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mr. greene. >> thank you, congressman ellison, and mr. maffei, and chairman and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to address your committee. as congressman ellison said, i am joel green with upsher-smith laboratories of minnesota. i'm here and ask your support for legislation that would protect working people throughout america whose retirements, securities -- whose retirement security is imperiled by the madoff fund. i urge your support for the amendment to extend sipc protection to cover the losses of individual members of qualified plans lost in the madoff fraud. i am sure -- but your smith laboratories is a pharmaceutical company formed in 1919 and has approximately 550 employees in the twin cities, denver, and around the country. in 1974, car owners established a profit sharing plan to share the profits with our company's employees, and beginning in 1995, the plan was invested with mr. madoff. over the next 12 years, the company contributed over $8 million to the plan for the benefit of our employees. on december
mr. greene. >> thank you, congressman ellison, and mr. maffei, and chairman and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to address your committee. as congressman ellison said, i am joel green with upsher-smith laboratories of minnesota. i'm here and ask your support for legislation that would protect working people throughout america whose retirements, securities -- whose retirement security is imperiled by the madoff fund. i urge your support for the amendment to extend...
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mr. green's home and offices were searched by police and he was interrogated for nine hours. mr. reen was later released without charge. and the people on the committee were to find out how mr. green's common office was searched without a warrant. he gives his version of events. >> they arrested me when i came into the building, and they took me. i said we want to take you back to your home. and i took them back there. about 200 yards before we got there, he said here, and i said no, at the top of the hill. i directed them in and when i let them in, they looked at me and said, this is your home. and decided that sarcasm was probably the wrong response. i said it was my home and i let them in with a house key. >> [inaudible]. >> indeed and the policemen that arrested me went outside on his mobile and about eight other police showed up. about eight, and it's clear that's why they arrested me at nine in the morning, they were at the wrong house. this was the anti-terrorist police, and they can't find a member of parliament at home. and every four years and i never have a problem find
mr. green's home and offices were searched by police and he was interrogated for nine hours. mr. reen was later released without charge. and the people on the committee were to find out how mr. green's common office was searched without a warrant. he gives his version of events. >> they arrested me when i came into the building, and they took me. i said we want to take you back to your home. and i took them back there. about 200 yards before we got there, he said here, and i said no, at...
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mr. greene. >> thank you, congressman ellison, and mr. maffei, and chairman and members of the committee. as congressman ellison said, i am told greene, and i work with upsher-smith laboratories of minnesota. i'm here ask your support for legislation that will protect working people throughout america whose retirement security is imperiled by the madoff fraud, including -- including current and former employees of upsher-smith laboratories. i urge your support for the legislation prepared by a the congressman for individual members of qualified plans lost in the madoff fraud. hunter smith laboratories is a family-owned pharmaceutical company. it has approximately 550 employees in the twin cities, denver, and around the country. in 1974, our owners established a profit sharing plan to share the profits with our company's employees, and beginning in 1995, plan assets were invested with mr. madoff. over the next 12 years, the company contributed over $8 million to the plan for the benefit of our employees and on december 11, 2008, mr. madoff
mr. greene. >> thank you, congressman ellison, and mr. maffei, and chairman and members of the committee. as congressman ellison said, i am told greene, and i work with upsher-smith laboratories of minnesota. i'm here ask your support for legislation that will protect working people throughout america whose retirement security is imperiled by the madoff fraud, including -- including current and former employees of upsher-smith laboratories. i urge your support for the legislation prepared...
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mr. greene. >> thank you, congressman ellison, and mr. maffei, and chairman and members of the committee. as congressman ellison said, i am told greene, and i work with upsher-smith laboratories of minnesota. i'm here ask your support for legislation that will protect working people throughout america whose retirement security is imperiled by the madoff fraud, including -- including current and former employees of upsher-smith laboratories. i urge your support for the legislation prepared by a the congressman for individual members of qualified plans lost in the madoff fraud. hunter smith laboratories is a family-owned pharmaceutical company. it has approximately 550 employees in the twin cities, denver, and around the country. in 1974, our owners established a profit sharing plan to share the profits with our company's employees, and beginning in 1995, plan assets were invested with mr. madoff. over the next 12 years, the company contributed over $8 million to the plan for the benefit of our employees and on december 11, 2008, mr. madoff
mr. greene. >> thank you, congressman ellison, and mr. maffei, and chairman and members of the committee. as congressman ellison said, i am told greene, and i work with upsher-smith laboratories of minnesota. i'm here ask your support for legislation that will protect working people throughout america whose retirement security is imperiled by the madoff fraud, including -- including current and former employees of upsher-smith laboratories. i urge your support for the legislation prepared...
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mr. greene. >> thank you, congressman ellison, and mr. maffei, and chairman and members of the committee. as congressman ellison said, i am told greene, and i work with upsher-smith laboratories of minnesota. i'm here ask your support for legislation that will protect working people throughout america whose retirement security is imperiled by the madoff fraud, including -- including current and former employees of upsher-smith laboratories. i urge your support for the legislation prepared by a the congressman for individual members of qualified plans lost in the madoff fraud. hunter smith laboratories is a family-owned pharmaceutical company. it has approximately 550 employees in the twin cities, denver, and around the country. in 1974, our owners established a profit sharing plan to share the profits with our company's employees, and beginning in 1995, plan assets were invested with mr. madoff. over the next 12 years, the company contributed over $8 million to the plan for the benefit of our employees and on december 11, 2008, mr. madoff
mr. greene. >> thank you, congressman ellison, and mr. maffei, and chairman and members of the committee. as congressman ellison said, i am told greene, and i work with upsher-smith laboratories of minnesota. i'm here ask your support for legislation that will protect working people throughout america whose retirement security is imperiled by the madoff fraud, including -- including current and former employees of upsher-smith laboratories. i urge your support for the legislation prepared...
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next is, mr. green. >> thank you mr.airman and i appreciate the opportunity you have been in so quickly dealing with this. first of all i want to thank the chairman emeritus for his offer, chairman dingell willing to conduct a class on remedial health care comprehension and my only question is that it be mandatory or permissive, and hearing my colleagues on the other side talk about unelected bureaucrats, unelected insurance companies do this every day right now and i will give you an example. when i moved to be a member of congress, my wife had been getting annual mammograms and yet our new insurance in congress refused it after the first year. and she was a survivor. her mom was a 40 year survivor of breast cancer. sushi fit the exception and it took me as a member of congress saying i can't practice law but believe me i will file suit against our carrier it they don't continue to pay for those mammograms. you have to fight for the care that you want and to say that the house bill that passed would set up this unelecte
next is, mr. green. >> thank you mr.airman and i appreciate the opportunity you have been in so quickly dealing with this. first of all i want to thank the chairman emeritus for his offer, chairman dingell willing to conduct a class on remedial health care comprehension and my only question is that it be mandatory or permissive, and hearing my colleagues on the other side talk about unelected bureaucrats, unelected insurance companies do this every day right now and i will give you an...
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thank you, mr. green.i am interested in order that i can read it and become more familiar with it, professor sanders, was there an administrative order or some kind of congressional vote that directed fanny and freddie to make bad loans? >> no, i don't believe there is any administrative order in asking them or requiring them to make bad loans. >> the only reason i ask that is because earlier you in responding to one of my colleagues accepted in your comments that have happened and went on to describe how troublesome it was. we can try to get it read back. it was a question from i think mr. royce. you don't remember? >> i don't believe i would say that. i don't think danny and freddie purposely went out and made bad loans or were ordered to do so. is that what your question is? no, i wouldn't have said that. >> so that has to come up today since you've been here? >> i think danny and freddie were only mentioned and that's what i said. i think the comment was that mr. wirth said something like they had obli
thank you, mr. green.i am interested in order that i can read it and become more familiar with it, professor sanders, was there an administrative order or some kind of congressional vote that directed fanny and freddie to make bad loans? >> no, i don't believe there is any administrative order in asking them or requiring them to make bad loans. >> the only reason i ask that is because earlier you in responding to one of my colleagues accepted in your comments that have happened and...
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mr. green: thank you. madam speaker, today we will impose sanctions.e will sanction with this legislation or we will sanction the unacceptable status quo to which i say, not on my watch. let history record that even if i could not do enough, i did do all that i could. i support sanctions to avert a tyrant from a acquiring nuclear weapons of mass destruction capable of creating an inferno unlike that which even the mind of dante can imagine. to act later may be to act too late. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from ohio has one minute remaining. the gentleman from california has two minutes remaining. who seeks recognition? the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for the balance of his time. mr. kucinich: this is starting to sound like the debate over iraq. my concerns are is that this resolution is opposed to our national security, it undermines diplomatic initiatives, it creates a gas shortage in ira
mr. green: thank you. madam speaker, today we will impose sanctions.e will sanction with this legislation or we will sanction the unacceptable status quo to which i say, not on my watch. let history record that even if i could not do enough, i did do all that i could. i support sanctions to avert a tyrant from a acquiring nuclear weapons of mass destruction capable of creating an inferno unlike that which even the mind of dante can imagine. to act later may be to act too late. i yield back the...
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. >> mr. greende us a breakdown of what training is being provided in iraq that is not being provided in afghanistan for basic police training? >> i'm going to be wanting to ask questions about how you respond to contractors who are wounded and those who have been killed and what benefits they received from your companies. Ñ+wyou have the floor. >> i want to pick up from the questions under the existing statutes. mr. roitz, you describe your significant experience in doing these things. i think what you were talking about and you were nodding yes to, and the competition in contracting act under the last 20 years, there's been a sufficiently high level officials say there are hurting and compelling reasons to override the state. the contrasting for process goes forward. is that thought -- is that what you thought you were being asked? >> i think the government needs the right to do a protest over rights to continue, especially in wartime, to meet the requirements of the mission. >> and you are talki
. >> mr. greende us a breakdown of what training is being provided in iraq that is not being provided in afghanistan for basic police training? >> i'm going to be wanting to ask questions about how you respond to contractors who are wounded and those who have been killed and what benefits they received from your companies. Ñ+wyou have the floor. >> i want to pick up from the questions under the existing statutes. mr. roitz, you describe your significant experience in doing...
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next is, mr. green. >> thank you mr. chairman and i appreciate the opportunity you have been in so quickly dealing with this. first of all i want to thank the chairman emeritus for his offer, chairman dingell willing to conduct a class on remedial health care comprehension and my only question is that it be mandatory or permissive, and hearing my colleagues on the other side talk about unelected bureaucrats, unelected insurance companies do this every day right now and i will give you an example. when i moved to be a member of congress, my wife had been getting annual mammograms and yet our new insurance in congress refused it after the first year. and she was a survivor. her mom was a 40 year survivor of breast cancer. sushi fit the exception and it took me as a member of congress saying i can't practice law but believe me i will file suit against our carrier it they don't continue to pay for those mammograms. you have to fight for the care that you want and to say that the house bill that passed would set up this unele
next is, mr. green. >> thank you mr. chairman and i appreciate the opportunity you have been in so quickly dealing with this. first of all i want to thank the chairman emeritus for his offer, chairman dingell willing to conduct a class on remedial health care comprehension and my only question is that it be mandatory or permissive, and hearing my colleagues on the other side talk about unelected bureaucrats, unelected insurance companies do this every day right now and i will give you an...
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now i yield five minutes to mr. green of texas. >> thank you, madam chairman, and i thank the witnesses for appearing today. there are words from south pacific that are important, i think, the song has the words you have got to be taught, and it. you are not born an evil person, a terrorist. you have to be taught. so you do have some injury that takes place along the way. and in the process of being taught to hate, we have the opportunity to negate this process, but we cannot do it inconsistently. we really have to develop consistency in dealing with hate. hate speech, hate crimes. we are right to talk about how persons of a repute from other places can do the dastardly deed. but we must also, with an equal degree of fervor, condemn those who are born right here, who have been terrorizing people for scores of years. we have to use the same language when we talk about the kkk, and talk about the evil that they represent. and be as committed to eliminating the kkk and its evil as we are to eliminating others who would perpe
now i yield five minutes to mr. green of texas. >> thank you, madam chairman, and i thank the witnesses for appearing today. there are words from south pacific that are important, i think, the song has the words you have got to be taught, and it. you are not born an evil person, a terrorist. you have to be taught. so you do have some injury that takes place along the way. and in the process of being taught to hate, we have the opportunity to negate this process, but we cannot do it...
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mr. green. >> thank you. you can what the continuing role of i.n.l. will be in training specialized police to include footprint and funding. to the degree it has been resolved. >> i think at this point this is a speculative discussion. we have engaged with our colleagues as to how this program will be handed over and whether or what aspect they would prefer for us to retain or expand our presence in. we have had some back and forth. at some points earlier in the discussion, the desire by us in is that they would handle everything totally. if we had our continuing engagement, they looked at a couple of things where there are continuing to review. they had access to take over the family centers. we are making provision to do so. as i mentioned, there might be some higher and training specifically related to gender issues -- higher end training. those are not finalized. we are open to that. as i have conveyed, we want to be a responsive partner to our military colleagues. that is the spirit to which we have exte
mr. green. >> thank you. you can what the continuing role of i.n.l. will be in training specialized police to include footprint and funding. to the degree it has been resolved. >> i think at this point this is a speculative discussion. we have engaged with our colleagues as to how this program will be handed over and whether or what aspect they would prefer for us to retain or expand our presence in. we have had some back and forth. at some points earlier in the discussion, the...
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mr. green: your leadership has clearly made a difference in the lives of so many in this un
mr. green: your leadership has clearly made a difference in the lives of so many in this un
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mr. greene. >> thank you. johnson, please describe as best you can with the continuing role of the inl will be in training specialized police to include footprint and funding? >> i think at this point this is a speculative discussion. we have engaged with our colleagues as to how this program will be handed over and whether or what aspect they would prefer for us to retain or expand our presence in. we have had some back and forth. at some points earlier in the discussion, the desire by us in is that they would handle everything totally. if we had our continuing engagement, they looked at a couple of things where there are continuing to review. they had access to take over the family centers. we are making provision to do so. as i mentioned, there might be some higher and training specifically related to gender issues -- higher end training. those are not finalized. we are open to that. as i have conveyed, we want to be a responsive partner to our military colleagues. that is the spirit to which we have extend
mr. greene. >> thank you. johnson, please describe as best you can with the continuing role of the inl will be in training specialized police to include footprint and funding? >> i think at this point this is a speculative discussion. we have engaged with our colleagues as to how this program will be handed over and whether or what aspect they would prefer for us to retain or expand our presence in. we have had some back and forth. at some points earlier in the discussion, the...
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thank you, mr. green. i am interested in order that i can read it and become more familiar with it, professor sanders, was there an administrative order or some kind of congressional vote that directed fanny and freddie to make bad loans? >> no, i don't believe there is any administrative order in asking them or requiring them to make bad loans. >> the only reason i ask that is because earlier you in responding to one of my colleagues accepted in your comments that have happened and went on to describe how troublesome it was. we can try to get it read back. it was a question from i think mr. royce. you don't remember? >> i don't believe i would say that. i don't think danny and freddie purposely went out and made bad loans or were ordered to do so. is that what your question is? no, i wouldn't have said that. >> so that has to come up today since you've been here? >> i think danny and freddie were only mentioned and that's what i said. i think the comment was that mr. wirth said something like they had obl
thank you, mr. green. i am interested in order that i can read it and become more familiar with it, professor sanders, was there an administrative order or some kind of congressional vote that directed fanny and freddie to make bad loans? >> no, i don't believe there is any administrative order in asking them or requiring them to make bad loans. >> the only reason i ask that is because earlier you in responding to one of my colleagues accepted in your comments that have happened and...
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mr. green was given 11 minutes. we are going to do 10 minutes.ound out in july, and it was only formally approved at the end of august? >> the first time i found out about this transition was on june 24, 2009, followed by my first conversation on june 30. >> if it had stayed at the state department, i have the impression if it were on the contract vehicle they had, there would be at least two other major competitors, cpi and [unintelligible] one has this been given to you? why not open competition? to the extent you can explain those in general terms, not the legal answer. >> to answer your first question, i received the direction to work on this from the secretary of defense office. that is who i respond to. they asked that i work to make this a reality. as it relates to your question on competition, that goes back to the acquisition strategy. >> let's get that. ambassador johnson, i am trying to find the highest level of the two departments that made the decision to shift the training program to the defense department. if the answer is you are
mr. green was given 11 minutes. we are going to do 10 minutes.ound out in july, and it was only formally approved at the end of august? >> the first time i found out about this transition was on june 24, 2009, followed by my first conversation on june 30. >> if it had stayed at the state department, i have the impression if it were on the contract vehicle they had, there would be at least two other major competitors, cpi and [unintelligible] one has this been given to you? why not...
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mr. green was later released without charge. mps on the committee were particularly keen to find out how mr. green's house of commons office came to be searched without a warrant. he gave them his version of events that morning. >> they arrested me. i was at a meeting elsewhere in kent they arrested me when i came out of the building. they took me, we want to take you back to your home. so, i took them back there. about 200 yards before we got there, here? no, you go up to the top of the hill. i eventually directed them in. when i let them in they looked at me and said, so, this is your home, is it? and i decided in the circumstances sarcasm was probably wrong response but there was a circumstantial evidence it was my home. i know where i live. let them in house key. >> [inaudible]. >> indeed. the, and the, policeman who arrested me went outside, went on his mobil, five minutes later eight other people showed up. >> how many? >> eight, eight. that is incident why they arrested me nine in the morning. they went around to the wron
mr. green was later released without charge. mps on the committee were particularly keen to find out how mr. green's house of commons office came to be searched without a warrant. he gave them his version of events that morning. >> they arrested me. i was at a meeting elsewhere in kent they arrested me when i came out of the building. they took me, we want to take you back to your home. so, i took them back there. about 200 yards before we got there, here? no, you go up to the top of the...
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. >> the gentleman from texas, mr. green. thank you for listening to this hearing. it's timely. i thank you for appearing. mr. director, as you know. and i am confident that you agree. we are a country of laws. we don't allow people to change the law. we consistently follow the law. i'd like to compliment you on the job you've done today because you have indicated there are certain things you cannot talk about while an investigation is pending. i think you should be complimented or this. a thorough investigation should take place before you come to your conclusion. my a semgs is that this is what you are doing. you want a thorough investigation before you come to your conclusion. >> yes, sir. >> the american people want what they perceive to be as interlopers, they want them treated the same way that they would be treated if they showed up without an invitation and somehow managed to get into an affair of this magnitude. that's what they want. they want you to be fair and investigate. if you find that they have breached the law, they want them prosecuted. that's what the american
. >> the gentleman from texas, mr. green. thank you for listening to this hearing. it's timely. i thank you for appearing. mr. director, as you know. and i am confident that you agree. we are a country of laws. we don't allow people to change the law. we consistently follow the law. i'd like to compliment you on the job you've done today because you have indicated there are certain things you cannot talk about while an investigation is pending. i think you should be complimented or this....
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mr. green: thank you. madam speaker, today we will impose sanctions. we will sanction with this legislation or we will sanction the unacceptable status quo to which i say, not on my watch. let history record that even if i could not do enough, i did do all that i could. i support sanctions to avert a tyrant from a acquiring nuclear weapons of mass destruction capable of creating an inferno unlike that which even the mind of dante can imagine. to act later may be to act too late. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from ohio has one minute remaining. the gentleman from california has two minutes remaining. who seeks recognition? the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for the balance of his time. mr. kucinich: this is starting to sound like the debate over iraq. my concerns are is that this resolution is opposed to our national security, it undermines diplomatic initiatives, it creates a gas shortage in i
mr. green: thank you. madam speaker, today we will impose sanctions. we will sanction with this legislation or we will sanction the unacceptable status quo to which i say, not on my watch. let history record that even if i could not do enough, i did do all that i could. i support sanctions to avert a tyrant from a acquiring nuclear weapons of mass destruction capable of creating an inferno unlike that which even the mind of dante can imagine. to act later may be to act too late. i yield back...
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we'll begin our questioning now and i'm first going to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. green for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for continuing the hearing and i want to thank both ambassador eikenberry and general mcchrystal for what you do and your leadership you're doing for our young men and women not only serving in the in military but obviously in the civilian side, having been the embassy in afghanistan a couple times and been hosted there, it's not the plush area anyone ever thinks but i appreciate what y'all do and i know members of congress do. general mcchrystal there, are currently 94,000 afghan soldiers on the ground and current plans call for increasing the number to 134 by october of next year. there are currently bottom 91,000 afghan police officers on the ground and currently calling for boosting to 966,800 by next october make a total of the afghan security force around 230,000, police and military. during this strategic overview -- or review, you advocating for boosting the number of afghan security forces to 400,000. security forces
we'll begin our questioning now and i'm first going to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. green for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for continuing the hearing and i want to thank both ambassador eikenberry and general mcchrystal for what you do and your leadership you're doing for our young men and women not only serving in the in military but obviously in the civilian side, having been the embassy in afghanistan a couple times and been hosted there, it's not...
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mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the chair and the ranking member. i would like to quickly give 200,000 reasons why we should be concerned about this incident. 200,000. that's the number of persons from the philippines who served with the united states military in world war ii. the philippines have earned our respect and they're earned our necessity to step forward in times of difficulty for them. we owe it to ourselves to make sure that injustice in the philippines is addressed because injustice there is a threat to justice here just as a threat to justice for us was a threat to justice for them. i support this resolution and i strongly urge my colleagues to vote in favor of it. i thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank the speaker. i have no further requests for time and i yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida yields back had her remaining time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. e
mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the chair and the ranking member. i would like to quickly give 200,000 reasons why we should be concerned about this incident. 200,000. that's the number of persons from the philippines who served with the united states military in world war ii. the philippines have earned our respect and they're earned our necessity to step forward in times of difficulty for them. we owe it to ourselves to make sure that injustice in the philippines is addressed...
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now i want to read a quote to you mr. green -- mr. bernanke -- that's a freudian slip. believe me. here's a quote. i believe the tools available to the banking agencies including the ability to require adequate capital and an effective banking receivership process are sufficient to allow the agencies to minimize the systemic risk associated with large banks. moreover, the agencies have made clear that no bank is too big to fail so that bank management, shareholders and uninsured debt holders understand that they will not escape the consequences of excessive risk taking. in short, although vigilance is necessary, i believe the systemic risks inherent in the banking system is well managed and well controlled. that should sound familiar to you since it was part of your response to a question i asked can about the systemic risk of large financial institutions at your last confirmation hearing. i'm going to ask that the full question and answer be included into today's hearing record. now, if that statement was true and you had acted according to it, i might be supporting your nominatio
now i want to read a quote to you mr. green -- mr. bernanke -- that's a freudian slip. believe me. here's a quote. i believe the tools available to the banking agencies including the ability to require adequate capital and an effective banking receivership process are sufficient to allow the agencies to minimize the systemic risk associated with large banks. moreover, the agencies have made clear that no bank is too big to fail so that bank management, shareholders and uninsured debt holders...
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mr. green? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize for being in and out, but we have both secretary gates, secretary clinton and the joint chiefs of staff and the foreign affairs talking about afghanistan. so although this is such an important issue for the district i represent, i represent a majority of hispanic district is also federally medically underserved area. and we face many, many issues and becomes encouraged to encourage women to seek primary and preventive care services. we rely on our parish county hospital district, our health clinics to provide the services of screen for our constituents. i worry that the revised recommendation will discourage the safety net providers from educating the screening for breast cancer in these underserved populations. i often say what one of the premier medical centers in the world, including the cancer center located in our backyard. but my constituents can see the medical center. it's just hard for them to get it because they are substantially uninjured. and important, unfortu
mr. green? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize for being in and out, but we have both secretary gates, secretary clinton and the joint chiefs of staff and the foreign affairs talking about afghanistan. so although this is such an important issue for the district i represent, i represent a majority of hispanic district is also federally medically underserved area. and we face many, many issues and becomes encouraged to encourage women to seek primary and preventive care services. we...
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tomorrow we pursue the same theme with mr. green stock of our witness in the morning with the united states and interlocked united nations aspect for i thank you for your time this morning and our witnesses. thank you. >> thank you very much. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i said when the senate opened today and when the senate opened today and >> mr. president i said with the senate opened today and i will say again, because of the long hours we have spent here, four weeks, there is a lot of tension in the senate. and feelings are high and people have very strong concerns but what we have done and have to do but i hope everybody would go back to their gentlemanly ways and i would hope, i am trying to figure out how to say this, johnson and the ways or gentlemen that. [laughter] i hope everyone like rodney king, let's all tried to get along. it is a very difficult time for the next day or so. let's try to work through this. for those of the christian faith, we have a most important holiday. that i
tomorrow we pursue the same theme with mr. green stock of our witness in the morning with the united states and interlocked united nations aspect for i thank you for your time this morning and our witnesses. thank you. >> thank you very much. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i said when the senate opened today and when the senate opened today and >> mr. president i said with the senate opened today and i will say again, because of the long hours we...
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we'll begin our questioning now and i'm first going to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for continuing the hearing and i want to thank both ambassador eikenberry and general mcchrystal for what you do and your leadership you're doing for our young men and women not only serving in the in military but obviously in the civilian side, having been the embassy in afghanistan a couple times and been hosted there, it's not the plush area anyone ever thinks but i appreciate what y'all do and i know members of congress do. general mcchrystal there, are currently 94,000 afghan soldiers on the ground and current plans call for increasing the number to 134 by october of next year. there are currently bottom 91,000 afghan police officers on the ground and currently calling for boosting to 966,800 by next october make a total of the afghan security force around 230,000, police and military. during this strategic overview -- or review, you advocating for boosting the number of afghan security forces to 400,000. security forces
we'll begin our questioning now and i'm first going to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for continuing the hearing and i want to thank both ambassador eikenberry and general mcchrystal for what you do and your leadership you're doing for our young men and women not only serving in the in military but obviously in the civilian side, having been the embassy in afghanistan a couple times and been hosted there, it's not...
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thank you, mr. green. am interested in order that i can read it and become more familiar with it, professor sanders, was there an administrative order or some kind of congressional vote that directed fanny and freddie to make bad loans? >> no, i don't believe there is any administrative order in asking them or requiring them to make bad loans. >> the only reason i ask that is because earlier you in responding to one of my colleagues accepted in your comments that have happened and went on to describe how troublesome it was. we can try to get it read back. it was a question from i think mr. royce. you don't remember? >> i don't believe i would say that. i don't think danny and freddie purposely went out and made bad loans or were ordered to do so. is that what your question is? no, i wouldn't have said that. >> so that has to come up today since you've been here? >> i think danny and freddie were only mentioned and that's what i said. i think the comment was that mr. wirth said something like they had oblig
thank you, mr. green. am interested in order that i can read it and become more familiar with it, professor sanders, was there an administrative order or some kind of congressional vote that directed fanny and freddie to make bad loans? >> no, i don't believe there is any administrative order in asking them or requiring them to make bad loans. >> the only reason i ask that is because earlier you in responding to one of my colleagues accepted in your comments that have happened and...
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now i want to read a quote to you mr. green -- mr. bernanke -- that's a freudian slip. believe me.here's a quote. i believe the tools available to the banking agencies including the ability to require adequate capital and an effective banking receivership process are sufficient to allow the agencies to minimize the systemic risk associated with large banks. moreover, the agencies have made clear that no bank is too big to fail so that bank management, shareholders and uninsured debt holders understand that they will not escape the consequences of excessive risk taking. in short, although vigilance is necessary, i believe the systemic risks inherent in the banking system is well managed and well controlled. that should sound familiar to you since it was part of your response to a question i asked can about the systemic risk of large financial institutions at your last confirmation hearing. i'm going to ask that the full question and answer be included into today's hearing record. now, if that statement was true and you had acted according to it, i might be supporting your nomination
now i want to read a quote to you mr. green -- mr. bernanke -- that's a freudian slip. believe me.here's a quote. i believe the tools available to the banking agencies including the ability to require adequate capital and an effective banking receivership process are sufficient to allow the agencies to minimize the systemic risk associated with large banks. moreover, the agencies have made clear that no bank is too big to fail so that bank management, shareholders and uninsured debt holders...
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. >> i would like to start with mr. green. he has had his hand up for a couple of times. if you share what you were going to share, and then i will launch into my tirade. >> thank you, mr. perlmutter. two things -- what is i wanted to a ballot, because at the beginning of my remarks, i did not acknowledge that i'm a lawyer. in this discussion about how decisions will be made, mr. chairman, you have raised the issue that some tough choices are going to have to be made, and i would like to, again, try to focus on some of the prior housing considerations, public policy considerations, particularly embodied in what was treated as one of the three legs of the school to promote the retirement savings of the -- created as one of the three legs of the stool to promote the retirement savings of the american worker. the public policy was to encourage employers to create plans to put funds into retirement, instead of at the end of the year put it into dollars for workers to spend. there was a keen observation by congress that workers were not saving those funds for retirement. incent
. >> i would like to start with mr. green. he has had his hand up for a couple of times. if you share what you were going to share, and then i will launch into my tirade. >> thank you, mr. perlmutter. two things -- what is i wanted to a ballot, because at the beginning of my remarks, i did not acknowledge that i'm a lawyer. in this discussion about how decisions will be made, mr. chairman, you have raised the issue that some tough choices are going to have to be made, and i would...
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. >> mr. green. >> i just have one for the record. mr.you provide us a breakout of what train something being provided in iraq that is not being provided in afghanistan to basically -- >> sir i'll take that for the record. thank you. >> yes, sir. >> mr. kiefer has the floor. i'm going to be wanting to ask a question to have you think about how you respond to those contractors who are wounded and those that have been killed and what benefits they receive from your companies. mr. kiefer you have the floor. >> thank you. i want to pick up from the questions about under the existing statute, which would be the competition contracting act, if roitz you described well your serious significant experience when you were in the the government doing these things. and then there were nods immediately about the importance of that from everybody on the panel. i think what you were talk about and what they were nodding yes to, under the contracting act for the last 25 years in a re-award situation if sufficiently high level u.s. official says there are
. >> mr. green. >> i just have one for the record. mr.you provide us a breakout of what train something being provided in iraq that is not being provided in afghanistan to basically -- >> sir i'll take that for the record. thank you. >> yes, sir. >> mr. kiefer has the floor. i'm going to be wanting to ask a question to have you think about how you respond to those contractors who are wounded and those that have been killed and what benefits they receive from your...
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mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the vice chair of the energy and commerce committee for yielding to me. this resolution discusses type 1 diabetes which is typically early onset juvenile diabetes in some of us but it does sometimes affect older children. type 1 diabetes is a chronic genetically determined and debilitating disease caused by an auto immune attack that destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreatic rass and affects the organ system. nearly three million americans are affected by type 1 diabetes. diabetes is one of those chronic costly diseases costing the united states economy more than $174 billion annualy in direct and indirect health care costs. on the average individuals with diabetes pay $13,000 in annual health care costs compared to $2,600 for individuals without diabetes. insulin treats but does not cure this potentially deadly disease or prevent the complication of diabetes which can include blindness, heart attack, kidney failure, stroke, nerve damage and amputations. diab
mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the vice chair of the energy and commerce committee for yielding to me. this resolution discusses type 1 diabetes which is typically early onset juvenile diabetes in some of us but it does sometimes affect older children. type 1 diabetes is a chronic genetically determined and debilitating disease caused by an auto immune attack that destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreatic rass and affects the organ system. nearly three million...
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. >> mr. greenprovide us a breakdown of what training is being provided in iraq that is not being provided in afghanistan for basic police training? >> i'm going to be wanting to ask questions about how you respond to contractors who are wounded and those who have been killed and what benefits they received from your companies. Ñ+wyou have the floor. >> i want to pick up from the questions under the existing statutes. mr. roitz, you describe your significant experience in doing these things. i think what you were talking about and you were nodding yes to, and the competition in contracting act under the last 20 years, there's been a sufficiently high level officials say there are hurting and compelling reasons to override the state. the contrasting for process goes forward. is that thought -- is that what you thought you were being asked? >> i think the government needs the right to do a protest over rights to continue, especially in wartime, to meet the requirements of the mission. >> and you are
. >> mr. greenprovide us a breakdown of what training is being provided in iraq that is not being provided in afghanistan for basic police training? >> i'm going to be wanting to ask questions about how you respond to contractors who are wounded and those who have been killed and what benefits they received from your companies. Ñ+wyou have the floor. >> i want to pick up from the questions under the existing statutes. mr. roitz, you describe your significant experience in...
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host: when we talk about these green jobs, mr. filsinger, what should folks know about education levels, training, pay, how does it compare to other types of jobs? guest: well, it's a very good question. if you look at the jobs, it's a broad array of jobs, as i mentioned before. it's all the way from the real estate agent, the pipe fitters, the welders, the construction workers, the operators, the environmental engineers. i was at a clean economy network conference where they were looking at discussing retrofitting with some of the current construction workers that were out of work who were now going move into the retrofitting of residential and commercial property. and one of the attendees was the mayor of las vegas, who said, we are here to create careers, not just jobs. and i think that's a critical component. when we look at this, we're taking all the different jobs that are out there, most all those jobs fit in this -- fit in a green economy. there's the pay scales are varied, but there's some -- these are significant jobs, a
host: when we talk about these green jobs, mr. filsinger, what should folks know about education levels, training, pay, how does it compare to other types of jobs? guest: well, it's a very good question. if you look at the jobs, it's a broad array of jobs, as i mentioned before. it's all the way from the real estate agent, the pipe fitters, the welders, the construction workers, the operators, the environmental engineers. i was at a clean economy network conference where they were looking at...
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mr. greene. >> thank you for this hearing. i think it is timely. compliment you for holding it as expeditiously as possible. i ask mr. director for appearing. mr. director, we are a country of laws, not people, in the sense that we do not allow people to come out on a case-by- case basis, to change the law. i want to compliment you for the job that you have done, that the secret service has done, and i want to compliment you on the job you have done today. you have indicated there are certain things that you can talk about while an investigation is pending. i think he should be complimented for this. i don't think people should be prejudged. i think that a thorough investigation should be done before you come to your conclusion. my assumption is that this is what you are doing. is this a fair assumption? >> yes, sir. >> let me tell you what i think the american people want. the american people want what they perceive to be interlopers treated the same way they would be treated if they showed up without an invitation and somehow managed to get into a
mr. greene. >> thank you for this hearing. i think it is timely. compliment you for holding it as expeditiously as possible. i ask mr. director for appearing. mr. director, we are a country of laws, not people, in the sense that we do not allow people to come out on a case-by- case basis, to change the law. i want to compliment you for the job that you have done, that the secret service has done, and i want to compliment you on the job you have done today. you have indicated there are...
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last weekend pr reported a study from the university center for cognitive green image mr. chafee during an element to improve elementary reading demonstrating a breakthrough in understanding brain function. they looked at the brains of young people who were not achieving and lagging in their reading and those compared to a control group. after 100 hours remediation and incentives intervention they focused on things like phonics and syntax and other reading levels. a follow-up birdie scan showed this intensive reading intervention changed the brains of the lagging learners and more importantly the lagging readers had caught up. we can bridge the achievement gap. i will defer on special education and joined with a request for the establishment of a private right of action and the amendment of title vi. we have the knowledge and resources and reauthorization to provide the opportunity to invoke a new strategy to compel officials to use what we know in order to educate our children and prepare them to xl in the twenty-first century information age. yes we can. >> thank you ver
last weekend pr reported a study from the university center for cognitive green image mr. chafee during an element to improve elementary reading demonstrating a breakthrough in understanding brain function. they looked at the brains of young people who were not achieving and lagging in their reading and those compared to a control group. after 100 hours remediation and incentives intervention they focused on things like phonics and syntax and other reading levels. a follow-up birdie scan showed...
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mr. jim green from the department of agriculture, 55 years old from oklahoma and a mr. travis gardner, usaid, 38 years old from nebraska. in the same convoy out there doing their job as agriculture specialists with the u.s. army. i talked to them both on the phone that night, asked how they were doing. they said doing fine. they were just out there doing their job with the u.s. army. we should be enormously proud of the u.s. swilling serving alongside our soldier, sailors, airman and marines. >> thank you very much. i'm informed that the witnesses have a hard stop at 12:30. with that we are into the five-minute rule. mr. reyes? >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman, and general and ambassador, thank you for being here with us this morning. the president commented in his speech at west point that we are being assisted by 43 countries. as we go around the world trying to convince other countries to join in the fight, because truly this fight against al qaeda, somehow we have to convince the rest of the world that it's in everyone's best interests to assist. there are two
mr. jim green from the department of agriculture, 55 years old from oklahoma and a mr. travis gardner, usaid, 38 years old from nebraska. in the same convoy out there doing their job as agriculture specialists with the u.s. army. i talked to them both on the phone that night, asked how they were doing. they said doing fine. they were just out there doing their job with the u.s. army. we should be enormously proud of the u.s. swilling serving alongside our soldier, sailors, airman and marines....
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and does he not accept that a tax is only a green tax if it's primary purpose is to change behavior and not to raise revenue? >> mr. speaker, i don't think he's proposing a evat on fuel. -- vat on fuel. what we have done is introduced a climate change levy. and we have taken measures that are necessary to deal with the problems of the environment to reduce carbon emissions and we are taking measures that are in line with what is happening in other countries. if he wants us to put vat on fuel i would oppose him. >> i was pleased to
and does he not accept that a tax is only a green tax if it's primary purpose is to change behavior and not to raise revenue? >> mr. speaker, i don't think he's proposing a evat on fuel. -- vat on fuel. what we have done is introduced a climate change levy. and we have taken measures that are necessary to deal with the problems of the environment to reduce carbon emissions and we are taking measures that are in line with what is happening in other countries. if he wants us to put vat on...
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and does he not accept that a tax is only a green tax if it's primary purpose is to change behavior and not to raise revenue? >> mr. speaker, i don't think he's proposing a evat on fuel. -- vat on fuel. what we have done is introduced a climate change levy. and we have taken measures that are necessary to deal with the problems of the environment to reduce carbon emissions and we are taking measures that are in line with what is happening in other countries. if he wants us to put vat on fuel i would oppose him. >> i was pleased to read over the weekend the government is considering moving many of the 130,000 civil service jobs in london in the southeast out to areas where the need is greater. would my right honorable friend consider my constituency as a destination for more civil service jobs bearing in mind that the revenue building and planning has six empty floors. >> that's an excellent location for new work and new jobs. as of december 2008, over 3,000 >>
and does he not accept that a tax is only a green tax if it's primary purpose is to change behavior and not to raise revenue? >> mr. speaker, i don't think he's proposing a evat on fuel. -- vat on fuel. what we have done is introduced a climate change levy. and we have taken measures that are necessary to deal with the problems of the environment to reduce carbon emissions and we are taking measures that are in line with what is happening in other countries. if he wants us to put vat on...
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mr. kucinich and i have joined to introduce a resolution calling for the tariff free export of all green technology. now i believe that that would create jobs in this country and it would go a long way toward helping us in our quest to deal with overall environmental issues and so while there is a wide range of views on this issue of global climate change i do believe that it's important for us to know that improving our environment is something we can come together on and i just like to congratulate my friend and say that i hope in a bipartisan way we can encourage organizations like the world trade organizations to negotiate a worldwide agreement that would allow green technology to be exported to all parts of the world. i thank my friend for yielding. mr. barton: i thank my friend for bringing that to our attention and it sounds like a worthy proposal. mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> madam speaker, i send to the desk two privileged reports from the committee on the rules for filing under th
mr. kucinich and i have joined to introduce a resolution calling for the tariff free export of all green technology. now i believe that that would create jobs in this country and it would go a long way toward helping us in our quest to deal with overall environmental issues and so while there is a wide range of views on this issue of global climate change i do believe that it's important for us to know that improving our environment is something we can come together on and i just like to...
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and does he not accept that a tax is only a green tax if it's primary purpose is to change behavior and not to raise revenue? >> mr. speaker, i don't think he's proposing a evat on fuel. -- vat on fuel. what we have done is introduced a climate change levy. and we have taken measures that are necessary to deal with the problems of the environment to reduce carbon emissions and we are taking measures that are in line with what is happening in other countries. if he wants us to put vat on fuel i would oppose him. >> i was pleased to read over the weekend the government is considering moving many of the 130,000 civil service jobs in london in the southeast out to areas where the need is greater. would my right honorable friend consider my constituency as a destination for more civil service jobs bearing in mind that the revenue building and planning has six empty floors. >> that's an excellent location for new work and new jobs. as of december 2008, over 3,000 posts have been reallocated from london in the southeast of wales and nearly 300. we want to help areas by creating jobs not causing unemployment. >> sir peter
and does he not accept that a tax is only a green tax if it's primary purpose is to change behavior and not to raise revenue? >> mr. speaker, i don't think he's proposing a evat on fuel. -- vat on fuel. what we have done is introduced a climate change levy. and we have taken measures that are necessary to deal with the problems of the environment to reduce carbon emissions and we are taking measures that are in line with what is happening in other countries. if he wants us to put vat on...
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houston to ensure minority research and research on health issues, to ensure green technology jobs, to put people to work. mr. speaker, this is the beginning of a great day when we provide jobs for the 18th congressional district and all of america. merry christmas to my constituents and merry christmas to our first family and all they have done for america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. cao: the new orleans saints are having a historic season. it is giving our citizens so much hope. today's statement is from a constituent of new orleans. michael writes, i believe finally it's been 40 or so years of hope and disappointment, much more disappointment. as i bask in the glow of another victory, i have let my heart believe that this could be the year. they have the spirit, talent and determination. they support one another. the success is not a process of stardom but a positive team. they lift up the whole community. we can all learn from them. long suffering, the story of the saints' past could be the story of our city government. our team has
houston to ensure minority research and research on health issues, to ensure green technology jobs, to put people to work. mr. speaker, this is the beginning of a great day when we provide jobs for the 18th congressional district and all of america. merry christmas to my constituents and merry christmas to our first family and all they have done for america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. cao: the new orleans saints are having...
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green light. it means that you have a minute to go. you should be finished or in the process of being finished. 456 @#$@432 ^ & >> mr. ranking member. good morning. i am an associate professor of law at georgetown. i served as special counsel to the oversight panel. the views i expressed today are my own. we are two days into a foreclosure crisis. the picture is grim. mortgage foreclosure rates are at four and half times the historic rate. the cornerstone of federal efforts to mitigate the foreclosure crisis is the home of the station program which provides tax fair funded incentive payments to services, lenders, and homeowners to facilitate standardized loan modifications. this involves an initial trial modification. after it converts to a permanent status even though the permanent modification is a permanent modification. first, a trial modification must be commenced. there has been around a million trial modification. there was an increase in the trials conducted suggesting that the enrollment in the program might have already peaked. trial modifications have adapted to promise status. nine months into this, there
green light. it means that you have a minute to go. you should be finished or in the process of being finished. 456 @#$@432 ^ & >> mr. ranking member. good morning. i am an associate professor of law at georgetown. i served as special counsel to the oversight panel. the views i expressed today are my own. we are two days into a foreclosure crisis. the picture is grim. mortgage foreclosure rates are at four and half times the historic rate. the cornerstone of federal efforts to...
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green future. thank you very much. i would now like to invite the secretary-general of the united nations, mr.oon, to make a statement. please, mr. secretary-general. [applause] >> distinguished heads of state and government, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, prime minister rasmussen, it is a great pleasure and honor for me to welcome you to this very important level meeting conference on climate change. thank you for your taking time as part of your very busy state affairs. this means you are coming as national and global leaders to address together this climate change issues, which is a defining challenge of our era. excellencies, the finishing line is in sight. our discussions are bearing fruit. never has the world united on such a scale. the leaders are all your. every sector of society mobilized, faith groups, ceos, and individual citizens. the world is watching. we are closer than ever to the worlds first truly global agreement to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. just hours remain too close to spinal tap. you have achieved much already. if we are to meet the climat
green future. thank you very much. i would now like to invite the secretary-general of the united nations, mr.oon, to make a statement. please, mr. secretary-general. [applause] >> distinguished heads of state and government, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, prime minister rasmussen, it is a great pleasure and honor for me to welcome you to this very important level meeting conference on climate change. thank you for your taking time as part of your very busy state affairs....
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green light. it means that you have a minute to go. you should be finished or in the process of being finished. 456 @#$@432 ^ & >> mr. chairman, ranking member. good morning. i am an associate professor of law at georgetown. i served as special counsel to the oversight panel. the views i expressed today are my own. we are two days into a foreclosure crisis. the picture is grim. mortgage foreclosure rates are at four and half times the historic rate. the cornerstone of federal efforts to mitigate the foreclosure crisis is the home of the station program which provides tax fair funded incentive payments to services, lenders, and homeowners to facilitate standardized loan modifications. this involves an initial trial modification. after it converts to a permanent status even though the permanent modification is a permanent modification. first, a trial modification must be commenced. there has been around a million trial modification. there was an increase in the trials conducted suggesting that the enrollment in the program might have already peaked. trial modifications have adapted to promise status. nine months into t
green light. it means that you have a minute to go. you should be finished or in the process of being finished. 456 @#$@432 ^ & >> mr. chairman, ranking member. good morning. i am an associate professor of law at georgetown. i served as special counsel to the oversight panel. the views i expressed today are my own. we are two days into a foreclosure crisis. the picture is grim. mortgage foreclosure rates are at four and half times the historic rate. the cornerstone of federal efforts...
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green jobs. missouri. caller: good morning. i am termed a rhino -- but i'm one of the republicans who voted for mr. obama, president obama.cessarily understand the headwinds that this administration incurred as well as -- this man is running headstrong into a brick wall. and i don't think that my party, whose approval ratings are 20 percent now, understand what we're doing to ourselves. i don't agree with everything that he does but i don't question his motives, i don't question his patriotism and his intentions. with that said, missouri will be a very open state to the green jobs program. the majority of the midwest. i was recently in illinois for a state forum and i noticed there were several windmills' on the outskirts, as well as what they're doing with clean water initiatives in illinois. but with that said, one thing that has to be touched on because, we are a fast food nation with fast food mentality. not many people realize how the outsourcing program -- outsourcing by my party -- and anyone touch on the fact that outsourcing did not turn out to be a good thing? host: i have had a number of other people sending tw
green jobs. missouri. caller: good morning. i am termed a rhino -- but i'm one of the republicans who voted for mr. obama, president obama.cessarily understand the headwinds that this administration incurred as well as -- this man is running headstrong into a brick wall. and i don't think that my party, whose approval ratings are 20 percent now, understand what we're doing to ourselves. i don't agree with everything that he does but i don't question his motives, i don't question his patriotism...
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to the green movement, because one of their most senior, most powerful proponents have padded the scene and the question where they will get this now. host: the washington journal saying that mrnians in iran and the west, they know intimately who is what's happening, who is up and down. part of the reason for that because the current supreme leader is a johnny-come-lately, and a lot of iranians and muslims don't believe in him. and being much more cleric, and they look to those clerics than the iran leader for spiritual guidance. host: our guest is ilan berman, author and co-author and contributed and edited other books. you can give us calls to join the conversation with the republicans, democrats and independents. continuing on with this story on saturday, after months of denial. iran acknowledged that three people were beaten to death we their jailers. and this was one of the most oppositioning of declare of authorities after the afghan june vote. guest: this is an example of what is happening in the regime. the june vote did not create the revolution but catalyzed what is happening on the iranian streets. iran is a country in the midst of a profound history of the country
to the green movement, because one of their most senior, most powerful proponents have padded the scene and the question where they will get this now. host: the washington journal saying that mrnians in iran and the west, they know intimately who is what's happening, who is up and down. part of the reason for that because the current supreme leader is a johnny-come-lately, and a lot of iranians and muslims don't believe in him. and being much more cleric, and they look to those clerics than the...
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their coach, jason green, the youngest coach to win a soccer cup, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. i want to amplify what has been said by both the speakers. i think there's a certain magic about this championship that it was totally unexpected. and i, too, want to congratulate coach jason christ who became the youngest coach to win a major league soccer cup, and the goal keeper, the most valuable player. real salt lake won their first major league soccer cup in only the second appearance in the major league soccer championships. as a red sox fan who waited forever, i envy the success. after compiling a regular season record of 11 wins 12rk losses, and seven tie, real salt lake now are on the final spot of the 2009 major league soccer playoffs, a cinderella team if there ever was one. despite being the underdog throughout their championship run they orchestrated series of at least improbable victories against the defending champion, columbus crew, and the chicago fire, before as has been mentioned here, beating the favored los angeles galaxy in the
their coach, jason green, the youngest coach to win a soccer cup, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. i want to amplify what has been said by both the speakers. i think there's a certain magic about this championship that it was totally unexpected. and i, too, want to congratulate coach jason christ who became the youngest coach to win a major league soccer cup, and the goal...
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mr. speaker, to step forward and support a real jobs package, one that will work, one that's new and innovative for green jobs, one that preserves or improves infrastructure and one that puts people to work and keeps states and local governments from having to lay off public employees. these programs will work. we need to do something for small businesses, who are often the biggest job generators of all. we need to do it now. so with that, mr. speaker, i just want to say that this has been another hour of the progressive message -- another hour of the progressive caucus. our email is cpc.grijalva .house.gov. we want to hear from the public, mr. speaker. we want to know what's on the public's mind and we want to know how people are feeling. we want to remind people of the importance of the dignity of work and the obligation and responsibility of americans who are in congress to do something about this dismal job picture out there. i want to let the people know, mr. speaker, that we hear them. i want them to know we haven't forgotten them. and i want to let them know we're here to do something about the ve
mr. speaker, to step forward and support a real jobs package, one that will work, one that's new and innovative for green jobs, one that preserves or improves infrastructure and one that puts people to work and keeps states and local governments from having to lay off public employees. these programs will work. we need to do something for small businesses, who are often the biggest job generators of all. we need to do it now. so with that, mr. speaker, i just want to say that this has been...