mr. carter: i yield. mr. franks: i was in israel not long ago, i have to say to you, i know a lot of us, and i know you, congressman carter, believe israel is our most -- our strongest ally in the world. yet they're under siege because they feel this administration has not helped them. because they've had more words of criticism for israel building homes in their own capital city than for ahmadinejad and others. mr. carter: there's no reason for us to scare people, they can draw their own conclusions but if you're contracting, this guy who represents iran, contracting with this creep who represents the zetas, that's frightening to think lawlessness, being directed by a nation state to attack innocent people in our country and when you blow up a -- an area in washington, d.c., how many americans are going to get killed besides the israelis or the saudi arabiaians that are attacked? we don't know. and then the thought of nuclear -- a nuclear element, it's frightening. i yield back. mr. franks: if you would yield

mr. carter was a father and husband. i would like to ask that the supervisors close in his memory. >> roll call for introductions is concluded. president chiu: 1 of removed to the 3:30 special order for special commendations. after that, we will move to public comment. it will be provided by supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: i don't see mr. blackwell. president chiu: the second commendation will be provided by supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: this was well reported on -- approximately 4:00 p.m., the corner of eighth and fillmore. in fact, we were engaged in closed session. we got a number of calls as many of us do. i simply jetted right over there, and it contained a three ilan that moved to a for alarm that is a bit of a rarity, considering the fact that we lost to fire fighters earlier this year. and red cross and the other service providers that came on site to lend assistance, i have to tell you that when its core to the story as to how we are here today, recognizing three particular individuals and enti

mr. carter: that's a reasonable comment. the chair: the question now occurs on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois, mr. rush. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. rush: mr. speaker. i request a roll call vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? mrs. capps: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 17 printed in the congressional record offered by mrs. capps of california. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes in support of her amendment. mrs. capps: mr. chairman, it's my sincere hope that we can all agree to this amendment. because it would simply add a finding to the underlying bill illustrating the health benefits of e.p.a.'s mercury and air toxics cleanup standards for large cement plants. opponents of these clean

mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from kentucky for being here. i've enjoyed the day, wonderful challenge, i thank my friend for all the good work we did today. i think the -- i thank the speaker for recognizing me. today, from 1:00 until about close to 7:00, we were debating the cement industry relief act. i'm going to just rehash that a little bit. i would first like to make an inquiry of the parliamentarian. before i start, mr. speaker, i had a constituent who approached me about the fact that as we're here tonight that you and i are in a relatively empty chamber except these fine folks here working on behalf of the american people and that accuse me of trying to fool the american people into thinking this was a full room. i just wanted to set the record straight because he obviously didn't believe i would do it, that most evenings we are talking to our colleagues back in their offices and so forth who are keeping up with this on c-span and this is often a very, very small group of folks in th

and this is the symbolism the frustration felt by mr carter's billy and his fellow opposition media a mock you know the mentoring put it the death of george free media. tamati party. over in our website you can always find plenty more analysis of other interviews in the us as a taste of what sat r.t. dot com right now cleared up on the horse murder russian investigators say that neither the millennium the kremlin officials and soon order to shoot the da sas family also. the u.s. pastor who first called for people around the world to set fire to the qur'an was to run for the presidency and tells at our website party. in germany the government's attempts to unite different religious groups seem to be turning sour introducing islam classes in schools was meant to help educate non muslims without he's done it with reports that russia has been in a very different result. this is a typical german school but here this teacher is preaching hate vice christians who go to discos drink alcohol and have a boyfriend they perform evil deeds christians and jews says i believe in the qur'an before it

mr. carter because he gets picked on a great deal, but i would say the point of having exemplary character and having a sense of vision, particularly in the environmental front where we look back on that as time missed, but not the competence to implement it. and so presidents who were pushed around more by events than changed events and made history. and then i play out these three components over a couple of policy areas that no president can avoid. one is economic leadership, one is national defense. call it what you wallet, foreign policy, national defense, national security. they all have to deal with the rest of the world in some way. and then the hard one is how well they extended or preserved liberty. this is the founding ideal of our nation. sometimes the mind or the mouths of foreigners we learn more about ourselves. well, when mrs. thatcher stepped down as british prime minister, she said ours is the first nation deliberately formed with an idea. not on land, not on bloodlines, not heredity, an idea. an idea of liberty. and whether it shrunk under presidential terms or expanded

mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. carter: i'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding. i would like to thank the chairman and the chairwoman to include h.r. 754, the vet dogs bill. this ensures that they have equal access at v.a. facilities. title 38 -- it amends title 38 to allow medical service dogs in addition to seeing eye dogs at veteran facilities. they help with all types of brain injury, seizures, many other important areas that these service dogs are making our veterans better. both the a.d.a. and the raja bill take act both support this bill. the v.a. directive allowed service dogs into their facilities good for five years. i applaud the v.a. in that effort, but this bill makes its directive permanent. this is important for these veterans, and if you see them with their dog and you know that the friendship and the love and affection and assistance these dogs provide is invaluable to our injured veterans. harry truman once made a statement, if you want a friend in washington, d.c., get a dog. well, i'm just t

carter years. the problem that mr. reagan did not have that the next president or, if president obama is reelected will have is the 15 trillion-dollar debt. so if your revenue stream under this plan and i don't know, i mean, it would be hard to crunch the numbers this quickly comes down, even though you will stimulate the economy and i believe that, that federal debt is going to massively go up because of all the obligations that the federal government has. >> bill, i truly belief that you have got to grow your way out of this. the bottom line is we have got to cut the spending. but when you give people inincentives. for instance, bringing back those over trillion dollars that's offshore right now at 5.75% interest. that will create $360 billion worth of economic activity in this country. that's just some of the ideas that we have laid out here. when we talk about we are going to cut the tax burden. we are going to balance this budget by 2020. i will make sure that you get the economic modeling on that so you can see h

lowest right-track figure for a president in his first term since jimmy carter, who lost his re-election bid to ronald reagan in 1980. mr. obama's approval rating was as low as 38%. with only 13 months until the election there may not be enough time to turn the tide. that could mean the democrats lose not only the white house, but also their six-seat majority in the u.s. senate. with republicans already in control of the house of representatives, that abb, anybody but barack, would compl from power. question, in his attempt to turn around his political ratings, is time on the side of president obama? liz? >> probably not. i think if you talk to the white house these days, they're pretty resigned to the fact that the economy is probably not going to do them any favors over the next 13 months so they're not going to be able to run a ronald reagan style things are getting better, look how much progress we've made type campaign. what that leaves them probably with is more of a contrast campaign, which really means they'll be running against whoever the republican nominee is. >> did you design that sitting on a hill? remembe

mrs. tea party? you are less popular, not just less than jimmy carter, not just

to jimmy and rosalynn carter sneaking out to their famous chinese restaurant, first families love sneaking out of the fish bowl. something al roker asked mrsout today. turns out she sneaks out all the time. >> absolutely. but quiet as it's kept -- although not so quiet -- i do it more frequently than people realize. it's amazing how people don't recognize you. they don't expect me at starbucks or chipotle. i actually took bo to petco and the cashier asked me, what kind of dog is that. i said, a portuguese water dog. he didn't recognize us because he didn't expect that we would be in petco. my secret's out, but we try to sneak out as much as possible. it helps to keep our kids' lives normal. >> that's pretty great. the first lady said that she's been to baskin robbins and said the kids behind the counter often look right through her and don't notice it's her. something tells us the baskin robbins near the white house will get a call from corporate he he headquarters about customer service. >>> the girl scouts have new ways to earn a badge in keeping with the times. the new badges with brand new logos include digital film making, customer lo

mrs. hughes in his life. she was the daughter of walter carter, the senior partner in the hughes law firm. he met her at an office holiday party. issue was a very educated woman, influential in his life. he also had three daughters who together with mrs. hughes, i think they have a great effect on his views, including women's suffrage among other things. >> the partners were not partners in politics. there were out campaigning all the time. >> getting back to their marriage, their courtship is very slow. they need a few times. like every few months or something. and because she is the boss's daughter, he will not go near her. people say, "you married the boss's daughter?" is really a distortion. is only when he is awful partner that the courtship really begins. -- it is only when he is a full partner that the quarter chip really began as. they are really deeply in lot. they go around the country on a train, almost like a pro eleanor roosevelt. -- proto-eleanor roosevelt. stuff that was not done then. >> you are on the air, jack. >> my question is about charles evans hughes's perspective on

mr. ford's running mate in that vote? a, ronald reagan, b, john conley, c, george h.w. bush. d, bob dole? who ran against carter.y one we threw in for everyone to make you feel good. feel good? >> yeah. >> bill: it's a tie. three to go. here is question number 3. the first televised presidential debate in history was in 1960 between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. >> senator kennedy, too often would rely too much on the federal government. on what it would do to solve our problems, to stimulate growth. >> i come out of the democratic party which in this century produced woodrow wilson and harry truman. the question is which point of view and which party do we want to leave the united states? >> mr. nixon, would you like to comment? >> i have no comment. >> bill: great clip, huh? first the bit. now, who was jfk's campaign manager for that election? a, his father. b, his brother, robert. c., his brother ted. d, adlai stevenson. cards up please the answer is b, robert kennedy. mccallum bolts into the lead with two questions to go! here is question number 4. michael dukakis hurt his campaign during a 1980 debate

mrs. hughes in his life. she was the daughter of walter carter, the senior partner in the hughes law firm. he met her at an office holiday party. issue was a very educated woman, influential in his life. he also had three daughters who together with mrs. hughes, i think they have a great effect on his views, including women's suffrage among other things. >> the partners were not partners in politics. there were out campaigning all the time. >> getting back to their marriage, their courtship is very slow. they need a few times. like every few months or something. and because she is the boss's daughter, he will not go near her. people say, "you married the boss's daughter?" it is really a distortion. it is only when he is a full partner that the courtship really begins. they are really deeply in love. they go around the country on a train, almost like a proto- eleanor roosevelt. stuff that was not done then. >> you are on the air, jack. >> my question is about charles evans hughes's perspective on racism at the time. >> he was actually pretty progressive on race. his first term as associate

mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios. a network ahead. >>> it is 4:29, partly sunny and 67 degrees. hello everyone, thanks for staying with us, i'm vic carter. here is what people are talking about, defending the doctor. lawyers for michael jackson's doctors started calling witnesses. karen brown reports for wjz after four weeks of damaging testimony from dozens of prosecution witnesses, the defense is trying to tell dr. conrad murray's side of the story. >> reporter: lawyers for dr. conrad murray challenge the expert testimony of the prosecutions final witness. >> are you sure about that? >> i'll have to check the paper, but that's my recollection. >> reporter: doctors claim that dr. murray is responsible for the pop singer's death, but during cross-examination, he was to explain the computer models he used for the analysis. >> you have no information for the exposals. many testified that dr. murray was wreckless. >> they also heard the slurred voice of jackson, speaking while under the influence of drugs, recording the phone call just weeks before they died. they claim it's proof that he knew his patient had a drug problem and did nothing

mr. cain and newt gingrich, he's got the knowledge of washington. if cain is elected president, walk in any traps like carter did. >> host: and your thoughts -- and i don't know if you made them on the campaign ad on itself. what do you think about it? >> caller: repeat that, please. >> host: what are your thoughts on the campaign ad itself? >> caller: i think he's doing a great job. i like the way he talks and everything. >> host: the new york poll times it was a poll that was taken -- here's the headline that the story that came out of it. a new poll finds the stress in government 7 in 10 americans think the policies of congressional republicans favor the rich. two-thirds object to the tax cuts for corporations and a similar number refer increasing incomes on millionaires on tuesday the congressional budget office released a new study concluding that income distopposing had become much more uneven in the last three decades a report that could figure prominently on a battle to handle the economy and rein in the federal debt. yes. >> caller: herman cain and his campaign manager are pandering to a certain typ

mr. chairman. thank you, secretary and general. i first question is for you, secretary panetta. it has to do with the military buildup in guam. secretary of defense carter indicated that the palm of realignment was on the table for cutting. i feel that this comment is in direct contravention of this country's agreement with japan which was reaffirmed in june of this year. these comments, along with certain actions by the navy, have created a sense of uncertainty and that isn't helpful. does dod remain supportive of the guam realignment and the greed implementation plan? >> we continue to stand by that agreement. we will continue to work with japan on this. the challenge will be to try to make sure that we do it in a cost-effective way. that will be the challenge. as to what we need to do, as to the effort to try to reduce our presence there, i think that is something we're committed to. >> thank you. that is what i wanted to have. >> may i add very briefly? >> yes. >> i mentioned the strategic review we're undergoing. one of the questions we're confronting is the issue of forward presence -- how much power, how much rotational this conversation will occ

mr. chairman. thank you, secretary and general. welcome. i first question is for you, secretary panetta. it has to do with the military buildup in guam. in a recent hearing, secretary of defense cartericated that the palm of -- the guam realignment was on the table for cutting. i feel that this comment is in direct contravention of this country's agreement with japan which was reaffirmed in june of this year. these comments, along with certain actions by the navy, have created a sense of uncertainty and that isn't helpful. does dod remain supportive of the guam realignment and the greed implementation plan? >> we continue to stand by that agreement. it was related to this that chelation and okinawa. -- the situation in okinawa. we will continue to work with japan on this. the challenge will be to try to make sure that we do it in a cost-effective way. that will be the challenge. as to what we need to do, as to the effort to try to reduce our presence there, i think that is something we're committed to. >> thank you. that is what i wanted to have. >> may i add very briefly? >> yes. >> i mentioned the strategic review we're undergoing. one of the questions we're confronting is the iss

mrs. hughes in his life. we have selected their wedding invitation and a photograph of the two of them in their prime. she was the daughter of walter cartere senior partner in the hughes law firm. he met her at an office holiday party. she was there with her father. issue was a very educated woman, influential in his life. he also had three daughters who together with mrs. hughes, i think they have a great effect on his views, including women's suffrage among other things. >> the partners were not partners in politics. we learned that in our eugene debs program last week. there were out campaigning all the time. >> getting back to their marriage, their courtship is very slow. they need a few times. -- they meet a few times. like every few months or something. and because she is the boss's daughter, he will not go near her. people say, "you married the boss's daughter?" it is really a distortion. it is only when he is a full partner that the courtship really begins. particularly if you read about their retirement together, how close a couple they are. they are really deeply in love. she is really the first boss who in a full-fledged campai