mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: first of all, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to submit to the record the statement of administration policy on this bill in which the bralks strongly supports this -- obama administration strongly supports this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: i'd also point out that the bill that's been reported by the appropriations committee is less in terms of spending than the obama administration originally requested. i'd also say, and i want to say this very strongly, i support the increases in spending in this bill. they're mostly in two areas, food safety and food security, making sure the food people buy in supermarkets is safe and making sure that people in country who are hungry because of this lousy economic situation can have enough to eat, to put food on the table for their families. we have a terrible situation in this country with a

mcgovern earned a b.a. from john hopkins in 1974 after which she took a job as a computer programmer with bell telephone after bell morphed into at&t she spent the next 20 years working her way up the ladder to executive vice president of the business markets division and earning an mab from columbia along the way. from there it was on to fidelity investments where she was named by "fortune" magazine as one of the 50 most powerful women in corporate america. in 2002, she joined the faculty of harvard business school to teach marketing to undergraduate and mba students. today she will talk about how she's using that business know-how to steer the ship of america's most famous nonprofit organizations. please join me in welcoming gail mcgovern to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you, donna. a little over a year ago when i accepted the position of president and ceo of the american red cross, i was hoping to join an organization that could really make a difference in the

mcgovern: thank you. speaker, for the purpose of debate home, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from north carolina, dr. foxx. all time yielded during consideration of the rule is to for debate only. i yield myself such time as i may consume and i also ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on resolution 653. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, house resolution 653 provides for consideration of h.r. 1018, the restore our american mustang act, and you structured rule. the rule provides one hour of general debate, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee on natural resources. the rule makes in order a manager's amendment and a substitute amendment for the ranking member, my former rules colleague, mr. hastings of washington. the manager's amendment is debatable for 10 minutes and the substitute is debatable for 30 minutes. the rul

mcgovern: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: if anyone on the other side of the aisle wants to defend the same old same old policies of george bush, go ahead and do it. mr. hastings: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: the american people spoke overwhelmingly against rejecting those policies. mr. hastings: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: the republican party and -- drove this country into a ditch and we are trying to dig dig ourselves out of it. mr. hastings: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: i give the gentleman from washington 10 seconds. mr. hastings: the gentleman from massachusetts has over 15 minutes and he doesn't want to engage in a a colloquy of somebody that wants to stand up and at least engage. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from no

mcgovern: mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 609 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 84, house resolution 609, resolved that in the time after the adoption of this resolution, the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2997. making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 21. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not compete one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority mem

the founder and counsel for the southern poverty law center will join us and on july 21st, gail mcgovern, president and ceo of the american red cross will address a luncheon. let me present our guest with these traditional mugs. as a our last question will you tell us about the suit in these months blessing. -- sudanese blessing. >> it was a wonderful experience. we arrived when the folk festival was in full swing. lots of fun. each year a country is featured. it is a wonderful country between india and pakistan. it has the life of people. they brought over a number of months. monks who have never left the monastery, the first time on an airplane. when they came here it was a delightful contrast. the nasa people had their moon boots. the nassau folks had robots roaming around on the mall. these folks had never seen a robot before. they thought it was a real thing. they created a temple on the mall and considered it a holy site. jim and i were delighted to be invited into a small group that were recognized, and we were blessed. >> i would like to thank you for coming today. i would like t

mcgovern: mr.ker, we have no further speakers at this time. i'd reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in closing, i'd like to stress that while my friends on the other side of the aisle claim to be protecting consumers with this legislation, they refuse to protect all americans in this legislation from trial lawyers from benefiting from their tax dollars, and they also voted in the committee against transparency and accountability. mr. speaker, as a nation, we have many, many, many real problems to teal with that require leadership and dedication to ensure the future of this nation. we need to provide for jobs, encourage economic growth and spur innovation and prosperity of this nation, not to hamper the free enterprise system. this is without question further government control and muzzling of the free enterprise system. some argue that this legislation's about executive compensation, but in reality it

mcgovern, for two minutes. mr. mcgovern: i want to thank my -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcgovern: i want to thank my friend for yielding and for his leadership on these and so many other important issues. i wanted to rise as well in support of the resolution by my colleague from georgia, mr. gingrey. i think it's an important resolution and i think the hunters for the hungry organization deserve praise for their work in trying to respond to a real need in this country and that is the -- that is the issue of people who are food insecure or are hungry. this is a problem that is getting worse in the united states of america. i am sad to say. and this is an issue that we need to talk more about on this house floor. and while i appreciate and i support the efforts of hunters and a whole bunch of other volunteer organizations across the country in their efforts to respond to this crisis, and we need to do everything we can to congratulate them, express o

primarily and mcgovern was down at number ten.t was an extraordinary time of network power and influence. and there's no doubt who was the most influential and respected figure in network journalism, was walter cronkite. >> were you watching him, peter, during those iconic moments of television news? >> i grew up with walter cronkite, i think, as so many did, in that period of the '60s and '70s. i was in college in the late '60s, and early '70s. and i think it was extraordinary that you'd have somebody like walter cronkite, who was more popular, and more respected, and more believed than the presidents of the united states during that period. and pat is right, i mean, everybody credits "the washington post," of course, with watergate and nixon but it was cronkite who put together a special about watergate and played it during that '72 election. and you know, the other thing i think that you have to realize about the news, and chris you're so good at all of this, and you flow with it so nicely, but you know the average sound bite n

. >> rose: those seems to me like an argument made against mcgovern.that was the way they characterized mcgovern democrats they're soft on crime, weak on national security, they're... >> tax-and-spend liberals. >> rose: all those old arguments exactly what you are saying, in fact, you believe about barack obama. >> those... i mean, those are arguments that republicans are using against barack obama. >> rose: will they stick? >> well, they'll stick if barack obama proves himself a tax-and-spend liberal. i mean, this is the interesting thing. we wrote this book in 2006 and 2007 before barack obama won the presidency, before a new democratic majority appeared. and so the arguments in the book were pegged to the political landscape at that moment. and that was the landscape in which republicans had run out of things to say to the working class. because the working class, their taxes had been cut, crime was low, the soviet union no longer existed, they were concerned about issues like health care and education and these were places where the republicans had

george mcgovern and if so, will you admit it? [laughter] >> mcgovern is my given name. if i were related to the senator, i would definitely admitted. >> i would like to thank you all for coming today. i would also like to thank the staff members, linda cook, pat nelson and howard roffman for organizing today's lunch. also, thanks to the national press club library for its research. the video archive is provided by the national press club broadcast operations center and our events are available for free download on our website. and non-members may purchase transcripts by calling 202-662- 7598 or e-mail and as at the address at the bottom of your screen. please go to our web site. thank you very much and we are jury. -- we are adjourned. [applause] >> here is a look at our schedule. next, on america and the courts, panelists talked about race and the american criminal-justice system. after that, a senate confirmation hearing for several of the obama administration ambassador nominees. later, a hearing on the economic stimulus package but passed last january. >> the house

[laughter] >> mcgovern is my married name. my husband's family comes from tennessee. if i were related to the senator, i would definitely admit it. >> i would like to thank you all for coming today. i would also like to think national press club staff members. -- i would also like to thank national press club staff members. also thanks to the library for its research. the video archive of today's luncheon is provided by the national press club's broadcast operations center. our offense are available for free download on itunes and our website. non-members may purchase transcripts, audio, and video tapes by calling 202-662-7598, or emailing us archives @press.org. for more information, please go to npc.press.org. thank you very much, and we are adjourned. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> coming up next, friends and colleagues paid tribute to longtime colleague walter cronkite. then a discussion on inmates serving life sentences. after that, another chance to seek comments from

mcgovern, for serving our country. have never> okay. we got a big pile of questions here so we'll get started with those. do you expect nonprofit donations to pick up as soon as the u.s. economy does or will americans be accustomed to giving less? >> well, as i said, i am so taken aback by the generosity of the american public. and when nonprofits seek their help, they tend to be right there to help. and i believe that when the economy bounces back, that people will reach into their hearts and

the democrats appeal only to their base it's george mcgovern, al gore they lose. we appeal only to our base. that's ronald reagan if we win on a landslide and we are all electorate that's john mccain and we lose. the two parties are different that way. to say she can only repeal to the republican base that means she will only win in a landslide. >> wh -- we will have harvard professor now involved in the confrontation with the cops. drug wars in afghanistan and (announcer) roundup extended control does two jobs... at once. one: kills weeds to the root. two: forms a barrier, preventing new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. welcome home, man. >> i think this is fair to say i could answer the question what's the word i am looking for? , stupidly. 56 minutes of press conference 55 men's and 40 seconds on healthcare. 30 seconds of racial controversy. i wonder what the media will go with the next day. let's go to the wheel and gi

. >> she was so left wing that in 1972, i was supporting the george mcgovern for president and she would not vote for him because she thought he was too right wing. >> what changed? how would you describe your politics today? >> i would consider myself a moderate considered -- moderate conservative on the center. someone call me libertarian on social issues. i am against affirmative action and fiscally conservative and i had generally hawkish, leaning more towards a tough national security stance. >> we will talk about your new his book in a moment. how many of these books that your husband has written have you been involved with? >> this is the second one. we did "red star over hollywood" together. we did the two books differently. with the hollywood bowl, we'd each drafted different chapters. i did a little bit more reorganizing of materials. i did very extensive out lines for each chapter. then ron ticket and wrote the first draft and then we passed it back and forth about five times and kept working on it. >> what book is this for you? the 14th or the 15th. >> i think we both think t

the democrats appeal only to their base it's george mcgovern, al gore they lose. we appeal only to our base. that's ronald reagan if we win on a landslide and we are all electorate that's john mccain and we lose. the two parties are different that way. to say she can only repeal to the republican base that means she will only win in a landslide. >> wh -- we will have harvard professor now involved in the confrontation with the cops. drug wars in afghanistan and probing the paper trail all that coming up. party sickness syndrome. cascade all-in-one actionpacs. it has the power to pre-wash... and then rinse the whole mess away. cascade all-in-one actionpacs. for a perfect clean, every time. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... studies show tha

mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: thank you, and i thank the gentleman for yielding. and, mr. speaker, i rise in support of the rule and in support of the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill, which the house will take up shortly. with the passage of this bill, we will have completed all of our appropriations bills, and we will have successfully overcome republican obstructionism and attempts to undermine the legislative process. so i think this is good news for the people of the country that we are actually getting our work done, which is something that they were not able to do very successfully. mr. speaker, h.r. 3326 by in large is a good bill. it provides support for our military families and it provides the troops with the equipment and funding they need to carry out their duties and carry out their assigned missions. i want to congratulate chairman murtha and ranking member young for their bipartisan

when a party lks they can't beat the ncumbent, whether 's '64 with goldwater or '72 with mcgovern and to the far corner politically. when you can't win, you have so fun. you follow your ideology. isn't that the perfect settin right now, if you can't beat th, have some fun running -- >> if he's running, back obama stays runng at 60% over romney and her, i think t do would be to nominate he but the question sooim not sure she's going to run. th was a devastating piece in "the new york times" in this sense. show whats a tremendous essure this womanhas been unr, family isnder attack. she's got these bis. she's got fiveids, granaughtethere. she's got ethics arges, runs alaska- >> "t new york times" report -- >> wrote boo >> reported today in the front page story, righ on the front, paraphrase it, main point,the repuic governor' association sent the top git out to advertise her keep a neat schele, find a way to -- >> find a way to answer your phone cas. >> she said i n't want to do that. that's n my plan. i want to be renegade. >> it's in the context, as pat said, really this atmosere of cr

an election which may not look too good to republicans, doesn't the wilder wing of the party like mcgovern the wilder people win when it doesn't really look like a winnable year? who agree on a direction and have the wherewithal. i don't see mitt romney as the nomin nominee. her charisma, hr caniness, she really has the strong platform there's a good chance they'll go for the wilderness candidate, but i want to hear what michael has to say. >> suppose you're running for governor of pennsylvania next year and you're john corbett, and you want somebody to make some noise for you, would you bring her in? >> it's an easy one. what do you is bring her into washington and have the event there. >> they loved hr there. that's part of that 20%, 21s%. as you know, chris, that's not the area that sways elections in my strait nor across the country. >> let's move on to what we watched today. joan, you

an election which may not look too good to republicans doesn't the wilder wing of the party like mcgovernwhen it doesn't look like a winnable year? >> i think that's very likely. i think what the party really lacks at this point is a set of leaders who are really defining a very different vision, who are defining it coherently who agree on a direction and who have the wherewithal to stop sarah palin. in the absence of such people, i don't see mitt romney as the nominee. in the absence of such people, her charisma, her kind of canniness around politics, we may not know if she's bright. she is certainly bright about appealing to her base. she really has a strong platform. as you say, they're in the wilderness now. they'll go -- there's a good chance they'll go for the wilderness candidate. i want to hear what michael has to say. >> i want to ask a pointed question. suppose you're running for governor of pennsylvania next year and you're tom corbin and you want somebody to raise the money and make noise for you, you would bring her in? >> that's an easy one. what you do is bring her in washi

matched on the house side by representatives mcgovern and emerson and others. you had a major effort undertaken by the chicago council of global affairs and partnership with the bill and melinda gates foundation. the foundation on its long-term development side. that is a top priority. they're putting $1 billion a year into development. this is one of their top priorities. the chicago council pushed this. there was an elite, high-level effort. they delivered their report, the preliminary report, during the transition to the obama administration. they followed up with a full report. shortly there after early this year it's been embraced, taken up. there's been a large mobilization of non-governmental and activists entities. the one campaign, the bread for the world, there's been a lot of related efforts. this has gotten strong support at the world food program and others. so we've had this unusual mobilization here. and it's been embraced and moved forward by the obama administration as a priority. we're going to see it front and center at the g8. and it will be

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guest: >> it has a profound effect and i think mcgovern's daughter and many others who wind up in difficult reactions and it really hurt. my own family -- there's a story that no need to tell, i think, but it's too long. it reveals the effects it had on my daughters and we still greatly admire and love the family aspect, but it's a beautiful story about a family that can survive all the difficulties and the opinions that come to us from people who really don't know. they don't know all the answers so they talk before they think. i hope journalists will always report facts that they know and report all the facts if they can find them. and then judge. that's for commentators, not journalists. >> host: one of the questions from william benjamin who is twittering how would edward but his brother in the political column using today's metrics? >> guest: conservative to the ultimate in some respects but not on all issues. there are some things -- the main thing is from the training my father gave us, always referring to the simpler aspects, the more condensed aspects of how we treat government. go

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mcgovern. the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this rule and support of the underlying statutory pay-go legislation. as a member of the budget committee, i am proud to be an orange -- original co-sponsor of this bill. some of my colleagues may be asking why is a liberal democrat from massachusetts speaking in support of pay-go. it's true, mr. speaker, i have never been mistaken for a blue dog. i support this legislation because i despise this debt just as strongly as any member of this house. i support this legislation because i have two young children and i don't want to saddle them with a bankrupt nation. and i support this legislation precisely because it helps support the programs that i care most deeply about. every single dollar that we spend on interest on the debt is a dollar that we can't spend on health care or on education or environmental protection or transportation projects or tax breaks for middle-class americans. it's a dollar we can't spend on supporting our servicemen and wome

>> i was just going to say, mika, we had dinner on saturday night with senator george mcgovern, his 88th2 when he was elected and the question of who should be vice president, he really began to think what about walter cronkite and, oh, no, he'll never go across the line but he later found out cronkite said you should have asked me. i would have said when do i report? and that would have been a huge change in our history possibly and mcgovern said it made him so sad when cronkite died remembering what might have been if something like that had happened. >> okay. so there is a lot of questions i have for both of you about the state of journalism and how it has evolved, dan. what do you think walter would have thought of the michael jackson coverage, for example? and if you don't feel comfortable answering for him, i'd like your opinion on it. my gut is he wouldn't have wanted to take part in it. prolonged. >> listen, i never am so prumt use but i think it's clear he would have been appalled by it. he would have turned the set off. >> keeping in mind he covered the beatles, he covered the

i thought at that point if george mcgovern, who is sort of the litmus test of leftist is opposed to thisl serious problem with it. >> clayton: we see the spin on this which is that the unions are saying it's still a victory for us. as that's been gq. >> mike: a modest one, to get something, but the key to the provision was the card check. when it comes out it is not that ominous a bill that was before and it is not one that will choke the life out of both large and small business. >> dave: unions can still form, after man with a secret ballot. >> mike: unions are struggling to show relevance in a day when you have agencies like osha and the eec who years ago unions did because people were getting stepped over. >> clayton: and child labor last. >> mike: exactly. >> ainsley: just ahead look back on the life and legacy of news that alter cronkite who passed away last night at the age of 92. >> clayton: first let's check in with rick wright with outside. >> rick: you're in the sandbox i'm not doing it. it is nice out across the northeast after the rain. it is not going to last very long. i w

senator mcgovern, who is very liberal, is alleged to have said, wash -- once he got into private business he was doing to american business, he would not have passed half the laws that he was behind. there is a great disconnect here in washington. i guarantee it. we're seeing that from the populace out there. they are angry about this. we have had 2000 hits on our website, wanting to contact their congressmen. we also have had 5000 through newt gingrich's web site. people are very upset about this. it is just a very simple question. if it is so great for the rest of america, why can't congress be part of it as well? megyn: if people want to know whether their congressperson has signed onto this, what should they do? >> well, they can call my office. they can also go to -- we will post this on our website. go to flemming.house.gov. we will post those who have signed up on the democrats' side. megyn: there are only a few million people who watched the show. maybe check out the website before you actually call. i leave it up to the viewers and to your good staff. thank you so much for being

first of all let me remind our members, teachers beakers tomorrow, july 21, gayle mcgovern, president and ceo of the american red cross will address a luncheon. and on july 24, representative john conyers and democrat from michigan will address also the press club at luncheon, at a luncheon. also at a luncheon. and also, i would like to give you our national press club mug. but you're not quite off the hook, so here we go. the last 10 years -- we like to make sure you don't run. the last 10 years cbo scoring for the iraq war was to .4 billion, twice the initial ten-year scoring for health care reform. argue similarly worried with the costs of the war? if so, why aren't you expressing those concerns now? >> well, the cost of the war like the cost of everything else certainly is of great concern to the american people as it is i'm sure to the administration. but i think in a real sense the costs of health care is something that is up close and right here, something that people touch. it's something people have to deal with in a real way. when they go to get their medicines, when they go

mcgovern: address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks.he speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcgovern: the defacto government in hondure as should accept the accord proposed. the proposal includes the return of the president, the formation of a unity government, general amnesty for political crimes and moves forward the date of the upcoming elections. the u.s. should impose tough sanctions on the defacto government that carried out the can you please. the u.s. should cancel visas of the government and their families and freeze assets. the president must accept the terms of the proposal in order to restore democracy in honduras. not a single solitary government in the world recognizes the can you please government. it is time to move forward. the proposal puts the people first, treats all parties with respect and offers a peaceful resolution. it's not too late for the president to accept it. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. gingrey: address the hou

last month on june 25 of 2009 i joined congressman jim mcgovern in offering an amendment to the national defense authorization act that would have required the secretary of defense to submit a report to congress which outlines an exit strategy for our armed forces in afghanistan. while i regret that this amendment was not approved, i still believe it's critical for the current administration to clearly articulate benchmarks for success and an end point to its war strategy in afghanistan. the men and women of our military who have served in iraq and afghanistan have done a magnificent job. we the company -- many have been deployed four or five times, but let's not forget as general petraeus has said, and i quote, afghanistan has been known over the years as the graveyard of empires. we cannot take that history lightly. end of quote, by general petraeus. that's why it's so important for this current administration to have an end point to its strategy in afghanistan. this strategy must be articulated sooner rather than later so we can avoid going down the path of other failed empires and av

first of all let me remind our members, teachers beakers tomorrow, july 21, gayle mcgovern, president and ceo of the american red cross will address a luncheon. and on july 24, representative john conyers and democrat from michigan will address also the press club at luncheon, at a luncheon. also at a luncheon. and also, i would like to give you our national press club mug. but you're not quite off the hook, so here we go. the last 10 years -- we like to make sure you don't run. the last 10 years cbo scoring for the iraq war was to .4 billion, twice the initial ten-year scoring for health care reform. argue similarly worried with the costs of the war? if so, why aren't you expressing those concerns now? >> well, the cost of the war like the cost of everything else certainly is of great concern to the american people as it is i'm sure to the administration. but i think in a real sense the costs of health care is something that is up close and right here, something that people touch. it's something people have to deal with in a real way. when they go to get their medicines, when they go

lugar and casey leading be a effort on the senate side, matched on the house side by representatives mcgovern and emerson and others. you had a major effort undertaken by the chicago council of global affairs in partnership with the bill and melinda gates foundation. that foundation on its long-term development side. this is a top priority. they're putting $1 billion a year into development. this is one of their top priorities. chicago council pushed this, there was a chaired elite high level effort. they delivered their preliminary report during the transition to the obama administration, they followed up with the full report, shortly therefore, earlier this year, it's been embraced, it's been taken up. there's been a large mobilization of nongovernment al and activist entities. the one campaign, the bread for the world. there's been a lot of related efforts. this has gotten strong support from the world food program and others. so we've had this unusual mobilization here and it's been embraced and moved forward by the obama administration as a priority and we're going see it front and cente

mcgovern.he amendment increases the amount from $20 million to $30 million within the charter schools program in the department of education that may be used for grants to charter organizations to replicate successful charter models at the request of mr. polis. the amendment provides $1 million for university model and simulation programs newly authorized by the higher education act proposed by mr. scott. the amendment includes two funding limitation amendments sponsored by mr. cuellar with respect to the federal management program designation and a prohibition on the use of funds in the bill for any first-class travel. the amendment also makes technical corrections. i'd be happy to yield briefly to mr. cohen. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: i rise to thank chairman obey for his inclusion of $1 million to be directed to the nabble center for health statistics. this was done to hope funds would be used to study enhanced birth certificates across the nation. they face a funding

responsibility to be good stewards of that dollar and giving egregious raises -- listen to this, mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition program grants increase of $99.5%. f.d.a. salaries and expenses, trust me, energy and commerce, we have been after them for a long time, 14.6%. the list goes on and on. ms. delauro: i would like to say that this bill addresses the plight of the american farmers. . rural america. and i don't come from rural america. i come from the northeast. but i have farms, i'm watching dairy farmers go out of business. that's happening all over the country. and watching the technical assistance programs with backlogs that are not addressing the needs of the american farmer, this bill addresses those issues. i just have a minute and a half left and less than that now. this is looking at -- this bill is looking at how we can in fact meet the obligations that we have in a time of fiscal and economic crisis and economic insecurity all over this country. under the jurisdiction of this bill is rural development. in addition to that it has -- it protect

i'm happy to say that chairman mcgovern of the tom lantos congressional human rights commission under the able leadership of hands -- hans, thank you, for having that hearing recently where we heard again about the need for this kind of approach but also the horror that these people had faced in the ongoing scars they endure. their painful memories make it all too clear that torture impacts not only the individual victims but as we know now the families themselves. families who have to deal mostly with posttraumatic stress disorder which man fests itself with such agony in the lives of these people. mr. speaker, in 1998, congress took an historic step towards attempting to repair the broken lives of torture victims with the passage of the torture victims relief act of 1998. i was a prime sponsor of this legislation and subsequent re-authorizations. despite all of those efforts, however, there continues to be an enormous need and i would submit an escalating need for us to reach out to the victims of torture who oftentimes have no other recourse for their suffering. over the years as i

. >> and for the final question, someone in the audience asked if you were related to george mcgovern. >> this is my married name. and my husband's family comes from tennessee. if i was related to him i would admit this. >> i would like to thank all of you for coming here, and i would like to thank the national press club staff members, for organizing the luncheon. and i want to thank the npc archive. our events are avaialable for download -- available for download on itunes. members may get transcripts at archives.press.org. for more information, please go to our web site, www.press.org. thank you very much, and we are adjourned. [applause] >> on c-span today, remarks on health care by mitch mcconnell and john boehner, followed by max baucus and kent ccochran. >> on sunday, susan jacoby on the coverage of alger hiss and the house activities -- on c- span. >> republican leaders broke out against the health care bills, they are charged with finding a way to pay for health care. this is still in the negotiations. this press conference is 15 minutes. good afternoon. obviously, this is th

mcgovern, let me say that nobody in the congress has been provided the leadership you have on hong durham and antihundred and the coalition that you co-chair. you've done an extraordinary job in highlighting it every day that you are here and i know of your deep interest in that because i served with you on that question. thank you for continuing your leadership and being very vigilant about it. in our department people think i have a lot of power but most everything that gets decided has to be run up 14 flagpoles before it can be decided. i like the idea of the commuter benefit equity program because it gets people out of cars. it certainly works in cities like washington, d.c. and other cities. i'm not going to say definitively, you know, that -- look, if it was up to me, you know, it is a good program and we are going to do all we can to work with you and others in the congress to promote that as a program that -- it goes to everything we talk about in terms of livability creating opportunities for people other than just an automobile. seabeck i appreciate that and your answer is good

lugar and casey leading be a effort on the senate side, matched on the house side by representatives mcgovern and emerson and others. you had a major effort undertaken by the chicago council of global affairs in partnership with the bill and melinda gates foundation. that foundation on its long-term development side. this is a top priority. they're putting $1 billion a year into development. this is one of their top priorities. chicago council pushed this, there was a chaired elite high level effort. they delivered their preliminary report during the transition to the obama administration, they followed up with the full report, shortly therefore, earlier this year, it's been embraced, it's been taken up. there's been a large mobilization of nongovernment al and activist entities. the one campaign, the bread for the world. there's been a lot of related efforts. this has gotten strong support from the world food program and others. so we've had this unusual mobilization here and it's been embraced and moved forward by the obama administration as a priority and we're going see it front and cente

first of all let me remind our members, teachers beakers tomorrow, july 21, gayle mcgovern, president and ceo of the american red cross will address a luncheon. and on july 24, representative john conyers and democrat from michigan will address also the press club at luncheon, at a luncheon. also at a luncheon. and also, i would like to give you our national press club mug. but you're not quite off the hook, so here we go. the last 10 years -- we like to make sure you don't run. the last 10 years cbo scoring for the iraq war was to .4 billion, twice the initial ten-year scoring for health care reform. argue similarly worried with the costs of the war? if so, why aren't you expressing those concerns now? >> well, the cost of the war like the cost of everything else certainly is of great concern to the american people as it is i'm sure to the administration. but i think in a real sense the costs of health care is something that is up close and right here, something that people touch. it's something people have to deal with in a real way. when they go to get their medicines, when they go

first of all let me remind our members, teachers beakers tomorrow, july 21, gayle mcgovern, president the american red cross will address a luncheon. and on july 24, representative john conyers and democrat from michigan will address also the press club at luncheon, at a luncheon. also at a luncheon. and also, i would like to give you our national press club mug. but you're not quite off the hook, so here we go. the last 10 years -- we like to make sure you don't run. the last 10 years cbo scoring for the iraq war was to .4 billion, twice the initial ten-year scoring for health care reform. argue similarly worried with the costs of the war? if so, why aren't you expressing those concerns now? >> well, the cost of the war like the cost of everything else certainly is of great concern to the american people as it is i'm sure to the administration. but i think in a real sense the costs of health care is something that is up close and right here, something that people touch. it's something people have to deal with in a real way. when they go to get their medicines, when they go to get hea