emerson: thank you, mr. chairman. madam speaker, when i took hold of the gavel of the subcommittee on financial services and general government, i took to heart the responsibility to reduce federal spending on behalf of future generations of americans. the financial services section of this act provides a total of $22 billion. $2.4 billion or 10% reduction from fiscal year 2010 levels and reduction of 3.4 billion or 14% from the preeze's fiscal year 2011 request. deciding how to apply these deductions was challenging. our propensity to spend now and repay with interest has saddled our children and grandchildren with $14 billion of debt. as such the money in this act is directed at high priority programs such as court security, counterterrorism, drug cold task forces and small business assistance. funding for new construction by the general services administration is dramatically reduced to gain control over management and operation of the federal building inventory. other programs are selectively reduced including pro

emerson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized. mrs. emerson: i rise in support of this resolution and really want to express, i believe, the opinion of all of us that we do not want the federal government to shut down because doing so means abrogating our responsibility. our responsibility to serve the american people from both the legislative and executive bramblings. we've -- branches. we've all talked about how it means the men and women in uniform will face the uncertainty of serving without pay. your phones must be ringing like mine are because we are hearing from so many military families we represent, they're facing uncertainty on top of uncertainty, posted overseas or with a family member away on active duty, in harm's way, they're trying to keep their households intact. and the president would veto such a piece of legislation? and so, this measure achieves two important goals. it assure ours military operations and the pay of our military and the pay of our military members are not interrupted and provides us another week to c

emerson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized. mrs. emerson: i rise in support of this resolution and really want to express, i believe, the opinion of all of us that we do not want the federal goverent to shut down becausdoing so means abrogating our responsibility. our responsibility to serve the american people from both the legislative and executive bramblings. we've -- branches. we've all talked about how it means the men and women in uniform will face the uncertainty of serving without pay. your phones must be ringing like mine are because we are hearing from so many military families we represent, they're facing uncertainty on top of uncertainty, posted overseas or with a family member away on active duty, in harm's way, they're trying to keep their households intact. and the president would veto such a piece of legislation? and so, this measure achieves two important goals. it assure ours military operations and the pay of our military and the pay of our military members are not interrupted and provides us another week to conti

emerson: thank you, mr. chairman. madam speaker, when i took hold of the gavel of the subcommittee on financial services and general government, i took to heart the responsibility to reduce federal spending on behalf of future generations of americans. the financial services section of this act provides a total of $22 billion. $2.4 billion or 10% reduction from fiscal year 2010 levels and reduction of 3.4 billion or 14% from the preeze's fiscal year 2011 request. deciding how to apply these deductions was challenging. our propensity to spend now and repay with interest has saddled our children and grandchildren with $14 billion of debt. as such the money in this act is directed at high priority programs such as court security, counterterrorism, drug cold task forces and small business assistance. funding for new construction by the general services administration is dramatically reduced to gain control over management and operation of the federal building inventory. other programs are selectively reduced including pro

emerson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized. mrs. emerson: i rise in support of this resolution and really want to express, i believe, the opinion of all of us that we do not want the federal government to shut down because doing so means abrogating our responsibility. our responsibility to serve the american people from both the legislative and executive bramblings. we've -- branches. we've all talked about how it means the men and women in uniform will face the uncertainty of serving without pay. your phones must be ringing like mine are because we are hearing from so many military families we represent, they're facing uncertainty on top of uncertainty, posted overseas or with a family member away on active duty, in harm's way, they're trying to keep their households intact. and the president would veto such a piece of legislation? and so, this measure achieves two important goals. it assure ours military operations and the pay of our military and the pay of our military members are not interrupted and provides us another week to c

statements for the libertarians, antigovernment statements are from people like thomas paine and emerson and so forth. government that governs best i believe is payne. >> thurou. okay. >> it's correct in the book. we need to find the successful presidents have done, find an ideology. it leads to the significant criticism of this president. he has fore gone the belief system. this week those of you who watch a lot of c-span or in this case hbo have had the opportunity to see john kennedy's address, as well as the number of the press conferences that he gave. i wrote a book in significant measure by kennedy. i like john kennedy. but there are a lot of problems with the things he did there. a lot of very significant problems. one wonderful thing about john kennedy was the rhetoric, and the inspiration track move them and put their lives in the direction of the arch of justice. barack obama did a wonderful job of that during the campaign and stopped on day one of the presidency, and got involved in the legislative debates over, you know, which rule was going to be included in which draft of

well, ralph waldo emerson continues the moment but says -- well, they get the inside them. the tea party people, they won't want to give up social security. they don't want to give up medicaid and all the leaders from the tea party were receiving aid from the government. all these pieces fell away except for the fact they are upset by a black president. it shows you how -- can i use the term "perverted" racism is. this guy saved us from a depression. some agree that where it was heading to a full scale depression so he still gets it anmissity. there's criticisms of him but i got to hand it to the guy that he's able to maintain his cool in light of -- in light of such animosity. i wrote a piece in the "new york times" about why white progressives annoy me. i think what they want chee rivera. that's their aim. they want a government like they have in cuba, a racist society down there. but they want him to be reich roosevelt to start screaming and yelling. truman, truman. that was the gun. a good guy named tom hartman. i was on his show. he's very smart. he said, you know, it

.. >> host: ishmael reed, this email came from william emerson.who are some other black intellectuals that you admire today and why? >> guest: well, there are a lot of them but they just don't get their books published and they don't get the kind of coverage that others get. like hakim abuti whose book -- about his growing up and his mom -- his mother. i would rate that rate next to the autobiography of the others. there's a lot of african-american intellectuals who are too hard-hitting, their comments are too tart for anybody to publish. they don't make people comfortable. justin duman, kofi natabo. there's people like michael young who's -- michael young is a young writer in palto alto who writes for french vogue, the french edition of "vogue" magazine. he's not very well known in this country yet. and there are a lot of good women writers that read like jill nelson. i read her books. i read anything that she writes. she wrote, "let's get it on" and she's a fantastic -- she's one of these writers who use her imagination. she has a great sense of

i went to emerson college. that is a mass-media college. peter, think you're the best announcer i have really listens to -- i think you are the best announcer i have really listened to in a lot of years. i recommend any student going into mass media to watch and listen to you. they will be better for doing it. host: you're very kind. thank you, sir. the next call is from james in lexington, alabama. do you think social security will be there when you come of age? caller: hopefully. i hope since i pay in every day it will be there when i turned 65. -- turn 65. i am not sure. host: what you think about reforming entitlements to cut the deficit? caller: it is a great idea. it needs to be done. there are certain things that need to be left alone. our military does great things. i have been enrolled in the military. i do not think the cuts should go to the military. we need to focus more on congress. we can look at what they make compared to what our military people make. it is not even a comparison. they're making cuts in the wrong places. in t

. >> chairwoman emerson -- are we on? i assume it's on. members of the committee, it's a privilege to appear before you with my colleague justice breyer. the chief justice and all of my colleagues send greetings to you. we have lunch together tomorrow and they will be pleased to hear that you send them warm regard. you mentioned the independence of the judiciary. we talked often a separation of powers and checks and balances of interchangeable terms. we use them, they have a different thrust. separation of power means each branch of the government has powers that are its own. he a power of the purse, the judicial power, the president, and so forth checks and balances presumes that the branch is can't be completely separate. we have to interact at some point. and one is when we present to you our budget. our budget request. and it is the time at which you can inquire about our operations to make sure that there are efficient. the court by tradition are cautious, prudent, and it's always been our tradition to be extremely careful in the budg

what it could be and wop of the suggestions was that it could go to another college, and it wasn't emersonollege. [laughter] and the senator said he wanted it at umass boston, and he was clear about that. he understood how important it would be for himself, for the people at umass boston. we have a great university system in massachusetts, and the man who was led it for the last several years has been a member of our board, a sit leader in massachusetts, and a dear friend of the kennedy institute, chad wilson. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much, peter. this really is a wonderful day for the university, and it's a wonderful day for our commonwealth and for the nation, for everyone who cares about public service, this is a wonderful day, and it was why the red sox were waiting to kick off their season until this could happen. we know that. [laughter] the university of massachusetts has been an inthews yays tick partner in the effort because we believe this institute for the united states senate will be a dynamic force for generations to come. it's a place where students come to ler

what it could be and wop of the suggestions was that it could go to another college, and it wasn't emersonge. [laughter] and the senator said he wanted it at umass boston, and he was clear about that. he understood how important it would be for himself, for the people at umass boston. we have a great university system in massachusetts, and the man who was led it for the last several years has been a member of our board, a sit leader in massachusetts, and a dear friend of the kennedy institute, chad wilson. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much, peter. this really is a wonderful day for the university, and it's a wonderful day for our commonwealth and for the nation, for everyone who cares about public service, this is a wonderful day, and it was why the red sox were waiting to kick off their season until this could happen. we know that. [laughter] the university of massachusetts has been an inthews yays tick partner in the effort because we believe this institute for the united states senate will be a dynamic force for generations to come. it's a place where students come to lerp ab

i teach a course on cultural diversity at emerson college in boston, and white people don't ever think about their being white, and they point that out, but black people always think about being black and how am i representing myself? how are people viewing me? do i have to fear going spue this situation because of my skin color? she trawght me that was going to -- taught me that was going to happen, and i had to deal with it and never let anybody tell me i was not as good as anyone else, and, you know, i thank her for that lesson because i don't know what i would have been or done had she not just pressed me, pressed me, pressed me. you can do it. you be the best, and so that lived with me. parents' influence is just so amazing. >> host: indeed. you traveled down south at 9 years old. tell me what happens on that road trip down southeast. >> guest: oh, it was -- it was so awful. i grew up in an integrated situation in chicago, although we had a large black family so i knew who i was and what i was, but i had never been to the south, and we were driving to a relative's wedding and to s

lucy emerson andijan none obe oberdean. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: mr.president, today more than 47 million americans rely on medicare for their health care. for more than 45 years seniors have had access to affordable, dependable health care that medicare provides. we all recognize the cost of health care. we know it's growing and growing too rapidly. the landmark health real estate form law that we passed recently took broad steps t to rein in costs and i'm willing to work to root out fraud and waste. last week the chairman of the house budget committee, congressman paul ryan, proposed a play that would end medicare as we know t rather than providing affordable health care paid for by medicare, as is the case today, under the ryan plan seniors would receive a voucher to purchase private het insuranc--health insurance. not get benefits provided under medicare but, rather, receive a voucher to purchase private health insurance from private health insurance companies. unfortunately, this voucher would fall far short of covering health care costs for senio

emerson once wrote "an institution is little more than the landed shadow of a man." david brodie cast a very long shadow and donation will be in the lucky as the next generation produces a wonder more david broders casting their own shadows over the next generation. beauty, butt always prett under always is wrote nadine mortimer. hunter was insatiable. i learned more about him -- the hunger was insatiable. i learned more about him today than i had known before. he had a standard that the profession of journalism would be well to recalibrate and look at what made him what he was as well as those of us who are covered by the press to have the humility of knowing that there are some of you, if not a lot of you, who cover us to have more insight into who we are then sometimes we do. may he rest in peace. >> hello, again. thank you, mr. vice president. thank you for honoring him, honoring the family, honoring everybody here by speaking so honestly. and speaking on behalf, as you did of those who were in that reporter's notebook. thank you very much. as we conclude, i thin

. >> i am susan emerson. how were you? taxes -- texas a&m. i worked on ronald reagan's campaign in 1985-1986. and then the bush sr. -- yfeah -- yeah. thanks for coming. emigrate fund. >> i love the mississippi. i used to date a guy in mississippi. >> we were all pretty cool. >> do you have a different hat for every day of the year? >> this was my great grandmothers. >> its got a little pizazz. then i an not known as the had lady. -- >> i am known as the hats a lady. >> thank you for being a part of this. >> thank you for coming. >> very good, very good. we will, we will. >> if we don't, i think we are ". >> i hope you come back often. >> i have been trying to get the secret service hotel kit. >> can't do that. [laughter] [crowd chatter] >> [general chatter] >> how are you? >> i'm good. >> you look like a million bucks. >> so do you. you've lost some weight. you look ten years younger. >> i have to lose about 20 more. >> i'm trying myself. i get on the treadmill an hour every day. >> wow. >> just trying. trying to eat healthy. >> it's hard. >>

emerson: thank you, mr. chairman. madam speaker, when i took hold of theavel of the subcommittee on financial services and general government, i took to heart the responsibility to reduce federal spending on behalf of future generations of americans. the financial services section this act provides a total of $22 billion. $2.4 billion or 10% reductn from fiscal year 2010 levels an reduction of 3.4 billion or 14% from the preeze's fiscal year 2011 request. deciding how to apply these deductions was challenging. our propensity to spend now and repay with interest has saddled our children and grandchildren with $14 billion of debt. as such the money in this act is directed at high priority programs such as court security, counterterrorism, drug cold task forces and small business assistance. funding for new construction by the general services administration is dramatically reduced to gain control over management and operation of the federal building inventory. other programs are selectively reduced including programs wi