observe this was a republican amendment offered by mr. cole from oklahoma. it was voted in the subcommittee appropriations bill five months ago. mr. wolf: i don't care if it's a republican amendment or a democratic amendment, it is a bad amendment and it will bring about major expansion of gambling. mr. obey: don't suggest it's been sneaked. it has not. mr. wolf: there have been no hearings, the department of interior has refused to answer a written request from members of congress to identify which tribe so nobody knows what tribes, nobody knows what tribes. nobody knows anything in this institution when it comes to this. the department of interior has refused to answer, there's no consultation with the states. this bill is almost a repeat, a repeat of how this congress and this city and this country got in trouble with the abramoff thing. this is scandalous. this provision, i don't care if it's a republican amendment or a democrat amendment, it is a bad amendment. it will bring about crime, corruption, a tax on the poor and it is a bad amendment. and becaus

observe this was a republican amendment offered by mr. cole from oklahoma. it was voted in the subcommittee appropriations bill five months ago. mr. wolf: i don't care if it's a republican amendment or a democratic amendment, it is a bad amendment and it will bring about major expansion of gambling. mr. obey: don't suggest it's been sneaked. it has not. mr. wolf: there have been no hearings, the department of interior has refused to answer a written request from members of congress to identify which tribe so nobody knows what tribes, nobody knows what tribes. nobody knows anything in this institution when it comes to this. the department of interior has refused to answer, there's no consultation with the states. this bill is almost a repeat, a repeat of how this congress and this city and this country got in trouble with the abramoff thing. this is scandalous. this provision, i don't care if it's a republican amendment or a democrat amendment, it is a bad amendment. it will bring about crime, corruption, a tax on the poor and it is a bad amendment. and becaus

observe this was a republican amendment offered by mr. cole from oklahoma. it was voted in the subcommittee appropriations bill five months ago. mr. wolf: i don't care if it's a republican amendment or a democratic amendment, it is a bad amendment and it will bring about major expansion of gambling. mr. obey: don't suggest it's been sneaked. it has not. mr. wolf: there have been no hearings, the department of interior has refused to answer a written request from members of congress to identify which tribe so nobody knows what tribes, nobody knows what tribes. nobody knows anything in this institution when it comes to this. the department of interior has refused to answer, there's no consultation with the states. this bill is almost a repeat, a repeat of how this congress and this city and this country got in trouble with the abramoff thing. this is scandalous. this provision, i don't care if it's a republican amendment or a democrat amendment, it is a bad amendment. it will bring about crime, corruption, a tax on the poor and it is a bad amendment. and becaus

mr. cole: i thank the gentleman for allowing me to have time. i was in my office, signing letters, with the television off, muted, and i noticed a group of democratic speakers. which as former of nrcc chairman was a horror. i thought, we must be getting beaten to death. i flicked on the sound to see mr. rogers from kentucky come on and i knew it was a bipartisan love fest going on. we don't have a lot of that going on here, and i wanted to participate. this isn't a good time to be a member of congress. none of us of held in highest team by the american public and this is a difficult time to be a member of the appropriations committee. we aren't held in much esteem by ouron colleagues. i heard so many things from our friends on the authorizing committees, they forget that they authorize more money than we spend on the appropriations committee and we are usually left with the tough job of reconciling differences that have been unresolved on the authorizing committees. and it's something that needs to be experienced, frankly, by every member of con

two weeks ago mr. cole promptly answered even these additional questions even though they had been covered months before. so there's no reason for republicans to continue blocking the senate consideration of this nomination. jim cole served as a career prosecutor at the justice department for a dozen years. he has a well-deserved reputation for fairness, integrity, and toughness. he served under both republican and democratic presidents. he clearly demonstrated during his confirmation hearing months ago, he understands the issues of crime and national security that are at the center of the deputy attorney general's job. the nomination received strong endorsement from republican and democratic public officials, from high-ranking veterans of the justice, including the letter to the senate leaders yesterday from eight former deputy attorney generals who served in the administration of president reagan, president george h.w. bush, president clinton, president george w. bush, as well ages the current administrat

mr. cole: i thank the gentleman for yielding. speaker, long before new york city's first responders rushed to save fellow americans in the fire and horror of 9/11, they came to help the people of oklahoma city deal with the death and destruction with the bombing of the federal building on april 19, 1995. people of oklahoma never forgot the help they received from the help from first responders in new york city and all across america. oklahoma's first responders were proud to join fellow americans and rushed to the aid of a stricken new york city. it's our turn in this body to help all of those who answered the call of duty on 9/11. they risked themselves to save others and help one of america's debate cities deal with and recover from the devastation of the greatest terrorist attack in our history. it's time in earlier era to bind up the nation's wounds and borne the battle for his widow and/or fan. i urge the passage of h.r. 847 and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jer

under the speaker's announced policy of january , 2008, the gentleman from cole, mr. polis is recognize as the designee of the majority leader. mr. polis: i would like to talk about the young people failure to find their path forward or some way of determining what they should do, what they should be, these face less individuals, these young individuals. the dream act is not one of the the most important legislation that we discussed on the floor of the house, certainly for the individuals involved. it means everything, everything to hundreds of thousands of defacto americans. to them and to all of us, it is extremely important. we have a choice between forcing a brain drain from our country or retaining the best and brightest to contribute to our economy and make our economy stronger and our nation more prosperous. i'll discuss the moral, economic, educational and this congress failed to act on the dream act and it remains an issue that we simply must address with regard to these young people and cannot ignore. i want to pose two questions. one, is what would we ask

he's picked james cole to be deputy attorney general, an appointment held up by senate republicans. mr named robert ford ambassador to syria. he will be the first to fill that post in nearly six years. the president named matthew breezea, ambassador. senator barbara boxer opposed him because of his ties to the government. the vacationing president was nearly hit by a golf ball yesterday. mr. obama was playing golf with four friends on a course near honolulu as one of the friends took an approach shot from behind the tree the ball whizzed past the president missing him by about 2 feet. he didn't take it personally and they wrestled the ball to the ground. i made the last part up. a los angeles prosecutors says defense lawyers for michael jackson's doctor will claim the singer killed himself. the prosecutor made that statement following a hearing yesterday in dr. conrad murphy reyes involuntary manslaughter trial. a much higher amount of drug was found in jackson's body. the prosecutor says the defense will claim jackson died after injecting himself with more of the drug. a lot of us cel

mr. president, is we have a lot of nominations i'm working with the republican leader on to complete, and one person we're really concerned about is jim cole, the deputy attorney general. that is the number two person at the justice department. it's a shame that that has taken so long to complete. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following treaty, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 7, treaty with russia on measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms. mr. kerry: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: mr. president, i note that the minority leader is here, and he may want to use his leader time now, and i understand that. mr. mcconnell: i would say to my friend from massachusetts, i was going to make my opening remarks. i believe senator lemieux is making his farewell address. if you could give us the chance to -- mr. reid

mr. lynch: thank you. madam speaker, i rise in strong support of section 202, support of housing for the elderly act of 2010. i'd like to start by thanking chairman frank and senator herb cole for their efforts on this bill and their dedication to america's seniors. this brings h.u.d.'s section 202 program, part of our nation's safety net for the low-income elderly for nearly 50 years into the 21st century. supporting housing of the type funded by section 202 is an effective and cost efficient program for low-income elderly. section 202 grants combine high quality affordable housing with service coordinators who connect tenants with health, income support, and other community-based services this. produces positive outcomes for the life of elderly tenants. section 202's housing plus services model extends how long seniors can live independently. this is cost-effective as well given the alternatives of nursing home care cuppled with frequent hospitalizations -- coupled with frequent hospitalizations. h.u.d. needs to streamline administration of this program to reflect a new financing reality. the section 202 program was originally designed to be a one-stop-shop for nonprofits