describe as kind of like being a doctor on call we did not cell phones in those days but somehow mr hope was able to track us down wherever we were whether i was with friends on a ski slope on a weekend or in a restaurant mr hope would always seem to find us and he would tell us that he needed jokes that evening because he was speaking with you know at the dinner for the queen of england at the end of british state so we had to keep up with the news and always learn to twist that phrase and and sort of supply him you know with the jokes for the day you've worked with some extraordinary people i mean you know from bob hope to robyn williams to break or suspect that we've been talking about here. what who are the people that you have learned from what are there any are there any of these people that you have worked with but you personally have taken away something that you've brought into your own life. well listen i've learned from everybody i've learned so much about the exacting specific creative nature of every moment from the from a jim carrey life itself i would have to say the great

mr. durbin: i hope is not. mr. mccain: you hope so. mr. durbin: i heard there is revenue included in the agreement. mr. mccain: everything i've heard, the agreement does not have tax increases in it. mr. durbin: i honestly am not a party to this, but as gang of six and fiscal commission, we believe everything should be under consideration to reduce our national debt. mr. mccain: i assume that would also mean that the senator from illinois would advocate another stimulus package? mr. durbin: i want to make sure we have some stimulus to the economy to create jobs and help those out of work find work with training and education. mr. mccain: wufr -- one would have to assume that the senator from illinois believes the last package was successful, which counting interest, over $1 trillion, the senator from illinois and others who advocated the stimulus package said that if we pass this, unemployment will be a maximum of 8%. this will stimulate our economy and create jobs. and you know what the senator from illinois and others are saying now? it

i'm hopeful, mr. president, that as the majority leader comes back from his meetings, he will have some encouraging news for us as we work through these last hours. i'd like to gain some additional time later on this evening to speak more in detail, but i see the majority leader before us waiting to speak. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: a quorum is not present. mr. leader. mr. reid: i move to instruct the sergeant at arms to request the presence of absent senators and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote:

mr. durbin: i hope is not. mr. mccain: you hope so. mr. durbin: i heard there is revenue included in the agreement. mr. mccain: everything i've heard, the agreement does not have tax increases in it. mr. durbin: i honestly am not a party to this, but as gang of six and fiscal commission, we believe everything should be under consideration to reduce our national debt. mr. mccain: i assume that would also mean that the senator from illinois would advocate another stimulus package? mr. durbin: i want to make sure we have some stimulus to the economy to create jobs and help those out of work find work with training and education. mr. mccain: wufr -- one would have to assume that the senator from illinois believes the last package was successful, which counting interest, over $1 trillion, the senator from illinois and others who advocated the stimulus package said that if we pass this, unemployment will be a maximum of 8%. this will stimulate our economy and create jobs. and you know what the senator from illinois and others are saying now? it

mr. hope: i rise in support of this resolution. when i first visited burma decades ago, i earn will -- i learned what a difference a misguided regime can make. mr. holt: burma had a rich history, fertile land, abundant resources and a productive population. in the years following the coupe in the early 198 -- the cue -- the coup in the early 1960's, they brutalized their people in a pattern that exists today. for more than 20 year the united states government has sought to use its influence to try to create conditions for restoration of democracy and the rule of law in burma. one tool has been the use of sanctions. the burmese freedom and democracy act was signed into law eight years ago this month. and it requires the president to impose a ban on the import of products from burma. it blocks u.s. support for loans from international financial institutions and freezes the assets of and bans visas for key members of the military junta that's imposed its will on the burmese people for decades. i believe these sanctions should be renew

specifically the international criminal court will stop creating additional obstacles for mr mr qaddafi to to resign i hope that we will be able to coordinate our efforts and to try to convince mr gadhafi to go to leave his. leadership in the country and probably stay somewhere within the country is special guarantees from the opposition that the security and the safety will be read the possibilities for that are still there but for there to be need to have more united international community which is definitely not the case for. investigative journalist webb the top he's in the libyan capital says russia needs to take counsel measures to outweigh any legal actions of coalition forces that. the nato operation is already flagrantly illegal because of the way they're they're violating let me put it this way lucian violates the charter nato is violating the resolution they've got to see blockade go in here nato air power is used to protect armed gangs packed full of al qaeda and other terrorists and it's used to attack civilians i've seen homes here where four or five little children essentially preschool kid

mr. strauss-kahn. he is hoping to rehabilitate his reputation. >> if this case has gripped america, it has totally stunned france where strauss-kahn was expected to run for the presidency. what are they making of the latest news. >> this is a thunderbolt. the prime minister seems extraordinary. we're talking about a man who is facing a long custodial sentence and now we're talking about men man who could potentially be the next president of france. how's that possible, surely that is far fetched. the big guns of the socialist party have been out today in force. we have had the former prime minister saying that he can win the presidency if they can get him out of court but we don't know how and when they will free him. this is an extraordinary terms of development. the candidates will put their name forward. i think that most critics who were watching thought it was a pretty uninspiring list. they did not have the killer instinct that dominique strauss- kahn has, the persona, the international standing. the socialis

so i would hope, mr. president, that this debt debate, it is a comes to a conclusion -- and i hope it will come to a good outcome, a good result for the people of this country -- it is not -- we do not want to have this country in a situation where we are not a making payments, where we are defaulting on our debt. but we cannot just continue this pattern of raising the borrowing authority of this country, of adding to the federal debt, without doing something to get that debt under control, without doing something to reduce the amount that this federal government spending every single year. spending at 24% to 25% of our entire economy is a trend that cannot be continued, it cannot be sustained, and we need to get back to more of an historical average where the american people i think want us to be. the reason they reacted the way they did in the last election is because they saw this government growing at a frightening rate. that continues to this day because there is uncertainty about the country's future

mr. president, i would hope the world understands, our country underands because all senators understand there is another filibuster being conducted on an effort to prevent our moving forward to handle the debt situation we have in >> senator mcconnell objected, the republican leaders sought to move the expedited cloture vote to 6:30 p.m.. senator reid rejected that. we are looking at it 1:00 a.m. vote on cloture with 60 needed to move the bill forward. >> communicators recently attended two technology conferences. we spoke with innovators at texas air. first, from chicago, innovators -- interviews with people at the national television association show. >> i will presume that tivo is a household word for people well and we do not have to explain your business. >> what i am seeing is that operators began small are realizing the need to innovate in the home in a way that makes sense for cable. something that tivo has been doing predominantly with smaller cable operators. upgrading the user interface and bringing more content. it is something that needs to be done in this age where consume

mr. bashir. hope you have a lovely weekend, by the way. >> same to you, sir, an thank you. >> and i will see you on monday. our show begins. show begins right now. >>> well, the big story today, debt-struction. a lot of political shenanigans, developments coming fast and furious,y might expect this afternoon. widely, the markets are expecting a deal of some findish even if it's a band thade doesn't do much. we'll see what it mean. good afternoon. i'm dylan ratigan. a mass of house votes on yet another revised version of speaker boehner's deal. all of these deal, lick nickels and -- the final vote won't come until later tonight if boehner can whip up the 216 votes to do the deal. couldn't do it yesterday. we start with luke rurt on capitol hill. mike viqueira on standby at the white house. we begin with you, luke. tell me about a tea party politician who ran for the congress in objection to the back room arm twisting where i say i'll take away funding for the bridge, the sochool, the hospital if you do

mr. president, i -- i hope that my colleagues -- i see the senator from utah is here. i expect he will have some remarks about this subject. there were many of us on this side, i know, who are anxious to vote and certainly are doing everything that we can to facilitate this process where we deal with the crisis before us next week, but importantly do it in a way that addresses the fundamental issue here, which is not the debt limit, it is the debt. it is time that washington started living within its means, started to make sure that we have got a pathway in place for not only cutting spending today but dealing with the long-term issue by putting a balanced budget amendment in our constitution. so i hope my colleagues will join us in this legislation that will come before us sometime, we hope, later today, and it would be yet another attempt to address this issue. i just -- i really implore my colleagues here. i think we're going to get most of the republicans to vote for this. i hope there are some on the other side who would join us in this endeavor. it's too importan

hope. >> reporter: mrs.ys took equal joy in the newfound strength of her flock. >> they're distraught and frightened and very sick and then weeks later, i see them and they have a smile ononheir face. >> reporter: she'll be remembered, perhaps, as patron saint, as much as first lady. claire shihian, abc news. >> thanks so much for watching. we're always on at abcnews.com. don't forget, "nightline" later. and hope t tsee you right back here tomorrow night. >>> a major revelation tonight in the jaycee dugard kidnapping case. there are two other victim nose one has known about until now. >> and imagine waiting 12 hours to see a doctor in the emergency room. >> and a late develop frmt pg&e on the san bruno pipeline explosion. no longer are they blaming people who lost their homes. and technology that can help your surgeon repair bone injuries before entering the operating room. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the search for the northern california men missing from a cap sized boat is ove

i hope, mr. president, before we pitch over the looming precipice the executive branch gives these views thoughtful consideration and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania is recognized. a senator: thank you, mr. president. i too want to address the issue of the pending debt limit. toomr. toomey: and although the president's most recent speech on this did not give me great cause for confidence, i hope he will drop his insistence on the huge tax increase and will make for the meaningful spending reforms we need and i hope he'll drop his opposition to putting our budget on a path to balance. that's the big item i think we need in this debate. i think we ought to be willing to raise the debt limit as i am if in return for that we would have the commitment of the president to put us on a path to a balanced budget as president clinton committed to and achieved with a republican congress back in 1995. so i hope that we will reach an agreement

and he has had some lu-lu's and i hope we defeat this amendment. and i yield back. mr. frelinghuysen: reclaiming my time and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amend amendment is not agreed to. mr. flake: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise. mr. flake: i have an amendment designated as number two. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. flake of arizona, insert the following new section, section, the amount otherwise provided by title 9 of overseas contingency operations transfer fund is hereby reduced by $3 billion. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for five minutes. mr. flake: this amendment is straightforward and reduces the amount to the ove

mr. president, i would hope the world understands, our country understands because all senators understand there is another filibuster being conducted on an effort to prevent our moving forward to handle the debt situation we have in our country. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to refer the house message to accompany s. 627 which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to concur in the house amendment to s. 627, an act to establish the commission on freedom of information act processing delays, with an amendment. the presiding officer: and under the previous order, the time from 1:30 until 7:30 shall be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees in alternating 30-minute blocks, with the majority controlling the first block of time. the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, those who are following this debate -- and i think many across america are -- should understand what just happened. there was a discussion about the fi

hope. sit down and have a conversation. mr. sanchez and mr. sider -- you might walk away with them saying they would love to help you but cannot. that is the sentiment of this board. we would love to help you, but we can't. commissioner fung: the proposal to continue, i will support that. but i will remind everybody he has 8 feet for an elevator. that includes framing and the cab itself. that is not going to get done. if they can find something that turns the language, ok. but i do not see a technical response to this attrition. vice president garcia: i misunderstood. i thought you could not go above 75. commissioner fung: it is 16 feet above the 65 for elevator. vice president garcia: i thought they could go 16 above the seven. >> commissioner fung articulate it best when he said the 65 foot height limit is the point at which any exemption is taken. 10 feet in the case of stairs and 16 in the case of elevators. because this building is already 8 feet above the height limit, they only have a fee to play with. perhaps when i indicated an elevat

clearly, we still hope that mr. jobs, who is my friend -- i know him very well -- i hope that he will continue there as long as possible. nevertheless, plans have to be put in motion just in case things do happen, like any other company in the world. >> you mentioned news corporation. they're obviously at the center of this huge scandal that's still erupting around the world, involving the activities of the "news of the world" in particular. when you look at the structure of the newspaper corporation, you talked there about the succession plan for apple. are you concerned about the future of the murdoch family in relation to news corporation, or are you happy with the way things are? >> well, you know, news corp. is the only real media global -- that has a global presence that's involved in tv production, in movies, in publishing, in newspapers, digital media, et cetera. so for a company like that to function, clearly it does not depend on rupert murdoch or james murdoch. clearly, as a ceo, you have other functions t

mr. president, this amendment, this legislation before us would stop it in its tracks. i think that would be a profound mistake. i hopeered plan. i thank the chair and yield the floor. mrs. hutchison: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas is recognized. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i rise to speak in favor of the plan that is before us, the cut, cap, and balance act. and, mr. president, i also think there are some very important achievements in the group of six proposal. it's a proposal -- it's not in legislative language. it has many things in it that are very good. it has tax cut, it has entitlement reform, it has spending cuts. it is a complicated outline and one needs to be flushed out to know exactly what is in it. and it has some areas with which i disagree. i certainly want to is asure that we keep the 15% cap gain and dividends rate. but we also have another proposal that i think has great merit, and i think the bill that has come over from the house, the cut, cap, and balance act, puts even more together to address the issues that we're all trying to address. what we need are spending

mr. chairman, as you know, i am is one of those who hopes we can get the votes quickly. i will say quickly that everybody is in agreement that these trade agreements will open up markets and help america competitively. they will do what we need to do in order to compete with china. we all agree with that. senator had just said, i cannot understand why these clear signals are being ignored, with respect to some of the opposition of the taa. we cannot understand why the by partisanship that has been part of taa can be on it. i heard senator had called it a spending program. -- senator hatch call it a spinning program. we have a notion that when we make a decision regarding tariffs and markets, businesses make decisions, call centers move to india, manufacturing plants move to mexico. there is one simple question. are we going to face the reality of the marketplace today? if you are 55 years old, it is hard to find a job. we are not creating them fast enough. the idea that we are going to do this and ignore the weight we have created the fabric of consensus around trade is

mr. speaker, i hope the honorable gentleman will forgive me. by virtue of being a minister of the crown, i am of necessity more circumscribed in what i can say than what he can say in initiating the debate. i have of necessity to be quite brief. many of the issues he raised are of a rather delicate nature in view of the fact that there are criminal investigations taking place. i shall come back to that in a moment. phone hacking is a serious crime. as the house will be aware, the courts have previously imposed sentences in two cases where it has occurred. the current police investigation is falling further evidence, and those most recent allegations we have just referred to will be considered and are being considered as part of that investigation. mr. speaker, it is precisely because of the gravity of the allegations now being made the prime minister announced a short time ago there would be a fully independent public inquiry or inquiries into these matters. those, however, must not and cannot just did -- jeopardize any criminal investigation.

mr. ashton said, everything they hoped for was not there. and you remember he got up here and testified to you we did three search warrants on that house. found no printing paper. found no paper work having anything to do with chloroform. found no receipts for purchases of chloroform. there were no purchases for chloroform found on this computer. they didn't find any chemistry kits. they didn't find any containers containing chloroform. they didn't find any i ingredients for making chloroform. they didn't find anything whatsoever having to do with chloroform. nothing. but they hope, they are hoping. let's hope. and the doctor gives you this -- well, if that wasn't enough, of course, you had dr. schulz whose real purpose was to tell you and to get you more angry about how her remains were treated afterwards. but he did sayno trauma to the bones. mr. fantasy man, dr. warren wo for some reason showed you a video of a smiling casey and a smilincasey with some duct tape that he got off the internet. he googled it, got that photo, stuck some duct

mr. thune: madam president, i hope that my colleagues will work with us to reduce the size of government, not grow it. and i yield the floor. mr. schumer: madam president, how much time is left on each side? the presiding officer: 19 minutes on the democratic side. no time on the republican side. mr. schumer: okay. madam president, i rise to speak about the budget and deficit issues that are facing us. the first point that is becoming clearer and clearer and clearer to the american people is how bad a default would be. the bottom line is very simple. america has never defaulted on its debt nor should any country, particularly the greatest country in the world. debt is a promise of expenditures that have already been made. when you raise the debt ceiling, what you're simply saying is i am going to pay my bills. and the bottom line is that every family in america has to do that. if you own a mortgage, you can't say after you have signed the mortgage and live in the house i'm not going to pay my mortgage unless a., b., c. happens. if you have credit card debt and you have incurred significan

point of order, i hope it's the last. mr. robert -- >> in your earlier remarks are reviewing the security given the instant essay will you ensure that the public continue to have the right to go to select committees and their right is not restricted? >> i'm grateful for the honorable gentleman for his point of order, that right to attend meetings in the way the honorable gentleman describes is a very long established and precious freedom. i think it will be quite wrong for me to seek to constrain or circumscribe an independent investigation in what it can cover and what it can recommend. but the point the honorable gentleman has made is an important one. i've underlined its importance and i think many people will share his point of view. i think we should now move to the main business, the sittings of the house motion in the name of the leader of the house george young. say aye. i think the ayes have it. the ayes have it. we come now to the main debate. the prime minister. >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. i beg to move t

mrs. ford's reputation wasn't the kind that needed cultivating, just the mention of her name brings good and hopeful things to mind. i got to know mrs. ford about the same time the whole nation did. she was the first lady who less than a year before had been a stay at home mom, on crownview drive in alexandria, virginia. what started out as the nixon, agnew years suddenly became the ford rockefeller years, and the times brought a few unexpected turns to my own family as well. my husband was called into service by president ford, and before long, i had the privilege of knowing the first family. how many amazing memories we share. when i was around mrs. ford, what always struck me was how so many incredible things could happen to one person, from suburban life to the white house in a space of ten months, and still leave her unchanged. through it all, she kept her bearings, across the years she was the same candid and completely unpretentious woman. mrs. ford once said that walking out on the south lawn and saying good-bye to pat and dick nixon was the saddest day she'd ever known, and no one appointed

life and the maximum sentence for two years and we're looking at this issue and we're hoping to make ogress. >> mr. david morris. >> would the prime minister agree with me that thelleged bailout of the option of at the point billion inot that. if we aren't in the imf, we won't be a gbal player and also would you agree with me that the opposition needy reminding that in the 1970s the imf bailed out their government? >> i know the prime minister will want to deal with the first part of the second but the second part because it was disorderly. >> i absolutely agree with what my honorable friend said yesterday that the labour party oppose our involvement in the imf. britain is a serious global economy. we should take responsibility for serious global issues including through the imf. >> david simpson. >> thank you, mr. speaker. does the prime minister agree that details of all the weapons and explosives the state mmission in northern ireland should be made publi as promised? and will he agree to have negotiations with the irish government to move forward to the americans to see that it happens? >> wel

hope. the picture of mrs. ford looking out, that was one of her favorite pictures because she felt like it showed her isolation, but on the other hand, it was like living in a cage where people could look in at you. and she felt that that picture kind of summed up a lot of her feelings about living in the white house. on january 19, 1977, it was the last full day that ford was going to be in the white house and we walked by the cabinet room and mrs. ford poked her head in. it was empty. she had this mischievous look in her eyes and she said i have always wanted to dance on the cabinet room table. in a way mrs. ford was tap dancing on the images of all the gray suit who is sat around that table. and it is vintage betty ford. >> betty ford, through the lens and the words of david hume kennerly. that's our broadcast for this monday night. thank you for being here. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. innebib gb whitre bg ,ws a pstterot a a akr.a.b.t. atoustbr sn tce

mr. president, the american people are waiting and watching. i hope we pass this bill. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, thank you very much. i rise to address this issue of the debt limit and how we are going to go forward, and i think it's important, given the conversation that i have been hearing this morning, to understand some of the key features that are under discussion. the first is that the -- the plan that came from the house last night, the boehner plan, it requires the second half of the debt ceiling to be lifted only if a balanced budget amendment is passed and sent out to the states. in other words, it puts a two-thirds vote of each chamber basically on the process six months from now. what that does is it says to our nation that we are going to be in continuous debate over this issue the next six months, facing a two-thirds vote that's very unlikely to happen, so this crisis is going to not end, not on august 2, not on august 3, not on august 4, not for six m

mr. obama held out hope a deal could be struck. >> we have to get started now. that's why i'm expecting some answers from all the congressional leaders sometime in the next couple of days. >> reporter: for the first time the president publicly said he's considering asking wealthier citizens in medicare to pay more. mr. obama defended that stance. >> simply put it will take a balanced approach, shared sacrifice and a willingness to make unpopular choices on all our parts. that means spending less on domestic programs. >> reporter: the move has angered democrats but republicans say it isn't enough and after six closed door white house sessions there's still no agreement. the biggest sticking point remains taxes. >> our stand on the debt limit has been clear. there will be no tax hikes because tax hikes destroy jobs. >> reporter: behind-the-scenes a deal is taking shape in the senate. it would allow the president to raise the debt ceiling and require him to list specific cuts for congress to consider. >> listen we're in the fourth quarter here. >> reporter: house g

prime minister -- [inaudible] spirit by honorable fred has been an extremely good point and i hope it's an order, mr. speaker, to talk about labour's record in wales. because that is a torture talk about labour's record in wales because what we're seeing if anybody wants to know, what would happen to the nhs under labour, they can look at wales where they are flushing the nhs budget and they are seeing more people waiting for longer that is what happens when you have a labour party running the nhs. >> the leader of the opposition helped create 300 more jobs earlier this year. but today because of his government's reversal of policy, the renewable energy association say that solar generation and the jobs and growth linked to it are in turmoil. who knows better, him our british business? >> i think anyone looking with his government is doing in terms of renewable energy can see a massive investment in renewable energy. the 3 billion pounds going into the green investment bank, the massive incentives given under the renewable heat and initiative. what we did have to do was to stop the abuse. we had to

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mr. president, i'm hopeful, i believe all of us are hopeful that we can find a way for the majority leader and the republican leader to recommend to us and the house a solution that the president will sign that will reduce our debt and honor our obligations. but to suggest that the majority leader's proposal, his bill, which he offers in good faith -- i know -- is a compromise is a little hard to accept. i mean, it's a democratic proposal. the other side has spent most of its time this week saying, can we get 53 of us to make sure that as soon as the republican proposal passes the house, if it does, we'll beat it in an hour. we won't even consider it. we'll kill it. we're not going to vote on it. we'll gable table it and put -- we'll table it and put it away. that's not the spirit of compromise. the proposal that the speaker is trying to pass may be about the only thing he can pass in the house of representatives. and that might not be what a democratic senator -- senate would like, but, you know, this is a democratic senate. that's a republican house. we have to come up with something tha

mr. chairman. i hope the appropriate agencies of the government are notified of the testimony we've gotten today. >> thank you. we are joined by the distinguished gentlelady from florida, the chairwoman of the house committee on foreign affairs, and i would note yesterday after two days of the mark of the foreign relations reauthorization act, with her strong support, we approved a very strongly toward a resolution calling for religious freedom for coptic christians with a particular emphasis on disappeared into deducted and kidnapped coptic girls and young women and michele clark just said, madam chair, that thousands of coptic and girls go missing or are abducted every year, and that is absolutely under appreciated if it was noted with indifference by so many at the state department that it is mind-boggling. so i would yield -- thank you very much, chairman smith, and as the chairman pointed out yesterday in our full committee on foreign affairs, we concluded last night robust markup the date and adopti

hope is my friend mr.is has been willing to help me, but he wants to meet someone in person. >> but while we're upstairs making those calls our hotel is invaded by reporters and photographers even from our own network. >> we will talk a lot this morning about susan boyle. >> they are here covering the british singing sensation susan boyle. ♪ i dreamed the dream ♪ >> turns out we scheduled our meeting right before the finals of "britain's got talent" and our hotel was crawling with reporters. not exactly how scammers like to be greeted. >> it will be terrible for me to disappoint shireen but we have to meet face to face or the deal is not going to happen. we may never know if it was the mead media with frenzy or something that scared them off but in the end barrister davis backs out leaving shireen angry and disappointed. >> i think he's the devil. >> we're a long way from throwing in the towel and the trail is about to lead to a place we never expected. coming up, shireen's first brush with her $15 million

mr. presidi could -- [inaudible] i would hope the republican leader noted that following the content of my -- the tone and content of my statement where i didn't lump all republicans in one big bundle there. pardon the interruption. mr. mcconnell: i thank my friend, the majority leader. this is a pivotal week for america. two years of reckless spending and debt have brought us to the point of crisis, and this week americans will see how their elected representatives decide to resolve it. on the one side are those who believe that failing to rein in spending now would be calamitous and that a government which borrows 42 cents for every dollar it spends needs to sober up. washington needs strong medicine to heal its spending addiction now, not a false promise to do it later. and on the other side are those who want to pretend the status quo is acceptable, that everything will be fine if we freeze current spending habits in place, raise job-killing taxes on small businesses, and do nothing about the long-term fiscal imbalance that imperils our economy. now, republicans have tried to persuade

mr. chairman because i just cannot be more proud and this is the right way to do it and i hope we do it this way again and again and again and i thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would also refer the gentleman to page 39 where the membership of this committee who is going to make these recommendations is laid out. lays it out the members of the joint committee who are trying to make sure that we forthrightly -- and this was part of the deal that is evidently not on agreement, that is not the deal now -- but to where the house will soon try to work together. the negotiations that took place in the white house may or made not have ever materialized anything written down but they did have discussions. this will enable the proper designation of representatives of both bodies to empower them, to sit down with an agreement that it will require seven votes. >> at the gentleman we just yield. >> i would yield to the gentleman. >> i guess my problem with this whole thing is you haven't come up with a number. then you said we have come up with this number and we will let somebody figure out how

i would hope that -- i don't want to say that. mr. eppstein would have said, i think it is clear -- what is being done as proposed to be done. it is a serious inconvenience for tenants. i dunno what the authority is or how we solve this problem. if what was suggested blood certainly be a reasonable accommodation to have the appellate be able to do that bathroom. until that happens, i don't know what to do. commissioner peterson: this is a difficult case presented to us. there are perspectives from both sides that have compelling points raised. i don't know where i am going at this particular moment. >> >> perhaps the parties can adjourn and we will see if we can come to a conclusion. >> we need mr. duffy for the next case. >> you have to come to the microphone if you're going to speak. what she is a represented a party in the case that involves premises. i'm not sure if i am permitted to have direct communication with her on substantive matters. >> her council is not here? >> her council is not here. >> she can waive it. >> i still ca

i would hope that -- i don't want to say that. mr. eppstein would have said, i think it is clear -- what is being done as proposed to be done. it is a serious inconvenience for tenants. i dunno what the authority is or how we solve this problem. if what was suggested blood certainly be a reasonable accommodation to have the appellate be able to do that bathroom. until that happens, i don't know what to do. commissioner peterson: this is a difficult case presented to us. there are perspectives from both sides that have compelling points raised. i don't know where i am going at this particular moment.

and i hope mr. chairman that we can begin holding hearings on this important subject. i hope that you'll carefully department monitoring contracting and expenditures. your frankness and candor on how money spent by the department will be much needed by the congress as we assess how to direct pentagon spending. general dempsey, obviously i'm confident you'll be confirmed. i hope you and secretary panetta will avoid misguided reductions in defense spending that cut into the muscle of our military capable iitys. defense spending is not what is sinking this country into fiscal crisis. if the congress and president act on that flawed assumption, they will create a situation that is truly unaffordable. the hollowing out of u.s. military power and the loss of faith in our military members and their families. i trust that you will have the ability and confidence to advise the president and congress on your views regarding the health of our military and the ability of our forces to meet our cooperative security commitments with our alies around the world. we will need an honest

mr. chairman. very important hearing. i hopehe appropriate agencies of our government are notified of the testimony. >> without a doubt there will. thank you commission. we're joined by the distinguished gentleman from florida, the chairwoman of the house committee on foreign affairs. i would note yesterday after two days of markup on the foreign relations of markup act, with her strong support, we approved a very strongly worded resolution calling for religious freedom for coptic christians with a particular emphasis on disappeared and abducted and kidnap coptic girls and young women. michele clark, madam chair, thousands of coptic girls go missing or are abducted every year. and that is absolutely underappreciated, is being met with indifference, by so many at the state department that it is mind-boggling. i healed. >> thank you very much, chairman smith. and as the chairman had pointed out, yesterday in our full committee on foreign affairs, we concluded last night the robust days of markup, debate and adoption of many measur

mr. chairman, i move to oppose my friend's amendment. i hope this isn't a pattern long-term but on this particular bill this seems to be a pattern at any rate. his amendment would strike the important language in h.r. 2584 that addresses the administration's confusing policy involving a endangered species act, listed populations of gray wolves nationwide. as i mentioned on the house floor during a colloquy with chairman simpson on monday, the obama administration has created a confusing and impractical result with its recent announcement to delist the gray wolves in some states but leave other states, such as washington, oregon and utah, with mixed management. h.r. 2584 as written and as collarified in my colloquy with the chairman would help remedy this flawed policy. problems with the federal management of gray wolves are nearly as old as the endangered species act itself. five years after e.s.a.'s passage, in 1978, the gray wolf was liffletted as endangered or threatened in all of the lower 48 states. in the mid 1990's the clinton administra

mr. michaud: i'm hopeful my amendment today will present another chance for my friends on both sides of the aisle to vote for something because it's good policy regardless of our difference in politics. this final amendment would ensure that nothing will prevent the consumer financial protection burro from shoing rules and regulations that protect our seniors. it ensures that the bureau is able to protect senior citizens, social security, medicare, pensions and other retirement savings from fraud. in my state of maine, seniors are frequent targets of predatory practices intended to cheat them out of our money. our republican governor recognized this disturbing reality when he announced new efforts to guard seniors last month on elder abuse awareness day. the governor's efforts and my amendment are badly needed to protect our seniors. a 2010 survey of 7.3 million older americans found that one out of every five citizens over the age of 65 has been a victim of fraudulent schemes. even more at risk are becoming victims. 37% of seniors are currently being contacted by people calling them asking