areas are either nonexistent or moderate i think we give ourselves the freedoms of the appropriate durkan put a valuableable inv investments fon that way. this is a well reasoned bipartisan agreement to create jobs for the american people and i urge a yes vote.ker pro teoret >> gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman from maryland.genl >> mr. speaker may i inquire how much time is left? >> the gentleman from wisconsin has four minutes remaining.. sp >> mr. speaker i yield myself one minute.r pro tempore:he >> a recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, as i said at the outset, we should never have reached this point in the country.have r po should never reacheached thet where the troops wonder whether they were going to get paid or whether individuals on social security wondered whether they were going to see their current benefits.at s that should neverhould neve hav. this is the first time in sstory that we have seen we've members of this congress do threatened to close down the american economy unless they got their particular budget plan through, ones that end of the mckiernan tecum

tallman dreamed of creating a harmonious new durkan finally broken down by race and nationality. and as he would have been heartened by the families who lived in our tenement across the street. we have a recording of a sicilian cuff like woman, josephine, who remembers as a girl she lived next door to a lithuanian family. she recalls that she would call for yondah josette to turn the light on her for her. 60 years later you can hear the pride in her voice for being called upon for that task. it is entirely probable families living in the tenement which is open until the year 1935 discussed or admired norman thomas. tonight we are pleased to discuss his life and work with the author of conscience. she will be signing copies of the book and keep in mind when you buy a copy of the book and you are supporting the author, the publisher and the museum. if you choose to become a member this evening we will give you a complimentary copy. tonight's conversation is led by john mechem, executive editor and executive vice president of random house. former editor of newsweek and pulitzer priz