mr. carter, for yielding. mr. speaker, i have to confess, when judge carter started talking about texans loving their pickup trucks and the e.p.a. coming to take our pickup trucks away that got my attention because the judge would know that while texans love their pickup trucks, the only reason you love them more is because there more texans than mississippians. i love my truck as well and i don't want anybody to come get it. the e.p.a. california regulators, and the obama white house have combined forces to show how far the left will go, they'll use any means at their disposal to ram through its liberal ageneral ka. -- agenda. i'm convinced that this administration is driven by a radical environmental ageneral ta and that this environmental agenda will use the threat of allowing california to impose its own set of regulations as a way to strong arm auto manufacturers into going along with the new and unnecessary fuel economy standards. as has already been described here tonight, mr. speaker, this action will drive

mr. carter? >> thank you, chairman issa and ranking member cummings for unsiding before the committee today. as direct constitution, sharing block on ter rent flynn on january 4. every administrative decision or rule or regulation imp stemented by the national weather relations board will be subject to attack. this vulnerability will attack the agency's mission. the peace and stability in labor relations and minimizing the likelihood that labor strife will negatively impact interstate commerce in the united states. as recently as january 26th, the chair an of the lrb reportedly told the associated press or the a.p., reported that the nlrb would push for new rules that give unions a boost in organizing numbers. the chairman is quoted in stating we presume the constitutionality of the president's appointments and we go forward based on that understanding. the chairman's reference on the constitutionality of this is a critical issue. as you have heard today of the appointment of the three recess mem

mr. mark carter is a partner at d nsmoore where he advises clients on traditional employment labor law. mr. carter has experience litigating pursuant to committee rules all witnesses except members of congress will be sworn in before they testify. so i would ask you to please rise and lift your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? may the record reflect all witnesses answered in the affirmative. we are pleased to recognize you for your opening statements. i'm sure all of you perhaps have done this before. know what it traditionally mean in life. with that, we would recognize ambassador gray. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much for the opportunity to testify. you've just heard extraordinary tutorial in a way from senator lee covering almost every aspect of this issue, both constitutional and practical. so i'm going to try to keep what i say at an absolute minimum since there's very little i can add. i'm going to start with the point that as far as cfpb is concerned, there are many who

mr. carter and sort of go from right to left at this time. what is in fact we find that these appointments, one or more of them would be considered to be inappropriate and we assume all or none of them, what is the risk to the actions of the nlrb and the individuals in the parties and obviously the lesser action specifically of the new director? >> mr. chairman, that is the greatest danger here is the volume of risk. the volume of risk is expansive. unlike the situation that congressman davis was describing , which is well, every bit of litigation is subject to appeal, ray? so what's the difference. but we talk about here is an agency acting all choosier split the nlrb. it's not one or two cases that might be brought to appeal to one of the little tense. if every case that they decided. it said three official action that they face and thus affect real people with real rights to really be heard. two examples if i may. let's take the situation word employer is told this coming year but they have a weekly relocator work for my manufacturing plan

we were lucky enough to interview rosalyn carter and mrs. bush. thinking there was a symbol i. mrs. carter, in reality, wore the dress again that she had worn when her husband was made governor of georgia. mrs. bush just remembers collaborating with the designer michael faircloth and you wanted a pretty party dress. the first lady wants it to be beautiful and comfortable. she wants it to be appropriate. i think appropriate is the word when first ladies are dealing with clothes. they want to be appropriate for the occasion, appropriate for their age, appropriate for the circumstance and i think appropriate as a symbol of the united states pause we still do look at the first ladies as representing women in the united states. even when she is not functioning in duty hours, she represents the united states. >> let's take a look at some of the first ladies, about four of them, that you featured here at the exhibit and talk about their roles. >> wonderful. it's this way. before you walk into this room, though, you have a quote from first lady michelle obama. >> uh-huh. >> where she's talki

mr. carter and sort of go from right to left this time. what if in fact we find that these appointments, one or more of them would be considered to be inappropriate and we assume it's all of them or none of them. what is the risk to the actions of the nlrb and these individuals, three individuals, both parties and obviously the lesser actions specifically of the new director? >> are mr. chairman, there are, that's the greatest danger here, it is volume of risk. the volume of risk is expansive, unlike the situation that congressman davis was describing, which is, well, every bit of litigation is subject to appeal, right? i mean, so what is the difference? what we are talking about here is an agency that is acting independent with the nlrb, it's not one or two of the cases that may be brought to appeal by one of the litigants, it's every case that they decide, it's every regulation that they implement, it every official action that they take, and that effects real people with real rights that could be hurt. two examples, a situation where an

that >> she was quite willing to rank mrs. carter on to the president, first ladies with which the niceness with which they were treated as a volunteer. >> yes? i don't blame you don't go any further. >> my name is shyanne, how is life different after your husbands are out of office. >> i'm going let her answer it after me p people treat the former president's wife so nice. they are seriously nice, you have to stop people from saying, let me buy you dinner and george says, no, no, i do not do that. life is wonderful, plus, you literally can raise money for kmarts you are interested in by just showing up. so, i mean, that is very nice. i mean, i've done three or four just this last couple of weeks for children in distress and different groups, just by showing up. we are a great country to former presidents and wives. >> we are. that is great too. >> go ahead. >> we have a very normal life now, no more cessans in the living room. but p it's terrific to, i mean, i think you know when you are inaugurated that four years later you move ou

thinking maybe there was a symbolism and mrs. carter in reality, for sentimental reasons wore a dress again that she had worn when her husband was made governor of georgia. and mrs. bush, just remembers collaborating with the designer, michael fair cloth and you wanted a pretty party dress. the first lady wants it to be beautiful, she wants it to be comfort, and she wants it to be appropriate. and appropriate is the word when first ladies are dealing with clothes, they want it to be appropriate for the occasion, appropriate for their age and appropriate for the first lady. even when she's not functioning in duty hours, she represents the united states. >> this is american history tv on cspan3. we're featuring in hours on our nation's first ladies. up next, eleanor roosevelt from 1953. >> this was a 15-minute public affairs program broadcast on cbs from 1951 to 1955. the program discussed news issues of the day and featured guests such as elected officials, foreign dignitaries and other prominent officials. guests were questioned from jo

but when pressed she was quite willing to range, i think, from mrs. carter on right to the president, first ladies, in terms of the cordiality of which you were treated as a volunteer. >> yes. i don't blame you. don't go any further. >> ma'am? >> hi, my name's cheyenne, and i would like to know, how is life different after -- y'all's husband are out of office? >> i'm going to answer that, then let her. people treat the former president's wife with such -- they are so nice. i mean, seriously nice, and just -- you have to stop people from saying, well, let me buy you dinner. and george always says, no, no, i don't do that you can't. people clap when he comes into the room. life is wonderful, plus, you literally can raise money for charities you're interested in by just showing up, so that's very nice. i mean, i've done three or four just this last couple weeks for children in distress and different groups that really just by showing up, that's nice. we're a great country to former presidents and wives. >> we sure are. that's great too. >> go on. >> it's very n

mrs. carter in reality for sentimental reasons wore a dress again that she had worn when her husband was made governor of ga. georgia. and mrs. bush just remembering collaborating with the designer, michael faircloth, and wanted a pretty party dress. i think what women -- the first lady wants it to be beautiful. she wants it to be comfortable. she wants it to be appropriate. i think appropriate is the word when first ladies are dealing with clothes. they want to be appropriate for the occasion, appropriate for their age, appropriate for the circumstance, and i think appropriate as a symbol of the united states. because we still do look at the first lady as representing women in the united states. even when she's not functioning in duty hours, she represents the united states. >>> all day monday, american history tv is featuring america's first ladies. who to you think was our most influential first lady? vote and join the conversation with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspan. >>> next, william f

mrs. carter in reality for sentimental reasons wore a dress again that she had worn when her husband was made governor of georgia and mrs. bush just remembers collaborating with the designer michael fair cloth and she want add pretty party dress. i think what women -- the first lady wants it to be beautiful. she wants it to be comfort about. she wants it to be appropriate. appropriate is the word when first ladies are dealing with clothes. they want to be appropriate for the occasion, appropr f

mr. carter said that those were chicken bones that were left there by workers who had been working on that roof not too long ago >>nancy loo has details of a teenager with down's syndrome falling 46 floors to his death at an apartment building in the gold coast police are investigating ... >>charlie manley lived on the 46th floor of this luxury high- rise on north * it was late last night when his parents noticed he was missing a search led to the discovery of his body and the building's trash compactor he's a teenager with autism and down's syndrome he fell 46 stories into the trash chute neighbors are stunned over the horrific nature of this accident >>it's just terrible i can understand how this happened, >>this morning the property manager refused to take media calls and say that he will be messed >>e missed >>he was always a good boy >>there's an investigation to determine the exact cause of death under way >>police and oak park are investigating the death of an elderly man who died after a fight at an oak park nursing home. 80 year-old anibal calderon died of head injuries from a fig

mr. carter. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. carter: i thank my friend, ms. foxx, for yielding to me on this important issue. madam speaker, i rise today to voice my strong support for this important legislation, h.r. 2117. recently bureaucrats in the department of education promulgated a rule which would require institutions that offer distance education programs to meet state requirements in every state in which they have distant education students. this legislation that we have here would repeal that rule, a rule that negatively affects colleges and thousands of students around this country. but specifically in my district i'm very proud that i have central texas college. central texas college may be the largest community college in the united states, possibly the world. and has consistently has students of 75,000-plus every year. they provide both on campus and distance education for thousands of american war fighters, soldiers, sailors, and marines around the world. these folks are in any place you can imagine are taking cou

mr. secretary, deputy secretary carter certified in writing, and i know this question has been asked before i arrived by congressman bartlett. he certified in writing to congress that the global hawk system was essential to national security. global hawk was $220 million cheaper per year to operate than the u2. the decision to pull 18 global hawk block 30 global hawk out is shortsighted in my opinion. your recommendation is a complete reversal of your position. can you explain how an asset can be critical to national security and then less than one year later be terminated? and can you answer how the air force will compensate for the loss of this capability? >> i'm going to have general dempsey speak to that. but it is -- i mean -- look, we are very committed to unmanned systems. we think that's the future. but at the same time, we've got to make judgments about which ones are most cost effective. and i think that was behind the decision here. >> this isn't about global hawk. it's about global hawk block 30. it's become too expensive in relation to other capabilities we have. >> i have one

mr. carter -- mickey mccarter. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: i have a question about you claiming that you had no idea about the underwriter bomber being held on to that plan. i live on disability, and i even knew about that. if you have seen the evidence that i have gathered about this individual, and about the warehouses that were completely filled with all of these body scanners and no airports were bodying them so than this underwear bomber came along and every one of them got sold immediately this is how they work. highjack the federal government are using it by use of the media, buy lobbying to the people. >> host: you see there is an infrastructure geared towards making of these persons so it is a generated crisis to help the businesses make money. >> guest: i have to say after this pergamon kind of interested in talking to my colleague who specializes in intelligence to see if he was aware of the stories that somebody might have helped the number were bomber on to this plan because i certainly am unaware of them. as for a lot of accusations of the government being in bed with t

mr. carter: this is just plain wrong. my constituents should have a choice of which post office they want to use and use the one that serves them the best. if the privately owned contract office is performing better, they should be able to use that privately owned contract office. rest assured i will fight this nonsense and try to get this office left open. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today along with my colleague, congresswoman kathy hochul, to recognize the upcoming third anniversary of the tragic crash of continental connection flight 3407 in my western new york community. mr. higgins: this tragedy unfortunately was preventible. the national transportation safety board found that the chief cause of the crash was pilot error. in august of 2010, provepl signed into law aviation safety legislation which, among other things, required the federal aviation administration to update f

mr. vice-president, jimmy carter has called this the worst campaign ever. >> george bush supported cutbacks in american education. >> his revolving door prison furloughs gave furloughs to murderers. america can't afford that risk. >> distorting my record, full of lies and he knows it. >> whoever started down this road first of negative campaigning, the american people from all reports coming to us, are completely fed up. >> america can't afford that risk. >> in terms of negative campaigning, you know, i don't want to sound like a kid in a school yard, he started it. >> george bush would defeat michael dukakis in a landslide. >> the people have spoken. >> still to come, how president bush used his personal diplomatic experience to deal with old enemies and new threats. >> announcer: meet mary. she loves to shop online with her debit card, and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts and stole her hard-earned money. now meet jack. enough to enjoy retirement.saved angie, the waitress at jack's favorite diner, is also enjoying his retirement. with j

mr. vice president jimmy carter called this the worst campaign ever. >> he pushed cut backs in education.furloughs to first degree murderers not eligible for parole. americans can't afford that risk. >> destroyed my record. full of lies and he knows it. >> whoever started down this road first to negative campaigning the american people from all coming up are completely fed up. >> america can't afford that risk. >> it turned to negative campaigning. i don't want to sound like a kid in the schoolyard, he started it. >> george bush would defeat michael dukakis in a land slide. >> the people have spoken. >> still to come, how president bush used his personal diplomatic experience to deal with old enemies and new threats. emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. try bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. it's pro

carter through tough times and hard decisions. he shared his lessons on faith with our martin savidge. >> first of all, mr.hank you very much. >> it's a pleasure. >> this is your what number book? >> 26th, i think. i've written another one since then. >> this is definitely a book that interests you. it's an inspirational book that's very deep in your faith. and it seems to be a book not only written for people to read but a book for people to use in their life. i'm wondering how you hope people will use it. >> well, my hope that is people will take it and maybe read through it first and then maybe put it on their bedside table and read a few pages each night, if they are inclined to do so. it really is -- each page is an abbreviation of a 45-minute lecture. >> these are the sunday school. >> sunday school lessons, bible lessons. >> you put the date of the lesson at the top of the page. >> yes. >> what was the reasoning for doing that? >> the lessons are not arranged chronologically. in fact 14 of the lessons i taught in the first baptist church in washington when i was president. i just felt like it was wo

mr. secretary, deputy secretary carter certified in writing, and i know this question has been asked beforerrived by congressman bartlett. he certified in writing to congress that the global hawk system was essential to national security. global hawk was $220 million cheaper per year to operate than the u2. the decision to pull 18 global hawk block 30 global hawk out is shortsighted in my opinion. your recommendation is a complete reversal of your position. can you explain how an asset can be critical to national security and then less than one year later be terminated? and can you answer how the air force will compensate for the loss of this capability? >> i'm going to have general dempsey speak to that. but it is -- i mean -- look, we are very committed to unmanned systems. we think that's the future. but at the same time we've got to make judgments about which ones are most cost effective. and i think that was behind the decision here. >> this isn't about global hawk. it's about global hawk block 30. it's become too expenseive in relation to other capabilities we have. >> i have one fina

in fact the story is cold that carter late in that term tried to make friends with journalists, hood a number of them to dinner at the white house. and on of them said "mr. president, did you enjoy the dinners?" "anyone there you'd like to see again?" "no." (laughter) >> well, that's journalists! >> rose: talk about these historians coming to the white house with president obama. >> the way he is is fascinating to me because i'm writing about a man, lyndon johnson, that every minute, every gesture had to be "i am the president." and this acknowledgment. with obama you feel when he comes into the room... and at this tab he's like one of the guys he's read history. he's talking about history with historians. there's a wonderful sense-- and it's why i think he's going to win and have a wonderful second term-- there's a wonderful sense of who he is. and there's a calmness to him, i feel. and i think, you know, you come away from those dinners and your wife says "what was it like?" you say "it was just a great conversation. and... >> rose: >> you're absolutely right. and i think what's so imesse is thathe'seryarm in those settings, number one. >> you're abso

should be taking this as a very serious problem and not handle it the way carter did, which was a case study in weakness. >> steve: mrh. anything to that? >> i'm always happy to debate. i think on balance it's a great way to talk straight to the american people without editing and without being trapped up into sound bites. but i'm also happy to do what you and i are doing here. i've been on "fox & friends" many, many times and glad to come back any time. >> steve: it's glad to have you live from cincinnati where as you mate it very clear earlier, you will not be singing during this tv appearance. >> that's right. >> steve: all right. newt gingrich, former speaker of the house, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. >> steve: all right. 23 minutes before the top of the hour. brian, over to you. >> brian: now to the stories making headlines this morning. a stunning move as an entire staff at a school in california will not be there when the students return to class this thursday. 88 teachers, 40 support staff, at the school are being replaced after two teachers were arrested for lewd conduct. the announcement came dur

prsident carter said we had a demagogue on the nor american free trade agreement, ad he meant perot. but perot is not that type of demagogue. >> as a matter of fact, while we're talking about mr. perot right at the moment, i just want to show you this cartoon. this one was from the year 1992 and right above here it says "the call," then you see a little tiny perot in the ear of the bigger mr. perot. what were you getting at here >> well, what i'm getting at is perot is a selfarter. he always talks about how he will do what the people want or what his followers want, and the followers, i think, do pretty much what he wants. when they follow him, they're no longer their -- at least the people, many ople arou him have left. but -- perot, i think, puts on a good deal about how, you know, i'm ross, you're the boss. well, ross is the boss in his campaign efforts. >> he's fond of calling journal lists. has he ever called you when you've done one of these cartoons and asked for you? >>, no he never has. >> this one is a little complicated and it's a series that goes back to the year 1937 when you did this, and you start off with the year -- actually,1789 where you see six yourists up

mr. chairman, and anwr represents the single greatest resource of onshore area production in the united states. this is one of the reasons that way back in 1980 when jimmy carter was still president and the democrats controlled the congress but they specifically setaside the north slope of anwr for energy production. safe and responsible energy production in anwr will protect the environment while creating tens of thousands of jobs and providing upwards of 1.5 million barrels of oil today. by the way this is more than the u.s. imports daily from saudi arabia. while the president has delayed leases and withdrawn over a million acres into rocky mountains to oil shale development, this bill will set clear rules and require additional oil shale leases to be issued. according to the government estimates, this region may hold, mr. chairman this is a significant number this region may hold more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil equivalent. that's six time saudi arabia's proven reserves. and enough to provide the united states with energy for the next 200 years. i'm just talking about oil shale. robust oil shale development can also create hundreds of thousands of jobs

blame carter and carter is going to blame nixon, why don't you all just blame george washington and get it all over with instead of keep going back to somebody else? but with these two bills, mr. speaker, my friends want to, on the other side, drastically reduce essential government programs and then, second, to en shrine tax cuts -- and i don't like talking about the rich as it were. my ultimate plan would call for all of us that are better off to try and do everything we can to help those who are vulnerable in our society and those who are the neediest in our society. but there are those who are in the supercategory that have not been paying the kind of taxes that many of us pay. you know, you have to put this stuff in real terms. last year i paid $41,000 in income taxes. people don't believe that. i'll bring my taxes down here and show it to them sometime. now, i don't have investments, i don't have offshore bank accounts, i don't have any stock in any bond, but the simple fact of the matter is most americans are in the same cot goir as myself. but they're going to give tax cuts to those who are wealthy who paid less than i did and less than people making $50,000 did and t

mr. chairman, and anwr represents the single greatest resource of onshore area production in the united states. this is one of the reasons that way back in 1980 when jimmy carter was still president and the democrats controlled the congress but ty specifically setaside the north slope of anwr for energy production. safe and responsible energy production in anwr will protect the environment while creating tens of thousands of jobs and providing upwards of 1.5 million barrels of oil today. by the way this is more than the u.s. imports daily from saudi arabia. while the president has delay leases and withdrawnver a million acres into rocky mountains toil shale development, this bill will set clear rules and require additional oil shale leases to be issued. according to the governmen estimates, this region may hold, mr. chairman this is a significant number this region may hold me than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil equivalent. that's six time sai arabia's proven reserves. and enough to provide the united states with energy for the xt 200 years. i'm just talki about oil shale. robust oil shale development can also create hundreds of thousands of jobs and that should