mr. carle, good to have you with us tonight.e wrong when they say that torture did the trick? >> well, i think it's a shameful sequel to a sordid chapter, really in american history. i had no direct involvement in the interrogation of khalid sheikh mohammed so i can't speak directly to that, but my understanding is the information that eventually broke the case and let us find osama bin laden was obstained a year after any enhanced interrogation techniques were stopped with him and had nothing directly to do with them. so i think the answer for that narrow fact is that the current rewriting of history is wrong and that as i understand it, enhanced interrogation techniques did not play a role in that. more broadly, they don't work. putting aside the serious questions of, are they right and are they legal. >> mr. carle, this is donald rumsfeld from earlier tonight on fox telling bill o'reilly this about how much information they got from these kind of tactics. here it is. >> people are equating waterboarding with torture. and i th

mullin as well for her extraordinary service to major general carl course, the commanding general of our military district of washington, mrsurse, mr. patrick hallinan, the superintendent of arlington national cemetery as well as his lovely wife irina and to chaplin steve barry, thank you for your extraordinary services. [applause] >> it is a great privilege to return here to our national sanctuary, hallowed ground, to commemorate memorial day with all of you, with americans that have come to pay their respects , with members of our military and their families. with veterans in whose service we will never forget and always honor. with a gold star families whose loved ones rest all around us any trouble piece. to those of you who mourn the loss of a loved one to date, my heart goes out to you. where i love my daughter is more than anything in the world and i could not imagine losing them. " i cannot imagine losing a sister, brother or parent at war. degrees and many of you carry in your hearts is a grief that i cannot fully know. this is about the fallen heroes the you love. it is a day that has a lot of meaning. it is my mo

to major general carl horst, commanding general of our military district of washington, mrs.n as well as his lovely wife doreen and chaplain steve barry. thank you for your extraordinary service. [ applause ]. it is a great privilege to return here to a national sanctuary. this most hallowed ground to commemorate memorial day with all of you. with americans who have come to pay their respects. with members of our military and their families. with veterans whose service we will never forget and always honor. gold star families whose loved ones rest all around us in eternal peace. to those of you who mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you. i love my daughters more than anything in the world. and i cannot imagine losing them. i can't imagine losing a sister or brother or a parent at war. the grief so many of you carry in your hearts is a grief i cannot fully know. this day is about you. and the fallen heroes that you loved. and it's a day that has meaning for all americans, including me. it's one of my highest honors. it is my most solemn responsibility as

carl for offering lifesaving educational safety courses for our children. their hard work and willingness to reach out to the community has clearly made a difference and saved lives. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing a local hero, abby, of lamont illinois, who has made her community and family proud. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california wish to be recognized? without objection, the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. speier: thank you, mr. speaker. we all heard the jokes about how many people does it take to screw in a light bulb. i have a variation on that this morning. how many seniors have to lose their medicare in order to provide $104,000 tax cut per year for every millionaire? the answer is, 17. 17 seniors will see a reduction in their medicare or additional cost of $6,000 a year in order to pay for the millionaire tax cut of $104,000. mr. speaker, even the "wall street journal," the conservative "wall street journal" has said, the house republican plan will likely result in higher out-of-pocket costs and greater limits

carl pike and his team should be recognized for removing dangerous drugs and criminals off our streets, something for which we can all be grateful. i hope my colleagues will join me in honoring mr. pike as well as his team and all those at the d.e.a. for their excellence and service. i was proud to be part of a group earlier today recognizing a number of federal employees, nine from the commonwealth of virginia and i know many from the state of maryland who were part of a national competition that recognizes quality work of government workers. as we -- as we saw this week in broad display of the military professionals in this most dramatic action against osama bin laden as we see mr. pike and his team taking on the drug cartels and the hundreds of thousands of other federal workers who day in and day out, often without recognition, do the job of keeping our government operating, in many ways keeping our country safe. i hope that my colleagues will join in saluting those -- those efforts, and, again, recognize that this week is the public service recognition week to honor all our public servants. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presidin