it's dan burton and he's here. our primetime exclusive in 60 seconds. >>> welcome back to "larry king live" where we are covering the constantly breaking news about the christmas day scare in the skies over detroit where a would-be terrorist tried to blow up a plane. fortunately, he did not. i want to bring in now from indianapolis congressman dan burton, republican of indiana. obviously he is a member of the foreign affairs and oversight and government reform committees. let me ask one blanket question. what is your reaction to the news coming out tonight about the cia report sitting in langley about this suspect? >> well, first of all, once again, i hear people in the administration and the media trying to make the cia the scapegoat. this report was made from nigeria sometime ago and i can't believe since we now have a director of intelligence that the cia didn't give that to the director of intelligence and if that information was disseminated to him, it was his responsibility to make sure that all of the intell

as promised congressman dan burton is sticking with us.lso joining us out of los angeles ben stein, economist. he served as a speechwriter for presidents nixon and ford and is a columnist for "fortune" magazine. from new york, mark hill, associate professor at columbia university and nationally syndicated columnist. finally, joining me here in d.c., peter beinart, senior political writer for the daily beast and professor for the city university of new york and author of "the good fight, why liberals and only liberals can win the war on terror and make america great again." we're out of time because you are all way too well credentialed. moving along you've written a book that sounds just right for this time. what do you make of what's happened today and the news that a report was at the cia about this suspect? >> well, clearly, this problem of sharing intelligence continues to be a major issue but i think the larger context here is that as we move further and further away from september 11, concerns about terrorism receded on both sides of

burton of indiana. thank you, mr. chairman. >> there was a question asked a while ago about the international court and both witnesses said they would get back to us on that. there was a story that they wrote a book about. have you heard of, let's see, petty officer marcus lieu troe. he was on a mission. he was supposed to kill an al qaeda leader. he ran into two people and a boy. they couldn't decide whether they should kill them or not because they were afraid it would alert the taliban to their mission and they would all be killed. they decide after an argument, lieu trel said we trust them they won't say anything. 15 minutes later, 200 of the taliban and the al qaeda came across, killed him, killed his partners and left him for dead. 16 navy s.e.a.l.s came in the

out of 53 burton rehired just 17. but what is good for coolidge isn't necessarily good for everyone else. because when teachers leave one school, they don't automatically leave the system. ri is staking her success on her ability to change that. so far she has been able to push through her reforms because of the backing of washington's powerful mayor fenty without controls the school system. >> reporter: has he ever said no to you? >> no, no. >> reporter: never. >> nope. >> reporter: but the mayor can't help her now. to change how teachers are hired, fired and paid, ri needs support from the teachers themselves. >> i think there is an atmosphere of mistrust. >> reporter: george parker, a former math teacher is president of the washington teachers union. >> there is a belief that few of the fear that the chance of solution to improve in education is firing people. >> reporter: now for the first time since taking office, ri's plans may be in jeopardy. although she and the union have been negotiating since december, they

that's a statement from spokesman bill burton.dent wherever he goes. whether he's on vacation or not, ali. >> ed, we're going to continue to stay on top of this. you will as well. let us know what you get. ed henry in hawaii right now. let's bring in representative peter king. a member of congress from new york. he's a republican. joins me now. he's a member of the house homeland security meeting. representative king, what have you got? >> caller: basically the person's name. i understand he's a 23-year-old nigerian who bordered the flight in nigeria. >> representative king, i have to tell you, we have not got any information on anyone being charged. but thank you for bringing us information. but we do not have word of official charges. let me know what else you know other than the identity of the person who may be charged. >> his name did appear in a day today base as far as having a terrorist nexus. it was a somewhat sophisticated device. it was obviously more than a fire cracker. he himself has third-degree burns. he's being qu

. >> reporter: ri granted burton's wish and more. as part ofhe restructuring effort she forceall teachers acoolidge to reapply for their jobs out of 53 burton rehired just7. but what is goodor coolge isn't necessarily good for everyonelse. because wh teachers leave onschool, they don't automatilly leave the system. ri is aking her success on her abity to change that. so far she h been able to push through her refor because of the backing of washington's powerful mayo fenty without controls t school stem. >> reporter:as he ever said nto you? >> no, no. >> reporter: never. >> nope. >> reporte but the mayor can't help her now to chae how teachers are hired, firednd paid, ri needs suort from the achers themselves. >> i think the is an atmosphere of mistst. >>eporter: george parker, a former math teacr is president the washington teachers union. >> there is belief that few of the fear that the chce of solution to improve in ecation is firing people. >> reporr: now for the first me since taking office, ri'slans may be in jeopardy. although

burton. >> i only signed 1209 subpoenas. i did get writer's cramp, though. i just have about three quick questions. first of all, from mississippi moncrief, do you have any idea how much money was involved in all these things that you were witnessing? i mean, when you met with these people they were talking about allocation of funds and getting people registered and so forth. do you have any idea of the commingling of funds or how much was used? >> i know that just for the voter registration drive last year it started off at $28 million. by the time i left it was upwards of 33 to $34 million. and that's just on the project vote side. >> now, that $33 million, do you know where that money came from? do you have any idea of how it was split up? >> foundations. most of the money came from private foundations and major donors. very little came from the government because of it being a voter registration drive. they did have a couple of election assistance commission grants, but the majority of that money came from private foundations. it was then cycled through

burton, december 14, 15, 16, and 17, five minutes each. and mr. paul, december 15, 16, and 17 for five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from the northern marianas islands rise? mr. sablan: i ask unanimous consent that following today's business and any special oorders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. mcgovern of massachusetts, mr. defazio of oregon, mr. langevin of rhode island, mr. murphy of connecticut, ms. dahlkemper from pennsylvania, ms. woolsey of california, mr. is a plan from the northern marianne nass islands, ms. kaptur from -- northern marianas islands, ms. kaptur, and mr. stupak of michigan. the chair: without objection. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. . ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i rise today to reinforce the call to action by the american people. as we watch the recovery grow and wall street strive, the american pe

burton: mr. speaker, i get a big kick out of listening to the colloquy between the leadership people every week. when we come to the end of the week we start talking about the program for the following week and if i were an american citizen sitting at home watching this i'd be so confused about what's going on and so i felt compelled tonight to come down here and just talk a little bit about what's going on. so my colleagues back in the offices and if anybody else is paying any attention, they can really find out what's going on in this place. this last fiscal year just passed we went in the hole $1.4 trillion. $1.4 trillion. so far this fiscal year in two months we're ahead of last year's fiscal year. we were $1.4 trillion in the hole last year, this last fiscal year and we're already ahead of that this year. the health care bill that's pending in the senate is going to cost between $1 trillion and $3 trillion. probably closer to $3 trillion if it passes. if we pass the -- we passed the omnibus

. >> larry: last night on this show, dan burton, the congressman from indiana, said that janet napolitanould resign. should she? >> i don't think so. this wasn't janet napolitano going rogue and making something up. she was given a directive to defend the system. and whoever told her that, that's who should be fired. i think janet napolitano was taking orders. and that's the scary part about this. >> i don't have any basis for knowing that somebody whispered in janet napolitano's ear to say this is what you say on sunday. i'm not that much of a conspiracy theorist. >> larry: you haven't heard the end of this. actor charlie sheen was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife on christmas day. >> larry: welcome back. on christmas morning actor charlie sheen was arrested in aspen, colorado. charged with domestic abuse, criminal mischief, menacing and assault in the second degree. let's listen to the 911 call made by charlie's wife brooke. >> tell me exactly what happened. >> my husband had me with a knife, and i'm scared for my life, and he threatnd me. >> okay. are you guys separated right

and jefferson vindicated by cindy burton. yes, sir. >> how many people -- [inaudible] how many people were on the plantation at any time recorded? >> slaves i believe at the time of his death he had 137 slaves. over his lifetime i believe i have read that he had approximately 200 that came and went. he allowed a son to run away when he turned and run away, in favor of a mature age and had a trade, he allowed them to run away basically, he freed them and he didn't pursue the. but i have read that he had on the plantation anywhere from 137 or 200 slaves. >> [inaudible] >> there were many, many people that frequented it monticello, especially when he. in fact, he would pick up his daughter martha and martha had 12 children and he would pick up martha and all the grandchildren and take them to speak for and that's another reason why i don't think of a sexual relationship is really credible. there was always family members around, always grandchildren, always children, boys family members around to see and have ice in the years si

burton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i was thinking about the people back home who may be watching this, they hear the democrats blaming the republicans for all these things that are costing so much money and that's the reason we have to raise the national debt. you know, i look at a $1.4 trillion deficit last year, we're already ahead of that this year. we're not in charge. you folks are. the health care bill that you're trying to ram through is going to cost $1 trillion to $3 trillion and the stimulus bill is going to cost over $1 trillion when you add interest. the bottom line is, we've got to stop spending. we're spending too much money. whether you're a democrat or the republican. the american people back home are saying, get your house in order, quit spending so much money and live within your means like we have to. we have 10% unemployment and the people back home don't want us wasting money to will end up with us having to raise taxes, which we don't want to do and i won't vote for, and have inflation that's goin

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burton of indiana, mr. burden of indiana. -- burton of indiana. mr. moran of kansas. moran of kansas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i have some documentation i need to set up so i'll claim the time and i got to go get that. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, my name is keith ellison, congressman he willson, and i'm here to claim the time -- ellison, and i'm here to claim the time on behalf of the progressive message. we come to discuss critical issues and a progressive perspective on these same issues. the progressive message is put on and organized by progressive caucus members who happen to represent one of the largest caucuses in the congress and the purpose of this message is to focus on critical issues from a progressive perspective. that means a perspective that all americans are welcome and concluded -- included, that be-- we need civil rights, human rights, we need economic justice for working people and wo

burton. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. burton: i get into that. shakespeare, a rose by any other mean would smell as sweet. when we talk about socialism, go look in the dictionary and see what it says. my democratic colleagues have moved to take over the auto industry, the health industry, the energy industry and now they are trying to do it through the bureaucracy and the banking industry and the financial institutions. when the government takes over the private sector, that's socialism. and if you don't believe it, look it up in the dictionary. you know, this was tried back in the 1930's when roosevelt was president. he passed what was called the national recovery act. and he tried to do it in one fell swoop. you guys are doing it increment tale. there were two guys that came over from europe that sold chickens and they were in a crate and let people pick out the chickens because people could pick out the ones they wanted. and the national recovery act, officials said, you can't do that, you have to take the first chicken, because you might leav

burton and mr. pence from different parties but all from indiana very concerned about this as well. so i don't think this casts anything on hungary,ity people or its government. quite the opposite. i think clearly in the resolution it celebrates the great partnership and alliance that we have with hungary and all the brave things that the hungarian people did during the past 50 years. so i just wanted to point that out and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. who seeks recognition? the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: may i ask how much time i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio controls 11 1/2 minutes. mr. kucinich: i question why this resolution was brought before this house under suspension. i question why an effort wasn't made to contact the hungarian government, an effort by the proponents of the legislation, to contact the hungarian government and to learn that their position is in fact -- that there is a judicial review and that there is a criminal procedure related to the issue that wa

burton 3 does that gentleman from louisiana have an opening statement? >> thank you very much.at acorn had its inception in louisiana, so i want to thank the assistant secretary general for being here to testify. i want to get the details -- if the backs of the situation, to see whether or not acorn was involved in illegal activities in louisiana, because coming from new orleans, i note that the organization has done some good things in order to address the issues of minorities as well as other issues that concern the african-american community. again, thank you for being here and i look for to your testimony. >> thank you, mr. cao. >> i thank you for holding these hearings. allegations against acorn keep growing and growing. the more that we look at this organization, the more it looks like a criminal enterprise -- nationwide criminal enterprise. most disturbing is that this criminal enterprise has at its tentacles at the most fundamental aspects of our democracy, voting. voting is sacred in this country for it is one of the reasons that we started this country, so that people

burton for today, december 3 and 4. mr. moran for today, december 3, 4, 7, 8, 9. mr. broun for today. and ms. foxx for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks, and include therein extraneous materials. ms. lee of california. mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. ms. woolsey of california. mr. defazio of oregon. mr. doggett of texas. ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. grayson of florida. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. wolf, virginia. ms. lee, california. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent

burton: i have the great kick out of my democrat colleagues. they are talking about how they are going to come up with a jobs bill. they have increased the debt this year by $1.4 trillion, they are pushing through a health care bill trying to ram it through that's going to cost $1 trillion to $3 trillion. they are trying to push through a cap and trade bill that's going to cost millions of jobs. and now because they are worried about whether they are going to get re-elected or not, they are coming down here saying they are going to come up another jobs bill. what that means is another stimulus bill. the first stimulus bill did not work. it cost over $1 trillion when you include interest and now they are going to do it again. the way to create jobs is to take the heavyweight off the back of the american people by cutting their taxes and cutting business taxes like john f. kennedy did and like ronald reagan did. if you do that, you'll start seeing economic recovery. not by blowing more money. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expi

representative burton, thank you for providing on the people of the fifth district of indiana. i share your concern. i am not sure why this is a partisan issue, quite honestly. when i talk to the indiana secretary of state about what we're doing, it is not just for republicans. it is democrats and everyone asking me. >> can you see if your green light is on? i can link closer. dollars this is an american issue. this is a constitutional issue, as congressman king points out. as congressman poe points out, i think americans ought to be mad because we are in indiana. this is going on in our election process. we have worked very heart of the last several years to make sure that our process works. that it has the appropriate measure of a sensibility and integrity, and both are needed if we are to have a process that belief -- that people believe in. if people stop believing in the process, if they think their votes are deluded or stolen by zealots who would cheat the system in favor of the party or candidate or cause, then they stopped coming. and when we stopped coming to the polls

i am not educated like president duncan or president rose or president burton. i'm not a therapist in the field as is jeff ross. nor am i well versed in the nuances of autism and as well-redwóp -- well read as my wife. she's a wonderful woman and a very accomplished woman. she frankly should be seated in this witness chair so when we do the next hearing, she needs to be invited. i'd like to -- you know, people talk about take-aways and i'll go through the testimony in a second. i think that when this hearing -- when you go on to further activities, the two take-aways that i could add to my testimony is here. number one my kids are here. they are here to stay. i think what you're doing with respect to research is excellent. we need to have funds invested in screening and diagnosis and all that good stuff. i think that's tremendous. we need to do that but having said that, my kids are here. and all the panelists that have austic kids are here so what are we going to do with these kids? and i think the second thing that i find more and more as i talk to more and mo

in 1940, there was a hill -- a bill called the hill burton bill. a single payer bill and it went into effect immediately. you might be a little young, but we had community hospitals, clinics everywhere. it was single payer. and for those who do not want abortion, look at planned parenthood. planned parenthood has finan -- has been federalized of 25 $400,000 to kill black babies. this is ridiculous. americans need to learn their policies. people, wake up. host: lots of calls this morning about health care, the health care debate being the political story of the year. inside the "new york post -- correct the, "new york daily news." there is a photo of the kennedy, senator kennedy's widow. -- a photo of a vicki kennedy, senator kennedy's widow. springfield, va., joseph r. republican line, your favorite political story of the year? caller: thank you for taking my call. the biggest story of the year being the senate leadership bribing senator nelson of alaska to secure a 60-vote on the health care bill. everyone except for nebraska is forced to pay for

wayne burton, the president of north shore community college based in massachusetts. we have steve, the chairman of passaic county community college. we have one of the foremost post secondary programs in the country for students with autism. if you look at my testimony, the summary of the results that taft has rachieved, it is astounding. we aspire to the programs as effective as the taft program. this hearing has a particular poignancy to me because i'm the father of all autistic boys, identical twins. their sister is the youngest of these triplets. she is here today. she is a happy, healthy 7-year- old princess. i know you're back there somewhere. my comments are those of a parent who is concerned about the long-term ability of my children to live independently and to develop a career track that will enable them to support themselves financially while meeting and overcoming the challenges that we have never faced in our lives. i am not an educator. i am not a therapist in the field, like jeff ross. i am not as well read as my wife is. in terms of the nocturnal tend

burton, the ranking member on the foreign affairs subcommittee on middle east and south asia.e deals with this issue every day. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. burton: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i thank the chairman for bringing this to the floor. god bless you, my son. let me say that i heard the arguments from the opponents of this legislation. and my question to them would be, well, what's the alternative? you mention one, two, three, four, five, six, seven reasons why we shouldn't do this but iran is developing a nuclear weapons system. if you look at the "times" and the bbc, iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb. and it's the mechanism that explodes the nuclear bomb. now, we've been waiting and waiting and waiting for years for them to stop the development of a nuclear weapon. and they keep giving us all and they keep giving us all these reasons why they we get about 40% of our energy from the middle east. if you mess up the peshian gulf, if you have that -- persian gulf, it would suffer us beca

burton is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i believe that commitment is extremely important. and the civilian commitment is important, but they have to be covered by the military. today at 12:59 p.m. admiral mullen said, in part that by roughly the july time frame, we'll have 20 to 25,000 troops in theater, and there will be 5,000 troops that will be over there very shortly. now, if the time frame is correct in my mind, the president is indicating he wants to start removing troops in july 2011. and you're telling us that they're not going to be there until july 2010. that gives one year before they start removing the troops. i understand that this can be adjusted and the witnesses have indicated that this can be adjusted. if the need arises, but what kind of a signal does it send to the taliban and al qaeda, when you know that the troops aren't going to be there until july, and you're going to have them out -- or start moving them out a year from then. even if you reassess, you've given them a time frame within which

had served as a finishing school for scores and helped launch its critics force as livingston and burton and fawcett, who had grown up worshiping these sorts had gone to the royal geographical society to train. this fellow here, e.a. reeves, was in charge of turning mr. fawcett in toy gentleman explore. not just for learning how to map and figure out where he was at any point on the globe. it also meant reading of these survivalist manuals in their bread many of the manuals that fawcett himself that read, and you get a sense of the timeframe with which he occupied. it would say things like well, if you are suddenly bitten by poisonous snake, pack the wound with gunpowder and ignite it. [laughter] well, if you are hit by a poisonous arrow and the wound is hemorrhaging, get boiling grease as quickly as possible and pour it into the wound. [laughter] well, fawcett finished his training, and he was quickly recruited to become a spy, and this was actually very common for the british empire. they would go commonly to the royal geographical society in recruit its members and graduates become sp

burton of indiana. mr. holt of new jersey. mr. paul of texas. mr. franks of arizona. mr. grayson of florida. mr. spratt of south carolina. mr. mccotter of minnesota. mr. royce of california. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, is recognized for 60 minutes. he is the designee of the minority leader. mr. akin: thank you, mr. speaker, it is a treat to join you, my colleagues and fellow americans that might possibly be tuned in. this is the last day of school. the voting is done and yet the work is not done. in fact, america, among other things, is suffering from a considerbly high level of unemployment. and that was going to be the topic for this evening. i want to talk a little bit about employment, spending and the different ways, different theories that different people have as to how do you create jobs. and there are some theories out there that don't work very well and there are some that do work well and history tells us the difference between the two. i thought what i might do this evening is to start with so

burton, the ranking member on the foreign affairs subcommittee on middle east and south asia. he deals with this issue every day. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. burton: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i thank the chairman for bringing this to the floor. god bless you, my son. let me say that i heard the arguments from the opponents of this legislation. and my question to them would be, well, what's the alternative? you mention one, two, three, four, five, six, seven reasons why we shouldn't do this but iran is developing a nuclear weapons system. if you look at the "times" and the bbc, iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb. and it's the mechanism that explodes the nuclear bomb. now, we've been waiting and waiting and waiting for years for them to stop the development of a nuclear weapon. and they keep giving us all these reasons why they shouldn't be stopped and why they're not doing it and all kinds of things but the fact of the matter is they continue on the path toward a nuclear weapon. now, we get a

burton. >> i only signed 1209 subpoenas. i did get writer's cramp, though. i just have about three quick questions. first of all, from mississippi moncrief, do you have any idea how much money was involved in all these things that you were witnessing? i mean, when you met with these people they were talking about allocation of funds and getting people registered and so forth. do you have any idea of the commingling of funds or how much was used? >> i know that just for the voter registration drive last year it started off at $28 million. by the time i left it was upwards of 33 to $34 million. and that's just on the project vote side. >> now, that $33 million, do you know where that money came from? do you have any idea of how it was split up? >> foundations. most of the money came from private foundations and major donors. very little came from the government because of it being a voter registration drive. they did have a couple of election assistance commission grants, but the majority of that money came from private foundations. it was then cycled through

in 1940, there was a hill -- a bill called the hill burton bill. it was a single payer bill and it went into effect immediately. you might be a little young, but we had community hospitals, clinics everywhere. it was single payer. and for those who do not want abortion, look at planned parenthood. planned parenthood has finan -- has been federalized of 25 $400,000 to kill black babies. this is ridiculous. americans need to learn their policies. people, wake up. host: lots of calls this morning about health care, the health care debate being the political story of the year. inside the "new york post -- correct the, "new york daily news." there is a photo of the kennedy, senator kennedy's widow. -- a photo of a vicki kennedy, senator kennedy's widow. springfield, va., joseph r. republican line, your favorite political story of the year? caller: thank you for taking my call. the biggest story of the year being the senate leadership bribing senator nelson of alaska to secure a 60-vote on the health care bill. everyone except for nebraska is forced to p

burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. tonight the president is going to say in his speech, i just got part of it, that his sending 30,000 american troops over there is a step in the right direction for stabilizing afghanistan, but then he goes on and he says, and it will allow us to begin the transfer of our forces out of afghanistan in july of 2011, the one thing that you should never do is tell gaff your punch. i can't imagine why the president is saying in his speech tonight he is going to start withdrawing our troops in july of 2011. even if he plans to do that, he shouldn't say it because he is telling our enemies exactly what we're going to do and it's just wrong and every military officer i ever met will tell you the same thing. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection

burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? without objection ms.-lehtinen: thank you so much, madam speaker. i rise to recognize the success of the miami-dade county memory walk sponsored by the alzheimer's association. this event called on volunteers of all ages to be champions in the fight against this terrible disease of alzheimer's which impacts more than five million americans and their families. over 2,200 people participated in the memory walk in my home county of miami-dade and their efforts raised over $130,000 for research and end to a cure. i was encouraged by the wonderful outpouring of support and participation from our community in south florida. i know from countless personal stories as well as from my own family just how deficient stattings this disease of alzheimer's is. my mom, amanda ross was diagnosed with alzheimer's a year ago. and while i'm blessed to have tremendous family support during this difficult time for her, i recognize how important it is to have organizations such as alzheimer's that can step in and provide familie

burton from indiana. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: claim the gentleman's time. thank you so much, madam speaker. just last week, we observed another human rights day without freedom in cuba. as to be expected, the regime had its thugs out in full force to attack all who dared to walk the streets in support of this important day and what it represents to the world community. for two days, the members of the peaceful ladies in white group were pursued and harassed by agents of the regime. marches and peaceful demonstrations in support of human rights and fundamental freedom came to an abrupt end as security forces rounded up, detained and brutally attacked some of the participants. the wife of a doctor was one of the many apprehended by the secret police on her way to one of the planned marches in havana. dr. ferrara is a civil rights leader currently imprisoned by the dictatorship. his crime? illegally purchasing materials to repair damages to his home. the truth, dr. ferrara has exposed the reality of the apartheid healt

burton from indiana. mr. sestak from pennsylvania. without objection, the gentleman has five minutes. mr. sestak: madam speaker, i rise to honor and mourn the loss of a great american. rear admiral david m. stone, united states navy retired, recently passed away. as a result, we are a lesser nation. he was a proud son of illinois not the commonwealth of pennsylvania. my state. but i am compelled to see that the achievements of this remarkable man are forever captured in the record of our proceedings because david stone was my shipmate. regraduated from the united states naval academy in 1974 and served as surface warfare officers for nearly three decades. in the course of those years, i witnessed dave stone consistently offer our nation all of his enormous talent and energy. at the academy, he led navy's basketball team with an unmatched passion and competitive spirit. upon commission as an ensign he went to sea with a work ethic and selflessness that characterized the very best of the graduates of annapolis. with a total commitment t

burton of indiana. thank you, mr. chairman. >> there was a question asked a while ago about the international court and both witnesses said they would get back to us on that. there was a story that they wrote a book about. have you heard of, let's see, petty officer marcus lieu troe. he was on a mission. he was supposed to kill an al qaeda leader. he ran into two people and a boy. they couldn't decide whether they should kill them or not because they were afraid it would alert the taliban to their mission and they would all be killed. they decide after an argument, lieu trel said we trust them they won't say anything. 15 minutes later, 200 of the taliban and the al qaeda came across, killed him, killed his partners and left him for dead. 16 navy s.e.a.l.s came in the helicopter. they killed all 16. we have three navy s.e.a.l.s on trial right now. how do you say to these troops sent on a mission to kill an al qaeda leader? should they have killed the three people? should they have killed them on the spot so they wouldn

burton. >> i only signed 1209 subpoenas. i did get writer's cramp, though. i just have about three quick questions. first of all, from mississippi moncrief, do you have any idea how much money was involved in all these things that you were witnessing? i mean, when you met with these people they were talking about allocation of funds and getting people registered and so forth. do you have any idea of the commingling of funds or how much was used? >> i know that just for the voter registration drive last year it started off at $28 million. by the time i left it was upwards of 33 to $34 million. and that's just on the project vote side. >> now, that $33 million, do you know where that money came from? do you have any idea of how it was split up? >> foundations. most of the money came from private foundations and major donors. very little came from the government because of it being a voter registration drive. they did have a couple of election assistance commission grants, but the majority of that money came from private foundations. it was then cycled through

i want to talk about senator burton. i had a wonderful conversation with him today.strong man. one time senator byrd told me, i do not want to -- i never done anything physical and exercise. but every day i exercise my brain. and he does. he taught to me about what he was going to read during a break. he had something planned to do. this is a remarkable human being, one of the most remarkable human beings i've ever met in my thigh. i have so much admiration for his intellectual capacity, but his physical capacity, he is a tough, strong man who was essential to our passing this bill. >> how you plan on treating the conference committee process? will it be you when speaker pelosi or will it be more transparent? >> ok, you obviously were not listening. i am not going to talk about conference. i'm glad to pass this bill tomorrow. you can ask that question in as many different ways and you look at the same answer. i am looking forward to this vote taking place between 7:00 and 9:00 in the morning tomorrow. after i have a chance to talk to other people about how we proceed

burton of indiana. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> there was a question a while ago in the international court and the witnesses said they would get back to us on that. there's a story i want to talk about -- that they wrote a book about. have you heard of -- let's see. petty officer marcus lutrell? have you heard of him? he was on a mission and they were supposed to kill an al-qaeda leader and they went up there and they ran into two people and a boy. and they couldn't decide whether they should kill them or not because they were afraid they would alert the taliban to their mission and that they would all be killed. well, they decided after an argument -- lutrell said we'll let them go because we trust them. they won't say anything. 15 minutes later 200 taliban came across and al-qaeda, i guess -- came across, killed him, killed his partners and left him for dead. 16 navy seals, other navy seals came in helicopter and shot them down when they sent down to rescue them. we've got these three

a concern regarding the possible misinterpretation of the legislation there is the potential in a burtonf it has into our allies and a national communities given the scope of the frequencies being inventoried. the department of defense and the defense industry have worked hard to achieve an international spectrum harmonization to support li to upper ability. there is a requirement for an ordeal spectrum. this can create an act -- an impression of instability in spectrum allocation and impact long-term research and development. suggestions of instability in access could result in a chilling effect a long-term technology investments pri finally, we have identified a few technical issues. we will submit that separately to the staff. i am here today to address h.r. 3125, i would like you to know that we have some concerns with h.r. 3119 and would be happy to offer a follow-up discussion with the committee. i appreciate having the opportunity to testify h.r. 3125 is a good start at lockheed martin commend you and the other sponsors for identifying the need for spectrum inventory and taking th

burton, and the ovarian cancer national alliance for their critical help with this resolution.and with that i yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts controls the time. mr. lynch: mr. speaker, i yield for such time as she may consume to ms. delauro, the lead sponsor of this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized for as much time as she may consume. ms. delauro: i thank the gentleman for this time. the gentleman from massachusetts for this time. i thank the gentleman from new york for his leadership on this issue and it is an honor to serve with him. he has been a champion of the cause of cancer and in particular ovarian cancer. i strongly urge my colleagues to support the ovarian cancer awareness resolution. this is an easy call for me because i know firsthand that awareness saves lives. 23 years ago i was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. i was lucky. i had an excellent doctor who detected the cancer by chance in stage one. i underw

burton from indiana. and ros-lehtinen from florida. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. king: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate being recognized and it's a privilege to address you here on the floor of the house of representatives. i just returned within the last few hours from afghanistan, arriving here this morning sometime around 7:00 or so after a long and very busy weekend in places in afghanistan that we know as kabul and kandahar, bagram and a floating space. and it's been my opinion for a long time and having made at least nine different visits over to theaters that we do call theaters of war, but include six to iraq and three trips to afghanistan and some other trips along there that i haven't chronicled, madam speaker, but i have found that sitting in classified briefings here in the united states congress, here in the alcohol building or over in the -- here in the capitol building or over in t