to meet the needs of a growing city, we have purchased five ache oefrs land on a busy highway. we hired a builder and have drawn up plans for a new building. all these plans have been shown to the legaler placement people for chrysler. no dealership is a cost to chrysler. we pay for everything we use and we take all the risk. we are chrysler's cust mer. in a typical month, we pay chrysler over $2,500 in fantasticed e eed -- fixed expe alone plus parts and vehicles paid for in full and up front. we sponsor school events, little league, pea wee football, rodeo and many other events. we are a teeny small store but our dealership has gross sales of $18 million or $443,000 per month. we have collected and paid the state and county over $805,000 in taxes and fees or $20,026 per month. plus, we have paid the county $52,668 in property taxes. all of this and it does not include income or payroll taxes. i was told our area enjoyed a 20% market share. while we did not sell every customer, we serviced 1,548 vehicles per year on average. i was told by the factory that if we were not here,

the mixture here growing up in kansas city as they did in the hearts of america i was not used to such diversity even one generation ago. not only black and white but asian, even more than that i kept running into american indian faces then i really flipped out one afternoon when i came across an inuit and later that day and then i thought all of north america comes together because than and those combinations but feel people who run america will not be happy but to see the crosses of the world i thought in this that way is the fulfillment as i see it what we're doing in this nation. on that second book tour i was stopping to get a haircut and talking with the man sitting next to me while we were both waiting we get to know which other, not the way dogs and do, and then do that now buy sniffing the buy asking a simple question what do you do? it seems every now with the other fellow does, what is his line we have a fix. so we were chatting and that came up pretty quickly he was a high school mathematics teacher he asked me what i did and i never want to answer the question because cert

the mixture here, growing up in kansas city as they did in the heart of america, was in use to such diversity even a generation ago like that. looking at the faces of not only black and white but asian, but even more than that they kept bringing into american indian faces here and then i really flipped out one afternoon when i came across and in the woods and later that day and elliott. i thought this is marvelous, all in north america coming together here but then everly was fascinated because i began seeing combinations of those people feel that the lost strain is the only one in america are not going to be happy with this but seeing these crosses of the malcolm of the world, thought this really in that way is the fulfillment as i see it of what we are doing in this nation. on that second book to were their bows, i was stopped along the way to get a haircut and was talking with the man sitting next to me while we both were waiting for a haircut. then we got to know each other kind of-- not the way dogs do. dogs that each other. men do that by knots niching i hope that by asking a simple que

provides $13 billion over five years to repair and update amtrak's infrastructure and grow his service in towns and citiesat are ready for passenger rail. we also created new grant programs for high speed rail investment. it has been a long road. but this new law finally paves the way for a solid and oncoming commitment for passenger rail. fortunately, we have strong partners in the white house and president obama, vice president biden and with the help of secretary lahood, they know that to keep our commuters mobile to keep our nation competitive and to get our economy back on track we cannot simply rely on cars and trains to get people from place to place. we need a balanced transportation system and high speed rail is part of that balanced equation and that's why the recovery law we passed in february contains more than $8 billion for high speed and inner city passenger rail. this money will not only improve rail service it will create jobs. in this tough economy, these transportation investments are smart investments. they put people to work, reduce delays and congestion and cut carbon emission and ou

grow. seven of the ten largest cities are going to be on or near the coast, and you're going to see that demographic press down near the coastal areas. resource competition is going to heat up for water and fish and arable land. climate change is going to affect our weather patterns, and it's going to effect the icecaps, so all of that is going to change. and beyond all of that we also face the challenges of proliferation. and as i mentioned that no conflict will ever again in my mind be high end or low end, you know, hybrid really is the word du jour. but it's more than the word du jour, it really is what our future will be. we see proliferation of advanced weapons, submarines, the population of world submarines is expected to increase 280 in the next two decades. we've seen how a group like hezbollah can have an advanced antiship cruise missile. so, again, i'm not sure that we will ever be able to go into an environment and say that it's either low end or high end anywhere. anymore. what was once kind of remote and not of great interest as far as battlefields go, they're opening up. i talked about

so i urge my colleagues as we continue to grow in the 21st century and protect our critical cities and infrastructure, that we will redirect funds to this particular program and that you will vote this amendment in order. thank you. and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. who seeks time? the gentleman from new york. mr. king: i yield 90 seconds to the the gentleman from california and a member of the committee, ranking member on the committee, mr. lungren, 90 seconds. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lungren: i thank the gentleman for yielding. some may wonder why someone from california would be here supporting an amendment that appears to be directed towards assisting the other side of the country. it is because of the success of the program to this point. that is, this is not only for the city of the new york but it is for that entire region and it has been shown how it can be replicated in other parts of the country. also, the greatest concern i have of an attack by terrorists who wish to do us ill would be a nuclear attack of some sort in one of our maj

there also is a growing cost to localities, particularly ones with profound numbers of employees that new york city does, how much this is costing. the g.a.o. will have to come back to us, tell all of us in our localities how many reservist vs. gone off and the local taxpayers wind up picking up the cost. these are posh things to know and i thank the chairman to include it. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california has seven minutes remaining. and the gentleman from missouri has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. mckeon: we continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman from california continues to reserve. the gentleman from missouri has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. skelton: mr. chairman, this is an excellent series of amendments that we have placed en bloc and i want to express my appreciation not only to the staff but to the minority, to the ranking member on the work that they have done in agreeing to these amendments and making this effort today move forward very, very smoothly. with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from missouri yields back the balance of

she will not experience the joy of a growing child within and raising a loving family as we did. our traditional christmas eve visit to new york city for some last-minute shopping, and taking in mass at st. patrick's cathedral were probably come to an end this year. they will just be too painful to make that trip without lauren. many of my fellow crash victims' families sitting behind me also have similar stories and similar losses. so now it is up you to make a difference. everyone in this room today, and those who were here last wednesday, expressed that they had come before you to make the necessary changes in safety. winter is coming. if we do not implement critical safety changes before then, and another accident occurs, we can only blame ourselves for the losses of those families. i do not wish to shoulder the burden, and hope and believe that you agree with me. mr. chairman, ranking members, and all the other aviation committee members, thank you for your time, and i am open also to answer your questions. >> thank you very much. i indicated in the last hearing that i have some discomfort about a good many things here. readin

growing rapidly. it is a very, very beloved service. when it goes missing, as it did recently in my city of seattle, a little station called o.c.o., was providing underground music to my community and had to shut down as a result of the c.r.b. decision and it is much missed, we hope to get this and many other things back up when we get this settlement. i think there's widespread agreement that the 47% of revenues the c.r.b. decision would require simply is not sustainable for the industry. i want to commend all parties to the discussions to try to find an appropriate way to move forward. the third point i want to make is that keeping online radio going and healthy is not just about entertainment. it's about news, it's about public information, it's about emergency preparedness. we've got to do everything we can to give our constituents multiple sources of information . by allowing this bill to go through, we're going to allow a democracy to blossom. i want to thank chairman conyers and ranking member smith for their cooperation and commend this bill to my colleagues. thank you. the speak

an undeniable need to develop and grow, i think it is accurate that china is both a developed and a developing country. they are developed and some of their major cities, but there is still -- in shanghai and beijing, but they are still developing and still quite port in large and -- and quite poor and large farming countrysides. the world cannot contain climate change and cannot avoid dangerous levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere without very significant action by china. we discussed this point as well as the science behind it in great detail again. it was very helpful. among the issues that i stressed were the need for china to develop a long-term low carbon pathway consistent with what the science is telling us. significant actions in the midterm range between now and 2020 will reduce emissions significantly and will keep china on that low carbon half -- that low carbon path. their actions and the underlying numbers will need to be transparent. this is essentially the question of measuring and monitoring emissions. it goes by the rubric in the copenhagen negotiations. we will be having a very extensive continuing dialogue goin

grows out of a few principles my father instilled in me. many of the bell use are carved from rockefeller center in new york city, a place i like to visit from time to time. the governed by parents' lives, and now govern mine. i, in turn, have passed on to my children, who one day will pass them onto there's. not only do i want to share them with you, but on this day of your graduation, i want to urge you to consider them as principles that might also guide your lives. there are 10 of those, and here they are. number one, i believe every human being is different, a testament to the creativity of god. i also believe in the inherent worth of every human being. number two, i believe the primary foundation of our behavior must be stability, civility, and morality. number three, i believe that every right involved responsibility. number four, i believe that truth is fundamental and lies are corrosive, so you should never lie about anyone or anything. number five, i believe in the sacredness of a promise, so you must always on your bows and your commitment. number six, i believe character and integrity are more important than wealth or power or po

city. so, those are the two biggest stages. it's quite a fun time to pitch there. >> when you were growing up back in ohio thinking about maybe somedaythe major leagues, was there a guy you said if i can pitch like this guy, i'll be ok? >> unfortunately, there wasn't -- there was pitchers because i grew up being a reds fan. i guess tom browning and jose rios and dibble upstairs and stuff. the guys i eye dollized was davis and larkin. i wanted to be a hitter. i mimicked them. i have eric davidson's pitch down pat. just loving baseball that. carried me this far. i want to keep it the same way. >> like most good athletes, played other sports in high school. >> writhe right. i also played basketball and football. it kept me busy and i played golf in the summer when i wasn't doing one of those. >> how did you wind up university of dayton? >> it's a college close to home and i watched their basketball games on tv and i was always a big fan. i never got recruited by a lot of big schools, so kind of fit into what i wanted, the type of school i wanted academically and worked out baseball wise also. >> last night as tradition would have it whe

cities. many had never been but a few were miles from home until they went ashore from overseas. they have been called the greatest generation. growing up irk learned my dad, a farm boy, served in the great world war ii as a soldier in europe. he was only 18. that's all i knew. neither he nor my mom, a war bride, ever said anything about my dad's service, until they went to a certain place. here is that place, mr. speaker. a place called normandy. they went on the 50th anniversary of the d-day landing. when he came back to texas after this grave site visit here in this photograph he started talking about his buddies. those that had lived and those that had died. he talked about the concentration camp he is saw at draw caw and how he nearly froze in the battle of the bulge and much, much more. he claims to be no hero, even though he's my hero. he says the real heroes are buried right here in this cemetery at normandy. his fellow warriors who gave up their youth so our country could have our future. some today forget the feats of these warriors of world war ii. those world war ii troops went to leb rate but not conquer. they fought for

grow play internet. your home feels warm that i know eighth grade student will fly on nine miguel wings out of a forest of wooden desks on the cityf angels to watch you and your man walk into your new house. [applause] >> peggy brooks-bertram is the cofounder of the uncrowned queens institute for research and education for women inc. at the university of buffalo in the art. to find out more visit as you and why that edu. >> mark top nonfiction authors and books throughout the weekend on c-span2's booktv. with books on the economy, former investment banker john talbott exposes myths about the recession and what it will take to recover. jay richards on why he thinks capitalism is the best way to ease poverty and protect the environment. also this weekend, the end of overeating, former fda commissioner david kessler explains how americans programmed by too much sugar, salt and john can control their eating habits and on after words, writers and artists, god's and visionaries from the garden of eden to today. atwater galeano recounts the history of the world three collection of 600 short stories. he talks with colombian university pr

it was a city that had had a lot of business during world war ii and its industries had been employing many, many new yorkers. and it was also a growingedia capital. it was expanding its office infrastructure. it was growing in terms of the it was getting a lot of international attention in a new way politically and it was part of, you know -- it was seen internationally kind of as the capital of a resurgent u.s. following world war ii. yes, very much so. so its star was rising in that period. >> what happened to new york in the 1970s? >> well, it's a complicated question that has global, national, local reasonings behind it, political, economic, culture. it was a period of crisis on many levels. and it was a period that began, really, in the 1960s, the decline and really reached a nadir in the 1970s that had to do at the local level with a mismanagement of funds and a fiscal crisis of the state that led to the city technically going bankrupt. and when i say a mismanagement of funds, you know, this is a complex story over which historians debate, it had to do with on the one hand the city government spending an enormous amount to buil

growing government and if you take look at where we're spending money, it's just absolutely amazing. and here's an example, this is a town that is supposedly almost bankrupt, i think it's in rhode island. the city on the verge of bankruptcy spends $550,000 in stimulus money for a skateboard park. now what in the world is the federal government doing, doing bicycle racks in d.c. in million-dollar neighborhoods, skate parks somewhere else? we're putting it all in here and claiming somehow it's going to make unemployment better and yet the numbers are going nuts. the president, what's going on with the white house press corps, he claims it just created 150,000 jobs and yet you see the data going, we're already at 9.7% and it's my understanding when you jump to the next big tax they're talking about they want to be like spain and spain has the envyble 17.5% unemployment. is that where we're going? how long is this going to go before the american public says enough already, the time to change this big spending? if you want to see this thing graphically, this is a little bit chilling. this is historic budget imbalance. these are the different years of the presidents. these years over here are preside