mr. ellison: if the gentleman would yield. b.p. is well healed and doing fine based on the profits they have made. so i yield back. mr. garamendi: quite possibly, they are so well healed and have big profits because they cut corners that resulted in the death of i think 13 people at their oil refinery in texas and another 11 in their rig at the deep horizon situation. this is the company with the worst safety record because they cut corners. mr. ellison: if the gentleman would yield. mr. garamendi: now it's time for them to pay. mr. ellison: if the gentleman would yield. if you observed the safety rules and regulations that are designed to save lives and save our natural environment, it may take you more time and cost you monday. maybe you won't have that exorbitant profit, but you'll make more money and people will be alive so they can go home at the end of the day and we will be able to have a gulf of mexico that bears some resemblance of the way the good lord intended it to make. right behind you is a graphic photograph -- i mean

mr. ellison: would the gentleman yield while you're getting the chart. mr. speaker, congressman, you would have thought that america didn't lose 2.8 billion homes to foreclosures last year listening to the republicans. you would have thought, lay man brothers, freddie mac and fannie mae didn't go down the tubes and cause a depressive market. you would have thought that we didn't have 10% unemployment. you would have thought that there was nothing but responsible behavior and all of a sudden, the democratic caucus is just trying to take over the banking system. we were really in a magical world on the house floor. but thank goodness, the house democrats, led by barney frank and many others, were putting the things in place to preserve our economy. mr. garamendi: you said something that caused me to pull up a chart that i wasn't going to use, but the financial meltdown nearly bankrupted the world, not just america, but the entire world economy came very, very close to a total meltdown. what it meant to mom and pop back home and what it meant to their 401-k's,

mr. ellison: you mean the state, the great brett favre so wisely left and then came to my state of minnesota? mr. garamendi: we will not find any anonymity among the democratic caucus on that. i yield to dr. kagen. mr. kagen: in minnesota or wisconsin we have the same ideas. the ideas on a level playing field, whether it's on a football turner field or a manufacturing competition across borders, we can compete and win against anybody. but there has to be, there must be a level playing field. we cannot in this country continue to allow china to manipulate its currency to its own advantage. we cannot allow our own corporations or any international corporation to offshore our jobs. instead of shipping our jobs overseas, we must export our values. our values that say we care about our people, we care about our environment, and you cannot, you cannot continue in china to sacrifice your environment for economic development. i think we got the right message. if you don't make anything, you won't have anything. we got to get back to our base of making things here in america and making sure that we c

mr. ellison, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. ellison. mr. ellison: hello, mr. speaker. i will claim the time on behalf of the progressive caucus tonight. to bring a progressive vision about our great country, my friend poses the question, where are the jobs? that's a good question coming from the republican caucus because they're the ones who destroyed the jobs. the fact is the democratic caucus has been rebuilding jobs. i have proof. now, if you look at the -- this graph, very simple graph, what it shows is the red is under the bush administration, under the republican caucus, and as you can see, december, 2007, we see a steady decline in the number of jobs with the bush administration. the bush administration, because the policies of not regulating wall street, because of allowing the industry just run wild, because of tax cuts to the wealthiest americans, because of deficit spending, they paid for two wars, a getaway to the pharmaceutical industry, and massive tax cuts, over $700 billion of tax cut which is they never paid for, we saw a de

mr. ellison from oracle. he got shut down $450 million for the team. what happened? nk it was just a late applying of how much he would have paid. obviously, larry ellison said he would have paid more if chris had waited a few more minutes he could have gotten a few more bucks. and san francisco would benefit. we need an owner like george steinbrenner, one of those guys. we need an owner like jerry jones. we need an owner who simply wants to win. larry is that kind of guy. >> apparently chris cohan the owner of the warriors didn't think so. why would be the he take the highest dollar? >> well, i suspect -- why wouldn't he take the highest dollar? >> you would have to know him to know how he computes. obviously over the 16 years he has had the warriors he hasn't done well with them. and in the sale of the warriors it appears as if he has repeated that performance. >> whoa. >> do you think it was ego? a lot of very wealthy gentlemen who probably know each other in investment circles? >> i don't think you buy professional teams to make money. you buy them to do something

mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ellison: let me thank the gentleman for bringing this resolution. let there never be another war, military conflict or armed hostilities involving the united states military personnel that is not openly debated, expressly authorized and consented to and scrupulously overseen by this congress. we are the congress. it is our job to do our constitutional duty. it is not second-guessing. it is oversight. it is engaging in the process of governance. there's nowhere in the constitution that says that the president just gets to go and fight wars without the oversight of the congress. it's not unpatriotic. it is not being a poor citizen. it is doing your constitutional duty to say that if you're going to commit troops, then we have a duty to know why, when, how, and there are provisions in the constitution and the war powers act to make sure that congress has the ability to keep -- to do their constitutional responsibility. we can't shirk these duties, constitutionally. not under the war pow -

mr. ellison did well. >> yeah. >> he is the head of the little company down there redwood shores, oracle? yeah. >> he received more than 1.8 billion in compensation during that time 2000 to 2009. others of local interest, top ten including steve jobs of apple. measure on the november ballot for a parcel tax to hire back s. >> we have been telling you how the oakland city council has put a ballot measure for a parcel tax. would you be willing to pay $360 to have more police officers to patrol your community? that's the estimated amount of the parcel tax in oakland. >> so what say you? what say you did. t? he says only if the city can't touch the money for anything but the police officers. no using it... >> then we have an email from wally who writes communities need to live within their budgets just as their citizens are forced to do. the city of bell is a great example. >>> jim from redwood city says, if we revamp the police and fire union pensions to 401(k) plans, we would not need a $360 a year parcel tax. >>> so it's 5:55. let's check traffic and weather. >> it's been quiet in the 5:00

mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ellison: let me thank the gentleman for bringing this resolution. let there never be another war, military conflict or armed hostilities involving the united states military personnel that is not openly debated, expressly authorized and consented to and scrupulously overseen by this congress. we are the congress. it is our job to do our constitutional duty. it is not second-guessing. it is oversight. it is engaging in the process of governance. there's nowhere in the constitution that says that the president just gets to go and fight wars without the oversight of the congress. it's not unpatriotic. it is not being a poor citizen. it is doing your constitutional duty to say that if you're going to commit troops, then we have a duty to know why, when, how, and there are provisions in the constitution and the war powers act to make sure that congress has the ability to keep -- to do their constitutional responsibility. we can't shirk these duties, constitutionally. not under the war pow -

mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, correctly pointed out republicans had ample opportunity to vote for tax cuts for americans. as was pointed out a moment ago, 95% of the american people got a tax cut under the recovery act and zero% of the republican caucus voted in favor of it. so there again when an average american gets a chance for a tax cut, no. when rich folks get a chance for a tax cut, absolutely. and by the way, those tax cuts don't have to be set off. during the bush administration well over $700 billion worth of tax cuts not set off at all, and now we are just asking for a little bit of money for average working americans who have worked for a benefit, mr. speaker, to get a little bit of help when they really need it. no, we are not asking for a set off for unemployment insurance benefits because it's an emergency. it's an emergency for that mom trying to get some serial -- cereal to putting it on the table for her kids. an emergency for that dad who is trying to bring rent so they don't get thrown

mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, let me thank the gentleman for giving me a moment to speak. you know, the -- my friends from the party opposite referred to deficits and debts. deficits are important. the debts are important. all these things are critical. but i guess my question is, when the republican caucus voted to give the most wealthy and most privileged members of american society $700--- $700-plus billion tax cut, why didn't they pay for it? when the prescription drug handout was give to big pharma, no fiscal responsibility then. but when the poor, hardworking people of america find themselves without work and say, you know what, still looking for work, haven't found one and need some help from my fellow americans is like, no, no, no. we can't help you because we have to worry about the deficit. why so much concern, so much heart felt angst about what the wealthiest, most privileged americans need but nothing for a cold heart and a closed purse for people who are in an emergency situation

speaker, i yield two nutes to the gentleman from minnesota, mr ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, let me thank the gentleman for giving me a moment to speak. you know, the -- my friends from the party opposite referred to deficits and debts. deficits are important. the debts are important. all these things are critical. but i guess my question is, when the republican caucus voted to give the most wealthy and most privileged members of american society $700--- $700-plus billion tax cut, why didn't they pay for it? when the prescription drug handout was giveo big pharma, no fiscal responsibility then. but when the poor, hardrking people of america find themselves without work and say, you know what, still looking for work, haven't found one and need some help from my fellow americans is like, no, no, no. we can't help you because we have to worry about the deficit. why so much concern, so much heart felt angst about what the wealthiest, most privileged americans need but no

mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: let me thank the -- thank chairman scott, chairman conyers and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who see the wisdom of moving forward based on what we know about the disparity in crack cocaine sentencing now, what we've learned over the years, thank all of them for yielding to evidence, which i think is so important. before i ever came to congress, mr. speaker, i spent the better part of my life representing people in the courts of our country as a public defender and representing in the courts of our country, federal and state court. i saw so many of these cases. the thing that disturbed me most is the human potential that would just be thrown away as our -- as i have to tell a young person caught with crack that if they'd had cocaine, they would have a chance at probation, they would be able to really take advantage of some treatment and perhaps reconstruct their lives, but because they had crack, their lives were going to be basically over at a pretty young age.

mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, let me thank the gentleman for giving me a moment to speak. you know, the -- my friends from the party opposite referred to deficits and debts. deficits are important. the debts are important. all these things are critical. but i guess my question is, when the republican caucus voted to give the most wealthy and most privileged members of american society $700--- $700-plus billion tax cut, why didn't they pay for it? when the prescription drug handout was give to big pharma, no fiscal responsibility then. but when the poor, hardworking people of america find themselves without work and say, you know what, still looking for work, haven't found one and need some help from my fellow americans is like, no, no, no. we can't help you because we have to worry about the deficit. why so much concern, so much heart felt angst about what the wealthiest, most privileged americans need but nothing for a cold heart and a closed purse for people who are in an emergency situation

mr. ellison: they are the ones who lost them of the the fact is is that in bush's last month in office he lost 741,000 jobs, an amazing feat. my friends on the party opposite talk about debt. is it the same party that has two unpaid wars, $700 billion cuts in the wealthy unpaid for, and others, my parties of the party opposite sat by and did nothing while foreclosures, explosions in executive pay brought us the largest number of foreclosures since the great depression, refused to regulate in any particular way and now they say where are the jobs? and they talk of debt? this is an amazing amount of -- i wonder, where are the jobs? they should know. they are the ones who lost them. we are trying to find them and we are being successful. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? without objection. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. new usa poll today reported 3/4 of those 18 to 4 don't expect to get a social security check when they retire. they deserve much better. in 35, 1935 that is, wor

mr. matier what is going on. >> let's start with the warriors. it appears oracle ceo larry ellison sixth richest man in the world he tried to buy them but made a major miscalculation. the bid, $650 million an nba record came from venture capitalist, joe lakup and peter gubber producer of many hollywood movies. after they made their offer ellison wanted two weeks and waited and came in at the last minute with a lower bid. >> lower than theirs? >> warriors went ahead and started talking with the others. he came back within hours of the final deal he comes in with a bigger offer. and they said hey, we've already got the deal and signing the papers. so that is why he made the public comment that he gave every opportunity to win the bid and they took less money they took less money because it came in too late. over played his hand. all right. speaking of questions about whether they over played their hand, don't expect charges to be filed against two oakland city council women who stood between police and demonstrators after the meheserle verdict. highers up at city hall said pursuing c