harman: thank you, mr. speaker. let me first commend mrs. capps who as a registered nurse has brought so much understanding and depth to our ongoing negotiations on health care. and the energy and commerce committee. second, let me commend a good friend and frequent partner, mr. royce, whose focus on this issue and personal compassion on behalf of his friend, abby, and enormously caring staff have brought this issue to my attention. it resonates in my district, my california congressional district, where there is an incredible community of activists who are committed to increasing awareness and supporting research on prader-willi syndrome. two of those, tom and renee, are parents of a child with prader-willi. they have brought other prader-willi families together with groups of students, teachers, and other members of the community to spread awareness and raise funds to combat this devastating disease. tom says, quote, the thing that has kept us going over the years has been the optimism that a cure for p.w.s. will be found and our son will

this week, prime minister brown was in copenhagen so deputies labor leader harriet harman field questions. she also took questions on the british economy and several foreign policy issues. >> question to the prime minister. i have been asked to reply. i am sure the whole house will join me in sending our profound condolences to the families and friends of the two soldiers from 3rd battalion the rifles who died in afghanistan yesterday. we send our deepest sympathies to their families. this christmas, we will all be thinking of the bravery and dedication of our armed forces overseas, and especially at this time of year, of the families who support them. my right honorable friend the prime minister is in copenhagen. this morning he met the un secretary-general; this afternoon he will address the assembly. endorse what the right honorable about these fallen soldiers and our thoughts will be very much with their families. but may i turn to the home front and other families who will be desperately worried that their own loved ones might not be home for christmas because of the cabin crew briti

>> thank you, chairman harman. i think there are a lot of good ideas expressed by all of the witnesses here today. today. i would reiterate our point that you start with the violence and not the ideology. adding to the list, we could add any number of ku klux klan whether underground, or any examples of terrorist action within our country. by starting with the ideology and saying you will define and examine those acts, you are predetermining the outcome and your conclusions will cast dispersions on the muslims. >> i agree with the definition of the problem. what's the solution? >> to start with a different universe of actions. you look at what moves different people in different contexts from a nonviolent to a violent situation. that is the best way you are looking at actual historical events and not making assumptions about the future, but also by definition, if you are starting with a different universe of people, you are not predetermining a focus on the muslim community. >> doctor? >> you asked the question of

that is from jane harman. at the top, " the daily news." the lead editorial -- it is time,prez, for you to get serious. it says -- host: a lot of varying thoughts on the president's handling of the situation. now we're interested in yours. again, the lines on the screen f jeremiah on the republican line. are you there? let's go next to eastern shore, maryland, steve on our democrats line. caller: i believe the president is handling this problem swiftly and efficiently. i think the newspaper -- news media have not been as efficient. the only thing i saw in cnn. other than that i think the news was sleeping at the handle. host: when you say he is handling it swiftly and efficiently. give some examples of what you have seen. caller: he addressed it, as the constitution would require. in the state myself today on the news where he is probably going to make some people lose their jobs over not doing their jobs. he is sensitive to the situation from the terrorists as far as their constitutional rights and a thing that is what we have to go by, ba

>> thank you, chairman harman. i think there are a lot of good ideas expressed by all of the witnesses here today. today. i would reiterate our point that you start with the violence and not the ideology. adding to the list, we could add any number of ku klux klan whether underground, or any examples of terrorist action within our country. by starting with the ideology and saying you will define and examine those acts, you are predetermining the outcome and your conclusions will cast dispersions on the muslims. >> i agree with the definition of the problem. what's the solution? >> to start with a different universe of actions. you look at what moves different people in different contexts from a nonviolent to a violent situation. that is the best way you are looking at actual historical events and not making assumptions about the future, but also by definition, if you are starting with a different universe of people, you are not predetermining a focus on the muslim community. >> doctor? >> you asked the question of

and hopefully my colleague will show and jane harman and we will say shame on us if we have a next disaster and we're not ready to communicate effectively. shame on us if we have another 9/11. shame on us and we have another katrina and we have it sheriff department's not talking to firefighters, we have firefighters not talking to the national guard and. so i appreciate this focus and we all understand the importance of having an inventory. but if we can get the d -- d block right in a timely manner who are we kidding ourselves? so i would hope mr. chairman and the full committee chairman that we would really work on the parameters to push for a per. proper auction in which we get all the benefits and bring in additional revenue by develop the revenue stream which will allow us to provide grants and money to our first line responders to get to this one important aspect of our homeland security issues and debates in line and i yield the balance of my time. >> thank you mr. shimkus. the chairman emeritus of the liturgy and commerce committee, the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell is recog

my focus on the d block, as everyone knows, hopefully my colleague will show, and jane harman, and wel say, shame on us if we have the next disaster and we are not ready to communicate effectively. shame on us if we have another 9/11. shame on us if we have another katrina and we have sheriff department's not talking to firefighters, we have firefighters not talking to the national guard. i appreciate this focus, and we all understand the importance of having an inventory. but if we can again be -- if we cannot get the d blocked right in a timely manner, who are we kidding ourselves? we should really work on the parameters to push for appropriate and proper auction in which we get all the benefits. we bring in additional revenue, but we also developed the revenue streams which will allow us to provide grants and money to our first-time responders to get this one important aspect of our homeland security issues and debates in line. >> thank you very much. the chairman emeritus of the commerce committee, mr. dingell, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you

. >> harriet harman came to the dispatch box and told mps they would have to take punishment without a commons vote. they listened in miserable silence as they heard the gravy train finally hitting buffers. >> this house of commons has yet to fully resolve this damaging episode but with clear acknowledgement of the public anger with firm action already taken with the kelly report and the establishment of the independent parliamentary standards authority, this will be resolved. >> chastened mps queued up to meekly days of duck houses moats flipping and fancy mortgages were over. >> i behalf of these benches i like to thing sir christopher and his colleagues creating a thorough report we should accept in full and take forward. >> i am clear, sir christopher kelly's proposals should be implemented in full without equivocation. >> i very much, approve of the approach that the leader of the house is taking in this matter. she should be assured of the support if there are any parliamentary procedures required, to implement what she has laid out in her statement. my colleagues will be happy