mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 2857, the public transit security and local law enforcement support act and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as the president stated in his weekly address, the anniversary of 9/11 is a time to honor and commemorate first responders, the victims of the attacks and members of the armed forces serving at home and abroad. it's unfortunate that the republican majority has decided to discontinue the house's tradition of doing just that by considering a resolution honoring the fallen and commending our nation's bravest on this day. for years majority leaders of both parties have introduced and scheduled consideration of a 9/11 resolution. surely if the house has the time to consider the 32 bills scheduled for consideration on the suspension calendar this week, it has the time to commemorate our nation's first responders, the victims of 9/11 and

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the house isn't in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize lance of center county, pennsylvania. this week on september 13, 2012, lance will be honored as the 2012 recipient of the navy league of central pennsylvania, lieutenant michael p. murphy's distinguished citizen award. the navy league of central pennsylvania is an organization designed to enhance challenges facing today's armed forces as well as advocating for the men and women who serve. the lieutenant michael p. murphy distinguished citizen award is given to a nonactive duty person who has character, distinguished military or civilian service and stature, draw wholesome comparison for which the council tries to promote. lance, chairman of the group

mr. thompson was the governor from 2000-2001. >> the first debate between presidential candidates mitt romney and barack obama is next wednesday, october 3. jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and in gauge was c-span, including allied debate preview at 7:00 eastern followed by the domestic policy debate at 9:00. post-debate your reactions and comments. follow live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c- span.org. >> i want c-span every time there is a special -- i watch c- span every time there is a special event going on. every time there's something going on, i want to watch c-span because they have the best, most unbiased view of what is happening. if i want to get spun in a circle, i watched the other news organizations. i watched them on tv or on line. i do not know that i have a favorite show. for me it is always anytime i need to know what is going on, i know c-span will have the real story of what is really happening. >> josh truitt watches c-span on direct tv. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> both presidential candida

mr. thompson's democratic opponent in this senate race is named tammy baldwin. one snapshot of politics right now in this country is how the presidential race is going. but the race to control the united states senate most days is a more amazing story. or a more amazing amalgamation of stories. today tommy thompson is on tape saying, who better than him to get rid of medicare! but something like that can't even win the shocking election tape of the week award, not when it's up against other competitors from this week, like this tape. [ chanting ] this is the tape we aired here last night of five staffers for massachusetts republican senator scott brown, as well as other republican party operatives, chanting fake native american war whoops and doing tomahawk chops, to mock native americans. the abc affiliate in boston identified the scott brown staffers here as his deputy chief of staff, his constituent services council, his state director for massachusetts, and his special assistant. also, there is a massachusetts state republican party guy here, who works in co

mr. thompson, where gov.. my wife and my children have lived their whole life in the state of wisconsin and they're trying to make it out like i know lunker belong to wisconsin. -- no longer belong to wisconsin. we believe so much in this state. i have run positive ads. i have to defend myself. >> same question. >> i think it is very similar to what we just heard. sometimes the definitions we associate with words like liberal and conservative, the name-calling gets crazy. i looked at how we got into the fiscal mess we're in right now. during the bush years, we had two unfunded tax cuts, two unfunded wars. my opponent gave a sweetheart deal to the drug companies. my -- about $3.50 trillion and funded on a credit card to our children and grandchildren. and they call that a conservative. >> our second question will be from lee said. -- lisa. before the end of the year and before either of you is sworn in, the nation faces the explanation of the bush era tax cuts. it also faces the spending cuts unless president o

mr. thompson: i yeeled myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: on this day above all other well, turn our thoughts to those who were lost in the tragic events of 9/11. it is unfortunate that the house has missed the opportunity today to consider noncontroversial homeland security legislation introduced by both democrats and republicans, thus showing that on 9/11 we put partisan politics aside and focus on doing the right thing. before closing, mr. speaker, i'd like to extend my congratulations to the gentleman from illinois, representative walsh, for something bills on the floor for consideration for the first time today. i suspect that he's surprised that i'm one of -- i suspect that he is as surprised as i am that one of his first bills to reach the floor was proposed to congress by the owaugh -- obama administration. with that, mr. speaker, i urge passage of this proposal from the obama administration and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlema

mr. thompson, not as governor but as tommy. my wife and children have lived their whole life in the state of wisconsin and they're trying to make it out i no longer belong in wisconsin. i farm in wisconsin, i run the family farm. my wife and daughter runs a women's health foundation in the state of wisconsin. and we have never left wisconsin. we never will. we believe so much in this state and i've done so much to make wisconsin the best that it possibly can be. and you know, i've run policy ads until finally i have to defend myself and think that's a mistake. >> representative baldwin, same question, misleading ad against you. >> well, i think it's very similar to what we just heard in my opponent's opening statement. you know, sometimes the definitions that we think we associate with words like liberal and conservative, the name-calling, it just cuts kind of crazy. i look at how we got into the fiscal mess that we're in right now as a nation. and during the bush years we had two unfunded tax cuts, two unfunded wars, and an en

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this week another american energy producing company announced plant closures and worker layoffs citing the obama administration's authoritarian regulatory regime in part as a rationale reason for closing. one is located in the fifth district of pennsylvania which i'm proud to represent. they announced a regulatory environment that's aggressively restraining the use of coal, end quote. it will result in layoffs of 1200 workers and immediate 400 jobs lost in virginia, west virginia and pennsylvania. the fact that the coal industry is facing tough times isn't news. they have other energy competitors including natural gas, labor costs. the issue that's news worthy is the additional burden being placed on american employers during such difficult and tough economic times. the administration announced intentions to eliminate coal. our most abundant natural resource from our fuel mix with no clear plan to replace it with any effective alternative has taken a significant toll on emplo

mr. thompson: i rise in opposition to this political poppy cock. i got a real personal issue in this legislation. when i was in the state senate i wrote california's welfare reform legislation, and the work requirement was a major part of that and it was a bipartisan effort in california. it was signed by a republican governor, pete wilson, and today it's still being followed by democratic governor jerry brown. welfare reform has worked. 15 years later, the program caseload in california is roughly 60% of what it was in 1998. even in the face of this terrible recession that we're hooking at today. and waivers were an important part of that as they are in every state across the nation. those waivers allow flexibility to governors to run federal programs in the most effective and the most efficient way possible. one size does not fit all. and that's why we have these waivers. in this case they work because they move more people from welfare to work and that's what we want. this bill should be roundly defeated. i yield back the balance of my time. the

mr. thompson has a six point lead. so something has changed. governor thompson joins us now. as a note we reached out to miss baldwin for an interview but governor thompson is the one joining us today. nice to see you, governor. >> my pleasure, jenna. thanks for very much taking a closer look at wisconsin. i love everybody out there that looks at wisconsin. jenna: is just not about the packers but about politics. let's talk about the polls as well. just one poll, we understand that for sure. but it is a trend we're seeing the races are tightening. why is your race getting tighter? why is your lead not as big now? >> well the truth of the matter is, is that my opponent has been up for four weeks on television attacking me and criticizing me, falsely i might add and we haven't been up. so obviously the race is going to tighten. we just went up on television last friday. and i think you're going to see a it widen again. i think we're in good shape. jenna: are you going negative as well? governor are you going negative as well with your ads? >> no. we're positive. we, we believe

mr. thompson's case, i hope it changed his outcome, but again, one person's story doesn't tell you whetherthe treatment really helps. in fact, it's possible that he may not have even needed treatment. you just don't know. it really is a problem that we don't have good, comparative effectiveness studies to show us that particularly the more expensive treatments, things like robotic radical prostatectomy or proton beam therapy, despite being so much more expensive, are any better, and they could even be worse in terms of cancer-controller side effects. yeah. he's 83 years old with a psa of 117. gleason score 4 plus 3, adenocarcinoma in 9 of 12 cores, but the involved cores were 50% to 100% involved. i'd sure feel a lot more comfortable about just saying intermittent therapy. doing the kitchen-sink approach may be better. he could probably wait a couple years. those results. turns out that when you start to work in an organized-care system, you talk an awful lot about indications, guidelines. it relies on data. when is there a benefit? how do i properly advise the patient? when you start to m

mr. thompson, not as governor, but as tommy my wife and chern lived their whole life in the state of wisconsin. they're trying to make it out i no longer belong in wisconsin. i run the farm -- i farm in wisconsin, run the family farm. my wife and daughter run a women's health foundation in the state of wisconsin. we have never left wisconsin and never will. we believe so much in this state and have done so much to make wisconsin the best it possibly can be. you know, i've run positive ads until fenally i have to defend myself. i think that's a mistake. >> representative baldwin, same question. misleading ad against you? >> well, i think it's very similar to what we just heard in my opponent's opening statement. you know, sometimes the definitions that we think, we associate with words like liberal and conservative, the name calling, it gets kind of crazy. i look at how we got into the fiscal mess that we're in right now as a nation. during the bush year well, had two unfunded tax cuts, two unfunded wars, and an enormous unfunded medicare part d benefit in which my opponent gave a sweetheart de

mr. thompson served as wick's governor from 1997 to 2001. and she has represented the second district in congress since 1999. >> the first debate between presidential candidates mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday october 3rd. jim leher moderates from the university of denver. starting at 7:00 followed by the domestic policy debate and your reaction, follow our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> fordham university hosted a discussion on the jewish vote over the weekend. among the speakers, former new york city mayor ed koch who supports president obama. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> we're here again from the wineman institute in connection to this conference dedicated to the 2012 presidential election and the way it's being shaped by the memory of the holocaust and the politics of israel. we can find no two more interesting people to discuss this topic for many, many reasons. first a former three-term mayor of new york city ed koch. [applause] people forget -- i do not, but people for

mr. thompson: so far the application of f.a.a. has gained our trust but we will continue to verify how the f.a.a. is being used. trust, but verify. the famplet a. -- the f.a.a. provides the tweels need to collect vital counterterrorism information. i will vote in favor of h.r. 5949, the fisa amendments act and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. >> i yield the gentlelady from illinois, ms. schakowsky, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. schakowsky: i rise today in opposition to this fisa legislation. i do want to thank my ranking member for yielding to me, despite our difference of opinion. as a member of the intelligence committee, i take the threat of terrorism very seriously. but i believe we are fully capable of protecting our security and safeguarding our precious civil liberties. this law thofferses the governme

mr. johnson. >> my name is robert thompson. i am a resident. am looking for to this project being implemented soon. >> that is generous of you to come down. i will move the item prepared -- the item. >> there is a member of the public that would like to address you on the issue of 10.2lmnn. public comment is closed on that. he has moved on to the consent calendar. >> we have a motion and a second to approve that. all in favor? all opposed? so ordered. the only thing that is left is public comment, right? >> yes. you may address the board on matters before the board, but not on the agenda. >> up until last week i was a member of the taxi advisory council. there are three things i want to talk about. number one, i'm very glad you're doing all of the planning for the america's cup race. it sounds great. i hope you can forward this information to taxi services, so they can for it to all of the cap companies, so we can direct passengers to use muni in situations where a would be more efficient. the second item is, june 5th, we were told that the tax

mr. thompson: so far the application o f.a.a.l continue to verify how the f.a.a. is being used. trust, but verify. the famplet a. -- the f.a.a. provides the tweels need to collect vital counterterrorism information. i will vote in favorf h.r. 5949, the fisa amendments act and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the ntleman from michigan reserves. the gentleman reserves his time. the gentman from maryland is recognized. >> i yield the gentlelady from illinois, ms. schakowsky, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. schakowsky: i rise today in opposition to this fisa legislation. i do want to thank my ranking member for yielding to me, despite our difference of opinion. as a member of the intelligence committee, i take the threat of terrorism very seriously. but i believe we are fully capable of protecting our security and safeguarding our precious civil liberties. this lawthofferses the government to collect mass electronic communica

. >> my good friend, tommy thompson, sounds like barack obama, blaming it on somebody else. mr. obama, meanwhile, continued his offensive, speaking by satellite to the aarp members >> i want to emphasize, they're not handouts. >> reporter: later, swiping about the comments. >> i don't see a lot of victims in this crowd today. i see hard-working people in virginia. >> reporter: he also resumed a back and forth with romney over the president's assertion that change in washington must not come simply from the inside, but the outside, too. >> he stood up at a rally, proudly declares i would get the job done from the inside, what kind of inside job is he talking about? >> reporter: a lot of republicans are looking at october 3 as a big date on the calendar, as the first of three presidential debates, and perhaps mitt romney's next big chance. let's head to the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory how will today play any way of knowing what this all means? >> well, it means this is a very dark moment for the romney campaign and they know it. probably the toughest period of thi

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thompson, even that's upside down for the republicans out there and current polling. all of this can change. we have got some distance to go here. it isn't looking gadd for mr. romney in the polling at the moment. >> bill: why do you think that changed since the conventions? what drove the change? >> well, i wish i knew. i'm at a little bit of a locals to understand how this detype gravity: certainly lead defeat incumbent. he seems to be doing just final. part of it was the convention bounce. part of that has faded. part is romney is clumsy and not natural politician. politics is not for amateurs. people complain bitterly about the politicians. some are complaining about romney not being a good campaigner. he may be a fine man and good president he is not a politician. >> if is he a good debater he might be able to overcome that. >> he wasn't a very good debater in the primaries. >> jimmy carter had the same problems as president president. maybe history is repeating itself here. last word. >> that's what the romney people have to be hoping. puts a lot of premium on him. >> bill: brit hume, everyone. directly ahead, concerns that the justice department is so

and roger thompson is the vice provost for enrollment management at the university of oregon. the system has more than 24,000 students, 20,000 of which are undergraduates. mr. montoya, if as the college board maintains, s.a.t. measures the skills needed for college success. what do some of the lowest scores in 40 years lead you to conclude? >> well, what we are to conclude is that students need to take more rigorous courses. in high school. we have to have higher expectations of our students. what we know is this. that of those students who complete a core curriculum, four years of english, at least three years of mathematics, at least three years of science and at least three years of social science, comparedded to those who students who did not complete a core curriculum, those students completing a core curriculum scored 144 points higher on the s.a.t. >> suarez: what do we know about the predictive value of the test itself? you have a threshold for college readiness. if you go into an institution of higher learning without reaching that threshold, are you automatically going to fail, not complete? what do we know? >> absolutely not. that threshold is a

mary thompson joins us with howard lutnik, chairman and ceo. >> thank you so much, andrew. mr.k, thank you for having us. last year you raised $12 million. what is your goal this year? >> just to raise more money. this is the chance for all of our employees to wave their compensation for the day and our customers and clients come to our aid, and we raise money all around the world, doing this all around the world and every penny of revenue we raise today we'll give to 150 different charities. >> you initially started this as a way to raise money for the families of the victims of 9/11, but it's grown into much more. what kind of charities receive the money that you raise today? >> you're right, we started by taking care of the families of 9/11 but since the five-year commitment we expanded wounded warriors, the intrepid fallen heroes fund, so we take care of the military, a lot of cancer research, and a lot of children's charities, huge numbers of children's charities and we bring in celebrity spokespeople to make this a fun day. our employees are giving up their pay and their

mr. anderson congratulations. were you able to hold your breath of the way? >> [inaudible] >> that was a pretty good swimmer, wasn't it? >> [inaudible] >> dr. thompson is and allow -- in the lab. that is the voice of dr. bond in the controlled and which is on the surface of the kind of barge acting like a kind of mission control. you can kind of hear that. you can hear the come artery that goes on with bond. very serious enterprise, but they are kind of joking around. you can hear them the kind of can't help laughing the helium voice even though they've heard it before. and informality in the -- there's no particular order. they're coming to live in the sealab. who's next? i don't know, manning and thompson, and then it turns out dr. thompson comes up next. so he is the second one in the lab, and at the beginning you can hear george bond say i believe that is barth. i believe that is robert barth. no, it's anderson. whoever, it's good. it's all good. so that was the early days of sealab. it was successful now so the navy was buying into this war. the budget was getting bigger. the program is getting more formalized to the point it had its own logo m