i went to cardinal hayes in the south bronx. it's much more difficult to get into cardinal spellman than cardinal hayes. nonetheless, she graduated valedictorian from spellman, on to princeton, an graduated to go on to yale law school. with her background and potential she could have chosen lucrative careers in the private sector at a big law firm but she didn't. she worked with bob morganthal as an assistant d.a. where she proved her capabilities over the next four years. i have spoken to my colleagues that worked with her over the years, and they used great adjectives like compassion but one common theme is that she is the salt of the earth and that you would be proud to know her. then she went into private practice and served 16 years on the bench of two different courts. what i remember about her, though in those years when shes was one of the commissioners for the board of elections, there are strong opinions there, both democratic and republican, and when you look at how she has credited herself with her credden shalls, it

that's a little hayes -- hasty but this is an important bill and a bill that needs to be passed. but i'm torn today as i rise to speak on h.r. 2990 on the one hand i support the visions in the bill, retired pay benefits for reserve members and compensation benefits for service members, but where i'm torn is how the chairman, my good friend, mr. skelton, chose to pay for the compensation and benefits provided under the bill. i think first point out that this is a bill for the veterans and this is a bill for those that probably without this bill would not have the assistance that they need and that they deserve, that they are entitled to. i'd also say as a veteran of world war ii and probably one of about four or five on this floor still here, five or six over in the senate, there's not very many of us left, but i take no back seat to anybody in supporting veterans. i have a veterans hospital that my predecessor provided and benefited. i have had the pleasure of walking in a mass walk-a-thon to preserve that hospital from texas where mr. rayburn lived to dallas to protest cuts in i

castillo hayes got it. cora will have nowhere to go. run scores. they get the force out on pie as luke scott will cross and the orioles make it a 6-4 ballgame. roberts on the fielder's choice. now runners on at first and third, but there are two down. >> jim: yeah, at this point mets are trading outs for runs. the guy that they're concerned about is brian roberts. now, here we go. the ability to steal a base. you also have a guy that can hit a home run at the plate. i can't imagine he's going to run. >> gary: no, no. you can't take that chance. >> jim: we'll see. >> gary: not when you have jones and markakis coming up. >> jim: no, you wouldn't think so. >> gary: adam jones has singled, 1-4 in the ballgame. 6-4 game. rodriguez, jones. a big cut. >> jim: you're at the point of the game now where you don't need the home run. obviously, a home run wins it for the orioles. a double up the gap and the outfield for the mets playing very deep. there's your fastball throaz throws it right by adam. >> gary: you got rodriguez where you want a closer. he's ove

much of that happened in my city of memphis, tennessee, home of issac hayes, al green, willie mitchell and others. detroit and motown and father domino and many great musicians, back to kansas city, gillespie, not all from kansas city but from that jazz others. michael jackson of course passed. many great musicians whose music needs to be remembered and young people need to learn this is a great way to pass on our culture and enjoy their own life. i'm pleased this is the 30th anniversary of black music month and we need to enjoy music and soothe the soul. the speaker pro tempore: any further requests for one minutes? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does texas rise? mr. conaway: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material, mcclintock today for five minutes, conaway today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from rise? >> i ask un

opposed to the arab nations which the governments love the united states and the west, and the people hayes. the eye -- iranian people love the administration, but the government does not. now, i recommend you to go and read ken cut lin's book on page 243 it tells you all, you cannot deal with this nasty criminal regime, none whatsoever. you have to go for regime change. help the iranian people now that are on the streets yearning for regime change. mousavi is an excuse. i was born, raised or and educated in iran, and i've been living in this country for the past 34 years. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ken, would you like to respond? >> well, i guess my problem is we're sort of dealing with the iran we want. i mean, there's no secret, i mean, i think everybody in this room, everybody in the u.s. goth wanted ahmadinejad to lose the election. we don't really know what happened, but it seems like it's going to prevail that he won the election. we have to really sort of, i think, deal with the iran that we have. the protesters are very visible, they get a lot of attention, they have a lot of r

has brought all of us home, racism, means nothing to me, because we have just as many black cops, hayes panic cops as we do white. caring is what the problem is. accountability, is what is wrong, we don't have enough accountability and enough integrity and honor in the position that we choose to put our appointed people in office and need to hold people accountable. >> that's right. [applause]. >> yeah? >> two things. for me, that the short comments and then i have a question. you know, there is a scripture in the bible that i leaned on very heavily in my bed zachariah, chapter 9, said, "turn ye to the strong hold ye prisoner of hope." and there is another verse, in romans that speaks about being more than a conquerer. in christ. you know a conquerer takes a city but someone who is more than a conquerer possesses that city. and i would like to personally commend both of you for having the courage to possess the city, and for being examples of people

government hayes -- haste makes taxpayer waist. we must do this properly and correctly. we cannot do it properly or correctly with an arbitrary deadline set by people who have to date passed bills they have not read, that have yet to work for the american people whose number one concern right now is keeping a job or finding one. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? mrs. maloney: i ask unanimous consent that

i don't think this is something that we are doing in great hayes. this is -- great haste. this is something we have been doing for a decade. given the recent events we have seen the need for this legislation is much more apparent. >> second as you know my staff has been working with yours and the white house to -- on a reporter shield bill. senator specter and i when we were on opposite sides of the aisle a bipartisan bill, now it's still a bipartisan bill, there are other members on the other side on the -- who support it, although they are welcomed to come over like senator specter did and make it a partisan bill. in any case we are talking about it. two questions. can the department of justice support a well-balanced reporter shield bill? can you commit to working with senator specter, myself, and of course chairman leahy to get such a bill to the floor quickly as possible so we can pass it this year? >> yes. i think the department can support the, the administration can support such a bill. the concern we have again is with protecting, making sure that the bill doesn't