but i have to take issue with his harry potter comments. just think about that. i like the fact that the distinguished senator from rhode island compares this -- this itty-bitty bill here to a "harry potter" novel. perhaps pretty appropriate, because both of them are what i consider to be works of fantasy and fiction. this thing has 14 pages of table of contents alone. you notice how my voice goes up as i'm holding it. it just puts that my pressure on your speech diaphragm. so i just -- just wish that it was as valuable and would be as valuable to the american people as these "harry potter" novels have been. but let me just say one last thing before i close and leave the floor. again, i appreciate my colleague and i appreciate his graciousness in all ways. we've worked closely together on the intelligence committee, the judiciary committee and in many other ways, and i think he's one of the great additions to the united states senate. and in spite of his -- his dogged determination to support this awful bill, i still think greatly, very highly of him. but let me

a couple of years ago for example the number-one best-seller in france would be a book called harry potter. even schoolchildren in brooklyn are brought up to have secret fantasies of the kind which our friends in the european union will never come close to. one of the things that surprised me when i went to these wonderful wonderful files the other in the hundreds of thousands and millions inside tim's house is that actually came across one or two people who did things that even bond would not have done. here is one. look at that. it is not a very good photograph. it was taken before the second world war. anyone who was then to the house of parliament in london will the c-net. eight is westminster bridge but nobody was attempting to fly a plane beneath that. he was known as the-- for two reasons one that he was a bit mad and secondly he was a major. he had been-- [laughter] he had been a fighter pilot ace during the first world war and he flew under every bridge in london. britain has always had esteemed eccentrics though he was not even prosecuted until after the second world war but hill

it is an alleged that boys still like to read but the harry potter cedars has proved they will if you the right books. it -- have you found that boys and girls have responded differently to your books on science? guest: the first teacher for use my books in virginia beach. i went to the school board. i had been a reporter. i knew all the people. i want to try this with kids in a classroom. i assumed there would ask for a volunteer and i would have a teacher that was eager to work with me. they assign me to a teacher. she was very unhappy. the picture with good reason because she had to be out social study classes. a fifth grade teachers. one was going to use a standard textbook and the other was going to use my manuscript. i made two preparations for her. she was unhappy. she was also at first. when i came back a few weeks later, she had totally change. and she said, if she gave the kids in the classroom with a standard textbooks three pages to read, they usually did not read it. she said, i can give them 10 pages or you are -- of yours -- this is a great man is good. they want to rea

fewer words than a harry potter book. i don't know if we have to get as smile as "good night moon" or "harold and the purple crayon," i'm not sure what it takes, but this is a big topic. that's why we took so much time in committee to address the complexity of a derivatives market gone astray. that's why we took the time to address the complexity of mortgage-backed securities that weren't addressed during those many years republicans were in power. the results of that inaction, millions of foreclosures across the united states. the worst recession since the great depression. over 700,000 jobs lost the month the president was sworn into office because of the inaction. of the republican party. so now when the american people demand we step up and we take action, what do they want to do? they want to do the same thing they did when they were in power for year after year after year, that is, nothing. madam chair, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from

it is an alleged that boys still like to read but the harry potter cedars has proved they will if you give them the right books. it -- have you found that boys and girls have responded differently to your books on science? guest: the first teacher for use my books in virginia beach. i went to the school board. i had been a reporter. i knew all the people. i want to try this with kids in a classroom. i assumed there would ask for a volunteer and i would have a teacher that was eager to work with me. they assign me to a teacher. she was very unhappy. the picture with good reason because she had to be out social study classes. a fifth grade teachers. one was going to use a standard textbook and the other was going to use my manuscript. i made two preparations for her. she was unhappy. she was also at first. when i came back a few weeks later, she had totally change. and she said, if she gave the kids in the classroom with a standard textbooks three pages to read, they usually did not read it. she said, i can give them 10 pages or you are -- of yours -- this is a great man is good. they w