goodies under their trees this christmas. >> do you have christmas wishes for yourself and your family. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: americansave not even stuffed, roasted or carved their turkey. already, we're talking about christmas and shopping. a built much for some. >> i love it. it is cold, but i love it. i like the tree and santa claus. >> reporter: the avenue here is packed. judging bay the crowds people are in the holiday spirit. >> do you have a wish for citrus? >> to have nur was guns. >> reporter: on saturday, they are hosting the 13th annual holiday parade. back to you. >> oh, no. i have not done shopping yet. thank you. some of the children received free gifts last night. >>> if you are looking for something to do in baltimore tonight, santa is expected to arrive downtown. this is video from last year's celebration. a parade for santa's arrival tonight. the lit up house there. of course, santa is going to make his premier of the power plant light show. >> that is pretty. >> dancing santas. >> i have not done shopping. >> i realized this morning, our cbs radio partner, 101.9, has christmas music playing this mor

ms. fudge, congresswoman fudge, i need to ask you, in the state of wisconsin, 17% of white men and women don't have this kind of i.d. 49% of african-american men and women don't have this i.d. 46% of hispanic men don't have this ip i.d. 59% of hispanic women, 56% of african-american women. and 78% of african-american males ages 18-24 do not have this kind of i.d. in addition to this, there is a cost to getting the paperwork to get a photo i.d. $ 20 for a replacement birth severity and in some cases you have to have a photo i.d. to get a birth certificate. in wisconsin, a large population who don't have this photo i.d., there is no department of motor vehicle station, congresswoman fudge, that is open, has evening hours, or weekend hours. so the burden of getting this kind of i.d. is great. i do realize that i need to yield back my time. but i want to mention this will have a terrible impact on our young college-aged student population. we have college students that this bill would require that they use college i.d. that doesn't exist in the state of wisconsin. there have been no monies provided for the universities, none of which have this

ms. herrera beutler: chimp hill said americans can be counted on to do the right thing after they have exhausted all other possibilities. it applies to this institution. what have we tried? we have tried billion dollar bailouts for auto companies and wall street fat cats, not for main street. we have done bailouts for auto makers and thrown money at everything and have added so much to our national debt in the last four years. republicans did it, too. doesn't make it right. so, are we better than we were four years ago? no. in southwest washington state, we still have rampant unemployment and joblessness. i'm no economist and not the distinguished minority leader who i respect. i'm just an average american but understand a very simple truth, you cannot spend more than you have. that's all this amendment does. that's it. we aren't cutting social security. we aren't cutting medicare. we are actually protecting those programs by saying this federal government is going to live within the money that it takes from the taxpayers every year, no more, no less. it's very, very simple. you don't have to be

american national security and for freedom. ms. ayotte: thank you so much, senator lieberman. again, i appreciate your leadership, all you have done for our country, to protect our country. i dare say that you -- no one has been more focused on protecting our country in this body, and we deeply appreciate your leadership. before i yield the floor, i need to briefly discuss the withdrawal of an amendment that i have which is 1067 regarding notification of congress with respect to the initial custody and further disposition of members of al qaeda and affiliated entities. i have received assurances from the armed services committee majority and minority staff that these common sense steps that are outlined in that amendment will be addressed when the defense bill goes to conference. therefore, mr. president, i also ask unanimous consent that my amendment be withdrawn. that's amendment 1067. that's an amendment that i would ask that it be withdrawn, but i also understand that the armed services committee will take up my amendment when the defense bill goes to conference as part of the conference on this bill. the presiding office

ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker, and good morning. in the past few days, many americans have contacted me through facebook and twitter with their thoughts and their message was very clear. they want jobs and they want them now. on behalf of these americans, i urge the leaders of the house to respond by passing major legislation that will create high-paying jobs. they write to me, i hope you know living wage jobs that are meaningful. job creation begins at home, close the loopholes that send jobs overseas and make it tougher to bring the profits and products back here. an additional suggestion would be a fund works program administration modeled after the first one implemented by franklin roosevelt, a new deal for the new millennium. we need to stop the manufacturing drain going out of the country, to revisit the w.p.a., to jumpstart the economy. and to fix our aging infrastructure. heck, we need someone to take weeds out of the sidewalks, we need an energy policy. concrete players to accelerate the use of renewables. too much of our fuel costs end up in our trade imbalance an

americans were issued gun permits last year. as ms. macnamara mentioned, a new registration restrictions that have been passed around the country will also disproportionately harm people of color. the new law in florida has forced many organizations, including the league of women voters, to seize registration drives. african-americans and latinos registered twice the rate in 2004 and 2008 under these drugs. the suspension of such drives will result in fewer minorities registered in florida next year. early voting cutbacks also have seen the target minority voters. as has been mentioned already, african-american and latino voters have disproportionately voted on sunday where it is available. congresswoman fudge gave us specifics in ohio and i will give you some statistics from florida. 33% of those who voted on the sunday before election day in florida were african-american. 24% were latino. that greatly exceeds the general population numbers and that sacred this year part has ended early voting on the sunday before election. as congresswoman fudge mention, ohio passed a law that would have eliminated sunday early voting entirely. again,

ms. wasserman schultz: 537. mr. gonzalez: and we already touched on that estimates of how many millions of eligible american citizen voters don't have a current state-issued i.d. in the millions. and in florida it was less than 600 votes. i don't know the experience in new jersey, but it would seem -- i went over this earlier and i don't know if my colleagues were here, we passed laws in this chamber and we always try to demonstrate that we're trying to remedy a situation that is true in existence and the manner in which we do it. we look at cost benefit. we can't prove fraud but i can assure you we can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that people will be denied access to the polls. mr. holt: i thank my friend from texas. the history of america has been a history of expanding the franchise. the opportunity, the right to vote. and it's based on this principle that we often talk about in this chamber but maybe don't pay enough attention to which is the principle of equality under the law. we're saying -- we're not just saying that, yes, everybody can vote. well, unless you're disabled and you can't get into the polling place. or every

ms. jackson lee: what i say to my good friend from south carolina, i have the greatest respect for employers. i'd like the gentleman to join me in passing the american jobs act to give them payroll tax relief, to give them tax credits for hiring new employees. but you have to ask the question after this bill's implementation, will workers view their workplace more favorably? will their wages match the growth rate of the company and economy? will workers feel like american employers supported by government provide meaningful safety for community survival? this legislation frankly undermines the american workers. can we all get along? can we find a way to address the concerns of making sure that we're fair to the employer but not have delay after delay after delay to deny someone their constitutional rights of organizing, freedom of expression? i think we can. the elimination of the provisions -- provisions that i have spoken to is a dilatory upperhand of employers to get the better hand of our employees. i reserve my time. the chair: the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentlelady from texas has 15 seconds remaining. the gentleman from south carol

american people need to understand what's coming. the worst has not yet hit. and i yield back. ms. buerkle: i have spent most of my professional career in the health care industry. i have represented a hospital for a number of years so i know up close and personal how these issues have affected and will affect our hospitals and providers. and despite the best intentions of this health care law, whether we disagreed with it or agreed witness, despite the best intentions of this health care law are the unintended consequences and our health care providers will not be able to proceed or perform the services that our communities need and expect and come to expect and certainly wasn't the intent of the health care law, but ladies and gentlemen, and mr. speaker, that is exactly what is happening. i would like to yield and recognize the gentlewoman from north carolina. mrs. ellmers: thank you for holding this special order and thank you for being here. we are here because we are health professionals. we know the real world of health care and we know the real world solutions. it's the reason i'm here in w

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. our colleagues across the aisle are constantly reminding the american people of what a great economy we had when president clinton was president. why did we have such a great economy? because six of the eight years that he was president we had a republican-controlled congress. the first two years of his administration was a disaster in this country. then we had six years of the republicans in control. they balanced the budget. they reduced spending, and did we have a horrible economy? did we have horrible workplace situations? no. they want to lead you to believe that with republicans in control and passing republican bills that we'll somehow or other destroy this country. that is not going to happen. under republican control we have generally a booming economy. but not under democrats. i now would like to yield three minutes to my distinguished colleague from south carolina, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for three minutes. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, dr. foxx. i'd like to submit to the record the following email from mr. solomon acting chief council -- counsel of the nlrb

have 36 co-sponsors, and i want to thank ms. lofgren for her hard work on this issue. mr. speaker, access to wireless networks represent a key component of millions of americans' livelihoods, providing the efficient communication and capabilities, whether by phone, broadband internet or otherwise necessary to run a successful business. the exosh tent discriminatory taxes on wireless customers are not only unfair, they are counterintuitive, adding another costly impediment to the success of so many american businesses who are struggling in the midst of a prolonged recession and an already hefty tax burden. low-income and senior americans who frequently rely on wireless service as their sole means of telephone and internet access also bear the brunt of this discriminatory tax' impact. h.r. 1002, the wireless tax fairness act provides a balanced approach that protects the revenue needs of states and localities while allowing for a five-year hiatus on new discriminatory wireless taxes, encourages states and localities to develop a national tax regime that maintains the affordability of a wireless service. mr. speaker, i strongly encourage my colleagues to support

ms. waters, for this bipartisan effort as well as our leadership on the committee. as a nation we have an unemployment rate that is hovering around 9% and 14 million americans out of work. we've had 32 consecutive months with unemployment rates at or above 8%, yet senator harry reid, the majority leader, insists it's very clear that private sector jobs have been doing fine. the american people disagree. i'm 62 years old and a freshman in this the people's house. before coming to congress i spent my entire career in the private sector. i've signed the front of a paycheck. i know something about how to create jobs. what i know is that attempting to spend our way to an economic recovery won't work, and we have the economy today that proves just that. from the experiences gained from an almost 40-year career in private business to get the private sector creating jobs again and our economy growing, government needs to get out of the way and not be an impediment to job creation. this is the philosophy that has governed bill after bill that the house has passed to get our economy moving again, and unfortunately these bills are rotting at the doorstep of the senate as harry re

ms. bordallo: i rise in support of the amendment offered by my colleague from california, grace napolitano. while i am sympathetic too and recognize the concerns of my friend from american samoa i have received significant support from my constituents to include guam as an eligible port of call for annual safety inspections only. to the u.s. distant water tuna fleet. permitting the fleet to call on guam in addition to american samoa will create additional economic opportunities for my constituents. the fleet can utilize guam's coast guard sector, our port, our ship repair facilities and service their helicopters. it is commonsense approach to enforce the safety inspection requirements for the u.s. flag vessels. i want to be very clear, mr. speaker, i want better assurance from the administration, stakeholders that this will not harm the tuna industry in american samoa. that industry is critically important to their economy and its competitive advantages must not be undermined. i am committed to working with my friend to ensure that the american samoa tuna industry remains strong. in fact, i am staunchly opposed to the distant water tuna fleet fishing in guam's waters. the fleet is i

ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. our colleagues across the aisle are constantly reminding the american people of what a great economy wead when president clinton was president. why d we havea great economy? because six of the eight years that he was president we haa republican-controlled congress. the first two years of his administration was a disaster in this country. then we had six years of the republicans in control. they balanced the budget. they reduced spending, and did we have a horrible economy? did we have horrible workplace situations? no. they want to lead you to believe that with republicans in control and passing republican bills that we'll somehow or other destroy this country. that is not going to happen. unr republican control we have generally a booming economy. but not under democrats. i now would like to yield three minutes to my distinguished colleague from south carolina, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for three minutes. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, dr. foxx. i'd like to submit to the record the following email from mr. solomon acting chief council -- counsel of the nlrb. mr. spea