levin: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5623 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5623, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend the homebuyer tax credit for the purchase of a principle residence before october 1, 2010, in the case of a written, binding contract entered into with respect to such principle residents before may 1, 2010, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, and the gentleman from kentucky, mr. davis, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. . mr. levin: millions of american families have taken advantage of the home buyer tax credit, giving a much needed boost to home sales at a time when our housing market needed it most. in a word, this tax credit has worked. it gave a boost to our economic recovery. and it held first-time buyers -- helped first-time buye

levin from -- mr. levin: two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, the distinguished member, mr. rich neal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. neal: thank you, mr. chairman. some of the best speeches that i have ever listened to and/or read come from the legendary mayor of boston, james michael curly. curly spoke with great empathy about the forgotten man. those individuals who for whatever reason have found them steffs outside of the mainstream of economic life. he also would suggest that in simplestity that the great anal identicaler of civilization is a full stomach. we need to be reminded of that with the grim statistics that america is currently witnessing. also another big important reminder here i think we all ought to recall. in october of 2008, in record time, this house voted to come to the aid of wall street. it didn't take us long with the troubled asset relief program to keep standing many of those institutions that helped create the job that we find ourselves

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levin: before i do that, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the senate amendments to h.r. 3962 the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: i'm pleased to yield to another important member of our committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. gonzalez, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gonzalez: i rise in favor of this legislation, we only have about a minute. my observation after listening to my colleaguesed on dear friends, thank god physicians don't practice medicine the way we practice enacting legislation. can you imagine, we're wheeled into the emergency room, you have five qualified physicians and they all start arguing about how we're going to save the life of this particular patient. and they don't come to any real conclusion. some say we need to do this immediately, some say we can wait six

senator levin decided against it and reschedule the hearing for today. p- rescheduled the hearing for today. host: we will have live coverage of that on c-span freak. thank you. we are talking about -- c-span 3. thank you. we are talking about the gulf coast oil spill in the president's address. mike, what are your thoughts? caller: i am sorry about general petraeus and my thoughts and prayers are with him. president obama is getting more mature. i think that he came across as not blaming the situation on george bush, as many have. he has accepted the responsibility that he has as president for this situation. this is the problem of bp. not any particular president. it is president obama is responsibility. he is taking responsibility, and i must respect him for that. he also acknowledged in his speech the creator, and i think the creator is on his side now. that will help him in this situation. as far as dangling in the ocean off the gulf of mexico, i know what it can do to our environmeets. it will hurt the wallets of every american, no matter where you

the word from senator levin is that he seems to be doing fine. they are deciding how to continue with the hearing this morning. you are watching the live coverage on c-span. again, you are watching live coverage on c-span of the senate armed services committee, in recess now. a hearing with the general david petraeus and defense undersecretary michele flournoy. a few moments ago, general petraeus took ill and left the room. senator carl levin announcing that he seemed to be ok and they are deciding how to continue the hearing. here is how the associated press is reporting the story -- "general petraeus has been rushed from the hearing room. he finished answering a question by senator john mccain. mccain was responding when the senators stopped talking suddenly and aides began crowding around petraeus. he walked without assistance out of the room." that is how the associated press is reporting what happened just a short while ago here at the senate armed services committee. again, senator carl levin, who you can see on your screen talking with sen

after the, reaction to the firing from senate armed services committee leaders, john mccain and carl levinand later, defense secretary greagates and admiral mullen exn why they agree with the decision to replace general mcchrystal. >> of course, the lottery is prescribed by law. if demand are basis supply you have to do a lottery. >> i think this is the civil rights issue of today and it is not just about race. it is about class. >> tonight, the market -- the lottery producer madeleine sackler on the family that she hosted for the lottery, and the anti-charter schools and demand. >> mr. chairman, we are pleased to have you here of the g-20 leaders are gathering for the same debate as we are having on capitol hill, which is, what is a hybrid of a love spending -- what is the bright club level of spending in a weak economy. walter, let's start with you. >> house democrats said this week that they are not going to propose a traditional budget resolution. >> we're going to propose a budget resolution, chiefly enter merrilee for, discretionary spending. -- chiefly and primarily for discretionar

levin: this is a flawed bill that we're now considering. we're forced to consider it because of the republican filibuster of action on the jobs and tax bill now%% pending in the other body. this bill does not adequately address the need far longer term solution to avoid the disastrous cut in medicare physician reimbursement. it is currently impacting doctors and most importantly, seniors and military service members. republicans in the other body have been stone walling the basic bill, the jobs will, -- jobs bill, week after week after week. doing so, they replaced a hammer -- they have placed a homer lock on the lives of millions of americans. a much better course would be for republicans in the other body to begin to side with the american people instead of stone walling againsttthem. and not their party leaders, nor the tea party. and allow the straight up or down vote on the comprehensive jobs bill pending in the other body. instead, they are willing to put politics before people, and they are leaving millions of unemployed workers thro

levin. mr. levin: ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. mr. speaker, i'm privileged to join with john dingell, a true champion of the automobile industry of this country for over 50 years. as we join together to honor ron get ell finger -- gettelfinger. he just retired and through a period of unprecedented difficulty, ron worked tirelessly on behalf of auto workers and helped the industry to be more competitive. it's my privilege to pay tribute to you, ron, today. a proud auto worker, ron joined the u.a.w. in 1964 as a repairman. the workers at the plant elected him to represent them as committee person and bar beganing chair and president of local 852. his leadership and commitment to auto workers elevated him to the ford bargaining committee and head of region and u.a.w. president and in 2002, ron was elected president of the union and re-elected in 2006. his tenure as u.a.w. president saw exceptional challenges to understate it. the critics said neither the union nor the auto makers could overcome. this was a period of painful job loss for

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carl levin has set a confirmation hearing for general petraeus next tuesday. >> the senators are hereto rebut the last statement. [laughter] good afternoon. senator lieberman and senator gramm and i are here as members of the armed services committee and as individuals who have traveled quite often to the region and have had involvement in the issues of iraq and afghanistan for a number of years. in fact, our involvement goes all the way back to right after the fall of kabulka and bagram air force base and meeting president karzai for the first time. we applaud the decision of the united states to ask general petraeus to serve our nation again. we think there is no one more qualified or eight more outstanding leader then general petraeus to achieve successful conclusion of the afghan conflict. we praise the service of general mcchrystal and thank him for service to our nation and wish him well, every success in the future. we are confident that general petraeus's leadership will of a positive effect on the situation in the region. we still have concerns about the civilian side. in fac

but he went, had a meeting with the kandahar leaders, senator levin and i did a couple of years ago, met with a lot of their people, and they all are serious individuals, respected in their local areas, and he called on them for support and a majority of the audience raised their hands when he asked for their support. i think general mcchrystal saw that as a strong, clear call for unity and that karzai displayed extraordinary ownership of the operation. how would you evaluate that and does that indicate that we're not doomed in kandahar, but actually maybe laying the ground work for successful operations? >> that was, indeed, one of the most important of the political shaping operation. there was also another shia counsel that president karzai held about 15,000 to 20,000 of local elders and leaders. it was so inclusive a number of them felt no reluctance in standing up with the tv cameras rolling and criticizing the afghan government and in some cases president karzai who turned and pointed the finger at himself as welll in read the statement, the talk points that president karzai us

>> well, you know, i was very impressed with carl levin's investigation when he was on the armed services committee into the torture scandal. i felt that was very mpressive. i think dick durbin and some of his recent attempts to try to staunch the flow of money in politics have been interesting. those would be two examples of a couple of people that i think are pretty good. >> we go back to the last clip, you saw the young man neil volz. why did he talk to you, where did he talk to you, and why did bob ney who was a congress who went to prison talk to you? >> those are good questions. neil volz was bob ney's chief of staff. he came to bob -- you know, as he said, very idealistically, which was interesting to me and important for me to hear. they were rightfully trying to institutionalized corruption in washington.3 and bob was a very interesting one in the film because you can see how the corruption sort of gnaws away at them and their relationship, you know, it's like something out of "lord of the rings" where frodo and sam begin to go at each other's throats because of the corruption of

. >> ifill: democrats like carl levin of michigan said some kind of timetable is essential. >> that july 2011 date imparts a necessary sense of urgency to afghan leaders. about the need to take on principal responsibility for their country's security. we saw in iraq the importance of setting dates as a way of spurring action. general petraeus has said that he agrees with the president's policy, setting that july 2011 date, and indeed he told me if he ceases to agree that he would so advise his commander in chief which of course he has a responsibility to do as a military commander. >> ifill: but republican senator lindsey graham said the administration has sent mixed messages. >> the vice president has been quoted as saying about this particular topic, come july, we're going to begin leave in large numbers. you can bet on it. is his view of the policy correct? >> secretary gates has said, i believe in testimony, that he never heard vice president biden say that remark either. for what it's worth. >> well, it's worth a lot because he's saying one thing to one person allegedly and he's say

honi know that the chairman, cao -- carl levin of michigan, and the ranking republican have differentiewpoint on this. carl levin believes the drawdown is necessary to convey to the afghans that they need to start taking over cancer -- security of their country. john mccain, on the other hand, feels like this date does nothing but let the enemy and know that we are leaving and it makes securing the country almost impossible for our troops. host: we are talking to susan ferrechio and looking live at the dirksen office building. they're preparing to question general david patraeus. the numbers are on your screen. we will also bring in some of your comments on our twitter page. general david patraeus' last appearance got some attention because he had a very brief fainting spell blaming dehydration and lack of practice. do you think you will see anything like that this morning? guest: i doubt you will see i think he will make sure he is ready to render any questions. his confirmation is all but assured. last time he told the committee that you need to be careful about deadlines. and he su

senator levin praised the president's decision to fire general mcchrystal following the staff criticism of the obama administration. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon everybody. i support president obama's decision to accept general mcchrystal's resignation. general mcchrystal has made significant contributions to our nation's security during his long and very distinguished career in uniform. we just simply cannot afford distractions of this kind in the middle of a war. it has been clear in the last year days that there is no disagreement over policy between general mcchrystal and the civilian leadership and the administration. that is important. there has been disagreements over personnel and personality, not a disagreement over policy. for many reasons, general petraeus is a solid choice to take over in afghanistan. he provides the strength and he provides continuity. he was the architect of the counterinsurgency strategy. he literally wrote the book to set that strategy. general petraeus also agreed with both key parts of the administration parks policy. -- administration's polic

i was listening to marc levin today. he saithe epa has changed all e rules against microbiology. a professor says that nature will take care of this in time. these buds would take care of the hole clean up, and right now they desperately need it. i could not take care of it anymore, i do not have the supplies. i am just trying to find out if anyone is ting biological mediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise working to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. i think, in a tough situati, we should learn from it. if youave ideas for how to clean it up, please prode them to me. i will make sure they get passed on to the coect a stories. -- the correct authorities. let's go over here. >> i will bring up something a product three years ago on the fourth of july. -- something i brought up three years ago on the fourth of july. if the government wants to get back to being relevant, it must ensure justice, promote the general warfare -- general welfare, d secure the blessings of liberty. i have not seen much of either party that indicates that they understand that. if they dnot

i was listening to marc levin today. he said the epa has changed all the rules against microbiology. a professor says that nature will take care of this in time. these buds would take care of the hole clean up, and right now they desperately need it. i could not take care of it anymore, i do not have the supplies. i am just trying to find out if anyone is trying biological mediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise working to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. i think, in a tough situation, we should learn from it. if you have ideas for how to clean it up, please provide them to me. i will make sure they get passed on to the correct a stories. -- the correct authorities. let's go over here. >> i will bring up something a product three years ago on the fourth of july. -- something i brought up three years ago on the fourth of july. if the government wants to get back to being relevant, it must ensure justice, promote the general warfare -- general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. i have not seen

levin: i want to congratulate mr. berman and the ranking member. this indeed is a critical achievement. not only because it send as clear and unbe a bim white house message that iran must end its pursuit of nuclear weapons, but because it provides the president with powerful tools to achieve this crucial objective. it will reinforce and enhance the administration's efforts regarding iran. it provides the administration with a renewed mandate and substantial leverage to employ against the regime of iran. toward the goal of stopping its development of weapons of mass + destruction and support of terrorism, what could be more important? it is also not only fundamentally in the national interest, but in the interest of the international community. a nuclearized iran that supports terrorism is simply unacceptable. it is encouraging that the u.s. is not acting alone. the international community has spoken. thanks to the administration's leadership, supported by this congress, and the support of key allies, the u.n. security council adopted expansive and

with them came others, mark levin, and we have no bad as concerned citizens, nevada home school networkand we have built this coalition and tonight we are adding more. i want to tell you that the other nine that were so wonderful and putting themselves forward, they were ready to sacrifice their lives, their honor, and their sacred honor for liberty. and they are joining the team. and we welcome all of them because we have kept the focus on this campaign on defeating harry reid. we are also adding one more coalition tonight, one more group to that coalition, and that is the international union of gaming employees. we are ready. we are on than we are ready to go out into the most critical time of this campaign. and that is, we're going to talk about what is really important. we've always kept the focus on harry reid and now we're going to talk about those issues that are really important to us. we're going to go with him to the issues and we're going to challenge him right now, we are ready for the debate. come on, harry, let's talk about the issues. let's talk about the issues. and the

host: here is what allen levin writes -- some experts believe the plan to recycle is the best option but it has not worked in previous spills and it is not profitable . guest: another disaster on top of another disaster. this was not required by regulators, so they are at fault. ultimate responsibility has to go to bp for where these toxic materials go. the taxpayer should not be on the hook for this. it really plays into the fact that now we know the amount spewing from the bottom montgolfier how much harder when a previously thought. host: next phone call on the independent line. caller: hugo a morning fix it is always a pleasure horse as every other american, who i am heartbroken for what is going, and the gulf. my question to you is what is happening with amenities -- the manitees? guest: that is a good question. i spend one weekend at an island where they gather and it was quite cool to see them right near all of the vacationers. it is a marvelous site. and they live in the warm water so they can if we stay closer t3 of of the coast of florida, they will be all right. but the cu

carl levin and chairs the senate armed services committee. this is about two hours in 20 minutes. >> would like to welcome our witnesses. hillary rodham clinton. secretary gates. steven chu, an admiral michael mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it is a pleasure to have all of you with us this morning. at the this secretary chu's first appearance at this committee. the new strategic arms reduction treaty before us today is an important treaty. and it will, as admiral mullens said earlier this month, make our country more secure and advance our core national security interests. this treaty is in keeping with a long tradition of bilateral, verifiable, arms control agreements with russia and its predecessor, the soviet union. and it strengthens the u.s. commitment to non-proliferation. the united states senate has previously approved 10 bilateral arms control agreements with russia and before that, the soviet union, with overwhelming bipartisan majorities. only one was opposed by more than six votes. in that case, there were 19 bo

what is senator levin -- senator lugar going to do? what is -- what the people in the middle to is where it will be made or broken. >> that her mind the -- that reminds me of something said earlier. it used to be regional, and now it is partisan. when you talk about individual votes, you have to think about corn in the midwest, royalties and the gulf coast, -- royalties in the gulf coast, and other sorts of energy projects, including home state jobs. that is how you win over votes. that is how they broke through last night on financial reform. digital will carve out four massachusetts banks -- they did a little cart veout for massachusetts' banks. they need to buy off a few. what are some of these home state issues we could see emerge? >> david, you're familiar with this. how do you get lugar, collins, a gulf state senator? >> again, i think, the larger issues are still in footfall. while it is true that the middle will be the ones that decide, if there is also a question of what the senators who are most committed to this will accept.

in the hearing -- i say this with some level of humor, was asked this specific question by senator levin when we came up with three different menus, so how would cyber command act when we're at war with another country where both combatants are in one country and you could attribute the attack to your aggressor, your adversary and you would say i'm going to do these and i'm under one set of rules of engagement. now what happens, that was case one. case two is what happens when the adversary uses a neutral country to bounce their attack through and that is a different set. and it's not unlike warfare where you have two -- have you armed conflict going in one state and somebody attacks from a neutral state in. there are laws of land warfare that deal with that. we have to look at that in light of cyberspace. the third is what happens when it's the united states that's under attack, what are the rules for that and how do we go through the threat conditions and stuff to mitigate or defeat that threat? those were the three conditions, and we talked about each one in a different case. as you t

was asked this specific question about senator levin when we came up with three different venues. so how would cyber command act when we were at war in another country where both combatants are in one country. you could attribute the attack to your aggressor, your adversary, and you'd say now i know i'm going to do these and i'm under one set of rules of engagement. now it happens, that was case one. case two was what happens when the adversary uses a neutral country to bounce their attack through. and that is a different set. it's not unlike warfare where you have two -- you have armed conflict going in one state, and somebody attacks from a neutral state in. there are laws of land warfare that deal with that. we now have to look at that in light of cyber space. and then the third is what happens when it's the united states that's under attack? what are the rules for that and how do we go through the threat conditions and stuff to mitigate or defeat that threat? those were the three conditions when we talk about each one in a different case. and as you think about those, each one

members of the house senate armed services john mccain, for joe lieberman, lindsey graham, and carl levin who has sent a confirmation hearing no later than next tuesday. this is for the minister if -- this is for the men if -- this is 40 minutes ahead >> we are here as fears of the armed services committee how and if individuals who have travel often to the region and have involvement in the hands of iraq and afghanistan: and to him if our involvement goes all away hah to hough we think if there is no one more qualified than general petreaus to achieve a successful conclusion for the afghan conflict treehouse we think of general mcchrystal for his service to our nation and wish him well in the ffture. we're confident that general petreaus's leadership will have a positive effect on the situation in the region. he still have concerns about the civilian side it might suggest that consideration be given to reuniting the crocker-petreaus team, all of ambassador carper will probably never forgive me for saying that since he is retired rehouse we have concerns about the civilian side of. relati

the hearing, and i say this with some level of humor, i was asked this specific question by senator levinhen we came up with three different venues. one, how would cyber command act when we are at war and another country is at a combatant and you to be attacked your adversary. now you would say i am going to do these under one set of rules of engagement. now what happens, that was case 1. case 2, what happens with the adversary uses a neutral country to bounce their attack through? that is a different threat, and is not unlike were fair where you have a conflict going in one state and somebody attacks from a neutral state. there are laws of neutral land and we have to look at in cyberspace. the third is what happens when it is the united states under attack. what are the rules for that and how we go through that to mitigate or defeat that threat? those were the three conditions. we talked about each in a different case. as you think about each one of those, we will have different standing rules of engagement what we don't have is the precision and the standing rules of engagement that we

before the mcchrystal meltdown, or funding has been stalled -- carl levin announced in a press briefing yesterday that he will move quickly on confirmation, probably as early as tuesday of next week. next week is going to be a big week for confirmation hearings because 12:30 p.m. on monday, the supreme court pick, elena kagan, also goes before the panel. we will have live coverage. like astaire, south carolina. mary, democrats line. what do you think? caller: i think it is long overdue. i hated to see general petraeus replaced by anyone younger and less experience. i think the respect follows the line, somebody greater than all mankind. then the president and the people will work together with him. he does not say that he has to walk in front of him but at least walk beside him and don't put yourself in front of him. we need to utilize all of these people who need jobs in defense of our country. and we do not need the world. about our dirty laundry and people wanting to boost their -- we do not need the world hearing about our dirty laundry and people wanted to boost their careers. mcch

we will hear from senators john mccain, lindsey graham, joe lieberman, and committee chairman, carl levin, and a senate confirmation hearing for general petraeus will begin no later than next tuesday. this is 40 minutes. >> here to rebut the last speakers. [laughter] good afternoon. we are here as members of the armed services committee and as individuals well-traveled quite often to the region and have had involvements about iraq and afghanistan for a number of years. in fact, our involvement goes all the way back to right after the fall of the airport based in the middle of the night, meeting president karzai for the first time. we applaud the decision of the president of the united states to ask general petraeus to serve again in defense of our nation. we think there is no one more qualified or more outstanding leader than general petraeus to achieve successful conclusion of the afghan conflict. we praise the service of general mcchrystal and thank him for his service to our nation and wish him well, every success in the future. we are confident that general petraeus'leadership will ha

chairman levin has taken a much more dangerous step in his support for ratifying this treaty. he has appointed me to serve as chairman of the committee until his return. i recognize myself for five minutes. dr. kissinger testified about this treaty last month, and he said it was an evolution of trees that have been negotiated with previous administrations of both -- evolution of treaties that have been negotiated with previous administrations of both parties. he said a rejection would indicate a new policy had started that might rely largely on the unilateral reliance of its nuclear weapons and would create uncertainty in the calculations of adversaries and allies. would any of you like to comment on his statement? i recognize the secretary of state. >> senator, we agree with that assessment. our department has been briefing, along with our colleagues from the defense, from the joint chiefs, and from energy, a series of former diplomats and defense officials and energy officials, increasing -- including dr. kissinger. i think the over running sentiment is this treaty is in our

key wins and had a meeting with the kandahar meeting that senator levin and i did. they are all respected in their local areas. he called on them for support in the majority of the audience stood and raised their hands and ask for their support. general mcchrystal saw that as a strong, clear call for unity and that karzai display quotes ownership of the operation." does that indicate that we are not doomed in kandahar but we are laying the groundwork for a successful operation? >> that was important. the results of another, president karzai held the bonds some months ago. it had about 1500 to 2000 local elders, notables, and leaders. it was so inclusive that a number of them filled and a reluctance in standing up in criticizing the afghan government and in some cases president karzai himself who pointed the finger at himself as well. this latest one that i read, the talking points that president karzai used were very good. i tell the chairman we would get copies of them to the committee. we had a video teleconference with the general mcchrystal yesterday morning. an

an opportunity, aad i say this with some level of humor, i was asked a specific question by senator levin, and we came up with three different venues. how would cyber command act when we were at war when both combatants are in the same country? you could attribute the attack your aggressor, your adversary, and you would say, now, i am under one set of rules of engagement. now, what happens when -- that was case one. case two, what happens when an average year uses a neutral country to announce their attack, -- what happens when the enemy uses a neutral country to bounce their attack? we now have to look at that in light of cyberspace. and the third to look at is what do we do when the united states is under attack. what do we do to mitigate or defeat the threat? so those were the three conditions, and as you think about those, each one of those are going to wrap different rules of engagement. -- going to have different rules of engagement. we are working through those up through the committees. >> i think we had harry and then the gentleman in brown. >> morning, sir. harry, from deloitte.

i saw comments from senator levin.k you, ladies and gentlemen. >> thank you. >> president obama spoke at carnegie mellon university this week. he noted the economic recovery tax impact on the economy, citing an estimated 720,000 clean energy jobs that will be greeted by 2012 from tax credits and guarantees -- created by 2012 from tax credits and guarantees. allan meltzer responded saying, "the huge stimulus spending has done little to reduce unemployment, and long-term unemployment has never been higher than the last couple of years." watched the president's remarks and read the response, as well as a statement by the house minority leader john boehner, and our stimulus website at c- span.org/stimulus. >> pulitzer prize winners today on book tv prime time. we have a discussion on the final decade of the cold war. we have a look at the first tycoon -- the life and times of cornelius vanderbilt. we also have a discussion of how world bankers attended to rebuild the world economy following the first world war, and instead

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