mr. terry: thank you, mr. barton. now at this time i'd like to yield as much time as he may consume to the other gentleman from texas, judge carter. mr. carter: i thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for all of your hard work on this issue. this is an issue that's important to the united states of america. it's just that simple. that you don't have this kind of opportunity in the economic environment that we have in this country very often. we have a country that has been in the worst unemployment, rampant unemployment and the worst number of quarters of bad unemployment figures since the great depression, and here we have our canadian neighbors to the north with this keystone x.l. pipeline that's proposed to stretch 1,700 miles, cost $7 billion to construct, over a two-year period, and create hundreds -- 100,000 or more jobs for americans. and this is paid for. this is other people's money. we're not asking the federal government to spend more stimulus money on this energy project as it did on the famous solyndra p

mr. terry: i claim the time in opposition. i thank the chairman and appreciate the gentleman from boston's arguments here about the fact that -- or suggesting that this bill somehow exempts arsenic and all these poisons and the reality is, it does not. it's an unnecessary amendment, it, one, is to make a point that i think is inflated. the reality is emissions of arsenic above the standard would still be in violation of a e.p.a. rules. the also then exist if you're going to move the goal post to a zero particulate, then we've got a different issue here. now, the dust that we're talking about from agricultural activities, plowing, harvesting, driving on roads, in our own definition says that it consists primarily of soil and other natural and biological materials. so if you're going to adopt a new standard, totally different than current standards that the e.p.a. on such issues like arsenic, the reality in rural america is a natural part of our soil and when dust would kick up and blow it will be at a particulate level below wh

. >> look who is bringing on bing, your beautiful wife mrs. terri >> how long have you been married. >> just over a year. >> how is life with him? >> it's great. no puppets at home. >> you do a little number with bing. >> i'd like to do a little song, the most popular song that i'm well known for. >> okay. take it away. bing crosby. ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪ ♪ with every christmas card i write ♪ ♪ may your days be merry ♪ and bright ♪ and may all your christmases be white ♪ >> wow. >> thank you, bing. >> thank you, ladies. >> bing is a big hit. >> bing is a big hit. one of the reasons i did this "a very terri christmas" at the mirage, i wanted to bring back those bing crosby, perry como christmas specials. we basically recreated that entire format on stage. i knew bing crosby had to be a part of it. >> you keep vicki in the trunk. we'll be back with more of "today" on nbc. >>> we are so thankful in these tough times so many individuals and companies have stepped up and come forward to help us get toys and gifts to needy kids in our toy d

host: mr. terry madonna? guest: most presidents have been governors, and they often argued they knew how to run a state, they provided the executive leadership, and that was transferable into the presidency. obviously, most governors do not make foreign policy, the typically domestic policy has been more important motivating electoral considerations than just about anything else. but, the caller makes an interesting point. a lot of voters look not so much for management skills, leadership skills. they might be transferable and inter-related to a degree, but being a leader is not necessarily just having a corporate mentality or corporate consideration. we have not gone into the private sector, so to speak, to elect american presidents. we've gone to the political side, looking for a variety of attributes. i think that is far more telling. in all fairness to the republicans, i think they are trying to say the business community is where jobs will be created, where the future lies in terms of the expans

mr. terry: mr. speaker, it just seems logical that as we have a bill to extend unemployment insurance for those unemployed that we also have a measure for them to become employed and that's the keystone pipeline. it is a $7 billion infrastructure project that is ready to start today, employing as many as 20,000 laborers, mostly union labor, by the way. now, not only will it employ but the delays of the state department and the white house in permitting this project is costing jobs, and i refer to little rock fox channel 16, there's their online story. it says layoffs in a company -- shutdown is what employees face wells fund tubular company. they say miles of pipeline are on the property and that has caused five dozen employees to lose their jobs. the pipes would be part of the keystone oil pipeline which is a project running from canada to texas. the president has said that he would veto this bill, extending unemployment and his tax holiday if this keystone jobs bill was put in it. mr. president, t

mr. terry: i thank you, mr. chairman. i think that coupling, putting the unemployment extension, the tax holiday, the doc fix in a real jobs bill together, which is what the american people has been telling congress for the entire year, we want to see tangible job creation, there's no better job creator in the pipeline, pun intended, than keystone x.l. 1,700-mile, $7 billion shovel ready, not the fake shovel ready in the stimulus, but real ready, earnesty -- earnestly, ready to start right now. the only holdup in the keystone pipeline is the politics of the election. what we say is in this bill state department, use the information that's been sitting on your desk, collecting dust. you said you'd make a decision by december 31. we just want you to make it 60 days after the permit is, again, requested, a carveout for the nebraska exemption. why is it so important? well, it really does displace 700,000 barrels of imported oil, almost the entire size of venezuela or about half from saudi arabia. it creates 20,000 jobs nearly

mr. terry: mr. speaker, it just seems logical that as we have a bill to extend unemployment insurance for those unemployed that we also have a measure for them to become employed and that's the keystone pipeline. it is a $7 billion infrastructure project that is ready to start today, employing as many as 20,000 laborers, mostly union labor, by the way. now, not only will it employ but the delays of the state department and the white house in permitting this project is costing jobs, and i refer to little rock fox channel 16, there's their online story. it says layoffs in a company -- shutdown is what employees face wells fund tubular company. they say miles of pipeline are on the property and that has caused five dozen employees to lose their jobs. the pipes would be part of the keystone oil pipeline which is a project running from canada to texas. the president has said that he would veto this bill, extending unemployment and his tax holiday if this keystone jobs bill was put in it. mr. president, t

mr. chair. >> thank you. representative terry. and members of the committee for asking me to big with you today on an issue that has captivated our state for several years. my name is jane fleming. i'm the head of an advocacy group called bold nebraska. hearings like today give us citizens an opportunity to not only thank you for your dedication to our country but also to ask for your help. president obama made a tough and right decision by asking for more time to study this pipeline. he stood up for our families, our landowners, our farmers, our ranchers who have been bullied by transcanada. i am asking you today to also stand with us as we figure out a path forward. our broad coalition of individuals and groups speaking out against the pipeline have become much more than a group speaking out on an issue. we have become a family and we are doing everything we can to defend our land and our water. some will try to say because we passed two bills last month in our state that everything is fine in nebraska. i'm here to tell you ever

mr. cummings: this honors the life and sacrifice of u.s. borter patrol agent brian terry and i applaud mr. issa for his leadership on this. one year ago this wednesday on december 14, 2010, as on so many previous nights, agent terry and his agents were defending this country. tragically that night he died in the line of duty from injuries sustained in a gun fight. he upheld his oath to defend our country. he was only 40 years old and was days away from taking the trip back home to michigan for the christmas holiday. even before he joined the united states customs and border protection as a border patrol agent, agent terry displayed an exemplary record of public service. he joined the united states marine corps upon his graduation from high school and served a tour of duty in iraq. he was honorably discharged in 1994. upon completing his military service, he returned home to michigan and completed a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. he then served as a police officer in lincoln park, michigan. in 2007 he joined the united states customs and border protection

i yield about to buy time to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry> thank the chairman for yielding something to me. this is about jobs. good, high-paying labor jobs. and i think we have a good solution going forward, a bill that will be introduced after this hearing today with the support of full committee chair, subcommittee chair, and i think everybody that a sitting here right now. which would recognize nebraska's compromise to move the pipeline off of the sand hills area and reroute it. it is the goal of those that are engaged in the negotiations, our state legislature, deq, governor's office, transcanada, that they think they could have the environmental study finished within about six months. frankly, it's a move of about 50 or 60 miles off of some sensitive area. it's a good compromise. so the bill that i'm introducing with the support of the people i just mentioned recognizes that when the nebraska department of environmental quality is finished, they will submit that in according to our legislation to for who is the expert, agency and pipel

mr. burke served as her chief of staff for five years. secretary napolitano acknowledges that she had conversations with him about the murder of agent terry. so a very important question comes up: why would mr. burke conceal the fast and furious connection from secretary napolitano? even before secretary napolitano came to arizona, emails indicate mr. burke spoke on december 15 with attorney general holder's deputy chief of staff, monty wilkinson. so a very important question is unanswered. before finding out about agent terry, mr. burke emailed mr. wilkinson that he wanted to -- quote -- "explain in detail about fast and furious when they talked." on that phone call -- this is a very important question. on that phone call did u.s. attorney burke tell mr. wilkinson about the case connection to a border patrol agent's death that very day? the next day deputy director at a.t.f. made sure briefing papers were prepared about operation fast and furious' connection to agent terry's death. he sent them to individuals here in washington, d.c. in the deputy attorney general's office at the justice department. within 24 hours, they were forwarded t

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including the murder of border patrol agent brian terry exactly one year ago today. did mr.peration fast and furious run under the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms which justice overseas. did he read the memos about it which were specifically addressed to him? he says no, now an unlikely ally emerges, former attorney general alberto gone tpwopb who served under president bush. megyn: the attorney general is a busy man. he has a lot of memos coming to his desk. he says just because they were addressed to me, some of these memos from fast and furious doesn't mean i read it, doesn't mean i knew about it. do you find that valid with you're experience as attorney general. >> absolutely. there are multiple memos flowing up to the office of the attorney general every day. sometimes you actually don't get to see them. the fact that a memo was addressed to the attorney general doesn't mean that he actually saw it. now, we all understand, general holder understands, i understand if a memo is addressed to me i am tagged with knowledge of it, even if i didn't see it. but it is ce

mr. speaker we'll never forget agent terry and the sacrifice he made. we'll continue to keep his family in our thoughts and prayers. 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 tempore: without objection the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as we hear from members of this house every day, i thought it would be refreshing to bring the people's voice directly to floor. so i asked my constituents to send me their thoughts i could deliver as a one-minute speech, the following is from sue sab sigmund of san diego who sent me this on the affordable care act to be reviewed by the supreme court. mrs. davis: being given the opportunity to speak before you, i wanted to make these 60 seconds witty, timely and relevant to all, but having failed that, she wrote, i'll tell you my concern. it's the future of the health care law. the supreme court could strike it down next year. i have a pre-existing health condition, she wrot

terry: nice to meet you. >> i do know him. cathy pippy, mrs. pippy loves you.aw, thank you. >> so, hello, mrs. pippy. so, i'm very happy. they are -- they're so excited. i told them. they were, like, "oh, my gosh, i love his steelers! go steelers!" so, hey, go steelers. >> and she came out and said, "i'm not a shaker hander, i'm a a hugger. >> i'm a hugger. >> jay: oh, okay. well, there you go. >> terry: very sweet. >> jay: very good. >> terry: thank you. you're welcome. >> thank you. >> jay: now, let me ask you -- now, christmas is on sunday. >> yes. >> jay: what's on your christmas list? >> what's on my christmas list? okay, so i have a goldendoodle named maddy -- >> jay: mm-hmm. >> and i love her with all my heart, and i leave tonight to go to my hometown, fort lauderdale. but i don't want to put her underneath the plane. you know, it's dark and it's scary and i didn't want to do that to my daughter. so, i figured, you know, hopefully i could do something for her. >> jay: yeah. >> but -- so, my christmas list is that someone will maybe take her on the plane.

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mrs. obama on both "nightline" and a "20/20" holiday special, next friday. but tonight, the president's republican opponents held their last debate before voting finally begins in iowa. here's "nightline" anchor terrya very brief history of the republican debate. >> reporter: tonight, the republicans went at it again. >> let me tell you, i hope i am the tim tebow of the iowa caucuses. >> reporter: and there was this exchange on newt gingrich's alleged influence peddling. >> we know he cashed paychecks from freddie mac. that's the best evidence you can have. >> what she just said is not true. i never lobbied under any circumstances. >> reporter: these candidates have debated for more than 26 hours all told this year, starting back in may. 13 times they've gone at it. and if you've missed some of that, here's a brief and ly irr. there's plenty they agreed on. >> failed policies of this administration. >> failed to lead. >> he's failed us. >> reporter: and they all promise to accomplish one big thing. >> repeal obama care. >> obama care. >> obama care. >> obama care. >> not cutting anything out of anything. all this talk is just talk. >> reporter: sometimes things got testy. >> rick, again -- >> you h

terry in virginia, no, that's an insult to mrs. clinton.n apt comparison to how to media treated mrs. clinton and how it treats mr. romney. i see no comparison except hillary was the early front-runner until obama got his voice. she had no record to run against like romney. she didn't flip around like a tiny cat fish. you knew you could trust her because she was basically espousing the same ideas as bill clinton. s. writes romney equals clinton equals gingrich equals obama equals bush. ron paul equals thomas jefferson equals profit. remember, dr. paul called the financial collapse back in 2001. and michael on facebook writes only if ron paul is the barack obama. newt by the way, is the howard dean of 2012 and mitt ais more f the bob dole. you want to read more, go to my blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile. blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> thank you. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>>> happeninp>>> happeninh facifacinp facing reporter. here in "the situation room," itpit' it's promisit's pro mayp maybe a thimaybe a th ththat mitp that mithat mi

terry's death. those are the things we want to hear today. mr. attorney general, i respect the fact that you said in the senate that you gave truthful testimony, but i would like to hear when a few weeks because a few months, are we to have the confidence the president says he has in you and the many people up and down the chain of command at justice who saw this program, this operation, and let it happen, and many people who called your legislative affairs representative, caused him to bring false testimony to the committee. it is i heard of fort letters or testimony to be taken back. they had to be taken back because " of people who still work for justice. i appreciate the opportunity to speak here and would ask that a member of my committee who has been intimately involved in the investigation also be allowed to sit on the dais under the same terms as mr. shipp -- schiff. >> is he a member of congress could, >> he is a freshman from texas. he is an attorney. >> i understand there is no room right now, but we will consider the request in just a

mr. denham: h r. 2668 would designate the station of the united states border patrol located at 2136 south naco highway in bisbeee arizona, as the brian a. terry border patrol. i want to thank the gentleman from california, mr. issa, for introducing this bipartisan legislation. the -- this would honor border patrol agent brian a. terry by naming the united states border patrol station in arizona as the brian a. terry border patrol station. born in flat rock, michigan, he served his country with the united states marine corps and continued his various in michigan prior to becoming a member of the border patrol he became a member of the 699th session of the border patrol academy, assigned to the facility in the tucson,

consequently, fast and furious might have been stopped in its tracks and brian terry may be alive. when mr. brewer came before the senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism the day after those revelations, i gave him a chance to explain himself. i listened to what he had to say. he told us that he -- quote -- "thought that dealing with the leadership of a.t.f. was sufficient and reasonable" -- end of quote. clearly it was not sufficient. mr. brewer even admitted as much saying -- quote -- "i regret that i did not alert others within the leadership of the department of justice to the tactics used in operation wide receiver when they first came to my attention" -- end of quote. he regrets not bringing gun walking in wide receiver to the attention of the attorney general, but what about bringing it 0 the -- to the attention of congress? he didn't even step forward to express his regret until emails that he detailed his knowledge were about to be produced under congressional subpoena. it's astounding, then, that it took the public controversy over fast and furious to help the chief

mr. speaker, governor romney just yesterday said you are an unreliable conservative. obviously, he is your opponent. isn't iowa governor terry branstad said today he respects you greatly but he openly questioned if you had the discipline or focus to be president. >> those are two different questions. let me take them one by one. quickly. i have a 90% american conservative union voting record for 20 years. it balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt, pretty conservative. the first wealth entitlement reform of your lifetime, the only one now is welfare. two out of three people went back to work or school. pretty conservative. the first tax cut in 16 years. largest capital gain in american history. unemployment came down to 4.2%. conservative. on the conservative thing, sort of laughable to suggest that somebody who campaigned with ronald reagan and with jack kemp and has had a 30-year record of conservatism is somehow not a conservative. >> bret: what about the concerns from iowa governor branstad? >> i think people have to watch my career and decide. i spent 16 years to create the first repub

mr. speaker, governor romney just yesterday said you are an unreliable conservative. obviously, he is your opponent. isn't iowa governor terry branstad said today he respects you greatly but he openly questioned if you had the discipline or focus to be president. >> those are two different questions. let me take them one by one. quickly. i have a 90% american conservative union voting record for 20 years. it balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt, pretty conservative. the first wealth entitlement reform of your lifetime, the only one now is welfare. two out of three people went back to work or school. pretty conservative. the first tax cut in 16 years. largest capital gain in american history. unemployment came down to 4.2%. conservative. on the conservative thing, sort of laughable to suggest that somebody who campaigned with ronald reagan and with jack kemp and has had a 30-year record of conservatism is somehow not a conservative. >> bret: what about the concerns from iowa governor branstad? >> i think people have to watch my career and decide. i spent 16 years to create the first repub

terry in december, 2010. any consistent statements from department officials about who knew what and when have only raised more concerns. >> mrrney general i respect the fact that you said in the senate that you gave truthful testimony, but i would like to hear when a few days becomes a few weeks or a few weeks becomes a few months, are we to have the confidence that the president he says he has in you and the many people up and down the chain of command at justice who saw this program, this operation, and let it happen? martha: that is only the beginning, folks. this is ongoing. rich lowrey joins me, editor of the national review. what do you make of this so far? >> i think eric holder is in trouble. i think the administration would be very reluctant to let him go. he's close friends with the president. just the way this feels to me, martha, i think someone is going to have to go and the guy who seems most likely to be on the chopping block is the top deputy lanny brewers who has his fingerprints over this letter that was sent to congress in february that dishonestly -- give a dishonest account of what this program was, and

mr. barnett, the you mind if we start with you? -- do you mind if we start with you? could you give us your statement? five minutes, go ahead. >> thank you, congressman terry. members of the subcommittee, my name is david barnett. i am a special representative of the association of plumbers and pipefitters, which represents more than 3000 -- 30,000 members in the u.s. and canada. i am a third generation, 35-year member of the united association. i began my career on the trans alaska pipeline project. pipelines are all i have constructed and that is what brought me here today. the united association is the leading trainer -- trade unit, representing pipeline units -- pipeline workers, in the u.s. and canada. there is a nationwide local which would comprise the largest single craft, working on the project. we invest roughly $200 million in training, to insure our members are the most highly skilled our industry has to offer. the united association strongly supports the keystone xl pipeline for several good reasons. it is a project that represents billions of dollars of capital investment, hundreds of million in tax revenue, and approximately 13,000 constructi

mr. zogby. you mentioned that said arianism, the emphasis on sick terry and with this government was inherentlyatic and i think that is probably putting the problem the wrong way around. i think the emphasis was on democracy which in iraq is inherently sectarian. because of the 60% of the shia and the fact that they have not been in power. i guess centuries. so, it looks like to me that is sort of the wrong reading. >> let me start with the reconciliation. the answer is we did not ask questions about that. but we did find in the poll numbers the deep divide come through but we didn't specifically ask questions of that sort. the numbers are -- you say normalized and i say average on the totality and if you look in the poll toward the end of the booklet that you have, the section on iraq that is on page 21, attitude towards iraqi leaders, the total, the total is there and you will see that despite the fact that al-maliki al-maliki -- i am sorry al allawi's numbers are not as high among the shia, much higher among the kurds in much higher among the sunni, overall the favorable rating in the -- is

mr. speaker, governor romney just yesterday said you are an unreliable conservative. obviously, he is your opponent. isn't iowa governor terry branstad said today he respects you greatly but he openly questioned if you had the discipline or focus to be president. >> those are two different questions. let me take them one by one. quickly. i have a 90% american conservative union voting record for 20 years. it balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt, pretty conservative. the first wealth entitlement reform of your lifetime, the only one now is welfare. two out of three people went back to work or school. pretty conservative. the first tax cut in 16 years. largest capital gain in american history. unemployment came down to 4.2%. conservative. on the conservative thing, sort of laughable to suggest that somebody who campaigned with ronald reagan and with jack kemp and has had a 30-year record of conservatism is somehow not a conservative. >> bret: what about the concerns from iowa governor branstad? >> i think people have to watch my career and decide. i spent 16 years to create the first repub

family deserves answers about agent terri's murder in answering my letter into another step towards eating those answers. .. >> and boston fbi. thank him very much, mr. chairman. >> so with that cheerful welcome -- [laughter] mr. director l you, please, stand and raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear that the testimony you'll give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? go ahead, please, sir. >> thank you. thank you, chairman leahy, thank you ranking member grassley and members of the committee -- >> is your microphone on? >> i'm sorry. let me start again. good morning, chairman leahy, ranking member grassley, other members of the committee, and thank you for the opportunity to appear today before the committee and discuss your concerns. and also i want to thank you for your continued support of the men and women of the f birks. fbi. three months ago our nation marked the tenth anniversary of the september 11th attacks, the horrific events of that day were the prelude to a decade of political, economic and cultural transformation and globalization and technology have accelerated these changes. and since

mr. boehner said he would call the house back into session next week, if necessary, to approve the payroll tax cut compromise." next is a comment from virginia beach, virginia. terryod morning to you, independent. caller: good morning. i would like to question the myth that congress can't come together. for me, it depends on what they're coming together for. if they are taking away americans rights, they can come together. a good example -- the national defence act, which they passed in secrecy 93-7. congress comes together in helping israel. they give israel just about anything they want to. it is usually unanimous. they come together on that. they also come together when it comes time to start a war and sending our children to fight their wars. would it comes to unemployment, jobs, this and that -- this is deliberate. they represent the corporations. they do not represent the american people. they take our tax money and they spent in our faces. host: from the editorial pages of "the wall street journal" -- this paragraph -- host: that is "the wall street journal" editorial outlook this morning. janelle e-mails this. this is waco, texas. allen is a republican the

terry was murdered. two cartel assault weapons found at the scene were connected to operation fast and furious. mr. speaker, you recall that's the operation where our government facilitated smuggling weapons to mexican drug cartels, the enemies of mexico and the united states. military-type intrusions by the cartels will only increase. we need to defend our sovereignty, protect our border patrol and first responders. it's time to send military equipment coming back from iraq to secure the southern border from the cartel soldiers. this veteran equipment includes humvees, night vision equipment and more u.a.v.'s. incidents like this will only continue to occur until washington elites realize what happens in mexico doesn't stay in mexico. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. sires: mr. speaker, with our economy still struggling and unemployment remaining unacceptably high, now

terry is next, sacramento, california. go ahead, please, welcome to booktv's "in depth." >> caller: hello, mr. brooks.whenever i disagree with one of your positions, i'm going to blame toronto. [laughter] but i wanted to ask you, i heard you give a talk on c-span a few months ago, and you were talking about how modest and humble the american people were after winning world war ii, and you contrasted that with a corner back in a football game making a 2-yard tackle and doing a celebration dance. and i wanted to ask you, and i'm not talking about the people who are the relatives of the 9/11 victims, but on the night bin laden was killed, were there a lot of 2-yard corner backs dancing in the street? because it seemed there were a lot of people who didn't really do anything. >> guest: yeah, i agree with that. there were a lot of people got out, college students got out and danced and had a party in front of the white house, and i confess i was uncomfortable with that. it is, after all, the death of a human being, the death of his wife and some soldiers, and i, of course, loathe what they were all about.