this is driven by the ambivalent feelings that a lot of republicans have about sarah palin as a messenger for the party. on the one hand, she is still somebody who i think will be able to raise money and energize the base. there will be candidates running for reelection in 2010 who will watch her on the campaign trail with them. on the other hand, there are lots of republicans who look at the election results from last time, especially those in suburban areas, who say that part of the problem was that she was unable to broaden the message, and we need to find a new messenger for the party, and we need to stop looking backwards, and start looking ahead to who the next leader will be. host: let me share with you one of the clquotes from "the hill" newspaper. host: do some people view sarah palin as a joke? guest: if you are looking in washington, d.c., which is not necessarily kind to people who do thethey do not see working tr benefit. for sarah palin to come back as a major player, i think everybody recognized that she needed to prove that she had some policy hat, something to talk about

thank-you to the one person -- it is planned for members to observe the police security officers, messengers going about their duties. the speaker's chaplain, has given me in valuable spiritual help. the speaker's office, there is much that is on some. they go out of their way to help. they are held in the highest regard. the cpa do so much for us. i must make mention to those men and women, those associated with facility and who are behind the scenes, cleaning, maintaining, and working hard. so often come up with no recognition. some of these men and women you do not often say. i have taken every opportunity, when i can come up to thank them for the hard work on your behalf. as testimony to the dedication, a recall on the seventh of july, many walked home and walked to work when the transport had stopped, and they made sure they were at the bus the next day. that snow storm that stopped london this year, many made a huge effort to walk into work for this house. i proposed a and a printer step scheme. -- and apprenticeships scheme. which allowed local boys and girls to achieve their highest

@ rrh )@ @ @ but he is the noblest messenger. [speaking chinese] [applause] [speaking chinese] ? >> i'll finish the plans lation now. even though there have been countless heroes in the 20th century, none can compare to the bravery and sacrificial spirit the unknown rebel, our friend here, has demonstrated. using only his body, he calmly and bravely conveyed a statement to the brutal rulers, please stop. do not use your tanks and your guns against this unarmed and powerless students and citizens of beijing. it's unsurpassed in the 20th century and we're proud he is from china. though he has never received any award, it is inconsequential, for he will continue to receive praise from generations to come and that is not bound by nationality and that is the highest praise of all. she also asked me in her email what has the unknown rebel done for the world. i answered, he has set an example for humanity and he has shown us that peace is far more powerful than any tanks or violence. when conshe knowable men in all humanity witness that scene, no one, no one -- look at that, tell me, do

them have their arms across their chest in the universal sign of resistance to the message or the messenger. and yet, there are many wonderful students who are willing to consider, to assure you out when you make the case for freedom. this last september, we just opened a gradual loss school, the first of its kind on the american model, which is to say three years of law school after you have an undergraduate degree. everything in china is numbers. if you forget the billion, 300 million makes him the second biggest country in the world. this law school at about 150 places, and even the president of stanford would have been astounded at the differential between the number of applications and places. thousands of highly qualified people. the humanities, the arts, engineering, the sciences. so they trimmed the list down and finally had about and decided they would have interviews. they said, what inspired you to go to law school? they could not see my aunt was a lawyer, my brother went to law school. almost everyone of them said they were inspired by a movie. the chinese are movie buffs, and t

forous iq tests, mechanical tests, you are trying to blame the messenger for the message. a more substantial argument, the problem with public schools, i went to a public school. the teachers, the teachers were lousy when i went there. i got a pretty good education. i learned what real teaching is. anator daniel patrick moynihan of new york spoke about the dysfunctional family during his tenure at the nixon administration. he was roundly in salted for at. y, has gotten much worse since the late 60s. tionfamily, dysfunctional family. the mother who has known and beound and there are 5 kids. >> host: we will leave it on those 2 points. sernardine dohrn, the second fint was about the family. your center at northwestern? >> guest: children need families that are strong and sustained and consistent, where the adults hive a life of both work and art and intellectual challenge. i don't think that every family pleds a man but every family needs more than one person. iu need a team of people to raise a single child. you need a massive effort to invest in our common future. one of t

being delivered by nonpartisan agencies like the congressional budget office, they try to shoot the messenger. last week speaker pelosi acowsed the c.b.o. of providing mis-- accused of c.b.o. of providing misleading analyses of health care reform bills. i don't believe that's the case. i believe the professionals at the congressional budget roves doing a very difficult but u unpopular work and that is speaking truth to power here in washington and making the folks who would pass these enormous unfunded bills that impose this huge debt on our -- on general rations hereafter, i think they're doing an important service by telling us the facts. last week i commended the director of the c.b.o., dr. elmendorf, for saying that c.b.o. will -- quote -- "never adjust our views to make people happy." close quot quote. god bless him for his integrity and commitment to tell the truth. we need to deal with the truth and not try to remake it or cover it up. well, the second part of these proposals that causes me grave concern, mr. president, is this notion that some have tried to proposal that we actually n

he never shoots the messenger. he knows that people are going to disagree. he welcomes it. sometimes people say, you know, you have got so much disagreement, he watched the fire distaffer the other. he doesn't do it. he keeps these people who have diversity is, they disagree with each other. he encourages them to express themselves. he often holds back in expressing its own deal until they have had an opportunity, so that everybody has heard and then makes the decision. sometimes ride in the meeting, sometimes he makes a decision later on. and then he writes in his diary, i am going to go with george on this one or i'm going to go with shultz, weinberger or so-and-so has a good idea. he also talked to richard nixon. ..

because of that, we know that the best validateor, the best messenger of a message is someone that nn someone knows and trusts. not a tv ad or a radio spot, it is hearing from someone that they know and trust. they have a longstanding relationship with, and they will continue to have that longstanding relationship, advocate and validate the president's health care aprinciples. and we hope to do that enmass across this country over -- until it passes, frankly. just real quick on an organizational update. right now we have folks in 30 states. we will have a staffer in an office in every state in the country, and, you know, their role will be using opportunities like organizing around health care to continue building these neighborhood teams that we had during the campaign so that we can further support the president's agenda. and just on an agenda update, certainly we're going to be focused until that's passed, i think you will continue to see us get engaged with judge sotomayor's nomination moving forward, and also energy and education. basically the president laid out three pillars to

he never shoot the messenger. he knows that people are going to disagree.he welcomes it and sometimes people say you have got so much disagreement you've got to fire one side of this after the other and he does not do it. he keeps these people who have diverse views, they disagree with each other, he encourages them to express themselves and often hold back and expressing his own view until they have had an opportunity so that everybody is heard and then makes a decision. sometimes right in the reading and sometimes makes a decision later on. off and then he writes in his diary i am going to go with george or this one are go with schulz or weinberger or someone so, it is a good idea. he also talks to richard nixon and lot of what happened in terms of a progress on this happened fairly early on. people think that it wasn't until gorbachev got into office that anything happened, but, in fact, by the time reagan was reelected he had already met with your minkow in september of '84 and the agreed on a the elimination of nuclear-weapons. he stated in a speech to

the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed with s.con.res. 30, commending the bureau of labor statistics on the occasion of its 125th anniversary in which the concurrence of the house has requested. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from wyoming, congresswoman aluminum miss, is recognized for one -- congresswoman lumm simbings, is recognized for one minute. mrs. lummis: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. lummis: i rise in support of pastor shawn kumm. he's joining us from laramie, wyoming, where he's part of the zion evangelicallet ran church. he settled in wyoming in 1996. he held two offices, first as secretary to the board of directors, followed by his nomination in 2003 to vice president of the senate, a position which he currently holds. p

the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to h.j.res. 40, to honor the achievements and contributions of native americans to the united states, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: i'd like to thank my good friend, the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, for the time. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. diaz-balart: first i would like to say a word about the session of the general assembly of the organization of american states, o.a.s., held last week. it was an embarrassment. fidel castro and cuba wants the u.s. to apologize to him for having kept the u.s. market and its millions of tourists and billions of dollars in financing from him and from having denied him full diplomatic recognition for decades. he also wants the international community to kneel before him and apolog

care reform is so urgently needed and because of that we know that the best of alligator, the best messengerof a message is someone who knows and trusts. not a tv ad or radio spot or direct mail piece, hearing from some of the vanowen trust and have a longstanding relationship with and will continue to have that with traumatic invalidate the president's health care principles. and we hope to do that in mass across the country until it is passed frankly. just really quick on an organizational of dead and then i will sit down and get ready to answer questions -- right now we have people in 30 states and we will have a staff or an office in every state in the country. narrow who will be using opportunities like organizing around health care to continue building these neighborhood teams that we had during the campaign so that we can further support the president's agenda and on the agenda of they certainly we will be focused on health care and i think you'll see us continue to get engaged with judge sotomayor nomination. moving for a and then also energy cajun. the president laid out three pilla

the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary, the secretary: i am dreakted by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: i ask to address the house for one minute for the purpose of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. i yield to the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, for the purpose of announcing next week's schedule. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. on monday, madam speaker, the house will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2 almost for ledge business. on tuesday the former members association will have their annual meeting on the floor at 8:30 a.m. and the house will then meet at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12 p.m. for legislative business. on wednesday and thursday, the house wi

gre, the various iq tests and mechanical tests, et cetera, so i think you're trying to blame the messenger for the message. a more substantial comment is, the real problem with the public schools -- and i went to a public school -- until graduate school -- is the teachers. the teachers were lousy when i went there, and i got a pretty good education, and then when i got into college, i learned what real teaching is. and moynihan, senator dan all patrickman moynihan of number, spoke about the dysfunctional family during his tenure at the nixon administration, and he was roundly -- you economy, insulted for it, and it's gotten worse. it's gotten much worse since the late 60ss and i think that's the problem is the family, the difference funkal family. the -- the dysfunctional family the mother with no man around and five kids. >> host: david, leave it on those two points. thank you very much. bernadine dohrn, his second point was about the family, and your center at northwestern is called? >> guest: children and family justice. yes. children need families, and they need families that are stron

progressive to reduce for the long haul in states that are hard to build in, elevating non-traditional messengers and when seiu waiting on the energy bill to say, yes, we want these jobs that with so much more impact will in many places and hear from another environmental group about why we need a good energy bill and we're using our resources more efficiently because we know what we're doing. excellent effort, very proud to be a part of it and at the same time our primary mandate is to represent our constituents and therefore if there comes a time where our constituents are not happy and are members are not happy with a specific piece, it is okay for move on to step aside and push harder, it is okay for a center for community change to step aside and push harder. when governor bredesen name was being floated in for the director of the hhs, move on fattah authors said we don't think he is with us, we don't think he's going to represent our needs and we were -- we were one of the first at the gate and the rather is to do that as well. we were very pleased now that we have sibelius' in that positio

the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed with an amendment h.r. 1777, an act to make technical corrections to the higher education act of 1965 and for other purposes in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 12:00 noon today. >> this is the fifth day the committee is making changes. live coverage under way on c- span3. he helped clear plan is making its way through several committees. -- the health-care plan is making its way through several committees. today's senate and health committees are reviewing it. tomorrow the house commerce committee looks at the business aspect. you can follow our coverage on our web coverage on c-span.org. president obama was to hold his first rose garden conference today, but high temperatures have moved that in doris. white house spokesman says

the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has pass s. 256, an act tone hans the ability to combat methamphetamine in which the concurrence of the house has requested. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to 30 minutes and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, madam chair. as one fifth of the world's population relies on fresh water that is either polluted or significantly overdrawn, the lack of safe water and sanitation is an ongoing threat to global security and remains the world's greatest health problem, accounting for two mill

the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: madam speaker, i'm directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the committee will resume its sitting. the chair: the gentleman from new york. mr. king: madam chair, i recognize the gentlelady from new york and the co-sponsor of the amendment and a zealous fighter on this issue, ms. clarke, for one minute -- 90 seconds. the chair: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for 90 seconds. ms. clarke: i would like to thank ranking member king for yielding and urge members of the house to support the king-clarke amendment to the 2010 homeland security appropriations act. neither the president's budget request for fy 2010 nor h.r. 2892 includes funding for securing the city's initiative. this initiative has created the department domestic nuclear detection office, which is charged with directing the nation's capability to detect and report unauthorized attempts to develop a transpor

the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed with s.con.res. 23, supporting the goals and objectives of the preying conference oner-ea assets in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: mr. moran from kansas. mr. garrett from new jersey. mr. king. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. king: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i appreciate the honor to be recognized. address you this evening on the floor of the house of representatives. and at the conclusion of what some consider to be a long week here in congress. i'd like to go back and reflect upon some of the events that took place this week and perhaps look into the future and always our deliberation here on the floor of the world's greatest deliberative body should be be abou

the messenger: mr. speaker a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house the senate has passed s. 962, cited as the enhanced partnership with pakistan act of 2009 nrning which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: the committee will resume its sitting. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. the gentleman from arizona has 5 1/2 minutes remain, the gentlewoman from california has 6 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. franks: have i yielded just four minutes thus far, two minutes to myself, mr. mckeon one minute, mr. turner one minute. the chair: the gentleman from arizona went 30 seconds other his time. mr. franks: i'll yield the gentleman from alabama, mr. griffith, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. griffith: madam chair, congressman franks, i appreciate this difficult situation. i believe that as the budget was formed and the decisions were made, north korea was not as aggressive, nor was

the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i'm directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized. ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker. can i inquire how much time i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio controls 4 1/2 minutes. ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker. we've heard overwhelming support for the cars act on the floor today and from across the country throughout this process. i want to thank first of all the gentleman from michigan for what a fantastic job he's done in moving this bill on the floor this afternoon and for all of the work he put into making it a success. i also want to thank all of those, many of whom we heard from today on the floor, for all of their help and support in getting this innovative measure to the floor and on the way to the beneficial effects for the a