mr. fisher and from mr. yoo. probably the most important advice that we have all heard here today comes from congressman goss. he represents not so much that the radical or the academic, but he represents the empirical. in other words, he was a congressman, head of the cia, he has dealt with these situations. as a journalist, my inclination is to listen to those who do, rather than those who teach. since this whole war powers issue has come up in libya, and i will restrict my remarks to libya, you see the perfect example of congress being all over the map on this thing, and they really look like they are doing a lot, but in fact they are going 60 miles an hour but really standing still. we have this deadline on friday, and as others have said, the 60- day deadline comes due on friday and we will have to see what the president does in terms of going forward with military action or ending its or seeking authorization. we do not quite know yet what he will do, but i will address what i think is going to happen. righ

mr. fisher. >> thank you for coming today and taking time for us. it is a pleasure to be here to discuss the issues and concerns regarding the fdic and its role during the financial crisis. as the newest member of the financial services committee we are pleased to have the opportunity to deal with what will hopefully fix the problems in the future. i was not in congress in 2008 when the financial crisis roar across the communities of our district but as a small business under i fail to see its effects at the bottom dropped out of the economy. one major principle i did take away from those days was the access to credit. it is vital in helping our small business. until our financial institutions are allowed to responsibly do their jobs and loan money to qualified borrowers we are not going to see businesses creating new jobs. thank you for your service and a look forward to what you have to say today but too many times washington is not the answer. it is the problem. we need to do what is right. >> i would like to recognize mr. westmoreland for an ope

mr. fisher, that mandated that crs a.--appoint individuals of particular expertise in their subject matter area. areas such as american government, foreign policy, economics and others. under mr. mulholland's tenure, it was significant. a new senior specialist has not been hired since 1989. the number of specialists has dropped to five. there has been a wholesale loss of the deepest level of subject matter expertise. that is something that ought to be rethought and reconsidered. it is fine for basically almost any competent professional can write a report on the status of the current foreign policy legislation. but if you want a deep understanding of an urgent and complicated policy issue, you want the best expertise you can find. that expertise has migrated away from crs in recent years. a second basic policy choice for reconsideration is the question of neutrality. if you look at a typical crs report you will see a lot of information. but very little judgment or a decision. you will see a standard format that some peopl

mr. fisher does that you can not go to war f without some authorization from congress and that after, if you're going to go to war as we did with libya and i would say that firing tomahawk missiles into libya from off the coast is an act of war, i think you have to consider, you can look at that through the world of, you know, legal documents and treaties which i'm not saying that they're notd important. they provide order in they world but there are more things going on here than just the war powers act.in there is, u.s. foreign policy considerations in the broader middle east which have to be taken into i account. i don't know how you quantify those but you do have to take them into consideration. >> thank you. i think the president's letter as well as his address indicated two things for the action.le one was stability of the region but the larger issue was really the possible b humanitarian disaster that would ensue if there were a massacre that did take placeer and i think the three players, atd least by some reports most influential were around at time ofe rwanda weighed heavily. t

mrs. shearers. >> no matter how challenging the question, have confidence and make progress towards solutions. >> in urbana, kristin fisher9news now. >> when she started teaching in 2006, she had 11 students enrolled in ap chemistry. this year there are 92 of them. >>> england's prince charles will take his tour of dc to georgetown university tomorrow. today he visited the u.s. supreme court and then got his hands dirty at the vegetable garden. this garden grows food for low income families living in that same area and people will hope it will draw attention to their urban farm. >> this used to be a baseball diamond and we transformed it into a productive farm that feeds people in the neighborhood. >> prince charles will also visit with the president at the white house tomorrow. >>> the u.s. postal service is struggling financially, but the way the independent postal regulatory commission is going about getting input from customers may have you scratch your head a bit. people can make their case for keeping their local post offices open, but only via e- mail. really? apparently yes. really. >> that's odd, isn't it? >> a l

mrs. shearers. >> no matter how challenging the question, have confidence. make progress towards solutions. >> in urbana, kristin fisher9news now. >> don't we all remember a teacher like that? when michelle shearer first started teaching in 2006, there were 11 teachers enrolled. that is now up to 92. >>> all right. after their storybook wedding and long weekend, prince william and his new wife are settling into their new way of life. they decided to hold off on their honeymoon. prince william is going off to work and william and the former kate middleton, now the duchess of cambridge plan to take a honeymoon at a later date. >>> up next, this isn't the hole you usually find in a donut shop. >>> and coming up new at 6:00. >> i'm scott broom in montgomery county where local politicians are backing off their threats to opt out of a controversial federal immigration enforcement program. the details are coming up. >>> and don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> a crash left a gaping home in the middle of a duncan donuts shop. investigators say an suv slammed into a taxi in chicago'

here is what judge fisher said: "i met and worked with mr. mcconnell when i was the elected attorney general in pennsylvania from 1996 to 2003. we worked very closely together on the national tobacco litigation and worked closely with mr. mcconnell. we spent considerable time together in new york and at meetings elsewhere, and i had the unique opportunity to assess mr. mcconnell's legal abilities and his character, which were both outstanding. john j. mcconnell jr. is an outstanding nominee to serve on the u.s. district court for the district of rhode island, and i enthusiastically support his nomination." these are the words of a federal circuit judge nominated by george w. bush and confirmed unanimously by this senate. again, i implore my colleagues to listen to what people who know jack mcconnell have said and who use these words: integrity, independence, impartiality. those are the words of people who know him. that is the truth. now, i urge not only on the merits, but also in terms of the procedures of this senate that we allow this vo