a man by the name of mr kerry meyers. and. mr mars was represented during the may lie trials. and. mr meyers in the marine corps came to a very discreet mutual understanding i was on it with this charge december thirty first of two thousand and three and here i am. when i came back i think that that sense of long term planning was gone. i went through a divorce some things i did recklessly probably in the back of my mind i would not have minded. but. i went through a period of my own t.c.k. carrying her on. and about it and fed it means. a long period of severe drug abuse. i finally got to the point to ride no one. i had no more car i had long since moved out of my house and could not come back home exactly where do you go from here. and it was when the national guard needed someone with my experience and teaching people how to fly the armed helicopters the cobras and i was asked to come in and help train some of those folks and the money was. you know fifteen twenty thousand dollars a year for part time work and it carried a retirement with even though i had and a change of heart

mr. meyers, this is a notoriously tough audience at the washington hilton.ignment? >> it's an honor to be asked, certainly, and when you look down the roster of people who have done it in the past, i'm incredibly flattered to be on that list now. i have heard it's a really hard room. brian williams contacted me immediately to warn me about the lion's den i was walking into but as a comedian you like those challenges so i'm looking forward to it. >> how do you start preparing for something like this? >> fortunately, i have a job that's already sort of preparing for something like this. we obviously follow politics and what's happening in the white house at our show as part of our daily spnspn mostly you sit around with your writers and figure out what will happen in the room. you talk to other comedians and prepare as much as possible but in the end you have to pick the jokes you feel are the funniest. >> when you're standing there telling your jokes, the president is sitting right next to you, does that affect which jokes are told? >> well, it's very funny,

herek and mr. meyer.e most important factors in determining why we're having this hearing and why i believe we need specific federal legislation protecting lgbt youth has to do with the harm associated with this kind of -- this kind of bullying behavior to individuals in that -- in that grouping. could you elaborate a little bit more about the susceptibility and the vulnerability of -- especially, young people in the lgbt category who in terms of -- in terms of bullying, in terms of this kind of conduct that i think it's important to draw out why it is that protection is necessary in these instances? >> well -- [inaudible] >> many surveys looking at especially middle and high school aged boys and girls have found that those who are lesbian, gay or bisexual or those who have a history of same-sex attraction or behavior often appear to be nonfunctioning as well, at least on average. you know, many are functioning well but on average they look like they are doing worse than many kids and they often manifest

caller: i would like to give a shout out to my government teacher, mr. meyer. what is expos facto?uest: the original constitution prohibited that. the bill of retainer is it the congress is going to pass a law to punish someone without a trial, is prohibited. expos facto says you're not allowed to punish someone for something that is legal, make it illegal after the fact. host: it is kentucky derby day. in the constitution, there are three points that deal with personal civil liberties. prior to the bill of rights. amended and passed, you have expo's facto, the bill of retainer, and the writ of habeas corpus. on tuesday, there could be in the frq. habeas corpus, you must be told why you are being held in custody. the bill of attainder, on the right to a trial by court. and expos facto, you cannot be brought in and punished for something you did win at the time it was legal. host: our guests are with us for the next half hour, but if you have questions, you have a web site set up? guest: citizenu.org and we have all kinds of review material. host: this is the first year we have actu

mr. obama. >> seth meyers last night made a point when he said, the one person who can really beat the presidentobama '08. what happened to him? i was talking to the hard core democrat, he said that obama is gone. he's not coming back, you just have to win. this is what is happening, it's a interesting dynamic. hard core democrats are about winning, but the problem for the white house is first-time voters who came out in large numbers and really got him to the white house in '08. are they coming back? they're not just about winning, they are inspired. that's the other thing. what do you believe i am going to do this year? is he going to find something to rime with debt ceiling? >> what is the correct or winnable economic strategy to be taking going into the this election? obviously, saying it is about jobs. i think you're saying, all of this is obscure the necessity to figure out jobs? >> i think especially for a democrat which the president is, i have been surprised they haven't pushed much more on that. maybe they are worried that they don't have a very strong jobs record. i think they are let

mr. lew meyer for 1.5 minutes for an opening statement. >> years ago when i was a bank examiner, we worked with institutions to make sure they understood the regulations to which they are subjected. instead of a partnership, i hear time and time again that relationships between financial institutions and regulators are more like a game of gotcha. i have heard stories of overzealous examiners. one bank was put on the problem list. it was noted to me that the examiner had been scolded the previous day for not doing a good enough job for predicting another bank be put on the list. that bank, since then, has had no problems. we need regulators to do their job to promote sound financial practices -- no more, no less. we do not need overzealous examiners to have no regard for upper management and refuse to recognize what is going on in the field or the economy. i urge the fdic to take a look at the examiner staff to work with institutions so we to work to get our economy moving again. i look forward to the discussion. i yield back. >> i would like to recognize the gentleman from texas for one mi

meyer aaberg? >> thank you, mr. chair. dr. meyer, i have next to me approximately 3,000 pages of recent reports, peer review journal articles and book chapters which are already in the record as preceding and to which you have referred to indirectly these documents examine a range of issues related to the overall mental health of the lgbt population, the pervasiveness and the nuanced problems associated wit the peer-to-peer student violence, directed the central minority youth so many short an negative outcomes suffered by the targeted. to which you've testified. they come from institutions including harvard medical schoo for the university, ucla, uc-davis and many other reputable institutions. do you have an overall comment you can make to this commission about this body of scholarship and the way we should give this scholarship in our deliberation? >> yes, i have over 8,000 pages the preferences i've provided a well as the articles i could identify are published in the per peer review journals it isn't easy to put an article

mr. lew meyer for 1.5 minutes for an opening statement. >> years ago when i was a bank examin, we worked with institutions to make sure they understood the regulations to which they are subjected. instead of a partnership, i hear time and time again that relationships between financial institutions and regulators are more like a game of gotcha. i have hrd stories of overzealous examiners. one bank was put on the problem list. it was noted to me that the examiner had been scolded the previous day for not doing a good enough job for predicting another bank be put on the li. that bank, since then, has had no problems. we need regulators to do their job to promote sound financial practices -- no more, no less. we dnot need overzealous examiners to have no regard for upper management and refuse to recognize what is going on in the field or the economy. i urge the fdic to take a look at the examiner staff to work with institutions so we to work to get our economy moving again. i look forward to the discussion. i yield back. >> i would like to recognize the gentleman from texas for one minute f

meyers. >> now, you, on the other hand, mr. president, have aged a little. what happened to you? when you were sworn in, you looked like the guy from the old spice commercials. now you look like louis gosset, sr. >> laughing along, the president in the audience. of course, a journalist and several hollywood stars all on the invite list. >>> so, as we mentioned a bit earlier, pope john paul ii on the fast track to sainthood. a chicago family is convinced he gave them a miracle. their story next. >>> and we also go live to rome. , building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. in an effort to give you the best network possible. when you're responsible for this much of the team, you need a car you can count on. itchy, irritated skin... not only doe

mr. chair. dr. meyer, i have next to me approximately 3,000 pages of recent reports, peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters which are already in the record of this proceeding and to which you have referred indirectly. these documents examine a range of issues related to the overall mental health of the lgbt community and with violence directed at sexual minority youth and many short and long-term negative outcomes suffered by targeted youth to which you have testified. the authors come from institutions including harvard medical school, columbia university, ucla, uc davis, and many other most reputable institutions. do you have an overall comment that you can make to this commission about this body of scholarship and the weight we should give this scholarship in our deliberation? >> yes. of course, i haven't read the 3,000 pages but the references that i provided as well as the articles that i could identify from your queue there are initialed peer reviewed top scientific journals. it's not easy

mr. lew meyer for 1.5 minutes for an opening statement. >> years ago when i was a bank examiner, we worked with institutions to make sure they understood the regulations to which they are subjected. instead of a partnership, i hear time and time again that relationships between financial institutions and regulators are more like a game of gotcha. i have heard stories of overzealous examiners. one bank was put on the problem list. it was noted to me that the examiner had been scolded the previous day for not doi a good enough job for predicting another bank be put on the list. that bank, since then, has had problems. we need regulators to do their job to promote sound financial practices -- no more, no less. we do not need overzealous examiners to have no regard for upper management and refuse to recognize what is going on in the field or the economy. i urge the fdic to take a look at the examiner staff to work with institutions so we to work to get our enomy moving again. i look forward to the discussion. i yield back. >> i would like to recognize the gentleman from texas for one minute fo

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mr. weiner: i'll list the chaplains that will be honored, the 13 fallen chaplains that we will be honoring. captain arnoff of the u.s. army, lieutenant colonel meyernt frank goldenberg of the united states army. lieutenant alexander goode of the united states army. lieutenant henry goodie of the united states army. major samuel hoitz of the united states army. first lieutenant herman rosen of the united states army. first colonel samuel rosen of the united states air force. first lieutenant solomon rosen of the united states army. captain morgan singer of the united states army. captain david silver of the united states air force. captain irving kepter of the united states army. and first lieutenant lewis woffel of the united states army. may god bless their souls and may we remember them and honor them with a memorial at arlington cemetery. i can my colleagues to vote yes on this. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded that the house rules prohibit persons being recognized in the gallery. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. walz: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. mi

meyer aaberg? >> thank you, mr. chair. dr. meyer, i have next to me approximately 3,000 pages of recent reports, peer review journal articles and book chapters which are already in the record as preceding and to which you have referred to indirectly these documents examine a range of issues related to the overall mental health of the lgbt population, the pervasiveness and the nuanced problems associated wit the peer-to-peer student violence, directed the central minority youth so many short an negative outcomes suffered by the targeted. to which you've testified. they come from institutions including harvard medical schoo for the university, ucla, uc-davis and many other reputable institutions. do you have an overall comment you can make to this commission about this body of scholarship and the way we should give this scholarship in our deliberation? >> yes, i have over 8,000 pages the preferences i've provided a well as the articles i could identify are published in the per peer review journals it isn't easy to put an article