richter, the president of the georgia medical association -- medical association of georgia, who writes in great detail about the difficulties and the problems that they have with this legislation, beginning with its stonewall against tort reform by only putting in a demonstration project. and the senator from texas is aware of what tort reform can do because his state has made a great improvement in medical malpractice costs because of tort reform and we in georgia have tried to experience the same type of thing. but many other reasons are in here as well. and the interesting thing about the letter from the 92,000 physicians represented by their medical associations, they talk not only about what's in the bill but what's not in the bill, and i want to read, if i can, one paragraph to demonstrate that point. our concerns about this legislation also extend to what is not in the bill. the right to privacy contract is a touchstone of american freedom and liberty. patients should have the right to choose their doctor and enter into agreements for the fees and for those services without pena

through georgia which was written a year later in 1865 talks about how sherman marched through georgia even the sweet potatoes lifted themselves out of the ground to watch the horses go by, and of course they didn't lift themselves out of the ground. the became part of the rations for the troops. and the troops picked up whatever they could from the plantations of either side. and this of course devastated those plantations and sherman knew this was going to happen that he said that the war was held and he wanted to make georgia howl -- mcgeorge cowal and he didn't mean mcgeorge how will by bringing it down but he meant making the people of georgia on a great that they were paying for the war in this way. one thing he happened to pick up on the way to savannah that he didn't want were slaves. this leaves brann of the plantations and tried to join his army yelling quote carow jubilee, jubilee." and he didn't know to do with him because it meant not only did he have to feed $62 soldiers but he had to feed the slaves and he tried to send them back saying you will be better off with your p

cornyn: if i could respond to the senior senator from georgia and the junior senator from georgia, my state, this is a $20 billion unfunded mandate. $20 billion. of course, we know -- at least we read and hear from some in the press that not all states will be treated the same. and that that was, in fact, an inducement on the part of some senators to vote for the bill to be one of the 60 votes because they were either going to get a sweetner in terms of being held harmless for at least a portion of that, or in the case, i guess, of nebraska for all of it. and what strikes me as fundamentally unfair, but also demonstrates -- the flaw and the way this bill has been noartd. in order to try -- negotiated. in order to try to get to the 60 votes, there has been basically a pay to play approach to this. and it's just repulsive, frankly, to me and to my constituents who wonder what kind of games are going on here. the senator from south carolina, i know, has some thoughts about that. gramr. graham: the inflationary cost of the government is unsustainable. medicare and medicaid as the senator

marshall of georgia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 964, the gentleman from georgia, mr. marshall, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. marshall: i thank the speaker. this is an amendment which is identical to a bill passed by the house earlier this year in march. the bill permits what's referred to as cramdown in chapter 13 with regard to private home mortgages. it is intended to address this foreclosure crisis without taxpayers having to put money into the deal. it essentially forces the parties to the deal to deal with their problems without having vacancies and foreclosures in our neighborhoods. in that sense, it helps our lenders with real estate portfolios. it helps the individuals whose homes might be foreclosured upon and it actually helps the creditor who is forced into a chapter 13 process because in almost every instance their portfolio is improved by not having as many houses in foreclosure. and in almost every instance they get a better deal in a chapter 13 process than they would in a norm

they estimate 6,800 of the approved home health care agencies in georgia will go out of business.so if it was a deal, senator, it wasn't made with every state, because the state of georgia is on record -- and i ask that this be entered as part of the record. >> and if i could follow up on my colleague's comments about what is happening in georgia, i talked to one of the largest home health care providers in florida, and also we have a letter to the editor in the "sarah sarasota -- "sarasota tribune," "contrary to the other scenarios, this could be devastating for older florida -- floridians, nearly 60% of the home health agencies could be in the red." so we're going to take the 1.9 million small businesses and we're not going to take this money out? i want to make a point also in "the new york times," a good point was made, there will be no new insurance money coming in from home health care agencies, and it is not like there will be folks coming in that will have this new public option because home health care is for seniors. there is not going to be any extra money sofment what'

good news for you. 95 to georgia is looking good all the way to 270. back to you. >> thank you. >>> president obama says we must must act quickly because lives are at stake. the president stalked about -- talked about a flaw in the security system after the attempted bombing of a northwest airlines flight. >> when our government has information on a known extremist and that information is not shared, and acted upon as it should have been, so that this extremist boards a plane with dangerous explosives that could have cost nearly 300 lives a systemic failure has occurred. >> reporter: president obama said he has ordered reviews, which he hopes will reveal why there weren't any red flags when abdulmutallab boarded a plane. >>> one man who works at dulles airport and used to be a security director at tel aviv airport and he is an expert at human behavior pattern recognition. he says airport personnel should pay more attention to how passengers are acting. >> they are highly stressed. most of these people including the latest terrorist are people with very

the georgia dome.on a double header on saturday to get to the championship game. it was a wild ride. they couldn't keep up that momentum the following year. >> daymeon: virginia really trying to set the inside presence off of the bounce versus going inside to their big man. >> matt: sene back in there with three fouls and had the rebound and lost it. sullivan ends up on the deck. actually, that is waller who ends up on the deck. landesberg picks up his first personal foul. that will get tay waller at the line. a senior out of manchester, georgia. same high school that produced corvotny barbour. >> daymeon: a streaky shooter. as a player it doesn't seem it would make a difference being out the two games back to back. he is still adjusting only playing two games against troy and a&m. over 100 three-pointers in the sec last year. third in three-point field goal percentage. so auburn know hass he can do from behind that line. >> matt: one of two starters returning from last year's ball club. they have a lo

bono mack and the gentleman from georgia. h.r. 1319, similar to h.r. 2221 would better enable consumers to secure personal information. under h.r. 1319, personal information which resides on computers by making it easier for file sharing software programs more aware of the risk involved in down loading and running these programs, the p2p act will reduce inadvertent disclosures of sensitive information over the internet. under h.r. 1319, developers of file sharing software programs would be prohibited from installing their software or making it available for installation or down loading without first notifying consumers that their software is capable of searching and copying files from their computers. they will also have to provide consumers with a reasonable means to decision able or remove the file sharing program. h.r. 1319 will not require user notice prior to installation for software that was installed prior to the initial sale of a computer, so long as notice of the installation of the covered program is provided in so

the situation in georgia's occupied territories very complex. russian soldiers have kidnapped 11 georgian citizens, including four teenagers. will nato do consideration on haneda-russian council meeting situation on georgia's occupied regions? and next question, integration in nato is the top of georgian foreign policy agenda. will be the message of the nato foreign ministers to georgia's public at this ministerial? >> i think two messages are important. firstly, that we insist on respect for georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty. and secondly, that the decision we took in bucharest still stands. we all know that we decided in bucharest that georgia and ukraine will become members of nato, provided that they fulfill the necessary criteria. i think that these two messages are the core messages. >> [speaking french] -- disappointed by the fact that mr. sarkozy did not agree to certain elements? are you going to convince france to change their mind? if you could respond in french, please, and tell us how many troops you intend to send? >>

florida state will look to shut down georgia tech.rth carolina state collides with wake. mike and i will be on hand for that, along deb will be with us and jim will be joining with dan in atlanta for that georgia tech/florida state game. and boston college turns it over again. cothran, all the way to the rack. and the follow. a flush by outerbridge. he's got six. you talk about a guy that's coming off the bench that can be effective. he had a career high ten point and eight boards in the win against providence not long ago. and sent a message that he was going to be heard from in the next few weeks. >> mike: again, the turn joef there, and then the deflection. i think where sanders just caught himself trying to do too much. he's got 15 shots up. he's not shooting a high percentage, a couple of turnovers. it's really affected his game in the second half. >> tim: outerbridge sort of reminds me of antonio reynolds who played on that team back in the late '90s, a jumping jack and still gets the oftens ive rebound. cothran with another run

michigan has many different problems than those georgia.have wide range of different needs throughout regions of this country. some of those are health care delivery problems and others are because of the autumn, the situation. this legislation is no different than the defense bill with just pass. we spent $600 billion on this. it is no different than other pieces of legislation, small pieces of large pieces. we were to compromise. there are 100 senators hear it i don't know if there is a senator but does not have something in this bill that was important to if they do not have something in it important to them, then it does not speak well of them. that is what this legislation is all about, the art of compromise. >> talking about the grant program for education, there are roughly 14 states that would qualify, connecticut is one one. it is a grant determined by the secretary of human services. competitive if the states decide to compete, they will get them. this does not involve just my state by state is interested in a proposal for reconst

each day in georgia's schools. early and significant influence they have in developing good nutrition habits and schoolchildren. as the agriculture committee moves forward in the reauthorization process, my goal is to ensure that all eligible children can easily access these important nutrition programs. i believe that all of us on the committee share the goal of better utilizing these programs as tools to improve nutritional intake as well as combat hunger. just in closing, let me say that we made a number of changes in the school lunch program in our farm bill, and we tried to make sure that we could take advantage of a lot of local situations and providing fruits and vegetables at the local level for our school nutritionists, and we hope that with the implementation of that program, that all of our child nutrition folks across the country, both in schools and out of schools, are going to be able to take advantage of that and make sure that not only children benefit but when the children benefit from that program

but i think with the shifting to an assembly from georgia was here as was i. and the senator from wyoming by three or four years ago, 2005 now we have a debate about medicare the senator from new hampshire proposed adding $10 billion in medicare. taking $10 billion over a five-year period and paid for it by income testing the part d benefit that people got. in other words, the premiums that are paid for the higher income categories would have paid a higher premium for their hard d. drug benefit then what does with lower income categories. i mean, via apocalyptic about what that was due for medicare. $2 billion figure -- $10 billion over five years. you are the other side describe it as a moral, cruel comment was a a disaster monster mental proportion. i was some of the terminology that was used around here at the time. that was for $10 billion over five years and i basically was to save people who had higher incomes, the warren buffets of the world, i took a little more for their prescription drug benefit under medicare than those in lower income categories. a

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. marshall: i thank the gentlelady from guam, mr. speaker. i just want to add my two cents here. i am the sponsor of the bill. locally in the middle georgia area when we refer to the monument almost everyone says the mounds. we're going over to the mounds. that's the most significant archaeological and physical aspect of this particular facility. the facility is actually virtually in downtown macon. it's right at the junction of two interstate highways. it's the most frequently visited monument, museum,est, -- etc., in georgia. we believe adding the word "mounds" to the name we will increase visitation to the mounds. this is over 12,000 years old. it may be the site -- the longest site of continuous human habitation in north america. the mounds were added circu 600 to 900, if i recall correctly, a.d., but the cite is of historical significance that goes beyond the mounds. we encourage the committee -- or the house to unanimously support this request, and with that i yield back the balan

from georgia, go ahead. caller: i just wanted to say that i am praying for the troops. i will be grateful when the war is over and they could come home. i do not know anybody. i do not have many people over there. host: we are joined by a navy lieutenant from afghanistan. good to have you here. guest: thank you. merry christmas. host: tell us about your role in afghanistan, how long have been there, and your impressions so far. caller: my role is for an adviser to the medical group, working with statistics. general impressions is that they are very hard workers. a long way to go, but we're getting there. host: is that working with wounded soldiers and service members? guest: i work with the afghan national army, with civilian providers and logistics'. host: how long have you been in the navy, and what motivated you to join them or did you go to the academy? guest: i have been in the navy a little over a year. the national -- natural progression was to try at the navy out. no regrets. deftly a unique experience. caller: i am a former marine. i have spent time in desert s

what is my friend from georgia, come on down to thompson, illinois.wn and meet the people who are overwhelmingly supportive and not just democrats, believe me. local state representative jim stasia is a republican, former fbi agent. he said we would be idiots not to take this offer from the federal government. he is right. 3000 jobs. i don't know there is a senator here if you said to them would you be interested in 3000 jobs who wouldn't stand up and say, let's talk. well, we did. 3000 new jobs at this present when it's opened as part of the bureau of prisons and part of the department of defense. and how many guantÁnamo detainees will be sent there? fewer than 100. we have 35 in our prisons already. life is not changed in my home state of illinois nor has accused many other states where they are incarcerated and it will change in thompson, illinois. these people can be held safely, securely. i trust our men and women in the military to do that. and the members of the senate should do it as well. these 3000 jobs are going to be a godsend to an area w

bone a 6'8" sophomore from sandersville, georgia. uncg is now on a 14-4 run. they have made this a one possession game. the lead was once 15 by nc state. wood inside to smith. and there's a foul on deangelo jackson. redshirt sophomore from south carolina. because of illness, he's had to play. he's only made one field goal this year. playing here for the final two minutes of this first half. whistle and a foul on the spartans. >> mike g.: the thing that smith has done is he's shaped up inside a little better. on the catch, he's getting to the rim a lot more quickly. waiting for the defense to come down and collapse on him. >> mike h.: brandon evans called for the foul, his first. it's the first miss from the free-throw line for nc state here in this first half. >> mike g.: the thing that tracy smith is doing much better this year is passsing out of double-team. we talked about him quickly and aggressively attacking the rim tonight. when he gets doubled, he's really able to find people on the perimeter. >> mike h.: here's cole back in the game. not a good pass f

but i think what is interesting, too and the senator from georgia was here as light and the senator from leaving wasn't at the time but in 2005 now we have a debate about medicare the senator from new hampshire proposed cutting $10 billion in medicare. taking $10 billion over a five-year pro quo or 2 billion a year and pay for it by income testing the part be benefit pilat, the premiums paid, those in the higher income categories would have paid a higher premium for the party drug benefit than would those in lower income categories. you would have fought the apocalyptic pronouncements and predictions around here about that was coming to do to medicare, $2 billion a year from 10 billion from $2 billion a year and you heard the other deaths might describe it as cruel, disaster of monumental proportions, that was some of the terminology used around here up the time. that was for $10 billion over five years and that basically was to see people who have higher incomes, the warren buffett of the world ought to pay more for their prescription drug benefits under medicare than those in lower inc

host: georgia, comparegood morn.er: this health-care czar will make rules that he can implement. and i seen it on other channels. you cannot demonize these insurance companies. they have been doing the same thing for years. people have a smoke cigarettes are a higher risk. obese people pay more. smokers pay more. georgia is already doing it, they are subsidizing [unintelligible] people could get complete coverage for $30 a month right now. host: we will leave it there. mr. gilmour, any thoughts? guest: well, a couple. the medicaid program is an unending program that is totally out of control in spending and putting giant pressures on the states. losman lee, medicaid will break the states if we do not do something to begin to control these expenses. but the way to do that is not just build this same type of benefit program up even greater and greater and greater. the more government is involved with a gracious of services, they will be shifting money from one group to another. and ultimately, increasing the taxation o

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i think in georgia false swearing -- mr. carter: i learned a long time from court reporters talking on top of each other is a cardinal sin for court reporters. i worked with them for now going on 30 years of my life. so let's don't talk over each other. seriously, that's exactly right. there is another crime in false swearing on a federal form. you know what? it may be a mistake. i'm not saying mr. geithner wasn't so busy. he's a busy man that he forgot. he forgot. it's convenient if you read the newspaper report when they caught him on 2003 and 2004, he took care of it. he should have had a memory jolt when he got caught in 2003 and 2004 that he really didn't do it in 2001 or 2002. he didn't have that memory jolt. he paid that and got ready to be secretary of the treshry. somebody said, wait a minute, what about 2002 and 2003? -- 2001 and 2002, went back and paid that. i don't know. it looks like special privileges to me. . it's about the rule of law that keep ours society together. if we start waiving it for individuals or

so those statements by the senator from georgia are just flat incorrect. now, he is entitled to his position and to others who share it that we shouldn't close guantanamo. i believe we should. on my side of this argument would be the following people who have called for the closure of guantanamo: president george w. bush, secretary of state and former chairman of the joint joint chiefs of staff, colin powell; secretary of defense under president bush and under president obama robert gates; former secretary of state and domestic policy adviser con lisa rice, 33 other generals in addition to barack obama. that closing guantanamo -- that people entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the united states closing guantanamo. yesterday press secretary gibbs was asked about this decision to transfer and he said on more than 30 occasions i'm not sure in the time frame whether it was this year or a longer period of time but on more than 30 occasions they have found direct linkage of terrorist recruitment activity in the use of guantanamo as an illustration of

marshall of georgia, for five minutes.the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from georgia is recognized for five minutes. mr. marshall: i don't think it will take me five minutes to cover this one. the resolution simply congratulates the warner robbins little league world softball team on winning the 2009 little league softball world series. their victory follows fairly hard on the heels of a victory in 2007 by the warner robins little league boys team and the little league world series. baseball series. and so it's quite a treat that warner robins now is the only city in the united states that has had teams successful on both the girls sides and boys side as little league world champions. i think it's particularly poignant that not only do all members of the georgia delegation co-sponsor as original co-sponsors, this bill, but many members of congress are also a co-sponsor of this bill. i want to specifically recognize debbie wasserman schultz. she at the time that she signed on to the bill was suffering from an injury that s

the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. marshall: i yield myself such time as i may consume, and just a couple of observations. if in fact you are jobless and don't have income, you are not eligible for chapter 13 and consequently you won't be able to cram down. it's those that do have jobs, who do have income who could survive if they had the opportunity to restructure their debt, who would be eligible, and it's only those folks as far as increasing the cost of credit is concerned, this bill provides it is retroactive. it doesn't apply to future credit. many, many experts have looked at this and concluded it will not increase the cost of future credit. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: madam speaker, i recognize myself for two minutes. first, to say that the gentleman from georgia may assert that this will benefit creditors, but i know a few creditors who extend home mortgage loans that favor this legislation. our country has falle

obey: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from georgia.he speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate you giving me a minute to speak on this. this is the single most important issue facing the american people. jobs. you talk about troubled assets, what greater troubled assets do we have than jobs and homes? these are the troubled assets that the american people want us to respond to. throughout the breadth of this country, small towns, country towns from michigan, ohio, throughout wherever it is, people are concerned about jobs. the misery index is high. the depression index is high. do you know what a job means? here we've got $75 billion, what better place to put it than in small businesses? into the heart and soul of the american economy at the middle and at the bottom where people will spend it. ladies and gentlemen of this congress, this is christmastime. next week is christmas. what better christmas gift can we give to the american people than this

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graham: i'd like to thank my friend from georgia and i'll try to be brief. i goes say we don't -- we need to do health care reform, i think that's pretty obvious to a lot of people. the inflationary increase in private sector in the health care ar is unsustainable. a lot of individuals are having to pay for their health care costs are getting double-digit increases in premiums. in the public sector, the medicare and medicaid program are just unsustainable. medicare alone is $38 trillion underfunded. over the next 75 years we've promised benefits to the baby boom generation and current retirees, and we're $38 trillion short of being able to honor those benefits. what has happened? you've created a government program everyone likes, respects, and is trying to save and actuarially it is not going to make unless we reform it. so what have we don't? in the name of health care reform we've taken a program that many senior citizens rely upon, all senior citizens practically. we reduced the amount of money that we're going to spend on that program and give the money

brown of georgia -- mr. broun of georgia. for what purpose does does the gentleman rise? mr. broun: to address the house for five minutes and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. broun: mr. speaker, the economic engine that pulls along the economic train of prosperity in america is being derailed. america's entrepreneurs, america's small businessmen and women are this country's economic engine. they are the backbone of our economy. they create most of the new jobs here in america. mr. speaker, they have waited long enough for the so-called stimulus to kick in. in fact, they have been waiting for it too long. mr. speaker, where are the jobs? it's time for us to scrap this failed policy. it's time for congress to stop wasting taxpayer time and money. it's time to give a real jolt to the economy and stop talking -- stop taking so much through high taxes and more debt. mr. speaker, i introduced h.r. 4100, the jobs act, to do just that. my bill, the jump-starting our business sector or jobs act, is a commonsense and simple approach. it prov

duncan: i ask to consume the time of the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. duncan: i wish everyone would listen to these words from a column in the current issue of the american conservative magazine. this conlum says, quote, we ran saddam out of kuwait and put u.s. troops in saudi arabia and got osama bin laden's 9/11. we responded by taking down the taliban and taking over afghanistan. and we got an eight-year war with no victory and no end in sight. now pakistan is burning. we took down saddam and got a seven-year war and ungrateful iraq. meanwhile, the turks who share the border with saddam have done no fighting. iran has watched as we destroyed its two greatest enemies, the taliban and saddam. china, which has a border with both pakistan and afghanistan, has set back. india, which has a border with pakistan and fought three wars with the country has stayed aloof. the united states on the other side of the world plunged in. and now we face an elongated military

armstrong atlantic university in atlanta, georgia, is one of the leaders in -- in savannah, georgia,n this. how do you build those walls to keep a $26 billion program from being -- from breaking in? host: last call. caller: first, i want to thank representative kingston for the job he does. i want to speak up about what we spoke about a few minutes ago on that drug use and posttraumatic syndrome among our troops i think we see so much more of that today because our congress is like the congress of the vietnam. many of those people are professional congressman, professional senators who have been there forever, and their mindset has not changed. the liberal mind-set of congress right now is what is bringing this country down and bringing our troops down. they don't have the support of our government, and the liberals are twisting the minds of the american people, so they feel they are not supported over here. i think that is where the posttraumatic stress comes from. guest: i will tell you one thing i am looking forward to do it in a few hours is catching a flight back to savannah, ge

for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. gingrey: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i ask you to take a look at the economic challenges that faces our country. across the united states, employment is at a 26-year high, 10.2%, and more than 2.8 million jobs have been lost since the $1 trillion stimulus was signed into law last february without a single republican vote in this house. in my home state of georgia, eight out of the nine counties in my district have unemployment rates of 10%, and two counties are over 13%. put simply, mr. speaker, my constituents need jobs and they need them now. yet, the democrats' plan on the health care, on the economy and the energy do the exact opposite. they raise taxes and sacrifice more jobs. this is not the way to stimulate our economy and not the way to help my constituents. we need real solutions that will require tough choices in washington. they involve tax relief for working

in my 11th of georgia, mr. speaker, there are 95,000 people on medicare. and 13,000 of them, 14% of the total, get their coverage under medicare advantage. that will be taken away from them as we strip $120 billion out of the medicare advantage program. and what that means, mr. speaker, is that those 13,000 people in my district will have to pay an additional $180 a month for the medicare fee-for-service coverage if they can find a doctor that will take them. they will have to buy a prescription drug plan at $30 a month and buy a supplemental medigap plan to goff many of the things covered under medicare advantage without additional cost, that policy will cost them $150 a month. that's why the american people are outraged over this plan. listen up, members, vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute to address the house. >> mr. speaker, it was not long -- mr

georgia is in play. thanks for calling in. when we talk about governors, we are talking about chief executives. people are looking for somebody who they trust with the ball come some day they trust with the bank accounts -- trust with the ball, somebody to trust with bank accounts. sometimes they choose republicans, sometimes they choose democrats. but it is not about partisanship when you are in the governor's seat. it is the responsibility for the budget. 87% of the budget is to educate, medicate, incarcerate, and that is not partisanship. host: randy on the plan from republicans from citrus heights, california. tell us about the governor's race there. caller: it is not keeping up yet. i'm leaning towards met with them -- meg whitman, the former ebay ceo. curley feria is also an interesting candidate. -- carly fiorina is also a niche as the candidate. it was a article recently -- listen to this -- over 10,000 former government employees drawing pensions at $100,000 or more. that is just absurd. at this time, when we had this

obey: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate you giving me a minute to speak on this. this is the single most important issue facing the american people. jobs. you talk about troubled assets, what greater troubled assets do we have than jobs and homes? these are the troubled assets that the american people want us to respond to. throughout the breadth of this country, small towns, country towns from michigan, ohio, throughout wherever it is, people are concerned about jobs. the misery index is high. the depression index is high. do you know what a job means? here we've got $75 billion, what better place to put it than in small businesses? into the heart and soul of the american economy at the middle and at the bottom where people will spend it. ladies and gentlemen of this congress, this is christmastime. next week is christmas. what better christmas gift can we give to the american people than thi

it's not the way to win to appease dictators like hugh georgia chavez. we need to do real hard-core work at the pressure points where we can change the nature of world politics, and iran is where it should be focused as well as venezuela right now with hugo chavez. >> host: here is a republican caller from tallahassee, florida. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i guess we can't use powers of impeachment, the laws on impeachment if we're basically a country of lawlessness, so if we can't use that, i think we're in trouble, and maybe you can come up with some way that we could use those particular laws. and i have a question in reference to the czars and how congress itself, our own senators and representatives, are giving their power away by allowing this to happen. and i guess they'll just stand up there as foot stools while the czars take care of all the business, and i wonder what your opinion on all that is and why charlie rangel isn't in jail. i know if i cheated my taxes -- well, i got audited, and i made $15,000, and i got audited for it becau

georgia, 176,090. hawaii, 79,386. idaho, 60,676. illinois, 176,395. indiana, 148,174. iowa, 63,902.people enrolled in medicare advantage. let's proceed further. kansas, 43,867 people enrolled in medicare advantage. kentucky, 110,814. louisiana, 151,954. maine, 26,984. maryland, 56,812. massachusetts, 199,727. michigan, 406,124. minnesota, 284,101. mississippi, 44,772. missouri, 195,036. montana, 27,592. nebraska, 30,571. nevada, 104,043. new hampshire, 13,200. new jersey, 156,607. new mexico, 73,567. look at new york, 853,387. north carolina, 251,738. people enrolled in medicare advantage, who love the program. north dakota, 7,633. ohio, 499,819. goo geewhiz, that's a lot of people who are satisfied with medicare advantage. oklahoma, 84,980. oregon, one of the most liberal states in the union, 249,993. pennsylvania, 864,040. puerto rico even, 400,991. rhode island, 65,108. south carolina, 110,949. these are senior citizens. south dakota, 8,973. tennessee, 233,024. texas, 532,242. my own state of utah, 85,588. vermont, only 3,966, but 3,000 people -- 4,000 people in vermont. virginia

they represent georgia. further, in here, they say -- >> they may be on their way up to the senator's office very soon. >> they might be. the reason it is here is they estimate 62 of the medicare-approved home health agencies in georgia will go out of business. so if there was a deal, it wasn't made with every state. i ask unanimous consent this be entered as part of the record. >> wocx -- without objection. >> and if i could follow up on my colleague's comments about what is happening in georgia, i talk today one of the largest home health care providers in florida, and also we have a letter from the "tribune" november 16 where this company says contrary to the other is sergs -- assertion, this scenario could be devastating for older floridians. more than 60% of florida's home health agencies could be in the red within two years. we are going to take these small businesses, and they will not be able to function because we will take this money out? today in "the new york times" a good point was made. it is n

michigan has many different problems than does georgia. we have wide ranges of different needs throughout region of this country. some of those are basic health care delivery problems, others are because of the unemployment situation. so this legislation is no different than the defense bill we just spent. we spent $600 billion. it's no different than other pieces of legislation that are big large pieces and small pieces of legislation. we work to compromise. there is $100 senators here. and i don't know if there is a senator that doesn't have something in this bill that was important to them. if they don't have something in it important to them, then it's -- it doesn't speak well of them. that's what the legislation is all about. it's the art of compromise. >> just very briefly. talking about the grant program for con transaction. they are roughly 14 states that qualify for grant program. connecticut being one, along with -- i'm told -- 13 other states. it's a grant by the secretary of health and human services. it'll be competitive to wh

host: georgia, good morning. caller: i have a joke and a question. the joke is that the dictators are the ceo's, which was evidenced when the stakeholders in the insurance debate got their say by any insurance company. i would like to ask you, are you aware that mr paulson and what's his name had written up tarp bill back in august? hank paulson met with the entire board of june -- the entire board of aig in 2008. they're counting on this building broke mess. they took all of their stocks out and the taxpayers pay for everything. were you aware that they had this tarp written? guest: whether or not they had it written as a bill before the crisis occurred? i know that treasury had ordered certain studies to be made. they do this all the time. they do this in the pentagon. at the treasury they have contingency plans for everything. , that was of the first situation where we knew that we were headed to a financial disaster. when there was a failure in of breath the secretary ordered a study as to what could be done under the of this in law to a large ex

from georgia, go ahead. caller: i just wanted to say that i am praying for the troops. i will be grateful when the war is over and they could come home. i do not know anybody. i do not have many people over there. host: we are joined by a navy lieutenant from afghanistan. good to have you here. guest: thank you. merry christmas. host: tell us about your role in afghanistan, how long have been there, and your impressions so far. caller: my role is for an adviser to the medical group, working with statistics. general impressions is that they are very hard workers. a long way to go, but we're getting there. host: is that working with wounded soldiers and service members? guest: i work with the afghan national army, with civilian providers and logistics'. host: how long have you been in the navy, and what motivated you to join them or did you go to the academy? guest: i have been in the navy a little over a year. the national -- natural progression was to try at the navy out. no regrets. deftly a unique experience. caller: i am a former marine. i have spent time in desert s

will ministers consider some kind of decisions concerning the georgia and ukraine joining the map.e countries less prepared for a map example than bosnia and man be negro? >> i think ministers will reckon firm decisions already taken at, bukarest and others and we'll welcome the progress y the two countries withinress they're annual national programs. >> the situation in georgia, the territory is russian soldiers have kidnapped 11 russian citizens. what about consideration on the nato russian council meeting situation on georgians and the next question as you know, integration in nato is top of fallen policy agenda. what's the message of the nato foreign policy. thank you very much. "t i think two measures are important. firstly, we insist on respect for georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty and secondly, that's decision we took in buckarest still stands and we decided there georgia and ukraine will become members of nato provided they meet the cry tear. you i these are the core messages. >> [speaking non pp englthroug >> disappointed that they didn't agree to certain ele

people complain -- if you go back to georgia, wyoming, new hampshire, people say, do something aboute cost of health care. we have these year year double-digit increases. we're dealing with this. small businesses are dealing with t more and more people, families are struggling with the high cost of health care. nobody argues that. not -- obviously we all i think basically accept the premise that health care costs have been going up and that health care reform ought to be focused directly on trying to get those costs under control. the irony in all of this is that after cutting half a trillion dollars in medicare in the first ten years -- and if you go under the fully implemented time period it is about $1 trillion, and half a trillion in tax increases -- what happens with premiums? well, according to the congressional budget office, 90% of americans would be the same or worse off. in other words, 90% of americans would see no improvement in their health insurance premiums. if you buy in the small group market, if you buy in the large group market, your premiums go up by about 6% a ye

georgia is in play. thanks for calling in. when we talk about governors, we are talking about chief executives. people are looking for somebody who they trust with the ball come some day they trust with the bank accounts -- trust with the ball, somebody to trust with bank accounts. sometimes they choose republicans, sometimes they choose democrats. but it is not about partisanship when you are in the governor's seat. it is the responsibility for the budget. 87% of the budget is to educate, medicate, incarcerate, and that is not partisanship. host: randy on the plan from republicans from citrus heights, california. tell us about the governor's race there. caller: it is not keeping up yet. i'm leaning towards met with them -- meg whitman, the former ebay ceo. curley feria is also an interesting candidate. -- carly fiorina is also a niche as the candidate. it was a article recently -- listen to this -- over 10,000 former government employees drawing pensions at $100,000 or more. that is just absurd. at this time, when we had this

let's go to georgia where bill is calling çon the democrats line. good morning.d morning. host: what is the balance between privacy and security? caller: i believe çin privacy, don't fly anymore, i çdrove a for a friend and got stopped xdin w3t(i believe austin or whatever airport and the shoes and the whole deal. but they knew about me when i bought the one-way ticket online. all of this security they need to get this credit card cardç. host: it sounds like you were profiled, do you think that was fair? caller: you can profile, i don't care, i am interested in protecting people's lives. host: let's go to sally calling from new york city. caller: yes, i don't understand that even the media and this racist system of ours always tried to find something to blame our president. he's doing the best he can. now i travel a lot. and i am 95 years old. i travel by plane and train. and then -- i can't go through the regular search because i have a pacemaker. they in that wheelchair, i have to go through in a t(wheelchair in a different section. and they search i]me all

conference showdown of the season when florida state looks to shut down number 24 and vastly improve georgia tech. then north carolina state collides with wake forrest. mike and i will be on hand for that one in winston-salem. both teams battle for early acc supremacy. action tips on off at 5:30 eastern. you've got a feeling, mike, just watching this game unfold, that neither team is able to get in rhythm because the other squad is imposing their will. to one can take control of this game. >> mike: if you're al skinner, right now rhode island shooting 57%. >> tim: richmond again, two quick threes since coming into the game for the freshman from north carolina. >> mike: that's not how this offense was built. they average five made threes a game. they've already got four. that's been the difference so far for rhode island. >> tim: on an 8-0 run. they lead it by seven. roach remains in the game. sanders now being joined by jackson. he takes the pass from him. a tough fallaway jumper out of bounds. help from eaves and the ball will be to boston college. >> mike: richmond, good kick out and doubl

what we're debating here on the floor, and they do support it, and the fact is that the senator from georgia who stood up and said well, in our state we have a letter that says -- well, first of all, that's based on an earlier assumption. secondly, we have no idea what the assumptions are in the analysis that they made. thirdly, it's based primarily on the house bill which has has $13 billion more in reductions than we have. so before we get stuck there, we ought to listen to the national association that is working with us on a daily basis where we agree on what the reductions ought to be. the skilled nursing facilities, the rehab facilities, the long-term acute care hospitals have all come to the table and said we can do this. now, is that their preference? do they love it? nobody wants their budget to be tightened where they have to make changes to try to be more effective, but the bottom line is every single one of them has agreed with what we are doing on this side of the aisle. and notwithstanding that, our friends on the other side of the aisle keep coming back and keep trying to stan

a few years ago, a professor from the university of georgia said that this is how the brain works. he had ardent republicans and ardent democrats watching debate bbetween george bush and john kerry. he had their heads wired up so that they could monitor their brains. it looked a little bit like that. it is available on ebay for $29.95. he found that republicans thought that the bush had won. democrats thought that kerry had wondere. both sides ignored it when each side is being inconsistent. it was the emotional part of the brain. those watching the debate were not thinking at all. they were just pulling for their guy. this causes a lot of problems. think of the world we are living in today. so much of the news we get confirms our views rather than informs us. a route of the problems we have today is this that shows up time and time again. the answer is to expose these ideas to new ways of thinking. it is like having an engineer and consultant look at the same problem. that is the approach that was used to solve one of the biggest environmental problems of the 1980's -- acid rain.

matt: very similar, the georgia tech yellowjackets. people think they're named after that, that's evolved over the years. they became the georgia tech yellow jackets because 100 years ago, the guys on the sidelines were wearing those yellow jackets. there you go. yellow jackets. the blue hose story about the scottsman and everything sounds a whole like better. bill: i like that. and the braveheart side. matt: better story for it. character. needed a brave heart with the schedule that they played. they have not been at home since november. they will not return home for another couple of weeks when they take on liberty. bill: i'm sorry, matt, but i will say, you think about gregg nibert and what he's done, 21 years and the winningest coach in that program's history and now in division one and he's recruiting some very good players. three guys sitting out this year that are their best returning players from last year. so when we look at this group on the floor, all these freshmen that are playing, this is the process for him. this is the

host: here's a call from warner robbins, georgia, and ivan on our independent line. hi there. caller: hi there. good morning, gentlemen. just had a quick question, and that is, concerning the text messages, i was in the military, my wife was in the military also. for them to say to him that to be able to use this phone for a text message for personal use, if it wasn't in writing, which i don't understand how it would be occur, then maybe he shouldn't have been there. but to me, this is only my personal opinion, common sense would tell you, if you're using a work phone or if you're using a pager that is issued by the government, you can pretty much guarantee they're going to look at it, nation you put in there. that doesn't make any sense. . i'm not sure americans understand what that entails. it really violates a lot of our constitutional rights, as far as our phones tapped. he gets into it and other issues like airport security. they assume that they can do that and they create more security. what is next? will they be scanning your brain? guest: no patriot act cases. there m

the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. senator: i rise for a moment to address the -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. isaacson: i ask -- mr. isakson: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. mr. isakson: i rise to take a few minutes to talk about a couple provisions of the bill that are very important to my state of georgia, but in particular also point out something important for us to recognize as members of the united states senate. in this appropriation is an appropriation to the office of economic assistance for for $40 million. that money is appropriated to be competitively granted back to communities for various economic difficulties they have suffered. one of those communities is heinzville, georgia, in liberty county which is the home of fort stewart. fort stewart is the base through which most of our troops who serve today in afghanistan and iraq pass through, and many are trained. it's an outstanding facility and a community with a town the population of about 29,000. it's a rural county nea