first of all, mr. grant, are you happy, we talk about -- >> yes, otherwise i would have put it in the statement. >> the article itself is under ht one, internal number page 14, a longer numb at the bottom right hand side of the page is the number ending 1932. ht one is have number two, mr. grant,. >> thank you. >> 1932? >> yes. >> fourteen just above it. >> okay. >> i'm going to ask you to comment about this. the details probably doesn't matter, you ended up in an accident and emergency department in this hospital. here is a hey, famous men, he waved his turn, we all know from these departments you sometimes have to wait a long time. it's not serious, you made no complaint. it rather reflects well on you. could you follow that? >> yeah, but that's not my interpretation of the story. >> okay. >> the classic tabloid technique cover really egregious breach of somebody's privacy is to wrap it up in a nice story. so they photographed someone's baby they will say what a pretty baby. to try to stop the parents suin

clear on that point, mr. grant.t point that exposÉ carry a public interest defense, i think we party major position clear, clear on that. but please say whatever you wish to say in addition. >> i did say that there is certainly cases where there is a public interest defense, politician, campaign on family value platform. in his obligations, and he's been, you know, having extramarital affair or whatever, i addressed that with a nun, sleep with prostitutes do we need to know about it because he is a hypocrite. but i think that the vast majority of these exposÉs peoples sex lives are not in the public interest and that the public interest defense offered by tabloid newspapers are very flimsy at best. they'll say he trades on his reputation, but he doesn't. he trades to me quickly on the fact he's a brilliant football. of anyone is buying a pair of his but because they think he's a great family man. i think they're buying it because he has won lots of trophies for majesty's united. and i read an independent this point,

broke the filibuster and we're certainly so happy to have him on the show thanks for being here mr grant. well you're entirely welcome right well ok so of course this is a big weekend for the eurozone and actually in your recent interest rate observer you quote the c.e.o. of deutsche bank saying i have to say that a lot of people have lost confidence and whether europe is going to make it i'm wondering mr grant if you fall into this camp have you lost faith that europe is going to make it. i have little faith in the institution of paper money of course the euro is a. is a prime example of the currencies that we currently produce in the worldwide monetary system. i think it's important to realize that the euro is a piece of paper of no intrinsic value the value it does command is that it drives from political institutions and from the confidence of the people in the institution of the european central bank. so i think. it's not so surprising that people would lose face in this thing called the euro what is perhaps more surprising is that they imbued it with such faces as they had at the s

mr. hugh grant at the public house which he tape-recorded and perhaps we could have on the screen document, the reference for which three and then for. >> evidence about this document earlier on the page the displayed in the screen on the left-hand column about half the way down you were asked some questions about the daily mail and if i take it up this starts with mr. grant saying it wasn't just news of the world it was the mail and then we see the conversation that followed. are you familiar with that? >> that is a bit of a misunderstanding. they were the biggest pain in britain who had the best story in circulation for the news of the world and the mail. i wouldn't know if they hacked into anything. >> hugh grant breaking down on sunday but i would like to at least defend the mail in that regard and i think i also have proved the story at ting ting tariffs and i will come to that in a short moment. having made clear your position on the daily mail, could i ask you first you wanted to make clear your opposition as to whether or not you have ever hacked into hugh grant's phone? >> i don't

i want to thank mr. grant for his patients, for waiting, and thank you for being here. >> martin grant, department of human resources, employee relations division. the budget analyst audit had relatively few recommendations for department of human resources. one involved the definition of lead pay, an issue we visited with our labor partners. we try to ensure we are getting value for all our premiums. this has been sticky,be

i want to thank mr. grant for his patients, for waiting, and thank you for being here. >> martin grant, department of human resources, employee relations division. the budget analyst audit had relatively few recommendations for department of human resources. one involved the definitionf lead pay, an issue we visited with our labor partners. we try to ensure we are getting value for all our premiums. this has been sticky, because it has gone back so far in history. of course, we are in a collective bargaining environment in which we cannot dictate the terms of a contract. we will be proposing, in the next round, the new definitions for lead pay, which will hopefully set numbers as to minimum numbers of employees you have to supervise or direct, before you are eligible for the benefit, and to make sure we are not paying people for doing what is already required as a minimum of their job duties. that is one. when the dust settles, we will know if we have changes, and what those changes are. e

i want to thank mr. grant for his patients, for waiting, and thank you for being here. >> martin grant, department of human resources, employee relations division. the budget analyst audit had relatively few recommendations for department of human resources. one involved the definition of lead

mr. hugh grant at the public house which he tape-recorded and perhaps we could have on the screen document, the reference for which three and then for. >> evidence about this document earlier on the page the displayed in the screen on the left-hand column about half the way down you were asked some questions about the daily mail and if i take it up this starts with mr. grant saying it wasn't just news of the world it was the mail and then we see the conversation that followed. are you familiar with that? >> that is a bit of a misunderstanding. they were the biggest pain in britain who had the best story in circulation for the news of the world and the mail. i wouldn't know if they hacked into anything. >> hugh grant breaking down on sunday but i would like to at least defend the mail in that regard and i think i also have proved the story at ting ting tariffs and i will come to that in a short moment. having made clear your position on the daily mail, could i ask you first you wanted to make clear your opposition as to whether or not you have ever hacked into hugh grant's phone? >> i don't

mr. hugh grant at actual public house at which he tape recorded. and perhaps on the screen, please, the document, the reference which ends 3 # and then 41. cite evidence about this document earlier in the inquiry. on the page displayed in the screen, on the left hand column about half of the way down, you are asked some questions about the daily mail. >> oh, yeah. [no audio] >> are you familiar with that? >> yeah, i remember that. i think that is a bit of a misunderstanding. i was just trying to say that, you know, the two biggest paying papers in britain always had the best story, and therefore the highest circulation. the news of the world and the mail. i just didn't say that i wouldn't know if the mail hacked anything or whoever worked at the mail. old stories too. in fact, hugh grant breaking down in his ferrari on sunday, and, yeah, i'd like to at least defend the mail in that regard in that i think i also have proof that story about the issues -- >> i'll come to that in just a very short moment, but having made clear opposition on the daily m

seeing none, without any objection, it is granted. mr. kerry: i thank the chair. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 70, the nays are 16. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. mr. kerry: were the yeas and nays ordered? i would ask we have a voice vote. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. all those in favor signify by saying aye. opposed? the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. there will now be two minutes of debate prior to the next vote. mr. kerry: mr. president, may we have order. the presiding officer: order in the senate. please take your conversations outside. order in the senate. mr. kerry: mr. president, i yield one minute to the senator from new jersey, senator menendez. the presiding offi

mr. diaz-balart of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. it's sometimes hard to reconcile the speeches we hear here on the floor with the legislation that we passed. people have been speaking from the other side of the aisle the last 30 minutes about how the republicans in the house apparently don't want taxpayers , working americans, to have the 2% of the social security tax back that don't get paid into social security. when actually this house is taking the responsible position, not wanting to raise taxes in a down economy so workers will have the money that they currently do in their paychecks. it makes sense. i've being saying ever since this first came up that the idea of a 2% tax cut is not a holiday. and that actually the president corrupted the payroll -- the true payroll tax holiday idea that was brought forward three years ago. that

mr. chairman i move the committee grant h.r. 3630 job creation after 2011 a closed rule. equally divided by the chairman ranking honor committee on ways and means and waves -- the rule provides the amendment committed in the committee will be considered adopted and the bill will be committed. rule waist all points of provisions of the bill and rule provides one notion recommit with or without introduction. >> you've heard the motion from the gentleman from dallas as has been the case under democratic and republican jorts, a measure emerging from the ways and means committee is a closed rule process and as you all know we're nearing the end of the session and in light of that, we need to november measure to the senate. we do not want to see the expiration of either the payroll tax holiday or the benefits for the -- those who are uncombhd. we of course want to put into place the job-creating opportunity for the keystone pipeline to proceed under this measure -- under this rule, we will have 90 minutes of debate. and members will have an opportunity to offer an alternative t

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mr. fischer was granted a license by the foreign of asset control at treasury to provide this representation and that he plans to engage in political activities among them, quote, representations including petition to u.s. government agencies regarding sanctions, end of quote. i'm appalled that this has been permitted and someone -- some of mr. fischer's political contributions were a factor. the administration should reverse this approval. martin luther king famously said, quote, in the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. the obama administration should remember the words, the silence of our friends. what must the people of sudan be thinking at this particular juncture when the obama administration struggles to find its voice on their behalf while at the same time seemingly to empowering the voice of the oppressors. bashir's crimes are well-known and documented. this sat same man that is accused by the international criminal court -- this is the same man that is accused by the international criminal court what is accused of five counts of murder

the speaker pro tempore: permission granted. mr. poe: mr. speaker, while walking home from school an innocent 7-year-old girl was abducted and assaulted. thankfully the girl was found because of the -- but because of the trauma she experienced she was not able to tell the police what happened to her, but with the help of the children's assessment center, the expertise they had at the center, and child centered approach, she was able to disclose her experience and the perpetrator was caught, arrested, and sent to jail. the children's assessment center in my hometown of houston, texas, has served over 50,000 children since 2000. under the leadership of the executive director. the children's advocacy center like the one in houston provide a place for the evaluation and treatment of abused children in a safe and friendly environment. housing experts in various fields so the young victims are not retraumatized by the system. as a former prosecutor and judge i have seen firsthand the damage caused by sexual assault on children. i commend the child

mr. price: these grant cuts will require states and communities to delay or abandon vital preparedness efforts. we simply have to do better next year. while this is an imperfect bill, under the circumstances we know it could have been much worse. it's the product of bicammeral and bipartisan process. with that in mind i urge colleagues to support this omnibus bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the very distinguished chairman of the financial services subcommittee on appropriations, the gentlelady from missouri, mrs. emerson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for three minutes. mrs. emerson: mr. speaker, i thank the chairman for yielding. i know he hasn't enjoyed an easy task, but he has done a tremendous job in bringing us to this point today so thank you very much, mr. chairman. i also want to express my appreciation to ranking member serrano and laura on their staff. they have been terrific to work with. even though we didn't agree on something we sti

mr. reid: i also ask unanimous consent that roger yang, a member of senator merkley's staff be granted floor privileges today. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, yesterday on the senate floor my friend the republican leader said he supports the extension of the payroll tax cut that was enacted last year. there's been an extreme change of heart haoefrplt on the sunday's shows, the assistant leader, my friend, the junior senator from arizona, said sunday not a chance they would work to extend this payroll tax cut. then as late as tuesday my friend, the republican leader, said that it wouldn't do a thing to help the economy. so obviously there's been a change of heart since then by the leaders of the senate republicans. but i noted yesterday that my friend was very careful to say only that he supports existing cuts, not that he supports our plan to cut taxes for 160 million american workers and every business in the country. last night i found out why. i was disappointed to see republicans' proposal was actually a back door route to protect the very rich while sh

granted. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. happy holiday to america and let me reinforce that we live in a great country and that's evidenced by the members of congress to come to this democratic body and the other body to speak about the values of this nation and the importance of our democracy and our responsibility to address the concerns of all americans. it is good for us to have an opportunity for dialogue and to be able to listen to each other. i know that i'll be joined shortly by the whip of this congress, mr. hoyer, so let me just quickly say i've always thought -- i remember serving in this congress when president bush was the president, and i always made the point that once we are elected, even as we come from constituency, even as we come out of tough political battles, it really is the oath that we take that ensures that we represent all of america, whether we have the glory of coming from a state that is claiming progressiveness or one that is conservative, when we get on that trape or airplane or drive that car

mr. chambliss: i ask unanimous consent that john novak be granted floor privileges during the remainder of today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. chambliss: mr. president, i want to thank the chairman for his willingness to enter into this discussion. we had a discussion as senator inhofe said during the conference meeting last week in which it now is apparent that the process through which the depot language was inserted was not proper. senator levin has been very up-front, straightforward with us about that, and i appreciate his willingness to do this today. i know the chairman has already acknowledged that there are problems, and i appreciate his commitment to not only discuss it today but to revisit these issues as soon as the next senate session convenes and addresses this issue through a truly inclusive process during which all members and stakeholders can express their views. clearly, there was a process problem related to how these provisions wound up in the bill, and i think we can all agree that for issues that are as central to so many members as the defi

mr. harkin: i ask that ashley stevens and anna aesten be granted floor privileges for the rest of today's proceedings. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: i'vedom to the floor on numerous occasions to discuss the distressed state of america's middle class. in our committee we've had a series of hearings look at what's happening to the middle class in america. in recent decades our nation's once secure middle class has struggled in the face of stagnant wages, rising indebtedness and disappearing pensions. not to mention sharply higher costs for health care, education, food, and energy. madam president, it wasn't also this way. in the three decades after world war ii, america's middle class grew rapidly. incomes rose steadily as the middle class secured its fair share of the expanding national wealth. the federal government invested generously in infrastructure building, innovation, education, expanding opportunity for people to move into the middle class. america became a more equal, fair, and jut just society built on the strong bedrock of a strong middle class. i am an

granted. so there in saudi arabia, mr. el-haribi, 500 lashes and a year for so-called blasphemy.n thailand, 2 1/2 years simply for speaking out against the king of thailand, who by the way is 84 and the longest reigning monarch in the world. >> you can say anything about anybody in this country almost and get away with. unfortunately, some people don't need to be talking, it seems. still, you have the right to say what you want to say. >> that's what the stories make us realize and appreciate what we have. please don't say anything you feel like, especially not today. >> nadia with the "morning passport." always a pleasure. we'll see you again shortly. >>> a shoplifter confessing and returning the money 30 years after the crime. we asked you to weigh in this morning on some of your confessions. right here, it's a sunday. go head, confess. sharkybradshaw saying, "i'd like to confess that i think i have a little crush on gary tuchman." stay with us. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his futur

there were allegations that the grant money was used to pay for personal services for johnson, such as maybe washing his car. there seemed to be evidence of that. mr. there were allegations the grant money had been used for political campaign work. so what would you expect an inspector general to do? the i.g. was pushing aggressively to require johnson to repay the federal grant money that his charity could not account for. the inspector general was also pushing to have johnson prohibited from receiving future federal grant funds. this caused, as you might expect, a political uproar because some people feared that might prevent the city of sacramento from receiving federal stimulus dollars during the financial crisis. all of this background cried out for further investigation. i also learned that mr. eisen personally delivered an ultimatum to inspector general walpen. he demanded the inspector general resign or be terminated within one hour. at the time he delivered the ultimatum, no notice had been given or provided to congress, as is legally required under the inspector general reform act. the i.g. act requires the president to tell congress the

pel grant for k-12 so that you, every parent decides where there grant goes and you return power to the parents than the government. >> mrspeaker you propose impeaching judges that rules unconstitutional, but advocating abolishing appellate courts. if president obama were to eliminate a judgeship where the judge ruled against the man date in the signature health care law, would that be an appropriate application of the plan. >> first of all the president couldn't do it he would have to have the support of the house and senate to do it. i mentioned judge barry who issued a rulog june 1st that said students couldn't pray or use benediction or invocation or god or ask people to stand or have a moment of silence and hehe said if these are broken, i will put the superintendent in jail. as far as i am concerned he is anti-american >> you want to eliminate the court. that is the jeffersonian solution from 1802, but you can only do it if you have the house, senate and president. >> understood. >> speaker, you supported the obama administration use race to the top to promote charter schools and calls for states to adopt rigorous

grants were spent. now, we contacted councilman thomas's attorney fredrik cook late today. mr. cook had no comment about all this. >>> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is holding a campaign rally in northern virginia this evening. the former house speaker will be headlining an event at the key bridge marriott in arlington. the event is free, open to everybody, and scheduled to get underway at 7:30. meanwhile, though, gingrich is asking opposing candidate mitt romney to call off a group airing attack ads in iowa. he said romney ought to either disown the ads or admit they're part of his campaign. but romney said he can't control what a political action committee is doing. he says if he can't take the heat he says he definitely won't be able to in the campaign against president obama. >>> the defense called justice two witnesses today before resting their case at ford mead. manning is accused of leaking nearly three quarters of a million classified documents to the whistle blowing web site noble as wikileaks. manning could be sentenced to life in prison if found gu

mr. price: these grant cuts will require states and communities to delay or abandon vital preparedness efforts simply have to do better next year. while this is an imperfect bill, under the circumstances we know it could have been much worse. 's the product of bicammeral and bipartisan process. with that in mind i urge colleagues to support this omnibus bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the very distinguished chairman of the financial services subcommittee on appropriations, the gentlelady from missouri, mrs. emerson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for three minutes. mrs. emerson: mr. speaker, i thank the chairman for yielding. i know he hasn't enjoyed an easy task, but he has done a tremendous job in bringing us to this point today so thank you very much, mr. chairman. i also want to express my appreciation to ranking member serrano and laura on their staff. they have been terrific to work with. even though we didn't agree on something we still had

and there were a number of conversations are not time grant. ski mr.em with mf global? .. >> the exalt charge issue in august was one that was discussed to understand the facts and what are the issues and ultimately reach a final determination and where they needed to take the charge at that time, and i understand the fcc staff did inform the tftc staff about the issue that a charge was going to be taken. under the normal rules when someone takes a capital charge of this nature in a way that suggests it, they file a notice to the regulators, which i believe they did which would be to us, to the tftc, and than they were forced to restate their report, their financial report, filed with us, all in the august and early september time frame. >> back to what you said, you didn't acknowledge the august date and said you became aware of the problem in the first week. >> i think i answered a different question than the one you asked, and i apologize for that. mr. cook is correct. we were told about the capital issue in early august, and we were informed of the

mr. flood, i have enjoyed reading anything i can find about grant for a long time. >> can you speak up just a little bit? >> yes. >> the last thing i heard was -- >> i've enjoyed reading as many books as i can find, i'm sure there's a lot i haven't, but several i have read, including yours -- >> thank you. >> it was terrific. i enjoyed it. >> thank you. >> i thought this crowd might be interested. one night eight or ten years ago i was watching "book notes" on sunday night, and the british historian, john key began -- >> terrific military historian. >> he was being interviewed by brian lamb. >> uh-huh. >> and lamb asked him, who would you say was the greatest general in the history of the united states? he thought would it be general eisenhower? >> he said, no, it wouldn't. without question the greatest general ever in the united states was general grant. because if there wasn't a u.s. grant, there wouldn't have been a united states. >> i concur completely. >> i thought that was the ultimate compliment. >> i do, too, and coming from a very gifted historian, i didn't happen to know about tha

granted your kindness. can i tempt you to try some smoked salmon, mr. cochrane? it comes all the way from scotland. i have a terrible weakness for indulgences. i have to be careful not to overdo it. what is it, dorcas? what is troubling you? i delivered a message to mr. steerforth today, and he told me that the signs will be going up this morning. your home and business are to be auctioned. when? immediately. his haste only proves his guilt. he is determined to allow me no time to mount a case against him. that is not all that steerforth told you. ma'am, i have a remedy for human frailty. mrs. turrill has a cure for everything. minnie...go up and make my bed. i've already made up your bed today, ma'am. then go and make it up again. may i ask what you intend to do? if there is to be an auction, then i will turn it to my advantage. i will encourage everyone hereabouts to attend, and i will use it as a platform to expose steerforth as the crook that he is. you believe that i am wrong to do so? ( door opens ) i am not sure that it is wise or helpful for me to have an opinion. but you do. i can see it i

mrs. sewell of alabama for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. so much going on these days, and we have to trust the united states, the federal entities of the executive branch, to keep us protected. that's why our hearing last week with the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, before the judiciary committee of the house, was very disturbing. we had the attorney general -- we had attorney general holder before our committee back on may 3 of this year. at that time, the attorney general said with regard to this horrible project, undertaking, called fast and furious, the attorney general said he had only known about it , quote, a few weeks, unquote. to most of us, a few weeks means about three weeks. however, in testifying, under penalty of perjury, last week, the attorney general said in essence, look, three weeks, three months, they'r

mr. ellison: i ask unanimous consent to submit this letter for the record from the transportation union. the chair: the gentleman's request is grantedunder general leave. the gentleman is recognized. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, this particular piece of legislation that uns mines unions,makes it more difficult to organize and generally frustrates american working men and women to organize on the job takes place just a few weeks before the republican majority was trying to take down the clean air act in the e.p.a. when you look at the amican -- the republican job approach, it seems to me their argument seems to be that workers and people who want to breathe are the problem with the american economy. people who want to drink clean water and breathe clean air and people who want to have some rights on the job, they're the reason the american economy doesn't work. well that happens to be about 99% of us, mr. speaker. and i hope that as people are watching this debate on this floor today, that they are taking careful note of who is on the side of themerican worker, who son the side of amerans trying to breathe and have clean air, and what i

grant. >> david cameron of arriving at the summit this morning after 23 leaders agreed to a tighter integration with stricter budget rules for the single-currency area, mr. cameron, among them. during the night, britain said it could not accept proposed amendments to the eu treaty after it failed to win concessions for itself. >> the key question for britain is do we allow that to happen within the european union treaty if you are not happy with the safeguards you are given? i was not agreed to -- i was not willing to take it to my parliament in that way. that is why i rejected the treaty today. it was the right thing for britain. a tough decision, but the right one. >> the wanted to protect the city of london from future e you taxes. germany would not give away. they insisted the biggest issue was saving the euro. president nicolas sarkozy said it would stand to broaden itself. >> this is a choice that we may. you cannot on the one hand ask to not be in the euro and at the same time which to be part of all the decisions that affect a currency that you do not want and that you often criticized. that is not possible. >> there will undoubtedly be a major

you actually, every parent has the right to choose where their grant goes and return power to the parents rather than to the government. >> mrr, you've proposed not just impeaching judges who issue rulings to deem unconstitutional, but advocating abolishing entire appellate courts. if president obama were to, in the signature health care law would that be an appropriate application of your plan? >> first of all, the president couldn't do it. the president would have to have the support of the house and senate to do it. and i've mentioned specifically judge barry in san antonio who issued a ruling on june 1st, students not only could not play at pray at their graduation, can't use the word benediction, wouldn't use word invocation and couldn't use the word god. couldn't have them to stand or have a moment of silent. he says if any of these are broken i'm going to put the superintendent in jail. as far as i'm concerned, he's unamerican. >> and why use the court. >> that's from the reform act of 1802, but you can only do it. >> okay. >> if you have the house, senate and president. >> understood, thank you. >> okay. speaker, you

mr. hoeven: i ask unanimous consent i be granted permission to enter into a colloquy with my republican colleaguessiding officer: without objection. mr. hoeven: i rise this morning to discuss the north american energy security act in a colloquy with my colleagues joining me will be our leader, senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky, senator kay bailey hutchison of texas, senators johnny isakson from the great state of georgia, and mike johanns from nebraska and jim inhofe from oklahoma. we're here to discuss a very -- a solutions-oriented piece of legislation. it's about creating jobs, it's about creating energy security for our nation. it's about good environmental stewardship. it's about all of these things and more. and we want to take this opportunity to discuss the legislation and encourage, to urge our fellow colleagues to join with us to create jobs and opportunity for the american people. in a nutshell, this legislation clears the way for the keystone x.l. pipeline which is a 1,700-mile pipeline that will run from alberta, canada, all the way down to the gulf coast region of the country down

mr. doyle after 4:30 p.m. today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, thank you. my name is keith ellison and co-chair of the progressive caucus and do claim this special order hour on behalf of the progressive caucus. right away, i would like to introduce my good friend from the great state of georgia, congresswoman who has served with me. congresswoman johnson is a whip of the progressive caucus. and we are going to be jobs and income and equality and about this issue. our web page is right here at the bottom of this document that i'm showing, mr. speaker. we encourage people to sign up and get a hold of us. but right away in the beginning of this hour, i want to recognize my friend from georgia, so he can make some introductory remarks about the importance of jobs as soon as he is ready to take it on. but if the gentleman is prepared to make opening remarks ab

and the grants for the machines, mr. chair, are now gone. and they are not there. we have the letter from the national association of secretaries of state which restates their position on the resolution to eliminate the e.a.c., done in 2005. again in 2010. again on the e.a.c. we have reports from different agencies. we have an i.g. report criticizing the management practices of the e.a.c. this report was done in march of 2010. we have a report from the e.a.c.'s financial records back in november of 2008 which i dealt with when i first got on the committee on house administration in early 2009. this report is an audit of the election assistance commission's fiscal year 2008 financial statements. the records were so mismanaged, this agency that the other side wants to keep instead of trying to make us more efficient, that -- it was so bad that the agency couldn't be audited. the records were too bad to tell them how bad it was. so that lengthy report is available to anyone who cares to read that. then we have a report from the office of special counsel that was done

mr. diaz-balart of florida for today and through friday, december 16. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced spoil of january 6, 2011, the gentleman from texas, mr. carter is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. carter: mr. speaker, 13 adults and one unborn child were killed and 31 individuals wounded in a shooting attack at fort hood, texas, on november 5, 2009. since that time, the department of defense has taken no steps toward combat -- to award combat benefits of the casualties or recognized the attack as a terrorist incident. the house and senate have included two reform measures in the mdaa which we just passed and all while additional attacks have been attempted by similar high profile radical islamic terrorists. it is past time for the government to deliver on this act. mr. speaker, here we are, almost three years later, i guess three years later, and there's been a recent report that's come out and in that report, it references this incident of this slaughter of american troops on fort hood soil in

and the grants for the machines, mr. chair, are now gone. and they are not there. we have the letter from the national association of secretaries of state which restates their position othe resolution to eliminate the e.a.c., done in 2005. again in 2010. again on the e.a.c. we have rerts from different agencies. we have an i.g. report criticizing the management practices of the.a.c. this report was done in march of 2010. we have a report from the e.a.c.'s financial records back in november of 2008 which i dealt with when i first got on the committee on house administration in early 2009. this rept is an audit of the election assistance commission's fiscal year 2008 financial statements. the records were so mismanaged this agency that the other side wants to keep instead of trying to make us more efficient, that -- it was so bad that the agency couldn't be audited. the records were too bad tell them how bad it was. so that lengthy report is available to anyone who cares to read that. then we have a report from the office of special counsel that was done in 2009, the