lamborn: i would yield three minutes to the the gentleman from virginia, representative goodlatte. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. goodlatte: thank you, madam speaker and i thank the gentleman from colorado and the gentlewoman from guam honoring cold war veterans. i, too, also commend the importance of understanding the history of the cold war and what president kennedy did with the airlift into berlin to protect the people of that city. what happened during the 1980's, when president reagan called the soviet union exactly what it was, the evil empire and later went to the berlin wall and called about mr. gorbachev to tear down that wall. it was the brave men and women who made that possible in our history to see the ability of our president to stand up to the soviet union and indeed, to see that wall torn down not that many years ago. i will tell you also, however, madam speaker, that we have before us in this congress today and tomorrow health care legislation, a massive bill. when you take all of the pages of all the bills that are bei

goodlatte: thank you.ant to thank our ranking member, the gentleman from texas, for yielding me the time and for his active engagement in support of moving this process forward. article 3 of the constitution provides that federal judges are appointed for life and that they shall hold their offices during good behavior. indeed, the framers knew that an independent judiciary free of political motivations was necessary to the fair resolution of disputes and the fair administration of our laws. however, the framers were also practicing mattists and had the foresight to include the checks of the use of the independence in power that comes with a judicial appointment. article 1, section 2, clause 5 of the constitution grants the house of representatives the sole power of impeachment. this is a very serious power that should not be undertaken lightly. indeed, it is a rare and solemn occasion when the house of representatives must vote on articles of impeachment against a federal judge. today's vote will mark the

you are on with rob goodlatte. caller: good morning, representative goodlatte. it seems like the republican party, a kind of reminds the of the taliban where upon everything that you want you have to -- you are fighting against the norm. the party of yes, yes, yes during the bush administration -- yes do they cheney energy program, yes to the wars, yes to the big prescription drug program and then we lost all of those jobs at the end of the bush administration, 727 or some like that among and then they blame barack obama for everything that occurred during the bush administration. guest: first of all, the massive job losses due coincide with the end of the bush administration and the beginning of the democratic majority in congress which, of course, was in the majority for the last two years of that administration and have now been in power for three years and virtually all of the job losses have come during that time. if your suggestion is that republicans are to blame, i would reject that. if your suggestion is that there is bipartisan blame to be had -- i mea

. >> caller: good morning, representative goodlatte. it seems like the republicans, the kind of remind me of the taliban where upon everything that you want to you are fighting against the norms. the party at yes, yes yes during the bush administration with the energy program, yes with the war, yes with a prescription drug program and then we lost all those jobs at the end of the bush administration with 125,000 per month and then they blame barack obama for everything that occurred during the bush administration. >> guest: first of all, the massive job losses due coincide with the end of the bush administration and the beginning of the democratic majority in congress which, of course, was in the majority for the last two years of that administration and now in power for three

you are on with rob goodlatte. caller: good morning, representative goodlatte. it seems like the republican party, a kind of reminds the of the taliban where upon everything that you want you have to -- you are fighting against the norm. the party of yes, yes, yes during the bush administration -- yes do they cheney energy program, yes to the wars, yes to the big prescription drug program and then we lost all of those jobs at the end of the bush administration, 727 or some like that among and then they blame barack obama for everything that occurred during the bush administration. guest: first of all, the massive job losses due coincide with the end of the bush administration and the beginning of the democratic majority in congress which, of course, was in the majority for the last two years of that administration and have now been in power for three years and virtually all of the job losses have come during that time. if your suggestion is that republicans are to blame, i would reject that. if your suggestion is that there is bipartisan blame to be had -- i mea

goodlatte for today, mr. cassidy for today and march 21. and mr. mccotter for march 21. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? mr. himes: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extends their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. himes of connecticut for five minutes, mrs. woolsey of california for five minutes, mr. mcdermott of washington for five minutes, mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes, ms. jackson lee of texas for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house the following personal requests -- personal request. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. latourette of ohio for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous

goodlatte. mr. goodlatte: mr.speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extends my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan. mr. jordan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extends my remarks in opposition to this flawed health bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from florida, mr. miller. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed

. >> we will talk with congressman goodlatte. later, we will have steven emerson. un-american moment -- an american woman is accused of aiding terrorists. after that, there will be a discussion on the senate use of the filibuster on c-span 2. the american enterprise institute hosts this discussion. live coverage is at 8:30 a.m. eastern. >> the new head of the national traffic highway safety commission was question on the toyota safety recalls. >> please accept my apology for the delay. we will now proceed with this hearing. this hearing today is a subcommittee on commerce trade and consumer protection. the chair recognizes himself or five minutes. our main purpose for coming together today is to assess [unintelligible] last month, i promised american motorists, passengers, and pedestrians that this committee takes its jurisdictional responsibilities and we will help to regain the public confidence. this is our first occasion to welcome now it's thnhta's chairs committee. administrators trip when's first -- it administrator strickland 's first days, i expect he will

goodlatte of virginia. mr. cassidy of louisiana. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. garamendi: i thank you, mr. speaker. and i request that we enter into a colloquy with our colleagues from the democratic side. earlier today, i had the opportunity to exit the chamber and go out to the veranda overlooking the east lawn of the capitol and there were a couple thousand folks out there protesting this legislation. and in their chanting, they were saying kill obama bill. i suspect they are referring to the health care bill and not to the president. and i was thinking about what does it mean to kill the bill? what's the effect ever killing this legislation and letting time go on with the current situation in the united states? this is what's happening in the united states today. 45,000 americans die each year because they are uninsured. they lack health insurance. 45,00

goodlatte: i rise today in strong opposition to not only the democrats' health care proposal but to the outrageous process by which the majority intends to ram this bill through the house while denying members of congress an up or down vote on the bill. this morning's "cincinnati enquirer" declared what americans all over this country are saying, quote, this disgusting process which democrats brazenly wish to bring to conclusion this week is being done with little regard for the opinions of a clear majority of americans who, while they may believe health care reform is necessary, think this particular approach will take our nation down the wrong economic path. american families want health care reform that will expand access and choices and decrease costs. the democrats' health care bill includes tax increases, medicare cuts, job-killing mandates, and higher premiums. this bill is nothing more than the same government-run insurance mandates and taxes the american people have overwhelmingly rejected. this bill must be killed. we must start over. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's t

. >> host: congressman bob goodlatte, republican of virginia, the sixth district. thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> the u.s. house begins work next week on president obama's health care plan. house speaker nancy pelosi told reporters today the democrats are one day closer to passage. president barack obama is delaying his trip to asia next week to focus on health care. going before the house. the senior administration official tells "the associated press" that the president now plans to leave washington the following week. white house spokesman robert gibbs is likely to have more information in his briefing today. live coverage begins at about 1:30 eastern. before it hits the for critique images will be meeting to review it. it starts monday with the house budget committee. the rules committee meets wednesday. we will have live coverage on the c-span networks. >> former senior military interrogator mathieu alexander was part of a team that help locate and kill zarqawi, the former leader of al qaeda and iraq. he spoke at an event hosted by the new america foundatio