, associate prof. of medicine and shays western university and chief of clinical cardiology at metro health medical center and ice we haven't dr. herman taylor in 1998 arrived in jackson mississippi to new in jackson study, the largest base that a have that undertaking involving african-americans, the study both sought to answer questions about cramer's to a disease then the black community and provided historically black colleges experience in large scale epidemiological research. dr. taylor is a founder of hard to hard to in nonprofit organization that provides cardiac services for children from the developing world. then we will hear from dr. barbara howard, the senior scientist and former president of a red star is a two and holds faculty appointments in the berman even bredesen and a permanent biochemistry at howard university and his past year of the american heart association on attrition, physical activity my pastor of the nutrition committee of the american heart association and past chairman

70th association. since 1939, the aopa has effectively represented the general aviation community at the local, state and federal levels. with the membership of more than 415,000 or 2/3 of all the pilots in the united states aopa is the largest and one of the most influential aviation associations in the world. i have been a member for a number of years. general aviation is a catch-all category that includes all nonscheduled, nonmilitary aviation. ere are more than 230,000 general aviation aircraft in the united states which use nearly 19,000 small and regional airports. these airports help connect people and industries that do not always have easy access to our commercial airports. recently general aviation has come under attack by the media and those that view general aviation as a corporate indulgence or an expensive toy used exclusively by the wealthy. that is simply not true. actually, the fact is that companies that utilize general aviation are more productive and thus more competitive. i can giv

, american dental association and american lung association. i'd also like to thank that dialogue between the representative from california and representative from indiana. with many strategies that need to be used and employed to reduce smoking. certainly the banning of targeted marketing towards youth and tobacco products that clearly have names that affect youth, creating a regulatory structure for the first time around tobacco products, our constructive steps, and i'd agree from the gentleman from indiana, not necessarily mutually agreed steps, reach the common goal we share of reducing youth smoking. mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. . mr. quigley: the tobacco industry has been selling us a line. they are now selling us a story. they would have us believe that this bill which would allow the f.d.a. to regulate the tobacco would ruin their industry, shut down small farms, and hurt already hurting farmers w

that was done in association with the republican national convention.hat has been done in association with a lot of different events that have been hosted by a much larger, beefed up professionalized marketing apparatus that has been -- that has been produced under his administration. so there's been a lot of very kind of luxury-like images that have been -- that have been produced. and there's also been a new campaign called this is new york, which interestingly associates that luxury image with a very kind of utopian -- a utopian version of a diversion city that harkens back to the early days of i love new york. and i think that juxtaposition of that kind of -- of a kind of longing, a utopian longing with this luxury-oriented, elite-oriented way is one of the things that makes these campaigns so successful and allows people not to sort of think so critically about them as i think they should. >> as a sociology professor at uc santa cruz, why are you writing a book called "branding new york." >> well, i recently relocated to santa cruz. not that i woul

manufacturers, motor and equipment manufacturers association, specialty equipment market association, the association of international automobile manufacturers, the american iron and steel institute, automotive recycler association, the united steel workers, the national automobile dealers association, the american international automobile dealers, the national association of manufacturers, the a.f.l.c.i.o. and the united states chamber of -- afl-cio and the united states chamber of congress. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the letters be included in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. sutton: mr. speaker, we must pass the bipartisan cars act today for our workers, for our environment, for consumers, for our economy, for our country. i thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. i would yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minute

he is the first vice president of the national association of regulatory utility commissioners. mr. cohen has also served as a member of the vermont public service board since 1995 and has continued. he has served in a variety of regional and national leadership positions including the chair of the consumer affairs committee of the new england conference of public utility commissioners. we welcome you, sir. whenever you're ready, please begin. >> good morning, mr. upton, and ranking subcommittee. i also served as the first vice president of the regulatory commissioners also known as neru. i offer a state view on transmission. i'd like to thank representative wells for his kind introduction and his service to our state. he is certainly my favorite congressman from vermont. at the state level, we deal with transmission planning and siding requests regularly and the issues and concerns are not policy or procedural, and do not lend themselves to a one size fits all solution. state commissioners are obligated to act deliberately to ensure that any new projects would benefit the public. t

his work has received professional recognition through awards from various professional associations, including the 2001 american association for public opinion research innovator award and more recently the 2508 american statistical association julius shishkin award for originalal in and important contributions to the development of economic statistics. ultimately his deep expertise in survey response will help the census bureau focus on the most important goal of the 2010 census, which is to encourage all people to respond to the census. dr. groves will undoubtedly face a host of operational and management challenges as we move closer to the 2010 census. however, i remain confident that he is well-equipped, remarkably well-equipped, to understand the agency's inner workings, to lead his staff -- he's led a large organization already, served at a senior level at the census before -- and to also be a spokesman for the agency's other equally important ongoing survey programs. it is for these reasons that i hope that the full senate will support his nomination and move it quickly. let m

you closed this association. so the problem is, we are not really oppressed by our local regime only. we are oppressed globally and, in fact, you cannot separate the global from the local. now, they use one word, glocal. it means they are collected. the other thing is, of course, is the struggle. is a continuous struggle but we are winning. i'll give you good news. we are winning because in spite of the fact that they closed the egyptian branch of the arab women's solidarity association, we were functioning under the international arab womens solidarity organization. and we organized seven international conferences. many of them in cairo. and then going back to cairo because i won the case against the government and against the fundamentalists. just a few months ago because they wanted to take my egyptian nationality from me because i wrote a play, you know, just writing a play. so they took me to court and they wanted to rob me of my egyptian nationality. but i was lucky because there is a movement now in egypt

i speak today on behalf of the flagsal association of insurance commissioners. the insurance industry, even in these difficult times, has withstood the collapses that echo through other financial sectors. we likely agree insurance regulation must not only serve industry needs but prioritize u.s. consumers. consumer protection has been, is and will remain priority one for state regulators. it bears repeating that we supervise 36% of the world's insurance market. our states, individual states include four of the top ten and 28 of the top 50 world markets. alone we surpass two, three and four combined. to be sure as with any dynamic industry, insurance regulation must modernize and it does. we worked with your great staff, mr. chairman, to fashion the office of insurance information which if passed would provide a federal focal point for international trade matters and federal data analysis. the naic maintains the world's largest insurance data base, while the states do and will provide data to federal regulatory counterparts, we agree that insurance sector data sh

clearing house association, -- cuomov. clearing house association, the court is considering a position of the national bank act limiting the exercise of visitor yal powers over national banks. interpreting this provision, the office of the controller of the currency adopted a regulation prohibiting states from enforcing against national banks, federal or state, federal or state laws governing banking activities. the controller invoked this regulation to gain a federal court injunction against the new york attorney general when that officer attempted to investigate national bank's lending practices for violations of state and federal antidiscrimination laws the second circuit affirmed the injunction in principal part, holding that controller's regulations reasonably interpreted the ambiguous term visitorial powers. finally and foremost in importance, riciv. destefano -- not to certify the racially skewed results of a promotional exam for firefighters. ricci and his fellow -- fellow plaintiffs, mostly white, performed well o

foresman co-chairs the advisory board for the corporate crisis response officers association. he's also the former undersecretary for preparedness and emergency response at the department of homeland security. the corporate crisis response offices association is a new organization chartered to identify train and engage crisis response officers and new corporate positions as local contact points for the public sector. so i am as the chair of this committee and you heard mr. fugate say we look to the private-sector for partners. we want to not only look to the private sector for partners but i want to look to the private sector for better technologies, operations and efficiencies that we can of course incorporate into the government response and we thank you very much for your testimony today. we are anxious to hear your views and perspectives. next we will hear from armand mascelli vice president for operations at the american red cross. mr. mascelli is responsible for cord meeting red cross response to major domestic disasters for managing organizations disaster logistics' tec

as it relates to breast cancer associated with mutation effects. the task force recommends against routine referrals for counselling and the routine screening for sus sent ability gene, testing for women whose family history is not associated for an increased risk for del torious mutations in breast cancer susceptiblity gene. the comprehensive cancer network recommended for women who meet criteria for hereditary breast or another cancer syndrome. my only point here is we're relying on this government-formed task force that is so far from where the cancer individuals are. may i respond? >> absolutely. >> i looked at both of those. the task force always erres on the conservative side. they're putting at minimum. at minimum you have to do these kinds of things. there may be other things beyond that that may be advisable, but the services task force has always been very conservative and always shoots towards a minimum. we're putting teeth in this bill for u.s. preventive task force. the recommendation in men 75. that's why we tlft for congress. if we d

as the association ever done a salary study? i am guessing that must have had some analysis in the many years you have been there. can you provide that to the committee? >> we will provide you with a member -- information of our member carriers, what is publicly available. we will get that to you. >> we can keep things proprietary information, so i would like you to stretch further, if you can. >> the issue on the pay, and you mentioned the compensation pay is not necessarily a driving factor. i would disagree with you, because as a former mayor of managing over 500 police officers, paramedics, and fire, i did not want them to have a second job. i wanted one job. so we pay them very well. the net result was we had very limited problems because of that. they did not have to worry about their family and taking care of them, so i want to disagree with you on that and ask you the simple question, and taking it at $23,000. in alaska, we have some great regionals from the ones that operate currently there. the pace seems to me an impo

from the aerospace industry's association, the satellite industry association, on one hand to care, oxfam the peace corps association, refugees international and the genocide intervention network on the other. the save darfur council, church world service and american council on education, a coalition of all the major public and private universities in this country all strongly support this legislation. i urge all my colleague on both sides of the aisle to support this important legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from -- the chair: the gentleman from california reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i would like to take our time in opposition of this bill. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: some dear colleague letters sent out earlier this week to express their -- express their support on the bill tended to focus on the few attractive features of the bill, such as the improvements it would make on the initiative to assist mexico and other central american countries to

will like to have her confirmed as the snect associate justice. i now introduce mr. robert morganthal, the d.a. from manhattan. >> i see you were fortunate enough to bring your own umbrella. i came here to speak to the supreme court. she was the first job out of law school with the manhattan d.a.'s office and served for five years an and then she went on to private practice when she became a member of the campaign finance board and then she showed her independence and her desire to be fair to everybody. her decisions are well-known to the public. i want to say that based on everything i know about her, she will be an outstanding judge on the supreme court if he elected, and not just a member but an outstanding member and will be the only member of the court that will have experience in the state judicial system, as my colleague explained. 90% of the people in custody in the federal system came out of the state system. it's very important to have somebody on the court who understands the trauma of victims of crime, who understands the legitimate an

national association of insurance commissioners. national health care anti-fraud association. the national insurance crime bureau. blue cross and blue shield association. and the american health insurance plans. the health committee engaged in in a -- engaged the staff in a bipartisan way. not only in this committee but the staff at finance and aging and judiciary to get input and participate in these discussions and drafting. just by way of a quick update, this is the latest that i have. we have a total of 21 amendments, 19 of those being republican amendments. we have acceptance on two, to my knowledge. nz-103, nz-104. we're working on possible agreement on three senator burr amendments 1, 2, 7. we have a whole series of coburn and gregg agreements we don't have agreement on right now. also one by senator hatch. the total democratic amendments of course are two or three. i think there's a discrepancy in the number here. but two or three. senator sanders has i guess three. if i get that right. 6, 7, 8. he'll be offering -- he will not be offering for a vote but will talk abou

of state highway transportation officials and will be the incoming president of that association this fall. on behalf of the state department of transportation i want to thank you for your efforts in securing transportation funding as a part of the economic recovery legislation. today a want of a size three major points. all of the states have on a 50% or more of the non sum allocated funds well before the june 30 deadline. projects are under construction and people going back to work in good paying jobs. states are directing funds are ready to go project that spent economic recovery and job creation to all corners of the united states with special consideration being given to the economic news of geographic balance. the economic recovery and provide a $48 billion for transportation investment out of a total of $787 billion. of that 27.5 billion or for highways, 30 percent of that going to this of pelicans in the cities and counties. this is to be received in excess of $354 million in stimulus dollars that is for shares petition projects and am extremely proud to report that we met an

thank you for allowing us from the american association of state highway tradition that officials i will be happy to answer questions when the time allots. >> good afternoon representative edwards and members of the committee. my name is joseph casey representing we provide to is rotation in the southeastern pennsylvania area but there also representing the american transit authority representing private businesses. private -- publix 23 phase-in can reduce our dependency on oil improve the environment and achieving sustainability and improving the economy. with the increasing price of gasoline over the last couple of years, the market has rediscovered public transportation. at this recording last year 10 .3 billion trips taken on public transportation the highest in the last 50 years, spta has seen a similar increase our writer ship has increased 12% and even though prices dropped last year the writer should remain strong and recede another three percent over last year. the american recovery and reinvestment act is critical to mass-transit prior to enactment and over 200 and providers th

thomas stenzel who is president and ceo of united fresh produce association. well, you know it is five minutes and obviously your staymans become part of the record if you -- if you want to include material more than a five minutes, and we all heard before, i know some of you wondered if you could meet the deadline, but since we do intend to go to market next week i agreed with what -- you brought it up -- mr. shimkus said it will give you any additional written timon and we like them back by monday at the end. so we will start with michael ambrosio. thank you for being here again. >> thank you, chairman pallone, members of the subcommittee come i'm honored to appear on behalf of the food marketing institute to present our views and suggestions on the food safety enhancement act discussion draft. which of the common goal of enacting legislation this year that will genuinely improve the safety of the food supply. steps that prevent the presence of adulterants in the food supply are only true way to improve the safety of our food and i'm vice president of qualit

thank you [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the national governors association say states are facing the steepest budget cuts in its 30 years. spending is projected to fall for the second year in a row. now more from the 35 minutes event. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the fiscal survey of state conference that all participants are in a listen-only mode we will conduct a question and answer session i now turn that discussion over to scott pattison. >> i am the executive director with the national association of state budget officers and with me is raymond scheppach executive director of the national governors association. we are releasing our fiscal report which we do twice per year and we have been doing this report for well over 30 years. unfortunately i have two report these are some of the worst numbers we have ever seen. for example, for the first time ever actual spending for the states will decline this fiscal year 2009, 2010, two years a narrow. the last time this occurred, the only other time states had the outright decline in expenditures

has the association ever done a salary study? i'm just guessing a much have had announced them, and if so can you provide to the committee? >> mr. chairman, senator, we will provide you the information of our member carriers, what is publicly available and we will get that to. >> and i guess i would push a little bit further. we have rules here. we can keep things proprietary information so i would ask you to stretch further if you can. >> we will do so. >> the issue on the pay, and i know you mentioned that the compensation pay is not necessarily a driving factor. i would disagree with you so it's clear on that fact because again as former mayor managing over 500 police officers, 300 public safety people, paramedics and fire. what i never want them to have was a second job. i wanted one job, and one job was doing the safety of the community. so we paid them very well. that result was we had very limited problems because of the. because they didn't have to worry about their family and taking care of them. so i want to disagree wi

raymond scheppach director of the national governors' association. today we are releasing a were fiscal report, which we do twice a year, and we've been doing this report well over 30 years now and on fortunately i have to report these are some of the worst numbers we have ever seen. for example, for the first time ever actual spending for the state is calling to decline this fiscal year, 09, and fiscal year ten, two years in a row. the last time this occurred and the only other time states actually had an actual outright decline in expenditure was 1983 and that was a little below the line about .7%. but me give you some numbers. state spending is estimated to decline 2.2% this fiscal year 09 which i think everyone knows for most states in this at the end of this month, june 30th. in ten we are projecting state expenditures will have an actual outright to equine of 2.5% and again that's significant both because this is two years in a row the first time but also these numbers are much more significant in terms of decline than the only other decline wh

the global trade association for over-the-counter derivatives.reviously he was the general counsel of isda since 1997. prior to joining isda he was in the legal department of an international oil and gas company from 1919 to 1997 -- 1991 do 1997. our fourth witness is christopher whalen, but mr. whalen is a proud resident of hudson, new york. they provide consulting services for audit tore, regular laters and he consults with global companies on a variety of financial and regulatory issues and the regional director of the professional risk managers international association and is a board adviser to a global business security risk in asia. -- huh, hu, would you please begin. >> mr. chairman and distinguished members, thank you for this opportunity. i teach at the university of texas law school and my testimony reflects my view as an academic. i agreed to be working at the securities & exchange commission. i emphasize that i'm currently a full-time academic, have been so for over two decades and after this forthcoming government service will retur

counterterrorism chief has called awad's former employee the islamic association for palestinian quote, a front organization for hamas that engages in propaganda for islamic militants, end of quote. a september 24, 2001, l.a. story described the connection between the islamic association of palestine and the holy land foundation this way, quote, the i.a.p. and the holy land were founded and funded by mazuk, he's also the political leader of the terrorist group, hamas. andrew mccarthy, a former federal prosecutor who led the 1995 prosecution against shake omar abdul rahman, the blind sikh, found guilty of the 1993 world trade center bombing in an article notes there are several persons connected to care who have been convicted of federal felonies, including terrorism, end of quote. mccarthy includes in this group one of the founding members of re of the dallas area chapter and also co-founder and former chairman of the holy land foundation. according to july 9, 2007, "dallas morning news," report he was sentenced to, quote, nearly seven years in prison for doing business with a terroris

itit's just not going to havment the american association of public health physicians states that this product orbs are the most effective way to fight death, disease associated with current tobacco users. let me state at that again. the american association of public health physicians states that these are the best tool we have to get people to quit smoking. as a matter of fact, i'm proud to say that the american association of public health physicians yesterday endorsed the substitute amendment and not the base bill. because they recognize the base bill does nothing but provide a pathway to certain disease or death. just so i'm clear, mr. preside mr. president, under the base bill, h.r. 1256, marlboro is cemented on the retail shelf. camel orbs that reduces death and disease related to tobacco use is band, can't be sold. swedish snus -- it wasn't on the market before february 2007. marlboros are on the shelf. snus? it's banned. even though the swedish experience that i talked about earlier -- during the past 25 years, swedish men showed notable reductions in smoking-related disease,

i will say that as someone who has been associated with this, he and his management team are the most experienced group to ever be in charge of this agency. this gives me optimism and it should give optimism to the americans that the government is attempting to support the states in dealing with disasters of all kinds. the federal government is but one part of the of equation. federal prepared this does not mean national readiness. the private-sector and american citizens are also important, this is not just in government actions. we have to make certain the entire community is ready. the recent work before the flu outbreak suggests that the preparedness efforts are not coordinated with the officials in these communities. even with the planning over the last four years, there has been a surprise about the businesses that have done nothing, they are going to try to do everything when a crisis is at the door. we have seen innovative prepared this efforts between the local and state governments, in states such as florida. but these are not replicated across all of the states vulnerable.

do you honestly think and i am going off the pilots association because they get a paycheck, that 22 or 20,000 is adequate for us to have people flying planes i don't care if it is one person or 20 people or 50 people? >> two points to that, senator, that the pay virtually every one of our member airlines, all but one is collectively bargain. >> that's not my question. began as a former mayor i doubt that all the time it -- is it the right kind of pay to have and should we require minimums that are guaranteed pay levels for pilots and regional planes? this is a question i asked last week to focus. can i senator, we believe that the industry again is very complex issue. we believe fundamentally that the quality of the people that we have plying is good. we would like to do even better and that is one of the reasons why we have strongly supported a number of the issues that would have been discussed today to get better training, to get better -- there is an investment here to do. it is interesting at this committee which is responsible for so much into the next generation of technology

and the regional airline association respectively. it will also hear from the air line pilots association and mr. scott -- scott mauer representing the families of the continental express flight 3407 which crashed on february 12th of this year in new york. i do want to say as well as mr. this hearing and that i had intended it and wished to have representatives of the carriers themselves at a hearing and so we did not accomplish that today. i am not minimizing and all other representatives of the 80 a but i will wish to expand invitation and have representatives of the airlines themselves here within the next month or so. it is important i think that they wouldn't accept an invitation to, and so i will extend those invitations again. in this country i think it is safe to say that we have a remarkably safe system of air travel. it is not my intention with hearings about aviation safety to alarm anyone about taking a flight to on a regional carrier when our carrier. we operate aircraft all across this country everyday and provide critic

chairman, the regional airline association thanks you for the opportunity to testify today, and for opening the dialogue on these critical issues. we will look forward to keeping you informed and i welcome any questions you might have. >> thank you for your testimony, next we will appear from captain john prater, president the airline pilots association. >> we commend this committee for calling this hearing to look a critical issues affecting airline pilots and our charges. many of these issues, pilot training and hiring standards, training and mentoring, were at the top of the agenda at the faa's call to action summit in which we participated on monday. this meeting was a critical first step toward developing solutions to these problems, we encourage the faa to take a more structured approach in working with the airline and labor to establish an agreed to implementation plan for all parties to adopt. in recent years, we have to look more at the system. the major airlines have come to rely heavily on cochair arrangements with the so-called regional airlines to connect large, mid-size, and s

next, we will hear from the president of the airline pilots association. >> thank you. we commend this committee for calling this hearing to taking a closer look at some of the critical issues affecting the airline pilots and our charges. many of these issues -- pilot training and hiring standards, training and mentoring -- are the top of the agenda at the faa's call to action summit in which we participated monday. will this meeting was a critical for step toward developing solutions to these problems, we encourage the faa to take a more structured approach in working with the airlines and labor to establish and agree to implementation plans for all parties to adopt. in recent years, we have to look more at the system. the major airlines have come to rely heavily on arrangements with these so-called regional airlines to connect large, mid- size, and small cities in the u.s., canada, and mexico to their international hubs. this has resulted in the exponential growth of the regional sector of the industry. still, the major air carriers exert a great deal, almost total pr

the carvin cap that provides a value of cost and additional marginal cost associated with allowance purchase for fossil generating resources and renewable portfolio floor that provides a different additional revenue to renewable resources should provide financial incentives needed to get the renewables and associated transmission belt and we want to maintain the distinction between who is responsible paying for the transmission if it is a generating facility and who is responsible if it's needed for reliability. >> commissioner azar. >> number one, define the goals we need to be on the transmission grid. member to come to define a statement process we can meet the schools. one of the primary aspects of that needs to be the decision maker must be beholden only to the public interest. number three, in short there's federal backstop authorities so that we get the job done. member for, don't do harm and with regard to that, don't define a specific technology and please don't define a cost allocation process. >> thank you. mr. coen? >> thank you. very briefly i want to reiterate the states are he

which allegedly is a scholarly association but it isn't. when i say allegedly i am an outsider, of course,. it is in on the scholarly association and it just tells you straight up that women's studies came out of the women's liberation movement and it owes a responsibility to the women's liberation movement and women's studies is about ending oppression and social justice and all those things. the cleopatra is black comes from the afro centrists at temple university which is described and "one-party classroom". the african american studies department is a pure race is department teaching completely sad to learn to intellectual doctrines, one of them being that the egyptians were black and another being that the drakes particularly aristotle stole all the knowledge from the black egyptians and that is a got his knowledge from the library of alexandria. there have been books by classical scholars putting out how ridiculous this is, for example, the library of alexandria was built after aristotle's death. [laughter] that was a problem, but the

world war ii veterans, a hospice in my constituency, and the huntington disease association.i have been able to welcome others, and was pleased to initiate the annual jewish celebration of hanukkah taking place in speakers house with the members of staff, members of the staff and others together. i want to mention recent issues which have troubled me. the police search of the hon. member's office led to my statement, which i asked today, i am pleased, i have been assured that i no longer require the of these members from the opposition and the chair and with no government majority will establish the first of -- transparency. i want all lessons to be learned. i will give evidence to any

chairman senator roberts can back out like to echo an associate with remarks by the distinguished senator from maryland. i was chairman when she was most helpful on the committee when this first came up. i don't think we are repeating anything classified here when we say we have a hot spot or we did have hotspot hearings and basically would focus on the threats to the united states. this is an area where i share her concern and her concern is very real and so i think i did not realize and i apologize to the sanitary i did not know that she had an amendment in order and that's another thing mr. chairman, i thought we were going to do this next week and the coverage section of the bill. >> is not her amendment. >> feet mccain an amendment. >> i know but i have a an amendment for modification but it wasn't filed, this is an mine is not a i thought the deadline for coverage a section was next week. last week the deadline came and went. some of us were a little confused about that in regards to the process and the modification i had a is very quick because i think some others have shown the sa

and you guys are saying they're not a penny associated with us. why not then bifurcate the structure on it so you have the network out here that is important to many communities and very important to rural communities, but you see costs associated with it. why not look at it that way? >> maybe i can start, sir. i appreciate the question. it is not a cost issue. that's not the basis. in our situation, the dealer body we're working with, the 3100 dealers was established roughly at a time -- >> i'm going cut on time here, but it is not a cost issue, then why are you even messing around with it? >> if i could -- i'll get to that very quickly. this dealer body number was established when we were selling over 2 million a year. the new company coming out of bankruptcy will sell 700,000 a year. if we try to take 700,000 units of revenue and spread it over the dealer body necessary for 2 million revenue, the dealer body isn't -- >> wouldn't they atrophy themselves over time, then, and why wouldn't you let it take the natural course and you just feed the he

equipment manufacturers association, the specialty equipment manufacturing association, the american iron-steel institute, the afl-cio, the chamber of commerce, i could go on and on. why do they support this legislation? because they understand the best way to jump start the economy is to get auto sales moving the plight of the auto industry is a national problem affecting our entire nation. we know this because of the troubles of chrysler and general motors dealers across the nation that are being closed with countless jobs being lost. we know because suppliers are struggling to stay afloat with countless more jobs being lost and at risk. we know this because two of our iconic industrial giants, both chrysler and general motors are today in bankruptcy court. all these vital job providers are clamoring for action and deserve the help of this congress. simply put, we must act. let us support legislation that will protect american manufacturing jobs and this legislation will also give our economy the boost that it needs. i certainly do want to thank my colleagues for all of their suppo

neilsen, president of the american medical association. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. see, i've watched the president, he goes thank you, thank you, and you sit down. good morning,ern. it's a great, great honor and privilege for us to welcome back home to chicago the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] the president will be coming in in just a second. just a couple of words to him. mr. president, we appreciate that you've taken the time out of a busy schedule to join us and we're grateful for your efforts to make the path toward health system reform as open and inclusive as possible and in particular that we have been included in those efforts. you have said that a test of the american ideal is whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history or whether we act to shape them. america's physicians want to help shape a better future for our patience and our country. [applause] we know firsthand that change is needed and that the status quo isn't acceptable. [applause] we appreciate the investment you've already made to help physicians in

keating your associates at this and gravel, stone, aggregate business, from the time the bill passed the house, and your associates and you in particular were already moving ahead seeing the package was coming along that is started to read your facilities that you be in compliance for growth i want to compliment you for that but your view on the private sector response to the recovery and any reporting requirements that you think? >> we do not see it. we're getting contracts, the authorities are out there bidding work and getting contracts awarded purple we're out there performing on these contracts and we're getting paid. the process is working and from our perspective thank god we don't have to deal with the red tape that everybody else has a. >> that is a very positive report and i am reprised -- very pleased. i anticipated that but am pleased that it is happening. mr. brown, we have anticipated the state's would be ready to move because we designated only those projects that were designed, engineered, down to the final design with engineering. albert anticipation is those are off

coming up, the national governor's association unveiled their latest survey of states.ater from the rand corporation, discussion on the future of iran. ♪ >> join us later today for a speech by david simon, creator and head writer of the wire. mr. simon also wrote for the baltimore sun for 12 years and he will talk about the future of journalism. that is live at one:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. here is a look at tonight's edition of the communicators. >> with the federally mandated transition to digital television come in next week, we will get a status report on how the sec has prepared viewers for the change. william blake, congressman joe barton, television station manager kevin harrison, and erica swanson, activist group coordinator. we will have that tonight at 8:00 eastern. the communicator's on c-span2. we have more live events later with national intelligence director dennis blair. he is speaking to the national security alliance. you can see that live at 8:30 p.m. eastern after the communicators on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations? >> i don'

a meeting adjourned the national governors association says states are raising their steepest budget cuts in 30 years spending projected to fall for the second year in a row. this is a little more than a half hour. >> good morning and welcome to this goal of survey of states conference call, at this time and all participants are and listen only mode and later we will have a question and answer session. i will turn the call over to scott pattison, you may began. >> thank you. i am scott pattison, executive director with the national association of state budget officers and with is mr. scheppach the, of the national governors association and today we are releasing our fiscal report which we do twice a year. we have been doing this report for well over 30 years now and unfortunately i have to report that these are some of the worst numbers we have ever seen. for example, the first time ever actual spending for the states is going to decline. this fiscal year 09 and fiscal year 102 years in a row. the last time this occurred and the only other time the state's actually had an actual outr

. >> in a few moments, president obama's speech to the american medical association. he outlined his plans for the future of health care. the speech is one hour and after that reaction from leaders of the ama and congress. later, treasury secretary speaks on the a economy. on washington journal tomorrow, we will discuss the supplemental spending bill with jane hampshire -- hamsher. we will also speak with two other guests after that. "washington journal" live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. a couple of live events to tell you about on our companion network on c-span3. a hearing will be held on insurance industry oversight at 10:00 a.m. eastern. they will look at pursuing policies that may threaten the financial system. later will be the nominations to the federal communications commission. that is at 2:30 p.m. eastern. president obama spoke to the annual meeting of the american medical association monday to discuss his proposed changes to the health-care system. this is one hour. >> good morning, everyone. it is my pleasure to welcome the president of the u

there are a number of technical problems associated with shrinking your balance sheet and returning toa more normal monetary stance. but i'm more concerned about the political chal lenges the fed will face when you finally have will face when you finally have to make thik@@ try to right the ship and get back on the path to sustainable growth and job creation. that will clearly take a renewed sense of fiscal discipline to rein in spending and budget deficits. but it will also take a clear exit strategy on the part of the fed and firm commitment to price stability. we in congress are willing to work with the administration to accomplish the former and we trust the fed will work diligently to ensure the latter. thank you, chairman. >> thank you, mr. ryan. now, before proceeding with chairman bernanke, let me as a housekeeping detail, ask for unanimous consent that all members be allowed to submit an opening statement for the record at this point. so ordered. let me further say that the chairman's testimony has been received and will be, without objection, entered in the record so that you

they know the heartache that comes with this kind of illnesses associated with these products. so on behalf of all parents in the country, smokers and nonsmokers, let us adopt this legislation and make a major headway and a major step in dealing with this dreaded problem, health problem associated with tobacco products. i see my colleague from wyoming, so let me stop here and give him the remainder of the time. he needs to comment on this as well. i thank him and his staff for the work over the many years. he's worked with senator kennedy on this matter long before i was directly involved in it, and i thank him for his work. mr. enzi: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: and i want to thank the senator from connecticut, senator dodd, who is working as the chairman on this committee, and for his passion, enthusiasm and for listening to us on these things. and we do have a few things that are in the bill. but there are several other things that ought to be considered in this. we want the bill to be as good as possible. when we do cloture we

the carbon cap that provides a value or cost of additional marginal costs associated for purchase for fossil-generated resources that provides additional revenues to renewable resource should provide the financial incentive needed to get renewables and the associated transmission built and that we want to maintain the distinction between who's responsible for paying for transmission if it's a generating facility and who is responsible if it's needed for -- >> number one, define the goals that we need to be with the transmission grid. >> number two, define a state-led process by which we can meet those goals, one of the primary aspects would be the decision maker must be beholden only to the public interest. number three, ensure there's federal backstop authority so that we get our job down. number four, don't do harm and with regards to that, don't define a specific technology and please don't define a cost allocation process. >> thank you, mr. cohn. >> thank you, mr. chairman, just very, very briefly, i just want to reiterate that the states are here to help. we would like to work cl

one of the reasons we do this bill is that more people will not have the ellises associate with climate change, and people are interested there was a very disturbing report issued by the national oceanographic and atmospheric administration last week at the white house. of the new head of it released it. there are some things about our health -- this is not just about polar bears. polar bears are great, but this is about us and our neighbors and our kids, whether they will have respiratory diseases associated with the problems, whether they will have heat- related health issues. this over the long term is a health issue. for a postage stamp today, i think your help is worth it. host: on the republican line, charles from bella vista, ark. -- arkansas. caller: china is building a coal-fired plant one a week, and russia -- and europe is a mess. and we are going to loan that money so they can clean up? we are 40 times cleaner than we were the last 35 years. we are doing a damn good job right now without spending all this money. the gentleman who wrote the computer program for global warming