millar tags the throw from chavez. >> bob: is it c chavez or chavez. >> rob: chavez. >> bob: raul chavez. >> rob: pretty good cannon for an arm, though. >> bob: yep. he was with the pirates for 42 games last year. they got him in that trade. actually, picked him up as a free agent in december. good defensive guys back there. and gonzalez hangs tough on a pitch up. we are looking at those umpires. telling them, don't punch me out. i'm coming to get you. >> by the way, i did a little bit of investigative report. i know what amateur umpires make. i spotted them in the president's club at about an hour before the game and how they are in the first row still is beyond us. >> rob: still baffles you. >> bob: yes. >> rob: they could be on the take. >> bob: i tossed and turned a few times last night thinking about this. that's a little pop-up to millar and he made the play. now, had he not made that play, dukes would have been in no man's land because he was only about 15 feet off the bag. but kevin millar grabbed it with a nice play for the first out. and that was a fair ball when he made that p

one of them is hugo chavez could declare our president to be el diablo. and just a few months later, we have president obama glad-handing with hugo chavez. and the great nationalizer of the industries in venezuela who had just nationalized a rice plant that belonged to a minnesota plant was standing there smiling next to president obama who was the greatest nationalizer of all. he nationalized two of the large est car makers in the world and watched the nationalization of our banking institutions. the free market system from top down is being swallowed up and nationalized, instead of privatized and i would make this point that our president today was elected at least in part because he challenged president bush and criticized president bush for going into iraq without an exit strategy. this president has declared that he doesn't want to own or manage, freddie mac or fannie mae, the financial institutions or the auto makers of america, but he has engaged in all of that without an exit strategy. i call on president obama to come up with an exit strategy to

it is part of the public record that a suitcase of chavez cash heading to mrs. kirchner in argentina was recently intercepted by authorities before reaching its intended destination. castro has purchased advocates and spies through the years via the always present threat of blackmail after trips to totalitarian cuba where the regime tapes visitors in compromising situations. as confirmed by interior ministry defector and a cuban intelligence defector. castro also serves as a banker for illicit money possessed by those who seek to avoid the detection by the anti-money laundering connections. it matters not if its source is political corruption or narcotrafficking. through his mastery of anti-american marxism, leninism, he's conned others into being spies. no other state sponsor of terrorism, no other state in fact has had more spies arrested and convicted in the united states in the last decades as fidel castro's dictatorship. let us remember one of the top analysts at the defend intelligence agency who was arrested in 2001 and subsequently convicted of espionage

he just fell right out of the glove of raul chavez. he had the catcher and the umpire in his line of sight. >> bob: that ball. >> rob: that ball gets out of the sight. did you see barajas -- or not barajas but chavez much he was looking at the runner. >> bob: thighs try at the breaking ball. >> rob: i think nick was shaded by dunn and the catcher and didn't know where the ball was. >> bob: yes. screened. >> rob: i'm thinking of the hockey term. >> bob: like screening the goaly. >> rob: screening the goaly. >> reporter: keeping him in first base kept rolen in the milled will. >> reporter: what are you doing? >> rob: come on, nick. >> bob: one on, one out. scoreless game, bottom of the 4th. these teams have really played a low-scoring series and that's an offspeed breaking ball. he took a little bit more off. his previous one was about 86. that was 82. and two strikeouts in a row. >> rob: here is brett cecil on the delivery. he has some kind of offspeed, fastball, change-up and our expo captures -- x-mo captures adam dunn. >> bob: that x

but i just don't think it is fair to lump uribe basically along with chavez. uribe eventually it will leave power but chavez, ortega, and this guy in honduras and others, they are not going to leave. they are going to try to change the constitution. basically they want to be jr. feel castro -- jr. fidel castro s. guest: the caller has the ability to see in the future, which i did not possess, but it is certainly true alvaro uribe -- and i gave some credit for bringing order out of chaos, but he has amended the constitution in order to perpetuate himself and power. and that democracy cannot depend on one person. the whole point of democracy is orderly transfer of power at the will of the people. and this is what -- and this is why it is wrong to amend the constitution just for the benefit of one offical. host: this comment from a viewer -- you will never stop the drug war. guest: you will certainly never stop the drug war unless you take tough steps to reduce demand. porter spain trinidad, at the summit of the americas -- port- of-spain, trinidad, president oba

raul chavez coming up. cecil, 93 pitches, 62 strikes through 6. but detwiler, a total turn around this evening, even though he has given up a run. but that was solo homer. he was really attacking the zone. >> rob: he has not broken that change-up out too much tonight. i think in those couples of innings where he was economical, got the big outs on the change-up. for a young kid, he is doing much better at not throwing all four pitches in the 1st inning, first time through the batting order so they can see exactly what he throws. >> rob: for people who don't know what we do, we are talking for the opposing announcers to find out what the pitch erythros. they do exactly the same thing for us. they want to know what they throw. nick johnson will make you three everything in your repertoire because he will stand right there until you throw a strike. >> bob: 2-1 to chavez. flyball, centerfield, using the ballpark. killy harris. 7th inning stretch time. ross detwiler's longest outing in his major league career. 3-1 nats. take a stretch. it's on. - it's

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chavez, 1-for-4, opposite field base hit. and the play of the game by willie harris with millar aboard leading off the 5th, the reason we're still here. so lind at second after the walk issued by colome. and millar at first on the walk issued by tavarez. >> bob: there is a flyball to center. willie harris is there. number 11 will lead off the bottom of the 11th. ryan zimmerman, adam dunn and elijah dukes to follow in a 3-3 tie. pp it's easy to identify the leaders of tomorrow. they're all around us. which is why pnc created grow up great. a $100 million program that prepares young children for school. and the world they'll inherit.... sooner than you think. pnc. leading the way. at dodge, we build mechanical bulls. we build freight trains. we build toolboxes. we build field offices. we build fan clubs. we build the all-new, award winning dodge ram. come see what we've built for you. . >> bob: the nats have bucking the national league east and especially in interleague, the american league east. zimmerman, dunn and duk

chavez when you go down there, his educational system. would you like to see that here in america for the kids to denounce capitalism and go more for a marxist type of education? and i'll -- thank you for -- >> host: bill ayers. >> guest: sure. i'll answer two of those questions or comments. on the question of the communist party funding the vietnam vets against the war, i don't know about it, but i'm -- it may be true. but it makes me actually, i've never been a supporter of the communist party of the usa, but if they gave the vietnam vets money against the war, it makes me feel warmer towards them in an odd way. it reminds me of a friend of ours who founded the highlander folk school. at the end of his life when he was dying, we were going over pictures from the civil rights movement. highlander was the center of the civil rights movement in the south, and miles was a real hero in american history. we were going through some pictures, and we found a picture of a billboard that was very popular in the south in the '60s, and it was a pict

raul chavez, 1-for-3. and a remoonedder that joe inglett will bat after that. he came in on the double switch to bat 9th. >> rob: we talked about there were going to be growing pains with the young staff, not just losses, this nice winning streak, but having too many guys at the major league level and you've got a lot of money invested in a few of them. a lot of them are very, very young. that's a tough decision, sometimes, actually a good one to have because then other organizations see that you have extra pitching. well, we need extra pitchers to help us in the pennant race, what do you want for them? and that's how you start your future in washington. >> bob: . >> bob: raul chavez hit a ball hard, robbed by willie harris and then a flyball that ended the 7th. guzman for another one. you can follow the nats on your. it's phone, your ipod touch. it's called mlb.com. featureing play-by-play video highlights. visit nationals.com on your. it's phone or ipod touch to purchase. this is jo inglett, 30-year-old infielder from sacramento, played at the university of n

would open his eyes about latin america what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote that chavez had taken your book two barack obama? >> to be on rather than the old of course, i was happy about but i am a walker. i was walking on the seashore. they said it is selling so well. this was terrible for me. each one of us is becoming defensive you sell, you are not selling you are sold or you are bought a. >> host: the bbc i think did that to you the cuts after he gave your book two barack obama it rose to #2 in the amazon ranking spry checked it because originally it was 57,000. negative and a one or 200,000 but it bounced up and down bride notice this week is 17,000. so you could be a little more humble. [laughter] it is not important at all in some fields of life there is what quantity and quality may be closer related but not in literature. you could be very successful in the market and in the quality but it definitely depends on that. in all of the history of the spanish language it is terrible, he wrote something like books like a soap operas and she sold much more. really. it

chavez hits one, harris goes after it: then against alex rodriguez, look at this. he slide on his stomach, armed stretched out like superman. then vernon wells last night, incredible catch. gets the applause from joel hanrahan. you do it every night, they're going to start expecting it every night. >> johnny: that's right. he had a great line. was last night's catch the greatest catch you ever made? he said not even close. he made so many of them. we'll take a break, phil and i will be back in just a moment to continue and we'll talk to mike macdougal who came in and go a great job. it has a very nice spice note. it has a little lemon zest and a historic brewing spice called grains of paradise. it's citrusy, lemony. sam adams summer ale. it just totally reminds you of summer, yeah. geico's been saving people money and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you

what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote to that chavez had taken your book two barack obama? >> guest: a generous act, the young and sick, and obviously i was happy about it, but i was quite happy when i was walking in my walker in my neighborhood and the seashore and everybody was saying we are selling so well. we are living in a world in which each one of us is becoming a commodity and you are sold, you are not sold. >> host: the bbc i think did that to because they mention that after he gave your book to barack obama it rose to number two in the amazon rankings. and i ejected because originally it was about 57,000. my books are in the 100 or 200,000. but they bounce up and down every day. i opened the spigot is around 17,000 so you can be a little bit more humble than you were a or the attention was. >> guest: it is not important at all. and live there are some deals in life of which quantity and quality may be closer but not in literature. you may be very successful in the market to end in the quality of your books. definitely depends on it. the best selling and all the

i know you praised m-chavez when you go down there, his educational system. would you like to should that here in america for the kids to denounce capitalism and go more for a marxist type of education? and thank you for -- >> guest: i will answer two of those questions or comments. the communist party funding the vietnam vets against the war, i don't know about it. it may be true but it make mess actually -- i have anyone been supporter of the communist party usa but if they gave the vietnam vets against the war money it makes he feel warmer towards them in an odds way. it reminds me of a friend of us, miles horton, who founded a school when he was dying. he sat down with him and were going over pictures from the civil rights movement. highlander was the center of the civil rights activities in the south and a marvelous place and miles was a real hero in american history. we were going through some pictures and found a picture of a billboard that was very popular in the south in the 60s and it was picture of martin luther king as a young age sitting at a hig

venezuela, hugo chavez nationalized the financial institutions. we already have done that. we nationalized the chrysler and g.m. and they're trying to force ford into the same trap. we've nationalized the insurance industry. we're nationalizing everything of major consequence in this country economically. and now the leadership wants to nationalize, federalize, socialize the health care system in america. now, where's that train going to take us? we have a clear picture of that too. all we have to do is look in cuba. look in soviet controlled soviet union prior to them making their forms and turning towards more capitalistic system. but we can look at cuba. cuba prior to fidel castro taking over that government was very prosperous. certainly they had problems but not the problems that they have today. in cuba we have a very rich elite headed by a marxist, fidel castro. and we have a vast majority of the people in that country are struggling, very poor with no choices. that's exactly where we're headed in america today if we continue down this road, the steam roll of sociali

remarkably courageous book to come out at this time which even has a very good word to say about hugo chavez and some criticisms of some of our national leaders. i strongly recommend it. what we're going to do here today is had each author make a 10 minute presentation, and our hope is we can open this up to questions and the dialogue and that you all be roused enough by what these people have to say that i will have a tough job as a moderator moderating you down. [laughter] >> so let's begin with kim bobo who has focused on a specific and really shocking problem that has a working lawyer labor i see a lot of which is the way people are ripped off in small ways, the money you earned and what we can do about. kim. >> do not take advantage of a hired worker who is four and needy, whether that worker is an israelite or is a foreigner residing in one of your towns. pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. otherwise, they may cry to the lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin. that passage from deuteronomy click indicates that there was som

few connections to the outside world beyond syria, hezbollah operatives, and the likes of few hugo chavez. there is very little good news and you interlocutors -- and few interlocutors. they are speculating about iran's coming behavior. it will largely depend on the iranian leadership. after all, the only item they were really worried about was the western-backed revolution -- and it happened. the threat materialized. if i iranian leaders mean what they say when they blame the protests in the streets on the west, then what she might see is the rise of a more confrontational -- then what you might see is the rise of a more confrontational or ran. this is if ahmadinejad mean what he says publicly. that the u.s. and the u.k. are driving that process. if they have the courage to acknowledge that the popular movement was the result of profound domestic discontent, then iran may become more inward looking and it frees its investments abroad. two extreme scenarios. it will be somewhere in the middle. this is how they are thinking about it. no one is really confident about the next phase. from th

the process of picking shareholder boards would make hugo chavez ploch.after all corporate funds to be used in on limited quantities to back up one side and fight the other. s to the pernicious incentives i.t. we are against them and would be difficult to design a system where an executive compensation reflects whether that executive actually helped the company in the long term rather than simply made it look good in the short term. this would be easier for those who have company wide decision making since we could give them restricted stock in the entire company those who led it to the success or failure of a single unit it would be far more difficult and i yield back. >> the gentleman from illinois for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm disappointed some federal officials are moving in directions of government determined pay not just for senior executives in the united states companies but for their secretaries and the janitor. i think that is a slippery slope or worse. don't get me wrong, financial criminals must be brought to justice. but mo

. >> reporter: chavez, a pick-up and throw to second. >> rob: i'm not a fan of that because if he throwsld, willingham is standing at third with one out. scutaro coming in saying, hey, easy, big shooter. ease up a little bit. >> bob: nick johnson up the middle, right near the bag. and two outs. over to third goes josh willingham. nick's onbase streak is over at 10. fans give him a nice round of applause. they realize what has happened here and it will be a right handed, right handed match-up here as cito gaston will make a switch here. usually one of the last guys to bat in the previous inning which would be lind or rios in left or right. we'll see what he does. >> rob: and if this game does go into extra inning, we were told that there's only three pitchers available in the blue jays bullpen. they already burned one here. >> bob: joe england has come out of the inning. he is also listed as an infielder. i've never been all that great with my money. probably because i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage it.. with the calend

he is driving us toward a chavez kind of state. that is not what is good for the world. host: thank you for the call. in iraq this morning, one of many photographs available in newspapers and also on websites as a member of the iraqi security flashing a gesture of celebration as the u.s. pulled back the first page of a process that will see all combat troops out of iraq by august 2010. we will show you some of the photographs from afp and ap. the day to begin the troop withdrawal from that country. sue is on the phone from grand rapids, mich.. caller: i am upset with the diane feinstein comments to the left. the comments she made reported on line does not move me one bit. i am very concerned with democrats like sheet and lieberman that are getting so much money. her husband was going to be investigated. it cost the inspector general to investigate her. she apparently has a husband who has a lot of folks up contractually with the war efforts. thank you. host: thank you. congress is in recess this weekend back next monday, focusing on health care. one week from monday, the

what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote that chavez had taken your book to barack obama? >> it's better to be, how is it, young and healthy than old and sick. obviously happy about it but i was quite unhappy when i was walking on the seashore. everybody -- we are selling so while. this was terrible for me. we are living in a world in which each one of us is becoming a commodity and fuel cell, you do not sell, you are sold or not sold. >> host: the bbc i think did that to you because they mentioned after he gave your book to barack obama it rose to number two on the amazon rankings. and i checked it because of originally it was about 57,000. my books are in the 100 or the 200,000. but they bounce up and down every day. i notice this week it is around 17,000. so you can be a little bit more humble than you were with the attention -- >> guest: it's not important at all. in life there are some in which quantity and quality may be closer. you may be very successful in the market and the terrible and the quality of books. the best selling author and all of the history of the sp

he also discusses open veins of latin america which venezuelan president chavez came to president obama during the summit during the americas of april. he's interviewed by john dinges journalism professor at columbia and author of how peter shea and his allies brought terrorism to three continents. >> host: hello, we are here with one of the authors that i have admired by whole life, eduardo galeano. he is born in paraguay. i mentioned to him just a minute ago i have had his books in my head for decades. one of the reasons i've become involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist is because of your work. so it is a great pleasure for me to be here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you have been in the states a while now. how long have you been -- >> guest: ten minutes, just arrived. [laughter] >> host: and i know you're going to new york. >> guest: yes, new york and other cities to help my new baby called "mirrors." help it to walk. it's a baby. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors" stories of almost everyone. of course i checked out the spanish title. [sp

. >> i would like to ask you about the relations between chavez and ahmadinejad. they have established relations in recent years. what do these two governments have in common to be so close? also, my second question is if you think that iran should have nuclear energy, isn't that up to the world? thank you? >> well, on the first question, the french have an expression. that means people who resemble one another assemble with one another. i think the writing is on the wall. [applause] >> i don't think i need to elaborate. i have a lot of venezuela one-and-one friends, and dash venezuelan friends. my position has always been clear on the nuclear issue. let's make one thing clear. iran before the revolution was a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty, as a result of which we became 10% shareholders in a consortiums which was going to furnish iran the nuclear rods to fuel our nuclear reactors that were going to be started and should have been completed around 1983 if i am not mistaken. at the time, the world community was not concerned about iran's civilian nuclear

right fielder, chavez out, ellis second base man out, garciaparra brought over to play first base, out. bullpen out. cust bad back. chopper to short again, andino, this is the shortstop night. >> buck: and he had to lay back and wait on that extra hop and he threw high to first base. watch how he waits back, gets back on that back foot, a little extra time, too much time. he air mails it. that's an error on the shortstop. >> gary: the humbling game of baseball. at one point when you think, you are doing good. the game will just grab you and bite you. >> buck: sure does. it evens out in a heartbeat. >> gary: error charged and the runner on, one away. jack hannahan, the third baseman up. he has singled and grounded out. error charged to the orioles. that will bounce away as the runner will go to second. wild pitch. >> buck: that's unfortunate. it eliminates the possibility of a double play. you can see wieters is in pretty good shape but then he gets his body side ways and that breaking ballhit the dirt and kicks away, hit his chest protector. >> gary: hannahan up the middle. andino agai

ken millar handles the duties at first base, raul chavez behind the plate and bret cecil, from dunkirkgets the start tonight with a team batting average of .238. that is second in the american league. nick johnson had a great night. 3-for-3, has had 19 multi-hit games, 10 straight ball games has hit safely. here is the rest of the line- up.  nats' patting am as a tea .257 tied for 9th in the national league. we are lucky to have a terrific first base coach with us and that's a legendary ballplayer who made his name with about six different ball clubs, just retired a couple of years ago. i had a chance to visit earlier with first base coach marquis grissom. interesting that marquis grissom is getting his first coaching job in the major league after retiring only three years ago after 17 great years in the major league. you are doing something. you are giving back to the game like you gave back to the kids in atlanta. >> that's right, johnny. that's a great opportunity for me to get to that next level. after i retired, i went home and started my own foun

. >> i would like to ask you about the relations between president hugo chavez and president, in a shotmadinejad. they have had a privileged relationship over the last two years. my second question is that if you think that iran should have nuclear energy, is in that effort to the world? -- isn't that a threat to the world? >> on the first question, the french have an expression, that people who resemble each other possible with one another. i think the writing is on the wall. [applause] i don't think any to elaborate. i -- i don't think i need to elaborate. i have a lot of venezuelans, and i think they're concerned that this help the alliance is a detriment to because of democracy and freedom. my position, as always, the nuclear issue, is very clear. before we get into the energy issue, iran, before the revolution, was a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty, as a result of which we became 10% shareholders in a consortium that was going to furnish iran the nuclear rods to fuel nuclear reactors that were going to be started, and should have been completed, i believe, around 1983, if

coincidence with three down being on the agenda was an eruption of demagogues around the world we saw hugo chavez, venezuela, you saw sadr here was really a cleric and iraq for the first several years of the post invasion society very dangerous by turning people against the state, mahmoud ahmadinejad was a demagogue in some ways but not in the way he came into power but the threat that he posed to other countries, the leader of hezbollah in southern lebanon is classic and will list goes on. >> host: why did you write this book? >> guest: out of a longstanding fascination with why come a democracy to me is probably the most beautiful and extraordinary thing we have come up with in a society. in the course of the human condition. but it suffers from a paradox which is freedom, probably our most valuable gift. we can so easily let it go that i have been throughout my life at what happened in germany in the thirties they had a quite beautiful and hopeful constitution but then people of ordinary germans handed their freedom over to adolf hitler through the lawful process then turned against them that

there has been simply -- and i notice " the new york times" this money goes after president chavez as a day aspire were of zelaya's attempt to extend his term but the fact is, of course, uribe has also distorted the constitutional process in colombia and extended the term bear. -- there. it limits the influence when it comes to discouraging president zelaya. host: why such a visible overall -- all will office meeting between the president of colombia and president obama? guest: columbia is a huge country, and it important country. and it is a rock of stability in latin-american. -- in latin america. but it will not be if the human rights terms of the colombian people are not addressed. and the army and many of its elements have been allied with paramilitary forces, and this has got to stop. i hope that the obama administration will not emulate the bush administration and give uribe a blank check but will ask him tough questions on human rights. host: our guest is well versed on the politics and political geography of central america, having served in a number of capacities in colombia

coincidence with freedom being on the agenda was an eruption of demagogues around the world, hugo chavez in venezuela, mouton outsider -- q --muqtada al-sadr who may iraq dangerous by turning people against the state, mahmoud ah d ahmednijad in the threat he posed to other countries, the leader of hezbollah in southern lebanon, that is a classic demagogue. the list goes on. >> why did you write this book? >> a long standing transportation, why democracy to me is the most beautiful and extraordinary thing we have come up with. and society, in the course of the human condition, suffers from a paradox, which is freedom. our most valuable gift, we can so easily let it go. they had a beautiful constitution, and people of -- ordinary germans held -- handed their freedom to adolf hitler and it was turned against them. it has gone through human history, over and over again, it happened in france. you had liberty, equality, fraternity. and then you had guillotines. the broadway version, you parad and i was fascinated by that. how do you make democracy work, how do you make it flourished? how do y

if you like getting your oil from hugo chavez, you are going to love getting breakfast, lunch, and a dinner for him to. we are truly interested. we should preserve a robust economy and of the free market to continue to produce a viable and efficiencies and clean energy technology. i urge my colleagues to do something good for the economy and the environment and put this bill where it belongs, in the recycle bin. >> i would like to yield to two minutes. >> i have to to non-members of the committee that i would like to go out of order to get this imbalance. i would like to yield the gentleman to new york. >> by one soon thank mr. rangel for his courtesy. >> we know only too well that when washington applies itself to a program is over regulates and has the true cost of taxpayers. this bill is no different. there are over 1100 pages and 50 pages dedicated to light bulbs. in order to garner enough votes, they are trying to shift the most punitive cost of the bill to later years of digging in the past. early on, it to be the government bring this enormous bill with your tax dollars. down

okay, chavez, we know you have a great arm. >> bob: 3-2.illie harris, right field, how far is it going? this game is over. and the national walk off and go to the hop again. willie harris, his second homerun of the year, the 22nd of his major league career and he did everything in his power to help the nationals win this game tonight. and i emphasize power. >> rob: bob, i told you earlier with the conversation i had with yily, he was upset. he didn't hit more yesterday, especially later in the ballgame and i told him, your glove's going to come through for us. your hits will come. tonight was willie's night. >> bob: 3-9-0 toronto, 5-11-0 nats. there is no doubt who is the star of this game. >> rob: willie harris had that double to lead off an inning, stole third base, was driven in with a sac fly and then he just wins the game with one swing of the bat. >> bob: there is that swagger. >> bob: julian tavarez gets the win, richmond the loser. rob, your point well taken. starters don't like doing things like this. >> rob: no, scott richardson w

. >> i would like to ask you about the relations between president hugo chavez and president, in a shot. they have had the privilege -- president ahmadinejad. they have had a privileged relationship over the last two years. my second question is that if you think that iran should have nuclear energy, is in that effort to the world? -- isn't that a threat to the world? >> on the first question, the french have an expression, that people who resemble each other possible with one another. i think the writing is on the wall. [applause] [applause] been -- i do not think i need to elaborate. as far as the situation, my position has always been very clear on that. before we get into this energy issue, iran before revolution was a signatory to the non- proliferation treaty. as a result, we became 10% shareholders in the consortium which was going to furnish a run -- iran that would be started in one area and should happen completed around 1983, if i am not mistaken. at the time, the community was not concerned about the nuclear program in iran. they wanted to demand tougher sanctions through th

hugo chavez, who describes america as the biggest men ace on our planet and supports narco terrorists and neighboring nations, he, too, would be eligible for these funds. the purpose of this bill is to make sure that our armed forces have the men and material they need to defeat terrorists, that this bill would include funding that could benefit the sponsors of terrorism? that's outrageous. all this being said, i welcome an honest and open debate and vote in this chamber on the i.m.f. funding but my democrat colleagues don't want to risk an up or down vote. they have resorted to fun and games by shoe horning, with no opportunity for debate here in the people's house and won't end there. unbelievablely, democrats are looking for language that terrorists being held at guantanamo bay and they intend to require the immediate release of photographs of detained terrorists, likely inflaming terrorists and endangering our armed forces deployed overseas. and again, i will happily debate these wrongheaded measures on the floor of this body any day of the week, but this attempt to ram these unac

hugo job as from venezuela -- chavez, ahmadinejad, they are not exactly friends to the united states. we should be independent of foreign sources of energy in the united states. we have the energy. if we have the will, we can do it, and we can do it together. [applause] this is an issue that you do not hear republicans talk a lot about. i believe it is an issue we can actually take from the democrats. it is the issue of education. it has been said that education is the new civil right in america. i believe that. to compete in the 21st century, our kids need the best schools that they can go to. they already have it in our colleges and universities. we have the finest colleges and universities anywhere in the world. people all over the world want to come to america to go to our colleges and universities. we have arguably the second worst k-12 system in the industrialized world. we are not inspiring children to become and engineers. they need the tools in the fields of science, technology, and engineering to compete. the university said the kids are not coming to us prepared. they are h

since its rise to power in venezuela in 1998, hugo chavez has reinvigorated the radical latin-american left he has formed a block of anti-american countries in south and central america composed of cuba, nicaragua, beleava and -- bolivia. colombian military units captured evidence detailing the venezuelan's extensive support for the terrorists. venezuelan has used its petroleum money to buy friends and use its influence. too often they have succeeded. our friend in colombia has stoutly resisted this siren song. when too many other nations have drifted into cheap anti-u.s. populism, colombia has stood strong, has traveled precisely the opposite way. while president uribe is here in our nation, is meeting with our president, i hope the president of the united states will do the right thing and stand firmly in support of completing the f.t.a. that has been negotiated. it is time for the administration to show great leadership on this issue, which is at every level, in my judgment, just good common sense. however, congress cannot shirk its responsibility for the lack of action on the colom

if you like getting your oil from hugo chavez with cap and tax you are going to love getting breakfast, lunch and dinner for him too. we are truly interested if -- if you are truly interested in achieving dramatic reductions in co-2 emissions without destroying our economy, we should preserve a robust economy and allow the free market to continue to produce commercially viable energy efficiencies and clean energy technologies. i urge my colleagues to do something good for the economy and the environment and put this bill where it belongs, in the recycle bin. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman, chairman levin from michigan. mr. levin. i'll be glad to. mr. barton: i have two nonmembers of the ways and means committee that i'd like to go out of order to get us in balance so mr. camp and you could balance each other. mr. rangel: i yield to the gentleman. mr. barton: i'd like to yield to the gentleman from new york one minut

our state department criticized hugo chavez for using the resources of the government to affect the outcomeof the elections for representatives to control the government. so, what can you do to propose to congress are to your own board for regulatory changes, rules that would prevent corporate management from using the resources of the company to unduly influence the outcome of the election, without giving similar resources to the other side? what would you do to say that certain challengers were supposed to get resources? and, what has dscc done to make sure that the challengers have equals space in the proxy statement which is the one document you to control? >> thank you. that effect issue was the point that the commission took up on may 20 at the end as you may know this is the third attempt the commission has made to give shareholders who have a state law right to nominate directors the ability to have those nominees included within the company's proxy material, so the issue about disclosure and the ability to provide disclosure about their nominees is included and that rule proposal i

also there is enough evidence of hugo chavez supporting columbian guerillas and intervening in other countries in the hemispheres. but there's not too much that us americans can do. the last administration i know for the first time that they were told stop buying oil from venezuela. you haven't done anything, you know, it's 10 years he has been in power. but also you mentioned -- actually, i personally admire madam secretary of the state, you know, hillary clinton. she had said, you know, in china, hey, just put aside the human rights and let's just try to -- >> please, can we have the question. >> yeah. it's really, you know, an issue that venezuela, you know, in the united states agenda? >> i would like agree with that. >> the question is, is venezuela an issue on the u.s. agenda? at the national level, you have to realize that the president of the united states, the national government be, is faced with the most severe economic crisis since the last severe economic crisis which is about 30 years ago. i'm not trying to be facetious but, you know, we have to keep this in perspective

endy chavez tipped for one of the balls he hit. called it interferencement didn't get home run even though it was interference. >> gary: melvin is really upset about this and so is dave trembley because he is going to be called out, has been called out. i think he's upset now that you didn't see it. because the initial call was not that he was out. it was only after the conference with the umpires which is fine. the umpires should do that to make sure they get it right. melvin is very close to getting heaved out of the ballgame here. he's going to be out of there and not happily so. watch what happens after. the ball hits. >> jim: watch brian schneider. he's look where the ball is because the ball is live. they called it the way they have. you see him drop under it. i think that got a little bit of bat too. >> gary: the ball is not going to go that far if it doesn't hit some of the bat. >> jim: yeah, exactly. the only thing you can obviously if you're the mets, you love this call f you're for the orioles, you're going to say at lea

hugo chavez from venezuela, ahmadinejad come as some of these other folks that have oil in the worldre not exactly necessarily friendly to the united states. the bottom line is we should be independent of foreign sources of energy in the united states. we have the energy if we have the will, but we can do it and we can do it together [applause] this is the issue you don't hear republicans talk a lot about and i don't know why it is an issue i think we can take from the democrats come with the issue of education. has been said education is the new civil rights because to compete in the 21st century they need the best schools, the absolute best schools they can go to. by the way they already haven't in colleges and universities anywhere in the world. people all over the world want to come to america to go to college and university. we have arguably the second to worse k-12 system in the industrialized world. we're not teaching science or math or inspiring kids to become engineers they need the tools in the mathematics feel to compete in to the 21st century. talk to anybody at the unive

jack was a close ally of the legendary farm organizers cesar chavez. he said in his proudest accomplishments in 1975 of the landmark agriculture labor relations act and provided tough labor protections who had been abused and mistreated for decades in california's pastures of the plenty. jack henning ended his farewell speech at the california labor federation in 1996 with and by suspension of the laws of nature if i were young again i would follow no other -- no other course, except the flag of america and the flag of labor. the labor movement was blessed to have him as a leader. as distinguished as he was on behalf of workers, jack made other contributions to his state and his nation in which we are all grateful. before taking the presidency of the california federation of labor, jack served president kennedy and johnson as undersecretary of labor and was appointed by president johnson as the ambassador to new zealand in 1967. jack was also a distinguished regent at the university of california for a dozen years during which he helped lead the fight

business to do so, turn around the next week and nationalize something else, do a photo op with hugo chavez and that great nationalizer in venezuela, appears to me to be a pikecompared to the one we have in the white house. but these 22 czars that we have, the once that stand out and get my attention, for example, executive pay czar, the payroll czar, the guy who sits there and figures out, joe's making too much money and shannon's not making enough and we need to have some more people out here that are sacrificing for the good of the whole and i look at that, when -- and then as i understood this, too, it went beyond those that had taken federal money, but they were going to at least look at executive pay in all of the large corporations and the c.e.o.'s and make sure that wasn't out of proportion. remember that number, about $500,000, plenty enough for anybody to make in a year or so. they would put a cap on all of that. and it's harder to do so if there isn't federal money involved. but not impossible to do so, if you look at some of the impossible things that have already been accomplis