car ville and lance corporal michael -- carvill and lance corporal michael schwarz post office building. staff sergeant frank t. carvill was killed at age 51, he was among the oldest soldiers to addai in iraq. he was till -- to die in iraq. he was killed when his humvee was ambushed in an attack th claimed the lives of four other guard members. carvill escaped both terrorist attacks at the worldrade center where he worked as a paralegal. in 1993, he helped a co-worker down 54 floors to safety. oneptember 11, 2001, he left the north tower moments before one of the hijacked planes plowed intthe building. he was a voracious reader who loved politics and a trusted friend who had the same buddies for 30 years. marine lance corporal michael schwarz was killed in action on november 27, 2006, from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in al anbar province in iraq. the son and brother of auto mechanics, schwarz graduated from beckton regional high school in 2004. along with his brother frank, michael schwarz served in the local volunteer fire department. their father, kenneth, head

today we add another six lawyers, lance corporal john granville, lance corporal clayton hough, jr., captain morehouse, lieutenant colonel william taylor, corporal ronald vivona to those names remembered here. as we honor them, we pray you to get us the privileges and grave responsibilities to be in the united states of america. we thank you for your blessing to our nation's and ask you bless our assembly today. our nation continues to hill from the physical, emotional, and spiritual ones from that war. may we receive your comfort , and we will never forget those that gave their lives for your piece. in that process name that is above all the names we pray, amen and amen. >> thank you, chaplains. we've been working together for three decades to ensure that this site, one of the most visited areas in washington, d.c., continues to offer healing and educational experiences. we are going on a couple of preservation projects. one that you will see is the three servicemen statute. we are carefully restoring the original patina and color palette. it has been severely one of the last decade. it wil

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. >> i read greenspan's turn lance. he was pretty good as exposing what went on. there's some questions i still have that is related to the history during the clinton years and the transition. the big question is this, what happened to the $700 surplus, was it spent and did the surplus actually exist? >> you mean when he left the office? >> the bush tax cut t the same time that the war spending wenup board. >> can i taketwo minutes to tell the store which we have not told until today? and that is -- we keep wanting to know the future, and in fact we do not we ner get the future right. when that did the second story on bullish about how he decided to go to war -- on bush about how he decided to go to war in iraq? i asked him, how do you think history ll judge the iraq war? and he takes his hands out and shrubs like only bush can and says, history? we will not know. we will all be dead. [lauger >> and for it -- and with that we want thank you for having us. [applause] >> i rely knew that we wer't done. >> real quick -- that was the tension. we goto get you home to y

we add another six lawyers, lance corporal john granville, lance corporal clayton hough, jr., captain morehouse lieutenant colonel william taylor, corporal ronald vivona to those names remembered here. as we honor them, we pray to you to get us the privileges and great responsibility that citizens of these unites up -- as these united states of america. with our hearts and grateful -- in gratitude for nation. our nation continues to heal from the physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds of that war. may we received your comfort, and weigh me never forget those who gave their lives, and may we as a nation never forget you, our sovereign god, who blesses those who put their trust in you. anddin your precious name will prayamen and amen. >> thank you, chaplain. the national park service and the vietnam veterans memorial fund has been working together to make sure that this site, one of the most visited areas in washington, d.c., continue to offer healing and educational experiences. we are embarking on a couple of preservation projects here. when you have seen or will see, the three ser

. >> free-lance journalist jessica stone was in haiti in april. some 230,000 haitians died as a result of the january earthquake, and more than 2 million are displaced, living in settlements. to watch this program again and other programs on haiti, go to our website, c-span.org. in the upper right corner, click on the video library and type in the keyword "haiti." here is our schedule. next, remarks from the ceo of the national rifle association. after that, president obama nominates a new director of national intelligence. later, federal response coordinator thad allen hold a briefing on the gulf of mexico oil spill. sunday on "newsmakers," the secretary of agrrculture talked about farm policy. he is interviewed by ellen ferguson of "congressional quarterly." watch "newsmakers" tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the new british prime minister and conservative party leader david cameron fields questions from members of parliament as the head of the coalition government. sunday night at 9:00 on c-span. next, remarks from the ce

brady: i'd like to reserve the lance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. lungren: mr. chairman, at this time, it's my distinct honor to recognize the gentleman from ohio the distinguished leader of the republicans here in the house, mr. boehner for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. boehner: i want to thank my colleague for yielding. congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. we all know that that's part of our first amendment to the constitution. and it's first for a reason. because freedom of speech is the basis for our democracy. but today, the majority wants to pass a bill restricting speech. violating that very first amendment to the constitution. oh, no, they don't want to restrict it for everyone. they want to use their majority hear in the -- here in the house to silence their political opponents. pure and simple. for just one election. is there any other explanation for this bill? is there any reason under this bill that small business -- businesses get muffled but

d with tha i yield bk the lance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields ck the balance of his time. the questions on the andment offered by the ntleman from new york. so many as are in favor saaye. those opposed, n in the opinion of the air, t ayes have it. the amendmenis agreed to. . maffei: mr. chaman. on tt question iequest a recorded ve. the chair:he gentleman requests recorded vote uant to clause 6 of rule 18, further oceedings he amdmenthe gentleman from new york will be postponed. . pusuant to cuse 6 of rule 18, preedingsilresume on tho amendments prted in house rort 111-503, o which proceedings will be nducted inhe following order. amendment nbeone, amendnt number five, mr. garrettfew jersey, ameme number sen, mr. price of grg, endment numberine, mr. turner of ohio, amendment number 12, mr. edrds texas, amendment number 13, by mr. half ty o new york. the unfind business is the est for a recorded vote printed in sspe report 111-503, by the gtlewoman from california, ms. waters, on which further proceedings were postn

lance: thank you, mr. chairman. my thanks to sessions, our ranking member, mr. baucus, as well as the chairman, and the gentleman from colorado. i rise to express my opposition to the rule for the financial bill that gives wall street firms the potential, permanent bailouts, institutionalizes too big to fail, and will ultimately constrict lending to consumers and small businesses at the worst possible time for our economy. the underlying measure does not fully audit the fed and does nothing to rein in housing giant fannie mae and freddie mac that already cost u.s. taxpayers $145 billion and counting. the troubled asset relief program fund by the original law was supposed to be used to reduce the deficit. none of the funding source for new spending and the increase in the ratio at the fdic should not be used for anything other than protecting depositors and bank failures. if the democratic majority had chosen a fiscal bath of more spending and borrowing, this at a time when the federal debt is $13 trillion and rising rapidly. the americannpeople deserve a better

i would like to introduce a brooklyn based free-lance journalists who has written for an array of friendand non -- print and non-print publications. his new book is a fantastic one called "common sense -- glenn beck and the triumph of ignorance. it has just been released. he has a long history of incendiary comments from his radio days. despite discrediting himself over and over again, he has still risen to the top. can you walk us briefly through the rise of glenn beck and could you make the case he is surpassing rush limbaugh is the new anti-progressive leader and in what ways is more dangerous? >> a good place to start, there is a phrase that flashed on the screen -- fever swamps. i think that's a good entry point for this discussion. to go back in time of little bit to an age when the most prominent conservative in the country was not the people we're going to be talking about today but bill buckley, who usee to use this term to describe the sort of stuffy heard coming from the john birch far right in the 1960's after he turned on the john birch society. beck represents the return in

we are see in the oil industry the same corporate indifference to risk that caused the come lance on wall street. and that is why reform is so urgently needed, part of this reform must be legislation to put teeth into our regulatory system but part must also be a trsition to a clean energy economy. we're addicted to oil, this addiction is fouling our beaches, polluting our atmosphere and undermining our national security. we can't snap our fingers or transform our energy economy overnight, but we need to start down a path to a clean energy future. mr. chairman, i look forward to today's hearing and mr. hayward ihank you for appearing and cooperating with our investigation. >> next go to the full committee remember bart stupak of tes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you mr. hayward for appearing before us. we have kind of a dual track underway in my opinion. we obviously are trying to gather the facts, what happened in the oil spill in the gulf of mexico a month and a half ago, tryi to find out the close. we have a system built up based on the british tradition over 200 years of due

we are see in the oil industry the same corporate indifference to risk that caused the come lance on wall street. and that is why reform is so urgently needed, part of this reform must be legislation to put teeth into our regulatory system but part must also be a transition to a clean energy economy. we're addicted to oil, this addiction is fouling our beaches, polluting our atmosphere and undermining our national security. we can't snap our fingers or transform our energy economy overnight, but we need to start down a path to a clean energy future. mr. chairman, i look forward to today's hearing and mr. hayward i thank you for appearing and cooperating with our investigation. >> next go to the full committee remember bart stupak of texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you mr. hayward for appearing before us. we have kind of a dual track underway in my opinion. we obviously are trying to gather the facts, what happened in the oil spill in the gulf of mexico a month and a half ago, trying to find out the close. we have a system built up based on the british tradition over 200 year

thank you and i yield back the lance of my ti. the saker pro tempo: the geleman yiel back. for what purpo does the gentleman from new rsey re? >> i asknanimous consent to addrs the use r one minute the eaker pro mpore: ho objtion. >> mr. speaker, it's now monthsehind the coressiona two deadne with no budget relution in sight. in the past it was just another failure t majorityarty. but th year's diffence. this enormous government spending increas o budget. we're spending $1.4 trillion than we are bringing . mr. frelinghuysen: it ck passed $1trillion ad media reports sd it would balloon over $15 trillion by 2015. and how do we finance this debt? when american filiean usinesses fi themselves orof casy their spending. when thfedel governme finds self wita rerd defite borrow money. fr whom? thehinese, the panese, from e saudisand weay interest onhat deb, hundreds of biions of dollars each year. we must better. mushave a budget resolution. ust cut spending. d i yield ba. thspeaker o tempore: the geneman ylds back for what purpose does e gentleman from connticut rise? >> to addres

lance corporal garrett gamble is a true american hero and ordinary american who did extraordinary things with a short life, a grateful nation says thank you, see him per fi and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announce d policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from utah is recognize the as the designee of the minority leader. mr. bishop: i appreciate the opportunity of being here this morning on one of the days when obviously our time management skills are not perhaps the greatest. but it still is nonetheless an opportunity to speak before on this floor before you, mr. speaker, on a couple of issues that are significant. i appreciate also that i will be joined by my good friend from texas who just spoke so eloquently about one of those who has given his all for all of us and how grateful we are for this family and this particular individual. i think we're going to be hitting several different themes this evening as we talk about the future of this country, especially as it deals with space and here once again i'm very grateful that the gentleman from texas is h

we are open for you to enjoy your lance, to enjoy it bourbon street, -- enjoy your self. we are open for business. he walked outside and you are not smelling oil. -- you walk outside. this is about 40 miles away from the city of new orleans. >> it is a be a full day, about 87 degrees. we have -- it is a beautiful day. next weekend we have three festivals in one weekend. the cajun festival and the creole tomato festival. we just came off of the new orleans won and food experience. in the superdome we had it 75 -- new orleans wine and food experience. >> a lot of people involved in the tourist industry, we are finally rebounding. a lot of that had to do with the saints great run in the super bowl. they got engaged in the world and sculpture once again. now we are fighting this battle once again. we need to get the message out that we need your business here in new orleans. >> we are a great dining deal. you can eat out expensively and can stay here and expense of late. -- inexpensively. we are very walkable. we had segues. we have all sorts of nifty transportation. there ar

. >> i rise today to honor a great man, marine lance corporal timothy g. servanowsky. just 21, he was killed in action while serving in southern afghanistan this past sunday. a native of new york, a 2007 graduate of the high school, tim enjoyed singing, playing the guitar, he played football throughout his high school, and was honored by his coaches during his senior year for his excellence and leadership. mr. lee: he took those straits to the marines. when asked why he wanted to enlist with the marines, he said, if you're going to do it, you go with the best. . tim tried to be the best and his life was taken far too soon. both him and his family, whom i know personally, have paid the ultimate sacrifice for this country and we owe it to them to bring our men and women home as soon as possible. tim served our nation with valor and with honor. and he will be deeply missed by the many whose lives he has touched. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada rise? ms. berkley: i rise to address the house for one minute and to revi

and onalways has to lance policy priories wi sources. but i think we're doing a pret good job.s a joint commission he back in fary during t blizrd, deputy pri minister and defense minister moore w leve meetings with list counterptsdod and there was basically an agreement for assuming approprte operatns, a $200 millionr year progm for-to-build up the ecial forces. operations, a $200 mlionroper year program for-to-build ue special forces.operations, a $2 milon proper year program r-to-build up the specia forces.perations, a $200 million propeyear program for-to-bui up the spec forces.erations, a $200illi propeyear proam for-to-b up the special forces.rations, a $200 million pper year program for-to-build up the special forces.tions, a $200 milln oper year program for-to-build up the special forces.ions, a $200 million oper year program for-to-build up thspial forces. the laf has proven its polital willingnesto go ter teorism in lebanonsove agreed to help build up their special operations forces. which i think is apopriate and will be welcome acrs all lebanon. bute're not the only

. >> lance corporal clayton hough, jr. >> thank you all very much. of mine.hat was his son reading his name. he spent a quite a while and afghanistan recently. he is very happy to be home. we will now begin the procession tohe wall. it will be accompanied by the playing of "amazing grace" on the bagpipes. accompanying him on by a land will be brianna kahane. i will tell you the names of the organization's placing wreaths at the memorial, which are now getting into place even as i speak. the first one will be placed at the memorial by the national park service, followed by the vietnam veterans memorial fund. ♪ amazing grace" playing] >> the vietnam memorial foundation placing a wreath, followed by the american gold star mothers, the gold star wives of america, the sons and daughters staying in touch. and now -- ♪ >> now the veterans of foreign wars will place a wreath at the etnam veterans memorial. the american legion. amvets. the nine commissioners -- and noncommissioned officers association of the united states. the military order of the purple heart. the v

the chair: t gentlewoman yields back the lance her time. e gentlen from virginia. mr. nye: i thank my colleague from west virgin for her support of the amdment. i urgell my colleagues to supporthis andment. i yield back the balance of my time. e chair: jb. -- thgentleman yields bk the balance of hisime. the estion is now on the amendment ofred by the gentleman from virgini so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair,he ayes have . the amendment is agreed to. it is noin order to consider amendment number is it, printed for what ppose does the 03. gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. edwards: mr.peaker, have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the crk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment nr 12, printein houseeport number 111-50 offered by mr. dwards of texas. thchair: psuant to house resolution 1424, thegentleman from texas, mr. edwards, and a member opposed, each will control five minus. the chair now recognizes the gentleman texas. mr. edwards: m spear, thank you. members, my amendment is a simple, commonsense pr

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey yields back the lance of -- balance of his time. the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, is recognized. mr. hastings: how much time do i have? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has five minute, mr. rahall has 7 1/2 minutes. mr. hastings: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, a member of the commerce and energy committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of the legislation to give subpoena powers to the commission. i would hope that the commission would be an objective commission that looks into and helps us find out just what went wrong because i think we all need to know what went wrong on that rig , to lead to the explosion that unfortunately took the lives of 11 people, and has led to not only this human loss but also this environmental loss. i would hope that as they -- i would hope that they would be objective in their deliberations. i think i do have concer

. >> this marks the third time in which free-lance journalists have been allowed in april ministers conference. participation is regulated -- allowed in a prime ministers' conference. participatton is regulated, however. this is regarded by a the establishment as a major rock maker -- a major ruckmaker. it is right to exclude a journalist from your press conference based on the nature of his past work and ideollgical beliefs? >> as i stated earlier, i believe in transparency as a general principlee but, as i repeatedly noted, how this principle should be achieved is something i will have to discuss with the people overseeing these things. there may be limiis to what aa prime minister can discuss that i have not yet been briefed on. i haae made thousands of speeches at outdoor political rallies and weird things have happened. sometimes ittis a person with a megaphone who tries to disrupt a rally. at other times, it is a whole group of people. that is why i think it is important to be as open as possible. but, impact as, it is important to have a set of rules to deal with the matter. >> many of

we are open for you to enjoy your lance, to enjoy it bourbon street, -- enjoy your self. we are open for business. he walked outside and you are not smelling oil. -- you walk outside. this is about 40 miles away from the city of new orleans. >> it is a be a full day, about 87 degrees. we have -- it is a beautiful day. next weekende have three festivals in one weekend. the cajun festival and the creole tomato festival. we just came off of the new orleans won and food experience. in the superdome we had it 75 -- new orleans wine and food experience. >> a lot of people involved in the tourist industry, we are finally rebounding. a lot of that had to do with the saints great run in the super bowl. they got engaged in the world and sculpture once again. now we are fighting this battle once again. we neeto get the message out that we need your business here in new orleans. >> we are a great dining deal. you can eat out expensively and can stay here and expense of late. -- inexpensively. we are very walkable. we had segues. we have all sorts of nifty transportation. therere a lo

s noncha lance in responding to this crisis. my constituents in the beautiful florida keys are particularly frustrated and angry at the lack of transparency and the lag response time by b.p. b.p. must work on all fronts at once. it is responsible for capping the leak to prevent more oil from gushing into the gulf, and it must provide the financial support to those individuals whose livelihoods have been devastated. b.p. and the coast guard must also make a stronger effort at coordinating with our local government, especially in the keys, and utilizing the expertise and know how of local businessmen an fishermen, as well as our many research facilities in florida's colleges and universities. as oil makes its way further into north florida beaches, hundreds of fishermen, environmental activists, students, and other concerned residents have gathered together ready to assist in the cleanup effort. commercial fishermen and charter boat captains have offered their assistance to lay boom and skim oil before it reaches the shore. in key