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we want to know your to send us your comments but visiting the tom harkin facebook page but twittering that tom underscore when you're in the champ room on the message board you through the blog at thom hartmann dot com you can also leave a message on the ramp line at two two five three six fifty three zero six agree disagree sound off it's all welcome to remember that your comments may be used on the year. we're insane if you think about the way our nation administers health care we really are truly insane the state of vermont is trying to be the first state in the country to set up a state wide single payer health care system health care system that will cover everyone and a health care system that according to a new report by two different nonpartizan nonpolitical government agencies will save vermont up to one point eight billion dollars over the next decade that's right a single payer health care system will cover more people everybody in fact and be one point eight billion dollars cheaper the way it works is that there's only one insurance company in the state that provides basic
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. ♪ we harkin if you please >> reporter: the singing telegram, as seen in "you were never lovelier."ow, western union is bringing it back, sort of. senders will be able to choose a singer and a song from a template, personalize it and then e-mail it. cute, but will another e-mail really get our attention? we tested it. first, we e-mailed part of the digital message to the news room. so, nobody's paying any attention at all to our e-mail. then, we sent in the real thing. ♪ ain't not mountain high enough ♪ >> reporter: turns out, if you really want to get someone's attention, a pink gorilla is still pretty hard to ignore. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> please, don't send that pink gorilla. >> i would love it. >> do not. >>> that is what's making news in america this morning. p. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great wednesday.
. ♪ we harkin if you please >> reporter: the singing telegram, as seen in "you were never lovelier."ow, western union is bringing it back, sort of. senders will be able to choose a singer and a song from a template, personalize it and then e-mail it. cute, but will another e-mail really get our attention? we tested it. first, we e-mailed part of the digital message to the news room. so, nobody's paying any attention at all to our e-mail. then, we sent in the real thing. ♪...
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danks. >> thank you, senator harkin. what my two colleagues on the panel have described is exactly what is appropriate and available under current law. under the individuals with disabilities with education act, an essential decision that each child's iep team needs to make and the iep team includes the child's parents, of which assessment is appropriate to that child. does the child take an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards, does the child take the regular assessment with or without accommodation or modification? that is something that's currently required under i. i.d.e.a. for those kids on alternate achievement standards, you have to design something that's appropriate to that child. those kids are on a unique place where they are not on grade level. i oftentimes call them act of god kids. short of an act of god, these kids are never going to be on grade level. it doesn't matter how much their mother loved them, what they had for breakfast, how many books were in their home. these kids are
danks. >> thank you, senator harkin. what my two colleagues on the panel have described is exactly what is appropriate and available under current law. under the individuals with disabilities with education act, an essential decision that each child's iep team needs to make and the iep team includes the child's parents, of which assessment is appropriate to that child. does the child take an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards, does the child take the regular...
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this segment of the picture also we want to know your to send us your comments but visiting the tom harkin facebook page via twitter account underscore apartment or in the chat room on the message boards or the blog thom hartmann doug can also leave a message on a rant line to achieve by three six fifty three zero six agree disagree sound on its all welcome to remember that your comments may be used on the year. according to the international monetary fund china will overtake the united states as the world's top economy in just five years i'm twenty sixteen it will be the end of the american empire as we know it and it will be the best news our nation has received in a very very long time from our military misadventures abroad to our crumbling infrastructure and woefully slow start on adopting alternative energy here at home to our reliance on banks toure's in their boom bust cycles to the loss of made in america manufacturing the corruption of our media and the disintegration of accountability in our government. there were numerous troubling sign posts along our nation's road to ruin but
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appreciate your calls for a financial transaction tax are growing louder and louder today senator tom harkin and congressman peter de fazio announced plans to introduce a new financial transaction tax even the archbishop of canterbury the head of the church of england called for such a tax and given the proposed tax is only three one hundred six of one percent it will have virtually no impact on most traders except for those high frequency robots on wall street that are churning stocks over thousands of times a second millions of times a second serve publicans who oppose this new financial transaction tax are just only looking out for the human one percent they're also only looking out for the banks to robots as well. it's time for a daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's the day's question who is responsible for the violence at the occupy oakland protests the police or the mayor choices are they the police the i was just following orders excuse doesn't work for this type of violence or be the mare that mare shouldn't have tried to stop occupy oakland from having the right t
appreciate your calls for a financial transaction tax are growing louder and louder today senator tom harkin and congressman peter de fazio announced plans to introduce a new financial transaction tax even the archbishop of canterbury the head of the church of england called for such a tax and given the proposed tax is only three one hundred six of one percent it will have virtually no impact on most traders except for those high frequency robots on wall street that are churning stocks over...
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for the movie that they answer that ira spoke earlier spoke to occupy wall street organizer andrew harkins to start things off i asked him to tell me what kind of reaction he's seeing on the ground from the ruins of alyson it's really difficult because somebody who is part of the direct action working group who oversaw participants and oversaw a lot of the actions that happened over the course of the last night to figure out where these lines between legal and illegal are i mean you know we saw the police continuing to protect i mean with a riot cops around the park with barricades even when this injunction had been sorrow and so we watched a lot of intense charlie throughout the night so on the ground it's it's hard to say what exactly this is really going to ultimately do given that this action felt like it was illegal in the first place is there a sense that protesters are going to comply with this order and knocking a pie the party apart anymore or do you think there's going to be a resistance. there and there's definitely. i mean we are going to face a resistance from. the police in n
for the movie that they answer that ira spoke earlier spoke to occupy wall street organizer andrew harkins to start things off i asked him to tell me what kind of reaction he's seeing on the ground from the ruins of alyson it's really difficult because somebody who is part of the direct action working group who oversaw participants and oversaw a lot of the actions that happened over the course of the last night to figure out where these lines between legal and illegal are i mean you know we saw...
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segment the big picture listen up we want to know your to send us your comments by visiting the tom harkin facebook page twitter at tom underscore apartment or in the champ room on the message board through the blog at tom hartman dot com you can also leave a message on the rant fine it's good to buy three six three zero six agree disagree sound bob it's all welcome to remember that your comments may be used on the year. when former egyptian president hosni mubarak wanted to clear a part of your square of demonstrators who had been camped out for weeks there he went after them he did this but late last night when york city mayor michael bloomberg said to break up the occupy wall street and hamlet sure after one am he made sure that he didn't make that same mistake but no dark he ordered a complete media blackout of his raid his police military style frankly police operation and as a crowd or whatever the police intended to do to the patriots camped out there for nearly two months billionaire bloomberg did not want the press to see so today we can assume that there were any camels or whips
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harkin: mr. president, later this week, i assume sometime tomorrow, the senate is expected to vote on the rebuild america jobs act. this is a practical, commonsense legislation that does two urgent and important things. it will help to modernize america's crumbling infrastructure, and it will help to put americans back to work and get our economy going again. not surprisingly this bill enjoys overwhelming popular support among the american people. every day americans see the infrastructure crisis with their own eyes. they see interstate highways increasingly overwhelmed, potholes everywhere, they see bridges and overpasses structurally unsound, in danger of collapse, need i mention the gridlock in some of our major cities because of inadequate roadways and access points for automobiles. china and brazil are building world-class ports, sea ports while ours are left over from early in the last century. we know that we need to make major federal investments in modernizing america's infrastructure. s
harkin: mr. president, later this week, i assume sometime tomorrow, the senate is expected to vote on the rebuild america jobs act. this is a practical, commonsense legislation that does two urgent and important things. it will help to modernize america's crumbling infrastructure, and it will help to put americans back to work and get our economy going again. not surprisingly this bill enjoys overwhelming popular support among the american people. every day americans see the infrastructure...
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meddling in our elections and senators who signed on to this amendment tom you all michael bennett tom harkin durbin chuck schumer sheldon whitehouse and jeff merkley all saw what happened. in last year's elections as a result of citizens united they saw how the amount of secret outside spending skyrocketed from just sixty sixty eight million dollars in the two thousand and six midterms to over three hundred four million in the two thousand and ten midterms that's a four hundred percent increase in corporate cash influencing elections and buying politicians just ten months after the citizens united decision and as you'd expect when corporations get to hand pick their members of congress republicans win big but with occupy wall street at their back now these senators are saying enough is enough and this constitutional amendment will give power back to congress and to the states to set their own election laws so that they can keep corporations and extreme wealth in check in the political process that means they can start by passing laws like this all wisconsin law it was on the books through mo
meddling in our elections and senators who signed on to this amendment tom you all michael bennett tom harkin durbin chuck schumer sheldon whitehouse and jeff merkley all saw what happened. in last year's elections as a result of citizens united they saw how the amount of secret outside spending skyrocketed from just sixty sixty eight million dollars in the two thousand and six midterms to over three hundred four million in the two thousand and ten midterms that's a four hundred percent...
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coburn: i would ask unanimous consent that following senator harkin, that the senator from georgia be recognized, senator isakson. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: myself and senator barrasso are two of the three doctors in the senate, and both of us have practiced over 25 years, and we have put out several reports, but every year medicare recipients receive a message from medicare, medicare and you. what we thought we would do is come to the floor and tell our colleagues, as well as the american people, that we have put out a medicare and you, because there was a lot of information that wasn't in the medicare and you report this year, and we're just going to -- and i would ask unanimous consent that we have a colloquy between myself and the senator from wyoming, dr. barrasso, as to what we are reporting in our medicare and you statement. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: this booklet, which will be available on coburn coburn.senate.gov and barrasso barrasso.senate.gov for every medicare patient out there explains exactly what has happened to m
coburn: i would ask unanimous consent that following senator harkin, that the senator from georgia be recognized, senator isakson. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: myself and senator barrasso are two of the three doctors in the senate, and both of us have practiced over 25 years, and we have put out several reports, but every year medicare recipients receive a message from medicare, medicare and you. what we thought we would do is come to the floor and tell our colleagues,...
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. >>> it's been hard to miss this fiat commercial featuring jennifer lopez harkining back to her generjennys place inspires me. to be tougher -- to stay sharper -- >> jut one thing, lopez didn't shoot this anywhere close to her old neighborhood. let's bring in shannon cook. shannon, you know, no big deal normally. but this commercial is one that, you know, you watch it over and over. and she really makes it, you know, seem like she's getting all this inspiration and she goes there every weekend. but it's really just a hollywood illusion. >> well, yeah. apparently her gps system was really on the fritz there, ted. you see these -- you see her looking sentimental and getting all warm and fuzzy as she's driving through the bronx where she grew by these nice close-u were actually filmed according to reports in los angeles. so what about the scenes where it's obviously shot in the bronx? apparently that was a body double. this is according to sources who smoke to "the smoking gun." vague statements from both fiat and lopez's reps back up the story. lopez was too busy to jump on a plane and fly t
. >>> it's been hard to miss this fiat commercial featuring jennifer lopez harkining back to her generjennys place inspires me. to be tougher -- to stay sharper -- >> jut one thing, lopez didn't shoot this anywhere close to her old neighborhood. let's bring in shannon cook. shannon, you know, no big deal normally. but this commercial is one that, you know, you watch it over and over. and she really makes it, you know, seem like she's getting all this inspiration and she goes...
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. >> not only are we going to new hampshire, tom harkin, we're going to south carolina and oklahoma and arizona and north dakota and new mexico. we're going to california and texas and new york and we're going to south dakota and oregon and washington and michigan. and then we're going to washington, d.c., to take back the white house. yeah! >> yeah! again, that is an imperfect analogy to what happened to rick perry in new hampshire. because in the case of the dean scream, the scream thing was one second. one second or less. it seemed to mostly have been the product of a weirdly placed microphone and a very loud crowd, but it was a moment that was then sort of inappropriately deacon textualized in a way to make howard dean seem crazy in some larger way or make him seem funny, to make him an object of ridicule in the campaign. in the case of rick perry, this was not one out of context second. this was 25 minutes. i mean, take your pick. of any of these moments. any one of these moments is a dean scream. and there were 25 straight minutes of it. and what is truly interesting about this tr
. >> not only are we going to new hampshire, tom harkin, we're going to south carolina and oklahoma and arizona and north dakota and new mexico. we're going to california and texas and new york and we're going to south dakota and oregon and washington and michigan. and then we're going to washington, d.c., to take back the white house. yeah! >> yeah! again, that is an imperfect analogy to what happened to rick perry in new hampshire. because in the case of the dean scream, the...
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>> well, it harkins back to actually bill clinton. it depends what the definition of is is.depends on what the definition of agreement or settlement is. and his story, i mean, his story has changed more often than mitt romney's policies. >> all right, will. listen to cain explaining the incident with the first accuser that he acknowledged. listen to this. >> once i referenced this lady's height and i was standing near her and did this saying, you're the same height as my wife. my wife is 5 feet tall. she comes up to my chin. this lady is 5 feet tall and she comes up to my chin. obviously she thought that that was too close for comfort. >> i don't know what the coming up to the chin has to do with anything. it's kind of -- the whole thing is, you know, what it boils down to, mr. lemon, is he said/she said, he said/she said/she said -- did i say cheese head? no. go pack. >> he held a news conference. when i saw this and i said, did he really think this was going to work? he had a press conference at a medical center last week and he said -- i'll let him say and and we'll talk
>> well, it harkins back to actually bill clinton. it depends what the definition of is is.depends on what the definition of agreement or settlement is. and his story, i mean, his story has changed more often than mitt romney's policies. >> all right, will. listen to cain explaining the incident with the first accuser that he acknowledged. listen to this. >> once i referenced this lady's height and i was standing near her and did this saying, you're the same height as my wife....
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this is too draconian and this harkins back to the days when d.c.rks the murder capital of the united states and they could -- was the murder capital of the united states. what we're finding are law- abiding citizens being arrested for no other charge other than the expired tags. they don't have contraband in the car, no weapons or drugs or anything like that. this clearly says the rest, where the top charge involveed expired tags. and that is what is so troubling about this. >> let me ask you what do you think the punishment should be for driving with expired tags? should people get off with a warning and given, you know, a ticket? >> let me tell you what the standard is across the country. in most states, if the tag has been expired for less than 6 months, six months, not 30 days as is the case in the district, you simply are given a ticket. and if it's expired for more than six months, you may have points on your driver's license or you may have to appear in court and defend that. but the fact of the matter is this is a minor traffic infraction.
this is too draconian and this harkins back to the days when d.c.rks the murder capital of the united states and they could -- was the murder capital of the united states. what we're finding are law- abiding citizens being arrested for no other charge other than the expired tags. they don't have contraband in the car, no weapons or drugs or anything like that. this clearly says the rest, where the top charge involveed expired tags. and that is what is so troubling about this. >> let me...
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democrats tom harkin of iowa and representative peter defazio of oregon have introduced a bill that would the financial transaction tax in this country. worldwide the idea of doing this globally in all financial markets is getting vocal support from the archbishop of canterbury today, from the pope, who put out an official catholic church statement on this last week. also conservative german chancellor the conservative french president nicolas sarkozy. president obama talked with merkel and sarkozy. author ron suskin reports that president obama at least used to personally support this idea of there being a financial transaction tax. members of his economic team, specifically lawrence summers apparently pushed against it and we didn't get it. now lawrence summers is gone from the administration but today the u.s. officially does not support a global financial transaction tax even though france and germany do. not to mention the pope. we often hear a critique of the occupy wall street movement that it's not specific enough, that nobody knows what the demands are. here's one. here's a very
democrats tom harkin of iowa and representative peter defazio of oregon have introduced a bill that would the financial transaction tax in this country. worldwide the idea of doing this globally in all financial markets is getting vocal support from the archbishop of canterbury today, from the pope, who put out an official catholic church statement on this last week. also conservative german chancellor the conservative french president nicolas sarkozy. president obama talked with merkel and...
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. >> tomorrow orrin hatch -- tomorrow on washington journal tom harkin. ylan mui, steven emerson, and stacy palmer on whether or not the recession is having an effect on how much people are giving this giving season. plus, your phone calls. >> in the name of the greatest people who have never walked this earth, i draw the line in the dust and tossed the golan before the feet of tournai -- of tyranny now and forever. >> for most of his what -- for most of his life, george wallace
. >> tomorrow orrin hatch -- tomorrow on washington journal tom harkin. ylan mui, steven emerson, and stacy palmer on whether or not the recession is having an effect on how much people are giving this giving season. plus, your phone calls. >> in the name of the greatest people who have never walked this earth, i draw the line in the dust and tossed the golan before the feet of tournai -- of tyranny now and forever. >> for most of his what -- for most of his life, george...
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. >> thank you, senator harkin. what my two colleagues on the panel have described is exactly what is appropriate and available under current law. under the individuals with disabilities with education act, an essential decision that each child's iep team needs to make and the iep team includes the child's parents, of which assessment is appropriate to that child. does the child take an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards, does the child take the regular assessment with or without accommodation or modification? that is something that's currently required under i. i.d.e.a. for those kids on alternate achievement standards, you have to design something that's appropriate to that child. those kids are on a unique place where they are not on grade level. i oftentimes call them act of god kids. short of an act of god, these kids are never going to be on grade level. it doesn't matter how much their mother loved them, what they had for breakfast, how many books were in their home. these kids are
. >> thank you, senator harkin. what my two colleagues on the panel have described is exactly what is appropriate and available under current law. under the individuals with disabilities with education act, an essential decision that each child's iep team needs to make and the iep team includes the child's parents, of which assessment is appropriate to that child. does the child take an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards, does the child take the regular...
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harkin: mr. president, i've come to the floor this evening to congratulate the president of the international association of machinists union, tom buffenbarger, and boeing's c.e.o., jim mcnearney, on their agreement today to extend their current contract for four years. mr. president, this is a good deal. it reflects a strong and commendable commitment by boeing to continue having their top-quality products made by top-quality workers. it provides real job security and fair treatment for the company's valued employees. it will also resolve the current labor dispute between the company and the union that is pending before the national labor relations board. this settlement is a step forward for a great company, boeing, a step forward for a great union, the machinists union, and a step forward for our great nation. again, i commend the c.e.o. of boeing, mr. jim mcnearney, the president of the machinists union, tom buffenbarger, for working out this agreement. mr. president, this agreement is also a
harkin: mr. president, i've come to the floor this evening to congratulate the president of the international association of machinists union, tom buffenbarger, and boeing's c.e.o., jim mcnearney, on their agreement today to extend their current contract for four years. mr. president, this is a good deal. it reflects a strong and commendable commitment by boeing to continue having their top-quality products made by top-quality workers. it provides real job security and fair treatment for the...
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he had -- he was trailing in the early polls behind the late paul tsongas, jerry brown, tom harkin, bob kerrey. and there's bill clinton. and you almost -- it was almost laughable. he worked and he worked and gutted and talked to the new hampshire people. even though he didn't win the primary, the perception was, he was the comeback kid because he came in a strong second. so great history. what comes to your mind when you look back on some of the primaries? >> you have to remember george herbert walker bush came in here and was the ambassador to the united nations, republican national committeeman but he was not a nationally recognized figure when he started in new hampshire. and governor hugh gregg used to put him in the front of his old station wagon and they would barn storm the state. they did it the new hampshire way, person to person, town to town and grabbed as many hands and had as many conversations as possible. >> were you there when he got up on the tractor at the farm? >> i was there at the farm. used to drive the station wagon as a senior -- >> campaign pop? >> i was follow
he had -- he was trailing in the early polls behind the late paul tsongas, jerry brown, tom harkin, bob kerrey. and there's bill clinton. and you almost -- it was almost laughable. he worked and he worked and gutted and talked to the new hampshire people. even though he didn't win the primary, the perception was, he was the comeback kid because he came in a strong second. so great history. what comes to your mind when you look back on some of the primaries? >> you have to remember george...
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tom harkin knows better than most how incredibly important that task is.in front of us and continue forward momentum, we have to give tom harkin democratic colleagues in washington who will stay focused on politics and not on a radical agenda that pushes us backwards. although senator harkin was unable to join us tonight, we have a special video message from him about what is at stake in 2012 and how the democrats will win. >> good evening. i welcome mayor rahm emanuel to iowa and send my warm regards. we are all celebrating the big victory of lives. she is a terrific candidate and will be a fine senator. make no mistake. this was a team victory. my hands off to sue and the state party, to the staff and labor programs, to all who pulled together for this win, and especially for our senate majority leader. was big news here in washington and across the country. a rank right up there with the victory for labor rights in ohio and women's rights in mississippi. the successes of the common denominator. in each case, progressives decided to stand up and fight ba
tom harkin knows better than most how incredibly important that task is.in front of us and continue forward momentum, we have to give tom harkin democratic colleagues in washington who will stay focused on politics and not on a radical agenda that pushes us backwards. although senator harkin was unable to join us tonight, we have a special video message from him about what is at stake in 2012 and how the democrats will win. >> good evening. i welcome mayor rahm emanuel to iowa and send my...
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>> well, it harkins back to actually bill clinton. it depends what the definition of is is. depends on what the definition of agreement or settlement is. and his story, i mean, his story has changed more often than mitt romney's policies. >> all right, will. listen to cain explaining the incident with the first accuser that he acknowledged. listen to this. >> once i referenced this lady's height and i was standing near her and did this saying, you're the same height as my wife. my wife is 5 feet tall. she comes up to my chin. this lady is 5 feet tall and she comes up to my chin. obviously she thought that that was too close for comfort. >> i don't know what the coming up to the chin has to do with anything. it's kind of -- the whole thing is, you know, what it boils down to, mr. lemon, is he said/she said, he said/she said/she said -- did i say cheese head? no. go pack. >> he held a news conference. when i saw this and i said, did he really think this was going to work? he had a press conference at a medical center last week and he said -- i'll let him say and and we'll talk
>> well, it harkins back to actually bill clinton. it depends what the definition of is is. depends on what the definition of agreement or settlement is. and his story, i mean, his story has changed more often than mitt romney's policies. >> all right, will. listen to cain explaining the incident with the first accuser that he acknowledged. listen to this. >> once i referenced this lady's height and i was standing near her and did this saying, you're the same height as my...
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also appearing, iowa senator tom harkin and i'm congressman leonard boswell.e dinner is live from des moines tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> condoleezza rice, george mcgovern, randall kennedy and jim blair headlined this weekend as booktv brings you the 20th annual miami book fair international. and when the melting pot has been thrown out, you're preaching multiculturalism, what holds us together? >> mr. the guinness book is suicide of a superpower. from new york city, the 67th annual national book award. find a complete schedule online at booktv.org. >> today, the house national resource can be held here looking at the arctic national wildlife refuge and the potential for oil production in the area. you can see the hearing in its entirety starting at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. in the meantime, here is a portion. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the meeting will come to order. the chair notes the presence of a quorum, which under rule three is two members. the committee meets again today to resume its september
also appearing, iowa senator tom harkin and i'm congressman leonard boswell.e dinner is live from des moines tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> condoleezza rice, george mcgovern, randall kennedy and jim blair headlined this weekend as booktv brings you the 20th annual miami book fair international. and when the melting pot has been thrown out, you're preaching multiculturalism, what holds us together? >> mr. the guinness book is suicide of a superpower. from new york...
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thank you. >> thank you senator harkin and senator enzi. i just wanted to say a couple of things from the perspective of easter seals. i think our perspective is that students with disabilities in general have greatly benefited from the elementary and secondary education act because the law requires their achievement be measured and reported. and as a result, more students with disabilities have been afforded the opportunity to learn and master grade level academic content. that has been huge for our kids. the whole notion of they get a chance to try. one of the things -- there are a number of things that we like in the senate bill. the notion of states to adopt college and careers -- career-ready standards and an assumption of high expectations. we also are very pleased that the bill does not codify the so-called 2% rule, which for us has allowed people to apply very, very low expectations to achievement with students with disabilities. we're pleased with the elements that promote universal design for learning throughout the bill. access t
thank you. >> thank you senator harkin and senator enzi. i just wanted to say a couple of things from the perspective of easter seals. i think our perspective is that students with disabilities in general have greatly benefited from the elementary and secondary education act because the law requires their achievement be measured and reported. and as a result, more students with disabilities have been afforded the opportunity to learn and master grade level academic content. that has been...
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and he was trailing in the early polls behind the late paul tsongas, kerry brown, tom harkin, bob kerrey there is bill clinton. it was almost laughable. he worked anywhere and he just talked to the new hampshire people and even though he didn't win the primary, the perception was he was the comeback kid because he came at a strong second period but comes to mind when you look back on primaries? >> you have to remember george herbert walker bush came in here and was the ambassador to the united nations, republican national committee man, but he was not nationally recognized when he started in new hampshire. and hugh craig is to put them in the station wagon and they would just run the state committed at the new hampshire person-to-person town to town and grabbed as many hanssen had as many conversations as possible. >> or you there when he got up on the tractor? >> i despair. i used to guide the station wagon as a senior at king state college. >> the campaign pop. >> avaricious following -- never knew what i've involved in handing out literature. >> bill, does a picture of former presiden
and he was trailing in the early polls behind the late paul tsongas, kerry brown, tom harkin, bob kerrey there is bill clinton. it was almost laughable. he worked anywhere and he just talked to the new hampshire people and even though he didn't win the primary, the perception was he was the comeback kid because he came at a strong second period but comes to mind when you look back on primaries? >> you have to remember george herbert walker bush came in here and was the ambassador to the...
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senator harkin and congressman defasio introduced the fill to have a 3% tax on every $100 traded raising $350 # billion over the next decade. that's enough to finance a meaningful jobs program or fund programs for a decade. lastly, congress seems to be moving towards complete tax reform to lower loopholes. without raising revenue, however, corporate tax reform rewards all businesses for decades of successful lobbying by some. as noted earlier, the share of revenue extracted from corporations has fallen dramatically for years. should they embark, the taxing of interest should be reconsidered and limited. the current tax treatment of interest encourages high degrees of leverage in the finance sector although this could be addressed directly by taxes leverage. in summary, tax policy can and should be used to alter the market distribution of income, tempering inequality and alleviating poverty and correct social externalities and increase financial speculation. tax reform has to raise more revenue in the coming decades. america is not broke. we can afford economic security programs, public i
senator harkin and congressman defasio introduced the fill to have a 3% tax on every $100 traded raising $350 # billion over the next decade. that's enough to finance a meaningful jobs program or fund programs for a decade. lastly, congress seems to be moving towards complete tax reform to lower loopholes. without raising revenue, however, corporate tax reform rewards all businesses for decades of successful lobbying by some. as noted earlier, the share of revenue extracted from corporations...
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senator harkin and congressman defasio introduced the fill to have a 3% tax on every $100 traded raising $350 # billion over the next decade. that's enough to finance a meaningful jobs program or fund programs for a decade. lastly, congress seems to be moving towards complete tax reform to lower loopholes. without raising revenue, however, corporate tax reform rewards all businesses for decades of successful lobbying by some. as noted earlier, the share of revenue extracted from corporations has fallen dramatically for years. should they embark, the taxing of interest should be reconsidered and limited. the current tax treatment of interest encourages high degrees of leverage in the finance sector although this could be addressed directly by taxes leverage. in summary, tax policy can and should be used to alter the market distribution of income, tempering inequality and alleviating poverty and correct social externalities and increase financial speculation. tax reform has to raise more revenue in the coming decades. america is not broke. we can afford economic security programs, public i
senator harkin and congressman defasio introduced the fill to have a 3% tax on every $100 traded raising $350 # billion over the next decade. that's enough to finance a meaningful jobs program or fund programs for a decade. lastly, congress seems to be moving towards complete tax reform to lower loopholes. without raising revenue, however, corporate tax reform rewards all businesses for decades of successful lobbying by some. as noted earlier, the share of revenue extracted from corporations...
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senator harkin and congressman defasio introduced the fill to have a 3% tax on every $100 traded raising billion over the next decade. that's enough to finance a meaningful jobs program or fund programs for a decade. lastly, congress seems to be moving towards complete tax reform to lower loopholes. without raising revenue, however, corporate tax reform rewards all businesses for decades of successful lobbying by some. as noted earlier, the share of revenue extracted from corporations has fallen dramatically for years. should they embark, the taxing of interest should be reconsidered and limited. the current tax treatment of interest encourages high degrees of leverage in the finance sector although this could be addressed directly by taxes leverage. in summary, tax policy can and should be used to alter the market distribution of income, tempering inequality and alleviating poverty and correct social externalities and increase financial speculation. tax reform has to raise more revenue in the coming decades. america is not broke. we can afford economic security programs, public investme
senator harkin and congressman defasio introduced the fill to have a 3% tax on every $100 traded raising billion over the next decade. that's enough to finance a meaningful jobs program or fund programs for a decade. lastly, congress seems to be moving towards complete tax reform to lower loopholes. without raising revenue, however, corporate tax reform rewards all businesses for decades of successful lobbying by some. as noted earlier, the share of revenue extracted from corporations has...
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you harkin back to the days when republicans and democrats would go out and have a drink and everybody got along and, sure, they'd fight it out on the floor but it was much more civil back then. do i take from that that, you know, the upshot of this dinner tonight could be more cooperation? it sounds more transactional whereas cantor's office is saying it's a completely social visit. >> it is a social visit. >> they're friends. >> they have a good relationship and, i mean, i've spoken with the vice president about this. and they developed a good relationship can during the course of their many negotiations. so it's a social visit. i'm not -- i mean, it's hard to imagine they won't talk some business, but maybe they'll talk sports, i don't know. but the point is that that kind of atmosphere, which, you know, where the communications aren't solely held through either negotiations over policy or in back and forths on cable shows, has in the past, in our history, been conducive to more cooperation on the issues that americans most care about. i don't think anybody is holding, you know, out
you harkin back to the days when republicans and democrats would go out and have a drink and everybody got along and, sure, they'd fight it out on the floor but it was much more civil back then. do i take from that that, you know, the upshot of this dinner tonight could be more cooperation? it sounds more transactional whereas cantor's office is saying it's a completely social visit. >> it is a social visit. >> they're friends. >> they have a good relationship and, i mean,...