heller. this was a case surgeoning the -- concerning the interpretation of the second amendment right to keep and bear arms and the question was whether that means a right to keep and bear arms that is individual and incorporates the right to keep an arm -- to keep a firearm for the purpose of self-defense. it was an unusual case because there was so little prior supreme court precedent. really just one unusual little case decided in 1939 in a very short and cryptic opinion so. this was a case in which theory naturally had an important role, and the opinion for the court, written by justice scalia, was an example of one leading theory of constitutional interpretation. not surprisingly, it was vigorously original list. the principal descent by justice stevenson was also an original list opinion but justice breyer wrote a different descent and it was just as rigorously pragmatic so. this was an example of a case in which theory meant a lot. the choice of the theory that a justice selected meant

heller. it concerns the interpretation of the second amendment fight to keep and bear arms.he question was whether that means a right to keep and bear arms that is individual and incorporates the rights to keep an arm for the purpose of self- defense. it was an unusual case, because there was so little prior supreme court precedent. really just one unusual little case decided in 1939 in a very short and cryptic opinion. this was the case in which. naturally had an important role. the opinion for the court, written by justice scalia, was an example of one leading theory of constitutional interpretation. not surprisingly, it was vigorous -- vigorously original ist. the dissent was also our originalist, but justice breyer wrote another which he has articulated in another number of books. it was rigorously pragmatic. theory meant a lot. justice election meant a lot in the outcome. but that was the exception that proves the rule. in another case that came along, a couple of years later, in the wake of heller, it illustrates this point. this is the second item on my list. most of

heller: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senator. mr. heller: thank you very much. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: h.r. 3 is at the desk. i understand it's due for its second reading. the presiding officer: a quorum call is in pr progress. mr. reid: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i'm told that h.r. 3 is at the desk and due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the bill for the second time. the clerk: to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and for other purposes much. mr. reid: mr. president, i would now object to any further proceedings at this time. the presiding officer: the objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar under rule 14. mr. reid: mr. president, every time we have a peaceful transfer of power, at any level of our government, it speaks to the strength of our democracy. today is no different. today nevada welcomes their newly appointed senator, dean heller.

sloan heller is live in joplin. she joins us live with the latest. good morning, sloan. >> reporter: good morning. what i can tell you is yesterday rescue crews had a lot of challenges on their plate not only dealing with the mountains and mountains of rubble. all of these homes that toppled down the cars, the trees, this is what they were forced to search through to find anybody who might be alive. the good news is they were able to find 17 people still alive in this rubble and the hope is today that they might find still more people. you can see, i don't know if you can see far back there, but scattered around people now that the sunlight is coming up, you are seeing more and more people coming back to their homes now that it's drier, the weather is cooperating, bringing bags and suitcases to recover whatever it is that they can recover inside their homes. again, we are talking act 117 people killed in this tornado. 400 plus injured and unfortunately we have been told by the city manager and several other emergency responders those numbers are expe

the case that came along in the wake of heller, that illustrates this case. is a case called mcdonald versus the city of chicago. and this was also about the second amendment, right to bear arms. heller involved the district of col columb columbia, and didn't have the application to the state. mcdonald presented that latter question. and for the nonlawyers in the room, let me back up and provide some constitutional backgrounds. the provisions of the bill of rights originally adopted app applied only to the federal government. and not to the states. only after the rattiification o the 13, 14 and 15th amendment that the question was presented and knew about the application of the bill of rights provisions to the states. in the mcdonald case, two provisions of those post-civil war amendments, which fundamentally altered the relationship between the federal government and the states were at issue. one of the privileges or immunities clause of the 14th amendment prohibiting a state to abridge amunities for the united states. and the other provision, due process cl

>> the senate gavels in tomorrow, and first up will be dean heller replacing john ensign. and there will be a procedural vote on the nomination to james cole as deputy attorney general. there'll be live coverage on c- span2. south carolina is the first southern states to hold a presidential primary. >> this week on "newsmakers," our guest jack gerard and the energy policy reporter with bloomberg news. jim, take the first question. >> how you explain the rise in oil prices, and is the country going to see some relief? >> it is probably a reflection of crude oil. there is increasing demand in places such as china and india, also the value of the dollar and some of the unrest in the middle east and africa. the other component we should focus on is the supply side, because at the end of the day, it is about supply and demand, and that is the one area we have not done as well as we could have. we have promised we would buy a lot in the united states. we have indicated we would like them to produce more energy to help us with the gas price. we need to focus on producing in ameri

the case came along in the wake of heller. it is a case called mcdonnell verses the city of chicago -- vs. the city of chicago. this also involves the right to keep and bear arms. heller involved the district of columbia, so it did not have the question of the issue for the states. for the few non-lawyers, let me back up and provide some constitutional background. the provision for the bill of rights was originally to apply only to the federal government, not to the states. it was not until after the ratification of post-civil war amendments that the question arose, that type of question was presented a new about the application of the bill of rights provisions to the states. in the macdonald case, the provisions of those post-civil war amendments, which it fundamentally alter the relationship between the federal government and the states, were at issue. one was the privileges or immunities clause of the 14th amendment prohibiting a state from of bridging the privileges or immunities of a citizen of the united states. the othe

i'm talking about the case of district of columbia verses heller.his was a case involving the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. the question was whether that means a right to keep and bear arms that is individual and incorporates the right to keep an arm, to keep a fire arm for the purpose of self-defense. it was an unusual case because there was so little prior supreme court precedent. there was one unusual little case decided in 1939 in a very short and cryptic opinion. this was a case in which theory naturally had an important role. the opinion for the court, written by justice scalia, was an example of one leading theory of constitutional interpretation. not surprisingly, it was vigorously originalist. the principal dissent by justice stevens was an originalist opinion. justice breyer wrote a separate dissent and that was true to his judicial philosophy which he has articulated in a number of books. it was just as rigorously pragmatic. this was an example of a case in which theory meant a lot. the choice of the theory that a justice

maybe i'm not right in the age demographic, two 14 -- heller was absolutely hilarious. don't bother with this movie unless you're a preteen. vampire from twilight. he doesn't sparkle either. he plays jacob on veterinarian student who drops out of college after his parents die tragically. he ends up joining the circus and fall ins love with the ring master's wife marlena. i am a sucker for animals, any movie starring an elephant is going to be a good movie in my book. it eventually and the ending was group. however the chemistry between reece wither spoon was a bit awkward at times. other than that, i loved this movie. it was beautifully written and the cast worked well together. i live by the rule that if you read the book, don't bother seeing the movie, you know it will never be as good. if you haven't read the book and you're not a guy, you should see water for elephants. it's a definite chick flick that man has to endure. >> thanks for telling me not to watch ma dea, i'll be sure not to. >>> round 2 of the playoffs. who will be the next opponent to make their way. up

his memorial will be at the heller aviation museum on skyway road at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. to this note went to the public. the man who took after his duties after his death was are arrested for drunk driving. he was stopped on the offer and to answer a phone call when a sheriff's deputy saw his car i suspected he had been drinking. he was not booked into jail but taken to the first chance sobering area. and that tattle taxing. party is looking to used text messaging to have passengers notified of rowdy passengers and malfunctions with trains. in will go to a call center where employees would respond to the complaints. they would pass the message to a train operator or a station agent. let us go back to the forecast. >>james: good morning mark, we will begin in the south bay. dublin 01 it has the glove it pay. please step above. some patches of hasten a center of world we're seeing a lot of sun coming down. 51 decrees get enough to 69 degrees by name. look at that, 72 by afternoon. at great looking for cuts. we're starting office like we did yesterday morning. santa rosa as

also for every one thousand heller actuators donated by a coal carriers chevron will make a five hundred dollars donation for the cost of one long replacement therapy it's amazing and bizarre and i'm wondering if any of these companies have threatened to like sushi or something. well that's a very interesting question because when the website first came out last week on tuesday it was actually just peabody coal that we were targeting and peabody basically the reason we had picked them is because they're the largest coal company in the u.s. but a couple of days later we did get a little bit of a threatening legal letter and the funny part was that they weren't asking us to take the website down they were just complaining that it was unfair that we were targeting peabody on themselves and in fact we thought they were right because there are twenty eight other coal companies that again in that pollution that causes asthma and other illnesses in kids so we thought it was only fair to change that on the website to reflect all the coal companies in america this is this is absolutely hysterical

the recent heller and mcdonald decisions absolutely live up to that definition. folks, when it takes a country 200 years to recognize one of the freedoms in its bill of rights, that's historic. but they were historic but our freedom is not secure. because both of these cases were decided by a razor thin majority of just one vote. just one vote. it's just one justice -- if just one justice had voted the other way our right to keep and bear arms would be gone. but that's not the only danger we face. at the united nations freedom hating foreign governments are working to eliminate firearms ownership around the world and right here at home. you've seen it on our southern border. narcoterrorist violence is being exploited, corrupt government officials and gun ban groups are using mexico's problems as an excuse to ban

at the heller university museum. the 46-year-old had become mayor in november after serving in the city council since 2007. in accordance with islamic custom, he was buried a day after his death following a service in a mosque. >>> and we are expecting a decision in a legal challenge in the jonesboro memorial. it'll be dedicated to those who died three decades ago. a woman who lost 27 members of her family is leaving the lawsuit against the memorial. she says she's angry that it includes the name of jim jones who led his followers into suicide. jones son told ktvu he's baffled by the opposition. >> i think the key thing is that it's a place of remembrance to a tragedy that's overdue. the memorial is done, you can't put the genie back in the bottle. >> reporter: the official dedication ceremony is set for the ends of this month. >>> a judge refused to grant an injunction to force the release of records of california's lethal injection drug. the drug is a controlled substance one that is illegal to import. the group wa

there will swear in dean heller to fill in the seat of retiring and john ensign. live coverage when they gavel in. coming up at 7:00 this evening, fcc chairman julius genachowski and former chair newton minow on the future of telecommunications. that is at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the release of president obama's this is that it has not stopped the case challenging the president's citizenship status. the ninth circuit court in pasadena heard oral argument last week. lower court dismissed the case ruling, and that record is not a proper pace -- and that the court is not the proper place to challenge the president postelection -- the president's election. >> i am an attorney with the united states justice foundation, here to represent mr. drake and mr. robertson, and those clients of hundred it is the purpose of our appeal, one of two for a hearing today, to see a demand -- seek a remand so that we can separately pursue a resolution of this issue so that we can have the case heard on the merits and not dealt with on the various technical issues that and raise or on issues

>> retired navy commander kirk lippold who announced that he's running for dean heller's seat.gn officially resigns today. >> he says he didn't google. >> when he guessed it, i thought is lippold the new google? >> he was watching the daily rundown. >>> even the death of osama bin laden cannot stop the u.s. debt from ticking every second. the drama of the debt ceiling debate is going to begin again. will lawmakers be able to avert this catastrophe? >> but, first, the white house soup of the day. chuck, one of your favorites. miso. >> disappointed. >> because it's weigatery? >> it's like dish soap. >> you're watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation, driven by relentless competition, wireless puts the world at your command. ♪ how can expedia now save me even more on my hotel? well, hotels know they can't fill every room every day. like this one. and this one. and oops, my bad. so, they give expedia ginormous discounts with these: unpublished rates. which means i get an even more rockin' hotel, for less. my brain didn't even break a s

heller who served in the house of representatives since 2007 was appointed by nevada's governor brian sandoval to fill the vacancy. >> will you please raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states? domestic, that he will bear true faith allegiance to the same, that you take this oath, you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and youcht well and freely and faithfullyre discharge the duties of thego office on what you are about to enter, so help you god? >> i i do. >> congratulations senator.s, >> thank you very much. mh. [applause] later in the afternoon, the senate debated the nomination of james cole for deputy attorney general, the number two position in the justice department. mr. kohl who has served under a recess appointment said since december has worked in the justice department in the 80's before shifting to private practice. the senate ended up blocking mr. kohl's nomination 50-40. 60 votes were needed to move his nomination forward. here is a 30 minute portion from th

first co-sponsor -- first sponsor of h.r. 673, another bill originally introduced by representative heller of nevada, for the purposes of adding co-sponsors and requesting reprints pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on transportation and infrastructure be discharged from further consideration of house concurrent resolution 16 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 16, concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the capitol grounds for the greater washington soapbox derby. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from alaska rise? excuse me. for what purpose does the gentleman from california ris

nevada has a new republican senator, dean heller. nevada governor brian sandoval appointed the congressman to fill out the rest of senator john ensign's second term in office. ensign resigned last month in the wake of an ethics investigation stemming from an extramarital affair. a general election for the seat will take place in november, 2012. stocks wall street closed higher today on a commodities rally. the dow jones industrial average gained 46 points to close at 12,684. the nasdaq rose 15 points to close at 2843. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to ray. >> suarez: and we go next to pakistan, where already fragile relations with the u.s. are strained further after osama bin laden was killed in a pakistan hideout. from abbottabad to the capital islamabad, anger is raised on pakistan's streets over the u.s. reaction on pakistani soil. but today's pakistan's prime minister called the killing of bin laden justice done and rejected claims that pakistani authorities were incompetent in searching for bin laden or com

his name was joseph heller and and he had no reason that anyone can the deuce except he woke up one morning in harrisburg and said this is exciting. we are on the last leg of the journey. where is the president elect? and they said sorry, he is gone. you missed him so all these reporters who had traveled with lincoln all this time were left without a subject to cover and without news to report. it was a rather dicey situation. the times resumed its editorial support of lincoln in his conciliatory inaugural certainly after the attack on fort sumter nearly 150 years ago as we speak today at annapolis. and yet right after for its under and the patriotic exuberance it reported in new york city the new york times ran out of patience with abraham lincoln certainly for the first and perhaps the only time in the succeeding four years. they wrote an editorial called wanted:a leader and lincoln was so upset by it he started a new file on his desk called phyllis articles and put this one in the file. to conceal the fact the administration so far has not met public expectation. tours carrying the count

first up will be the swearing-in of dean heller of nevada to replace john ensign.then a debate on the nomination of james cold to be deputy attorney general with a procedural vote on the matter at 5:30 p.m. live coverage of the senate on c-span2. >> next, a discussion on the candidates and issues in the 2012 campaign. this is about 45 minutes. host: our sunday round table with eric houser, chris hennick, thank you both for being with us. let me begin with jon huntsman and south carolina yesterday. by all accounts, he is entering the presidential race next month. >guest: a new set of eyeballs was his main lead where he started this day and spoke at the commencement at the university of south carolina and he has another commencement in new hampshire. here "-- he clearly has a plan. republicans want a fresh face and i think he clearly is a candidate, reputable government official. host: the word in " the new york times" remains unsettled guest: it is about money. the an arm of this much potential candidates and this little money is troubling for the party. host: why?

we also want to thank our newest member to the subcommittee and to the senate, senator heller. now, i was going to call on senator kerry and the chairman says i should call on senator kerry. so go ahead. >> well, thank you. thank you, both chairmen. and welcome to our new members on the committee. mr. chairman, thanks for holding this hearing today. it's one that attracts a lot of interest. it's a lot of money on the line, a lot of business, a lot of business practices but also a lot of values, personal interests of the americans. and while today's hearings is obviously principally about mobile phones and the apps that come with them which are quite extraordinary and which we all use and benefit from in a lot of ways, it's also important, i think, to put the mobile phone and apps in the context of the larger discussion about privacy itself. i don't think there's anybody on the committee or in the country or in the world who doesn't marvel at the power and the extraordinary potential that we are currently living and are living in terms of the internet. it's constantly innovating

you very much, and we also want to thank the newest member to the subcommittee and senate, senator heller, proud to have you. now, i was going to call on senator kerry, and the chairman says call on kerry. go ahead. >> well, thank you both, chairman. welcome to our new members on the committee. mr. chairman, thanks for holding this hearing today. it's obviously one that attracts a lot of interest. it's a lot of money on the line, a lot of business, a lot of business practices, but also a lot of values, personal interests of the americans, and while today's hearing is obviously principally about mobile phones and the apps that come with them which are quite extraordinary in which we all use and benefit from in a lot of ways, it's also important, i think, to put the mobile phone and apps into the context of the larger discussion of privacy itself. i don't think there's anybody on the committee, country, or the world that doesn't marvel at the power and extraordinary potential that we are currently living and that we will live in the future with respect to the internet. it's constantly innov

first up will be the swearing-in of dean heller of nevada to replace john ensign. at 430, the nomination -- at 4:30 p.m., the nomination of james cole. that is on c-span 2. >> next, a discussion with gov. mitch daniels on indiana on his efforts to improve education options in his home state. the legislature voted in favor of his changes in indiana's education system. among them, a bill supporting teacher merit pay, collective bargaining restrictions, and the advancement of charter schools. gov. daniels is considering a 2012 presidential run. he says he will announce his plans within weeks. this is about 50 minutes. one of the most important thing is that great leaders do is remind us of urgency. in the midst of political chaos about fiscal issues, but the budget, for stop and ask ourselves what the most important policy issues that we think about in our private lives, they're not always revolving directly around the federal budget. they are related to them, to be sure, but i can tell you that, in my own home, the most important public policy issue that we discussed

she accepted the decision in a case called the heller case that said that that was an individual right of a citizen. a few months later, in a case called mcdonald versus chicago, she wrote a dissenting opinion from a supreme court decision where she said the right to keep and bear arms is not a fundamental right. well, you can parse the words, an individual right, a fundamental right, but to me it's clear that justice sotomayor during her confirmation hearings tried to parse the words in a way so as not to raise alarms about her commitment to the bill of rights and the second amendment to the constitution, but then once she was confirmed as a judge on the highest court in the land, of course she serves her life with no accountability, either to congress or to the voters, and she indeed serves with impunity, even though her testimony before the committee and her decisions once on the court, i think, are inconsistent. so we can't just take a chance that professor liu has somehow had a true conversion in his views and his attitudes during the nomination process, but aside from his questio

bridget heller, merck consumer care. one of the beautiful things about sustainability for walmart, and i really remember when the announcement came that you guys were going to get involved in that, with the impact that you could have just by bringing visibility to it. you have this amazing ripple as you brought it to the attention of suppliers everywhere that this was something you were going to be looking at which caused this ripple for them to look at and therefore actions to be taken. as we look at health care, it is i think one of the galvanizing sort of issues worldwide today as every government and every company is looking at health care. is there the same type of potential ripple that walmart could have and if so, how were you thinking about that? >> i think it is one of those great opportunities and as you are thinking about health health care worldwide and delivery and meeting the needs of customers to be healthier and to have the right solutions when there are medical problems. i do think working together like

the recent heller and mcdonald decisions absolutely live up to that definition.a country 200 years to recognize one of the freedoms in its bill of rights, that's historic. but they were historic, but our freedom's not secure. because both of these cases were decided by a razor-thin majority of just one vote. if just one justice had voted the other way, our right to keep and bear arms would be gone. but that's not the only danger we face. at the united nations, freedom-hating foreign governments are working to eliminate firearms own ownership around the world and right here at home. you've seen it on our southern border. narco terrorist violet is being exploited d violence is being exploited. and if that's not bad enough, mexico just announced they want to sue american gun companies. their drugs and violence are flowing across the border into our country, but they're suing us? if anything, we should be suing them. but it's not just a tax from abroad. here at home they're worming their way into our kids' class rooms, teaching that guns are evil, hunting is cruel, a

president, my colleague who is a member of the house of representatives, dean heller, will on monday at 2:00 p.m. be sworn in as a senator representing the state of nevada. it will take place in this chamber at 2:00, as i indicated. mr. president, the next roll call vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on monday. that vote will be a cloture vote on the 0 nomination of james cole to be deputy attorney general. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> next, a panel discussion on global food safety including massachusetts congressman, jim mcgovern on rising prices and global hunger. it is hosted by the atlantic magazine. this portion is about 50 minutes. >> thank you very much to the white house assistant, chef sam cass. i forgot to mention his mother came to the last atlantic program on technology and education with a focus on gaming. she's a senior official at the science organization is very proud of you. she said, you should invite me son, and i

hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of h.r. 856, a bill originally introduced by representative heller of nevada for the purpose of adding co-sponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from new mexico rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to remove my namesas co-spon or of the bill h.r. 1380. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 245 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 1229. will the gentleman from -- will the gentlelady from florida, mrs. adams, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 1229 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to amend the outer continental shelf lands act, to facilitate the safe and timely production of american energy resources from the gulf of mexico. the chair: when the committee of the whole ro

obviously everybody has second amendment rights, the supreme court ruled that in the heller case. this department of justice respects that decision. but i think questions can be asked about, are there too many felons who for whatever reason are in possession of guns, people who have mental issues, whether they should have guns, people who have domestic violence issues, whether they should have guns. there are a whole variety of questions as to the who i think we need to focus on as well. >> i agree. to close, i would suggest to those who are very supportive of the second amendment that, while that case did grant second amendment rights, the majority opinion did talk p about limitations. one was who and one of the others was what. i think it's fair to ask if you're out to protect your home or you're hunting deer whether you need a 30-round clip. that's my own editorial comment for the day. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. quigley. mr. goe mert is recognized. >> thank you. i want to follow up on what mr. franks was talking about, the case volving the holy land foundation.

signed sincerely, dean heller, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to have my name removed as co-sponsor of h.r. 1081. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from florida. mr. stearns: i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourns to meet at noon tomorrow and further when the house adjourns on that day it adjourns to meet at noon on tuesday, may 10, 2011, for morning hour debate and 2:00 tm for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to 22 u.s.c. 276-h and the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair announces the speaker's appointment to the following member of the house to the mexico-united states interparliamentary group. the chair: mr. castor of arizona -- the clerk: mr. pastor of arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the chair is prepared to entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, s

judge posner wrote that the court's decision in heller -- quote -- "is questionable in both message & result and it's evidence the supreme court in deciding constitutional cases exercises a freewheeling screrks strongly is flavored with ideology." end of quote. i'll bet you there are a lot of senators on the other side of the aisle that disagree with that yoat. so let's get down to the bottom line here. we recognize the value of academic freedom and discourse. we understand that a professor has a different role in america than someone signature on a bench judging a case. we trust them. we give them basic credit for integrity when they say they can separate the two lives. they understand the two responsibilities. professor liu is a man widely recognized for his integrity and independence. that's why he has the support of prominent conservative lawyers. kenneth starr, no hero on the democratic side of the aisle, has said he would be a great judge. bob barr, former republican congressman, and goldwater institute director clint bollock express support for his nomination. it was written --

we welcome the newest member to the committee and to the senate, senator heller, thank you for being here. go ahead, senator kerry. >> well, thank you, thank you both, chairman. welcome to our new members on the committee. mr. chairman, thanks for holding this hearing today. it's obviously one attracting a lot of interest. it's a lot of money on the line, a lot of business, a lot of business practices, and also a lot of vams, personal -- values, personal interest of americans, and while today's hearing is obviously principally about mobile phones and the apps that come with them, which are quite extraordinary in which we all use and benefit from in a lot of ways, it's also important, i think, to put the mobile phone and apps in the context of the larger discussion about privacy itself. i don't think there's anybody on the committee or in the country or in the world who doesn't marvel at the power or extraordinary potential that we are currently living and that we will live in the future with respect to the interpret. it's constantly innovating and moving, and i'm personally, and i kn

obviously erybody has second amendment rights, the supreme court ruled that in the heller case. this department of justice respects that decision. but i think questions can be asked about, are there too many felons who for whatever reason are in possession of guns, peopleho have mental issues, whether they should have guns, people who have domestic violence issues, whether they should have guns. there are a whole variety of questions as to the who i think we need to focus on as well. >> i agree. to close, i would suggest to those who are very supportive of the second amendment that, while that case did grant second amendment rights, the majority opinion did talk p about limitations. one was who and one of the others was wt. i think it's fair to ask if you're out to protect your home or you're hunting deer whether you need a 30-round clip. that's my own editorial comment for the day. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. quigley. mr. goe mert is recognized. >> thank you. i want to follow up on what mr. franks was talking about, the case volving the holy land foundation. you

. >> we want to thank our newest member to the subcommittee, senator heller picks i was going to call on senator kerry. >> thank you. welcome to our new members on the committee. mr. chairman, thanks for holding this hearing today, obviously one that attracts a lot of interest. there is a lot of money on the line, a lot of business practices, but also a lot of values, personal interest of americans. while today's hearing is obviously principally about mobile phones and the applications that come with them, which are quite extraordinary and which we all use and benefit from in a lot of ways, it is also important to put the mobile phone and applications into context because of the larger discussion about privacy itself. there is no one on the committee or in the country or the world who does not marvel at the power and the extraordinary potential that we are currently living and that we will live in the future with respect to the internet. it is constantly innovating and moving, and many of us have worked hard and long with respect to the national broadband plan as well as the issue of

eastern for the swearing in of nevada representative dean heller who succeeds senator john ensign who resigned last week. that's followed by a period of general speeches and a procedural vote on the nomination of james cole to be deputy attorney general. >> you can now access our programming anytime with the c-span radio iphone app offering four network audio streams of our public affairs programming all commercial-free. you can also listen to our signature interview programs each week, and it's all available around the clock wherever you are. download it free from the app store. >> now, author and bard college professor walter russell mead. he talks about the evolution of u.s. foreign policy and how it compares to those of other countries. he's the author of "special providence: american foreign policy and how it changed the world." this 50-minute event was part of a daylong conference hosted by george washington university. >> call the group to order, and if maybe you might just suggest to anyone who's out in the hallway that we're getting started again. we've got a, you know, rich

obviously everybody has second amendment rights, the supreme court ruled that in the heller case. this department of justice respects that decision. but i think questions can be asked about, are there too many felons who for whatever reason are in possession of guns, people who have mental issues, whether they should have guns, people who have domestic violence issues, whether they should have guns. there are a whole variety of questions as to the who i think we need to focus on as well. >> i agree. to close, i would suggest to those who are very supportive of the second amendment that, while that case did grant second amendmentrights, the majority opinion did talk p about limitations. one was who and one of the others was what. i think it's fair to ask if you're out to protect your home or you're hunting deer whether you need a 30-round clip. that's my own editorial comment for the day. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. quigley. mr. goe mert is recognized. >> thank you. i want to follow up on what mr. franks was talking about, the case volving the holy land foundation. y

heller, the whole number of the house is 432. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the on honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following pledge from the secretary of the senate on may 9 2011 at 10:05 a.m. that the senate has added additional conferee to h.r. 658, appointments, united states capitol preservation commission, with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: thank you, without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. boustany: mr. speaker i have said many times on this floor and in meetings with constituents this country does not have an energy strategy. and the only thing worse than not having an energy s

heller: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senator. mr. heller: thank you very much. o speak in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. president, i want to speak in opposition to the nomination of james cole to be deputy attorney general of the united states who we will be voting on a little later this afternoon. despite president obama's recess appointment of mr. cole, who had had a number of opposition statements in the committee and was not looking at smooth sailing, i do believe that we should oppose his confirmation and his permanent appointment. based on some concerns i have with his record, specifically his criminal justice view on the war on terror, which i believe is utterly wrong and his questionable decisions as an outside consultant for a.i.g., the big insurance company that had to be bailed out to the tune of, i think, $170 billion in its last bailout matter. he was an independent consultant, supposed to be monitoring that company for other errors they had made previously, and so that -- that is