secondly, mr. lynn mentioned to me that the ethics commission has the ability to refuse to put its findings in writing using different loopholes as he told me over the phone, even joe live in that cannot stop him. of course i had nothing to do after he told me that. what i feel the ethics commission should be doing is to protect the citizens. in the case that i had mentioned earlier, there were two witnesses committed. i asked the enforcement officer at the ethics commission for a simple yes or no answer. number one, did you talk with the first witness? no answer. no. two, did you talk with the second witness, mr. phil ginsberg? no answer. to this day i still do not have a written answer whether they even talked to the witnesses. obviously if they are not want to tell me they even talk to the witnesses, i can see why the case is still unresolved. you were telling me the city has the money to support an agency like this? -- you are telling me the city has no money to support an agency like this? it the e

the highlight of cheney's tour began yesterday when he, along with his wife lynn, dropped in on the ladies of the view. >> mr. vice president, i want to talk about this little bulge here. [laughter] >> jon: i'm guessing that line was especially unsettling on "the view's" radiobroadcast. >> last year ago june, i went into end-stage heart failure. in effect my heart wasn't pumping enough blood to surface my organ. [laughter] >> jon: go on. >> this is the control element that runs it. the actual pump itself is inside my chest. you need power all the time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [beeping] >> what does that mean? >> put the battery back. [laughter] >> jon: cheney's frailty sapping my ability to poke fun at his vile public service record. i... but why? >> he's more machine now than man. >> yes, yes. [cheering and applause] that's why. that's what is sapping my ability to poke fun at him, ghost of alec guinness, it's that the darth vader metaphor is now more true than funny. i... this is really unbelievable. it took a piece of bionic machinery to humanize dick cheney. [laughter] but we turn now to a loc

. >> secretary lynn, general petraeus, holly, steven, ann, mrs.ambassadors, and members of congress and other distinguished visitors, it is a great privilege for deborah and me to join you today at the grounds of the old guard. this is a place that both sanction if is our past and herleds our future. and i could not think of a more fitting location to pay tribute to the historic leadership and far reach of two national treasures dave and holy petraeus. i know dave and holly are particularly pleased to have their children ann and steven here to share in this occasion. ann, a very accomplished dickenson graduate like her mom is currently attending graduate school at unc. and first lieutenant steven petraeus recently returned from a highly successful deployment in afghanistan as secretary lynn shared. when steven called his father in baghdad to tell him he wanted to go into the army, dave's first reaction was a spart one. he said, you'd better call your mother. then steven told him, dad, i did. she told me to call you. i'm glad my house isn't the onl

[applause] >> secretary lynn, general petraeus, holly, steven, anne, mrs.d guard. this is a place that both sanctifies our past and he recalleds our future, -- heralds our future, and i cannot think of a better location to pay tribute to two national treasures, dave and holly petraeus. i know dave and holly are pleased to have their children, anne and steven, here to share on this occasion. anne, an accomplished graduate like hermon is attending graduate school at unc, and first lieutenant steven petraeus, mit class of 2009, recently returned from a highly successful employment in afghanistan as secretary lynn shared. when steven called his father in baghdad to tell him he wanted to go into the army, dave's first reaction was a smart one. he said, you better call your mother. [laughter] then steven told him, dad, i did. she told me to call you. [laughter] i'm glad my house is not the only one that works that way. [laughter] steven, well done, and welcome back, but after hearing a little about the year you've had, i have to wonder if your big sister's planne

lynn, if frozen the aid to jobs and misery. almost 300 people tell their is mr. president. bma is there to lend a helping hand and it has been drawn back because they are running out of money. so we need the funds for fema ti help the victims of hurricane irene and make sure the other taking place so we can rece in these disasters we plan forse the best we can.oney we put money in our budgets forl what we anticipate would beside, disastrous. deterne no one can have a crystal ball e to determine what is going to take place. so we need to understand these are emergency money is and it'sn these people that have been hurt by the devastating storms and emergencies. mr. president on thursdaylo and look forward to hearing jointng tsession of congress hs quick to talk about job creations and it's crucial for the congress to work togetherumr with the president to jump-start the recovery. thi for congress this fall i want to talk about what we need to win o this war period. there's never been moreiod. important than that the jobsjobd ahead in the of the party's political agenda.so i

lynn, missouri. we had almost 300 people killed there, mr. president. fema is there to lend a helping hand, and that hand has been drawn back because they are running out of money. so we need to fund fema, to help the victims of hurricane irene and to make sure that those other disasters taking place recently, we can also complete that work. these disasters we plan for the best we can. we put money in our budgets for what we anticipate would be disasters, but, mr. president, we -- no one can have a crystal ball and determine all these disasters are going to take place, so we need to understand these are emergency moneys. if there were ever an emergency, it's these people that have been hurt by these devastating storms and emergencies. mr. president, on thursday, i look forward to hearing president obama's speech. it's a joint session of congress. he's going to talk about job creation. it will be crucial for congress to work together with the president to jump-start our flagging recovery. it won't be easy for congress to tackle all the things this fall.

mr. speaker, the other night one of the thrills of my political lifetime, i received, a second honor for me, the francis perkins award for my colleague, lynn woolsey, a champion for working families in our country. for those of you who may not know francis perkins from history, she was the first woman to serve in a cabinet of a president of the united states. she was the secretary of labor and she was responsible for many important initiatives, the 40-hour workweek, ability for workers to bargain collectively. she was a remarkable champion for working people in our country. she was largely responsible for creating social security. imagine having that as her credentials, imagine what a thrill it was for me to receive an award named for her, especially given by congresswoman lynn woolsey, a champion on the education and work force committee. much of what she did, while the credit was given to the president of the united states, is, as is appropriate, more than 75 years ago, upon the signing of the national labor relations act, president franklin roosevelt said this, by preventing practices which tend to destroy the independence of labor, thi

mr. speaker, the other night one of the thrills of my political lifetime, i received, a second honor for me, the francis perkins award for my colleague, lynnampion for working families in our country. for those of you who may not know francis perkins from history, she was the first woman to serve in a cabinet of a president of the united states. she was the secretary of labor and she was responsible for many important initiatives, the 40-hour workweek, ability for workers to bargain collectively. she was a remarkable champion for working people in our country. she was largely responsible for creating social security. imagine having that as her credentials, imagi what a thrill it was for me to receive an award named for her, especially given by congresswoman lynn woolsey, a champion on the education and work force committee. much of what she did, while the credit was given to the president of the united states, is, as is appropriate, more than 75 years ago, upon the signing of the national labor relations act, president franklin roosevelt said this, by preventing practices which tend to destroy the independence of labor, this law seeks for