is north korea contributing to the development of burma's nuclear program and if so, what way? what level of international cooperation exist to scrutinize north korea's global trading network and its potential proliferation route and can sufficient cooperation be improved? is there is efficacy and current status of agreements related to the six-party talks and the north korean nuclear program? in essence, would any new negotiations be starting from square one? the united states and china have cooperated closely in the six party process but our parties are not identical with regard to north korea. while the united states is focused on eliminating north korea's nuclear weapons program, china's primary concern relates to regional stability. a point not lost on north korean officials. given recent provocations have prospects for more concerted chinese actions have been improved. the broadest possible base to move ahead, i encourage the obama administration officials to actively consult with congress as they proceed in developing a comprehensive north korea strategy. i join with cha

what is the nature of the cargo in number three and planes and ships arriving in burma? which is sometimes a transit point for further global destinations. russia has been transparent in its cooperation with burma in the development of a nuclear reactor reportedly for medical research purposes. it is number three a contributing to the development of burma's nuclear program and if so in one way. what level of international cooperation exists to scrutinize north korea's global trading network and its potential proliferation routes? and can such cooperation be improved? is there a clear understanding of the efficacy and current status of agreements relating to the six party talks in the north korean nuclear program? in essence would any new negotiations be starting from square one? the united states and china have cooperated closely in the six party process about our priorities are not identical. with regard to north korea. while the united states is focus on eliminating north korea's nuclear weapons program, china's primary concern relates to regional stability. a point no

secretary-general and encouraged him to visit burma. hope he will visit burma to send a message to the regime as soon as possible. >> in may 1997, there were 1,826 people unemployed welling borough. it had risen an increase of 84%. whose fault is it the last conservative government, b the previous u.s. president or c the prime minister who claimed he had ended boom and bust? >> mr. speaker, the figures are all the more reason to support our policies to get people back to work. were it not for the policies we're adopting 500,000 people would be out of work and that is what the official estimates say and i believe that he should be supporting the public expenditure that we're engaged in to help people get back into work. >> martin salter? >> mr. speaker, it gives me particular pleasure to welcome you -- welcome you to the chair as our new reforming speaker. and mr. speaker, can i say how much i endorse the wise words for the right honorable gentleman that called for the hull-house to get behind you and that should be the hull-house. mr. s

they would follow child soldier issues working with the researchers in burma that we have.hen you have other divisions such as the emergencies division which i am in. and the emergencies division we are the guys who go in a moment's notice, about 24 hours notice and we will go into a war zone and try to work in an active conflict zone. and when we're there, we're trying to research and expose and change what is happening as the war is being fought. and we are looking not at one side and saying, look at how bad you're doing and look at these great guys. we're looking at all parties to the conflict. we're looking at how ever actor is acting in that conflict. how they are impacting the civilian population. and we're trying to -- as the war happens, save lives. so i would like to take a moment and turn to a video to show you all what that's like in the field and how we at times are able to have some stunning successes in improving people's situations in these conflicts as the war is going on. >> so she said the planes were flying overhead and they were flowing out a little a lo

program allows eligibility for countries like iran, venezuela, zimbabwe, burma, and others. and that these countries, mr. speaker, are not necessarily in pursuit of policies that help the national security of this country and given the fact that our president has said, we don't have the money, how is it, mr. speaker, and i'd ask the gentleman, does he think that we ought to be delaying the funding of our troops by including the provisions that we just spoke of? i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the gentleman's premise is incorrect. none of us on this side think we ought to delay this bill. none of us. we believe that the troops need the funds. our president has asked for the funds. we are for passing those funds. very frankly in the senate as you know they add add lot of extraneous matters. -- added a lot of extraneous matters. some republicans added extraneous matters we are not happy about on this side of the aisle. large sums of money which have nothing to do with the troops. they were added because those members of the senate who happen to be very h

. >> on burma itself, an area of prevention, prosecution, and protection, there were progress in all three categories. i thought i would be reason to bump up to bumptier 2 watch list, why didn't it? -- it would be reason to bump it up to the tier 2 watch list. >> we're concerned about the number of prosecutions their reporting. it is unclear if they are prosecuting people that was being hauled in severy, or if they were prosecuting migrants smugglers. they have reported without going burmese nationalists as the victims. -- reported with outgoing burmese nationalists as the victims. when you actually have the feel of a factory where people are being enslaved, is almost impossible. it is very difficult. that seems to be what we are reporting on. i think we also see that notion within burma, and there has been some reporting as to the benefits that would actually allow them to sell the labor of their citizens. the notion that the state could get into the labour program and use the coercive power of the state to old people and forced labor is something that we are very troubled by. >> i

. >> oun burma itself, i notice that in areas of prevention, prosecution and protection, there was progress in all three categories. and i thought maybe that would be reason to bump it up to the tier 2 watch list. why not? >> i think that we are certainly heartened by the 2005 law that they passed. the penalties for both sex and labor trafficking are commensurate with the other grave crimes that are involved. i think one of the things that we see that we are concerned about are the number of prosecutions that they are reporting. it's unclear whether they are prosecuting folks who actually were holding someone in slaverry or whether or not they were prosecuting migrant smug. and one of the reasons is that most of the interdictions that they reported are with outgoing burmees nation yals as the victims. they're one of the only countries that i know and having been a federal prosecutor doing these cases for years, the notion of being able to identify a trafficking case in transit as opposed to when you actually have the field, the factory, where people are being enslaved, it's almost impossibl

in your court sharing in birminghama you have dems -- burma you have dems straighted your commitment to every part of this world. you say you now cast aside all your past political views as some of us thought you had done that some time ago. . . >> the leader of the opposition. >> thank you. mr. speaker-elect may i join the approximately in offering my congratulations and in wishing you well, not least in crossing that last hurdle that the prime minister referred to, the agreement of the monarch. i would like to thank the father of the house for the way he conducted the proceeds, i wasn't here for the last contested election for speaker but i gather this was a model of efficiency and good practice so thank you for that. mr. speaker and mr. speaker-elect, you know on this side of the house, all colleagues share a view of the importance of the house of commons, the importance of the role of speakers and the importance of the practices and procedures in this house. you should know that in discharging your responsibilities, it goes without saying that you have the support of these benche

>> most of the people that work in the publishinpublishin g company had worked in the bookstore burma of the person that is now the editorial director worked for over 15 years in the bookstore and is now leading the way publishing books for city lights. we're in this same building in is quite symbiotic. the books that republish very much reflect the type of books that we carry in the store, the commitment to progressive politics, literature and a translation, gay and lesbian literature, poetry and translation if one were to look at the city lights lit store think of the books we were just talking about then walked to the story you would get the sense that the selection is curated for you and a very specific intentional thing done by the book fair buyer, the system by year, a store manager, and a whole host of other people working in the bookstore. the mission is one and the same that continues from the bookstore to the books that we publish. >> how old as mr. firming getty and is he still love of with the bookstore and the publisher? >> lawrence's nine years old station 90 years old a

when darfur, burma is in chains, zimbabwe is in agony. the mortal thread of poverty, hunger, ill litssy, disease and warrant. so there are dreams of liberation still to be realized, commitments still too be redeemed. vows to the dead still to be kept. so we must be as if liberators for our day and our generation, too. today we are only halfway to honoring the pledges we made for a new world. we are only halfway away from these beaches to the shining future that truly global society to which they open the way. the beacon of hope that was lit with the liberation of europe must now lead us on. on to a world free of the danger of nuclear weapons, with all asshuring the mutual security of each against terror and war. lead us on to a world finally delivers from the evil of poverty and the sin of prejudice where intolerance is never tolerated, where no one suffers persecution or discrimination on grounds of race, or faith or differences of identity and nationality. the new world we reach for is not preordained or predetermined. just as victory a

with respect to iran or a country like burma, how can you work most effectively on the ground in those countries to improve the political process is, to open them up to a more full the dissipation, to make sure there is robust debate in those countries, and that you have more responsible governments and you're able to hold those governments to account. >> has the government ever adopted a cookie cutter approach to world crises? what is the point of saying that? >> i think the previous administration was very good in preaching democracy and was not necessarily very good in the actual execution of those programs. secretary clinton wants to make sure that, whatever we do around the world, is appropriate for that country and is affected. -- and is effective. >> [unintelligible] you have demanded that a lot of this is coming from the new media. do you think you're getting an accurate enough picture to understand the news from a street protest to an actual political movement? do you know when that tipping point occurs? . in other countries, you will have international election monitors. you'

connection which is the money they may pay into them vocationally but they're not from the original taliban burma you also have the pakistani extremist groups and also the islamic movement of the uzbekistan we do not hear about that much they try to talk about uzbekistan and put in place a taliban style government but the imu is very important in the drug trade. interpol believes they control as much as 70% of the herald been coming out of afghanistan and reaching the streets of europe. we're talking billions of dollars every year that they profit off of their work very close with the al qaeda and always have and what my research has found is that al qaeda and the imu come into the trade as the drugs reach the borders. the taliban tax it and protect it until it gets to the borders then that is where the other groups, and to play. that is precisely the moment when the value of the drug goes up exponentially often as much as 12 times so that is where you stand to make the most money which is funny that they want to launch more attacks against the west the other phenomenon we have seen over the last

when we went to burma, myanmar, we do not think we would get there, but we did. when to offer humanitarian aid since its rigid insistence, and they essentially turned us down. the tragedy. we visited 27 countries. unmistakable, unrelenting been in discussions, not just with them but with senior officials of fruit -- senior officials in the commercial partners in the commercial interests, everywhere we go, unmistakable thing. you, the u.s., are the indispensable partner. we deny necessarily want you with us every minute everyday in our country, on our soil, in our water, or in the air overhead, but we would like you nearby. we want you to be able to come when we need you. we want our young men and women to go to school with you, preferably in the united states. and we like our young men and women to go to school there. there is the indian military academy, and no one person and sets up for the great reasons of the success he enjoyed with our responsibility as a partnership, absolutely essential to their readiness, we have got to be out there. presence, you cannot

likewise, the state of burma's human-rights report for 2008 reported iran's poor human- rights record worsened and it come continue to commit numerous serious abuses. the government severely limited the citizen's right to change their government peacefully through free and fair elections. authorities held political prisoners and intensified a crackdown against women's rights reformers, an ethnic minority rights activist, a student activist, and religious minorities. it is a pattern for decades. so we must look beyond the past week which was only the most recent demonstration of the regime's brutality and of authoritarianism. the iranian regime is not just a threat to its own people. we cannot afford to lose sight of the threat that it presents to our own national security interests, and indeed, to global peace and security. iran draws even closer to crossing that nuclear point of no return. admiral mike mullen, the chairman of our joint chiefs of staff has stated that iran has likely enriched enough uranium to make an atomic bomb. international inspectors also report that iran has eno

interestingly we got to burma and myanmar and offered humanitarian assistance and they essentially turned us down which is a tragedy. at any rate, 27 countries we visited an unmistakable, un relenting theme but with senior defense officials, senior government officials and commercial partners and commercial interests everywhere we go. unmistakable theme. you, the united states of america, are the indispensable partner. we don't necessarily want you with us every minute of every day in our country, on our soil, in our water or in the air overhead, but we'd like you nearby. we want you to be able to come when we need you. we want to exercise operate -- we want our young men and women to go to school with you. preferably in the united states, and we like our young men and women to go to school there. admiral walt doran attended the indian military academy years ago and he still cites that as one of the great reasons for the success he enjoyed in our particular air responsibility. so partnership, absolutely essential. readiness, we've got to be out there, presence, you can't do it virtually.

taxpayer dollars will help facilitate countries like iran, venezuela, burma, and others to access more money to do what it is that they think is in their interest and certainly not in the interest of the u.s. but i would like to turn the gentleman's attention back to his statement about the intention of this bill and the primary purpose of the war funding bill which again to loosely paraphrase was to provide for troop safety and security and that's the underlying purpose. and the gentleman indicated that the president has already taken the same position that most of us, i believe, in this house have taken so far as these photos are concerned. and thes release -- release of the photos of the detainees. and so i'm again at somewhat of a loss to understand why it is that even if the white house and the president himself has sided with what i think the majority of the american people feel as well as the members of this house, why it is that we are doing the opposite in the text of the report that we will be voting on. i would say to the gentleman, commander ray odierno, commander of the mu

the biggest shift coming from medicare and medicaid to the private sector burma bubo were reimbursement levels the cost is shifted to the private sector than congress comes in complaints about the cost of the private sector. yet they are responsible for its. we'll there be lower administrative costs in the public option? no. we have the actuarial firm to a study of two years ago medicare head and administrative costs when they talk about the 2% administrative costs that is simply what a cost to pay the bills. the rent on the building, salaries, management , insurance, all of that comes under other parts of the federal budget. that is what the study did go up during it in the of budget even the prod the office of inspector general comes under a different budget and the medicare administrative costs. those are actually very high they may not be quite as high as the private sector but very high and they will be higher in the public plan. then there's the startup cost of yugo start an insurance company you have to raise millions of dollars to have been reserved the federal government will n

it is not just my luxury, pleasure but we haven't been turned down yet except in myanmar burma. we offered humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. we had 36-some helicopters in thailand and four ships as part of a coalition effort in the bay of bengal. we were able to fly out of rangoon but we could have done so much more so that's the one example i could think of where we were told no thanks. in every other -- in every other situation countries -- i go back to where i was a little while ago. we remain the indispensable partner. now we don't want to say this with chutzpah. we want to be humble about this. we want to be invited to the best of my knowledge and recall, we have always -- an invitation tendered is one received. and that works both ways and the second part of your question was -- [inaudible] >> oh, yeah, thank you, joint lessons learned, you bet. here's an interesting, again, semantics, lessons observed aren't necessarily lessons learned. [laughter] >> so when we do have these exercises and we have cultural and language opportunities, shall we say, we want and tr

from zimbabwe, from ueganda, from burma to north korea. in fact, the united nations development program had to pull out of north korea after reports emerged that development aid was by diverted to the north korean dictatorship. now, unbelieveably, undp is returning to north korea with essentially no meaningful protections to prevent u.s. taxpayer dollars from again benefiting kim junge ill and his corrupt cronies. our -- kim jong il and his corrupt cronies. we have a collection agencies to retrieve over $7 million in u.s. taxpayer dollars mismanaged by undp in afghanistan. we might never know about undp's corruption and mismanagement without the help of brave whistleblowers. unfortunately, whistleblowers have few protections at the u.n. and the undp has reportedly retaliated against the number of them, including the one who exposed their operations in north korea. mr. chairman, this bill should do more in safeguarding our constituents' hard-earned dollars. nowhere which u.n. failures, which undermine u.s. interests, are clearer than with r

member country may apply for these loans, iran, venezuela, zimbabwe and burma are all eligible. therefore, state sponsors of terrorism can receive american taxpayer money under the democrats' proposal. "the new york times" reported on may 27 that hezbollah is in talks with the ifrlt m.f. about -- i.m.f. about continuing loans to lebanon if they win an election. therefore, a terrorist organization could receive american taxpayer dollars under the democrats' proposal. to loan the i.m.f. $108 billion america will have to get a loan from a country like china. this will put america further into debt, a cost that will be paid by our children and grandchildren, a point pointed out by my colleague from indiana. also, according to the center for economic policy and research, american taxpayers will actually lose money by loaning it to the i.m.f. while countries like china, russia, brazil and india have announced they will not participate in loans, the democrats are asking americans to support this. . finally the american taxpayers are sick of bailouts in their own country. how can democr

special drawing rights are people who are not our friends, venezuela, iran, yemen, syria, zimbabwe and burma. i would never admonish the majority leader because he's a great man, but let's get the facts out there and not just part of them. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pence: ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the distinguished ranking member of the appropriations committee for yielding. i rise in reluctant opposition to the military supplemental bill that's before the congress today. i was pleased to join many of my democratic colleagues in supporting the bipartisan military supplemental bill that passed this house earlier in this congress. it seems to me when it comes to pro

my colleagues and i are permitted -- are committed to standing with her and the people of burma for as long as it takes for that to occur. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ing quorum call: