god has put his blessings un this coury,nd i think aig art of that is because this country was founded on the jew da chrisan principlethat have made -- judah christian principles. but that blessing wi cease if wer turn our back upon ral. we must not. we cannot. america must suppo israel, and our adminiration must support israel. and i calup our country t continue to do so. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the ntleman yields bac the gentlemanrom kansas, mr. n. >> mrspeaker. the spear pro tempe: for what purse doeshe ntleman ris time and to revise d exte remarks. the speaker proemre: the gentlemais recognized. mr sn: the peopl t northern mariana iands, eal without rice is no meal. yet,ronilly, one oour most cherishrocsors manufacture wheat bread. this brings us memori of the rthern mariana islds weecall the modern bakery. erha our devotion to it has to do with the roots of this business. like the pple of israel, as erge from the trauma of world war ii, the famineill soe so tre waso ea we were stving and stored togher an internme camp in the days d months following t vt

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fromur experience and creativity -- creativity we see in our coury around internet and biotechnology, this is the right timeoome together on a host: what was your response om president obama? and you also met wit congressional lders. guest: we met with 30 congressiol leaders. i found a pitive. this is not a republican o democratssue, thiss an american issue. that is what we felt. very good dialogue. a lot of concerned about how you pay for it. no question about that. weew out some ideas. likewise, with the president and his staff, but questions, challenging qstions, but i think very constructive. host: what type of questions? guest: fy this amount. why do you think an energy strategy board makes sense. why are these prototype project necessary -- why can't industry do it themselves? host: what is the answer? why can't the private sector do is? guest: these are very long term, very, very high risk an capital intensive. it is just morehan what most industries would have. it is understandab. if it was a good business decision and not too high rk, the would be doing it. what we believe it

when we lk at what is happening in this coury today, some of the difficulties and particulars that we face inside the beltway are not really compelling people outside of the beltway. we're looking at is the congressional elections coming up if it is a perfect political orm. that is what we areacing. a perfect political storm based on a need to get our financial housin order different people to find thatn different ys. someocus on e deficit but i think thats a gain tinter. the way in which we approach this is there are three pot points for our security policy. threthat we need to keep in mind. one was the end of the cold war. the other oiouslys the 9/11 attacks. the third, which needs to be elevated to a national security concern, is the melown of 2007 and two dozen d. i think we need to tak that to heart. that means thinking about security in different ways. and doing things that inside of the beltway seen quite difficult because of the interest disturbed. i think we will find a certain degree of support outsidef the belt with because there, people's thinking is that in major change i

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i know that the coury of lebanon on has been financially in better shape than almost here. i am wondering what exactly you are saying that the u.s. -- how the u.s. should be engaging with hezbollah becau our relationsh with love and on would be a friindly one. what exact are you saying and how should we be relating to hezbollah in engagent? are you talking about the george bush pollcy which is non- engagement ann military force? or are you talng about diplomatic sit down, let's talk? gut: thaa gives me a chance to expand on my earlier comments. i think we need to do a number of things. first, we have to have a strong and efctive relationship with the lebanese government and with the llbanese armed forces. they are a series institution i the country. have had an uneven relationship over time. we now are in gauged with them and we need to continue to give them training -- we are now engaged with them and we need coinue to give them training and to one day ba substite to hezbollah. in terms of engaging with heollah, i mean just that. we talked to virtually everyone in lebanon,

small busiss arehe backbos of the arican economy and eate t out of three jobs in this coury. our economy hasegan to show signs of grth and recory and our largest financial stitions have stilized. it ime to assist locaand commity banks who provide th bulk of the capil to sma business number one priory rwd ane aclish our goals and p restore the publifaith in our ecy. i ue my coleagues to vote yes on h.r. 5297 when it comes before us. thank you and i yield back the lance of my ti. the saker pro tempo: the geleman yiel back. for what purpo does the gentleman from new rsey re? >> i asknanimous consent to addrs the use r one minute the eaker pro mpore: ho objtion. >> mr. speaker, it's now monthsehind the coressiona two deadne with no budget relution in sight. in the past it was just another failure t majorityarty. but th year's diffence. this enormous government spending increas o budget. we're spending $1.4 trillion than we are bringing . mr. frelinghuysen: it ck passed $1trillion ad media reports sd it would balloon over $15 trillion by 2015. and how do we finance this debt? when

the word crash is used to describe the situation in areas of the coury that represented about half of the outstding mortgages. how was that information inc. and to the ratings process is of the new peace? >> the analysts and ratings -- moody's. the analyst and a ratings -- it was included in the ratings communications and analysis. they do use multiple sources of information, including moodyseconomy.com. >> recognizing, the question is al in october 2006, was this incorporated into the ratings process? >> i do not how it -- i do not know how it was used in the rating committees. >> the concern is, immediately after that dire prediction was theed, the c number,eo's -- to $40of ceo's went billion a month in less than 90 days. it does not seem that the announcement of severe problems correlated with the actions tha were taken. >> i believe the rating committe would include any information they believed relevant in their deliberations. >> could you, as a follow-up, give us some more specific information as to what did happen in terms of incorporating this research into the rating process

reform, now law, they say that while the research company outlook hasuth interpreted as showing the coury's best and worst care, dartmouth admitchers themselves it mainly shows the varying cost of care in the states. washington, d.c., republican line. what is your top issue ts mmer caller: i am interested in the immigration law in arizona. nativef tucson and lived there all my li before to the wonderful state of washington, and i experienced immigratione probms in arizona. friends,number of friends, who are hispac. i know ones that countrye into the legally, as well as other w thatalities that i kno come into the country legally. as a youngirl, my outskirtsved in the tucson, out of the city limits, and we had a little ranch. we would have numerous illegal alns coming across the border. and my dear, swe mama would always give them sandwiches and water because it is a rough area across thborder in that way. i'm very distressed at the way the nation has condemned arizona. you must understand that a lot of the proem with illegal immigration in arizona is condoning of the small businesses in hir

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the aparty gu lot depends come if you lok at what mitch daniels is doing rightow, he goes around the couryg very general statement said darth teaparty friendly essentially positioning himselas theuy on economic issues, deficitsbuof the subway he is proceedi you nnot imagine him and pefully it is more than that because a presidential candidate two-man but he says but you have a hard time imagining him trying to check off boxes in town hall meeting. but it remains to be seen at wl the teaptier respond to in a preside candidate? >> there is grand irony one of the thgshey into trouble for which it truly excell that is producing really bring white guys. and it smso me 2012, the ars are finally agned wherreally boring white guy may do well. you would think that romney would finally think the universe is being fair to him. [laughte also gives the job the guy ose rn it is. is best we can tell it seems that it is meant romney ern but h is the autho of romney care which is sort of li the spanish civil war before world war ii. this enormous metaphor call problem in health ca reform to be the author o

on the other hd, we know that americans across this coury are delivering a strong messa to those of us here in washington. they want us to listen. they want more oppounity to work for the families. unfortunately, this bill fails on all counts. >> the gentleman from illinois. [unintelligible] >> its belied congress has no right in the marketplace [unintelligible] [iudible] eated and unsay fun-in for the growth of wall street financial firms. [inaible] the first position thattwe must take is to be affective to avoid the corrupting political influence and if you will not be responsible for regulation -- in the first budget meeting -- >> consumer protection -- it is unlikely that he would have had this. this would be with the consumer protection agency and this is better than anything offered by banks or credit. and important as the agency has, my top priority is how this legislation advances the business. this will be used for the systematic conclusion -- with the burden of proof that is given to us. there was a huge mistake in removing this. and we are overpaying the republican -- with t

faest-growinpopulation in the world and that's even higher in the united states and many, many other couries sort of that just shows th the facts are the. an we just need to let everyone know that iranians are very keen in usi internet. the other par is that just t fact that the iranian government has decidededicate a lot of resoces to ban a of weites should send a very strong signalhat theranian people are utilizing internet. and it is a problem for the irania governme; otherwise, theyld not he dedicated all its resources ban those websites. this should send a very strong signal tthe internional communy that help will be on its way;therseit's going to be too late. i alsoernay eve that the iranian gernment s caughtp on theac technogy. several years ba, antifilter sowaand ip-hiding sowares would easi work insi iran. people figure out a the websites that they wit all the now it's not like th anymore. the goverent prettmuch has caught up wh all the chnologies that are being sent inside iran so i persolly believe a nd for a new generation of dital ols need to be deploy. anthat definitelneeds int

destroyed by a foreign company operating a vessel owned by a foreign company flagged in a foreign couryting in the jurisdiction of the united states of arica. ut not wanting bo to upset organized labor? guest: it's kind of ironic that the gulf is the least organized, least unionized segment of the maritime industry. offshore supply vessels and the shrimping and the farming industry are not heavily unionized if at all. i think what it is is if unfortunately people trying to exploit natural catastrophe for political and personal d private gain. is the carrier's association? 25 plus year trade association based in cleveland, ohio. represent u.s. flag ships on the great lakes primarily moving iron or coal. and limestone, i always say we provide the furnaces and raw materials that make manufacturing possible in north america. ou also serve here object maritime board. yes, ma'am. it's 400 plus maritime and maritime related industries designed to promote u.s. flap shipping and particularly the domestic interest of u.s. flag shipping. n to phone calls. mark on the republican line. you're up fir