mr. wilson -- >> this is not going to happen before the arbitration. i can guarantee you that. >> i might add it does not affect what you have to get it done or not. you can proceed on with that, and will not affect your litigation. them is just not going to happen. that can take up to your two. >> i do not know. i would just ask the board to be as lenient as possible, knowing that my partner and i have tried our best to get the situation corrected. i would just ask for leniency as far as the timeline is concerned, to investigate, acquire permits, to hire conscientious, hard-working, honest contractors to do the work that needs to be done. i do not know how long that is going to take. honestly, i wish i could give you a 30, 60, 90-day answer. i do not know, but i do know that we have work to be done, and so far, all the work that we have done has been for naught. commissioner murphy: i think the commissioners are really trying to work with you here. 30 days, 60 days. commissioner lee: anybody else want to weigh in? >> i would move 60 days, give him tim

mr. wilson came to me -- and this was after many months and many thousands of dollars spent already -- he said, "you know, you might want to consider putting in a back flow valve. at that point, we had spent so much time and money that we thought, why did we need this extra expense? we did not know at the time that the fact flow valve actually should have been part of this installation. we did not know that. we depended on our engineer /contractor to do the job correctly. m sorry, you said the arbitration is still pending. when you see some type of resolution? >> the latest information i got, i think i contacted the california state licensing board. it was the end of 2009 or some part in the early part of 2010, and only now am i getting letters stating that they are choosing which are ready to give the case to. >> what is the remedy you are seeking? realistically, you know, commissioner lee is correct. i appreciate the fact that sometimes you get in contact with somebody who is less than capable of working on your property, and that is one of the reasons why you would look for an insured

mr. wilson? >> thank you. thank you for being here today. general ham, i am very familiar is that the southern command is located in miami. we know that the people of my birthplace have a keen interest in the potential of africom being located in charleston. my colleagues, tim scott and jim cliburn were here they would make a few points. charleston is the transportation hub of the united states transportation command as well as the primary seaport for container traffic between the united states and the south atlantic. charleston air force base provides the strategic airlift for africa for the government to include embassy support. charleston is the leading command control and communications for africa. the relationships for the charleston medical community which would be so helpful in the event of an emergency in africa. the medical university is located in charleston. world-class facility. we know that most of the rapid deployment forces that would be used in african operation include special operations in the southeastern part of the unite

mr. wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here today. general, my sympathy to the casy fami. we certainly have just the highest regard for general joyce casy and his service. as we are proceeding, i share the concerns of chairman mckeon that there were hasty decisions made in december in regard to passage of this law. in fact, it is really bizarre. it was a lame duck session of defeated members of congress who have made this change in the w. normally, you would think of a representative democracy that people would be representing their people but these were people who had actuallyeen rejected by the voters of the united states and then they changed this law. i find that i find that really just undemocratic. it's also shocking to me that these are the same people who did not pass a budget, and that's what we're facing today. but it's amazin that they could have made such a decision and that makes it even more important as to the certification effort that every effort is made to look into morale, unit cohesion, good order, discipline, recr

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, democrats in congress are trying to set up roadblocks to have a budget for this year. they refuse to pass a budget, threatening jobs. rather than mortgaging the future like the previous congress, house republicans have sent a commonsense budget to the senate 47 days ago. this plan limits spending in order to promote job growth. now we have liberals in the senate refusing to pass the budget. this is failed leadership. democrats in washington are out of touch with everyday americans who would rather play the blame game than offer real solutions. the liberal house majority last year failed to pass a budget. the new conservative house passed a budget but the liberal senate majority has failed to pass the budget. lib ralts are clearly risking government -- liberals are clearly risking government

they felt privately that willson really should not have been staying on as president, that mrs. wilson was doing so much but basically he really was up to the job and they were hiding in from the country. over the years it's very interesting that the household staff, african-american and white were keen observers, and they gave some fascinating pictures with the president would be like behind the scenes. to fast forward to herbert hoover people might be surprised to learn that hoover wanted to have some private moments when he was president and he didn't want the staff to see him and he didn't want to see them. he would insist when he heard his footsteps and heard him coming they would hide from him so that no matter what they were doing and there were cases where the staff would tell stories about the president is coming. they would open the closet door to hide from him and there would be somebody in there with a tray of glasses and linens just hiding from the president, but that's the way he wanted when harry truman took over, his reaction was why are these people peeping at me from

they felt privately that willson shouldn't have been staying on as president, that mrs. wilson was doing too much, but basically he really wasn't up to the job and they were hiding the true condition from the country. and over the years, it's interesting that the household staff, african-american and white, were keen observers and they gave some fascinating pictures of what the president for like behind the scenes which is another thing i was trying to get at in the book. i just want to fast forward a little bit to herbert hoover. i think people might be surprised to learn that hoover wanted to have some private moments when he was president and he didn't want the staff to see him and he didn't want to see them, so he was insistent when they heard his footsteps and they heard him coming they would hide from him so that no matter what they were doing and there were cases where the staff would tell stories about the president is coming. they would open the closet door and to hide from him and there would be somebody in there with a tray of glasses and people with lenin's just hid

mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extendy remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: madam speaker, democrats in the senate should work with republicans to act on the continuing resolution. house republicans successfully passed a bill over 40 days ago. and senate democrats have still not acted. liberals in the senate claim to have a plan of their own. rather than voting on this plan, senate democrats have resorted to petty political gamesmanship. conservatives won the election in november. the american people spoke clearly. they want to put a halt to reckless spending. this is the conservative position in congress. any compromise should incorporate views of the american people. the tea party has made a difference. while liberals are encouraging the government shutdown, conservatives in congress have passed a bill to avoid this event. continuing one-line gimmicks to cover political favor is another political ploy in washington that liberals are just out of touc

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, thank you for the dan coughlin for your service. as americans know, today is the annual tax day, april 15. i bring this up because finally the president has joined a discussion of our country's dangerous deficits. on wednesday he announced his scheme, to reduce out-of-control deficits his administration promoted. raising taxes. proving yet again liberals look to the tax man to solve their inability to manage a budget. americans do not want this. the tea party is correct, taxed enough already. t-e-a. raising taxes on small businesses does nothing but kill jobs. liberals miss the point. the federal government does not have a revenue problem it has a spending problem. cutting taxes and borrowing needs to be the topic of discussion. raising taxes does not. house republicans continue to lead the way to limit spending. courageous budget committee chairman paul ryan has presented a commonsense plan which brings current reckless spending under control. in conclusion, god bless our troops. we will never forget september 11 and the global war

mr. wilson of south carolina is recognized. oh, i'm sorry, mr. wilson has the minister of the day, so we will go to judge poe, and that is just the way it is. >> madam chair, no question about it, moammar gadhafi is a world outlaw and because he is a bad guy, it appears that the president has used military force in libya. i am concerned about the legal authority for such military action in libya. as the constitution and the war powers act has it been followed? maybe not. secretary of defense gates stated that libya is not in the vital interest of the united states, and why are we dropping bombs in the country? the president has indicated that gadhafi is treating the rebels in an inhumane way and therefore this obama doctrine of war in the name of humanity is troubling. si since our u.s. national security is not at stake, what constitutional authority do we have to be at war with libya? the constitutional may be inconvenient but it is meant to be. war is a serious matter and presidents and congress should be inkconvenienced on the roads to war. i y

mr. wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman and general, thank you for being here today.eneral ham, i'm very familiar that the southern command is located in miami and we know that the people of my birthplace have a keen interest in the potential of africom being located in charleston and i would ask my colleague, chris mant space and clyburn were here they would want to make a few points to you and that is charleston is the transportation hub to the united states transportation command as well as the primary port for the container traffic between the united states and the south atlantic. the charleston air force base provides all the strategic airlift support for africa for the government to include embassy support. the leading provider for the command control and communications for the role in africa. the relationships for the charleston medical community which would be so helpful in the event of an emergency in africa, the medical university of south carolina is located in charleston, the war class facility. we know that most of the rapid deployment forces that would b

mr. wilson, i often wonder why we cannot go to a flat tax. a republican their tax, because it is not really a fair tax. the working man spending and hundred% of his income, the rich only 1%. no deductions, 10%. then the irs can go after the underground economy that pays nothing. i have worked for two major corporations and they did not pay a dime in taxes. the other thing is, we should all bowed out every incumbent every election and find people to serve, like the founding fathers intended. it should not be a career. host: what about that idea of a flat tax? any legs? guest: republicans will talk about reforming the system, but in large part, that means reducing rates. the tax system you are referring to would eliminate the income tax and institute a sales tax, which some people have talked about as a proposal. mike huckabee was a big fan of that in 2008. one thing that is interesting in this whole debate, that taxed discussion is something republicans are going to have to deal with at some point. it is not likely they will get away with the

mr. wilson. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 1473, a continuing resolution which will fund our government and most importantly our troops' families for the rest of the fiscal year and will help generate a better environment for job creation. with this -- while this agreement is far from perfect, more cuts going forward are absolutely needed. disagreement is a victory for the american people. mr. olson: at $38.5 billion in cuts, h.r. 1473 represents the largest spending cut since world war ii. domestic spending will actually fall by 4% this year with the passage of this c.r. we accomplish this historic cuts just months after president obama asked congress for a spending freeze. that would have meant zero, nada, nill cuts in spending this year. in fact, our federal government will spend $78.5 billion less than what president obama proposed this year with the passage of h.r. 1473. these historic cuts could not be possible without the strong and constant support of the american people,

mr. wilson of south carolina is recognized. oh, i'm sorry, mr. wilson has the minister of the day, so we will go to judge poe, and that is just the way it is. >> madam chair, no question about it, moammar gadhafi is a world outlaw and because he is a bad guy, it appears that the president has used military force in libya. i am concerned about the legal authority for such milary action in libya. as the constitution and the war powers act has it been followed? maybe not. secretary of defense gates stated that libya is not in the vital interest of the united states, and why are we dropping bombs in the country? the president has indicated that gadhafi is treating the rebels in an inhumane way and therefore this obama doctrine of war in the name of humanity is troubling. si since o u.s. national security is not at stake, what constitutional authority do we have to be at war with libya? the nstitutional may be inconvenient but it is meant to be. war is a serious matter and presidents and congress should be inkconvenienced on the roads to war. i yield b

mr. wilson, for five minutes. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, our nation is standing at a crossroads. the government can continue to mortgage america's future by reckless borrowing which is a threat to the young people of our country. it's a threat to our senior citizens. or we can limit the growth of government. we are facing a government of shutdown today. as liberals are driving our nation to a permanent economic shutdown. dr. buries is correct. yesterday the house passed a bill funding the troops and military families for the rest of the year. senate democrats have yet another opportunity to pass a budget. they have had 48 days to act but have refused. yesterday liberals laughed and mocked republican leader eric cantor when he warned of bankruptcy. but eric was standing up for freedom in the best virginia tradition. we face a shut down today because the liberal majority in the house last year failed to pass a budget. the new republican majority did pass a budget 48 days ago but the liberal majority in the senate failed to act. citiz

brian wilson, mr. fear the beard involved as well. the giants on one of these days, never happened before. first world championship, first-time opening the season as defending champions. here is sergio. >> i have said that banner that said were champions. it's extremely special, without the chance there's no baseball. >>gary: that sit rate now from the parking lot, the game is in the eighth inning, there is one out pretty good view from here. i'm going to go inside and see a little bit i will be back at 4:30 p.m. and 21 and come out next time and join me? >>pam: would be happy to. >>gary: said the same joke for 27 years, won the game is on and i'm out in the parking lot. i don't care because i am mr. kron pam. >>pam: your part of the big picture. >>gary: thank you pam will see what for 30 p.m., unless the game is still on the neil c. byrne. >>pam: the home opener was a packed event of excited fans was a sea of black and orange and at&t park in no shortage of support and love for the world series champions. >> i stand soc much money to

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, remarkably the reliably democratic "washington post" in a lead editorial last week quoted senator barack obama in 2006 saying, quote, the fact we are here today to debate america's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today on to the backs of our children and grandchildren. end of quote. today president obama is warning that the debt limit must be passed or there would be economic armageddon. sadly it is more clear than ever that reckless government borrowing is out of control with the president proposing a nightmare of endless borrowing. for a debt limit increase there should be real reforms to end out-of-control spending. former senator phil gramm of texas pointed out republicans agree that families and nations should always honor their debts, in so doing they should also make sure they don't pile up new debt. for a congress it means passing budget reforms that impose hard and enforceable limits on new spending and deb

mr. wilson, i often wonder why we cannot go to a flat tax. not a republican their tax, because it is not really a fair tax. the working man spending and hundred% of his income, the rich only 1%. no deductions, 10%. then the irs can go after the underground economy that pays nothing. i have worked for two major corporations and they did not pay a dime in taxes. the other thing is, we should all bowed out every incumbent every election and find people to serve, like the founding fathers intended. it should not be a career. host: what about that idea of a flat tax? any legs? guest: republicans will talk about reforming the system, but in large part, that means reducing rates. the tax system you are referring to would eliminate the income tax and institute a sales tax, which some people have talked about as a proposal. mike huckabee was big fan of that in 2008. one thing that is interesting in this whole debate, that taxed discsion is something republicans are going to have to deal with at some point. it is not likely they will get away with the

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, this is an important week for american families. the continuing resolution expires friday. liberals are clearly responsible for a possible government shutdown. the american people know spending is out of control with a record deficit in february of $223 billion. borrowing from creditors overseas is $5 billion a day. putting american jobs at risk. senior citizens are threatened with their savings and social security becoming worthless. young people are being burdened with crushing debt which will lead to oppressive taxation. how did this week arise? the issue was not adopted by the liberal house last year. the continuing resolution for this year was passed by the new conservative house but has not been adopted by the current liberal senate. speaker john boehner has fought for the pledge to america which the voters supported last november with the record of over 63 liberals being defeated. senate liberals have been revealed scleeming inflammatory name-calling of republican whip kevin mccarthy instead of good faith negotiations. i hope

mr. wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here today. general, my sympathy to the casy family. we certainly have just the highest regard for general joyce casy and his service. as we are proceeding, i share the concerns of chairman mckeon that there were hasty decisions made in december in regard to passage of this law. in fact, it is really bizarre. it was a lame duck session of defeated members of congress who have made this change in the law. normally, you would think of a representative democracy that people would be representing their people but these were people who had actually been rejected by the voters of the united states and then they changed this law. i find that i find that really just undemocratic. it's also shocking to me that these are the same people who did not pass a budget, and that's what we're facing today. but it's amazing that they could have made such a decision and that makes it even more important as to the certification effort that every effort is made to look into morale, unit cohesion, good order, disciplin

mr. wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here today.eneral, my sympathy to the casy family. we certainly have just the highest regard for general joyce casy and his service. as we are proceeding, i share the concerns of chairman mckeon that there were hasty decisions made in december in regard to passage of this law. in fact, it is really bizarre. it was a lame duck session of defeated members of congress who have made this change in the law. normally, you would think of a representative democracy that people would be representing their people but these were people who had actually been rejected by the voters of the united states and then they changed this law. i find that i find that really just undemocratic. it's also shocking to me that these are the same people who did not pass a budget, and that's what we're facing today. but it's amazing that they could have made such a decision and that makes it even more important as to the certification effort that every effort is made to look into morale, unit cohesion, good order, discipline,

mr. wilson, dr. wilson would, if the validity study holds up to scientific scrutiny to everyone that has looked at it to this committee, if it's as successful as the report is, you got to be doing something right to get that kind of success. scientific interest. >> thank you, dr. ekman. you are jumping in. go ahead. >> i'd like to respond to dr. ekman's point. in fact, that was the key recommendation of the 2010 report was to have an independent panel review the validation. we think it's very important for a panel to be established that has no tied to the current program, that's not an advocate of the current program, to help weigh in on this very issue. i think it's very interesting that the panel today shows a lack of consensus, which was the basic point that i made in the earlier statement. there's no scientific -- >> on a subject like that, you'd expect a broad range of disagreements. as the panel like what you are recommending been suggested on one the budgets lined out? >> dhs agreed to establi

wilson couldn't close. sandoval in the ninth inning though. tis the game to bring in mr.hits, sandoval with two out sense the game to extra frames and in the 12th it is a road and. this guy, all but gone. there was speculation that the giants would eat the remaining 24 million he was that far out of the rotation. he was a today with the bases loaded, it aaron delivers and the giants went off title of 5- 4. the three winds, for losses. vern glenn has been outside the ballpark all day. what you have? >>vern: we waited in a rinse locker for seemingly ever, when he didn't show up whole group sauntered over to brian wilson, did he get squeezed in the ninth inning, one knows. he did have this to say following the game. >> another giants victory, a lot of positives today. two major his sensible coming for the clutch. picking it up. you can heart of what a great team we have. everybody got in there and played a great role. >>vern: the kind of game that makes managers pace and the release staffed nervous and sweaty. giants baseball torture continues into 2011. >>gary: thank-you fo

mr. chairman, congratulations on a lot of hard work, this has been a lot of months. i'm patrick wilson. during the worst part of the economic crisis, we've just eamericaed from, my company -- emerged from, companies invested deeply in research and development because we know that even in the hard times you have to have the research and the science. i'm wondering specifically for us in this budget plan, the budget blueprint, what role do you see for the continued federal investment in basic research? >> the tick r&d credit or --? >> in basic research. >> so on the tax side, again, i hate to pull a camp, but that's chairman camp and the ways and means will decide the makeup of what the tax is and which stay and which go. on the spending side, we're going after corporate welfare. we're going after applied research and we're sticking with basic research. so we believe that there is a role for basic scientific research but the applied research is basically the government out there picking winners and losers. they don't pick very well. and that's the kind of spending we don't think the govern

wilson center. it's almost an hour. >> dr. shaikh has agreed to speak to us for 15 or 20 minutes today, after which point we will -- he has agreed to take questions from the audience. mr. shaikh, we are delighted to have you come and we turn these over to you now. >> thank you for that very nice introduction. i should hang around here to the u.s. more often if i keep getting such recognition. nobody seems to have much good to say about me in pakistan. [laughter] i'm delighted to be here. it's an honor for me. thank you for the invitation. i think we are meeting at a critical time. the pakistan u.s. relationship has acquired a sycophant it never had before. it's seen as important both for the security and region and perhaps indeed for the whole world. the need to learn from the past as well as the recent experiences, and to shape and configure the relationship to fulfill the expectations and the needs of the two parties is more critical than it has ever been. the u.s. and pakistan have enjoyed the long relationship. it has been an episodic and transactions that time, and sometimes there has been a desire to make a strategic and on sustained footing. i think one of the