of south louisiana. we have cooperated in congress to rebuild our region and i hope to continue working with them in the future. the saints' motto has been finish strong and they did that very thing with a 31-17 victory over the indianapolis colts in super bowl xliv. the saints' super victory not only shows the dedication and hard work of the organization, coaches and players, but also represents a beacon of hope for the city of new orleans and the catalyst for recovery throughout louisiana. house resolution 1079 emphasizes the positive influence that the saints have had on people in new orleans and the gulf coast region. i introduced house resolution 1079 to congratulate the saints because for the past five years, the saints have symbolized the city of new orleans through their pride, resilience, traditions, suffering, faith, loyalty and hope. this resolution thanks the owners for their investment in the future of the saints and their dedication and commitment to a strong and united new orleans. this re

help us usher in a new day in louisiana. thank you. i yield back.speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble, a distinguished and senior member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. coble: i thank my friend, the distinguished gentleman from texas, for having yield. it has been said time and again today, mr. speaker, and i reiterate it, it is indeed a sad day today. hopefully none of us takes great glee in another's misfortune. but it appears regarding the case at hand we have little or no choice. the issue of ethics has become a permanent issue and the american citizenry justifiably insists -- strike t

for the state of louisiana and louisiana was hit by hurricane katrina.state of mississippi was also hit buy and devastated by hurricane katrina. but we don't have anything in here for the state of mississippi. >> the reason i say it's a stunt is because it's actually written for television or the internet. it's not written for any serious debate here. and in my view it's beneath the senator from arizona who at one time was a candidate for president of this country. the reason i say it's a stunt is the words "sweetheart" are actually written in this amendment. >> whenever these deals are cut then the residents of other states are the ones who foot the bill. so i hope my colleagues will consider this amendment, remove all of these remaining provisions. >> luke, this is some of the most tension i've seen erupt on the floor of the senate. it's not uncommon for this kind of rhetoric in the house but on the senate side it seems remarkable. >> yes. the senate is often referred to by house members as the house of lords shall we say where folks expect the conduct

for the state of louisiana and louisiana was hit by hurricane katrina. i would point out the state of mississippi was also hit and devastated by hurricane katrina, but we don't have anything in here for the state of mississippi, and i believe the governor of mississippi, i know, would argue that the devastation on the mississippi coast was equally as terrible as that for louisiana. instead, we have $300 million providing special medicaid funding for louisiana. there are also states, including my own, including others, that have suffered devastating acts of god, acts of nature also from time to time. so here we are at the 11th hour with a situation where there is still these back room deals done that possibly we could address with an amendment. the other deals we can't because they were like side agreements with the pharmaceutical companies which i just read from. like the deal with the american medical association, the ones with the hospitals, the others that were cut in order to get them to come on board and support this legislation. so this provides fo

cassidy of louisiana. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. garamendi: i thank you, mr. speaker. and i request that we enter into a colloquy with our colleagues from the democratic side. earlier today, i had the opportunity to exit the chamber and go out to the veranda overlooking the east lawn of the capitol and there were a couple thousand folks out there protesting this legislation. and in their chanting, they were saying kill obama bill. i suspect they are referring to the health care bill and not to the president. and i was thinking about what does it mean to kill the bill? what's the effect ever killing this legislation and letting time go on with the current situation in the united states? this is what's happening in the united states today. 45,000 americans die each year because they are uninsured. they lack health insurance. 45,00

also, i am tired of hearing about the louisiana purchase. the first thing the governor did when he found the deficit in the budget was to cut $150 million for medicare. the $300 million we are getting -- we have five hospitals here that are closed. five years after katrina, we have still not recovered. there are two things in this country that really upset me. you can get the best health care in the world if you can afford it. the same thing with our judicial system. there are a lot of people in jail who did not have enough money to defend themselves and they are serving time that they should not be. guest: i am the one taking the louisiana purchase of of the bill. i am not certain it is appropriate for the people of the nation, taxpayers in arizona, to be paying for unique problems in the louisiana that also occur for people in arizona and elsewhere. on his basic point, i think we are in agreement. i have written a bill that would provide health care for every american. if his concern is we are not taking care of people who cannot afford to

near pineville, louisiana. the institution opened on january 2, 1860. in 1870, the name of the institution was named to louisiana state university. today, l.s.u. holds a prominent position in american higher institution. one of only 25 universities designated as both a land grant and a sea grant institution. it also holds the carnegie foundation's doctorial research extensive designation. l.s.u. offers degrees in 71 back layerette programs, 7 -- mr. baca: programs, -- baccalaureate programs. and it is recognized with over 800 sponsored research projects. l.s.u. not only boasts an excellent academic program, it is a powerhouse in athletics as well. it administers 11 intercollegiate women sports teams and nine men's sports teams. they have won 25 championships won by the women's track and field team. l.s.u. also holds a history of civic service through its 150 years of existence. most recently, l.s.u. operated the nation's largest field hospital in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. in addition, the university a

for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the gentleman is recognized. >> -- mr. boustany: the american people say they don't want a government takeover of health all they get from the tone deaf liberals running congress is the latest attempt to ram this bill through. now this latest proposal is the slaughter solution where they are going to try to run it through without an actual vote. maybe some of them have been around so long they have forgotten what article 1 section 7 of the constitution says, it actually takes a vote here in this house for any bill to pass. i hope this bill doesn't pass because we need health care reform. we need to lower the cost of health care which their bill doesn't do. we need to address pre-existing conditions. we don't want a government takeover of health care. if you listen to the american people, what they are saying very loudly and clearly is scrap this bill, let's go back to the table, and start over again. speaker pelosi and her liberal lieutenants mi

paid for louisiana and do the analysis, this louisiana purchase costs more than that original one-fifth of the land mass of this country. those are the kind of political kickbacks that have facilitated this bill. and the american people are just tired of it. and i -- >> the only political kickbacks that are coming are to people like natoma canfield, who became the poster for the american people today. what has happened to people being denied because of pre-existing conditions, having policies rescinded and on a gurney in the hospital. we had an e-mail as he was speaking, about a staff every who was just diagnosed with cancer, who will lose her coverage after he leaves congress. this is what's driving people in this country. >> there has been talk about the deals. nebraska has come out or will come out with a reconciliation bill. louisiana's still in there. >> connecticut. >> there's a new one for a north dakota bank. why is that? >> what the american people want to see is an up-or-down vote. after a year of debating this issue, after several decades of debating this issue, it comes down

listen how they the so-called louisiana purchase. >> keep in mind louisiana is a unique situation .s not something you call a approximate deal. the folks in loses luse are reeling from hurricane katrina. they lost all of their hospitals that. unique in louisiana and we have to deal with situations like that. washington shows extra money for tennessee and saying that is baugs tennessee has a large population that the hospitals have too treat. this puts them on parwith what the rest of the country is getting. >> jason chapeds suggest that is jobs were exchanged for votes. what else are republicans saying about the votes >> talking about the continuous tense example, dave. republicans ponent to retiring congressman who is a democrat. he aed no to yes in health care and now the state gets 100 million extra buckings. listen to boehner describing the beils. >> the democrat have kick backs and sweetheart bills to buy the support of lawmakers and washington special with interest groups. >> republicans say for every so-called deal they find. they will go after that specific member when they

louisiana, john, democratic line. are we the problem? caller: good morning. thank you for the opportunity to express my opinions. the authors of that article are creating a false dichotomy, the government and the people of the same thing. politicians that we elect ultimately make bad decisions, they are affecting their own futures as well. on the subject of the economy, the number one subject troubling most americans today, i feel that what we are actually facing is a culmination of our philosophy since the cold war that we should transfer the entire world into a capitalist, democratic world. the capitalist cited is that we have created a monster in the competition from other countries and the cheap imports coming into this country, manufacturers in this country could not compete with cheap labor and make the same products. ultimately they had to shift the plants down here. when that occurred across the big industry around the country, there is no one left to buy the products that they can make cheaper in other countries. host: joe, ohio. independent caller.

. >> compromise, the louisiana purchase, and those special provisions designated in the senate bill are assured by the chairwoman of the rules committee would not that bill have to go back to the senate for further action? >> not interpret -- the gentleman from california. >> further inquiry, mr. speaker. i'm asking a question that if a bill is changed, does it not have to go back to the other body for further action? because the gentle woman from new york has assured the gentleman from california that his concerns about specific sections that were used to get specific votes is going to be changed by the manager's amendment. would that not then change the underlying senate bill which would then have to go back to the other body for further action? is that not true? >> the chair will not interpret the meaning of the pending resolution as it is being debated by members in the present debate. the gentleman from california? >> well, mr. speaker, i'm a little confused, then. perhaps you could -- tastes too. they have 35% of your daily value. oh, samples. mmm. fiber one. cardboard no. delicio

david portious of new orleans, louisiana. senators will be sworn & then senators are required to sign the book. consideration of amendments on the f.a.a. are expected throughout the day. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the house message on h.r. 2847, which the clerk will report. the clerk: resolve that the house agree to the amendment of the senate to the amendment of the house to the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2847 entitled "an act making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice and science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010 and for other purposes with amendments." the presiding officer: under the previous order, all postcloture time is considered expired. the motion to concur with an amendment is withdrawn. there will be 10 minutes of debate equally divided between the senator from new hampshire, mr. gregg, and the senator from new york, mr. schum

so with the case of louisiana other ones like nebraska were eliminated. louisiana was not because you had hurricane katrina and it was justified under the circumstances because the loss of medicaid funds and would apply to anyone else who falls into that category in the case of the disaster. and you also mentioned tennessee and it's true that in the bill you have tennessee and hawaii are the only two states because they don't have an allotment of the federal medicaid disproportionate share or dish funds they are getting some additional help but that's because they have no funds under dish and they needed to pay for their safety net hospitals that they have so what i would try to say to you is there may be circumstances where one state is treated differently but it's not in an effort to obtain votes which may have been the case on the senate side. it's an effort to correct that and do it based on a good government analysis of every case and i think that's a fair way to look at it rather than, you know, say this state is different in this respect it's not b

the louisiana purchase, cornhusker kickback. this is what the senate bill will do and this is, as i said in my exchange with the distinguished chairman earlier, this is the only bill, this is the only bill that has the potential of being a law of the land by the end of this day. mr. speaker, this is a bad bill that grows even more unpopular every single day. but while speaker pelosi may be right that the substance of the bill will be remembered longer than the process, the process has been so tainted that we cannot simply gloss over it. the democratic leadership charged forward recklessly all the past week or two with plans to try to avoid, to try to avoid a transparent up or down vote on the senate's health care bill despite enormous public outrage and harsh bipartisan critics, bipartisan criticism that came from their colleagues to the democratic leadership. for days they ignored the demands of the american people to dispense with the senate health care bill in an accountable way. in an accountable way. but when democratic mem

host: louisiana, democrats line.aller: if he is denied coverage for pre-existing conditions, the insurance company will be fined. i like what you're saying. -- it seems like you are getting your mojo back. democrats are improving. this is a base model. we may have a public plan some day. i note democrats were very scared. now they are coming back around. guest: with all due respect, i have been advocating the same points and having the same session set homes and meeting with health care professionals. we have had telephone town halls. i have been in public places same the same thing sorel -- things threw out. people have been shouting louder. people want to stop conversations. the most boisterous session i had was with people from other side of the spectrum. one was a conservative icon. we had a big meeting on health care. i had people from the other side trying to disrupt the meeting because it did not have a single payer system. that is ironic. some of the opposition -- a number of people who are opposed to the leg

thomas porteus, judge of the united states district court for eastern louisiana. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 455, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 4 455, honoring the life, heroism and service of hair i can't tell tell -- of harriet tubman. the esidg ofcer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the resolution be placed in the record at the appropriate plates as if read. -- appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. con. res. 53 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presidin

then we've got special deals, i believe it was called louisiana purchase two, for louisiana. special deal for massachusetts, medicare gets special reimbursements there. going to build a hospital in new jersey, but not in other places. so you have special deals. that's one of the things that make this is look ugly to the voters. because you're not treating every state the same. you're making some states pay more and oir ones don't. you're making some special adjustments for various people. you find there's adjustments for people who work in a labor union but somebody who works the same kind of job in a company that's not in a union doesn't get the same break as if you are in a union. this is one of those special deals people in genesee that, they say that isn't fair, isn't right, that's not good legislation. that's special deals. we don't like special deals. they don't treat people equally before the law. now the -- when you take a look at the complexity of this chart, what it suggests is that this is going to be expensive, not only is it going to be expensive if you've got a

we have heard about the corn husker kickback, louisiana purchase, gator aid carveout for the medicare advantage, all special deals and today we find out that yesterday or the day before, our speaker, splore pelosi made this comment and said we have to pass this bill in order to find out what's in it. now, you know, we're talking about 1/6 of the entire economy here and the speaker has the audacity to say we have to pass this bill just to find out what's in it. mr. akin: that is an amazing quote, isn't it? we have to pass the 3,000-page bill just to find out what's in it. mr. fleming: with the stimulus bill, you didn't have to read it to pass it. so that correlates with that. mr. akin: it seems like it is close to insane almost. but we have a minute or so left. and michelle, i wanted to give you the last minute or two. . mrs. bachmann: i want to go back to a sign that louie gohmert held up in a joint speech that said, what plan. remember the president had a 12-page proposal. there was no legislative plan, no words on paper. we didn't know how much it cost. we're still -- we republicans

the louisiana purchase and deal -- went katrina hit louisiana -- when katrina in louisiana, congressand president bush allocated $110 billion, and then they give them another $18 billion for fema, and the state of louisiana got another $11.9 billion, $140 billion that they received so far in total funding for disaster relief. and now they are talking about giving them another $300 million. i just looked up on the fbi page, and they are saying that 1300 people were indicted already and they wasted $1.4 billion with people taking money out of this illegally, sheriffs, councilmen. now we want to give them another $300 billion, up one at a wasted $1.4 billion. -- when they wasted $1.4 billion. host: janet, democratic color, asheville, north carolina. caller: i want to read from this week's "newsweek" in response to senator burr wracking about what carroll and education. -- bragging about a north carolina education. "classrooms are now dividing along racial lines. the naacp has filed a complaint alleging apartheid education. 'i think it is intentional discrimination,' says an attorney at

for the eastern district of louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the resolution? without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion is laid on the table. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i have been served with a subpoena issued in the youngstown, ohio, municipal court for testimony in a criminal case. after consultation with the office of general council, i have determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the precedence and privileges of the house. signed, sincerely, matt veda's constituent liaison. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule of the rules of the house of representatives that i have been served with a subpoena issued in the youngs toung, ohio, knew miss it pal court for testimony in a cri

speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. cao. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes, mr. cao. mr. cao: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and, mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house concurrent resolution 249 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of bloody sunday and the role that it played in ensuring the passage of the voting rights act of 1965. today we remember a moment us occasion in our history. on march 7, 1965, 600 marchers led by my esteemed colleague from georgia, congressman john lewis, were savagely attacked by state and local police as they attempted to cross the edmund pettus bridge into selma, alabama. these brave marchers used the power of nonviolence to demand that most basic of democratic rights of every citizen, the right to vote. in return, the marchers were met with billy clubs and tear gas, but the marchers confronted terror with courage. their dignity in the face of brutality moved this house to pass the voting rights act which reaffirmed this nation's comm

back caused france to be cash poor and land rich and therefore forced them to settle -- sell the louisiana territory to the united states because it had lost the cash that haiti produced, over 50% of all the commodities of tea and coffee and sugar in europe came from haiti and france lost that and therefore needed the cash from the louisiana sale to havity treasury boosted and -- have its treasury boost the and as a result the expedition began i st. louis and the united states was able then to take the rest of this nation, once again haiti had a tremendous part of this wealth. i guess i will have to yield back the balance of my time. thank you, mr. chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. miller: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. meeks: it is my honor to recognize the chair of the subcommittee for the western hemisphere, the gentleman from new york, the honorable eliot engel, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recogni

for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. fleming: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. fleming: mr. speaker, over months of debate over the government takeover of health care, a growing list of terms created by the democrats have been added to the american lexicon. terms such as cornhusker kickback, louisiana purchase, gator-aid, the doc fix, reconciliation, nuclear option, taxpayer funded abortions, and now worst of all, deeming a bill passed, self-executing and the slaughter solution. the democrat house members carp that the american people don't care about the process. after speaking to thousands of americans about this, not only do they absolutely hate this bill, three to one, and feel it will damage america forever, they feel the democrat party's arrogance of power is unprecedented in american history. mr. speaker, process does matter. especially when members of congress and a president get themselves elected to power on the

boustany of louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. boustany: thank you, madam speaker. and i thank ranking member camp for yielding time. you know, we're talking about jobs, and this bill purports to be a job creation bill, but i have deep -- i have deep reservations about one of the pay-fors in the bill. it's in section 301. it raises $7.7 billion in taxes. and where do they taxes come from? where does this tax increase come from? well, it comes from u.s. companies who happen to be headquartered overseas. now, what does that mean? these are companies that employ u.s. workers. these are companies that are in every one of our communities that also stimulate business activity that help create jobs in other businesses that affiliate with these and do business with them. so what are we doing here? we're basically hurting job growth, u.s. job growth. we're hurting u.s. workers. furthermore, these -- this provision would basically abrogate some 60 bilat

medicaid program which has been known as the louisiana purchase, and we will have an opportunity to strike that if we make this amendment and donner and i encourage is a colleagues to support it. >> any discussion? if not the vote occurs on the motion by mr. brown. all in favor say aye. opposed, no. in the opinion the noes have it. recorded vote, please. [roll call] the clerk reports the total. the motion is not agreed to. some kind of the committee make order to provide appropriate measures for amendment 49 offered by mrs. barton of texas and mr. johnson of texas which would remove the provision which provides funds for a medical facility in connecticut. >> you have heard the gentleman's motion and is there any discussion? if not the vote will occur on the motion. all in favor, say aye. pos, no. >> a recorded vote, madame chair. [roll call] the clerk will report the total. the motion is not agreed to. mr. dryer. >> provide the appropriate waivers for amendment number 50 offered by barton and johnson which would remove the provision that would allow certain hospitals to benefit from

the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr.ter: madam president, i would request unanimous consent to call off the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. is there an objection? without objection. mr. vitter: thank you, madam president. madam president, i'm going to speak about my vitter amendment numbered 3458, and i'm hopeful that by the time i wrap up the the -- wrap up, the members leading the discussion on this bill will be prepared to make the bill pending so that i can also make my amendment pending. madam president, this amendment is real simple. it's about the coastal impact assistance program, ciap, which was established in the energy policy act of 2005. this program is very important for energy-producing states, and it takes some revenue from that energy production and leaves it in those states to deal with the impacts of that energy production. the problem is that funding was supposed to be distributed to the states from 2007-2010, so the entirety of it was supposed to be distributed by and through th

all our republicans accept james caldwell of louisiana who is a democrat. and still others may join the multistate suit. the u.s. senate needs at 2:15 p.m. to begin work on companion legislation to the health care bill signed into law today. it contains a number of changes to the law. many added to get democratic support in the house. senate democratic leader harry reid says he has the votes to pass it in his chamber, but republicans plan to offer a number of amendments to slow change, what's called the reconciliation bill. we will have live coverage when the senate gavels. president obama will be traveling this week to explain the health care law. on thursday he will visit iowa city, iowa, where, as a presidential candidate, he announced his health care plan in may 2007. the american israel public affairs committee is holding its annual policy conference in washington, d.c., this week. among the speakers yesterday was colonel richard kemp, former commander of british forces in afghanistan. his comments were about 25 minutes. >> in his career colonel richar

and the louisiana purchase that we've all heard about, $300 million extra for medicaid payments to one state is still in the bill. so that's why -- that's just yet one more reason we should reject the health care bill tomorrow. at this time i would like to yield three minutes to my colleague and friend from the state of georgia, representative kingston. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. mr. kingston: i thank the gentleman for yielding. as a member of the defense committee who represents four military installations, someone who has gone to afghanistan and iraq five times and never without going to ram stein to visit our logistics crew over there in the hospital, to visit people in the hospital as well as to go to walter reed hospital here in washington, i feel very strongly that this amendment is a good -- this resolution is a good resolution and should be debated and voted on. i kind of tell you, only 20 minutes per side, that give a signal to veterans also what the majority thinks about veterans. but, you know, i got to say, this is a

the louisiana governor said, well, no, we're not the party of no. we're the party of hell no.n our country's best interests. now, even though our share of the votes didn't carry the day back in 2008, we got second out of

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the senator from louisiana is recognized. mr. vitter: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that senators hutchison and landrieu be added as cosponsors of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. vitter: mr. president, in 2005, we passed the seaap program which is revenue sharing for states for coastal conservation and other purposes. unfortunately, that money has been very slow to get to states. only 15% that was supposed to have been distributed by now has been. this amendment helps fix that. it doesn't spend new money. it doesn't increase the deficit. i yield the remainder of my time to senator landrieu. ms. landrieu: thank you, mr. president. i join my colleague in supporting this amendment. we've modified it from the original version. no environmental laws will be ignored. the process will be followed. but this amendment will simply expedite getting money to the gulf coast states and to other states that benefit from this program. and i ask my colleagues to be supportive. the presiding officer: who yields time? a se

we picked this up last night over louisiana.ess will affect parts of the viewing area late tonight and tomorrow morning. high, thin clouds. temperatures will stay on the warm side. the jet stream is to the north. that is locking all of the cold air in canada. it will stay on the warm side until the next cold front comes through on sunday. 38 to 45, the range of temperatures in the morning. 68 tomorrow afternoon with bright sunshine. the next several days? check it out. 70 degrees on friday. in the lower 70's on saturday with lots of sunshine. sunday, clouds increase. we will be cooler, in the 60's. a cold front on sunday evening. just a bit cooler next week. >>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >>> first round. >> i like your shamrocks. >> georgetown, maryland, and west virginia all getting ready to tipoff in the tournament. all teams are just six wins away from a national title. the terps will go against it -- -- the hoyas will go against ohio. greg making everyone around

boustany, our colleague from louisiana, was there and did a great job. i'm proud of dr. boustany. i had that opportunity to give my five minutes of fame or whatever, i would have said to the president, you know, one thing that you have done that i think is probably one of he most impon regard to health care reform, and that is money that was allocated, $19 billion, in fact, to try to get electronic medical records in the hands of every practicing physician in this country, all 750,000 of them in every hospital in this country so that we could clearly reduce medical errors. we could ultimately save lives. and in the long run, long run, save money. so this is an idea that i think that at least from this republican viewpoint, mr. speaker, is bipartisan. and i commend the president, president bush had the same idea, and again, it was a plan to fully get medical records from 2014, 2015. there are a number of things that dr. roe and i would like to talk about tonight that we don't need to spend $1 trillion. that expenditure on electronic medical records is something like $20 billion. an

to concede part of their territory that would eventually be acquired by the united states and the louisiana purchase to france including giving access to the mississippi valley and the port of new orleans. we will come to that briefly. the question of expanding market is important. haiti is a source of raw materials and cheap labor. how does that relate to the labor in haiti? that is no surprise. the expectation of labour has gone on since the island was depopulated by christopher columbus and his family. katie is often focused but ultimately we are talking about the human condition. in real time contemporary perspective as well. 1701-1804, leading that insurrection. and falling in to these various cultures. they blended together in to raise. haiti is symbolic of everything else going on, the so-called diaspora. one of the stories i love telling is after in france, riding out the middle of haitian flames. a projection of humanity, and rejection of whiteness which we must do. 15 years ago it was race traitor. it feels our society. they practice what some call the politics of the belly. estat

webb: and i also thank the senator from louisiana for yielding for this exchange. mrs. hutchison: thank you. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from texas, mrs. hutchison, for mr. ensign, proposes amendment numbered 3476, as modified, to amendment number 3452. the presiding officer: the senator fr louisiana. mr. vitter: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, again, like so many other americans, i was deeply disappointed by last night's house vote. at its core, that health care reform legislation will put the government between us and our doctors. it will raise health care costs significantly, and that's not me saying that, that's nonpartisan sources like the congressional budget office. it will try to be paid for, quote, unquote, through a half a trillion-dollar raid on medica medicare, another half a trillion-dollar set of tax increases, and, of course, that's the cause of pushing up health care costs. and then to add insult to injury for so many americans, including so many will you lieuans, it will -- louisianans, it

says that kuo wanted to expand his louisiana business into china. when he sought permission from beijing, the chinese asked for a few favors for their intelligence service. the $2,000 was only part of kuo's development of bergersen. kuo wined and dined his spy, and bergersen seemed to have an appetite for espionage. at one dinner, kuo's tab came to $710. kuo took bergersen to las vegas for some shows. and the day of the ride, kuo brought a box of expensive cigars. all the while, kuo lied to bergersen, telling him that the information was being passed to taiwan, the u.s. ally. does that make any difference in the law, whether you're spying for a hostile government or a friendly one? >> slattery: of course not. classified information's not allowed to be passed without, you know, certain approvals to any foreign government. >> bergersen: but i think when you see the information, you can get out of it what you need. >> kuo: yeah, okay. >> bergersen: you know, you can write all the... you can take all the notes you want. >> kuo: okay. >> bergersen: it's

you heard of the senate passing -- what was it -- the nebraska deal, the louisiana purchase. i'm telling you, this is the four-state grab. california gets 30% of the additional money in this bill. 58% of the money goes to four states. 22 states get nothing. i'd like to ask unanimous consent that this chart be made part of the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mica: and this shows each state, 22 states get nothing, 46 states are disadvantage because of the four-state grab in this. and it could and should have been corrected if it's going back to the united states senate. it should be corrected so everyone is treated fairly and exwitably in the transportation fund. mr. oberstar has ton a level best, and he was a written letter from ms. pelosi and mr. reid to correct it after we pass it. if this was the only flaw in the bill maybe we could look away. you heard democrats who also voted against the rule and almost took this bill down also state their objections to provisions that should have had the opportunity for at least an amendment by this bo

the louisiana governor says, well, no we're not the party of no. we're the party of hell no. >> reporter: did we mention the event was for this guy? palin endorsing the man who plucked her out of obscurity. >> if you want real leadership and not just rhetoric, not just top, blah, blah, blah, if you want somebody to fight for what it is that this state and this country needs, then i'm asking you to vote for john mccain. let's send the maverick back to the senate. >> reporter: this time he followed her lead. >> all i'm telling you, my friends, as sarah said, yeah, we're the party of no. on this bill? hell no. >> reporter: senator john mccain needs her help. his re-election is in jeopardy as he fends off a challenge from a more conservative opponent in the state's republican primary. >> john comes home and campaigns as a conservative. but he goes to washington and legisla legislates like a liberal. >> reporter: lately mccain has moved to the right on bailouts, taxes, even on his signature issue, immigration. >> we failed because the american people we

rain on i-10 from texas, louisiana, mississippi and alabama. and snowy roads in the southern rockies and southern plains. >>> expect airport delays in denver, philadelphia, boston and new york. >>> and recapping the powerful earthquake in chile. here's the latest. the death toll now over 700. it's certain to go higher. 10,000 troops have been ordered in to present looting. >> this quake was 500 times stronger than the one that hit haiti. and yet the death toll is so much lower. how come? here's our ned potter. >> reporter: these are shake tables at engineering labs where houses are mounted to see how they'll do in an earthquake. the house on left was reinforced with extra beams and steel rods. the other was not and look what happened. in chile, they were mindful of such experiments. >> this is the ultimate earthquake. this is the earthquake that we can learn the most from, both the positive and the negative. >> reporter: after record earthquakes in 1960 and '85, chile's government got serious, demanding that buildings be reinforced. contrast th

their first adventures where they climb, crawl, and explore a world full of toys and games at the louisiana children's museum. that's your early today event of the day, lynn. >> thank you, bill. >>> well, now here's an early morning look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. sandra bullock suddenly pulled out of a premiere after a mag zaen claims her husband blindsided her. a model claims she slept with gentlemency james for five years while she was filming the blind side. the statement from bullock only said she could not travel abroad at the moment, quote, due to unforeseeable personal reasons. >>> shooting in venice for the johnny depp/angelina jolie film, it was shut down yesterday due to fans who showed up trying to take their own pictures. >>> and finally for those of o you who feel kim kardashian has already had her 15 minutes of fame, get this, after five years of keeping up with the kardashians, the show may die, not due to the lack of ratings but because the network can't afford to pay her. it's not because of bad ratings. >> you'd be surprised to know i have watched a cou

we know that after katrina, mississippi was light years ahead of louisiana in pulling -- it wasn't thishe coast and he did a terrific job down there. he also knows politic. >> haley former chairman of the republican party. as you know, andrea, he was in the white house as our political adviser to ronald reagan when i was in the white house. >> back when republican chairmen knew how to -- >> are you making a disparaging statement against michael steele? >> no, no, i didn't even mention michael steele. >> outstanding governor. if he wants to run, he ought to run. terrific career. it's tough for me to see how he does well, especially in iowa, if you have mike huckabee and sarah palin, getting the evangelicals. i think he has a right to take a look at it and i wish old haley well. tough road there in iowa. >> bob shrum, when the president comes out on wednesday, how does he sell reconciliation? it sounds complicated and the republicans have said it's ramming it down their throats. does he make an appeal saying this is a simple majority, majority rules, make it sound like motherhood and appl

many areas are going to be very chilly down there in alabama and mississippi, louisiana. look at birmingham, alabama. 45 degrees. that storm will be long gone by tomorrow. lynn, much calmer weather for the rest of this week, but, you know, as you mentioned, the only element we didn't have was severe weather. for the most part it was just a snow event. >> thank you, bill. toyota shareholders sue, ebay fights crime and how health care will hit stock. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, the wimpy kid who could. >>> also, tiger talks and more madness from the ncaa tournament. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your topheadlines this morning. with lawmakers focusing much of their attention on health care, yesterday demonstrators funneled into washington hoping to draw attention to immigration overhaul. tens of thousands packed the national mall where president obama appeared in a video message saying he was committed to working on a bill to fix a, quote, broken immigra

you see the rain falling in north texas and moving toward louisiana and arkansas as well.he question is will it take a beeline all the way up to us or go out to sea? still some questions there, but let's take a look at what we have as far as the surface features. here is the low pressure center, the one that didn't bring us as much as we thought it could at the end of last week, but it's still sitting there as far as a few flurries and maybe even a few snow showers. it brings up snow in new england, but for us, the winds are a factor as the low pressure moves through. there's an upper level low that may bring us by tomorrow evening a little bit of snow and a little bit of snow-rain mix. and this low pressure stays off the coast staying out to sea saying that it's not going be a major blai player but it's goino bring us a coastal low. now this one looks like they will stay as separate systems. we get a little bit of snow especially the eastern shore it looks like t for tomorrow. and late tomorrow we get a little bit of a rain-snow mix as we move through the latter part of t

host: caroline, louisiana. republican line. caller: i believe her ethics committee is, like united nations, sort of neutered. nancy pelosi was supposed to drain the swamp but we still have small animals in congress and it makes dysfunctional. about the other people saying that we think the ethics committee should be on c-span because barack obama was on to spend -- it was his idea to be on c-span. i wish and pray that some day you will be unneutered and be able to do your job. you should be an entity that is almost like a judge, lawyers, and put these things on c-span, on tv somewhere, so that we can understand what the people need to know. who are you going after, what are you going after them? all this secrecy is the problem. guest: i agree, there is too much secrecy surrounding ethics issues. the reason behind it is the ethics committee believes that if they are clearing members of congress, members should not be tarred by your allegations. the problem is, if we know so little of what is going on, we suspect that they are wh

they will be voting when they passed the senate bill to endorse the cornhuskers kickback, the louisianaurchase, the gator-aid, the closed-door deal, the special deal for the unions, which mayor may not bother the democrats, i do now know," mcconnell said." who is the problem, is it us? caller: not to get partisan, but i agree with the last caller. host: what you mean? caller: they of the party in power. there has got to be some sort of compromise. looking at republicans, taking a look at the difference in ideology, give a little bit. there was a tax rate to stimulate this economy -- i have a new business and i have never seen it before. people do not have money. host: what kind of business have you started? caller: a production company, and there are lots of small businesses here that are really suffering. a reality that has to be faced. host: new haven, connecticut. are we the problem? caller: we are large part of the problem. the tea party people keep talking about their rights being taken away from them and their freedoms, but they seem to forget that we have responsibilities as citi

the country most on jefferson's mind after the louisiana purchase. the presence of his friend representing the french revolution that jefferson had so famously supported. the mysterious petroinglies, higher than any human being before it as if all that weren't enough, he added, i would love to talk with you about a subject you've treated so engeniusly on your work on virginia, the teeth of the mammoth which we discovered in the andes. well, humboldt knew that finding mammoth near the equator would enflame the curiousty of the man that had written mammoth remains had never been found further south than tennessee. as a final touch, humboldt signed himself member of the berlin academy of science, a title he virtually never used and an affiliation which technically he could not yet claim. [laughter] well, jefferson took the bait and wrote back immediately promising a warm welcome in the nation's capital. well, humboldt waited for jefferson's reply, the elite of philadelphia -- itself the u.s. capital until only four years before and still the center of a

boustany of louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. we all have compassion for those who are struggling, those who lost jobs, those who lack access to health care. we all want to do what's right for our country. we all want to solve these problems. but as i look at this massive, complex and partisan bill, i see premiums continuing to rise for families and abject failure to control health care costs for families and businesses. i see huge tax increases coupled with irresponsible cuts to medicare services. all to expand new coverage entitlements where physician access will worsen, continuing to burden our strapped emergency rooms. mr. speaker, frankly i see a sequel to the modern greek fiscal tragedy unfolding before us with the potential for default. we have a duty -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. boustany: we have to duty to reform health care but an obligation to get it right. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. mr. l