president gerald r. ford was a distinguished member and minority leader of this chamber, a man of the house. he was vice president of the united states and our 38th president. a proud citizen of the great state of michigan, president ford served this nation at a time of great national pain and turmoil. he ablely served and held us heal our wounds. this resolution allows that the direction of the people of michigan, the rotunda be used for a ceremony for president ford's honor this year. it allows for the statue to be permanently displayed as part of the national staff wear hall collection. this bill, introduced by mr. upton, and our colleagues of the michigan delegation, should garner overwhelming bipartisan support. so i thank mr. upton for introducing it and i urge all my colleagues to support h.con.res 27. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the lady from california is recognized. ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may

gerald ford couldn't walk up and down a flight of stairs without falling.even eisenhower was incoherent and ronald reagan of course in the words of clifford that was the republican side. that is what the media has presented. how about if you're a black republican. are you exultant from this? not at all. in fact, you go from being a sacred cow if you're a liberal to being hamburger if you are a black conservative. here is without proving what follows come here is what steve said to clarence thomas when clarence thomas's book my grandfather's son can now. he's describing to thomas what his reputation was in the media circles. a man of little accomplishment, an opportunistic black conservative who sold out his race, joined the republican party, and was ultimately rewarded with an affirmative action appointment to the nation's highest court. a sold of intellectual lightweight so insecure he rarely opened his mouth and oral arguments. that's what they told clarence thomas to his face. they are not racist, of course not. and david grumet this could be the opponen

stevens, to bring this full circle, the one supreme court justice who was appointed by president gerald ford. i think similar interests, i think similar character, certain similar integrity must have existed all the way through. as we heard mr. ford said earlier tonight, it was an understanding of the need for integrity in that decision. the sense that no man is above the law. that was certainly true as well in the opinion by justice stevens, as he specifically said in the opinion that individual rights and national security have to be upheld -- but may find it. he said, "the executive is bound to comply with the rule of law in this and every jurisdiction." in closing, there is always an ethical question. every ethical question, if you will, will devolve down to the simple calculus -- to what extent does the general collective interest prevail and to what extent do we allow the individual's interests as well? >> thank you. >> thank you, it is great to be here at the gerald r. ford museum and library. i was born and raised on this side of town. to have the opportunity as a high-school student

now, gerald ford, probably the best athlete ever to occupy the white house. all-american football player, champion skier, golfer. chevy chase was on that first season of saturday night live when they campaigned. here is what he said later. i wanted carter and and ford out. i figured, we are reaching millions of people every weekend. why not do it. do we think that teen if they had any more honorable motives in her weekly slender of sarah palin? i don't think so. now, as to the democrats, are they as smart as they appear to back but in 1956 with a little help from justice kennedy, a lot of help, he won the pulitzer prize. drew pearson, the leading mike richter of the day went on mike wallace's show and accused ted sorensen of actually writing that book. what the kennedys had sorenson do was to go on the air and swear under oath that he did not read the book. he had been leaking all along that he did. he finally admitted as much in his memoir. he wrote the book. jfk won a pulitzer prize for a book he did not right. that's not to say he stupid. just not as smart

so gerald ford loses to carter and reagan beats him. if gerald ford -- >> depending on the economy and the nominees. i went to a highly favored established democrat. ted kennedy in 1980, hill tree clinton in 08 and i found a first term new idea democratic senator who takes an audacious gamble and runs against him in the 1980 primary. >> charlie: gary huff. >> that's correct. >> charlie: he was a quote from the geography to topography, natural resources, the search for wealth migrations all set the framework but the random roll of the dice is as potent a force as any he writes. a shift in the weather, a slightly different choice of words, open up a literally limitless series of possibilities. >> perhaps it's not limitless that's an exaggeration but it's certainly extensive. >> charlie: what's interesting here is the theory of history how it can change and how history can change on the other side and does change by the assassin. lincoln take ravine, take kennedy. >> how about 1916 chen charles evans goes to california running against rich

that's one of the reasons why countries like japan go yeah i remember jimmy carter saying it ok gerald ford excuse me but you know that's why countries like japan go to this guy because the ok all right does anybody want to topple and here i think you're right that richard nixon. and this is why countries go this route to make specially island country like japan. so limited resources for energy they've done this i mean we have to remember the obvious truth this is a country that was the first victim of it of atomic weapon for me no it's power ok my point is that they would have already gone down all these green routes wouldn't be if they had quit evidently thought it was beneficial on a massive scale. they have actually for years been sort of have government programs to subsidize the construction of solar and wind energy and the problem is it has not made a huge contribution the utilities of course are huge companies and plan and they prefer to focus on the large plants nuclear power was seen as a way as in france of gaining of fair amount of independence although you have to remember you k

one would place a statue of former president gerald ford in the u.s. capitol.n c- span. tomorrow members will consider a sixth short-term spending bill for the federal government that would cut about $6 billion of current spending levels and it would extend until april 8. you will be able to see that on c-span3 at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> tonight, technology and telecommunications policy with chairman of the house subcommittee on communications, represented greg walden, on the communicators, on c-span2. >> right now you can listen to c-span signature programming with iphone or on your md 3 player. the latest books and authors, people in the news, an interesting conversation on "q&a". listen to a variety of public affairs broadcasts whenever you want. everything you need to know is on line at c-span.org/podcast. cracks walter dellinger last week predicted president obama as health care law will be upheld by the supreme court. this is the second of the three day meeting the organization held in washington. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> we have an all-star p

in 1998 with the wakefield paper, or did it go back further and the references to 1976 effort by gerald ford to do a mass swine flu immunization campaign that was a debacle for a number of reasons. this specific fear about autism started here, but i think your point is absolutely correct, that there have been cyclical scares about vaccines as long as there have been vaccines. most of the time what has happened is when a disease is endemic in a society, everyone wants the vaccine and when a vaccine is effective, people then, people then start to become more concerned about the vaccines potential repercussions, sort of this vicious cycle or paradox of vaccines. the more effective they are the less necessary they seem. and so, and then, there have been again throughout history incidents in which vaccine safety was poorly handled or communication about vaccine efforts was very poorly handled and because what i'm about to say is probably a situation people are more familiar with in the swine flu, situation in 1976. an example that i bring up is the current, the current situation we face with the

who was on that first season of "saturday night live" when the campaign against -- between gerald ford and jimmy carter was in progress. here's what chevy chase in i wanted carter in and wanted ford out look we're reaching millions of people every weekend, why not do it, right? do we think tina fey had any honorable motives in her weekly slam of sarah palin? i don't think so. now, the democrats, are they as smart as they appear. let's start with jfk. in 1956, with a little help from joseph kennedy, a lot of help that from joseph kennedy, he won the pulitzer prize from profiles of courage. joe peterson went on mike wallace's show on abc and accused ted sorenson of actually writing that book, profiles in courage. what the kennedys had sorenson do being the servile on retrain go under oath and swear he did not write the book. he had been leaking all along that he did write the book and he finally admitted as much in his memoir called counselor. he wrote the book. jfk won a pulitzer prize for a book he did not write. that's not to say he's stupid. it's not to say as stupid. they are not as

and two assassination attempts on gerald ford. two decades of gun fire that had taught the secret service one lesson above all: move fast. >> if jerry par was a split second slower, he would have gotten it in the head. it would have hit reagan in the head. >> reporter: "washington post" reporter dell quint inwilbur has written a new book that discloses here to foreunknown details of that day. it takes its title from reagan's secret service code name, raw hide. >> raw hide is okay. follow up. raw hide is okay. >> reporter: wilbur petitioned the secret service to release these audio recordings of radio calls from the president's limo. >> do you want to go to the hospital or back to the white house? we're going to crown. >> they're so calm. i think that's the training, the discipline the secret service put into those guys. >> from first shot to the door being shut is three or four seconds. in about six or seven seconds we've started moving. because i told the driver, move out. >> schieffer: as the armored vehicle raced across washing

he's an award winning writing winning the gerald r. ford award three times on national defense. i believe that's a record. james has twice won the military reporters and editors award as well as in the diehl school of journalism for excellence in reporting for his first-hand coverage of the war in afghanistan and the surge in iraq. he's an author of "war and destiny," and prodigal soldiers" please welcome james and deputy commissioner aguilar of the borders protection. [applause] [applause] >> good to meet you. gerald f. ford was a good man. i miss him dearly. i've been covering this beat for a long time. as we've been watching what's unfolding in japan, the middle east, i forget there's a very serious crisis with the country much closer to us, which is in mexico, which is fighting really a life and death struggle i think for the future of that country with these very poweful drug traffic and organization. 30,000 mexicans have lost their lives in that struggle. we are intimately involved in this. the country's veracious appetite for drugs that is fueling that war, basically, goi

gerald ford how, two assassination attempts. and of course ronald reagan, march 30, 1981.ames, a democrat in new mexico. caller: however like to say that , in ronald reagan was shoct was in a restaurant eating. that is were i was when he was shot. it was really something to hear. thank you for taking my call and have a nice day. host: we will continue talking about this for 15 minutes. the syrian president bashar assad is speaking right now to parliament. that is courtesy of al jazeera. we will let you know what he is saying. there has been some speculation about what he will say in today's address. whether or not he will lift an emergency law, or whatever it is he was said. courtesy of al jazeera this morning. massachusetts, joe, an independent scholar. caller: ronald reagan, what a disgrace he was. may he burn in. he used a drug runner, ollie north, that on his own drug war with the iran contra affair. he was an absolute disgrace and ignore the constitution completely. host: of peace in the "usa today." on that day, he was not scheduled to be with the president. it was e

res. 27, providing for the acceptance of a statue of gerald r. ford from the people of michigan for placement in the united states capitol. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no entire veeng action or debate and nay statements related to the measure be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the rules committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 94 and the senate proceed to its consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 94, to express the sense of the senate in support of reducing its budget by at least 5%. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsi

prior to joining the administration, she was dean of the gerald f. fordc policy school of michigan. this is, of course serksd stint here in washington or at least may have had read about this morning where she was on prn's council of economic advisers and we're very pleased to her joining us today. next the general counsel and senior policy adviser in the office of management and budget. she's been referred to as a legal superstar by "the new york times," which is very impressive. she has been actively involved and previously served on the national women's law center, and national center for research on women. thank you. we're so excited to hear about the report. finally, it is also my honor toint deuce tina chen, executive director of the white house counsel on women and girls and chief of staff to the first lady. over the past couple years, i have gotten to know tina a little bit at various meetings and she's often the one we all yell out for more things that we want. i love the fact she also takes it with smile and says yes, that's great. so it's just