of others in that category but you have a whole bunch of others that are close to that. i think when you look at the other side we ought to move to north dakota because it seems to be the only state that is doing well but the only states doing well are no dakota, wyoming to the states that have had an energy base the when you look at the number you have over 20 states of personal income tax losses between 10 and 20% and that means it is pretty broad. >> i want to add it is interesting to us because if you look at the mid-70s when the early '80s and '90s is still have a fair amount of states anywhere from six to a dozen doing fairly well primarily because of energy in this is very different and very universally exception of very small handful of states like wyoming and north dakota. you see us across the country in every region whether economy.com, philadelphia federal reserve, any data shows basically universal virtually 50 stay downturn. all. >> bond financing, will states shy away from it because they are expecting lower revenues or will they turn to bond financing to

we also participated recently in a cabinet-level exercise that dealt with a category three making landfall near new york city. identifying new and strengthening existing partnerships continues to be a strong priority of my organization. on the local level, chapters partner with local community, faith-based and vividdic organizations. we have also stepped up efforts to insure that community two on one organizations have current disaster information. i would like to acknowledge ms. sternun. in addition we've cultivated and strengthened partnerships with such groups as hope nationwide, the national association of colored people, the legal services corporation, and the buddhist foundation. in addition, we work closely with the national association of judicial interpreters, translators, the national virtual translation center, national counsel of la raza, national disability rights network and save the children. we've also worked with pet rights groups such as the u.s. humane society. seeing that my time is short, i'll just move on to say that the red cross is also involved in continuing to imp

of others in the category but you have got a whole bunch of others close to that. i think when you look at the other side we ought to move to north dakota because it seems to be the only state doing well but the only states doing well are north dakota, wyoming, states that have had somewhat of an energy base but as i say when you look at the number you have over 20 states, revenue, personal income tax losses between ten or 20% that means it is pretty broad. >> i just want to add it's interesting to us because if you look at the mid 70's period were early 80s early 90's you still have as raymond said a fair amount of states anywhere from six to a dustin doing fairly well primarily because energy. this is a very different universal with exception of a very small handful of states like wyoming, north dakota. you see this across the country in every region whether it is economy.com, philadelphia reserve, any data shows universal virtually 50 state downturn. yes? >> ai blogs wondering why you think this means for bond financing. will states shy away from it because they

from the most risky categories. and what are we saying to the 40 million americans that smoke today? if you're in in category of using cigarettes, we're not going to give you any options as to what you turn to as you realize that's the -- not the best thing for your health. we're going to lock you in and hope that it kills you fast so our health care costs goes down. any claim -- any claim -- that h.r. 1256 reduces the cost of health care is only because we have grandfathered in spokers that they will die sooner. not that we have allowed them a pathway through this bill to ever experience not only products that are currently on the marketplace that reduce the risk from 100% to as little as 1%, but we have completely eliminated any additional innovation in product in the future that would allow somebody to get from 100% to 1% and actually be a healthier american. mr. president, i'm not to the -- i'm not on the floor today suggesting that regulation's not in order. it is in order. and at 4:20 today, members of the uni

the legislation says to the f.d.a., you cannot change these categories. unless you find some specific thing that would cause you to alter it. it forbids the f.d.a. and 1256, even though it creates a pathway to less harmful products, it's a pathway that can't be met because one of the conditions of new products entering the marketplace is you have to prove that people don't today use tobacco products won't be enticed to use these products. but it also says in 1256 that you can't communicate with anybody in the public unless you've got a product that's approved. so i ask you, mr. president, how do you meet the threshold of proving that somebody that doesn't use tobacco products is not going to use this product if you can't communicate with them until you get the product approved by the f.d.a. i've come to the conclusion since nobody who is a cosponsor or author of the bill has come up with an answer to me, that it can't be done. so to claim that this is a public health bill, one would have to make a reasonable claim that these products are going to be avail

some could be in a third category where they will be detained in a way we think is consistent with due process, both in the determination as to whether or not they should be detained and with regard to periodic reviews. they continue to pose a danger to the united states. it's not clear there will be people in the third category, but the president indicated people could be placed in that category, but it would only happen pursuant to robust due process procedures. >> so there are some who might be retained indefinitely without due process? >> no. with due process consistent to -- due process would be afforded with regard to making the decision that it would be placed in detention of and a periodic review that would be done. we would want to work with members of this committee and congress to come up with the exact parameters of due process, but we would only want to do that in conjunction with congress and with the assurance that what we're doing is consistent with our values and our commitment to due process. >> last week, the "washington post" has said the administration has all but

it's not clear to me there will be people in that third category. but the president in his speech said people could be placed in that category but it would only happen pursuant to really, i think, pretty robust due process procedures. >> so there are some who might be retained indefinitely without due process? >> no. with due process consistent with the laws of war, the due process that i would focus on would be in the initial determination. due process would be afforded them with regard to making the decision that they would be placed into that detention mode and then a periodic review that would be done. we would want to work with members of this committee and with congress to come up with the exact parameters of that due process. but we'd only want to do that in conjunction with congress and with the assurance that what we're doing is consistent with our values and with our commitment to odue process. >> last week "the washington post" reported that the administration has, "all but abandoned plans to allow guantanamo detainees who have been clear

people think that they are not going to be impacted by category five hurricane. they say they have built buildings strong enough to withstand this, i do not think so. i will continue to make my voice heard to the president and hope that we can get through this storm system without facing a category 3 storm in a major metropolitan area. not at galveston or houston or new orleans are not metropolitan, but these areas have more density. the numbers are staggering. -- >> i want to thank you for your sense of urgency and i want to tell you more about this critical issue. new york city has excellent coverage but because of the economic conditions of these states, new york state has had to cut funding. as you talk about the urgency in this metropolitan areas, the other comment that i would make -- you have an outstanding chard showing the growth in call volume, the public needs to understand that these are people, and during hurricane katrina, those were people whose lives were being saved by the volunteers. we had rooftop rescue, connecting people to the appropriate go

seem to fall and those kind of categories. i don't know, i have just suggested that if we could maybe it works to those that way it might be a logical quote kind of a process. that would be the best way to proceed or if you want to open it up. >> i think what senator enzi said, this will be a major debate on the trust fund into that is not technical in nature, that is a hard or a least a major portion of this overall effort and endeavor some might be a good place to begin and so senator enzi, why don't you take over him mack okay, thank you mr. chairman a. i offered my amendment number one. >> the clerk will -- make sure that we have that. is that striking? to maximize all funding for the prevention title and redirect it toward lowering the cost of health insurance for low-income americans so i will go ahead to mad go ahead, it is pretty clear. >> we want to ensure that are spent on toys will programs but are spent for reducing the cost of insurance for those in need. the bill as you will notice is chock full of programs to bu

we also participated recently in a cabinet level exercise that tell the category three landfall in new york city. identifying new and strengthening existing partnerships continues to be a strong priority of my organization. on the local level chapters partner with local communities to my face and civic organizations and also stepped up efforts to assure that committed these two and one organizations hacker disaster information. it relied to a knowledge to ms. durden the good work that the united way has been doing in this area. in addition we cultivated, and strengthen partnerships from such diverse groups as hope nationwide, the national association of colored people, the legal services corporation and the buddhist foundations. in addition we were close to the national association judicial interpreters, translators, the national rich will translation center, national council later, national disability rights work and save the children, and also worked with groups such as u.s. him in society. seeing that my time is short i will move on to say that this red cross is also in moral two in

new orleans was hit with a category 2, a high category 2, not even a category 3 hurricane. the hurricane, if you tell people from new orleans that their city was drowned by a hurricane, they'll get very angry with you and rightly so. their city was drowned by the corps of engineers and by shoddy workmanship and stuff that wasn't built to code and bad decisions in terms of transportation policy. and the ineffectiveness of congress in terms of dealing with mississippi river issues. you know, this is our

and i think people think that they are now going to be impacted by category five hurricane. i think they think they've built buildings strong enough to withstand them but i beg to differ. so i will continue to, you know, make my valise heard to the president and the leadership and hope that we get through the storm season of without facing a category three, four, or five in a major metropolitan area. not that new orleans is not a major metropolitan area or galveston or houston, but northeast metropolitan area has a lot more density than even we do along the gulf coast because the numbers are staggering and i don't know, ms. gif anitere if you want -- >> i want to thank you for your sense of urgency and give an update regarding this critical issue of the urban parts of the northeast. new works and has excellent coverage of 211 but because the economic condition of many states specifically new york state has had to cut their funding of 211. so you are absolutely on the point as you talk about that urgency in those metropolitan areas. the other comment i would make an you know

new orleans was hit with a category two, high category two. not even in category three hurricane.ane, if you tell people from new orleans their city was john by a hurricane there will get very angry and rightly so. their city was drowned by a corps of engineers and by shoddy workmanship and stuff that wasn't built to code. in bad decisions in terms of the transportation policy. the ineffectiveness of congress in terms of dealing with mississippi river issues. this is our country and you compare to the dutch to have managed to keep most of their country out of the north sea for generations. it is humiliating. and if you think about those canal walls, how badly the rebels, how much corruption went into the poor minister of them and the poor planning, and to think about the sec and all of the attendant regulations that was unfair said that you couldn't sell crack and call it a gold on wall street, selling crack and calling and gold eventually comes home and came home to new orleans about four years before it came home to the rest of the country in a very literal way. not in a matter

and i think the people think they are not going to be impacted by category 5 hurricanes. i think they think it built on long enough to withstand it. so i will continue to make my voice heard it to the president and leadership and hope we get through this storm season without getting through this season in a major area. and northeast metropolitan area have a lot more than we do across the coast. the numbers are staggering. i do not know. >> first of all, thank you for your sense of urgency, and i want to give you an update regarding this issue. new york city has x 1 blogs -- excellent resources, but they have had to cut their funding. you know this vividly. while there is a chart that shows significant growth, during katrina, people's lives were saved by the volunteers and staff of 211. we did connecting people to the appropriate governmental entities, and the most vivid example is a volunteer took a call from a man who went back into his home and found his mother's body. there was no to call the 211. your urgency to continue this funding and legislation speaks to the need

the major disaster exercise emerges, with category 4 hurricanes affecting savannah, georgia. we also participated in a cabinet-level exercise that dealt with category three, making landfall in new york city. identifying new and strengthening existing partnerships continues to be a strong priority of my organization. on the local level, we partner with local community organizations and have stepped up efforts to ensure organizations have disaster in permission -- information. i would like to acknowledge the work done in this area. we called it a strong partner shops -- develop strong partner -- developed a strong partnerships with various organizations. in addition, we worked closely with the national association of judicial interpreters and translators, the national virtual translation center, the national council of la raza, the disability rights network, and save the children. worked for groups such as u.s. humane society. seeing that my time is short, i will move on to say that the red cross is also involved in continuing to approve our response in a cost-effective way. th

gary sheffield, among the many categories he's moved up in the base on ball categories. >> jim: he doesn'tome runs. he's 25th on rbi's. he can just flat out hit. >> gary: and is scary to watch if you're standing on the mound. that one in the gap to left center field. that is way back and another good-bye home run. gary sheffield, and it is a one run game again. >> jim: i don't think you want to throw him six straight fastballs. brian bass fell behind, two-run lead, doesn't want to walk him. this is 507 and it got out of here in a hurry. he gives him toughness, he gives him the home run bat. he's a gamer. >> gary: gary sheffield trying to move in on mel ott who is 24 on the list of the home run mark. sheffield gets his 19th against the orioles. he's had the 13th most home runs against the orioles. of the 30 teams he's had home runs against. daniel murphy, and he takes the pitch for a strike. and we are back to a one run ballgame again. >> jim: was that ball hit hard. >> gary: that's a hef field kind of homer there. that is one of the numbers that is very high for brian and just reasons that

they had many categories of rankings and one category was owners. how good are the owners? the no. 3 owner that year of the 121 franchises, was the owner of the detroit team. alas, no. 115 out of 121 was the owner of the detroit tigers. what is fascinating to me is that those are the same guys. he owns both teams. i am not want to turn this over to people who want to ask me questions. be mindful that they had invented no new insults and if anyone wants to try, i am already. take your best shot. i am looking forward to anything you've got. >> >> what are the magic ingredients used by the boston red sox and the new york yankees that puts them in the top every year. is money one of the elements? >> i believe that smart always beats rich. when you are smart and rich, that is a tough combination. both of those franchises are extremely rich and they are able to parlay that into continual success. they had a good streak going. last year, they did not meet -- make the post-season. but it was a good street. >> if my recollection is correct, and this is not my recollection, it took s

we think we should expand the categories. with regard to military personnel, i would want to look and see what the facts show. >> thank you. we will get into that again. one of the other things that you and i discussed during the hearing, and we have a different position on this. i respect your position. you said you would rigorously reviewe laws restricting the second amendment. have you done that? did you do that before you issued your recommendation on assault weapons? >> i am not sure that i have done anything with regard to weapons. i am cognizant of the heller determination and decision. i do not think the department has issued any rules, regulations with regards to weapons. >> in terms of recommendations, you are on record of wanting us to be proposed assault weaponry. the comment you made during your confirmation hearing was that you would do a rigorous review before any recommendations were made. the question is, did you do that and what were the results that caused you to propose a new assault weapons ban? >> have n

the remaining 110 billion was specific in terms of categories, a little flexibility to move that money around. of course, it provided flexibility as economist often save with the balanced budget requirements states actually do pro cyclical activity cutting budgets, raising taxes makes the downturn deeper and longer. and i think when i look at the recovery package it was very positive from a number of standpoints for the states as well as it the economy. first 1,305,000,000,000 was a high percentage of the total that came to states that was flexible which was a plus. second, the money came in the two areas governors generally try to protect and terms of

smokeless products fall into that category of having been sold prior to february of 2007. one has to ask, why february 2007? why was that manning dismal it's very simple. that's the last time they -- why is that magical? it's very simple. that's the last time they updated this bill. i'm sure that they updated before 2009, but they weren't careful enough to have the effective date to cut off when the product is sold. there is nothing magical to february of 2007 except that u.s. smokeless products were included.

the only one categories that the nationals are leading the league in are categories where they don't and they have something to do with each other. error and losses. in the late 1970s, i corresponded with the late smoky joe wood who would be a likely hall of famer if not for arm trouble that shortened his career. even wall tore johnson thought that smoky joe was faster than he was. i asked him what he thought was the difference. he said the players caught the ball then. now, today, the gloves catch the ball. after ray knight is modeling the glove for us here. this is the wilson kent kelner professional glove. kelner played. imagine making a diving play with that. >> i can't imagine. >> ray: i better make shoe that i catch it in the palm. look at how worn out this fall is. >> why did it take so long for glove makers to we have the fingers together. >> ray: i don't know. that's a big glove. >> for the great players of the past, you see some enormous error totals for honus wagner, ty cob. the point is, you don't know how good the fielders of 350 years ago w the glove is not doing everyt

new orleans was hit with a category 2, not even a category 3 hurricane. if you tell anybody from new orleans and say they were drowned by a hurricane, they will get mad at you. their city was drowned by shoddy workmanship and bad decisions in terms of transportation policy and the ineffectiveness of congress in terms of dealing with mississippi river issues. this is our country and you compare it to the dutch which has been able to keep their country out of the north sea for generations. it is humiliating. if you think about those canal walls, how badly they were built, how much corruption went into the poor maintenance and poor planning of them, and you think about the sec and all of the regulation that was not there so that you could not sell crack and collett gold on wall street's -- selling crap and calling it a gold on wall street eventually comes home. eventually came home to new orleans before it came to the rest of the country in a very little way. normans, but i admire about the people there -- northlands, what i admire about the people there is

island, you've got a number of others in that category but you have a whole bunch of others that are close to that. i think when you look the other side and we all ought to move to north dakota because it seems to be the only state that is doing well but the only states doing well are north dakota, wyoming, states that have has son of an energy base but as i sank when you look at the 20 states revenue personal income tax losses between 10 and 20%, that means it is pretty broad. >> i just want to add it is interesting to us because if you look at the mid '70s or the early eighties or early 90's, you still have as race and a fair amount of states, anywhere from six to a dozen doing very well primarily because of energy and this is a very different in their universal with the exception of very small handful of states like boiling in north dakota, you see this across the country and every region whether economy.com, philadelphia federal reserve, any data shows basically universally 50 stay downturn. >> [inaudible] i was wondering what you think it means for a bond financing, will states

oftentimes, it is explicit feedback regarding categories. for example, that is why we have a bigger city -- a babysitting category, helping parents to get a baby sitter. that is craigslist. for me, and going back and forth between mostly talking just for myself, occasionally referring to our history, you know, it in the company, but i thought a lot about governance, four countries, foresights like ours and wikipedia, for anything. sometimes, to make decisions or recommendations or anything, you need a balance between command and control, top-down systems -- for sites, for countries. on the other hand, if you believe in democracy, we believe in people working together and decide together what is going to happen from the bottom-up. again, that is true when it comes to news or being a movie critic or whatever. sometimes, you are an expert to place some kind of a role, and sometimes, you want the crowd to decide, but i do think you need some kind of balance. i think wikipedia does a very good job, but this whole thing is in motion because the te

hospital read missions is a category that is targeted toward this. one out of every five patients leaving the hospital today is readmitted with in a series of weeks. that is not good for the patient and will cost a lot of money for the system. coordinating post-release care, actually in fighting incentives for follow-up care, is a significant improvement that will not only lower costs but actually provide a lot better care. those of the examples that the discussion draft incorporates. better quality in the long run, following what we know, our practices that are in some parts of the system but not if hearing throughout. they are not continuing to overpay for services that have not shown benefit or results. >> did you want to talk about filling the doughnut hole in this context? i know that is very much on the mind of the seniors. we do propose to do that in this discussion draft. >> that is a huge step forward. the chairman ofaarp recently endorsed the strategy that is appearing in both the house and the senate to fill the doughnut hole. it is a huge

they had many categories of rankings. one category was owners. how bitter the owners? the number three owner that year of the one the 21 franchises was the owner of the detroit red wings. that is pretty good. number one 15 out of 121 -- one under 15 was the owner of the detroit tigers. -- 115 of the detroit tigers. he owned both teams. it is a lesson that i assure you i kept in mind. it does say all of the job we are in. of an alternate over to people the want to ask questions. i wanted to win over to questions. >> what are the magic ingredient used by the boston red sox and yankees that put them at the top every year? is money one of the elements? >> i can talk about this for hours. let me some of this. i have until 2:00? i will tell you from doing this for a long time in many sports, i have a very strong belief that smart always beat rich. if you are smart. there are many examples of this. when you are smart and rich, that is up. both franchises are smart and extremely rich. they are able to parlay that into continuous success. the yankees had a good streak going las

that really came out of 2 categories, the first was the eighty-seven billion dollars in medicaid.is not that the federal money was flexible but it allowed states to take the previous match they were going to do of that 6-1/2% or so, and use that to plug holes in places. the second piece was the state stabilization, $48 billion, which went to education. because education totals 30% of the average budget, there was a lot of flexibility there as well. the remaining $110 billion was very specific in terms of categories, flexibility to essentially move that money around. it provided the flexibility because as economists often say, because of the balanced budget requirements, states during periods of this, do pro cyclical activity, cutting budgets and raising taxes, makes the downturn deeper and longer. when i look at the recovery package, it was very positive, though for the states as well as the economy. the $135 billion was a high percentage of the total that came to states that was flexible, which was really a plus. second, the money came in 2 areas that governors generally try to p

anybody in that category? you keep going and you say damage but you keep going as i get older i read i can read faster and faster with a book that is not working but before i commit to a book i will start reading if i am just browsing if i quit or five back away i am not a quitter. [laughter] that helps a little bit. i am eager for your next book so please hurry up with it right of your last book at a garage sale for $1 and. [laughter] -- $0.10 and you know, how long it takes for things to get to a garage sale. one more. i find your book about traveling around america as when the finest and most will britain of books i have ever read. but what have you written since travels with charley? [laughter] let me tell you about a couple of people, it was blue earth, blue quoz ben perry highway, river highways, per recourse know it will be blue quoz and i don't know what else. sometimes i try to think of something and it comes out that like that there is a man i met near columbus, ohio named frank. he matched an early

, you've got a number of others in that category but you've got a whole bunch of others that are close to that. i think when you look at the other side, we all ought to move to north dakota because it seems to be only state that's doing well. but the only states that are doing well with north dakota, wyoming, states that have had some what of an energy -based. when i say, when you look at the number, you had over 20 states revenue personal income tax losses between 10 and 20%. that means it's pretty broad. >> i just want at all so it's really interesting for us because if you look at the mid- 70s period for the early '80s or early '90s, you still had, as ray said, there was a fair amount of state you had anywhere from six to a dozen doing fairly well. primarily because of energy. this is a very different, very universal with the exception of just a very small handful of states like wyoming and north dakota. you see this across the country in every region. whether it's economy.com, philadelphia reserve, any data shows virtual antistate downturn. [inaudible] i was wondering what you thin

the president indicated that people could be placed in that category but it would only happen pursuant to pretty robust to due process procedures. >> there are some who might be retained indefinitely? without due process? >> with due process consistent with the laws of war. due process would be afforded with regard to making the decision. it would be placed into that attention mode. a periodic review would be done. we would want to work with members of the committee and congress to come up with the exact parameters of that due process. we only want to do that in conjunction with congress and the assurance that what we're doing is consistent with our values and our commitment to due process. >> last week, the reported that the administration has all but abandoned plans to have guantanamo detainees live in the united states. is that true? many countries have already accepted detainee's. what if there are others that do not have countries to go to? what will we do with them? >> we will work with our allies and friends to try to place these people have been approved for transfer or release

the categories we have now come certainly show there are substantial numbers of crimes that happen and with regard to categories the administration thinks we ought to expand to with regard to military personnel, i want to look and see what the statistics and facts show. >> thank you. we will get into that again. one of the things we discussed during your hearing, and we have different positions on this, but you are going to review geller -- review heller with respect to laws restricting the second amendment. did you do that before issuing a recommendation on so-called assault weapons? >> i'm not sure i've done anything with regard to weapons. i'm cognizant with the heller decision, but i don't think the department has issued any rules or regulations with regard to weapons. >> in terms of recommendations, it's basically your own record of what the best to propose the assault weapons ban. the comment that she made during your confirmation hearing was in fact that she would to a rigorous review of heller before recommendations were made. if you did that, what was your findings that cause

matter because the police and armed forces are so powerful and certainly north korea is in that category. although, north korea seems to be staying fairly busy these days mapping out the sea bed in the pacific with missile probst so they seem to have other things going on. but, it is the countries that have a combination of some of their-- authoritarian features and at least populist not democratic that seemed the most susceptible to change and loss of stability due to tough economic conditions. the new democracies of central and eastern europe are examples. ukraine in particular is under a great deal of political pressure due to difficult economic conditions. except for and yet many questions of south asia are similarly under pressure. virtually all the ander developed countries, especially africa, under the under greater siege because of the economic assistance drop, the further deterioration of their own economic situations and other factors that are important such as tribal or ethnic conflict and violence nearby. the intelligence community analysis and modeling shows that really the

it seems to me we have those categories that would have been on the outside envelope that there was no opportunity for coleman to object to, and we are now left with what's on the return envelope at the precinct, for which he could have i suppose under the statute object if you'd just him in person ballot. >> i think -- >> am i correct? >> i think your honor into the question in the last payment is not ultimately could have objected to that in the precinct and although it may have been difficult to do so. >> there are some that would have been on the outside envelope that was not part of what went to the precinct that he would have lost the opportunity to object to, right? >> i believe that the outside envelope goes to the precinct along with about. i believe they are separated at the precinct. the outside envelope is reviewed for determination of whether it's accepted or rejected, but i believe -- >> setting that issue aside. we are now at the precinct and we have the return envelope. what innocent explanation, if any, is there for these ballots in c-1013 that don't have the voter's s

but in one category the united states ranks number top and that category is life expectancy at 65. so if you get to be 65 in this country for chances of living a longer, healthier life are better in this country than they are in almost every other country in the world. what is the difference between life expectancy at 65 and overall life expectancy, the fact we of medicare and everybody's covered by medicare. today nearly some 60, almost 65 years after president truman called on congress and the joint session when addressing a joint sessions to move on health care reform we are still waiting for a health care system. we have made progress in 1965 with medicare but other than medicare and medicaid in so many ways we are still waiting for a health care system that delivers on the promise of affordable quality coverage. we are waiting for reforms that were cost for businesses and families who are buckling under the weight of every climbing premiums. we are waiting for reforms that foster competition and the insurance market and gives america better choices including a public health in

we also were dissipated recently in a cab and a little exercise that dealt with a category three making landfall near new york city. identifying new and strengthening existing partnerships continued to be a strong priority of my organization. on the local level, chapters partner with local community faith based and civic organizations and we've also stepped up efforts to ensure communities to 11 organizations of current disaster information. i would like to acknowledge to ms. durden the good work united way has been doing in this area. in addition we cultivate its strength in partnerships with such diverse groups as help nationwide to national association of colored people to the legal services corporation in the buddhist foundation and an additional we've worked closely with national association interpreters, translators to national virtual translation center, national council of la raza, national disability rights network and save the children. we've also worked with pat rights groups such as u.s. humane society. seeing my time is short i will move on to say that the red cross is also

earthwork you have to participate in the assembly as readers are selma and i won't put it in this category but i will say it this way that i think in a good book demands of the reader and a good reader is one willing to participate and take an active role in what is going on in the text so for example in "roads to quoz" i hope you are going to participate in this word and quoz and what it means. and hodes than to do that he will find it to get a copy of it you'll find at the back of the book this is an of the pages missing that they send out to reviewers, you'll find two pages that i concocted beginning with quoz. it was a helluva lot of fun to do, alphabetizing was tricky. on a very good on my laptop at alphabetizing. the idea and says the new quoz, 1,000 quoz first edition, but the first edition idea is you'll see some of these yourself and i can see writing letters someday using some of your own invention words. this will make more sense when i start talking about quoz in a moment. the more things i like to send. this is about the letter q, that became an organizing principle. when i'm

and they had many categories of rankings and one category was owners. how good are the owners in that sport? and the number three over that year of the 121 franchises was the owner of the detroit red wing. number three, pretty darn good and darn good older. alas number 115 out of 121 was the owner of the then lonely detroit tigers. what's fascinating to me is those are the same guy. mike kawlija led both teams. [laughter] which should be a lesson that i assure you i've kept in mind because it does say about the job we are in. i'm going to turn over to people who want to ask questions. i will be mindful that again and didn't know new insults but if anybody wants to try i'm willing to take your best shot. i'm looking forward to anything you scott. [applause] >> what are the magic ingredients used by the boston red sox and new york and yankees that put them to the top every year? is mauney one of the elements? >> i can talk about this for hours. let me sum up my feeling on this. what do i have, have until 2:00, right? i will tell you from doing this in man

at what is the nature of and the extent of the hate crime that we are trying to legislate, the categories that we have now, i think we can certainly show that there are substantial numbers of crimes that happen and also with regard to the categories the administration things we ought to expand it to. with regard to military personnel, i'd want to look and see what the statistics show, what the facts show. >> ok, thank you. well, we'll get into that again. one of the other things that you and i discussed during your hear and i you and i have a different position on this and i respect your position, but a commitment you made was to rigorously review heller prior to making any commitments or recommendation on additional laws restricting the second amendment. have you in fact done that and have you in fact -- did you in fact do that before you issued your recommendation on so-called assault weapons? >> i'm going to say, i'm not sure that i've done anything with regard to weapons. i mean, i'm obviously cognizant of the heller determination. heller decision. but i don't think the department has

this puts absolute authority in these peoples' hands at this category and they have not gone through any senate confirmation, which the executive branch -- those people are supposed to be -- secretaries and undersecretaries have to be confirmed by the senate. we've got a good friend in this body that has been nominated for secretary of army. and i certainly hope he gets confirmed by the senate, and i'm sure he will. but he has to go through that. these people don't go through that. there's nobody overseeing this but the executive department, but the president of the united states. so there's no congressional oversight. there's no judicial oversight, both of which were created by our founding fathers. no. the only real person they answer to is the president of the united states. and they work for the president of the united states. he hired them, he chose them and put them in this position. he is paying them good money. and -- but they don't do what our founding fathers envisioned our country to be doing. so what does it create? it creates an executive department that is garnering pow

if you look at medicare and a couple of other ones we're looking ago nearly $60 trillion in that category. and to give some perspective, the total economy is $14 trillion or thereabouts. this is irresponsible to the highest degree, and it is irresponsible to future generations, and it's time we put a mechanism in place for us to deal with it. i urge my colleagues to join us in cosponsoring this bill. i'm submitting it now to the desk with 20 cosponsors. this is an idea whose time has come. i want to thank my colleagues, and i'd yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to be able to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i take this time to share with my colleagues a problem that we thought was left in the 20th century, a worldwide problem: slavery. i'm talking about modern slavery: the human trafficking that takes place around the world. yesterday as chairman of the united states commission on security and cooperation in eu

pÑvÑpt kÑ bachmann in other words non-fiction category of comics is pretty darn small and too much of is by harvey and myself. [laughter] so we are very much hoping that this kind of comic will be a gateway drug for young people to go ahead and read the books, but also that the art which is made by comic artists would be taken seriously as a form of art and understood as such and appreciated as such and it may overcome the great difficulty which is these books are expensive to produce because you have to pay artists. writers don't have to be paid if they teach some place and generally are not paid. artists me to be paid and secondly these books don't cost so much because they can't have a heavier price themself been over someone. these are serious disadvantages but at least in terms what critics are beginning to say we seem to be going some place. >> i think that especially younger and readers are enthusiastic for graphic novels, and they have sort of gandy cultural and critical legitimacy allyson beck -- becktell's book was a finalist, will persepolis -- people are reading them. >> t

. >> rob: he's still -- >> johnny: leaves the ball club in that category. phillips 0-1. nix is next. hernandez after him. >> rob: 17 homers in 06; 30 homers 07. >> johnny: macdougal delivers, a swing and a foul. mike had terrific years with kansas city. 68 games he pitched in 2003. came back a couple of years later, did the same thing. 54 with the white sox two years ago. he racked up 144 innings with kansas city in omaha before he got to the big leagues. 1-2. fouled off the plate at his foot. left hander getting ready in the nationals bullpen. this ballgame began four hours five minutes ago. >> rob: the first 8 1/2 innings took 2 1/2 hours. >> johnny: this is the 10th time in all the home games there's been rain which has forced delays in nationals games games. i don't think any team in baseball has had this much problems with weather. >> rob: still holding on to the conspiracy, bad karma. >> johnny: 2-2 to brandon phillips. nobody on and one out in the 11 11th. macdougal delivers. phillips on with the potential go ahead run. 5th base hit tonight for cincinnati. >> rob:

might have this initiative to prevent elder falls might be actually happening both in the elder fall category but could also be happening at national service. see what i mean? >> that's a problem. >> so that's why -- >> the job -- look, this is difficult. i mean, look. we have a rather large federal government that's not highly efficient. >> yeah, i know. look at defense. >> i made the point while you were out of the room. you didn't get to hear my snotty comment. the point being is if we're not going to try to eliminate silos if we're not going to try to eliminate turf, if we're not going to try to eliminate duplication, i can't think of one area that you can truly justify other than back up in terms of national security where we ought to have two different agencies doing exactly the same thing. >> take a look. i just want us to be careful when we use the term duplication. >> i'll be very careful. i know better. >> i thank the senator very much. senator enzi has an amendment or two and then -- are there other amendments pending on our side over here, on title 3? senator binghaman. let his st

republican or a democrat, whether the evidence was strong or weak, and if it fell into the latter category, it didn't get to the jury. the united states attorney almost allways had at least some evidence to support the charges in the indictment. the case that i'm here to talk about this morning, united states versus philip kelly "bobo" don eugene siegelman and paul michael henry, is a glaring exception to the general rule. that case was handed down by a grand jury in may of 2004. by which time a fairly new united states attorney was in her third year. the case just didn't, just didn't spring up. like a phoenix rising from the ashes, it had an earlier existence. two years earlier, the united states attorney had prosecuted and convicted tuscaloosa dr. philip vogel, medicaid fraud. he was a friend of governor siegelman, who, in the same year, 2002, had been narrowly defeated in his re-election bid. by 2004, ex-governor siegelman was leading in the polls for the next gubernatorial race, and that's for both potential democratic and republican candidates. dr. vogel had a number of contracts with

many of the categories we have used to define ourselves are evaporation. while that is exciting, it is also unsettling and scary. in many ways, talk-show radio hosts are correct. the president is a complete mystery to me, but no more so than the future itself. i am obliged to embrace the future. i am happy to turn to the president and extent what i consider to be the most american of greetings. although we might not always agree, i will always be your friend. live long and prosper. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, john. please give a round of applause for john. [applause] >> next, washington journal and then the senate hearing with senator patrick lea9 and later senate reserve -- federal reserve bank of chicago. >> this week on america and the courts, supreme court justice delivers the commencement address. america and the courts today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. . . .

since he's joined the reds ball club, he leads in almost every statistical category. 68 wins. >> rob: he didn't pitch an awful lot in oakland. he was one of their top process ticket if -- prospects. definitely worth the trade. that pitch there, that should be a strike, used to be a strike. now you've got to make them bring it in another six inches. >> johnny: it's tough to stand up there and take a 3-2 pitch these days. >> rob: absolutely. that was the one thing fletcher had last night. as a former pitcher, can you -- i can work with that. 3-2 if it's anywhere close, you've got to be hacking. we've been complaining about the zone all year it's been tight. it's tough to complain the opposite way when it's loose. >> johnny: fouls it out. 1-2 in the nationals 3rd baseman after a strikeout last night. >> rob: it's been a frustrating year for everybody. they've got to keep plugging away. it was a well pitched ballgame last night. >> johnny: it seemed it wasn't that long enough we were talking about the nationals batting exploding. now the pitching has caught up and the bats are silent thes

recognize that those energy sources, that do not have carbon emissions should be in the favorite category. but they are not. we have made some small gains, and with hydroelectric power, but this is a tradeoff, you have the power generated by the wind and the sun, this is environmentally pure. but if you are using solar power, that uses any amount of water, this is a problem. if you have wind power, that is in the path of a fly-way, this is a problem. but we need to focus on is how we will reduce the emissions in a meaningful way. >> i wonder if you could talk about the nature of nuclear power as it was in the committee, or something more specific or increasing the amount of nuclear power, and can you talk about the likelihood that you will introduce this? >> you will see a good debate on nuclear power, and the amendment will go from this to the loan guarantee, and how we deal with waste management, i think that this is going to be throughout. i would not suggest that anything the limited, as far as we do -- what we may expect out of the committee, we have been trying to see if we can get

many of the categories we have used to define ourselves are evaporation. while that is exciting, it is also unsettling and scary. in many ways, talk-show radio hosts are correct. the president is a complete mystery to me, but no more so than the future itself. i am obliged to embrace the future. i am happy to turn to the president and extent what i consider to be the most american of greetings. although we might not always agree, i will always be your friend. live long and prosper. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, john. please give a round of applause for john. [applause] we can end up disposing of the 10 or 15 amendments associated with that subject matter. >> mr. chairman, a question. >> yes, senator? >> my staff notified me that this's been a cbo briefing scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on monday morning. >> right. >> could i ask the chair to consider that those of us who already had travel plans in place trying to get back with a mark-up schedule, and i think that started it too that it is impossible for us to make the briefing. would the chair c