mr. thompson: -- >> will the gentleman yield? mr. thompson: i will yield, yes. >> i nouveau the two light bulbs there. the one on the right, that's the one that's got mercury in it. mr. thompson: that's correct. mr. crenshaw: the one on your left, that's made in america. and that's just as efficient as the one in your right hand? mr. thompson: it meets the efficiency standards that our manufacturers, when those were set by previous congresses, before my time here, our manufacturers, they stepped to the plate and they rose up and they chose to use innovation in their manufacturing and this is one example of one product that is absolutely energy efficient, no mercury and american made. mr. crenshaw: and you can still buy those at the store? mr. thompson: that's correct. mr. crenshaw: do i have one concern. i think if -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. crenshaw: thank you. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. honda: thank you, mr. chairman. the utilization of what you call the curley queue and the

mr. thompson: reclaiming my time. mr. hastings: i can that the gentleman have an additional minute. mr. thompson: it's a shot at the endangered species and you and i know how important it is with regard to the salmon in our districts, something that is important to our economy, something that is important to the ecology of not only our state but the ecology of -- we need to work together and i suggest that we remove this and get to work, i do yield. mr. hastings: we share that with the salmon. i would point out that the salmon run coming back in greater number which is suggests that the species is being recovered. and yet we are waiting on -- for a judge to make a decision. mr. thompson: would you yield back? remember, you're very well aware of the salmon issue and how there's been a number of attempts over the matter of water that if had been successful, had it not been for the endangered species act, there wouldn't be any fish because without water, as you know, there's no fish. mr. hastings: i can't argue with the gentleman. i'm just saying we need to look at this -- it's been 23 year

mr. thompson, i would-- no, let me finish. debbie is an adult. she can do what she wants.t, you're gonna have to change some things about yourself. now, if i may make some suggestions? oh, feel free. good, first, you're a slob. you dress like a bum. second, you're unmotivated. you have no self-esteem, no thought about the future. you're inconsiderate. you're insensitive. you're insincere. mm, i'm having the same caterer for your shower that we had at our christmas party last year. oh, that would be great, they're wonderful. (ilene) well, if you were you, i'd worry less about the shower and more about rick's bachelor party. why--why would i want to do that? i trust rick. oh, of course you do. and i trusted my ex, kevin, too. cousin, i can only speak to you from experience. but what do you think happens during these bachelor parties? think they sit around and drink tea and play scrabble? ilene, i trust rick. i--he promised me-- oh, debbie, please, don't be naive. men are pigs. uh, girls, why don't we go inside and have some lunch, huh? boys, come on inside and have lunch. ye

mr. thompson of pennsylvania. amendment number 12 by mr. holt of new jersey. amendment number 9 by mr. moran of virginia. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 112-173, by the gentleman from north carolina. mr. watt, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the chair: amendment number 2, printed in house report number 112-173, offered by mr. watt of north carolina. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, -- a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned

mr. thompson and these leaders. the leaders have stepped up to the placement and given support.t think it is only fitting that they come forward and express themselves. here is the chairman of the united everything congress. we were just listening to live >> we were just listening to a live press conference from raw woman in the case accusing former cop imf and dominique strauss-kahn. >> to sisters claimed that southwest airlines kick them off of an airplane because they're crying too much although southwest says they have no record of anyone being kicked off of light. the two were headed to texas to see their father. the ladies said that they were upset over the health of their father and that they were not been disrupted. >> i was calling my eyes out. i was clearly upset, but i never said anything to another passenger, i kept to myself. i did not have a glass of wine or any drinks on the plane. i think someone made a prejudgment about where i was coming from. >> i sensed tension with the sword is. i sensed that something would happen. i have heard about things like this happen

mr. thompson. however, if you're taking on a broader tax reform, then you have the option of being either revenue neutral or raising significant revenue that does not hurt investments. >> i just want to point out that on the lowering the rate, if you do away with all the tax expenditures, it only gets you to about 28%. what i have been hearing most here recently deals with the debt ceiling debate. i am hearing from people all over my district. yesterday, a disabled vietnam veteran says if he does not get his social security check, he is living in his car. farm credit folks were here yesterday. if they finance everything from grapes, to rise, to paris. they tell me it is devastating for agriculture. -- they finance everything from grapes, to rice, to pears. they tell me it is devastating for agriculture. what will be a priority before paying our debts if we do not pass the debt ceiling? >> i am upgrade that is not within my area of expertise. >> from your experience at treasury? >> my experience was

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize and honor a true patriot, humanitarian and all-around great american. colonel gerald f. russell, united states marine corps. colonel russell is a combat veteran of korea, the cuban missile crisis and world war ii, including the battle of iwo jima which is a similar knoll event in our history. i use time to celebrate our service to our country. mr. speaker, may 1, 1916 was the beginning of a long life of service. in 1940, colonel gerald f. russell graduated from boston college and enlisted in the first u.s. marine corps office and was commissioned the second lieutenant of the united states marine corps. he was assigned to the 11th marines, paris island, south carolina, and then promoted to first lieutenant. in september, 1942, colonel russell land in the assault waves in the first offense of world war ii. he was promoted to captain the very same day. assigned as battery commander of the ship and hit by japanese aircraft during landing which later sank. colonel

mr. thompson, on the television saying not only is there dna evidence but that she sustained injuries asell. unless they're going to say this is a rough sex thing and she purposely injured herself to politically set her up, i think it happened. women do not subject themselves to this kind of scrutiny just to make up a story. >> i have to run, but what if this is a false allegation. will she face charges? >> she will absolutely face perjury charges. >> appreciate it. thanks again. >>> time to get you caught up on the headlines. an apology from exxonmobil today after as much as 42,000 gallons of crude oil leaked into montana's yellowstone river. exxonmobil is cleaning up the spill. it started leaking near the town of laurel, about 100 miles downstream of the yellowstone national park. about 200 people were evacuated when the spill was discovered friday. >>> state government offices in minnesota have been closed for three days now, and it's not because of the fourth of july a stalemate over the state budget has forced the shut down she is likely to drag on for days. the governor's spokeswom

mr. thompson and myself in the ranking member requested tsa to establish that and we are hoping to codify that legislation in working with the chairman of this committee. the earlier questioning where we said not on our watch, at least i offer those words as we look at the transportation system throughout america. i think there a lot of points that have been made that help us move forward together. that is what i think is most important, the public-private partnership. earlier today i had the opportunity to speak to an industry group on the issue of cargo security and our commitment there along with the secretary of transportation, government and the private sector working together. want to thank them for their policy hearings. i will always look to the rightness of some of the things that tsa does and in their pilot program, not sure if this is a lucky number. it seems like the state of alabama and the state of texas have been left out. the chairman did not ask me to mention that but i would wonder, wonder why that is the case and i would like to review. i don't see why we couldn't have

mr. thompson, what is your book about? >> in one word, moonshine. but that one word often requires thousands more of the explanation because i am trying to take what people think about this subject, moonshine, and turn it into the history of a broader time in american history. this was the 1930's during prohibition. the era of the depression. >> what did manage i mean? >> of course america even back in its formation had always had spirit, liquor as part of its social gathering and so forth. three of our first five presidents had liquor distiller is on the plantation. for example, when 1919 came around and the nation for bait anyone from making or distributing alcohol, suddenly here we have both at time of poverty and unemployment, a 25%, and a time when they come in this thing is illegal. a great market for illegal whiskey. makes a employment poverty. it's going to have a situation with complex. >> the men's and capital of the world. what is the image i capital of the world? >> four of my great grandparents, two of them were born in this community c

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a dear friend and colleague, dr. john shank, and congratulate him on his retirement from temple university. dr. shank has a 10-year professor at temple university where he serves as director of the therapeutic recreation program. in his 25 years of tremendous service to temple, professor shank has put forth a level of commitment to the advancement of the professional knowledge within the field of recreational therapy this is second to -- that is second to none. his scholarly successes have contributed to the university of being the most prolific academic research center in the field of therapy. not only has he made tremendous contributions to his field, he served as an outstanding teacher and role model to those students who had the fortunate enough to have him as a teacher. dr. shank, thank you for your academic achievements and for your contributions to the recreational therapy field. congratulations on your retirement. good luck in the future. tha

mr. thompson and myself in the ranking member requested tsa to establish that and we are hoping to codify that legislation in working with the chairman of this committee. the earlier questioning where we said not on our watch, at least i offer those words as we look at the transportation system throughout america. i think there a lot of points that have been made that help us move forward together. that is what i think is most important, the public-private partnership. earlier today i had the opportunity to speak to an industry group on the issue of cargo security and our commitment there along with the secretary of transportation, government and the private sector working together. want to thank them for their policy hearings. i will always look to the rightness of some of the things that tsa does and in their pilot program, not sure if this is a lucky number. it seems like the state of alabama and the state of texas have been left out. the chairman did not ask me to mention that but i would wonder, wonder why that is the case and i would like to review. i don't see why we couldn't have

mrs. thompson. this final amendment will not prevent this bill from moving forward. if it is adopted, it will simply be incoorpted into the bill and the bill will be immediately voted on. i offer this final amendment today to protect our seniors and i hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will join me in supporting it. i urge everyone to vote yes on this final amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. . for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? mr. duffy: mr. speaker, i withdraw my point of order and rise in opposition to the motion. the speaker pro tempore: point of order is withdrawn and the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. duffy: first off, this motion on the floor today is just a political stunt that's going to undo the goodwill of my bill. now, let's be clear. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. let the house be in order. all members, take your seats. cease the conversation. the gentleman may proceed. mr. duffy: let's be clear. after nearly 20 hours of hearings and debates in our su

mr. thompson. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, and i would welcome our panel of witnesses to today's hearing. today the committee will hold a third hearing in a series of terrorism and american muslim communities. in previous hearings we heard testimony about young americans of so malida sent who left this country to join al-shabaab, a somalia group that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the department of state. our discussion of al-shabaab in america must begin with the facts. reliable evidence indicates a small but concerning number of young men have left america to join this group. this activity seemed to occur primarily between 2007 to 2009. al-shabaab has fewer than 3,000 members and has never attacked the united states interest abroad. there are other facts we must not ignore. somalia is currently in the grips of the worst humanitarian crisis in the generation. again, somalia's back drop of human suffering caused by natural disaster is the political instability caused by human folly. somali

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. tompson: thank you, mr. speaker. since 1947, every august, the little league baseball world series is held in pennsylvania within pennsylvania's fifth congressional district. each year, little league international recognizes little league graduates who have become outstanding citizens and role models as adults for induction into the little league hall of excellence. among previous inductees, vice president joe biden in 2009, general peter pace in 2003, and former new york mayor rudy giuliani in 2002. this year's ceremony will prove to be extra special. for 2011 little league international plans to enshrine the first ever little league graduate to receive the medal of honor. that person is army private first class ross mcginnis he played second base in outfield for six years, he's a graduate of little league in knox, pennsylvania, in the fifth district. in 2006, he heroically gave his life to save four others from a grenade blast inside a humvee in operations in iraqi freedom. in 2008, he was awarded thed me oofl hono

mr. thompson. >> thank you, chairman. thank you, director bromwich for being with us today. you have laid out well in your testimony the structural changes the former mms went through in order to become the bureau of ocean energy management. regulation enforcement and of what other structural changes to the agency can you foresee going forward? >> this is a lot of change for now what we are going to finalize as of october 1. and we've suggested people to a lot of change very quickly we change the rules which they obviously have to apply, and now we are creating new agencies in which they are going to have to work. so this has been a lot to bite off for us and for them. we don't anticipate right now any additional structural organizational changes, but i'm not sure you were here. there were major structural innovations as part of the reorganization. for example, we are creating for the first time in national training center for our inspectors and naturally engineers. creating for the first time in environmental enforcement unit on the side that we've never had before. but tho

mr. thompson who was sent to death row because prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence, finding it no cause of action to recover from this particular indignity if not more. so finding what the principle is thick and the justice kennedy to these different outcomes they think would be theirs that they are beings who make stories out of the theater, but it will try to look at some of the unconditional and seated the on the left rate. when that did not get -- we noted in the wal-mart case of three women justices sided with the plaintiffs in that case and justice ginsburg's opinion that took much more seriously their claims of an atmosphere, and all boys club atmosphere that pervaded that company. but in the california presents case, we had all california members of the court finding that the california government was incapable of addressing the constitutional conditions in prisons on its own and require action to make it happen in. in the videogame case, justices from new york took a blasÉ attitude that violence would somehow work the mine of young people. so i think if you go beyond the tradit

mr. thompson for five minutes for his opening statements. >> thank you chairman lamborn, i appreciate yourp and interest in holding this important hearing. since its inception the national or system has been intended for multiple use. this includes recreation tourism and yes, mineral extraction such as oil, gas and coal. for an example i don't have to look further than allegany natural force which is in the fifth district of pennsylvania which i'm privileged to represent. the oil and she was born there 150 years ago with the drake well and since its founding 64 years later in 1923, oil and gas production is continued in the nearby allegheny national forest. some semel have you believe natural resource production whether there's oil, gas coler temper and environmental stewardship are mutually exclusive. nothing could be further from the truth and for those who think otherwise i certainly invite them to pennsylvania and allegheny national forest to see for themselves. we have successfully produce oil gas and timber for decades while protecting our environment. in fact we boast of having the

mr. thompson and myself in the ranking member requested tsa to establish that and we are hoping to codify that legislation in working with the chairman of this committee. the earlier questioning where we said not on our watch, at least i offer those words as we look at the transportation system throughout america. i think there a lot of points that have been made that help us move forward together. that is what i think is most important, the public-private partnership. earlier today i had the opportunity to speak to an industry group on the issue of cargo security and our commitment there along with the secretary of transportation, government and the private sector working together. want to thank them for their policy hearings. i will always look to the rightness of some of the things that tsa does and in their pilot program, not sure if this is a lucky number. it seems like the state of alabama and the state of texas have been left out. the chairman did not ask me to mention that but i would wonder, wonder why that is the case and i would like to review. i don't see why we couldn't have

mr. thompson who was sent to death row because prosecutors withheld exculpatory action finding he had no cause to recover for that indignity so finding what the principle is to lead him to these different outcomes might be worthwhile for those who have a case coming up before the court. dollar lot of other things we try to make stories out of but i will try to end looking at some of the unconventional lines we saw on the court beyond the traditional left-right. one that i think did not get -- we noted in the wal-mart case, all three women justices sided with the plaintiffs in that days. justice ginsburg's opinion that took much more seriously their claims of an atmosphere, a boys' club atmosphere that pervaded that company. but in the california prisons case, we have all the california members of the court voting -- finding that the california government was incapable of addressing the unconstitutional conditions in its prisons on its own and required court action to make it happen and we can -- and then finally, of course, in the video game game case, all four justices from new york too

mr. thompson who was sent to death row because prosecutors withheld information. so, finding what the principle is that could lead justice kennedy to these different outcomes would be worthwhile for those that might have a case coming up before the court. there are lots of other things we tried to make stories out of this year, but i will try to end was looking at some of the unconventional alliances we saw on the court, beyond the traditional left/right. one that did not get -- well, we noted in the wal-mart v. dukes case, all three women judges sided with the plaintiff and justice ginsburg's opinion, which took much more seriously the claims of an old boys' club atmosphere that pervaded the that company. but, in the california prison case, we had all the california members of the court finding that the california and government was not capable of addressing the unconstitutional conditions in the presence on its own, and required court action to make that happen. finally, of course, in the video game case, all four justices from new york took a blase attitude to

mr. thompson, five minutes for his opens statement. >> thank you, ranking members holt and holden, i appreciateyour effort in holding the important hearing. since the inception, the national forest system has intended for mobile use, it includes tourism and, yes, mineral extraction. i don't have to look any further than the allegheny national forest which is the 5th district of pennsylvania. which i'm proud to represent. the oil industry was born there. since it's founding 54 years later, oil and gas production has conned in the nearby allegheny national forest. some will have you believe that natural resource production, whether it's oil, gas, coal, or timber, and environmental stewardship are mutually exclusive. nothing could be farther from the truth. for those that think otherwise, come to pennsylvania and the allegheny forest yourself. we have successfully produced for decades while protecting the environment. we boast of having the linest hardwoods in the world. because of the value, the amf, perhaps one the only national forest that makes money. because we are blessed with abundant natur

mr. representative thompson of pennsylvania. >> thank you, chairman. appreciate your assistance in coordinating this hearing. first of all, i want to submit for the record -- permission to submit for the record and peace of mind for the ranking member of the natural resources committee, regarding radioactivity in the region. this is an article june 21, 2011, that reports on a study that was done by the department of environmental protection and pennsylvania that showed no radioactive contaminants in water used and produced in western pennsylvania, where we do a lot of horizontal drilling. with your permission, i would like to submit that for the record. >> without objection. so ordered. >> i want to thank the panel for being here and your testimony. i want to start with forest service. on page one of your testimony you state that the u.s. forest service has no plans to develop a policy to ban horizontal drilling and the associated hydraulic fracturing. i am looking for yes or no answer. does the forest service have a draft eif dated april 2011 that sta

anne thompson, thanks. >>> mr. roker is across the street here. any relief in sight this weekend? >> you know it's hot when matt lauer breaks out seersucker. that's all i have to say. when you look at the watches, warnings and advisories from texas and nebraska into new england and air quality alerts here in the northeast, red-flag alerts for bad air quality. look at these temperatures right now. the this is for afternoon highs. 103 in philly. could set a record. 102 in new york city. a record as well possible, 98 in virginia beach. charlotte, 100. as you widen out the heat continues to spread to the west. 104 in topeka. 103 in dallas. what we're expecting, take a look at the heat indexes, you can see it's going to feel like 107 in indianapolis. it will feel like 111 in new york city. the good news is, the pattern is changing. it's going to take a little while. right now here's that big upper-level ridge, but we're getting a little cooler air coming in. this, though, back in canada, this is where the real relief comes. as we move into the early part of next week, by tuesday, the h

also ken thompson the lawyer for the accuser, for the made, he criticized the manhattan district attorney, said that they perhaps were fearing they mr. going to lose the case. they were setting up for a dismissal. they were very critical. he even referenced manhattan district attorney's recent cases that had failed. so this is a very interesting dynamic. and this could be a major blow for cyrus mance, the manhattan district attorney. today we did not see that strong, confident prosecution we saw in the last two courtrooms. >> brown: laurie levenson, pick up on that last part. the split that we saw when the attorney for the accuser came out was very strongly going after the prosecutor for dropping the ball, for not picking up, and really telling him, do not let go of this. how unusual is something like that? >> well, you know, this is a big advocate for the victim. and a lot of victims don't have such an advocate. but frankly for the prosecutor, he's in a tough place. because even if he personally believes his victim, he has to keep in mind, can i prove it beyond a reasonable doubt to the jury given who this defendant is. and so what

mr. broun: oy was listening to my colleague. i did a town hall meeting in thompson, georgia, just recently and a lady said $1 billion is a lot of money. we talk about that as if it isn't a lots of money. we cannot continue down this road of borrowing 40 cents on every dollar that the federal government spends. it has created uncertainty in the economic world and it -- this debt is crushing to us. cutting $10 million for a project, it might be -- i'm a physician, i have a science back ground and there are a lot of things that would be interesting to research and interesting things to do, but just like a business when it gets overextended, what does it do? it lowers the borrowing limit and tries to work out the debt. then it starts looking at every expense it has, every corner of their expenses and tries to cut expenses. besides that, they start looking at revenue. our democratic colleagues want to raise taxes and that is a tax that will drive away jobs. i have businesses that tell me that the tax burden, today is so high that they aren't hiring new people. and increa