mrs. reagan. she was there when the shots were fired. but the president had gone to the washington hilton hotel to make the first speech of his presidency. he talked for about 20 minutes be making the case for his economic renewal package. >> if we do nothing else in this administration we are going to convince this city that the power, the money, and the responsibility of this country begins and ends with the people and not let some cinder block building in washington d.c. [applause] >> afterwards mr. reagan showed hands and can't out to the san dirty it came in. fifteen are 20 feet away on the other side of his limousine and the president came out the door, it was a matter of seconds before returning -- heard shots fired. the people who had been shot were left lying on the sidewalk. a gunman surrendered. a camera man was standing next to the gunman. he had noticed the man earlier. >> representatives. there were people. [inaudible] >> after the incident was over the police were checking for evi

the university of surrey for more on the continuing struggle of the fukushima plant in japan and mr reagan when there be a focus shima disaster started and even more so now a number of parallels between fukushima ever disaster at chernobyl have been drawn do you think these comparisons are justified. well there are both listed as grades and nuclear accidents but i think they are very very different. types of incident if you like both and how they happened and release of radiation followed next and i mean to nobble basically was a mistake of design or operator iraq and the result of the terrible thing was that the reactor itself exploded the core exploded or. particles from the reactor core the fuel broke into the environment of the cave writes this enormous release of radiation of fukushima also listed as a grave so there was no release of radiation into the environment from fukushima but followed. for disasters first an earthquake after which the reactor. immediately thought this was a vent salo by this enormous fifteen twenty meter tsunami wave that knocked out the second the cooling sys

they get stuck in traffic in the washington circle and mrs. reagan joins the office holder in starts shaking him and says george, i'm getting out of the car and walking now. i'm going to go now. with all the people who knew ronald reagan there's this enigma to so many people and the one person who knew him was nancy reagan and there's a moment she's walking into the hospital and mike is there, the top aide, and she says they have to let me see him, they don't know about us. >> we can talk about this in a moment but this would go on to change his presidency because she would never feel safe when he was not in her sight and whenever he left the building and she had a completely different attitude going forward and affected the presidency and the scheduling. what was your encounter with mrs. reagan? >> i saw her twice in the resuscitation and surgery. we were ready to take the president of the emergency room and bring him to the operating room. we brought her in and she was concerned about a very composed and very strong and that's when he looked up and

i just want to go down and say hello to mrs. reagan to i will be right back. >> senator brown has been kind enough to agree to spend about 10, 12 minutes with is answering some questions. we got a list of questions from you as you came to the library. spent and i haven't seen them, so here we go. >> i think you'll find this first one interesting. >> who's going to win the nba -- celtics, come on. blue. [applause] >> go ahead. i know everyone is hungry. >> what you think about what is happening in wisconsin right now in? >> the question is what's happening in wisconsin. the people of wisconsin are trying to get a handle on their $3.6 billion deficit, and they elected a new governor to deal with the problem. they elected a new legislature to back him up. he said his plan to the legislature. i encourage ascenders come back and do the people's business. [applause] >> and everything is on the table right now, folks. we are in very deep fiscal trouble not only federal but in each individual state as you know and if we need to get in room, si

mr. reagan's presentation. is it a general consensus from a tax revenue point of view that it will be a net positive? >> this is a little debatable. it is definitely not a reduction in general fund is that if twitter stays -- in general funds if twitter stays. we think many businesses will not grow or come to mid market if we do not do this legislation. there is projected growth. there is predicted payroll tax growth, a small one, and gains in property-tax. i will let ted address this. there is a potential loss of payroll tax we would get if they decided to stay here. it is a question of whether you believe businesses would come in without this. does that make sense? that is a hard question to answer. again, it is a temporary tax exclusion and hopefully we will be able to see the fruition of this work. president o'brien: i also liked the fact that it is not threatening anybody, regardless of its size. it is not going to knock somebody else trying to be in the same business out of there. that is something i shou

mr. reagan will raise taxes, and so will i did he won't tell you, i just did." that did not work out too well for mr. mondale, as i recall. barack obama is talking about reducing the deficit and raising taxes, this time in response to paul ryan's deficit reduction plan. >> they want to give people like me a a tax cut that is paid for by asking 33 seniors each to pay $6,000 more in health costs. that is not right, and it is not going to happen as long as i'm president. >> it is almost as if he wanted to pay his political adversaries, supposedly us, in a cartoonish kind of like, in a caricature, as if we want to hurt people's grand barons, we are against families who have children with autism or disabilities, and we don't want kids to go to college. how'd you have a serious debate about this? >> that is a very good question. how do you have a serious debate about this, mark? >> this is a debate has started. we have the scene character string of acquisitions, but the president did something he had not done for a long time. he had been missing in action in this deba

mr. reagan. >> you couldn't have five minutes and not like him. many people tried. come to a meeting with him, or whatever. and think i'm not going to like him. i'm just not going to like him. you know, they'd leave 15 minutes later, he's a great guy. you know? i still don't agree with him, but he's a good guy. you know, i felt the same way. we argued about the vietnam war, of course, when i was really young. we used to argue as i mentioned environmental issues sometimes. but, you know, we'd stay friends, and sometimes he wouldn't bother to argue with him. one story and then we can, you know, go do book signing, i guess. i'm riding horses with him at camp david. my father had a 19th century view of nature that i think. it was fine. he loved being out in nature and outdoors. he kind of thought that man had dominion. it was man's responsibility to manage. riding on horse back. there's the storm blowing through the night or two before. there's debt limbs and stuff scattered on the ground underneath the trees. he turns to me in the saddle. he said that maybe nature to s

reagan ended up increasing taxes in 1984, '85, '86, and '87 to mend the budget and tax systems." do taxes have to go up to resolve the debt? >> no, and with respect to mrh dale, that conversation won't go over any better now than in '84. >> but reagan did it at one point. >> you can't raise taxes, particularly in this economy, without hurting jobs and economic growth, and we desperately need those things. whether you're in favor of bolstering national security on the one hand or shoring up entitlements on the other hand, you need the revenue that can fund those programs, but we can't have that when we hurt the economy by raising taxes. >> dr. greenspan, is that realistic? you're a part of many battle and budget wars. is it realistic? >> the data shows something very interesting about endeavoring to curtail budget problems with the attack that we have. the imf, a number of well-known academics have all observed that if you'd have a disproportionate part of your budget cuts from tax increases, it won't work. and indeed, the economic impact of cutting back on spending is rather modest, and the imf is saying, to the point of possibly being insignificant. b

mr. reagan or if they support his policies or ever would have. but i want to associate with mr. agan right now, paraphrased one of his quotes. he said if we are not careful, if we don't actively watch, monitor and control, this federal government, then we will be sitting around in our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was like to be an american, and quite simply that is a conversation i refuse to have. so we disagree about this. so we fight. for capitalism. is capitalism imperfect? absolutely and that is why we don't favor no regulation. we favor smart regulation. is capitalism the best system the world has ever seen to raise the condition of humanity? of the person, of the individual? absolutely. this amendment, just like the dodd-frank law itself, takes us down the wrong road and it distinguishes limits, hinders the ability for capitalism to prosper. i know a little bit about the sec and this new consumer protection bureau because for eight years i regulated the financial services in the state of indiana. and the fact of the matter is, there

mr. reagan, who is kind of worth of bucket of warm spit when it comes to being a leader. guess we'll leave it there, folks. thank you for coming. [applause] >> thank you all very much for coming out tonight. [inaudible conversations] >> and for more about michael scheuer and his work visit non-intervention.com. >> kate buford, who is michael thorpe? >> he's a native american, partially white but partially native american. he's one of the greatest athlete. he's at the dawn of american's organized sports. he sets a model and gold standard for american achievement that still stands today. >> when did he live? >> he was born in 1887 in oklahoma. died in 1953. so the first half of the 20th century professionally. >> did he play professional sports? >> yes, both nonprofessional and for professional. he played for the new york giants who are now the san francisco giants, last year's world series winner. he played for the canton bulldogs which is why the professional football hall of fame is in canton, ohio because of jim thorpe. if you walk in the front door, the only statue tha

reagan commission. and unlike many prior presidential commissions costs the taxpayer absolutely nothing. mr. speaker, i want to be very clear, the reagan commission does not receive a single penny of taxpayer dollars. the original bill prohibited the use of taxpayer money from going to the commission and this bill does not alter that provision in any way, slape or form. the commission -- shape or form. the commission goes on with no taxpayer money. the purpose of h.r. 1308 is to allow the hardworking staff and members of the commission the opportunity to provide their expertise and assistants as entities and groups all over the world continue to honor president reagan. they played a major role in celebration of the president's library in his work to establish a year-long exhibit at the national archives. even floor statements given by members by this chamber back in february was organized by the reagan commission. now, while the commission has contributed to much events and ceremonies over the past several months, many more celebrations are planned throughout the rest of the year. in fact, mu

mrs. gorbachev and she also spoke to the graduates and that offered an interesting counterpoint to nancy reagan because mrs. gerber shafted not get along at all with nancy reagan. so that was different. >> the comment was waiting for is the which comment could you put that into context? >> [laughter] yes. i just ran at a time. i have that here. the comment that the gentleman is referring to came about 1984 mr. bush was running for reelection and vice president and had a day with geraldine ferraro the democratic number row and in the debate furrow said that he had no idea what normal people we're going through because his wealth insulated him from normal life. said mrs. bush was on the campaign airplane the next day and talking to reporters and was obviously very unhappy about the comment and said geraldine ferraro and her husband probably have more money than george bush could probably buy and sell george bush and said i cannot say what that woman is but it rhymes with which i am sorry. it rhymes with rich they looked at each other than i am sure they ran for the telephones. by the time they la

but think with our ideas so they ask us to do more or to be more and provide clarity so when reagan said mrgorbachev of teardown that while he said i hope it does not fall down on its own. he said tiered down the wall. very clear. when we think of the future it is important to understand the past which is a core belief. do we have family stories when i told about my dad losing twice i tell that to to my children and they fail to have to get up and be gracious and cannot give up. a few family stories, my grandmother was raised in a farm. and in rural area that makes it look like mitropoulos. [laughter] we do not have good records how old she was either 19111913 but she was part evade farming family that did not own the land they just work did which means everybody had to participate. everybody was involved. so when she told her negative she wanted to go to columbus georgia he was not happy. he needed those hands. so her mother literally gave her, her a bloody and her father did not send your but she went and got her are in degree of which was a huge event i tell this story to my children bec

mr. reagan. -- mr. aiken. no. mr. cole. no. mr. price. no. mr. mcclintock. no. mr. chaffitz. no. mr. susman. no. mr. langford. no. ms. black. no. mr. ripple. no. mr. flores. no. mulvaney,. mr. hughelscamp. no. mr. amash. no. mr. okita. no. mr. ginta. no. mr. woodall. no. mr. campbell. no. mr. van holland. aye. ms. schwartz. aye. ms. captor. aye. mr. doggett. aye. mr. bloomenhaur. aye. ms. mccullem. aye. mr. yarmouth. aye. mr. paskarell. aye. mr. honda. aye. mr. ryan. aye. ms. wasserman-schultz. aye. ms. moore. aye. ms. castor. aye. mr. schuller. aye. mr. tonko. aye. ms. bass. aye. german rhine. -- chairman ryan. no. the ayes are 16 and the nos are 22. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next, we're going to the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. >> of men and designated as no. 7 offered -- amendment designated as number seven offered by mr. honda, elementary and secondary education into head start. >> i got it. the budget should not just the exercises in accounting. they are an expression of values. budgets articulate a vision. chairman ryan was right to call this bud

and mrs. reagan said even at that time, she said, you know, for all of the controversy about my clothes, now they are lining up to see what i wore it and it was very, just a very funny. a good sense of humor about. >> host: and it was not expected which was one of the keys. >> guest: absolutely. no one would have thought that nancy reagan would have dared be seen in anything other than perfect clothing. and so she did by poking fun at herself and nobody expected it. it was a lot about. >> host: april 2005, white house correspondents dinner table expecting president bush to do what he normally does, have a sense of humor, perform before the audience. we're going to show just a portion of this in the moment but set up that night, how did laura bush and that doing the performance? >> guest: she was not expected to do this performance and it was not the plan. she was expected to deliver the speech in the clip your students will see at the radio and television correspondents dinner, which was earlier than

when reagan said mr. gorbachev tear down that wall, he didn't say i hope one day it might fall down on its own. he said tear down the wall. very very clear in terms of what should happen. and i think as we think a better future, it is very important for us to understand our past and again that is the core belief behind "the essential american." there are amazing stories. we have family stories. when i told you about my dad losing twice, obviously a family story, tell it to my children when they fail to remind them they have to get up and be nice and gracious and work really hard again and they can give up. we also have stories -- my grandmother, same one who broke her leg, was raised on a farm. and in a rural area and a metropolis. i think everyone around her was related to her. she was -- and she was born in 191-10-1913, they're not really sure. but she was part of a farming family so they didn't own the land. they just worked it. which means everybody had to really participate. everybody who is involved

when reagan said mr. gorbachev, chaired -- teardown that wall.idn't say i hope one day it might fall down on its own. he said teardown the wall. very clear in terms of what should happen. i think as we think about our future it is very important for us to understand our past. again, that is the core belief behind "the essential american." i don't know if you have family stories. when i told you about my dad losing twice, that's obviously a family story. a tell that to my children when they fail to remind them that they have to get up and be nice and gracious. they can't give up. we also have stories, i'll tell you a few family stories. my grandmother, the same one who broke her leg, was raised on a farm. in of row area in georgia that makes carrollton look like a metropolis. everyone was probably related to her. one of 11 or 13. she was either born in 1911 or 1913. part of a farming family. a tenant farming family. it did not on the land. they just worked it, which meant everybody had to participate. everybody was involved. so when she told her d

when reagan said, mr. gorbachev, tear down that wall, he didn't say gosh, i hope it tears down by itself. he said tear down this wall. he was very clear of what should happen and it's very important for us to understand our past and again, that's the core police chief behind the essential american. there are nation stories i don't know if you have family stories. we have family stories. the one i told but my dad losing twice is, obviously, a family story. i tell top my children when they fail, to remind them they have to get up and be nice and gracious and work really hard again. and they can't give up. we also have stories -- i'll say a few family stories. my grandmother, mamu, the same one who broke her leg was raised on a farm. and in a rural area offorn george that makes carrollton look like a metropical list. she was one of 11, 13 we' born 1911 or 1913. they're not really sure but mamu was part of a farming family so they didn't owned the land. they just worked it which means everybody had to really p

heritage foundation with policy innovation and was there for many years and before that served in the reagan and mr. scherer part of health and human services and also at the office of personnel management that shows the program that we applauded as a model of consumer choice to purchase health insurance. i welcome mule again as one of our valued co-authors we started off very much in the same place am proud to have worked with all of view. >> thank you very much. i'd like to think my colleagues for this wonderful collaboration and the wonderful staff in new york of harper collins publishing team. they did a truly great job. i would be remiss if i did not extend my deep appreciation for house speaker nancy pelosi. she told us it is important to pass a law to find out what was in it and was one of the most profoundly prophetic declarations where we find out a great deal. and the book what we decide to do is look at a number of different things but one of the claims that were made on behalf of the new law, from the beginning of the health care debate back in 2009, president obama repeatedly made a se

mr. bush did not win the presidential nomination that year, he did win the vice presidential nomination on the ticket with ronald reagan, she decided she was going to continue following up in this area because she thought it was a very solid project and one that would benefit the country. with her own money she hired two people to help her develop this as an area of expertise. she had breakfast where she invited experts to the vice president's residence. she spoke and read extensively and during her time as the wife of the vice president she was involved in 537 literacy events. and i can't completely tell you that this is accurate, but my count at the bush library of her literacy speeches during the vice presidency was 225, which is a fair amount of speaking about the topic. by the way, i want to apologize. i've been ignoring passing around some photos. i'll pull these up, of mrs. bush. and i'm just going to pass them around. there's a packet and i'm going to invite you to have a look at them as things move along. thank you. and one of the photos you'll see there is mrs. bush reading to young children, which she did ma

the president oh absolutely but the presidents don't care since ronald reagan each president that i worked for i didn't work for mr obama but mr the first mr bush mr clinton and the second mr bush they care less and less about what intelligence says they're going to be citizens of the world they're going to bring democracy to people even though those people will fight it to the death so intelligence it can be very good but i'm not since used and respected it's really useless let's talk about more broadly about the arab spring because lang area that you've written about one country great about it's syria yes and that's one nation that's a little bit more similar to libya and its relations to the united states and some u.s. leaders would very well like a more sympathetic government and some members of congress have even called for the use of force in syria but you argue that a different government would lead to more instability and would actually be worse for the united states of course for israel why. it's not going to be as powerful is is assad's government it's going to be more influenced by islamists whether it'

president oh absolutely but they the presidents don't care since ronald reagan each president that i worked for and i didn't work for mr obama but mr the first mr bush mr clinton and the second mr bush they care less and less about what intelligence says they're going to be citizens of the world they're going to bring democracy to people even though those people will fight it to the death so intelligence can be very good but i'm not since used and respected it's really useless is why is the united states and its allies are dependent on persian gulf oil we're going to be fighting in that region so until the united states breaks the oil habit we're we're stuck there and we're going to have to fight and that's not likely to happen you know and that's where the next war is going to come the next war is going to come in bahrain i think the obama administration is frightened to death about what's happening about rain the saudis and their partners the sunni governments in the gulf cooperation council have decided they're not going to permit a shia government on the peninsula which would which would happen in bahrain if if peo

mr. engel: as ronald reagan used to say, there you go again. my republican friends want to repeal the 20th century. they want to use the budget deficit to kill and destroy every program they've hated all these years, including medicare and medicaid. this budget would roll back 50 years of progress on medicare and medicaid and repeal these programs which are two of the most important social programs of this century. this budget shifts the burden from the wealthiest americans and puts the burden on the poor and middle class. i understand that my republican colleagues want to protect their rich friends but on the democratic side on the aisle, we care about working people, the middle class, poor people, seen crors and children. the republicans last year promised to focus on two things if they got the majority, jobs and spening. all we've seen is attacks on middle class and lower income people. their idea of cutting spending is to kill medicare and medicaid. instead of passing this budget we'd be more likely to cry ate jobs by waving the magic wand

it was 1981 right after president reagan had one, and the call was about mr. william casey, bill casey was the head of the cia and they said he was coming to brown university and they wanted to know if i could pick him up at the airport. with the dean from brown, and if i could escort him through the city to do his speaking in and then driving back to the airport. so i said yeah mike i would do that. i knew who he was but i had never met him before, so i dutifully got in the car. we still have those big, long undertaking cars, you know those big long once? they look like they were from manmohan's funeral home. i picked up and dutifully went to the airport. we put the car on the tarmac and we did that at about 10 minutes later the key plane came in and it was a white thing with no numbers on it, typical cia. the plane landed and speaking about introductions, the gate came down and the steps came down and this guy had just had a skiing accident. was bill casey and he was on a crutch and he came down the stairs slowly. he got off the tarmac and he looked at me an

reagan national, thanks. >>> joining us from washington transportation secretary ray lahood. mr. secretary, good morning. >> good morning. >> we just heard here, seven inside in three months. doesn't fill folks with a lot of confidence. based on your investigation, how long has had really been a problem? >> i think it's a problem since we disclosed it's a problem beginning with what happened at national airport. these disclosures were made by the faa. we're not going to sit back and wait for somebody to tell us what to do. this is outrageous behavior. it's ridiculous. that's the reason that i ordered two controllers in every tower from 12:00 midnight until 6:00 in the morning in 27 towers so people have the assurance these towers are safe and the controllers can guide planes in and out of airports. >> which people are happy there's more back-up there, essentially. but you called it yourself just now outrageous and ridiculous. why does it take even more than one incident to add extra manpower and extra supervision on those shifts? >> well, we did add an additional controller at na

reagan clans. he owns tv stations and founded the politico newspaper. elton john is also coming, though probably not singing. and mr. bean, he's coming, too. hopefully not in character. and let's just look at kate one more time this morning. remember, this is the last we'll see of her until the wedding day. and the wedding is two weeks away, come friday, so the next time we see her, she'll be getting out of that car in front of westminster abbey. robin, we'll finally get to see that dress. >> hopefully, it will not be raining. what is the significance of this being the final appearance before the big day, katie? >> well, robin, as you know, the couple have visited st. andrews, ireland, it's only fair that england get a little bit of this magic treatment as well. as nick said, it's pouring down with rain here. everyone is so excited to see this couple. kate looks phenomenal. she's wearing her hair half up and half down. the rumor is she might be wearing it like that for the day of the wedding itself. maybe this is a practice run. >> a little bit of a preview. i love to hear the little voices behind you. everyone is

mr. gingrich. can you tell us a little bit about your latest release and what your next writing project may be? >> well, the latest thing we did is a photo book on ronald reagan which started from our movie of the same name, and callista had the idea we ought to do a book in honor of his 100th birthday. we did a book signing that lasts three and a half hours at his library, and there seems to be a lot of interest in it because of the renewed interest in president reagan. >> and what comes next for you writing wise? >> >> well, i have a book out this summer on american exceptionalism from regnery. we don't have a title for it yet. i'll have a civil war novel out in the fall called "the crater," we're looking forward to both of those. >> the comanche and the story of quanah parker and indians in texas is just such a great story generally. it's one that we all grow up hearing, we see on movies, televisionings, we read books about it. my sense is that every book has an occasion, and so what was it for you to write this particular history at this particular time? >> that's a good question. about 12 years ago i read a wonderful book by walter prescott webb called "

mr. president. you know, i think of the great presidents through the history of this country and we all have our favorites and i think of ronald reagan. and, you know, he said, you can't be for big government and big spending and big taxes and still be for the little guy. and, mr. president, we have on the other side of the aisle people who are for big government, big spending, big taxes. they're not for the little guy. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. i have been listening to the remarks of my friend from wyoming and i noticed that he repeatedly indicated that what we needed to do here in this building was to keep the military funded, to deal with the deficit, and to cut spendi spending. and it is my firm belief that if we were sent a bill that kept the military funded, that dealt with the deficit and that cut spending, it would pass in the senate very readily. indeed, we've already agreed to $73 billion in spending cuts. as senator mccaskill said earlier, the problem is that the republicans

mr. kershaw, who is "the envoy"? >> some people say that he saved 100,000 lives neared the end of the second world war. he became -- there are only two ornery americans, winston churchill and raul wallenberg. reagan made him an honorary american to recognize the fact that he saved over 100,000 lives which today some people say is 1 million. so you have one guy who went up against the greatest evil of modern times and the result is that there are 1 million people alive today, who would not be. >> how did he do that? >> he was very clever. he used, he bribed, he cajoled, he did whatever he could as a swedish diplomat in hungary in 1944 to try and stop adolph eichmann from killing the last of europe. in 1944 there was only one country where you had any jewish left alive and that was hungary. eichmann went into hungary and early 1944 on a mission to kill the last jews of europe. wallenberg was sent there funded by the americans on behalf of roosevelt and managed to save over 100,000. so, it is an inspiring story. his story about how one person can make a huge difference. >> how did his life and? >> we don't really know. there's a big question and a good question. the russians still to this day won't

mr. gingrich. can you tell us about your latest release and what your next writing project might be? >> while the latest thing we did was a photo book on ronald reagan called rendezvous destiny which started from our movie of that name and calista came up with the idea that we have to do a book in on her of his 100th birthday, and so we were really excited to bring it out. we read the reagan library for for the 100th birthday.

mr. ryan: i just want to make two points because we hear a lot from the other side about ronald reagan and i know they burn incense and light candles for ronald reagan. in the 1980's it was president reagan who used cap and trade for leaded gasoline. george walker bush used gasoline for sulfur. this is something that can be done if we put a price on this. lead the world, not be -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. bilbray: thank you, madam chair. let me just close by saying to my colleague, all we're asking for is to put some good data behind this. let's study, let's have the e.p.a. take a look at this, let's see what the affects are on our energy and ---intensive industries because this is an issue we're going to have to deal with eventually and we want to have good data behind it. let's have the agency study this and let's work together to find solutions to protect our industries while we clean up our environment for our kids and our grandkids. with that, madam speaker, i will yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yiel

reagan national airport. >>> well, president obama meets today with the co-chairman of the bipartisan fiscal commission that he appointed. the meeting comes one day after mrthe deficit by $4 trillion. the president is now recommending a trimming of health care costs and medicare and medicaid. he said any plan will also have to include the elimination of bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy. >> it's a basic reflection of our belief that those who benefited most from our way of life can afford to give back a little bit more. >> all of the things that the government does for us, it will have to do a lot less of. our lives will be significantly diminished. >> the republicans immediately blasted the plan, among the critics was possible presidential candidate newt gingrich, who called the president's budget a big government job killer. >>> and now to that disturbing video that we mentioned in the headlines. the father involved has been arrested for what police are calling a very disgusting incident. rebecca medina reports now from tampa. >> you got it jake, knock him out. good, good! >> reporter: philip struthers held nothing back in this video. as investigators s

mr. speaker, i rise today to commend the king street patriots, the houston political watchdog group, for being given the esteemed ronald reagan award at the february meeting of the conservative political action conference. the king street patriots started the true the vote initiative in an attempt to uncover voter fraud in the greater houston area. mr. solson: in their investigation they discovered unimaginable levels of voter fraud from breaking laws with resident voters to election judges helping voters with their ballots. mr. olson: this movement made up of ordinary citizens who realized that voter fraud is one of the most egregious offenses under our constitution. the king street patriots are now lobbying the texas legislature to strengthen election laws and prevent future abuses. free and fair elections are essential to our democracy and the king street patriots have shown an impressive commitment to civic duty and i applaud their efforts. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada rise? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. berkley: tha

mr. yarmuth: i thank the yeah. and it's a road we have been down before. it's a road beff been down before. back under the reagan administration, the theory of trickle-down economics was developed. the idea was, people at the top make as much as they can and that will trickle down and help everybody else. and the man who was largely responsible for that policy under the reagan administration, david stockman, his dugget director said it last year, i find it unconscionable that the republican leadership could possibly believe that good public policy is to maintain tax cuts for the top 2%. that was last year when they were debating whether to return to the clinton-era tax rates. the clinton era which resulted in the most impressive decade of job growth. they want to double down on that. they don't want to go back to the clinton-era tax cuts, but cut it even further. and their theory is by cutting the tax rate by 10% more on the wealthiest people in this country, that they will create more jobs. where do they get this stuff? the only source they have for that theory is the heritage foundation. the heritage foundatio

reagan raised the gas tax. this budget is a profound investment in infrastructure. it will put millions to work. renewing and rebuilding america. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: let me yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. ellison: the people's budget contains a provision for infrastructure development and the national infrastructure bank. i want to agree wholeheartedly with congressman blumenauer. we cannot only put america back to work, but we can strengthen the infrastructure that will make it safe to go across a bridge. we cannot negligent the -- neglect the bridges and road, the high-speed optic fiber cables and all the things our country needs for a 21st century infrastructure. it's a jobs program, the people's budget is talking about jobs. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. . the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: let me yield one minute to the gentlelady from hawaii, ms. hirono. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. hirono: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the pe

mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to h.r. 1308. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 1308, an act to amend the ronald reagan centennial commission act to extend the terms date for the commission and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate, that any statements related to this matter be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask consent that we move to calendar number s. 21, 216. the presiding officer: calendar number 21, s. 216, a bill to increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and intentional violateses relating to food that is misbranded or adult rated. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the committee substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on th