. >> yes, mr. scott. >> i just have a couple of questions that i would like to ask before we go. >> of course. >> and what we'll do, we'll end up and give the remaining time as much as he needs to mr. scott. he won't return, but i promise i will and i know the chairman of the committee, mr. cohen, he will be here because he, too, is a kentucky colonel. with that i'll yield to the gentleman. >> i wanted to ask mr. hildebrand in the normal bankruptcy, if you have a yacht , and it's upside down and you owe more than the value of the yacht, what happens? >> the implication in the question is can bankruptcy judges, can a bankruptcy plan structure and recognize the economic reality that you mentioned in your opening remarks that the collateral is the extent of the secured claim, whether it's a yacht or a piece of business equipment or whether it's an airplane for united airlines or whether it's the plans for general motors. braptsi judges are entrusted with the ability to make these valuations and determine th

with the question and answer period and i would now like to turn to my colleague from virginia, mr. scott his questions. >> dr. elmendorf, thank you. i would like to call up the first chart. it is this one you are looking at. as you can see, this is a chart of the deficit going back to 19 1980. you will notice the blue bar shows the deficit, a significant deficit was inherited, eliminated, and we went up to surplus. the projected 10-year surplus starting in 2001, 10-year surplus was about $5.5 trillion. could you -- what happened in 1991 to create that chart, the blue part of the chart? in 1993, i'm sorry. >> well, as you know, congressman, during the 1990's there were significant policy actions taken to narrow the deficit. there was also an economic recovery and boom that increased revenues and increased spending. >> did the votes in 1993 help create that chart? >> yes, they did, congressman. >> what happened had 2001? >> well, as you know, the economy was in recession and also there were legislative actions taken that widened the deficit. >> 2001? >> excuse me? >> when did the recession

continue with question and answer period, and i would now like to turn to my colleague from virginia, mr. scottfor his questions. >> thank you. dr. elmendorf, i would like to pull up the first chart. it's this one that you are looking at as you can see, this is a chart of the deficit going back to 1980. and you will notice the blue bar shows the deficit, significant deficit was inherited, eliminated, and we went up to surplus. the projected 10 year surplus after the year, starting in 2001, 10 year surplus was about $5.5 trillion. what happened in 1991 to create that chart, the blue part of the chart? in 1993, i'm sorry. >> as you know, congressman, during the 1990s there were significant policy actions taken to narrow the deficit. there was also an economic recovery a boom that increase revenues and reduce spending which further narrowed the deficit. >> those were taken in 1993, did the votes in 1993 helped create that chart? >> yes, they did, congressman. >> what happened in 2001? >> well, so as you know, the economy was in recession and also there were legislative actions taken that widen the

continue with question and answer period, and i would now like to turn to my colleague from virginia, mr. scott, for his questions. >> thank you. dr. elmendorf, i would like to pull up the first chart. it's this one that you are looking at as you can see, this is a chart of the deficit going back to 1980. and you will notice the blue bar shows the deficit, significant deficit was inherited, eliminated, and we went up to surplus. the projected 10 year surplus after the year, starting in 2001, 10 year surplus was about $5.5 trillion. what happened in 1991 to create that chart, the blue part of the chart? in 1993, i'm sorry. >> as you know, congressman, during the 1990s there were significant policy actions taken to narrow the deficit. there was also an economic recovery and boom that increase revenues and reduce spending which further narrowed the deficit. >> those were taken in 1993, did the votes in 1993 helped create that chart? >> yes, they did, congressman. >> what happened in 2001? >> well, so as you know, the economy was in recession and also there were legislative actions taken that widen

mr. secretary, thank you. scott smith mayor of mesa, arizona. thank you for your visit. and we have a bidding war now so you can out hooken looper. -- hickenlooper. i can outcook hickenlooper any day. i believe mesa is the first one to apply under small start of what i with a small extension that comes to downtown and we're ecstatic -- >> congratulations on that. >> we think we met it. otherwise we're going to blow it off the starts with the new standards so thank you very much. one question i'd like to ask about is -- you've talked a lot about mpos and about some reformation that might need to come from mpos and i think one of the things that's come out through the stimulus and how the dollars have flowed is it's accentuated maybe some flaws but some deficiencies in that cities are not being able to make the type of decisions and the flow of funds directly to cities is certainly been affected by the mpo system as we have now. what kind of specific ideas or proposals would you have to reform mpos in how cities can become more directly involved in those decisions? >> i me

mr. president, i called my office early this morning and asked my faithful assistant janice shelton to arrange a call for me to talk to the new soon to be senator from massachusetts, scottbrown. i look forward to visiting with him. i look forward to welcoming him to the senate. and ask that he work with us. it's certainly a conversation i look forward to. so, mr. president, i hope that in this new year, we'll resolve to leave partisan political motivations behind and i hope that we'll share a renewed motivation to get to work, to legislate for the good of this country. mr. mcconnell: mr. pdent? the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: first, i want to welcome everyone back after what i hope was a restful time away from washington. it's good to be here. i can assure everyone that republicans are energized and eager to pick up where we left off. there's a lot to do and we're ready. the news of the day, of course, is that we'll soon be welcoming a new senator into our ranks. it's been a long time -- a very long time -- since the people of massachusetts sent a republican to the senate. so i'd like to congratulate senator-elect brown on his

a few hours agoer and a few minutes ago they've announced that martha cokely has conceded to scott brown. mr. speaker, i want to tell you, there was a shot heard around the world up there in lexington. 200-plus years ago, another shot heard around the world tonight. in fact, the scott heard around the world tonight and the american people rejecting socialized medicine. it's the american people rejecting overspending and fiscal irresponsibility and living for the now and passing out the government dole and making sure that nobody has to worry about anything except how their children and grandchildren are going to pay this massive debt that's been created in the trillions of dollars. and it's voting here on the floor to increase the national debt by smaller increments, $300 billion, the next time it will be a big ol chunk and there's no restraint whatsoever in spending, the blue dogs are more ground haugs. they've gone underground, mr. speaker. they used to come down here and what range republicans about spending too much money because we've have a deficit at the end of the year. i've always b

of time in the form of today senator-elect scott brown, tomorrow, massachusetts senator scott brown. thank you, mr. speaker, and we all yield back the balance of our time. mrs. bachmann: mr. speaker, i make a motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the lady lays before the house a communication. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, section 202-d the national emergency provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless prior to the anniversary date of its declaration the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the emergency declared with respect to foreign terrorists, to threaten to disrupt the middle east peace process is to continue in effect beyond january 23, 2010. the crisis with respect to the great acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists is threatened to disrupt the middle east peace process that led to the de

scott? caller: good morning, mr. smith. guest: good morning. caller: my name is scot owen and i represent the -- in north carolina. i have brief comment and question for you. and i appreciate your advocacy on what of the charter school movement. we really appreciate it. guest: yours as well. caller: thank you, sir. senator good all called and we've worked with him to help press our position for charter schools but what we're coming up against in the state of n.c. texas the state poured education implemented new policies that are requireing a greater than 66% performance two consecutive years in a row. toward the charter school movement. and what we're trying to get their attention is that we have a lot of charter schools. we are a minority-based charter cool to school. so we're very diverse in our population. but these new standards that go into effect are going to cause come of our brother and sister cheater schools that aren't performing to well, on and on and on and on and on and on and on -- >> they are going to be replaced into a tradition

mr. president. >> jon: on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller, syndicated columnist, cal thomas, jim pinkerton fellow new america foundation and news day columnist, ellen. i'm jon scottfox news watch is on right now. the year 2000, the new millennium, the beginning of a new decade of news and news coverage. the y2k bug was the big story of 2000, it quickly became a big bust. u.s. agents seize refugee elian gonzalez and after a long standoff sent him back to cuba. the u.s.s. cole attacked by terrorists in yemen, 17 american sailors were killed. figuring out the winner of the presidential election delayed due to ballot snafus in florida. the u.s. supreme court took on the issue, made a decision and 36 days after voters had gone to the polls, democratic presidential candidate al gore conceded the election to his republican challenger, texas governor george w. bush. he would become the nation 43rd president. jim, elliss, if you had to sum up that 2000 election fiasco in a few words, how would you roux describe it? >> i would say the reporters all voted for al gore in 2000, but they didn't like him. they liked bush much better so bush perversely got pretty good press in t

scott brown capitalized, winning a vacant u.s. senate seat and dealing a blow to the president's agenda. mr. obama has since tried to address rising anger against wall street, proposing limits on the size and scope of the biggest banks. and white house officials today called for a bipartisan task force on cutting the federal deficit, another issue that has been hurting the president. >> there is just this sense of anxiety, of frustration, of anger, the electorate is looking to take it out on somebody. >> last week it appeared the latest target might be federal reserve chairman ben bernanke has been nominated for a second term. senate support appeared to erode over his efforts to rescue the financial system. but senate leaders moved to tamp down the opposition over the weekend. >> i believe that his confirmation will be assured. >> are you on the same page? >> i'm going to vote for him. >> republican leader mitch mcconnell would not foretell his own vote but predicted bernanke will get his second term. >> he is going to have have bipartisan support in the senate and anticipate he would be con

scott? >> good afternoon, everybody. when they asked me to join this panel and i saw that mr.onyers was leading the panel, i thought, what with the rest of us have to say? we are sitting an icon, someone who was in the trenches seeing this bill through. what else can we add? i will try to do something. i want to thank the wilson center for inviting the congressional black caucus foundation to become a part of this important program today. i must add that i am very humbled to join this panel with mr. conyers. this country owes him a real debt of gratitude for hanging in there and sticking with this bill to see it become law. many of you young people are sitting up there, thinking, i cannot believe it took 15 years. you wonder what the big deal was. many of us still wonder. i am pleased to be serving on the panel to be on the panel with -- to be on the panel with denise. her parents gave a lot to this country. we appreciate their legacy and we are glad to have her on the panel to talk about the senate passing of the bill. i want to first talk about my the bill was passed. i am a

scott brown. i've offered him my congratulations and my best wishes on his victory tonight. and i wish to him and gail and to his two daughters -- and i told him mr. brown, you've got two lovely daughters, which he does. and he also extended his good wishes to me. so i wish we were here with other and better news tonight, but we are not. and i want to take this moment, first of all, for all of you in this room and those of you who are probably still out working. you poured your hearts and souls into this campaign. there are thousands of you, literally. we had thousands of people out on the streets since september. i want to say an incredibly sincere thank you for everything that you did. obviously not just for me but for the campaign and what we stood for in this campaign. so let's give yourselves a huge round of applause for what you've done. thank you! [cheers and applause] thank you. i will not forget the fierce determination with which we approached this. not just again about this campaign, about the things we believed in and we still believe in and we will still fight for even after tonight. i know you will join me in that. we never lost our

mr. kennedy a question and somehow i think it may be a continuation of what they may be talking about. >> maybe not. scott in massachusetts, you've supported legislation that would allow hospital employees to deny emergency care to rape victims if it was their choice. you have also in this campaign received the endorsement of the massachusetts right to life organization that said you will be a vote for right to life -- a vote for life in the senate. do you accept their endorsement or do you disavow that? >> well, first of all, thank you for your question. i have a very big tin. i appreciate everybody's support because this isn't about democrats, republicans and independents. it's about everybody. and i support everybody's support as you do as well. you have many special interests groups support. they are rallying around you to support the machine. yes, i did vote on a bill to allow women who are raped to get treatment. i supported. and i'm very proud of that vote and you and i both had the same position on abortion. that's roe v. wade is the law of the land and yet we have really difference. you wrote an

scott brown. i've offered him my congratulations and my best wishes on his victory tonight. and i wish to him and gale and to his two daughters, and i told him, mrou've got two lovely daughters, which he does, and he also extended his good wishes to me. so i wish we were here with other and better news tonight, but we are not. and i want to take this moment, first of all, for all of you, in this room and those of you who are probably still out working, you poured your hearts and souls into this campaign. and there are thousands of you, literally. we had thousands of people out on the street since september. and i want to say an incredibly sincere thank you for everything that you did. obviously, not just for me, but for the campaign and what we stood for in this campaign. and so let's give yourselves a huge round of applause for what you've done. thank you! thank you. i will not forget the fierce determination with which we approached this, not just again about this campaign, about the things we believed in and we still believe in and we will still fight for after tonight. and i know you will join me in that. we never lost our focus or our deter

scott brown in boston. and about 20 minutes, senate gop leaders speak with reporters about how mr. brown's win in yesterday's special election will affect the health-care debate. and after that, and democratic senate leaders also meet with reporters. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow on our companion network, c-span3. the senate armed services committee looks into the fort hood shootings at 9:30 p.m. eastern. at 3:00 p.m. eastern, the sarin -- senate foreign relations committee hears about afghanistan from special envoy richard holbrooke. abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolley madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. "the intimate lives of the founding fathers." the women who played a central part in the creating our country. the newly elected republican senator from massachusetts, scott brown, spoke with reporters in boston this morning for about 20 minutes. >> i am proud about the campaign we had. we work very hard and travel throughout the state talking with people and asking about the is

scott? very good job. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, everybody. when they asked me to join this panel and saw that mr. conyers was leading the panel, i said what will the rest of us have to say? we are sitting on the panel with an icon. we're sitting on the panel was somebody who was there in the trenches from day one on this bill, who conceptualize it and saw it all the way through. what else can we add? i will try to do something. i want to thank the wilson center for inciting the congressional black caucus center to become part of this important program today, and i must add i am very humbled to join this panel with mr. conyers. this country owes him a real debt of gratitude for hanging in there and sticking with this bill to see it has become the law, and many of you young people are saying we cannot imagine it took 15 years to get this bill passed, because you lived with the bill and you wonder what is the big deal, and many of those -- many of us who were around still wonder what is the big deal. i am also pleased to serve on the panel with denise burns. denise's parents left a long legacy of co

scott brown in boston. and about 20 minutes, senate gop leaders talk with reporters about how mr. brown possible and in yesterday's election will affect the health-care debate. and after that, democratic senate leaders also meet with reporters. >> next week, president obama delivered his first day of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and his vision to deal with issues like the war in iraq and afghanistan for the state of the union address next wednesday, january 27, at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> the newly elected republican senator from massachusetts, scott brown, spoke with reporters in boston for about 20 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. i would like to read a brief statement and take a few questions. i hope you all have had a good night's sleep. i certainly have not. and i said last night i am proud about the campaign that we ran. we work very hard and we traveled throughout the state talking with people and asking about the issues that concern them. and we could not have done it with the extra door it -- without the ex

mr. adair, i'd like to see you bring the truth-o-meter back out on scott brown's campaign. because the media has been reporting that he never said said -- he never mentioned he was republican. so could you tell us honestly and fairly if his campaign ever mentioned he was a republican? you might have to do some work on that? >> host: interesting question. >> guest: that's great. i had the same thought. i was watching msnbc. i thought we have to fact check that. so maybe we'll look into that today. one the things we do on politifact is try to look at some of the state rates. we launched politifact texas and we're going to try to do it other states. the whole idea is to take the meter to the state level and do more checking like martha coakley, and scott brown. it's my belief that every elected official in america should have to face the truth-o-meter. we also check the talk show host like glenn beck and rush limbaugh. you make a great suggestion. >> host: promises not yet rated including the directing of rebuilding effort from the white house after a a catastrophe, also faili

scott brown area where he won most of the state. you see the martha coakley areas, places like crofton, were sister, -- worcester, springfield. mr. brown ran strongest in the suburbs of boston, where the independent voters who make up a majority in massachusetts turned out in large numbers. muscogmartha coakley did best in urban areas, but her margins were not large enough to carry her to victory. rasmussen reports did some polling, and these are their figures from last night. in the end, brown pulled off the upset in large part because he won unaffiliated voters 73% to 25%. he also picked up 21% from democrats. our polling shows that 53% of voters are democrats, 21% republican, and 26% not affiliated with either party. union workers went for martha coakley by just six points, 52% to 46%. georgia, good morning, joe, on the republican line. caller: this is the greatest thing that ever happened to america. i am meeting with a couple of tea party members. we put together a coalition of 47 small businesses. i predict that the republicans and the tea party members -- that is the coalition that me and oscar bone put together. we will h

mr. yarmuth: there is always a great deal of danger in spontaneous reactions to elections. one of the things that i felt about last night when i watched scott brown accept his victory in massachusetts was that, he didn't talk about returning to the agenda of the 2,000-2008, he didn't talk about returning to economic economics or republican agenda. he never mentioned the word republican. what he did talk about and he talked about it extremely well was about the need for us to listen to the people, that the job wasn't -- his job or a kennedy job, this was the people's job. and that's a lesson for all of us to learn. the true political victory will be won by the party and the individuals who demonstrate responsiveness to the needs of their communities and their citizens. we have been doing that now for a year. i think we can make a strong case on the democratic side that we have saved this country from an economic abyss. we will continue to do that while we listen to the people we work for. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro t

mr. kennedy a question and somehow i think it may be a continuation of what they've been talking about. i am not sure. [laughter] >> or maybe not. scott, massachusetts you supported legislation that would allow hospital employees to deny emergency care to treat victims if it was their choice. you also in this campaign received the endorsement of the massachusetts right to life organization that said you will be a vote for right-to-life vote for life in the senate. do you accept their endorsement or disavow that? >> kristin gore, thank you for the question. i have a very big tent. i appreciated your buddies support because this isn't about democrats or republicans, independents, it is about everybody in welcome mat for the visa support as you do. you have many special-interest support rolling around right now as word of the machine to do just that and yes, i did vote on a bill to allow women who are afraid to get treatment to get i supported that and i'm very proud of that vote and you and i both had the same position on abortion. that is roe v. wade is bill law of the land, did we have a very real difference and the difference is i mc

mr. blumenauer of oregon. the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes. >> i'd like to begin by offering the congratulations of myself and many others to senator-elect scott brown of massachusetts who had a very exciting victory yesterday and i know that he will be a good senator for the people of that state, but his victory means so much more to so many more people, not only the people of massachusetts who are very excited today but also people all across the country, because they viewed the election of senator brown as an opportunity to send a message to this government, this congress, and to say to the speaker of the house and the majority leader in the senate and others that we need to take a different approach to health care reform and to the general direction of our federal government with regard to the out of control spending that we are experiencing here in washington . last year's federal debt -- deficit of $1.4 trillion, another $1.2 trillion projected for this year, in fact, for each year, as far as the eye can see, deficits exceeding $600 billion a year, as far as out as we project them, -- as far out as we project them. at no time, does this

mr. brown winning and saying things about taxes and what have you really go to the crutch of scare tactics. >> host: he has his first thought post only a few pieces went to light by scott brown, a stunning political upset over state attorney general martha coakley ranks as one of the biggest shockers in modern political history. and is likely to set off a will to the repercussions both large and small. chris cillizza says martha coakley lost in the rearview mirror the attention of the political world will turn to the question whether or not congressional democrats particularly in the start jumpi. democratic leaders of the house huddled moments after the results were officials to try to settle at a strategy moving forward politically. we spoke to a handful of party strategists last night in search of the list to keep an eye on and among those that chris cillizza says to watch like skelton of missouri, john murtha of pennsylvania, john dingell of michigan, john spratt is a south dakota and leon croswell fallujah among others. yes, says chris cillizza, we know some of these members said recently the plan to run for reelection. we also know that an event like the republica