isn't this a great success story in new mexico? mr. heinrich: absolutely. and always better to be the leader that's creating jobs than the state or country that's following and watching those jobs go someplace else. mr. connelly: i might add to the point you're making, mr. polis. in my state of virginia, for example, we have a gubernatorial election going on now and one of the candidates has talked about, drill now, right off the shore of virginia. maybe that makes sense, maybe it doesn't. but the wind power potential off the shore of virginia dwarfs any he estimates of what possible oil and gas reserves there might be offshore. and could create jobs and could actually make virginia an enormous net exporter to the northeast and the midatlantic of a renewable source of energy forever. mr. polis: colorado's in this boat and new mexico, too, we are blessed with some natural resources, with natural gas and with oil and i have to tell you, it's a mixed blessing. first of all, it's highly cyclical. we've been through several cycles in colorado where there's been

i'd like to welcome my good friend in new mexico, martin heinrich, who has a lot to say about. mr. heinrich: we normed the environmental coalition because we believe in america's promise to become a global leader in environmental strategies. leadership and innovation is he hallmark of american success. in 1961 when president john f. kennedy said our country would lead the world by landing an american on the moon, within eight years, his goal was achieved with the apollo project. today that same innovation is present in the emerging clean energy economy. madam speaker, the opportunity for america to create thousands of clean energy jobs that will build our 21st century economy cannot be understated. evidence of that clean energy job growth, a key component of our local economic recovery, is already visible on the ground in communities like the -- like the new mexico first congressional district, which i represent. part of this clean energy cluster growth is a result of the vast natural resources new mexico has to share. we are second in the nation in solar energy capacity and 12th i

constructive and appropriate way with our land borders to the north and south, particularly with mexico. unless and until we have an immigration policy and a southern border strategy and then it in law, we are still going to have these anecdotal incidents that you referred to. we are still going to have people getting across the border. so sometime hopefully in this administration, the president and congress will remedy this in a complete and comprehensive way. i was in congress and the 1980's when we pass the amnesty legislation, and the response -- it was thought at that time that the congress of united states, it was not just paint executive but a congressional responsibility, coming up with a plan for the lawful exit and entry for those who come across our borders to do some hard work in this country. until the congress is willing to accept its responsibility to make some fundamental changes in the immigration system, we are still going to have this conversation on this show two, three, or four years from now until congress acts. its coat your new book, "the test of our times. what

into mexico each year in the form of bulk cash. we held a hearing, we talked to the attorney general of the state of arizona, more or less confirmed a lot of this, so my question is, how much of that cash has been intercepted at the border in 2009? and what role today does the batf and the d.e.a. play in stemming this flow? >> i'd have to get you some numbers on how much we have intercepted in 2009. but we've certainly stepped up our efforts in conjunction with our partners at d.h.s. secretary napolitano and i went to mexico in the early part of the year to talk with our mexican counterparts about the inflow of bulk cash and weapons into mexico and we've tried to come up with ways in which we interdict and stop that amount. d.e.a. has moved significant resources, about 0 eakts, toward the southwest border. a.t.f. has moved about 100 to the southwest border. the f.b.i. has put together a new intelligence capability along the southwest border, all designed to stop the flow of that material into mexico, but also to stop the flow of dr

mexico each year in the form of block cash. we held a hearing, we talk to the attorney general of the state of arizona who more or less confirmed much of this. my question is how much of that cash has been intercepted at the border in 2009? what role today does the the plate as far as stemming the flow? >> i would have to get your numbers on how much we have intercepted in 2009. we have certainly stepped up our efforts in conjunction with our partners. i went to mexico to speak with mexican counterparts to talk about the inflow at bulk cash and coming up with a way we interdict and stop the amount. we have -- the a has moved 20 agents to the southwest border and the atf has moved about 100. the fbi has put together a new intelligence coordinator, all designed to stop the flow of the material into mexico. also to stop the flow of drugs from mexico into our country. this is a priority for us. >> mr. attorney general, welcome and thank you for your service. at your confirmation hearing, we talked about civil rights crimes and you

and he overturned mexico city. what that does is permit all of the family planning funds that go to international organizations, to go to organizations that promote and provide are abortions. by eliminating the mexico city policy. he has given them that money. and not only did he overturn mexico city, in the omnibus bill he raised the amount of money this year to $545 million going to these international organizations that promote and provide abortions. it's a tragedy. he is becoming known by many in the pro life community as the abortion president. it's very unfortunate and very sasmed the next thing he did shortly after that, was to issue an executive order overturning the federal ban that president bush had put on the stem cell policies, expanding the use of taxpayer funds for use to destroy embryos so that they could harvest the stem cells and use them for experimentation. not only did he do that, he in his order issueds -- issued an order to discourage adult stem cell research. now we all know, having followed

if i am working as a poll worker in new mexico registered to vote in new mexico and someone walks in to that polling place and says, i am steve king and i live at -- names the address that i live at -- even if they say they are me and i am working the polls, by law in new mexico i can't challenge that fraudulent voter. it's against the law to challenge voters in new mexico and many other states because  the liberals have so corrupted the process. first, they passed motor voter so when people get a driver's license they ask them, do you want to be registered to vote, well, who says no? and a test that you are a citizens of the united states. well, who says no? what if you don't understand the language, are you really going to read that as a legal document and know that if you attest that you are a citizen of the united states that you're guilty of perjury? by the way, out of 306 million or so americans does anybody know anybody that has been prosecuted for falsely saying that they are a citizen? no, it's an unprosecuted crime, a crime of perjury, which exists as a felony in every st

the chair: the gentleman from new mexico is recognized. mr. teague: i do have an amendment at the desk and i guess it has already been read. the chair: the gentleman is recognized in support of his amendment. mr. teague: madam chairwoman, i'm an old man. but one thing that i learned as an oil man is no matter where you go roorned the world, when you visit oil and gas-producing areas, you mostly find america companies and american technologies, american equipment and of course americans. america is the pride of the oil patch. over the years that position has served us well. it creates wealth and jobs in our country and has been the basis for america's leadership in global economy. but the world is changing where before other nations could not compete with our economic mithe, now they can. and where before the hydrocarbons were the only solution to the world's energy needs, it no longer is. america will continue to lead the world in production of oil and natural gas, but must also lead the world in the production of renewable energy. america wil

arms illegally carried to mexico are the weapons of choice for cartels. while it is money streaming in from the united states that funds their massive armies. this bill calls on the president to report to congress on the activities of the initiative. among the matters covered by this report is the assessment of united states' efforts to prevent the southbound flow of illegal arms. however, it does not currently include any assessment of our efforts to prevent the movement of cash. the illegal movement of people, drugs, weapons and money are entirely linked together. and it is impossible to address one of those issues without tackling the rest. therefore, i offer this amendment to include an assessment of united states' efforts to stem the stream of cash heading south into mexico. the cartels are continually finding new and innovative ways to transport funds. and our government needs to be at least as creative if these organizations are going to be stopped. madam chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. ms. ros-lehtinen: claiming time in opposition. the

new mexico is second in the nation for solar energy potential. and we have a thriving clean energy industry in albuquerque, creating jobs today. so this is a natural partnership. however many federal agencies have discovered that the 10-year limit on federal power purchase agreements made these kinds of agreements uneconomical for their private sector partners in the solar industry. our amendment will extend the length of these contracts to 20 years, allowing more federal agencies to sign agreements with clean energy producers. this will put americans to work and ensure the federal government leads by example in the use of clean energy. i urge my colleagues to support this rule, this legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: if i could please ask my colleague, the gentlewoman from california, if she could in an effort to get our time back to an even balance, if she could have one of her speakers up at this time . the spe

the man who scored two goals against mexico in an upset 3-1 april 1st, puts the u.s. down 1-0 quick. with the u.s. tied it up at 1-1, penalty kicks. second half now, dempsey blows that chance. a costly mistake by him, another one. tied at 1-1. 68th minute, the corner kick. the captain with the header. the stars and stripes win 2-1. first come-from-behind win for the americans in a world cup qualifier in 24 years! the u.s. a key win, is in second place in the standings trailing costa rica. the top three teams at the end of qualifying win bids to the 2010 world cup in south africa. the u.s.' next qualifying match is august 12th against mexico. >> red may just be roger federer's favorite color right now as in the red clay in paris. the french open title is finally his.

but i think if you look believe the service, one of the things mexico-- the government has taken the offensive against these drug cartels who previously had not felt the full force of american-- mexican government response. what we have seen is a positive development. the mexican government tried to submit fibulae reform its police organization, gigi sharry system which a been suggest-- subjected to huge amounts of drug money and the effects were so great that the mexicans could not rely on them to perform the functions of sidey. now they are responding to the challenges of the belove lauper cav the other thing is important that we of scene that is important to us is the extent to which the mexican government once a close partnershipith the united states, they said let's work together, let's help each other on this and for those of you who of dealt with mexican-american relations over the years, that is pretty remarkable. i think it is a great opportunity for the united states to develop a strong partnership to address some of the problems that really are in the american interests as

nearly 8,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in mexico. it's a tragic situation and it's absolutely critical that we continue to support and strengthen the government of mexico headed by president calderon. at the same time, we must further strengthen our own border security efforts and can't be dependent on another nation doing that. the years of honorable service have not been without loss. 104 agents have lost their lives in duty to our country. assaults occur every year to our border patrol agents. as we celebrate the 85th

to love the name kean, which existed in mexico, old mexico. i said that as a great name, so she became for a time can, but then shirley q. to becomes q in the book for this reason. when a husband decides he's going to write about a spouse or a wife decides she's going to read about a spouse and if that spouse is an attorney and if that's spouses train to understand and libel and invasion of privacy, that writer had better know what he is doing. [laughter] i am a fellow who writes not knowing what i'm doing, that is the purpose of writing to find out how i am doing so i said i'm going to make assertions in here how many of these might be liable and privacy invasion but if she goes by another name that could change things so for a while i struggled how to present her and finally i thought she will be q, i was free and i felt free to write things. i did run everything by her so she put her stamp on everything sign that as acrid but when you're writing you don't know that since she was q. while i was struggling with this team organizing principle

sanchez: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. teague. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 498, a resolution honoring and congratulations the u.s. border patrol on its 85th anniversary. this bill show ours support for the men and women who have served and are currently serving in our nation's border patrol. i encourage my colleagues to vote with me in support of this resolution. the border patrol has undergone incredible change others the last 85 years. they have grown from an initial force of 450 to over 18,800 agent is -- agents today. they have learned to deal with new threats such as terrorists and weapons of mass destruction and have adapted ground breaking technology such as infrared cameras and unattended underground sensors to better face the challenges confronting them. despite the changes, their primary mission has stayed the same to detect and prevent illegal -- illegal entry of person into the united states. they must p patrol over 8,000

mexico through the united states and into mexico. there is virtually no news media talking about this. what happens? for general motors, the cars that they are bringing here, they are european cars. most americans have no idea how small they are. when you are mandated to put your child in a car seat, they will lead even fit in those. what do you do? host: we are getting a bit of an echo from your phone call. thank you for sharing your perspective. another viewer, along similar lines, saying that "general motors is in china because they are making profits. we need help. i have an equinox." the assailed -- the sale was approved by a judge last sunday. there is a deadline approaching, june 15. chrysler has maintained that the sale must be completed quickly to save them from complete collapse if the deal does not close. fiat has the option of pulling out. pension funds from indiana, asking the supreme court to block the deal. bob, good morning. caller: i am not in favor of any of these bailouts. i will be damned if i will by a general mo

for what purpose does the gentleman from new mexico rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. teague: mr. speaker, during the memorial day weekend there was a solemn moment for one family of new mexico. enrique valdez was the 400th new mexican to have his name added to the vietnam memorial here in washington. he was injured during his second tour of duty in south vietnam. today i would like to say that i'm thankful for the service that sergeant valdez gave to his country. new mexico has always had a proud military history from the civil warle to the operations of enduring and iraqi freedom. new mexico's sons and daughters have always answered their nation's call. for those that serve during the vietnam war, we as a nation have been lax in our gratitude and appreciaon. as we remember the sergeant, let us not only honor his memory and sacrifices, but the price that was paid by all who served in vietnam. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the bal

senator hutchinson and then it's all up to senator udall from new mexico. he's going to fix the whole problem. >> senator lautenberg, on your way out the door, i just want to thank you very much for this hearing, sir. and high-speed rail is critical. it's just really critical. i want to pick up on senator thune's comments about the funding. senator thune, i just wanted to pick up on your points about the funding because it's very critical. this $13 billion standing alone just can go so far. but in my state we had an election about putting in $9 billion funding package, and the people voted aye which was kind of remarkable given the latest votes that we had. so, you know, the people there really understand it. and our system, and i think -- i bet most everybody in this room has been to my state. it will eventually connect sacramento, our state capital, to san diego in the south. that is the first phase will be between los angeles and san francisco, points in between. i also want to point out the private sector has to be leveraged into this too. in california

then i learn apparently it is used in bullfighting and mexico and spain. then i was not quite right and it is a place and that global imagines in the ring that it is of spot and wants to keep the matador out of the cbot and the matador once to keep it from getting to the spot so they began fighting. i am not fighting i'm talking about the definition and it comes from a spanish bourbon which means to love so as i use it here it is a place that we have a special affinity for, a place that we love. what i see more and more in this country perhaps across the world that i have some concern that has become ever more electronic five that we're losing some of our special place is. i am really concerned about them because i don't think you can have a virtual special place. e the you have the real thing or you do not have it. what i tried to do a last 30 or 40 years of my travels is to ever expand my special place so either i can go to places an alabama where there are spots where i feel i have they belonging and i think this is my tenth trip to seattle so there are

. >> within publishers ask me to do another blue highways in canada or mexico? the net know, the publisher billy doesn't but sometimes readers will appear in but i wouldn't presume to write about another country of mind. on a qualified. i struggle enough to write about my own country and try to get an accurate and with mexico especially well as q speaks spanish my spanish is a wretched so it would be inaccurate. i would not try it. >> what about canada? >> are you canadian? >> one more question. >> i wouldn't presume to read about canada either. the canadians get annoyed enough with us without having american get presumptions and try to start telling them about canada -- thou be disastrous i think karen one more. >> i am from new hampshire, you used in blue highway what do you try to dig to do your story is? >> we are a four-cylinder family. i know when to give any plans here but we are four-cylinder people [laughter] >> your blue highways book is one of the most pleasurable i have ever read the and i go at journeying to a lot of authors of which i have forgotte

i like new mexico because they sided with the union. you got a job working at their ranch after the flash flood. he was in this area, and 16 watched out fences. he recognized buffalo bones are much bigger. he spent his life trying to get somebody to look at them. he looked at the museum in denver, no one would come and look, he died about college in. he was drinking with a straw because he couldn't lift his head. someone finally came out and had a look and they found the buffalo were from an ice age animal which we now call the bison. there were a lot for jekyll points stuck in their spine and between their ribs. to that point there was no proof that man existed here during the ice age. it was almost like when copernicus proposed the notion of i heliocentric universe. because religious controversy. any religious figures attacked the finding because it was preposterous that it could have been native americans here 13 years ago. they ran into a herd of bison at a time when the mexico had glaciers, there were no cities anywhere, no agricul

and one in mexico. and by the time of this matter coming before us, hundreds of millions of dollars had already been spent on the plant in mexico. and also hundreds of millions of dollars in a plant in the u.s. so for us to go in and overturn that, number one, it would violated the principle that the president has insisted upon that we not interfere in the day-to-day management decisions and number two, just as a business matter, it would -- it would require walking away from hundreds of millions of dollars of invested capital. so i think the reality is for reasons of both principle and practical business, this simply isn't a decision that can be revisited. that is certainly a terrible event for the folks in kenosha and there's no way to make it a good event. the only thing i can say is i think in fairness, the alternative was a liquidation of chrysler that would have been far worse for everybody concerned but certainly we appreciate the difficult situation, whether it's mansfield or kenosha that these

i don't think anybody would have predicted in new mexico. now, granted, this is the same period where we hit the $4 gasoline and we're a terrible rule state and people are known to travel 120, 150 miles a day to work just to commute. it sounds a little bit like, governor rendell, you build and people are going to come. i think looking at art energy future. i don't know if any of you have comments on that, but it may be very hard to predict what reliable ridership is right now. please, governor rendell. >> if only be, cbo and gdl work predicting the success of columbia's adage that if they were advising queen isabella we would all be speaking italian. i guarantee you. you hit it right on ahead, senator. some of this we have to do because we know it works in other parts of the world, and some of this we have got to do on faith. when i invested the $74 million of commonwealth money, that's a lot of money down here, vice president mondale once said we spend that sum of money before breakfast and lunch. but for the commonwealth that still a nice

the first was the mexico city policy. you know, the mexico city policy was first prom all gated in 1984 and re-- promulgated in 1984 and renewed by the bush administration in 2001. this is a very simple policy that says, as a condition for receipt of u.s. family -- family planning aid, foreign, nongovernmental organizations and international organizations certify they neither perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning. simply put, this policy says that u.s. taxpayers will not pay to promote abortions overseas. yet one of this administration's first acts back in january was to rescind this mexico city policy. you know, mr. speaker, i'm going to defer here, because i have a gentlelady from the other side of the aisle, congresswoman dahlkemper, who would like to speak out about this issue. i would like to give part of my time, as much time as the gentlelady needs, on this issue. thank you very much for joining me tonight. mrs. dahlkemper: thank you. i thank the gentlelady from ohio for yielding. i wa

it was taken outside of new mexico. folsom mexico was destroyed by a flash flood in 1908 because the guy who live nearby at a ranch called crowfoot ranch was a slave who was freed at emancipation and taxes proclaim move to new mexico to work on a ranch. he always liked to mexico because they had sided with the union. he got a job working at crowfoot ranch. after the flood he was in this area, the area beneath my feet, fixing washed out fences and those peculiar bones eroding out of the walls. he recognize them as buffalo bones but they were much better. he spent his whole life trying to get someone to look at them. he contacted the smithsonian institute, and no one would look. he eventually died a backlog of some. it was reported he was drinking whiskey to raise tra because he could not lift his head, but after he died, someone came out and had a look and what they found was that the buffalo were from and i say jammel which we now call bison into a quiz, and not only that but there were a lot of projectile points stuck

efforts to help mexico and other latin american countries redeuce violence and addresses a number ofkey human rights and democracy issues around the world. h.r. 2410 also reforms our system of export controls for military technology, improves oversight of u.s. security assistance, and requires a report to congress on actions taken by the united states to maintain israel's qualitative military edge. this legislation is supported by a wide range of organization from the united states chamber of commerce and national association of manufacturers on one hand to human rights watch and amnesty international on the other. from the aerospace industry's association, the satellite industry association, on one hand to care, oxfam, the peace corps association, refugees international and the genocide intervention network on the other. the save darfur council, church world service and american council on education, a coalition of all the major public and private universities in this country all strongly support this legislation. i urge all my colleague on both sides of the aisle to support this im

colorado, wyoming, new mexico, nef and the country of mexico -- nevada and the country of mexico have an agreement that was reached 0 years ago on how -- 80 years ago on how to divide up the colorado river. we thought there were 16.5 million-acre feet of water to divide. we now believe that time period when we took those numbers into account was a particularly wet period in the history of the colorado river basin and our best guess now is only $14.5 million-acre feed available and 16.5 million versus 14.5 million, there is a two million acre foot deficit there. and it's causing increasing concern. so these water shortages that are possible because of climate change combined with drought cycles that are normal, have the potential to cause great political tension and couldn't vers--controversy. the river levels in the colorado river basin is most likely to get lower. that means serious impacts for businesses, homes, for farmers in seven states an two countries. -- and two countries. so the longer we wait to take practical steps to adjust climate change, the harder it will become to deal

mexico's north stretch from the sabine river on the gulf of mexico to the 42nd parallel on the pacific ocean encompassing all of what are now texas, new mexico, arizona, utah, nevada and california as well as part of colorado, oklahoma, wyoming and kansas. the pacific northwest was open country. backbeat the appalachian mountain range guarding the interior from south carolina to what only recently have become main, threatened to confine the great american experiment to the atlantic seaboard. the allegiance of the several new trans- montaigne state was unproven, their settlers looked westbound rolling river valleys for the mighty mississippi, not over their shoulders at the mountains that separated them from their political creators. former vice president aaron burr's enigmatic conspiracy of 1805, 1806 to make a nation for himself and others in the region opened by the louisiana purchase had come apart but illustrated the limited control exerted by the east over the last. of the national government over its unsettled territory. a continental nation was so uncertain that president thomas

i mention the mexico city policy which is not on the floor today for context. to underscore what is actually happening 24/7 in the obama administration. add to this the fact that the administration has stuffed pro-abortion activists, a literal who's who in the abortion rights organizations, in key gatekeeper positions and you get the idea. you see that abortion is a serious undertaking by this administration. even the gatekeeper, the woman, and a fine woman, who heads up the u.s. agency for international development, wendy sherman, used to be the director of emily's list. so every dollar of foreign aid goes to the person who used to be the director of emily's list. yet obama's international abortion agenda is unpopular and getting increasingly unpopular with the american public. the gallup poll found by a margin of 65% to 35% americans opposed his reskigs of the mexico city policy and i would note parenthetically the most recent gallup poll from may 15 indicates that americans are clearly trending pro-life with 51% calling themselves pro-life, 42% calling thems

gave mexico $1.5 billion to fight the cartels. that money should have been given to our border protector, not the culture of corruption on the mexican side of the border. a lot of attention has been rightly focused on our southern border over the last few years. we have increased the boods on the ground, installed cameras, erected barriers and sensor the efforts have not sealed the border, however theasms violence gets worse in mexico we must get a border strategy in place now before it erupts into a level of widespread violence and corruption that engulfs our own citizens. it is not going away, madam speaker. the drug cartels are in it for the long haul because of their lust for money. there's a war of drugs going -- drugs going on on the border even though we're told now we should not, because of political correctness, use that term. the first duty of government is to protect the people. the government needs to focus on border protection. meanwhile the border war continues. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pr

skancke said, you have to do it. >> senator, in the texas-new mexico connection there, it's not just about the train system. we spent a lot of time talking about moving passengers, but it's about the transit oriented development and the additional demand in thesing me on liss that would grow -- the megopolis we refer to and it's hard to measure until it's in place. >> mr. skancke, did you want to talk about reliable ridership issue or comment on this? >> i think we have studied ridership in this country for hundreds of millions of dollars. i didn't say years. hundreds of millions of dollars. and as i said, we have to stop studying. we know on all the amtrak corridors throughout the country that there's a need and demand. as fuel prices go up, ridership goes up. as congestion goes up, ridership goes up. we don't have to guess. the problem we have is, we're afraid to do it. because it may fail. what we need to do is not set up our high speed rail and transit systems to fail. let's set them up to succeed. create systems that work, not pieces. so as we've all said, instead of doing 100 m

i get the floor to the representative from mexico. >> thank you. the resolution which we just set out is a clear message that the actions undertaken by the democratic people's republic of korea are unacceptable to the international community and jeopardize the peace and security. the strength of the messages greater due to the support of the members here at the security council. we must be clear. that the treatment of issues in international security, non- proliferation, nuclear disarmament, and the peaceful use of future energy -- nuclear energy cannot be the monopoly of the periphery of state. on the contrary, as indicated by the very chartered organization, security council on behalf of the member states, therefore, all the members and not just a few have the responsibility to -- to all the situation it jeopardized the peace and national security. we realize the sense of urgency , voting in favor of this resolution. recent action by the democratic people's republic of korea, such as a clear violation of security council resolution 1695, and cont

n 1 virus -- h1n1 i virus the outbreak was in mexico city. the officers we put on the border, especially in laredo, texas, and other heavily affected states, were not allowed, they were not allowed to wear asks, to wear gloves, or to use hand sanitizer as they proceeded to screen travelers coming through from mexico. a bizarre situation develed where our officers actually were able to look across at the mexican security officers who all had masks on, they all had gloves on, yet our own t.s.a. did not allow our workers to wear masks or gloves. in fact when our officers took the initiatives to protect themselves, they were told by their superiors to take off those gloves, take office those masks. you're alarming the traveling public. many of these officers actually screen up to 3,000 visitors, travelers per shift. so they were actually exposed to a high degree to people who were exhibiting influenza. there are a couple of stark instances we received on the committee, affidavits from officers who actually confronted travelers who were visibly si

my amendment ops up the eastern gulf of mexico to produce oil and gas. that just makes sense to me. i think i have a chart here that shows what i did with this amendment. i know that one of my colleagues was on the floor having a seizure about this suggesting that opening the eastern gulf of mexico for oil and gas exploration was going to impede and cause all kinds of difficulties with military training. and the routes over which you have sophisticated, important, military training. well, look, i have been part of a group working on an energy plan called the energy security leadership council and we created a plan and i intremendous doused it, "secure america's future energy." let me describe about the membership of that group. and, by the way, that group felt very strongly that the western area of the gulf of mexico is open, the central area is open, the eastern area should be open, as well, because there are substantial reserves of energy and -- of oil and natural gas. among the membership of the group is former general p.x. kelly, retired u.s. marines corps. and general, retired

this includes mexico and colombia. they too have used the same terms and their institutions have expressed their view. europe, by the european union, and through the prime minister and his majesty, they too outlined a same firm position with regard to any movement of aggression attacking the democratic will of the people. today, following this decision, which joined a decision taken by the people of america, we have ratified what we had agreed upon earlier and we are sending a signal for future generations and for humanity. all countries, without exception, have expressed themselves loud and clear with regard to the acts of atrocity which occurred on sunday the 28th of june. from the night it states with resolutions -- from the united states, all dignitaries, prime ministers, from latin america, have all spoken to your humbled servants. they express their outrage by the acts perpetrated by the cursor first of power in honduras by the ursurpers of honduras. the president of columbia will be here in washington. he was in

through the issue with mexico and partnerships for of the hemisphere, we must help our southern neighbors help themselves and a concerted effort to stop drug trafficking -- trafficking and provide security for their people. general fraser i look forward to hearing your thoughts on how to solve the these problems. i am looking forward to your testimony today. thank you. >> thank you very much. before we call on their witnesses, introduce their families. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am honored this morning to sit before you come to introduce a general douglas fraser. he is coming by his wife, his son and daughter, and i a understand her husband as well. i have had the pleasure and the privilege to come to know not only general fraser, but his family also for the time is spent in alaska. he comes before the committee this morning for confirmation to the rank of general, tapping off the 34-plus year air force career. that career officially began in 1975, on his graduation from the air force academy. he served in several states in addition to alaska. i think his children are well- traveled. h

been killed in mexico by drug violence. an estimated $10 billion of drug proceeds crosses the border in the form of bulk cash. we talked to the attorney general of the state of arizona who confirmed a lot of this. my question is how much of that cash has been intercepted at the border in 2009? what role today does the dna play in stemming this low? >> i would have to get -- does the dea play in stemming this? >> i will have to give you some numbers. we have been looking into this. the dea has use significant resources at the border. the fbi has put together a new intelligence capability along the southwest border. we are trying to stop the floor -- flow of materials and drugs into our country. this is a priority for us. >> thank you. >> welcome and thank you for your service. at her confirmation hearing we talked about civil rights crimes. you made a commitment to me that you would do whatever you could in your power to make sure that was funded. my first question is, have you been successful? the group that motivated the r

to combat illegal narcotics smuggling from mexico and others. the bill supports a realistic and strategic approach to the southwest border infrastructure and maintains a historically robust border patrol forest --s for -- force. other specifically priorities week of funded include $800 million for explosive detection systems at airports and $122.8 million for air cargo security to meet the 100% screening requirement for air cargo in the hold of passenger planes by august of 2010. $804 million to continue developing systems to screen inbound, land and sea-based cargo for weapons or nuclear materials which includes $162 million to strengthen overseas operations to monitor and target cargo. $241.5 million for the coast guard to support overseas contingencies in the persian gulf and off the coast of somalia. $382 million for cyber security, to help protect vulnerable computer infrastructure from the escalating sophistication and intensity of cyber attacks and $10 million above the administration's request to expand the alternatives it to detention p

our close neighbor of mexico spends $149 million promoting travel to mexico. our next-closest neighbor, our next close neighbor, canada, spends $58 million in travel to its destination. china spends $60 million in promoting travel to their country. us a strail spends $113 million. and the countries of the european union collectively spend $800 million on self-promotion. now, how much does the united states spend? we spend absolutely nothing. we spend nothing in promoting our tourism. for years sectors within the agriculture industry have used the so-called checkoff program to promote their products. we have heard the slogans, "pork, the other white meat." beef, it's what's for dinner. milk, it does the body good." producers kick in their own money to create a marketing campaign that benefits all producers. we need the same thing for our tourism. which is why i urge my colleagues to support moving toward a travel promotion afnlgt it will benefit our economy, complement our nation's diplomatic efforts and perhaps most importantly it will help create new jobs. th

he started out in the silicon valley and ended up in ship rock, new mexico. the young lady who introduced him was a star student. she got up and did the introduction and she talked about how she won a computer because of her academic prowess, and then she took it home, but she didn't have a phone line, she didn't have the ability to plug it in. and he used that trip from the silicon valley to ship rock, new mexico, on the navajo reservation to show the huge digital divide. so i hope that your leadership there will move us down the road and this committee will step up to the plate. it's wonderful to see that tie on your son out there. very impressive young man. he seems to have disappeared. >> he's still preparing. >> thank very much, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator johan. >> thank you very much. >> i can't be here long today because of other commitments, but i did want to stop by and offer you a few thoughts. first of all, we haven't had an opportunity really to meet or to talk at any length, so i look forward to that opportunity. i have to tell you, look

host: mexico, good morning. -- new mexico. caller: i have a question about the marshals on the plant. i am a million miles plus travel and work for the department of defense. i am in the habit of observing people's behavior. i have not used on many occasions that the marshals pre-board. we have these healthy young men or women wearing hawaiian shirts or otherwise baggy clothes that board the plane in advance of all other passengers and they're not even handicapped. it is a clear indication. i have no idea if they want to keep a low profile why you see the gate agents letting them run ahead of time -- and in many flights from washington to other parts of the world i see these guys or gals were given this special privilege. to anyone who is observant, i imagine someone who wanted to study the system carefully, and the observance person with bad ideas could spot one of these people easily because of that. guest: sure, that is a good question. the answer is, because there is more than one federal air marshal on the flight. sometim

that was minor league rehab tour started in new mexico.albuquerque to be exact, where he played tuesday and wednesday. going hit-less in three at-bats with the walk. there's a runner on first here. and manaran stepping in schedule to play three more games for the 66ers after today. and sunday through tuesday in san bernardino. in new mexico, manny went hitless in three at-bats with a walk. he already touched them all today. and that ball goes high and sailed over the catcher's head. >> and the interesting thing, you mentioned it before, got this one home run. but the fact of the heat and the sell-out crowd it is over 100 degrees in southern california. >> 106 degrees according to our colleague there. can you imagine being a mascot right there on top of the dugout in 106-degree weather wearing the dreads in nod to his presence there. >> if one of us was going to be a mascot, that would be you. >> i don't think so. but here he is, taking another pitch. and now because the california league was on its all-star game break monday through wednes

in new mexico.nd well, moments ago he talked with everybody about making his comeback. >> i feel good. i feel great. >> are you game ready? >> what do you think? i haven't played in three months. >> so how close are you? >> what do you think? >> how close are you? >> i don't know. figure it out. guy, i got to get ready for the game. >> what do you... did you feel anything yesterday, that whole atmosphere and the way everybody reacted. >> everything's fine. >> that was quick. >> quick and to the point, as is manny. >> even without manny in the lineup however, the dodgers continued to be the class of the national league, for that matter baseball has gone 26 and 16 since may 7th and managed to increase their lead in the n.l. west from 5.35 to 8.5 games. however, they are scoring a run less per game. here's karl ravech and the, evye "baseball tonight" crew.ne. an >> well, the fly in the ointment an anth manny ramirez and paying t. go watch him for the 15,000 orne so people that he did is hene. doesn't d

this is the second of his books, the first was hummingbird's daughter which took place in northern mexico. this actually takes place mostly in the united states because it is about a mexican woman who comes to the united states to find seven men to save her town in northern mexico from bandits. she is under the influence of you'll brunner's the magnificent seven and she and her gay friend traveled around the united states trying to locate the seven men who will fight the bandits. so that is a really adorable book. and then there is -- and there are some immigration books from britain. i think many of you know that putin is changing since it entered the common market and has become a center for immigration allover from eastern europe as well as south asia and two books that represent one it is the road home, she is a british writer who really should be better known in the united states in this takes place in london everyman who is from the former soviet union trying to eke out a living having been in a bleak time in western europe. and then the second book also displays in the kitchen and

yet, $26 billion are sent in remittenses to mexico alone. how do these 12 million low wage workers send $26 million back to mexico? host: one more question. as far as philip morris is krneds you said they supported this bill. e how did they react to it? were they as supportive? guest: what i can tell you it's been hard to get this bill through congress over the years. the house may have passed bit but not the senate. so what we've seen with fill lip morris' support behind this bill was a push to get it through congress. and it was able to get through both houses with wide margins. obama is going to sign it. part of it may have been their support, part of it may be the time now with the number of states reducing smoking in places, and other issues overall. host: thanks for your time. guest: thank you. host: coming up we're going to look at mats and science in the united states. our guest released a new study on that issue this week. we'll be right back. >> telephone conversations from the final months of lyndon johnson's presidency, on vietna