the gentleman from connecticut. mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman for his support of the bill and for working with us and providing the amendment that he referenced. i think it's important to underscore his point that this is not a requirement that ferc reissue these licenses to the town of canton. it's just permissive language allowing them to do that given proper environmental review and proper availability of comment from other interested parties. this really is an example of how local power production can be done right. this is a nonpartisan local issue. republicans and democrats at the local and state level, along with administration in the state of connecticut coming together to try to promote a project that can bring two long dorment dams online. i would also note that the reconstruction of the dams would allow for the potential fish passage along a stream that has for a long-standing time not allowed for that passage. there is multiple benefits to the community and ratepayers and i thank the gentleman's support

in connecticut -- and connecticut were in a court battle. the supreme court said they were allowed to curb pollution under the clean air act. we decided to have a free market approach, cap and trade has been in the -- in existence since 1e the 1980's, it reduced acid rain and led to creativity in that market. if you have a better idea, let's hear one. it was your idea. so by champponing your idea, now they're demagoguing our energy policy of cap and trade.% ms. wasserman schultz: and ppusing that free market base f innovation and investment is going to take us through the 21st century. we are risking, without passing that legislation, and making sure that we have we can make those significant -- spark those significant corporate investments in those technologies, we're risking giving over our leadership in this area to china and india. because that's what's going to happen. they are certainly not sitting around waiting for us to decide whether or not to pass alternative energy and climate change legislation, they're focused on making sure th

bean: i yield one minute to the gentleman from connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker, i rise in support of the bill for the purpose of engaging in a colloquy with congresswoman bean. mr. larson: i want to bring to the attention the important role of banks at $25 billion asset play in this economy, particularly in lending to small businesses. the state of connecticut has three such banks within the $10 billion to $25 billion range in terms of asset caps. these banks are on the ground and lending. they are the biggest s.b.a. lenders and biggest lenders to minority businesses and fulfill a niche opportunity for so much manufacturers in my state as well. i understand the cap could not be raised to include these banks in this bill. i would ask that congresswoman bean and chairman frank work with me, the treasury, and other body to ensure these banks can be included in this program as this legislation goes forward. ms. bean: i thank the congressman for his concerns and had similar

with that i yield to my friend from%% connecticut, mr. murphy. pr. murphy: thank you very much, my friend from ohio, for setting this for us this evening. i think back to when i was making up my mind about running for congress some four, five years ago. and i was in connecticut where i live today, sitting watching a federal government that seemed intent on using the power that it had accumulated here in congress and in the administration to essentially turn over government to their friends. wwether their friends were in the oil industry or their friends were in the health insurance industry or the pharmaceutical industry or the defense contracting industry, whatever it was it seemed as if the reason that some people had run for office, the reason that some people had sought positions in the bush administration was to hand over the reigns of government to corporate interests, to people that frankly didn't have the public interest at heart. and i think back to the reasons that i decided to run for congress and that the foundation of it was a real belie

it provides stability for the economy innsoutheastern connecticut. we'll maintain that connecticut will become and remane the submarine capital of the world. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the genttelady from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in tribute to don moss of pilot mountain, north carolina, who is a dedicated volunteer at wake forest university baptist medical center. why is mr. moss so special? because over the past three decades he has racked up 47,000 volunteer hours at the hospital. a guinness world record. mr. moss currently donates 48 hours of his time each week to the hospital. working 12 hours a day and serving up a healthy dose of good cheer and plain hold helpfulness. it is a well deserved reputation for looking out for patients and for his humor and humility. north carolina is indeed blessed to be

she's also a connecticut, a leader of democracy worin connecticut where she and i worked together forng on 25 years. and it's been a delight to work with her and very happy to have her on the panel. eshoo introduced the panelists. karen, come on up. >> thank you, miles. good afternoon, everyone. i'm very pleased to be that i' like to thank the brookings institution, demos, everyday democracy, americaspeaks, and the ash center for pulling together this very timely and importt event. as miles has said, this first panel will focus on electoral and campaign finance systems d how they can be reformed. they will be charged with discussing the obstacles to governance and will reforms need to be of limited to ensure the u.s. is equipped to face its short-term and long-term policy challenges. we're going to get each panelist seven minutes to talk, andmake their presentation. and afte each panelist speaks, then we will take questions from the audience, and we're hopig to have some robust participation from all of you. i would like, as miles had mentioned, everyone's bio is in the packets, but i

host: robin, connecticut. go ahead.aller: the caller is proposing oil drilling at the 50-mile limit. now, what i don't understand is, we have a three-mile limit, and then 50 miles out. what is our responsibility in case there's an oil spill out there? then -- if we are involved in any expenditures, are we charging back the oil companies? because what bothers me a great deal on the valdez was, it was so many -- well, say billions of dollars. they went to court. it was knocked down a lot. whatever this comes up to, if they go to court, i'm afraid that's going to get knocked down, because everything seems to be oil, and we drill about $5 million barrels of oil a day. guest: the caller mecks makes an excellent point about the valdez spill and sort of punitive damages against exxon were in the order of $5 billion and after years and years of litigation it was knocked down closer to $500 million mark with an average award going to those that had damages along the lines of $15,000. i don't think that's the kind of money that's

. >> and as we said earlier, madeliene sackler is a duke graduate, grew up in greenwich connecticut living on 88th street in new york city right now. and my guess is about 27 years old. >> i am 27. >> we're out of time. the lottery is the name of the documentary. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. . . >> coming up tonight, prime minister's questions from the murders house of commons. and then president obama's and canadian prime minister stephen harper's remarks at the g-20 summit. then harry reid. then another look at "q&a." >> who left us in this mess? who left a budget deficit of 155 billion pounds with absolutely no proposals to deal with it? who put forward -- john >> order. >> now from london, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. earlier this week, the british government unveiled some of the toughest tax cuts and british history. it dominated much of question time this week. david cameron defended his budget and answered questions on the mission in afghanistan and on the gulf coast oil spill. >> questions for the prime minister. lisa nandy. >> nu

caller: in 1989, bluecross sent out a letter to pharmacies in connecticut stating that they would takecustomers and forced them to go mellor. they stated that even though they were taking all our patients away from us, they expected us to be there to dispense a limited quantity of medication in case of an emergency. the letter stated they could not guarantee they would reimburse us for our services. to this day, i recall that letter. the pharmacists unified and the got through to the state legislature a freedom of choice bill which stated that insurance companies could not force patients to give up their local pharmacist and go mail order. it is my understanding that because it is a federal law that negates state law like the freedom of choice act so that in companies who are self-insured and provide their employees with prescrip(qr coverage are exempt from the state law. as a result, the trend in connecticut has been a significant shift toward mail order pharmacies to the dissatisfaction of many people. is it not wise to questioned the wisdom of this provision of erisa when the popul

she's also a connecticut, a leader of democracy work in connecticut where she and i worked together forng on 25 years. and it's been a delight to work with her and very happy to have r the panel. eshoo introduced the panelists. karen, come on up. >> thank you, miles. good afternoon, everyone. i'm very pleased to be that i'd like to thank the brookings institution, dems, everyday democry,

for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. courtney: a gaffe is when the politician tells the truth. the republican leader, mr. boehner, proved this point the other day when he was asked point-blank whether he agrees with the chamber of commerce the government should pitch in to pay for b.p.'s oil spill. he replied, i think b.p. and the federal government should take full responsibility for what's happening here. his words clearly misstated the law. b.p. is solely responsible and his staff went into damage control overdrive afterwards to clean up his mess. but this gaffe confirms what everyone knows in their heart, washington republicans for the last 40 years have been allies of the oil companies' push to shift the risk of oil production on to the taxpayer and keep the benefit to themselves. americans listening today should know no matter what the republican leader says, the democratic majority understands that b.p. i

i yield two minutes to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. himes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. mr. himescloverpb thank you, mr. chairman. i -- mr. himes: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to enter into a colloquy with chairman frank. the bill would prohibit firms from investing in traditional private inequity funds and hedge funds, because they use the act that defines the hedge funds, it could apply to corporate structures and not just hedge funds. joint ventures used to hold other investments that the volcker rule won't deem those things hedge funds. mr. frank: if the gentleman would yield. there's been some mockery because this bill has a large number of pages. although our bill's smaller. we do that -- by the way there are also the people who complain sometimes we have too much discretion to the regulators. it's a complex bill and we want to make sure we get it right. the point the gentleman makes is correct. there is -- we do not want these overdone or extensive regulation and the distinct

it's differenthan the one at's on the gund in connecticut. one th has put funds in a small socompany in bethal, conneicut, eati jobs d renewable energy. atimulus llt just pened up newarly head star programn danbur connecticut, employing0 peop immediately and creang a lot of job opportunities f the parents o now ha childcare. it would have be very dierent than the bill that gave millionandillions in tax credits toide and lower-incindiduals in connecticut that allowethem to go ouand create a retail research. e imul bill would have been doneery differently under the replicans. democrats in chge, e money went to the right pe. eld ba. thker pro tempore:he gentleman yields back. for what pur ds the gentlan fronnlvania >> to dress e use foe mine and to revise d extend. the speakepro teore: wiout jection. mr. pitt m speak, this week violence flaired up in kurdistan prompng thousands of uzbeks to flee their home and seerefuge in neighboring unies. innocent people,luding women, childrennd the elderly are sufferinth over 100 killed. just otwo months ago

i am from greenwich, connecticut -- it -- did you got a high school out there?> i went to greenwich high school, the one public school in town. >> greenwich high school has a reputation. how big is it? >> it is quite thick. it's got several thousand kids. it has been growing since i was there. it is known for being a good public high school. i take belle little bit of tissue from that. i think there's a lot room for improvement there, which why -- which is why it scared -- which is why i get scared when i hear that kids in harlem are doing not as well as moscow. and there's an achievement gap when you disaggregate it based on income level or task force, our students are falling behind. i think we're 22nd out of 29 countries. this affects everyone. with the you are from greenwich or from harlem, this is a serious problem. >> safe to say that greenwich is one of the most -- one of the richest towns in america. and the people that live there do very well. >> yes, they do very well. they're very lucky. >> do they spend a lot of money on education? >> the taxpayers?

i went to prep school in connecticut. i am kind of a rootless person. after my education was over, i taught at university of virginia here in college park. then i went to harvard. >> the three schools you went to? >> undergraduate, yale. two graduate years at cambridge. then i finished at princeton. >> how many years were you in the internment camp? >> the better part of the three. i was three when there was a brilliant rescue. they dropped paratroopers into our camp which was a perilous situation. the americans had landed. the guards were panicking. we might not have lived. they got us all out alive -- many of them infirm, elderly people and children like me. that was my first memory was being rescued from that camp. >> do you remember the first moment this was an idea for a book? >> i do. i had finished a biography jean-jacques rousseau. i wanted to keep up on my french. i thought i would take a look at the "democracy of america." i would recommend a recent book in the library of america series, which is a beautiful translation of tocqueville. i got c

host: connecticut. democrat caller. caller: in the lead up to the iraqi war went george bush was saying about the weapons of mass iraqi war went george bush was saying about the weapons of mass government's trying to give the document that showed they had destroyed the weapons of mass destruction and it did not seem to make any difference. did you have any input to try to get the message through to the bush administration that they had destroyed these weapons? what do you think the chances are of an israeli strike against the iranian nucleaa facilities within the next six or eight months? . . guest:Ñgjp we have made some chs as to how intelligence is put together that will serve as well in the future. the community got that one wrong. wrong. great question on iran. of all the challenges that america faces in the region over the next few years, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, perhaps one of the greatest maybe the prospect of an armed iian. there are several ways to deal with it. we could accept and attack. i don't think eit

caller: one more call from madison, connecticut, on our republican line. go ahead. caaler: good morning. what an honor. first of all, technical note. they changed the channel here in our system in bran ford, connecticut, and you folks are being overmodulated, so your audio is a big mess, so just like to make that moat. i called to differ with a government worker. we have an experience here in connecticut where the whistle blowing division has total secrecy, even to the extent that the victims themselves cannot get any cases, and our cases are protecting the interest of nursing home, going on for seven years, no accountability. so i have to differ with your previous caller, and god bless, host: that's the last call we'll take on this topic. our next topic will concern ourselves with the oil spill, but this time from the perspective from a reporter for the "anchorage daily news" who writes about the exxon valdez and writes about some of the other experiences with "the fate of nature: rediscovering our ability to rescue the earth." charles wohlforth will join us. to wh

host: connecticut. democrat caller. caller: in the lead up to the iraqi war went george bush was saying about the weapons of mass iraqi war went george bush was saying about the weapons of mass government's trying to give the document that showed they had destroyed the weapons of mass destruction and it did not seem to make any difference. did you have any input to try to get the message through to the bush administration that they had destroyed these weapons? what do you think the chances are of an israeli strike against the iranian nucleaa facilities within the next six or eight months? . . guest:Ñgjp we have made some chs as to how intelligence is put together that will serve as well in the future. the community got that one wrong. wrong. great question on iran. of all the challenges that america faces in the region over the next few years, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, perhaps one of the greatest maybe the prospect of an armed iian. there are several ways to deal with it. we could accept and attack. i don't think eit

he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered eight women in connecticut. he tried by a jury, the jury gives him the death penalty, yes, even in connecticut. and this was in 1987. finally the day of reckoning came in 2004, he's supposed to get executed and this federal judge intervenes in this case. and the judge excused the killer because he suffered from what the judge said, a disorder of sexual sadism. what is that? in other words, because of the perversion he should have a defense? of course that is not a legal defense in any court in the country. but the federal judge said he should be excused from that conduct. so the judge made up a defense for the individual, stayed the execution for a long time, in spite of the jury's verdict that the person should get the death penalty, in spite of the fact that michael ross said, if i didn't get caught by the police i would do it again. in spite of the fact that michael ross told the media that he should be executed for the sake of the families. the supreme court rightfully so overruled the judge, withdrew the st

>> greenwich, connecticut. >> did you go to high school out there? >> i did. i went to greenwich high school. it's the one public school in town. >> explain, greenwich high school has got a reputation of -- explain about the school. how big is it? >> it's quite big. it's got several thousand kids. it's been growing since i was there. it's known for being a good public high school. i take a little bit of issue with that. i think that there's still a lot of room for improvement there, which is why i get a little bit scared. then i hear that 30 minutes away in harlem, kids are doing half as good as they were at the school that i went to. i think that's terrible. and in fact, that's proven in testing. there's also an achievement gap between the united states and the top 5% of students here, whether you're disaggregate it based on income level or test scores or what, our scuents are falling behind -- students are falling behind globally. i think we're something like 22 out of 29 countries. so really, this affects everyone. i think whether you're from greenwich or w

this is one where leadership in the both the senate and house, chris dodd, retiring senator from connecticut, and barney frank, unretiring democratic house chairman from massachusetts really deserve credit. it was a dodd-frank. it was an interesting pairing, even with the wind at their backs politically because they were opposing the big banks and everything else. there was enormous political and economic power to00 dilute and diminish what they were about. and i think what they've accomplished is significant. obviously, it enhances the president's hand as he goes to the g-20 in toronto, unlike his trip to copenhagen where he went without any prospect of an energy , climate-control bill to the last conference. i think he's in an enhanced position now to request, demand, insist upon similar measures by our allies. >> woodruff: i'm referring to what the markets having gone up today and the credit being given to the fact that banks felt this is better than what they could have-- >> oh, okay. >> woodruff: does this prevent another meltdown? >> does it prevent-- i think it certainly is a vast imp

-based sell in new york, new jersey, and connecticut. we have details on dozens of vendors involved. they rent a counterfeit clothing and electronic -- thereat a count of a clothing and electronics operation --. they ran a counterfeit clothing and electronics operation. a crime ring operating in new york's chinatown. 51 people were touched with racketeering and attempted murder, including trafficking in counterfeit goods. $4 million in luxury goods were seized. in a potentially related case upon the leader of the new york organization was sentenced to 10 months for murder and illegal gambling. court records show that this group was engaged in trafficking counterfeit groups and -- trafficking potiphar goods as well. in 2009, police seized about 50,000 pirated dvds and cds dropped into russian. investigators believed -- they were -- dubbed into russian. investigators believe they were part of a counterbid group reporte -- out of a group. bottom was thebottol- operation in los angeles. clothing was traffic around los angeles. the general se

but he does retreat to his home in connecticut to spend time with his family. refuge from a scientific world that has not always been kind to the man who found the "titanic," accusing him of being more interested in fame than science. >> ballard: no one likes to be criticized, no one likes to have people take shots at you, even if they miss. >> logan: so, when they say you're a showman? >> ballard: i am. guilty. >> logan: self promoter? >> ballard: yeah, have to be. >> logan: why do you have to be? >> ballard: because i have to raise money, i have to promote myself. i don't want to say, "well, i'm not very good at this, give me a bunch of money"." no, obviously, i'm a salesman. >> logan: more of a salesperson than a scientist? >> ballard: no, no. i love science. >> logan: that's the criticism. >> ballard: oh, yeah. >> logan: but it doesn't hurt to be known as the guy who found the "titanic." >> ballard: does not hurt at all. but it also has its baggage. >> logan: what's the baggage? >> ballard: see, science is a "we," not an "i." it... it truly is. i didn't do

was there -- as the president never had a mailing address in connecticut? >> i know there are faithful readers of your publication >> including you. >> i don't know that i would mark myself as a faithful reader. i continue to be amazed that two years after putting the president's birth certificate on the internet, -- >> without a hospital and without a doctor. >> do you think the president was born in the united states? >> i don't know. i would love to get the real birth certificate, wouldn't you? >> i've seen tte real birth certificate. i put it on the internet. i appreciate your forthrightness. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> an update on the house -- -pmemmers approved a bill giving the house again ministration power to increase the monthly premiums it charges consumers. -- the agencies to yet to stabilize its finances which have deteriorated because of the financial crisis. the house removed a limit on the oil spill liability trust fund. currently -- >> currently under f

host: connecticut. democrat caller. caller:n the lead up to the iraqi war went george bush was saying about the weapons of mass iraqi war went george bush was saying about the weapons of mass government's trying to give the document that showed they had destroyed the weapons of mass destruction and it did not seem to make any diffence. did you have any input to try to get the msage through to the bush administration that they had destroyed these weapons? what do you thinkhe chances are of an israeli strike against the iranian nucleaa facilities within the next six or eight months? . . i did city estimate that said that some hussein had weapons of mass -- i did see the estimate that said that saddam hussein did have weapons of mass destruction. there were not many voices at the time that said that there were no weapons of mass destruction. we have made some changes in how intelligence is evaluated. we just got this one wrong. and the same question on iran. out of all the challenges that we are facing in this region, iraq

for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, eight million jobs gone, $17 trillion in savings gone, americans' faith in their system gone. why? because mortgages that came in 31 flavors of insanity got bought by americans who couldn't afford them. banks tied them in a bow and put a.a.a. ratings on them and then the billion dollar betting really started. mr. himes: the wall street reform bill that we have crafted addresses every one of the links in that chain of madness. yesterday, the minority leader called the reform killing an ant with a nuclear weapon. mr. speaker, i'm a human being so i know that eight million jobs lost and $17 trillion in savings gone is not an ant. mr. speaker, i worked years in the financial services industry, so i know this reform is not a nuclear weapon. it is a critical and essential mechanism to restore the faith of the american people in their system and

in connecticut we fund local schools with property taxes. if someone in new jersey does not want to use theirs, why is it my responsibility to pay more federal taxes so that they can pay less? guest: thank you for your call. whether it is highways, public transportation, clean air, we i think that that is what fdr was talking about in terms of the century of the common man. we are in this together. elevating our site and quality of life for all americans. every child has the right to a quality education in the right to make that decision. basing the decision on where they are born, i think that would be a mistake. the reality is that there is a huge elephant in the room. we have huge spending now. adding an all-out, we are edging up around $1 trillion each year on military spending. we are way above $2 billion every day spent on the military. by some accounts, bp is the biggest supplier, at least one of the biggest suppliers, of oil and gasoline to the u.s. military. these issues tend to weave together. the priorities that we have, about in

alexander: i will be glad to defer to senator from connecticut. mr. dodd: i thank you. i won't be long. are we in morning business, is that correct? the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. dodd: mr. president, let me -- let me begin by expressing my deep sorrow and my condolences to robert c. byrd's family. and that family includes, obviously, not only his direct and immediate family, but obviously the literally leanin s of people who worked for robert c. byrd, worked with him, in both the house of representatives and this body for the more than five decades that he served in the united states congress. i suspect i'm one of a handful of people left who remembers the day when i was 7 years old in e gallery of the house of representatives watching my father be sworn in as a new congressman. watching my father and a young 34-year-old west virgiaian med robert c. byrd to be sworn in as a member of the hou on january 3, 1953. seven years later, at the age of 14i was in the galleries of this chamber when i watched my father adds his gre -- and his great friend be sworn in

one is in connecticut, we have our law. when you purchase a gun, you need to wait two weeks for the background check. is atwo isday -- is not like two days like in other parts of the country. there are a few states, maybe new orleans might be one of them. host: what about waiting for? guest: it could be challenged. that is the kind of gun law that could be upheld. there is a good research to show that a lot of folks who commit suicide actually purchased the gun from a gun dealer and surely before committing suicide. we think the a waiting period can focus as a time for people to reassess their motives and to have an effect on suicide. i think that wilwaiting periods allow for a more extensive background check. if you have categories of people to you have decided areto too dangerous, you need to have an enforcement mechanism pretty bill has stopped many people from buying guns over the counter from licensed dealers. let's extend that to all gun purchases, particularly those at gun shows where a lot of these sales occur witho

. >> walling ford connecticut. andy, hi. >> i had a question or comment. the republicans talk about the supreme court should file the constitution. what if the constitution says the supreme court decides who's president in bush verses gore? >> the constitution says the judicial you her will be held by a supreme court and the judicial power resolved disputes and that was a dispute. there's no question under the constitution the supreme court could exercise the authority and the other branches recognize it even the their unhappy. certainly some although i'd say probably half the member of congress were unhappy they decide to intervene. perhaps the other with this were pleased. >> in his column the bush and gore question be asked of elena kagan. you think they'll ask that question? guest: iraqi think i think it . i don't think you'll hear republican senators recite it and i don't think she'll say much about it other than the fact that the court issueed the decision and it stressed that it was limited the facts at and that happen to be that election as apposed

alexander: i will be glad to defer to senator from connecticut. mr. dodd: i thank you. i won't be long. are we in morning business, is that correct? the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. dodd: mr. president, let me -- let me begin by expressing my deep sorrow and my condolences to robert c. byrd's family. and that family includes, obviously, not only his direct and immediate family, but obviously the literally leanin s of people who worked for robert c. byrd, worked with him, in both the house of representatives and this body for the more than five decades that he served in the united states congress. i suspect i'm one of a handful of people left who remembers the day when i was 7 years old in e gallery of the house of representatives watching my father be sworn in as a new congressman. watching my father and a young 34-year-old west virgiaian med robert c. byrd to be sworn in as a member of the hou on january 3, 1953. seven years later, at the age of 14i was in the galleries of this chamber when i watched my father adds his gre -- and his great friend be sworn in

. >> walling ford connecticut. andy, hi. >> i had a question or comment.the republicans talk about the supreme court should file the constitution. wh if the constitution says the supreme court decides who's president in bush verses gore? >> the constitution ys the judicial you her will be held by a supreme court and the judicial power resolved disputes and that was a dispute. there's no question under the constitution the supreme court could exercise the authority and the other branches recognize it even the their unhappy. certainlyome although i'd say probably half the member of congress were unhappy they decide to intervene. perhaps the other with this were pleased. >> in his column the bush and do you think anyone will ask that question? guest: iraqi think i think it . i don't think you'll hear republican senators recite it and ion't think she'll say much about it other than the fact that the court issueed the decision and it stressed that it was limited the facts at and that happen to be that election as apposed to spreading a broader constitution. >>

for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. more than 52,000 miles in four weeks, that's what 10,000 steps or five miles every single day is. that's what the kids at sarah noble school in new milford, connecticut, accomplished in may in their fourth annual school walking project for fifth graders. students lived by the triple e. mantra, exercise, eating healthy and protecting the environment. these students are putting themselves on a path to a healthier life by investing in walking. healthy habits that start now can pay off as they grow older. obese youth are becoming an epidemic. they have high risk factors such as high cholesterol as well as type two diabetes and several types of cancer. we have to break this cycle. it starts with simple steps and healthy snacks. fifth graders are already doing their part and they've given me this podometer. we can all strive to be healthy one step at a time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back th

the gae in therimary in connecticut that year.oe lieberman, list of the progressive movement back him because he has been good with us over the year. how did that work out? i don' think any to tell you guys. [laughter] in illins, another congressman reesents the chicago area district, we trd to primary him because he was terrible on the issues. butabor bk into the hill and we don't have the ability to single-haedly go against a heavily labor-back candidate. it turns out he washe only democrat in a blister to vote against the health care law. so time and time again, we ha been shooting ourselves in the feet. things starte getting better. thee seeing an intert in old line progressive groups, realizing we have to take the more holisti approach to politics and we ve to hold people accountab, itoes no tter if they are republicans. there are a lot of b docrats in congress and we have to hold them accountable. [applause] because of that, we are going to win on tuesday. we're going ttake out blanche lincoln in arkansas. i'm excited becaus

based cell in new york, new jersey, and connecticut. we have detail on multiple offenders. we got additional information based on an operation in 2003 that involved an asian crime ring in chinatown. 51 people were charged with racketeering, attempted murder, alien smuggling, and trafficking counterfeit goods. about $4 million in luxury goods were seized. court records show that this group was involved in tracking counted goods as well -- trafficking counter the goods. we got information on russian organized crime. police seized about 60,000 pirated cds and cds dubbed in russian. investigators believed the were pirated goods distributed by a large organized crime network. we found cases that linked terrorist groups to product under kidding. operation bellbottoms, which was a collaboration of various federal agents and all enforcement in los angeles. a dozen people were arrested for drug trafficking and counter the goods. that was largely related to clothing. the general sentiment was that the shop owner appeared to be a link to hezbollah. that person was arrested a year earl

states that want to ban assault weapons include connecticut, hawaii, new york. states that want to permit local control on the loss included florida, illinois, new jersey, pennsylvania. more from the a section of this paper. richard on the twitter page -- next is steve, from atlanta. caller: if the democrats did not work so hard on being soft on criminals and letting the relief corps bad guys out, telling us we must rehabilitate them, telling us we must understand them -- they are the ones with the guns. to restrict the common folks from having them, to prevent and defend us from liberal judges who cast of the worst in society out -- there are those who tell me that they constantly serve the same morn's on the same people. due to the breakup of the family urged by the great society reform bills, now you have people in the country who do not, did not grow up in a good family, and then they will not let us defend ourselves against the weekend policies. we need our guns. it is our constitutional right. host: justice samuel a leto writing that the gun right is funda

host: jefffey in connecticut. caller: i was wondering for mr.azar, isn't this considered for jury what he did -- is and is considered forgery? guest: i don't think it is3 appropriate. if you handed a teaching assistant eighth report you had written and the teaching assistant was supposed to turn it into a professor and if he did not, you would be angry. i would like to see the committee: secretary salazar and say, how is it -- assembled a panel of 15 scientists. they wrote a report. somehow you change the report before you release it to the public. you change the report before you gave it to the president. i think it is part of what caused this judge to reach that conclusion. it is unusual for a group of scientists to say, if you change the report. you imply we agreed with what we handed to the president. i think the caller raises a good question. there is no hearing scheduled to ask secretary salazar why he changed the report. overnight, secretary salazar has announced he will impose a new moratorium based on new evidence. really? let's see. he

our retail and apartment, and also giving retail a competitive advantage over massachusetts and connecticut which they have not had since 1992. one major thing we would have to do is to cut expenditures. when i served six years of house finance, we saw many places where you could cut. the people in the general assembly to not have the will paper to make the necessary cuts. as the governor, you have the bully pulpit and you have to make the cuts that are necessary. >> and mr. chafee, mr. moffett things scaling back the taxes to 5% would make rhode island more attractive to consumers and businesses. would your tax plan scare off businesses? >> know, the facts are is that we are competitive nationally with our sales tax and income tax. we are about at the national average with those two taxes per it where we are off is on our property taxes. this legislature keep taking the state's problems and passing and down to reduce the property taxpayer. that affects small businesses. we are way out of the national average on our property taxes. i propose a 1% sales tax on items that are presently exempt

my colleague from connecticut, senator lieberman, senator menendez, senator kerry, senator shelby, bennett and lugar from the senate perspective who are part of drafting this bill along with our house conferees led by howard berman of california. i want to extend a special thank you to all of them for their leadership and also senator reid, the majority leader, senator mcconnell. none of this ever happens without the majority leader of the senate taking a leadership role and insisting that this matter move forward, that it be addressed before we break for the july fourth recess period coming up next week, and in the midst of all the other things we're involved in -- as my colleagues know, we have been involved in a very lengthy conference regarding financial reform, but i'm delighted to take some time out from that effort to address this particular proposal and urge our colleagues to be supportive of this proposal. i also want to support what i mentioned earlier, president obama's approach and appreciate his team's work in helping us approve this important legislation. i mentioned earlier

if the oil disaster was center in myisict, it would completely cover nework city, long island, connecticut and northern new jersey and fa more on the east anthe with the disast of this enormous magnitude, it's absolutely critical we know evying we can abo the oil, its sco and its effect on the gulf of mexico. but coing o recent report b.p. is refusing to provide crital sampled data to scntts studying the saster. scientists researching the vast underwer dame the oil spill have been denied oil sames f b.p. other scientiststudying the flow rate at e source of the oil haven't receive high-qlity vid they requested from b.p.'s underwater robots. still, more researchers have askefor but not received accesto much-needed dat udy oil plooms beneath the surface othe ocean. it is imrative for b.p. to give scientists inside and outside of government access to very sample, eery data point and every other resource they need to help us understand the truth about b.p.'s oil disaster. the ameran people have a right to know. i yield ck. the speaker p tempo: the gentlelady ylds back the balance of her time. a

and some of the priests have been dealing with this in connecticut. you have been a principled and compassionate advocate for the people of your parish. it is an honor to have you here. and i will say just a few things. this is not the first time that we have faced this environmental catastrophe in our country, although this is now the worst catastrophe of its kind that we have faced. there is exxon fell levaldez, as was the worst oil spill of its kind. and we are debating the same issues today. we adopted legislation in response and this has had a positive effect, particularly with preventing oil spills in the vessels on the surface of the water, and responding to the accidents when the oil spill actually does oocur. unfortunately, we did not take all the steps that we may have. we were trying to build a system that could respond to the other risks in this particular area of activity, including what we are facing here, which is uncontrolled, in the deep-water oil well. i think we agree, when we talk about this, we have to say that there have been tho

either of my colleagues, the gentleman from connecticut has been a great leader on this issue. >> i thank the gentleman from new york for his treatment of the facts. and mr. himes: one of the most disheartening aspects for -- of the flotilla situation was the facts set aside by much of the world and instead prejudice was allowed to emerge, a prejudice against our ally, israel and we learned that the facts are a good deal more complicated than we were led to beeve initially. this was a flotilla with more than one agenda, a flotilla with a clear intention of provoking the kind of response that was ultimately provoked. and make no mistake, there isn't a person in this chamber or anywhere else that isn't saddened by loss of life. i would like to step back from the facts that mr. wiener did a good job in articulating, to larger issues that cannot be lost in our relationship with the state of israel. the best way i can encapsulate, israel for the united states, is family. we speak of a special relationship with great britain. we have at least a special relationship with the nation of israel. it

that is not just a connecticut or operational at, but they just got enough traction in yemen where people are not saying how do you take out the president, but how you go after detroit? on your questions on the internet, i think that we should play. show beheading videos, and there are operational consideration, how much you gain in terms of destroying ideology? in difficult decision making time, the question is too complicated. the easy question is, if this is of revolutionary organization, i would say take out anything that we were legally allowed to take out on the internet to stop the spread of revolution. i think our messaging should be pretty straight forward. we do not mess around. we do not mess around with your hide. we never used the word terrorism. do not call them jihadists or terrorists. they are pock murderers. the most interesting thing i have seen in the past four years in terms of ideology, look at the spring of 2008, look at the first question out of the box in the internet interview. it is an almost rude question, who last about the killing of innocents. why don't you g

disbanded in this bill, and when a bank goes under and new hampshire or connecticut, and the people who have their entire life savings in that bank expects the fdic to come in and protect them to the extent of $450,000, you just get the money on this bill. how do you do that courthouse you spend the money twice, mr. chairman? it is impossible to spend the money twice unless you are in the united states congress and you ignored the rules of financial budgeting. if we did this in a private sector, we would all be in jail. this is fraud and the american taxpayer, that is clear and simple. that is all i'm going said. and this is a responsible way to address this issue? i guess that is why we are 13 trillion dollars worth of debt and we're doubling in five years in tripling in the next 10 years. this is not responsible. this is profligate and not even honest. it is misleading, saying one thing and doing exactly the opposite, spending money twice, by allied it -- violating a law that we wrote -- not all little sense of a law, no beer you can get the attorney general to say, on obligated funds

successful systems in maine and arzona in terms of canidates at the 80% higher bubble and action in connecticut and maine about 50% in arizona using the system. so yave to make it enticing to use because you ned to keep your competing against a private option. there will always be money in the system. our goal is not to eliminate the ability of peoplto express eir opinions in an election contexty ads, but to give candidates who don't want o run away and alternatives and to create system in which small contributions, $10, $50, $75 are important. and that'shat thsyst does. it makes voters more important in the system. it doesn't cancel out the ability of other voices to act. >> right here. >> thank you for this forum and it's nice to hear me truly deep criticism. one thing i want to offer that i think is a real conundrum is basically, we have established a system of governance that was baseon inaudible compromises, be it the states or hatever, whatever. we are, for the most part,tuck in thatsystem. that system has etablished a load of vested interest. and now wee in a position where we have to go

connecticut. caller: i really don't have a problem with what helen thomas said. it is her opinion, she is allowed to say it. my big thing is, i am for america. host: tie that in. what do you mean by that? caller: what i think is backed, over here, she just wanted to say what she thought and now people are jumping on her. he can't just jump on people for saying what they think. because there would be no discussion of anything. and i think that israel's interests are not in line with america's interests over all. in some certain areas i'm sure they overlap. but i think that israel has an overarching influence, more than it is a relative -- not even say population, but the amount of people of jewish philosophy -- ideology, zionist ideology. because not all people of the jewish faith our zionist and believe in the jewish state. i would like to direct people to buchanan.org -- a lot of very good information of people care to read about it. host: here is a look at a story -- actually it slipped away from me for a moment. we will get back to it. we will go to rodney fro

connecticut, what do you make of this 5% proposal? caller: i think if it is done right, it is ok. there should be a drastic cut in the military budget because we are spending, what, $700 billion a year and we are not solving that much. we have not called bin laden and dave do not have a defined mission. i don't want to see them hit the scene years any harder. we paid -- i don't see him hit the seniors any harder. we paid into social security and the money was taken out to pay for other things. host: you are saying cut defense, protect seniors. where else might you cut to achieve the 5%? caller: i would say some aid to foreign countries. i don't know why we just gave israel more money and they have health insurance. and other countries we should not be giving aid to, either. we've got to help our own country first. it and we've got to get tougher on letting people into the country and taking, like, illegal aliens and taking advantage of our medical system. we've got to take care of our own people first. host: previous administrations have yet to justify programs but budget analysts