the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california. ms. california: -- mrs. capps: i yield to the gentlelady from illinois, mrs. halvorson, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. halvorson: i rise today in support of women across the country. as the daughter of a breast cancer survivor -- my mother got breast cancer under the age of r50 -- i know mammograms save lives. i know so many wame across my district who are still with us because of preventive care. we should never allow insurance companies from standing between a woman and her doctor and a procedure which may save her life. this is a disease that's affected so many of us in this chamber and so many of our constituents back home. i call on my colleagues to support this resolution and support women's health. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i think that all of us come here because of our concern, great concern, about women and mammography and the health

mccarthy of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 964, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. mccarthy: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: this would strike 6012 which changes the liability standard for credit rating agencies that are nationally recognized, statistical rating organizations. when they are included their ratings on the new security offering. first, i'm not here to defend credit rating agencies. i'm supportive of other reforms that the committee passed including removing references. i think the government and the private sector should use credit ratings for what theyr predicttive opinions about uncertain futures. to conduct through the technical issues, let me make three points. structure dictates behavior. increased liability may lead to agencies being hesitant to even allow their ratings on security offer

i mean, for us in california. i use california as my example again, because that's what i'm going to do, but in california part of the deal that schwarzenegger made with the state party to run, we ran $60 million through the state party, part of the deal he made we would specifically try to target republicans with money we raise understood the public can party. part of that was in 2006, remember what happened in 2006? republicans didn't do very well. it was really bad year for republicans. we had to appeal to this huge number of declining state voters people independent. they're not happy to hear about republicans. so we weren't going to try to talk to them from the recan party. so we thought about who we're going to drive to vote early. we went to republicans. very conservative messaging talked about taxes. we talked about illegal immigration. there is ballot initiative that year, jessica's law. putting pedophiles on a registry and all that kind of stuff. what else did we talk to them about? we talked about socia

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 something that which, in a way may seem fairly basic because most americans have plenty of common sense

in the 1990's, california had a problem. the economy was in a slump. in part it was because of high energy prices. governor wilson and the legislature had an idea. what if we replace public monopolies in the competitive market with the goal of innovation and cost savings? it was not a fundamentally crazy idea. the regulation was largely successful in the airline industry's in the 1970's. it all depends on how it was designed. the design of the new electricity market was really quite simple. power generators had to divest themselves of transmission lines. the old monopoly generators -- the generators were prohibited -- did you get that? not many people really understood how the new system would work, including most of the legislators. do you know who figured out how the whole system would work? enron and a few other firms understood the new system better than the system's creators and better than the regulators. enron soon figured out how to profit from the loopholes in the design, using schemes with kid names like ricochet, fat boy, and death star. it

the gentlewoman from california. mrs. capps: i'm pleased now to yield whatever time she may consume to my colleague and friend from california, jane harman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. harman: thank you, mr. speaker. let me first commend mrs. capps who as a registered nurse has brought so much understanding and depth to our ongoing negotiations on health care. and the energy and commerce committee. second, let me commend a good friend and frequent partner, mr. royce, whose focus on this issue and personal compassion on behalf of his friend, abby, and enormously caring staff have brought this issue to my attention. it resonates in my district, my california congressional district, where there is an incredible community of activists who are committed to increasing awareness and supporting research on prader-willi syndrome. two of those, tom and renee, are parents of a child with prader-willi. they have brought other prader-willi families together with groups of students, teach

the gentleman from california california reserves the balance of his time.the gentleman from colorado. mr. perlmutter: i yield four minutes to my friend from florida, a member of the financial services committee, mr. klein. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. klein: i thank the gentleman for his colorado for his work on the financial services committee and on this rule. certainly i support the rule and the underlying bill, h r. 1473, wall street reform and consumer protection act. we think about the name, wall street reform and consumer protection act, this is self-descriptive of exactly what americans have been looking for for the past year. our current economic crisis is the worst in decades and it certainly didn't happen overnight. it happened over several years because of the failure of regulation and oversight. one thing i'll agree with mr. dreier from california is, it's not a question of more or less regulation, it's smart regulation. it's the right type of regulation, it's the right type of people in those agenc

the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. stark: thank you. this bill is necessary to allow the government to keep operating past the new year so that we can adjourn for the year. the treasury department hags told us we will reach -- has told us we will reach our credit limit on the national debt on december 31, happy new year. unlike past years, the treasury department has informed us they don't have the ability to maneuver and buy more time. so the united states would begin to default on its debt if we do not act. the bill would raise the debt limit by $290 billion, enough to last through february 11. unfortunately we'll have to revisit this issue early next year. i wish we could have avoided that, but to do so we would have had to resolve differences with the senate over a budget commission and a statutory pay-go. with the senate preoccupied on other matters, that would be impossible for the holidays. even if the senate were to pass the larger debt limit increase, we sent over to them, we would still have to act again next

the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: i yield the balance of the time to the gentleman from indiana, the author of this bill, representative ellsworth. mr. ellsworth: i thank the gentlelady. madam speaker, i rise in support of c.j.'s home protection act of 2009. legislation which would require a weather radio to be installed in all manufactured homes built that are sold in this country. it's a continuation of an effort that we started back in 2007. the house passed this bill by voice vote. and i hope it will receive broad support today. at 2:00 a.m. on the morning of november 6 of 2005, an f-3 tornado touched down in my strict in southwest indiana. the tornado hit a manufactured housing community after most people had gone to sleep and it tragically took 25 lives, hoosier lives, in warren and vandenburg county. c.j., a loving and playful 2-year-old boy, was one of the victims that night. c.j. and 24 other victims, including his grandmother and great grandmother are the reason why i'm here today. his picture is a r

back to margaret. >> warner: the fight over the value of pensions in california. the analysis of shields and brooks. and the conclusion of our series on attempts to reform public schools in the nation's capital. that follows coverage of the sentencing today of one of china's most prominent dissidents. liu helps been convicted of the crime of subversion in a trial that lasted just two hours. >> warner: outside the number 1 intermediate people's court in beijing this morning, police kept a few protesters at bay. as inside, the sentence against liu was handed down, one supporter said it carried a clear message for would-be political reformers. >> ( translated ): this shows that the government has destroyed the spirit of legal society and harmonious society that it has been claiming to advocate. >> warner: officially, liu was convicted of "inciting to subvert state power" a broad charge often used by chinese communist authorities to jail opponents. more than a dozen western diplomats were denied entry to the proceedings; but a u.s. embassy spokesman denounced the verd

cantor: i thank the gentleman from california.adam speaker, winston churchill once said that all men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. today, it is apparent that congress has not learned anything. the bill on the floor today is just another round of spending that doubles down the failure of last february's so-called stimulus plan while ballooning the deficit. the first stimulus plan and bill failed to hold down unemployment. but it successfully increased our reliance on borrowed money. worse, allow the money designated for infrastructure, those shovel ready projects we all heard about, hasn't even gotten out of washington yet. why is it still here if it was designed to create jobs? sadly, pouring billions into the very same programs will meet a similar dismal fate. just as bad, this legislation continues to fall hopelessly short of providing real relief to small businesses so they can resume hiring, investing and expanding. now is not the time to spend an additional $150 billion we don't have. it's time t

cantor: i thank the gentleman from california.m speaker, winston churchill once said that all men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. today, it is apparent that congress has not learned anything. the bill on the floor today is just another round of spending that doubles down the failure of last february's so-called stimulus plan while ballooning the deficit. the first stimulus plan and bill failed to hold down unemployment. but it successfully increased our reliance on borrowed money. worse, allow the money designated for infrastructure, those shovel ready projects we all heard about, hasn't even gotten out of washington yet. why is it still here if it was designed to create jobs? sadly, pouring billions into the very same programs will meet a similar dismal fate. just as bad, this legislation continues to fall hopelessly short of providing real relief to small businesses so they can resume hiring, investing and expanding. now is not the time to spend an additional $150 billion we don't have. it's time to c

the gentleman from california. mr. costa: madam speaker, i'd ask unanimous consent to return the management of this measure and other remaining items to my friend, the gentleman from new york. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from new york will control the time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: madam speaker, i rise in strong support of this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. who seeks recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: madam speaker, i continue to reserve. i would like to ask my colleague from california if he has other speakers on this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida reserves. the snafment new york. million engel: we have no other speakers. ms. ros-lehtinen: with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida yields back her remaining time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i yield back the balance of

i mean, for us in california. use california as my example again, because that's what i'm going to do, but in california part of the deal that schwarzenegger made with the state party to run, we ran $60 million through the state party, part of the deal he made we would specifically try to target republicans with money we raise understood the public can party. part of that was in 2006, remember what happened in 2006? republicans didn't do very well. it was really bad year for republicans. we had to appeal to this huge number of declining state voters people independent. they're not happy to hear about republicans. so we weren't going to try to talk to them from the recan party. so we thought about who we're going to drive to vote early. we went to republicans. very conservative messaging talked about taxes. we talked about illegal immigration. there is ballot initiative that year, jessica's law. putting pedophiles on a registry and all that kind of stuff. what else did we talk to them about? we talked about social

lewis from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i appreciate very much my colleague yielding as i open remarks, i know i want to join my chairman to express our appreciation for the fine work of our staff. they work long hours. should be very much appreciated by all of us. and so as we break for the christmas recess, i hope you all will enjoy yourself. you all deserve it. once again, interestingly enough, mr. speaker, we are finding ourselves approaching the holiday season with our appropriations work largely unfinished. here we are two weeks before christmas and 10 weeks after the end of the fiscal year demonstrating to the world that congress remains incapable of getting its work done. it's ironic that some of the house are quick auto to find fault in the lack of efficiency of governments such as iraq and afghanistan. perhaps if we did a better job of meeting our own milestones, like finishing our spending bills by octob

jarvis varnado with a block party here in anaheim, california. we'll take a look at some of his swats and when we come back we'll also take a look at georgetown's win over washington in game one of the wooden classic. jarvis. >> steve: here at the john r. wooden classic. mississippi state with a 69-45 lead over ucla. earlier isaiah thomas scored early and quincy poindexter also was ripping from outside, and washington was only trailing by one at halftime. but then georgetown had so many's baskets. they looked like a top ten team as they knocked down number 17 washington by eight points and a rod allen game summary. mississippi state shooting 46% and ucla at 34%. >> marcus: and a big part of that disparity is the two shooters, the alleged gun slinging shooters from each team, johnson 26 points and nikola dragovic for ucla, 0 for 9, doughnut, did not score a point in this game. jarvis. >> steve: mississippi state with the basketball trying to push the record to 6-2. it's hard to believe that this is a team that lost to ryder by 14. >> marcus: think

considered it a contract between me and the ste of california. reporter: for decades, retireesike canfield drew their pay with little noticeut no that xpayers in california and other stes are being told to pone up for underfunded pension ans, questions are being asked abouthe amount pensioners ear the way pension funds are invested a how the pension boards themselveare beinrun. david crane, scial economic advisor to govnor arnold scarzenegger worries that unss those questions are swered, pension spending wil eat away at key ate-supported programs. they already have diverted3.3 billion from the sta budget, a figure that is rising. we are diverting, really, biions of dollars from the univsity of california and health and human services pay ofpension promises that were made deces ago or even joust a decade ago. >> reporter: sce crane and other reforms cannot change what others willarn, covered by contract and courorders, he wants to change nefits for futu employees. bring those levels down to least low what they were when they were increasein 1989 o

>> california was part of mexico.as soon as -- he never said this publicly, but as soon as he said he wanted to acquire california, that is a tipoff that he intended, if necessary, to have a war with mexico in order to get california. other presidents have tried and the mexicans were not interested. i think that tips of the astute pursuer of the events that he was prepared for an even willing to maneuver the united states into war with mexico in order to bring about the expansion. >> used 32 bring up that abraham lincoln's speech after the war was over. i want to read the last line. -- you spurred me to bring up that abraham lincoln speech after the war was over. he may be able to show there is not something about his conscious more painful than all of his mental complexity. a little hard to understand. what was he getting at? >> in any war you have very emotional sentiments and very emotional debates, and begin was sirhlincoln was a whig. in looking at lincoln in his t!biography, it is a little bit ironic that he wo

what was california?>> well, i believe california was part of mexico, as was that southwestern territory, those four states i noted. and i believe that as soon as polk -- and he never said this publicly, but as soon as he said privately at the beginning of his presidency that he wanted to acquire california, that's a tip-off that polk intended if necessary, and i think he probably thought it would be necessary, to have a war with mexico in order to get california. because other presidents had tried to purchase california, the mexicans were not interested. and so i think that that sort of tips off the astute pursuer of these events that polk was prepared for and even willing to maneuver the united states into a war with mexico in order to bring about this expansion. >> you spurred me on to look up the abraham lincoln july 12th, 1848 speech after the war was over, and i just want to read the last line here and explain how that would say, maybe at the end of the day what kind of figure was abraham lincoln at

development corporation in watsonville, california.a commercial kitchen business incubator? $500,000 to study vapor mercury in the atmosphere at florida state. $1 million to examine sea scallop fisheries in massachusetts marine fisheries in bedford, massachusetts. $500,000 -- $500,000 to -- to -- $300,000 for seal and stellar sea lion biological research. dollars 300,000 for bering sea crab management. $500,000 to upgrade the baldwin county courthouse security in fair hope, alabama. $900,000 for the operational costs and capital supporting the alien species action plan cargo inspection facility in maui. $2 million to streetscape the city of tuscaloosa, alabama. $100,000 for an engineering feasibility study of a bike connector in hiram, ohio. $400,000 for a pedestrian overpass in des moines, iowa. $300,000 for a bike path in cellular, texas. $900,000 for a river freight development study in missouri. $800,000 for a scenic trail in monterey bay, california, another deprived area of america. $750,000 for the philadelphia museum of art tra

the gentleman from california. mr.erman: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new york, the chairman of the western hemisphere subcommittee, mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. engel: i thank the gentleman. madam speaker, only a few short months ago the world learned of a secret enrichment city. if there was any doubt, this revelation dispelled any shred of that doubt. it was kept secret and was built deep in a mountain on a protected military base. this is how a country skeels a nuclear weapons program and defies u.n. security council resolutions not how it develops peaceful technologies. it is limiting refining. it will peen liz companies that export refined petroleum products to iran. it's my hope that the administration will apply the additional sanctions to make clear to the ahmadinejad regime that the world will not accept its nuclear ambition. the u.s., allies and u.n. security council have realized that a nuclear-armed iran would be a danger to israel and

the beauty of it is we'll have fewer foreclosures, so the gentleman from california and those in california who are in neighborhoods that are really struggling with this housing crisis collapsing because of vacancies, all of those will be helped by this without putting a single dime of taxpayer dollars in the deal. it seems to me that's the complete justification for doing this. we should have done it long ago. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from virginia has no time remaining. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. marshall: i yield myself -- how much time do i have left? the chair: the gentleman has one minute and one half remaining. mr. marshall: i appreciate that. you know, there's a thing called the tragedy of the commons, and it's a theoretical concept that applies in this particular case. it refers to the opening of common areas for grazing, and then those who have sheep come in and overfwraze that area. and the effect is not -- overgraze that area. and the effect is not that everybody got loftier, it's everybody got poorer. i am not interested in f

the gentleman from california. mr. lungren: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lungren: i rise in support of h.r. 905, which recognizes the 07th anniversary of the retirement of justice louis brandeis from the u.s. supreme court. . he believed it was a vehicle to correct injustices than to make money. he was born in louisville, kentucky, in 1856, the son of jewish immigrants from prague, now in the czech republic. he excelled in the public schools in his hometown and later studied in germany. he grew up in a refined and engaged household in which history, politics, and culture were dust discussed regularly at the dinner table. i might add that one of his early influences was his uncle, louis dembivtz, who i'm proud to say attended the republican party convention in 1860 who nominated lincoln as president of the united states. he studied so hard his eyesight failed. rather than quit school he paid fellow students to read his textbooks allowed so he could

royce, the distinguished gentleman from california, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. royce: i'd like to make a point here, the democrats have been in control of this institution, the house and senate, back in november of 2006, the republicans lost control of the house and senate system of for 2007 and 2008 and 2009 the democrats have controlled this process. every spending bill originates in this house. and under that democratic leadership in this house, we have watched the unemployment rate more than double for the american public. and as far as those of us attempting to do something about the cook may mi schemes put forward years ago in 1992, in which we gave fannie mae and freddie mac and this congress, and it was under democratic leadership that this was done, we gave them the ability to go out there and participate in ar by tradge at 10 -- in arbitrage at -- when you put that 10% down payment, when you say that 50% of their mortgage port foal yow be in subprime. when we see those results

the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. mr. chairman, let me just note for the record that i am very disturbed with a policy that has ended up with giving me one minute to express my opinions and to ask questions in this very important hearing considering my background on afghanistan. so i'm sorry. i apologize to the two witnesses. i'm going to say some things and i have to say it quickly. number one, 30,000 troops, more troops in afghanistan means $30 billion more a year. my experience in afghanistan tells me for a small portion of that we could buy the allegiance. we could earn the goodwill through payments to tribal leaders and village leaders throughout that country without putting anybody at risk. number one, i'd like your reaction to that? number two, general, your statements about afghans fearing militias is disturbing to me, dramatically disturbing. militias are nothing more than all the male children in their villages. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes.

is it a state like california where you don't do anything about it? is a state where you have to register people every year? what kind of people might vote early? democrats are really good at going after senior citizens. i like the background noise. democrats go into a senior citizen home and you have a bunch of people who are not able to drive themselves. those might be good targets to have vote early. i saw a great program in california of young republicans and professional women. if moms are a great group of early voters you think about the average mother's day peepers little they get up and make lunch and feed everybody breakfast and load the kids into the minivan and have ten minutes to get one kid to day care and they go to work for eight hours and on the way home stop at the grocery store to get dinner, pick of the little one from day care and meet the other kids at the after-school place and find their junior high school kid. get home and make dinner. there is no time to squeeze in a voting. they did a handwritten letter campaign to very targe

acquire california from mexico. and you can explain what that means. a choir of oregon from britain. reduced tariff rates. and create an independent treasury to ensure currency stability. >> let's talk about that one briefly. during jackson state, there was the bank of the united states -- the bank of the united states which was built to ensure currency stability. jackson, with all the populism, he hated that bank and he killed it. >> he would hate what is going on right now. >> in many ways. but everyone understood that there had to be some kind agency for stability, and for repository of federal money. jackson basically put it in the state banks, promptly labeled jackson's pet banks. this was an attempt to create government entity that would take care of those two things. john notes that that lasted until the creation of the fed. it was not a trivial accomplishment. tariff rates were read natural democratic position. that was not surprising. gaining the oregon territory as much as possible was a natural thing. for 26 years, the united states and brit

but i would like to take my remaining time and yield to the gentleman from california, row backer. >> ten seconds. >> mr. chairman, it is my understanding that those who did not get a chance to ask questions would get five minutes. >> time for the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from tennessee. >> point of parliamentary inquiry. >> state your point. >> is that point that i just made not correct? >> the point -- mr. gallagher was entitled to five minutes. -- just listen for a second. i was told that he sought one minute. i am now recognizing -- i now

jeff and berkeley, california. am trying to be concise, but my son's experience is with nominally episcopal, private schools. it is hard to get in. expensive. the issue there is there were no religious or political filters hampering the teachers. i don't know what demands there were put under, but they were pretty much open to teach without any criticism. the only thing that parents were interested in it is, what college can you get my kid into? but you mentioned freda callo. in to pick them apart, she was married to diego rivera, who was a communist. he came to the detroit area and somehow got money from the ford family, but his murals were not always accepted because of the communist witch. twitch. to bring these things out, in teaching history and in science, it gets filtered out. i had a little experience in a public high school where my history teacher was a very good. he was inhibited from saying certain things. that is my point. if you can take off from that -- i think the filters to get in a public school a

we live in a mountain community in southern california.ing. 3000 people showing up for a job. it is incredible. and yet there is no help for us. i have been working with my mortgage company. because i owe less than 200,000, they are not working with me. they're giving me every run around to the point where i have to go file bankruptcy. i am 43 years old and i've never had to file bankruptcy. i don't expect anything from anyone. and yet we have come to a place where if we don't file bankruptcy, they are just glad to come and take everything. host: i'm going to stop you there, because we have others who want to weigh in, but thanks for your call from southern california. "usa today" has a new poll, with 54% supporting -- 51% supporting the president's plan in afghanistan. according to the president the other day, it will cost $30 billion. john is calling us from texas. caller: i want to let everybody know about something i saw the other day on the stock market. every time the dollar gets weaker, the stock market goes up. therefore it makes m

the time of the gentleman from california has expired. ms. pingree: you can reserve and i'll take my time. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from maine is recognized. ms. pingree: i'm happy to engage in a colloquy with both my colleagues. let me make a point to my much more senior and well informed members. mr. dreier: that means older. ms. pingree: i don't think they are older. i want to say while this has been an interesting history lesson and i greatly appreciate my colleague from colorado and his understanding of the financial services industry and this world that we have been working so hard on to both regulate and deal with, much of my colleague from california's remarks have been referring to president kennedy, president reagan, and very different era. i want to remind my colleagues on the floor we are here at the end of the bush administration. and when president obama came to office, and yes the democrats have been here for two years before, and there were things we were unable to fix when we were simply in the majority, b

movies have been made about the wars of water in california. >> stahl: "chinatown." >> schwarzeneggery. so water has been one of those issues. >> stahl: one of those issues that's pitting californians against each other for every last drop. are you in crisis? >> schwarzenegger: we are. >> stahl: in crisis? >> schwarzenegger: we've been in crisis for quite some time, because we're now 38 million people and not anymore 18 million people, like we were in the late '60s. so it developed into a battle between environmentalists and farmers, and between the south and the north, and between rural and urban. and everyone has been fighting for the last four decades about water. >> stahl: he took us to the san luis reservoir in california's farm country. >> schwarzenegger: everything that you see here was all full of water. >> stahl: he showed us how desperate things are-- the drought that has affected the western part of the country has left its mark here. water levels here are only half what they should be. there's a bathtub ring. the water was way up there. >> schwarzenegger: people are fishin

[applause] we're also joined by the former governor of california and mrs. wilson.ause] president reagan understood that bipartisanship and stability were important in all of our debates. bob michael, how are you? [applause] i could introduce everyone of you, and you probably think that i will. the president understood the value of bipartisanship instancand stability of our deb. ever the gentleman, he never questioned the motives of a person because he knew people in public office loved our country and acted on behalf of the american people. his friendship with another speaker, speaker o'neill, was legendary. based on, among other things, their irish heritage. characterized by grace, charm, and humor. as a californian, the special pride that we take as californians to tell you this story. jerry lewis probably knows the story. when president reagan was governor of california, he went to the chamber, the assembly chamber, to deliver the state of the state address. it happened to be around the time of his birthday, so the legislatures wheeled in a birthday cake. the pr

you do not have that in california. whether it is a republican governor now or democrats in the past, you have a ballot system where people go and vote themselves money and a referendum and they raise taxes to pay for it but that does not work. don't walk, run. the california and come on up to montana. you will be welcome. -- leave california and come on up to montana. he will be welcome. every single day i wake up in the morning, i think, where can i find more savings? what else can i cut it? what programs can i deliver for less money? every single week, i have more announcements. remember, there are only two states in the black and we are one of them. i am still saving money. the reason we have the money in the bank is that we know that when the hard times came, it would be reduced revenues. we wanted to make sure there is enough money in the bank to carry through without raising taxes or cutting programs. host: mississippi, betty on our line for democrats. hey, betty, turn down your radio. caller: okay, i cut it off.

for southern california.r of a major work called, "in pursuit of justice, the jurisprudence of human rights in islam." he is an advisor to several muslim american organizations throughout the country. he has spoken at the state department and in several interface forms on the topics of the islamic democracy -- interfaith forums. he is spoken on the issue of our modern society. with that, could you please give us a warm welcome to our panel. [applause] >> unfortunately david eggers was slated and was unable to join us. i am confident these panelists are going to offer us a lot. on the issue of fort hood, isn't really a defining moment? if so, why? >> yes, i think it is. it will be a defining moment if we want it to be. it should be a defining moment. not only for muslim americans but for the country at large. for muslim americans, i think it is a moment where lots of arguments that we use are failing us, appropriately so by the way. terrorists are not from america. it will not allow such extremism to develop.

what goes on in california i'm not quite as familiar. i know that there were some documents that were found in a dumpster. the argument is that based upon the scope of our subpoena, which was very broad, whatever the question would be then were those documents relevant to what we had or was it just something they were dumping out or clean house? i think it's something that certainly raises eyebrows. but the bottom line for us is that when we hear something like that, regardless of what the answer is, we want to know the truth, to find out to get to the bottom line. because we need to narrow it down and get to that part of it. >> i thank you for that. mr. rokita, assuming allegations that acorn has submitted fraudulent voter registration forms, does this constitute criminal activity, a, and b, should it be prosecuted? >> absolutely to both parts of your question. in my written testimony i have nearly two-pages of what we believe to be our federal statutes and indiana statutes, criminal statutes that have been violated including federal an

for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. madam speaker, i rise to applaud the passage today of h.r. 2194, the iran refined petroleum sanctions act of 2009. iran's regime is consistently -- has consistently lied to the world over its nuclear ambitions. yesterday's revolution that iran's been working on nuclear bomb detonators should convince even the most naive officials within our government of iran's ultimate intention. i do not believe that the petroleum sanctions alone will dissuade the iranian regime from its obvious intention of acquiring nuclear weapons, nor fromity stated goal of wiping israel off the map, nor from its unremitting hostility toward our own country. but i do believe that it will send a vital message of growing western resolve at a critical moment in world history. iran should interpret the house's action today as an overwhelming expression of american com

happy holideal from pizza hut. >> steve: good game in southern california. our lexus playbook. >> mike: take a look at a little high/low basketball kansas style. cole aldrich, great passing, big guy. morris on the inside. nice job stealing. markieff using the big body. marcus does a nice job. contact, release, pass from again the big guy cole aldrich. then the high/low. a great job. good guys with great hands who can pass the basketball. big guys who know how to use their bodies and steal their defender to get the optimum advantage. in together for one of the few times this game. >> steve: good defense by anderson on collins. down low, morris. off of the weak side to lob it back in. markieff already with 12 points. >> marques: he's my brother. >> steve: yeah. >> marques: bad job of identifying and blocking out -- the big man talent for the block, you need to rotate and come down from the outside. nice pass. >> steve: beautiful. >> marques: you've got to put it on the floor if you're jerime anderson. draw some defenders. look for a team mate. ball movement fo

alamo had the young woman transported to california by helicopter to receive the medical care that she needed. just imagine if that was your daughter or some close friend or relative was suffering from this situation, how would you feel? these kinds of situations should not happen and should not be forced to happen because of medical liability problems that we have in america today. stories such as these are all too common in america today. to address the growing medical liability crisis in my home state of nevada, the state enacted legislation that included a cap on noneconomic damages and a cap on total damages for trauma care. several other states have enacted similar reforms.. this should not be a republican or a democrat issue. this is fundamentally a patient issue. simply put, the current medical liability crisis means patients cannot find access to care when they need it most in many areas. and without federal legislation, the exodus of providers from the practice of medicine will continue and patients will find it increasingly difficult to obtain the care that they need. so as

the gentlewoman from california, miss speiers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. skkhuzami, i am deeply troubled by your description of what took place. you said that the bank misled the shareholders. the bank didn't mislead the shareholders. it lied to the shareholders. it was a ball-face lie. on a proxy statement, if you make a bald-faced lie, i think that you should have a penalty that is so strong that you won't ever do it again. now the courts seem to believe that $33 million was insufficient. who initiated the settlement? >> congressman, this was a settlement that was -- >> who initiated it? did s.e.c. go to the bank of america and say, let's settle this or did the bank of america come to the s.e.c. and say let's settle this? >> i don't know the answer to that, congressman. typically settlements result from a, you know, both parties coming together and discussing the possibility. >> someone initiates it. and if you don't have the answer today, i would appreciate if you would make that available to the committee. >> certainly. >> all right. you based your dec

california is a driver. sometimes for good. and sometimes a driver for not so good. but what we see happening are growing farmers moving to mexico operating lands in mexico, hiring mexicans and importing into this country. i'll give you one example. a man by the time name of steve, 2,000 acres, 500 jobs, 50 million operation in california to guaa la-hara. today he exports 2 million pounds of lettuce a week and he has spent thousands of dollars to start up his new farms and train workers. that's what's happening. western growers tells me and tells everybody, i assume, that at least 85,000 acres of farm land from california and arizona are now in mexico and at least 22,000 ag jobs formally in these two states are now in mexico. and we see it in apples. we see it in dary. -- dairy. we see it in pears and row crops. and some of the other economic stressors for the first time in my lifetime i have seen farmers in bread lines in the central valley. and you add to this your i-9 audits which send a chilling effect over the rest of agriculture, respectfully i do not agree wit

you do not have that in california. whether it is a republican governor now or democrats in the past, you have a ballot system where people go and vote themselves money and a referendum and they raise taxes to pay for it but that does not work. don't walk, run. the california and come on up to montana. you will be welcome. -- leave california and come on up to montana. he will be welcome. every single day i wake up in the morning, i think, where can i find more savings? what else can i cut it? what programs can i deliver for less money? every single week, i have more announcements. remember, there are only two states in the black and we are one of them. i am still saving money. the reason we have the money in the bank is that we know that when the hard times came, it would be reduced revenues. we wanted to make sure there is enough money in the bank to carry through without raising taxes or cutting programs. host: mississippi, betty on our line for democrats. hey, betty, turn down your radio. caller: okay, i cut it off.

of course, judge clark was chief justice of the california state supreme court.had some important cases coming up and so he demurred but the three of them went through a list and they came up with this fellow bill casey who had worked on the nixon administration. and so they reached out to bill casey and he ended up replacing john. but it's really because reagan had been pushed, you know, hard enough that he had to -- he just had to get rid of john. and as a matter of fact, charlie black, i think, had one of the wisest takes on john sears ease role in the campaign. he said that ronald reagan never would have been president if he hadn't hired john sears in 1975 and fired him if 1980. -- fired him in 1980. [laughter] >> i don't know if either of you read craig's book or heard about it and it's getting great reviews. one of the news items that's popping out in these reviews is the story about putting the finger on the individual that you believe was involved in this famous incident of the theft and the turning over of the campaign debate materials of president carte

i was very lucky ones when i was a child i lived in a part of california that was near the california condor sanctuary, and at one point in my life i was standing on the edge of a cliff where to prairie falcons chased the condor down to the bottom and flew straight up 15 feet in front of me with its wings spread making this roaring sound and that's why i do what i do today. that was eight. and i -- i tremble to think what will be lost if we don't -- if ways are not found to get across more, a better definition but it is that is at stake here of put john used to call i think the giant sequoia face of god, those are the moments when you see the face of god. do you have moments like that that he will never forget? i imagine one of them might have been the time when you saw the chimpanzee pick up what was a tool at a time when a tool was thought to be the province of humans. >> guest: mine happened much earlier in fact i was only four and half-years-old and we went to stay in the country. we lived in the city. we were an urban family, and so i was given a job to help collect the hands and

mary bono mack of california. congresswoman mary bono mack has represented california's 45th district since 1998. .. extended until the year 2022. that's a fact. at least the fact is, that's what the c.b.o. concludes in the letter. they say that is a fact. second as a caring physician i mean does the senator think that -- that we as a country should try to find a way to provide health insurance for you know, so many americans some of the them lower income, who just don't have health insurance in our country? after all, we're the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't find a way to make sure its citizens have health insurance. i mean, you -- as a physician who sees patients, and when of >> guest: we were in montana, i gave a little slide show, and you were sitting on, i think there was like five, six people there. you were sitting on a couch and you had a baseball cap on and you asked some very timely questions, and i didn't know who you were at the time. when we got done, i remember you saying well,

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. sanchez: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. sanchez: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor a fallen soldier from my district, jesus flores jr. was killed in action on october 15 of this year in afghanistan. he leaves behind his mother, father, four sisters and one brother. jesus enlisted in the navy straight from high school and served four years. in 2003 he enlisted in the army. he became a combat specialist. he was on his first tour in afghanistan when he was killed in action. one of his sisters spoke of jesus in this way, a loving son, a generous brother, a soldier who loved military life. this was apparent in the many medals adorning his uniform. the people of this body and people throughout this country could not exist without the dedication and sacrifices from the soldiers who serve. soldiers like jesus, soldiers who above all else want to honor this country, preserve our freedoms and protect our familie

the democratic gentleman from california, mr. brad sherman, said tarp on steroids and where do you get this money from? well, actually it's $200 billion. $150 billion you get not from the companies that are failing but from their competitors who are succeeding and you transfer that money to those companies that have taken risks they shouldn't have taken. you take it from those companies that didn't take those risks. that's not competition. that's socialism. now you can call it what you want to, but it's socialism, it's government-managed, it's not what america's about. and let me reserve the balance of my time but before i do let me say this, this is not about what -- a crisis that occurred last september. this is not about the continuing bailouts that started with the federal reserve, an independent body, but continues and have grown in intensity under the obama administration. but there is enough fault to go around but cannot we agree on one thing, that it is time that we allow people in this country to succeed and we allow the

host: our next call is from trees in california. you are a veteran? -- teresa in california.o, my husband is. my daughter just married a wonderful young man in the army. my question is, i wrote a proposal here in my city of riverside to have support housing built for these families that would have everything that they needed on- site, and housing would have a care givers unit, because so many family members want to care for their wounded vets while they are transitioning. there were also the physical therapy there, social workers, everything that they would need, a clinic. my proposal was accepted, but the time i went to the builder -- by the time i went to the builder, he did not seem to want to build what was needed, because of cost, and the land was bought, he was to build this thing, about the time it got approved by the planning commission, it had turned into housing for seniors, because they felt that would be the easiest way to get to the community to accept what was needed. i know, because my husband and i have been in the system for a long time, that most of the hous

who did the work of farming rather than the voters of the great plantations of mississippi and california. their air several paradox in her life including the fact that this quintessential city girl ended up working for the department of agriculture. never even had envisioned a far when she was hired. of my favor of a paradox is the way it to turn around a typical story of women's emancipation. the usual story start with a woman who is dependent on her husband who gradually works are way into her profess fined -- profession getting a job and getting a job of her own but lang did it in reverse. she had the opportunity to become a great photographer when she read a second husband back its support her on his salary from the and persevere california and relieve tour of the responsibility of the large family and it was large. when we put the two families together she had two children of her own and four stepchildren for keira. first is that our talk about personal this social but of course, it is impossible to separate the personal from the social and historical but some episodes are more cons