the two stalwarts we have are republicans in the house are, of course, mike simpson who i met with last year from the boise area of idaho and representative aaron schock. both have been long -time friends of ours. people who are not as we say in new york -- are the republican study group. the study group, which i think the -- you had mentioned to me, nina, who was the founder of the -- phil crane. the former member, the founder of the republican study group and congressman tim wahlberg, we're hoping somehow we'll be able to get a game of words with friends going with tim. i'd like to try to pitch that. we're going to find some beachhead there with him and try to get him over on our side. on the senate side, we have senator tom udahl from new mexico who is good with us on this issue. he's a first-term senator, but he has been spearheading efforts to recruit other senators to support funding increases for the nea. and tom harkin. who was chairman of the help committee on health education, labor, and pensions has been placing a spotlight on the decline in arts education programs in grades

daniel inway, senator pat robert, senator jack reed, representative mac thornberry, representative mike simpson, and representative sanford bishop. our chairman is rocco siciliano. i understand that the purpose of this hearing is to discuss the eisenhower memorial. while some may be here to express a design point of view, which may be legitimately different from the commission's viewpoint, i'm here to answer your questions about the memorialization process to the best of my ability, and to demonstrate what the proposed memorial is and what it is not. in my extended statement for the record, you'll see how we worked with congress and numerous government agencies such as the national parks service, gsa, ncp, the commission of fine arts, the district of columbia, and many others. since the passage of the legislation establishing the commission, the memorial designer has been bound by law to memorialize both the 34th president of the united states and the supreme commander of the allied forces in world war ii. i'd like to direct your attention to four images that will appear on the screens in front

the two we have are republicans in the house are, of course, mike simpson who i met with last year from the boise area of idaho and representative aaron schock. both have been long -time friends of ours. people who are not as we say in new york -- are the republican study group. the study group, which i think the -- you had mentioned to me, nina, who was the founder of the -- phil crane. the former

i travel with the chairman and mike simpson and others. i was just amazed at the work by thousands and thousands of ph.d.s on behalf of the american people. but we want to make sure that jobs that are created stay here. and there's a lot of work we have to do. within that context. and the congress has to be involved because we're going to have to change some of the statutory language, i think, to require that if we're going to tax someone who's working every day in my district or someone else's district and invest it in some very smart people who come up and they're going to go out in the commercial market and make a lot of money. that's great. we want that. but we want the jobs that emanate from that to at least be somewhere in the domestic united states, in 1 of our 50 states, you know, so that the whole country benefits from this. so rather it's mris or lasic eye surgery or gps, all is at the base of government-funded research. and we have to figure out a way to make sure that the jobs that emanate from that help us reinvigorate our man

mike simpson frank wolf so the question is mark was losing his political mojo i don't think he ever had the mojo that a lot of the to boil had where's you know it's not going to be walker bush i think that republicans do not need to sign a piece of paper i should say conservatives do not need to sign a piece of paper to be told that cutting taxes that is a good thing or should be told that government needs enough revenue to satisfy its basic functions and services and you know there is a happy medium there would be a cheap so it's an ok thing a very good raise taxes a lot of times but i think what lap and said is right voters care about what their members of congress do not about pieces of paper that they signed george herbert walker last because he said he wasn't going to raise taxes and then he did and it was because grover norquist who most people outside the beltway have no idea who he is told them to vote against him it's because people know when someone tells you one thing it's what is the american people are smart enough to say you know what that's not somebody that i want to vot

the stalwarts that we have in the house are mike simpson, who i met with last year, probably the boisea of idaho, and rep shock, from peoria, ill.. they have both been longtime friends of ours. people who are not, as we say in new york, meshpuken, in the group here, the republican study group, which i think you had mentioned to me -- who was the founder? philip crane, the former member, who wanted all federal funding taken out. congressman paul byrd, from michigan, hoping somehow -- hopefully i will be able to get a game of words going with tim wallboard. we will try to get him on our side. on the senate side, we have senator tom udall, from new mexico, who has always been good with us on this issue. a first term senator who has been spearheading efforts to get other senators to support funding increases for the nea. tom harkin was chairman of the health committee on labour and pension. he has been placing a spotlight on the decline in arts education programs in gate -- grades k-12. republicans who are our heroes and friends, tom cochran, whom i met with last year, he has been great wi

the stalwarts that we have in the house are mike simpson, who i met with last year, probably the boiserea of idaho, and rep shock, from peoria, ill.. they have both been longtime friends of ours. people who are not, as we say in new york, meshpuken, in the group here, the republican study group, which i think you had mentioned to me -- who was the founder? philip crane, the former member, who wanted all federal funding taken out. congressman paul byrd, from michigan, hoping somehow -- hopefully i will be able to get a game of words going with tim wallboard. we will try to get him on our side. on the senate side, we have senator tom udall, from new mexico, who has always been good with us on this issue. a first term senator who has been spearheading efforts to get other senators to support funding increases for the nea. tom harkin was chairman of the health committee on labour and pension. he has been placing a spotlight on the decline in arts education programs in gate -- grades k-12. republicans who are our heroes and friends, tom cochran, whom i met with last year, he has been great

simpsons. that's years where people know who mike wallace is and that's reflected on a long long owowe oweobitn the mor in the" >> you could write a pretty good history in the last half century just based on mike interviews. who we were watching, who are the entertainers, who are the politicians, what were the issues. just think about it. weaving your life through those interviews, a pretty interesting history of most of the century. >> rose: i met mike wallace two years after i came to this city. not as a journalist and not in television but as a lawyer. and i met him at the home of cleveland ai avery and he said o me because of curiosity you should do what i do. little did i know i would do even a semblance of what he did. but one of the prielz possessio that -- prize posessns i have ishen i came to 6 "60 minutes" at your invitation a letter i received from mike saying this is great, this is great for "60 minutes" and this is great for you because this is where you belong. it meant everything to me that he thought this was a natural coming. so mike wallace, dead at 93. we remember him becaus

>> bret: mike, the senate budget committee chairman today said he will introduce a version of the simpson-bowlesicit reduction plan, instead of the democratic budget plan. take a listen. >> what we do not have is a long-term plan. that is what we must now work on. an that is what i will be proposing tomorrow. the fiscal commission budget plan provides comprehensive and balanced deficit reduction framework. it's not perfect. but it does represent middle ground. >> bret: what can you tell us about this? >> bret, sources close to senator conrad say he is being realist. not bringing it up for a vote. recognizing the political season. he is planning to hold off until after the election when he is hopeful that members of both parties will be serious about doing something serious about the long-term debt issues. so he is going to bring it up to the committee for discussion this week but is not planning to bring it up for a vote until probably after the election. bret? >> bret: i think it's 1 ,085 days republicans say democrats haven't voteded on a budget. mike up on capitol hill. thank you. >>> stocks

mike. it really does give me a great deal of pleasure and honor for me to have this opportunity to introduce the next speaker in the alan kay simpson norman mineta leadership event here at the washington center for interns and academic seminars. as you all know the washington center was founded in 1975. and has been the recognized leader in providing transformational experience for over 50,000 students through internships and special academic semina seminars. almost two years ago my very, very good friend of 70 years, former republican senator allen kay simpson of wyoming and i, a former democrat, member of congress. agreed to lend our names to this leaders series, in order to present to washington center students distinguished individuals who have exemplified not only the high honor of public service, but the ability to engage in the statesmanship, that this country and the whole world so desperately needs in these very challenging times. this is a forum, excuse me, for intelligent discussion on important issues of the day that transcend party affiliation. i was just completing a stint as the secretary of commerce in the clinton a

mike. it really does give me a great deal of pleasure and honor for me to have this opportunity to introduce the next speaker from the alan k. simpson, norm mineta leadership series of events here at the washington center for internes and academic seminars. as all of you know, the washington center was founded in -- as all of you know, the washington center was founded in 1975 and has been the recognized leader in providing transformational experience for over 50,000 students through internships and special academic seminars. almost two years ago, my very, very good friend of 70 years, former republican senator alan k. simpson of wyoming and i, a former democrat, member of congress, agreed to lend our names to this leaders series in order to present to washington center students distinguished individuals who have exemplified not only the high honor of public service but the ability to engage in the statesmanship that this country and the whole world so desperately needs in these very challenging times. this is a forum -- excuse me, for intelligent discussion on important issues of the day that transcend party affiliation and encoura

house are of course mike sampson, who i met with last year from the boise area of idaho and representative iran shock from the peoria illinois district of his in illinois, both simpsonhave been longtime friends of ours. people who are not come as we say in our movement here are the republican study group, which the republican study group which i think the -- you mentioned to me who was the founder? phil crane, the former member was the founder of the republican study group will all the funding held in the congressman tim walberg, republican from michigan, we are hoping somehow we will be able to get a game of words with friends going with tim walberg. [laughter] i would like to pitch in that to get a beachhead with him over on our side. on the senate side, we have senator tom udall from mexico who has always been good with us on this issue he's a first term senator but he has been spearheading efforts to recruit other senators to support increases for the nea come and tom harkin who was the chairman of the help committee on health education, labor and pensions and has been placing a spotlight on the decline in arts education programs in grades k-12. the republicans