mr. smith: mr. speaker, here are the results of a new investors business daily public opinion poll about health care, and if you look at the chart right here you'll see those results. asked if congress should pass the current health care bill or start over, respondents said start fresh by a 2-1 ratio by 61% to 32% start over. for independents, the split was 65% to only 24%. on using the budget reconciliation process to

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i -- h.r. 1141 honors the accomplishments of the honorable sandra day o'connor, the first woman to serve on the united states supreme court. justice o'connor was born in el paso, texas, in 1930, and grew up on a cattle ranch called the lazy b near duncan, arizona. she befriended cowboys who worked on the ranch, learned to drive a car and shoot a gun and became an expert horseback rider. her parents decided she needed an education, so o'connor went to live with her maternal grandmother in el paso. she later studied economics at stanford university with aon toward -- with an eye toward working on the lazy b is she graduated in two years, which included valedictorian. one her other classmates, john jay owe coror, became her husband. this was the 1950's and she could not find work as a lawyer but she was determined. she starte

mr. smith: mr.aker, here are the results of a new investors business daily public opinion poll about health care, and if you look at the chart right here you'll see those results. asked if congress should pass the current health care bill or start over, respondents said start fresh by a 2-1 ratio by 61% to 32% start over. for independents, the split was 65% to only 24%. on using the budget reconciliation process to circumvent a senate filibuster to help pass the bill, 51% were opposed and 35% in favor. independents dislike the idea by 57% to 29% with 39% opposing it strongly. by 41% to 27%, americans were more likely to oppose than support lawmakers who voted for the current health care reform bill. the american people are right. congress should listen, start over and do it right. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one m

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute to address the house. mr. smith: mr. speaker, the senate's reconciliation procedure is designed for legislation to balance the budget. now, the administration wants to use reconciliation to force a health insurance scheme on the american people. the health care scheme under reconciliation means decisions made by the government behind closed doors against the wishes of the american people. a recent "new york times" article claim that they used reconciliation in the past but fail to acknowledge that they enacted a massive partisan policy change like $1 trillion government health care mandate. and the national media have largely ignored the fact that many democratic leaders, including the president, previously voiced strong opposition to reconciliation. in fact, the nonpartisan fact chec

i think they would have been happy if it had been mr. smith. or but i think the up side is that they all got out of math class and that was more traumatic. >> you are always glass half full. you are a little ray of sunshine. >> for you, it's almost empty. >> you know how i like my vodka. >> bill, is that your contribution to this conversation? >> my contribution is this -- is this any less traumatizing than dodge ball? >> yes, it is! mr. smith is bleeding. >> you are the bull-ee i'm the one that they aimed for. i still wake up screaming. >> they took it away. behind second base. >> from a mocked up bow to a mocking ton t. bow, according to a league source, he wants to get drafted high. the heaven-bound heisman winner asked fellow players about to take the i.q. test to bow their heads in prayer before the exam. and with that from, the back of the class, someone said -- >> shut the [bleep] up. >> someone said just that. that was followed by a room of gridiron giggles from god-fearing tim. i am not saying that tebow ended up crying like a baby, bu

mr. smith: if the gentleman will yield, i'll ask you in a little while to tell me about the conversation you had with one of the heroes. the majority in congress has always had great solidarity with the cube coup ban people. one of the people that i most admire, i knew of him before i got elected to congress by having conversations with you and see his record. they called him one of, i think, the hero of the oppressed. not in congress, just in our country. and so it's a privilege to have the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, again a hero of those who are oppressed, a hero of anyone who is struggling in a political prison in a gulag for his or her belief. mr. smith, it's a privilege to have you here. again, when we talk about heroes and in the gulags, we have it easy here, because we live in freedom, but we can't forget the struggles of those around the world, including just 90 miles away, i want to thank you for never forgetting, never forgetting those that are struggling. like dr. biset, w

chairman. >> thank you, mr. smith. and just for everyone's information, i have made the decision for chairman smith and the two ranking members, we won't have a five minute will. i will remind you we are expected to vote sometime around 3:15. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, general outs, my understanding is there were some people that were critical about resources, what we're doing with your organization. you had a chance as i understand to kind of read over that. you have been a user of the services. now you're in charge of trying to provide the same services you are using in the past. are there some structural things that you wanted to change about how you approach the problem or anything? or is it just a kind of ongoing management situation? or what has been your perspective moving from user to first in charge? >> thank you, sir. i've been a tactical customer of jieddo now for about six years. over three tours in iraq. i didn't always know where the capability and benefits was coming from. i have a clear v

apart from the movie "mr. smith d treatments of the 1940s. when we got in the work of thinking and looking at all of this sort of history of the filibuster, you almost immediately encounter what we thought first as claims but then we sort of termed more as myths about the filibuster. and so i thought i would pick a couple of them out and we can come back to some of these later. first, this idea of the claim that the filibuster is part of the framers' intent for the senate. that it has some constitutional basis or at least some constitutional aura to it. when you go back to the constitutional convention as well as thinking about looking at what the framers were saying about the articles of confederation, it becomes very clear the framers the no love for super majority rules. they had lived under them under the articles of confederation and they did not like the experiences that they had trying to legislate under them. and neither do we find much evidence in the original construction of the senate rules that there was any priority put on requir

mr. smith: unanimous consent to revise and extend -- address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: madam speaker, more than 10 -- excuse me -- more than seven in 10 americans say new sources are biased, according to a recent survey by the pew research center. this is consistent across party lines. eight in 10 republicans say that news is slanted as well as 2/3 of the democrats and 3/4 of the independents. not surprisingly, this is the fifth recent poll that has found americans don't trust the media. the reason is simple. on important issues like job creation, government spending, treatment of terrorists and the senate reconciliation procedure, the national media present the news from a liberal point of view. if they want to restore americans' trust, they should report all the facts, not just one side. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? wil

mr. smith come back with my left hand. >> tim: the senior from concord against the senior from matthews, north carolina. >> mike: they did a good job recruiting this state. duke only has two from this state. north carolina only has two on the roster. national recruiting scopes there. there are plenty of good players to be had. >> tim: really outstanding free-throw shooter. stitt. >> mike: that makes a difference. i would bet he can make a clutch free-throw. it's a liability for him. he's in the 40s. >> tim: the score is a little higher than a week ago, but doesn't it look familiar? ultimately, their defense is creating enough opportunities to steal a road win? doubled. mcfarland puts it back. >> mike: the senior stepped up and had a nice game in the offensive playoffs. >> tim: jennings on the floor. andre along with stitt and potter, the five on the floor. booker and smith get a blow. who will come away with the victory that means so rhap 'll be right back. >> tim: it's a four-point game with 3

poe and minority leader, ranking member, mr. smith, and of course my chairman, john conyers, for their work on this bill and the staff has worked on it and the bankruptcy judicial conference. i would hope that we pass this bill and i call on my members to vote aye on h.r. 4506 and pass the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee yields the balance of his time. the question is now will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4506, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. cohen: request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative -- the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking the vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee see

mr. lee smith. anytime you can produce a look that lets was it altogether as you seem to have done, i want to congratulate you on that are going to ask you did you come down on one side or the other in retrospect with respect to mr. bush's administration decision to go into iraq, which is obviously heavily criticized in part of the reason that he is no longer-- as much as he used to be but i want to have to do, on one side or the other or did you foretell some of the issues we have had with so many deaths and catastrophes of our economy and all of the other things? the first of all thanks for your kind words in thanks for coming in and joining the lunch. i mean, i think that the world is undeniably in a much better place that sowed-- saddam hussein no longer rules iraq. certainly i could not afford told the different issues that we would run into not just in iraq and around the region and that is what the book is about, kind of my consideration of what some of the issues are in the region but again

mr. smith: i rise today in support of h.r. 3820, the natural hazards risk reduction t of 2009 which we will be taking up later today. this legislation re-authorizes and amends the national earthquake hazards reduction act and national windstorm impact reduction act. restoring agencies as diverse as fema, the u.s. geological survey and national institute of science and technology have continuing appropriation authorizations to research the causes and forecasting the natural disasters as well as ways to limit their negative impact. the recent earthquakes in haiti and chile have demonstrated the improved methods of predicting and mitigating natural disasters. the contrast and outcomes have also demonstrated the clear benefit of preparedness and scientifically based building codes in containing casualties from major disaster if not the economic losses. nearly every part of the united states is susceptible to natural disasters in some form or another and re-authorizing the programs in h.r. 3820 will

. >> mr. smith, best of luck to you. it is a great story, and appreciate it very much. >> appreciate the time. >> coming up next, my colleague maria bartiromo as you know is on assignment in london and she has been speaking to thae ing if the london stock exchange. >> coming up on the "closing bell," i will be talking to the head of the london stock exchange, and we will talk about regulatory reform, and consolidation, and the markets coming up on the "closing bell" from london. >>> like many of the major exchanges the london stock exchange is facing tough competition from the smaller rifles. average daily volume is on the decline, but19% drop in its uk operations for the 11 months to february. this as smaller trading platforms gain more market share. so how is the lse coping with those changes and the trading and regulatory environment? maria bartiromo has the answers in her exclusive interview with xavier roulet. he's the ceo of the london stock exchange groups. >> thanks so much. in the heart of the global financial m

plnchts speaker at this time i yield 1.5 minutes to mr. smithr and i would ask that the house be in order before he begin. >> the house will be in order. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute and a half. >> for those who recognize abortion as violence against children and the exploitation of women, nothing less than a comprehensive prohibition of public funding of elective abortion satisfies the demands of social justice. regrettably the language that emerged from the senate is weak, duplicitous, and ineffective not by accident but by design. it will open up the flood gates of public funding for abortion in a myriad of programs resulting in more dead babies and more wounded mothers. for the first time ever the senate passed bill permits health care plans and policies funded with tax credits to pay for abortion so long as the issuer of the federally subsidized plan collects a new congressionally mandated fee from every enrollee in the plan to pay for other people's abortions. the senate passed bill creates a community health

. >> i am going to recognize myself for three minutes and mr. smith for three minutes and i just want to follow-up a little more specifically on some of the points raised by my colleague from virginia. in the context of what the secretary is referring to as a key foreign-policy priority, that is development and rebuilding usaid as an institution, specifically could you talk about the restoration of a budget development capacity and a policy planning capacity within a.i.d. and also in the rebuilding of the staff with the goal of doubling the number of foreign service officers through the development leadership initiative, you are priorities for hiring and we have a strong effort underway through the qddr to partner some of our new staff with members of the f bureau to identify really a revised and improved budget process to allow them to be accountable for the resources it spends. it says it goes without saying in order to be the premiere agency we have to be able to account for our spending and be held to account for resources spent in a transparent a

let's go back to the mr. smith goes to washington days where if you want to use that tool you got to stand on your feet and you got to look in the camera now and argue why it's good to let insurance companies continue to kick people off policies for preexisting conditions and others. i think we've probably changed the rule and not made people stand on their feet and face the american public and explain what they're doing and i hope the senate might consider changing the filibuster rules at a minimum to make people, you know, be straight forward about what they're up to. >> i would be remiss in having you here if i didn't ask you about a couple electoral issues that we have learned about today. in arkansas today, incumbent democratic senator blanche lincoln learned that she is getting a primary challenge from the state's democratic lieutenant governor. we've also learned that harold ford will not be mounting a primary challenge against kirsten gillibrand in new york state. did the party at the national level weigh i

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, a true bipartisan health care bill would have included real lawsuit abuse reform that provides savings for the american people. the administration refuses to consider lawsuit abuse reform because they want to protect their political piggy bank which is filled by trial lawyers. the legal industry contributed $43 million to president obama's 2008 campaign. more than 78% of the money given to congress by lawyers, mostly from trial lawyers, went to democrats. almost $100 million. by bank rolling democratic politicians, trial lawyers has skeded in preventing any lawsuit -- succeeded in preventing any lawsuit reform from being part of the health care legislation. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for

use of it historically or the consequences of using the filibuster probably apart from the movie "mr. smithgoes to washington" and treatments of the 1940s. when we got in the work of thinking and looking at all of this sort of history of the filibuster, you almost immediately encounter what we thought first as claims but then we sort of termed more as myths about the filibuster. and so i thought i would pick a couple of them out and we can come back to some of these later. first, this idea of the claim that the filibuster is part of the framers' intent for the senate. that it has some constitutional basis or at least some constitutional aura to it. when you go back to the constitutional convention as well as thinking about looking at what the framers were saying about the articles of confederation, it becomes very clear the framers the no love for super majority rules. they had lived under them under the articles of confederation and they did not like the experiences that they had trying to legislate under them. and neither do we find much evidence in the original construction of the senate

mr. smith. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, mrs. dahlkemper, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mrs. dahlkemper: thank you, mr. speaker. i look forward tonight to, in this next hour, to discuss the democratic small business agenda. one that i believe will really help to bring our country further out of the recession we are now climbing out of. i'm glad that some of my colleagues are able to join me tonight as we talk about this agenda doing forward. as our country struggles to overcome the effects of the financial crisis and economic recession we must look for innovative ways to help create new jobs and foster the private sector growth. we must act aggressively to counter the job losses of the past two years and those job losses have been great. more than eight million jobs have been lost since the recession began in late 2007. our nation's unemployment rate is near 10% and in many areas, well above 10%.

issa: i yield 1 1/2 minutes to mr. smith. and i would ask that the house be in order before he begins. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for 1 1/2. submit submit for those who recognize abortion is exploittation against women, prohibition of public funding satisfies the demands of social justice. regret apply the language that emerged from the senate is weak and ineffective, not by accident, but by design. it will open up the flood gates of public funding for abortion in a myriad of programs that will result in more dead babies and wounded mothers. the senate-passed bill permits health care plans and policies funded with tax credits to pay for abortions so long as the issuer of the federally-subsidized plan collects a new congressesally mandated fee from every enrollee in the plan to pay for other peoples' abortions. the senate-passed bill creates a community fund. the stupak amendment does not apply. either the obama administration or a court will compel funding

so the prospects for delay are substantial and so for your viewers who remember "mr. smiths to washington" and jimmy stewart looking haggard and pulling the all-nighter, the mere threat of a filibuster is now you have no bring the snoot a halt. so one of my proposals is that, look, no longer should one sbrij allowed to do this. you should have a critical mass of senators be required to say "yes, i support. this" so whether it's 25, 30, 35. then, charlie, they should be required to physically go to the floor and stay there night and day if they feel that strongly about it. make them pay a price in terms of public notoriety, it putting their reputation on the line, and physical discomfort. otherwise you get these frivolous filibuster which is keep the public's business from getting done. >> rose: some have described your leaving the senate as a canary in the mine. that somehow you will spark by leaving a real serious consideration. do you hope that's going to be true? do you have any reason to believe that will be true? >> well, it may be a situation where an individual's act

my question is, what about this mr. smith having something to say about a war tax.i heard there was a war tax in the general washington had a war tax. i was wondering if you talked about what both his desire on debt and things like that. >> host: professor fleischacker. >> guest: well, there is a long black and complicated and very technical session of the wealth of nations devoted for taxes, very much as mired for politicians of the time. they took to see which taxes might be most useful. and in there he talks about funding of course quite explicitly. he talked about was called the sinking fund which was a kind of data system by which britain financed its worst. he complains about by way of financing for technical reasons and i'm going to leave it to russell as he wishes. and says that he would prefer if wars were funded by a tax paid in every war fought. one reason he says that would be advantageous as that would meet the wars shorter. people would be irritated by paying the tax that would make them call for the war to come to an end. i'll leave it to russell to s

mr. smithdam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: madam speaker, here is what the associated press has to say about the administration's health care plan. "buyers beware." president barack obama says his health care costs will decrease by double digits. listening to obama pitch his plan, you might not realize that's how it works. the congressional budget office concluded that premiums for people buying their own coverage would go up by an average of 10% to 13%. the rest of the national media should report the facts about health care, not cover them up. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. himes: setting aside the moral dimension, let's talk about the costs and the need to bring down costs. i want to come back to th

. >> the chair thinks the gentleman and recognizes the chairman of the arab lands subcommittee mr. smith before, mr. chairman. general oates, i will start with you on the jieddo process and this initial the canada and the response to the problems we had in iraq. it was multifaceted and an evolving a threat in iraq and now afghanistan as well and jieddo stood up to try to grab every corner of that and do everything we could to respond and there are many different pieces of it. there have been some concerns on behalf of the committee and others about the way the money has come together, how well organized and well structure jieddo ase because there's a bunch of different ideas floating around out there so everything from individuals certainly body protection for the troops it's the vehicles they are in, other countermeasures that we have employed and i think there has been some concerns in terms of keeping track of the money and whether or not it is being spent and organized a and i know that you have made statements that is a priority of yours and to make sure that you get better organize

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. offshore energy development is an important step to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, putting our economy back on track. in 2008, by ending the decade's long ban on offshore drilling, we got 15 cubic feet of natural gas. the obama administration instituted and extended public comment period, therefore, delaying progress. despite public support for increased offshore drilling, secretary interior salazar recently stated the obama administration will now wait until 2012 to put a new plan in place. in means the administration's initial six-month delay has turned into a three-year moratorium on new offshore exploration. with the potential to create 1.2 million jobs and add $8 trillion to our economy, it is irresponsible to continue to ignore the economic potential these areas hold. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. pallone: to address the house for one minute, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore

use of it historically or the consequences of using the filibuster probably apart from the movie "mr. smithgoes to washington" and treatments of the 1940s. when we got in the work of thinking and looking at all of this sort of history of the filibuster, you almost immediately encounter what we thought first as claims but then we sort of termed more as myths about the filibuster. and so i thought i would pick a couple of them out and we can come back to some of these later. first, this idea of the claim that the filibuster is part of the framers' intent for the senate. that it has some constitutional basis or at least some constitutional aura to it. when you go back to the constitutional convention as well as thinking about looking at what the framers were saying about the articles of confederation, it becomes very clear the framers the no love for super majority rules. they had lived under them under the articles of confederation and they did not like the experiences that they had trying to legislate under them. and neither do we find much evidence in the original construction of the senate

. >> the time for the gentleman has expired and mr. smith is recognized. >> mr. -- dr. initiated the effort of the whole issue of autism at a few time when little people were paying attention it created to the centers of excellence several the provision for the cbc and we quickly found we may have an epidemic of one out of 100 children have autism zero or parts of the ass burger spectrum. on focusing of the international elements of autism and to my not shocked and other people's dismay have realized we have the global epidemic of autism. working with ngos poland comment ireland, trying to combat a deficiency of lending. lots of thought and could expertise by lack of lending. i have introduced legislation h.r. 18781 year ago for a small program and also the teaching asking if you look at a closer look at the ngos to assist the ngos some of the people involved with the ngos there could be as many nigerians that have what is some sort ask you to take a good hard look and provide some assistance there. you talk about instability from rapid population growth and i would res

. >> the chair thinks the gentleman and recognizes the chairman of the arab lands subcommittee mr. smithr. chairman. general oates, i will start with you on the jieddo process and this initial the canada and the response to the problems we had in iraq. it was multifaceted and an evolving a threat in iraq and now afghanistan as well and jieddo stood up to try to grab every corner of that and do everything we could to respond and there are many different pieces of it. there have been some concerns on behalf of the committee and others about the way the money has come together, how well organized and well structure jieddo ase because there's a bunch of different ideas floating around out there so everything from individuals certainly body protection for the troops it's the vehicles they are in, other countermeasures that we have employed and i think there has been some concerns in terms of keeping track of the money and whether or not it is being spent and organized a and i know that you have made statements that is a priority of yours and to make sure that you get better organized and stru

use of it historically or the consequences of using the filibuster probably apart from the movie "mr. smithes to washington" and some historically treatments from the 1940s. when we got in the work of looking and thinking of all of this sort of history of the filibuster, you almost immediately encounter what we thought of first as claims but then we sort of termed more as myths about the filibuster and so i thought i would pick a couple of them out and we can come back to some of these later. first, this idea of the claim that the filibuster is part of the framers' intent for the senate. that it has some constitutional basis or constitutional aura about it. when you go back to the base of the constitutional convention as well as thinking about -- looking at what the framers were saying about the articles of confederation, it becomes very clear the framers had no love for super-majority rules. they had lived under them under the articles of confederation and they didn't really like the experiences that they had trying to legislate under them. and neither do we find much evidence that the ori

. >> the time has expired and the gentleman from new jersey and mr. smithis recognized. >> thank you for your testimony. about 12 years ago dr. shah your initiative and effort on the issue of autism and a time when very few people paid attention to it and it led to the creation of centers of excellence -- i wrote the provision for the centers of disease control and we quickly found that we may have an epidemic of about one add of every 100 of our children have autism or part of the best burgers spectrum. i have since been focusing on the national elements of autism and to my not shocking but certainly to and many others this way, have realized that we have a global epidemic of autism. i'm working with a number of ngos in kenya, indonesia, poland and ireland trying to combat autism and all of these organizations have a is a deficiency in funding. lots of thoughts, a lot of good expertise, but lack of funding. i've introduce legislation h.r. 1878 about a year ago that would have a small grant program and also a teachers program and am asking if he would take

mr. smithonsent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: madam speaker, in a recent "washington post" op-ed, here's what two democratic pollsters had to say about the media spin on the administration's health care proposal. quote, nothing has been more disconcerting than to watch democratic politicians and their media supporters deceive themselves into believing that the public favors the democrats' current health care plan. outside the majority of americans opposes the massive health reform plan, many more americans believe the reform will cost them more personally and add significantly to the national deficit. never in our experience as pollsters can we recall such self-delusioned data, closed quote. despite the media spin, the american people are sending a clear message about health care. congress should start over and get it right. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma

mr. smith's question to mr. edward black and to ambassador martin palmer. in closing, i would like to thank for a nice well-balanced presentation for us to be able to listen, learn and act. thank you. >> just very briefly. the chinese statement submitted for the record cites international norms that they feel we ought to -- they ought to and you as like google and go daddy ought to live up to. and your views on the global online freedom act if you could provide us with that. i'd appreciate it. >> let me thank my colleagues from the house. they're active participants in this commission and we're sorry they have to go to vote. but appreciate your being here. mr. davidson, can you tell us a little about how this works with the chinese coming to an american company saying we need your cooperation in censoring certain things. what types of information have authorities asked be censored? how do they instruct? how do they deliver the information of what they want censored? can you give us some organic notion of how this works? >> let me try and give a general noti

mr. smith's question to mr. edward black and to ambassador martin palmer. in closing, i would like to thank for a nice well-balanced presentation for us to be able to listen, learn and act. thank you. >> just very briefly. the chinese statement submitted for the record cites international norms that they feel we ought to -- they ought to and you as like google and go daddy ought to live up to. and your views on the global online freedom act if you could provide us with that. i'd appreciate it. >> let me thank my colleagues from the house. they're active participants in this commission and we're sorry they have to go to vote. but appreciate your being here. mr. davidson, can you tell us a little about how this works with the chinese coming to an american company saying we need your cooperation in censoring certain things. what types of information have authorities asked be censored? how do they instruct? how do they deliver the information of what they want censored? can you give us some organic notion of how this works? >> let me try and give a general noti

in a q&a on the side of the story, this is not truly a filibuster out of mr. smithenators. only jim bunning accepted the -- objective. unless the relenza they were either have the bill passed on a senate floor vote, where it could take 60 votes, or likely the case, the senate will include extensions in the bill in an larger package that will be voted on later this week. either way, bunning's actions will result in a delay that is expected to last only a matter of days. south carolina, fell on the independent line printout you think about how the senate votes? caller: i wanted to echo what was mentioned a few minutes ago, it is working exactly the way it is supposed to at least never close to the constitution. the senate is a stop-gap of the larger states dominating over the smaller states. that was the concern of the >> "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we're leaving this recorded segment and go to the house. first up morning hour speeches. members will take a break before returning for legislative work at 2:00 eastern. 10 bills to be cons

in a q&a on the side of the story, this is not truly a filibuster out of mr. smith goes to washington. instead, democratic and republican leaders saw to pass the extension bill quickly using a short cut requiring unanimous consent by all senators. only jim bunning accepted the -- objective. unless the relenza they were either have the bill passed on a senate floor vote, where it could take 60 votes, or likely the case, the senate will include extensions in the bill in an larger package that will be voted on later this week. either way, bunning's actions will result in a delay that is expected to last only a matter of days. south carolina, fell on the independent line printout you think about how the senate votes? caller: i wanted to echo what was mentioned a few minutes ago, it is working exactly the way it is supposed to at least never close to the constitution. the senate is a stop-gap of the larger states dominating over the smaller states. that was the concern of the founders. they did not want the big states have all control. we don't live in a democracy, we li

well, so-and-so's gone and so-and-so's gone and so-and-so's gone and mary lost her husband and mrs. smithr son and i'm sitting here. you know, that's the stuff the fables about how people we like to think of our country, made up of men and women like that, but that was jack. that was jack. i was graduating into vietnam in 196. there weren't a whole lot of people ready to go, and here jack, he decided he wants to go. well, you know, he had to file a petition. he got the petition. and he showed his medal. he's a man that always was fighting but fighting for opportunity. he fought for his country but he never stopped fighting. when he got back here. but it wasn't a fight out of anger and resentfulness. it was a fight about this is just right. wasn't complicated, in my experience of jack, it wasn't complicated stuff. it's right or it's wrong. if it's right you got to do something about it. i also remember thinking that when i was out there in 1974, if any man reflected his district it was jack. marcy talked about, you all remember the movie diagnosis dear hunter." -- remember the movie "dear

so-and-so has gone and so-and-so has gone and so until it's gone and mary lost her husband and mrs. smith lost her son and i am sitting here. that is the stuff, the fables about how people, we like to think of our country, made up of men and women like that but that was jack. that was jack. i was graduating into vietnam in 68 and there weren't a whole lot of people lining up ready to go, and here jack reserved, he decided he wants to go. well, you know, he had to file a petition. he got the petition and he showed his mettle. he was a man that always was fighting for opportunity. he fought for his country, but he never stopped fighting when he got back here but it wasn't a fight out of anger and resentful is. it was a fight about this is just right. it wasn't complicated in my experience. it wasn't complicated stuff. it is right or it is wrong. if it is right you have to do something about it. i also remember thinking that when i was out there and 74, if any man reflected his district it was jack. marcy talked about you all remember the movie deer hunter, but the deer hunter country. that

mr. smith: the american people are speaking and the republicans are listening. strong arm tactics and legislative gimmicks should not be used to jam through a bill that will impact the life of every single american. we need to focus on true reform which lowers health care costs, limits unnecessary lawsuits and expands access by allowing purchasing across the state lines. for health insurance. not simply takeover which we already know will not control costs. that's the type of reform americans want, not this one-size-fits-all approach putting bureaucrats between doctors and their patients. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized, without objection. mr. inslee: i have a remarkable american in my office this morning, gary hall, who won gife golds, three silvers and two bronzes in three olympic games in free-style swimming. a remarkable person. and he told me a story about having insurance fo

this ain't mr. smith goes to washington. he's not standing there and making some noble point.g. and then he goes about his business. and so i think that if you're going to take the stand on principle, then filibuster it the way they meant for filibusters to be. >> i think a really bad time, actually. >> it was a bad time. >> people are sick of this and they're wondering how one person -- >> why don't we call them out for what they are, in this case jim bunning. a total hypocrite. you can't vote for trillion-dollar tax cuts for the wealthy, you can't enable medicare spending and then vote against unemployment benefits as a cost-savings measure? i mean, come on. >> i couldn't agree with you more. >> the optics don't look good. they don't look good. again, i want to underline the point, if this is about saying, okay, the president says and the republicans say we want to pay as we go, that's fine. but you've got to do that with the next pork barrel project that you try to get in kentucky. and, again, the timing is just horrible. to deal with unemployment benefits after watching th

well, so-and-so's gone and so-and-so's gone and so-and-so's gone and mary lost her husband and mrs. smithlost her son and i'm sitting here. you know, that's the stuff the fables about how people we like to think of our country, made up of men and women like that, but that was jack. that was jack. i was graduating into vietnam in 196. there weren't a whole lot of people ready to go, and here jack, he decided he wants to go. well, you know, he had to file a petition. he got the petition. and he showed his medal. he's a man that always was fighting but fighting for opportunity. he fought for his country but he never stopped fighting. when he got back here. but it wasn't a fight out of anger and resentfulness. it was a fight about this is just right. wasn't complicated, in my experience of jack, it wasn't complicated stuff. it's right or it's wrong. if it's right you got to do something about it. i also remember thinking that when i was out there in 1974, if any man reflected his district it was jack. marcy talked about, you all remember the movie diagnosis dear hunter." -- remember the movie

mr. smith: the american people are speaking and the republicans are listening.cs and legislative gimmicks should not be used to jam through a bill that will impact the life of every single american. we need to focus on true reform which lowers health care costs, limits unnecessary lawsuits and expands access by allowing purchasing across the state lines. for health insurance. not simply takeover which we already know will not control costs. that's the type of reform americans want, not this one-size-fits-all approach putting bureaucrats between doctors and their patients. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized, without objection. mr. inslee: i have a remarkable american in my office this morning, gary hall, who won gife golds, three silvers and two bronzes in three olympic games in free-style swimming. a remarkable person. and he told me a story about having insurance for 12 years while

. >> the time has expired and the gentleman from new jersey and mr. smithis recognized. >> thank you for your testimony. about 12 years ago dr. shah your initiative and effort on the issue of autism and a time when very few people paid attention to it and it led to the creation of centers of excellence -- i wrote the provision for the centers of disease control and we quickly found that we may have an epidemic of about one add of every 100 of our children have autism or part of the best burgers spectrum. i have since been focusing on the national elements of autism and to my not shocking but certainly to and many others this way, have realized that we have a global epidemic of autism. i'm working with a number of ngos in kenya, indonesia, poland and ireland trying to combat autism and all of these organizations have a is a deficiency in funding. lots of thoughts, a lot of good expertise, but lack of funding. i've introduce legislation h.r. 1878 about a year ago that would have a small grant program and also a teachers program and am asking if he would take

mr. smith: madam speaker, the national media gave a sharply contrasting tale of two weekend rallies. a gathering of thousands opposing the administration's health care scheme to overwhelmingly negative coverage. "the washington post" front page described it as a hideous display. cbs said the health care debate, quote, turned even nastier at the rallies. abc called the protesters angry and ugly. a "newsweek" correspondent called them an angry mob. to anyone there, all these descriptions were obviously untrue. in contrast, an immigration amnesty rally over the weekend received positive coverage. "the washington post" said the festive crowd waved the american flag and came out to support the obama administration in this next big battle. "the new york times" said pro tessors there most flew american flags overhead. the national media should give americans unslanted news, not favor rallies that support their liberal agenda. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will pos

mr. bartlett. the chair now recognizes the new chair of the subcommittee, the honorable adam smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize for running a little bit behind schedule. welcome to you all. if there's no objection i would ask that my full statement be included in the record. and then i will follow mr. bartlett's lead. and i look forward to your testimony, and will ask a question at the appropriate time, and appreciate the very important issues that we're here to discuss today and the work that you all are doing on them. without i will yield back. thank you, mr. chairman. >> without objection all the witnesses prepared testimony will be included the record. general outcome of thank you for your service and taking the time to be with us today. please proceed with your remarks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to be here today, and testify. the ied remains the single greatest threat to our forces in iraq and afghanistan to include the civilian employees that are present, and so the protection of those forces is a priority for the organization i now lead, joint ied de

mrs. johnston was lying at their feet, riddled with police bullets, with no cocaine anywhere to be found. so smith and genier turned to one of their regular informants, yet another stitch named alex white. they offered him $130 to say that he bought drugs at mrs. johnston's neal street home and to corroborate their false warrant application. it wouldn't bring mrs. johnston back, but at least no one would learn that they gambled everything on a weak lead from a bad snitch and that the of informant and the warrant didn't even exist. i start with this story not only that it's true, and not only because it triggered a congressional investigation, which it did, but because it's parddicmatic. it begins with the police letting a known criminal defender walk, and this is the heart the snitching deal. it is precisely in this way that many criminal informants are able to avoid liability for their crimes by providing information, and as it was in this story, all too often this information is inaccurate. the atlanta police used their informant power, both to rely on an unreliable snitch and to invent an infor

mr. president, it's with great sadness that i come to the floor today to talk about sergeant vincent r.c. owens from fort smith, arkansas. his life of service to our nation is a shining example of a true american patriot. sergeant owens lost his life while serving in eastern afghanistan after his transport vehicle came under fire by enemy forces. he was a part of the third battalion, 137th infantry regiment if fort campbell, kentucky. previously sergeant owens spent 14 months in iraq serving with the a-battery first battalion, 56th air defense ar it willry from flt bliss, texas. sergeant owens served both tours with honor and distinction earning awards including two army commendation medals, two army achievement medals, a value orous unit award, the national defense service medal, the iraq campaign medal, the global war on terror service medal, the army service ribbon and the combat action badge. an ardent athlete, talented student and motorcycle aficionado, sergeant owens lived his life of only 21 years with passion and dedication. those who knew him describe him as a kind and easy-going man who always had hi