green, mr. steve packed -- stupak, so many members. why can ring, from the state of texas who worked with us on natural gas related issues. we would not be here unless we had the cooperation of some members across the full spectrum of the house. during this process, we have received valuable input and expertise from other leaders in the house like chairman randall on trade issues, chairman petersen on agriculture issues amongst many others. the legislation we have before us today is the most important energy and environment legislation to ever have been considered in the history of the united states. the consequences for our country are great. unless we act to deal with these issues. this legislation sets a new course for our country, creating millions of nuclear energy jobs while reducing our dependence on imported oil. and when it becomes law, and it will, for the first time in our history of the united states congress, for the first time in the history of our country, we will put enforceable limits on global warming pollution. at it

mr. steves also writes a weekly syndicated column for the "chicago tribune." for more, visit big -- rick steves.com. >> there's lots more books and authors every weekend on book tv. our website has the entire schedule and great new features including streaming video, archives that are easy to search and simple ways to share your favorite programs. booktv.org. >> in her new book abigail thernstron says the 1965 voting acts right was official but in its current form is harmful to minorities. she said by creating majority black congressional districts in southern states, the candidates elected have limited appeal for the general electorate. from the american enterprise institute here in washington, she's joined by richard pildes of new york university law and michael carvin. this is about two hours. >> thank you very much for joining us at today's event. i'm henry olson. i'm vice president at the american enterprise institute and director of its national research initiative. the nri is an entity with aei that financially supports original research and writing on

there's much media speculation as to where mr. steve jobs had a liver transplant. it came out yesterday that he had his liver transplant in memphis, tennessee, my hometown at the methodist hospital. a hospital known for its liver transplant center which has the lowest morbidity rate of any transplant center in the united states. memphis has been a medical certainty for years with st. jude children's research hospital, the finest research hospital for children illnesses, catastrophic illness, and cancer. for southern college of optometry. the from the bonner children's hospital. for cam be blesclinic and orthopedics and other -- for campbells clinic and orthopedics and others. we are sorry mr. jobs had a liver transplant but we are happy he came to memphis and chose the best. it shouldn't be only the wealthy can come to memphis with the best medical care. we need to let every american have the opportunity to get the best medical attention available and come to memphis to receive it. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewom

mr. steves also writes a weekly syndicated column for the "chicago tribune." for more, visit ricksteves.com. >> we're at the 2009 bookexpo america booksellers convention at the javits center in new york city. i'm here with stacy publicity director of city lights book out of san francisco. what do you have coming out this fall? >> well, this fall we actually have a couple of books coming out from angela davis. we have a collection of essays. it's her first book that's been published in about four years. that covers themes that she's particularly interested in. racism, sexism, the prison industrial complex and then particularly an interesting book that we're publishing with angela is a new edition of the narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave which contains douglass' narrative that was part of a course she taut in ucla in the '70s so it really brings to life that essay and we'll also include a new essay that includes that written by her. it will be enriched by the old and the new world. we're also publishing the awakener it's a long-await

caller: good morning, steve, and mr. bob schieffer. i am also honored to speak with you. i would like to ask you a real big favor. i think you are person the country would listen to. as we know our tax system has become a menagerie. the parties are using it to divide the american people know. senator john mccain said this morning he would have a $5,000 tax credit, president obama has these plans that would give tax credits for this and a bad -- any system that creates a system that creates $14 trillion offshore due to the tax code hurt our country. with a thing like "face the nation" -- an older gentleman in taxes paid out of his pocket a study with economists, that studied the cost of our system. it resulted in hr-25 which is honored by it the congressman from georgia and a corresponding bill in the senate to change our system. what bothers me is this division. a lot of people who call in on these issues do not realize it has corrupted our parties. will rogers in the early 1930's before he died said eventually the way our tax code is in our country will eventually turn o

i happen to be quite enamored of what steve byrd is doing and mr. patelli at pitney-bowes. this looks great. let's just expand it to 50% or 75% or whatever. but then as i began to get more information on it it's not quite as clear cut as it looks. mr. chairman, you raised the point and that is, what's a wellness program? safeway happens to have a darn good one. so does pitney-bowes. but that's a matter of taste. but not all companies do. so we don't have a definition. now one of the things we tried to do in the underlying bill is to give the secretary the power, the authority to start to set up some metrics on this. what would meet the criteria of a good wellness program. and that might be different for a big company like safeway and maybe a little different for a company that's got 100 or 200 employees. >> if i could just suggest one thing. we have a tendancy to say in the same sentence, prevention, wellness and chronic disease management. and from a policy standpoint we bring that all together. they are three distinct different buckets. prevention is that piece where we'r

mr. president, with an executive summary entitled the impact of the 2009 affordable health choices act, which is completed by the h.s.i. network, done by steve perenni, ph.d. and lisa tomai, m.s. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that this report be included in the record. what this study concludes is it awe thepbt case the congressional budget office because -- it authenticates the congressional budget office because it says if you want to insure every american it's going to be $4 trillion. not $1 trillion, but $4 trillion over a ten-year period. so to ensure coverage for all americans under this proposed legislation, it would cost $460 billion annually, or $4 trillion over the next tenure years according to a report issued last week, as i mentioned. so the best we can tell, the cost of the legislation that we are now considering is $4 trillion. now, hour we going to -- how are we going to pay for that, mr. president? how are we going to pay for it? is there a proposal yet besides eliminating fraud, abuse, and waste? well, it's unacceptable and it isn't health care reform. and i believe that the c.b.o. letter should be a wakeup call tp

steve king from iowa. i'll yield back the balance of my time you whatever time you want. mr. king: i thank my friend from texas for yielding and also organizing this special order and the gentleman from doctor from -- and the gentleman doctor from georgia as well. who stands up for fiscal responsibility, constitutionality and as i'm reading "the washington post" language, the statement that came from our speaker november 8, 2006, the american people voted to restore integrity and honesty in washington, d.c., and the democrats intend to lead the most honest, the most ethical and the most, perhaps, moral congress in history. and the most honest, most open and most ethical congress in history, closed quote, is that language. and you know i heard that constant drub of cyst similar that was coming here for -- criticism that was coming here for several years. the 30's group came down here to the floor almost every night and made those kind of allegations and i was looking at people over on this side of the aisle that clearly committed to this cause -- that were clearly committed to

mr. rosenberg has worked as a communications strategist for rush limbaugh, steve forbes, a ton sharanskybenjamin netanyahu. he is the author of a bestselling novel, the last jihad, the last days in the ezekiel option. for more information about joel rosenberg visit joel rosenberg.com. >> i had no desire to do it and that was the condition in which i agree to take this on. >> coming up next booktv presents after words, an hourlong program where we invite guest host to interview authors. this week, nevada elementary school teacher tierney cahill discusses her book, "ms. cahill for congress" one fearless teacher, her sixth-grade class, and the election that changed their lives forever on a dare from our sixth grade students. with only $7,000 in a campaign

mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to enter the written statement of the steve bartlet, president and ceo of the financial services round table into the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> i would also like to acknowledge some of the testimony in response to some of my colleague's question that no one is advocating for a national insurance charter in any way is suggesting that we lower consumer protections. in fact we're starting at the baseline nic models and improving by adding a national insurance commissioners that would@@@@@ billion of federal tax dollars that had gone to shore up life insurance subsidiaries that took risky bets through the securities lending programs that notably were approved by the state commissioners? >> in a follow-up question to that, what resources have been put in place subsequently by you and our commissioners to oversee the lending program. >> thank you for that question. securities lending have come up in other comments as well. it's important to understand that the problem, first of all that the new york department of insurance

steve. host: the call it the cairo speech, pointing out that words are important. mr. obama was right when he urged leaders privately speak of moderation and compromise to dare to say those words in public, but the words are not enough. mr. obama, who had been in office less than six months, has a lot to do to fulfil this mission, and so do others. guest: i mean, clearly what depressed and it is trying to do is turn the page in the muslim world, began a new dialogue, try to transcend old divisions, search for some common ground, and he is trying to open a conversation with them. at the same time, as he said himself, everything does not change with one speech. but i think one of his prime objectives is to get a lot of people in different muslim communities around the world to reevaluate their attitudes toward the united states and to create a wider distance between some of these muslim communities and some of the extremist forces, and he says one of the ways to do that, for example, is to engage in a peace process. he hit about seven key themes in that speech. host: let

thank the full committee chairman, bob filner, ranking member steve buyer and the committee staff on both sides that have worked hard on this. mr. speaker, i ask all my colleagues to support h.r. 117 as amended and urge its immediate passage. with that, having no further speakers, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. filner: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 1172 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. filner: i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 1172 and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1172 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed. mr. boozman: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing un

. >> rick steves author travel guide for europe and many european countries talks about his recent trip to iran. mr. stevens who was in iran filming a pbs special says the country is the most poorly understood place he has ever visited. the event hosted by the commonwealth club in palo alto california is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. well, it's great to be here, normally when i talked to a group like this i'm talking about europe. people know me because i make tv shows on the guide book. i went to iran for none of those reasons. i went to iran because i think you should know people before you bomb them. [applause] you know, sometimes it's necessary to bomb people and kill them i guess but i think it's bad character to dehumanize our country so it doesn't hurt to read our country included is good at dehumanizing an enemy, collateral damage, you know the problem, not letting photographs of cast gets -- you see extended family, you just kill them all because osama. he wasn't. they are dehumanized. we don't cry. a beautiful blonde girl is kidnapped and aruba an

steve austria of ohio. and he was -- the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlelady has expired. mrs. lummis: may i have a couple more minutes? the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lummis: he got jessica's law and adam walsh safety act passed into state law. our representative on the steering committee, greg harper of mississippi is an attorney with a child who he has brought to share his unique health concerns with us. and we have all learned a lot from him. and of course, our policy committee representative, jason chaffetz, who is a former division one football player at brigham young university and a dear colleague of ours. and two wonderful freshmen who are plowing new ground, the very first vietnamese american to serve in the united states congress, congressman cao, escaped from vietnam. lost his nirm in katrina and fought to bring telecommunications to the residents. we boast the youngest member of this, aaron shock, illinois state republic and a member of congress, with whom we are privileged to serve. i thank the gentleman for joining me this evening. i thank our s

mr. chairman, i appreciate the fact you're holding today's hearing and wanted judge my colleagues in commending you and chairman stevepackin and chairman emeritus dingell for putting this a very important discussion draft before us that addresses the very serious challenges that we face with respect to food safety. before i begin my remarks i like to submit for the record written testimony from the secretary of the department of agriculture trade and consumer protection in the state of wisconsin. >> without objection so ordered. >> thank you mr. chairman. food safety is an issue of great concern to me and my constituents. approximately one in four people in this country are affected or sickened by foodborne disease each year. as americans we rely on government to keep a safe and as government we have fallen down on the job. as we consider this draft legislation, i know that our goal is to empower the fda to prevent food contamination incidents before they occur. i hope that we do so with appropriate and sufficient resources, but also with precise coordination between other federal agencies, the states and the private

steve's always ready to have some fun. what do you think about all this? i yield you such time as you may wish to consume. mr. king: i so much appreciate you bringing this issue to the floor of the house of representatives and i appreciate the chance to address madam speaker in this subject matter. i have not seen this list of czars, i was actually, i think i went home for the weekend with 19 czars and arrived back in washington with 22 czars. there might have been three materialized over the weekend and i look down through this list and the first thing that hits me is, well, let's see, border czar, i'm a ranking member of the immigration subcommittee, never heard of him. go right down the list. a few i've heard of but not very many. i don't think they have a very high profile but czar, czar, czar, 22 times. 18 czars in all the history of the romanovs, did i get that right? mr. carter: that's correct. mr. king: understand a it occurs to me that czar, if you -- and it occurs to me, if you think about the flow and continuation of history, all the czars were precursors to the marxist era of russia. so i don't kn