mcgovern: thank you. mr. speaker, for the purpose of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. diaz-balart. all time yielded during consideration of this rule is for debate only. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i also ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on house resolution 1017. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you. mr. speaker, house resolution 1017 provides for three measures dealing with water rights settlements. each bill is to be considered under a structured amendment process. the rule provides for the consideration of h.r. 3254, the taos pueblo indian water rights settlement act, h.r. 3342, the aamodt litigation settlement act, and h.r. 1065, the white mountain apache tribe water rights quantification act of 2009. each hour has one hour of general debate to be controlled by the chairman on natural resources. it self-executes a

mcgovern: mr.r, it has now been two weeks since the 7.0 earthquake that struck haiti on the afternoon of january 12. over these past 14 days we have seen pictures of the devastation of port-au-prince and the surrounding communities. estimates of the number of dead continue to rise, and the injured in the capital alone is already in the tens of thousands. many needing sophisticated medical care. people live in the streets and open spaces, fearful of the daily aftershocks. the very basics of life, water, food and shelter are absent or in short supply. we watch in anguish as we watch the newly orphaned children in which they already had 400,000 orphans. the newspaper said the deaths of so many teachers and students have occurred. nearly every haitian family in the affected areas have suffered a loss of at least one loved one. and while our own u.s. embassy staff and aid agencies worked around the clock to respond to the crisis, each and every one of them are also dealing with their own shock and grief

national office, served as field manager for common cause, was legislative director for senator george mcgovern. before joining bill clinton's 1992 presidential campaign and later the clintons' white house staff, she was executive vice president of people for the american way. she is a co-founder and was the c.e.o. of the non-profit vital voices global partnership, a flourishing organization that encourages and trains women in the developing world, including iraq and afghanistan, to gain leadership posts in government and in commerce. it is rumored that in her white house years, melanne used her computer screen to post thickets. today she never leaves home without her two blackberries. friends report that she is a marvelous host, and also a world class shopper. called back to asia days after exhausting travel, she remarked with a smile, "it's a great opportunity to take care of the christmas shopping." summing up what melanne believes and strives mightly for all to understand, she said, investments in women have the greatest positive correlation to enhancing a country's general prosperity and p

not making clear his role with the court cases also would that act with an tom daschle, mcgovern a did try to stop it but -- stood in front of the train ended not let the compensation act go through. so ted as a teenager survived the holocaust so there's not much he could contribute to scare him and so for that reason he was legislator of the year. but i do want to correct something. the perception is that american veterans and in fact, the problems have been addressed and in particular the families of birth defects, the biggest concern right now of the amount veterans is not in our kids but grandkids. not one week that goes by we did not have a young woman called the office and talk about the anomalies and her child and one thing to know is it due to exposure of vietnam? the institute of medicine process that we have in place with the by the annual review is a passive process. they can only review original science done by somebody else. currently there is not a single scientific study of agent orange by nih, the cdc, ferc, virginia zero or by duty. if you don't have science to review

important to know that there is a political revolution going on the democrats had moved left with george mcgovern forcing the scoop jackson democrats who would become the video, and in 1980, they began to try to take the party back when that failed 276 through 80, they moved and coalesced with the republican conservatives. it was the reagan revolution and impact of the next 30 years of american foreign policy in one form or another. that was the key question then there was one of there. because i was intrigued by the way nixon maneuvered out of the warehouse, i kept wondering who recommended haig? how did he get to the white house? in searching around in 2006 after bush was reelected i called roger morris who had worked for the national security council and he threw out a name i had never heard before it maybe a fellow named cramer. he went on to explain he was a fellow with the pentagon who was henry kissinger's mentor. and his name was fritz kramer so we have modern technology. google it. why not? rumsfeld cheney will flits, something on the world security network and they are praising this guy

national office, served as field manager for common cause, was legislative director for senator george mcgovern. before joining bill clinton's 1992 presidential campaign and later the clintons' white house staff, she was executive vice president of people for the american way. she is a co-founder and was the c.e.o. of the non-profit vital voices global partnership, a flourishing organization that encourages and trains women in the developing world, including iraq and afghanistan, to gain leadership posts in government and in commerce. it is rumored that in her white house years, melanne used her computer screen to post thickets. today she never leaves home without her two blackberries. friends report that she is a marvelous host, and also a world class shopper. called back to asia days after exhausting travel, she remarked with a smile, "it's a great opportunity to take care of the christmas shopping." summing up what melanne believes and strives mightly for all to understand, she said, investments in women have the greatest positive correlation to enhancing a country's general prosperity and p

the only thing i had done at duke in terms of politics was handed out buttons for george mcgovern. i was a college kid in the 1970's, everybody was democrats. that was the only thing i had ever done. lo and behold, i was wandering through the nrcc and talking to a guy who said you did really well at the campaign college. i've got a candidate in new jersey who needs a campaign manager. i was like great, i have been to new jersey before. [laughter] >> it was on the way to new york city. i went up and interviewed for the job and it turns out one of the guys in my class was doing a neighboring campaign. he called. he had his candidate call up my candidate and give me a glowing recommendation. and then my candidate called my buddy and said well, how much money do you make. my buddy lied and increased it $100 a week, so i got $350 a week instead of $250 a week. this was great. i was in this campaign. it was june of 1976, and our entire budget in the campaign was 100,000. but we had some things going forward and some things against us. my candidate didn't live in the district. no big deal

not making clear his role with the court cases also would that act with an tom daschle, mcgovern a did try to stop it but -- stood in front of the train ended not let the compensation act go through. so ted as a teenager survived the holocaust so there's not much he could contribute to scare him and so for that reason he was legislator of the year. but i do want to correct something. the perception is that american veterans and in fact, the problems have been addressed and in particular the families of birth defects, the biggest concern right now of the amount veterans is not in our kids but grandkids. not one week that goes by we did not have a young woman called the office and talk about the anomalies and her child and one thing to know is it due to exposure of vietnam? the institute of medicine process that we have in place with the by the annual review is a passive process. they can only review original science done by somebody else. currently there is not a single scientific study of agent orange by nih, the cdc, ferc, virginia zero or by duty. if you don't have science to review

helping to nominate george mcgovern, jimmy carter, and walter mon dale as nominees for his political party. e.v. was a tireless and stalwart public servant throughout his life. in addition to his service as teacher, principal, councilman, and mayor, he served on numerous boards including the state board of education for north carolina. state economic development commission. north carolina's secondary road council. north carolina railroad board of directors. north carolina state ports authority. advisory board for the rural education institution at e.c.u., which is east carolina university, and elizabeth city state university board of trustees. during his life, e.v. received many honors and awards including the north carolina distinguished citizen award, the order of the long leaf pine service award by the north carolina leadership office, the north carolina distinguished service award, and the north carolina human relations commission in recognition for his dedication and leadership in the areas of education, civil rights, and human rights. he was also honored by the elizabeth city s

mcgovern. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being with us today.f ohio. our unemployment number just came out for the state. we are going up. we are upç to 10.9% in the sta. my districtç is even worse because of the manufacturing that we have. i have four of 16 counties at 14%. when you talk about a slow growth in job recovery, i can see it because every week i'm home i try to get out across my district and my manufacturers are hanging on by their will do for them and i can't tell them. it is tough because you talk about these plans that we are not going to see the recovery come quickly because you are right, a lot of plants are down to 32 hoursç to save their brother and sister next to them on each machine. they have said what do we do and cut down toçi] 32 hours in a lç them and you havew3ç plant mans cleaning bathrooms and outside contractors no longer working at the plants. so you have more unemployment. and you have more unemployment. but, you know, when i look at your testimony today, and it is sobering, you know, the question when you l

leave them in guantanamo, don't send them back to these countries with major i mcgovern terriers.y go back and they go back and form, enjoying to many of them are joining the al qaeda again. >> host: to the line for democrats, ed in wilmington, delaware for the congress. good morning. >> caller: it seems like we are talking about swatting flies. now we have a lot of enemies, like what is the real root cause of this war against islam, this crusade that bush announced? we have to go back to the document that was produced for israel by these american thinkers, and they ask for a new apparro-- pearl harbor in the next thing we know we are having 9/11. [inaudible] crossing the rubicon is a good book. at says, here we have israel a country with 600 nukes, hundreds of icbm's, a satellite system that they blackmail from us. you can read about it and see what it says. we have to assume israel's enemies even though they do terrorist actions against their neighbors, and you know, basically are having a holocaust against the palestinian people. why are the people reacting to that, our enemies