congratulations very much, ellen. congratulations very much, ellen.

[applause] >> thank you ellen. eight is good to be here >> thank you. it is good to be here this evening. there are many friends. ong, so i will have to make it up here as i go along. but, it is a pleasure to be here with all of you who have been friends of longstanding and come together as a group to support u.s. intelligence. let me start by thanking for the truly and press the devitt alliance of movers and shakers in the intelligence and national security communities. there's certainly no form quite like it, government come industry, academia to share this commitment to meeting the challenges of our times. it was an honor for me to be seated with some of the founders of this organization at the table here earlier this evening. so i would like to talk about three subject tonight. first, i will update you on some of the areas of concern we are following closer and the intelligence community. i will ellen tell you a little bit about the trip that i was on in pakistan and afghanistan, and then i will finish by talking about the priorities for the intelli

. >> ellen johnson sirleaf, president of liberia is interviewed about her memoir, "the child will be great." this event hosted at the ronald reagan building in washington d.c. is 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, without any further ado, the iron lady of liberia, madam ellen johnson sirleaf, president of the republic of liberia. [applause]d her racket on her h. 0-2 up to this point. safina now down 2-3. she had seven double faults. looks at her coach for support. he says come on. later in the game kuznetsova would break points. safina continues to look at her coach in the stands. she was broken five times and says to the coach. why am i such a chicken? her coach could only shake his head. you're not supposed to have communication during a match. she was trying. safina hitting the lob attempt long showing her frustration on the court. now safina down championship points. second serve and she double faults off the net court and wide. not the way kuznetsova wanted to win. her subdued reaction she explained later while safina was in tears later after the match. >> i could not react. i

is 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, without any further ado, the iron lady of liberia, madam ellen johnson sirleaf, president of the republic of liberia. [applause] [applause]. >> [no audio]. >> can afternoon hear me okay? all right. no? i'll have to speak a little louder then. is that all right? okay. all right, you are welcome, welcome to washington, d.c. [applause]. >> thank you. >> all right. all right. you look beautiful. >> thank you. >> all right. so, you know, we were chatting a little bit in back and i asked if it was all right with you if we could just girl chat. i mean, we have seen a lot of your -- [laughter] when i say girl chats i mean, get to know a little bit more about the president herself. after all, this is her memoir, right? so, it does give us just -- we want to get a little bit more in sight about you, the person. is that okay with you? >> fine, but you know, don't carry that too far. >> okay. [laughter]. >> i will not. i promise. i promise. so, i know people are laughing at me now. if you want to... start me straight. from the beginning, you were a baby, lyi

. >> ladies and gentlemen, her excellency, madame ellen johnson sirleaf. [applause]. >> we have a small presentation for you. we would like to thank you, for joining us, this is divine kim -- the president of the oracle group and worked diligently to host you here today and we are so happy to have you here, and everyone here welcomes you, we thank you, and we look forward to many more years of your greatness! >> thank you. [applause] >> ellen-on son sirleaf who payment bt president of liberia, was an executive with citibank and was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by george w. bush. the oracle group organized the discussion for their weakly interview program, in the cafe with mocha. for more information visit theoraclegroup.net and click on the "show" tab. >> deborah gordon in 2009, how many cars or on the road in the worlded . >> there are just over a billion cars on the world's roads, the not just cars, motor vehicles, cars, trucks, buses, lots of scooters and two wheel,in asia, and on the road today. >> how many in the u.s. >> in the u.s., abou

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i thought about ellen and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in sharing -- in sharing this organization. and of course, my immediate predecessor, my friend, the great governor. for we have all been a part of something very special. mainly because of the courage and determination and tenacity of a fellow black men who is now a fellow again that you will see later, and our friend al from. tonight's dinner is special, not only for those of us in this room. what al did more for our party and the body of politics, and the most to get for our party -- the more he did for the larger body of politics, he helped make our party, or at least a huge wing of it, not only believes in the future, the shapers and chasers of the future. it is his blueprint, and in some new ways, the blueprints that he started that he leaves for bruce and the rest of us to take to new levels and new heights. it has made it possible for some many democrats across the south and the midwest, the south least, the northwest

my first pleasant duty is to warmly thank, on behalf of assault, ellen williams for the magnificent and do shubert way in which she has conducted this election. it has been a very long day and those of you expecting a customarily a lengthy diatribe will be sorely and disappointed. i should like to thank and pay a heartfelt tribute to a to all of the candidates who stood in this election. [applause] it has been a constructive debate that we have enjoyed over the last few weeks. i confess that i have the highest regard for all the other candidates. each brought something to the occasion. each had a contribution to make. i can honestly say that each made that contribution in the most sincere and constructive fashion. to the great and continuing benefit of this house. colleagues, you will understand that my thoughts at this time our ball with my family my wife, sally, our three very young children, oliver, freddie, not to mention the youngest. not to mention my beloved mother who has been interested in the proceedings. colleagues, you have bestowed upon me the greatest honor that i have enj

thank you, ellen tauscher, for being such a great chairwoman and presider over the house of representatives. the speaker: madam speaker, i also wish to acknowledge the leadership of our chairman who so ably brought this important legislation, this historic and transformational legislation to the floor. chairman waxman of the energy and commerce committee, chairman markey of the energy security and climate change committee. congressman rangel, chairman rangel of the ways and means committee. and chairman peterson of the agriculture committee. we thank them for their leadership and for giving us this opportunity today. madam speaker, no matter how long this congress wants to talk about it, we cannot hold back the future. and so in order to move on with the future, i want to yield back my time, submit my statement for the record, urge my colleagues -- urge my colleagues to vote for this important legislation. when you do, just remember these four words for what this legislation means -- jobs, environment and energy daily is joining us on the phone. that vote was close. guest: they were working

school students, and i have said this, if i have one frustration is that they do not do enough of what ellen cross growth talked-about, taking risks. i think of it as being open to chance, been open to serendipity. when i look at my life, people say, you have had this great career. how did it happen? the truth is, nothing in it was planned. there was no step where i said, oh, that is what i will do in x number of years. if i have one challenge that has gotten this far, as well as all look -- all the luck, is just being opened to things happening. to not planning so much, taking advantage of what comes, to looking for new and exciting and different opportunities. and that is what i hope all of you will do, as well. not just to follow the tried and true path, but to look outside of it and be open to all kinds of new and exciting and interesting things back. i will give you two more pieces of advice. here are my two other pieces of advice. the first echo's david kessler. the thing about coming last after all of these people, especially at a ceremony where everybody says the same things but says

wind down dealers by state, pennsylvania, 90, ohio, 79, ellen malae, 66, wisconsin, 50, michigan, 58, indiana, 48, iowa, 46. and after your description of why these foreign auto makers are not playing in this part of the country i find it very difficult to believe that you will perpetuate your brand loyalty in light of these deals are pleasures in my state and representative stupak and congressman dingell and congressman sutton. i see the evaporation because of this practice and i wonder whether it is part of your you have given consideration to that. mr. henderson? >> first of all, i'm able for the unborn in the state of michigan. second of all, when we are done general motors will still have what we believe will be the largest distribution system for the small towns in the u.s.. approximately 1500 of the 3600 will be located, sir. >> actually, through the new dealer network with increased the share of dealers in the rural markets and reduced the share of dealers in the metro markets. we do realize the importance. the difficulty is from the volume guinn from 2 million to 50,000 we do

i thought about ellen tauscher and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, the great then governor and senator now and my immediate prepared ses -- predecessor. for we have all been a part of something very special because largely if not mainly because of the courage, determination and tenacity of a little fellow back then who is now a little fellow again whom you will see later in al from. tonight's dinner is special not only for those of us in this room but for politicians and those who have benefited from new policies all across this country and i daresay the world. what al did more for our party and more for the body politic and what more he did for the larger body politic, he helped make a huge wing of our party not only believers in the future but shapers and no longer chasers of the future activi. it is his blueprint that he started and leaves for bruce and the rest of us to take to new levels and new heights which has made it possible for so many democrats acr

stupak, for holding the hearing and thank you very much for inviting one of my constituent dealers, ellen spitzer to testify here today. mr. spitzer is losing seven of his dealerships. in addition there are two other chrysler dealerships in my district that are being eliminated. across ohio 47 chrysler dealerships are being eliminated in the ohio auto dealers association estimates and 130 gm dealerships may be cut. the impacts of these decisions on families and local economies will be substantial. and we heard from the distinguished gentleman from pennsylvania and i associate myself with his remarks. on average 43 people work at a dealership in ohio where the average pay is $44,000 a year. with these closings, millions of dollars of income will disappear with the jobs and those jobs are lost on top of the 2,000 auto manufacturing jobs that will be eliminated by the closing of the chrysler twinsburg plant, the gm mansfield metal center plant and gm's power train unit in parma. these dealers and their employees, they're not merely statistics. they have families. they have mortgages. and dar

i would be happy to share anything ellen. >> one last question. i know we have votes coming on. i am just certain that in many of these cases where these contracts are not bid out or their sole source contracts that members of your association and community are upset because they would like to bid on these contracts. do you sometimes ask for these, or can you review the material and what form to you have to go to the agency and say, why wasn't this bid out? i am sure those types of situations come up. what kind of remedy to you have to make sure that the agencies abide by their own rules in terms of contract thing things out? forbidding things of? >> that is a very important question and in fact, we hear a lot, where there is a lack of competition, our members tell us about that because as you said they do welcome the opportunity to compete for work and to compete aggressively. that would much prefer to have sole source work but they understand the importance of competition and the importance of a predictable procurement process. so, when those issues are raised, it is not raise

ellen seigel friends of cancer research. first i want to thank you for all your work on comparative effectiveness. it's been really appreciated. question, a senate bill on the funding had clinical effectiveness. it was taken out of the house side. perhaps you can address that or address the importance of clinical effectiveness and some of the nuances? >> yeah. the real issue here, and it was a big battle, frankly, in the stimulus bill is it rationing or is it not rationing in political terms. and that came down to the cost benefit analysis will not be included in a clinical effectiveness research. and some members of the congress especially in the senate also in the house were fearful that would be used to ration the cost benefit analysis. and i made it very clear, no, this is clinical effectiveness. clinically does this procedure, does this drug, you know, medical device -- is it better than the other or not? i'm fond of explaining how fda now refs a drug application looks only to see whether it's safe and did it work. and

yes up in front, ellen. the mike is coming. >> thank-you. friends of cancer research. i want to thank you for your work on comparative effectiveness research, it has been appreciated. the senate bell, the funding have clinical effectiveness, and was taken out of the house and perhaps you can address that or address the importance of clinical effectiveness and some of the nuances. >> the real issue and it was a big battle frankly in the stimulus bill is that rationing or not rationing in political terms and that came down to a cost analysis will not be included in the clinical effectiveness research. some members of the congress especially in the senate and also in the house where ferrell the dow be used to ration the cost and analysis and i made it clear that no this is a clinical attractiveness. clinically this procedure and is this a job and is in this medical device, is a better than the other or not? i am fond of this planning how fda reviews a drug application, it looks only to see whether it is safe and doesn't work and compares it with a placebo, not against any

as ellen mentioned i just returned from a trip to pakistan and afghanistan so let me report on some of the developments that are going on there. in pakistan, the primary security event is this offensive in the swat valley that is being pursued by the pakistan army. we have seen these operations in recent years, but i think there is some interesting and important changes to what is going on this year. in the first place, for the first time, the pakistan army operations in that part of the world have support of the government and of the public. there was a parliamentary solution, which occurs. defences takes place. there been statements of support by the government, and more public support and this is really different from the past when the army went up and there was little backing from the public come a little backing from the government. as we all know who served in the armed forces, when you are up there making sacrifices and nobody back, seems to be caring or supporting you, it is not something that you push hard. it is not something that maintains that intensity. another difference

signed, sincerely, ellen taucher, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces to the house that in light of the resignation of the gentlewoman from california, mrs. tauscher, the whole number of the house is 433. mr. miller of california. mr. jones of north carolina. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. request unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boccieri: thank you, mr. speaker. there are difference makers among us. there are difference makers among us. i rise today to honor a man who committed his life to public service and put his life on the line working to save people in our community. just a few short weeks ago james martin hall, city of canton, ohio, firefighter captain of 15 years sacrificed and died in the line of duty after suffering a fatal heart attack just hours after serving a volunteer fire shift at the greentown volunteer fire departm

>> we have a very concentrated outreach effort, about 250 people of our ellen in the field going to churches, shopping malls everywhere they can to reach out to people to tell them the messages, it's time to act and also to help them to know what to do to act. >> all the public service announcements from the cable companies have said if you have cable or if you have fios or satellite tv or okay. is that 100% guarantee? >> yes, there are some people that have received satellite, 20% receive their local stations over the air and if you are one of those and get your local stations over an antenna you need to prepare because those stations over the air will not be analog anymore. but the great bulk of the satellite people have nothing to do and that is also true of cable. >> we have facts and figures from the national communications agency and we want to have to explain a little bit. so far, 32 million approved households have received or have transitioned. what does that mean, approved households? >> it means they have applied for a coupon to the commerce department and that application has bee

i think it is, on the battle of the computers here between ellen and louisianan but i am very impressed with what several of the universities have done on the heels of katrina and rita and using technology that was their cash building strategic partners so let's explore the opportunity because there may be real expertise out there, mr. fugate, i know what the endeavor city of lafayette because i have seen it. perhaps senator burris has a suggestion as well. i would like to get my line of questioning if i could. i wanted to ask the first mr. fugate what are your top three priorities? i know that you have many but if you could for this committee because we would like to work with you we are going to work with you, but push to get the very best systems we can so what are your top three priorities as you are stepping into an agency that has been at the front-line in many ways these last few years how do you see your top three priorities? and uncertain that you have discussed this with the secretary and highest levels of this administration so would you outline that for us now? >> yes, ma'am