i said you mean senator bill frist? he said exactly who i mean, bill frist, during the senate recessed takes time out of his life to save lives. i thought that was awesome example of what it means to be a public servant. i am delighted to be here to introduce to you the man who -- with the portrait looks like him, too. the man when they unveil it to be like who is that? [laughter] the man whose portrait we are about to see a dear friend, a great american, bill frist. [applause] norman was smart. peering over an open chest cavity with them old flabby heart thrown aside and guiding my lovkvist hand at a time as we so in a vibrant part which would give life to that person, he would say remember whenever you are doing at a moment's time, you never known it. you were always just renting. i didn't know exactly what he meant, pioneer cardiac surgeon teaching me to transplant, that you were always just renting. thank you, mr. president, for your remarks and being here today. to be with primarily of the frist family, a big famil

they signed the lease on april frist, they hired a contractor on april 16th. they would have you believe that they spent 106,000 after may 24th. there was a time when either nothing was spent or the amount spent was not accounted for. there is no evidence to undermine the credibility of ms. morgan or miss sanchez. there are e-mail which is describing construction work which was written before any complaint was filed. ms. morgan is the building manager with a background in special education is still -- in special education. mr. sanchez has lived close of location. if all the documents are true, the $66,000 of work was performed before the work order was issued. they did not take any issue with the facts i have laid out. they did argue that an organization which it supports the pharmacy should be sufficient to show there is support for this pharmacy. however, if you look at the is, we're talking about six votes. as to the law, they essentially ignored the lot in their brief except to make allegations that this body abused its allegations. they did not submit the

ground breaking ceremony for the edward kennedy institute, and former senate majority leader, bill frist portrait is revealed in the capitol. >> the george poke awards and the night before the annual awards ceremony in new york, some of the winners gather for a seminar. this year, four investigative journalists discuss lifting the vail of secret ri on sensitive subject. we'll also hear from ac thompson and a "washington post" reporter, dana priest. this is an hour and a half. >> i would like to introduce to you first and again to be acknowledged sydney, our curator, and the current curator of the poke awards, john darnton. >> thank you very much, dr. steinberg. i'd like to welcome you all here to this event. as you know, the george poke seminar is a one time of year when we get to wrestle with some of the major issues about journalism and to discuss them with some of our winners. i would like to say first of all, i'd like to acknowledge the center for communication which is the cosponsor of this event, and it's exec -- its executive director katharine williams. our theme this year is pen

he used the frist many times we are -- used the phrase we are broke talking about the country. what is your reaction based on what you initially said? caller: if we would go to single payer we would not be broke. we would not be paying insurance companies aural this extra money to make huge profits. it is ridiculous. i cannot believe they are going to make seniors, some who only get $400 or $500 a month as a social security check, pay extra money for their health insurance. caller: this is gabriel a republican from ventura, california. caller: my thuoughts on the stae budget in california and federal budget, if you can compare, if the nation can compare their own personal finances through what the nation is going through on black and white, the checking account with x amount of dollars, you have banks and credit cards and you get further in debt it is black and white. you can't get out of debt. we can continue spending and with these programs but where does the buck stop? host: tom on the line for independents from sims, montana. what is your message for congress? and while you

frist, nacu will urge the subcommittee to return of 34 will making, examination, and enforcement to all credit unions to the national credit union administration. second, while we were pleased to see the financial stability oversight council -- we believe the current veto authority does not go far enough. nacu supports legislation to modify the threshold necessary to veto a proposed rule. third, we support h.r. 1121. legislation introduced by chairman baucus and others. we believe the board has benefits over one single director. as a minimum, we believe we must have a senate-confirmed director before it becomes a stand-alone credit agency. fourth, and only three credit unions are above the current $10 billion threshold, and we would be subject to examination and enforcement authority of the cfpb. we believe it is a waste of taxpayer dollars to have credit union examination teams for only three institutions when ncua has been examining these institutions for decades. congress should transfer that authority back to ncua. finally, there are a number of other areas where the cfpb could be i