ledbetter and mr. gross, hearings are so technical, so legal, i'm sure at the e of the day, a lot of people think thisill never affect me, but each of you has a story about how it affected you personally and i thank you very much for doing that. ms. ledbetter, we met before, and i congratula you for not giving up after the supreme court. i was there when president obama signed the ledbetter bill and was proud to be a part of that. having worked with the farm bureau, i'm sorry were you a victim of age discrimination and sorrth supreme court, supposed to be a non-activist court, decided to invent a legal theory to deny you recovery. i think that's unfortunate. ms. gibbons, 1 years ago i was up in prince william sound, right after the spill and saw it. never forget it, as long as i live and i, too, share your skepticism of the promises made on the corporate side and know we need hava court system and a congress that is sensitive to the need to think, as you say, and be thoughtful in wait we approach some

ledbetter and mr. gross, hearings are so technical, so legal, i'm sure at the end of the day, a lot of people think this will never affect me, but each of you has a story about how it affected you personally and i thk you vermuch for doing that. ms. ledbetter, we met before, and i congratulate you for not giving up after the supreme court. i was there when present obama signed the ledbetter bill and was proud to be a part of that. ving worked with the farm bureau, i'm sorry were you a victim of age discrimination a sorry e supreme court, supposed to be a non-activist court, decided to invent a legal theoryo deny you recovery. i think that's unfortunate. ms. gions, 1 years ago i was up in prince william sound, right afte the spill and saw it. never forget it, as long as i live and i, too, share your skepticism of the promises made on the corporateide and know we need have a court system and a congress that is sensive to the need to think, as you say, and be thoughtful in wait we approach some of these e

one was lily ledbetter, who lost a high-profile decision on gender bias in pay. congress later changed the law to address her grievance. >> one thing i've heard in observing and watching the hearings of all of elena kagan's responses have been that she would adhere and follow the law, not make the law. she understand what is her responsibility would be as a supreme court justice. >> sreenivasan: republicans called national guard captain pete hegseth. he criticized kagan's handling of military recruiters, as dean of harvard law school. >> how did we reach this point in this country where we're nominating someone who unapologetically obstruct it had military at a time of war? ms. kagan chose to use her position of authority to impede rather than empower the warriors who have fought and who who have fallen for this country. >> sreenivasan: senators on both sides agreed kagan is almost sure to be confirmed. nine people accused of spying for russia attended bail hearings today in several u.s. cities. federal prosecutors in new york said one admitted he was a russian m

my name is lilly ledbetter, and it is an honor to be here. i am not a lawyer, but i know two things. i know that the supreme court cisions have a profound effect on everyday americans, and i've learned that who is on the supreme court makes all the difference. i never in a million years would have thought that one day i would have in my fate decided by the supreme court, but i did. it all started in 1979 when goodyear hired me to work as a supervisor in their plant in gaedston, alabama. i worked hard, and i was good at my job, but goodyear did not make it easy. i was only one of only a few female supervisors and i faced discrimination and sexual harassment by people who didn't want women working there. at the end of my career someone left an anonymous at work compared how much i earned compared to male managers. i was earning 20% less than the lowest-paid male supervisor. the next day i filed a complaint with the eeoc. goodyear tried to say i was a poor worker and that's why they had given me smaller raises than the men, but after hearingll o

[applause] you know we passed lilly ledbetter legislation, equalize pay for men and women. [applause] children's health insurance, hate crimes bill. [applause] long overdue, long overdue, travel promotion for our country to final you have activity to bring people to visit our country. most every other country has it that we don't. we do now. we passed, and some people have jumped over but there've been editorials written all over the country better landfill, the most significant environmental legislation written up an "l.a. times" and many other newspapers in more than 25 years, creating more than 2 acres-- 200 million acres of-- ted kennedy tried to get that for four decades. we passed it now where young men and women can be involved in public service and to be able to get a college education and doing so. [applause] and after another seemingly endless republican charade, emergency unemployment checks are friendly on their way to nevadans and every other state in the union. [applause] there are a number of reasons we were able to break through but one of the main reasons w

the lilly ledbetter bill of rights, the historic health reform that finally makes quality, affordable coverage a right for every american. soon, we'll enact financial reform that gives us oversight and accountability to prevent another economic collapse. the president continues to move us in the right direction and is doing all the right things. unfortunately, the republican colleagues continue to have no plan, no direction. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. chaffetz: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. chaffetz: thank you, mr. speaker. i come before the house to pay special tribute to peril rex hertzel, who passed away recently. she once said, quote, as long as i live i have to serve, unquote. living up to her motto of service, she can be found dancing, participating in numerous organizations. peril believed that, quote, -- pearl be

we were able to pass the ledbetter legislation.applause] ted kennedy bought for 40 years to have a program of national service. we now have one where young men and women can be involved in the environment, health care, working with people that are poor, they can get a few bucks for doing that, and then when they finish the program, they go to college and we help them. that is national service. [applause] every one of my family smokes. they all were addicted to smoking whenever teenagers. but we have changed the law. no longer will the tobacco companies be able to easily adapt our children, because now the fda controls the back of. -- controls tobacco. credit cards were unfair to the american consumer, especially the middle class. no longer do they control us. we control credit card companies, in the right way. [applause] we have done a lot of other things, mortgage fraud, we have done some things that relate to what we do in times of crisis. but the most important thing we worked on, and it was really hard, but it was so necessary,