mr. ryan's and mr. boccieri's districts, the similar experiences that are happening in pennsylvaniaaas well and we had a choice to make in 2009 when we as members of this house had to make a decision as to what to do when we were looking off the cliff into the aayss with an economy that was on the verge of collapse in a verr literal sense. we could have done nothing or more of the same. those were two of our options and there were people on the other side of the aisle who wanted to take that approach, to continue to pursue the policies ttat led us to being in that position in the firsttplace, but we chose not to do that. we chose to take action in a very forceful and present proactive way. and now, a year and a half laterr where are we? it's fair to ask, what's been the benefit of this? this was a huge bill. this was a monumental vote and a vote that many of us took with the knowledge that there were things in the bill that we could support. there were a lot of things we knew moving forward were going t

mr. ryan: at this time, mr. speaker, i'd like to yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished senior member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from california, mr. herger. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. herger: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from wisconsin. yesterday the supreme court delivered a victory for our constitutional freedoms by upholding the right of individual citizens to keep an bear arms. to fully honor the second amendment, we must also be vigilant against regulations that place unnecessary burdens on manufacturers of guns and ammunition. the requirement for manufacturers that pay federal excise tax biweekll+y is costly and does not improve tax compliance or public safety. h.r. 5552 is a commonsense bill that doesn't add to the deficit and will help ensure law-abiding americans have access to american-made firearms. it is supported by the n.r.a. and a number of hunting and conservation groups. i urge the passage of this le

yes, i wear it that way because it's easy to see what time it is, mr. ryan.ther tell you that? my least favorite mail comes from people who want me to promote something. obviously, they don't know that i don't do that. i guess that's why someone sent me this michael jackson cutout paper doll book. here's a nice letter to the producer of "60 minutes" from someone named m. titus. mr. titus says about me, "he's not funny, he's not clever, he makes me dislike old men in general." next week, maybe i'll do a funny and clever piece about you, mr. titus. >> pelley: i'm scott pelley. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." chronologically i'm 60 years old. is it the new 40, i don't know. i probably feel about 30. how is it that we don't act our age? [ marcie ] you keep us young. [ kurt ] we were having too much fun, we weren't thinking about a will at that time. we have responsibilities to the kids and ourselves. we're the vargos and we created our wills on legalzoom. finally. [ laughter ] [ shapiro ] we created legalzoom to help you take care of

rya as you know, i'm a big fan of mr. ryan. i don't agree with mr. ryan. but i don't have to agree with somebodyo have grearespect for their intellect and political courage aheir willingness to be real, to put mething on the table that really would make a diffence. my side for the mostart doesn't agreeith his treatment of social security, medicare and some her tings, but i asked the gentleman last time if he wants me to put th budgetn the floor en whatever we t on the floor on our side so at both of tse be considered. we're prepared to do that, but my iend, i will tell you, i'm not looking, as i said before, for contrition but i alooking for recogtion that we neeto work together ande hest. honest with those american people that yore asking questions to tt the items you put on your list are worthy of consideration but they will not get us to where we need to get. as one of mccain's advisor, former republican, director o o.m.b., as the policies of the bush administration dug a very deep hole. you can haveontrition about it, but that doesn't solve it. what's

on the deficit, again, as i mentioned to mr. ryani think it is really a question of trajectory, a very sharp consolidation and fiscal policy this year would not be a good idea of. i think given the fragility of the recovery at this point, but maintaining a strong recovery in keeping interest rates low would be assisted by a commitment by congress to bring the deficit to a sustainable level and the debt to a relatively flat level to gdp over medium-term. >> ms. delauro. >> thank you mr. chairman. dr. bernanke, welcome and thank you. as expressed here and in other forums, the concern about the adverse effects of the growing deficit and debt in the coming years, and its long-term effect on our economy. i worry that there is a great deal of confusion about what the concerns implied about policy choices. now and over the next few years. for instance, the concerns about the economic deficit and debt led some house members to demand that the fiscal relief for the state in the form of a temporary extension of the increase in the federal matc

mr. boccieri: thank you for taking on the challenge of setting the record straiggt. just as an aside, a few years ago as a state legislator, i was watching c-span and you and congressman ryan were talling a few years ago and i thought wow, how neat would it be to stand beside each other. so it's an honor to share this stage with you to talk about how we get our country back on track and getting our economy moving again. i agree thht america has to be the producer of wealth, not just the movers of wealth. we have to invest n our work force. we have to invest in things that are going to make us different than the rest of the world. and we have that here. you know, you look at the computer, our space program, you look at things that have been invented here. things don't happen by accident in america, because we have some of the greatest entrepreneurs, great entrepreneurial spirit, we have great minds, great thirst and we have a great form of -- great thinkers and we have a great form of people. what we hear from our colleagues on the republican side is that po has been the standard answer here for the last year and a half. the party of no. just say no crowd. no to ideas, no t

mr. negroponte served as ambassaaor to mexico, the philippines, and later on we will be joined by ryan crocker. as you look to iraq and afghanistan, what are your thoughts? guest: as far as iraq, better. i was there from 2004 to 2005. certainly, better than 2006, when there was rampant sectarian violence. the fact you have had one prime minister in power for four years, that they are taking over security. when i arrived in june 2004, they had a grand total of one battalion in their army. now they have close to 500,000 troops to help maintain security. as we are withdrawing, we aren't leaving them in pretty good shape. -- we are leaving them in pretty good shape. it was an interesting post. it was one of the most gratifying things. we were able to carry up the first successful elections in the iraq after the overthrow of saddam hussein. i think we were surprised by the peaceful outcome of those elections. host: mike, on the democratic line. caller: i was watching this is really -- isreali flotilla att ack. it is clear what was happening. every middle eastern islamic country is up in arms. they