we have been mired in a war for over seven years. the president's previous to this one has continually minimize the cost of that war by financing it on the installment 10. instead of providing a full estimate of the yearly cost to the war, he would ask to fund that war in six-month increments, and when he left office, there was still 16-month increments left to go that was not yet -- still one six-month increments left to go that was not yet paid for, so this bill today in the process of supporting the president of the policies of trying to wind down fat war is providing the remaining funding for the fiscal year to help accomplish but -- accomplish that. in addition, this new president is trying to change the way that war has been breaking in afghanistan end by necessity, pakistan, which is tied to the afghanistan situation, and what he is trying to do is through military action, political action, and diplomacy -- he is trying to change the mix and gradually extricate ourselves from that conflict and stabilize that region politically

host: in the philadelphia enquirer, sode mire quits club of women. they write, supreme court nominee resigned yesterday from an elite all women's club after republicans questioned her participation in it. she said she resigned from the club to prevent the issue from becoming a distraction in her confirmation hearings. back to the phones. caller: good morning. and thank you for taking my call. host: thank you for making the call. caller: in regards to your last guest, sir, i have a lot i guess to say about this issue. but first of all, let's start from the beginning. now, i know they want to say if they were born that way. but they were not. this is a way of life they have chosen. well, this is completely wrong by all -- by most people's standards. and if they'd read their bible at all they know how god feels about it, that this is an abomb nation to god. now these folks, unless they get themselves turned around and live the way they're posed to liff, they'll never be able to see the kingdom of heaven. in addition to that, then they want to bring chil

you know, we went in in north africa and then mired down in italy, and it's just not -- the facts aren't given. basically, the russians had already defeated the germans. >> thanks for your call. tell us a little more about that. >> first, i'd like to thank john for his service and for calling in. i think that's made the show today. i'm really pleased to hear from them. now, as to the question or comment that we just had, i would take issue with this caller. if the germans had been defeated by the summer of 1944, then they would have been defeated. in other words, if it was over the soviets would have been in berlin and they would not have wanted the normandy invasion to occur. what the evidence shows is that all the way up into the invasion, stalin was lobbying for the invasion to happen. so that tells you he did need the support of the western allies and -- and, as i pointed out earlier today, there is a great appreciation in the last 10 to 15 years of the soviet contribution to the war. it is significant. borderline immense. but the german army, although it had been beaten up quite a b

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participate with the other 19 leading industrial nations of this world in trying to lift out of the mire of economic distress some countries that -- whose distress will impact our recovery as well. that is why i say to my friend, no one, no one, no one wants to delay this bill. i would hope that we have the 368 votes that voted for this bill the first time it passed intact when it comes. and be consistent with the principles enunciated by ronald reagan and george bush in the 1990's. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman. first of all there is obviously a delay in this bill. we were expecting it to see the bill and the war splemental for our troops to come tomorrow and i'd ask the gentleman, number one, does he know the amount of support given to the i.m.f. back when ronald reagan made those quotes? and is it -- mr. hoyer: would the gentleman yield on that question? mr. cantor: i will. let me finish, mr. speaker. that's number one. is it appropriate in the war spending bill for the taxpayers of this country to be guaranteeing $108 billion to the i.m.f. when we are only providing

the overwhelming number of portraits of women are favorable at miring, adoring. man come in for much more criticism in your book. >> guest: but we are half of humanity. we are not all of humanity. so it is time to look over so many important -- >> host: maybe 40,000 years ago before it was written down before the men rode down the history women had dropping the cave drawings. >> guest: it is perfectly possible the book tried to recall or discover the memory of less this bayh -- the spies. the united states now has been black or a half black president. and in the book there are a lot of stories about blacks not only in the united states, even one of the first stories here began asking adam and eve were blacks because of the experts coinciding the fact that we all came from africa. we are all african immigrants because human beings began existing in africa so perhaps adam and eve were black and i tell in the book some stories for me especially because they happened 15 minutes ago. obama is now the president and these are very recent for instance 1942, the pentagon

meant to be a straight forward system of compensation for members has become immensely complicated, mired in seeksy, and short on accountability. clearly sir christopher kelly's recommendations must be accepted unless they are inappropriate, which frankly i don't expect to be the case. the next speaker must ensure that honorable members and taxpayers alike aren't treated unfairly. this is a difficult balance to strike but it is one that i can both accomplish and communicate. secondly, the taste for strengthening back benches to revive parliament as a whole is incontra vertible. the true story for the past 30 to 50 years is not one, frankly, of petty claims on the one hand and extravagant claims on the other, but rather of the relentless erosion of this chamber's former strength. the prime minister recently asserted his desire to restore authority to parliament and, if a elected, i would seek to hold him and any successor to that pledge. this house must seize back control of its own core functions by, amongst other changes, a business committee which it really runs, urgent questions more r

to enlist the governors and grassroots supporters to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting mired in a messy battle plane out on capitol hill. in a session in the roosevelt room in a meeting last week with some governors he tried to steer the debate away from government in washington to the states. he will travel to wednesday tomorrow. it will be a town hall meeting including questions from online communities. good morning, maryland. caller: yes, this war was a lie. how dare we invoke our views on any other country? if anyone had stepped in during our civil war -- how? i'm just appalled. that we were even there. and why isn't bush being tried with some sort of treasonous acts for line to the american public? i have to go. i'm so disgusted. thank you. host: the decision yesterday was off5-4 by the supreme court on the hartford fire fighters. it was 5-4. sonia sotomayor's decision was overturned. she is the supreme court nominee whose confirmation hearing begins july 13. this is the headline from the home town newspaper. a slim majority finds the bias -- pictured on the front page a

still they remained mired in first place. rumors are swirling that the manager will be fired. the general manager jim bowden has left, and a permanent replacement has yet to be named. questions abound. will they be able to sign their first round draft pick, steven strawsberg, kerd the best prospect in a generation. will the owners open their pocket books a bit wider and bring in some better players so the nats aren't talked about in the same sentence as the 1962 new york mets. he has been the subject of criticism in the "washington post" and the washington times,. then again, the atlanta journal constitution once questioned why he got a contract extension. that was in 1991, two years before the braves began their winning streak. he began in baseball by walking up to ted turner and offering to work for nothing. as ted turner once told the paper, that was an offer even i couldn't refuse. besides the braves, mr. kasten has served as president of the atlanta hawks basketball team, and the thrashers hockey team, becoming the first person ever to serve as the head of three major lea

the nationals are mired in last nice. the manager is rumored to be fired. questions abound. will they be able to sign their first round draft pick, peter strassberg, considered the best prospect in a generation. will the owners open their pocket books wider and bring in better players so they aren't talked about in the same sentence as the 1962 new york mets. he has been the subject of criticism in the "washington post" and the times. then again, the atlanta journal constitution once questioned why he had gotten a contract extension. that was in 1991, two years before the braves began that unpress denied winning streak. he got his start in baseball by walking up to the braves owner, ted turner and offering to work for nothing. as ted turner once told the paper, that was an offer even i cooperate refuse. besides the behaves, he has also served as president of the turner-owned atlanta hawks basketball team and the atlanta thrashers hockey team, becoming the first person ever to serve as the head of three major league teams simultaneously. the son of holocaust survivors, he gra

now, don't say that mica is saying that we are mired in red tape. let me just give you a sampling of commentary that i have and apart from the public record. norwalk, connecticut mayor, said after a merris conference, we really need to talk about eliminating some of the bureaucratic things that washington forces on the states. he is talking about why he can't move forward with the stimulus package. missouri doe director, pete rand, this is what he said. that are requirements have been taken to a new level. we are going to have to dedicate additional staff even to the recordkeeping and auditing required under these new procedures. madison-- i guess this is madison wisconsin, npo informed their locality about the difficulty in getting money disbursed for projects. koranic click on to much for job creation this year, because the american recovery and reinvestment act requires piles of red tape to get federal funding and it will delay people going to work. i am just giving you a small sampling of what they are telling us as far as the difficulty in gett

most importantly mired marine william nevin has documented the likely location of many of the unaccounted for remains. they have used ground penetrating radar to find remains. unfortunately d.o.d. has no plans to do research. i would like to commend a vietnam marine for this issue. the chair: without objection. mr. lipinski: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from california has seven minutes remaining. and the gentleman from new jersey has 4 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. mckeyon: -- mr. mckeon: we have no further speakers. mr. andrews: it's my pleasure to yield one minute who is the gentlelady of the chair of the water resources subcommittee, the gentlelady from texas, ms. johnson. the chair: the gentlewoman texas is recognized for one minute. ms. johnson: let me thank the leadership of the committee for this fine bill. i have an amendment that requires the department of defense to report on the need for and availability of mental health care services for service members and their families that are stationed overseas. many face depression and post dramatic stress syndrome and are suicid

stimulating in the short run because of we hadn't stimulated here and the u.s., our economy would be mired in a much deeper recession. host: leesburg, fla., steve. caller: i am wondering what all the talk is about european stimulus -- aren't they suffering because we stopped buying their products and some buying japanese and chinese products? guest: that actually, the europeans have suffered, especially the germans have suffered, but a dramatic decline in exports. not just to the united states -- host: why germany in particular? germany had developed only recently and economic growth model that was based on exports. they had decided that the best way to have sustainable long- term growth was to become increasingly dependent on manufacturing exports. that turned out to be not so sustainable in a downturn. their exports have fallen off the table. and it is why germany is suffering, among the major european industrial economies, while germany is suffering the most, because global trade in general has fallen off so severely. host: secretary to geithner and other ministers from the g84 meeting

have had americans thinking if you see something, think twice before you say something lest you get mired in a lawsuit. a "usa today" editorial in the days following the suit said, quote, this legal tactic seems designed to intimidate passengers willing to do exactly what authorities have requested. say something about suspicious activity, end of quote. the paper went on to report that, quote, the immans want to know the names of the elderly couple who turned around to watch and then made cell phone calls, presumably to authorities, end of quote. in a response to the incident at the minneapolis airport, congressman peter king, the ranking member on the house homeland security committee and congressman steve pares -- steve pierce, first moved to provide immunity to public transportation who report suspicious activity through a recommittal motion to the rail and public transportation security act of 2007. which the house overwhelmingly passed on march, 2007, by a vote of 304-121. later in the 110th congress, despite care's public lobby effort, mr. king and senator joe lieberman were success

still, the matsen remained mired in last place. rumors are swirling that their manager will be fired. general manager jim bowden has already left and a permanent replacement has yet to be named. questions of bounds. will they be able to sign their first round draft pick, picture stevens frostburg. considered the best prospect in a generation. will the learned family, the bethesda real estate developers who own the team open their pocketbooks a bit wider and bring in some better players so that the or not talked about in the same sentence as the 1962 new york mets. mr. kaston himself has been a subject of criticism in "the washington post" and the washington times. then again, the "atlanta journal-constitution" once questioned why he got the contract extension. .. that will degree probably comes in handy when he has to negotiate contracts with scott boras who is representing the aforementioned stevan strous-berg petraeus questions probably won't be as hard as those negotiations have so let's welcome stan caston to the national press

how can you do so mire budget right now. how can you do so much? how can you take over autos, health care, half the american economy, and manage it all correctly no matter how smart you are? so i'm like the worry wart around the media these days. i see a guy who's just tremendously impressive. i see a guy who manages his staff so beautifully. and talks in just like no other politician i've seen before. i just wish he was doing less. i just wish there was a little more humility there. and maybe i'll be proven wrong. because if there's one thing we know about this country that a country that can make a barbecue grill like i would see in the home depot called the webber genesis grill, name a barbecue grill after a book in the bible or a country that can make veggie booty with kale probably can achieve anything. but i'm still a little nervous about even as great of president as i think we have right now. thanks very much. [applause] i've been told there's time for questions, maybe. i can't see you though i know you guys from t.c.u. are out there at lea

i want to thank representative mire for bringing this important resolution forward. i bring my -- i ask my colleagues to support this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: mr. speaker, i would like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from missouri, mr. luetkemeyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you, madam chairman, and mr. chairman. i'm proud to rise today in support of house resolution 3 the 0 -- 390, recognizing the winston churchill memorial and library. as america's national churchill museum. before i discuss the details of the bill, i'd like to thank the many folks who helped make this possible. first i want to thank my predecessor in congress who first introduced this resolution in the 110th congress. he laid the groundwork for the passage of this bill and i'm honored to finish the work he began. also, from the moment i first introduced the resolution

additional funding for the firefighter grant program, that draws on proposals from representatives ult mire, pascrell, austria, peter king and biggert. additional funding for nonprofit security grants, representatives cohen and weiner. additional funding for the metropolitan medical response system, representative kosmas. additional funding to implement the western hemisphere travel, representive mitchell. d.h.s. employees can use personal protection equipment without negative personnel action. a prohibition on funds in this bill being used for first class travel with certain exceptions from representative cuellar. and a prohibition of funds in this bill for closing or transfer from fema recovery office. all increases are appropriately offset elsewhere in the bill. while the bill includes earmarks in it, which have been properly disclosed according to house procedures this amendment does not contain any congressional earmarks and i ask members to support this amendment. reserve the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. rogers: to claim th

mire -- altmire, of what it really means when somebody only has health care when they get so badly sick or ill that they show up in the emergency room. mr. altmire: i thank the gentleman. that is just one example. we are going to deal with a lot of policy options over the next several months. and to talk about just one related to what the gentleman is talking about, prevention and wellness. something that everyone can agree has to be an important component. we have to incentivize doctors and hospitals and our health care system more generally to keep people healthy. to keep them out of the system. to not wait until the last minute. until the situation develops that the gentleman talks about. just think about one disease which in western pennsylvania where i'm from is in near epidemic proportions and that's diabetes. which in some cases is preventable. some cases it's not. but for every individual that you can put on a program of wellness and prevent diabetes from taking place, or at minimum delay the onset, you are changing that person's life for the better. you are making a material di

i did want to thank my colleague for joining me, i see congressman amount mire has joined us, he's also from pennsylvania, the other side of the state. also a community, pittsburgh, which is known for its medical care and medical schools and has a lot of health care providers. i bet and would imagine that congressman altmire has some of the same experiences i do, while we have great quality health care, it is also too often fragmented, too often not accessible, it's too often not affordable for too many of our constituents. so we're here tonight to talk about health care reform and particularly the commitment we're making as we move forward to expand and extend access to more americans to make it more affordable, that also means a commitment to fixing the delivery system and to primary care. i want to thank congressman altmire for joining us and welcome his comments. mr. altmire: i thank the gentlewoman. it's been a pleasure working with the gentlewoman as part of the new democratic coalition, we're co-chairs of that group. the gentlewoman hit it right on the head that we do have the be

today many african-americans remained mired in poverty. average incomes remain below that of white americans. there remains an achievement gap in education and for many health conditions african-americans bear a disproportionate burden of disease and injury and death and disability. african-americans are more ove overdisproportionately involved with the criminal justice system in our prisons. recently states -- alabama, connecticut, maryland, florida, new jersey, north carolina, and virginia -- enacted resolutions apologizing for the role their states played in sanctioning and promoting slavery and segregation. corporations, such as j.p. morgan, et narcs and wachovia, have also acknowledged and apologized for their role in ants profit from slavery. slavery, jim-crow laws, and their lasting consequences, however, are an enduring national shame. it was the united states that enshrined slavery in the constitution and protected it for nearly a century. it is congress that passed the shameful laws such as the missouri compromise of 1820 and the