who hear this is and takes it to heart, let us be shy no longer. let us go to our strength. let us offer hope. let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible, but probable. . [applause] . [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending today's ceremony. >> here is a look at our schedule. coming up next, president obama at a ceremony in normandy, france, marking the 60th anniversary of d-day. then more with a joint news conference, and then house speaker nancy pelosi at a rally remembering the 20th anniversary of the tiananmen square protest in beijing. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," richard wolffe discusses his book. minnesota governor tim pawlenty discusses the economy's impact on his state. "washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> there is still time to get your copy of c-span is 2009 congressional directory, with information on house and senate members, the cabinet, supreme court justices, and the nation's governors,

let us differ on policy. that is inevitable. let us stand together for integrity and democracy. that is now more essential than ever and i commend this statement to the house. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the prime minister for his statement. i have to say he read it so quickly i'm not even sure he convinced himself. he has spoken a lot about constitutional change and innovation. but, of course, isn't the real change we need not really much of an innovation at all. isn't the answer to our discredited politics to our dis-ilition jude country and our desperately weak government a general election. two weeks ago the prime minister didn't call an election, two years didn't call a election because he wouldn't win it and he said he didn't call one but it might cause chaos. how many more excuses will they come up with before it is recognizing it is time for people to have their say? let me turn to the proposals themselves. the country is too centralized. parliament is to weak. and the government is too top-down, too secretive and too unwilling to give up power. above all isn't th

let us offer hope. let us tell the world that a new

let us speak of peace and let us make peace. i am ready to meet with you at any time. i am willing to go to damascus, to riyadh, to beirut, to any place- including jerusalem. i call on the arab countries to co-operate with the palestinians and with us to advance an economic peace. an economic peace is not a substitute for a political peace, but an important element to achieving it. together, we can undertake projects to overcome the scarcities of our region, like water desalination or to maximise its advantages, like developing solar energy, or laying gas and petroleum lines, and transportation links between asia, africa and europe. together we can realize the achievements of the end -- impressive monster proportions i see in the persian gulf. the economic success of the gulf states has impressed us all and it has impressed me. i call on the talented entrepreneurs of the arab world to come and invest here and to assist the palestinians - and us - in spurring the economy. together, we can develop industrial areas that will generate thousands of jobs and create tourist s

they refused to let us move forward. i repeat -- once again wasting the american people's time and money. it's difficult to watch what's going on here and come away with the sense of the republicans having the slightest interest in legislating, or that they have the slightest understanding of what families are facing across the country. mr. president, just last week in the "roll call" publication, a republican senator said -- it's the front page -- "senate g.o.p. still saying no." republican senators said this last week, one of the newspapers that covers capitol hill, roll call. and i quote, democrats need to know when they bring the bills up, we're going to extend debate as long as we can, even if we can't win it. end of quote. so i say to this republican senator and automatic republican senators, this isn't a game. i say to those watching and listening today, the next time republicans try out their stale, standard talking points about congressional approval ratings or the inefficiency of government, pay attention to se

the chaplain: let us pray. lord god almighty, may our hearts be right with you so that our lives will honor you. bless the members of this body. provide them with all the direction, defense, support, and consolation they need for life's journey. as they keep their minds on you, infuse them with your wonderful peace. lord, give them an abundant supply of your spirit that they will submit to you in every trial, trusting you even when walking through the valley of shadows. uphold them by your might that they may move forward with faith and perseverance. we pray in your sacred name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, june 16, 2009. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragrap

so let us have at least one choice where we are not totally in agreement and that will give us time to think about future elections. >> question for both presidents, please. iran and north korea, what is the current policy which is largely one of recent years produced other than given time to north korea and iran to advance their nuclear ambitions. thank you. >> well, i think it's important to distinguish between the two countries and what they've been doing of late. north korea's actions over the last several months have been extraordinarily provocative. and they have made no bones about the fact that they are testing nuclear weapons, testing missiles that potentially would have intercontinental capacity. and in fact, we are not intending to continue a policy of rewarding provocation. the parties that are involved in the six-party talks, we have contacted. they issued very clear statements and are now in the process of working on a very clear resolution condemning north korea's actions. you haven't seen china and russia respond as forcefully in the past on these issues because i think

let us be clear about what the prime minister seems to be considering. we are in the fifth and final year of a parliament. there have been reports that a referendum on electoral reform is being considered before the general election. can the prime minister consider those reports. is that something he's considering? >> no plans for that. let me just say, when he hears the statement later, he will hear that there is an interest throughout the country in what happens to electoral reform. we published a review -- well, i'm sorry. we published a review on the issue of electoral reform only a fonts ago. that has led to a serious debate in the country but we are not putting -- we are not putting proposals forward today. and if i may say so, i said he moved onto policy but there's an element of self-interest in which he's approaching politics. is it not strange -- is it not strange -- is it -- is it not strange -- is it not strange, mr. speaker -- >> order, order. it's too noisy. order. and i'm not getting help from the chief whip. it's a bad day when i have to

let us get it, let us not pretend we are living in a world we are not living in. what you got to do is changing over time. it took 100 years to get here and it will take quite some time to get off. the last thing we want to do, quite frankly, is due corn-based ethanol and we are still paying billions of dollars as taxpayers four signs that this not work and it was all politically determined, to get votes and caucus states and now is to keep boats and agricultural states. we should not be putting a tariff on pain-based ethanol if that is what we want because we can get it cheaper and with less impact and more energy efficiency dawna bazell -- cane based ethanol. we still subsidized corn-based ethanol when it is going bankrupt. host: i want to switch gears for one second what have you here, because you are also chairman of the board of the federal reserve bank of dallas. midweek for the financial industry and president barack obama outlined his predatory overhaul of the financial system. what are your thoughts on his proposal and what specifically do you like for th

i turn to all arab leaders tonight and say let us meet, let us speak of peace, let us make peace. i am ready to meet with you at any time. i am willing to go to damascus, to riyadh, to beirut, to jerusalem also. [applause] i call on the arab countries to cooperate with the palestinians and with us to advance an economic peace. i would like to make it clear, an economic peace is not a substitute for political peace, but it is an important element to achieve it. together, we can undertake projects to overcome the scarcities of our region like water desalination or to maximize the advantages of this region like developing solar energy, or exploiting our geographic location to lay gas and petroleum lines and transportation links between asia, africa, and europe. together, we can realize the entrepreneurship icy in the persian gulf. -- on a per ship i see in the persian gulf. i call on the talented entrepreneurs of the persian world to assist the palestinians in us and together we can envelop best -- to get a weekend develop industrial areas and create tourist sites that will attract m

i turn to all arab leaders tonight and i say, let us meet. let us speak of peace. let us make peace. i am ready to meet with you at any time. i am willing to go to damascus, to beirut, to jerusalem, too. illing to go to damascus, to riyadh, to beirut, to jerusalem also. [applause] i call on the >> i call on us to advance an economic peace and it's not a substitute for political peace but it is an important element to achieve it, together we can undertake projects to overcome the scarcities of our region, like water decontamination or to maximize the advantages of this region like developing solar energy, or exploding our geographic location to lay gas and petroleum lines and transportation links between asia, africa and europe. together, we can realize the achievements of the impressive entrepreneurship i see in the persian gulf impresses me very much and i call upon the talented entrepreneurs of the arab world to come and invest here to assist the palestinians and us in spurring the economy. today we can develop industrial areas that will generate thousands of job

let us assume that nothing happens. i can guarantee you that there is the possibility for a whole lot of americans out there that will not end up having the same health care they had. as costs go up, employers will make decisions. we have to raise premiums on our employees. we can now provide health insurance at all in some cases. that is why health reform is so important. >> as a former smoker, a understand the frustration in quitting. with the new law regulating the tobacco industry, i'd like to ask you a few questions. >> a few questions? >> how many cigarettes a day do you smoke alone or in the presence of other people? to you think the new laws will help? >> the new law is not about me but the next generation of kids coming up. you think you want to ask me about my smoking as opposed to it being relevant to my new law. that is falling. it is an interesting human interest story. as a former smoker, a costly struggle with it. have fallen off the wagon sometimes, yes. i am not a daily smoker or a constant smoker. i do

and let us all take action, let us all take action together to expose the racist and bigotist parties. and on this side of the house we'll do everything in our power to show the problems that made people vote for the b.n.p. are problems we're dealing with on housing, social justice, unemployment, but nobody will support the anti-semitic and the policy of the b.n.p. that's even against mixed race marriage. i believe the whole country could unite on this. what i say about electoral reform, however, is that i never myself have supported the policy of proportional  representation for a westminister parliament. that has always been my view. he has to accept the policy of proportional representization exists for the european elections. i don't see a proposal from his party to change it at the moment but he also has to accept the jenkins proposals that contain their policies lay down a criteria by which it would be impossible for the british national party to have held the seat even on the p.r. system in the british parliament unless they won a constituency seat. >> everyone would agree wi

let us reject this bill tonight and come right back here tomorrow and bring a clear emergency war funding bill in a bipartisan fashion back into the legislative process. it is time for us to reject this legislation. we must reject the change is never mentioned the amendment and get our soldiers the resources they needed this serve the broadest interests of the american taxpayer. i recognize the gentleman from california. >> i yield tenements to mr. merckle letter. >> the demint from one area is recognized for 10 minutes. >> -- the gentleman from one area is recognized for two minutes. >> this is only 80% about our troops. we should not allow for that 20% reduction to the us. had the opportunity to read an article today. the treasury department has said that seven and dollars in loans guarantees is a nonstarter and did not have it. tonight and here we have billions of dollars in an imf. the money up to that imf -- i did not hear anyone about the health care benefits. i did not say if anyone does anything from the imf for the underwriting done by the u.s. taxpayers. i did say back home were

host: let us put the numbers on the screen. mr. bernstein, what is it about green bay that attracted the president? guest: i think that is an area in the heartland of the country where the president's message of health care reform and what we are trying to do here is particular jim it -- particularly germane. . if you look at what is going on with working families, most working age people get their health care through the job. a couple of things has happened over the last few years. first of all, employers have been cutting coverage partly due to recessionary pressures, but this is even going on during the economic expansion. in fact, the number of uninsured people did not fall when -- it actually shrunk. employers are shifting costs on to family spirit and the cost burden is a very tough burden for american businesses. you will hear the president talk about small businesses as well. so you have to take the discussion to the people and meet them where they are on the kinds of interactions that are happening with this system that ma

once again we pray that the lord open the doors and let us return to the lands of our fathers without fear. we are here to pray for freedom. let your holy spirit into that land, set your people free from the bondage and curse throughout time. deliver your people from evil things. where the spirit of the lord is, there is freedom. may you redeem your land and your chosen people. may your righteousness shine like the sun, all over china. may your mercy and love flow from heaven like a mighty river upon that land. in jesus christ's holy name we pray. amen. and god bless all. thank you. >> thank you, father. i am now very pleased to call to the podium, dr. lee, president and founder of initiatives for china, a former political prisoner in china and a veteran of the tiananmen square movement. dr. lee. >> ladies and gentlemen, [speaking foreign language] ladies and gentlemen we gather today after the passage of 20 years, there are those today who wish to have legacy of tiananmen by saying that democracy has many faces. and western style democracy is not for china. some even say that the chi

the fact that the house of representatives led off with a prayer that and it, most of all father, let us feel your love and care for us all. in jesus's name we pray, on men. should we be doing that in our congress when we do not want our laws established based on one religion? that jesus's name is appropriate to leave our house. >> i have a problem with it personally, yes. >> how many of you agree with joe and have a problem with that. raise your hands if you do not. >> let me ask a follow-up question. whatever problem with it if it just referred to our father and not to jesus? how many would have a problem with that. how many think that would be ok. why? for those of you who voted the other way, what is the distinction. >> if someone has an opinion, we need to come to a microphone. >> go ahead. >> this is an issue where the supreme court has ruled the wrong way. from the perspective, this is government sponsorship or endorsement of a particular religious belief. most of you recognize that with respect to jesus to a specifically significant for christianity. but also, our father is somet

let us go back to the southwest border for a minute. more than 10 dozen people have been killed in mexico by drug violence -- more than 10,000 people have been killed in mexico by drug violence. an estimated $10 billion of drug proceeds crosses the border in the form of bulk cash. we talked to the attorney general of the state of arizona who confirmed a lot of this. my question is how much of that cash has been intercepted at the border in 2009? what role today does the dna play in stemming this low? >> i would have to get -- does the dea play in stemming this? >> i will have to give you some numbers. we have been looking into this. the dea has use significant resources at the border. the fbi has put together a new intelligence capability along the southwest border. we are trying to stop the floor -- flow of materials and drugs into our country. this is a priority for us. >> thank you. >> welcome and thank you for your service. at her confirmation hearing we talked about civil rights crimes. you made a commitment to me that you would do

so let me turn -- let me turn -- let me turn to the issue of the economy, and let us take -- let's take just one key individual, the person responsible for steering us through the recession, the chancellor of the exchequer. now, the prime minister refuses to talk about him in anything other than the past tense. now, we know that the home secretary is going. we know that the community's secretary is going, so can the prime minister tell us, will the chancellor, sitting there in front of us, still be in his post in one week's time? >> it has nothing to do with politics. he is incapable of dealing with the big issues that face this country. and let me say what this chancellor is achieving. this chancellor is leading the rest of the world and taking us out of recession. this chancellor has taken action about the conservative party's refusal to support. what has happened? what have they done? nothing. what has been done when they were helping mortgage holders? nothing. what is their policy? is to do nothing. that is not the basis on which to ask for an election. if the chancellor -- >> if th

let us return to the land of our fathers without fear. we are here to pray for china's freedom. let the holy spirit to move into that plant swiftly. set your people free from all the bondage throughout time. deliver your people from evil since wher. where the spirit of the lord is, there is freedom. may you redeem your land. may your righteousness sigh all over china. may your mercy and love for 0 from heaven like a mighty river upon the land. in jesus christ's holy name ,amen. may god bless all of you. thank you. >> thank you, bob. i'm very pleased to call to the podium harvard fellow, president and founder of the initiative for china, a former political prisoner in china and veteran of the tiananmen square democracy movement. dr. leee. >> ladies and gentleman [ speaking in chinese] ladies and gentlemen, we gather today with one voice calling for truth. after the passage of 20 years there are those today who wish to cloud the legacy of 10 and then by saying democracy has many forms and western-style democracy is not for china. some even say the chinese people do not want democra

let me talk to members expenses. this subject has caused understandable loss of public trust and confidence in us all. in my 30 years in this house, i have seen nothing like it. let me see again -- let me say again to the men and women of this country, i am sorry. they worked very hard to produce detailed and throw proposals. they took a wide range of evidence and produced a report that was blunt and straightforward. there were 18 separate recommendations presented to the house on the fourth of july, 2008. in a letter to me on the 13th of june last year, sir christopher caylee, chairman of the standards in public life, commented that there were -- they were pleased to see the proposal for a more robust system and insurance based for the most part on the claims backed by receipts and the implied acceptance of complete transparency about what is claimed. taking together -- taken together, these seem to be significant steps toward the establishment of the robust regime that mp's and the taxpayer have a right to expect. the response from this house was deeply disappointing. half of the members did not atte

let us remind ourselves also the situation in iran. i think we are saying be it. america and europe or in germany that we are deeply moved by the fact and also dismayed by the fact how this regime treats peaceful demonstrators. we are for peaceful demonstrations, for freedom of expression, we think is necessary to respect the will of the people and see to its that the election results can and can be reviewed. this immediately touches the issue of respect for human rights and dignity of the individual. doesn't mean this is limited to certain individuals but a universal principle that goes to each and every individual and this is why we are standing shoulder to shoulder with those who fight for their rights. we all of us need to do everything we can in order to see to it that iran does not get a nuclear weapon, does not in possession of that. i very much welcome the readiness of the united states for direct talks. it will be by your side however i should say in making either the talks successful or seem to lead to sanctions that will bring us closer to the goal we h

[speaking french] so let us resolve today, on behalf of our armed veterans, on behalf of those young people so full of hope for a safer, better world, on behalf of the heroic souls who came to

let us make this work. let us together find a way to make this work. i thank the chair, and i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. roberts: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: thank you for that very profound greeting. i'm assuming we're in a quorum call, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. roberts: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: i ask unanimous consent that i may proceed as if we're in morning business for approximately 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: mr. president, and to all present in terms of staff, i apologize. this is friday. here we are at, what, 1:25. i apologize to the doorkeepers. i apologize to the elevator operators. i don't want to keep you here for a long time and so i'll quit apologizing. but there's been some things happening in regards to health care. the distingui

would you mind scrubbing this, not delay this but let us look at this a little longer.i think you're on to something. i think we do need to go down that track, but i'm a little worried about number three. if we've got accredited universities, why are we going to create another one? >> let me just respond to your question. if you're talking about an hour or two here and still get this done today that's fine. if you're talking about a week from next thursday. >> i'm not, i'm not. i just want to make sure i can look at it and think through -- >> i don't have a problem. unless the chairman does. i'm trying to do this in a way that makes sense. so if you have other concerns, let us know just so we can finish it up this afternoon, that would be great. >> i think we're talking about the same kind of time line you've asked us to withdraw amendments and work with us on. sometimes that requires overnight. >> do you want to do it tomorrow morning? >> whatever time. as soon as we can get it done. >> that's fine. >> senator burr? >> mr. chairman, i would like to call up burr number

facts, it is there to tell us what's going on, it really is there to be the impartial referee, and let us decide. the american people are not that stupid. just give us the facts and let us decide. i don't think it's that complicated. part way to the campaign to show you how crazy it got, when a mysterious mental disorder broke out in some places in america including the media and it happened interestingly right after sarah palin was put on the republican ticket, it was a mental disorder that came to be known as pds -- palin derangements syndrome. whether you like sarah palin or not and i understand there are some people who think she's great and some people who aren't too hot of her, whether you like her are not there is nothing that she did and that deserved the viciousness with which she was attacked. i want to give some examples -- a female professor at the university of chicago wrote on the washington post website that's their opinions greatest hypocrisy is her pretense that she is a woman. you see, just as liberals, not all but many believe the liberals, just as they don't see black

let us not pass this bill. >> and his time has expired. the person from california? >> i reserve my time. >> the gentleman from california has 20.5 minutes. california has 28 1/2. mr. barton: thank you, madam speaker. i want to yield three minutes to the distinguished minority whip, mr. cantor of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. cantor: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman. there's one thing everyone this chamber should be able to agree on, we need to focus on job creation and relieve the burden on middle class families, not on middle class families, not increasing it. >> according to an mit study, the legislation will force middle-class americans to pay as much as $3,100 in high prices every year. the epa estimates that a family of four will pay an additional average of $1,100 each year. the impact on jobs is equally dismal. a cra study finds the legislation will cost america 2.3 million jobs. at a time when many workers are losing their jobs every month, in a midst of a severe recession,

host: let us hear from our guests. guest: that is a serious allegation. there are many conspiracy theories going on around the world. is there going to be a war with iran? whatever the suppression. the united states was supportive of democracy and was not willing to confront the regime directly. the threat with iran is there a possible acquisition of a nuclear weapon and a willingness to use it. if those judgments in israel and the united states, but also in other parts of the world, in france, britain, if those judgments are that i ran is out of control, dangerous, prone to violence, something may be done -- some type of greater action to stop denuclearization of iran. host: the person was touching on outside influences. other muslim countries such as saudi arabia could have an influence on iran. guest: right now, very little. in the philippines, will lead to a successful revolution was that a leader lost popular support. i do not think there is any country in the world that has a degree of influence in iran that we had to the philippines. an outsider is

let us go to one of our students right now. hello, and welcome. >> i am from texas. it is the most memorable person you have met with during this program? >> i think frank has asked joe earlier about meeting the president. brian has talked about this to groups. when you need a president, or head of state, it does not matter what your politics are. there is something almost sacred in american politics regarding american democracy. it is always an interesting moment. no matter what your situation is

in way with my endeavor to understand these people and get to know them and let us travel as ambassadors of good will so we can let them understand us better and we can understand them better and again it's driven by fear. they're afraid of us. they want nukes. >> and this is the last question, thank you so much for all your peace efforts. did you try to go to the beautiful north of iran, the green caspian sea area. i lived there for nine years and will be glad to lead you all there. >> all right. let me just -- before i do the last question, i want to just quickly remind you -- well, i'll do that last question and then i'll just -- i guess, we'll talk about those books later. i didn't have enough time to go to the caspian sea. that was my first trip to iran. i went to iran back in the last days of the shah just as a backpack across but i didn't have much interest in picking up all these issues. having gone to iran just for this brief trip last may, i want to go back. i just scratched the surface, obviously, and i just -- everywhere i turned there was interesting stuff and so many people

let us begin this hard work together. let us transform this nation.t: he began with that speech, a huge crowd in illinois. then he began to struggle in the campaign. guest: he raised a lot of money to begin with, which nobody expected. but around the summer time, things started to deflate. he did not really prepare for his debates. he thought the they were trivial, in a way. his stump speech that was based on that announcement, it began to get unwieldy. his age was creeping up on him. he did -- he did not like this public attention, which was kind of weird. he told a friend that the experience of being a candidate was his public colonoscopy -- was like a public colonoscopy. he missed his family. he was raising money the old- fashioned way, doing back to back to back fund-raisers, as well as trying to manage the media. by the summer he was losing a lot of altitude. host: every campaign has its moments. we want to share a few with our audience and get the back story from you. our phone lines are open. you can e-mail us or use twitter as well. november 1

they won't let us have the hearing, they won't let us hear the facts. don't tell -- let her speak, keep her quiet, don't have a hearing. but we're all against her. well, come on, mr. president. that's not the american peoplemenway.and actually my inn to their efforts note they doubly demonstrated why we should have a hearing as soon as possible. don't delay. let her respond. let her speak for herself. because so far they're the only ones trying to speak for her. and when they do, they say we're open finded, we're fair-minded and everything else, but we're going to vote against her. well, in fairness, knowing she's stick to the earlier opportunity to respond to their questions and concerns and answer their charges. as i said when i went the date after consulting with the ranking republican on the senate judiciary committee, i wanted that date to be fair and adequate. fair to the nominee and adequate to allow senators to prepare. to be fair, we needed to give her the earliest possibility to answer. we could have leaders of the republican party go on televi

let us not turn a deaf ear. us not miss this window of opportunity when so many forces are coming together to take and dramatically improve our health care system to succeed in delivering the vision that truman laid out more than 60 years ago of saying it is time for an afforaffordable, accessi health care system for every single american. >> senator, thank you very, very much. senator roberts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think i'm going to nominate you and senator enzi and senator harkin for the perseverance award of this session of congress, at least to date. i would remind you that dr dr. coburn over here indicated that exercise -- with appropriate exercise you gain 20% more in intelligence cog any distance. i think with what you've had to do this afternoon, listening to virtually all of us saying the same thing over and over and over again, it might be time for a seventh inning stretch. but don't do that because i'm the last speaker. and with all due respect to my colleag colleagues, i've never seen such t

in closing, let us take a moment to recognize the contributions of the asian and pacific american community and celebrate such a rich cultural heritage by supporting house resolution 435. i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves e balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i rise today in support of this important resolution recognizing asian pacific american heritage month. asian pacific american islanders play an important fabric of the life since the first japanese americans arrived on may 7, 1845. asian americans worked as coal miners and laborers. it's estimated that 14 million americans, if not more, can trace their ethnic heritage to asia or the pacific islands. establishing may as asian pacific american heritage month affords them the opportunity to teach the history of asian americans and pacific islanders during the school year. observing asian american

don't let us have the hearing. don't let us hear the facts. don't let her speak. keep her quiet. don't have a hearing. but we're all against her. come on, mr. president. that is not the american way. and actually my initial reaction there, it demonstrated why we should have a hearing as soon as possible. don't delay it. let her respond. let her speak for herself because so far they are the ones trying to speak for her and when they do, they say we're open-minded and fair-minded but we're going to vote against her. well, in fairness, she will delay her tounts respond and answer their charges. as i said when i set the hearing date after consulting with the ranking republican i wanted that date to be fair and adequate. fair to the nominee and adequate to allow senators to prepare. we need to give her the earliest possible opportunity to answer. we have leaders of the republican party go on television almost immediately after she is nominated and one of them calling her the equivalent of the head of the ku klux klan. one of them calling her a bigot. come on. let's let her be heard. i

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let us all take action together to expose the racist and bigoted policies of the british national party. let us be clear that on this side of the house we will do everything in our power to show that the problems that made people vote for that bnp of problems we are dealing with on housing, social justice, and unemployment, but no one will support the anti-semitic policy that is even against mixed-race marriage. i believe the whole country can unite on this. what i say about electoral reform is that i have never supported the policy of proportional representation for westminster parliament. that has always been my view. he has to accept that the policy of proportional representation exist for the european elections. i do not see a proposal from his party to change it at the moment. he has to except that that the proposals laid down criteria by which it would be impossible for the british-reported to have held the seat even on the pr system in the british parliament and less than one a constituency seat. >> everyone agree with what the prime minister says about defeating the bnp. it mean

let us ask ourselves, just a question can we have a really rich benefits package to cover everything we want calexico's of the opposite direction. part of what we need you do is have a situation is to have value based insurance where things which are proven effective and improve health you don't have to pay a call by eight -- okay. the extra chemotherapy there is no evidence it will work you may have to pay more. me give you a favorite example i am an oncologist i happen to be a breast on colleges so i will pick on the breast oncologist. [laughter] this year there will be more than 200,000 diagnosed with prostate cancer early stage. one way to watch that is what to call waiting and for many men it will not be a threat and they will die with the disease and not of the disease. you can remove the prostate or the third way is radiation therapy and inside of that there are at least four different flavors you can have. 3d conformal radiation, a traditional sound that you use the mri to focus the beam that cost $11,000. and then take little radiation the seats and implant them back costs 5

it is time republicans let us get to work and allow president obama to have his nominees and let's get this bill off the floor. every day we wait is 3,500 more people subject to being addicted to tobacco. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be suspended. i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. burris: mr. president, i'd like to speak for about three or four minutes. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. burris: thank you, mr. president. before too long, this nation's broken health care system has limped along badly and in need of serious reform. many in washington have lacked either the foresight or the political will to take on this issue. for those would have tried, it's been almost impossible to get anywhere. even today the president's health care proposal is under attack to both right and left.

us. guest: good to be with you. host: let me begin by showing you an excerpt of what the president said last night on the abc program in regards to how this program, these changes in health care will be paid. from the east room of the white house last night. >> if it was easy it would have been sold a long time -- solve the long time ago. we have been talking about how do we provide care that is high- quality, gives people choices and how can we come up with a uniquely american plan, because one of the ideological debates that i think has prevented us from making progress is some people say this is socialized medicine and others say we need a completely free market system. we need to come up with something that is uniquely american. now, what i have said is that point if we are smart, we should be able to design a system where people still have choices of doctors and choices of plans, that makes sure that the necessary treatment is provided but that we don't have a huge amount of waste in the system appeared that we are provi

the chaplain: let us pray. ene chaplain: let us pray. gracious god, to whom all thoughts are revealed and all desires known, we pray for this large senate family. lord, you know the secret needs of each person on capitol hill, those who are hurting, or feel frustrated, discouraged, or exhausted. you know who has stopped loving and those who are experiencing estrangement in important relationships. you know also when guilt is corroding a soul. today, we ask you to bless all those who need your love and healing, providing them with the grace and renewal that only you can give. lord, do in their lives exceedingly, abundantly above all thahat they can ask or image according to your power working in and through them. we pray in your merciful name, amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk

despite this, let us all remember that the iranian people want many of the same things that americans do. they want their voices be to be heard just like us. they want their government to be just, open, and accessible just like us. they want their economy to be strong and their country to work towards greater peace and understanding around the world. just like us. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. arcuri: mr. speaker, the health care crisis in our nation is real. we need to step forward and take action to provide quality and affordable care for those who need it. with 46 million americans uninsured in this country, there is no time to waste to offer our hardworking families the option of health insurance while infusing competition into the health care market which desperately needs it. our broken health care system also happens to be the most expensive health care system in t

so let us begin. let us begin this part work together. let also transform this nation. >> host: yet, richard wolffe, he began with that speech in l.a. and began to struggle and a lot of backbiting or concern within the campaign. >> right, he raised a lot to begin with which none of us expected, but around the summertime things started to deflate and his debate performance was weak. he didn't really prep for it, he thought debates were trivial in a way and his speech that was based on that announcement speech started to get on wielding. his aides were sort of sniping at him. he didn't like the public attention which is kind of weird. there was indolence deciding to run. he told his friends he thought the experience being a candidate was like a public colonoscopy. and he missed his family. his family it must have been hard. in spite of the height he was raising money the old-fashioned way. it wasn't the internet. he was doing back-to-back fund-raisers as well as trying to manage the media and deal with this d8 initio and by the summer he was

cars let us escape with our lives. we are living way the heck out there in a valley bottom heights and trout antler states because we were at war with the city is. we fought run public schools, in the municipal bureaucracy is, corrupt political machines, rabin criminality, and all the appointed heading idiot -- pointed tenet busybodies. in this battle cars davis are dragons and lantos speed and mobility, they've let us count the terrain and pulled the enemy lines and thanks to our cars when the lost the city's better not forced to surrender, we were able to retreat. but our poor cars pay the price. and they were flashing swords beaten into until plowshares. cars became appliances period or worse than appliances -- nobody is ticked off at the driver of the dishwasher much less at the refrigerator. we all recognize these as laborsaving devices. the car, on the other hand, is seems to create labor. we hold of a car responsible for all the jury errands to which it needs to be steered and we're thinking, held, a golf cart i

let us take these reports, use these reports so that we can bring to an end those who have been victimized through traffickers. with that, madam president, i would yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. a senator: i would ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. a senatormr. sessions: the nomif a new justice to the supreme court of the united states brings to our minds a core question both for the senate and the american people, than is what is the proper role of a federal judge in our republic? answering this question is not simply an academic task. it's fundamental to what we will be doing here. how the american people and their representatives and their senators, the ones who have been delegated that responsibility, answer this question impacts not only the future of our judiciary, but i think future of our legal system and the american experience, really. i would just say th