mr. burton has waived two minutes of his five minutes so he can show a video before he begins. it the video can be shown that the gentleman will have three minutes afterwards. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me preface my remarks by saying i know there are many causes of artisan but the one you're talking about is the mercury vaccinations and in the environment. i want everybody in the room to see what the research shows. [video clip] >> how mercury causes brain degeneration. it is a potent toxin substance, whether in help are consumed in the diet as a food contaminants. medical research libor doris have established that in amalgam tooth fillings are a major contributor to mercury. in 1997, a team of research scientists demonstrated that mercury and place my animals produced a molecular lesion in the brain. recently completed the experiment by scientists at the university of calgary now revealed with direct visual evidence how mercury ions alter the cell membrane structure of developing neurons. to better understand its affect on the brain, let's illustrate what brain neurons lo

mr. burton: madam speaker -- mr. markey: the opening part of his -- mr. burton: the gentleman, the old man or the dean, as they call him, of the massachusetts delegation has asked if we would give him some of our one-hour time and i would like to ask unanimous consent that we give him -- how much time do you need? mr. markey: five. mr. burton: five minutes? an additional five minutes. mr. markey: i thank -- mr. burton: is that all right or is there a problem with that? the speaker te

mr. burton, is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. mr. burton: rather than hang the parliamentarian, i yield five minutes to my colleague from massachusetts. mr. markey: now on barney frank, barney frank is at the same time the smartest member and the witnessiest member of the united states congress -- wittiest member. he has a nuclear power plant for a brain. there is nothing that he cannot recall when he needs it here in this legislative process. now, over his career, he is usually right, but too soon for many people to be able to accept. that is how far ahead he was on so many of the issues which we worked on here in the house of representatives. his political philosophy, if you want to negotiate, he wants peace. he would love to negotiate you -- with you. he knows that he will outnishte you, but -- outnegotiate you. but if you want political war, he will give you that, too. the truth will ultimately prevail. when he was in the state legislature when i served with him, when we had monumental battles on whether or not to reinstitute the

mr. vatanka. >> thank you very much, chairman burton, members of the committee. thank you very much for having me here this afternoon. it's an honor to join you. i wanted to focus on iran's failures to project its influence in the south, to the south caucuses region, if i may. as been said, iran has deep roots in this part of the world. it is the giant neighbor to the south, after all. much of the south caucuses has at one time been under iranian influence or been part of the persian empire. therefore, cross-border, that is to say people-to-people ties, remain strong. there are some 20% in iran are ethnic azerbaijanny. one of the largest communities anywhere in the world is also to be found in iran estimated at some 80,000. but i would argue that while iranian civilization is closed to the peoples of the region, the world views of the islamic regime in tehran have no appeal. i think we have to deal with three key facts when assessing iran's inflewses in -- influences in the south caucuses. first, moscow's support in places like the u.n. security council, the iran

here now, jon stewart, la bar burton and jimmy walker all in the no spin zone. we begin with mr. walker. jay leno, i have been on the program a dozen times. i don't really know jay. respectful to me. nice to me. >> great guy. >> bill: he does a fine program. but you feel that he has changed a bit? >> he has changed. he has let us down. weed all started literally in the last same five year period. 30 million people are not out of work. 30 million people are just in between jobs. [ laughter ] you are not drowning, you are just in between land. [ laughter ] >> bill: you came one leno? >> and then jay worked for me as a writer, along with david letterman and many others. louie anderson and a lot of other people. >> bill: where were you when he was writing for you. >> on our show in los angeles. >> bill: how did leno change. >> he changed in terms of bringing on new talent, which is that spot which is johnny carson, jack parr, steve allen. he has not broken in his 20 something years on the air, he has not broken one major act. >> bill: you know, it's a different time now andaj the rat

mr. burton and kent conrad served congress had chaired the house oversight committee. conrad has been in office for 20 years and shares the senate budget committee. our interview with congressman burton is at 8:00 wednesday night with senator conrad after that. the senate returns for legislative business on thursday and the house has the session scheduled that day. the work on two bills. the first would extend provisions of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, the other is a relief package for areas affected by hurricane sandy. you can follow live coverage. house members are on standby as negotiations continue over the fiscal cliff. host: our series on the fiscal cliff continues this morning with a dive into social security. here to talk about the program and how it is involved in the discussions and the negotiations over america's financial future, is stephen ohlemacher, joining us from the associated press, where he is a reporter. thank you for being here. guest: thank you. host: how many people in america receive social security? guest: a little bit more than

mr. burton, an indiana republican, served in congress for 30 years, and in the 1990s chaired the house oversight committee. senator conrad, the north dakota democrat, has been in office for 20 years and chairs the senate budget committee. our interview with congressman burton is at 8 p.m. wednesday night and senator conrad follows at 8:30. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, december 24, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mary l. landrieu, a senator from the state of louisiana, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, december 27, 2012. >> we're going to go back to our booktv programming now. kevin ryan, president and ceo of covenant house, and tina kelley, former staff writer for "the new york times," talk about their book on teenage homelessness, "almos

mr. burton, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i attempted to yield back to mr.ingell to continue asking his questions. sooner or later they'll get to one they can answer. chairman dingell did ask a question that'll put a different slant on. he referred to the part of the h.r. 3630, the new law that the commission in making these reassignment or reallocations shall make every reasonable effort to preserve the existing population and coverage area for each broadcast licensee. on the next page on page 72, subparagraph five with regard to the power television usage, it says nothing shall be construed to alter spec from usage rates of low power television stations. yet in the fcc powerpoint presentation and response to the question, power television participate in reverse option, the answer is no. i understand that part of it. low-power television power clay tv stations assigned to new channels. i understand that. but then they go on to say that they have to promote -- they may be required to go to a different technology than the systems for the internet. i can't spe

mr. burton, an indiana republican served in congress for 30 years and chaired the house oversight committeesenator conrad has been in office for 20 years and chairs the senate budget committee. that at 8:00 wednesday night. >> over the next two hours, a forum on women and leadership. we will hear from labor secretary,hilda solis. and then an opera singer and online retailer. >> the morning, everyone. they grew up poor, not so poor, asian-american, african- american, hispanic and white. each of them have one thing in common. they're all phenomenally successful. each rose to the top of their field whether it was art, politics or sports. we're going to ask them with the drive was and what kind of advice they have for young people. we have a tv journalist, a physicist, the youngest woman serving in congress and that the most decorated figure skater in u.s. history. i want to welcome the people here in the auditorium we encourage the people in the room as well as those on the live upstream and we will try to incorporate them today. but little later, one of the ranking women and journalism will j

mr. burton, an indiana republican, served in congress for 30 years end-1990s chaired the house oversight committee. senator conrad, a north dakota democrat has been in office 20 years and chairs the senate budget committee. our interview with congressman burton is at 8:00 eastern tonight and senator conrad follows at 8:30. the house and senate are back in session tomorrow. the senate is in at 10:00 a.m. eastern for work on two bills, the first would extend provisions of foreign intelligence surveillance act, the others that $60 billion relief package for areas affected by hurricane sandy. the house reconvenes at 2:00 p.m. eastern. house leaders have not release the schedule of legislative activity for tomorrow. live coverage from the house floor on c-span and senate live on c-spanat 2. c-span2. >> united states discovered surveillance flights and the tension builds that we have a quarantine or blockade around cuba and one of the things that happened in that time is a soviet submarine is found by american ships and they dropped depth charges on the soviet submarine. they knocked out the e

mr. burton, an indiana republican, served in congress for 13 years and you're the oversight committee. senator conrad has been in office for 20 years and chairs the budget committee. our interview with senator burton is at 8:00 and with senator conrad at 8:30. >> the only people who knew for certain of its existence for my father, his secretary, and the secret service agent who install the. that is before president nixon made presidential taping infamous. against the backdrop of watergate, the concept of secret taping can seem problematic, but it is beyond doubt this is a unique and invaluable historical restores. on the states, history unfolds in real time in the most -- we can hear the life and death discussions during the cuban missile crisis. >> caroline kennedy on the 1962 recordings of the late president. that is at on c-span2. >> aerospace engineer burt rutan spoke in jacksonville, fla. at the world affairs council. he compared today's space program to the early days of space travel. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> i am going to talk about meanly two things. there is in