the intruder reported boswell's home saturday night and point ad gun at his daughter demanding money. we are told 77-year-old boswell pictured here struggled with the gunman before his grandson grabbed the shotgun and pointed it at the intruder. he fled and no one was hurt. police are calling the break-in a random act. >>> to casey anthony's newfound freedom after three years behind bars and 12 days after being cleared in her daughter's murder, casey anthony walked out of the orange county jail in florida sunday. this morning, though, her whereabouts are unknown and there are many asking where casey goes from here. cnn's david mattingly is live in orlando. obviously a ton of interest in where she is, where she plans to be. what are her representatives saying at this point? >> her departure from jail took all of 30 seconds. she walked out of the jail right out the front door. got in a an suv with her attorney and sped off into the night. police are were there to make sure no one followed. helicopters followed the car to a parking deck that belonged to the office building where one of h

boswell wrestled the man and tried to grab the gun. then his grandson went for a shotgun. that sent the robber high tailing it out the door. police say no one is seriously injured. >>> in phoenix a 61-year-old woman accused of groping a tsa agent. police say the woman refused to go through screening. then she reached out and grabbed the agent's breasts. she was arrested and charged with a felony. >>> the debate over raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit picks up again today after no significant progress over the weekend. congress faces an august 2nd deadline to raise the limit or risk federal government defaulting on its bills. republicans are pushing a new plan with a catchy title. details from candy crowley. >> reporter: buzzword alert. >> cut cap and balance gets us out of debt over a period of time. >> cut bringing down the $1.5 trillion deficit this year. cap federal spending at 18% at gdp. it's at 24% now. pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution that includes spending caps and makes it difficult to raise federal taxes. cut, cap, and balance.

leonard boswell is a democratic congressman.ght when an intruder broke in. he put a gun to his daughter and demanded money. now, boswell, who is 77 years old, went after the gunman, tried to get the gun away from him and was unsuccessful but his 22-year-old grandson pulled out a shotgun. the intruder headed for the hills. the good news is nobody was hurt. there was minor bruces and scrapes, and they're still looking for the intruder. >> how about that 22-year-old grandson? he's the hero in this story. he has everybody's back, doesn't he? >> he certainly does. you can do a lot of talking with a loaded shotgun, that's for sure. >> wlaehat else is happening to? >> what's going to happen with rick perry? he's the texas governor. is he going to run or not run? he gave an interview over the weekend to the des moines register, where he seems to be edging towards it. over the next week or two, perhaps the next three weeks we'll find out if rick perry will take the plunge. he's doing okay in the polls right now for somebody who hasn't an

boswell: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> i rise in opposition to the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. >> i rise in strong opposition to this motion to recommit. i'm very disappointed in my friends on the other side of the aisle for offering up yet another politically motivated motion, especially considering that the flood insurance bill passed out of the committee 54-0. 54-0 out of the financial services committee. on top of that we spent the majority of today debating the billion before the house an entertaining some 25 motions. mr. dold: the motion to recommit undermines the broad bipartisan cooperation i've been pleased to see throughout this legislative process. mr. speaker, this is exactly the type of political bickering that the american people have loudly rejected. this circumvents the flood insurance program. it is actuall

well, congressman boswell then sprang into action.bbed a hold of the guy's gun. >> no hesitation, jumped on him. no doubt. absolutely. this is his daughter at stake here. i mean, the family was home. people were in the house when this guy comes in with a gun. the grandson was there. he got involved. >> the grandson saved the day. he whipped out his -- the 22-year-old grandson, not a little kid. got a shotgun out and aimed it at the intruder. i guess he released his father. and then the man fled into the fields. >> he did. >> when somebody comes out with a shotgun. >> whole thing lasted less than a minute and the sheriff out there who has had that job for something like 20 years say i have no memory of any home invasions. they think it was a random thing and they didn't try to tarpth the family farm but nonetheless, leonard boswell, 77, a u.s. army vet and u.s. member of congress came to the rescue. >> don't mess with him! >> see how many candidates go out there to have a photo op in iowa with the congressman. right now it's 26 minutes

leonard boswell struggling with an armed intruder saturday night.front door attacked boswell's daughter and demanded water. 77-year-old boss well tried to take the gun away his grandson mitchell got a shotgun and pointed it at the intruder who then ran out the door. no rayss have been made. >>> the debt limit standoff showing no signs of cooling down. intense situations underway to reach a by partisan agreement before the august deadline. the question whether to raise the u.s. debt limit. some tax exemptions must go republicans holding out for a solution. they could have disastrous consequences. i am mary an rafferty now back to geraldo at large for your latest headlines go to fox news ds come. you are watching the most powerful name in news fox news channel. >> we have done what we feel is necessary to do. i will see if the system is going to work and hope we don't get the same jury. >> miller the founder of equusearch the follow veer group that searchs for missing youngsters after he served a 100,000 lawsuit after he wasted equusearch's time money

those were the simple words of iowa congressman leonard boswell after fending off an armed intruder inhis wife, daughter and grandson were about to hit the sack late saturday when the thug broke in attacking his daughter. the wiley 77-year-old tried to stop him but it was boswell's drandson's loaded shotgun that caused the punc to flee in the opposite direction. if there is one thing you learn from a shotgun, you never one at one. publicizing tales like these do nothing but good, for they remind the common thug of a key life-or-death question. what house would you rob if you could? one in which the owner is armed? or not? it poses a question to everyone else, if you are the victim, would you rather be armed or not? me, i don't bant to depend on the kindness of strangers. i prefer to depend on the accuracy of my shot. of course, the biggest gun control advocates will disagree but they all work in well-protected media networks surrounded by well-train and well-armed security. you have don't. guns are a conservative libertarian way of privatizing safety. it's also the best way to keep goo

representative leonard boswell's office says an armed man attacked boswell's daughter in the home andnded money. the 77-year-old congressman heard his daughter screaming and tried to disarm the man. it was his grandson who ran the man off with a gun. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> time for your political ticker with tim farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius fm. potus live from washington. i don't know, president obama said friday he told the parties to figure out some solution. bottom line is, we are still apparently no closer to a debt ceiling increase deal. >> yeah, two weeks and a day. i think your beginning of the show you opened with those options. i think you forgot one of the possibilities is maybe harry potter brings in a wand and gets all the muggles to behave for once. >> that could be it. >> i think it probably got something in there that's going to happen. it looks like there's going to be some sort of a plan that will get us through 2012 election, whether you want to use the expression kick the can down the road or something else. there's i think a realizat

craig boswell has more. >> landing gear down locked. >> mission complete, houston. >> reporter: it landed just before 6:00 a.m. eastern time. near the runway, shuttle managers gathered along with astronauts' families and friends to welcome the crew home after the successful 13- day mission. mission control, a knicks of tears and -- a mix of tears and jeer es. nasa staffers, past and present celebrating the space shuttle's return while marking the end of the 30-year program. >> everything worked flawlessly just like it should on every mission. they did exactly what they needed to do and really delivered a quality end of the program. >> reporter: an historic day for nasa and a proud moment for "atlantis" and it's four-member crew. >> thanks. great words, great words. a lot of emotion today but one thing is indisputable, america's not gonna stop exploring, thank you, "columbia," "challenger," "endeavour" and "atlantis", thank you. >> reporter: it folks along the coast will never stop exploring space as they wonder where the near newture space explore eighth job -- future space exploration jo

he is running against boswell and john boehner is one of his best friends they go to dinner together and vacation and couple of nights he voted no and he was the last guy in the house to cast a no vote. >> well said. thank you very much. it is enough to make you cynical and jaded on life . enough to make everyone. don imus, yeah, he's next. premiering the revolution by lg. the newest release with verizon 4g lte. the first phone pre-loaded with access to netflix's massive movie library. powered by verizon 4g lte for an unparalleled streaming experience. see how mobile entertainment was meant to be seen. only with verizon 4g lte. now get the revolution by lg for $199.99 and receive 3 months of netflix free. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. autonsurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ben your lega. get an auto insurance quote. u.s.a.a. we know what it means to serve. is now honey nut cheerios! yup,

i'm craig boswell. back to "on the record."nes log on to fox news .com. >> greta: one senator is breaking ranks with his party. first term senator joe mention says he will not vote -- joe manchin says he will not vote for speaker boehner's plan. earlier today, senator joe manchin went on the record. you don't like senator reid's bill or speaker boehner's bill. what is wrong with both and what do you like? >> i respect both of those men and they are trying as hard as they can to get what they can done. i said one is short and one is shorter. i came here to fix things as a governor in west virginia who had to live in a balanced budget amendment and had to work within my parameters. we had to face tough situations and we fixed things. i came here and told the people i would be coming from west virginia to try and fix what i thought was wrong and maybe we could help by showing them what we did and i found out it is a little bit more challenging but we are working hard and we are going to get it done. if we are going to have a twist

congressman boswell went over and tried to disarm the intruder.randson went into another room, grabbed a shotgun, points it at the intruder and the suspect fled counties nearby woods. >> he just, you know, want to protect his daughter. he went in there and tried to stop the situation. >> reporter: and stopped it effectively. aside from minor scrapes and bruises. he and his family appear to be fine. the sheriff's office is investigating. there is no sign of the suspect. because there is no sign of the suspect there is no word if he was actually targeting the congressman in particular. obviously the incruder picked the wrong house. there were lots of questions about one of america's biggest public worker unions after hundreds of protesters accused of breaking a number of laws in this angry show of force. now we have some answers in a first ever look as the this group's play book. michelle malkin is going to break it down after the break. plus new numbers on the housing market point to new problems ahead. in 20 minute our panel weighs in on how to tu

i think at one point they were both on the ground. >> reporter: boswell suffered a broken rib in thecation. boswell's 22-year-old grandson grabbed a shotgun from another room and point it had at the han who ran off into the field near the house. >> this has made national headlines, and, you know, friends from all over the country. they have been fielding calls all day from friends and family from around the country making sure they are all right. >> reporter: robbery appears to be the motive in a county that doesn't see a lot of crime. on a 100 index scale the risk of a robbery is 24 and in decatur county it's an 8. the fbi is helping state and local authorities with the investigation as they comb the farmhouse for clues. >> you can't obviously enter a residence without leaving some evidence behind. >> reporter: right now authorities believe it to be a random crime, and the suspect may not have even know the house belonged to a member of congress. and the suspect has not been caught and it is a federal offense to attack a congressman. that was the congressman's chief of staff who was

an armed gunman broke into boswell's home on saturday night, confronted his daughter, demanded cash. the 77-year-old boswell says he wrestled the masked intruder to the ground and they tumbled down a flight of stairs before the congressman's grandson pointed a shotgun at the armed gunman forcing him to plea. >> when you're in danger, you have to do something. >> boswell says when he saw the home invader put a gun to his daughter's head, he reacted like any father would. his doctor told him he cracked a couple ribs but otherwise he's okay. >> it's stunning. glad that ended properly. >>> police have arrested a man who they nicknamed the thief of the faithful. he would wait for people to start praying at a chapel at an airport in italy and then he would rip them off. ironically he was caught from above by a security camera. you can see the whole operation unfold. police say that he would pose as a muslim worshipper who just left the room and would wait for the right time to grab a bag while others working with him caused a distraction. that's nasty. >> texas rangers president and all-ti

boswell: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> i make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation on an appropriations bill, therefore it violates clause 2 of rule 21. the rule states in pertinent part, an amendment to a yen appropriations bill should not be in order if changing existing law. mr. frelinghuysen: this amendment proposes to state a legislative position and i ask for a ruling from the chair. the chair: does any other member wish to be heard? mr. boswell: mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from iowa. mr. boswell: as you might expect, i rise in opposition to the point of order. in accordance with clause 2 of rule 21, this amendment does not make a new appropriation. it does not reappropriate unused funds. it does not restrict availability of funds. and it does not change existing law. in fact, the -- in fact, defense suicide pretchings programs have already been authorized by law. for exampl

jamie: other than scrapes and bruises, boswell and his family are said to be fine.are still looking for the suspect. bill: all right, roll this: >> if i am president i will repeal obamacare and, also, on my first day in office, if i'm lucky enough to have the office, i'll grant a waiver to all 50 states, for obamacare. bill: mitt romney during the last republican debate, and the former massachusetts governor taking heat for signing a similar health care law, in his home state, now, one of the top advisors, a former utah governor is defending part of president obama's health care overhaul, en couraging the state to embrace the so-called exchanges and dr. marc siegel, a member of our medical a-team and professor of medicine at nyu, good morning to you. >> gurng. bill: -- >>good morning. bill: and, the former governor of utah, heads up the health and human services -- >> under president bush. bill: he's knee deep in it. what does he say with regards to obamacare. >> i can see both sides, what he says is unless all 50 states, establish their own state exchanges, by 2014

congressman leonard boswell, it's so great to see you this morning.. >> you're very welcome. again, i'm very proud of my family, my grandson and my daughter and my wife. >> absolutely. >> very brave. and i'm proud of them. >> we are all glad it ended safely. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> what a terrorizing thing. >> i know. >> there are limits. when people come into your own home, he seems -- he and his family pulled it together quite nicely. >> he served in vietnam and at some point his military training kicked in. >> that scares you a great deal. >>> i know a lot of you love golf and like golf but if it isn't your bag, you still need to stick around. phil michelson is in the house. if for no other reason, the segment he is doing is going to involve a raw egg, a broom, a pizza pan, empty toilet paper roll and a glass of water is all i'm going to tell you. >> he is paying attention in science class! >> 38 minutes after the hour. . i do believe it's part of a locust. make sure your alignments good. your brakes are good. you've got all sorts differen

it happened over the weekend at the home of 77-year-old democratic congressman boswell.is spokesman says that the congressman tried to grab the man's weapon and the spokesman said that is when the congressman's son grabbed a shotgun and scared away the suspect. the family is shaken up. but no one seriously hurt. the united states is starting the troop draw down in afghanistan as the violence is rising as it is every summer. and what changes in leadership mean. the stronger the rapids, the more we loved it. took some wild risks when i was young. but i was still taking a risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more, and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol, stop. along with diet, lipitor has been shown to lower bad cholesterol to 60 percent. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patits who have heart diase or risk factors for heart

they grabbed the democrat's daughter and demanded money while boswell quickly responded by tackling the dude. the thug broke free and that's when leonard's grandson entered the scene and pointed a loaded shotgun at the crook who then responded by running away. on tuesday, 19-year-old cody john roland was arrested and charged with first degree -- patty anne brown, you are a criminal. we know that. anyway, was charged with first degree burglary and assault. but let's listen in as the 77-year-old congressman badass explains his butt-kicking philosophy to reporter. >> i was certainly reacting as a father. this was my daughter. he had his hand on her throat and a gun in her face. if you are going to shoot somebody, i prefer you shoot me. and r and so i went after him. >> so do you think the criminal will now think twice before breaking into another home again? >> i love first time guests. you have to let me throw to the ostrich and the iphone. >> see, sean, wasn't that worth the wait? >> yeah. it was really worth the wait. i have never seen that before. >> now you can say i saw an os ostrich

he was an acquaintance of boswell's family.ther in custody was accused of driving the getaway car. and astronauts launched the last satellite from the atlantis. a small box that will test various solar cells for effectiveness. they're set to touch down right before 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. you will see it live right here on "fox & friends." >> president bill clinton says president obama is going about the debt debate all wrong. if he was still in the oval office -- >> wouldn't he like that? >> sometimes he does think he's in the oval office, he would use the 14th amendment to bypass congress and raise the debt ceiling by himself. >> he says he would be smart enough to make congress look like it was refusing to make a deal. former advisor to president clinton and fox news contributor dick morris rejoins the conversation. all right, dick, so section 4 of the 14th amendment allows the president to ensure the nation's debt is covered so bill clinton, your former boss is suggesting, i'd just declare a national emergency and i'd get it th

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that being carol boswell's legal education in public policy. and that me set the stage for just a moment. a very influential new deal official. sometimes described as the father of modern public in a political scientists. the time he and mcdougal, the young professor, wrote this, the law itself had just changed in a tectonic nine. zero richter scale way because the supreme court had given him and decided that after all the u.s. constant -- constitution did not prevent the government from learning that the economy. it would agree to not strike down most regulatory programs. and so we were fairly launched upon a very new era of logical thought. the government doing much more than it ever did. yet here we have the law school's still teaching the same old curriculum. this was the beginning of the articles argument one. in particular the law schools are still teaching about so-called private law contracts and property and various other topics that were, indeed, typically thought of as necessary for mr. in ways it were going to go up and began arrang

this after investigators say some masked man with a gun broke into the iowa congressman leonard boswell'ssaturday night and then attacked his daughter and demanded money. the congressman is 77 years old. he says he wrestled with the intruder before his grandson got a shotgun and forced the guy to leave. officials say that they are also looking for a second suspect and they consider him both armed and dangerous. two separate investigations out today show banks are still using illegal procedures to evict people from their homes. having workers sign foreclosure documents they haven't read and in many cases forging other people's signatures on those documents. they call it robo signing. and it became a major issue last year, leading to a temporary halt in u.s. foreclosures. it created a backlog of troubled homes which has weighed on an already sluggish housing market. foreclosures,. >>, a major factor in the u.s. recession and a threat to the overall economic recovery. several large u.s. banks resumed foreclosures earlier this year as they reached a settlement with federal regulators and prom

the democrat leonard boswell says on saturday night a masked man broke through his front door, grabbedemanded cash. the congressman is 77 years old and says he heard her screaming and rushed to help. >> i was certainly reacting as a father. that was my daughter. this guy had his hand on her throat and a gun in her face. and if he was going to shoot somebody i would prefer he shoot me. and so i went after him. >> that's when he said the 22-year-old grandson got a shotgun and shoed intruder away. the congressman says that he had some minor scrapes and bruises from the confrontation. police are investigating. the feds warning of a growing danger on roads across our country. the problem isn't just drinking and driving anymore. drugging and driving with legal drugs. and while there is a test to check a person's blood alcohol level there is still no reliable measure to measure how high somebody might be. the feds and other law enforcement agencies are working to change that claudia cowan with the news live from san francisco this afternoon. this must be a pretty serious problem. it? >> is, s

. >> from america's news headquarters, i'm craig boswell, financial markets are growing more and morey's debt ceiling deadline nears. the do closed today 97 points lower, that wraps up a week-long slide. since monday, the dow jones industrial average has dropped more than 500 points and the s&p lost 8 and the nasdaq dropped 10. people in texas hoped tropical storm don would bring badly needed rain, but it fizzled out in a sparsely populated area of south texas. it had been forecast to have 50-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain. don brought lingering scattered showers. much of the lone star state is in an extreme drought. the tropical storm warning has been lifted. back to "on the record." for all your headlines, go to foxnews.com. record." for all your headlines log on to fox news .com. >> greta: one senator is breaking ranks with his party. first term senator joe mention says he will not vote -- joe manchin says he will not vote for speaker boehner's plan. earlier today, senator joe manchin went on the record. you don't like senator reid's bill or speaker boehner's bill. what is wron

first let's go to our new york newsroom where craig boswell is standing by. >> the fbi says nasser hasg material inside his hoe toll room. he had been granted conscientious objector status after he claim his muslim beliefs prevented him from fighting. back in 2009, 13 people were killed in a mass shooting at that texas army post. >>> forecasters predicting tropical storm don will make landfall along the texas coastline tomorrow or saturday. don is about 423 5* miles east or southeast of corpus christi. maximum hurricane centers clockion maximum wind speeds 45 miles an hour. not expected to grow into an actual hurricane. for now, back to greta with on the record, stay tuned. >> greta: first he was pull of praise calling president obama remarkable. now, he says the president is wreckless. that is a switch. what happened? former u.s. ambassador to china and former presidential contender john huntsman. >> i think the boehner is the only act in town and it is sound given any other ai alternative. it cuts and allows us to meet our obligations and begins to meet our budget. i think it would b

leonard boswell will tell me exactly what happened. we'll see you at the top of the hour.back to chris. >> thomas, thank you. >>> let's get you caught up on that breaking news. devastating pictures here. os oslo, a huge explosion rocking government headquarters there, including the prime minister's office. several people have been injured and now we want to tell you that we are getting some confirmation at least from public broadcasting there that says one fatality has been confirmed. the question is who's responsible for this blast? norway has been grappling with some homegrown terror prauts li -- plots linked to al qaeda in recent years. we'll keep you updated. >>> it is the final chapter here in the states for borders books. nearly 11,000 people will soon be out of a job. they have a liquidation plan and going out of business deals will start today. >>> at the white house jobs topped the agenda in a meeting between president obama, the naacp and the urban league yesterday. african-american unemployment we've told you this before, more than 16%. national urban league pre

just recently one of our colleagues, leonard boswell, was literally someone broke into his home and he saw that his life was in danger, his grandson took a legal registered gun and got the intruder out of the home. i respect the right to go and legal guns for self-defense. for other reasons, but i do not support illegal guns that are fueling the drug war and putting life at risk. in testimony before this committee, the -- is told that 40,000 people have died in the last five years on the border of mexico. and it's -- we've put forth a simple statute that would prohibit gun trafficking in illegal guns to people who want to use them for each illegal purposes. i think that is respecting law enforcement, helping small enforcement, and protecting the lives on the both sides of the border. and i must also say that the agents who testified and were called by the majority to testify, they indicated that this would help them do their job and help them protect innocent people in mexico and in the united states of america. and i just really wanted to clarify that since i feel that mrs. norton and

cited and i believe most influential article ever published about legal education, that being harold boswell's legal education and public policy in the yale law journal. let me set the stage for just a moment. laws will was a very influential new deal official, sometimes described as the founder of -- and a clinical scientist. at the time they wrote this, the law itself had just changed in a tectonic nine-point i'll richter scale way. because the supreme court had given him in the switch in time can save nine had decided that after all the u.s. constitution did not prevent the government from running the economy, it would agree not to strike down most regulatory programs. and so we were clearly launched on a very new era, at least he thought in which the government would be doing much more than it ever did. and yet here we have the law schools still teaching the same old curriculum. this was the beginning of the article's argument. in particular, the law schools were still teaching mostly about so-called private law, contracts and property and various other topics, that were indeed typically t

it is okay with you, mike, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. thank you very, very much. >> not often you have the luxury of reserve congressman. thank you. >> congressman, we haven't heard from you. if you would like to -- >> i know the time is short, i want to salute all of you for having this and the thought process. we are certain of the crisis and you all know that and histories being written. what's it going to say? that's what is driving me and probably all of you. i was somewhat relieved. i even asked for mr. summers to leave town. i wonder what we have to do to get mr. geithner to leave. i was glad to see him go back and do what he does well, he's a good professor. i would like to see the other gentlemen go and do whatever he does well. so, we're at a crisis and we have got to get to building things with american hands and until we can do that with all this possibility, we're going to continue to go the wrong way. so i will just say this, i think it's okay, even

. >> craig boswell joinings live from florida. >>> a wig -- joining us live from florida. >>> a big crowdred to watch that final launch. and claudine wong has been out there all morning and is back with us live. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: yes. it was a full house when the shuttle took off. right now things are clearing out. a few people have remained. they will have a talk from the scientists an people more information about this, the way to educate people about this program. they call this a sentimental journey. let's show you that launch one more time. >> two, one, zero! ant lift-off! the final lift-off of "atlantis". >> reporter: it's what everyone came here to see this moving. we want to show you everyone's reaction at shebot when the launch happened. [ cheers ] >> reporter: lots of cheers an people pretty excite. they don't know if it was gonna happen. when they stop the clock, there was a collective sigh from the folks here inside the dome. chloe, you are ten years ole. tell me what you thought about the launch. >> well, the launch was mostly the proficient launch that --

and a wonderful congressman, leonard boswell just walked in.i can't find for a small or medium-sized manufacture in iowa a $50 million loan today is my life depended on it. and i just watched j.p. morgan give $20 billion loan commitment to at&t to buy t-mobile which is a problematic deal. whether congress is trying to do in iowa, and the senators tried to do in iowa, it's been diminished i in sensitivity to small and medium-sized manufacturers. and, frankly, to the absence of a fundamental manufacturing and industrial policy for this nation. >> if i could make just one. one of the things this report recommends on page 33 is that we move the balance our trade in five years. maybe the five years but we need to balance our trade. let me just help you. the administration has set a goal of doubling exports. if you look at what's happening, imports are increasing faster than exports. so when you have a negative net export figure, meaning your imports are less than your exports, that's a drag on your economy. we have a massive net export figures year

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it's a little bit as if james boswell had to debate against dr. johnson. to do in a diplomatic way is to try to show to you that dr. kissinger and perhaps fareed zakaria are, through no fault of their own, on the wrong side of this revolution. can i quote from dr. kissinger's outstanding new book on china - page 493? equal's quest for partnership with the united states is no longer the outsized claim of a vulnerable country; it is increasingly the reality backed by financial and economic capacities." or i could quote fareed, from his excellent post-american world -- "china is a country whose scale dwarfs the united states. china is hungry for success." the fascinating thing is that these two great geopolitical thinkers agree that the chinese economic challenge is also a challenge to the hegemony in the world of the united states. once again let me quote dr. kissinger -- "an explicit american project to organize asia on the basis of containing china or creating a block of democratic states for an ideological crusade is unlikely to succeed." he hopes, as he

[laughter] it is like a james boswell had to debate. in a rather diplomatic way is to try and show you that dr. kissinger, and possibly fareed zakaria are, through no fault of their own, are on the wrong side of this resolution. [applause] can i quote from dr. kissinger's new book on china, page 493. "china's quest for equal partnership with the u.s. is no longer the claim of a vulnerable country, but increasingly reality backed by financial and economic capacities." or i could quote fareed. "china is a country whose scale dwarfs the united states. china is hungry for success." the fascinating thing is that these two great geopolitical bankers agreed that the chinese economic challenge is also a challenge to the homogeny of the world and the united states. "an explicit american project to organize a job on the basis of containing china or creating a block of democratic states for an ideological crusade is unlikely to succeed." he hopes, as he concludes, for peaceful co-evolution but he fears what happened when the rise of germany challe

and the wonderful congressman leonard boswell just walked in. i can't find for a small or medium-sized manufacturer in iowa a $50 million loan today if my life depended on it. i just watched j.p. morgan give a $20 billion loan commitment to at&t to buy t-mobile which is a problematic deal. what the congressman is trying to do in iowa is an absence of a manufacturing policy for this nation. >> one of the things that this report recommends on page 33 is that we move to balance our trade in five years. now maybe the five years isn't -- but we need to balance our trade. the administration has set a goal of doubling exports. but if you look at what's happening, imports are increasing faster than exports. so when you have a negative net export figure, meaning your imports are less than your exports, that's a drag on your economy. we have massive net export figures year after year. warren buffett in a famous article in "fortune" magazine in 2003 advocated that the united states needs to adopt policies to balance its trade. now people always hear you he

just recently one of our colleagues, leonard boswell, was literally someone broke into his home and hesaw that his life was in danger, his grandson took a legal registered gun and got the intruder out of the home. i respect the right to go and legal guns for self-defense. for other reasons, but i do not support illegal guns that are fueling the drug war and putting life at risk. in testimony before this committee, the -- is told that 40,000 people have died in the last five years on the border of mexico. and it's -- we've put forth a simple statute that would prohibit gun trafficking in illegal guns to people who want to use them for each illegal purposes. i think that is respecting law enforcement, helping small enforcement, and protecting the lives on the both sides of the border. and i must also say that the agents who testified and were called by the majority to testify, they indicated that this would help them do their job and help them protect innocent people in mexico and in the united states of america. and i just really wanted to clarify that since i feel that mrs. norton and