unlike culberson, she's no longer waiting for trial. instead, ortega pled guilty to a dui hit and run with great bodily injury. >> i'm an alcoholic, native american and irish. all the experts say it's in my blood, but aside from that, i black out. the average person is going to drink as much alcohol as i drink and pass out, sleeping, snoring, whatever you do. i get hyper, and i flip into stacie or tracy, what happens, it's a different person. she's usually not happy and she's usually not very nice, and she's usually pretty violent. >> ortega's conviction has resulted in an 8-year sentence, and she's due to transfer to prison any day now. her victim of her crime is her boyfriend. >> basically, i went out with my boyfriend and my best friend. we went out for sunday brunch, which is my favorite. i'm an alcoholic, so i had a mimosa. i thought it would be cool to stop at the bar, so we did that. then i can't tell you what happened after that other than what it states in my police report and plea bargain. when we left the bar, i don't remembe

unlike culberson, she's no longer waiting for trial. instead ortega pled guilty to a dui with great bodily damage. >> i'm an alcoholic. i'm native american and irish. all of the experts say it's any my blood. aside from that, i pass out. the average person that would drink as much alcohol as i drink would pass out. i usually turn into taste a or tracy and i get hyper and flip out. it's a different person. and she's usually not happy and she's usually not very nice. and she's usually very violent. >> ortega's sentence has been an eight-year sentence. the victim of her crime is a former boyfriend. >> basically i went out with my boyfriend and my best friend. i went to sunday brunch. my favorite, i'm an alcoholic. so i had my mimosa. i thought it would be cool to stop at the bar and we did that. and then i can't tell you what happened after that other than what it states in my police report and my plea bargain because when we left the bar, i don't remember even leaving, which is the tough part, but basically, we left the bar, and what esse

nine one mark was good enough for goals nesta carter and michael freighter rounding out the podium culberson good shape for next month's world finals inside. and finally mixed martial arts where the latest fight like to hit moscow has been a wholly successful one for the russians in action and to make things even sweeter they did their winning in front of one of the most renowned action movie stars of all time stevenson. brothers in arms together these two are the pride of russia's mixed martial arts see. been shimmies the world . will go on with somewhat champions facing another fight night with new challengers flying. the first one into the ring. with some would jump in the roof. to defend another title he's the eurasian. they've usually become other from crewe based on the best goal but somebody specialist they share his tool for in this week was. the action watched by one of the rules most famous martial artist steven segal. a mother may be towler and could boast a longer reach but that didn't help him against the rules the judge's son line oh so very strong wrestler quick to demonstrate

culberson: of course. cleanly, safely. mr. dicks: but i just hope we can have reports that not only -- about the ones that are turned back, as you say, maybe the other ones are part of a public record. i think the report should come back with both of these, if it's going to come to the congress, you know how this place works. not everybody sees these public records. if these reports are going to be used by the committee, we ought to have both sides of the equags. -- equation. mr. culberson: we agree that sunshine is a perfect thing. with respect, it's important that the house reject this amendment so we can have sunlight in every corner of the permitting process and the public and the congress can know why these permits have been delayed or denied so we can open the gulf of mexico to drill here and drill now cleanly and safely. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. brown: strike the last word. the chair: the gentlelady is recog

culberson: thank you. madam speaker, it's important for everyone to know the reason the house is considering this bill today is to put up another guardrail, to show what the house cannot do. it's important in any compromise to understand what can and cannot be done. the house will not pass this new constitutional conservative majority of the house will not pass the reid bill because of its devastating cut to our u.s. military. the house is going to find a way to compromise with the senate, but it is not going to include massive cuts in the military. it's -- as we've established, not going to include tax increases. it looks like it's going to include some sort of select committee that will make recommendations to the congress. we're going to find a way to make sure that america does not hit the brick wall of running out of the ability to borrow. t is is one of the most important debates, one of the most important votes we will have in our brief time here in congress is to make sure we're protecting our kids

> just about all 300 million of us will have to sacrifice, in one way or another and congressman culberson original sponsor of the house's cut, cap and balance bill. alisyn: u.s. companies are now pricing for what may be an unprecedented u.s. default. reports are that companies have started hoarding cash and are lining up extra sources of financing, in case a debt deal falls through on august 2nd. fox business network's elizabeth macdonald joins me now to talk about this. hey, liz. >> hi, alisyn. alisyn: we have heard companies have been hoarding cash for two years now. is it just a new excuse for them not to spend? >> you know, that is a good question, because, you know, you are right. we have seen estimates of $1.6 trillion, anywhere from that to more than $2 trillion, sitting, parked on company balance sheets and not going into the economy and hiring, basically, not picking up speed and we know the jobless rate is stuck stubbornly high and as to whether it's an excuse, what we are hearing out of the cfos, the top trade group, half say they need preserve liquidity and preserve their cash

culberson: thank you. madam speaker, it's important for everyone to know the reason the house is considering this bill today is to put up another guardrail, to show what the house cannot do. it's important in any compromise to understand what can and cannot be done. the house will not pass this new constitutional conservative majority of the house will not pass the reid bill because of its devastating cut to our u.s. military. the house is going to find a way to compromise with the senate, but it is not going to include massive cuts in the military. it's -- as we've established, not going to include tax increases. it looks like it's going to include some sort of select committee that will make recommendations to the congress. we're going to find a way to make sure that america does not hit the brick wall of running out of the ability to borrow. but this is one of the most important debates, one of the most important votes we will have in our brief time here in congress is to make sure we're protecting our

it's even .6 million below the house-passed level just adopted, chairman culberson's bill in the house of representatives earlier this year. now, the senate voted by a vote of 71-26 for cloture to bring this bill up. this is the first of the working appropriations bills. i hope there are many others. the legislation i think is important. people may ask the question how did we make the funding cuts to come in at the house level, and the answer is that chairman johnson and i made some difficult decisions. we cut 24 separate military construction programs. a list is available in the report that accompanies this bill. we made some very tough calls regarding spending that was proposed for bahrain, for germany and for korea. there was a worthwhile project proposed for the court of veterans' appeals. they wanted a brand-new building and a courtroom. that was denied outright. those tough decisions, those 24 reductions denying a new court of veterans' appeals building, making those cuts necessary then brought us under the house level as approved by the paul-ryan budget. i will just remind membe

culberson: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. culberson: the house is honoring a pledge we made to america and the largest landslide election when the america people elected a new majority to govern the house, to take america down the path to a balanced budget, to restore prosperity, to restore jobs that had been lost under this president. the american people spoke decisively last november and asked this new constitutional conservative majority in the house to cut spending, to cap spending, to enact a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, to shrink the size of the government, to get the government out of our lives, out of our pockets, and put us on a path to prosperity. this legislation does. i'm proud to be a co-author of the cut, cap and balance, the balanced budget amendment to the constitution which has worked so well in texas. texas is a beacon to other states. we have demonstrated in texas when you live within your means, when you cut taxes, when you limit

culberson: thank you, madam chairman. i think it's very revealing in the debate today that the american people can see that the opposition to the proposal before the house is we're attempting to even suggest that there be a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. not any specific amendment. we want as a constitutional conservative majority to see a vote in the house and the senate on a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, something i've co-authored since i got here in 2001, yet the minority is strenuously objecting to that. the minority objects to our objective to control the debt and deficit by controlling taxes, objects to strong spending caps in the future. it exempts anyone over the age of 55, they are exempt under the paul ryan budget, they are exempt under the proposal that speaker boehner has brought to us today. the speaker has attempted to find the largest possible cuts with the strongest possible and enforceable budget caps that could pass a democrat senate in order to get it on the desk of the

culberson's support and mr. dicks' support. and mr. visclosky's support as well. and with that i yield back. thank you. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. reid of new york, page 27, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert increase by $41 million. page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount insert, reduce by $21 million. page 35, line 15, after the second dollar amount insert, reduce by $20 million. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. reed: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of an amendment that i asked my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and that which mr. higgins from the other side of the aisle has joined me on this amendment but all due respect to the chairman of the appropriations committee, the subcommittee chairman, i believe this amendment is wise, it is an appropriate amendment and that is because what

culberson of texas for wednesday, july 6, and for the balance of the week, and ms. sheila jackson lee of texas for today after 6:00 prime minister and friday, july 8. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. ms. foxx: mr. speaker. i make the motion that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is now on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m. the president said it was a very constructive meeting but suggested the two sides were still far apart on how to reduce the debt. we will hear from the president next, followed by nancy pelosi. the british tabloid newspaper announced today it would shut down operations this weekend. following allegations that the publication hacked into the cell phone of crime victims. after that, at a hearing on pending treat -- free trade agreements. >> think how privileged we are to serve here and to have the most interesting legal issues of our times come to this cour

milcon appropriations bill under chairman culberson and the senate bill actually spend on the budget side $2.5 million less than the house bill. because we did that, 71-26 was the vote on cloture to bring this bill up, including the support of the republican leader, mr. mcconnell, and our vice-chairman on the republican side of the appropriations committee, mr. cochran. i do think that for a bill that has been endorsed by the veterans of foreign wars and other veterans service organizations, a bill that gets the senate moving again for its regular duties as part of the appropriations process and for a bill that actually cuts funding, chairman johnson and i have reduced funding in 24 separate programs in this budget and including denying a brand-new courthouse for the veterans of court of appeals, and pressuring the army, for example, when we found a proposal to spend $1.4 million on a general's garden in germany -- when awful those 24 reductions were made, when we denied the new building, when we meet the other reductions, we came in with a bill that is below the bill that ised by th