mr schultz is not able to work. but coal companies like yours say it's not because black on his wife debbie says he's paid with his health. but that he can't do what he wants. can't go where he wants to go like a prisoner and his own home perhaps family fight alongside checks in the minors war but bob won't be marching they want to save blair mountain which i agree with. but they want to stop me and my friends and my family from mining and that's how we make really. cool is virtually the only living to be made in logan county ninety years later. thank you to some of the worst prescription drug abuse in america that's all there is how if you're not in a call to the drugs it's one or the other. nearly a century later at the coal companies still wield incredible influence and political power. marchers found public roads blocked boulders and campsites shut down the coal companies call them up and said if you let these marchers stay at your campsite in everybody in your family is going to lose their job which side are yo

mrs. marcia coates. the honorable representative schultz and her husband, mr. steven schultz. mr.is guest, ms. patricia lindbergh. mr. -- mr. volker bouffler. >> you are also performing. are you nervous? >> no, a bit nervous but i'm looking very much forward to the event. >> will you play vaugner? >> not tonight. she likes classical music. >> what german composers will you play? >> beethoven, hendle. >> are there any challenges? >> might be, but these are not things that you worry about. >> how many? >> about 30. but we perform in different groups. >> normally you would have others with you? >> we are 180. do you have a name for that? a symphony? >> for eight people, it's a sonata. there is a string orchestra. leader mitch mcconnell and the honorable elaine chao. the honorable nancy pelosi and her husband, mr. paul pelosi mr. stewart banum and his wife, mrs. sandra banum. the honorable ellen coucher. the honorable samuel nunn and his wife, ms. colleen nunn. the honorable gregory meeks and his wife, mrs. mary meeks. the honorable tom corbett, governor of pennsylvania. ms. jeannette

mr. schultz explain some of the setbacks the company faced during the economic recession. his thoughts on starbucks deviation from its original concept, and his decisions that return the company to profitability. >> thank you. well, it's not much of an overstatement to say the greater washington is powered by starbucks. that really is the key. w?shared over the years that,moñ well, we are one of the more highly educated regions in the country with all the attainment levels, pretty good on household income because not at the top 15 median household incomes are here. more starbucks per capita in washington, d.c., proper than anyplace in the country. so my shorthand of how i pitch greater washington is highly educated, highly compensated, highly caffeinated. [laughter] and boy, i tell you, your stores do quite well here and you do quite well for us. we're really honored and pleased to have a choice here this morning. and congratulations. it's a pleasure to welcome you. >> thank you very much. happy to be here. >> it's quite an undertaking to put a book like this together as a

wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, i want to thank all the women and our male coaches who have been practicing for three months two, or three times a weeks, at 7:00 in the morning, all to raise money for a great cause, for the young survival coalition which helps young women who are struggling with breast cancer or who have survived breast cancer. all of you know that i am a breast cancer survivor along with sue myrick on the other side of the aisle, but this game is our opportunity to come together as women, as sisters, as a bipartisan representation in the fight against breast cancer. we invite you all out to come to the game tonight. 7:00 p.m., watkins recreation center and watch us beat the capitol press core silly. mrs. emerson: mr. chairman, we yield back. the chair: without objection, for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? mr. sensenbrenner: i ask for roll call on the next amendment. the chair: without objection, two-minute voting will continue. the unfinished business is the request f

schultz. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to just follow up on that same line of questioning that mr. kerry had. so if we are assuming that $100 billion cut could cut the growth of the economy demonstrates that would even seems that the small percentage cut would have a significant impact, that seems backed up, mr. elmendorf committee chairman bernanke he said an article in "politico" today that i don't think a sharp immediate cuts and deficit would create more jobs. it would be best not to a sudden and sharp fiscal consolidation in the near term. so we have more than one of our economic experts pointing to the danger of cutting too much too fast. so generally, are you concerned that the proposed -- what i term a close, but a proposed republican budget cut at the cases proposed them and the amounts in size they have proposed them would negatively impact our ability to recover? >> congressmen, i agree with chairman bernanke statement. we have not done an economic analysis of the republican budget resolution. as i said earlier and on another occasion, near-term cuts and spending or incr

democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz putting out a statement blasting it saying in part being unemployed, mr joke, not to my constituents in florida or to millions of americans across the country. she reported that mr. romney doesn't need the job, that he is worth more than $200 mill and owns several homes around the country. asked about his joke later he said he was only making light of himself. you can't decide for yourself whether he was or wasn't. the joke came in a certain context. earlier this month president obama said this about a shaky jobs report just out. >> there are always going to be bumps on the road to recovery. >> those four roads, bumps on the road. governor romney turned them into a campaign ad accusing president obama of, well, being insensitive to the ploumd. >> i'm an american. not a bump in the road. >> i'm an american. not a bump in the road. >> i'm an american, not a bump in the road. >> i'm an american, not a bump in the road. >> i'm an american, not a bump in the road. >> so was the president of the united states comparing americans to bumps in the road or somehow

schultz. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to just follow up on that same line of questioning that mr.ry had. so if we are assuming that $100 billion cut could cut the growth of the economy demonstrates that would even seems that the small percentage cut would have a significant impact, that seems backed up, mr. elmendorf committee chairman bernanke he said an article in "politico" today that i don't think a sharp immediate cuts and deficit would create more jobs. it would be best not to a sudden and sharp fiscal consolidation in the near term. so we have more than one of our economic experts pointing to the danger of cutting too much too fast. so generally, are you concerned that the proposed -- what i term a close, but a proposed republican budget cut at the cases proposed them and the amounts in size they have proposed them would negatively impact our ability to recover? >> congressmen, i agree with chairman bernanke statement. we have not done an economic analysis of the republican budget resolution. as i said earlier and on another occasion, near-term cuts and spending or increase

mr. chairman, finally, i'd like to thank the co-sponsors of this amendment, representative reichert, tonko, ellison, moore, wasserman schultz, capps, slaughter, cuellar, fudge and wilson. i'd like to yield to the gentlelady from nevada, ms. berkley. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. berkley: thank you, mr. higgins. i rise in support of the amendment to eliminate a provision in this bill that would harm las vegas, phoenix, denver, miami, baltimore, detroit and a dozen more cities around the country. this bill before us would eliminate any funding for the urban area security initiative for all but the top 10 highest risk urban areas, leaving over 50 u.s. cities off the list, including my own city of las vegas, one of the greatest tourist destiny -- destinations in the world, with over 37 million visitors a year. for almost a decade uasi program has worked to help cities prevent acts of terrorism. not too long ago, over 60 u.s. cities received funding to help them purchase equipment, develop recovery plans and implement counterterrorism strategies. in my home city of las vegas, for example, we've create creathed the