mr. alexander. >>> u.s. postal service is trying to save cash and here's how it could be affecting you. postal service is going to slow down delivery and will close processing centers and cut 28,000 jobs. don't forget stamps go up a penny next month and by april we could see a turn around time slowing everything down from getting our checks, to netflix to prescription meds and our time sensitive magazines. >>> news time 4:47. and it's happening. the harris teeter store will be opening tomorrow. abc2 news linda so is there with a preview of what we can expect. linda. >> reporter: well, later this evening from 5:30 to 8, the store will host a private event called taste of teeter to give community members an idea of what they are about. the doors will open tomorrow at 8 in the morning to the public. the ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 10. the tore is on mchenry road. it's huge two-story building 61,000 square feet and there's plenty of parking with a four- story park garage. harris teeter representatives says they will have fresh foods and items to accommodate what customers want. for t

mr. alexander: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee is recognized. mr. alexander:, madam president. and i thank the senator from florida. we hear a lot about tax breaks, tax loopholes around the united states senate. i want to talk about tax loophole today, big one on its way out. a $23 billion tax loophole. and it's not a loophole in the tax code of washington, d.c. it's a loophole in virtually every state in the country. it's a loophole that prefers some taxpayers over other taxpayers. it subsidizes some businesses over other businesses. and it's a loophole that because of that, cause tax rates in states to be higher, and it causes states to have less money to fund the universities or the state parks or the schools or the other expenses that are legitimate in the operation of a state. i say it's a tax loophole that's on its way out because after 20 years, senator enzi of wyoming and senator durbin of illinois have combined with a piece of legislation that is rare in washington, d.c. it is only ten pages long. it is very simple. it's a states' rights pie

mr. alexander: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander alexander: thanks, madam president. madam president, i want to speak this afternoon of a lesson for washington, d.c., from maryville, tennessee, which is my hometown, and the lesson is a lesson most of us learned in kindergarten, and which i learned in my mother's concerned gartd enwhich was in a converted garage in our backyard in mare entryville, and it was three words -- work well together. latest example of that out of my hometown was all over the sports pages on sunday. "historic championship: maryville wins the 13th state title ever." our football team has throarnd o work well together. they won the second consecutive state championship. 13, as the newspaper said, in all. i watched the game on statewide television. their record this year was 15-0. it was their ninth state title and ninth perfect season under an extraordinary coach, george corals, who has won 179 games and lost 13 games in his can reefer coaching. -- in his career of coaching. this is the most state titl

mr. alexander: i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. bennet: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i'd ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that h.r. 1540, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2012, be printed as passed by the senate on december 1, 2011. the presiding officer: is there objection? seeing none, without objection. mr. bennet: thank you. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until 11:30 a.m. on wednesday, december 7, 2011. that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day that. following any leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes

mr. nhl. alexander ovechkin. and guess who starred? ovechkin, third quarter. pav lack, who had 27 saves by the way. but not on that play. they win on the only goal scored in the game. 1-0. and finally, from last night. a nationally televised event. closing second. ishmael wainwright mixes. but ban yard is there. a minute and a half left. 1:10 was left on the clock, when this shot came from nick ban yard. he's new mexico-bound. as montrose christian loses. that's their first loss of the season, by the way. 42-40. that team from texas, people say they are the best team in the country. >> wow. >> thank you, stan. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. it's the hit drama. >> two pandas from china are snapping up stocks of bamboo in scotland. the pandas, sham sham and yang yang guang, are the first pandas in the united kingdom after 17 years. pandas from -- or chinese panda experts are helping the bears settle in. zoo officials say they hope the pair, don't we all, will have a cub? 10,000 pandas will be at the exh

in district 1 -- in district two, alexander ong, district three, mr.ng, district four, the store manager of the sunset district good will, martin lamb, in district 5, rodney chen, district 6, steven lee, the leader of aspire, district 7, a longtime democratic activist, district 8, the founding executive director of the chinatown community development center gordon chen, strychnine shirley chen, district 10, a community leader and visitation valley, and last but not least, the business woman and president of an iron works co., florence kong. could you join me in thanking all of their leadership? [applause] the last thing i want to say is we have been celebrating our heritage for 163 years, and i look forward to another 163 years of celebration. thank you very much for being here. >> supervisor chiu, thank you very much. this is the seventh year that san francisco has held an official celebration for asian americans. the plans are the culminated efforts of the members of the mayor's asian-pacific american heritage celebration committee. please welcome me

mr. cain has no plans to endorse any republican candidate. >> peter alexander in mason city tonight. thank you. >>> while the romney campaign likes its chances in iowa, the wild card continues to be ron paul. he's got momentum, organization and a fiercely loyal base of supporters. our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd is traveling with the paul campaign today. he joins us now from atlantic iowa. chuck? >> reporter: good evening, harry. when it comes to ron paul there are two key questions. one, can he widen his appeal among widestream republicans and not just the closet libertarians inside the party? and two, does he have the infrastructure or is this a howard dean ruse from 2004 to win these caucuses and catapult him to new hampshire? at the core of ron paul's strength here in iowa, devoted followers like these who came from all over the country to help out in perry, iowa. joe stone made some 200 calls last night for the campaign and drove four hours from his minneapolis home to catch a glimpse of his political hero. >> i want to see ron paul. i have

alexander. >> thanks, madam chairman. mr. chairman, do you believe the 140 civilian nuclear juice in the united states are operating a fleet? >> well, we have varying degrees of operation. just a day or so ago the staff did indicate he placed one of our plants in what is called manual chapter 0350, which is a very strong statement by the agency that we have real concerns about the safe operation of the facility. it is currently not operating on a shutdown. with the exception of that facility, although plans are otherwise operating safely with varying levels of successful performance. >> thank you. inadequacy 23 react tears that are like the reactors if you could she not? >> right now i can't we have all of those plants are generally operating within our safe levels. >> trying to understand discussion about recommendations, do you agree some of the recommendations are different from others in the right to be a priority in addressing them? >> well, the way i look at rarities is trying setback figure out constraints because you

mr. flynt legal i was executive producer of that you appeared in as you may know. the rentals affair which is one of the early american sex scandals with alexander hamilton. >> absolutely. right along with the jefferson -- those two were the first two scandals in the beginning where the founding fathers. >> host: tell us more. >> in the case of alexander hamilton legal thomas jefferson, democratic republican opponents discovered hamilton had a unique financial arrangement with a man named james reynolds, who hamilton was paid for the right to sleep with his wife maria reynolds. the democrats and republicans found out about this and proceeded to try to defame hamilton and derail his plans to create the national bank by exposing a sex scandal. opening up the sec's discussion boomerang on jefferson because federalists' dragged up the story of sally having this and jefferson was his own slave children. it for political points as part of the law tradition of american politics. >> that is your thought we go if we were not focused on this we would spend time on more important issues. we have important news throughout our country's history yet people do

alexander. >> thank you, madam chairman. mr. chairman, do you believe the 104 civilian nuclear reactors in the united states or operating safely? >> we have varying degrees of operation. just a day or so ago, the staff did indicate that we replaced one of our plants and in what is called chapter 350, which is a very strong statement by the agency that we have real concerns about the safe operation of the facility. it is currently non-operating. it is shut down. with the exception of that facility, all plants operating safely with varying levels, i think, a successful performance. >> thank you. that includes the 23 boiling water reactors that are like the reactor that was in fukushima? >> we have all of those plants generally operating on six levels. -- safe levels. >> trying to understand the recommendations, to you agree some of the recommendations are different from others and there ought to be a priority in addressing them? >> the way i look at priorities is i try to step back and figure out constraints, because you prioritiz

mr. speaker, he will be greatly missed by all. lance corporal harper was better known to his close friends not as scott but as boots. while a student at alexander high school he once forgot his tennis shoes for gym class and kept his boots on instead. and on that day, mr. speaker, he earned a lasting nickname of boots. but he also showed how he was prepared to adapt to all scenarios. when a marine recruiter showed up at his high school senior, boots answered the cause and chose a life of service in the united states marine corps. with the courage and motivation that most young men his age have not yet found in life. after graduating high school, he went into active duty in the marine corps. boots served one term in afghanistan and returned safely home. he left on the second tour july 13 with the first battalion, sixth marine regiment, second marine division. on october 13 his division was struck by small arms fire while conducting combat operations. a fellow marine was shot first and boots ran into opposing gunfire to save his friend. though boots lost his life, he saved the life of his wounded friend in the process. boots was always loyal as a

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mr. schiff: madam speaker, i rise today to honor the memory of staff sergeant vincent j. bell, united states marine corps. he was 28 years old, the son of pamela alexander bell, and james bell the husband of karen navaret and brother of lyndon bell and andrea roe. staff sergeant bell enlisted in the marine corps on july 7, 2001, and became an artilleryman. during his career he served his country with distinction and deployed in support of operation iraqi freedom with battalion landing team 21, second battalion, 11th marine regiment, battalion landing team 24 and fifth batalian 11th marine regiment. on october 31, 2011, staff sergeant bell deployed with the second battalion, 11th marine regiment where he served as a howitzer section chief for a 10-man team in support of operation enduring freedom. on november 30, staff sergeant bell was in helmund province, afghanistan, when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while on a dismounted patrol. he succumbed to his wounds, making the ultimate sacrifice for his country. staff sergeant bell loved being a marine. he said that the ability to serve is the greatest calling an american could have, even more