the responsibility of the local jurisdictions which serve metro, which is the state of maryland, virginia and washington, d.c., but there's also a federal responsibility in regards to these costs. federal facilities are located within footsteps of 35 of the 86 stations. nearly half of the metro rail rush hour riders are federal employees. this is our metro system. we have a responsibility. approximately 10% of metro riders use the metro rail stations at the pentagon, capitol south and union station serving the military and the congress. in addition, metro's ability to move people quickly and safely in the event of terrorist attacks or natural disasters is critical. metro system was invaluable on september 11th, 2001, providing its importance to the federal government and the nation during the terrorist attacks of that tragic day. there is a clear federal responsibility to this system. metro is unique from any other major public transportation system across the country because it has no dedicated source of funding to pay for its operation and capital funding requirements. but we are close

cummings of maryland. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 572, the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i extend my deep thanks to chairman skelton for working so closely with me on this amendment and i applaud his leadership of the armed sr. visses committee. -- services committee. as chairman of the subcommittee on maritime and transportation, i convened two hearings to examin maritime piracy including one in maine after two u.s. flag vessels, the mass alabama and liberty sun both of which were carrying u.s. food aid were attacked by somali pie lats. the attack against the alabama left the american captain hostage to the pirates. he was freed only the decisive intervention of u.s. military forces. incidents of piracy in the horn of africa region are increasing. according to the intentional maritime bureau in 2008, there were 111 actual and attempted somali pirate attacks resulting in the hydrogenings -- hijacks of 42 vessels

the maryland general assembly. so we have private insurance that was to be a non-private tool that needed the requirements of either a general assembly or state legislature with backbone to step in or a governor who wanted to ensure and protect the people. so now we're back on track in maryland and i'm very proud with where the police are going, but what did that mean? it meant that the blues, could or could not be a tool that could go one way or the other and so when we go the non-profit route, we have to go how non-profit route goes. let's look at how they go in the 60s. we knew we could not pass again a uk way and nor did we want to go that way, but we wanted to pass something to protect seniors who were terrified that if they went into a hospital they would go bankrupt. so we passed medicare and we also passed medicaid to be a safety net for people who could not afford private insurance. the same argument we're hearing against medicare are the same arguments we are hearing now. the same arguments against medica

in maryland we have 760,000 marylanders, 15.4% of our nonelderly population that does not have health insurance. so, mr. president, we need to reform our health care system. we need to build on what's right in our health care system and correct what is wrong. now, what is right is that we have some of the highest quality health care in the world. i'm proud of the fact that people from all over the world travel to my own state of maryland to visit johns hopkins university or the university of maryland medical center or n.i.h. in order to get their health care needs met or to train their health care professionals. we want to maintain that edge in

the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: may i inquire how much time we have? the chair: the gentleman from maryland has 15 seconds remaining, the gentleman from california has three minutes remaining. mr. couple k -- mr. cummings: i urge the adoption of this amendment. this is an appropriate way to address this, it is a reasonable way. with that, yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yield back. the chair: the question son the amendment offered by the gentleman from maryland. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the amendment is agreed. to it is now in order to consider amendment number 34 printed in house report 111-182. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 34 printed in house report 111-182, offered by mr. holt of new jersey. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt and a member opposed each w

host: we have a call from maryland. you can call three different numbers if you are republican, democrat, or independent. we are talking with the author of 18 books. he is an economist at the smith school of business in maryland. what grade would you give congress in addressing the economic issues? guest: deep. you cannot spend money the way they have been spending it and have a good economy. i would give them a "d." we are assuming 4% growth for a few years. if the u.s. economy continues to grow -- starts to grow again at 2.5%, then we will have a deficit of the least $1.20 trillion-$1.50 trillion. that would require the federal reserve to print a lot of money or for us to have high interest rates. americans will find it difficult to buy a home. businesses will have a hard time investing. we will have a hard time like britain had in the 1960 colon cancer. it is not innovate a lot. -- 1960's. it does not innovate and a lot. host: we have our first call. caller: good morning. i listened to comment about what $1 trillion

i live in maryland and have lived there since the mid 19750's. about 1982, as i recall, some republicans wanted to know if i was interested in running for the senate, i said no, there are only two republicans in maryland as far as i can tell. i was one and jean kirkpatrick was the other. it's a very democratic state. frurtmore, i have a metabolic urge to write. if i can't write, i explode. and therefore, i would find the life of public office almost -- all those interminable hearings where you sit and listen to other people talk, would be tiresome. host: philadelphia, next for george will, this is kent. independent line. caller: mr. will, you are one of my favorite commentator, you've got a couple of blind shots, global warm that type of thing. i want to go back to the original discussion about today's column about tobacco, i think it's very cogent and i think it's very, you know, something that -- it's really fascinating to me the di cotmy you're talking about here. there's a big solution here that nobody is -- well, not nobody. it's getting to

guest: not seriously, i have lived in maryland since the mid-70's. and in 1982 some republicans wanted to know if i was interested in running for the senate. and i said no, there were only two republicans in maryland, as far as i could tell, i was one and gene patrick was the other. it's a democratic state. and i have a metabolic urge to write, if i can't write i will explode. and i would find the life of public office interminable of sitting and hearing others talk would be tiresome. host: next caller. caller: mr. will, you are one might have favorite commentaries. and i want to go back to the discussion of the tobacco stand, and it's something that is really fascinating the dichotomy you are talking about. but there is a big solution that nobody -- well, not nobody, it's getting to be a bigger and bigger topic all the time. that's legalization of marijuana. that could replace all cigarette revenues in the state in about a week. surely you know about the history of this country, and you know who harry sangber and on their stance of legalizing mariju

good morning, maryland. caller: yes, this war was a lie. how dare we invoke our views on any other country? if anyone had stepped in during our civil war -- how? i'm just appalled. that we were even there. and why isn't bush being tried with some sort of treasonous acts for line to the american public? i have to go. i'm so disgusted. thank you. host: the decision yesterday was off5-4 by the supreme court on the hartford fire fighters. it was 5-4. sonia sotomayor's decision was overturned. she is the supreme court nominee whose confirmation hearing begins july 13. this is the headline from the home town newspaper. a slim majority finds the bias -- pictured on the front page are some of those firefighters who brought the lawsuit up. it was a decision yesterday by justice kennedy, writing for the majority. new jersey, on the phone. caller: great show, guys. what i am disturbed is about all these naysayers calling and talking about the iraq war. no matter where you are or what country you live in, everybody wants to be free. i think what happen

guest: not seriously, i have lived in maryland since the mid-70's. and in 1982 some republicans wanted to know if i was interested in running for the senate. and i said no, there were only two republicans in maryland, as far as i could tell, i was one and gene patrick was the other. it's a democratic state. and i have a metabolic urge to write, if i can't write i will explode. and i would find the life of public office interminable of sitting and hearing others talk would be tiresome. host: next caller. caller: mr. will, you are one might have favorite

he has some local ties with dematha, university of maryland, bret cecil. >> phil: i'm sure he is a johnny,being in college park. last time out he allowed 8 hits, 4 runs in a loss to boston. otherwise, his e.r.a. is 2.38 on the season. ross detwiler, last time up, pitched well, until the 6th inning. he didn't have command of his fastball. he is pinning better at home this year. >> johnny: and bret cecil was scheduled to go against baltimore a couple of weeks ago and he had about 100 relatives coming to the ballgame. i imagine he will have the same kind of support here. but the five homeruns that he gave up against the boston red sox, that tied a blue jay record. >> phil: they will see pitches over the plate from the left hander from dunkirk, maryland. >> johnny: and ross detwiler trying to get his first win. >> phil: remember, stammen just got his first. >> johnny: is there a trend? >> phil: well, could be. could be into let's take a look at what the starters have done for this ball club. jordan zimmerman had that strikeout pitch going and he was on fire against the jays. >> phil: jordan t

he for a senator from maryland and me for a senator from maryland. he for senator joe tydings and me for senator daniel brewster. it was an extraordinary experiences for us bothment we were young men who were interested in politics and in policy and in our country's well-being. al from and i went operate ways for a while. i went to the maryland state senate. al did work in other places. but then in 1981 i had the good fortune to be re-elected to the congress of the united states. one of the members of the congress of the united states was a gentleman from louisiana. his name was gillis long. a member of the rules committee. and he had a young man who worked for him, you guessed it, al frchlt al from, i'm sure, was responsible for my being appointed to a committee in the first days i went to the congress of the united states, the committee on party effectiveness. and it was run by al from. and al from took me under his wing and dick gephardt was a member of the committee on party effectiveness, les aspin, tony cuelho, tim worth was a member. i could g

host: jonathan from maryland'. good morning. caller: i'm wondering how many of the individuals responsible for the coup was trained in this school of the americans and whether that has impact on the upcoming legislation to close the school? host: ambassador? guest: a lot of the top officials of the honduran military has been trained at the school of the americas, which has been renamed, but is still the same place. in my view, there is no real reason for the existence of the school of the americas. it's militarizes our relations with central america. what we need in central america is demilitarization. i did not mean necessarily the abolition of the military in places where it exists, but at least taking away any role they have the with internal policy and reducing their numbers. what we need now, as i mentioned before, it is some kind of institute presumably under the oas and with the united states support to train people in public administration from economic, and social development. this is what central america needs, not mor

. >> host: the next question is harris, maryland. independent line, you are on for george will. >> caller: good morning, george. my name is john and i am from maryland. but i agree with you on the fact that mr. brinkley was a good man and i am from north carolina, and i read your articles every day when i am going to get the washington post. president obama -- i want to know what you're take on him getting a good speech in cairo and then, you know, the people critiquing him the way they do. he is trying to set up a new type of relationships in the middle east and as we all know the middle east is controlled by the desire and i would like to know your take on that. >> guest: what worries me about the president's approach to the dispute is it seems to me on historical and unworthy of the united states to try to position itself as a so-called honest broker above the fray. brokering the differences between israel, a member nation of the united nations, and the forces, hamas and all the rest, who want to destroy israel. because israel is

see iten sagastki, university of maryland, ph.d. guest: i certainly would be happy to see the book.i don't know about reviewing. but i'd be happy to see the book. host: irene is next from monroe, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. guest: good morning to you. caller: i enjoy your conversation this morning. and you're exactly on the nose, on the dime -- guest: thank you. caller: when it comes to the lebanese situation. now, i wanted to say something about the israelis. dth the israelis from the time of 1948 when they became a state, they were mostly ruleded -- ruled from the group that came from london and europe. they formed the state. they did a fine job. then the safartems came in and they had no vote. then the sabra who is a native-born israeli, has no say in the kinesit. i don't think there's one. and then you have -- host: i'm going to jump in. we don't have a lot of time. do you have a question? caller: yes. i just wanded to say that israel will never solve their problems until they stop the infighting. host: thank you. guest: well, i think that in the history

for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. hoyer: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. on monday evening, as millions of americans were making their daily commute home, tragedy struck in our nation's capital. the collision outside of the station in northeast washington, the worst in the 33-year history of washington's metro system, claimed the lives of nine people and left more than 80 injured. among those lost were anna fernandez of hyattsville and another one from tacoma from my state of maryland. our thoughts are with the loved ones as we are dealing with the sudden loss caused by this tragedy. this includes the controler, mary doolittle, dennis hawkins and ann worley and her husband, major general david f. worley jr. let me extend my gratitude to the first responders and medical professionals whose work at the scene was critical to preventing further tragedy. while the cause of this accident is unkno

you have a chance to win maryland scratchoff tickets from the maryland lottery for every oriole home run hit tonight. you have a chance to win too. enter by logging into masnsports.com. they played the beatles between innings. i was look at the notes for the mets. swing and a miss, david wright. paul mccartney is going to do another concert at shea. they've add add third. they sold out the first two. they've added another one. 0-1 delivery on the way. fastball taken i signed by -- inside by wright. here is one of the game's outstanding hitters not just at the moment but particularly at the moment as he leads the majors in batting average coming into this game and he has a 10-game hit streak getting there. >> jim: they always talk about young players. here are the numbers we talk about. at that average, steals. look at him right here. you know, he won a couple of gold gloves. he's only 26. ex-he can hit for power, steal bases. he can hit for average. >> gary:.309 average career coming into this season. clearly has upped that so far with the .364 number. a good slider away foul tipped

chairman, i yield to the gentleman from maryland, mr. bartlett, the ranking member on the airland subcommittee such time as he may consume. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. barton: thank you. i'd like to thank my -- mr. -- mr. bartlett: thank you. i'd like to thank all the hard work that has taken place behind the scenes to get this bill done. this is not an easy process. and the legislation before us reflects many difficult decisionings -- decisions. once again this bill places forced protection issues at the top of the priority list. it provides additional funds for the national guard equipment account and the service's unfunded priority list and the changes this bill makes in regards to body armor is long overdue and will provide better protection for our war fighters for years to come. as i said during our oversight hearings and subcommittee markup, there hst no doubt that this budget and the decisions that come along with it will fundamentally change the united states air force and army. i see two problems.

in frostburg, maryland they stopped at the princess restaurant a great town in far western maryland.hey splurged on the chicken dinner. the cook was an old army mess sergeant and harry, of course, was his old commander in chief so there's no getting away from it there. and soon, of course, business was booming at the princess and phones were ringing all over town. and the principal sap restricti incess that is still in the same family and in the same business. if you happen to be taking u.s. 40 through western maryland and frostburg the princess has been preserved and they have a little plaque that says harry and bess truman ate lunch here june 21st, 1953. they went to washington and saw friends he gave the speech in philadelphia and went to new york and spent eight interesting days with margaret as their guide sightseeing in new york. they stayed at the waldorf towers. i was curious how harry was to afford this at the truman library, he saved everything. harry never wrote a letter that he didn't save and he has -- they have all the correspondence with the general manager of the wald

>> i would like to echo the remarks from the distinguished senator from maryland. i was chairman when she was most helpful on the committee when this first came up. i don't think we are leaking anything classified here when we say we did have hot spot hearings and basically with focus on the united states and this is an area where i share her concern. her concern is very real. so i think -- i didn't realize and i apologize to the senator, i didn't know she had an amendment in order. that is another thing, mr. chairman, i thought we were going to do this next week under the coverage section of the bill. >> it's not her amendment. >> the mccain amendment. >> i know it's the mccain amendment, but i had an amendment to the mccain amendment or the modification, but it wasn't filed. his is, mine's not. i thought the deadline for coverage of the bill was next week. last week the deadline came and went. some of us were confused about that in regard to the process. the modification that i had, and i'll read it, it's very quick. i think some others have shown the same concer

>> i would like to echo the remarks from the distinguished senator from maryland. i was chairman when she was most helpful on the committee when this first came up. i don't think we are leaking anything classified here when we say we did have hot spot hearings and basically with focus on the i did not realize, and i apologize to the senator, i did not know that she had an amendment -- that is another thing. i thought we would do this next week under the coverage section of the bill. >> the mccain amendment. >> yes, but i had an amendment or modification to that one. it was not filed. his is but - 9. i thought the deadline was next week. last week the deadline came and went. some of those were confused about that process. my modification is very quick. i would just rita. some others have shown the same concern. -- a i will just read it. some are concerned about drugs coming in from eastern europe and the baltic. the new move over to the mideast and gets a little shaky. we have had that one case. senator mikulski of that -- had that prescription bottle from iraq of a

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yields back his time. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. it's now my pleasure to yield three minutes to the distinguished alternative from the city of new orleans, junior member from louisiana, mr. cao. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. cao: i thank the gentleman for yielding me time. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 1741, the witness security and protection grant program act. crime is the number one concern of my constituents in orleans and jefferson parish's in louisiana. crime is my top concern, too. my district includes the city of new orleans, which as of june 1 has already seen 80 murders. further, according to the f.b.i.'s annual report on crime released last week, new orleans leads the nation in murders. and this says nothing about the incidents of other types of crime from sexual offenses to robberies. i hold in my hand a photo of sergeant manual curry. he was a popular and much loved member o

my constituents in maryland remember all too well the private insurance companies within medicare who are here one day and gone the next day. thank goodness they had the public option available to them in order to make sure they had coverage. that's not true in part-d today. we don't have public insurance option and that was a mistake. so we need a public insurance option first and foremost to deal with cost. we've got to bring down the cost of health care. we've got 46 million people without health insurance today. are we going to let them try to figure out what insurance, private insurance to go to without controls on the cost? that's just going to add to the cost, not bring it down. we've got to at least have the comparison on a fair competition between public insurance and private insurance. i favor private insurance. but i want to have a public insurance option because i want the people in maryland and around the nation to have choice. to be able to choose the plan that's best for them. stay if the plan they have now if they are satisfied with it. we want them to and we nowrchl t

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on tuesday next for morning hour debate. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will request -- the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. garrett: i thank the chair. it has now been one week since the iranian people went to the polls to elect their new political leader, and in the last seven days the results of the elections have been questioned, the media in iran has been suppressed, thousands of demonstrators have protested and some of these demonstrators have been injured and killed. yet, this very morning the supreme leader of iran compared the election to a family disagreement. he offered no apologies for the deaths of civilian protesters and instead simply blamed the western media

and bret cecil, a maryland terrapin. 222 years of aim, a native of dunkirk.low strike to guzman. cristian guzman had his 93rd career multi-hit game last night, his third in a row and he has 24 this year. >> rob: fifth in the league at .329. >> bob: from the right side, .306. we'll get rob's scouting reports on bret cecil in a moment. he is a guy with an unusual delivery that the blue jays have been trying to do something about. at times, he has let other teams know what's coming. a little tapper, gets by the mound, there is a chance. there is a chance. guzman with a base hit. well played by scott rolen but so much he could do. and the nationals off to a start here in the 1st inning. >> rob: well, this is sometimes a thing of beauty. that's a swinging bunt. the third baseman has to wait when a guy takes a full swing like that and that millyisecond that roland has to wait to come in and he is one of the best to pick it up bare hand. you can't beat the feet of guzman. >> bob: nick johnson has been on base 10 consecutive games and 18 of his last 20. first pitch o

then from maryland. -- ben from maryland. one person from texas and another from new jersey. one person from florida. i think that is all of the members who are here with us. the may be some others who will come later. i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the really significant days in the calendar for our country, in particular the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years. it is especially fitting that we would hold this announcement here where we have a great diplomatic history of so many important events in our nation. i am especially pleased that our new ambassador, the new director of the office here at the state apartment was confirmed in time for him to be a part of this ceremony. [applause] he has been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee. thanks to him, hundreds of trafficking survivors are now living productive and healthy lives in our own country while their abusers are behind bars. we're also joined by two very special guests from the fro

host: maryland you are next. caller: over the weekend, one of the commentators came on and broke down percentages of the 46 million people who do not have insurance. he said 50% of the people are available -- eligible for programs right now, but do not sign up for health care. others can well afford health care but don't want to pay for it. in my opinion, there is availability out there for people that want it. i don't know why we should pick up the bill for 15 million illegals. this is nothing more than a power grab by obama come and the democrats. they want another way of ruining our lives. host: health-care came up on a number of talk shows over the weekend. joe biden has some thoughts. here is a look. >> the bill the president -- when it comes, the president will look at it, he will make a judgment. the reason we need health care is just not moral, it is a fiscal responsibility. health care goes up 50% a year -- in the last six years. that breaks the budget. that keeps us bankrupt a long time. he wants a publ

host: maryland, democratic line. where are the jobs in maryland? caller: we are holding our own. instead of the stimulus package, the bulk of it going to the banks, they should have put that money toward infrastructure, that would have created a lot of jobs. healthcare is the single thing that kills our manufacturing industry. many of the small businesses in the area are being destroyed because of the cost of insurance. insurance company is what is wrecking it. and doctors to make high salaries and insurance company are the ones killing it. host: are you working and does your employer provide your health care? caller: i am working, and guess he does his premiums have gone up significantly in the past couple of years. he has had to reduce coverage for us. we are just hanging on by our fingernails, because work is to it -- getting scarce. i am an electrician. host: our question for you is where are the jobs in this economic recovery, with stimulus legislation taking effect. there is an article this morning, lingering unemployment means pain in the pipeline. obama is likely to be co

. >> rob: i know you do basketball and football in maryland. how long will it be? >> johnny: my 31st year. been very, very fortunate working with some great people. great coaches. great family at the university of maryland. willingham pops it down the right side. another base hit for josh. >> rob: nice. he'll take that one. >> johnny: back-to-back hits. masn sports.com where you can e-mail your questions. does major league baseball review umpires like the nfl does. >> rob: absolutely. in fact, they have that evaluation zone camera thing going on in every stadium. so, they are evaluating the strike zones. but they also have richie garcia, a lot of other great many umpires up in new york that are supervisors. joe west just because the president of the umpires' union. >> johnny: good umpire. >> rob: excellent umpire. yes, they do get reviewed. and they go on -- the best umpires make it to the post season. that is part of the evaluation system. >> johnny: just like in college baseball. best officialsncttleit the nationals bullpen. julian tavarez getting loose. >> rob:

age -- dunkirk, maryland, age of 22. then another lefty. southpaw, ross detwiler, still looking for another major league win. nats are winless in his starts, six of them. we'll get you going at 6:30, johnny holliday and phil wood, "nats xtra". >> rob: i've been told cecil went to dematha high school in the area. >> bob: home to one of the greatest basketball programs to the long time brilliance of morton wooten. dirk hayhurst. >> rob: now pitching, dirk hayhurst. >> bob: did you do any p. a. announcing? you sound like you have. >> rob: only in the shower. >> bob: no singing? >> rob: now getting into the shower, rob dibble, dibble getting into the shower. >> bob: ah, look at that. i love seeing families at the ballpark. is she adorable? >> rob: yep. >> bob: wow. here we go, bottom seven. top of the order. guzman has been first-pitch swinging all night. he takes one a foot high. >> rob: just a little late with the feeding one time and see how quiet that baby is. [ laughter ] >> bob: babies are just like managers. they just want be to be on ti

extra base hits in college. >> bob: wow. >> rob: excuse me, back in dematha high school in dunkirk, maryland. so he hit a little bit back in the days. >> bob: get your red on, starting at $14 a ticket. you can bring the whole family for a sunday game. you get a hot dog, non- alcoholic drink and chips. minimum two tickets per purchase because it is a family fun day. 888-362-nats. sunday, pre-game autographs and the kids run the bases after the game. grab dad tomorrow and bring him to the ballpark. give him a nice present. and then when you get to the ballpark, say to dad, because this is the question rob and i get asked every five day, how do you pronounce the starting pitcher's name today, dad. >> bob: and he will say shairon martis. >> rob: shah-rone martis. >> bob: shairon martis. under the hand of marco scutaro. count even at 1. scutaro in this series, 1-for-7. came to town hitting .302. they play him way around to the right in the outfield. adam dunn is more than 100 feet off the left field line. in you drew a straight line from home plate to the bullpen bench, dunn would be in the way a

host: baltimore, maryland on the line for the democrats. caller: good morning. i wanted to see what his thoughts were, if people knew that more people in the west and u.s. and all over the world are in support of him or do you think the president should have a stronger mess naj favor of the opposition or do they know that we support what they'r doing? guest: anyone that follows, thinks that there is a following for the iranian population. i'm not talking about the supreme leader. that is extremely stressful in the united states. that is one of the biggest impediments right now, vis-a-vis u.s. response. but the people know that. and particularly after the election of mr. obama, i think you could sense that, you could feel that in the dialogue that was going on, the literature and so on and so forth out of iran. they understand they have a man who understands their plight and wants to stand behind them. of course, on the ground, there may be some difference of opinion as to how strongly president obama should be supporting this movement. in all fairness, mr. obama

the proceeds of monday's auction will benefit the university of maryland hospital for children and theceeds on tuesday will honor maryland native and former angels pitcher nick adenhart to benefit the memorial fund. felix pie will pinch run to get more speed on there. orioles looking for an insurance run and melvin mora takes a strike. melvin, 0 for 3. struck out his last at-bat. orioles have eight hits tonight after getting 16 last night. a win by the orioles would increase their interleague record to 11-6. and they're trying it put together a winning month. they would also move within a game of .500 in june. they would be 11 and 12 this month. >> rob: they would also go to 13 of 17 against national league teams at camden yards in interleague play. >> jim p.: obviously not all this year. dave trembley knows also when this weekend ends, you're back for at least for a while, you've got three games against the red sox, then you've, you're in and out of baltimore going to anaheim and going to seattle. then you come back, and play toronto, then the all-star break, then you've got a nine da

senator roberts can back out like to echo an associate with remarks by the distinguished senator from maryland. i was chairman when she was most helpful on the committee when this first came up. i don't think we are repeating anything classified here when we say we have a hot spot or we did have hotspot hearings and basically would focus on the threats to the united states. this is an area where i share her concern and her concern is very real and so i think i did not realize and i apologize to the sanitary i did not know that she had an amendment in order and that's another thing mr. chairman, i thought we were going to do this next week and the coverage section of the bill. >> is not her amendment. >> feet mccain an amendment. >> i know but i have a an amendment for modification but it wasn't filed, this is an mine is not a i thought the deadline for coverage a section was next week. last week the deadline came and went. some of us were a little confused about that in regards to the process and the modification i had a is very quick because i think some others have shown the same concern and

we were going through these small towns in western maryland. as we were going through these towns, there were american flags on many of the homes. the wife of the officer turned to janine and me and asked about all of the flags and whether it was a holiday. this was in the summer of 2002. i told it was because of the war. there was a bit of a light bulb affect to our german partners on the attitude of americans and what we were about. many in europe did not have the same picture. i had the good fortune of taking a spanish partner on a helicopter ride from fort meade into west virginia. it was a glorious fall day. within about 20 minutes of flying, we were over washington national forest just beyond the shenandoah valley. we were looking at the north american continent as it must appear to the first settlers. it reminded me and i were spanish partner that we are frontier people. -- it reminded me and our spanish partner that we are frontier people. it has made is different, not better or worse. it has made us who we are. in the fall of 2004, we

the gentleman from maryland. >> thank you during much, mr. chairman -- very much, mr. chairman. i am confused. just picking up on some of the things that the chairman and mr. kucinich were just asking about, if there was a $12 billion loss, i can understand. you were thinking of backing out of of the deal. i can understand that. that was based upon your expertise and your experience. i cannot understand the agreement you reported that you made with treasury and the fed which they both denied to disclose the $12 billion loss. if the loss made this horrible business deal to acquire merrill lynch, why did you still do it? and i know you've told us over and over again. but let's be frank. i mean, and i'm wondering, how do you determine what is -- you must disclose. we have shareholders here who are concerned. you're about to go into a deal with a company that is worse off than is made to believe. and it just seems to me that and a person with your experience, there are a lot of people in this situation and i don't care what paulson may have said, what bernanke may have said. they wo

caller: we have that in maryland and it works well for me. was self-employed for years and needed independent health insurance and it works. it should be plausible. the way that some insurance companies do things they need to be corrected. we need to fix what we have. the democratic party, the really made a coup back in the 1990's -- they have their name which people have fallen for. they are all socialists. i have moved 1,000 miles to get away from that. you do not know how free america is. stay that way. this president is changing the names. a dozen he change the name of the guantanamo bay and maybe that would go away? i want to call him jack. jack of all trades and master of none. that is the only way that i can sleep at night. i hope his policies fail. this is the biggest joke on the american people. host: let's go to the democrats' line from chicago. caller: i think under a national health care system there would be stronger incentive to cure diseases, lower the budget, promote healthier food, and to promote healthier lifestyle to lower

host: from maryland you are on the line for the democrats.ler: i was a teacher at a public school and a private school. one of the things i noticed between the two is that in public schools, particularly the poor performing public schools, there is a big correlation between student discipline and academic performance. and none of these low-performing public schools, a lot of them are penalized financially if they have so many students who are suspended from school for discipline problems. this is what is causing a lot of public schools to be trapped -- not just to be, but problems to teaching a classroom. and if -- i think if the politicians or the government would relieve that burden from public schools about how to discipline the kids a little more effectively, then i think a public school would be as successful as a charter school. i know when i was in a public school and they brought in a new principal. he basically put the law down as far as discipline was concerned and the school's test scores improved. guest: you raise a lot of interes

the things we do in our city for our neighbors for the citizens, not just for the city, but for maryland and virginia, all our fans and people that come. the nationals do it a superb job of reaching out across the many ways the camp. we do literally hundreds of programs over the course of a year to reach out, mostly to d.c., but also in maryland and virginia. in so many ways, and most of you never read about it, because there is not a lot of media interest in these things, but they are touching the lives of children, fans throughout our area. let me talk about the business. we have about 1000 people a night working this. 2/3rds of our people are d.c. resident. we are very proud of that. we have held a number of jobs typically within six months of the ballpark. we are trying as hard as we can to hire from our neighbors. that is a real important thing to us. we have succeeded at that. we need to continue to refine our mix of employees, but we work very hard and bringing in people who are citizens of the district. we think that is a very good thing. in terms of economics, it has worked out

and pitcher of supporters of president ahmadinejad as we go to maryland and this is paul honor democrats line. >> caller: good morning. a couple of comments about health care. i am extremely disappointed in some of the cowardice demonstrated by the middle of the road democrats. it you know, they are just anxious to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, though they understand this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make some real changes. >> host: what kind of changes? cust. >> caller: i am for a single pair and a lot of the canards about the canadian system just totally based on inaccuracies, i don't know how they can not consider that. >> host: do you have some familiarity with the canadian system? >> caller: i do. my wife is from canada and all her relatives are there and, in fact, if you don't think we have rationing now, i have had some horrendous experiences with my government there and i am a government employee, in terms of gatekeepers and dodgers screening on the phone to these gatekeeper's try to get needed health care and i don't understand why health care is eventide to

. >> now yield to the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings. >> mr. lewis, i've listened to your testimony very carefully and you know, i understand and read about you're a great man. i think one of things you have tried to do today is to walk a very thin line. you just heard republicans and democrats say to some degree that whatever was said to you about losing your job and the board being dismissed, basically what we've said is i don't buy it. let me -- i assume the minutes are accurate from your board meetings. these things you vote on. the minutes from board meetings -- >> yes,sir, we do -- >> i'm talking about december 22nd, 2008. >> let me read something to you. it says, you've apparently -- mr. lewis reported a series of calls. and you talk about a number of things. this is one thing i found interesting. the second point. this says -- this is what you told your boys, it says the treasury and fed stated strongly that were the corporation to invoke the material adverse change mac clause in the merger agreement with merrill lynch and fail to close

host: this e-mail from maryland. what better incentive to keep fit than having to pay for health care? this gives us the choice. having the government pay for it means not having any control over another tax increase. i was born and raised in england. no american would be satisfied with the level of care there compared to hear. kingston, new hampshire. thank you for waiting. caller: rouwe received a questionnaire during the election. one of the questions had to do with aids in africa, and all the candidates responded to the question of aids. but obama was the only one who wants to increase what we were spending out of africa. then on the remaining six questions, he continuously, even if it was education, it did not matter what the question was, -- he continuously spoke about aids in africa. to qualify for medicaid, you have to be very low income. i do not know how he expects people to pay 15%. i'm wondering if that 15% charged to us living on the states will fund his need to help africa. host: pocono beach, florida,