i know the marines will enjoy being on guam. i'm not sure it's absolutely necessary for them to have a repository for cultural artifacts. but the plan to move the marines, which will require spending between $18 billion and $23 billion on guam to build up its capabilities as a permanent base, is so much in doubt that both the armed services committee and the military construction and veterans affairs subcommittee of the appropriations committee has stopped funding guam military construction projects until the department of defense provides a master plan and considers alternatives that may provide the needed marine forward presence at much less expense. in fact, we simply cannot afford to carry out the plans as they were originally envisioned. in the face of all the doubt about the scope and timing of the eventual buildup, the appropriations committee put a premium on buying school buses, an art fact repository and a mental health clinic in guam. that's not anybody's idea of defense priorities in the fiscal environment that we fa

i have been as far west as guam and as far east as phoenix. fresh & easy is in arizona, nevada, and california. so fresh & easy when i & easy, i want to say because i know it, because i have been nine committees draw at arizona, nevada, california, and this region and i have seen what it has done in committees like baby. i want you to think back for a second. anyone remember meant this in the late 1960's in the early 1970's? at that point, i had a memphis accent when dr. king was brutally assassinated. i remember going with my mother as part of our jewish organization and synagogue, and we went into underserved parts of memphis, tennessee and delivered fresh fruits and vegetables. this was 1968 and 1969. and it is about time in this country, and it is about time that we have leaders like fresh & easy, but it is also about time that communities like bay view and the city, mr. mayor -- thank you. david, thank you. sophie, for your leadership, thank you. it is time that bayview gets recognized for seizing what we have all known, and that is that

. >> reporter: flights to guam and taiwan will resume next month, and services to beijing will resume from march next year. >>> the march 11th tragedy created creativity in the film world. in the disaster hit city of sendai, miyagi prefecture a film festival was held this month. all the fims shown were the same duration, 3:11 seconds representing the date of the disaster. we see how japan's up and coming film directors worked on their small pieces in light of the disaster. >> reporter: children at play but the smiles and laughter soon give way to hints of the fact from the fukushima nuclear accident on people's lives. this animation entitled "the hands" unfolds with images of grieving and pray. simple sketches convey feelings of growth and separation. the sendai short film festival opened on september 17th. the 11-year-old festival gives novice film directors a chance to move in to the spotlight. 41 entries were accepted this year for this category. the hole where the event where the -- the hall where the event is usually held was damaged in the march 11th disaster. a member of the or

out every day across america every citizen's hour to have contributions from all fifty states from guam from puerto rico all not many of the candidates can say that we are coming it just takes a while to do it this way and look what happens why not do it this way a million people what an army that would be for the truth but that's still the issue you know fair play one hundred million dollars is still a fraction of you know as i mentioned barrack obama last time around three thousand this is a yes no no no no this is just in a primary all right when i win the primary when i win the primary our challenge the president to five nationally televised debates will do it across the country. and i'll s. five million americans to join with me in this campaign to stop unfair trade with china to make our country break its addiction to middle eastern oil five million americans and a hundred dollars that'll be a half a billion and the president will have a billion and you say well he allowed spins you when i ran for governor of louisiana the governor that i whips spent sixteen million dollars i only

i've had all 50 states participate, guam and puerto rico, i don't know what's wrong with those guys, but they are helping me, so i am building, i will get on a debate, rachel. it will happen. my issues are jobs and the corruptive power of big money in campaigns. those are my two issues. no one else talks about it, no one else cares about it. i want a president with passion about jobs, and that's what i expect from mr. obama the day after tomorrow. that's what i'm looking for. not a specific plan, but i want passion for jobs. this country's in trouble. i don't see it in the republican party, i don't see it in the presidency, i'm concerned, that's why i'm running. >> after 20 years or so out of politics, why jump in at the presidential level, why try to get back into politics without national name recognition, without a national base? >> that's a good question, and i never really thought of it that way, and maybe the game passed me by. it used to be i built my political career, and i served in the constitutional convention, i wrote a constitution with the help of others, congress for f

had to cut back to the point that their electricity consumption per capita is now lower than that of guam, luxembourg, and aruba. what's the administration's solution? interior secretary ken salazar announced yesterday that the administration is moving forward with a plan to destroy four perfectly good hydroelectric dams on the klamath river capable of producing 155,000 megawatts of the cleanest and cheapest electricity on the planet. enough for about 155,000 homes. now, why would the administration pursue such a ludicrous policy? well, they say it's necessary to increase the salmon population. the thing is, we did that a long time ago by building the iron gate fish hatchery. the iron gate fish hatchery produces five million salmon smolet every year, 17,000 of which return annually as fully grown adults to spawn. the problem is, they don't include them in the population count. and to add insult to insanity, when they tear down the iron gate dam, we will lose the iron gate fish hatchery and the five million salmon smolt it produces annually. declining salmon runs are not unique to the klam

he moved to guam for high school, returning to college after service in the united states army and earned a master's degree with honors. he dedicated his education and craft to a career with the postal service, rising to a vice presidency and directing operations in the nikero nearbya region. he exemplifies the power and benefit of an education, i congratulate him and i encourage young people in the northern mariana islands to follow his example. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection sms -- objection. >> i recently had the opportunity to meet with a constituent of mine who is a minor celebrity. he's the farmer who had the chance to ask president obama about red tape coming from unelected bue contracts. the president's not so reassuring response if you hear something is happening but it hasn't yet, don't always assume it's true. what president obama said defines the uncertainty that's crippled our small businesses. entrepreneurs and job creators and ham strung

united states annexes hawaii and takes over the philippines, invade cuba and the philippines takeover guamand puerto rico. it's the year we became an empire and the year we became who we are now and hawaii is part of that. it's -- there was a huge debate at that time because, you know, americans, we love to bicker and a lot of the people who objected to becoming an empire to acquiring the colony's saw this as a betrayal of our original ideals, and the ideal of the government based on the consent of the government, the majority of the hawaiian population didn't want to become an american territory. the philippines who had been our allies fighting against spain in the spanish-american war when we acquired the philippines as spoilers of bup war our old allies were starting to plan their guns at us and who could blame them? so, you know, we took over those islands and colonized them and they became our property and the same thing with hawaii. so that is really the corner that we turned in this country than it there is no turning back from that. and it was kind of this -- i see it as a question

our bond rating was the worst of every state plus guam. we had the most toxic water and air emissions of any state in america. four years later, all of that had changed. we had our bond rating go up five times. we had ours upgraded five times. no state has done that. i like our record. remember, that is 20 years ago. politics is legitimately, what have you done for me lately? don't i know you from somewhere? some guy asked me, did you used to be newt gingrich? my problem -- i do not think it is what i believe and my passion or might debating ability. my problem is that i am not known and it is easy to put me aside. i call myself a crisis the old man. - crotchety old man. it is easier to have a new face with no experience than an old face with more experience. i have tried to excite my age and my experience by talking about things others do not talk about. i think i will be on the debates. i do not think the other opponents wanted me there. i think i will make it the base. i will not make the next one. i think it is -- i do not think i will

states annexed hawaii and takes over the philippines and invade cuba and the philippines, takes over guamnd puerto rico. the year we became an empire and the year we became who we are now. and hawaii is part of that. there was a cute debate at the time because we love to bicker. a lot of people who objected to becoming an empire and acquiring colonies saw it as a betrayal of our original ideals. the ideal of government based on consent of the government. the majority of the hawaiian population did not want to become an american territory. the philippines who had been our allies against spain in the spanish-american war when we acquired the philippines as spoils of that war our old allies, the philippine rebels started pointing their guns at us. who could blame them? we took over those islands and colonize them and they became our property. same thing with hawaii. that is the corner we turned that there is no turning back from. it was this -- it is a question of does this country want to be good or great? people like the or roosevelt and henry cabot lodge and men in the government and mili