the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: mr. speaker, at this time i would like to yield one minute to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. himes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut virginia tech for one minute. mr. himes: thank you, mr. speaker. a sincere thank you to the gentleman from massachusetts for his leadership on this issue. i, too, rise in strong support of h.r. 1722 the telework improvement act. we have heard articulated today a set of very powerful arguments around security, productivity, and cost savings for the passage of this measure. i'd like to note that i represent, like my friend from new jersey a. district whose economic vitality -- new jersey, a district whose economic vitality is compromised by computing situation. many of my constituents spend otherwise what could be productive hours looking at the tail lights of other cars on 95 and on the parkway as it runs through connecticut. one additional reason why the federal government should lead and why we should pass this act today is that

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield three minutes to the the gentleman from maryland, mr. sarbanes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. sarbanes: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of the rule and pursuant to it will vote in strong support of the domestic funding portion of the supplemental appropriation, but in reluctant acceptance of the war funding which properties $37 billion to our efforts in afghanistan, most of it going to the troop surge that president obama announced in december of last year. concern about the well-being of our troops makes it difficult to vote against supplemental war funding once the troops that funding is meant to support have already been deployed. while a no vote on the supplemental has a way of forcing re-evaluation of our strategy, denying those funds could jeopardize the safety of our troops. that leaves me little choice in the matter. however, that does not mean that i'm ready to give in to a policy that is op

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: the gentlelady mentioned the deficit and how concerned she is about the deficit. it's somewhat puzzling to me, then, that she hant been out front wanting to pay for the bush tax cuts that cost hundreds of billions of dollars. there's been no effort on the other side to want to pay for the george bush prescription drug bill which costs hundreds of billions of dollars all on to our credit card. there's no effort on the other side to want to pay for these wars which have now cost $100 trillion. i'm sorry, $1 trillion in borrowed money. i should -- i should say with one exception. the minority leader, mr. boehner, suggested that we could pay for the wars out of the social security trust fund, that we should raise the retirement age and whatever savings we have should not go into the social security trust fund, should go to pay for our wars, while our senior citizens who paid into the system year after year after year should be robbed of a solid program and instead the money shou

you can see it in massachusetts, where the university of massachusetts is building a from exchanges that will centralize patient and provider registries and connect the physician community, providing faster, safer, more comprehensive care at reduced cost. i can give you tons of examples around the world. we also see a lot of what business is doing. at ibm we're working with the major primary-care societies, the american medical to secede oncologist, a.m.a., and. fortune five other countries. it is aimed at helping doctors think of themselves as a business, continuous quality, efficiency in the office, and demonstration projects with the american association of family practice. adopting a medical home approach took in come up 14%, visits to emergency rooms were down 40%. one of the biggest costs to the syst are people randomly going to the emergency room to receive primary care. tons of examples. but it is not just health care. governors, you have to deal with all ofhese things. i have a couple examples where i think ings are becoming smarter in the states and cities. government services.

governor patterson's new york, pennsylvania, or massachusetts. you can do it for scattered situations, but not as a whole. get the information right. that is what every big firm does. they know who is doing about what, why they are doing it, how do we do it better and make it work. number two, make the compensation work out. make doing the right thing be the privateable thing. if you ask any doctor now what incentives do they operate under, it is do more, get paid more. do it fancy, get paid even more. of course that is what we get. we get more and more things, often without documentation, and then we get into the fights where someone tries to say no. the doctor says but this is what i need to do. and it is all because we don't give them the right information. we don't give them the right incentive. when we say we want to help you do the right thing, help you take care of people before they get sick so they don't need expensive care, they say hal lu yea, and they wind up doing that. the best health care system in the u.s., the kaisers in californ

on tuesday, a handful of trucks with massachusetts license plates which happens to be the same state as the reported wedding planner is from, were seen pulling through these gates. around here, that counts as a scoop. jim langen, editor of the hudson valley news, is chasing one of the best kept secrets. is this the biggest mystery ever to hit rhinebeck? >> this is the biggest mystery and speculation has become the greatest parlor game since monopoly. >> reporter: it may be calm in the kitchens here now, but chef jeff croner is one of several possible names for a caterer. >> i'm not denying or confirming anything about this. i can't talk about my clients. >> reporter: that's the best you've got? >> that's the best i've got. >> reporter: back here a couple knows the ingredients for a good marriage. >> we were high school sweethearts. >> reporter: married right here in rhinebeck 57 years ago. today they are wishing the soon to be newlyweds much happiness, no matter where they tie the knot. peter alexander, nbc news, rhinebeck, new york. >> so there you go. >>> that's our broadcast for t

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i have no additional speakers. mr. speaker, suddenly, my last speaker showed up. i would yield to my colleague, jack kingston, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. kingston: i thank the gentleman for yielding and while i certainly appreciate the sincerity of the people who are offering this amendment, i disagree with it in as much as it ties the hands of the military. i have had the opportunity to go to iraq and afghanistan several times and i can say war is complicated. war does not always go your way. the enemy does always cooperate with the best of our plans. and yet, we here in the safety of the u.s. congress can dictate to the commanders in the field what direction the war should go in and the time frame and what

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i have no additional speakers. mr. speaker, suddenly, my last speaker showed up. i would yield to my colleague, jack kingston, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. kingston: i thank the gentleman for yielding and while i certainly appreciate the sincerity of the people who are offering this amendment, i disagree with it in as much as it ties the hands of the military. i have had the opportunity to go to iraq and afghanistan severa times and i can say war is complicated. war does not always go your way. the enemy does always cooperate with the best of our plans. and yet, we here in the safety of the u.s. congress can dictate to the commanders in the field what direction the war should go in and the time frame and what

massachusetts, mr. delahunt, who has also been a strong advocate for intelligent criminal justice policies. for these reasons i urge my colleagues to support this important legislation and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such timed a i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, h.r. 5143 establishes a national criminal justice commission consisting of a bipartisan panel of 14 experts appointed by the president, the majority and minority lead nrts senate, the speaker and minority leader in the house. the commission will review all areas of the criminal justice system at the federal, state, local and tribal levels. it will also examine national trends in criminal justice costs, practices and policies. further the commission will provide recommendations for trainees to prevent and deter crime and vio

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i yield three minutes to a co-sponsor of this amendment, mr. jones. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. jones: i'd like to start any comments on an edtorial in the "pensacola news journal" on june 25. is afghanistan worth it? is it not often that conservative columnist george will and liberal columnist thomas friedman are on the same page, welcome to afghanistan. the reason tonight that we need to have this debate is because one issue, one main issue that bothers me greatly is what's called rules of engagement. in fact, on the 20th of june in "the washington post," george will's editorial, the n.c.o. recognizes a flawed afghanistan strategy. a recent email from a noncommissioned officer serving in afghanistan, he explains why the rules of engagement for u.s. troops are too prohibitive for coalition forces to achieve sustained tactical success. i would also like to show quickly two newspapers from the marine times, two articles, rules o

john hopkins, the mayo clinic and massachusetts general are the top three.he magazine took into account the hospital's death rate, emergency care into account. >>> according to two public policy groups 28 states have shown an increase in adult obesity. some of the states with the highest numbers of obesity are mississippi, alabama and tennessee. california ranks number 41. experts call the rate of obesity in the united states a public health crisis. >>> a new study out of uc davis shows many olive oil sold in the united states are not the high grade extra virgin as their labels claim. researchers found that 69% of the imported oils and 10% of domestic oils failed international extra virgin standards. the study comes at the u.s. department of agriculture begins developing standards for labels such as virgin or extra virgin. >>> iphone battles it's antenna problems, a flood of new smart phones are coming into the market. we will look at some of them and the competition they present. >>> and what a great day here in the bay area and the weekend is right around

in massachusetts where there was a big wave in the early 90s.if you look at the price of foreclosed homes and follow them in the subsequent transactions, many of them appreciate more than the typical home in the second transaction. that's another issue for policy. we think about the policies that try to encourage people to pfrn foreclosed homes and upkeep them. that may be a way. >> thank you for your time on the program. >> thanks for having me. >> our guest, an economist at m.i.t. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: millions of out of work americans will soon begin collecting unemployment benefits again. this morning, the house approved a four-month extension of those funds; this afternoon, the president signed the measure into law. that's welcome news to the growing number of people looking for jobs. the labor department said first- time unemployment claims rose more than expected last week, up 37,000 to 464,000. and oil prices spiked higher on the increased possibility of a tropical storm heading into the gulf of mexi

>> it's amazing how it, so much came down scott brown, the republican from massachusetts. he was the key here and you will not be shocked to learn that there were certain massachusetts-based financial institutions that got exactly what they wanted in this bill because scott brown's vote made the difference. gwen: like what did they get? >> well, state street was one. fidelity was another. they did not want it to be designed based on a dollar amount but on how risky the firm's behavior was because they thought that that would exempt them from that new level of regulation. they wanted to be outside that scope. that's something scott brown was able to do for them, delimple the democrats let him do that for his home state firms and in turn they said now we've got to have your vote and they finally got it. brown really held out until the last minute. >> so when we had the cornhusker kickback on health care, this can -- is what, the boston bonus? >> brown's office is very sensitive about that concern and they point out that well, this does benefit fidelity but also a whole group

you can see it in massachusetts, where the university of massachusetts is building a from exchanges thatcentralize patient and provider registries and connect the physician community, providing faster, safer, more comprehensive care at reduced cost. i can give you tons of examples around the world. we also see a lot of what business is doing. at ibm we're working with the major primary-care societies, the american medical to secede oncologist, a.m.a., and. fortune five other countries. it is aimed at helping doctors think of themselves as a business, continuous quality, efficiency in the office, and demonstration projects with the american association of family practice. adopting a medical home approach took in come up 14%, visits to emergency rooms were down 40%. one of the biggest costs to the system are people randomly going to the emergency room to receive primary care. tons of examples. but it is not just health care. governors, you have to deal with all of these things. i have a couple examples where i think things are becoming smarter in the states and cities. government services.

. >>> massachusetts senator, john kerry, says he is not trying to avoid paying taxes by dock his new yacht in rhode island. if the $7 billion "isabel" was tied up at his summer home in nantucket, kerry would owe about $500,000 in massachusetts sales tax. he says renovations are under way in rhode island, where the vessel is under warranty. he says he always pays his taxes. >>> president obama visits with lady on "the view" on thursday. it will be the first time a sitting president is on a daytime talk show. it won't be his first faceoff with the all-female cast. candidate obama stopped by on his way to the white house in 2008. on the show, barbara walters, returning for the first time since undergoing open-heart surgery in may. >>> wyclef jean is considering to run for president of haiti. but the family released a statement, saying he has not made a final decision. he was born in haiti. and grew up here in new york. he's been raising money for humanitarian aid for haitians, even before this year's devastating earthquake there. >>> a major accomplishment in baseball is becoming almost

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: the legislation would not be here today without the incredible leadership of the chairman of the energy and commerce committee. he resolves the most meddlesome issues in the final week for us to bring this historic legislation here to the floor. i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. waxman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to rise in support of this very important legislation. it was in 1934 when the communications act was adopted that it set out that they -- that they would have the goal in this country of making available so far as possible to people without discrimination on the base of color, religion, national origin or sex all rapid, efficient, nationwide and worldwide wire and communication service. well, this legislation before us today furthers this core principle by ensuring that americans with disabilities can access the latest communications t

you see it in massachusetts where the university of massachusetts is building internal information exchangesies and connect faster and safer comprehensive care under cost. i can give you tons and tons of examples around here and around the world. you see a lot of business is doing it. we're working with a major primary care society, the american association of medical colleges, the ama, the fortune 500 companies. it is aimed at helping doctors think about themselves as a business, but continues quality improvement, but efficiency in the office. they found practices adopting a medical first approach. this to the emergency debt -- emergency room were down 50%. one of the biggest cost to the system are people going to the er for primary care. governors, you have to deal with all of these things and their other examples where think many things are becoming smarter in your states and in our cities. government services, that is something you have to do every day. gov. schwarzenegger in california, alameda county has real time reporting and caseworkers and find programs associated with a child. the

in massachusetts, the university of massachusetts is building external healthy information exchanges that will centralized patient animation and provide a registry -- patient information and provide a registry that will allow doctors to improve care and reduced costs. i can give you tons of examples here and around the world. at ibm, we are working with the major primary-care societies, the american medical association of colleges, the ama, and many fortune 500 companies to improve efficiency. visits to the emergency room were down 50%. there was a 40% reduction in hospitalization for individuals with chronic diseases such as asthma. as you know, one of the biggest cost to the system is people randomly going to the e.r. to receive primary care. there are tons of examples of this, but it is not just in health care. governors, you have to deal with all of these things. i will give you a couple of examples of where it things are becoming smarter in your state and in yours cities. government services, something you have to do every day. in california, alameda county is using analytics to

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i yield three minutes to a co-sponsor of this amendment, mr. jones. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. jones: i'd like to start any comments on an edtorial in the "pensacola news journal" on june 25. is afghanistan worth it? is it not often that conservative columnist george will and liberal columnist thomas friedman are on the same page, welcome to afghanistan. the reason tonight that we need to have this debate is because one issue, one main issue that bothers me greatly is what's called rules of engagement. in fact, on the 20th of june in "the washington post," george will's editorial, the n.c.o. recognizes a flawed afghanistan strategy. a recent email from a noncommissioned officer serving in afghanistan, he explains wh the rules of engagement for u.s. troops are too prohibitive for coalition forces to achieve sustained tactical success. i would also like to show quickly two newspapers from the marine times, two articles, rules of

and i think most people who live in brockton, massachusetts, some of you are from massachusetts, we sort of cultivate the accent. >> so it comes in handy. where did you get your love your classical music an opera? >> there's really interesting story. my love of classical music, when i was 9 years old, i began studying in brockton for my bar mitzvah. and the cantor -- >> four years early. >> i was a slow learner. and the cantor in my synagogue in brockton was an emgrant from vienna and he got me interested as a youngster in opera and some of thieves assignments, opera and classical music saved my sanity. >> is it true you have a room in your house where you play classical music at great volumes and this is how you relax now? >> it's one way. i've got technologically a nice system with thousands of operas and c.d.'s, classical music. i mean, some people read, some people play softball, there's a lot of -- go to the movies. you do what works best for you in terms of trying, 9-11, i must have gone to the kennedy center or to carnegie hall or the metropolitan opera three nights a week, otherw

se espera que mejores condición de clima den un momento de alivio a o a bajo be la policía de massachusettsdo fueron llevado a hospitales de la zona >>> al popular representantes demasiado considerada de nueva york arancrarangel lo acusar der a través dws cargo beneficios personal >>> ya se habría tomara ad en la cámara una decisión de cómo castigarlo, uno de los investigadores de la comisión legislativa en el caso de entran agresiones ética >>> dice que recomendará que sea amonestado por el pleno la cámara baja. estoy preparado para probar que lo único que he hecho en nis 507 años de servicio público es esto, servir >>> entre ello lcargos no pagar impuesto y ocupan 4 tep apartamento y usan su cargo para beneficio personal. sin embargo ser humano puede vivir en 4 residencias a la vez >>> lo hizo de prepotencia y inicio el arrogancia en el poder y de que realmente los políticos una vez se montón en el puesto se olvidan que tienen que ajustarse ellos mismo a la mismos reglamentos que ellos pasan para algunos es un sistema política que buscar cuestionan la pro mes de mantener el congreso más l

i went to a state college in massachusetts. i saw from then that it has spiraled, that no one cares about our children. host: thanks for your call. your comment? guest: there have been people who have deprived the amount of money that go into campaigns for years. it goes up every year. the cost of running for the house and senate does not get cheaper. it does not seem as though there is an appetite to change the system. there is a bill in the house that would try to have more public funding campaigns, and there has not been much attraction for it. host: athens, ohio, a democrat line. caller: i have an issue. mcclain can win in arizona because they had the money and backing, said they can live on the republican high hill with the power. they cannot give up the richness -- they are a manipulative bunch. as long as those people are in the united states, there will be friction between the republican party wanting is all and the democrats kicking them out. they do not get nothing. guest: we have seen certain man coming up, because h

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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. frank: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman for yielding and i congratulate the chairman for the extraordinary work he's done. i thank mr. bachus, too, who i think is one of the really responsible leaders in the minority in terms of issues of substance and where there are differences, there are honest differences. mr. speaker, i come to the floor and when i do i hear the portions of the debate, sometimes not all the debate. i want to make an observation, though, i listened to the gentleman from new jersey and he remarked on what the people were saying. and i think that frankly his remarks reflected the difference in the perspective between both parties. indeed, that perspective has been reflected in my three decades here, under mr. reagan and others who have served as president. and lastly with mr. bush. mr. obama's immediate predecessor. and that perspective was, if the regulator

she is from massachusetts. we have had the incredible privilege of working with here. not only is she very smart, she is very articulate. to understand how to translate complicated topics into what the rest of us can understand . that is important. she is very reasonable. she and her since relationship between the consumer protection peace and promoting a healthy economy. she would be a tremendous choice. i cannot think of anyone who would be better than she. this process we have seen their activity. part of this administration's desire to move ahead and to be transparent about what is happening, i am encouraged. i think we are enthusiastic to do for it anywhere -- to move forward in a way to do this. but before we close, i want to emphasize what my two partners did. that is the enormous gratitude that state attorney general's head to the congress, particularly the two chairs and the administration. this administration fought for a year for this legislation. they thought specifically for consumer protection and for the role of the state to work the new bureau of consum

you said you trained at the cue chi institute in massachusetts. >> yes. tell in a line or two what that is and how extensive was that training? >> i lived there for three years. it is the lifestyle training of it. the actual intensified classes were sort of ten hours a day, seven days a week for three or four months but i lived there and by living there i ate the food, i was checking in. >> were you eating the red meat and junk before that? >> i grew up on the worst diet. for one of my birthdays, my mother gave me two baskin and robins the way they are in the store. >> when you started this what were the biggest chance you saw in your own body? >> well first of all, when i started to eat whole grains and whole fields because i had come from such a junk food diet, i experienced what i call stupid happiness. like happiness that had nothing to do with anything. nothing to do with something happening or some guy calling me back or winning some award. i sat there and said i feel really good. so there was a brain chemistry that took place. it happened immediate

the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. frank: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the f.h.a. has become a very successful program. it has taken up the slack that was created by problems elsewhere in the housing area. it is being run very well. they deserve a great deal of credit. in a bipartisan way, the committee on financial services has cooperated with them. we recently passed a bill and the ranking member mrs. capito was here to enhance their authority to allow them to do a better job statutorily of guarding against abuse and flasmede program has been sufficiently successful so that they have now run out of commitment authority. this bill would give them $5 billion more commitment authority. but it is not expenditure. it is the opposite. this will save $94 million. we have structured the f.h.a. so that it makes a small profit for the federal government. if we do not pass this bill before the end of next week, us first and then the senate, the f.h.a. program will stop until october that will deny people housing,

mcdermott: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. neal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for two minutes. mr. neal: i thank mr. mcdermott. i stand in full support of this emergency legislation that will restore the safety net to millions of american families. those families have been waiting for this relief since june. their faith has been tested but today we are going to extend the help that they need. i have spoken many times on this floor of the legendary mayor of boston, james michael curly, a great orator. he spoke with great empathy about the forgotten man. those who we are talking about today. the forgotten man and woman. those individuals who have worked hard and played by the rules and every reason to believe that america ought to provide them assistance in this difficult time. he also would have suggested in that simplestity that the great ally of our civilization was a full stomach. we need to be reminded of that grim economic statistic for those who are outside the mainstream. let me also

he is the executive director of vets for freedom, an infantry officer in the massachusetts army national guard and an iraq war veteran. he has a b.a. from princeton university and from john f. kennedy school of government. all rrect? >> yes, sir. >> thank you. please go ahead. >> chairman leahy, ranking member sessions and other members of the committe thank you for the opportunity to be here today. it's a privilege to take part in these proceedings. my nye name is pete hegseth, an organization of iraq and afghanistan veterans dedicated to supporting our war fighters and their mission on the battlefield. i received my commission fom princeton univsity in 2003 and has since served two tours in the army. the first in guantanamo bay, cuba and the second in iraq with the 101st airborne division. the infantry captain with the massachusetts army national guard and a graduate student at harvard university. i'm as a citizen and a veteran and do not speak at all on behalf ofhe military, but i'm going to start with the bottom line up front as we do in the army. we're a nation at war. a nation at w

company an where it might go if you understand how it all got started in a dormatory in cambridge, massachusetts as a brain child. >>> good to be here. >> i have to say when i first started reading this. i thought, oh, i don't know if i really want to read this. i'll read this, because i have to read it but it is a fascinating story. there is a kid, he is a sophomore at harvard >>> he wants to connect to everybody. part is to check out which girls in whatever class. >> a big part at the beginning. >> college being what it is. and now he is up to 500 million users on this thing. >> yes. >> and it is worth somewhere between i have red 15, now i heard $36 billion. >> people are buying shares at $27 billion values rate now. >> if anyone saw diane sawyer, he looks like a kid still. he is 26 years old. >> he looks old now compared to when i met him. >> he is a computer genius. there are a lot of those out there. why do you think this took off? >> for a few reasons. for one thing, he was doing it in the right place which was a college and not once didn'tly harvard so the status of starting at harvard p

. >> and one running for reelection -- he is a senator who will be on the ballot in massachusetts and will face his former opponent. he is trying to carve out a niche par. he may be a tea party hero for what he did publicly but he has to run for reelection in a state that is very liberal bent of the absence of demand is because industry and banks have $1.80 trillion of cash on hand. they are not into investing. with this president in this economy, you don't want to invest. therefore, there is no money out there and no demand. >> one way to stimulate demand is to extend unemployment benefits. >> and they did not do it. the sec hit goldman sachs for half a million dollars in the bp oil spill is stopped for a while. >> goldman sachs has agreed to pay $500 million. the more than half a billion dollars is a largest penalty assessed against a wall street firm or investment bank in the history of the securities and exchange commission. >> that gentleman is the enforcement director. goldman sachs reported a profit of $13.39 billion. company shares increased by 5% after news of the settlement.

olympia snowe, tucson collins and scott brown of massachusetts. president obama praised the legislation at a news conference this afternoon. >> even before the final crises that led to this recession, i spoke on paul street about the need for common sensory forms to protect consumers and our economy as a whole. but the crises came and underscored the need for the kind of reform the senate passed today. the form that will retech consumers when they take out a mortgage or sign up for a credit card, reform that will prevent the kind of shadowy deals that led to this crises. reform that would never again put taxpayers on the hook for paul street'wall street's mista. this will accomplish these goals. >> charlie: joining me is barney frank, a congressman from massachusetts. he's chairman of the house financial services committee. i am pleased to have him here on this program on this day. the bill by the way is called the dodd frank bill. in a very long and distinguished political career, where do you put this? >> oh, among the top positive achievements.

we have already seen that story, or rather that lie, defeated in massachusetts. [applause] we have seen a defeated in hawaii. and we will see harry reid defeated here in nevada in november. [applause] before i windup, i want to do one more thing. because it's important. and the national chairman and i get to do this. if you are a college republican, a teenage republican or young republican, please stand up. please stand up. [applause] i'm the chairman, stay standing. i did not say sit. i see some young bloods over here. if you are a college republican, a young republican are teenage republican, stand up. now was not the time to be shy. i want you to know you are already empowered to leading. you cannot have to ask for anybody's permission to do what you do to help the party grow, expand, and reach new voters and reach your generation. folks, you are not looking at the future of the party, this is the right here and right now. these young men and women right here are our voice and we need to make sure they are empowered to go well and deliver a new message about a

two republican senators from maine, snow and collins and massachusetts senator, scott brown, a republican, joined democrats to pas sweeping reform at the financial industry. their support allowed them to close the debate earlier in the day and move forward with the vote. >> with today's vote in the senate the united states congress now passed a wall street reform bill that will bring greater economic security to families and businesses across the country. the wall street reform bill aims to strengthen consumer protection with a newburgho under the federal reserve. shine a light on financial products and create a new process that dealing with troubled financial firms. >> this legislationing is about the people on pain street not wall street. >> however, republicans say some of the new regulations go too far and will stiffel economic growth. before the official vote the house minority leader says the bill will need to be repealed. >> i believe it is ill- concieved. it will make credit harder for the american people to get. clearly harder for businesses to get. and, the fact that it is going

host: georgetown, massachusetts. dan on the independent line. caller: i have contacted your office many times. you had a new report a couple of years ago. icahn said that if i was too great deal on a curve, you would be high on the curve, but the baseline is low. guest: a backhanded comments. caller: you are talking common sense, and that seems to be less common in our government. i presented you with some information some years ago. but was pertaining to 9/11 kissell. -- itself. it is a real load of substantial evidence that the media never presented to the people of the united states, and all went into the patriarch coulpatriotic sen. i presented you with a lot of circumstantial evidence. it looks like you responded to me directly and a letter, and you said interesting things. what i need is a hard evidence to do anything with it. host: in the interests of time, it can to wrap ucan you wrap it? caller: there is a report that there is dust all over new york city. host: we have 20 minutes left in the segment. i will stop you right there. there i

we have already seen that story, or rather that lie, defeated in the massachusetts. [applause] we have seen it defeated in hawaii. and we're going to see harry reid defeated here in nevada in november. [cheers and applause] before i wind up, and want to do one more thing because it is important. and i am national chairman, and i get to do this. [laughter] if you are college republican, a teenage republican, or a young republican, please stand up. please stand up. [cheers and applause] ah -- ah. now -- i am the german. stay standing. i did not say sit. -- as with the chairmen. wait a minute. i see some young bloods. if you are a college republican, a young republican, or to any republican, stand up. now is not the time for you to be shy. because someone you to know you are already empowered to lead because they do not have to ask for anybody permission to do what you do to help this party broke and reach new voters, to reach your generation. -- to help this party grow. if you're not looking in the future of the party. this is the right here and the right now. these yo

massachusetts iran. the issue of nuclear nonproliferation and the unacceptability of any activities that may result hypothetically in iran having nuclear weapons but he course all these issues are crucial to us. and that's the message that we want just sand. is some work that you can choose because there are at least ten countries around the world but that are on the threshold off having nuclear weapons they can use that on the meter so he's bottled if this process starts in one country that this may create serious problems for a global security wishing seriously probably was an influence and i wouldn't see the arena of cancer gone recolor refused to talk about it so basically it's the question of how these talks should be conducted and what the terms are. medium of film and that's why by the way we don't think it would be wise to make demands on iran before the talks start up within that show it better go or it is crucial to get the negotiations started to be able when it is important to engage iran in

confirmed that the obamas will still go on their traditional family break on martha's vineyard in massachusetts. >>> now to the fast-moving story of the past 48 hours. shirley sherrod, the government employee who was fired, then vindicated and offered a brand new job with apologies from the white house. if you were watching "today" on nbc this morning you heard her say she would love to have a conversation with president obama. well, a few hours later, that happened. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd in our washington newsroom with the latest on this. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, the president became the latest public official to personally apologize to shirley sherrod today. in a seven-minute phone call this afternoon, the president also encouraged her to take a new agriculture department job that's been specifically designed for her. from his private study just off the oval office, the president phoned shirley sherrod to try to extinguish what's become a fire storm. >> obviously she's got a remarkable story. he expressed his apologies for the event

now, though, they've been getting dozens of calls to adopt them from as far away as massachusetts. and, benny, yep, someone does want him, 130 pounds of gentleness. he was about to be sent to another shelter in texas but now no need with a ten-person waiting list to adopt him. a lot of heart out there. many who can't adopt are sending money to this shelter and a brand-new program here that's helped people keep their pets. an unspoken comfort for families to know the friends they loved first will be petted and pampered again. michelle kosinski, nbc news, violet, louisiana. >>> good dog. if you want to help, as so many already have, or to see our original report, please go to our website nightly.msnbc.com. >>> that is our broadcast for this monday night as we start a new week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. as always, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> duelling protests over the b.a.r.t. shooting verdicts sparked by a rally to support johannes mehserle and new pictures just into the newsroo

. >> dry restrictions have led to water restrictions in parts of california, massachusetts and new york. in this new york city park, the water was turned off, but amber decker's four-year-old son sammy didn't seem to mind. >> kids make the best of any situation, don't they? >> and there are worse things that high heat for this farmer. >> mother nature is the only cruel one in a guy's life, he's pretty lucky. >> reporter: experts say all of this warm weather does have a bright side. meteorologists are calling for an endless summer, meaning they think much of the summer will enjoy above-normal temperatures through october, possibly into november. jeff? >> glor: all right, elaine quijano from new york tonight. elaine, thank you. temperatures only reached the mid-80s today in bar harbor maine where president obama and his family are on vacation. our chief white house correspondent chip reid is there, as well. chip, good evening to you. >> reporter: well, good evening, jeff. presidential vacations have a long history of generating criticism, and this one is no different. for the obama family

. >> reporter: lead to go water restrictions in parts of california, massachusetts and new york. in this new york city park the water was turned off. but this 4-year-old child didn't seem to mind. >> kids make the best of any situation, don't they. >> reporter: for this farmer there are worse things than high heat. >> experts say all of this warm weather does have a bright side. meteorologists are calling for an endless summer meaning they believe much of the country will enjoy above normal temperatures through october. possibly into november. cbc news, new york. >>> you know, lawrence, not a lot of complaints right now? >> we had a cool spring. we are getting nice weather. >> i'm off your case which you like too. >> which doesn't happen very often but tonight is one of those nights. i'm going to enjoy it, folks. a lot of sunshine in spots today. patchy fog out toward the coastline and that kept you cool out at the immediate beaches but heating things inland. some numbers soaring near 100 degrees as we headed in toward the afternoon. now tonight the fog and low clouds starting to

fumped the gentleman from massachusetts rise? -- for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. mcgovern: i send to the desk a privileged report for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 1559, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 5822, making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2011, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume in the following order -- adoption of house resolution 1566, motion to suspend the rules on h.r. 5730, and motion to suspend the rules on h.res. 1366 each by the yeas and nays. the unfinished business is the vote on the adoption of house resolution 1556 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk