since its inception in 1988, the byrne j.a.g. program has provided crime victim initiatives in all states and territories but not to the same degree. h.r. 3353 will finally bridge that gap for the northern mariana islands and for american samoa to help create safer and justice for communities for all. i ask my colleagues to support h.r. 3353. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from the northern mariana islands yields back the balance of his time. mr. scott: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. richardson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for four minutes. ms. richardson: mr. speaker, as representative of the district of 28,000 american smowans, i rise in support of h.r. 3353, which will provide for american samoa and the northern mariana islands to be treated as states for criminal justice funding. this legislation will protect the people of these islan

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. >> reporter: chris bin byrne show -- chris byrne showed us around.ized dolls are big this year. from disney to dora the explorer. if your child is past the christmas phase, there are the kids of monster high. and they text on a little eye coffin, which is a high seller too. on the tiny side, there are scwirchgies. >> there are play sets. they're very collectible. little girls love those miniature things. >>> and here's something. it's called the vetteron rave. wave. it keeps lev stating as long as you keep your hand under it now. >> classics are still possible. elmo and lego. and a new take on simon called loops. and a v-reader. like a kindle for kids. what i love about this is it's a toy. but kids feel like they're doing something mom and dad do. >> reporter: but believe it or not, the best-selling toy this year is singa majigs. >> jingle all the way. >> the main squeeze this holiday season. manuel gallegus, cbs news, new york. >> and by noon, on christmas day -- americans spend over $123 billion on toys each year. >>> giving barbies stylish looks t

. >> good afternoon, supervisors, eric byrnes representing san francisco green party and our city.sed something out to you while you were hearing the beginning of this item that it's one page, if you look on the reverse, it's one full page of text from a report that just came out last month on biofuels and biomass. the reason i bring this up is the underlying resolution here and the report itself are excellent and of course we support it. there is one -- there is one little problem or caveat though and that there isn't -- even though there is some criticism of biofuels in the report, it's not strong enough and there is even a casual reference in the report about the darling facility creating biofuels, the one that just got approved by the port. this report just came out last month, and if you read on the back, the key couple of sentences are not only does this study suggest that ilcu, which stands for indirect land use change that comes from biofuels -- by the way, i should mention this is a study about the impact of biofuels that they're going to have on europe, which is now in th

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books pertaining to the nazi holocaust one of them a nation on trial coauthored with ruth but tina byrne was named the notable book of the year the new york times sunday book review the second book the holocaust industry was showered with praise by the dean of holocaust istari in zero will hilberg who called the book a breakthrough and he also was very generous news praise about me as a historian he said talking about lace is a misery as a historian is so sure and so yes we are we're talking about you there's a sure thing if you don't listen to this there are a lot of things i want to ask you so i want to i want to ask you do you think the new year do you think their role hilberg is a holocaust denier ok that's a question jenny the answer is now the norm is the norm and all that just answer the question please go ahead jeff a month ago a month ago i delivered the raul hilberg memorial lecture at the university of vermont. it was an honor to do it and i'm very proud of is the. thank you. of course he's not a holocaust denier he was a great historian of the holocaust. that doesn't mean tha

that's why we've brought in anne byrn. she's author of "the cake mix doctor bakes gluten-free."ugh the years, people have loved my recipes. one problem, maybe in a family there might be someone who has celiak and can't have gluten. and someone asked me to write a cookbook that is fluten-free. >> we have chocolate pound cake. >> we're going to start with a yellow gluten-free cake mix. i start with the yellow, gluten-free mix. going to add half a packet of chocolate pudding mix. >> and it's rice flour? >> it is. the gluten-free mixes are based on rice flour. they're very easy to digest. so, this is melted butter with chocolate. >> very nice. that makes it nice and smooth. >> yeah. the benefits of starting with a gluten-free mix and then doctoring it up, as i do, is that it's a lot less expensive just to buy the mix off the shelf. and also, these mixes are natural. i mean, there's no artificial ingredients, colorings, flavorings in them. >> and i have friends who bake so their kids do not feel left out. >> exactly. >> at a holiday party, you can have them. >> i baked gluten-free fo

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the users, go byrne -- thomas coburn as an example of someone who sticks to his conviction yet can govern. what did you think about that? caller: i guess he is a counter to the larger point i was making and maybe he does stand out as an out liar then pared -- allied air -- outlier then. i am not as familiar with his electors. but in the larger case, but congress house members, they did not have the freedom to stand their ground unless they play the middle. host: louisville, ky. jimmie on the republican line. you are next. caller: how are you doing? i think it would help to be a moderate to govern, but i think the democrats lost their chance when they fail to vote on the tax cuts and everything before the election. they did not vote on it because they were afraid if they did they might get voted out. now that they got voted out -- i think obama got the best that could with what he had left. he did not get more because the democrats were afraid to vote before the election. now that they lost, they want to cry and holler. and i think it is all the democrats thought that obama didn't get what

in addition i would welcome undersecretary byrne's use another e. each aspects of iranian nuclear issue such as the recent interruption in iran's enrichment activities and the general diminishing of its enrichment efficiency as reported by the iaea. how meaningful is that? should alter our previous calculations regarding iran's nuclear program? at the recent revelations regarding north north korea's apparently enhanced nuclear facilities affected those calculations? what can you tell us regarding upcoming negotiations in iran now scheduled to commence in a few days in geneva? lastly, this month marks the one-year anniversary of the last major demonstrations by iran's reformist green movement, which mushroomed in the wake of the june 2002 -- 2009 hijacking of the presidential election by ahmadinejad. will where does the green movement stand today? what can we do to reaffirm our close support for the pro-democracy forces in iran? i would like to close by reaffirming my own strong support for our sanctioned efforts. it is her last best hope for resolvi

the users, go byrne -- thomas coburn as an example of someone who sticks to his conviction yet can govern. what did you think about that? caller: i guess he is a counter to the larger point i was making and maybe he does stand out as an out liar then pared -- allied air -- outlier then. i am not as familiar with his electors. but in the larger case, but congress house members, they did not have the freedom to stand their ground unless they play the middle. host: louisville, ky. jimmie on the republican line. you are next. caller: how are you doing? i think it would help to be a moderate to govern, but i think the democrats lost their chance when they fail to vote on the tax cuts and everything before the election. they did not vote on it because they were afraid if they did they might get voted out. now that they got voted out -- i think obama got the best that could with what he had left. he did not get more because the democrats were afraid to vote before the election. now that they lost, they want to cry and holler. and i think it is all the democrats thought that obama didn't get what

we look at the net amount of oil that we produce verses what we byrne, rather than individual creditor fields. in terms of the bp particular relationship, i do not believe that they had a regulatory regime based on the amount of money that bp might have contributed or the bp executives might have contributed to a particular politician. i do believe that bp and the government had a real motivation to get this well off of the television. there was a midterm election coming up, the news was bad. the obama administration particularly was very concerned about the viability of bp and bp committed to pay $20 billion toward damages. they needed to stay viable and the government wanted to keep them viable. there was a bit of happy talk during that time to keep bp viable and able to pay $20 billion. host: what is the view is understanding that our viewers should know about when it comes to how these oil rigs or wells operate? guest: the thing the general public should understand is that even though the technology here is wonderful -- it is like heart surgery on the surface of the moon the way th

byrne byrd. senator byrd said after sago, if we truly are a moral nation then these moral values must be reflected and the government agencies that are charged with protecting the lives of our citizens. i agree and this legislation redeems that sentiment of senator byrd. and i urge my colleagues to support this important legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. guthrie: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. guthrie: on april 5 of this year, a tragedy struck west virginia. on that day an explosion at the upper big branch coal mine killed 29 miners and provided a stark reminder that coal mining is a profession marked by risk and dangers. while steps have been taken to strengthen protections to miners, this legislation reminds us that more work is to be done. i believe that more work can be done to reduce the dangers inherent t

in addition i would welcome undersecretary byrne's use another e. each aspects of iranian nuclear issue such as the recent interruption in iran's enrichment activities and the general diminishing of its enrichment efficiency as reported by the iaea. how meaningful is that? should alter our previous calculations regarding iran's nuclear program? at the recent revelations regarding north north korea's apparently enhanced nuclear facilities affected those calculations? what can you tell us regarding upcoming negotiations in iran now scheduled to commence in a few days in geneva? lastly, this month marks the one-year anniversary of the last major demonstrations by iran's reformist green movement, which mushroomed in the wake of the june 2002 -- 2009 hijacking of the presidential election by ahmadinejad. will where does the green movement stand today? what can we do to reaffirm our close support for the pro-democracy forces in iran? i would like to close by reaffirming my own strong support for our sanctioned efforts. it is her last best hope for resolvi

it's based on a 1788 poem by robert byrnes, and loosely translated it means for the sake of old times> i like it, though. back across to kath. >> where are you from, sir? >> chattanooga, tennessee. >> hello to you. it's a tradition in spain to ring in the new year by doing what for each chime of the clock at midnight. drink champagne, kiss, eat a grape or high-five? >> eat a grape. >> yes. >> everybody is on a roll this new year's. they're good. >> so in spain they eat a grape for every stroke of the clock at midnight, and it wishes good luck. this comes from back in the 1900s when there were just too much grapes during one of the grape productions, and the king decided to hand out grapes to everyone. it's taken hold, and people gather in the main squares across spain, and they drink cava, the champagne of spain, along with their grapes. >> i love that. back across to kath. >> where did you say you were from? >> indianapolis. >> that's right. true or false. the new year's eve ball has been dropped every year since 1904 in times square. true or false? >> false. >> how did you know that

. >> john byrne's two-time pulitzer prize winner and longtime foreign correspondent for "the new york times" on the future of iraq, sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> listen to landmark supreme court cases saturdays on c-span radio. >> the statute to perpetuate the bonds of slavery, that is not a preventable state action. >> this week, loving v. the commonwealth of virginia. by unanimous vote restriction on marriage in the u.s.. listen to the argument saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span radio in washington these d.c. at 91-point fm on xm channel 132 and on line at c-span radio.org. >> the senate is now in recess until 3:30 eastern. until then we went to take you live to a senate majority leader reid. he is holding a press briefing at 3:00 p.m. eastern following the democratic caucus meeting. while we wait for that to begin a discussion from earlier today on the proposals contained in the debt commission's final report. we will show u.s. much of that as we can before senator reads " remarks began. >> representative javier becerra democrat of california also adet member of the deficit