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minister will run for president and if he is elected president take it will then become the case by mr all right i'll see you soon is an hour that out of the conference and central moscow many many thanks. so i would say what are these people avail here in the studio to give us more insight into this hour breaking news here on our c as we know the russian president supporting the russian prime minister mr putin to run for presidency next year explicitly and i suppose you would say that we were talking earlier about the difference of different aspects of state and status in between would be a different putin how would you assess this is one of the fundamental differences that you can find within this tenderness because we have seen that mr putin like to use the state more as a tool to start molding the economy and to some degree society and you have mr medvedev that would be a little bit on it in a different direction seeing the state kind of diminish you know what we could have a new president prime minister right now if he becomes president the privatization process that was announced ear

we all said at the time, mr. speaker, that we would never forget, and it is right that we pay particular attention on this, the tenth anniversary of september september 11th so that for the victims and the families we show we are true to the words we spoke in the aftermath of those terrible attacks. let me also, mr. speaker, as the house returns thank all our policemen and women who did such a tremendous job in the riots over the summer. and it's on the subject of policing that i want to start my questions to the prime minister. we learned last night that the prime minister now wants to hold his elections for police commissioners not alongside local elections, but in november of next year. how much extra money does he expect this to cost? >> this will cost an extra 25 million pounds. this money will not, this money will not be taken from the police budget. >> [inaudible] >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, so he is making a bad policy worse by wasting money. he could easily have decided if he wanted to postpone these el

office for mr you cannot have this coming to an end and so the question is who is going to replace mr. all questions apart future is probably going to have to wait until we see who the new head of the central banks bank should be now but they do need to be reforms to the situation around situation so all of the banks that were bought by the three of have to be looked up so there are areas where reform is needed in the investors are looking at. here while russia's financial institutions are getting ready for a second wave of the crisis renesas capital has decided to cut ten percent of its staff so he's going to be a critic is also planning to shed some of its workforce of the congo and state development bank has reduced its portfolio growth growth plans by ten percent and i doubt it may raise capital abroad because of global economic problems. and that it's all the update i have for you this hour but don't forget to find more stories on our website. twenty years ago the largest country.

mr. president, so that folks will see what this tax reform issue is all about. ing to the bureau of labor statistics, mr. president, in the two years after the 1986 tax reform bill, our country created 6.3 million new jobs. 6.3 million new jobs, mr. president. sounds pretty good. i think that would go over pretty well in a coffee shop in west virginia. it certainly does at home in oregon. now, i'm not going to come to the floor of the senate, mr. president, and say every one of those jobs, every one of them, is due to tax reform. there are a host of issues that go into judgments with respect to why consumers buy those appliances and those basic necessities and why businesses invest. but i'll tell you one thing, mr. president: you couldn't have generated 6-3 million -- 6.3 million new jobs in the two years after the 1986 tax reform bill if you had seen a tax reform proposal enacted that didn't make sense for the american economy. it wouldn't have happened. clearly, consumers and businesses said that this is a proposal moved by a republican president, ronald reagan

mr. president, all members are present. supervisor chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? supervisor chiu: madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are no communications. supervisor chiu: let's go to our consent agenda. >> items 1 will have 22 come price the concept agenda. these items will be acted on by a single roll call vote. supervisor chiu: i understand our deputy city attorney would like us to receiver out item number one. are there any other items to receiver out? >> item 8, please. supervisor chiu: if we could take a roll call vote on its 1-2 without 1 and 8. >> campos, eye. chiu eye. chu eye. cohen eye. elsbernd eye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: those ordinances are finally passed. item 1. >> ordinance amending the strnls administrative code to create a recreation and parks gift fund. update the medicare emergency relief fund, changing thed administering agency. >> supervisor chiu: i under we have a sm

mr. chairman. we all know that the consumer financial protection bureau was a key component of the dodd-frank act and it is time to put a director in place so that the bureau can fulfill its important mission. i appreciate you coming today and i certainly do appreciate your family being here with you. for too long, americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of auditory lenders that operate with impunity outside of consumer finance laws and away from the regulatory oversight. payday lenders took advantage of people in north carolina for many years until after considerable legislation and litigation we put a stop to the practice. i am optimistic that with a confirmed director in place at the cfpb, we can start to reign in those predatory lenders in the parts of the country where they continue to prey on american families, outside the regulatory environment. offices within the bureau have already embarked on important work and once again it is time to put a director in place to support the

mr. president, we all thank you for what you've done and what you continue to do.you recognize the man responsible for bringing our country together at a time when it could have been torn apart, for making it clear that america could not be brought to her knees and helping us stand tall and strike back. president george w. bush. [applaus [applause] >> through the darkest, from the darkest our of our generation, your voice and leadership, mr. president, helped us find our way. and for that, you deserve our gratitude for a long, long time. [applaus [applause] >> and i saw now to the families who have gathered here today, i know what it's like to receive that call out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue. and i know this is a bittersweet moment for you. i want to tell you, you have a lot more courage than i had. you have a lot more courage just by being here today because i know, many others know, how hard it is to relive these moments. and it brings everything, it brings everything back in stark, stark relief and stark detail. but i also know, like your loved one

mr. chairman. >> all right. thank you. we'll -- if you'll respond to the questions in writing, we'll get those to the committee members, and i look forward to reading your report. the chair thanks the first panel. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, we'll call up at this time panel two, and the second panel consists of seven witnesses. our first witness is mr. johnanthan vice president of sales and market and testifying on behalf of teva pharmaceuticals. next is mr. john grey, the president and ceo of health care distribution management association. our third witness is mr. kevin colgan, the corporate director of pharmacy at rush medical center in chicago. our fourth witness is mr. mike, chief operating officer of premier inc. next we'll hear from dr. charles testifying on behalf of crin call oncology. we have the vice president of operations at lain caster general health, and finally dr. robert, director of the cancer institute of new jersey. we thank all of you for coming. your written testimony is entered into the rec

no wonder the labs exchequer said they have no credibility at all. >> mr. speaker, what an insult up and down the country who have lost their jobs. he doesn't -- he doesn't even try and answer the question about his central economic strategy to cut the public sector and make the private sector make up the difference. it's not -- it's not happening. and the truth is, mr. speaker, look at what's happened over the last year. britain has grown slower than any other eu country apart from portugal and romania. now, can the prime minister tell the country and tell the people who have lost their jobs what is he going to do differently over the last year -- over the next year compared to what he did over the last year? >> first of all, lee me correct his facts. britain is growing faster than america. that is something he doesn't choose to tell us. let me answer -- let me answer -- let me answer directly, let me answer directly -- >> order! the prime minister's answers must be heard. the prime minister? >> let me answer directly this point about unemployment in the p

no wonder the labs exchequer said they have no credibility at all. >> mr. speaker, what an insult up and down the country who have lost their jobs. he doesn't -- he doesn't even try and answer the question about his central economic strategy to cut the public sector and make the private sector make up the difference. it's not -- it's not happening. and the truth is, mr. speaker, look at what's happened over the last year. britain has grown slower than any other eu country apart from portugal and romania. now, can the prime minister tell the country and tell the people who have lost their jobs what is he going to do differently over the last year -- over the next year compared to what he did over the last year? >> first of all, lee me correct his facts. britain is growing faster than america. that is something he doesn't choose to tell us. let me answer -- let me answer -- let me answer directly, let me answer directly -- >> order! the prime minister's answers must be heard. the prime minister? >> let me answer directly this point about unemployment in the p

mr. goodman's -- >> why are you making a payment at all? >> i didn't put any question. i'm just trying to put the record straight from my point of view about my lack of involvement in any negotiation or conversation regarding what payments mr. goodman received. >> still, the transaction happened as i understand it. the only question you said i posed was why you were making any payment at all and what i'm trying to say, who did you impose that question to? >> i think the question that i posed at the beginning was, i felt that it was a pretty extraordinary sequence of events that a man who had pleaded guilty and served a prison sentence then had the opportunity to appeal against his dismissal. and as i said, i'm not an employment expert but i just found that quite extraordinary but, of course, he had every right to do that and that's why the process was followed? >> who did you make -- >> i said to daniel cloak, i mean, i think i almost said to him, are you serious? >> and what was his response? >> well, yes, he was incredibly serious because, you know, i think this was to

mr. speaker. i ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. davis: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: i rise to offer h.r. 2943 to extend temporary assistance for needy families. it's been successful at cutting welfare dependents by 50% through the end of last year. more important, it helped significantly reduce child poverty in female-headed families over time. even at today's elevated unemployment rates, it continues to promote more work and earnings and less poverty. despite this, tanf can and should be strengthened to do more to help themselves in the years ahead too many parents are exempted from work for a variety of reasons. given the current administration for only a straight one-year extension of current law which is a view shared by the other body, there are limited prospects for ma

all of you tonight. good to be with the conscious of the congress. thank you. mr. rman cleaver and brother pane for all that you do each and every day. thank you, dr. scott, president and c.e.o. of the c.b.c. foundation. and all of you for your outstanding work with your internship program which has done so much for so many young people and i had the chance to meet some of the young people backstage. an incredible unbelievably impressive group. you know, being here with all of you, with all the outstanding members of the congressional black caucus reminds me of a story that one of our friends, a giant of the civil rights movement, reverend dr. joseph lowry told one day. dr. lowry, i don't think he minds me telling that he turns night in a couple of weeks. [applause] he's been causing a ruckus for about 89 of those years. a few years back, he and i were together in brown chapel, a.n.e. church in selma. [applause] we have some selma folks in the house. [applause] and dr. lowry stood up in the pulpit and told the congregation the story of chad rack and in the fiery fir

all about. and we resent -- i yield to the gentleman from washington state. mr. dicks: isn't it true that these alternative energy programs all create jobs? i yield him one additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. dicks: don't they create jobs, these alternative energy programs? so instead of just having the automobile program that creates jobs cut by $1.5 billion, now they're taking $100 million out of another program that creates jobs for the american people. so this is a double header. mr. markey: yeah. they could have taken this money out of the $41 billion worth of tax breaks for the oil and gas industry, but, no, they take it out of solar, they take it out of wind. and by the way, wind and solar were the same amount of money but creates five times more jobs than investment in fossil fuels does so they keep the money in for the programs that create three to five times less jobs than the programs they are kneecapping here this evening. that's what this vote is all about. under the guise -- i would be more than

mr. ford said all she wanted in the first was place an apology. she waited a week, didn't get it. then she went to the police. this may come to an end at the meeting. and maybe they can work on getting that reputation back. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> san mateo police standing by their decision to shoot two threatening dogs at a park yesterday afternoon. they responded after getting 911 calls from worried parents. witnesses say the dogs threatened a child and a smaller dog but never attacked anyone. animal control was called to help subdue the dogs. police say the situation escalated too quickly to wait. one of the dogs died the second wounded and later euthanized at the family's request. the humane society will investigate the owners level of responsible since the animals were in the pack unattended after getting out. >>> the shooting has gotten viewers buzzing on our facebook page. >> if my kid was in danger i would have done the same. i would rather be a dog shot than my child being 1/2ed on to death. >> disappointed -- animals are innocent people are the true animals in ou

that has transformed into the system of apartheid segregation and i'll put him in modern history all right mr barghouti well all eyes are on the u.n. general assembly today but for now thank you very much for your thoughts myself everybody member of the palestinian parliament. relations between the u.s. and pakistan have hit a new low after a top american military chief accuse pakistan's intelligence service are supporting a group behind last week's a tap on the american embassy in kabul some of our and strongly denied the claims assistant editor of antiwar dot com john glaser says the u.s. wants to be recognized as the world's policeman turns a blind eye to the violence it causes itself. well i mean it's for a long time it's been recognized by sources in government and outside that the pakistani government in a specifically. has some ties to various militant groups in pakistan the problem is that the u.s. has dealt with it for about a decade until now and the reason is that they're getting all riled about it now is because they're losing in afghanistan the u.s. government is being a little t

i'm sure we all feel mr. turner's pain.ight be a pinhead in this regard. >> 16-year-old lexi won the lpga classic last sunday and donated $20,000 of her winnings to the wounded warrior project. we an proud her contribution and her skill. she is a patriot. >> the high bid for this poster signed by all five living presidents, i don't think they've ever signed anything together ever before, the high bid is $46,000. you can bid on billoreilly.com. another $100,000 has been raised if you give a donation of $25 or more you get a facsimile of this document. that is it for us. check out the webs thanks for stops right here. because we are definitely because we are definitely looking out for you. closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc >> top of the morning to you. it's thursday, september 22, 2011. i'm gretchen carlson. thank you so much for sharing your time today. the stage is all set for tonight's big debate on fox news and the top two candidates in the statistical tie now so that means game on. >> we don't need to n

mr. miller: the intellectual architect of all this. mr. polis: i thank the gentleman from california and the gentleman from minnesota. there's a lot of good in public education today. when we look across our country, just as we see examples of what doesn't work, dropout factory, schools where kids are falling further and further behind each year, schools that have -- are unsafe, just as we have that, we also have examples of what works. what works with our most at-risk populations in this country, showing that every student in this country can learn and can achieve given the right opportunity and the right school environment. charter schools aren't the solution, but they are a tool. a tool in the arsenal of school districts and states to address the learning needs of all students. nationally, there's over 5,000 charter schools representing just over 5% of all public schools in the country. many of those charter schools couldn't have gotten off the ground without the federal start-up grants that this bill re-authorizes. importantly again be

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those who don't support mr harper's all you and who we used to see all across the city proudly waving green flags just weeks ago back in khadafi now trying not to leave their own backyards. there. would. be a very. tough it is effectively gone then you also have to settle down here in the capital tripoli people are chanting that is new free country but it seems that there is at least one thing that still remains of all the bear fear one youngster finally agrees to talk about tripoli is now under the control of the national transitional council and we don't feel we have freedom to talk or to express an opinion if we see something in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and arrest us of course money or enough for them. the nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for make in critical statements about new regime ironically we're talking just a kilometer away from one of the dock is top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu sleen though it may be the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with killings to

mr. ford said all she wanted in the first was place an apology. she waited a week, didn't get it. then she went to the police. this may come to an end at the meeting. and maybe they can work on getting that reputation back. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> san mateo police standing by their decision to shoot two threatening dogs at a park yesterday afternoon. they responded after getting 911 calls from worried parents. witnesses say the dogs threatened a child and a smaller dog but never attacked anyone. animal control was called to help subdue the dogs. police say the situation escalated too quickly to wait. one of the dogs died the second wounded and later euthanized at the family's request. the humane society will investigate the owners level of responsible since the animals were in the pack unattended after getting out. >>> the shooting has gotten viewers buzzing on our facebook page. >> if my kid was in danger i would have done the same. i would rather be a dog shot than my child being 1/2ed on to death. >> disappointed -- animals are innocent people are the true animals in ou

so the situation with mr cooder it is a matter of discipline in government service that's all there is to it we don't have a coalition government in russia we are a presidential republic not a parliamentary one our government is the president's government it implements the president's policies if you don't agree you should step down that's the only way it can be it's a tough rule but i'm very strong about it and i will insist on it in the future and i'm sure that whoever is the head of state in future they will follow the same principles as for mr cooder and it seems to me that perhaps he stayed a bit too long in his job and was bored in fact he came to see me in february or march and said he was aware that it made no sense for him to work in the future government because he'd been finance minister for a very long time and naturally he knew nothing about our understanding with mr putin and the recommendations we were going to give at the convention does he did not have any illusions that's why his remarks amazed me anyway the decision has been made as for alexi good or in future he's a

office for mystique noted was coming to an end and so the question is who is going to replace mr ignatieff all questions of future reform are probably going to have to wait until we see who the new head of the subsequent just going to be a but they do need to be reforms to the situation around moscow situation so school all of the points that were bought all three of will have to be looked so there are areas where reform is needed to look in the. meanwhile russia's financial institutions are preparing for a possible second wave of crisis for nation's capital has decided to cut ten percent of its staff as has the tb i thought of course he is also planning to shed some of its workforce amid the crowd volatility and stay development bank be being has reduced his portfolio growth plans by ten percent the bank is concerned it may find it hard to raise capital abroad because of global economic problems. let's take a look at the markets now although seeing new set of losses ahead of reports that may signal a slowdown in global growth rest of the expected is to show us durable goods orders . european

mr. chairman. we allgree that drug shortages are the real problem, you know, are a real problem facing the country, and, you know, from what i understand, it's getting worse, but i guess it's hard to figure out, at least for me, what the cause is, and i'd like to ask, you know, some questions bouts the root causes of the problem. the fda has said in 2010 last year, over half the shortages were due to manufacturing and quality issues, and i understand, i think you mentioned many or a majority of those are sterile injectable drugs. why would these drugs be prone to manufacturing and product quality issues in particular? >> well, many of these products are the result of a long production process, and those production processes are now occurring in fewer manufacturing sites because of industry consolidation. there's also aging of the facilities where this work is ongoing. there are business and economic factors in the background that are lowering the profit margin, so oftentimes businesses make a decision to

to be could see all the economic force one mr move it will be a prime minister is also i think quite exciting decisions all these scholars. and i we spoke to our alexandra steele about he says that he had also and did not come as any surprise to. i think it came as no surprise to. everyone in the country and so every one of the suspecting that it happened. i suppose because the political course in the country does not go into change and states in other opiates facts so i was there facing the succession of principles and so i think we're still campaigning will be quite predictable almost all breaking the needs of particular track straw men will make the worth of difference for even the well paid place and i think we shouldn't expect any any you know sensations here speaking of the change i think i've just woken up to repeats a lot i speak and. explain it things will change in the country split. up the country and i think it came as no surprise to everyone in the country so explain one of the sixteen of them the country the prime minister and a president will be changing he will be. i t

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we need to encourage israel to work with all his allies for a safe and secure feature. i think he's entirely right. >> mr. david morris. >> it's refreshing to see a prime minister leading from the front as my colleague said, but i'm very concerned about the investigation to ivan fletcher. can i be assured that all avenues can be followed to bring the perpetrator of these crimes? >> i can certainly give my honorable friend that assurance and that's why i raised the case at the paris conference. i do think it's important that we enable, allow this government to get its feet under table before we press this case a huge amount further. but it is a police investigation and i would urge the police to do what they can to push the investigation forward and to work with the new authority. >> steven metcalfe. >> as my honorable friend will be aware and we've heard this afternoon, there are a number of businesses who have been seriously adversely affected by the conflict to libya leaving them with large, unpaid bills. will he agree to do all he can through whatever reasonable challenges there are to put pressure on

mr. speaker, all of my colleagues to join in supporting this bipartisan legislation. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. camp: mr. speaker, i also ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2832. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2832. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess unt >> we spent the most time on disaster relief, fema. this summer, almost 200 people were killed in joplin, missouri, when a tornado struck that community. we have had a serious hurricane here on the east coast. irene, we know the damage that it did because of the winds. and senators talk

and that all wouldn't have happened without the leadership of mr. ruppersberger and his team and my team as well. and there are too many to name who spent countless hours on this particular bill, the leadership team here, and all the folks on the intelligence staff, honorable mention, to brian smith, our budget director, who gave a lot of his heart and soul to go through every line and find every penny for us. i know mr. ruppersberger' staff -- rupe's staff they have sat behind him to make that happen. without further ado we'll get to the amendments. i do think this is a product that reflects the best of what congress can do when we work together and the best of the most amazing people in our intelligence community and what they have to offer in the protection of the united states of america. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from michigan yields back the balance of his time of the all time for general debate has, spired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

will all of you please follow mr. jarvis? thank you very much. [ applause ] [ applause ] ♪ [ america the beautiful plays ] ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, my fellow americans, i'm honored to be standing here today. standing with two former presidents, president clinton, as he said, the passengers on flight 93 knew that our common humanity is what united us most. well, mr. president, the same can be said of you. you spent your time as president and the years since deeply committed to embracing and strengthening our common humanity. [ applause ] mr. president, we all thank you for what you've done and what you continue to do. let me also recognize a man responsible for bringing our country together at a time when it could have been torn apart. for making it clear that america could not be brought to her knees, and helping us stand tall and strike back, president george w. bush. [ applause ] in the darkest hour of our generation, your voice and leadership, mr. president, helped us find our way, and for that, you deser

mr. pitts and all the others for thanking them for a job well done. mr. speaker, later today, the house will take up this legislation, the combating autism re-authorization act of 2011. and make no mistake about it, i intend to vote for this very important bill. however, i've come to the floor today to make a very simple but important point. that i had intended to raise had this bill been heard in regular order and had it been considered by our committee. although autism occurs in every racial and ethnic and sose yo economic group, studies show clearly that on average, a diagnosis of autism or autism spectrum disorder is actually delayed. it's delayed by almost two years for african-american and hispanic children as compared to their caucasian counterparts. many of my colleagues may not know this, but it is a clear fact. minority children are much more likely to be misdiagnosed with conduct-related or adjustment disorders. since research shows that early detection, early detection, yields better, more effective results, it is imperative, mr. speaker, that

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on s. 846. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- mr. denham: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: senate bill 846 would designate the newly constructed federal courthouse at 80 lafayette street in jefferson city, missouri, as the christopher s. bond united states courthouse. i'd like to take this opportunity to thank senator blunt of missouri for introducing this legislation. i want to thank his colleague, senator mccaskill, also of missouri, for co-sponsoring this bill. senator bond has honorably served the state of missouri and this nation for many decades. he was born in st. louis, missouri, and went on to pursue his undergraduate degree at princeton university and his law degree at the university of virginia. after law school, he clerked for the honorable albert tunnel who was then the chief judge of the united states fifth circuit

mr. lee. and all members of the public that filled out speaker cards have spoken, please step up. if you have not filled out a speaker card, please step up now. >> thank you, honorable supervisors. i am martin fineman here to speak on behalf of the t-mobile west corporation and with me is two other members from t-mobile. the item on the agenda is the settlement and the resolution of the lawsuit. i want to thank the city attorney's office for working with the federal district court and with us to achieve the beneficial comprise of the litigati litigation. and i want to thank the supervisor for sponsoring the ordinance that would authorize the settlement. the project, as you know s to install at this point four antennas that will be completely hidden on top of the building at 725 taraval street and considered contrary to what one of the other speakers mentioned. this is considered a preferred location under the 1996 wireless telecommunications guidelines. when i say this is a stealth facility, what i mean by that is it's designed to be completely blended into the environment to such

mr. frank have both commented this morning about the need for flexibility, and we all appreciate that. nother point, mr. chairman, in last week's joint session the president urged us all to, as he put it, cut away the red tape. cut away the red tape that prevents start-up companies, those people in garages and warehouses and so forth, put companies just in the starting phase from raising capital. we all want the sec to write those rules so -- providing cheap and efficient procedures for america's small businesses to raise capital to give us the growth we need, to give us the jobs we need. but procedures that still insure that investors, obviously, get the information they need on their own to make informed investment decisions. but, mr. chairman, i have a concern, and my concern is that we can forget about this kind of rulemaking to streamline capital formation or anything else if we keep handle rulemaking opponents of all ideological persuasions more and more tools to block anything that the sec tries to do. now, mr. garrett's bill is, again, very well intentioned and very thoughtful,

so -- and all -- also, mr. kaiser was not personally informsed -- invested in this foundation he was affiliated with. host: his first question, apps that, but then he talked about kaiser and the waltons. guest: this was started, they said no, but like lazarus that rose again from the dead a couple of weeks later, why? what occurred? yet it didn't just end there in january of 2009 when it died and came back to life. other indications came through. so what i want to make sure we're not doing is saying, because it started under bush and rose again ourned because ma, there must be political shenanigans, why was it ok for bush but not obama. that's not the case. under the previous administration, the people said no, it wasn't aidey, they needed more information. what was the information and who knew what was going on that either made this a good investment? one concern for taxpayers here is, did it become an enticing investment because the taxpayers took a back seat and the investors would get their money back first

mr. president. first of all, we have a piece of legislation at the desk that takes care of all the issues. it takes care of funding -- it takes care of the c.r. until after october 1. it also takes care of fema for the forseeable future. that's a nice piece of legislation. it's not our number. it's the house number. so i ask unanimous consent the reid motion to concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment h.r. 2608 with amendment 656 be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to this bill be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. in fact, what we're asking here is that the c.r. with the fema language be passed. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: mr. president, we'll have that vote on monday. i object. the presiding officer: socks lettered. mr. reid: i renew my request. the vote is monday, is that right? i would tell everyone, mr. president, as my friend said, w

mr. speaker, i reserve all points of order against the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the point of order is reserved. the gentlewoman from hawaii is recognized for five minutes. ms. hanabusa: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, let us be very clear that this is a final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill and if adopted will still allow the bill to go to final passage. this is an attempt to make a bill better. regardless of how we may feel about the underlying bill we can all agree that nothing -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. will the house please come to order? the gentlelady from hawaii deserves to be recognized. the house will come to order. the gentlelady from hawaii may proceed. ms. hanabusa: thank you, mr. speaker. again, this is not an attempt to kill the bill. the bill will not be killed. if this amendment is adopted it will allow the bill to go forward to final passage. this just makes a statement that we should all be able to agree with and tha

hopefully a clean supplemental next week if that is at all possible because we need to respond to the emergencies that confront us. i yield to my friend. mrt of all, he knows as well my district was the epicenter of the earthquake and damage there for that as well as extremely hard hit by the high winds associated with irene, and had almost 900,000 people without power. still people without power. i understand the situation that people are suffering and we need to get them their relief. the gentleman knows i share his commitment to making sure that happens. i also applaud the gentleman for saying that, yes, because he has always been, mr. speaker, someone who says we have to pay for what we do here. and i don't think that the two are mutually exclusive. i don't and have never said we should be holding up any relief at all for people who need it. i also think we can work together to act responsibly. the gentleman has been an advocate always for paying for what we do. and so i would say as to the request as to where and when we were doing the supplemental, we still have not heard from the administration because as the gentleman knows there'

mr. chairman. i join all americans across the world in mourning the loss of the thousands who died as a result of the terrorist attacks a decade ago. as we commemorate the solemn anniversary, we must acknowledge the tremendous progress over the past decade to secure our nation against terrorist attacks. i want toommend those administrations resolve and successful strategy to prevent another attack. we must also commend the men and womewho have serve bravely in the military, as wel as the federal state and local workers and homeland security, not enforce an intelligence and other fields who has made substantial contributions to combating the terrorist strikes. this anniversary is an opportunity to reflect and all the attacks still affect an assault today. we must remain vigilant to the privacy and civil liberties are not sacrificed in the name of security. as we reaffirm that which we will never forget, those who died 10 years ago, let us resolve to continue to take steps to ensure that such a tragedy would ne

always seem to solve the political standoff do you think will i think a little bit here first of all. mr goodwin so when i very very much admire and i can tell you the dow markets around the world look to him he's kind of like maybe it was a decade ago of the hour greenspan or russia i mean people really well people don't trust greenspan today but they really trust who drink today and so the markets will react to it but any any minister that says that sitting in office sort of the prime minister or the president you know deserves to be criticize you that's really not appropriate behavior that said mr putin maybe angling for a position in the next government on his own terms ok we have to remember mr goodwin knows putin as well as mitt but it does i mean this is a very small circle of people that know each other extremely well this could be some power play before we get started i'm a little surprised it's a bit early i think mr goodwin was out of line in his comments when and we'll have to see if that russia's economy investment will suffer as a result and he should keep those kind of thi

mr. chair. my amendment would simply ensure that low-income communities and that the public health generally of all americans are considered in the bill's section on studies about the impact of this regulation. i offer this amendment, mr. chair, in hopes that we might have an honest debate, a debate that is inclusive of those most affected by the very policies that my colleagues are attempting to tie up and in two cases outright prevent. let me be frank with you, mr. chair. i grew up -- i was born in 1951, and i grew up gasping for breath most of my life. lived in an industrial city, a manufacturing city in milwaukee, wisconsin, and i had my first asthma attack shoveling coal into a furnace and then gasping for breath because of the smog that was generated from manufacturing. thank god for the 1990 clean air act amendment. we've seen tremendous health benefits over the years, thanks to the work of the environmental protection agency, and not only the bureaucracy but the courts that have made sure that deadlines are enforced and not simply thrown to the curbs. according to a recent e.p.a. study, we'

mr. chairman, to you, and the committee staff, i appreciate all the work that's been done, appreciate the folks answering questions, and i hope to follow-up with decisive action to solve the problems. >> thank you for leading the hearing today, both parties, thank you for engaging. i appreciate the insight and thoughts provided by our panelists as well to borrow from the president's current speech, it's clear the real debt limit is upon us now. we have to act credibly to reduce that debt now. we need to get washington out of the way of our recovery now. with that, the meeting is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you don't play politics at a time of national crisis. you don't play politics with the national economy, and you never play politics with people's jobs. >> with the british house of commons in recess, annual party conferences are underway in the u.k.. watch nick clegg's keynote this sunday at 9 on c-span. in the weeks ahead, party conferences with labor party leader and co

all. when he took office mr. obama pledged to have them all out by the end of this year. the "new york times" reporting defense secretary leanne panetta plans to leave 4,000 support to help train. >>> lawyers for john edwards are asking charges be thrown out against him, arguing that edwards didn't commit a crime. >>> gary orda snow scheduled to appeal a ruling in aruba kept him behind bars, being held in the disappearance of robyn gardner who disappeared in august. >>> oscar night, here he comes. an exciting new role for eddie murphy. this is the morning. that's not caused by a heart valve problem? are you taking warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke caused by a clot? you should know about pradaxa. an important study showed that pradaxa 150mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding like unusual bruising. pradaxa may

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that probably the biggest fear would be mr apathy there jonathan if i can go back to you i mean i can see some of the questions that. i could see coming from all of you on the panel here but the fact of the matter is mr putin is genuinely very popular in russia and going through some of the levant opinion polls which are considered the most reliable here he comes out consistently is the most popular by a long shot politician in this country well that's true and that's always been the case but i think the numbers have gone down a bit yes they have i think to come back to the one of the points that fred made about why they're doing it now i think in a way pushing the sidestepping bar getting government very different course as the head of the take it so that if in the december elections the united russia party does not less well than before madrid you forget the blame of girls and putin so he's trying to lift himself above the castle i think in fact he may even be keep in reserve the option if united russia does badly but everybody says it will still win but not even having with your first prime minister in future saying well he didn't do well e