mr. hall: thank you very much. mr. speaker, madam speaker, i of course rise today in support of h.r. 356, expressing support for the designation of february 8, 2010, as boy scouts of america day to honor the nation's largest scouting organization's 100th anniversary. congressman chaffetz has done a very good job of pointing out the history of the scouts of america. dates way back to 1910 when its first incore prape -- incorporated for the purpose of providing educational programs for boys and drunk young adults to build their carketerks train them in responsibilities of being -- participating citizen and developing personal fitness. by the end of 1912, scouts were enrolled in every state of the union which helped the scouts obtain their federal charter by congress -- from congress in 1916. boy scouts of america endeavors to develop young men who are physically, mentally, and emotionally fit who have a high degree of self-reliance. boy scouts provide instructions on american, social, economic, and governmental systems a

mr. hall: i stand here to speak on this bill. i have some misconceptions about it, but i intend to vote for this bill. i can't vote against this bill because it benefits people that have served this contry, that have suffered for this country. and i never in the 28 years i have been here voted for a bill that affected adversely any veteran or any person that stood up for this country, and i admire and respect mr. skelton the author of this bill. i disagree with the way he has funded it and want to point that out. i would also point out i have a letter addressed to mr. skelton that he's not had the time to receive it because this bill was introduced yesterday and it's on the floor today. that's a little hayes -- hasty but this is an important bill and a bill that needs to be passed. but i'm torn today as i rise to speak on h.r. 2990 on the one hand i support the visions in the bill, retired pay benefits for reserve members and compensation benefits for service members, but where i'm torn is how the chairman, my good friend, mr. sk

. >> i was not providing information to mr. hall. i was asking about the claims that have been made by the administration. are there reflected in these job numbers? his answer was very clear. no, they are not. he cannot verify them. they're not justifiable. i understand that he should not go beyond his scope of expertise in these areas. i think the timing -- we're seeing some spent on the economy. it is important to go to the facts. >> i do not want to carry this on to much longer, but mr. hall, i just want to make sure we are clear. when these statements are made, if you do not have the information, i would prefer that you say that. you can see what is happening here. i do not want it out that you're saying you're denying the numbers, you just do not have the information. let him clarify. the information. can you clarify -- go ahead and clarified. i want to make sure we are clear on this. >> we don't have the information because we are collecting the data. we are not trying to look to see where they are a fact from stimulus. >> so y

i would like to thank my house colleagues, mr. hall of new york, chairman of the disability assistance and memorial affairs subcommittee, and pln lamborn of colorado, the -- mr. lamborn of colorado, as well as the house bill sponsor, mrs. kirkpatrick of arizona, for their leadership on house bill 1513 which passed on the 30th of march, 2009. mr. speaker, s. 407 would increase effective as of december 1, 2009, the rates of compensation for veterans with service connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans. . it includes veterans disability compensation, clothing allowance, dependency and indemocratnyity compensation to surviving spouses and children. mr. speaker, this is an important annual authorization which provides much-needed assistance to our nation's veterans and i encourage all my colleagues to support the bill and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. filner:

mr. hall: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of full funding for the state criminal alien assistance program, or scap. i'm pleased that the house has rejected calls to eliminate this prap. i hope the senate will do the same because in these difficult economic times it is more important than ever for the federal government, not local taxpayers, to pay when illegal immigrants are detained. last year the five counties i represent in new york's hudson valley received more than $1.2 million in federal reimbursement for costs associated with detaining undocumented aliens. funding that is essential for local law enforcement to keep our communities safe. scaap requires the federal government to step up to its responsibilities and foot the bill for its failure to enforce our immigration laws. we must continue to support this vital public safety and taxpayer protection program. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. fleming: i ask unanimous con

the dollar" by peter garn you mean who is quoting halpenny from the bank of tokyo mitsubishi and mr. hall benny says monetary policy will not undergo any changes anytime soon will encourage participants to use the dollar as a funding currency as the risk appetite trades persist in the line with the steady release of improving economic data. what's your response to that? >> well, i just got -- participated in a large meeting with the u.n. 192 countries talking about the impacts of this global financial crisis, and the innocent victims of the mistakes that occurred here in the united states and in europe. one of the points that was raised over and over again is the problem of the dollar as a reserve currency. a lot of people are holding dollars as the backing often their country, the currency. and there's a lot of worry, quite frankly. as the u.s. deficit is soaring. as the deficit this year's expected to reach $1.8 trillion. as the national debt is increasing. as the balance sheet of the fed is increased. there are worries, quite frankly, about inflation. we're not talking about the next s

. >> just one last -- just a few questions, mr. hall. according to a study by the national center for public policy and education, i want to piggyback of the excellent questions of miss klobuchar, the rising cost of college even before the recession threatens to put higher education out of reach for most americans. the report found published college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007 while median income rose 147%. student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade and students from lower-incomed families on the average get smaller grants from the colleges they attend than students from more affluent families. "new york times" recently reported the shrinking endowments colleges are looking more favorably on wealthier students. even on institutions that have pledged to admit students are finding a way of studies who will pay the full cost of tuition and state and local government budget deficits will probably mean that state college and community college tuitions will have to rise. in light of the questions miss klob

i want to commend chairman gordon, mr. hall, dr. lipinski, and dr. ehlers for introducing it. i also thank chairman milltory bring this bill to the floor and i'd like to insert an exchange of letters between chairman gordon and chairman miller into the record at this time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. baird: it's also important to acknowledge the hard work of staff on this bill. i'd also like to thank the former staff director of the research and science education subcommittee, jim wilson, for his important work on this topic before he retired last year. h.r. 1709 has the support of many scientific societies, businesses, and education organizations including the national science teachers association, the business higher education forum, american chemical society, and the triangle coalition. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and 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. olson: madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1709, the stem educa

as a great american, i look forward to his being recognized there at the hall -- at the civil rights game as well. mr. hank aaron, a hall of famer who was once the all-time home run leader with 755 home runs. parenthetically, i might add, he'll always be my home run leader. he was a negro league baseball player before he played for the braves in both milwaukee and atlanta. mr. aaron formed the chasing the dream foundation with his wife in 1994 and has given financial support to hundreds of youths that enabled them to pursue their talents in music, dance, art, science, literature and athletics. his wife, by the way, attended texas college in tyler, texas, where she is on the board of directors and it has been one of the highlights of my life to get to meet mr. aaron on more than one occasion. it's heartbreaking, heart rending to hear some of the hell on earth he was put through simply because of race. yet he never wavered. he continued to give everything he had to those tasks put before him. people remember the home run record, but many do not realize he had over 300 bush over .300 batting average, .3

mr. hay rey hall: i yield one minute to the distinguished speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the honorable speaker is recognized. the speaker: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank all of those who were involved, mr. klein of florida, members of the house anti-semitism caucus and others, certainly the chairman of the committee, mr. rahall and others for giving us the opportunity to speak on the floor, to express our grief and our outrage over what happened yesterday. when the news came to the capitol of what had happened at the u.s. holocaust museum, we were shaken, shaken to the core, that this could possibly happen. the resolution today allows us to express some of the grief we had and the strongest denungsuation -- denunciation of the despicable hate crime perpetrated yesterday and express our support for the work of the u.s. holocaust museum. some of us were there that rainy, rainy day when the holocaust memorial was dedicated, the holocaust memorial and museum. eli wiesel spoke to us so profoundly about w

hall for testifying before the committee and for his team's important work at the bureau of labor and statistics. i will yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you very much, mr. burgess. i'm very pleased, again, to welcome commissioner keith hall of the labor and statistics for the united states department of labor. thank you very much for being with us. i yield to you, sir. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the employment and unemployment data that we released this morning. nonforeign payroll employment declined by 345,000 in may. job losses averaged 643,000 per month during the prior six months. in may, the unemployment rate rose from 8.9 to 9.4%. since the recession began in december of 2007, payroll employment has fallen by 6 million and the unemployment rate has increased by 4.5 percentage points. job losses continue to be widespread in may but the rate of decline moderated in construction and several service-providing industries. large job losses continued in the manufacturing sector with employment declines in nearly all component industries. employment fell sharply in motor vehicles and parts, machine

mr. speaker. and with hallollege in my constituency delivers the vocational programs throughout the area. the college capital program has had to be put on the back burner because of the funding crisis. will the prime minister have a look at the specific problem for me and maybe designate the appropriate minister to meet with the college principal, the local authority and myself to see if we can get ourselves out of this mess. >> good question. >> the learning in schools council has written to the principals of all colleges about capital investment for the future. it is hopeful of announcing projects to go through to the next stage of process as soon as possible. and as he will know in the budget we made available an extra 300 million for education colleges. i'm sure that the minister will be happy to meet him. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i say to the prime minister the application to higher education this year are up to 10% is a massive cause for celebration. the major increases are in particularly young bla

hall, as we must understand exactly where we are in this crisis and just how far we have to go. with that, i will yield to mr. brady. >> i join you in logan commissioner hall before the committee this morning. the increase in the unemployment rate is disturbing for several reasons. first, the higher unemployment rate reflects greater hardship for american workers and families. second, along with other economic data, it reflects the continuing weakness in the economy. third, higher unemployment rate underscores the unrealistic nature of the administration's economic assumptions, based on the idea that the stimulus spending would cap rising unemployment. the payroll employment decline reported today shows that the economy continues to contract. that three and 45,000 job drop in may payroll employment is a significant monthly job loss and is broadly based in many industries. although the pace of job loss was not as terrible as recent months, manufacturing continues to suffer large employment declines. there are efforts suggesting the economy may bottom out in coming months. financial market conditions have impr

in a teletown hall meeting last week, mr. speaker, the people in the 19th congressional district said congressman please stop this cap and tax bill. they know this is a plan not to produce more energy, but it's a plan to increase taxes to take more money out of the american families' pockets. mr. speaker, i stand for the american farmers and families and small businesses all across america. i oppose this cap and tax plan. the waxman-markey bill is all had the and no cattle. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada rise? the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. titus: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of efforts to spur investment a in clean energy and energy efficiency technology that will create clean energy jobs back home in nevada and across our country. investments in clean energy technologies like solar, wind, geothermal, smart grid, and advanced batteries will help the united states regain its competitive edge in a global green economy, reduce our reliance on foreig

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

hall is known for its excellent acoustics. in fact, in 1997, jazz singer tony bennett performed there in celebrated fashion without a microphone. mr. speaker, the question i guess is, should taxpayers fund the restoration of a music hall where acclaimed artists such as bruce springsteen, lyle lovett and james taylor have performed? this theater was also the site for sceneses in movies such as "the preacher's wife" and "the good shepherd." is such a site not able to sustain itself with private donations? and if that is the case, that it cannot sustain itself with private donations, then i would suggest that, is there sufficient public interest to restore this hall so much, if private money can't be raised, that we should force taxpayers to pay for it? the fact -- in fact, according to its website, in the past year the theater itself donated over $80,000 of space and recently purchased land costing $2 million for staff parking and future expansion. madam speaker, this weekend you can attend a performance at the music hall for a minimum price of $58 a seat and a maximum prize of $80 a seat -- price of $80 a seat. madam chair, the que

mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the memory of sergeant jeffrey allen hall. on june 1, 2009, jeffrey was killed in action in afghanistan. as north alabama mourns the sudden devastating loss, i would like to recognize staff sergeant hall and his entire family's sacrifice. jeffrey was an eight-year veteran of the united states army, earning many well-deserved awards and declarations. including two army commendation medals, the national defense service medal, a nato medal and a global war on terrorism expeditionary medal. staff sergeant hall is an inspiring example of someone we can all look up to and inspire to be like. he put the safety of all americans before his own. we can -- and the people of this nation will be forever grateful. he motivated and inspired those who were around him, and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him as well as those who never had the honor and privilege of meeting him. our country has lost a great soldier and an even better son. all of us in north alabama are deeply saddened by jeffrey's loss. on behalf of the entire communi

mr. wamp and i worked with you to name the main hall in emancipation hall. however, we feel that name needs context and want to work with you, the house administration committee and the senate rules committee to do this. i yield to mr. wamp. mr. wamp: madam chair woman, emans pasion means free or equal -- emancipation means free or equal. the process of emancipation liberated all americans from the bondage of slavery and emancipation hall will tell freedom story to millions of visitors each year. but there is a missing element in the hall to educate visitors about the process of emancipation that this great hall was named to honor. we would like to design and construct an educational display in the capitol visitor center that recognizes the naming of emancipation hall and provides a historical narrative of president lincoln's emancipation of slaves. madam chair woman, can you work with us to help make that happen? ms. wasserman schultz: madam speaker, reclaiming my time. i would not only be happy to work with you. i could not agree with either of you more on

mr. altmire: madam speaker, to bore a catch phrase from hall of fame hockee announcer mike lang, you can buy sam a drink and get his dog one, too, lord stanley's cup is making a return visit to the city of champions. in pittsburgh now becomes the first city to ever be home to both the defending super bowl and stanley cup champions at the same time. this past friday the pittsburgh penguins won their third stanley cup and they did it the hard way, by coming from behind on the road in game seven of the finals against last years '-- year's champion, detroit red wings. regular season scoring champion won m.v.p. honors by leading all playoff scores and the goalie once again proves he belongs among the game's elite with his dominating performance in that. head coach dan took over in midseason when the team was out of playoff contention and led them not only to the playoffs, but to a championship. and in winning the title, sydney crosby became the youngest captain to hoist the stanley cup in the 115-year history of the trophy. and as in all successful organizations, the leadership of the penguin

mr. feingold: thank you, madam president. every year i have a town hall meeting in every county in wisconsin after 1,188 of those sessions, i heard a lot from my constituents on pretty much every issue you can imagine. but one issue in particular stands out as it is consistently been one of the top issues raised throughout the 17 years, than issue is, of course, health care. again and again, and not just at listening sessions, but at conversations an phone calls an letters and e-mails, wisconsinites have talked to me about their struggles to obtain and afford health insurance coverage. their stories have stayed with me and been the foundation of my work to push comprehensive health reform throughout my career in the united states senate. as freshman senator i worked to increase access to long-term care and home and community-based services in the wisconsin tradition during the 1994 attempt at health reform. because i knew how valuable these programs were to my constituents. i continue to fight for real and fair access to affordable prescription drugs by s

mr. montgomery. it was good being with you in indiana, the town hall meeting while you were in our state. i'm one of those that thought it was not an appropriate thing to run a gamble with the economy. there was sober analysis that if we let these businesses fail it would be a lot of communities that would have been hurt by this. and if the economy had been grow big leaps and bounds, maybe that's a risk worth running, but given the present state of the economy, i think the better judgment was to not run that risk, as long as there was a credible -- and i emphasize the word credible -- plan in place to maximize a plan that the investors are going to get a return on their money. if you have a reasonable prospect of getting repaid, it was the right thing to do. i would like to focus on that issue. and mr. bloom, i understand you want to maintain maximum flexibility here and there's a lot of imponderables out there we don't know. you're a bright businessman. you've analyzed this, as you were saying in response to several of my colleagues from a hard-nosed business perspective. what do you thi

mr. chair. it is a real honor to be here in this marble hall addressing the question of affordable, accessible healthre for every single american. we've heard a lot inside this marbled hall about what health care could be or should be or is now. but i want to take us back to what health care looks like to the working families of america. over the last six years, first as democratic leader, hen as speaker, than as senate candidate, then as senator, i have been traveling the state of oregon holding forums and knocking on doors and asking folks about what's on their mind. and two things rise to the top for our working families. the desire for a good family wage job and desire for quality, affordable health care. i am particularly remembering a woman who owns a small breakfast and lunch cafe in mill city, oregon, rosy's mountain cafe. a bit more than a year ago, i went into that cafe and sat down and had a series of tables and it had then a counter, cafe counter, that folks were gathering at from the local community. and the woman who owns the cafe introduced me to her daughter who works there, introduce

hall. >> may i welcome you to your first prime minister's questions as speaker of the house. >> mr. speaker, before listing my engagements i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our sincere condolences to the family and friends of shaun birchel the welsh guard who was killed in afghanistan last week. he died serving our country and the people of afghanistan. his death reminds us how difficult s

. >> i would appreciate you submitting hall of the third parties, but they might receive that information to the committee. mr spencer i want to thank a again for coming today and i want to just ask you able to more. in a poke earlier about the investment that you have put in to this work of course representing chrysler and other products, how much have you invested in project justice so far? >> working closely with the people from the management of the business which includes michigan, illinois and so forth, that they have responsibility for most of our dealers six upset one working very much in concert with them and sometimes almost at their direction i won't say insistence but let's say strongly urging we have consolidated to genesis stores. one of them is in florida with a different business center it was the first one in the state i think or very close. 45 -- it was called project alpha at that time. we have spent in concert wh again, chrysler corporation i think about $6 million in acquisitions at their urging insistence in fact in two or three cases i was called by chrysler and said this is and here i

mr. deductible today, tomorrow and thursday. . >> rob: well you and i at, what, the ohio broadcasters hall of fame dinner? >> johnny: um, that's right. you were there introducing an old buddy. >> rob: yeah, dan patrick and he went into ohio, ohio state or just ohio. >> johnny: just ohio. >> rob: and you also went in that night and that's when you and i first met. >> johnny: and you said to me, i believe "please fit out of the way, i'm trying to get to the buffet. >> rob: get out of here. that's funny. that was in my bigger days. i was following a lot of cree acontinue. trying to look as buff as i could. >> johnny: count is 2-1, you were a little larger, 2-1 to dukes. two out in the bottom of the first. catches the outside corner for a strike, the count is even. >> rob: well when i took this job and started putting on some suits and things like that, a couple years ago, i had to have them all taken in because i was about 30 pounds heavier when i was lifting every day. >> johnny: what did you play at? what was your top weight? >> 225. but back when you saw me i was about 270. >> johnny: hadn't missed too ma