mcdermott: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that members may have until publication of the last submission of the congressional record authorized for the second session of the 111th congress by the joint committee on printing to revise and extend their remarks and to include brief related extraneous material on any matter concerning -- occurring before the adjournment of the second session sine die. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to section 205-a of the vietnam education foundation act of 2000, public law 106-554, and the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair announces the speaker's appointment of the following member of the house to the board of directors of the vietnam education foundation. the clerk: ms. lohr -- upon the recommendation of the majority leader, ms. loretta sanchez of california. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek rick anything? mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, your committee appointed to inform the president that the house is ready to adjourn and to ask him if he has any further commun

mcdermott: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the international protecting girls by preventing child marriage act. recently nelson mandela asked a group of the world's most thoughtful and experienced political and moral leaders to identify the largest issues fueling humanitarian problems and forced child marriage is at the top of the list. child marriage denies girls the chance to get a full education. every country in the world that has advanced has educated their women as the first step. child marriage prevents girls from contributing to their communities in the fullest way possible. and it contributes to the health crisis among women and babies in countries around the world. in the next 10 years it's estimated that over 100 million young girls will be forcibly married if we don't act and the policy of the united states right now is to right more reports -- write more reports. with this bill we can make a huge difference with no additional taxpayer money being spent. this bill gives clear gui

with me now is congressman jim mcdermott, a democrat from washington state. explain to me, congressman mcdermott, the house already passed the don't ask don't tell repeal as part of the defense authorization bill. why would it be easier to pass that as a stand-alone measure than as it was as part of funding for our troops? >> well, the big bill, the authorization for the dod is a complicated bill and it has not passed. so this is really sending an issue by itself, an issue which i think members are ready to deal with. and it's always easier to deal with one thing at a time than rather deal with 500 things, because some people are for some, they're against others. so it's easier to make it a simple straightforward are you for this policy or against it? >> in the lame duck session, do you anticipate any trouble passing a stand-alone measure to repeal don't ask don't tell. >> i'd be surprised if it doesn't get out of the house. i never know what's going to happen over in the senate. things have died over there that i thought ought to have passed. so i don't know

mcdermott. the proposal that was announced today, the republican-obama tax cut proposal would send $70 billion a year to the wealthiest billionaires and millionaires in america. what could that $70 billion a year be used for? now a teacher, let's just say a teacher gets $50,000 a year. if you took $50 billion of the $70 billion, you could hire a million teachers in the classroom beginning january 1, 2011. a million teachers. choices are being made here. do you want $70 billion to go to the wealthiest people in america, the top 2% of -- the top 2%, or would you like to use that $70 billion to build schools. take $20 billion of it and build school, bring technology to the classrooms and use the remaining $50 billion to hire a million teachers in our classroom. there's an investment that will last. that's the kind of thing we can do. now that's just an option. mr. mcdermott, could you please join us and share with us your perspectives on this? mr. mcdermott: thank you. mr. speaker, i'm grateful tha

mcdermott: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from washington, mr. inslee. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. inslee: mr. speaker, i came to peace with my decision on this bill this weekend when i was holding my 2-year-old grandson, brody, checking out the christmas tree. and i became focused on the real question before us. is it right to put $858 billion of deficit debt on that kid's shoulders? and the answer is no for three reasons. first, this bill represents an old unsuccessful experiment in supply side economics. that's failed time and time again in 2001 it was going to create jobs, didn't create a single net job. most of us remember when the first president bush called this type of scheme voodoo economics. do you remember that? well, this is day gentleman -- deja voodoo commim economics and we have no interest in erecting the failed policies of george bush. second, let's be honest about what this deal is, a bipartisan deal gone bad. it's a case where bot

congressmen like mcdermott don't support them.hem, the baby jesus wants to provide, no matter the circumstance. being a christian, i know that while jesus promoted charity at the highest level, he was not self destructive. the lord helps those who help themselves, does he not? >> i don't know, pal. because the phrase the lord helps those who helps themselves is not in the bible. which is one o'reilly has to assume he is getting his rant. here are two things independent bible. luke 14:12. when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind and you will be blessed. because they cannot repay you. you will be repaid at the resurrection of the justice. on a more personal note, judges 15:16. sampson said, with the jaw bone of an ass heaps of heaps with the jaw of an ass have i slain a thousand men. bill "jaw bone ass" o'reilly, today's worst person in the world. financial independence? >>> who knew that jack abramoff at the center of the case of the most improprietiy since watergate, that went to the bush white house

by her example and support to care deeply about what we do and i got a note recently from alice mcdermottur its a menacing and i am going to read it because it is lovely. i think most sitting in the office before the reading it's been my experience some booksellers use this time to worry out loud or maybe prepare the writer for the worst. the weather is often discussed, rain, snow or exceptionally lovely evening that portends of small audience. hints or sometimes brought about announcements that didn't make it into the paper or were not posted. there's even the dates how well known you are to the people in the area. hughie merge into the light of the podium and a certain whether you should immediately apologize to the people that have come more from your arms around them. carlo would sit with he and chat about family and friends of news. she had a confidence of the great. she knew the staff, her guests, and she knew or recklessly her manner me to believe she knew how delightful it was going to be. and then she talks about the same thing that's happened to so many of us. she's a i had the

rifle concealed in on a lot of people were able to see what was going on until he approached of mcdermott at which time he approached a victim. >> no one was hurt but the suspect remains at large. >> the weather all across the country already has one airline taking action. delta airlines say they are canceling 500 flights in and his patient of the mother. >> pam things could not be better it. all of the flights are on time and some of the flights especially from the east coast are arriving early. it is all because agree whether it and we have at it for some time. begin tele the long term parking lot is filled up but if you go there you could get a voucher and part in the same lot with good rates. there is not all lot of people here. the bulk of people have moved through this morning at about 100,000 living in the end of the sfo on christmas eve. for the most part things are moving in very well at sfo and if you are flying to make you should be in pretty good shape. that is the latest reporting live from kron4 news. >> as holiday travelers hit the road the price of regular gallon of gasoli

. >> reporter: ashley mcdermott and john daly are among the nearly 5% of american adults, 8 million livingiagnosed because one of their kids got diagnosed. john's daughter kay began showing signs of adhd and john realized it was like looking in the mirror. >> when i was reading i saw not only kay our daughter but i saw myself. >> reporter: a doctor confirmed his suspicions and at age 36, john was diagnosed the very same day as his then 3-year-old daughter. >> it was a big relief, actually. it gave us -- it gave us a name. >> reporter: his three other kids are on the spectrum as well. but less severely. married authors matt and sue hallowell say adult women are underdiagnosed. >> women manifest differently. often -- this isn't true across the board, but many women are more the day-dreamy, inattentive types. >> adhd is genetically transmitted. there is no doubt about it. there are some cases you can acquire but 95% of cases you acquire through the genes of your parents and grandparents. >> reporter: as it turns out when my close friend ashley mcdermott was researching her son's adhd, she was

and i got a note recently from alice mcdermott to his reminiscing about her and i'm just going to readfrom her note because it is so lovely. i think mostly sitting at carla's office in the minutes before reading. it's been my experience some booksellers use this time to worry out loud or maybe just repair the writer for the worse. the weather is often discussed, rain, snow, or an exceptionally lovely evening that portends a small audience. hence there sometimes announcements that didn't make it into the paper or weren't posted. the event debates about how well-known you are to the people in the area. you emerged from these into the light of the podium, uncertain whether you should initially around them. but carla would just sit with friends or politics or something in the news. she had to find confidence of a great hostess. she never staff, her gas and she knew early stir men are made to believe she knew how delightful the next hour was going to be. then alice talks about exactly the same thing that happened to so many of us. she's that i also do great good fortune to carla be the firs

. >> ok brian, thank you, we're or to turn to the latest of the it societal mcdermott found dead sunday morning in his apartment. mark made off was distraught by legal and financial problems since reporting his father to authorities two years ago. >> that it 46 year-old son use a dog leash to hand himself while his year-old son slept chanute my bedroom. they found no suicide note but that before his death he made an e-mail to his wife and she was in florida telling her someone should look in on their son. >> his father-in-law was there and was called by it the wife to check on the two wrote. the tumult was fine. >> later saturday it someone that is believed to be the father in law and discovered the body left the apartment with the dog it and believes that is used in this is said. they called it a terrible and unnecessary tragedy. he was it about it a victim of his father's monstrous crime and he said come to two years of and lead to pressure from false accusations and innuendos. it was on the second anniversary after his father's arrest. bernie is serving investors after again them all

mcdermott hopes her experience will help parents remember to put up parental controls. >>> the jingle of san francisco's famous cable car lines will be missing the next six months. the california street cable car will shut down from january through july of next year. now, it's part of a $24 million project to upgrade old underground components. to replace the service, a muni bus shuttle will run from 6:00 a.m. until midnight. san francisco's other cable car lines will remain in operation. >>> where no man has gone before. the uconn huskies women's basketball team is the first division i team to win 89 games in a row. now that's men or women. their decisive 93-62 win over florida last night sealed the deal. after the historic victory, the head coach got a call, well, from the president. >> no, you're not interrupting anything. if i was calling you when you had all those reporters in front of you, you'd be dying to take my phone call. we have not lost. we have not lost since you've been inaugurated. how about we keep that streak going for a couple more years. >> the wins surpasses legen

and abbe lowell, partner at the law firm mcdermott, will and emory. he's been involved in a number of high-profile cases and has defended clients charged with espionage. geoff smith, what jeopardy is assange actually in. >> i think it's in serious legal jeopardy. i think he should be. obviously the u.s. government is looking at a variety of charges. espionage being the most central. but there are a number of other things as the attorney general said for which he might be charged. >> ifill: for instance? >> there's a variety of possibilities including mishandling of government property, theft, receipt of theft of government property, other things that i'm sure the government is looking at. possible disclosure of the identity of intelligence agents, any number of things. >> ifill: what kind of case can you imagine being made against him? is it one that can stick, mr. lowell? >> it's not hard to charge him because grand juries do that with not such a high level of proof. the question will be whether the charge sticks. that's depending on a number of fact

mcdermott: mr. speaker, benjamin franklin once said, nothing in the world is certain but death and taxes. mr. franklin had never met the modern republican party. the only thing certain about taxes these days, if the republicans are going to use them to take from the poor and give to the rich again and again and again. and now the senate republicans have brought all legislation to a halt, halt in this building, until the super rich get their tax cuts. they are determined to take care of the rich. that political maneuvering by the republicans brings uncertainty to the middle class at a time when they really need certainty. when they know what they're going to have in the next year. food banks are panicking all over this country because the republicans in the senate say the tax cuts for the rich go before any money for those unemployed people who are looking for their unemployment insurance. the food banks know what's going to happen. hungry people are going to be coming in. but it doesn't make any dif

say mcdermott from the gold river area, east of sacramento, says she and her 10-year-old daughter wererying to upload video on the barbie video girl website recently. she says when they tried it, a link had link led them to t his -- a graphic porn site instead. she said she contacted mattel and told them about it. now she has a warning for other parents. >> make sure your parental controls are on. even if they are in a safe environment -- environment, you think it's the disney channel, any hacker can get in. >> mattel released a statement apologizing for the incident s aying the website in question is managed by a third party. they are investigating the matter. >>> well, traffic has been restricted all morning on northbound 101 in santa rosa. this after a pedestrian was hit and killed on the freeway overnight. now we're hearing this incident may not have been an accident. ktvu's claudine wong is there in santa rosa with the detail. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, this is still a developing story right now as they try to figure out what exactly happened her

. >> reporter: as it turns out, when my close friend, ashley mcdermott was researching her son's adhdrter: ashley struggled in school. and her lack of focus followed her into adulthood. >> she could be a good student if she could calm down and stop talking and pay attention and focus. >> reporter: john's academic struggles grew into career struggles. >> i always hit walls, in terms of trying to climb the job ladder and move on to bigger and better things. and a loft it was because i couldn't get organized. >> reporter: a combination of medication and behavioral therapies made job superproductive at work. bonuses followed. >> i think the first year on medication, we blew our numbers out of the water. and i got about 145% bonus. it was absolutely enormous. we'd never seen that much money in one, big, fell swoop. >> reporter: ashley is about to publish a novel. a feat unimaginable were before going on medication. >> it was so bad, i couldn't read a book. you have that in the back of your head. you take your a.d.d. medicine. and it's like it turns off. >> reporter: john has weaned himself

mcdermott: mr. speaker, benjamin franklin once said, nothing in the world is certain but death and taxes. mr. franklin had never met the modern republican party. the only thing certain about taxes these days, if the republicans are going to use them to take from the poor and give to the rich again and again and again. and now the senate republicans have brought all legislation to a halt, halt in this building, until the super rich get their tax cuts. they are determined to take care of the rich. that political maneuvering by the republicans brings uncertainty to the middle class at a time when they really need certainty. when they know what they're gointo have in the next year. food banks are panicking all over this country because the republics in the senate say the tacuts for the rich go before any money for those unemployed people who are looking for their unemployment insurance. the food banks know what's going to happen. hungry people are going to be coming in. but it doesn't make any differenc

mcdermott: mr.speaker, benjamin franklin once said, nothing in the world is certain but death and taxes. mr. franklin had never met the modern republican party. the only thing certain about taxes these days, if the republicans are going to use them to take from the poor and give to the rich again and again and again. and now the senate republicans have brought all legislation to a halt, halt in this building, until the super rich get their tax cuts. they are determined to take care of the rich. that political maneuvering by the republicans brings uncertainty to the middle class at a time when they really need certainty. when they know what they're going to have in the next year. food banks are panicking all over this country because the republicans in the senate say the tax cuts for the rich go before any money for those unemployed people who are looking for their unemployment insurance. the food banks know what's going to happen. hungry people are going to be coming in. but it doesn't make any diff

voted no to the bring the bill up, so if they make changes that would tempt somebody like a jim mcdermottn the left, then likely they're going to lose the votes from the republicans when they do that. i think it's a very tough thing. bill: would they vote on it this week? that's the idea, the plan, you get out of town on a friday. >> let's bring this up, the 72 hour rule. we have 72 hours to evaluate obamacare, we don't know what the senate is going to do. let's hold this thing for 72 hours so the public and i have a chance to read it, then it would pass this week into next week and i think that would be the right thing to do, if republicans would take a stand. bill: could bump it up right against christmas eve. i'm sorry to push you on this but one of your big issues is you believe when john boehner has the gavel the first week of january, the number one issue on the table is repealing the health care law that was signed into law several months ago. that is something that we have heard from many republicans during the campaign, and since then, over the past month and a half. that is not

abby lowell, esquire, mcdermott will n memory. as a matter of fact, he served as chief counsel during he president bill clinton impeachment. he's also a former special assistant to the attorney general in this well known for his criminal defense work, particularly in the espionage act matters, including the 2007 aipac case. we will come you back here again. you may proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman and judge gohmert and it's been understood in the same room. the perspective i bring three points of reference. the first of my service in the justice department for the attorney general when when issues of classification are being discussed at the second is for an a half years of litigating under the espionage act under the so-called aipac lobbyist is said in 30 days before trial when the justice department dropped it in no representing a former department of state employee, also charged under the espione act. his oversight hearings could not be more important or more timely to look at this principle that ensues whenever cases like t

i want to thank representatives larson, blunt, tiahrt, moran, and mcdermott in bringing this bipartisan bill to the floor. this bill is the defense level playing field act which will incorporate in stand alone legislation -- stand-alone legislation an amendment we adopted with huge bipartisan support previously by a vote of 410-8 the defense authorization bill. this bill is very important to bringing a level of fairness and competitiveness from a job creation perspective to the tanker contract which is now one of the largest procurement contracts in american history. a $35 billion contract providing for 400 aerial refueling planes which will replace the eisenhower-era tankers which is so critical to our nation's skelton and backbone of our -- skeleton and backbone of our nation's defense. i note the basic thrust of this bill is to make sure in our procurement process that we have fairness, fairness both to the law and fairness to the american workers who are so successful in one of the bidders we hope to be successful was the boeing 767 platform which will be fully capable of continuing

abby lowell, esquire, mcdermott will in memory. as a matter of fact, he served as chief counsel during the president bill clinton impeachment. he's also a former special assistant to the attorney general in this well known for his criminal defense work, particularly in the espionage act matters, including the 2007 aipac case. we will come you back here again. you may proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman and judge gohmert and it's been understood in the same room. the perspective i bring three points of reference. the first of my service in the justice department for the attorney general when when issues of classification are being discussed at the second is for an a half years of litigating under the espionage act under the so-called aipac lobbyist is said in 30 days before trial when the justice department dropped it in no representing a former department of state employee, also charged under the espionage act. his oversight hearings could not be more important or more timely to look at this principle that ensues whenever cases lik

mcdermott: mr. speaker, my question is, if we take one of these green cards and sign it and have it sent back by certified mail, would that be acceptable as a vote in the house? it's more than 1,000 miles from the capitol. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has not stated a parliamentary inquiry. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? mr. obey: mr. speaker, pursuant to the rule, i call up joint resolution h.j. res. 105 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house joint resolution 105, joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. pursuant to house resolution 1776, the joint resolution is considered as read. the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. obey, and the gentleman from california, mr. lewis, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. obey: m

abby lowell, esquire, mcdermott will in memory. as a matter of fact, he served as chief counsel during the president bill clinton impeachment. he's also a former special assistant to the attorney neral in this well known for s criminal defense work, particularly in the espionage act matters, including the 2007 aipac case. we will come you back here again. you may proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman and judge gohmert and it's been understood in the same room. the perspective i bring three points of reference. the first of my service in the justice department for the attorney general when when issues of classification re being discussed at the second is for an a half years of litigating under the espionage act under the so-called aipac lobbyist is said in 30 days before trial when the justice department dropp it in no representing a former department of state employee, also charged under the espionage act. his oversight hearings could not be more important or more timely to look at this principle that ensues whenever cases like the a