when arlington began. during the war, things were so desperate that there wasn't any time for tombstones. they had headboards. they were made out of pine or walnut. painted white with black lettering. does, of course, had to be maintained or they fell apart. in the years after the civil wars, we begin to clean up, we begin to make sense of things, someone came up with a design in the 18 '70s, late 18 '70s, early 1800s for the white marble tombstones you see in arlington today. uniform designed. anyone who qualified for burial here, qualify for one of these tombstones. the earliest stones were like these you see here which have the name of the company, the state, and the date of burial and incised shield. later, the design is simplified just to include the name of the person, the date of birth, the date of burial. that's the modern tombstone you see in other sections of the cemetery today. the first military of burial here, william chrisman, was typical in that like many soldiers who died in the civil war,

we have an incident out in arlington. wood beams all over the roadways. this is northbound route 110 just before the memorial bridge. cleanup crews are there and hope to get it out of the way shortly. in virginia, check out 395 northbound. little volume here at duke but no major problems to the district. as we come up on 95, early risers heading northbound. no problems from dale city to 495. no major issues here. good morning, maryland. the outer loop. good news for you. 95 to georgia is looking good all the way to 270. back to you. >> thank you. >>> president obama says we must must act quickly because lives are at stake. the president stalked about -- talked about a flaw in the security system after the attempted bombing of a northwest airlines flight. >> when our government has information on a known extremist and that information is not shared, and acted upon as it should have been, so that this extremist boards a plane with dangerous explosives that could have cost nearly 300 lives a systemic failure has occurred. >> reporter: president obama said he

>> over 4 million people visit arlington national cemetery each year. and nearly 100 graveside services are conducted each week. to learn more, visit arlington cemetery.org. >> good evening, and thank you for coming out this evening. 80 years ago, this month, the worst stock market crash in the united states history took place. known as black tuesday, although actually it was a series of days. october 29. on that day, $15 billion in assets were wiped out in a single day of trading on the new york stock exchange. $15 billion today may not sound like very much, by way of comparison, by my estimate, that would've been the equivalent of wiping out the entire annual revenue of about the 20 or 30 largest companies in america at that time. see you can just imagine. and then by november, a third of all died in the stock market had vanished. that event did not directly or immediately cause what we now call the great depression. i think most economic historians today would say that it was more of a catalyst than a cause. nonetheless, that sequence of events raise

arlington has so much history tied up in the civil war. this section of the cemetery was begun in may 1864, really before there was a cemetery. how did that happen? it happened that 1864, the civil war have been going on for several years, and washington was really a hospital city at that time. there were as many as 50000 soldiers and sailors in the hospitals of washington, temporary hospitals set up all over town. and of course, those people started dying. and they had to be buried. so earlier in the war, the national cemeteries were established at alexandria, virginia, and at the old soldiers home in northwest washington. they were planned to accommodate all of those who died in the washington area hospitals. what happened was that the war went on much longer, it was much bloodierha

>> i hope they will take away from it a sense of what a special place arlington is in the american storyow it got that way. because we tend to come here today and you look at it and it looks finished; it looks complete. it wasn't that way from the beginning. it evolved from one thing into another thing into another thing and so what i tried to do in my book was to say, how did it get to be the place, the national shrine, we know it as today? what was it before? what was it before that? and so i tried in my book peel back the layers of what arlington was and how it became what it is today. >> over 4 million people visit arlington national cemetery each year and nearly 100 grave side services are conducted each week. to learn more, visit arlingtoncemetery.org. >> national book award winner author timothy egan the "the big burn," recalls the largest forest fire in history. mr. egan recalls the struggle of forest fires. the "christian science monitor" "los angeles times" and "kansas city star" selected "the big burn" as one of their top books in 2009. fact and fiction bookstore in montana ho

rest the family mourns the death and takes comfort in the ritual at arlington. his family took comfort in the time-honored ritual surrounding his burial at arlington national. the next call comes from taxes on the line for independents. caller: good morning. i want to make a comment about afghanistan. when mr. obama was a senator he was in charge of the subcommittee that have the responsibility for nato in afghanistan. he did not hold one single hearing. he took no action. he did not visit afghanistan. within 60 days of his election he arbitrarily sent another 22,000 troops without any deliberation whatsoever thinking that he will correct the problem. the fact is the bush administration left him only 100 al qaeda operatives in the country. the rest of this war against the taliban is smoke and mirrors. we do not need to worry about the taliban being in control of afghanistan. if the afghan people want to have the taliban rule them, they can. when he gave his speech last night he said this the liberation of four months to make the decision to send 30,000 was the r

. >> larry: another call, arlington, massachusetts, hello. >> caller: i have a quick question, suze. don't you think that this recession has been a good teaching moment at all for some of the people in the united states looking at it in a way that material things are not number one anymore in their lives? thank you very much. >> yeah, you know, i have always, if you watch my show, you always hear me end my show with a statement that goes people first, then money, then things. and i do think what's happened in the economy has gotten us all to realize that there can be tremendous joy in just being with people and valuing things that matter and letting you define the things around you rather than the things defining you. however, with that said, it's a shame that that lesson had to come in the way that it did, it's not right that people don't have jobs. it's not right that millions of people have lost their homes. it's not right that people don't know what to do. good, every day people that really were inflicted with this when for many of them it was no fault of their own. so a recessio

and the caskets coming home at dover, so the quiet solitude at arlington.ple tours of duty, as you carry on our missions in iraq and afghanistan, your service, your readiness to make that same sacrifice is an inspiration to us and to every single american. >> and so are your families. as first lady, one of my greatest privileges is to visit with military families across the country. i've met military spouses doing the parenting of two, keeping the household together, juggling play dates and soccer games, helping with home homework, doing everything they can to make the kids feel ok, as they try to hide their own fears and worries. i've met kids who wonder when mom or dad is coming home, grandparents and relatives who step in to care for wounded warriors and folks trying to carry on after losing the person they loved most in the world. and through it all, these families somehow still find the time and the energy to serve their communities as well, coaching little league, running the p.t.a., raising money to help those less fortunate than they are and more. b

>> obama: because when you go to walter reed and you travel to dover and you visit arlington and yous that young men and women and their families are making-- there is nothing more profound. and it is a solemn obligation on the part of me as commander in chief to get those decisions right. i do not make this decision lightly... >> kroft: in your west point speech, you seemed very analytical, detached, not emotional. the tone seemed to be, "i've studied this situation very hard. it's a real mess. the options aren't very good, but we need to go ahead and do this." there were no exhortations or promises of victory. why? why... why that tone? >> obama: you know, that was actually probably the most emotional speech that i've made, in terms of how i felt about it. because i was looking out over a group of cadets, some of whom were going to be deployed in afghanistan. and potentially, some might not come back. there is not a speech that i've made that hit me in the gut as much as that speech. and one of the mistakes that was made over the last eight years is for us to have a triumphant sens

when we first started doing this, well, john smith who lives on elm street, is that elm street in arlington or alexandria? is that a same john smith or different john smith? you can identify this really well. you can track people you registered as you're going through. you know you registered somebody because you have that some spreadsheet over here. you can knock out when they voted. small election you can do it on your own pc which is helpful. okay. you're going to be able to track those who will cast their ballot early. people you've identified because you made them do it. people already registered. figure it out. this will save energy and save money. you can do it in, in california we did it with just a vendor. we sent the download every day. matched up files, kicked it out and new group of people we're calling. comes easier and easier as technology gets more up-to-date. okay. so i legal, i want to make this point. know what the law is. go do research on that. figure out exactly what your people can do. what paid staff can do. have observers ready to go. plan out when you need to start

a little more of the selflessness we too often keep at a distance on that sacred ground we call arlington. i would ask, mr. president, that the vote begin, i ask unanimous consent. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 3326, the department of defense appropriations act for fiscal year 2010. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to concur in the amendment of the house to the amendment of the senate to h.r. 3326 shall be brought to a clo close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the presiding officer: may we have order, please. the clerk may resume. vote: vote: the presiding office

valerie, this beautiful young woman, is from arlington heights, illinois. she's a student, a doctoral student, studying biochemistry, cambridge university in england. when she was 4-years-old, valerie was lead most with type one diabetes. she decided early in life that she wasn't going to let her diabetes stop her career ambitions. she couldn't become an artist or entrepreneur. she knew she needed a stable job because she always needed to have health care. she had diabetes. now, at 24, this brilliant young scientist, the stock for all candidates, worries that her diabetes and what she calls the broken insecure u.s. health system will keep her from returning to the united states from england and using her skills to help her home country. to control her disease, valerie needs a lot of medical service including regular doctor visits and insulin shots for most of her life her medical care was paid for by her parents, but those of us to have three children know what happens next. most plans we have for our families cut off our kids at age 24 and that is valerie'

then, on november 11, he spent the morning at section 60 of arlington national cemetary where a lot of the afghan casualties are buried. and later that afternoon he had perhaps the most important meeting of the entire strenal strategy session when he demanded a tighter time line. and so that was most likely in his mind, certainly, during that session. >> you've been hearing a lot about exert strategy. but secretary gates has been very careful to say it's not an exit strategy, it's the beginning of a transitional phase in our operations in afghanistan. explain the difference. >> the difference is that july 2011 is the beginning of the end. that may mean a brigade leaves, a company leaves. it's trying to set, to focus the afghanistan government's mind on this date. what they did not talk about in the language that they use is the slope of withdrawal. in other words, how fast the americans leave, when they lee. and for secretary gates in particular to talk about that, that very much is colored by his experience in afghanistan in the 1980s in testimony before the hill right after the annou

. >> this weekend on c-span2's booktv, we will to work arlington national cemetery. -- we will tour arlington national cemetery. see the comparisons and similar to tear -- and similarities of seemingly unrelated cultural situations and then join our 3 our conversation with joy hakim. for the entire schedule, the two our web site. >> today on world aids day, the federal government outlined a new five-year plan for combating hiv and aids internationally. u.s. global aids adviser to talk to reporters for about 25 minutes. >> hello, how is everyone today? thank you very much. lovely to be here. good afternoon, ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the state department this afternoon. we are with the ambassador, the u.s. global aids coordinator. his duties include running the entire u.s. government's international aids efforts. he oversees the implementation of the u.s. president's emergency plan for aids relief as well as the u.s. government engagement with the global fund to fight aids, trichosis, and malaria. with that, i give you the ambassador. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to have an opportu

when he got to be 65, the arlington county library -- they since changed, notified him that they were reducing his fines for late books because he was a senior citizen. of course, i became a senior citizen the same week. and he said to me, he thought that was totally unfair and he was going to bring it to their attention that senior citizens usually had more time on their hands than people in the work force. we would go out to dinner and he also had a light beer before dinner. and he would ask the waitress, could you list the domestic light beers. he was afraid imported beer might cost a little more. [laughter] >> they listed the specials on it on a menu and he would invariably ask could you price that? he rarely bought the special, but he told betty ann and me repeatedly he never thought people should make merchandise offerings without telling you the price. there was something wrong with that. his post office box in vermont -- he doesn't have a post office box. he picks up his mail -- he did at general delivery 'cause you had to have a box to pay for it. general delivery is a servic

john lawson the executive director of arlington, va. ms.hami, the president of nickelodeon. my grandchildren what's that a great deal. we also have mr. james steyer. he is that ceo of common sense media. it sounds like a very dangerous group treat. [laughter] he is from san francisco. >> i came from lake tahoe. it is a very important hearing. >> we are joined by the good senator from alaska. he got here too late to make a statement. he just barely missed it. he is terrific. he is 47 years old, the mayor of anchorage. his first term, he walks in yohere and seems to know everything. he is part of the new eagerness of this committee. we are a different committee. we have hired investigators. we look into dark corners. we love of reading up on the insurance industry. we are very good at it. we do not want to have to do that on television. mr. gary knell, can we start with you? >> thank you very much. we are delighted the you have a new vigor added to this committee and are focusing on children's television. this is so necessary as we move forwa

singing of hymn] ♪ [military commands] [organ music] ♪ >> senator edward kennedy was laid to rest at arlingtonext to his brother's. the ceremony ran about 25 minutes. >> there is a certain fitting ness having a burial at the dying of the day because we know the sun will come back again tomorrow. as we think of teddy, we know that his new life begins. and as we look at this great family, we are sure new life is already beginning and new, great things are happening. mr. vice president, vicki, members of the family, it is for all of us a very special time in our own lives, in your life, in the life of our country. so we began in the name of the father, and of the sun, and of the holy spirit. dear friends in christ in the name of jesus and his church, we gathered together to pray for edward kennedy, that god may bring into everlasting peace and rest. we share the pain of loss, of the promise of eternal life gives us hope. therefore we comfort one another with these words. karen? -- cara? >> in reading of the letter of paul to philippians. [inaudible] changing our lovely body to conform with his gl

the caskets coming home at dover, the quiet solitude of arlington. after years of multiple ports of duty, as you carry on our mission, your service, readiness to make the same sacrifice, is an inspiration to us and every single american. >> and so are your families. as first lady, one of my greatest privileges is to visit with military families across the country. i have met military spouses doing the parenting of two, keeping household together, juggling play dates and soccer games, helping with homework, everything they can to make the kids feel o.k. even as they try to hide their own fears and worries. i have met kids who want to know when mama's coming home, grandparents and relatives who stepped in to care for wounded warriors and folks trying to carry on after losing the person they love the most in the world. and through it all, these families somehow still find the time and energy to serve their communities as well, coaching little league, running the pta, raising money to help those less fortunate than they are, and more. but even the strong

her reminding us about the soldiers who have fallen, about their families, about her visit to the arlington cemetery. i want to concur, i had the privilege of visiting the cemetery this week. not only did i also grieve for those families visiting the gravestones of their loved ones and family members and those that were there that didn't know who served, i was proud to see the thousands of reefs that were brought down from my home state, the state of maine, in honor of the fallen soldiers, 16,000, and many people that traveled with them to make sure we showed the proper respect for our military, for our soldiers and those who served for their country in the past and virtually every day. and i want to just say that we are here today in part to talk about making sure that there is adequate funding for our military. and, yes, we all wish that our colleagues in the senate had acted faster on this bill, that we weren't dealing with continuing resolutions, but this is the particular situation that we are in. and it greatly important that we finish our work before the end of the year, before the e

they are resting at arlington now. in fact, it was 11 years ago this month that we came and buried them in arlington. that is something every family should have. it is a commitment we owe it to every fighting man, that we will bring them all. i am sad and i am embarrassed to say it is a commitment to our government has not lived up to. we see today that looking back it would have been so easy after world war ii to recover the man missing, especially in the south pacific because we are finding aircraft relatively easily and pretty often in the south pacific. if we had taken a harder stance and demanded our pow, if we had taken a harder stance on the intelligence of pows crossing into the former soviet union and china perhaps we all would not be sitting here today and a lot of families will have the answers. they deserve the answers. we are going to keep pushing at congress. sorry, but we are going to keep pushing. we are going to be seeking the answers for classification because in spite of what you have heard all the i

there are stories that come from tucson, arlington, los angeles. they say, citizens replace citizens -- are replacing immigrant day laborers who are having trouble finding work. these are people who used to have permanent positions. it's happening everywhere. that's the article from the "usa today." jobs americans won't do? jobs are lined up. americans are lined up to get jobs in day labor gatherings alongside groups of illegals who have decided not to go back home because of the lack of opportunity here. the unemployment rate is 10.2%. 15.7 million unemployed. madam speaker, if you add the list to that 15.7 million legitimate workers in america who are unemployed and by definition looking for a job, there is another 5.5 million who exhausted their unemployment benefits that are looking for a job. more than 20 million americans that want a job today. and the american workforce of 154.4 million of our total workforce, there are over 70 million americans of working age not working, over 70 million. we could tap into the workforce of more than 70 mill

. >> this weekend on book tv, we want to our arlington national cemetery, including section 68, were soldiers from iraq and afghanistan wars are buried. it is part of the history of the cemetery with author robert poole. then see the comparisons and similarities of seemingly unrelated to cultural situations. and sunday on in debt, and joined our live free our conversation with joy hakim. for the entire schedule, go to our web site. >> now the second of two hearings on u.s. strategy in troop levels in afghanistan. they heard from secretary of state hillary clinton, defense secretary robert gates, and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen for little less than three hours. c-span 3. >> the committee will come to order. before beginning my opening statements, i would like to make several brief announcement. announcements. as most of you know, our colleague robert wexler will resign to become president for the center of middle east peace and cooperation. he is resigning as chairman as the sub committee on europe and will be followed by bill delihunt. he will be focussed on old

we'll tour arlington national cemetery including section 60 where the soldiers are buried.'s part of the history of the cemetery with robert poole. see the comparisons and seemingly unrelated cultural similarities with the authors of super freakn o mics. and join us with multi value works on science. for the entire schedule go to book t.v. dot org. >> "washington journal" continues. >> very pleased to introduce you to the vice president of finance of air tractor of all right. my texas. one of the 130 people ib invited to participate in white house summit. how did you find yourself after that the white house jobs summit? guest: i don't know. i got a call wednesday before thanksgiving and asked some questions and later i got an invitation. i'm not for sure how all that worked. it would be interesting to note? host: any speculation of a list that brought you to their attention? guest: we do a lot of exsporting so i have to assume maybe something through our work there. but it's only an assumption. host: after the opening session we heard there will be break-out groups. have yo

. >> john lawson, executive vice president of ion media networks from arlington, virginia. >> thank youving me here to discuss broadcaster's continuing dedication to children television and the ground breaking efforts made by ion media and this area. i am the executive vice president of time media networks which is the nation's largest broadcast television group. i testified today in my role as a member of a nab board of directors of the national association of broadcasters and more importantly, as a parent. i have twin sons that are here today. >> right over there? >> yes, sir. >> they are great looking kids. i have been wondering. i want them to stand up. >> they take after their mother. [applause] >> you are right about that. thank you, boys. >> i hope that statement added credibility to the rest of my statement. >> we live in virginia but we have a home in west virginia that we love. [laughter] >> this is not a conspiracy. i am locationally neutral. >> to make certain, and local television stations across the country to share congress' goal of educational programming. it is not lost

this, valeri, is from arlington, illinois. she is a doctoral student studying biochap is tri. was 4 years old, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. she decided early in life she wasn't going to let diabetes stop her career ambition. she couldn't become an artist or entrepreneur. she knew that she would need a stable job because she needed to have health care, she had diabetes. now at 24, this brilliant young scientist, this doctoral candidate, worries about the diabetes and what she calls the broken, insecure health system, will keep her from returning from the united states to -- to the united states from england and using her skills to help her home country. valeri needs regular doctor visits and insulin shots. for most of her life, her medical care was paid for by her parents. those who have raised children know what happens next. most health care plans that we have for our families cut off our kids at age 24, and that's valeri's age. however, valeri's going to school in england and if you listen to some of the criticisms on the floor here about england, canada and other

arlington, sean, democrats line. caller: appreciate c-span. quick two comments.ay i'm extremely disappointed at the bill as it is shaping up. i am not in favor of public option and medicare by and just as a holy grail to support it but what we have now is requiring people to purchase insurance through existing private insurers and looks to me like a bit of a giveaway. second thing, when people on the other side of the i'll throw out statistics about 55%, 65 -- 60%, citing the that majority of americans don't support health reform, but a lot of people opposing the bill now are people like me who are unhappy at the direction it is taking and a lot of people would be supportive of reform if it was something was similar to what the house of representatives was passing. host: two stories related to financial reform. on the front page of " the washington post" style section, profile of richard shelby, republican of alabama. also related to financial markets, "the financial times." host: open phones, let's go back to your calls. utah, south jordan. stephen on our indepe

next up is arlington, new jersey, on the independent line.: 01 to make a few comments on tom harkin's remarks -- i want to make a few commons. the statement that republicans are in disarray is the biggest joke. they have stood firm in opposition of this massive entitlement. the democrats of the ones who could not get their act together until they bribed landrieu and now nelson. with respect to senator mccain's statement, it is obvious that this is not the reform politics in washington that obama promised during his election. this has been the least transparent said the negotiations on a major piece of legislation, 17% of our economy. i think it is good that the democrats are passing it on a party-line vote. i think many will be voted out of office in november next year. 61% of the people would rather have now changed and this change. host: next up, boston, beatrice. caller: good morning. merry christmas and happy new year. i have watched all of yesterday. i stayed up for the count. and it jumped up and down on my bed. in the 65-year-old woman

singing of hymn] ♪ [military commands] [organ music] ♪ >> senator edward kennedy was laid to rest at arlingtoner's. the ceremony ran about 25 minutes. >> there is a certain fitting ness having a burial at the dying of the day because we know the sun will come back again tomorrow. as we think of teddy, we know that his new life begins. and as we look at this great family, we are sure new life is already beginning and new, great things are happening. mr. vice president, vicki, members of the family, it is for all of us a very special time in our own lives, in your life, in the life of our country. so we began in the name of the father, and of the sun, and of the holy spirit. dear friends in christ in the name of jesus and his church, we gathered together to pray for edward kennedy, that god may bring into everlasting peace and rest. we share the pain of loss, of the promise of eternal life gives us hope. therefore we comfort one another with these words. karen? -- cara? >> in reading of the letter of paul to philippians. [inaudible] changing our lovely body to conform with his glorified, the pow

this weekend on book tv, we will tour arlington cemetery, including section 60, where soldiers from afghanistan and iraq are buried. see the comparisons and similarities in seemingly unrelated cultural situations. and sunday on "in depth," join our conversation with joy hakim. for the entire schedule of this weekend's entire authors and books, go to c-span.org. >> on world aids day, today, the government outlined a new five- year plan. ambassador eric goosby, the global aids adviser talked to employees at the state department for about five minutes. >> how is everyone today? thank you very much. it is lovely to be here. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the state department this afternoon. we are with ambassador eric goosby, who is the u.s. will aids coordinator. his duties include running the entire u.s. government's international 8 -- hiv-aids efforts. in his role, he oversees the implementation of the u.s. president's emergency plan for aids relief as well as the u.s. government engagement with the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. with that, ambassador eric

madam speaker, i had an opportunity this week to once more visit arlington national cemetery. it is always a sobering thing to do. i went particularly into the active duty section this time where men and women who are currently serving our country have lost their lives. it gets one's attention. there were parents and relatives there grieving, recently lost loved ones. i visited the eternal flame of john kennedy. i don't have to be reminded of his comments in his inaugural speech, ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country. we are in a totally different time as my colleague has said,

when we first started doing this, well, john smith who lives on elm street, is that elm street in arlingtonr alexandria? is that a same john smith or different john smith? you can identify this really well. you can track people you registered as you're going through. you know you registered somebody because you have that some spreadsheet over here. you can knock out when they voted. small election you can do it on your own pc which is helpful. okay. you're going to be able to track those who will cast their ballot early. people you've identified because you made them do it. people already registered. figure it out. this will save energy and save money. you can do it in, in california we did it with just a vendor. we sent the download every day. matched up files, kicked it out and new group of people we're calling. comes easier and easier as technology gets more up-to-date. okay. so i legal, i want to make this point. know what the law is. go do research on that. figure out exactly what your people can do. what paid staff can do. have observers ready to go. plan out when you need to start ha

and the caskets coming home at dover, so the quiet solitude at arlington.uty, as you carry on our missions in iraq and afghanistan, your service, your readiness to make that same sacrifice is an inspiration to us and to every single american. >> and so are your families. as first lady, one of my greatest privileges is to visit with military families across the country. i've met military spouses doing the parenting of two, keeping the household together, juggling play dates and soccer games, helping with home homework, doing everything they can to make the kids feel ok, as they try to hide their own fears and worries. i've met kids who wonder when mom or dad is coming home, grandparents and relatives who step in to care for wounded warriors and folks trying to carry on after losing the person they loved most in the world. and through it all, these families somehow still find the time and the energy to serve their communities as well, coaching little league, running the p.t.a., raising money to help those less fortunate than they are and more. but even these

unsolicited ads for airline tickets to the dallas-fort worth area or hotels, also for my district in arlingtono take advantage of that. . . there are other companies locators that we do not even know their name. then you have proposed -- the in between companies. put together, it still is a little bit of a wild west out there. i think it is time congress begin to look at that and try to bring some law and order to that particular wild west area. i see my time is expired, mr. chairman, so i will submit the rest of the statement for the record. i am glad you and the congressmen are working with the republicans and taking a serious look at this. i want to commend the private sector that is here today. it is my understanding you are working together to come up with some voluntary rules. it is always probable to do with through a voluntary market based approached as opposed to a mandatory, regulatory approach. in any event, they do it again, mr. chairman a congratulations to the democrats on winning the baseball game last night. i yelled at. >> ho-- i yield back. >> thank you. i want to thank you a

it may not be accurate. "60-plus is an american conservative advocacy group based in arlington, virginia. it bills itself as the conservatives' alternative to aarp." that makes good sense because over the years it has sought to privatize social security. 60-plus over the years has sought to privatize social security. they want to end the federal estate tax. it's true they also want to strengthen gun rights. well, that's not terribly relevant to here. according to the aarp -- now, this is a bit biased because this is what the aarp says about 60-plus -- "enjoy the talents of conservative direct mail mogul richard vigary." we all know who richard vigary is. 60-plus is an active organization of vigary. i think they have different fish to fry. the aarp also says it criticized 60-plus as being partisan because its issues and causes mirror those of only one of two major parties, as the republican party. and the final criticism by aarp about 60-plus is it lists no dues-paying members and, get this, receives the majority of its contributions from the pharmaceutical industry. the group is simply a

. >> this weekend on c-span2's book tv we'll tour arlington national cementtary, including section 60 where soldiers from the iraq and afghanistan wars are buried. it's part after history of the cemetery with author robert poole. on afterwards, see the comparisons and similarities and seemingly unrelated cultural situations. and sunday on in-depth, join our live conversation with joy hakim and her works on u.s. history and science. for the entire skid schedule of this weekend, go to booktv.org. >> a live picture on your tv of the u.s. capitol here in washington. the house about to gavel in. they'll start their workweek. seven noncontroversial bills on the calendar today. including one on ovarian cancer, another one deals with energy and water research. we do expect members to take a break before they return for some recorded live votes at 6:30 eastern time. in fact some of the house members will be joining the president and vice president we understand about 4:00 this afternoon for a meeting between the president and vice president biden and congressional leadership. we expect the hou

this, valeri, is from arlington, illinois. she is a doctoral student studying biochap is tri.she was 4 years old, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. she decided early in life she wasn't going to let diabetes stop her career ambition. she couldn't become an artist or entrepreneur. she knew that she would need a stable job because she needed to have health care, she had diabetes. now at 24, this brilliant young scientist, this doctoral candidate, worries about the diabetes and what she calls the broken, insecure health system, will keep her from returning from the united states to -- to the united states from england and using her skills to help her home country. valeri needs regular doctor visits and insulin shots. for most of her life, her medical care was paid for by her parents. those who have raised children know what happens next. most health care plans that we have for our families cut off our kids at age 24, and that's valeri's age. however, valeri's going to school in england and if you listen to some of the criticisms on the floor here about england, canada and ot