i will put all of these things in the record, but here are more than 400 local unions, 20 international unions, 39 state afl-cio unions all revolve around this question. i wish i could claim some creativity or imagination for this. but universal single payer is not a new idea. as a matter of fact every industrial country on the planet except one, us, already have some version of it. what we're doing is developing the american version. what we're doing, then we have examined all of the systems on earth, putting this all together, we are studying the spread of we are not turning this over to government. we have another database of the myth about the systems that i will not try to go into now. we want to examine these. we will not examine them without a hearing. it is with some sadness that i report it was not easy for me to get to the first summit that the president called. it was an enormous step. we have got to help him. here is how i will help my president. he is getting rounded vice about healthcare. to think this sad substitute about the massachusetts plan and the people from this st

so if a particular community or a local union wants an explanation of how a judgment was made, we would expect the company to talk to them as we'd expect them to talk to dealers. but we're not going to go in on top of them and say why mansfield and why not x? >> will you insist to them that they will be more forthright on questions, will you insist that they disclose to their dealers how they made the decisions and why they made the decisions and disclose to communities how and why they made these decision isn't it so >> recognizing there's a competitive issue where public disclosure of certain kinds of information can put the company at a competitive disadvantage and so not being able to make a blanket comment like that but i would say, yes, that we would be asking gm and insisting that gm have an open and transparent dialog with all of its stakeholders and to the extent it's not, we're more than happy to facilitate that and insist that it occur. again, i want to be cautious because there can be competitive issues where the public airing of information can be harmful to the company. bu

i currently work at a small, locally-owned a bar. there's no union or representation. host: how you want to put your major to work? caller: ideally it would be through humanitarian work. to get out there and make a difference through community organizing. it seems that the problem we face, i agree with the last caller from michigan about the baby boomer generation. they never did enough to support themselves and the future. there is a mass of inequality between the rich and the poor. i am considered a lesser human being because i do not make as much money as they do because i work in a so-called and skilled profession. many people share that sentiment. just because many people were not given a chance for education never had health care for things that a human being deserves. they are viewed as lesser. host: where did you get your college education? caller: central michigan university. host: let's go back to this story about the job market. we have been asking people for the jobs are. this is michael fletcher's story this morning. he writes that the chairman of the coun

so what every local government, every business, every state in the union tightens their belt when their revenue is down. what do we do? we go up 8%. we passed an 8% increase and i felt like i was in the twilight zone and get the next budget, $1.8 trillion deficit and guess what? we raised that 8%, this year's budget, $3.9 trillion. and people back home, i'm talking about democrats, republicans and independents and apolitical people, they don't understand that. it is not sustainable. and now we have two issues coming up, health care, which is where i'm glad to be in the middle that discussion and carbon tax. and i yield back. mrs. lummis: let me tell you about a couple of our other classmates who could not be here this evening. we anticipated that we would have votes tomorrow, but because of votes not being taken tomorrow, some people tried to get home tonight so they could visit with both their families and their constituents. among them is chris lee from new york, who has spent two decades as a business entrepreneur in new york. tom mcclintock was first elected to the state legislature

the clerk: union calendar number 70, h.r. 1741, a bill to require the attorney general to make competitive grants to eligible state, tribal, and local prosecutors to establish and maintain certain protection and witness assistance programs . the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, and the gentleman from california, mr. issa, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. ms. johnson: -- mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, the witness security and protection act of 2009 authorizes the attorney general to award grants to states and local prosecutors for establishing and improving short-term witness protection programs for witnesses that are involved in a state or local trial involving a homicide, a serious