mr. gardner: we store more water. and yet we have policies that are keeping from us storing more water, adding yet to the uncertainty of our farms and ranchers who desperately need it. and so whether it's the tax increases that we see at the end of this year, if nothing is done, the estate tax, income tax rates, capital gains rates, and you mentioned that this isn't just a big tax increase, this isn't just a large one for the united states, this is the largest we've ever seen, not just in the united states but around the globe. mr. huelskamp: 55% death tax. that's the one that hits the heart of my small business men and women. they're trying to hand on their business to their children or grandchildren or someone else they choose and government's going to come in and grab up the 55% of that estate and that impacts farmers and ranchers in particular, and many other small businesses. the very heart of economic recoveries in this country have always been driven by small business. it isn't the folks that hire 1,000 people

mrs. gardner you believe in your husband's innocence? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: there's no doubt in your mind after a jury -- >> there was no doubt in my husband i did not commit the crime he's been fond guilty of. >> reporter: now fighting to repair their rep ties. >> i'm not distressed. my children are not here, and they know that their father is going to be in prison unless the appeals are successful, until, as they say, the age of their grandfather. that distresses them. >> michael gardner sentenced to 22 years in prison followed by three years probation. his attorney says he will appeal the conviction. >>> there will not be a special ceremony at the national cathedral this year for the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, but the cathedral will offer prayers, as well as services in the afternoon and evening. reverend dr. francis wade, the interim cathedral dean, says the church has to help the country heal and move past the tragedy. he says the cathedral will offering prayers. >>> three men are in custody tonight for a jewelry hei

mr. gardner, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for two minutes. mr. gardner: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank chairman upton for his leadership on the solyndra investigation. and i also thank chairman stearns for the great work you did to really, no pun intended, bring this issue to light, the issue with solyndra over the past year. last week was the solyndra anniversary of the bankruptcy filing, a bankruptcy -- an anniversary that was by no means met with parades around the country. i held town hall meetings in my district which they talked about responsibility, responsibility of the federal government to watch how our dollars are being spent to make sure that the federal taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely. and then they talk about solyndra. they don't talk about solyndra and say, you know, you should have kept giving them money. why didn't those people keep giving solyndra money? they talk about how did it happen in the first place. how did a committee that said no then come back and say yes? how did a committee succumb to political pressure, to

mrs. braverman, i understand that your oncologist is dr. gardner?id that your practice was the place to go, and if his wife had cancer, he'd send her to you. - mm-hmm. - hey, listen, doctor, if there's anything you could tell us now, you know, we've been in the dark. we've been waiting outside for 1/2 hours. we'd appreciate it. [phone rings] what? - it's fine. - i'm just trying to find out-- - we're here now. - yeah. mm-hmm. well, let's make sure we get all the results back first before we jump to conclusions. i need the results on the braca asap. yeah. well, call the geneticist at city of hope and tell him i need it. - what is he doing? - i don't know. - all right, mrs. braverman. your cancer is 1.6 centimeters, and is located in the lower outer quadrant of your left breast, near the chest wall. there's no evidence of cancer elsewhere in the breast. - okay, 1.6 centimeters. that seems-- - it's a small tumor. - good. - good, so she may not need chemo. - well, we don't know yet. the size of the tumor is just one of the characteristics we look at. a s

mr. bernanke's moves. investors enjoying another day of gains across the board. if our next guest is right, that may all change if mitt romney wins the election. >> brian gardner says if romney wins, he'll likely replace bernanke and that would trigger a selloff. also with brian along with reaction is former hewlett packard ceo carly fiorina. >> i think the stats you just cited proved my fite. the fed has been fueling the economy over the last three years. it's not obama policies, obama administration policies, per se. it's monetary policy. the romney campaign has made it very clear they would like to replace ben bernanke. i think the market reaction would be a romney presidency equals a withdrawal of monetary accommodation. i think the market would react negatively to that. there's a lot of good things coming out of the romney campaign. this would offset it. >> carly, what's your reaction? >> the stock market right now is completely disconnected from economic reality. we're going into a simultaneous global economic slowdown. yes, the stock market has been helped because by ben bernanke's actions, equities become about the only place you can make any money. i think