mr. cooper. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cooper: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank all my colleagues for the unanimous, bipartisan support of this resolution honoring the people of the three state area that was affected. we suffered one of the great rainfalls of modern times. literally double the prior record, 13 inches of rain in a two-day period. that led to a real disaster, particularly in the area of the middle tennessee that i represent. the mayor of nashville who has done a magnificent job responding to this crisis has estimated the damage already at at least $$8.5 billion. the nashville is opened for business. tourists are welcome. most all of the sites will be available and ready to welcome you. a few are down temporarily, but we are rebuilding. and we are rebuilding because of the magnificent volunteer spirit of our people. wherever you went to help the homeowner clean up the mess or business recover, you were greeted with dozens, sometimes hundreds of volunteers. a group called hands on nashville that did a wonderful

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mr. mckay have fully cooperated with our inquiry, have not tried to get out of testifying today, and sadly that stands in stark contrast with the government agency, the mms, which refused to come testify today. i think it is only fair to knowledge, and happy though we are that the situation that we're in, that mr. mckay has fully cooperated with their inquiry. >> thank you for bringing that up, centered collins. i appreciate your cooperation and i do not appreciate the failure of mms to come. secretary salazar will testify tomorrow before the senate energy commission. i understand the broad of se -- the prerogative that the agency has to go before its committee of jurisdiction first. i hope those committee members will ask about the conduct of the mineral management service and the kind of demands they make for oil spill response plans, and just to restate the intention of senator collins and me to all the minerals management service's before our committee at some appropriate time in the not too cute -- too distant future to answer those questions if they are not answer to more. in the mea

mr. bin laden ever cooperated with iran. >> he said iran will defend itself against any hostilities. >>> and look at these clashes in the streets of athens today. tens of thousands of greeks are protesting harsh new spending cuts aimed at saving that country from bankruptcy. some protesters threw rocks at police, who then responded with tear gas. meantime, a massive strike has paralyzed that country, stopping all flights, trains, and even ferries. the imf and others are giving billions to keep grease from toppling into financial ruin. >>> set to come here on abc 7 news at noon, a disturbing new details on the massive tylenol recall. and some new questions about the teenager taser that the phillies game this week. later today on "oprah," the make over my man crew is back in action. that is [ woman ] with my diabetes... i make my efforts count... so i switched to the freestyle promise® program... a unique program that gives me... the support i need, free. free access to a certified diabetes educator... so i can ask about diet and the insulin i use. i got a free meter. and test strip discou

mr. cooper: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. mr. speaker, we're honored to have here today minister tim alexander from nashville, tennessee, to offer our prayer for nashville and for this house. minister alexander is a remarkable man. his wife and he, poly, have been married 26 years and have two children. and he has ministered since 1984. he does much good work outside the church for victims of child sexual abuse and victims of crime in general. so we're honored to have tim alexander here with us today. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 3111, an act to establish the commission on the freedom of information act in which the concurrence of the house has requested. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on e

mr. bin laden never cooperated with iran. but he cooperated with mr.k one more time, then i'll let you go. if you knew that osama bin laden was in tehran, if you knew, would you expel him? would you arrest him? would you show him hospitality? >> translator: our borders are closed to the illegal entry of anyone. anyone, whoever that may be. there it's the three american mountaineers, mr. bin laden or anyone else. our borders are closed. our position is clear. >> you deny that categorically he is not in iran today? osama bin laden is not in iran today? >> translator: rest assured he is in washington. i think he's a high chance he's there. >> i don't agree. but thank you for your time, mr. president. osama bin laden in washington. that's something. you heard the president refer to the american hikers. i pressed him on that, as well. we're going to show more of that tomorrow. we'll have the families of the hikers here live. >> you did not back down for one second. neither did he. but he always tries to turn it around, to the person that he's talking to. >>

mr. that s.a.d.d. himself. he's been cooperating pretty much from the moment of his capture and part of what led them to these people's doors is information that mr. that s.a.d.d. provided by. but they've also gotten some corroboration from other things besides just mr. that s.a.d.d. >> do you know what that is? >> most cases if a suspect tells you they look for phone records to prove it . my guess is they found other things in mr. shazad's belongings that they know anything about that claim. >> couric: do we know what else they found? >> people who arrange financial movements within the immigrant community. there's different ways to do that, money remittences. there's other ways as well . they helped mr. shazad get thousands of dollars. i was told perhaps slightly more than $10,000 total. and what they want to understand now is did those people who helped him get that money have any idea what the actual source of the money was and did they have any idea what the intent of that money was. >> woodruff: and the attorney general eric h

even after getting warnings cooperating. mr. zazi andhis co-conspirator, abduutallab and all these people who still ultimately decided to speak with the government. >> again, i c think back even to murder cases where -- prosecuted and now you're dealing with far m serious cases where, again, people are ven the miranda warning and they went ahead and gave the information, but you also had then, as you said, the ability to usehe -- use the statements in court. now, since taking office, i believe -- and madam chair, wearing my hat as the chair of the judiciary committee, i've seen you use all the options available to try terrorists, suspects including federal criminal commissions. since september 11th, there have been over 400 terrorism-related convictions in federal court. there are hundreds of terrorists locked up in our prisons. over 400. now there's been three people convicted in military commisons. i think the new manual for military commissions was issued last week. without putting words in your mouth is it safe to say that t

mr. mckay has fully cooperated with their inquiry. >> thank you for bringing that up, centered collins. i appreciate your cooperation and i do not appreciate the failure of mms to come. secretary salazar will testify tomorrow before the senate energy commission. i understand the bro of seed -- the prerogative that the agency has to go before its committee of jurisdiction first. i hope those committee members will ask about the conduct of the mineral management service and the kind of demands they make for oil spill response plans, and just to restate the intention of senator collins and me to all the minerals management service's before our committee at some appropriate me in the not too cute -- too distant future to answer those questions if they are not answer to more. in the meantime, i thank you. the record of this hearing will remain open for 15 days for the submission of our -- -- of other statements. with that, the hearing is adjourned. thank you. host: c-sp [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tomorro

mr. lentz for their teimony today and ongoing cooperation with the committee's investigation. mr. ntz, we appreciate toyota and its outside counsel ted hester for the company's responsiveness to our several requests for documts and for substantive briefings. i wish i could say we received the same level of cooperation from toyota's consultant, exponent. unfortunately, exponent withheld information from the committee and has even modified responsive documents before producing them to us in direct violation of the committee's instructions. it's ironic the firm toyota hired to conduct an independent investigation has behaved like it hasomething to hide from this committee. i next turn to mr. burgess for an opening statement, please. >> thank you, chairman stupak and as always thank you and chairman waxman for convening this hearing and welcome to our witnesses here today. our first hearing on the toyota problems almost three months ago to the day athat time we had a lot of questions, but not a lot of answers, as to what was causing the sudden unintended acceleration events in toyotas,

even after getting warnings cooperating. mr. zazi and his co-conspirator, abdulmutallab and all these people who s ultimately decided to speak with the government >> again, i can think back even to murder cases where -- i prosecuted and now you're dealing with far more serious cases where, again, people are given the miranda warning and they went ahead and gave the information, but you also had then, as you said, the ability to use the -- use the statements in court. now, since taking office, i believe -- and madam chair, wearing my hat as the chair of the judiciary committee, i've seen you use all the options available to try terrorists, suspects including federal criminal commissions. since september 11th, there have been over 400 terrorism-related convictions in federal court. there are hundreds of terrorists locked up in our prisons. over 400. now there's been three people convicted in military commissions. i think the new manual for military commissions was issued last week. without puttingords in your mouth is it safe to s

mr. vice president. it was great for future cooperation. listen and talk to each other, very important, and i would like to thank you for repeating the most important words from the last week. europe needs america. we remember the 20th century. the first world war. the second world war. we were fighting side to side, victory together, democracy, and as today, america needs europe. we will remember that this is a good beginning of our partnership and cooperation. thank you very much, once again, mr. vice president. [applause] >> thank you. >> defense secretary robert gates warned that the united states will not be able to maintain its current military force without pentagon funding. he spoke at the presidential library in abilene, texas, marking the end of world war ii in europe. he was joined by a congressman. this is about half an hour. >> one of the benefactors of victory in europe today. it is an honor for me to be with you today to celebrate the occasion of that anniversary of our victory in europe, and i do not have to tell most of the

mr. lentz for their testimony today and ongoing cooperation with the coittee's investigation. mr. lentz, we appreciate toyota and its outside counsel ted hester for the company's responsiveness to our several requests for documents and for substantive briefings. i wish i could say we received the same level of cooperation from toyota's consultant, exponent. unfortunately, exponent withheld information from the committee and has even modified responsive documents before producing them to us in direct violation of the committee's instructions. it's ironic the firm toyota hired to conduct anndependent investigation has behaved like it has something to hide from this committee. i next turn to mr. burgess for an opening statement, please. >> thank you, chairman stupak and as always thank you and chairman waxma for convening this hearing and welcome to our witnesses here today. our fir hearing on the toyota problems almost three months ago to the day at that time we had a lot of quesons, but not a lot of answers, as to what was causing the sudden unintended acceleration events in toyotas

mr. mckay has fully cooperated with their inquiry. >> thank you for bringing that up, centered collins.i appreciate your cooperation and i do not appreciate the failure of mms to come. secretary salazar will testify tomorrow before the senate energy commission. i understand the broad of seed -- the prerogative that the agency has to go before its committee of jurisdiction first. i hope those committee members will ask about the conduct of the mineral management service and the kind of demands they make for oil spill response plans, and just to restate the intention of senator collins and me to all the minerals management service's before our committee at some appropriate time in the not too cute -- too distant future to answer those questions if they are not answer to more. in the meantime, i thank you. the record of this hearing will remain open for 15 days for the submission of our -- -- of other statements. with that, the hearing is adjourned. thank you. >> tonight on c-span, campaign events from the special event in pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. the first rally for a d

mr. mckeon as well for his cooperative spirit in bringing th bill to the floor. democrats in congress have worked closely with president obama to fight our enemies, promote our interest for troops and families. compiling a record of securing our nation in stronger and smarter ways. we strengthen america's military by putting new and better weapons into the battlefield. like more aerial drones. we've killed or ured much of the top leadership of al qaeda and the taliban, and for the first time, there is a clear plan for a way forward in afghanistan, which, frankly, was negligented for years under the previous administration. democrats often in face of republican oppion ha increased funding for human intelligence collection, cyber security, and security for our skies, our ports, and our borders. all of this was necessary and appropriate. but looking out for our troops, our veterans, and our families. again, i say there is no member of this body and almost every member indeed of this body on both sides of the aisle has worked together to maintain the quality of life

cooperation, and i am sure of all delegations during the conference. i would now like to invite the president to take a seat on the podium. >> his excellency, mr. ban ki moon, secretary-general of the united nations, his excellency mahmoud ahmadinejad, president of the islamic republic of iran, this thing which ministers, excellencies, and delegates, ladies and gentlemen, i wish to thank most sincerely all delegations for the trust and confidence you have reposed in me, and in the philippines, to lead the 2010 review conference for the party to the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. my thanks as well close to the non-aligned movement for have been nominated me to this vital post. i am humbled and genuinely feel privileged to be at the helm of this conference. i take on the burden of the presidency with the full knowledge of achieving a successful outcome is in response to the the the i share with state parties. there is, of course, a much wider, bigger constituency, that we must be mindful of. civil society, the general public, international community. yesterday, i received assurance of around 20 million signatures piggin their

mr. dreier from california, for his cooperation and support for this resolution. i, too, have the same remarks as my colleague from new york, ms. slaughter, who probably has more experience and understandings of these tragedies than any other member that does not live in the coal regions of our country and has spent a lot of time with myself and others on our committee discussing these issues of coal mine safety tradge -- safety. tragically throughout the years when we had one accident after another over that time. the resolution that the rules committee brings to the house floor today reflects the seriousness with which congress takes to the issue of mine safety. last month we watched the tragic events unfold in the upper big branch mine in west virginia, the memory of the 29 miners who lost their lives in that disaster must stand as a reminder of the work that remains to be done to keep our nation's miners safe. there is much to be learned about the disaster of the upper big branch mine. i've been heartened about the swift and decisive action that's been taken b

mr. moran: the organization for economic cooperation development unanimously voted to admit israel last week as its newest member. the decision to welcome israel into this group is significant recognition that israel has much to offer the world and a setback to international efforts to delegitimatize the jewish state. israel is a democratic nation with an economy based on free market principles and shares american goals of creating prosperity and new economic opportunities. israel's economy has been one of the world's strongest and grew last year during the worldwide economic downturn and expected to grow by 3.7% this year. as a member of oecd, they will offer help and solve difficult problems. i congratulate israel and look forward to the contributions that israel will make to this international body. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompso

cooperation. thank you very much once again, mr. president. -- mr. vice president. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] he is introduced by congressman jerry moran. this is about half an hour. >> secretary robert gates warned that the u.s. cannot maintain its military force with the continued pentagon spending. he spoke at the presidential library. secretary gates was introduced by congressman jerry moran. >> it is an honor for me to be with you today to celebrate the occasion of the 65th anniversary of our victory in europe. i do not have to thomas of the people here today, but i often enlighten my colleagues in washington, d.c. that there is something very special about communities in kansas. this week's events recognize the leadership of eisenhower. it was here in the homes and churches and schools of abilene that the eisenhower developed the character and lessons that served him as commander of our allied forces in europe and the lead to that victory in world war ii. today, 65 years late

mr. akin for his cooperation on this and all the sea power subcommittee, in particular i want to commend our great staff, captain will eb, s, heath, jesse and liz with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. e gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virnia, mr. forbes, the ranking member on the readiness subcommittee. the chair: the gentleman's recognizesed for two minutes. for example for example -- mr. foes: thank you, mr. chairman, for the oortunity to stand in strong support of this bill as recommended. i'd also like to express sincere apeciation for chairman skelton, ranking member mcke and the chairman of our subcommittee and my good friend from texas, solomon ortiz. creating legislation of this magnitude and of critical importance to the defense of this nation is no easy task and i appreciate their leadership and hard work in crafting a solid bipartisan bill. mr. chairman, our founding fathers kw that our freedoms were so precious they were worth protecting d defending. they also knew,

mr. mckeon as well for his cooperative spirit in bringing this bill to the floor. democrats inongress have worked closely with president obama to fight our enemies, promote our interest for troops and families. compiling a record of securing our nation in stronger and smarter ways. we strengthen america's military by putting new and better weapons into the battlefield. like more aerial drones. we've killed or captured much of the top leadership of al qaeda and the taliban, and for the first time, there is alear plan for a way forward in afghanistan, which, ankly, was negligented for years under the previous administration. democrats often in face of republican opposition have increased funding for human intelligence collection, cyber security, and security for our skies, our ports, and our borders. all of this was necessary and appropriate. but looking out for our tops, our veterans, and our families. again, i say there is no member of this body and almost every member indeed of this body on both sides of the aisle has worked together to maintain the quality of lif

mr. chairman, i look forward to today's hearing and thank the to witnesses for appearing and for their cooperation in the investigation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. f >>xt i will go to mr. barton, a ranking member of the full committee for an opening statement.barton you're opening statement,he f please? ope >> thank you, chairman stupak. i'm going to submit my statement fohe the record and speak extemporaneously because i think based on what chairman waxman tempor said we need to set the parameters. nd to there is nobody on either side ofrs. the aisle in the subcommio or the full committee doesn't want to get back on the table about what happened down in the gulf f of mexico approximately a month ago. why yet happened, what can be a done to prevent it from happening in the future and the mediating in a damages both human and environmental. 11 people lost their lives is the primary tragedy the fact that 5,000 barrels a day is5,00 spilling out of the well and coming to beginning to wash upog from the beaches in louisiana dnd alabama is a problem but itn is a problem that can be. a i want to focus o

mr. shahzad last night and this morning@gx undere exception to the rule. he was cooperativeintelligence and evidence. he was eventually transferred to another location and continued talking. so we in the fbi, with our law enforcement and intelligence partners here at home and around the world, continue to investigate this matter. we are conducting a forensic examination of all evidence collecting at the scene. much of this evidence has been transferred to the fbi test the individual chemical composition and material in the5q explosive device. we also want to test the potential impact of the device so see what would have happened as intended. we are working with law enforcement to obtain all possible ties this individual may have had to terrorist organizations both at home and lead in that regard. as always, we are seeking out those who would orchestrate these kind of attacks. prevention will continue to be our main game, so i, too, would like to thank our citizens, like the vendors who first noticed the vehicle. this investigation like others we've handled, once again remind

cooperation on these items. as i mentioned, we're pleased to have cokey roberts here with mrs. bush, a senior news analyst for npr news, where she was a congressional correspondent for more than 10 years. additionally, she is a political commentator for abc news, a winner of countless awards for more than 40 years in broadcasting, she's been inducted into the broadcasting and cable hall of fame and the american women in radio and television cited her as one of the 50 greatest women in broadcast history. cokey is the author of several books, including "we are are our mother's daughters" an account of women's roles and relationships throughout american history and certainly an appropriate topic for tonight's program. and i can say how proud i am to have worked some with cokey's mom, lindsay boggs, who is here today with us. lindsay was of course a distinguished member of congress, a member of the smithsonian board of regents and a stalwart promoter and supporter of america's cultural heritage, both in new orleans, in louisiana,, indeed, across the nation. welcome, lindsay boggs.

mr. lynch, for your help and cooperation. go to show what you good things we can do when we work together in this chamber to. really stand up for the families of the fallen, you know, the folks who are killed in the line of duty come from all walks of life and every corner of our country. and they sign up for law enforcement, federal law enforcement because they believe in a purpose higher than themselves. and they consistently day in and day out, mr. speaker, put their lives on the line for the same rule of law that we enjoy in every ounce of every community. and these are the rare and sad cases where these agencies -- agents or patrol officers with the c.b.p. have given their lives in defense of that law and liberty in communities across the united states. but there's also another set of victims there and it's the family members who have sacrificed with them and packed up their families and come long way away from where they group and where their family is to help build a support network for those agents and officers who ar

cooperation. thanks very much once again, mr. vice president.e] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> as the u.s. senate debated the financial regulations built this way, off the floor the financial crisis inquiry commission continued its look back at the 2008 economic collapse. henry paulson was treasury secretary at the time the crisis hit. testified before the commission yesterday, mr. paulson said the regular choices did he confront from 2006 through 2009 was archaic and outmoded. this is over two hours. >> welcome to the second day of hearings. as the members know and the public know who has been watching us, we have been exploring shadow banking system in this country and its effect on the financial and economic crisis which has gripped this nation. we have been focusing on the growth and development of the system and the risk posed by it. as we have said before, whether significant interest obviously, in what was done to rescue very financial institutions in the midst of the financial crisis, a charge of this commission i

in areas like this, i think it is incumbent on us to cooperate with one another, and we are doing so. >> thank you. mr. duffy please. >> the harmonization rules. when you are talking 50, 60 pools of productivity, some with protecols, it is going to be confusing for a marketplace. in order to be entered into a marketplace, and they don't fund the liquidity because of the protocols being in place, they are seeking liquidity, they are going to so many other pools trying to find liquidity, then you can find out why the prices did what they did. i don't think it is a big secret. i think the 1020 circuit breakers need to be revisited. they may be a bit light. so that needs to be done. i think the stop logic function nalt that the c.m.e. has in place, this is patented technology. it clearly works. the charts don't lie, the numbers don't lie. we had an opportunity to replenish our liquidity. that is the equivalent of a half of one% of the value of the s & p contract. we have offered this publicly to give it to the marketplace. we think it makes sense. we think there are a lot of good things we could be part o

mr. chairman, i look forward to today'hearing and i thank the witnesses for appearing and for their cooperation in the investigation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. next i'll go to mr. barton, ranking member of the full committee for an opening statement. your opening statement, please? >> thank you. thank you, chairman stupak. i'll submit my written statement for the record and speak extemporaneously because i think based on what chairman waxman just said, we need to kind of set the parameters. there is nobody on either side of the aisle in this subcommittee for the full committee that doesn't want to get the facts o the table about what happened down in the gulf of mexico approximately a month ago, why it happened, what can be done to prevent it from happening in the future and remediate any damages both human and environmental. the 11 pple that lost their lives is the primary tragedy. the fact that 5,000 barrels a day of oil is spilling out of the well and coming to the surface and beginning to wash up on some of the beaches in louisiana and alabama is a problem, but it is a problem that can be

mr. gordon: i'd first say to my friend from texas that i probably minded him more than his kids minded him but probably less than his grandkids have minded him. we have tried to cooperate in a lot of ways. let me address a couple of things. as i said earlier, mr. hall has said and rightfully so that everyone here is supportive of our veterans and our disabled veterans. so what i would suggest is that we use a suspenders and a belt. let's make sure. and so, mr. hall, i want to assure you that we are going to include your language and then -- but we can also keep our strong language of shall. so this is what we'd have. institutions of higher education offering stem education -- excuse me -- stem education, research and activities and programs rather than that serve -- we'll use your language that are available to veterans with disabilities and then we'll continue to say shall receive special consideration. so i think this can be a suspenders and belt to do what we all want and that is to make sure that our disabled veterans are taken care of. let me also mention, there's a discussion about duplicative programs. you know, i guess sometimes that could happen. in the last b

mr. toyoda told secretary la hood, we are pleased to cooperate with nhtsa a with the engineers from nasar independent evaluation of the system. we also cooperate with the national academy of sciences on their evaluatio of toyota and lexus vehicles as they study the industry-wide issue of automotive safety. members of the committee, at toyota we are committed to dng more than just correcting mistakes from the past. we're learng from them and making major steps to avoid them in the future. i'd like to quote the words of mike getz, a toyota team member for 22 years from georgetown, kentucky. in one team on all levels a book which means what it is to work at our plant in kentucky. it's written by the team members of the georgetown plant. mike writes, toyota makes mistakes, but we are expected to take ownership to prevent reoccurrence and learn from them. we just don't say that. we do that. that's been the toyota way for 70 years. for the future, by acting swiftly on safety issues when they arise we are determined to set a new standard for quality customer care for vehicles. our goal is to le

mr. chaffetz, i introduced this resolution and i urge its cooperation. public servants improve our lives on a daily basis and i hope this congress will take the time to honor all of those who have dedicated their lives to our country by voting in favor of house resolution 1247. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in strong support of house resolution 1247 commending public servants for their service and dedication to our nation during public service recognition week. every day millions of hardworking and highly talented americans serve their country and help make the united states even stronger. as a nation we owe public servants everywhere our gratitude for the work they do. americans rely on public employees to keep it safe. every day men and women in uniform wo

mr. gordon: i'd first say to my friend from texas that i probably minded him more than his kidsinded him but probably less than his grandkids have minded him. we have tried to cooperate in a lot of ways. let me address a couple of things. as i said earlier, mr. hall has said and rightfully so that everyone here is supportive of our veterans and our disabled veterans. so what i would suggt is that we use a suspenders and a belt. let's make sure. and so, mr. hall, i want to assuryou that we are going to include your language and then -- but we can also keep our strong language of shall. so this is what we'd have. institutions of higher education offering stem education -- excuse me -- stem education, research and activities and programs rather than that serve -- we'll use your language that are availae to veterans with disabilities and then we'll continue to say shall receive special consideration. so i think this can be a suspenders and belt to do what we all want and that is to make sure that our disabled veterans are taken care of. let me also mention, there's a discussion about duplicative programs. you know, i guess sometimes that could happen. in the last bill th

cooperation of both russia and china. we plan to circulate that a draft resolution to the entire security council today. let me say, mr. chairman, that i think this announcement is as convincing and enter -- an answer to the efforts undertaken in tehran over the last few days as any we could provide. there are a number of unanswered questions regarding the announcement coming from tehran and although we acknowledge the sincerey and brazil to find a solutio regarding iran's stand up with the international community over its nuclear program, p-5 +1 are proceeding to rally the international community on strong sanctions resolution that will, in our view, send an unmistakable message about what is expected from iran. we can certainly go into more detail about that during the question and answer. let me turn to the matter at hand. as convincingly as i can make the case for the many reasons why this new start treaty is in the interest of the national security of the united states of america, the relationship with russia is a key part of that kind of security. as senator lugar said, during all the ups and downs, during the he

cooperation from pakistan. but the most important thing, we got the person who did this. they crossed all the ts, dotted all the is. but what i find frustrating are the people, mr. limbaugh, of course, says he wants the president to fail, even though the country would fail. and this really bothers me, because after 9/11, even though the ball had been dropped, even though 9/11 could have been avoided if everybody had done what they should have, democrats and republicans came together and said, okay, that happened. let's make it better so this doesn't happen again. we have steadily improved the law enforcement and the intelligence agency's, working the best today they have worked in my 35 years here in the senate under either democrats or republicans. we are taking out al qaeda leaders all over the world. we have -- i wish we could talk. we can't, but i wish we could talk publicly about all of the plots that we have disrupted that we stopped before they even got to our soil. it's been one success after another. >> one of the things, senator, that we have seen is the conversation in law enforcement community actually complaints the previous eight years about how t

cooperation. thank you very much once again, mr. president. -- mr. vice president. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> at the state department briefing, a u.n. security council resolution calling for sanctions against iran. other topics include north korea's nuclear program, talks with pakistani officials and a proposal by joe lieberman that would empower the state department to revoke the u.s. citizenship of individuals with ties to foreign terrorist organizations. this is 30 minutes. >> could afternoon and welcome to the department of state. it is foreign affairs day. have the foreign affairs day. the secretary celebrated foreign affairs day with the men and women of the state department and i thanked them for their service was delivering a general state of the department overview as she approaches her 500th day on the job. she also delivered remarks to the american foreign service association plaque ceremony to honor colleagues who lost their lives in the line of duty or under her wro

cooperation. do you all agree with that? everybody? >> i do. >> okay. i want to put this in perspeblthive, mr. chairman, before i have to yield back my time. this accident, as far as we know is releasing 5,000 barrels a day into the gf of mexico. it's been doing so for approximately three weeks. that's a little over 100,000 barrels. the largest spill in the gulf of mexico to date was a spill off the coast of mexico. it produced 90,000 barrels a day for nine months. 90,000 barrels a day for nine months. exxon valid ease was a tanker that ran aground in alaska. that was a supertanker that was 300 to 400,000 barrels of oil. so far, this spill has produced a little over 100,000 barrels. now that's in and of itself a significant spill and it is a nontrivial accident. but it is nowhere near yet the order of magnitude of other accidents that have happened around the world. there is a natural seepage in the oceans around the united states on an annual basis of 4 million barrels a year. there is an annual seepage worldwide of over 40 million barrels of oil per year. so this, while it is an accident, it

cooperation and the joint efforts of the republican side of the aisle. but they decided to step away and say no. the last point i want to make, mr. president, is we have reached a historic milestone in the united states senate with the executive calendar. at this time point we have over 100 nominations to the obama administration for positions, large and small, that have been held up by the other side of the aisle. i want to salute senator claire mccaskill, senator sheldon whitehouse and a number of my colleagues who have come to the floor and challenged that this calendar is glutted with over 100 nominees who can't be brought for a vote. now let's put a historical parallel here. at the same time in president george w. bush's administration, there were 20 nominees being held. now over 100 are being held. and overwhelmingly these nominees have passed out of committee to the senate floor with unanimous, bipartisan votes or overwhelming bipartisan votes. they're not controversial. these men and women deserve an opportunity to have an up or down vote. what's happening here is that these nominations are being held as bargaining chips.

cooperation of both russia and china. we plan to circulate that draft, resolution to the entire security council today and let me say, mr. chairman, that i think this announcement is as convincing an answer to the efforts undertaken in tehran over the last few days as any we could provide. there are a number of unanswered questions regarding the announcement coming from tehran and although we acknowledged the sincere efforts of both turkey and brazil to find a solution regarding iran's standoff with the international community over its nuclear program, the p-5 plus one which consists of course of russia, china, the united states, the u.k., france and germany along with the high representativive of the e.u. are proceeding to rally the international community on behalf of a strong sanctions resolution that will in our view send an unmistakable message about what is expected from iran. >> the state department today described efforts to bring a new sanctions resolution against iran to the u.n. security council. spokesman p.g. crowley said the newly announced nuclear deal between iran, turkey and brazil does not ensure that i

mr. hoyer: i'm sure everybody listening would be glad to hear there is some cooperation and agreement. the gentleman and i are both strong supporters of the iran sanctions legislation. we believe that not only is the middle east region at risk but the international community is at risk as long as iran is pursuing its intent to harm itself with nuclear weapons. i tell the gentleman that i've been working very closely with mr. berman and it's my hope and expectation that this conference report will be reported back to us before the memorial daybreak, and it is my intention to have that sent to the president before we leave here for the memorial daybreak. mr. cantor: and -- memorial day break, and it is my intention to have it sent to the president before we leave here for memorial day break. mr. hoyer: we won't be in the same position because the senate is working on the bill, as the gentleman knows. we're working on a bill. i've talked to the chairman and he is trying to get the matter together for the committee. and my urging is we pass it through the house prior to the memorial day br

cooperation in the future. much work needs to be done and the united states has no better partner in the world than the united kingdom. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank the speaker. i am so pleased to rise in enthusiastic support of this important resolution authored by my florida colleague, the gentleman, congressman lincoln diaz-balart. this resolution recognizes the unsurpassed friendship and abiding special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom. throughout the history of our alliance and our friendship, we have stood by each other with a level of military, economic, and diplomatic commitment and coordination of such an unparalleled extent that it has even been referred to as the special relationship. the united kingdom has been a true friend of the united states, even to the extraordinary measures of sharing and even jointly

cooperation both with the u.s. and with nations in the area. i think it is causally evolving and we've had some good news stories. thank you, mr. chairman. >> this will be my good news story. madam secretary, you mention agriculture a few moments ago. part of the good news story is the national guard troops that are assisting in teaching better agriculture processes to the afghan farmers, and, of course, there's a little program a good number of them have been missouri national guard and troops who are farmers, and that's what they do. this is been highly successful. my question is, what are we doing right in afghanistan that we did not do right in iraq? madam secretary. >> that's a really hard question, because a lot of what we are doing right in afghanistan i think was formed by both mistakes and what we eventually did right in iraq. as different as the two countries are. i think in afghanistan, given the nature of the society, we are doing a lot more bottom-up, a lot more building at the local district and moving up, you know, up to provincial level. and appreciating the importance of incorporating traditional societal struc

afghanistan and then how we get cooperation and support from regional actors and neighboring nations are the two that concern me the most, sir. >> thank you so much. mr klein. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for joining us again so quickly after your last visit. i must say that i was surprised and pleased to hear from both of you in response to mr. mckeon's questions about a cap, a troop gap but there is no troop cap so i take it to mean from that that is general mcchrystal, general petraeus need another 5000 or 10,000 u.s. forces, that that is fine. that is something you would take up. there is no cap and if they need them they go so i'm very pleased to hear that. that relates to a couple of other questions that i have. one, if for the record general, i think this would come from your shop, we understand that they were free force packages that are deploying to afghanistan and they contain combat forces and enablers, and if you could get for us to break down in those packages a combat combat force enablers answer, i hate to do this to you but we are going to mark up the mdaa next week so if you could get that for us this week for the record, i a

government of afghanistan and then how we get cooperation and support from regional actors and neighboring nations are the to that concern me the most. >> thank you, mr. klein. >> thank you, mr. chairman and both of you for joining again so quickly after your last visit. i must say that i was surprised and pleased to hear from both of you a response to mr. mckeown's questions about the troup cap, prez note troup cap. so i take it to me from that if general mcchrystal congenital petraeus need another 5,000 or 10,000 u.s. forces that that's fine, that's something you would take up. there is no cap. if they need them they get them. i'm pleased to hear that, and that relates to a couple of other questions that i have. one, if for the record, general, i think this would come from your shot, we understand there are three packages deployed to afghanistan and they come to in combat forces and enablers and if you could get a break down in those packages of combat force in a dollars and i hate to do this to you but we are going to mark up next week so if you could get that for us this week for the record i assume you have them already and we would like to see

mr. should start last night and early this morning under the public safety to the miranda rule. he was as the attorney general not a cooperative and provided valuable intelligence and evidence. he was eventually transported in another location for memory and burning dyson continue talking. so we in the fbi, without one forstmann and intelligence partners here at home and around the world continue to investigate this matter. we are correcting a forensic examination collected by nypd at the scene. much of this evidence has been transferred to the fbi laboratory in quantico, virginia 17 test the individual debacle composition of material in the explosive device. we also want to test the potential impact of the device to ascertain what would've happened had it worked as intended good and we are close similar to what the one forstmann intelligence partners to cover all possible ties, this particular individual has or may have had to radical extremism or terrorist organizations come up oath at home and overseas. and were pursuing every every lead in that regard. and that's always, we are seeking out those who would orchestrate these

afghanistan and then how we get cooperation and support from regional actors and neighboring nations are the two that concern me the most, sir. >> thank you so much. mr klein. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for joining us again so quickly after your last visit. i must say that i was surprised and pleased to hear from both of you in response to mr. mckeon's questions about a cap, a troop gap but there is no troop cap so i take it to mean from that that is general mcchrystal, general petraeus need another 5000 or 10,000 u.s. forces, that that is fine. that is something you would take up. there is no cap and if they need them they go so i'm very pleased to hear that. that relates to a couple of other questions that i have. one, if for the record general, i think this would come from your shop, we understand that they were free force packages that are deploying to afghanistan and they contain combat forces and enablers, and if you could get for us to break down in those packages a combat combat force enablers answer, i hate to do this to you but we are going to mark up the mdaa next week so if you could get that for us this week for the record, i a

mr. should start last night and early this morning under the public safety to the miranda rule. he was as the attorney general not a cooperative and provided valuable intelligence and evidence. he was eventually transported in another location for memory and burning dyson continue talking. so we in the fbi, without one forstmann and intelligence partners here at home and around the world continue to investigate this matter. we are correcting a forensic examination collected by nypd at the scene. much of this evidence has been transferred to the fbi laboratory in quantico, virginia 17 test the individual debacle composition of material in the explosive device. we also want to test the potential impact of the device to ascertain what would've happened had it worked as intended good and we are close similar to what the one forstmann intelligence partners to cover all possible ties, this particular individual has or may have had to radical extremism or terrorist organizations come up oath at home and overseas. and were pursuing every every lead in that regard. and that's always, we are seeking out those who would orchestrate these

cooperating. they recognize as we do this is a shared responsibility and a shared threat. you know, to both of us during the course of the conversation with ambassador holbrooke and mr. care remember she, he mentioned the gratitude for the strong statement by mayor mike bloomberg in new york, regarding, cautioning everyone to avoid any backlash against muslims or pakistani-americans. there are hundreds of thousands of pakistani-americans in the united states. they enrich our society and culture, and we value them as part of the american community. i'm sure you'll have more questions for me on that subject. you know, turning to the oil spill, we have 13 countries and a number of countries who have offered specific assistance again and a policy matter. we're not going to identify those offers of assistance until we are able to see, you know, what we need. the ongoing situation and as we accept those offers of assistance, we will inform you. but the nature of the assistance that has been offered by, many, many, you know, friends and neighbor this is this hemisphere and elsewhere include oil disbursement, blooms, oil pumps, engineers and other experts. as i said yesterda