mr. green, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. mr. guthrie: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. guthrie: i rise today in support of h.r. 1216, the health care bill that spent over $1 trillion last year and empowered federal bureaucrats more than it did the american people. as a member of the energy and commerce committee, i have been working on legislation that takes steps -- the chair: the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. guthrie: thank you, mr. chairman. take steps to peal back a few of the many mandatory programs instituted in the health care law and limit the federal government's unprecedented power. section 5508 of the health care law, authorizes the health and human services secretary to work teaching health centers and appropriates $230 million from 2011 to 2015. h.r. 1216 amends the public health servi

actually not going announce themselves but generally if you sort of watch a video and put yourself in mr green issues an imagineer sleep after working a graveyard shift and ask yourself you know you're behind a couple of you know a couple separate you and you sleep out just to ask yourself it would you have known that these were cops outside of your home or would you have thought you know there are people there to do your harm do you harm i mean if you think about it some day at least seventy rounds into a hole where there was a four year old child inside which they do you know about which says a little bit more about their investigation i think we also know that they raided broke into a house across the street afterward because you found all the force inside of that house which of course were from their own guns their own wallets and worry that they hit somebody in the house so then they break the door down to that house and storm that house you know what if somebody in that house with a gun as well i mean it was it is so incredibly sloppy and be interesting means it's a neighborhood it's a c

mr. green: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to my colleague from the energy and commerce committee, congresswoman capps. the chair: the gentlewoman from is recognized for two minutes. mrs. capps: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague for yielding, and i rise in strong opposition to this reckless bill. i caot count the number of times members on both sides of this aisle have decried shortages in the primary care work force of our communities and working often in bipartisan manner to develop ways to crease the primary care ranks. and yet today, the next victim in the republican obsession with repealing the affordable care act is a program that doesn't deal with these shortages. it ireases our primary care phician ranks and trains them with special expertise in serving the community. the bill before us would defund this program, taking many qualified americans out of the primary care work force before they even have an opportunity to join it. moreover, cutting these training programs would affec

chairman, and i would like to ask unanimous consent mr. green, a former member of this committee, be allowed to sit in for the hearing. >> i was going to object but i can't for my good friend mr. green. [laughter] >> thank you and for holding today's hearing on the surface transportation security. 34 million people use the nation's rail and mass transit system each day. despite this reality and over my objections earlier this year the continuing resolution for fy 2011 which was passed by the house was decreased discretionary spending for securing those modes of transportation. $4 million below last year's level. 23% below the president's budget request. under the budget cutting regime, the transportation security program will be reduced by $50 million, only about 1 dollar for each rider these funds purchase a great deal. transit agencies use this money to hire law enforcement officers, acquire bomb sniffing dogs and install corrine devices. they also use this money to finance capital projects that keep the writers safe such as hard and the tunne

john chapter, jeannette jeanette james, mike higgins, craig green, deborah and jim weiss. thank you mr. chairman and i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the ranking member of the military personnel subcommittee the gentlelady from california, mrs. davis for any comments she would choose to make. >> i want to thank you mr. chairman and certainly the ranking member for maintaining the bipartisan environment of this committee. it is a testament to the historic way in which this committee has worked to ensure the national security of our nation and i want to add this well my thank you to the staff. it is amazing how well they transitioned and works together with all of us and i really appreciate that. it has been outstanding in the way you have done that. i certainly want to thank you mr. wilson as well as a said the staffer the way you have worked together. bismark continues the committee's efforts to ensure that we support our warfighters and their families. for over a decade or

mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague on the energy and commerce committee for yielding to me. to follow-up what my colleague also from texas on energy and commerce talked about employers dropping insurance, that's why we need these insurance exchanges. even before the affordable care act, employers were dropping insurance for their employees. or making it cost prohibited for them to cover themselves. so that's why we need the exchanges. in here they're defunding it today in h.r. 1213. would repeal the section of affordable care act that provides funding for the creation and facilitation of state-based health insurance exchanges. these are not government funded exchanges. those are private sector exchanges. the republicans spent most of their time to limit the abilities to taylor their own health care systems. -- tailor their own health care systems. it would create their own health insurance exchanges, meet the health care needs of their states and still provide consistent, basic health coverage thro

herman, and i would like to ask unanimous consent mr. green, a former member of this committee be allowed to sit in for the hearing. >> i was going to object but i can't. [laughter] >> thank you. and for holding today's hearing on the surface transportation security. 34 million people view the nation's rail and mass transit system each day. despite this reality over my objections earlier this year the continuing resolution for fy 2011 which was passed by the house would decrease the discretionary spending for securing those modes of transportation by $4.4 million below last year's level. 23% the president's budget request. on the budget cutting regime, the transportation security program will be reduced by $50 million. but only about 1 dollar for each rider, the fund's purchase a great deal. transit agency use their money to hire law enforcement officers, acquired dogs and install explosive screening devices and to finance cattle projects to keep their riders safe such as hard and in the tunnels, installing surveillance systems and establishin

to have discussions going on for example you were part of european parliament or one of them a green called mr kahn be in the senate and now we have to demand visas from denish people where no lack across europe and this is really a father is collation in terms of freedom of travel and this shows exactly where the discussion is going this discussion is going and i think at the end of the day it will be like you all always said there because of the so-called danger the freedom of travel is being more and more restrictive and already some people here in germany not only german you think there's something else behind it of course there is a little problem with migrations but these are not millions these are only thousands and i think it's not worth it it's not right to cross the border in order to prove probit these people become in this problem is not very large and it seems. a little bit exaggerated but you say that nonetheless if you were one of those refugees you wouldn't forget that you're about the uprisings that led to the flood of that now that's all about shutting down the borders not re

many observers believe japan's nuclear disaster catapulted the greens into power in that state. >> mr. president, i accept the result of the vote and would like to express my thanks. [applause] >> now it is official. germany has its first green state premier. he was elected in the first round, and results indicate that even two deputieses from rival parts must have voted for him. >> that is just another vote of confidence. i interpret it as a mandate not to be too polarizing, but to ensure the cooperation in this state is strengthened. >> for the greens, t t election as the first state premier opens a new chapter in the history of germany. what that means in policy terms will become more apparent in the next month. the two parties met thursday afternoon to plan their first steps. >> some great news today for german state coffers. but not necessarily for taxpayers. >> germany's tax revenue is growing faster than previously thought because of the strong economic upswing. the government has promised to continue cutting spending to reduce the budget deficit. this year it will be below the

mr. obama gave the green light. >> he made one of the gutsiest call to the president in recent memory. >>n of the compound has caused many to wonder if the pakistanis knew that the some of the law and was living there. it is located just half a mile from the pakistani military academy with thousands of soldiers. talks between the two sides are under way. >>> the news of his killing had an immediate reaction from local law-enforcement bracing for any type of retaliatory attack on the nation's capitol. local officials are coordinating with federal agencies and putting more police on the streets. we continue our live team coverage from northwest washington. mark? >> the calls began late last night. the mayor coordinated with his director of homeland security and the chief of police. the helicopters were deployed to oversee the crowds around the white house. now, more than 100 reserve officers have been activated. police around the metro region are on a heightened state of alert. here is the districts unified command center. the emergency command center has not been fully opera reactivated. m

mr. brooks? >> eric brooks, representing san francisco green party and our city.last week's planning commission hearing, we reiterated our strong opposition to this project and that the eir should be recirculated. we were joined by the sierra club and others in that same call for the eir to be recirculated. the reason for this is not only the past things i have seen -- i have said about c level dangers, but the main reason now is the massive financial and governments changes in this project. these changes have happened all within the last month. the have caused staff to completely rewrite this whole thing in the last month, notwithstanding the claim that the product is not changing. the fact that they are going to have 20% less financing and do not know whether they can get that number back up from the state not only affects local hiring, not only affects affordable housing, but you heard them say today that the future preparation for sea level rise depends on future financing. if we are going to start this project with 25% less financing and no guarantee it is go

james lick purchased this and left two green houses and subsequently purchased by mr. crocker and donated to dol golden gate bride and erected in 1879 and by the hammer works in dublin ireland. >> there is an exception to the rule. >> you're right and the stones from the abbey and now dispersed and line the path. >> right. there is an older building there but never got put back together. >> this building had 33 tons of glass in it. it was recently rebuilt and one of the reasons it had to be rebuilt these moderns are much more knowledgeable than the people in the 1800's and we knee w knew wo seal up the windows and all the building we did made it rot and it needed ventilation and had to undo the work that was done and back to the original design and expensive project and $20 million plus but it's a gorgeous building. woody can tell us about carville. >> this is the last in fact carville house. it was a community of discarded streetcars, horse pulled cars, various modes of transportation that were made obsolete by electric streetcars so cars were dumped out in the beach

mr. brooks. >> good afternoon, commissioners. eric brooks representing san francisco green party and the local grass-roots organization of our city. i would strongly urge you to continue this item. even though there have been years of planning on this, even though there has been a lot of hearings on it, there's been a recent development within the last month that completely changes the game on this issue. you've received some communications about sea level rise and tsunami dangers. keep in mind that tsunamis 10 feet and above are not accounted for in this project plan, and that could happen from alaska. also, the new estimates of worst-case sea level rise are 78 inches, not 55. the bcdc is relying on more conservative data from a couple of years ago from the ipcc. the scientist that is have come up with the new 78-inch figure are ipc scientists. so the most recent date is not being included and the 7 -inch figure is -- the 78-inch figure is nowhere in the response. the thing that's changed is because redevelopment was threatened by the governor, the funding mechanism to thi

green. host: matt, mr. trump has been talking a lot abo china.uest: that's obviously the emerging bilateral relationship that's going to have the most impact on the future. the chinese economy overtakes the u.s. economy in the world. slam slapping an import on chinese products is a threat. i don't think it is likely to happen. there is no doubt the devaluation of their currency impacts trade and our economy. don't think the chinese respond well to threats. certainly not from someone like donald trump. you mention he's filed bankruptcy three times. i suppose in our current economic state facing record-breaking deficits his personal experience with bankruptcy may be useful. apart from that, i don't think donald trump has good ideas. he's talked about seizing libyan oil. these are not ideas people should take seriously. host: in 2012 will we see a different congress? will it be the congress we saw before? guest: i think republicans are in a good place to benefit from redistricting in terms of the states where there is growth. we haven'teen final map

mr. clean magic eraser kitchen scrubber... skunky beer? clear and greencomplete adult multivitamin in a gummy... with ingredients to support energy, immunity, and your inner child. ♪ one a day vitacraves. multivitamin gummies... for grown-ups. you've been stuck in the garage while i've been sneezing from the dust in here, and the pollen outside. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my allergy symptoms. it's the brand allergists recommend most. ♪ lilly and i are back on the road again, where we belong. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. [ male announcer ] get up to $6 in savings on zyrtec® products at zyrtectv.com. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my next guest won a golden globe for his role as kurt hummel on the hit fox show, "glee," which airs tuesdays at 8:00 pm. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the show chris colfer! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. chris colfer! nice to see you, my friend. thank you for coming back to the show. >> of course. of course. thank you for having m

mr. speaker. tim green from new hampshire, and i had a couple of questions for you. i'm really concerned with the debt. i think it's 25% of the taxes goes to the interest on the debt. that really has me concerned. i'm sure you as well. and also, would you be in favor of raising the debt ceiling, which is something that is an event today, and very good speech. thank you. >> this are great questions. my first principle would be, you want to set as your goal balancing the budget, paying off a large part of the debt and buying back the $3 trillion in bonds the chinese are holding. when we set tout do it in 1995, we thought it would take seven years. in that particular period it took three and we turned the corner and balanced the budget in three years. given the scale of the mess obama is going to leave, i can't promise you, you can make it in three but you can do it in the first year or two if you're serious. on the diet ceiling, speaker john boehner had a very good idea. think of it as a rio stat and not an on-off switch. he only wants $100 billion in spending cuts? on

green division for 27. i guess you >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for may 17. could you please call the roll. >> [roll call] mr. president, all members are present. supervisor chiu: thank you. colleagues, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor campos. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [unintelligible] into the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. colleagues, you should have copies of the april 12 meetings. motion to accept? motion by supervisor mirkarimi, second by supervisor mar. are there any communications? >> i have no communications. >> if you could read the consent agenda. items one through 14 comprise the consent agenda. supervisor chiu: colleagues, would we like to sever any of these items? roll call on items one through 14. >> supervisor kim? aye. supervisor mar.? aye. supervisor mirkarimi? aye. supervisor carmen chu? there are 10 ayes. supervisor chiu: next item. >> item relating to a conditional use authorization. supervisor chiu: colleagues, same call? motion is approved. >> administrative hearings on a

green. host: matt, mr. trump has been talking a lot about china.: that's obviously the emerging bilateral relationship that's going to have the most impact on the future. the chinese economy overtakes the u.s. economy in the world. slam slapping an import on chinese products is a threat. i don't think it is likely to happen. there is no doubt the devaluation of their currency impacts trade and our economy. i don't think the chinese respond well to threats. certainly not from someone like donald trump. you mention he's filed bankruptcy three times. i suppose in our current economic state facing record-breaking deficits his personal experience with bankruptcy may be useful. apart from that, i don't think donald trump has good ideas. he's talked about seizing libyan oil. these are not ideas people should take seriously. host: in 2012 will we see a different congress? will it be the congress we saw before? guest: i think republicans are in a good place to benefit from redistricting in terms of the states where there is growth. we haven't seen final map

mrs. merkel's coalition governments have been suffering in the polls. there have been a string of regional elections, where the greens have done well at the expense of her party. >> what energy sources are likely to make up the shortfall, especially if germany doesn't reduce its electricity consumption by 2022? >> the hope us that wind power, which currently gives 17% of the electricity in this country, will double to 35%. there are difficulties with that, because the wind farms are in the north of the country and a lot of the nuclear power plants are in the south. so if you change the source of electricity, you have to change the grid. now, there is a skeptical view that if it can't be done, that if all those problems really get in the way and you can't double the amount of electricity from rue nubles, where else does it -- renewables, where else does it come from? the word coal is being used. there are coal-fired power stations already up and running. there are plans for new coal-fired power stations. so it would be strange, i suppose, if the demise of nuclear, which is an emission-free fuel -- whatever you think o

it would seem given the kind of emphasis on green buildings and saving energy that we should look at solar units and surprising to me, i think, and maybe mr. colon cannot say if this is true, but in suburban america, and any way that the square footage of houses is going up or has been going up. which kind of surprises me. it is going -- instead of going in the opposite direction and building bigger houses trying to save on energy. >> and that is going in a different kind of direction than we want the city to go. and lastly on the fha supported is around now going to be around 465,000 or something like that. and i think it was before wasn't it? and they only jumped up to 700 and something during the recession. so we're actually going back to where we were before. we're not -- >> that was the premium. >> i think it's a bad move but on the other hand we didn't have it before either. >> i agree with a lot of the comments that have been said about the entire conundrum that we're in because if you do increase the square foot amming and i certainly from personal -- the square footage and can say from experience with today's family with at least

green jobs. >> hello, hoosiers. sorry about the pacers. i'm sorry, mr. mayor. give the mayor a big round of applause. he's doing a great job. along with the mayor, we've got the secretary of transportation, ray lahood, in the house. ray. we've got your own member of congress, andre carson, here. and i want to thank larry dewey and everybody here at allison for their extraordinary hospitality. it is wonderful to be here. i just had a chance to see the hybrid systems that you're working on here at the plant. i love seeing high-tech machinery like this. i stand there and people explain it to me. and i pretend like i know what they're talking about. but it looked outstanding. what you're doing here at allison transmission is really important. today there are more than 3,800 buses using hybrid technology all over the world. buses that have already saved 15 million gallons of fuel. and pretty soon you'll be expanding this technology to trucks as well. and that means we'll have even more vehicles who are using even less oil. that means more jobs here at allison. last month you added 50 jobs at this company.

know our president dmitry medvedev says ordering greens are in place to help the country's athletes deliver the goods at the next summer and winter olympics mr president speaking at his first question and the media conference russia's future silicon valley skolkovo just as side nasca. children of it i think we must all believe in victory that's the only option otherwise or doubts could be transmitted to our athletes but we must support them and believe in them till the very end not even when the chances look slim we all watch sporting events a little part of our job to help our athletes to support but as for their preparations i think they've been working the way they should and we do have chances to perform well both at the london olympics next year and in sochi in two thousand and fourteen tons have been allocated a lot of important decisions have been made so we'll cheer for them and i hope they give us reasons for joy but it. finally fans of people will enjoy their fifteen minutes of fame next year when they take part in the olympic torch relay ahead of the twenty twelve london olympics the first seventy four locations on the routes have

mr. obama understands personally from very, very recent experience in a very different context. >> for some reason there's green -- there's a green border around it that had to be photo shopped in. >> this whole border is suspect. i mean if you're taking a scan of something to your point it would be white. >> it may or may not be, but certainly opens up the can of worms that there are questions for it. >> joining us now is p.j. crowley. he is the former spokesman for the united states state department. he resigned after criticizing bradly manning. thanks for joining us. >> a pleasure, rachel. >> you are intimately familiar with the players involved in the decisions. what do you think the decision making process was like on this issue of the bin laden photos? >> inside the government there's a concept of strategic communication. we know that these photographs or videos as you just detailed have power. the question is what are you communicating for, what purpose? i'm not sure that the doubters out there, there sure are some are that large a group. what i do know is there are people who aspire to be martyrs out th

green jobs? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. reed: mr. speaker, we are prepared to close at this point in time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. govefwove thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. while my republican friends cut medicare, while they cut fuel assistance for elderly people who can't afford the cost of fuel during the cold months, while they cut pell grants, while they go out of their way to protect the tax cuts of donald trump and millionaires, while putting all the burden to reduce the deficit on middle-class families, you know, while they protect the subsidies for big oil companies, it is shameful, it is shameful that with the record profits that big oil is making that taxpayers continue to subsidize them by billions of dollars. it is unconscionable. it is unconscionable. you want to reduce the deficit, you know, my friends on the other side, they go after programs to benefit the poor. they protect programs like corporate welfare that goes after big oil companies. you know,

mr. ober, will offer new financial help for nations that support democracy. in the meantime, hundreds of omar gaddafi supporters are showing support in tripoli. demonstrators are spring gunfire in the air, they have been waiting greenlibyan flags celebrating claims that the rebel insurgency is nearing an end. the rebels are still controlling the eastern half of the country. >> 6:42 a.m. is the time, we are back with more and a couple of minutes. let's take a look at the debris extension project. we will have a live report and update and a couple of minutes. currently of this and is the nineteenth and i was under you'll so i had to close shot of the first and and maybe that's why what i've been back [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! ooh, 3-d! instead of earning bupkus, your savings could be earning three times the national average! three times more. go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? what's this do? [ beeping ] >> >> >> tfuftuift >> >> >> is that the cable subtle? -- saddle? >> this gives you a

mr. president. let's vote no on this suggestion and let's move forward to a a green energy future that finallyon breaks our addiction to foreign oil and breaks our addiction to the w gas price is three separate today.offi mr. president, with that i yield the floor. >> senator from missouri.k about gas p >> mr. president, i am here to talk about gas prices and the -- economy and the effect of thee sur ecoenomy on our future. american j we need to work hard to be sure that we are producing more american jobs. and frankly i can't think of a se a better way to do that than produce more american energy. we use about the same amount of energy and a good economy as we do in a weak economy. are this is the place to go where we o know that consumers are, whether it's ther electorate will or oug gasoline at the gas pump. ce and we had to be doing all we can to produce those jobs. of certainly there are many factors that affect the price of oil. d instead value of the dollar ke supply and demand. n the global events that affect oil-p oil light problems right now in you kno i libya and other oil producing companie

mr. president. let's vote "no" on this suggestion and let's move forward to a green energy future that finally breaks our addiction to foreign oil and breaks our addiction to those gas prices that we suffer with today. mr. president, with that, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: mr. president, i'm here to talk about gas prices and the economy and the effect of the economy on -- on our future. we need to work hard to be sure that we're producing more american jobs, and, frankly, i can't think of a better way to do that than produce more american energy. we use about the same amount of energy in a good economy as we do in a weak economy. those are the -- the -- it's the place to go where we know the consumers are, whether it's the electric bill or -- or gasoline at the gas pump and we ought to be doing all we can to produce those jobs. certainly there are many factors that affect the price of oil, things like the value of the dollar, supply and demand, the global events that affect oil, like the problems right now in libya and other

the green line is the revenue line. mr. president, what jumps out at you is spending as a share of our national income is the highest it has been in 60 years. on the other hand, revenue is the lowest it has been in 60 years as a share of national income. so, mr. president, that's the reason we have record deficits. i hear all the time on the other side of the aisle, it's a spending problem. mr. president, when you have a deficit, that is the result of the difference between revenue and spending. we have a spending problem, yes, indeed, highest spending as a share of national income in 60 years. we also have a revenue problem, the lowest revenue we have had as a share of national income in 60 years. and so, now the house has sent us a plan, a republican budget plan, and the first thing they do is cut the revenue some more. revenue is the lowest it has been in 60 years, and the first thing they do to address the deficit is cut the revenue some more. in fact, they cut over the next ten years another more than $4 trillion in re

green, ohio. good morning. caller: good morning. have a couple of questions for mr. nawaz. my first question is, according to the media, there was an unwritten agreement between the u.s. and pakistan, if we happened upon osama bin laden that we would go in and that they would condemn it in the media. do you believe this is what's going on? host: let's get that point. guest: this is part of various conspiracy theories and it's not just the media here but even in pakistan. there are all kind of stories emerging, also the fact that perhaps somebody in the lower ranks of the i.s.i. claimed the $50 million reward for osama bin laden and is now being relocated. so all of this is still unsubstantiated. what the caller is quite right is in asserting the point i've made before, that there is no written agreement between the united states and pakistan that guides the relationship vis-a-vis the war in afghanistan and what the respective roles and responsibilities of the u.s. and of pakistan are. i think it's time to end that uncertainty. host: gerald? you want to the follow up? caller

green jobs in america over the decades. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. holt: mr. markey. mr. markey: i thank the gentleman from new jersey very much, and i thank him for his leadership on these issues. and for being -- we're partners in this effort to try to move towards a new energy direction. now -- so last week we had a debate on the issue of whether or not the $4 billion that the oil industry gets in tax breaks per year from the american consumer should be taken away at this time when exxonmobil reported $10 billion worth of profits in the first quarter. that's just january, february and march. shell reported $8.8 billion. b.p. $7.1 billion. chevron, $6.2 billion. conocophillips, $3 billion. that's in the first three months of this year. you know what the argument is from the republican side is that they would be punished if the consumer -- if the taxpayer didn't also give them an additional $4 billion in tax breaks. so let's just look at this chart. this is how much they made. as people are pulling up to the pump paying $3.80, $4 $4.20 all across america. you know what t

green technology and developing the alternatives that we must develop. we're going to continue to maintain our equality of life -- quality of life. mr. chairman, i look forward to a very challenging future, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would entertain a motion to adjourn. the chair will entertain a motion to adjourn. mr. bartlett: mr. chairman, i move we do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question son the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. according to the house standing -- the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for >> mr. speaker, the prime minister of israel. the speaker: members of >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct to you benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel. [applause] >> members of the house, honored guests, i'm deeply moved by this warm welcome and i'm deeply honored that you have given me the opportunity to address congress a second time. mr. vice president, do you remember the time that we were the new kids in t

mr. president, i have just returned from visiting eastern tennessee where there were devastating tornadoes last week. the president at the request of our entire congressional delegation has declared four of our counties -- washington, green, hamilton, bradley -- as disaster areas. and we thank him for his prompt attention to that. i visited today a county just north of chattanooga, just north of where the new volkswagen plant will be. in tennessee last week, 36 men and women lost their lives as a result of these storms. the area where i visited is one of the two areas most affected, the other being washington and greene counties where our governor was today. someone asked me following my visit if anything about it shocked me, and i said it always shocks me when i see the consequences of a devastating flood or especially a massive tornado. this one had winds of nearly 200 miles an hour. and whenever you stand there and you see -- you try to put yourself in the shoes of someone who might have been there when the tornado came through, you try to imagine what it would be like, if you saw this funnel coming and knew that it would only interfere with your life for about 20 or 30 seconds, that after that all would be devastated

green, yellow and red. much like a stop look at if you can keep your eye on it we would appreciate it. and mr.ladeck we recognize you for five minutes. >> good morning. chairman bono mack, ranking member butterfield and members of the subcommittee, i am david vladeck, director of the federal trade commission's bureau federal trade commission's bureau of consumer protection. we appreciate the opportunity to present testimony here this morning. the written statement submitted on behalf of the commission on this tape and my responses to questions represent my views. as the nation's consumer protection agency, the ftc is committed to protecting consumer privacy and promoting security and the private sector. we all know that data security is critically important to consumers. if companies do not safeguard the personal information they collect and store, that information can fall into the wrong hands, resulting in fraud and other harm to consumers. and as more and more breaches take place, there's a risk that consumers could lose confidence in the marketplace. as the commission's testimony makes cle

mr. sharry, you mentioned indian high-tech workers. would you approve or reform -- anyone who has a mast others degree in the united states who has never done anything illegally would get an automatic greenyes. >> i do, too. in the field as a clinician and on the streets with many legal and illegal immigrants, not only latinos, you know, people from other countries. and you keep hearing that we can't find the people in this country to do the low-level jobs that you talk about, yet we want bill gates out there speaking we can't have enough educated people in this country, come work for him. i think you have to look at the cultural issues involved. they work on the farm and they go back. so there is a cultural issue in this country for the black community to do the work that you say the low-level work won't do because it's a buzz word for slavery. i've learned in the group that i've worked with as a clinician. so my question is -- and i have mixed feelings about this. i know in my apartment building where i live, they do get welfare a lot of them. they have their kids, they work hard, they're not legal. their kids are getting. and they are the food stamps, the medicaid, you name it. that i

mr. president. let's vote "no" on this suggestion and let's move forward to a green energy future that finally breaksour addiction to foreign oil and breaks our addiction to those gas prices that we suffer with today. mr. president, with that, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: mr. president, i'm here to talk about gas prices and the economy and the effect of the economy on -- on our future. we need to work hard to be sure that we're producing more american jobs, and, frankly, i can't think of a better way to do that than produce more american energy. we use about the same amount of energy in a good economy as we do in a weak economy. those are the -- the -- it's the place to go where we know the consumers are, whether it's the electric bill or -- or gasoline at the gas pump and we ought to be doing all we can to produce those jobs. certainly there are many factors that affect the price of oil, things like the value of the dollar, supply and demand, the global events that affect oil, like the problems right now in libya and other