. >> deerfield the president three wonder the boss? >> president obama has been given a hand to fight from. he was the president at the time the people made these unreasonable the pri -- unresolved demands. look, if we have any disputes, it is tactical. in principle, we know that these are core democratic values. core american values to stand up for. basic programs that help americans be better off. let me just say, we do support the president in using his executive authority to protect the full faith and credit of the united states. he has our full support on that. with fact, we have to go vote. thank you very much. >> and the house raised the debt limit with a vote to 69-161. represent -- representative gabrielle giffords made a surprise return six months after being injured in a shooting in tucson, arizona. here is a reaction. [applause] [sustained applause] [applause] [cheers] [applause] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 2 -- the speaker: on this vote the yeas are 269, the nays are 161. the bill is passed and witho

i can say that because i spent a year teaching at deerfield beach high-school, and it was such a pleasant experience i've volunteered to get afghanistan for two and a half years. [applause] [laughter] what we have to do -- seriously. we have got to make education relevant in the 21st century. we cannot believe teaching a kid how to take a test is teaching a kid. it's not. [applause] let's start involving our private sector to go in and teach the practical applications and the theories we're trying to teach our kids. my 14-year-old daughter who just started high-school can do things with a computer that are unconscionable to me. i can't know how. but guess what? if we don't tap into that level of intellect and in acquisitiveness, then what happens? they're not challenged. if we have kids that continue to believe that the age of 16 that if they fail the test, the have no future and they drop out. then what happens? they become victims. they become dependent on something. that something is called government and therefore government has to take care of them and that is less and less of an ent