as you know, however, the president hasn't completed a single new trade agreement with a latin america nation he's failed to crack down on countries like china that don't live by the rules. we know our kids can't succeed if they're trapped in failing schools. that's why as president i will give the parents of every low income and special needs student the chance to choose where their child goes to school. [ applause ] when it comes to education, a choice for every parent means a chance for every child. an effective immigration system can also strengthen the economy. as it has since the nation's founding. unfortunately, despite his promises, president obama has failed to address immigration reform. for two years, this president had huge majorities in the house and senate. he was free to pursue any policy he pleased, but he did nothing to advance a permanent fix for our broken immigration system. nothing. instead, he failed to act until facing a tough re-election. and trying to secure your vote. last week, the president finally offered a temporary measure. he called it a stop gap measure. that

benefits of a can of been on market square reseller good, particularly next-door like in latin america, nations have it figured this out by the way. china and european nations over the last three and half years have negotiated 44 different agreements with other nations around the world to open up markets for their goods and put people to work. guess how many agreements the presidents negotiated quiet >> zero. no new agreements to open markets for american goods. i will go to work to open up markets and make sure we trade with them on a fair and free basis. by the way, when nietzsche come as china has cheated castilian property, patent design, i will crack down on them. the president said he would. he didn't, i will. we look at good job by treating around the world fairly. [cheers and applause] you know, one thing that frightens people thinking of investing here with capital and building new businesses and startups of all kinds as they wonder whether the dollars will be worth anything down the road because of all these deficits running. trillion dollar deficits every year. this president broke t

most recently, the post-soviet nations but also latin america. if, you know, we only with a long 236-year experiment, and people in the region may or may not think we're a relevant example. we've encouraged a lot of outreach to countries, military dictatorships, totalitarian regimes and to find common cause with their experience. and i think we also have to have a certain level of both humility and patience. we have to call out at any turn developments that we think endanger the democratic enterprise. the con ssolidation of power, authoritarian tendencies and the like. we also have to recognize we didn't have a straight line. there are a lot of changes that we had to do as we moved toward a more perfect union. we didn't include everybody in the first run. we excluded women, among others. we had to fight a civil war to extend citizenship to former slaves. i mean, we have to be honest enough to recognize that time has sped up and to some extent the work that has to be done in building these new democracies is much harder today than it was even afte

you see, a highly productive nation like we are benefits if we can open up markets where we can sell our goods, particularly next door to us like and latin america. other nations figure this out by the way. china and the european nations over the last three and a half years have negotiated 44 different agreements with nations around the world to open up markets for their goods and put their people to work guess how this president has negotiated? zero, no new markets for american goods. i would go to work to open markets and make sure we trade with them on a fair basis and by the way, when they cheat as china cheated stealing intellectual property our noval and brand names i will crack down on them. the president said he would come he didn't. i will get good jobs by trading around the world fairly. [applause] you know, one thing that frightens people better thinking of investing here with capital and building new businesses that start up of all kinds as they wander whether the dollar is going to be worth anything on the road because of all these deficits running a trillion dollar deficit every year this president broke the record as a matter of f

anti bacteria because at least let the world know about what happens in latin america maybe when i took office there were seven national t.v. channels there wasn't state owned television but they were all private and five of them belong to bankers know. that then it was your nationality not as you can imagine if i wanted to take measures against banking in order to prevent for instance the crisis and the abuses which are now taking place in europe especially in spain i had to face a merciless t.v. campaign aimed at defending their owners interests the owners of the t.v. networks who were the bankers there's no fool ourselves let's get rid of these four stereotypes depicting wicked governments get persecuting saint like and courageous journalists and news outlets often julian is the other way around but no you're not . but if he had not many colleagues evaluate that they do the email they communicate she on foot it wasn't them and they had to get east people disguised as journalists to do politics to destabilize our governments so the new change takes place in our region for fear of losing the power they've always fruit

america for addicted a bit more. the united states is not in control worries i'm enormously in fact in the national security council planning organization warn that if we cannot control latin america how are we going to impose a successful order on the rest of the world meaning rule rest of the world so if we can't control even our backyard how we're going to control everything else as a deeper point now moving over to the middle east the deep concern in the united states and the other treated. imperial powers britain france particularly concern is that now they may the middle east may get out of control and that syria's a much more serious than south america by great that's why they invaded libya and i have no doubt about it was to reestablish control but i agree but i think it's all over so for example if you take a look at what's happened in the arab spring the countries that are crucial to western imperial power the oil producers they have been under a very tough hand in saudi arabia kuwait the emirates the major oil producing regions it never got off the ground the intimidation of the security forces backed by the west was so enormous that people were literally afraid

nations. it creates jobs here. i happen to think there are enormous opportunities in places like latin america. so close to us where we have natural competitive advantages. and some of these businesses are taking advantage of that. now, china and the nations of the european union over the last 3 1/2 years had made real inroads in latin america and other places of the world with trade agreements. and negotiated trade agreements. 44 different trade agreements being associated by china and european nations. with other nations around the world. guess how many trade agreements our president's negotiated? none. none. and then, of course, to the ones that we have, now and then people signed agreements but then they don't live up to them. i heard today about a number of circumstances, my friends in china, who are important trading partners and hopefully will be on the same page as us on trading matters. nonetheless, they seem to have a penchant for stealing intellectual property. counterfeiting our goods. stealing our technology. our brand names. our trademarks. our nohow. that kills american jobs. eve

now, china and the nations of the european union over the last 3 1/2 years have made real inroads in latin americaand other places in the world with trade agreements and negotiated trade agreements. 44 different trade agreements negotiated by china and european nations with other nations around the world. guess how many trade agreements our president has negotiated? none. none. and then of course to the ones that we have, now and then people sign agreements, but they don't live up to them. i have heard today about a number of circumstances where our friends in china, who are important trading partners and hopefully will be on the same page as us on trading matters, but nonetheless, they have a penchant for stealing intellectual property. counterfeiting our goods, stealing our technology, our brand names, our trademark, our know-how, and that kills american jobs. every now and then you hear preside presidential candidates talk about how they will crack down on it. well, on day one, i will label china a currency manipulator which will allow me to apply tariffs where they steal our intellectual prope

latin america that's combined with the middle east and africa contributes more to global g.d.p. then the e.u. and what you're looking at there is the e.u. fifteen that's not even the broader twenty seven nations that make up the european union so the impact of this is stands to just be much more severe now let's go back again to latin america because i want to show you some pictures from chile and one thousand nine hundred three from protests from water cannons being shot at students from the unrest that was going on there as a result of all of this only there was a military dictatorship there so let's talk to gonzalo there and see what we can draw from those experiences to figure out what we're going to be looking at across the pond and a who knows what in the u.s. because we know that the global impact of this is going to be significant so. compare to chile in one thousand nine hundred three what you experience what was going on in latin america tell us what happened after these defaults and what you think we can look for in the eurozone if spain exits if greece exits. well because if you had massive bankruptcy is just across the site it was catastrophic and you had catastrophic unemploymen

most recently, the post-soviet nations and latin america. we come with 236 years of experiments and people in the region may not think we are a relevant example. we have encouraged a lot of outreach to countries under dictatorships and totalitarian regimes to find common cause with their experience. we all still have to have a certain love all of humility and patience. we have to call out at any turn developments we think endanger the democratic enterprise, the consolidation of power, a fornication -- authoritarian tendencies, and the like. we also have to realize we did not have a straight line. there were changes we had to do as we move toward a more perfect union. we did not include everybody in the first run. we excluded women among others. we had to fight a civil war to extend citizenship to former slaves. we have to be honest enough to recognize that time has sped up and to some extent the work that has to be done to build the new democracy is much harder today than it was after the berlin wall fell. every single move is scrutinized, s

most recently, the post-soviet nations, but also latin america.we come with a long, 236-year experiment and people in the region may or may not think we are a relevant example, but we have encouraged a lot of outreach to countries that threw off military dictatorships, totalitarian regimes, and to find common cause with their experience. i think we also have to have a certain level of both humility and patience. we have to call out at any turned developer is that we think in danger the democratic enterprise. the consolidation of power, authoritarian tendencies and the like. but we also have to recognize that we did not have a straight line. there were a lot of changes that we had to do as we moved toward a more perfect union. we did not include everybody in the first run. we excluded women, among others. we had to fight a civil war to extend citizenship to former slaves. we have to be honest enough to recognize that time has set up, and to some extent, the work that has to be done in building these new democracies is much harder today than it was

where if you look at where latin america was in the '70s they were almost all military governments. today there are very few military governments. if you look at the nations of eastern europe and the soviet union in the '80s, was there the sense that it would never change. it did change. you look at south africa. you look at what happened in northern ireland. we are now, this panel and these years they're dealing with the places that have been the most intractable, countries in the middle east and countries in asia where you have not had a tradition of civil society and you haven't had the noings of free press and where women have been held down for decades or centuries and we're now in the process in the early stage of trying to figure out how those things change. change is a messy business and it's not a linear process. we can't force it to happen, but we can help empower people who are the agents of change. that's, to me, the message of this day and it's the message of what drl is about. we can't do it alone and we are not always going to be the most popular people within the state department, but it's getting better and there's a lot around the buildi

looking at the great successes being developed in places like panama and latin america where the privet sector is building nationally infrastructure in a telecommunications way that actually surpasses even activity in countries like costa rica that has had a hard line and the great opportunities that's providing for, the education in third world countries. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman recognizes mr. bass. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. again, a lot of the issues and questions i have have already been addressed by other members of the committee. i would say this has been helpful and informtive. both about how the process works and how there should be an implementation or a top-down implementation of the internet, if you will. and your comments about an engineering morass and economic uncertainty i guess is sort of dark and dismal spectre for economic freedom over the internet is very apt and hopefully many other nations, especially third-world nations understand the consequence of this, given the fact that the structure is delivered to bodies relatively democratic and thir

national security network as a nonprofit organization. to her left is judith morrison who is senior advisor at inter-american development bank. and she works on international development in latin america. she previously served as a regional director for south america and the caribbean at the inter-american foundation. so

most recently, the post-soviet nations, but also latin america.e come with a long, 236-year experiment and people in the region may or may not think we are a relevant example, but we have encouraged a lot of outreach to countries that threw off military dictatorships, totalitarian regimes, and to find common cause with their experience. i think we also have to have a certain level of both humility and patience. we have to call out at any turned developer is that we think in danger the democratic enterprise. the consolidation of power, authoritarian tendencies and the like. but we also have to recognize that we did not have a straight line. there were a lot of changes that we had to do as we moved toward a more perfect union. we did not include everybody in the first run. we excluded women, among others. we had to fight a civil war to extend citizenship to former slaves. we have to be honest enough to recognize that time has set up, and to some extent, the work that has to be done in building these new democracies is much harder today than it was e

latin america. think of all the new restaurants mcdonald's and yum brands are opening in china. they go through a ton of frozen french fries. what else? couple of acquisitions. nationalll monte canada. they are moving into greek yogurt which kellogg said is taking share. the healthy choice brand is launching greek frozen yogurt. i'm stopping to get some of that. i love it. they are also making knock off brands for supermarkets. how about perrigo's 52 week high. we have value conscious consumers. we have seen that at dollar tree. con agra has a lot of value brands. the ceo talked about a left overs economy. this is a company that understands what the consumer wants. that's why they are leaving kellogg in the dust. i feel great things are breaking for them. if you are looking to protect your portfolio, forget about kellogg. buy some con agra which at last is in the early innings of a miraculous turn. if only they could come up with a hebrew national slim jim. then we'd know they have a miracle going. "mad money" is back after the break. high schools in six states enrolled in the national math and science initiative... ...which helped students and teachers get better re

latin america bureau. there were not always of the same view as to the balance between national security concerns and the cold war era. we didn't see eye to eye on many things, but he taught me a great deal about how we think about these issues. and then what we did in order to -- in order to agree within the state department, warren christopher was given a charge to do something about what seemed to be constant disagreement between that little bureau over there, which was the bureau of human rights and humanitarian affairs, the president of d.r.l., and the rest of the department. and so you had kris create the christopher committee, human rights and foreign assistance. and that was the mechanism to force consideration of these differences of view and bring about some policy -- we were criticized, as some of you may remember, for select tift, for inconsistency. the effort was to see that in every instance to the degree possible, recognizing there are other interests that were also important. and to some degree that was the object -- we basically believe and someone was here, tom, to pursue that effort and we

and the only country in latin america chosen to participate in the partnership for growth initiative. most importantly, ambassador aponte has been an advocate for american national security and democratic values. ambassador aponte as a result of her advocacy, el salvador is again a key ally in central america. its troops were the only ones from a latin american company fighting alongside american troops in both iraq and afghanistan, and as a result of her negotiating skills, the united states and el salvador will open a new jointly funded electronic monitoring center that will be an invaluable tool in fighting transnational crime. before that period of time in which he had a recess appointment, ambassador aponte had been the executive director of the puerto rican federal affairs administration in 2001. she had served as a director at the national council of larassa, the puerto rican legal defense and education fund. she presided over the hispanic bar association of the district of columbia and the hispanic national bar association. mr. president, this is a record of success. it's a record of honor. it's a record of diplomatic and political distinction. it's a re

latin america. the opportunity for us to have more free trade with latin american nations is huge. i also want to see more trade with other nations. trade is good for us. it is good for them. it raises the standard of living of the american people. i want to make sure people abide by their trade agreements. i look at the reagan economic zone. i want a group of nations to join in a trade agreement where we have completely free trade, but agreed not to manipulate our currencies, steal intellectual property, and so forth. i would like to level the playing field with management and labor, so the national labor relations board will have to be restructured or re-peopled. it has become a political entity. i want to repeal dodd-frank, were major portions of it. you need regulation in financial services and other parts of industry. we did a disservice by ms. communicating what we meant by regulatory reform. we talked about the regulating. you have to have laws and regulation to make laws work. in the case of dodd-frank, it is overwhelming. it is beyond the areas where we had concerns. we ne

latin america was in the 70s, there were almost military governments. today there are very few military governments. if you look at the nations of eastern europe and the soviet union in the 1980s, there was the sense that it would never change. the change. if you look at south africa. he looked what happened in northern ireland. we are now -- this panel end-users are really doing with the places that seem the most retractable. countries in the middle east, countries in asia. were you have not had a tradition of dissent and civil society and you haven't had the same notions of free press. where women have been held down for decades and centuries. we are now in the process in the early stage of trying to figure out how things change. change is a messy business and not a linear process. we cannot force it to happen, but we can help empower people change. that is the message of this day. it is the message. we can't do it alone. we are not always going to be the most popular people. but it is getting better. and there's a lot of allies around, including bill burns and the secretary who made it clear that these are priorities to th

democrats of america, defenders of wildlife, equality of life, human rights committee, lee valley samaritans. labor council for latin american advancement, league of conservation voters, national association of -- national bar association, in addition estuary research reserve organization, national parks conservation association, natural resources defense council. no more deaths, tucson, northern alaska environmental center, seven border communities coalition, and the list goes on, mr. chair. i'd like to submit it for the record and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady's request will be covered in general leave. the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. just to correct the record. there is nothing in this bill that affects the bureau of reclamation or the hydrodams on the columbia river. in my district. i'm very pleased right now to yield three minutes to the gentleman from alaska who is the author of title 3 of this bill. the chair: the gentleman from alaska is recognized for three minutes. mr. hastings: three minutes and if he needs more i'll give him more. mr. young: i rise in strong su