mr. gordon, thank you and your staff for all your hard work. >> thank you. >> ms. baiten, is what -- what have your doctors told you your condition would have been had you had the mastectomy immediately as originally scheduled. would you have had to undergo the chemotherapy and is it probable that the cancer would have spread to the lymph nodes as it apparently has? >> they said that every day i put off the surgery was a really a day that the cells just multiplied and grew. and i think there was a strong chance that in the beginning that maybe i didn't have to have -- i could have had a lesser surgery hand not have had the lymph nodes taken out. i would have had to have chemo but maybe not for as long a period of time. >> if you -- if it's personal, it is personal, you don't have to tell us. would you tell us as much as you can about your prognosis right now? is the expectation positive for your chemotherapy and cancer remission? or is it still up in the air? >> it's still up in the air. >> still up in the air. mr. chairman, my time is about expired. i'll yield bac

finally i want to thank chairman berman, chairman gordon, mr. ehlers from michigan, and mr. carnahan for their work and want to at this point ask unanimous consent to insert an exchange of letters between chairman berman and chairman gordon into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. baird: i would also be remiss if i did not acknowledge the hardworking staff who contributed to this legislation namely dolly on the majority staff. malay williams on the majority staff, and also my personal staff as well. they have done an outstanding job on this piece of legislation. h.r. 1736 is a good bill. it doesn't cost anything. it just makes sure we apply our existing activities and resources as wisely as possible to the benefit of our security and prosperity. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 1736. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. ole son: thank you -- mr. olson: thank you, madam speaker. looking around i have no further requests for time o

mr. gordon and their staff for the collaborative effort that went into the final provisions establishing a clean energy deployment administration. as a result of this effort, america is beginning to have an inget, well capitalized bank charged with the exclusive admission of deploying clean energy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time, i yield one minute to a distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown-waite. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. brown-waite: this bill started out as the tax and cap bill, then the clean energy bill because my colleagues on the other side of the bill real arized this wasn't selling at home. it should be called the let's send more jobs to china act. this bill is going to cost people in the state of florida an additional $500 on their utility bills. let's look at the jobs that are going to be lost. in my district alone, we'll lose 2,100 manufacturing job, 3,200 construction jo

speaker, leader hoyer, chairman towns, chairman spratt, chairman rahall, chairman gordon, chairman waxman, chairman markey, mr. lynch, susan davis for all the help they have given us on this very complicated, very important matter for our disabled veterans. at this time, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to my friend, my colleague, the distinguished chairman of the committee on oversight and government reform , the gentleman from new york, mr. towns. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. towns: thank you very much, madam speaker. thank you, the gentleman from missouri, for yielding. as chair of the oversight and government reform committee i rise in support of h.r. 2990. i am pleased the legislation we are considering today will assist the men and women of our armed forces by permitting disability mirled retirees to receive -- military retirees to receive their compen take and pay concurrentry. let me pause and thank chairman skelton for working closely with the oversight committee on title 2 of this legislation. title 2 makes several positive changes to the

london, british conservative party leader david cameron accused prime minister gordon brown of creating a control state. mr. cameron said if he became the next prime minister, he would increase access to government data in several areas. he also talked about the recent members' expense scandal in the house of commons. following his speech, he took questions from the audience. this event is about a half hour. [applause] >> thank you very much for that introduction and for your kind words about the need for honesty, openness, and transparency about public spending, something the prime minister and i discussed in a slightly less calm atmosphere yesterday, but nonetheless extremely important. [laughter] i want to thank imperial college for inviting me to speak here today. you do have a remarkable history. in just a little over a century, you've got the discovery of penicillin, the development of fiberoptics, the foundations of the internet and, of course, 14 nobel laureates to your name. these innovations have put real power into people's hands and have changed the world, and that's what i want to talk about t

gordon brown. his job really, the ambition have you now mr. jansen? >> i am way past my ambition. some of my ambition was minister or something. so this is fabulous, and it's a real honor. >> the secretary john hutton also resigned but was often loyal in his departure spivak i believe very strongly that it is the responsibility of all labor to show unity and support for our leader and our prime minister at this time. and that is certainly what i will be doing when i go back to the backbenchers. >> the man credited with protecting gordon brown from the cabinet to is lord mandelson, the business secretary. he was awarded with a new title of the first to secretary of state. >> what the party needs to do now is unite behind the prime minister. he is by far the biggest figure in british politics, to lead the country in the face of a very difficult times, economically and politically, and i believe you will see the entire cabinet falling behind the prime minister, and nobody followed james' lead. >> the prime ministers position was looking more secure as a journalist arrived for a press

gordon brown answered questions on a house inquiry into the iraq war. and on the government spending plans. >> patrick hall. >> question number one, mr. speaker. and may i welcome you to your first prime minister's questions. as speaker of the house. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the guard killed in afghanistan last week. he died serving our country and the people of afghanistan. his death reminds us how difficult it is for men serving in afghanistan at the moment. he and others who have lost their lives shall never be forgotten. i'm also sure the house will wish to end

mr. commissioner until wednesday, june 17th for subcommittee members to submit statements or >> now from london, prime minister's question time. every wednesday while parliament is in session prime minister gordon brown takes questions from the members of the house of commons. prior to question time, the house is wrapping u

gordon brown. she said she was told she would have to do an interview. >> i can't answer tittle tattle. what i'm saying is that we have a very clear agenda. there is a west mr. bubble arguments which interests you tremendously, and no doubt westminster politics and journalists as well. this government, quite unlike the opposition of david cameron's shallow public relations problems is is actually tackling the real issues of the country. as we break out of this time of terrible crisis for parliamentary democracy and not as the labor party, as we break out of this comically up the system, and go on to tackle the economic crisis, then the country will decide whether they want a tory government under david cameron to slash jobs and to push the kind of crisis we had in the past. are they what a labor government that will really protect people in this country? that will be the choice facing us. >> we have a result of the votes on the local authority elections and the european elections to give us some sort of framework for that conversation. do stay with us. what chance is there that a plot to d.c. gordon brown could work? -- to e-seat -- de-seat gordon brown cou