mr. andrews: mr. speaker, the biggest problem in ts country is not that the american government is about to reach its debt ceiling. it's that too man american families have reached their debt ceiling. we have a jobs crisis in this country, and this should be our principal focus. now, somewhere in america today some decisionmakers are not getting much help with that jobs crisis. a hospital that's thinking about adding a rehab lab and adding a couple hundred jobs wonders how much medicare revenue it's going to get. this bill ys, wait six months and we'll let you know. an entrepreneur who has a software company who's about to finally get off the ground is thinking about borrowing some money to hire more people, but she doesn't know what the interest rates are going to be. this bill says, wait six months and we'll let you know. and, yes, there is a diabetic, a person who is worried about whether they should keep their house or not because their health care bills are rising and they are worried medicare wo

mr. andrews: mr. speaker, the biggest problem in this country is not that the american government is about to reach its debt ceiling. it's that too many american families have reached their debt ceiling. we have a jobs crisis in this country, and this should be our principal focus. now, somewhere in america today some decisionmakers are not getting much help with that jobs crisis. a hospital that's thinking about adding a rehab lab and adding a couple hundred jobs wonders how much medicare revenue it's going to get. this bill says, wait six months and we'll let you know. an entrepreneur who has a software company who's about to finally get off the ground is thinking about borrowing some money to hire more people, but she doesn't know what the interest rates are going to be. this bill says, wait six months and we'll let you know. and, yes, there is a diabetic, a person who is worried about whether they should keep their house or not because their health care bills are rising and they are worried medica

mr. andrews: mr. speaker, the biggest problem in this country is not that the american government is about to reach its debt ceiling. it's that too many american families have reached their debt ceiling. we have a jobs crisis in this country, and this should be our principal focus. now, somewhere in america today some decisionmakers are not getting much help with that jobs crisis. a hospital that's thinking about adding a rehab lab and adding a couple hundred jobs wonders how much medicare revenue it's going to get. this bill says, wait six months and we'll let you know. an entrepreneur who has a software company who's about to finally get off the ground is thinking about borrowing some money to hire more people, but she doesn't know what the interest rates are going to be. this bill says, wait six months and we'll let you know. and, yes, there is a diabetic, a person who is worried about whether they should keep their house or not because their health care bills are rising and they are worried medica

mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognizedorne minute. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. andrews: madam speaker, this agreement offers the calm, reasonable compromise the country wants. most america don't want to let the debt ceilingxpire. this bill solves that problem. most americans say, you know what, you probably could cut about 5% in most government programs. not evybody believes that, but that's what this bill does. most americans say there ought to be some other way to look at difficult entitlement programs and other issues that the bill sets up a process to do that. what the bill does is recognize the difference between the two parties and puts that difference aside. the majority party wants to make radical changes in medicare and social security. we do not. we believe that the wealthiest americans should pay their fair share to solve this problem. the majority party does not. thbill leaves that disagreement aside, focuses on the areas of agreement. you know, amer

mr. andrew bingham. >> thank you, mr. speaker. would the prime minister agree with me that birthing centers in royal areas provide a valuable and irreplaceable service to their local communities and every effort should be made to retain and i and hundreds of my constituents are sending to dar shire county as they consider. what we want to see is maternity choices where they give birth, whether that's a community center or a district general hospital where they have all the paraphernalia. it should be a choice made by them with a gp and others for what's right for their needs. >> this is margaret beckett. >> is the prime minister aware when yesterday bombardier had to announce the redundancy of skilled engineers and designers the public made public for the first time that they had offered to establish a new academy in this country for the design and manufacturer of cars for the next generation of high-speed trains for this country and across the world a global center of excellce, more jobs and jobs with even higher skills. he won't

mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. andrews: madam speaker, this agreement offers the calm, reasonable compromise the country wants. most americans don't want to let the debt ceiling expire. this bill solves that problem. most americans say, you know what, you probably could cut about 5% in most government programs. not everybody believes that, but that's what this bill does. most americans say there ought to be some other way to look at difficult entitlement programs and other issues that the bill sets up a process to do that. what the bill does is recognize the difference between the two parties and puts that difference aside. the majority party wants to make radical changes in medicare and social security. we do not. we believe that the wealthiest americans should pay their fair share to solve this problem. the majority party does not. the bill leaves that disagreement aside, focuses on the areas of agreement. you kn

mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding. as we meet this afternoon and consider this very necessary legislation, too many americans are looking at yet another friday without a paycheck. too many americans are leery when they hear the phone ring for the fear it's another phone call from a creditor they can't pay. too many americans are stuck for yet another week in a part-time job that doesn't come anywhere close to paying their family's bills. the country has a jobs crisis. we have the same number of private sector jobs in america that we had in 2001. today. and we have 14% more people looking for work. we have a jobs crisis. this is the 196th day of the majority that now runs the house of representatives. and on not one of those days has the majority taken advantage of the opportunity to come to the floor, work together on legislation that would address this jobs crisis here in our country. i believe that resolving this crisis requires us to work together in three areas. first, we have to get our fiscal house in order as a

mr. andrews: i appreciate the gentleman -- the gentlelady. i would say to you that after 198 days of essentially nothing on jobs, they now bring to the floor a bill that says, let's fix the jobs problem by having fewer regulators watch the big banks. there are very few people in america who think the problem is the banks didn't have enough regulators. unfortunately almost all of them are in this chamber on the republican side of the aisle. i yield to my friend. mr. frank: my friend sun fair to republicans because they do create more jobs in this bill. the c.b.o. says this bill will cost $71 million because it says a single administrator, they want to create four more bureaucrats with more staff. so c.b.o. says this will cost $71 million. so in fact there are some jobs they're going to create, they'll be for bureaucrats that can dilute the activity the of the consumer pool. mr. andrews: i would correct the record and say the republicans have created four jobs, for miles an hour more bureaucrats who will ignore the banks predicating on the amer

mr. andrews. mr. andrews: the gentleman is recognized -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. andrews: the inevitable consequence of this bill is when the united states wants to extend the debt ceiling to pay our bills, we will have to reduce medicare and social security. that's the inevitable consequence of the balanced budget amendments. therefore, inevitably, this will ill -- bill will not see the light of day in the united states senate. what we ought to do is get to our obligation, to come to an agreement to extend the debt ceiling and make a responsible down payment on our deficit. the president outlined a way to do that and that's what we ought to be working on. he talked about commonality between the two houses and the two parties on cuts in annual programs in the area of 5%, 6%, or 7%. painful, but necessary. he talked about a fair process where a body that would act between the house and the senate would consider all the options with respect to entitlement

mr. andrews, the remainder of my time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. andrews: i thank my friend for yielding and the chairman. i'd say to my friend from oklahoma through the chair he makes a very compelling case. i agree with him. i think that the secret groups that are funding massive usually negative ad campaigns against people running for office should be held in the exact same standards as labor unions. if they pack money to advocate for or against a candidate or cause they must disclose it to the public and their members. that's precisely the principle that ms. eshoo is standing for and i'm proud to stand with her. if you really believe in something that you say, then you shouldn't be ashamed to let everyone know that you said it. if you really believe that what you're advocate something right for the country then you ought to let everyone know that you said it. it's a simple principle of disclosure, it is something that i think is long overdue. let'

mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. andrews: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, the country has a jobs crisis. we have the same number of private sector jobs we did in 2001 and 14% more people looking for work. one of the ways to solve that job crisis, not the only way, is to try to keep interest rates stable and low so entrepreneurs can invest. today represents a terrible wasted opportunity. on the other side of this capitol this very morning, three democratic senators and three republican senators said they were ready to embrace a plan that begins by cutting spending $3 out of every $4. it cut social programs, would get us out of iraq and afghanistan, it would take a serious look out of social security and medicare and in many cases contributing to this deficit. and it would say that those who benefit from ethanol subsidies and oil company tax breaks, the wealthiest people in this country would have

mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. chairman. there's an unfortunate time-honored tradition in the house of people coming to the floor and objecting to reductions in spending with heart felt arguments as to why the spending is necessary and never offering any suggestions about where the money might be made up instead. and that frankly is one of the reasons that we have the huge deficits and debts that we do, so i want to break with that tradition and talk to you about a spending reduction i have a great concern about and then talk about how we might make it up instead. there is not a person in this house who's not been touched in some way by cancer in their family and someone they love, some friend. i don't think there's anybody here that hasn't had the heartbreak of dealing with malig nancy in their family -- malignancy in their family. i don't think there is not a member that could do anything about solving this problem. there is not a republican or democrat who is indifferent of the problem of fighting cancer. now, cancer come

mr. andrew slack.the national conference on citizenship, which is a congressionally chartered organization that, among many other things, measures the civic health of the country. we have kristin campbell, the director of new media and programs. from flash life, a movement that works with members to volunteer, donate, exert their citizenship, produce, share content, all in exchange for points that can unlock deals on anything from textbooks to jeans to laptops and healthcare, we have the founder and crew crew, melissa helmbrecht. and from the digital use network, a group that gives students digital tools to foster engaged, informed, and collaborative citizens, we have the director of digital strategy and development. i'm really excited, because a couple of our pagists will be tweeting live from up here. they're actually going to be tweeting their own reactions and things like that as the panel is going on. so the work they do is quite dempt, they all seek to promote civic engagement. i'm really looking

mr. andrew bingham. >> thank you, mr. speaker.ould the prime minister agree with me that birthing centers in royal areas provide a valuable and irreplaceable service to their local communities and every effort should be made to retain and i and hundreds of my constituents are sending to dar shire county as they consider. what we want to see is t's a community center or a district general hospital where they have all the paraphernalia. it should be a choice made by them with a gp and others for what's right for their needs. >> this is margaret beckett. >> is the prime minister aware when yesterday bombardier had to announce the redundancy of skilled engineers and designers the public made public for the first time that they had offered to establish a new academy in this country for the design and manufacturer of cars for the next generation of high-speed trains for this country and across the world a global center of excellence, more jobs and jobs with even higher skills. he won't have had time to familiarize himself with the detai

mr. andrew slack. from the national conference on citizenship, which is a congressionally chartered organization, which, among many other things, measures the civic health of the country, we have christen campbell edirector of new media and programs. from splash life, a movement that works with members to volunteer, donate, exercise citizenship, produce, share content, in exchange for points that can unlock deals from anything from textbooks to jeans to laptops and healthcare, we have melissa helmbrecht. and from the digital youth network, a group that gives students digital tools to foster engaged, informed and collaborative citizens, we have mr. akili lee. and i'm excited because a couple of our panelists will be tweeting live from stage as the panel is going on. so though the work they do is quite different, they all seek to promote civic engagement and i'm looking forward to the conversation we're going to have and you're probably tired of listening to me speak so i'm going to begin with our paneli

mr. andrew slack. from the national conference on citizenship, which is a congressionally chaered organization, which, among many other things, measures the civic health of the country, we have christen campbell edirector of new media and programs. from splash life, a movement that works with members to volunteer, donate, exercise citizenship, produce, share content, in exchange for points that can unlock deals from anything from textbooks to jeans to laptops and healthcare, we ha melissa helmbrecht. and from the digital youth network, a group that gives students digital tools to foster engaged, informed and collaborative citizens, we have mr. akili lee. and i'm excited because a couple of our panelists will be tweeting live from stage as the panel is going on. sohough the work they do is quite different, they all seek to promote civic engagement and i'm looking forward to the conversation we're going to have and you're probably tired of listening to me speak so i'm going to begin with our panelists an

mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to take time out for just a minute and go back to the question i'm hearing most people in america ask about which is jobs. and one of the things we keep hearing from the other side is that asking ethanol producers to give up their subsidy or asking corporations to give up their special loopholes is a job destroying idea. please, before you cast this vote, all members look at these facts. in 2001 and again in 2002, we did what the majority says endlessly what they want to do. cut taxes on the wealthiest americans. the economy produced zero net private sector jobs between 2001 and 2008. in 1993, president clinton did the opposite of what the majority says it wants to do. he made a modest increase in the tax rate of the wealthiest americans. the economy produced 23 million new private sector jobs. the house deserves the facts in going forward in this debate and the american people deserve a real jobs plan from this house. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's ti

mr. andrew slack. >> from the national conference on citizenship which is a congressionally chartered organization that among many other things measures the civic health of the country, we have kristen campbell who is the director of new media and programs. from splash life, a movement that works with members to volunteer, donate, exert their citizenship, produce, share content, all in exchange for points that can unlock deals on anything from textbooks to jeans, to laptops and health care, we have founder and c.e.o., melissa helmbrecht. and from the digital youth network, a group that gives students digital fools to -- tools to foster engaged citizens, we have the director of digital strategy development, mr. akili. and a couple of our panelists will be tweeting live from up on stage. they're going to be tweeting their own reaction to things like that as the panel is going on. so though the work they do is quite different, they all seek to promote civic engage. i'm looking forward to the conversation we're going to have and you're probably tired of listening to me speak, so i'm going to begin wit

mr. seroy, who is andrew feinstein?> andrew feinstein is most likely the world's leading expert on the global arms race, the kind of black market in arms around the world. he was an south african by birth, a politician who now lives in exile in london. and he is the go to person for every media organization and every ngo on the global arms race. >> y. in exile? >> well, it's a long story but it has to do with the corruption of the government and his attempt to stand up against it a few years ago. >> in south africa. >> correct spent and i want to ask you about a nobel economics prize winner, author that you have,. >> that is daniel. we like to say is the most influential author you never heard a. he won a nobel prize in economics for his psychological thinking. his area is decision-making, and he's been very influential are not complied well and all sorts of people who are in, who work in the area of business and how we make decisions we do. and this is his first time in print with a book for the general reader. super w

andrew colton has been arrested and sunday tragically authorities arrested poor mrs. weasley. (laughter) wait, no that's not mrs. weasley. sorry, tragically, authorities arrested the guy from simply red. yeah, that's it. actually, arrested was rebekah brooks, the woman who ran "news of the world" during the worst of-- as the british call them-- the troubles. (laughter) brooks had already resigned her post friday, ostensibly to spend more time with her rabbit hair dresser. laug(laughter) that was a deep cut. i appreciate that that was a deep cut. honestly, it is hard to imagine this story... (laughter). all right. it's hard to imagine this story getting more out of control. >> breaking news. >> on the british hacking scandal, just a short time ago, police say sean hoare that's the reporter who first alleged widespread hacking at the now ended news of nation-- he's been found dead in his home. (laughter). >> jon: do you think he died of natural causes or was it murdoch? (ominous music). (applause) well, i'm sure scotland yard's on this case like cream on a... >> right now police

mrs. patriarch's bed and breakfast becomes an episcopal church called st. andrew's by the sea. so here it is in that incarnation. in the back there's a shed there. that's the sunday school, it says. you can see the fence. it was necessary to sort of fight the sand and keep it at bay. it's another pretty famous house on the great highway. it looks sort of like a mechanist myian temple or something. it kept being boxy and then growing. it's in the center here. it was made up of about four or five cars, actually. you could see people had different takes on it. some people liked to keep their cars very exposed and open. kind of have that old sutro land quality to it. so people could see it was a car. and others really rushed to shingle over or hide the caffers -- cars inside the architecture. this is the house on 40th avenue you see he has two cars. then he builds a more conventional little cabin on the right. again, it was sort of like you're showing off the cars. you don't necessarily need them. you could build a very small little cabin. the stars are made up, by the way. i just

mr. president, cooperation is the only way forward. compromise is the only way forward. this is what andrew carnegie said about the virtue of compromise: "i shall argue that strong men" -- and since the senate has changed so dramatically, and strong women -- that's me, i stuck that in. "i shall argue that strong men know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle." andrew carnegie. but perhaps abraham link son said it best. "determine that the thing can and shall be done and thefn we shall find the way." that's what we need today, mr. president. we must determine that the thing can and shall be done and then we need to find that way. that's president abraham lincoln. would the sharchair announce thr the day. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the house message to accompany s. 627, which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to concur in the house amendment to s. 627, and act to establish the commission on freedom of information a

mr. courtney: we had dr. rebecca andrews. she's a primary care doc at the university of connecticut health center and she was talking about the new annual screening coverage where she had a -- one of her patients which is a big, huskey guy. they used to kind of razz each other. she did the soup de nuts checkup. she did a urine test. she found a tiny speck of blood at the lab which they were concerned about. turned out he had bladder cancer. because they were able to detect it so quickly, because of that annual checkup and the cancer screening tests that are now covered under medicare, it was a day surgery, in and out and really very nonintrusive event that cost a fraction of what it would have been if he had not that checkup to detect that cancer early. she had at least two other patients because of the new affordable care act annual checkup where they detected cancer and, again, were able to intervene at a low cost compared to what it would have benefited a new full-blown case. mr. tonko: representative courtney, we are talk

mr. president, cooperation is the only way forward. compromise is the only way forward. this is what andrew carnegie said about the virtue of compromise -- "i shall argue that strong men" -- and since the senate has changed so dramatically -- and strong women, that's me, i stuck that in -- "i shall argue that strong men know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle." andrew carnegie. but perhaps president abraham lincoln said it best when he said this, and i quote, "determine that the thing can and shall be done and then we shall find a way." that's where we are today, mr. president. we must determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we need to find that way. that's president abraham lincoln. let the chair announce the business for the day. >> under the previous order the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order the senate will resume consideration of the house. >> there we have the senate majority leader harry reid and with me now is wolf blitzer. you just heard that harry reid said "we are close to an agreement,

. >> andrew miller, returning to neil wallace, clearly, the prime minister said it was only sunday that he knew about mr. wallace's role. but others around him knew of mr. wallace's role well before that. doesn't he feel that down then including by mr. coulson? >> the point i make to the best of your knowledge the first i knew was sunday. we are getting to the bottom of what this formal advice was and when we have information about that, just as we've been transparent about all the media meetings, all the meetings with the moguls, about everything else, we can then make that information available. and while he's doing that, he should have a word with his party leader and ask him to be equally transparent. >> eleanor lange. >> does the prime minister agree with me that the vast majority of the people in the country who political point-scoring of the westminster village that has been going on here. but that they will warmly welcome his setting up of the inquiries today will hope that the inquiries will get on with their work and that the prime minister will be able to get on with his work of improving the

andrew, if i could change that to this way of media. one headline coming out of this story is an attempt by mr. murdoch by b-sky-b? guest: i am not an economist. let me tackled that question on b-sky-b. just over one year ago, rupert murdoch said he wanted to take 100% control of the company in britain that he set up and currently owns just under 40% of british sky broadcasting. it is the only satellite broadcast in the u.k. unlike the u.s. where there is a patchwork of local cable companies and a couple of satellite competitors, and another our telecom providers white verizon. the u.k. pay subscription market has two players. the biggest of those is b-sky-b and virgin media, partially owned by richard branson. b-sky-b is a very successful company known for its technology and have spent a lot of program. they have a lot of big american serials and movies. they have football rights which been after share with others. it has been an increasingly powerful force in british television media. when mr. murdoch proposed taking his minority stake to 100% control, it set up a chain of events were regulators and ministers ha

mr. sessions: madam speaker, i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, andrew. -- the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by five-minute votes on adoption of h.res. 382, if ordered, motion to suspend the rules on h.r. 440 by the yeas and nays and motion to suspend the rules on h.r. 2244, if ordered. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 237 and the nays are 185 and the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. all those in favor say aye. and those opposed say no. the yice have it. the yice have it. the resolution a-- the ayes

mr. chairman, that's my opening statementment i'd be pleased to take questions. >> well, thank you very much, and it's good to see you again, and our next witness is andrew sorbo, resident of berlin -- how do you pronounce that? >> [inaudible] >> same way we do in vermont. we have a berlin in vermont. they shared a life for nearly 30 years, joined in a civil union in vermont in 2004, back when vermont had civil unions before they had same-sex marriage and legally married in connecticut in 2009. please go ahead, sir. >> thank you, senator leahy, senator feinstein for inviting me to testify before this committee. my i'm is andrew sorbo. i am 64 years old, and a resident of connecticut. i spent 35 years as a teacher and principal in the catholic and public schools of rhode island and connecticut before retiring in 2005. i'm here today to talk about how i have been hurt by the defense of marge act after i lost my partner of nearly 30 years. the love of my life and my legal spouse, dr. colin aterberry, the chief of staff at the west haven veteran's administration medical center. as a young man at 23, i mistakenly married, divorced and expected to spend nights alone

andrew roberts presents a history of world war ii. at an event hosted by the manhattan institute at the harvard club in new york city. mr. which resulted in the deaths of over 50 million people and the financial cost of $1.5 trillion. this is about an hour. >> good evening, everyone. if i could have your attention we will get started. we are here to mark the