mr. courtney: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to senate concurrent resolution 30. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 30, concurrent resolution recognizing the bureau of labor statistics for its 125th anniversary. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: mr. speaker, i request five legislative days during which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on senate concurrent resolution 30 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. courtney: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. courtney: mr. speaker, i rise today in senate concurrent resolution 30 which commends

mr. courtney, for the purposes of a colloquy. chairman chirm the gentleman is recognized -- charmede the gentleman is recognized. mr. courtney: i rise to talk about the desperate state of our nation's dairy industry which has experienced collapse in prices. i had the honor of accompanying chairwoman delauro to the greenbacker in connecticut and we heard firsthand from dairy farmers across connecticut about the difficulties that they're facing, particularly regarding the cost of production and the rapid decline of dairy prices over the past year. could the chair woman speak to this issue and what relief might be available to these farmers. ms. delauro: i thank the chair woman. on behalf of the dairy industry, dairy farmers have been challenged like never before. i support efforts to provide increased relief to these farmers. i thank you, courtney and other members for their efforts. i'm committed to helping dairy farmers in connecticut and across the country. mr. courtney: i thank the chair woman for her response. and i yield to m

mr. courtney of connecticut. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i also rise tonight to discuss the issue of health care. again we just heard remarks which are part of a campaign really to try and, i believe, i say this respectfully, mislead and scare people about what it is the committees of this congress are taking up and deliberating on. i'm on one of those committees, the education and labor committee, what my message would be here tonight is that americans should not be alarmed. in fact they should kneel reassured about the fact -- feel reassured about the fact we are finally in a serious way trying to address a broken system. i know it's broken. i come from the state of connecticut. earlier this week on monday there was a hearing at the state of connecticut department of insurance where blue cross, blue shield came in asking for a 32% rate increase for its individual health insurance policies they sell in the state of connecticut. that's the status quo. that's the so-called patient driven health care system that we have right now. 32

mr. courtney raised the issue of the general prison population in the united states. is the administration even contemplating putting those prisoners with the general prison population in the united states? is that even a possibility? >> i think the answer to your question is no for a variety of reasons. >> and if the answer's know then it's meaningless -- >> well, i'm not -- >> let me ask you a follow-up question you can respond any way you want to in the written statements but where do we have in the united states that type of security and what kind of capacity do we have there now to be able to put these prisoners? >> i think there's two different questions here. one is whether it should be a b.o.p. facility, whether it's a federal criminal civilian facility or a military base or military facility in the united states. so that's one distinction. with respect to just the b.o.p. side of it, i think if i have the numbers right, that we have about -- more than 200 terrorism-related people already in custody including 33 at the super max facility. >> but the super max f

mr. courtney and agree to h.con.res. 123, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: concurrent resolution recognizing the historical and national significance of the many contributions of john william heisman to football. the speaker pro tempore: will the house suspend the rules and agree to the house resolution 123. 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: on this vote, the yeas are 423, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the on concurrent resolution is agreed to and the the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from geor

mr. courtney. the gentleman from oregon, mr. defawse. the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake.the gentleman from -- mr. beginning ree. the gentleman from texas, mr. hall. the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling. the gentleman from new york, mr. high dinsfesm get from jaye, mr. beginningston. the gentleman from ohio, mr. kucinich. the gentleman from oregon, mr. lee. the gentlewoman from wyoming, mrs. lummis. the gentleman from florida, mr. mack. the gentleman from florida, mr. mccall. the gentleman from florida mr. murphy. the zpwrelt georgia, mr. price. the gentleman from florida, mr. putnam. the gentlewoman from florida, ms. shea port e. the gentleman from florida, mr. stearns. the gentleman from michigan, mr. stupak. the gentleman from kansas, mr. tiahrt. the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. the gentleman from new york, mr. weiner. the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. and the gentleman from virginia, mr. whitman. five, as each of these members represents approximately 650,000 americans, approximately 25 million denied their right to be represented because the restrictiv

mr. obama was backtracking. courtney has the details from washington. >> surprising reporters at the daily white house briefing, president obama said he regrets his comments about the arrest of a prominent black harvard professor that spark a debate over race. >> in my choice of words, i think, i unfortunately gave an impression, that i was ma lining the cape bridge police department or sergeant crowley specifically. and i could have calibrateed the words differently. >> henry lewis gates jr. a friend of the president was arrested after forcing his way into his own home after losing his keys. he was charged with disorderly conduct. and held by police for four hours. on wednesday, the president said the cape bridge police acted stupidly. >> my choice of words did not illuminate but contributed to more media frenzy, i think that was unfortunate. >> before the president spoke, cambridge police officials say they deeply resented the president's comments. >> the fact of the case suggested the president used the right adjectiv

mr. mayor. >>> well, the recent stock market is losing some of its momentum. courtneyoins us live with today's business headlines. courtney, good morning. >> good morning. futures are pointing to a higher open this morning. that's good news. of course we saw another downed day on wall street from yesterday due to a big drop in demand for durable goods. much larger than what was anticipated as well as the continuing slide in oil. commodity prices a we sill have the lingering worries about the pace of economic recovery. that's never good for gains at least. asian market disrise overnight with china rebound trg yesterday's big losses. europe is mixed. we'll get reports this morning on new filings for unemployment benefits as we did every thursday. as well as tons of earnings reports including from the world's biggest oil company, exxon mobil, sure to make headlines when that crosses. the dow did fall 26 points yesterday to 9070. so that's where we'll start 9 day off today. the nasdaq lost seven points to 1967. struggling home voerns a new source for help. mortgages backed

courtney keely breaks it all down. >> reporter: excitement in the streets as ghana plays host to president obama. >> this is sending a very good feeling to the african country that ghana is [ inaudible ] >> reporter: mr. obama points out his familiarity with south africa but expresses enthusiasm visiting the continent's western region. >> it is recognizing the extraordinary process they've made in beganna around democratic issues. >> reporter: barack obama senior was from -- from kenya. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: strong words from the president emphasizing the importance of a strong democracy. >> no place wants to invest in a place that skims 20% off the top or where the rule of law gives way to the rule of bribery. >> reporter: the president urging them to expect the most from themselves and the government rell -- relatives. >> that is a responsibility that can only be met by africans. >> reporter: the president was fresh off a trip to italy. washington. courtney keely, fox news. >> now during the trip the first family got a first-hand look at the historic cape coast castle and that's the fort where the atlantic slave trade began. >>> it appes congress was in the dark about a controversial c.i.a.

courtney. i also particularly want to thank ann marie, mike, alice and jason. i know that mrs. lowey and ranking member granger, who is out today, appreciate their personal office staff work on this bill, especially ann and rachel and i particularly want to thank my staff, particularly rich goldburg. now, on this legislation we make one big key change and that is with regard to the international atomic energy agency's new report on the iran nuclear program and related responses of the united states to their report. they showed that after producing low enriched uranium at a rate of 40 kilograms per month over a 21-month period, iran has now increased its stockpile by 60% in just six months, doubling its rate to over 80 kilograms of enriched uranium per month. we know that iran's greatest weakness remains her economic dependence on foreign gasoline. and we can all agree that the united states taxpayers should not be asked to help increase the supply of gasoline to iran, especially now, especially after what we saw after the iranian elections. surprisingly, this is exactly what ou

mr. obama wants to raise that to $11 million by the year 2020. >> wall street is expected to get a boost today when goldman sachs makes a very big earnings announcement. courtneyins us live today with today's business headlines. good to hear some good news. >> reporter: yeah, it sure is. looks like things are looking pretty good so far this morning still. futures a little bit higher following yesterday's rally that was kind of a surprise. yesterday morning things weren't look so wonderful and the rally we saw yesterday was ultimately powered by the financial sector. after a very influential analyst upgraded her view on goldman sachs and said that bank of america stock looks cheap. goldman does report earnings this morning. tech could feel a little bit of pressure today though as dell says business customers are still putting off buying new technology. asian markets rose overnight and europe is higher at this hour. we'll get data today on producer prices, retail sales and business inventories. the dow's going to kick us off at 8331 after jumping 185 points on monday. the nasdaq added 37 to 1793. >>> bernard madoff moves into new surroundings today to serve his