first up is marcia coyle. and then a look at thomas healy's look and then interrogation of terror suspects in jess bravin's book. coming up, marcia coyle book the roberts court: the struggle for the constitution. >> thank you for coming. this feels like old home week for be. being here again and having a chance to chat with marcia coyle. we overlap for 20 years supreme court press room. >> boy, are we old. >> we discussed substance and i hope we do tonight. i will ask you to expand on the title of the book. it isn't who is constitution is it, but who understands the real meaning of the constitution. right? you framed this -- marcia made the interesting choice to frame the story of the robertson court through the lens of four major cases. one about guns, race, money and health care. it doesn't get much more fundamental for that. you can have lots of struggles in the constitution with those subjects. so elaborate on that a bit more. >> the struggle is within the court over the meaning and the scope of concern pr

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marcia lanza, thank you for joining me. i am aware you are the first member of the lanza family to speak since this appalling shooting. first of all, let me get your reaction to the tapes. have you heard them and what do you feel about the release today? >> i've heard a portion of the tapes. i don't think the timing is right for them to be released. i think emotions are very raw and too soon. i believe they need to wait. >> you are married to the brother of adam lanza's father. you didn't see adam lanza from when he was 3 years old, but stayed in touch with his mother, nancy. there many unanswered questions about what happened. as a member of the family, as a lanza, have you been able to work out in your mind what turned adam lanza into this mass killer? >> whoa. it's been very trying. as a family that has been shaken to the core, yes, we all have questions as well. we will never have answers as to why. was he a troubled child and did he get the help he needed? who knows. we look at the footsteps that were taken and yes, sh

meets marcia the walking robot she was built at the time when computers filled entire rooms but despite her ripe old age of forty the old girl can still strong stuff with the best of them she's the results of the institute's work on mimicking nature in an attempt to find alternative transport means each leg has three axes of movement provided by a total of eighteen perfectly coordinated electric motors she was refined over the years to improve her awareness of the surrounding environment and before her retirement she could climb stairs and adjust her gait according to incline and the institute of mechanics had big plans to muster two point zero but it. was if there was talk of news ing. as a mars rover or the thing is though the moon rover before her run on wheels now martha but if it came across an area on the surface of mars that was either uneven or covered in rocks it's unlikely that a wheel based machine would have coped with it. and this is where legs would come in. which were. in the one nine hundred seventy s. during the cold war q months he had set his eyes on concrete in other

being here again and having a chance to chat with marcia coyle. 20 years supreme court press room. >> boy, are we old. >> we discussed substance and i hope we do tonight. i will ask you to expand on the title of the book. it isn't who is constitution is it, but who understands the real meaning of the constitution. right? you framed this -- marcia made the interesting choice to frame the story of the robertson court through the lens of four major cases. one about guns, race, money and health care. it doesn't get much more fundamental for that. you can have lots of struggles in the constitution with those subjects. so elaborate on that a bit more. >> the struggle is within the court over the meaning and the scope of concern provision in the constitution. it is a struggle outside of the court as well. as i tell the back stories of the four cases i picked to draw the reader through about seven years of the robert court. this is a story about the robert' court in general and then story specifically about these four cases. you see the struggle playing o

let me also just thank our chair of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman marcia fudge, for her tremendous leadership and her tireless work and for the real humbling honor to be part of her dell bation to south africa to honor president mandela. also to leader pelosi and to our assistant leader mr. clyburn. let me just take a moment to extend my thoughts and prayers on behalf of my district to esident mandela's family for south africa, we all have lost a warrior. south africa has lost a war dwhromplee world has lost a freedom fighter and a great statesman. the congressional black caucus . ood alongside the a.n.c. even throughout his 27 years of incarceration and pruittal treatment his spirit was never broken this stands testament to the power of resistance and determination. not only is nelson mandela the father of the liberation movement in south after character he laid the framework for mod herb lynn ration -- liberation movements throughout the world he never compromised his principles and took up the mantle of fighting h.i.v. and aids. i was first inspired by mr. mandela in

>> madame marcia. she wasn't alone in this. it was an interesting period of time. lots of people believe this. if anything, people were more criticized who were following astrology than even now. nevertheless, she found it extremely important. it shows up in her diaries. it shows up in her writings. of course, madame marcia told her that harding was going to die, but he was going to die in office. she nevertheless decides all the same that she's going to back him to the hilt and make sure this happens. it does seem to have an uncanny effect on her relationship as first lady. >> we see in 1909, the jeweler's wife goes to madame marcia and gets the same prediction, but she ends up being the second wife to woodrow wilson. >> that is amazing. i did not know that. >> i am really enjoying your show. i was wondering why mrs. harding was a well-liked but respected. >> that is an interesting question. you are suggesting that her likability is understood to not be very high, but her respectability is high. if i understand you correctly. it is interesting. this gets into the

. >> marcia klish is either being saved by medical technology or being prevented from dying a natural. >> we're just here checking on you. >> she's been unconscious in the intensive care unit at dartmouth hitchcock medical center in lebanon, new hampshire, for the better part of a week. one of her doctors, ira byock, told us it costs up to $10,000 a day to maintain someone in the icu. >> this is the way so many americans die. something like 18% to 20% of americans spend their last days in an icu. and, you know, it's extremely expensive. it's uncomfortable. many times they have to be sedated so that they don't reflexively pull out a tube, or sometimes their hands are restrained. this is not the way most people would want to spend their last days of life. and yet this has become almost the medical last rites for, you know, people as they die. okay, let's go see her. >> dr. byock leads a team that treats and counsels patients with advanced illnesses. >> hello, there. >> he says modern medicine has become so good at keeping the terminally ill alive by treating complications of underlying

there are certainly issues with that, as well, as marcia: and i have explored this year.next, toxicity. this is the tough one. i'm going to try to convince you that obesity is not a problem. obesity is irrelevant. obesity is the marker for the disease, not the disease itself. you don't die from obesity. you die from the disease is that travel along with it, which are called metabolic syndrome. those are type two diabetes, hypertension, ardea vascular disease, cancer, dementia, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and the list goes on. that is what you die of. we are going to talk about diabetes, because diabetes we've got the best data on. that is where the money goes. that is what is breaking the medical bank, the bank. here is how you need to look at this. here is a venn diagram of the entire u.s. adult population. 72 million obese people, 30%, 168 million people at normal weight, about 70%. everyone thinks these are the bad guys, these are the sick guys, these are the guys costing us the money. 80% of obese people are sick and cost money. usually double the medical expend

this feels like old home week for me not being here but a chance to chat with marcia.that for over 20 years and this dream court press room. >> boy, are real. >> we discuss discussed things of interest in substance much as i hope we will do tonight. maybe i will start by asking you to state on the subtitle the struggle for the constitution. it's not whose constitution is it but who understands the real meaning of the constitution? and you frame this for those of you who haven't had a chance to look at the book, marcia made an interesting choice to frame her story of the roberts court through the lens of four major roberts court cases, one about guns, one about race, one about money and one about health care so it doesn't get much more fundamental than that. and there can be lots of struggles for the constitutional education of those subjects so i would ask you to elaborate on that. >> the struggle is within the court over the meaning and the scope of certain provisions in the constitution but it's also a struggle outside of the court as i tell the back stories of the f

marcia are what their secret camel down traditional wooden and architecture independence and co is traditionally against a canberra but still am but that report. sharing time now we move on to the effect of an unwanted guests from china ultra fine dust particles have blanketed the capital seoul forcing the city government to issue its first ever find dust morning is happening and health authorities are advising people to wear masks and filled the worst has blown away at camp in the port. the seoul city government is to toss twenty first time ever. stress level went for over eighty five micrograms per cubic meter for two consecutive hours at four pm on thursday a level of ninety three micrograms of dust was detected for every cubic meter. when even as high as sixty six michael grant without a smoke and toxic dusthat covered most of the nation since early this week with average concentration levels that are two to three times higher than normal. on wednesday particular dust levels in seoul based nearly two hundred micrograms a cubic meter. do it four times now serve on a normal day. that's well be

there was talk of using marcia as a mars rover or the thing is though the moon rover before her run on wheels now martha but if it came across an area on the surface of mars that was either uneven or covered in rocks it's unlikely that a wheel based machine would have coped with it. and this is where legs would come in. which will. in the one nine hundred seventy s. during the cold war humanity had set his eyes on conquering other worlds and russia was looking towards the red planet the institute of mechanics propose sending a beefed up version of masha to mars the giants yellow mascotte translated literally as mars walker would help clear the path for human settlement just like musher the muscle hold would have been able to adjust its gait depending on the surface and obstacles in its path however unlike mattia the mass accords featured a scoop or core the front and open bed at the back for building clearing rubble and collecting samples there was even talk of creating a version that offered the speed of wheels but the off road capabilities of legs but all that remains is a solitary l

would say there was talk of using marcia as a mars rover or the thing is though the moon rover before her run on wheels. but if it came across an area on the surface of mars that was either an even or covered in rocks it's unlikely that a wheel based machine would have coped with it. and this is where legs would come in. which will. in the one nine hundred seventy s. during the cold war humanity had set his eyes on conquering other worlds and russia was looking towards the red planet the institute of mechanics propose sending a beefed up version of masha to mars the giants yellow mascotte translated literally as mars walker would help clear the path for human settlement just like masha the muscle hold would have been able to adjust its gait depending on the surface and obstacles in its path however unlike mattia the muscle horse featured a scoop or claw at the front and open bed at the back for building clearing rubble and collecting samples there was even talk of creating a version that offered the speed of wheels but the off road capabilities of legs was all that remains is a solita

if there was talk of using marcia as a mars rover or the thing is though the moon rover before her run on wheels now martha but if it came across an area on the surface of mars that was either uneven or covered in rocks it's unlikely that a wheel based machine would have coped with it. and this is where legs would come in. which will be. in the one nine hundred seventy s. during the cold war humanity had set his eyes on concrete in other worlds and russia was looking towards the red planet the institute of mechanics propose sending a beefed up version of masha to mas the giants yellow muscle called translated literally as miles walker would help clear the path for human settlement just like mush the. it would have been able to adjust its gait depending on the surface and obstacles in its path however unlike musher the muscle horse featured a scoop or claw at the front and open bed at the back for building clearing rubble and collecting samples there was even talk of creating a version that offered the speed of wheels but the off road capabilities of legs was all that remains is a solit

what chance do you think that the wall see legislation passed in the near future as we know they are marcia amendment nearly passed last time that will actually limit the n.s.a. has powers we have about a minute left but what i say to that is that there are many many more and they say stories to be coming out from even the guardian but then also from glenn greenwald who has this new media project that he's going to be getting up next year and so that's part of why you've seen this lol and activity around it because we have. but we've had stories recently there's starting to come out i think the focus should be here on this the media had mike rogers and senator dianne feinstein come on their programs and talk about. a bigger threat than ever and candy crowley it's really nothing to challenge these assertions we need reporters who are going to question the claims that government officials are making and then we need media who are going to continue to cover some of these releases and we need people look at them at places like britain these countries where these organizations that are doing cov

joining me with reaction, tennessee congressman marcia blackburn and devin nunez. wait a minute. i know the speaker, speaker boehner, his staff, they are all going to the exchange. is the staff getting the exemptions or not spp. >> one would think his staff saying with the federal health benefit program is an exemptions. this is something the administration tried to do. 1700 waivers. 22 delays. they have missed over half the legal deadlines. you could say for them it's kind of business as usual as far as the implementation goes. >> seem it is law is so good of course they want the staff getting the same plan as the american people are stuck with now. right? >> it's outrageous and many of the staff in washington are having problems and being rejected from the exchange. the staff that are going on the exchange the right way like the law says, they can't even get harry reid who exempted his staff. >> let's go to the poll numbers. they are telling. i don't really know. the president said yesterday as long as he's president this law will never be repealed. made the promise yesterday.

marcia stewart suffered blows.hose stars were all caught doing something no one expected. the duck dynasty show has been built around the idea of a family with frank fundamentalist beliefs. >> women with women, men with men -- >> reporter: the revelation he think that homo sexuality is wrong may strike the fans as no prize. half the country feels the same way, meaning the network could be the biggest loser if duck dynasty flies away. >>> let's check in with jan. >> duck dynasty in india. we have a comic who is famous. he is jewish. jews in mum buy. that and more and how you can see him right in san francisco that's next. i want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. i want you to be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor. i want you to be handsome. i want you to be awesome. i don't want you to look at the chart before you say hi...david. i want you to return my emails. i want you to keep me doing this for another sixty years. at kaiser permanente, we want you to choose the doctor that's right for you. f

when secretary sebelius appeared in that hearing and was asked by marcia blackburn, who's in charge,t took her awhile to answer. and she final got to the cms. but it didn't seem like there was a top-down authority system from you. let's look forward. do you have a relationship with your cabinet that they follow through and execute as you envision they should or do you you work through a coup. what is your system for management? >> well, first of all i think it's important to distinguish between this particular health care project where it is obvious that we needed additional controls in place, because it didn't deliver on time the way we wanted. and how we've managed incredibly complex problems for the last five years. everything from wars to pandemics to, you know, natural disasters to expanding student loans for young people. generally speaking, my theory has been number one that yes i've got a strong chief of staff but i'm holding every cabinet member accountable and want to have direction with them. number two is i have an open door policy where i want people bringing me bad news

earlier today on fox news, marcia blackburn from tennessee said even if the site bugs are worked out, it may be done at the cost of many other parts of the law. >> what we know is that in order to try to meet an adjusted deadline with reset expectations, what they've done is to say, okay, the small business, the shop, is not going to work so we're taking that out of the picture and delaying that. the payment process for our insurers sending those subsidy dollars for insurers, that's not going to work. >> live with the news in washington. molly, any sense of how the day is going? >> reporter: he don't have any numeric data yet on how many people have tried to log on and how quickly they were able to sign up and enroll, but the department of human services put out this statement. the statement said, quote, the site is performing well today with low overall error rates and response times. despite heavier than usual weekend traffic. we are making additional hardware upgrades and software fixes tonight as part of a planned set of improvements to improve speed and reduce errors. the preside

coyle eastern, marcia talks about her book.at 9:30, thomas healy's "the dissent" looks at the first amendment. at 10:30, military prosecutions of terror suspects, "the terror courts." c-span3, american time.y tv is in prime a look at the life of george washington beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. 9:15 with aowed at look at his presidency. washington'sern, defeat in the battle of brandywine, fought during the early stages of the revolutionary war. this morning on c-span, q and a with radio talk show host hugh about his latest book. at 7:00 a.m. eastern, "washington journal" is live. ther, a portion from national consumer league's recent conference on identity theft and data security. ♪ >> this week on q&a, network host hugh hewitt discusses his latest book titled "the happiest life." >> hugh hewitt and your latest book the happeniest life, you said it's the first time you've ever discussed your kids. >> yes. >> why. >> early on we had an untournt experience of a guy who heard me talking about my daughter and he threatened her. i'v

when secretary sebelius appeared in that hearing and was asked by marcia blackburn, who's in charge,t took her awhile to answer. and she finally got to the cms. but it didn't seem like there was a top-down authority system from you. let's look forward. do you have a relationship with your cabinet that they follow through and execute as you envision they should or do you work through a coo. what is your system for management? >> well, first of all i think it's important to distinguish between this particular health care project where it is obvious that we needed additional controls in place, because it didn't deliver on time the way we wanted. and how we've managed incredibly complex problems for the last five years. everything from wars to pandemics to, you know, natural disasters to expanding student loans for young people. generally speaking, my theory has been number one that yes i've got a strong chief of staff but i'm holding every cabinet member accountable and want to have direction with them. number two is i have an open door policy where i want people bringing me bad news on

in particular, david, marcia, john diamond, pat davidson, and my colleague who did the heavy liftingon the statistics on the diabetes study. and kristin kerns who is the person who is basically doing the sugar documents in the same way as the tobacco documents. and stan, who is mr. anti- tobacco, and has realized that noncommunicable disease whatever it be is the problem of the 21st-century. we need to solve it, and we're going to need all of you in the room to get on board and help us do it. with that, i want to thank you all and i would be happy to answer questions. [applause] >> if you have questions, if you make your way over to the microphone and introduce yourself. >> i answered everyone's questions? that is pretty bad. happy to answer any questions. >> hi. >> go ahead. you bet. >> many questions. try to limit to a couple. so the last, the last piece of information you shared with regards to latinos and a higher likelihood of metabolic disease given exposure. i wonder if you could talk a little bit more about what we know about that, or where we could find more information abou

legal analyst and newshour regular marcia coyle tells us what she'll be watching for in 2014.t and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening, with mark shields and michael gerson, among others. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is "bbc world news." >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the com

her name came up in an october hearing when republican congresswoman marcia blackburn was grilling healthnd human services secretary kathleen sebelius about who was responsible for the website's many woes. >> michelle snyder is the one responsible for this debacle. well, excuse me, congresswoman, michelle snyder is not responsible for the debacle. hold me accountable for the debacle. >> the obama administration has been criticized over the last few months for the website's poor rollout and snyder is not the first to leave. the chief technology officer at cms stepped down in november to join the private sector. meanwhile, the administration released new enrollment figures announcing that more than a million people have signed up through the federal exchange since october 1st but that number falls well below the original goal of 3.3 million by this time. >>> when the clock strikes midnight on new year's day, you can expect thousands in colorado to party like it's 4:20 at a fish concert. the law making it legal for people over 21 to buy small amounts of pot takes effect on january 1st. it wi

the communicator is up next and then marcia coyle and her book and then thomas healy and his book on the terror suspects. >> we will focus on the future of television this week. we talked with

eastern marcia of the national law journal on her book on the supreme court under chief justice john roberts. >> everything is new. the cloud, facebook, twitter. new languages. historically what we have done is slide human life to basically four or five slices. one is -- [inaudible] first five years and the learn face. work phase and resting phase after work. eventually dying. i think we should -- we should play, learn, work, and rest at the same time because the world moves so fast today. you can't be [inaudible conversations] we have to stay up to date. new year's day on c-span. just before 1:00 p.m. eastern and throughout the afternoon. ceo of twitter and others on the future of higher education, robotics, and data as the new industrial revolution. on booktv.. >> a senate finance subcommittee held a hearing on the decline of defined at the retirement plan such as pension and the rise of defined contribution plans such as 401(k)s. the subcommittee looked at the road social security in providing retirement in. senator sherrod brown of ohio cheered this two-hour hearing. [inaudible c

first up, author marcia coyle and her book, the roberts court: the struggle for the constitution. at 9:30 it's thomas healy and the great dissent: how oliver wendell holmes changed his mind and changed the history of free speech in america. and at 10:30, jess braven talks about his book, "the terror courts." again, our booktv prime programming gets under way at 8:30 this evening here on c-span2. meanwhile, tonight on c-span3 it's more from american history tv. tonight's topic will be george washington. at 8 p.m., george washington as an intellectual. from our lectures and history series, the speaker is denver brounsman of george washington university who talks about the first president's lifelong interest in learning and commitment to education. at 9:15 p.m., it's washington's presidency. also from lectures in history, george fox university professor carrie irish exam examines the presidency of george washington who was inaugurated in 1789. and at 1025 p.m., washington's defeat in brandywine. author bruce modet talks about a lesser known battle which p ended in a british victory o

marcia coyle discusses her book on the supreme court under chief estes john roberts. the greatlys book dissent looks of the first amendment and how it was interpreted in an earlier 20th- century supreme court case. on c-span three, american history and prime time. a lifelong interest in learning and education. followed by a look at his , talkingy. after that about washington's defeat at the battle of brandywine. a lesser-known battles fought in the early stages of the american revolution. i think you have to be political in a certain way. you have to be honest and say the same things. still, you have to cater to people will sometimes i think. know what they want and need to be able to influence and vote for you. being dishonest, just finding out what they want and letting them know how you can help them with it. first lady's influence and image season two. rosalynnjohnson to character -- rosalynn carter. >> things are moving extremely fast. historically what we have done is we have categorized human life into force spaces. what i think we should be doing is have them

of republicans like marcia blackburn, it is not just young people, people of all ages are getting frustratedear from coast to coast, the law doesn't work, it is too expensive to afford. it is decreasing access. it is increasing costs. people don't want any part of it. they want to be able to make their own health care decisions. and this is limiting their ability to do so. >> reporter: so the bitter debate continues, if you will. but we're sort of a lighter moment at this youth summit yesterday at white house where the president sort of called out, if you're a bartender at summit hold a happy hour or something to get young people to sign up for the affordable care act. if all else fails, resort to alcohol, jenna. jenna: that's, i think that sound great. a lot of people just drinking, trying to get online. sound like a party to me. >> reporter: not sure that will mix. i'm not sure that will mix. jenna: interesting advice from the president. it may work. might just be -- >> reporter: it was a light moment. i think he was kidding. he wasn't saying get drunk. make a happen hour. make things bett

marcia, in texas, i have spent more time unemployed in the last four years than i have spent employed. john in my district rights that he has had to close his business and says, i am 70 years old and i'm trying to find a job. no one wants to hire a 70-year- old when so many younger people are out of work. these people deserve better than of thislts administration's economic policies. that brings us back to the central truth. the globalstrengthen economy without first strengthening and reforming the american economy. with respect for the rule of law, fundamental tax reform and tax relief, freezing federal red and giving health care back to the american people. women ceased to spend money we do not have. our growing national debt is a threat to the economy. >> yet this president dismiss it is threat at every opportunity and i fear leads a parade of washington debt deniers. under the current policies we have it is not a question of whether a debt crisis will come, it is a matter of when. for the sake of our economy, our children, our

eastern, marcia coyle discusses her book on chief justice john roberts. looks at thesent first amendment and how was interpreted in an early 20th century to bring court case. military prosecutions of terror suspects with his book "the terror courts." it is american history in prime time. a look at the life of george washington and his lifelong interest in learning and education. that is followed with a look at his presidency. bruce talks about washington's defeat at the battle of brandywine. a lesser-known battle that was thought that spot during the early stages of the american revolution. >> he says what he thinks no matter what it is. i think you have to be political in a certain way. you have to be on this. you have to say the same things. you have to cater to people sometimes i think and know what they want and need. it is not being dishonest. it is finding out what they want and letting them know how you're going to help them with the problem. first lady's influence and image season two. lady bird johnson to rosalyn carter. weeknights at 9:00 p.m. e

for marcia in texas, quote, i have spent more time unemployed in the last four years than i have employed. john in my district rights he has had to close his business and says, quote, i am 70 years old and tried to find a job but no one wants to hire a 70-year-old when so many younger people are out of work. these people deserve better than the results this administration's economic policies which brings us to the central truth. you cannot strengthen to reform the global economy without strengthening and reforming the american economy. with respect for the rule of law fundamental tax reform and tax relief, freezing federal red tape hindering job creation and giving one sixth of the economy health care back to the american people. it also means ceasing to spend money we do not have. the greatest threat to a stronger economy is our growing national debt. witness the national debt clock to my left and right, it has mushroomed under this president. never in our history have so few indebted so many so quickly with such dangerous implications. we know the debt is unconscionable, unsustainable a

. >> marcia greenfield from leading age and we are part of a very large coalition of advocacy consumer groups a ranging from aarp to the center for medicare advocacy, whole group, 20 groups that have come together to support addressing one of the issues that you have so effectively raise today and that is the issue of the fact that observation status doesn't count towards the three-day stay requirements and we have been supporting as at 126 members of the house both republicans and democrats and 25 to 26 members of the senate legislation that would basically count all of those towards the three-day stay requirements, and that is hr 1179 in 569. so we leave the leave -- we leave the quandary of the doctors and hospitals and patients face that we do think that there is a simple way of resolving at least that one point which is the availability to access benefits. so i want to mention that for your benefit. >> thank you. >> yes. go ahead. >> i'm a practicing emergency physician and i work in the office of congressman john dingell in the house. this is i am sure everyone appreciates a comp

relationship and this has continued under the magnificent leadership of our current chair, chairwoman marcia fudge. on january 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake struck near haiti's -- haiti's capital. it killed hundreds of thousands and left millions more homeless. our government, the american people and the international community pro re-sponded with a tremendous outpouring of support for the haitian people. however, what began as a swift and effective relief effort gave way to a sluggish reconstruction. . a report by the government accountability office found that usaid has missed a number of its own goals and deadlines. most importantly, the g.a.o. found that as of june, 2013, u.s. aid had committed only 52% and dispersed 35% of the -- disbersed 35% of the funding for earthquake reconstruction. that's why passing the assessing progress in haiti act of 2013 is so important. with so much money yet to be disbursed, we have an opportunity to ensure that our assistance is as effective as possible. my bill helps us understand where our aid efforts stand, where they are going, and how usaid pla

ohio -- gentlelady from ohio, the chair person of the congressional black caucus, representative marcia fudge. ms. fudge: thank you so very much. thank you, congressman jeffries, for yielding. i would like to take this teement -- i would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues, congressman jeffries and horsford, for leading this special order hour and for leading 16 c.b.c. special order hours this year. it has been a pleasure to listen to you both. the information that you have shared with the american public is to be commended and i thank you both. because week after week you have led the c.b.c. in discussions at promote an -- promote increased opportunity, justice and a better america for all americans. i ask my colleagues to join me in saluting you both for bringing our message to the american people. mr. speaker, 2013 has been a challenging year. partisan gridlock has made this year one of the least productive in the history of the u.s. congress. to date, congress has passed only 52 bills into law. and if you remove the ceremonial legislation, that number shrinks to 42.