elizabeth took matters into her own hands. she got into their carriage and in an adventure out of the movies drove through the mob by herself to the prison gates. she had a driver of course but she was alone in the carriage and when she got to the prison she demanded to see lafayette and eventually she won her release. elizabeth monroe was only about 5 feet tall, tiny little leedy but the courage and heart of the joan of arc, and she won the hearts of the french people. they called her the beautiful american leedy. monroe then helped lafayette and her three children and flee france to safety. together, elizabeth and james monroe saved the lives of lafayette's wife and family. it's truly a thrilling story that i hope he will read. on his next mission to france a decade later, this time for president jefferson, monroe went with $9 million from congress to negotiate the purchase of the island of new orleans. that's all he was supposed to do. so the farmers west of the appalachians could float their grain doubt the mississippi to

i notice you are having elizabeth warren on later.n to her and people like stiglitz and simon johnson, it seems like those of the people who ought to be in charge of the treasury and the fed for that matterç, to help them do something to stop this flow of money away from the average taxpayer. that is all i have to stay. -- say. host: we told you earlier in greatxd britain their approach s to put a 50% tax, a supertax it is called, on executive compensation for banks. here is the headline appeared -- headline. here is what patrick jenkins is reporting. host: the next call is from fredericksburg, va., louise on the republican line. caller: i think they should put a 50% tax on some hedge funds. host: why is that? caller: these are the people constantly buying up company. i personally think warren buffett and people like jeffrey xdimmelt are the evilest peoplen the world. they are buying all these companies. they are the ones keeping money from the shareholders. the shareholders are trying to keep their heads above water and these people

then the annual christmas message from queen elizabeth. >> in the mid 1990's, " newsweek's"named omarne of the top people to watch in cyberspace. he founded a charter school in brooklyn. sunday night, he talks about his current study in harvard and what is ahead. now president obama participates in a form on community service with george bush at his presidential library. this marks the 20th anniversary of the points of light service movement. from texas a&m university, this is about half an hour. >> it is a great honor and privilege to have millibarelody barnes. she had been at the center for american progress. she is part of the greatest alumni society ever. one of whom is on the supreme court. we note the will happen to you someday. melete barneody barnes. the u.s. special trade representative. you all know him. he needs and no introduction. and the mayor of dallas. everybody knows him. he is a wonderful friend of mine -- she is a wonderful friend of mine went to work that america online. she is now the ceo of the chase, foundation. thank you for being with us. and then a man who ne

is the only mi that goes back to henry viii and elizabeth and the various henchman working on behalf of them or is there any counterpart to mi5 that has earlier roots? >> you see one of the confidence tricks that british intelligence has perpetrated on our european friends i used rather loosely is to persuade them that we have had the world's leading intelligence service ever since elizabeth the first. i have quoted it in my book, the war office noticing that we have no spies anywhere in the world and there's a document saying fortunately none of the foreigners realize this. what happens from time to time from moses intel burnham cal is from time to time people see the need for spies both in britain, but there is just no continuous history, but let me briefly share with you the history of my cambridge college. we had in the 15 eighties a really smart spy. his name was christopher marville, an incredible career. many significant minorities of british intelligence officers had gone on to be really successful authors but christopher marlowe in his 20s, if you lived into his 30's or 40's

then the annual christmas message from queen elizabeth. >> in the mid 1990's, " newsweek's"named omarne of the top people to watch in cyberspace. he founded a charter school in brooklyn. sunday night, he talks about his current study in harvard and what is ahead. now president obama participates in a form on community service with george bush at his presidential library. this marks the 20th anniversary of the points of light service movement. from texas a&m university, this is about half an hour. >> it is a great honor and privilege to have millibarelody barnes. she had been at the center for american progress. she is part of the greatest alumni society ever. one of whom is on the supreme court. we note the will happen to you someday. melete barneody barnes. the u.s. special trade representative. you all know him. he needs and no introduction. and the mayor of dallas. everybody knows him. he is a wonderful friend of mine -- she is a wonderful friend of mine went to work that america online. she is now the ceo of the chase, foundation. thank you for being with us. and then a man who ne

elizabeth has been a real asset to my work.i want to take the opportunity to say thank you and wish her the best of luck as a mother. i'm sure she'll be just as successful at that job and i thank the chair and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: yes, mr. speaker. let me on behalf of the democratic members of our science and tech committee wish elizabeth chapel the very best in the steps to come and may also share the sentiment that child be gifted with the sense of humor that so obviously prevails at the science and tech committee. we wish you the best. we have no further speakers on behalf of the bill on our side, mr. speaker. however, i'd like to take this -- make this final point of encouraging our colleagues to support h.r. 3598, which would put a primary focus, rightfully so, on water-related issues as the department of energy committee deals with the energy and technology research. to do that opt

the secretary of the interior, elizabeth holtzman, a lot of people did this.s the rule that is the most violated rule of all the rules i think that we have in politics or that we had this book. it is ignored. people know this stuff. they note today with internet and with facebook and that what is going on, but they continue to violate it and they continue to pay the consequences. host: we welcome your phone calls as always, are said as a twitter comment. former congressman lou frey, also on the association of former members of congress. the book is called "political rules of the road." guest: stephen, there's one thing. i'm shamelessly promoted his book, i want you to know. but i do not get any of the proceeds from it. the proceeds go to the former members to teach. we have a congress to campus program there. to buy university of the university of central florida, the sixth largest in the nation, headed by president john hit. we have symposiums, and we do a lot of stuff with young people. i can go out and push it. it is a great book, but i want people to know

] >> coming up on c-span, nasa astronauts discuss the legacy of the apollo 11 moon mission queen elizabethdelivers her annual christmas message. we will talk to the director of moonbeam, a documentary about apollo 11 and our interview about u.s. military deployments around the world. on "washington journal" tomorrow, we will talk with a political science professor and have a look at the obama family christmas vacation in hawaii. "washington journal" begins at 7:00 a.m., eastern every day on c-span. >> there is less than one month left to enter the 2010 studentscam contest. $50,000 in prizes for middle and high school students. create a five-eight minute video on one of our country's greatest strengths or talent is. it must incorporate the cspan program and showed varying points of view. enter before midnight, january 23 winning entries will be shown on c-span. go to studentcar reformation. >> commemorating the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, a group of apollo astronauts gathered to share their thoughts about the historic day. they also discussed the legacy of the nasa apollo program

this is where they would have hosted dinner with princess elizabeth, with churchill and count l otherstless others. >> sometimes i would have dinner alone. i'd walk into the dining room. one of the butlers was one of my servants, too. he would pull out my chair, push me up to the table, bring me a fruit cup. takes away the empty cup. fields brings me a plate. barnett brings me a tenderloin. fields brings me asparagus, barnett brings me carrots and beets. i have to eat alone and in silence in a candle-lit room. ♪ >> this is another very special room to blair house history. this is truman's office. the portrait of truman we have is by creda kempton, who also painted the official white house portrait of the president, and she copied her official work specifically for blair house during the reagan renovation of the 1980's. the mantel in this room was a part of the white house. that was installed in the white house during the 1901 renovation. during the truman renovation, it was brought to blair house so harry truman would have a visual of the white house during the years that he didn't get

>> elizabeth, new jersey. >> can you give us an idea of what the event was? >> i would rather not. >> children's author, judy blume, thank you for being on booktv. >> thank you so much, it was fun. >> in "the future of faith", theologian harvey cox analyzes why he believes christian beliefs and dogma appear to be inspiring grass-roots movements in social justice. the westminster presbyterian church in minneapolis hosts the 50 minute event. ..

and elizabeth? thank you for being there. dianne feinstein, chris dodd, i appreciate you.es from mississippi, i did not know they had to be white hair -- and had have white-haired be a senator from mississippi. [laughter] my dad always accuse me of putting something on my here anyway. you mentioned hillary, my colleague. i see chuck schumer sitting back there. after 9/11, we went to new york. we are all new yorkers, and we're going to do our part. we will do what it takes to make new york city recover. it was way over the top, but i said, it sounded like a good idea to me. we got it done. he knows what i am talking about. [laughter] sometimes, it is better you don't know the details. but then, after katrina, in many ways our hearts were broken. it was such a devastating experience. we lost our home. it was tough to go down there and see what happened. we were working on appropriations, getting work done. i learned that from john stennis ion. he let me take credit for stuff. we were supposed to move an entire railroad off the coast, up north of interstate 10. it was a small

. >> brown: britissoldiers receiv a similar tribute from queen elizabeth in hernnual christmaspeech. 106 brith troops died in afghantan this year, >> i asure that we have all been affecd by events in afghanistan, and saddened the casuties suffered by our forces servinghere. our thghts go out to their relations and friendwho have shown imnse dignity in the face ogreat personal loss. >> brown: in rome, pe benedict xvi al spoke of war and peace and hopes for the worlin his annualhristmas blessings. >> ( anslated ): today, to the man family, deeply affected a seris moral and economic crisis a by the wounds caused byany wars and conflicts, the chur repeats, in a spirit of sharing: 'let's go to belehem. there we'll nd our hope.' >> brownthe pontiff did not mention a christmas eve indent in st. peter's basilica. a woman jumped a securit barrier and briey pulled the 82 yr old benedict to the ground. it turneout the same woman, susanna maiolo, unsuccessfly ied the same thing last year today, a vaticanpokesman said the's no such thing as "zero risk", but he promis a security review. >> ( trans

>> elizabeth, new jersey. >> can you give an idea what the event was? >> i'd rather not. >> childrens author, judy bloom, thank you for being on booktv. >> thank you. it was fun. >>> next from friday's washington journal notable books of 2009. washington journal viewers participate in the conversation by sharing their choices. this is one hour. >> host: heading into the final weekend of 20 only we are going to spend the next hour asking you about your best, you're favorite nonfiction book of 2009. for mines are open and we hope to get a lot of comments and calls. 202-737-0001 for republicans, 202-737-0002 for democratic and, 202-628-0205 four others. we do this in conjunction with booktv which has been in business since september of 1996, 11 years, september of, excuse me, september 1998, is it 96. 11 years of booktv, 40 hours of nonfiction programming every year on c-span2 and this weekend as well. during the hour we are also going to bring some of the defense we covered in the past year. some of the books including this one with author david finkel wh

chairwoman elizabeth warren and others questioned the need to keep the tarp going.e said it prevented a financial collapse, but failed in a number of key missions. >> tarp has been far from an unmitigated success. credit for consumers and small businesses remains scarce, the foreclosure crisis continues unabated and treasury's mitigation programs have not achieve it had scope, the scale, or the permanence necessary to stabilize the housing market. >> sreenivasan: on wednesday, the treasury estimated it will lose about $60 billion on aid to insurance giant a.i.g., and to chrysler and general motors. it will make a profit of nearly $20 billion on assistance to banks. on wall street today the dow jones industrial average gained more than 68 points to close at 10,405. the nasdaq rose seven points to close at 2190. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the broadcast with a look at what you'll find tonight on our website. but for now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the story of a group of young americans who may have been preparing t

no one has explained their purpose they go back to the time of queen elizabeth. they go back very long time and they serve the fundamental purpose. they prevent a crook from choosing the victims that will bear the loss. they can still decide how to prevent some from recovering and letting others bear the loss. if we do not have this statute, we will create very strong incentives for the court to decide who will be the real victims. i do not think we want to do that. i think you can use a statute that uses different language. today, anyone that is sood is under the bankruptcy code. you have to show not just subject of good faith, but that you had the good faith of an objective, reasonable person i think that my time is out. i want to congratulate your chairman. for the first time, congress is trying to try to move it from being a strange, non insurance system to a true system that will charge risk adjusted prince. if you want to do that because otherwise good brokers are subsidizing crooked brokers. on that note, i will stop. >> i want to thank all the witnesses f

learn more at c-span.org. >> queen elizabeth's annual christmas message. she talks about the war in afghanistan where 106 british soldiers were killed this year. she also talks about the commonwealth group of countries that celebrated the 60th anniversary. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> each year that passes seems to have its own character. some leave us with a feeling of satisfaction, others are best forgotten. 2009 was a difficult year for many, particularly those facing the effects of the economic downturn. i am sure we have all been affected by events in afghanistan and saddened by casualties suffered by our forces serving there. [bell ringing] >> our thoughts go out to their friends and family who have shown dignity in the face of great loss. ♪ but we can be proud of the positive contribution that our servicemen and women are making in conjunction with our allies. well over 13,000 soldiers from the united kingdom and across the commonwealth, canada, australia and singapore are currently serving in afghanistan, the debt of gratitude owed to these young men and women and t

. >> now queen elizabeth's annual christmas message. the queen talks about the war in afghanistan, where 106 british soldiers were killed this year. she talks about the commonwealth group recently celebrating its 60th anniversary. ♪ ["god save the queen" plays] ♪ >> each year that passes seems to have a tone character. 2009 was a difficult year for many, in particularly those facing the difficult affects of the economic downturn. i am sure we have all been affected by defense in afghanistan and saddened by the casualties -- by events in afghanistan and saddened by the casualties suffered by our forces serving there. our thoughts go out to the relations and friends who are shown immense dignity in the face of great personal loss. ♪ we can be proud of the positive contributions our service men are making along with our allies. there were 13,000 soldiers in england and across the commonwealth serving in afghanistan. the depth of gratitude owed to these young men and women and their predecessors is indeed profound. is it 60 years since the

in 2008, elizabeth kingsley, acorn's own lawyer, prepared an internal report later leaked outlining their interlocking directorate. its lack of documentation about transfers of money between acorn and its many affiliate's, the possible use of tax- deductible, charitable donations for political purposes, and the conflicts of interest acorn interest employees who have dual roles in the tax-exempt entities and the other affiliate's that engage in political activities. acorn even fired some of its own members on the border trusties after they started seeking information on that flow of money and the internal operations of the organization. acorn is a tangled mess where a small group controls the dozens of shell companies that routinely, and possibly illegal transfer of millions of dollars. that is the classic pattern used by criminals to launder money and control their operations. former arkansas acorn chaired dorothy perkins says that acorn was "run right -- run like a jim jones cult, where all the money ended up under the control of the founder and longtime head of the organization." then w

learn more at c-span.org. >> queen elizabeth's annual christmas message. she talks about the war in afghanistan where 106 british soldiers were killed this year. she also talks about the commonwealth group of countries that celebrated the 60th anniversary. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> each year that passes seems to have its own character. some leave us with a feeling of satisfaction, others are best forgotten. 2009 was a difficult year for many, particularly those facing the effects of the economic downturn. i am sure we have all been affected by events in afghanistan and saddened by casualties suffered by our forces serving there. [bell ringing] >> our thoughts go out to their friends and family who have shown dignity in the face of great loss. ♪ but we can be proud of the positive contribution that our servicemen and women are making in conjunction with our allies. well over 13,000 soldiers from the united kingdom and across the commonwealth, canada, australia and singapore are currently serving in afghanistan, the debt of gratitude owed to these young men and women and t

>> elizabeth, new jersey. >> can you give us an idea of what the event was? >> i would rather not. >> children's author, judy blume, thank you for being on tv. >> thank you so much. it was fun. >> anthony pitch author of seven books including-- his new book out called they have killed papa dead, the road to force the arab abraham lincoln's murder and the rage for vengeance. >> i spent nine years researching and writing. i have tons of neira permission. the biggest thing i found was lincoln was going from the old senate chamber in the capital have been witness the inauguration of his vice president, went to the rotunda. and man burst through the crowd a few feet behind him and the commissioner of public buildings seized him. the man insisted on his right to be there and the man seized the men said maybe he is a new congressman i don't know and he released them. lincoln was inaugurated, and aware of this. this man you see is a relative, i found the letter and it said that was the face of the man i restraint. it was john wilkes-booth. >> if you could find that p

host: steve forbes, whose new book is "how capitalism will save us," written with elizabeth ames.t on the bookshelves now, steve forbes? guest: it is, and also you can get it onlnle from . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] at a hearing on this subject. and i hadn't prepared, perhaps, over dramatically about a five-minute presentation about what violence and promise cute -- promiscuity that people could look at. i was absolutely shot down mostly by members of my own side of the committee because of the first amendment. i mean, there was an automatic mind-set because the first amendment exists you can't be talking about this so don't waste my time. i was furious and i was undeterred but it makes me so glad this you take off a few days of your vacation because we're going to need you to help us work this fine line, if, in fact, we're going to do it, which i would like very much and i would close in thanking all of you. i think these kindors hearings, are there 50 million people watching? i don't really car

and i want to say with apologies to elizabeth browning and her sonnet number 43, how many ways can we count the promises that have been broken? many, many ways. too many ways to talk about today. but let me give some examples. one from majority leader hoyer. i think it's a very important pursuit. our committees and members are served on both sides of the aisle by pursuing regular order. regular order gives to everybody the opportunity to participate in the process in a fashion which will affect, in my opinion, the most consensus and best product. again from senator -- a letter to majority leader hoyer from members of the democrat blue dog and new democratic caucuses which said committees must function thoroughly and inclusively and cooperation must ensue between the parties and the houses to ensure that our legislative tactics enable rather than impede progress. in general, we must engender an atmosphere that allows partisan games to cease and collaboration to succeed. we look forward to working with you to restore this institution. and what are we getting? just the opposite. even spe

in 2008, elizabeth kingsley, acorn@@ the lack of documentation about the transfer of money between acorn and the many affiliate's, and the tax deductible, charitable donations, for political purposes, and the conflict of interest between acorn employees with roles in the tax-exempt entities and political activity. they inspired some of the members after they began to look for inspiration, in the internal operations of the organization. acorn is a mess where a small group contains all of the shell companies with a transfer millions of dollars. that is a classic pattern that is used by criminals to launder money and control their operations. the former leader of the arkansans acorn office said that this was run like the cult of jim jones. jim jones cult, where all the money ended up under the control of the founder and longtime head of the organization." then we get to the undercover videos. they show five separate acorn offices providing assistance and advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and her pants on how operate an illegal business, commit tax and mortgage fraud, and money-laund

elizabeth, independent caller.as far as being more hard up when you are graduating, i have to say i majored in unemployment many times over the years and now i'm a mother with two daughters who are schooled online. they will graduate two years early at least. host: from high school? caller: they go to school. they have an online school, no black and mortar. host: what is the plan for college? caller: one of the things i wanted to bring up is the fact that one of the things i think would help people get a better idea of of the kind of -- i am sorry, the kind of political system we truly have and be educated more about the united states and what kind of jobs you should do would be to reinvent programs like this the and programs that would be available for high school or even college graduates to give them real world experience in places where they are needed. as volunteers or for credits against their student loans or credits against future education. but so many high school kids come out and don't really understand

elizabeth of the east end wrote, i'm behind health care reform 100%. i am worried about our young children and how they can afford it. i have a child who had cancer. i told her she needs to have a job that provides health insurance when she graduates. insurance companies needs to provide those who need it most, not just the ones who are healthy. greg of louisville wrote, today i received my annual premium increase. my new premium has increased 32%. this is followed 18% to 25% increases in the last three years. andrea wrote, please vote for the health care bill. i am a heart attack survivor and i'm praying that i can stay with my company to keep my insurance. i will never be able to leave this company now that i have a pre-existing condition. sandra of prospect wrote, i am totally behind president obama's health care reform. i have insurance now, but was not allowed to have it for four years due to a pre-existing condition. i lived in utter terror the entire time fearing i would lose my house if i became sick. phyllis of the highlands wrote, i think we

recently, elizabeth warren, one of the oversight regulator, stated in testimony that she has no idea where the tarp money. is this bill would change this this would put safe gards in to ensure that proprietary information about financial services companies is not disclosed and this bill does not put any additional burden on industry. it merely puts in a usable form information that is already required by regulators. there is broad support for this bill from close to 40 groups, from across the political field, including the center for democracy and technology, the u.s. chamber of commerce, the naacp, and the heritage foundation. and i ask permission to place in the record the list of supporters from -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. maloney: as we have seen since this time last year, the lack of transparency in terms of how tarp funds are being spent make this is bill necessary. the american people, members of congress, regulators are demanding transparency. it's time we gave it to them. they are entitled to it. i would like to thank members on the other side of the

in 2008, elizabeth kingsley, acorn's own lawyer, prepared an internal report later leaked outlining theiring directorate. its lack of documentation about transfers of money between acorn and its many affiliate's, the possible use of tax- deductible, charitable donations for political purposes, and the conflicts of interest acorn interest employees who have dual roles in the tax-exempt entities and the other affiliate's that engage in political activities. acorn even fired some of its own members on the border trusties after they started seeking information on that flow of money and the internal operations of the organization. acorn is a tangled mess where a small group controls the dozens of shell companies that routinely, and possibly illegal transfer of millions of dollars. that is the classic pattern used by criminals to launder money and control their operations. former arkansas acorn chaired dorothy perkins says that acorn was "run right -- run like a jim jones cult, where all the money ended up under the control of the founder and longtime head of the organization." then we get to t

host: steve forbes, whose new book is "how capitalism will save us," written with elizabeth ames.e bookshelves now, steve forbes? guest: it is, and also you can get it online from amazon, barnes & noble, but it is at your bookstore so. if you do some shopping, give a gift or give a gift to yourself. host: thanks for joining us this morning. we appreciate that. guest: thank you. host: in just a moment, we'll talk with bruce freed. we'll talk about corporate accountability, corporate political spending. he's next, and will join us for an half-hour. first an update on the news from c-span radio. >> it's 8:31 a.m. eastern time. president obama delivers remarks from the diplomatic reception room at the white house today on making government more efficient and effective. later the president meets with senior advisors in the oval office. remarks today from iran's nuclear negotiate for, said jal i willee, who's a visit to japan, he's calling for the disarmament of all nations with atomic weapons, but said all countries have the trite develop nuclear energy. mr. jal ali unlesses his countr

and on the majority side, it would be stacy, the chief copyright counsel, and elizabeth kendall, counsel as well. i thank chairman conyers, again, for his cooperative efforts in getting this bill to the house floor today. and i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from florida, mr. stearns, the senior member of the commerce committee, be able to control the remainder of the time. and with that i'll reserve the balance of the time and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. conyers: madam speaker, may i pursuant to our agreement yield 10 minutes to the distinguished chairman of his committee on energy and commerce, mr. rick boucher, and i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record at this point a more detailed description of the changes that have been made in the bill since it was reported? and i yield with pleasure to chairman boucher. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. boucher: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman from michigan for yielding the customary 10 minutes to the energy and commerce committee. at this time i'd like to yield for such tim

host: steve forbes, whose new book is "how capitalism will save us," written with elizabeth ames. it on the bookshelves now, steve forbes? guest: it is, and also you can get it onlnle from >> tomorrow morning, we will discuss a report on paying for the war in afghanistan with lawrencrom the center for american progress. also, the lettuce on the senate health care debate with two centaurs. following that, a discussion on the future of conservatism with james gilmore, the president of the free congress foundation. and later, the hope now alliance on home foreclosures. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. this month, the senate has continued work on a health-care bill. here is how you can follow the debate. watch it live, gavel-to-gavel, uninterrupted and commercial free, only on c-span2. here the highlights on c-span radio. and go to our health care hub on line 3 complete video archives, including the debate on the bill and the amendments, briefings from the leadership and other key senate doors, and the latest from reporters and editors. and

elizabeth warren, appointed to lead the panel that oversees the use of tarp funds, responded to the secretary saying, quote, it's not news to anyone that small business lending is important. small businesses are closing every day. but treasury has announced three plans and has not gotten the job done, closed quote. the president has said we need to spend our way out of this recession. the majority also tried that in passing the $787 billion stimulus. it has not worked. now, they want to spend more tarp money. haven't we learned that if we want to create jobs and grow our economy we must support the private sector and invest federal dollars sparingly and wisely? unfortunately, this bill not only fails to end the tarp now that the emergency and the financial markets has abated, it also turns tarp into a revolving slosh fund to pay for the majority's political, economic and social agenda. you know, failing to honor the original intent of tarp and repay the taxpayers is an irresponsible breach of trust that we are committed to stopping. the americans are struggling under the weight of high unempl

of the most important of these is the consumer finance protection agency, envisioned by professor elizabeth warren, who democrats appointed to head the oversight committee over all of these bailout funds. professor warren is independent, she's a visionary and expert in this area. working with our colleagues, including representatives delahunt and other, we have worked to correct the things that caused this crisis. there's an old line in a song, the cops are against the robbers, but the robbers are against the cops. we need to create a new squad of financial cops to protect taxpayers from others' greed. it is time we enacted the meaningful protections for american consumers that are embodied in this legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i'd like to yield to the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: i rise in strong opposition to this rule. it has been fascinating to listen to the debate here and a lot of hyperbole as come forward. we've heard tim

another letter i got was from elizabeth parsons. she teaches music and volunteers after school at a dance and drama theater in town. she is 60 years old and wants to retire at the end of the school year. but, as she wrote me last thursday, "unfortunately that plan has been postponed indefinitely for one reason: i can't afford to retire because of the skyrocketing increases in my health insurance." ms. parsons has done a lot for her community. and now her country's leaders should do something for her. we should be sure that her retirement doesn't hinge on how much money it is for her. a man named walt wrote me to tell me about his wife, she had a heart attack three decembers ago and health insurance companies are using that as an excuse to charge $2,000 a month for coverage, $25,000 a year. they call it a preexisting condition, a prior heart attack. she's not old enough for medicare, but walt is, he's 68. he had to go back to work so she could be put on his group health insurance. now walt is asking us to make sure that no one's heal

this is where they would have hosted dinner with princess elizabeth, with churchill and count l others>> sometimes i would have dinner alone. i'd walk into the dining room. one of the butlers was one of my servants, too. he would pull out my chair, push me up to the table, bring me a fruit cup. takes away the empty cup. fields brings me a plate. barnett brings me a tenderloin. fields brings me asparagus, barnett brings me carrots and beets. i have to eat alone and in silence in a candle-lit room. ♪ >> this is another very special room to blair house history. this is truman's office. the portrait of truman we have is by creda kempton, who also painted the official white house portrait of the president, and she copied her official work specifically for blair house during the reagan renovation of the 1980's. the mantel in this room was a part of the white house. that was installed in the white house during the 1901 renovation. during the truman renovation, it was brought to blair house so harry truman would have a visual of the white house during the years that he didn't get to live there

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host: steve forbes, whose new book is "how capitalism will save us," written with elizabeth ames. it on the bookshelves now, steve forbes? guest: it is, and also you can get it onlnle from >> early this morning, a democratic changes to the senate health care bill passed the procedural vote, a 60-40, and debate continues today. more procedural votes expected to bar about 7:15 in the morning and wednesday at 1:00 in the afternoon, while bachus currently scheduled -- final passage of the crow is scheduled for christmas eve. key democratic senators are holding a news conference on the bill today. majority leader harry reid, max baucus, chris dodd, and tom harkin all expected to be there. we will have that for you live on c-span. why now, a conversation about corporate spending on political activities. the system today's "washington journal." -- this is from today's "washington journal." for political accountability, here to talk about his efforts to get corporations to release and unveil their political spending. why is it important to know about how a corporate entity, a corporation

i do not frequently agree with elizabeth warren, but she wrote an article entitled "america without a middle class." her language for its forceful although i disagree with your conclusions at the end -- her language was forceful even though i disagree with her conclusions at the end. banking triggered the financial crisis, the banks went to washington for a handout and all the while top executives kept their jobs and retained their bonuses, even though the tax dollars that supported the pailout came largely from the middle class, from people already working hard to make ends meet. the benefic yaefrs those tax dollars are now lobbying congress to preserve the rules that let those huge banks feast off the middle class. she was also right when she said, continuing to quote, pundits talk about populist rage as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class, but they have it wrong. families understand with crystal clarity that the rules they have played by are not the same rules that govern wall street. close quote. so when we focus on unemployment rate or maybe w

elizabeth warren, appointed to lead the panel that oversees the use of tarp funds, responded to the secretary saying, quote, it's not news to anyone that small business lending is important. small businesses are closing every day. but treasury has announced three plans and has not gotten the job done, closed quote. the president has said we need to spend our way out of this recession. the majority also tried that in passing the $787 billion stimulus. it has not worked. now, they want to spend more tarp money. haven't we learned that if we want to create jobs and grow our economy we must support the private sector and invest federal dollars sparingly and wisely? unfortunately, this bill not only fails to end the tarp now that the emergency and the financial markets has abated, it also turns tarp into a revolving slosh fund to pay for the majority's political, economic and social agenda. you know, failing to honor the original intent of tarp and repay the taxpayers is an irresponsible breach of trust that we are committed to stopping. the americans are struggling under the weight of high unempl

elizabeth, independent caller.aller: as far as being more hard up when you are graduating, i have to say i majored in unemployment many times over the years and now i'm a mother with two daughters who are schooled online. they will graduate two years early at least. host: from high school? caller: they go to school. they have an online school, no black and mortar. host: what is the plan for college? caller: one of the things i wanted to bring up is the fact that one of the things i think would help people get a better idea of of the kind of -- i am sorry, the kind of political system we truly have and be educated more about the united states and what kind of jobs you should do would be to reinvent programs like this the and programs that would be available for high school or even college graduates to give them real world experience in places where they are needed. as volunteers or for credits against their student loans or credits against future education. but so many high school kids come out and don't really unde

host: from the reporting of elizabeth williamson in "the wall street journal," she points out that the mack truck in allentown, pennsylvania, a shutdown in 2008. the will be a 100-worker branch of the lehigh valley health network, the largest employer in allentown. what was what bethlehem steel is now up million dollars casino. -- now a 30-million-dollar casino. and fewer than 13 employees make up 13,000 -- fewer than 50 employees make up nearly 13,000 of the valley's 14,000 employers. guest: paying social security for a least one worker have under 20 employees in the u.s. did small business is important to job growth and job creation. we employ half the private sector employees in the u.s. and reproduce have the private gdp, a small firms to -- and we produce half of the private gdp, a small firms do. what is nice to see is that -- this is what the system does. bankruptcy is that from a personal point of view, but the whole idea -- if the resources you have are not making money, meaning doing something that people value, then you have to replace those assets -- reprice those assets an