true speculation because you could witness is that not only mrs america but the of the west favorite video clearly over putin because of send the right messages to the west and individually peer to be more western like more democratic more liberal than the putin who is in many ways connected was was a traditional authoritarian policy in russia isn't putting more real politik that have been fed i would say made a video for the president was also very much how politics but i wouldn't put too much weight and. who or what was formally saying about me bit of yes she liked him a little bit more than but she's real politik enough they are for the titian enough to understand that innocent russia russia is not put in germany for the next decades centuries need school till ations was russia we can't build a europe was old russia so she has also to deal with putin and i think she will do it at this for the next year until the german elections we don't know who will be german chancellor after next september did this visits did the fact that the new president started his relations with the world

austerity policy of mrs america in the north of europe but at the same time i mean every normal thinking european will face that the german french malt or the german french alliance is the key alliance for europe and if this breaks apart then the whole european idea will be that the german french motor and the german french alliance and corporation it's very important and if you look back to the for the surpassed even twenty years you always have seen even attempts even by the french to say that if things will go bat let's start to create a common a common state together those germans in order to safe europe what i would argue is that in germany and in france there dia of keeping this europe as it is even saying it's this is key it's still was out of turnip if and it will stay for a couple of time is there such a thing as euro skepticism i mean as a serious thing in germany is there sort of a year for the business market for that i don't detect it in germany because the germans so far have won from the ordo because germany is producing something here on its territory. other than other co

views every reality politic which is also always traditional in germany germany's eastern policy mrs america said. two or three weeks ago. that crane estate a ship she very much criticized which she also very much criticized the question. also as a dictator i think that in the past couple of days she understood that she controls the east. and while criticizing mary on the core rich for having you let emotions can present she had to balance somehow this kind of harsh criticism was more a real politic approach towards russia because the business in germany has very strong interests in the east and if merkel would concentrate only on the value or in the policy only criticizing russia for not being democratic then business would feel it on the russian markets and also the human to human contacts will suffer so i think she she says she's ok in that she's trying to do both when she talks about values shift course sense that it signals to her own people here in germany but nevertheless she understands that the riyadh political approach is very important towards a complicated but a very important pa

the point is that of course the germans are going to part with their money without conditions mrs america has a very tough political scene or sell and if she were said to skin the spanish one hundred million euro the people in germany would think she'd lost her mind so they're going to be conditions of course the troika is going to look over spanish banks of course there's going to be conditionality the e.u. level and the spanish and what's happening is you see the politics of this getting harder and harder mrs merkel needs that conditionality the spanish government can't hope to survive if there is that conditionality they've lost control of the story and they're beginning to believe this nonsense the crisis has followed a pattern they've been phrenic bailouts for greece of portugal of ireland and now spain and what's happened is that after every bailout the amount of time it takes the markets to read the fine print realize that indeed this is nonsense it is an all set gets smaller and smaller and smaller so we've gone from two months to two weeks to two days and in the case of spain it

mr america all right is have a look at the asian markets and see how they finished up and china is indeed close now it's a difficult session for the japanese bulls so that's because the yen the currency is gaining value and exporters are suffering as a result also the ones are exposed to europe had a sonic to shiva only losing out in the session today by china there's been some recent comments coming out from the commerce minister he's saying that if the eurozone get their house in all of our in the chinese economy will grow ten percent this year are this get into those or prices i see that they are indeed still dropping a foot second day as you can see just this is still relying on opec to make some production assessments that to really control the supply in order to bring those prices alister about the world's fastest growing economies otherwise known as the brics they have increased their contribution to the i.m.f. the decision was agreed at the group's informal meeting ahead of the me of the g twenty summit in mexico the countries that will provide the funds with additional seventy fi

mr. joe winn of veterans of america. mr. ryan galucci from the veteran of foreign wars and also veterans of america. and michael dukdut from the student veterans of america. if the first panel would take their seats, since we have many witnesses today, i remind each of you to limit your oral statement to the five minutes that is allotted so that the subcommittee will have sufficient time for questions. let's begin with mr. winn. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman stutzman, ranking member braley, and fellow veterans and guests. let me first thank you for the opportunity to come before you on behalf of the veterans

moment, one of thousands to come, disguising sains of shock and disappointment that's roaming across america. mr. obama is a factory in minnesota, talking about jobs for military veterans. but but any mention of jobs would be tricky. the latest figure show job creation in america way down and headline unemployment figure rising to 8.2%. but this is not what the president's deep in his re-election campaign needs now. >> and today we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy is growing against but not growing as fast as we want it to grow. >> but some of america's problems simply aren't america's fault. >> and most prominently, most recently we had a crisis in europe's economy that is having an impact worldwide and it's starting to cast a shadow on our own as well. >> some economists maintain these job figures are affected by seasonal factors and are not as bad as they look. markets didn't care. for them and most americans, it's dismal news. but for republican presidential candidates, not so much. mitt romney pinned the blame for the poor

mr. chairman, this concludes nafta's statement. i would like to thank you and the members of subcommittee for your leadership on issues of critical importance to america's veterans. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. ranking member, distinguished members of the committee. my name is -- i am associate executive director with the american association of collegiate registrars and admissions officers, we are delighted to be participate in this discussion. i have submitted written testimony for the record. but i would like to take this opportunity to in plain language raise four specific issues for the subcommittee's attention. and i shall do so dogmatically because of the shortness of time. the -- pervasive problem with waste, fraud and abuse. this is not anything against the profit motive. we endorse the profit motive, the building we so it in was built by somebody we hope was doing it for profit and did a good job. but when you compare how we put up buildings in this country, with building codes and inspections and heavy penalties if somebody undersizes the beams, we understand that the profit motive needs to be framed with proper oversight. but i'm here to

mr. stutzman and i, rural america isn't a policy, it's where we are from. >> yes. >> and rural america as a disproportionate contribution to the defense of this country. so when we have young men and women returning, looking for educational opportunities, we have a moral obligation to reward that sacrifice by giving them an educational experience that moves them on the way to fulfilling their career and educational goals. i don't think you disagree with that. >> i absolutely agree. >> but one of your statements confused me where you said there is no requirement for students to identify themselves as veterans. >> right. >> and yet we're talking about funding from the gi bill and military tuition assistance benefits. so how can colleges and universities not identify that that is a veteran when they're receiving those benefits? >> i think you're talking about two different issues. i think that where we struggle is that there are students who are on our university campuses who don't ever tell us or indicate in any way that they are veterans. they don't want themselves to be known. that is wha

campaign moment, one of thousands to come, disguising shock and disappointment that's rolling across america. mrobama visited a factory in minnesota. talking about jobs for military veterans. and any mention of jobs today was going to be tricky. the latest figures show job creation in america way down. and the headline unemployment figure rising to 8.2%. this is not what the president deep in his re-lerks campaign needs now. >> -- re-election campaign needs now. >> we are still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy is growing but not as fast as we want it to grow. >> some of america's problems he said simply aren't america's fault. >> and then most prominently, most recently, we've had a crisis in europe's economy. that is having an impact worldwide. and it's starting to cast a shadow on our own as well. >> some economists maintain that these jobs figures are affected by seasonal factors and aren't actually as bad as they look. the markets didn't care. for them, and most americans, it's dismal news. but for republican presidential candidates

, one of thousands to come, disguising a sense of shock and disappointment that's roming across america. mrobama was at a factory in minnesota talking about jobs for military veterans. but any mention of jobs today was going to be tricky. the latest figures showed job creation in america way down and the headline unemployment figure rising to 8.2%. this is not what the president, deep in his re-election campaign, needs now. >> today we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy is growing again, but the -- it's not growing as fast as we want it to grow. >> and some of america's problems he says simply aren't america's fault. >> then most prominently recently we've had a crisis in europe's economy that is having an impact worldwide and starting to cast a shadow on our own as well. >> some economists maintain these figures arfected by seasonal factors and aren't as bad as they look. the markets didn't care. and for americans it's a dismal nufments but for romney -- >> the issue is is he able to lead us out of these economic doldrums?

this is not a proud day for the united states of america. mr. president, i suggest -- oh, i -- may i say, mr. president, that i ask unanimous consent at the end of his statement that senator chambliss and i be -- engage in a colloquy. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. chambliss: i thank my good friend -- the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the senate will come to order. the presiding officer: the sergeant at arms has -- [inaudible] the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. chambliss: getting back to the matter at hand... i want to thank my friend from arizona for his very direct comments on this very sensitive issues, and as vice chairman of the senate select committee on intelligence, i can say without a doubt that these ongoing leaks of classified information are extraordinarily harmful to our intelligence operations. every day we ask our intelligence officers and agents to be out there on the front lines, putting their lines in harm's way, gathering information, meeting sources and using a variety of h

ellison: made in america. mr. garamendi: that's where the currency reform would -- mr. son: maybe we would make it if we made it in america. mr. garamendi: we have those middle-class jobs. mr. ellison: you know it. you know it. mr. garamendi: that's where it is. let me just do something here. this is part of the -- this is part of the -- mr. ellison, thank you very much. i know you have a plane. you have to get back to minneapolis. thank you so much for joining us. this is part of the democratic agenda. this is something we have been working on for well over two years. and we call it make it in america. this is rebuilding the american middle class. this is about the american middle class coming back. over the last 20 years we've seen a decline in american manufacturing. in the early 1990 teas we were a little more than 19 million, almost 20 million americans were in the manufacturing sector. those were middle-class jobs. you can go to work, earn a living, live a middle-class life, by your bass boat. you know, take the kids on a vacation. today, we're just over 11 million

mr. ergan, thank you for your testimony. our final witness, michael o'leary, the senior executive vice president for global policy and external affairs at the motion picture association of america. mr. o'leary, thank you for being here today. look forward to your comments. >> thank you, chairman wald on and ranking member eskew and members of the committee. i want to thank you all for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the motion picture association and the member companies and i want to acknowledge and thank my colleagues on the panel. i am honored to be with such a distinguished group here this morning. whether you are in a theater, at home, on the road, or choose to download and view when you want, content creators, consumer electronics companies, and content distributors are working together to provide new, innovative pgs 0s for audiences and easily access high quality content. we welcome this opportunity to testify and work with this subcommittee as you consider appropriate policies for the future of video. this is an important discussion and we're pleased to be a part of it. like all successful businesses we're driven by the desire to create and meet consumer demand

. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage one of america's top pro-family leaders mr.marx, executive director of the faith and freedom coalition. >> good morning and welcome to washington, d.c. we had an amazing day yesterday, the first day of our conference, a kickoff luncheon with senators portman, demint and marco rubio and we sent a message to the united states senate on citizen lobby day when hundreds of you flooded those halls. now today i think it's time that we send a different kind of message. i think today we send a message to the white house that we're here to speak up for our values of faith and freedom. [ applause ] we have an amazing schedule for you, great speakers across the board. today we're going to send that kind of message. tomorrow i think we're going to have an opportunity to celebrate our victories. we close the conference tomorrow night with a gala dinner, where we're going to award our courage and leadership awards to some great leaders from wisconsin, celebrate a great victory in wisconsin, i hope all of you will join us. there are a few more

mr. rakowich? as the financer behind your project, did bank of america ever send document requests? >> document requests? i don't know. >> mr. chairman, i just want to say that, you know, i think that this committee could be ever more effective in its work if we were to have goldman sachs and bank of america here to answer questions about their involvement. since they stand behind it. i mean, these are, in the scheme of things, these are small companies, in the scheme of things. in terms of goldman sachs and bank of america, they're at the highest level. and i think if we were able to bring them forward, the kind of questions that mr. kelly has raised, it would be an opportunity for us to really go deep into finding out what's happening. and also to go into the interplay of the politics and the contributions. >> now yield to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. mulvany. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i thank the chairman and ranking member for allowing me to participate today. i want to talk about something different for a few minutes and follow up on some of the things that

mr. tom tarantino and michael dackduct from the student veterans of america. since we have many witnesses today, i would remind each of you to limit your oral statement to the time alotted so that the committee would have time for questions. mr. wynn you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. fellow veterans and guests, let me thank you for the opportunity to come before you on behalf of the veterans organizationed that i represent. this order is a generous step towards offering for profit colleges and institutions that receive federal funding an opportunity to improve performance before laws are passed. though my time served is long gone i still have vivid memories of the meilitary efxperience. my experience serves as an example of what many are going through now. students at for-profit colleges have lower graduation rates, and loan defaults. for-profit colleges are represent i representing tuition costs and these schools probably because they serve poor students who need services and receive a quarter of their funding from federal aid. it

mrs. pabst both emigrated to america from germany. and so this painting in particular would have had such great resonance with captain and mrs. pabst in that they would have experienced all the emotion of leaving one's homeland for the unknown. this conveys all the great sadness. on the left side underneath the old varnish, you also have two or three gentlemen having a drink and looking forward. and so this is conveying both sides of the emigration story. the sadness of leaving one's homeland but also looking forward to new opportunities. this is the master suite. this particular room is the master sitting room. this would have been mrs. pabst's inner sanctum where she would have had her sewing table and her correspondence and more so of the spaceses that we've seen throughout the pabst mansion today.

mrs. pabst both emigrated to america from germany. and so this painting in particular would have had such great resonance with both captain and mrs. pabst in that they would have experienced all the emotion of leaving one's homeland for the unknown. that's what this painting is conveying all this great sadness. however, on the left side of the painting underneath the old varnish, you also have two or three gentlemen having a drink and looking forward and so this is conveying both sides of the immigration story. the sadness of leaving one's homeland, but also looking forward to new opportunities. this is the master suite. in this particular room is the master sitting room. this would have been mrs. pabst kind of inner sank tum and her desk to do corresponds and more so you're seeing something that was like a middle class victorian house dropped into the middle of a very fine guilded age mansion. rather than the silk wall coverings that their children enjoyed in the other rooms throughout the house, mrs. pabst selected victorian floral w

to most women cross america that is not a manufactured issue. it is very real. and, mr.president, this comes at a time when more and more families rely on women's wages to put food on the table or stay in their homes or build a nest egg for their retirement or pay for their children's education. the importance of women in the workplace has never been as critical as today and this has become even more evident in this tough economy. mr. president, the fact is that women are now participating in the work force at higher rates than ever before in history, according to the bureau of labor statistics. so it would seem most appropriate for this senate to move our country once again towards eliminating pay discrimination and unfairness in the workplace. the paycheck fairness act that we are going to have a vote on today tackles pay discrimination head on, and it shouldn't be a partisan issue or only a women's issue. it's good for women, it's good for families, and it levels the playing field for businesses in america who are doing the right thing and paying their workers fairly.

best known for "democracy in america" based on his traveling around america in the 1830s. mr. barone was in a course called the conservative intellectual tradition in america taught by professor mallory factor. this is just under two hours. >> well, thank you very much. it's an honor to be here, and a special honor to be asked to speak on the fragility of ordered liberty and to speak on alexis de tocqueville. and in rereading tocqueville in preparation for this lecture, i began to think that he was something like mozart, that i was -- that i was in the presence of a mind that was so far above the level of almost anyone else in history, that, you know, he almost works no comparison with anybody else. you can listen to the music of mozart and it sounds pleasant and melodic and so forth. but if you really think about it, if you really kind of analyze it, you realize that he's doing things no one else had ever done or was capable of doing, that it's so far above the level of ordinary, even impressive achievement that you're in the presence of something rare, and i think you see the

perhaps a refresher is needed to emphasize america's financial fight. mr. speaker, let me first direct your attention to this deficit chart. as the chart reflects, america suffers from three consecutive record-breaking and unsustainable trillion-dollar deficits and we're in the midst of the fourth trillion-dollar deficit that is projected for this year. think about that for a moment. in fiscal year 2011 washington borrowed 36 cents for every dollar it spent. no household or business could survive borrowing 36 cents for it to operate. similarly no nation can survive that either. the result, america blew through the $15 trillion accumulated debt mark in november of last year. this year america's going to blow through the $16 trillion debt mark. mr. speaker, the next chart reflects spending for f.y. 2010 and f.y. 2011. in f.y. 2010 the cost of america's debt service was $196 billion. in f.y. 2011 the cost of america's debt service was $221 billion. relatively small slices of those pies. however, in just one year the cost to american taxpayers to service america

it is the right thing to do and it will make america a stronger nation. mr. president, i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: is quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senior senator from new jersey is recognized. mr. lautenberg: i ask unanimous consent that further calling of the roll be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. lautenberg: i also ask unanimous consent that a fellow in senator sanders' office, rebecca french, be given floor privileges for the duration of the consideration of s. 3240, the agricultural reform, food and jobs act of 2012. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. lautenberg: mr. president, i come to the floor today because there is an epidemic hovering over america, and we ought not to stand by and let it continue. a staggering one-third of americans are obese, a condition that can endanger health and shorten life span. among our children, the situation is becoming a plague and leaving to

america. >> thank you. mr. duffy, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. dimon, good morning. it is clear that we're here because many of the american taxpayers are concerned when big banks go bad, they're left holding the loss. it's one of these philosophies where we have capitalism on the way up where you and your firm make a lot of money when you do well and when you fail we have socialism on the way down and the taxpayers bear the brunt of that loss and that's why we sit here today to make sure that taxpayers in wisconsin don't bear the loss of big banks on wall street. and so when we look at what's going on. would you say that the regulators are capable of sufficiently regulating the bank the size of j.p. morgan. >> i agree that taxpayers should never pay for big bank failing -- >> we agree we're nervous about it when we had t.a.r.p. and the taxpayers did it just a couple of years ago. we're a little gun shy with big bank losses and the regulators staged a bank like j.p. morgan. >> it's challenging them to get them done in time. >> can they regulate a bank the size of j.p

america. i'm happy. . mr. ellison: i share your voy and i want to let you know that the fact is there's lots of really important part this was bill. not enough americans understand what's in the bill. andky remember back a couple of years ago when i was trying to have community forums in my district and people who didn't understand the need for health care reform would get loud and boisterous in these meetings and i would let them talk. i wouldn't let them disrupt the meeting but i would let them talk and some of them expressed themselves in very passionate ways. one of the things they said to me, congressman, is, did you read the bill? and they wouldn't ask the question, they would basically make an accusation that i didn't read the bill. of course i had read the bill. and i think it's now a good idea to really help people understand what good things are in this bill. for example, i think it's important for people to understand that already in the bill, if you have a child under the age of 26, that child can

america. i salute mr. friedman for suggesting it, but i hope that the rest of the country will recognize that in all three cases, the united states senate is headed in exactly that direction, with legislation that we've already passed or introduced, and i hope that on both sides of the aisle we'll work together to finish the job. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent also to include, following mr. friedman's coul umg, an article that i wrote in "the wall street journal" published wednesday, may 16, which talks about the damaging effect of washington mandates for medicaid on state governments and how it's damaging public higher education. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: thank the president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent that we grant floor privileges to a member of senator memory's staff. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. paul: mr. president, i think that most americans re

mr. romney. like i said, i know i've got supporters here. . no, you should vote for his allies and you should take them for their word and they will take america down this path and mr. romney has promised to deliver on that plan. >> no, he is. >> i am giving you an honest presentation of what he's proposing. i'm looking forward to the press following up and making sure that you know i'm not exaggerating. i believe their approach is wrong and i'm not alone, and i have not seen a single independent analysis that says my opponent's economic plan would actually reduce the deficit. not one. even analysts who may agree with parts of his economic theory don't believe that his plan would create more jobs in the short term. they don't claim that their plan will help right now, one economist for moody's said the following about mr. romney's plan and i'm quoting here, on net, all of these policies would do more harm in the short term. if we implemented all of his policies it would push us deeper into recession and make the recovery slower. that's not my spin. that's not my opinion. that's what independent, economic analysis says. as for the long term, re

mr. philips. >> thanks, andy. america, you have a little thing right here. no. there. you got it.he top story, one nightstands leading to a fulfilling relationship. okay. plus, all good things come to those who wait. obama is about to offer a million illegal aliens immunity. why? why is he doing that? and the only thing the aclu hates more than the kkk are kkk haters. they will march into court to defend these boys in the hood. we all know tolerance including tolerating the intolerant, right? >> you bet, my man. we'll see you at half time. let's welcome our guests. i am here with diane macedo. she is on weekdays on the fox business network. and the "red eye" fans dend mad it, so back is victor roberts. he makes his big screen debut. and bill schulz thinks he is traveling to permethius. and next to me is paul mccurio. and he is a lefty punk who only prints junk. how are you, pinch? >> it is that time of the year when fresh-faced young sc ri bes enter in the form of summer interns. you there. what section would you like to work for, young man? david brooks hired you, didn't he? he w

america. >> chris: mr. pickens, thank you for coming in today. always a pleasure to talk to you. if you decide to run you are welcome here. >> i would come to you first. >> chris: up next. supreme court gets set to announce one of the biggest rulings in dec deck aids and the sunday panel weighs in on what the court will do about obama care and what it means for all of us. let's do this i am from baltimore south carolina... bloomington, california... austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go t across america, we're all committed to team usa. sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering and i found myself in the middle of this parade honoring america's troops. which is actually quite fitting because geico has been serving the military for over 75 years. aawh no, look, i know this is about the troops and not about me. rig

america. >> thank you. mr. duffy. five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning. >> i think it's clear that we're not here because a private firm lost $2 billion. i think it is clear because many of the american taxpayers are concerned when big banks go bad and they're left holding the loss. it's one of these philosophies where we have capitalism on the way up, where you and your firm make a lot of money when you do well and when you fail we have socialism on the way down and the taxpayers bear the brunt of that loss and that's why we are sitting here today to make sure that taxpayers in wisconsin don't bear the loss of big banks in wall street and so when we look at what's going on, would you say that the regulators are capable of sufficiently regulating the bank the size of j.p. morgan? >> first of all, i completely agree with the fact the taxpayers should never pay for a big bank failing totally. we should work on things to make sure that's true. >> you agree we were nervous about it when we had t.a.r.p. and the taxpayers did it just a couple of y

america. >> thank you. mr.

mr. philips. >> thanks, andy. america, you have a little thing right here. no. there. you got it.filling relationship. okay. plus, all good things come to those who wait. obama is about to offer a million illegal aliens immunity. why? why is he doing that? and the only thing the aclu hates more than the kkk are kkk haters. they will march into court to defend these boys in the hood. we all know tolerance including tolerating the intolerant, right? >> you bet, my man. we'll see you at half time. let's welcome our guests. i am here with diane macedo.

mr. romney. you should vote for his allies in congress. you should take them at their word and they will take america down this path. and mr. romney is qualified to deliver on that plan. >> governor romney tried to stress his love of job creators. >> i want to make america once again, the most attractive place in the world for job creators, and it's not just because i love job creators, it's because i love jobs. i want more good jobs for the american people and i want such good competition for workers that salaries and wages go up so people make more money, i want to help the middle class of america. >> president obama said top down economics had failed and that the middle class was the true engine of economic growth. >> i have a vision for america, you cannot bring down the debt without a strong and growing economy. and you cannot have a strong and growing economy without a strong and growing middle class. [ applause ] >> this has to be our north star. >> romney trotted out a favorite of the republicans, a vow to the keystone pipeline. >> he we will get the approval for the pipeline from canada and if i have to build it mys

i think after apprentice 52% of all my stations in america reupped and they were ready to bring me back. i'm excited. i thank you, i thank mrupport during that. i'm having a lot of love and support to come back, i'm on cloud nine right now. this is the best. this is better than the first night of the show, it's all good right now. >> you were last on the talk show in 1994. you don't look a day older. what is the secret to you avoiding the aging process? >> i drink my own urine. no. i don't know. i saw a bomber do that, it came to mind. you know what? i live clean -- there's a part of me that thinks going away for a while kind of keeps you young. if i had stayed i'd have jay leno's hair right now. >> arsenio, i couldn't be more thrilled for you. i think it happened to a genuinely nice guy, america is ready for arsenio part two. when will you hit the air waves? >> in 2013, the fall. i got a little time to write a theme song, get the set ready and book jay-z and beyonce's baby for the first night. >> i wish you luck but not too much because i'll be talking myself out of a job. >> you're on like 50 times all over the world. you

mr. speaker, this is not just a tax, it is not just making it more difficult for employers to hire people, but it will stop america's innovativeness to compete in the future. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. altmire. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. altmire: i thank the gentleman. i rise in strong support of the legislation we'll be voting on this afternoon to repeal the $30 billion excise tax on medical device companies and i'm proud to join mr. paulsen in his effort to prevent this misguided tax from taking effect next year. the district i represent in western pennsylvania is home to a numb of medical device companies that have planted their roots in our region. they offer high-paying, quality jobs that are developing innovative devices that are saving lives. one example is zol medical which makes a lightweight, wearable defibrillator that continuously monitors a patient's heart. it allows those with medical conditions to ret

america to send the request? >> not to my knowledge. document requests, i don't know. >> so mr. chairman, i want to say that i think that this committee could be ever more effective in its work if we were to have goldman sacks and bank of america here to answer questions about their involvement. since they stand behind it. these are in the scheme of things, these are small companies. in terms of goldman sacks and bank of america, they are at the highest level. if we were able to bring them forward, it's the kind of questions that mr. kelly raised. it would be an opportunity for us to really go deep and find out what's happening and also to go into the interplay of the politics and the contributions. >> we will now yield to the gentlemen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank you for the courtesy of allowing me to participate. i want to talk about something different and follow-up on some of the things that mr. kelly and kucinich are raising. i want to deal with the issue that he mentioned which was the true impact of these programs. as i said and listen to you folks testify, one of

mr. gonzalez and my colleague here. that these increase in trips both from north america to cubans themselves have not helped at all with the democratic process in our country. because they come to our country on matters that have nothing to do with what we're doing. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: i would like to clarify that i fully respect president barack obama's administration and i know that everything that they're doing is with their best intentions. and both the democratic and the republican parties are allied to our cause. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: but mr. senators, when the opposition is increasing both in qualitative and quantitative terms -- [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: -- when there's an increase in the number of protests all over the country -- [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: -- this is the time and these are the opportunities to support the resistance forces. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: this is because cuban resistance forces are embarked on a head-on battle with the state. we suffer beatings, we suffer undo treatment, harassment even in our own homes, torture and all kind

mr. rakowich, west bank america ever send document request, do you know if? >> not to my knowledge. document request? i don't have. >> mr. chairman, i just want to say that i think that this committee could be ever more effective in its work if we were to have goldman sachs and bank of america here to answer questions about their involvement, since they stand behind. these are come in the scheme of things, these are small companies in the schema thing. in terms of goldman sachs and bank of america, that the highest level, and i think if we were able to bring them forward to kind of question that mr. kelly has race, it would be an opportunity for us to really go deep and find out what's happening. and also going to the interplay of the politics contributions. >> appreciate that from the ranking member. would not yield to mr. mulvaney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think the chairmen and ranking member for the courtesy of allowing me to participate today. i want to talk about something different for a few minutes and then follow up on some of the things mr. kelly and mr. kucinich were