burton of indna >> mr. saker. e speakepro tempore: the ntleman fm utah is recoized. . b i a unanimous ent to cim the time of mrburton of inana. the speaker pro temporhe gentlem is recognized for five mutes. mr. bisho i rise today to plead th10th. earlier today this body voted n h.r. 4855 that would establish in the pament of bor an annual work-life bance award for emoyers th haveevelopednd implemented work-life balance pocies. itou etaish an asory board. though i oppose the legisla, i think thathe ultimate goa of is bare good ones. sponsors havehe best intentions. i wt reat that goals and jeives of the bill are pectle a noble ideas. no one questions that a proper work-le balance is extremely important but just because somethings important doesn't mean whington s to write a law to protet or create bureau to encourage it or have

burton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the houseefor one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: mr. speaker, the majority leader today gave a speech and he indicated that we have to raise taxes. he said, the deficit was so big, due in large part to the spending on the democrat side of the aisle, that the deficit was so big we have to raise taxes. there's no other way. when ronald reagan took oofice back in 1980 he heard the same thing. everybody said that the spending was out of control, that we had to do more with less. %- and we had to raise taxes. pnd ronald reagan talked to a guy who was an economist and he said the way to get the conomy mooing was to cut taxes, to give people ore disposable income, to give businesses more money to invest and the economy would right itself. and it did. and we had 20 years of prosperity. now the democrats under the leadership of mr. hoyer want to raise taxes, t

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she made me want to change my life. >> you proud of my, miss burton? >> sure.you came a long way. >> this is life. that's what it's all about. >> larry: since 1998, susan burton has helped more than 400 women get their lives on track. to nominate someone you think is changing the world go to cnn.com/heroes. back after this. right now, there's a nurse saving a life in baltimore. 20 minutes later, she'll bring one into the world in seattle. later today, she'll help an accident victim in kansas. how can one nurse be in all these places? through the nurses she taught in this place. johnson & johnson knows, behind every nurse who touches a life... there's a nurse educator... who first touched them. ♪ you're a nurse ♪ you make a difference >> larry: congressman markey, how tough should the president be on bp? some say it wouldn't pay. >> it's impossible to be too tough on bp. my heart goes out to mr. jones and his family for his loss because we now know that bp was running through all kinds of red lights, warnings that had been going off in the hours and days before

burton of indiana. r what ppose does the gentlemanrom texas rise? mr. poerequest permission to take mr. burton's time. th speakerroempore: ithout objectione geman is recognized for five mines. mr. poe: eaker, it is with eat pride and a heav heart spe today of a young ma from district in xas who gave his life while fighting terrorists in marine sergeant braon burrough was kild sunday, june 6 in combat opations in kabul. s that photogra oth marvous rine. he leaves mind his wife heher d his two young sons, cole who is 3 yearsod, andade, who is 1. brdon was on his third tour of duty he previously served two deplments ira he left r afghanistan this april as part of a team training afgan police. he was 26 yes of agend a 20 graduate of kingwood h school texas. in h 26 short years, brandon lid a lifetime service to other people. i lked to brandon's mom terry this weeknd she told me that brandon had justalled her d he had askeher to send him gifts for the local afghastan children in his next care package. brand always -- brandon, always thinkingbout ways do some

burton: mr. speaker, if i were talking to the president right now, i would remind him that lord chamberlain flew to munich in the late 1930's and signed agreement -- an agreement with her hitler that led to 60 million people being killed in world war ii. 60 million. we were not in the nuclear age at that time but we still lost 60 million people in this world. we are now in the nuclear age and that's why this legislation is so important. there are waivers in this bill and that really troubles me. didn't want there to be any waivers in this conference report, but they're there. the president can waive these sanctions. and i would just like to say, if i were talking to the president, look at history, mr. president. look at what happened because of a weak-kneed approach back in the late 1930's that led to 60 million people dying in woled -- world war ii. and don't let that happen now. we need to let ahmadinejad and the leaders in iran know that we mean business and that means don't waive any of the s

burton's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the new supreme court pick has never been a judge. she's never seen a courtroom from the bench. she's never had a judge's responsibility. she has never instructed a jury. she's ner ruled on a pount of law, any point of law. she has not decided even one constitutional issue. she's never tried a criminal case. she's never tried a civil case. she's never even tried a traffic case. we don't know whether or not she believes the constitution is the foundation of american law or whether she thinks, like many, the constitution constantly changes based upon the personal opinions of supreme court justices. but either way, she has never had to make a constitutional call in a court of law in the heat of a trial. she's never admitted evidence or ruled out evidence or ruled on a chain of custody regarding evidence. she's never made even one decision regarding any rule of evidence. she's n

burton: i ask for his time. i don't think he's here tonight. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: madam speaker, my good friend, congressman poe of texas, just a few minutes ago talked about the oil spill down in the gulf and he referred to the action or inaction of the administration in dealing with it. he quoted something from the "l.a. times" that i thought was kind of interesting and a little humorous, that my colleagues liked that might like to hear genl. he quotes the "l.a. times" as saying, obama's speech, there's a pipe spewing a ga zillion gobs of oil into the gulf, so let's build more wind mills. now, i know that sound as little humorous, madam speaker, but that sounded like what the president's speech was all about last night. there was no real solutions in dealing with the problem. everybody's concerned about it, everybody feels empathy and sympathy for the people in the gulf, the thousands of people who have lost their jobs and who are out of work, the environmental problem that's been created, but what people wa

chief justice stone added his support for burton, but leaving his senate experience it would serve thecourt well. -- believing his senate experience would serve the court well. stricken by as a regal hemorrhage while preserving -- presiding over the accord, chief justice stone was replaced by fred vinson. he supported the tom clark, president truman's attorney general in 1949. i am pleased and privileged to call my friend, the justice tom clark's daughter -- mimi, are you here? there she is. it is wonderful to see you. thank you for being here. justice frankfurter continued his influence as his tenure moved toward its conclusion in the early 1960's. president john f. kennedy told3 bradlee they're replacing frankfurter with another jewish justice was too obvious and keep. nevertheless, he did so in 1962 with oldberg. jfk consulttd about his choice with both justice frankfurter and chief justice of world war in. kennedy's successor and lyndon johnson -- chief justice earl warren. lyndon johnson looked to sitting justices to affirm his choices. fortis preferred his lucrative practice in w

burton for introducing this resolution. i ask that the house join us in voting in favor of this resolution and in support of further measures to address the comprehensive threat posed to our nation and to our ally, israel, by iran, by syria, and - by the militant proxies. among other steps that the united states should take is to stop the failed policies of engagement with the syrian and iranian regimes which have not advanced our interest but has lent those dictatorships undeserved legitimacy. we should also continue to stand unequivocally with our ally, israel, and oppose all efforts to deny israel its sovereign right to self-defense, the very right that staff sergeant shalit was exercising when he was kidnapped by hamas. with that, madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. ackerman: i want to thank the the gentlewoman from florida, the distinguished ranking member of the committee, for her state

you bird and that next generation with debt, they will not have the opportunnties that we have 3 gb burton that next generation. -- if we burden the next generation with debt, they will not have the opportunities that we have. we are well past 7:30, so i will take this question and then come and answer everybody's question individual. i will stick around as long as you want, if you are shy about asking questions. >> thank you for having this forum. we really appreciate being able to voice our opinions and get feedback from you. one of the first things i want to bring up that has come up a couple of times this as a citizen, it is our duty to read the laws and understand them and not take someone else's work for what they say. i think that is the main problem with this arizona law. everybody is hearing what the other side is saying, this is what it means. if you read the bill, there are so many checks and balances in it, there is no way could happen that way. i am not saying human beings are not going to miss manage it. that could happen, but we have laws to manage it. first and foremost, be

white house spokesman bill burton said the global economy would be better off if beijing allowedded theyuan to rise in value. the chinese vice foreign minister responded saying china's currency is not an issue the international community should discuss. to help decipher what's happening and what's at stake we're joined by fred bergsten, the head of peterson institute of international economics. well, the white house didn't release this in some obscure communique. a spokesman said it to the corps on air force one, getting an immediate response from the vice premiere in charge of organization for the g-20. >> president obama sent a letter yesterday to all the heads of the g-20 countries indicating a number of changes in economic policies, including in the chinese currency. the problem is that the g-20 strategy agreed over the last two years in response to the global crisis includes a big element of so-called rebalancing the world economy. the u.s. runs huge trade deficits. china runs huge trade surpluses. that transfers jocks from the united states to china. it hurts our economic recovery

you bird and that next generation with debt, they will not have the opportunities that we have 3 gb burton that next generation. -- if we burden the next generation with debt, they will not have the opportunities that we have. we are well past 7:30, so i will take this question and then come and answer everybody's question individual. i will stick around as long as you want, if you are shy about asking questions. >> thank you for having this forum. we really appreciate being able to voice our opinions and get feedback from you. one of the first things i want to bring up that has come up a couple of times this as a citizen, it is our duty to read the laws and understand them and not take someone else's work for what they say. i think that is the main problem with this arizona law. everybody is hearing what the other side is saying, this is what it means. if you read the bill, there are so many checks and balances in it, there is no way could happen that way. i am not saying human beings are not going to miss manage it. that could happen, but we have laws to manage it. first and foremost, be

burton, july 2 for five minutes, mr. mack today for five minutes, mr. boozman today for five minutes, ms. ros-lehtinen today and june 30 for five minutes, mr. olson today for five minutes, mr. forbes, june 29 for five minutes. mr. mchenry, june 29 and 30, july 1 and 2 for five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the speaker pro tempore: u.n. of january 6, 2009, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe from texas, mr. burton from indiana, mr. mack of florida. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. boozman: thank you, mr. speaker. as the ranking member on the subcommittee on water resources, i rise today to thank colonel ed jackson, commander of the little rock district of the u.s. army corps of engineers, for his service, especially his last three years in little rock. colonee jackson has provided forward thinking and visionary leadership for an organization with a complex mission. this mission includes the planning and management of civil wo

burton: i won't take two minutes, madam speaker. i'd just like to say ttat my colleague that just spoke, mr. engel, and i found out about the way some of these companies have been so unscrupulous in milking the public out of their -- the minutes that they pay for. i'm very happy that congressman engel has introduced this bill. i'd only wish i'd known about it because i would have been a co-sponsor on it. rest assured i will vote for it. it's unconscionable that people buy this, including military personnel, want to call their loved ones and then they are shortchanged. we need to see if this is done intentionally there ought to be some prosecutions that needs to take place. with that i yield back the balance of my time. mr. whitfield: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky yields back all of his time? mr. whitfield: yes, madam. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. chu: h.r. 3993 will protect consumers. i want to thank congressman engel for his w

burton for questions? >> thank you. we're about to finish up this hearing. we do appreciate your patience in listening to the various members of the subcommittee. what -- what one or two recommendations are you prepared to give about what we could do to prevent a future accident of this type? now you know what you know and you have listened to what the congress knows here today, are there one or two things that you like to suggest for consideration to prevent an accident of this time from happening in the future? >> i believe that the most important one is to take the fail safe mechanism, called the blowout preventer and design it so it is fail safe. the reality in all industrial accidents is that they're always a combination of equipment failure and human judgment. and the most important thing is to have in place a system that is genuinely fail safe. it is clear based on -- on our experience of this accident that the current design basis of the blowout preventer being used in the deep water, not just in this case but across the world, is not as fail safe as

you bird and that next generation with debt, they will not have the opportunities that we have 3 gb burton that next generation. -- if we burden the next generation with debt, they will not ha the opportunities that we have. we are well past 7:30, so i will take this question and then come and answer everybody's question individual. i will stick around as long as you want, if you are shy about asking questions. >> thank you for having this forum. we really appreciate being able to voice our opinions and get feedback from you. one of the first things i want to bring up that has come up a couple of times this as a citizen, it is our duty to read the laws and understand them and not take someone else's work for what they say. i think that is the main problem with this arizona law. everybody is hearing what the other side is saying, this is what it means. if you read the bill, there are so many checks and balances in it, there is no way could happen that way. i am not saying human beings are not going to miss manage it. that could happen, but we have laws to manage it. first and foremost, befo

burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. the moratorium on deep water offshore drilling will prevent drilli in the gulf of mexico for the next six months or longer. and why do we have the moratorium? what is the purpose? when we have a plane crash, as big a disaster as that might be, we don't ose down the entire airline industry for six nths but now we want to close down the drilling offshore for six months. what is the reason? the six-month moratorium on drilli will be another economic catastrophe for the united states. six months is a long time in the drilling business. these wells can't start and stop overnight. anither do the support industries. mr. speaker, this chart right here shows the coasts of texas and louisiana and in this chart, out in the gulf of mexico, are about 4,000 offshore rills -- rigs. these 4,000 rigs will not be allowed to drill based upon the administration's moratorium for the next six months

burton of indiana. mr. forbes of virginia. mr. defazio of oregon. mr. mchenry, north carolina. ms. ros-lehtinen, florida. ms. foxx, north carolina. mr. fortenberry, nebraska. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i thank you very much and ask unanimous consent to insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: thank you. madam speaker, tonight i want to devote extra time to talking about the proposed financial reform bill the conference committee report being worked on at that moment that is likely to come before the house later in the week. i wanted to put the discussion tonight in a broader context in hopes that my colleagues will listen and consider the bill to be brought before us. let me begin with this% statement. bankers hold a very privileged position in our society because, in fact, they hold the awesome power to create money. their use of that power can advance our soci

one named burton, owned a dog named old drum. he was a great hunting dog. i'm quoting senator byrd.any time that dog barked one would know it was on the scent of a raccoon or other animal. a man raised live stopl and -- livestock and some of his calves were being killed by animal and he vowed to kill any animal that appeared on his property. someone said there is a dog in the yard. hornsby said shoot him. the dog was killed. the man didn't take it lightly. he went to court. thefs old drum -- this was old drum who was killed. he won the case and was awarded $25. he employed a lawyer by the name of george vest and he read -- senator byrd did -- the summation to the jury, and he did it without a note. and it so reminded me of all the things i heard on the floor of the senate from senator byrd. yes, the ambulance down in the valley, a piece of lengthy prose, and this without a note. he recited the summation to the jury by george vest. gentlemen of the jury, the best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. the son or daughter whom he has reared with lovin

burton of indiana. mr. forbes from virginia. ms. ros-lehtinen from florida. mr. gohmert from texas. mr. paulsen from minnesota. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? without objection. mr. paulsen: i rise to remember an inspiring and patriotic american, master sergeant edward william cole. edward embodies the love of this nation that has been critical to american success throughout our history and will serve as an example of dedication and service for generations to come. ed was born in the bronx, raised in the hell's kitchen neighborhood of manhattan and enlisted the moment he became eligible for service back in 1949. he served in korea where he was injured in battle and received a purple heart and despite being offered the opportunity to return home, he overcame painful reconstructive purgeries on both of his fight so he could continue to serve in the united states army. just as our nation has overcome many painful challenges, ed overcame his injuries and continued to serve with profound distinction and success. he joined the special forces and in 1961, became o

still supported burton believing his senatorial experience would serve the court well. stricken by a fatal hemorrhage while presiding over the court on the bench in 1946, chief justice stone was replaced by a german appointee. -- stone was replaced by a truman appointee. justice frankfurter continued his influence as his tenure move towards its conclusion in the 1960's. his position would be vacant. john f. kennedy said that replacing frankfurter with another jewish justice was too obvious and cute. nevertheless, kennedy did so. according to president had help. lyndon johnson looked to sitting justices to confirm hiss appointments. his long time friend did not want to ascend the bench, preferring his own lucrative practice as well as his continued partisan support for his friend. johnson, however, twisted the arms of to reluctant men, sending justice goldberg to the u. n. lbj had enlisted in hugo black. be jewish seat remains in act. chief justice earl warren the chief remained on the bench until the new republican president, richard jensen, named warren burger to repla

burton from indiana. mr. defazio from oregon. . mr. wolf from virginia. ms. foxx from north carolina. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. bishop: thank you very much, madam speaker. i come to the floor today during the specific time to talk about issues that are taking place on the borders of the united states. the issues i talk about are issues that impact both the northern border and the southern border as well, but we have had quite a bit of hype in the media lately about things that are taking place on the southern border. so i would like to try to focus my attention primarily on what is happening between the border between the united states and mexico. i also want to try and narrow the focus of the discussion tonight in some particular way. because i'm not talking about everybody who is coming through the border both legally and illegally, i'm talking about certain kinds of bad guys that are doing great harm to this particula

burton of indiana for today until 12:00 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: 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 houue, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. moran for july 1 and 2, ms. ros-lehtinen for today, dr. paul for june 30 and july 1, ms. foxx for today, mr. fortenberry for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following member mace be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include thereon extraneous material. mr. mcgovern, mr. ween over new york, mr. perriello of virginia, mr. defazio of oregon, mr. qui

you bird and that next generation with debt, they will not have t opportunities that we have 3 gb burton that next generation. -- if we burden the next generation with debt, they will not ha the opportunities that we have. we are well past 7:30, so i will take this question and then come and answer everybody's question individual. i will stick around as long as you want, if you are shy about asking questions. >> thank you for having this forum. we really appreciate being able to voice our opinions and get feedback from you. one of the first things i want to bring up that has come up a couple of times this as a citizen, it is our duty toead the laws and understand them and not take someone else's work for what they say. i think that is the main problem with this arizona law. everybody is hearing what the other side is saying, this is what it means. if you read the bill, there are so many checks and balances in it, there is no way could happen that way. i am not saying human beings are not going to miss manage it. that could happen, but we have laws to manage it. first and foremost, before

burton: mr. speaker, if i were talking to the president right now, i would remind him that lord chamberlain flew to munich in the late 1930's and signed agreement -- an agreement with her hitler that led to 60 million people being killed in world war ii. 60 million. we were not in the nuclear age at that time but we still lost 60 million people in this world. we are now in the nuclear age and that's why this legislation is so important. there are waivers in this bill and that really troubles me. didn't want there to be any waivers in this conference report, but they're there. the president can waive these sanctions. and i would just like to say, if i were talking to the president, look at history, mr. president. look at what happened because of a weak-kneed approach back in the late 1930's that led to 60 million people dying in woled -- world war ii. and don't let that happen now. we need to let ahmadinejad and the leaders in iran know that we mean business and that means don't waive any of the s