mr. paul has been here more often than -- he has a longstanding, i think understanding of the planning process and the things that the commission is looking for, and i would encourage the project sponsor -- who i do not think is here. is that correct? and to watch the tape or something, or maybe staff can communicate in their -- in that regard. president olague: ms. avery- herbert, do we have a date? >> september 15. commissioners, on the motion of continuance for this item to september 15, up on that motion -- [roll-call vote] thank you, commissioners. as the project is continued until september 15. commissioners, you are now on item number 11, cases for 14 costa street. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the project involves a single family dwelling over a two-story garage. it is important to note the building has already been demolished by the previous owner. the current owner and the project sponsor has been working diligently with the planning department to seek approval. the project has r

mr. paul: thank you. mr. president -- madam president, the balanced budget amendment, i think is interesting when you look at sort of polls and you ask the american public: do you approve of what congress is doing? do you approve of congressional action? do you think they're doing a good job. 14% to 15% of the american public think we're doing a good job. the other side of that equation is you ask the in do you think a balanced budget amendment would help congress do a better job? about 75% to 80% think we would do a better job. i don't think this is a partisan issue, but i'd like to ask the question both to the senator from utah and perhaps for an opinion from the senator from texas: do you think this should be a partisan issue or do you think this goes beyond partisanship and can we get the democrats to understand this isn't a republican-democrat issue but really an issue for the good of country? mr. hatch: this should go way beyond partisanship. if we pass it here by the requisite two-third

mr. paul: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up amendment 414. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. paul, proposes amendment 414. at the appropriate place insert the following. mr. paul: mr. president, i ask that the reading be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. paul: this amendment will raise the debt ceiling $2.4 trillion. this will comply with the president's budget. many on the other side have asked for a clean vote on raising the debt ceiling. because i want to get along and go along i want to make this vote available for those who want to raise the debt ceiling. i will vote no but i wanted to do this in consideration with the majority's wishes. thank you. appropriate the senator from california. -- the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: mr. president, let the games begin. that's what's going on around here. i have full respect for my colleagues. and you can tell

mr. paul. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i really speak on the house floor -- rarely speak on the house floor and almost never have i come to the floor two times in one day to speak on one issue. but this is my fourth trip to the floor today on this issue because i consider it so important and so serious. if i could rename this bill i would call it a bill to authorize the use of force in libya. that is what we are doing. we should not kid ourselves. we are authorizing the use of force. we are endorsing the obama war in libya. some see this as weakening our presence over there. but there is no doubt if you read it carefully we are expanding and giving authority because of the exceptions. the exceptions include search and research, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, refueling, planning, contract labor can still go in, the c.i.a. is in there already, special forces. and paying for it. how can

mr. paul: mr. speaker, this is a resolution that endorses the policies that have been going on for four months. not only is the congress basically been pretty strong in opposition of what's been going on, the american people are even more so. so what this resolution does, it endorses exactly what has been going on, another unconstitutional war, involvement and justification under nato, the united nations, doing it secretly. there's an attempt to restrain the funding of this effort over here over in libya, but why and how can we restrain it because we never authorized it? restrain unauthorized funds? the president just goes and does it. . the challenge on the congress looking at the unitary president. the unitary president has been around for quite a few years and that means presidents do what he they want. the congress just acknowledges it. so that is what we are doing. this is what this resolution does. it acknowledges and gives the authority to the president to pursue what he has been doing. so o

mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i really speak on the house floor -- rarely speak on the house floor and almost never have i come to the floor two times in one day to speak on one issue. but this is my fourth trip to the floor today on this issue because i consider it so important and so serious. if i could rename this bill i would call it a bill to authorize the use of force in libya. that is what we are doing. we should not kid ourselves. we are authorizing the use of force. we are endorsing the obama war in libya. some see this as weakening our presence over there. but there is no doubt if you read it carefully we are expanding and giving authority because of the exceptions. the exceptions include search and research, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, refueling, planning, contract labor can still go in, the c.i.a. is in there already, special forces. and paying f it. how can you do that without paying for it? we are there, is will be the first time the president will have received any information from t

mr. paul: mr.s a resoluti that endorses the policies that have been going on for four months. not only is the congress basicallbeen pretty strong in opposition of what's been going on, the american people are even more so. so what this resolution does, it endorses exactly what has been going on, another unconstitutional war, involvement and justification under nato, the united nations, doing it secretly. there's an attempt to restrain the funding of this effort over here over in libya, but why and how can we restrain it becse we never authorized it? restrain unauthorized funds? the president just goes and does it. . the challenge on the congress looking at the unitary president. the unitary president has been around for quite a f years and that means presidents do what he they want. the congress just acknowledges it. so that is what we are doing. this is what this resolution does. it acknowledges and gives the authority to the president to pursue what he has been doing. so obviously h.j.res. 68 for

mr. paul: mr. is a resolution that endorses the policies that have been going on for four months. not only is the congress basically been pretty strong in opposition of what's been going on, the american people are even more so. so what this resolution does, it endorses exactly what has been going on, another unconstitutional war, involvement and justification under nato, the united nations, doing it secretly. there's an attempt to restrain the funding of this effort over here over in libya, but why and how can we restrain it because we never authorized it? restrain unauthorized funds? the president just goes and does it. . the challenge on the congress looking at the unitary president. the unitary president has been around for quite a few years and that means presidents do what he they want. the congress just acknowledges it. so that is what we are doing. this is what this resolution does. it acknowledges and gives the authority to the president to pursue what he has been doing. so obviously h.j.r

the honorable nancy pelosi and her husband, mr. paul pelosi mr. stewart banum and his wife, mrs.n and his wife, ms. colleen nunn. the honorable gregory meeks and his wife, mrs. mary meeks. the honorable tom corbett, governor of pennsylvania. ms. jeannette weaver ruish. mr. perry white and his wife, mrs. phylicia white. the honorable william burns. mr. james taylor and his wife, mrs. caroline taylor. >> have you performed at the white house before? >> no. >> we have, i think, five or six songs, no real surprises, sort of greatest hits. i'm just excited to be in this company and just to perform at the white house is a privilege. >> have you ever been here before? >> yes, we have. i received the national medal of the arts. that's when we met. we met during the campaign. they actually suggested "you have a friend" for the theme of the evening. >> how is your german? [speaking german] learned it in school. >> boarding school, new england boarding school. >> my father. >> what are you wearing tonight? ♪. >> the president, chancellor merkel and their spouses later appeared in the white

mr. paulrst one, h.j.res. 68, will be one to endorse exactly what the president has been doing. it doesn't talk about special forces, c.i.a. and unlimited bombing which is what we have to expect. the second one, h.r. 2278, has said to be more strongly worded on restraint from the president and this is where i disagree. i believe the wording is different and it says no funds for ground troops but then it has exceptions and the exceptions are for all the things that we're already doing. so i believe if we vote and pass the second one it will be the first time this congress has given authority to the president for what he is doing right now. so i urge my colleagues to look at both of these carefully. i have concluded that not only should the first one be voted on but it is very important that the second one be voted down as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, good morning. i ask unanimous c

mr. paul served as a staff member to the great representative jim jones and the state of indiana is a former representative. as a chief foreign policy trade advisory to house democratic whip david winer from the state of michigan. mr. potter and a ba in foreign service from national politics. he's mentioned as well -- as was an m.a. from georgetown university school foreign service. mr. paul, what berkeley are here. we'll start with that or zandi and the electorate. >> thank you, senator casey encompassing 3-d for the opportunity to be here today. panoply of the mideast organization and these are my views and expressing today. just so you know i'm not in a tech come i did start my own company in a good-sized business organization about five years ago. is remarks. , manufacturing and vital role in our economy, in the business cycle and the economy more broadly and that is clearly in the current economic recovery. manufacturing has been key to the growth we've experienced over the past two years

i agree with mr. pauln many more issues at this point than the guy i voted for in 2008 which was barack obama. i think if the republican party to have the common sense to nominate him as president, people like me would cross over and vote. host: if the republicans do not nominate mr. paul, would you go back to supporting mr. obama? caller: i would hold my nose and do so. host: talk about potential crossovers. guest: i think you would see a lot of the support obama had the last time begin to erode. it will depend on whether republicans can have a candidate that will appeal to them and have a cross over to vote for the other side. host: your thoughts on the cross over? guest: i am not optimistic about that. i do not see it as realistic. host: here is a headline about anthony weiner. is this going to have a long- term effect on the presidential campaign? is this strictly local? guest: i do not think it will have much impact on the presidential. it does add to the fury that so many voters have that you have a

mr. paul serves as a staff member to the late represent jim johns from the state of indiana and former representative peter barker from the state of wisconsin. and as the chief foreign policy and trade adviser to then house democratic whip he received a b.a. from pennsylvania state university as well as an m.a. from george town. we'll start with dr. zandy. >> thank you congressmen for the opportunity to be here today. i am an employee of the moody's operation, but these are my views i'm expressing. so you know i'm not an egg head. i did start my own company and grew into a pretty good size small business and sold it to the moody's organization about five years ago. so i've always been a business person as well. first, manufacturing plays a vital role in our economy in the business cycle and in the economy more broadly. that's clearly evident in the current economic recovery. manufacturing has been key o the growth that we have experienced over the past two years. just to give you a few statist

kucinich: i yield a minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. paul. the chair: the gentleman from -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in strong support for h.con.res. 51. we need to pass this resolution to send this very strong message . we have been told by those who oppose this message that we should not have an abrupt withdrawal from the region. but i would strongly suggest that what we should be talking about is the abrupt and illegal entry into war. that's what we have to stop. since we went in abruptly and illegally we need to abruptly leave. it has also been said by those who oppose this resolution that they concede that the congress should assume their prerogatives over the war powers but do it gradually. i would strongly suggest that when we took our oath of office we assumed that radically and suddenly, we took an oath of office to obey the constitution, not defer to the united nations and that we already have assumed that responsibility and

mr. paul. >> mr. bersin, do you keep a database on all those who are visiting our country on a visa -- travel visa or student visa? >> senator paul, what c.b.p. does in terms of smibblet of everyone who crosses -- admissibility of everyone who crosses into the united states ever day and we have a million people coming into the united states every day that are -- whose admissibility is handled by c.b.p. officers, at airports, land ports and seaports. so we have a record of every person entering into the country and the basis on which he or she does so, yes, sir. >> do you also have a record of when they leave? >> we do not have a biometric exit system in place yet. we have been working within d.h.s. to look at the -- the exit system and there have been a number of pilots that have been handled by u.s. -- t.s.a. and c.b.p. and coming up with a recommendation as to how an exit system can be reliably handled. recognizing that the airport context is one that is a manageable environment. the land borders are

kucinich: i yield a minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. paul. the chair: the gentleman from -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in strong support for h.con.res. 51. we need to pass this resolution to send this very strong message . we have been told by those who oppose this message that we should not have an abrupt withdrawal from the region. but i would strongly suggest that what we should be talking about is the abrupt and illegal entry into war. that's what we have to stop. since we went in abruptly and illegally we need to abruptly leave. it has also been said by those who oppose this resolution that they concede that the congress should assume their prerogatives over the war powers but do it gradually. i would strongly suggest that when we took our oath of office we assumed that radically and suddenly, we took an oath of office to obey the constitution, not defer to the united nations and that we already have assumed that responsibility and

kucinich: i yield a minute to theentleman from texas, mr. paul. the chair: the gentleman from -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in strong support for h.con.res. 51. we need to pass this resolution to send this very strong message . we have been told by those who oppose this message that we should not have an abrupt withdrawal from the region. but i would strongly suggest that what we should be talking about is the abrupt and illegal entry into war. that's what we have to stop. since we went in abruptly and illegally we need to abruptly leave. it has also been said by those who oppose this resolution that they concede that the congress should assume their prerogatives over the war powers but do it gradually. i would strongly suggest that when we took our oath of office we assumed that radically and suddenly, we took an oath of office to obey the constitution, not defer to the united nations and that we already have assumed that responsibility and

sessions, for mr. paul, proposes amendments en bloc numbered 502 and 503. mr. sessions: mr. president, i thank the chair and would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the leader. mr. reid: i ask consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that at 10:00 a.m. tuesday, june 29, 2011, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en bloc. calendars number 62, 110 and 145 with all the provisions of the previous unanimous consent agreement remaining in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 215. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 215, designating the month of june, 2011, as national cytomegalovirus awareness month. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed

the department of my colleagues at the department of transportation. >> that would be great. >> mr. paul mr. bersin, do you keep a database on owls those visiting the country on the visa, travel or student visa? >> cementer paul, with the cbp does and the admissibility of every one that crosses to the united states every day, and we have a million people coming to the united states a free day whose admissibility is handled by the cbp officers at airports connally and ports and seaports, so we have a record of every person entering into the country on the basis on which he or she does so. yes, sir. >> you also have a record of when they leave? >> we do not have the biometric exit system in place yet. we have been working within dhs to look at the exit system, and there's been a number of pilots that have been handled by the tsa and cbp in terms of coming up with recommendations as to how an exit system can be reliably handled, recognizing that the airport context is one that is a manageable environment. land borders are actually the environment that present the greatest challenge to our e

very frankly, had paul and mr. camp and mr. hencealing supported it, it would have had 14 out of 18... let me continue. which would have meant then, both senator reid and then speaker pelosi had pledged if they got the 14 out of 18 votes, they would have put it on the floor. was it perfect? nothing's perfect. but it certainly serves as a basis, i think, for bipartisan agreement. >> schieffer: let's see. >> what happened was that the president disavowed his own commission. he put out a budget that did nothing to fix the problem. republicans, since we didn't like all the details in the commission, we took a dozen or so ideas from the commission, put it in our budget. we passed a budget to fix this problem, to pay off the debt, grow the economy, save medicare, fix the social safety net. we put our plan out there. then, the president just launched another commission, the biden commission, which is now underway. we need real leadership on this. steny has exercised leadership, but not every democrat is steny hoyer in the white house

mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i really speak on the house floor -- rarely speak on the house floor and almost never have i come to the floor two times in one day to speak on one issue. but this is my fourth trip to the floor today on this issue because i consider it so important and so serious. if i could rename this bill i would call it a bill to authorize the use of force in libya. that is what we are doing. we should not kid ourselves. we are authorizing the use of force. we are endorsing the obama war in libya. some see this as weakening our presence over there. but there is no doubt if you read it carefully we are expanding and giving authority because of the exceptions. the exceptions include search and research, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, refueling, planning, contract labor can still go in, the c.i.a. is in there already, special forces. and paying for it. how can you do that without paying for it? we are there, this will be the first time the president will have received any information fr

. >> thank you, mr. paul. everyone was close to their time. you were actually under time.tty impressive. we're grateful for that. i'll start the questions. our members of the committee know when their turn will come up. i wanted to start with you. i was glad you walked through recommendations because i think today we get a sense from everyone who has spoken from a microphone. there's more analysis than with could do. there's ways toe impruf t picture of manufacturing. i'll ask other witnesses as well. but one of the points you made, and you were able to make part of it. when you start on page 6 with the recommendations the first one you make is, and i'm quoting, first pass legislation to allow american workers and firms to seek relief from the effects of currcy manipulation by china and other countries. using our economisting trade laws. unquote. later in the paragraph, y say that america would see a significant boost in gdp, up to 1.9%. 2.25 million more jobs and $71 billion annually in deficit reduction. and by doing ha? >> i'm sorry. let me turn on the microphone here.

toomey of pennsylvania, mr. paul of kentucky, both failed. the only budget that has passed either body is the ryan budget. and that's what we are looking at today. those numbers. i understand that there's a lot of reluctance to make some of these tough decisions. today in america, 61 million people receive monthly government checks. that's anything from welfare to medicare to farm payments to veteran retirement to social security. lots of people receiving lots of money. these programs are enormously popular. and they are deeply integrated into our economic system and culture. therefore reforming these programs is very, very difficult. and to further complicate things, 47% of american households do not pay income taxes. for them the status quo is working just fine. so addressing these things is very difficult. if you look at the spending pattern the last several years it's frightening. march, 2008, $29 billion to bail out bear stearns. may of 2008, $168 million stimulus package from the bush administration. in july of 2008, $200 billion to bai

mr. president, members of the board. i'm brad paul and speaking today as a father and individual with over 30 years of experience in housing and land use policy in san francisco. i support this project as currently proposed for economic reasons, humanitarian reasons and design reasons. on the economic side you've heard that lowering this increases the operating losses. while i appreciate the mayor's office of housing offer to cover those losses i agree with commission erron miguel who said i understand what the word "covering" means. it means you're taking that $500,000 or so away from some other deserving project to make this work. we can't afford to do tt. on the humanitarian side, that's nine fewer projects each year but over the life of the project, that's hundreds of fewer kids who will not have their lives changed for the better because of this. these are kids that are at the greatest risk of homelessness, of ending up in jail. with the income they're going to have they can't afford cars. they will take one of the seven muni lin

mr. hyde. next. >> hi, my name is paul koskie and i appear to ask you to support pam hemphill in her application for animal welfare and control commissioner. in the four years that pam has been on the animal control and welfare, i have attended many of the meetings and through those meetings i have come to know pam as a dedicated, compassionate advocate for both pets and wildlife that live in san francisco. her concern and focus extend not only to the dogs and the cats that find homes in san francisco but also include small mammals, birds, reptiles that people keep in their homes as companions and pets. pam also, though, recognize that's there are many animals that live in san francisco that don't have owners. these feral animals and wildlife also need a voice and advocate to make sure that their care and needs are provided for. pam, through her position on the commission, has stepped forward and have been a spokesperson for those animals in san francisco that don't have such a voice. on a personal side, pam has some of the things that pam has been involved with, you can find her picking up fledglin

mr. paul: now, yesterday the president went on national television and chastised congress.he said to congress, and i quote, "members of congress need to cancel things." well, you know what? i agree. i'm here today, though, mr. president. where are you? my understanding is the president is campaigning, has a fund-raiser in philadelphia tonight. i don't believe he's here tackling the nation's problems today. wcialtion he could send us the vice president, but i don't think the vice president is either here. will i think he's in las vegas campaigning tonight. so the thing is it is a two-way streevment if he's going to go on national television and chastise us not for doing work, we're here saying, we want to be work on the nation's problems. we're here taking the nation's debt is a problem. his administration has said the number-one national security threat we face is the debt. where is the president? campaigning. we're here, mr. president. and weep we will have an offer. we don't want to raise the debt ceiling. we don't want more debt. but as republicans, for the good of the c

paul t.m.p. klaus pizza will show mr walsh what will happen if you keep bailing them out. you know and you will treaties. was regulated that there must be any bailout because. otherwise. you will. ruin the applique finances of those countries who are contributing to it. as long as each country is responsible for its budget it has to take full responsibility and the only right answer to that is no bailout how do the bailouts affect the german economy in germany we are making a lot of efforts to keep public debt under control. we just amended our constitution we put in their so-called truth and dept break. which. defines the steps we have to take with our. budgets. in order to come to the zero nine and then start paying the debt back. and he is dangerous if this is. infected by. policy national policy of either you are partners. or that's it it's an invitation to a bigger my neighbor policy and you say ok if i don't get any more money from the credits from the capital markets well i'll just take it from the other countries and this is the thing that i cannot explain to my wa

paul t.m.p. klaus pizza will show mr walsh what will happen if you keep bailing them out. you know and you would treaties that was regulated that there must be any bailouts because. otherwise you. you would. ruin the. finances of those countries who are contributing to it. as long as each country is responsible for its budget it has to take full responsibility and the only right answer to that is no bailout how do the bailouts affect the german economy in germany we are making a lot of efforts to keep public debt under control. we just amended our constitution we put in their so-called freedom dept break. which. defines the steps we have to take with our. budgets. in order to come to the zero nine and then start paying the debt back. and it is dangerous if this is. infected by. policy national policy of either you're a populist. whether it's it is a.

paul? >> thank you mr. speaker. earlier this year the prime minister demonstrated a strength of character to talk about the issue of multiculturalism. in view of the fact that i have a christian first seek and a sek surname i want my indian values with my core british values can we learn a lot from our indian partners in this effect many of who define their nationality regardless of their ethnic and religious backgrounds? >> i absolutely pay tribute to my honorable friend and the work he doesn this issue. i think it's absolutely vital as a country that we build a stronger national identity and people clearly feel that yes, of course, you can have all sorts of different religious identities and indeed cultural identities but it's very important we build a strong british identity and he's living proof of that. >> thank you, mr. speaker. tomorrow the european parliament will decide whether to increase the e.u.'s carbon reduction target to 30% by 2020. this is a commitment made in the coalition agreemt. according to rep

mr. gingrich. after a spectacular flip-flop belly flop on the paul ryan kill medicare budget plan right out of the r his presidential campaign started. mr. gingrich's campaign, you might recall, immediately bumble ed into another mine field. remember, the candidate could not and would not explain a quarter million to half million dollar revolving charge account that he had at the jeweler tiffany's. why is this a problem? it's sort of like a nonsexual version of the ick factor. for a guy trying to run as a fiscal conservatives, the hundreds of thousands worth of jewelry on credit is just hard to explain. it's an image thing. mr. gingrich has been at pains ever since to try to revise his image. to try to re-establish some man of the people credentials. trying to not seem like an out of touch rich washington guy who spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on diamonds. in the midst of that image challenge, mr. gingrich is actually off the campaign trail for a while on a two-week vacation. asked on friday where it was that mr. gingrich would be vacationing, mr. gingrich's spokesman would not say. that w

mr. president, you're no economic superpower. >> congressman ron paul argues presidents of both parties ignoren in starting wars. >> how long are we going to allow our presidents to go to war in an improper manner? if we have to go to war, debate the issue, declare war and win it and get it over with. [ applause ] >> and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum shared a lesson. >> but i learned from my 2006 election, which i lost, that losing isn't the worst thing that can happen. not standing up for your principles is the worst thing that can happen. >> also there was jim demint, a man many on the right wish would join the presidential race. he's with us now. senator, you've heard some of the grumbling, you're hearing it in new orleans, you've heard it from your friends in the conservative movement. they look at this field and say could be better. in your hometown tomorrow, greenville, south carolina, there will be a draft jim demint rally. will you run for president? >> no. have no plans to run for president. frankly, the more i see of the republican field, the better i feel about it. i thi

mr. alvarez. >> chairman paul, a ranking member clay, members of the subcommittee, the federal reserve bank of new york appreciate the opportunity to discuss the way the federal reserve and forms the congress and the american people about its policies and actions. central bank lending facilitates the implementation of monetary policies and allows the central bank to address short-term liquidity pressures in the banking system. the role of the lender of last resort is a critical one long filled by central banks around the world especially during times of economic crisis when discount window lending can mitigate strains in the financial markets that could otherwise escalate and lead to sharp declines in output and employment. in the united states all discount window loans are fully secured and the federal reserve hasn't suffered a loss to date on its discount window lending. the federal reserve regularly release is significant detailed information about its operations in order to promote the understanding of how the federal reserve foster's financial stability and economic stability and to facilitat

mr. alvarez. >> chairman paul, ranking member clay members of the subcommittee, thomas baxter the general counsel of the federal reserve tank and i appreciate that part our tendency to discuss the way the federal reserve informs the congress and the american people about its his policies and actions. .. lost to date on an discount window lending. a federal reserve regular larry releases sycophant detailed information about its operations in order to promote the understanding of how the federal reserve foster's financial stability and economic stability and facilitate an evaluation of our actions while preserving the ability to effectively fulfill the responsibilities that the congress has given the federal reserve. since 1914 the federal reserve has published its balance sheet every week. we also publish full financial statements annually that are audited by an independent public accounting firm which for the last four years has been delayed. these audits covered mainly in the tool and iii as well as the transactions conducted through the discount window and with foreign central banks. the federa

paul? >> thank you mr. speaker. earlier this year the prime minister demonstrated a strength of character to talk about the issue of multiculturalism. in view of the fact that i have a christian first seek and a sek surname i want my indian values with my core british values can we learn a lot from our indian partners in this effect many of who define their nationality regardless of their ethnic and religious backgrounds? >> i absolutely pay tribute to my honorable friend and the work he does on this issue. i think it's absolutely vital as a country that we build a stronger national identity and people clearly feel that yes, of course, you can have all sorts of different religious identities and indeed cultural identities but it's very important we build a strong british identity and he's living proof of that. >> thank you, mr. speaker. tomorrow the european parliament will decide whether to increase the e.u.'s carbon reduction target to 30% by 2020. this is a commitment made in the coalition agreement. according to

now, sarah palin brought up paul revere. >> yes. >> bill: while she was in boston. we liked mr.e. he was a patriot and good horseback rider. roll the tape. >> he who warned the british that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and making sure as he rides his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free. >> as she said that was -- as we said that already has people talking sarah palin touring the freedom trail in boston. of course the real life version vorns lanterns. >> >> one if by land and two by sea the old church lanterns there. so anyway, they made -- what do you think? >> well, brian williams, how just played there, brian williams said that he didn't cover the anthony weiner story because he had more compelling things to cover. this was one of the more compelling things he had to cover. >> bill: the bells and stuff. >> sarah palin mangled the paul revere story. i don't think if she says she didn't. she did. but why did nbc and the others make a bill deal out of it, beca

mr. speaker, in our area, paul area is flooded -- the whole area is flooded. there are people who have run out of steam, but the government has shown very little concern for accelerating help. they have done so for manitoba and alberta, but they aren't -- they are ignoring those for quebec until today. will the minister of human- resources explain why the victims still today have to wait for accelerated service? the hon. minister of human- resources. [applause] >> mr. speaker, all across canada, canadians who fall victim to national -- to natural disasters have to get the same support from the government regardless of where they live. that is why, as soon as i learned of the situation, i asked the department to be ensured that victims of the flooding in the regime would receive the same priority treatment and processing for ei claims as elsewhere in canada. it will get that immediately, and details are available on our website. [applause] >> mr. speaker. our communities both rural and urban and need support to give their infrastructure a second wind. think of

paul, blackberry or iphone? >> blackberry. >> blackberry it is. mr. speaker, "dancing with the stars" or "american idol"? >> "american idol." >> "american idol" it is. >> that's all for us tonight. we had fun with the candidates. we were trying to have a good smile there. we're never perfect here, but we do our best and we try. that's all for us tonight. i'll see you right here tomorrow night and maybe at another debate down the road. debate down the road. "in the arena" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. welcome to the program. i'm eliot spitzer. breaking news tonight. the wisconsin law that has torn that state apart, the one that takes away collective bargaining rights, tonight it has been reinstated and now becomes law. right now thousands of angry protesters are crowding the halls of the capitol in madison as they have been for months. they're making their anger clear at governor scott walker, the man who has bet his office on changing the way unions do business. the wisconsin state supreme court has rejected a challenge to the law. now tens of thousands of work