and risk-management -- my personal history in agriculture provides a with a unique perspective, that iave usedn the markets to mage risks and effectively. i will place myself in the issues of the market users as we work through negotiations on t bill to make certain that we have greater oversight and transparency for the derivatives markets as we balance the interest for the neighbors -- for the nation's farmers, as we had eration costs and we locked in commodity prices for responsible business planning. i look forward to working with all of my colleagues at this table and i will yield back. >> the gentleman from kansas? >> the constituents and the people of our country have been toward the great recession since december 2007, and whether you are a democrat or reblican, theegulation f the financial system -- we had a ne-collapse of the entire economy, the worst of its client -- the worst of its kind sce the great deession. this was the constituents on main strt, not wal street. american houholds lost 14 million -- $14 million in finces, and many were forced toelay their retiremen. the pon

iave a notion of a fair number failings, but what did you nse as someone involved in the investigatns, what were the failings? >> well, senator, ihink there were -- there was a lot of information that was out there in terms of the intelligence community collection. unfortunately none of it was dispositive or specific enough to say this individual is currently ping a threat. and so the cllenge that -- which i tnk has been reviewed and discussedt some length i how do we ensur as a u. government that all those holdings of information,ven inuding perhaps a misspelling of a name, as happened with abdulmutallab, the timely sharing of information to the decision makers who have to ensure, for exame,hould a vi be revoked on the onehand, should a person be on a no-fly or selected list on the other hand, what i the other intelligce about the origin, is the any intelligence about the type of device. those are three k areas that i think the u. government identified and isorking at dressing. >> let me just ask more spifically. this is a potentialerrorist whose father went to american authorities a

petri: mrspeaker, iave no fther requests for time and d back the balance omy ti. thspeaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back t balance of his me. the gtlewoman from california. ms. woolsey: mr.peaker, many ars ago when my childr wer t patients themselves, i was wog --parents themselves, i was working full t outidof thhomwith four childr. it a struggle to meet both the needof my family wll as the job and as the human resources manera staup elenics company, about 30 yes ag i was aware thaany of my employees were going through the very same struggles that i was. unfounately some 30 yes later, nearly every singl parent is under these pressures. men as we as women. nd they are desperatfor work-life balance. one of e main reasons i ran for cgrs over 18 yes ago watoight for working families. i was a new member when paed the family and medical leave acand ew what an importa step were taking parcularly for working women. to provide job, protected family and medical leave, for certain workers, even though it was unpaid. but the benefits proved by mf - fmla not suffic.

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as a student myself, iave seen of waws tons of students come to this moves will both moves are country. their parents brought them when they were two years old. they had no choice in it. they did not try to break any laws or do anything. they came to this country and became just as american as anne else, learned english, studiethe constitution, done everytng it needed to do. many of them went to college. one of my best friends is undocumented. when he gets done with his degree, there is absolutely nothing out there for him because he has no u.s. citizenship, even though he has been here since he was very young. he has no opportunity. he wants to be a u.s. citizen, but there is nothing he can do about it. can the dream act be one of the solutions you are talking about, to help some of these students that don't want to do anything wrong, make the country better, and have a college education? they are very skilled in their trade. can we not put that in as a part of the solution in the emigration problem? >> i have a couple of different opinions on this. as an individual that is here illeg

that'shy iave introded the king parents graduation and coege act. this bill would fund grants to help teen parent finish high scho and coe. it would childcare and counseling to lp them succeed t would let teenaren and their children lead better, fullerives. this basic support is the least we ow our young people. togeth we'll ensure t beginning of a new life doesn't mark the end of anducation. the speaker pro tempore: t gentlelady yields back. for whatpose does the gentlelady ffloridaise? >> to address house for on minute. the speaker pro tempore: without jection. ms. ros-lehtinen: ank you so much, mr. speaker. delhted to wish a happy bat mitzvah to a wondful young lady in congressional district, alex klein. she recently celebrateder bat mitzvah surrounded by family and friends and chose to mark the casion with re than just a party b with a concert to benefit thoseless pregedhan se is. alex's kindness have made a difrence the lives the un patients of allen hospital and rehabilita center insrl . these patients havehysical disabities. alex has demonstr

iave been doing a lot of things as the number 2 guy in the state. >> thank you.he next question is for mr. mcmaster. if you said you are committed to a new knowledge-based economy citing a research university. as far as reaching that goal, what role will colleges play in your plan? interval parts and they will know that they are involved and there is lot talent at this place. i see dr. carter sitting right there. we have all sorts of talented people. i differ a little because i do not want to close any of the schools ddwn. we have a 33 pubc suppoed institutions you have a q s c branch rig next to a -- you have a branch rednecks to wait committed to college. i want to fill the mouth. the answer is getting children through school is the only way to get into the knowledge-based economy. a hot every time you see great economic prosperity across the country, every time the see a great resech universities involved, you see a network of educational institutions that are pushing people. the personal pathways to success is what we've follow. and we he toet those children

the second question -- iave forgotten the second question.ost: it was related to how their stock at gone up yesterday. guest: in 1994, when we started the exxon vaadez trial, the exxon stock was down. on september 16 of 1994, when we got a $5 billion verdict against exxon, the stock went up, and the stock has gone up since then, because $5 billion, despite what the supreme court says, was nothing to exxon. the stock is not pretty consistently since then. i should have bought -- the stock has gone up pretty consistently since then. i should of bought stock that day of th trial. i cannot bring myself to do it. host did you change your consumption habits? guest: yes. i used to be a guy with a lot of cylinders, and i don't anymore. i think the only long-term relution of thisroblem is tucked cut down on -- is to cut down on our energy consumption. we can all do that. host: brian o'neill has been joining us from minneapolis this morning. sharia talking about his role as the lead attorney -- we have been talking about his role as lead attorney in th

sherman: do iave the rightclose or does the gentleman from ohio have the ght to close? the chair: the gentleman from lifornia. mr. sherman: then i'll reserve. mr.ner: i urge my lleagues to suppis measure which good financial and al sense. itld lower the amount, providing greater assistance becae there would be a greater number of loan prossvided aisnce at t same timlowering the risk taxpayers,owering the risk of ilouts bmaking higher cost are, me riskier area conform to an amount thawould be mo to our goal of low a moderate-income buyers receiving asance from the f.h. i yield back the balance omy time the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. erman: i yield myself the remaind of the time. i inthe gentleman's definion of risk and his arhmetic is a bit falmty. to say that a billion dollars of smaler ans have lesri than a billion dollarof larger loans is not sething one can determine, except by loong at the performance of ose loans. the gentleman from california, mr. mill, pointed out, those larger loans perform better the h.a. therere hless surce risk and actually usu

i was told by one, "if iave more compliance costs, we will lose jobs." why would we enact any legislation that would harm the ability of small businesses to credit contraction?e midst of a- how many more jobs have to be lost? under this bill, that is simply inevitab. the bid will get bigger, the small will get smaller. it has too many provisions aimed at main street. the best w to end taxpayer bailouts is simply to end taxpayer bailouts. americans deserve better. >> the gentleman from new york. >> thank you, chairman frank and its chairman died. the oversight of government reform committee has spent much of the last year examining the events that contributedo the financial crisis. i strongly believe tt it was our moral obligation to the american people to have a thorough understanding of what causeddt current financial crisis and how the federal government responded. what is clear now is that th catastroph failure of our nation's economy was caused by dangerous and unacceptable levelsf risk. there were allowed to build up in our financial syste-- they we

as a student myself, iave seen of waws tons of students come to this moves will both moves are country. their parents brought them when they were two years old. they had no choice in it. they did not try to break any laws or do anything. they came to this cotry and became just as american as anne else, learned english, studiethe constitution, done everytng it needed to do. many of them went to college. one of my best friends is undocumented. when he gets done with his degree, there is absolutely nothing out there for him because he has no u.s. citizenship, even though he has been here since he was very young. he has no opportunity. he wants to be a u.s. citizen, but there is nothing he can about it. can the dream act be one of the solutions you are talking about, to help some of these students that don't want to do anything wrong, make the country better, and have a college education? they are very skilled in their trade. can we not put that in as a part of the solution in the emigration problem? >> i have a couple of different opinions on this. as an individual that is here illegally,

>> for -- iave to be honest, i do not hear a lot of it. the political context is repressive. i hate to keep coming back to the fact tt the shake is the sheik is -- that the sheik is the symbol of whatever passes for political debate at goes on in the country. we see very little discussion of what a future libya would look like. as i said, there is talk of reform, but i have not seen anything that would pass for real, analytical debate or discussion about the forms of government that would replace the current system as of right now. >> mr. ambassador, since i am one of the people who follow the dynamics bear, even if -- the dynamics there, even if they got the -- there was aggression. tb was confiscated. -- the tv was confiscated. there was an expience for about four months -- an experiment for about four months and and was struck down. he called for -- and it was struck down. he called for all of these things and then closed them%+ down. he istill surviving and has said he does not want to play a political role. he refuses to take the offer. but i know that the country is not