the geneman from missouri. mr. skelton: i yield two minutes to my friend, the gentleman from nevada, -- the gentlewoman from nevada, ms. titus. ms. titus: the purpose of this amendment is to provide the secretary of defense to change the effective date of the homeowners assistance program for members of the armed forces permanently assigned. the program approved by congress allows members to be reimbursed for losses as a result of vrg to sell their hole. under current law, a service member must purchase his or her home before july 1, 2006 in order to qualify for assistance. my congressional district is home for a number of members to the aircraft program. many of these armed service members were assigned to southern nevada when prices were fueled by out of control and reckless speculators. they and others purchased homes at what was then a fair market price. through no fault of their own, many of their homes have lost value. a problem arises that many are being reassigned to a new area. a number of service members

the gentleman from missouri. the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: may i inquiref the time remaining, please? the chair: the gentleman from missouri has 5 3/4 minutes. the gentleman from california has 7 1/2 minutes. mr. skelton: would the gentleman from california care to proceed? mr. mckeon: yes. mr. chairman, i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, a member of the committee, mr. connolly -- conaway. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. conay: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of the bill. this legislation authorizes good policy for directing the defense of our nation. i also strongly support the addition of the improve act of 2010 which has already passed this house by an overwhelming vote. it will also help us move closer to the day that the financial statements of the department of defense are audible and -- auditable and receive an unqualified opinion. the murphy andment will tell the 350,000-plus men and women who are currently participating in the survey of what they think about don't ask, don't

the gentleman from missouri is recognized. the gentleman from missouris recognized. mr. skelton: i yield back. the chair: the question is on amendments en bloc offered by the gentleman from new jersey. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. inhe opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the enloc amendments are agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment numr 21 printed in house report 11-498. for what purpose does the ntleman from illinois seek recognition. mr. gutierrez: to have my amendment called up at this point. the chair: the clerk wl designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 21 printed in house report 111-498 offered by mr. gutrrez of illinois. the chair: thgentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. gutierrez: in 2009, the occupational safety and health admistration ined $87 million for safety violations at a texas city refinery, many of which were identified after the 2005 explosion and then ignored there. as recently as two months ago, b.p

the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: mr. speaker, hector polit graduated from west point in june of 1941. after infantry officer's basic course in fort bening, georgia, he was assigned to his first military assignment. the philippines. it was on december 8, philippine time, that the philippines were invaded by the japanese. hector helped defend the peninsula receiving a commendation for heroism, a silver star for his actions in february of 1942. in april, he, along with the other american forces, surrendered. he survived the death march on the way to the prison camp and he was kept there over the years. in december, 1944, he was put aboard a japanese ship to be taken to japan. american bombers bombed that ship and he survived. january, 1945, he was again placed on a japanese ship to go to japan to do slave labor, and the american bombers bombed that ship, and hector died as a result of the wounds received. there are others throughout that war that saw that battle, combat, deprivation, and yet at the end of the day the americ

mark stanley, kansas city, missouri. katie steinman, springfield, missouri. sukami, bloomington, minnesota, and joe walsh, overland park, kansas. [applause] >> our next recipient is from columbia university and targeted to students in the middle east studying in the united states to take the best practices of american journalism back to his home country. yohav razzam from tel aviv and recipient of a $30,000 scholarship. one of our longest partnerships has been with the university of missouri. and we fund over four years a full four-year scholarship. this year chris tordino is the recipient of a $17,000 scholarship, part of a $68,000 commitment for his four-year degree. [applause] we are, again, pleased to welcome students from howard university here in washington, d.c., each of these students receiving $7,000 scholarship to help them in the year ahead. we welcome derrick haynes, jasmine norwood and mary gotti. [applause] >> we want to recognize graham slater of norman, oklahoma, the recipient of a $38,000 scholarship. he's a student at northwestern. he could

for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri -- michigan rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. kildee: mr. speaker, i rise today in response to the chamber of commerce's recent claim that the u.s. free trade agreements have supported 5.4 million jobs. i want someone to show those jobs to me because they certainly aren't in michigan or my district. michigan has the highest unemployment in the country. in my hometown of flint, michigan, the unemployment rate is nearly 30%. at one time we had nearly 80,000 jobs. now we have about 6,000. with every free trade agreement we continue to send more jobs overseas, put american workers at a greater disadvantage. come to my district and i will show you the empty fields that used to employ thousands of american workers before nafta, which i oppose. trade policy might help create jobs and improve the quality of life for workers in other countries but not in the united states. mr. speaker, i yield back the bal

skelton of missouri. insert the following, section 1032, prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at guantanamo bay, cuba. none of the funds authorized appropriated may bused to transfer, release or assist in the transfer -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? the clerk will suspend. mr. skelton: mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. skelton: the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the clerk will continue to read. the clerk: in the transfer or -- mr. skelton: mr. speaker. mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read and precipitationed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the question is on adoption of the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agree

-- the show-me state, the state of missouri.the biggest issue here is not just making sure shah we can run this government and get the government moving and helping people again. the bigger issue for me is that things shouldn't be done in secret. if you're going to put a hold on someone, we should know why. we should know who's doing it. i sated other day that what this reminds me of is like an olympic sport where there's a race and they're passing the baton from senator to senator so you can't figure out who's holding the baton. so they rotate who's putting the hold. so they get around th the rule. if the delay was an olympic sport, my colleagues would be getting a gold medal. this has to stop. i want to give you a few examples of the kind of senatore kind of senators from we're talking about here. and the kind of nominees that we would like to see get confidence. now, if -- i want to just give you some examples of who these are and i'll then go through and make a motion to put them through. we're right now in the middle of an

the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: madam speaker, i would yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from michigan, mr. ehlers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. ehlers: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i said much of what i could say on this particular bill, resolution, as i said about the previous one. it's to recognize that general aviation is very, very important to our nation. it serves so many people, so well, and i would not bother to repeat all the points i made earlier, but simply want to say that i think this is an excellent bill and i hope that everyone in this chamber will vote for it and it will go into effect. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee reserves his time. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: madam speaker, i don't have anymore speakers, i yield back the ba

and he pursued that through a scholarship at the university of missouri working at the post dispatch in st. louis, his hometown. very early on he thought i want to be a journalist. and i want to be good enough to work at the "new york times." and i think that tenacity that enabled him to overcome all the barriers that he faced. so he was -- he was a mix of those people as well as a young man who was mentored by the jewish shop owners in his neighborhood. so he had some influence from the coopers as well as a rabble-rouser on campus at the university of missouri. he flexed new bound black power in the 1970s. he walked around with a big afro talking about power to the people. all of that was gerald boyd. and having covered reagan in the white house and bush in the white house. >> as a reporter. >> as a reporter. >> for the "new york times." >> for the "new york times" and as a reporter for the st. louis post dispatch as well. so he was all of these -- all of these many facets made up gerald boyd. >> and your husband. >> and my husband. >> how long were you married? >> there was a love

the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: mr. chairman, i will ask for a recorded vote on the motion or the motion en bloc . first, i but first i wish to pay special tribute to ranking member mckeon, a gentleman of the first order who has not only continued the bipartisan attitude and bipartisan work in our committee, but has made it work very, very well. we owe him a debt of gratitude and i want to pay a special word of thanks to him for his excellent work and cooperation in mking our committee so bipartisan in nature. a special thanks also to the fantastic staff that we have. members take credit for all the good work that they do, and so often they go as unsung heroes, but they really make this committee work so well and so solid -- solidly to each one of them, true professionals, i express deep thanks and gratitude. mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. the question son the amendments en bloc offered by the gentleman from missouri. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in

the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: mr. speaker, today we as a congress perform a duty in compliance with the constitution of the united states. article 1, section 8 states the congress shall have the power to provide fothe common defense and general welfare of the united states. it also provides for -- to provide and maintain a navy and make all rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. so today i rise in support of h.r. 5136, the national defense authorization acfor fiscal year 2011. i'm pleased to be joined here today by my friend, my colleague, the ranking member, buck mckeon. buck's been a true partner in this effort to bring forward a bipartisan bill that addresses the national security needs of our country. the committee passe the defense authorization bill by a vote of 59-0. our nation's been at war for nearly a decade. our troops are worn and their families are tired and the nation recognizes their sacrifices. the bill addresses many of the concerns that they have raised. i'm proud that

i'm going to take you to missouri right now. sedalia, missouri, where powerful storms moved through thursday evening. take a look at this rotation. officials sounded the sirens to warn residents. luckily there was no damage or injuries. but, again, all part of the same weather system that will be moving this way. so i don't think that we're going to see any severe weather around here. but one thing is for sure, we might have an isolated thunderstorm or two late saturday night early sunday. here's the weather pattern. still that big ridge over the eastern half of the nation. the dip there is what moves in for tomorrow. but more importantly is the weather pattern for wednesday and the end of next week that's going up to memorial day weekend. real hot. the ridge will continue to build all the way up to canada. i'm going to keep my eye on a storm system coming through the bahamas close to the outer banks. that could be a system tropical in nature with heavy rain and high winds. hurricane season starts june 1st. right now, it looks l

i was in missouri to go get my wedding dress. we're getting married in four weeks.unday morning to come home for work. we're both teachers. and my fiancee who lives about a block up from here called me and said to turn around. i-24 was closed. my house had water up to my roof line. >> when you got back, what did you think? >> oh, my gosh. i had pictured devastation. i had pictured my belongings gone. but it's really unbelievable. i think it really hit me this morning. the last couple days. it's been like, okay, systematic go through the motions but all of a sudden today, it's been like -- this is really all of my things and it is no more. >> everything right here. this is your furniture here. you just moved in in august. >> all my furniture. they're making us create piles. wood, furniture, trash, electronics. all of our appliances got taken out yesterday. >> there are kids next door. families here who lost really everything. >> i moved here in september. so luckily it was just me and my things here so i had kind downsized from an part. the family next to me, they ha

afternoon perusing mostly storms with hail and very, very few tornadoes showed up in the state of missouri. overall, that storm system pumps in more moisture. you'll notice that increase in the clouds and especially tomorrow morning we could have showers starting around the bay. this takes us into the afternoon hours. one thing i want to point out here, not so much at 3:15, the fact that we're indicating just a few scattered showers around the bay. it's the substantial rain on the other side of the mountains that will try to get in here overnight, saturday in through sunday morning. it all depends on where we set up this conveyor belt wrapping up the upper level low. we may shift this line of the rain expected. sunday, expect more rain than saturday. for today, however, 86 degrees under a partly cloudy sky. we'll get back tonight into the upper 50s to near 60. our extended outlook taking us into the weekend. 76 tomorrow, mostly cloudy. not a washout, just a stray shower. we're expecting a better chance of rain and 71 on sunday. we'll get back into the 80s. kim? >>> a head's up for anyone t

the chair: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for one minute. mr. skelton: madam chairman,he bill for us is an excellent piece of legislation. it's one of the best that our committee has written. it's strong on our attempt to all terrorism. it takes care of the troops. it looks after their families. on this issue before us, inquiry was made of secretary gates and the joint chiefs of staff chairman, in a letter dated april 30 states, there have i strongly oppose any legislation that seeks to change this policy prior to the completion of this vital assessment process. further, i hope congress will not do so as it would send a very damaging message to our men and women in uniform that, in essence, their views, concerns, and prospectives do not matter on an issue with such a direct impact and consequence for them and their families. i oppose the amendment. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. >> i yield 30 seconds to the leader on this issue, mr. matheson of utah. the chair: the gentleman from utah is recognized for 30 seconds. >> i

missouri, it's a dream come true for the 90-year-old great grandma in kansas city.r first ever. she says her parents were too strict to let her go to a dance and now decades later, she's all dressed up, head to toe and all smiles thanks to her special great grandson. >> i love her, she's my grandma. she's 90 years old and deserves to have a good time. >> and that's a fox watch across america. that's pretty cool. racoons on the loose in of all places chicago. these ring-tailed rascals are freaking out locals who have never seen racoons before. it's nothing compared to what the fellows are doing to the homes there coming up. ♪ [ sneezing ] ♪ [ male announcer ] what are you gonna miss when you have an allergy attack? benadryl® is more effective than claritin® at relieving your worst symptoms and works when you need it most. benadryl®. you can't pause life. ♪ spread a little somethin' to remember ♪ ♪ spread a little joy and see ♪ need a little happiness to be ♪ ♪ living the life with me . >> mike: when is comes to home foreclosures, we've talked about a lot of negative

joseph's missouri and then move to leavenworth. this is downtown leavenworth kansas in 1865 for those of you don't know leavenworth, he's a city that hates kansas city for its very existence. it has of course he thought it would be kansas city. when fred urbina to leavenworth and 1860's the belief of the trance cut on the railroad is going to go to leavenworth and leavenworth was going to be the next thing it was and everything was going to be great. unfortunately it didn't work out that way. kansas city became kansas city and people of leavenworth have been angry ever since. fred rb made the decision of the time that he would continue to raise his family and leavenworth, that it was a wonderful place to raise his family but like any of the businessmen of leavenworth and relocating his business elsewhere which were fred met in on the road. and what we know from fred's spread was on the road basically for 20 years. he sold for you for the railroads, tickets for the railroads and because he was traveling everywhere by train coming al

harry truman -- i went to school the last two years of college, i went to the university of missourirnalism school in the 1950's. harry truman, former president, came to columbia, missouri from independence to make a speech for his granddaughter and i was sent to cover the speech and i went to the former president afterward and i was scared to death, and i said, "well," he said, "you want a copy of the speech?" i said "yes, sir." he handed me his speech. it was in a binder. and the print was this high -- almost an inch high because he already had bad eyesight. >> charlie: early on, he had bad eyesight. >> early on. he gave it to me then he said, "walk with me, do you want to walk with me, son?" i said "i would love to, sir" so we walked out and i thought, "my god, this is journalism, this is what i want to do with my life." >> charlie: sounds good to me. you used to see those pictures of him going to key west where he would vacation with that colorful key west shirt and walking around. he was a big-time walker. >> the thing about harry truman, to digress for a moment, here is a man w

we diminished the tornadoes to just a couple in missouri and widespread hail outbreaks. will definitely be in a much diminished form. over this weekend, we do expect more clouds and maybe showers to dot up around the mid- portion of the day in the mid- morning and afternoon. not a heck of a lot of green in central maryland which means we're not going to get widespread rain tomorrow. it will be cloudy, humid and feel damp. most of the rain is back in the other side of the mountains. then the rain that develops on sunday morning. this is one of many models depicting it up towards our east. it shows the increased threat of rain on sunday. there may be a few hours with heavier rains and maybe a downpour or two on sunday. so plan for the wet weather, but again, it's not going to be an all-day event. we head through the day 86 degrees. a nice warm-up from the 50s earlier in the week. we'll settle from 59 to the mid- 60s. we'll drop into the 70s. again, some showers tomorrow. more showers on sunday. and then we dry it out and warm it into the 80s again next week. kim? >> report

. >> justin, this is a tornado from missouri, and it's crazy. pictures are actually a weak twister, which doesn't look very weak in the east part of kansas city. it passed near the state fairgrounds. it's incredible when you look at this. no injuries were reported, but there was some property damage. pretty incredible pictures this morning to show you. i know somebody like justin's eyes get wide. >> if you noticed, the jolly green giant was running away with a pile of broccoli or something. >> was that two? >> sometimes they spin around each other and come together. >> it's hard to believe that that's a weak twister. >> look on the right side of the tv screen. looks like another one's popping up there, right? >> that's pretty cool. >> there, right there. see it? man, from the ground to the sky. >> linda so said justin, it's the smoke monster. >> somebody's head is stuck in "lost." >> a "lost" fan here. that would be white smoke and the grand finale is coming up at 7:00. some of us will be red eyed and teary on monday morning. we have a weekend t

that is some missouri and -- that is how alaska and hawaii got through, how missouri and maine got throughhost: vern, you are up to it a democrat. -- you are out. a democrat. caller: what is the process to form a state within a state? guest: it is pretty simple. you just have to get the votes. it is laid out in article 4 of the constitution. the existing state legislature has to vote in favor of setting aside whatever region that wants to become a separate state. once that happens -- that is the hard part, because no state wants to give up territory. but if the state legislature votes in favor of that, congress approves, and if that happens, you are at stake. this has happened a couple of times. -- you are a state. this has happened a couple of times. massachusetts had the northern district and these people wanted to be separated, and they complained for decades, and massachusetts became so sick of it that they said fine, and you become a state, and that was maine. the legislature voted in favor of setting them free. the same thing happened with west virginia, or west virginia was cleaved

the missouri national guard agricultural development team -- from eissenstat -- have been deployed to the nangarhar province and is doing well appearing with civilians background and training to teach them practices and techniques. as between the afghan national security forces to develop the afghan economy, we must also focus on women who make up 60% of the afghanistan population. under the taliban rule in afghanistan women ere subjected to inequalities and excluded from all forms of public life. last week i moderated a roundtable with female ministers from the afghan government to discuss how the u.s. -- hauer u.s. and afghanistan can work togethero in power women politically, economically and socially. i look forward to hearing the testimony today and all of these critical periods for major general fields. we have the response of he to the men and women in uniform, to the taxpayers of this country and to make sure we have a strict accounting on how resources are bng spent. we cannot waste resources the troops need to keep themselves safe and get the job done. i want you now recogni

louis and the university of missouri. because of america competes, these two great universities will be able to work locally with teachers to spark interest in math and science for future generations, as well as to continue research looking into the next break through technologies. today i also heard from chuck gerding of gerding enterprises, a small manufacturer who has been assisted by the missouri enterprise program that helps small and medium sized manufacturers. america competes would strengthen the missouri enterprise program, helping manufacturers compete in the global economy and hire more workers. the section of this bill i'm particularly proud of will strengthen regional economies through the energy innovation hubs, to help advance the u.s. transition to a clean energy economy and to support the growth of new sectors of the economy and jobs that come with them. in order for the u.s. to remain competitive we need to invest in the technologies now that will create jobs immediately and make our economy stronger for

with the chairman, you also find independence-minded democrats like ike skelton from missouri. on some issues, he votes with the president and some issues he does not. at the end of the day, voters want someone who will be looking at the facts and deciding what is best for their particular community. that is what these chairman have done and they realize what they are up against. they are ready and confident that when you compare what they stand for with what the republicans stand for, they will come out on top because one of the other issues surfacing in these campaigns have also surfaced in the -- surfaced in the pennsylvania election, the campaign to turn medicare into a voucher program until the senior that you are on your own and go fight with the insurance industry and partially privatize social security. those are issues coming up in races like these and people don't want the government to take away some of that economic security those programs provide. >> in pennsylvania, all this are people i talk to the day before and the day of that race, they basically thought it wa

it was again in 1992 when they wanted to get licensed in missouri.e wrote the recommendation on his senate stationery. >> you are confusing illinois and missouri. >> it is crazy. >> if you want to quote something, it is illinois and not misery. >> you imply there is a quid pro quo. >> what the ad says is that she donated five times to help harry reid to power. >> you should know. >> i am asking you. >> 1000 times is different than five times. >> she has to live with that advertisement. we will take a break. we will talk about your favorite topic -- harry reid. we will talk about harry reid wind "face to face" returns. back in a moment. ♪ >> welcome back across the state to "face to face." we have the five candidates who want to face harry reid in the general election. we have the first of two parts. the next will be tomorrow night. i want to ask you about harry reid. you say we will not lose anything if harry reid is replaced. i want to show you a list of programs that he has bragged that he has gotten fort nevada. between $25,000,000.60 $2 million f

you've got ike skeleton from missouri on some issues he votes with the president, on some issues he doesn't. and at the end of the day, i think voters want people who they know are going to be looking at the facts and deciding what is best for their particular community. and that's what these chairmen have done. so they realize what they're up against, they're ready, and they're confident that when you compare what they stand for with what the republicans stand for, they'll come out on top. because one of the other issues that's really surfacing in these campaigns also surfaced in the pennsylvania special election was the republican proposal to turn medicare into a voucher program. to hand the senior voucher and say, hey, you're on your own. go fight with the insurance industry and to partially privatize social security. those are issues that are coming up in races. like these. and people don't want the government to take away some of that economic security that those programs provide. >> in pennsylvania, all of the smart people that i talk to the day before and the day of that race basical

the presiding officer: the senator from missouri is recognized. mr. bond: mr. president, americans have sent congress a message -- reform wall street, hold bad actors accountable but don't hurt the folks on main street who had nothing to do with the financial crisis. that's what we're debating about here in the senate this week. senators on both sides of the aisle agree on one thing -- all of us want to hold wall street accountable for the havoc wreaked on main street. we all agree we need to enact reform to prevent another financial crisis, but we have some disagreements on what responsible reform looks like. while we all agree on the need to reform wall street to protect main street, the current bill, even with amendments so far, doesn't, in my view, do the trick. we're making progress but there's still a lot of work to do, because in its current form, the bill is still a massive government overreach, punishing main street, hurting families, costing jobs by stifling small business and entrepreneursment today i'll highlight some of the concerns i've heard from

that's how alaska and hawaii got through and missouri and million. it's a tradition as i said earlier so until that happens, washington, d.c. prospects are bleak. her skull another look at "the wall street journal" from the weekend journal a couple of weeks ago. a couple of calls from manhattan from new york city. durham, a democrat? >> caller: thank you for accepting my call. my question was what is the process through forming a state within a state? >> guest: it's pretty simple. you have to get the votes. it's working like this. it's laid out in article 4 of the constitution and it works like this. the existing state legislature has to vote in favor of setting aside whatever region wants to become a separate state. once that happens, and that's the hard part because no state wants to give up territory but if the legislature does that, the state legislature votes in favor then congress approves and if that happens you are a state and this happened a couple of times. one good example this massachusetts had the northern part called the northen distric

host: say louis, missouri. on the independent line. -- st. louis, missouri.aller: i live in california for 17 years before i moved to missouri. i know there has been a lot said about people moving out of california, like myself. californium likes to hide statistics they do not like. i was wondering if you have looked into the number of drivers licenses that have been switched from california to another state when people move out. guest: i have not looked at that. i do know there are some statistics out there on immigration and out migration of california. after a number of years of net loss in population, the last year or year and half have seen some slight gains. it is hard to say what is going on. i think the more interesting question about the driver's licenses it is an income level. the anecdotal evidence if you interview people who have helped businesses locate, they are much more busier in california helping businesses move out than they are helping businesses move in. if that whole industry is seeing that, you have to wonder if that is not describing w

lakewood oaks golf and country club in missouri hosts this hour-long event. >> my mother was 15 whenshe got married and she never went to high school and she would look at me years later and say after i got my ph.d., jack come if you are so smart how come you're not rich blacks and i still working on that one. i haven't figured it out. i had a pretty good day today i have to tell you about this. i am driving account and a stop at mcdonald's for lunch. i buy a happy meal as i usually do, open my happy meal and what do i find it my happy meal? a nobel peace prize. [laughter] just one of those good days. any other nobel peace prize winners? and i the only one? [laughter] heisman trophy winner? okay, just a few of you. good. i was hoping for a nobel prize for economics now that i indenturing to

the speaker o tempore: for what purpose does the the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from missouri is recognized for one minute. mr. carnahan: thank you, mr. speaker. eight years of failed economic policies under the bush administration left a deep economic hole for the new obama administration, but three things are clear. it will take some time to dig out. we have made steady progress. and there's much more to do. but yesterday the joint economic committee released its report showing progress with new jobs created and decreasing unemployment in my home state of missouri. now is not the time to reverse direction. we must remain focused on the real measure of recovery and that's jobs. we need to move beyond bickering to real solutions that will put real people back to work. i urge my colleagues to once again take up the job creating america competes bill that will strengthen u.s. scientific and economic leadership. to create jobs in investment and scienc

the privilege to also have the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, yield to me as he delivers the leadership hour presentation on the economic situation here in the united states and the opportunity to say a few words on that particular subject. i may revert back to that subject, mr. speaker. however, i want to shift the subject a little bit over onto subject matter that seems to be on the minds and lips of americans across this country. i have had the privethroge travel to some of the corners of america in the last few weeks and had my conversations in -- oh in the coffee shops and restaurants and city halls and in meeting places and i was a little bit surprised that -- i had had the perception that in my district, immigration become an issue that is very much front and center, but i -- i expect that's going to be the case in states like arizona, california, texas, these states that are our border states, new mexico, where you have a large number of illegal border crossings. but i didn't expect it would be the case in the northeast, for exampl

fdic closed three smaller banks in georgia, michigan and missouri, bringing the total to 72.. now back to on the record. >> greta: pollster frank luntz is taking the pulls of voters -- the pulse of voters. >> we had the tune to look at 35 ads. they are coming fast and furious. it looks like there's three new ads per day. by the start of june, there is going to be 10, 15 per day, new. i thought we would show fox viewers three, all effective, some positive, some negative. let's start with the michael bennett ad. running for reelection appointed to the senate in colorado. we showed these ads to a focus group. the higher the lines climb the more favorable the reaction. red republicans, green democrats above 50 good ad. if both climb above a 50 it is an outstanding ad. let's take a look. >> i've been in washington only a year but it didn't take that long to see the whole place is broken. it is time to give them a wake-up call u that's why i'm for freezing congressional pay until we get our economy back on track. i think senators and congressman should lose their own health insuran

i thank the gentleman from missouri for including us, and i yield back. mr. akin: i thank you, lady, and we have been talking about a broad range of topics today but in general, the condition of our economy. and the thing i would like to be sure we don't do is to leave with the impression that there aren't solutions to these problems. the solution is one, we have to back off in giving away money to everybody. we have to reduce federal spending and what we're go to go have to do is to use the power of reducing taxes. so we have to reduce taxes in order to get the economy back going and start creating jobs. now if we want to continue the formula of destroyinjobs the way we have been, what's going to happen is it's going to be harder and harder to get the economy back on track. but there is a solution. it's not complicated. it involves doing tax cuts selectively to allow the small businesses to start creating jobs again. and weave to get off their back with regulations and red tape. we have to increase their ability to get liquidity, but we also have to stop tax

a teenage boy in missouri took his 90-year-old great grandmother to the prom because it was on her bucketist. [ laughter ] unfortunately, school officials would not let her in because her hospital gown was too revealing. [ laughter ] a little risque for us. and finally, a couple in britain spent more than $22,000 to convert a public bathroom into a house. a little strange, whenever you knock on their door they're like, "someone is in here." [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show. give it up for the roots. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, everybody, it was just announced that i'm going to host emmys this summer on nbc. i'm very excited. [ cheers and applause ] should be fun. it was a tough decision for the academy. it came down to either me or crystal bowersox and 45 million americans voted for crystal bowersox. and i got 9. but honestly it's an honor and it's very exciting and i'm really psyched to do it. it's gonna be really fun. but first another update on our rolling stones week. here we go, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: all next week from may

. >> storms are spinning out over missouri and illinois, and rain as far east as ohio and kentucky ands to the mountains today, high-pressure over us keeping storms away. friday forecast is similar to yesterday. the-to-mid-80's for highs. plenty of sunshine today. beach areas will be in the 70's. >> another update at 9:55. how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where you live, and better for where we all live. turn to the experts during cool choices and get up to $1200 cash back on an infinity system by carrier. >>> oh, i can't tonight. it's girl's night out. but i do have tomorrow free. all day, and night. >> wow. what is she wearing? meteors? that's quintessential samantha from "sex and the city 2." we're going to catch up with actress kim cattrall as the four girls take -- aim to take the country by storm. once again, kim cattrall -- here's a flashback to the '80s. wow. >>> meanwhile, coming up in this half-hour,

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under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader mr. akin: thank you, mr. speaker. it's a pleasure to be able to join you and my colleagues and others who are gathered here to talk about something that has been on our minds for some considerable time now, many months, even a matter of a year and a half to two years. and that is the subject of the economy and jobs and what's really going on in america. i'm a person who's of the baby boomer type cycle. i'm 62. there are many people such as myself in america that have done a lot of work and tried to save our money and all of a sudden something seemed to go wrong in the economy, we lost a lot of money in 2008 and there's a real concern out there about jobs, the economy and what's going on in the policies. and so i thought, and we have an hour, we don't have to do everything in one minute or five minutes, but we have a full hour today, that i would open the subject, i would invite my other republican colleagues to

on newshour connect, we talk to reporters from pbs stations in virginia, idaho and missouri about theea party movement in their communities. plus on art beat, a new exhibit about edward moi-bridge, a pioneer in photography. he was the first to capture motion and paved the way for the invention of cinema. curator philip brookman describes moi-bridge's technique. >> he's british by birth, he was born in 1830. he began his career in san francisco in 1867 photographing the landscape. and yet he's really best known for work he did years later in the 1870s and 1880s about motion and time. his great realization was his understanding that a sequence of images would allow a real thorough analysis of the motion of a horse. we see that photography was both a scientific accomplishment, a technical accomplishment, and also an artistic accomplishment. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: i'm judy >> woodruff: i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you on-line... and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night

freelancing and began working for some smaller magazines such as the virginia quarterly review and missouri review. submitting essays. some of which revise up here in the book about my personal experiences in afghanistan, my thoughts about people there in the country. thoughts that normally -- i don't go into a daily story. >> give an example. >> well, for example, there's one story in the book about some war orphan children that bro and i took under our wing. and so i talked about the process of getting to know them. taking them for lunch every day. and enrolling them in school and then the problems i faced when i left. and i had started this process with them and how to continue that. because a i -- because i created an expectation that i attempted to fulfill. >> who was funding all these trips? >> some of them were funded out of my pocket. >> this book "the khaarijee: a chronicle of friendship of war and kabul." does it cover all seven trips? >> it does, yes. >> walk us through. >> the initial chapters are just, you know, my immersion into the country in 2001. and my reaction to that. an

columbia, missouri. independent line. caller: no one seems to understand that this was an explosion and 11 people lost their lives. no one seems to be talking about that. seems like another day, another live from obama. host: tim, democratic line. caller: what i would like to say is first to a couple of comments that you had earlier with a couple of guests. first of all, this is not obama's fall. something blew up underneath the ocean? i think that with the oil rigs going in, before they even start drilling in the way to shut off. you have a leak like this and no one can get to it? you need to have a shut off valve or something in place. because this will obviously happen again. thank you for c-span, i really enjoy your show. host: florida, bob. republican caller. caller: good morning. i am starting to hear the old excuses coming out of this thing. they have had a week to do this. if the democrats want to claim that they are green, they should have multiple plans. if they do not have a plan in place for a response in plac

host: branson, missouri. caller: my grandfatr was in the airborne. if you read the history books it shows that they did occupy. my grandfather claimed that they landed two weeks before the fight was over. rarely did he ever talk about it. we wereatching a show of the year before he died called "the return to the was the month -- iwo jima." the only time i ever heard my grandfather talk about that was when he said to me that he knew where the bodies were. the only thing he ever spoke about of it. a lot of veterans alike that. i am the commander of the post here in nebraska, and we have been providing comfort. so, i kind of new his point of view when we made those comments. i also wanted to let you know that there's a lot of information that can be obtained from the veterans' service organization web pages. across america people can go out of the web site and look at the battle monuments commission. thanyou for letting me on the air to talk. thank you, sir. guest: thank you for your service. it sounds like you are extremely active in your community. pe

missouri. and john on the democratic line. caller: good morning.ou keep on talking about rules and regulations. we do not need rules and regulations, we need laws. there needs to be criminal prosecution. if i take a drink and get in my car and cause an accident, i am prosecuted for vehicular homicide. these people killed 11 people, 29 miners. that is 40 people in the last six months because people did not want to follow the rules. we need criminal prosecutions. maybe that will stop some of it. guest: in fact, maybe that should be considered. some of these funds to not seem to be high enough. -- fines do not seem to be high enough. but there are lots of dangers businesses. if they feel like they could go to jail if something happens, they may not feel free to run their business. it is frustrating that these fines and rules do not seem to be enough of a determined to force people to follow strict safety precautions. i just met with one of the families as today. it is tragic. a young man was killed, left his wife come at a two-year old, and a newborn.

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destiny and the conquest of the west because of this one guy, this deliberate backwoodsman from missouri who had run away at age 16 is like this is delicate do. he keeps cropping up and he keeps bumping into history and intersecting with the destinies of general zamri hers and all the movers and shakers of the west. he is of this sort of little through life. and it's kind of a joy for a wired to come across a character like that who can kind of pull it all together. and so he's not a biographer that "blood and thunder" is a story about the american west in which he is the central throw line or the person who sort of connects the dots. >> all of these characters, and i think it's something we knows what they thought of western characters seem to be self-conscious. carson perhaps the least, but one of the things that struck me in jest book was in the famous dakar route with both were bonnie and clyde were finally shot down by that policy. there was a copy of walter burns biography, brand-new biography of billy the kid in the back seat. and by of course talked about jesse james at one time