mr. conyers: mr. chairman, i yield to one of the people who knew little about this music, but has come a long way from memphis, tennessee, the distinguished gentleman from tennessee, steve cohen, as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: we all start as a tab lara sa in all area -- as a tabula rasa in all areas of life and then grow. i've learned quite a bit about jazz. it's been my pleasure to have a lot of friends involved in jazz, including one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. he was known by jazz mewes musicians all other the world as a great jazz pianist. others have gone from memphis to new york, marvin stanley, a great flugelhorn player, went to north texas state university in education, where they've got a degree in jazz band, one of the few places in the world, mr. smith's state has a jazz band distinction. new york, bradley's, village vanguard, all those wonderful places, where you've historiccally hi been able t

mr. conyers: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. i also further ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from virginia, mr. rick boucher, be yielded 10 minutes of my time and that he be allowed to control that time. i yield myself such time as i may consume. and i ask the house to be in order, please. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. conyers: madam speaker and members, h.r. 3570 extends the compulsory copyright license for satellite television providers for another five years as congress has done in each of the last two other cycles that this measure has been re-authorized. this is an important intellectual property law and will also make a number of critical updates and much needed clarifications to the compulsory copyright licenses for both satellite and cable television. passage of this legislation before the end of the year is crucial. we must p

mr. conyers, is important. significant inconvenience individuals, obviouslyly, the chairman would not be in any way offended if you didn't return, but it would be great to hear from you because i think you all have so much to contribute. can i have a show of hands if there is a genuine willingness to return around quarter of 2:00? then that's what we'll do. >> mr. chairman. >> yes, mr. scott. >> i just have a couple of questions that i would like to ask before we go. >> of course. >> and what we'll do, we'll end up and give the remaining time as much as he needs to mr. scott. he won't return, but i promise i will and i know the chairman of the committee, mr. cohen, he will be here because he, too, is a kentucky colonel. with that i'll yield to the gentleman. >> i wanted to ask mr. hildebrand in the normal bankruptcy, if you have a yacht , and it's upside down and you owe more than the value of the yacht, what happens? >> the implication in the question is can bankruptcy judges, can a bankruptcy plan structure a

mr. conyers, is important. if it's a significant inconvenience individuals, obviouslyly, the chairman would not be in any way offended if you didn't return, but it would be great to hear from you because i think you all have so much to contribute. can i have a show of hands if there is a genuine willingness to return around quarter of 2:00? then that's what we'll do. >> mr. chairman. >> yes, mr. scott. >> i just have a couple of questions that i would like to ask before we go. >> of course. >> and what we'll do, we'll end up and give the remaining time as much as he needs to mr. scott. he won't return, but i promise i will and i know the chairman of the committee, mr. cohen, he will be here because he, too, is a kentucky colonel. with that i'll yield to the gentleman. >> i wanted to ask mr. hildebrand in the normal bankruptcy, if you have a yacht , and it's upside down and you owe more than the value of the yacht, what happens? >> the implication in the question is can bankruptcy judges, can a bankruptcy plan s

mr. conyers of michigan for five minutes. ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, mr. polis of colorado for five minutes. mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes, mr. grayson for five minutes and mr. spratt of south carolina for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. conyers of michigan. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? ms. kaptur: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, the job market is bleak. a major reason is that bank credit is frozen in this country still. business can't get loans to hire and function. the federal deposit insurance corporation reports that lending has declined for the last five consecutive quarters. this chart demonstrates that. it was in the "washington post"

mr. conyers. the chair: does the gentleman offer the amendment? mr. marshall: i do offer the amendment. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 19 printed in house report 111-370 offered by mr. marshall of georgia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 964, the gentleman from georgia, mr. marshall, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. marshall: i thank the speaker. this is an amendment which is identical to a bill passed by the house earlier this year in march. the bill permits what's referred to as cramdown in chapter 13 with regard to private home mortgages. it is intended to address this foreclosure crisis without taxpayers having to put money into the deal. it essentially forces the parties to the deal to deal with their problems without having vacancies and foreclosures in our neighborhoods. in that sense, it helps our lenders with real estate portfolios. it helps the individuals whose homes might be foreclosured upon and it actually helps the creditor who is forced into a

mr. conyers: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? mr. conyers: by the direction of the committee on judiciary, i send to the desk a privileged report for filing under the rules to accompany house resolution 920. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 920, resolution directing the attorney general to transmit to the house of representatives all information in the attorney general's possession regarding certain manners pertaining to detainees held at naval station guantanamo bay, cuba, who are transferred into the united states. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the house will be in order. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- the gentleman rise? mr. dicks: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks, and i'd ask the speaker if she could bring the house to

mr. conyers' bill. i compliment ms. lofgren from california who couldn't be here because of family matters, because she's been a real stalwart moving this forward. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> to claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. goodlatte: thank you, madam chairman. at this moment i'm pleased to yield a minute to the gentleman from texas, the ranking member of the judiciary committee. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: i thank the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, the deputy ranking member of the judiciary committee, for yielding me time. madam chair woman, those who confront mortgage foreclosures are understandably in a difficult situation. but this bankruptcy amendment will only lead to a worse situation for everyone. the number one cause of foreclosures today is job loss. the number two cause is homes that

mr. conyers, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3570 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3570, a bill to amend title 17 united states code to re-authorize the satellite statutory license to conform the satellite and cable statutory license to all digital transmissions, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-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: 194. the nays are 11. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. without objection, the tit

. >> chairman conyers, first thank you very much mr. reciate the kind words that you just said. good morning everyone. chairman conyers, ranking member smith and distinguished members of the committee on behalf of major-league a. spell i would like to thank you for addressing me this morning. i name is mike malice and i'm senior vice president and general counsel of mlb advanced media which is mlb's internet and interactive media company. under the leadership of commissioner allan h. seely, mlb has developed highly successful diverse and innovative supports media on television are game telecaster distributed nationally through dreck tv, espn, fox and demand, the mlb network, tbs, and verizon. locally through broadcast television stations and regional networks and internationally to over 200 countries and territories in the u.s. armed forces overseas. on the internet, mlb has been a pioneer in distributing my sports. mlb's first live game webcast occurred in 2002, and innovation to better serve our fans in the pioneering tradition of the

mr. medical medical? -- mellis? >> chairman conyers, you asked the most important question right off the bat.we don't there's a silver bullet to stop this problem. we would agree with professor yoo that it's a very complicated one. we do believe that international cooperation needs to be improved. that practices and standards in other countries where we have seen the weight of the gravity of the problem occurring needs to be brought up to ours. we know this privacy in the united states is copyright infringement but in other countries in china the reasons that mr. durso explained, the situation is unclear and enforcement is lax. so one essential part of an enduring solution is, we think, going to need to include improved cooperation with our trading partners and, of course, the government and the agencies in the united states government are involved in intellectual property rights protection and enforcement internationally in many ways. i think it would be important to prioritize this issue among all of the important and hard work that they're doing. and then second i would say, if we can brin