mr. cooper: mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee will be postponed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 11-423 on which further proceedings were -- 11-423 on which further proceedings were postponed. amendment number 1, amendment number 2 by mr. cleaver of missouri, amendment number 3 by mr. cooper of tennessee. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in house report 112-423 on which further proceedings were postponed and which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 1 in the nature of a substitute printed in house report 112-423 offered by mr. mulvaney of south carolina. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote w

ambassador stressed his country's cooperation. >> mr. kofi annan assured the members of the security council that the syrian government that they are engaged with him. >> whether they will allow the ideas to be implemented remains to be seen. western nations are pushing for a new resolution to support annan's efforts. they are expected to step up negotiations russia and china, which twice vetoed resolutions condemning syria's repression. >>> a militant group linked to al qaeda is taking advantage of the chaos in yemen. gunmen shot and killed an american language teacher sunday in the latest attack on westerners. a missile apparently from an unmanned u.s. drone hit a strong hold of the militant group sunday and killed 16 militants. several hours later, they shot the american teacher in a southern city. the militants said in a statement the killing was reprisal for the drone attack. armed men kidnapped a swiss language teacher in another incident last friday. yemenese president after a yearlong rising after the government. the al qaeda gro

national council claimed the mission had already failed recently definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr now and we hope that other members of the security council also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nonce mission. talk to mark is probably double or synonymous from the online magazine politics first says that earns mission should be hailed for its balance stance in syria who could be undermined by those seeking regime change in the country well i think first of all kofi annan solution in syria needs to be applauded by the international community to have an approach the situation in syria with impartiality in that he spoke consume members of the syrian government including president assad and also members of the syrian opposition the same cannot be said about the american and british and french governments who have made regime change their policy from the very beginning as reports what will come out of. the time that the united nations when kofi annan relays the findings of its mission i suspect it's going to strengthen it's going

council claimed the mission had already failed we're standing definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr in arms and we hope that other members of the security council also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nobbs mission but you do have a differences of opinion in the u.n. on the one hand you have the united states france and britain and on the other hand you have russia and china what we're hearing from washington is that the blame for the violence in syria is firmly to be put on the shoulders of the syrian president bashar assad and his regime. calling for his resignation they say next his days are numbered and they're upping the pressure on him to step down what russia and china are saying is that the blame and the responsibility in terms of what's happening in syria it needs to be shared between both the regime and the opposition and they saying that here that any kinds of cause for machine change and one sided sanctions in the mulling over foreign intervention will only lead to an escalation of violence at the same time moscow i

had already failed i think it's irresponsible we're sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr anon and we hope that other members of the security council will also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nance missions. now this weekend the united nations will be sending a humanitarian mission to syria the delegation has been lit by the syrian government and they go really is to assess the reality on the ground but you do have a differences of opinion in the u.n. on the one hand you have the united states france and britain and on the other hand you have russia and china what we're hearing from washington is that the blame for the violence in syria is firmly to be put on the shoulders of the syrian president bashar assad and his regime they are calling for his resignation they saying there is days are numbered and they're upping the pressure on him to step down what russia and china are saying is that the layman was once ability in terms of what's happening in syria needs to be shared between both the regime and the opposition a

had already failed i think it's irresponsible we're sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr anon and we hope that other members of the security council will also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nonce missions. you. know mr lavrov also mentioned last week i highlighted the fact that russia and the arab league hard came up with a five point plan to help bring peace to syria and that includes our unintended humanitarian assistance and access in syria and also an immediate cease fire where both sides put their weapons out and begin to engage in dialogue according to the united nations more than eight thousand people have been killed in syria since this violence began a year ago so here we have the security council once again meeting behind closed doors speaking to mr anon about his recent visit to syria more information will become available in the next few hours and we will be updating our viewers and as the fate of syria hangs in the balance another middle eastern nation is of wrestling with the consequences of a success

national council claimed the mission had already failed for sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr nods and we hope that other members of the security council also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nonce mission. still to come in a few minutes a grieving mother and an angry. when you look at you do you through the can intimidate the police into signing. a few things confession has two convicted metro bombers are executed in belo roost relatives as well as human rights groups say their trial was too quick to be fair. and as economic sanctions piled on iran to be here to backfire with spiking oil prices europe may be forced to rely on emergency stockpiles for. short on money emotionally traumatized and down on his luck father of two all just part of the media's justification for the actions of an american soldier accused of carrying out a massacre in southern afghanistan sergeant robert bales was a spirited away by the u.s. military in order to save him from calls to face trial there and as a guy in a chicken reports in his wake

had already failed i think it's irresponsible we're sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr anon and we hope that other members of the security council will also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence cooperates with mr nonce missions you know mr lavrov also mentioned last week i highlighted the fact that russia and the arab league came up with a five point plan to help bring peace to syria and that includes our unintended humanitarian assistance and access in syria and also immediate cease fire where both sides put their weapon salad and begin to engage in dialogue according to the united nations more than eight thousand people have been killed in syria since this violence began. as a muffled but it's now talked to rob lines is that the editor of the online magazine spite of his lies could even to thank spring on r.t. moscow says it backs kofi annan peace mission but with no visible results achieved so far what you think about its effectiveness the. well it's very difficult to see how far kofi annan can get because america britain and france have

mr. speaker, in cooperation with the national hockey league and for the first time, there has been a commitment that has been made. part of these proceeds will be matched with commitments that will, with gary bettman, the commissioner of the national hockey league, to support scholarships now for the thurgood marshall scholarship fund, to the college fund they will help support four-year scholarships to one of the historically 47 public historically black colleges and universities for inner city youth. so we are excited and grateful to be part of it. i turn it over and yield to my friend mr. quigley. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the lobbyists for the game to helped organize this. the game did get a little chippy, that's true. but has no connection with the 20-point lobbying reform measure that we're putting out tomorrow. i also want to thank the staff who helped carry this older team of guys, our captain right over here. for helping us win this game and bringing back the cup and beat back the evil horde. thanks to everyone. >> the evil horde, of course, those lobbyists. you heard

mr. living ton said this weekend. i get loads of money from different sources and i give it to an accountant and they manage it. that is modern socialism for you. >> rosie cooper. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in september 2010, i raised with the prime minister the case of a part bill college in my constituentsy that lost four million pounds following the closing of the regional development agency, i ask for a hand up not a hand out for the young people in my constituentsy. last week the college was opened but -- >> we will leave the prime minister's questions today. and they will be holding a joint news conference with the president, you can see it this afternoon on the c-span networks. right now to the atlantic, they are hosting annual economic summit looking at the economic recovery in the u.s. and globally, among those taking part, former fdic head sheila bear and gene spur ling. >> explore possible -- focusing on how the u.s. can maintain a competitive economy. we have a great set of minds to take on the issues, you'll hear from a few of our members today, as well as two terrific panel discussions. first diagnosising a sick economy, what happened and where i

mr. cooper: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. this unfortunately is one of the most partisan weeks in washington. as each side presents their own budget. i urge members to weigh these budgets very carefully. unfortunately we have very little time to do so. the entire debate for the republican and democrat budgets is some four hours. there will be many alternative budgets presented. the one that i'm most interested in, the simpson-bowles-endorsed budget will come up later tonight, which is a big schedule change, it had been expected tomorrow. but we will only have a total of 10 minutes to explain the only bipartisan budget that will be offered. there's six or seven budgets being offered but there's only one that's bipartisan. there are many excellent features in the democratic budget and in the republican budget but there's only one that has the support of folks on both sides of the aisle. i hope that members choose carefully, even in this, the most partisan of weeks. because it's almost a david versus goliath situation when you h

mr. hopper would love to cooperate.y, i cannot allow him to give you the name you're looking for. we're done here. hopper: i'm sorry, officers, i-i wish i could help. what do you want to do? i want to find the boy... whatever it takes. (whistle blows) (man speaks indistinctly over p.a.) your lesson starts in five minutes. austin: does it have to be that family? i thought maybe... we would get to stay with you for a while. austin: brenda, look! brenda: what's she doing here? calleigh! oh, my gosh, i am so glad to see you. calleigh. you are getting so big. have you come to watch me play tennis? coach hopper said i could be a professional one day. i would love to see you play tennis. first i need to talk to brenda for just a minute. will you wait for me? yeah. did you come here to check on austin? i did. yeah, i'm concerned about him. well, i-i assure you he's in good hands. brenda, i'm sorry. it-it's not with you. um, how long has austin been coming here? since he first came to live with me, about six months. okay, i can'

mr. hopper would love to cooperate.y, i cannot allow him to give you the name you're looking for. we're done here. hopper: i'm sorry, officers, i-i wish i could help. what do you want to do? i want to find the boy... whatever it takes. (whistle blows) (man speaks indistinctly over p.a.) your lesson starts in five minutes. austin: does it have to be that family? i thought maybe... we would get to stay with you for a while. austin: brenda, look! brenda: what's she doing here? calleigh! oh, my gosh, i am so glad to see you. calleigh. you are getting so big. have you come to watch me play tennis? coach hopper said i could be a professional one day. i would love to see you play tennis. first i need to talk to brenda for just a minute. will you wait for me? yeah. did you come here to check on austin? i did. yeah, i'm concerned about him. well, i-i assure you he's in good hands. brenda, i'm sorry. it-it's not with you. um, how long has austin been coming here? since he first came to live with me, about six months. okay, i can'

subcommittee on long standing know that we can work through our differences in a cooperative and bipartisan fashion. and, again, mr. chairman, i appreciate you yielding the time. >> thank you very much. chairman of the full committee is recognized. mr. rogers? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you and your ranking member for doing great work over here. you're doing good. mr. secretary, happy birthday. happy anniversary. welcome. this week the national average price for a gallon of gas is $3.60. it's up 20 cents over last month. 40 cents more than this time last year. the increasingly unstable middle east, belligerent iran threatens to shut down the strait and limit exports. china's rapidly growing economy is driving up oil prices through increases demand. while a state owned enterprises are securing commodity contracts around the world. monopolizing new foreign sources. once again, energy security key to economic prosperity and national defense is the focus of public debate. the congress has said a very strong message that we must have balance in the expansion of conventional fuels. coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear

specifically, there's been a belief that many american muslims are not fully cooperating with law enforcement. and perhaps mr. silber, you may have had some experience with new york city muslims and their role with the new york city police. if you would have any thoughts that you could share with us on the relationship between new york city muslims and new york city police, as well as any of the other members here that could testify regarding the role of american muslims in working with local or federal law enforcement. >> yes. one of the unique things about new york city is the vast scope of its diversity in terms of the .diaspora populations we very in new york city from around the world. we do have a large and vibrant, very multicultural muslim community, or really communities in new york city. and there have been a variety of different conduits through which the police department works with these different communities. some elements run through community fairs that specialize in dealing with community leaders. other elements focus on the police commissioner and other elected officials reaching out and tr

he says he's very cooperative. mr. browne says he has experience with military cases and has a high degree of confidence in the military's ability to give this suspect a fair trial. what he does worry about though is the political implications of this case and how that could affect the defense, carol. >> casey wian, live for us in seattle this morning. thank you. >>> the president isn't so impressed with republicans sniping on gas prices. now he's getting a little snarky. >> do not tell me that we're not drilling. we're drilling all over this country. >> okay. we're going to drill past the political chatter and find out what we can really do about gas prices. that's just ahead. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. yes, you c

mr. clemente, that is very confusing because the idea behind cooperative federal/state programs was exactly a federalism idea. it was to give the states the ability to administer those programs. it was to give the states a great deal of flexibility in running those programs and that's exactly what medicaid is. >> well, that's exactly what medicaid was. the question is what will it be going forward? and i absolutely take your point, justice kagan, cooperative federalism is a beautiful thing. mandatory federalism has very little to recommend it because it poses exactly -- >> cooperative federalism does not mean that there are no federal mandates and no federal restrictions involved in a program that uses 90% here, 100% federal money. it means there's flexibility built into the program subject to certain rules that the federal government has about how it wishes its money to be used. it's like giving a gift certificate. if i give you a gift certificate for one store, you can't use it for other stores. but still you can use it for all kinds of different things. >> but i absolutely agree if it's

mr. speaker, in cooperation with the national hockey league and for the first time there has been a commitment that has been made. part of these proceeds will be matched with commitments that will with galy bettman, the commissioner of the national hockey league, to support scholarships now for the thurogood marshall scholarship fund, to the college fund. they will help support four-year scholarships to one of the historically 47 historically black colleges and universities for inner city youth. so we are grateful and i'll turn it over to my friend, mr. quigley. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the lobbyists for the game. nick, who helped organize it. the game did get a little chippy. that's true. but it has no connection with the 20-point lobbying reform measure we are putting out tomorrow. i also want to thank the staff who helped carry all their team of guys. our captain right over here for helping us win this game and bring back the cup and beat back. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the

mr. grimm for nair cooperation and our ability to work together. i'd also like to especially thank the staff of the full committee and the staff of each congressional office for the outstanding work the staff members have done. it is very difficult to get legislation to this point without the benefit of staff having had a helping hand, and we thank the staff. mr. speaker, the passage of the wall street reform and consumer protection act of 2010 established a system for regulating the over-the-counter, that's the o.t.c., derivatives market. authorities provided to the securities and exchange commission, the commodity futures trading commission and the banking regulators which have been proposing the regulation that will eventually govern the o.t.c. derivatives market. previously banks and other financial companies were able to amass considerable risk using o.c.t. derivatives without reporting to the regulator or to the public. the wall street reform act requires that most derivatives transactions, primarily those between dealers, now be centrally cl

>> you intend to cooperate with senator irving's committee? >> mr. president, mr. president!y-weeny -- >> we've got a position in. >> the point is, ladies and gentlemen, greed is good and you mark my words, will not only tall darth vader, but that other malfunctioning corporation. thank you very much. news not >> never forget on any given sunday. >> yes, the world is a terrible place. these knock -- news not ♪ >> say hello to my little friend. ♪ >> i guess i've always been sheltered and special. i just want to be honest like everybody else to do my share for my country. here i am the. guys nobody really cares about. >> not everybody becomes a united states marine. we want the best. we will accept nothing but the best. >> what i'm saying is i want to be treated like a human being. i am a vietnam veteran. i talked to my country. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> oliver fought for your generation, for our generation. the vietnam war was defining war. of that. and memories remain, even the younger generation. so what a thank you to tell us is how you personally got involved in that. i mean, i kn

achievement comes when its members all strive, as president roosevelt said, not to compete but to cooperate. mr. president, would the chair announce the business of the day. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, there will now be a period of morning business until 11:00 a.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first half-hour and the republicans controlling the second half-hour. mr. reid: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. blumenthal: thank you. i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. consumer protection has been a priority for me throughout my career, as i know it has been for the presiding officer. both he and i

a crisis that is a product of a lack of bipartisan cooperation. mr. speaker, we had an opportunity to consider the senate bill today, but the rules committee mislabeled by some as the most open rules committee in decades, blocked that bill from consideration. that's right. this new majority put this bill on the floor, sight unseen and without any markup or hearing. they waived their own three-day layover rule, and this is a closed rule. in fact, i can't even seem to find a c.b.o. score for this bill. and this is the open process my colleagues on the rules committee are so proud of. this is a completely closed rule. i offered the senate bill as an amendment to this rule last night so that members could have an opportunity to vote on it today. not in play -- a stand-alone amendment. speaker boehner is fond of saying let the house work its will. but republicans on the rules committee do not believe in that philosophy because they blocked my amendment on a party-line vote. why did they like my amendment? as the chairman of the rules committee is fond of u

cooperate with the u.s. government against the major players in this case mr resawing sources tell r.t. that the u.s. is now working on flipping none other than private bradley manning the u.s. soldier is facing twenty two federal charges for allegedly leaking seven hundred thousand documents and video to wiki leaks he's one of six americans obama's administration has charged with espionage if one of those cases makes it to the supreme court. err on the supreme court upholds the espionage act as an act which essentially criminalizes any whistleblower anybody who exposes work crimes anybody who challenges the official narrative of the lies of the state. then that's it because that would mean that any leaker can automatically be sent to prison for life and at that point any idea of freedom of information is over we will only know what the state wants us to know it's supposed to be a power to protect in the national security united states that is not the way that you're listening to street will you are we will be as being something that is a message to them be careful you talk to me careful whom you wri

mrs. clinton posing for a photo with arab gulf state leaders appealing for more cooperation on missile defense nation conference in turkey. i'm jamie colby. we'll have much more for you, 30 minutes away, more headlines and now, back to bulls and bears. . >> think gas prices are high now, just wait. john, do you say that new government regulations are about to bring $6 gas? >> this is a no-brainer, unless we get somebody out there talking about a public policy that's going to reign in an overactive eta. right now we can't build a pipeline, we haven't had a new refinery brought online in united states of america, since 1976. almost 40 years we haven't been able to up our capacity to refine oil here and now talking about we're going to change the trading regulations, so banks can't go in and trade stocks. we don't have an issue here with banks, we don't have an issue with government being out of the private sector, what we have an issue with, the government being too involved in overspending money and hurting the private sector. obama keeps talking over and over again about upping our domestic pr

my question goes to when we are most likely to get cooperation, which, let's face it, has been very difficult coming. i want to ask mr. williams a question, if i could here. >> but can i just -- one-half sentence? >> sure. >> i do think it's very important that congress sees the opportunity to ask the m to come forward with a plan for how they're going to implement these other sides of the rule of law triangle. >> i appreciate that. none of us here object to the proposition that russia can accede to wto with our approval and our good folks do business abroad will help even more. there's no disagreement about that, the question is how do we -- dragged its feet over and overed a over. i hope to be able to get to the ucos situation in a moment. but mr. williams talked about a very practical problem, a very practical problem of the russian court system. and i just want to ask you, given the track record that you want to identify, do you have improvements where the russian duma takes step to reduce the intellectual property reforms. >> absolutely, i do have concerns, i'm also 71 years old and i have reached that point in

mr. nagesh? >> thank you. you spoke about the need or the result of cooperation being that you're setting a new standard. who should be in charge of setting that standard? we've seen debate on this. >> that's one of the real issues, right, and is it a u.s.-only standard or not? if you look at -- i think you got to be careful to go by what sector you're involved with. passports, there is a global standards group and it's icao and they do a great job in terms of first generation digital passports and let's leave that as a global standard. as you come to the u.s., you have a plethora of standards, some created and embraced and some that are developed by industries on their own that are de facto standards. and i think mist has a role to play in helping us say, what is the floor to what is acceptable in terms of encryption or protection of data as well as what's the policy, procedures behind how you use it. >> of course, setting the floor itself is the base of the controversy. >> correct. >> do you believe that it's necessary for the government to establish a baseline? >> yeah, i do, i really do. and let me t

>> sir, do you intend to cooperate with senator irvin's committee? >> mr. president? >> mr.[gunfire] >> i didn't kill my pop. >> evenny, meanny, mineny -- >> we've got to position it. >> yeah. i buy. >> the point is, ladies and gentlemen, greed is good, and greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save our paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the usa. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> never forget on any given sunday. >> yes, the world is a terrible place. >> it's about the game. ♪ love is a burning ring, and it makes a fiery ring. ♪ bound by wild desire -- >> say hello to my little friend! ♪ i fell into a ring of fire >> let's go, move it, move it! let's go! ♪ ♪ >> i just want to be anonymous like everybody else, do my share for my country like grandpa did in the first war, dad did in the second. well, here i am, anonymous all right. guys nobody really cares about. >> not everybody becomes united states marines. we want the best, and we'll accept nothing but the best. >> look, i'm saying i want to be treated like a human being! i taught for my cou

mr. president, too often cooperation is in short supply here in the senate. so i was pleased when we began consideration of a truly bipartisan jobs bill. as i've said here a number of times the past week or so, if there were ever a bipartisan bill, this is it. progressive barbara boxer, conservative jim inhofe have agreed to move forward on a bill that wail save 1.8 million jobs and create about a million more jobs. so this would put millions of people to work right away. although our economy has grained momentum there are still millions of americans out of work. so it should be obvious why we can't afford to delay efforts to rebuild our roadways and brims. almost a thousand organizations including business groups and labor unions that rarely see eye to eye on anything support this commonsense measure. more than 30 of those groups including the united states chamber of commerce and the american automobile association, triple a, have asked senators to refrain from offering unrelated ideological amendments to this bill. a as i said, mr. president, almost a thou

public utility districts, municipal utilities, private corporations, private cooperatives involved in energy production. mr. secretary, i think you've gone away from those principles. i think you've allowed what we heard earlier, some of the testimony about the use of the epa, their predictions of their greenhouse gas closures of plants that were talked about here that there were said that the epa says only this level. so based on this level compared to all the other national organizations, epa has been emboldened to continue to drive for greenhouse gas emissions when all the others are saying if you do that, you're going to see the closures that are occurring like this all across america, that this questioning or challenging the reliability of our energy across america based on that information, i think we -- i'm concerned whether or not you have, in fact, a real interest in reining in a rogue agency that is allowing this kind of activity without based on science and agreeable, comprehensive knowledge of how the other people are looking at it across america. i want -- i go back to your remark that you mad