mrs. chang is a wonderful woman. she believes there is a reason that i read this obituary and said that iris had always wanted to make high-quality film because you cannot tell this story just in france and in the black-and-white photographs. i did not know. i don't think there's anything positive when an army invades and occupies a city and basically takes hostage young men and women. and the japanese were using china as a launching pad for war ii -- for world war ii. there was a deep distrust between the chinese and japanese. nanking was the capital of china at the time. ironically, that city fell. it was very embarrassing to the chinese. in fact when the people's army was created after words, china -- one of the recent china is such a strong singular nation is because of what happened then. there was allow -- why would we ever let a smaller nation like japan, men and overrun and occupy our country? -- come in and overrun and occupy our country? they look at the rape of nanking the way that israel looks at the holo

change policy, is the f.a.o. leader and the political coward? >> the prime minister. >> mr. speaker, i welcome each and every question from the opposition on the issue of climate change, each and every question on the topic of climate change. the deputy of the opposition has just stood up and address the parliament and said this and said this on behalf of the opposition. climate change, that is his view. >> prime minister, prime minister. >> when, in fact, you look at the history climate change, it was different in the time of jesus. on behalf of a party which is now dominated by climate change skeptics. this looks forward to fighting the next election on climate change, and the resentments of fortifying it on climate change is because those opposite reject it. ratifying kyoto. those on the opposite side refused to ratify kyoto. those opposite failed to do so. they negotiated a scheme. >> the prime minister -- his seat. >> a member and others. just sit quietly. certainly, there are expectations that those on my left would like to see the proceedings. they are not assisting. >

mr. hall's latest offer with only small changes and included it in the manager's amendment. i still think we can do so much better for disabled veterans. our language may be improved for mr. hall's language, but it still doesn't go nearly as far as i'd like it to go in holding institutions accountable. i hope to continue to work with mr. hall to ensure we have in accountability as we move forward. finally, we borrowed language from our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to ensure that no funds authorized under this bill can go to child molesters. this is a straightforward amendment incorporating a few suggestionsm and a small number of other changes to make the bill better, and i urge its adoption. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. hall: madam chair woman, i rise to claim time in opposition to this amendment, although i do not intend to oppose it. the chair: without objection. mr. hall: the manager's amendment reflect many things from technical changes, recommendations from outside groups, agreements reac

mr. obama says the sweeping rule changes would empower and protect consumers. >> with reform we'll make ourinancial system more transparent by bringing the kind of complex back-room deals that helped trigger this crisis into the light of day. >> meanwhile, republicans blasting the democrats on their economic policy saying they just want to continue spending money we don't have and what to do it without a budget. >> the fewer sacrifices washington makes now, the more americans will be asked to give up later in the form of massive job killing tax hikes. this is a recipe for economic disaster and it has to change. >> i'm kelly wright, now we take you back to cavuto on business >> when crack pots crackdown on arizona cracking down. even if it means a broke city like los angeles with the financial times and the state. san francisco all public business with the state and now even the united nations, the united nations citing human rights abuses, in the state, such is the state of fast moving events, arizonaens getting real about an illegal immigration programs getting worse. and the united nation

mr. bernanke change his policy? why are american taxpayers now helping to bail out european countries? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. towns: mr. speaker, i rise to pass on my condolence to the knight family. clarence knight who i met in 1952, very active member in the community, has worked hard with the tenant association, worked hard with the alumni association, a person that was always anxious and willing to help others, he passed away yesterday. of course he's going to be missed. let me say to the family, pat, renee, and of course scrappy and to all the family members that you have my deepest sympathy and of course if there's anything that we can do we would be delighted to be there for you. on that note, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from

these measures represent a fundamental change, mr. president, in our country's ability to protect taxpayers from the economic fallout of having a large, interconnected firm collapse. these measures will end the idea that any one company is too big to fail. these measures will prevent large failing firms from holding our country hostage, extorting giant taxpayer-funded bailouts under the threat of economic disaster. and so today we announce a few changes to the larger package. first, as i have said, one of the ideas proposed by some of our colleagues here, including our friends from the other side, was to create a fund paid for in advance by the largest financial firms to cover the costs of liquidating failed companies. this was not in our initial draft that i offered in november and was opposed by the obama administration. other republicans have now expressed concerns about the prepaid fund. so because whether they pay in advance or after the fact, these costs will be paid by wall street and not taxpayers, i have no objections to drop

i think it is more about that than any quality of change. >> mr. cretary, the un resolution on iran, is this the kind of thing you have been calling for for months? is it enough, and do you think is really going to change iranian behavior? >> i think first of all, as best i can tell, if the resolution were to be passed in anything like its current form, is actually somewhat stronger than i expected. as i discussed with a lot of our allies, the importance of the resolution is twofold. first, it serves as a reminder of iran's international isolation, that all of the major powers are arrayed against iran's nuclear weapons ambitions. second, and more concretely, it provides a new, legal platform that allows individual countries and organizations such as the eu to take significantly more stringent actions on their own that go way beyond what the un resolution calls for in and of itself. so i think that the resolution has been a fit on two levels. i would just make a final comment. if the resolution did not have an impact in iran, it is not clear to me wh

>> we're at the cpac conference talking with mark halperin one of the authors of "game change" can you tell us, mr. halperin, did you get the reaction that you thought you got when you write a book. >> every author hopes they have some success by john and i, we're proud and proud we wrote the book we set out to write after our very first conversation about it. it's nice to execute a plan. and i would say it's fair to see we had a little bit more success than we had hoped for. >> anything unexpected come from the reaction? >> you know, one of the things we really did hope for by -- we didn't know that we'd achieve is the book really has been well received by both the left and the right. most political books, a lot of the books being sold at cpac are people inspired on the far left and far right. what our heart is to write a nonpartisan book of the 2008 presidential campaign as a story with great characters and great plot but from a factual adjournisic point of view. as we come to meetings like this and done talk radio across the country, we've been really heartened and somewhat pleasantly surprised

so the choice, the contrast, the change that should be endorsed becomes very clear to me. mr. driehaus: we have tremendous opportunity and i think we are close to wrapping this up. but i would agree wholeheartedly, this is about innovation and about giving american businesses the tools to move forward. they were in desperate straits in january of 2009 when you took that oath of office, when i took that oath of office, when president obama took the oath of office. we were in the middle of the worst recession in our life times caused by greed and corruption on wall street. we have an opportunity to address that greed and corruption. the republicans have the opportunity to turn things around, to join us in whold holding wall street accountable. more importantly, they have the opportunity to embrace the policies that are making a difference. we know the economy is turning around. we spent the last hour citin the various sources who support that notion. we know the g.d.p. is growing. we know people are going back to work and we are investing in their intellect and their skills and

while we continue to work through this backlog that troubles all of us. >> changing the culture, is that what you said? i don't think mr. harris's culture needs to be changed although the workers that work with him, i don't just mean mr. roberts and the other miners families out here. i've been around call miners most of my life. they work hard. these are hard-working people. and they want to work. they know they are providing the energy to run america. they want to take care of their families. some of them want their kids to grow up to be lawyers for senators, i don't think my dad never wanted me to be one of these. [laughter] but nonetheless. and they care deeply about their fellow workers and their health and their welfare. so it seems that the culture that we are talking about changing happens to be at the employer level; is that what you're talking about? >> the culture needs to be changed across the entirety of the industry, and there are many factors that come into play when you are talking about culture. it has to stop from the top down, clearly, and that is recognized across organizations, be they in mining or

i think it is more about that than any quality of change. >> mr. secretary, the un resolution on iran, is this the kind of thing you have been calling for for months? is it enough, and do you think is really going to change iranian behavior? >> i think first of all, as best i can tell, if the resolution were to be passed in anything like its current form, is actually somewhat stronger than i expected. as i discussed with a lot of our allies, the importance of the resolution is twofold. first, it serves as a reminder of iran's international isolation, that all of the major powers are arrayed against iran's nuclear weapons ambitions. second, and more concretely, it provides a new, legal platform that allows individual countries and organizations such as the eu to take significantly more stringent actions on their own that go way beyond what the un resolution calls for in and of itself. so i think that the resolution has been a fit on two levels. i would just make a final comment. if the resolution did not have an impact in iran, it is not clear to me

mr. president, such changes must be thoughtful and be deliberate. in the near term, we must ensure that changes affecting the federal role in fannie mae and freddie mac do not jeopardize the fragile economic recovery. and over the long term, we must be careful in structuring the housing financing system in a way that guarantees continued mortgage liquidity with minimal economic disruptions. the mccain amendment falls short in several respects. first of all, mr. president, it poses significant risks to our economic recovery. some 95%, 97% of mortgage originations are currently backed by the federal governme government. 95% to 97%. a have a majority of this coming through fannie and freddie. the mccain -- a vast majority of this coming through fannie and freddie. the mccain amendment would cause significant uncertainty in fannie and fredy and mortgage credit that we have -- fannie and freddie and mortgage credit that we have at this point. this offers no other alternative sources of liquidity. such a precipitous drop in mortgage liquidity could severe

mr. president, these changes are simply an effort to weaken the bill and riddle it with loopholes.i understand many of my colleagues are being pressured to take this path, but we must forge ahead and enact meaningful meaningful reform. the american people deserve no less. they have seen what this financial crisis has done to them. in middle america where they have seen their savings for their children's college funds their retirement funds other things that have been put at risk because of risky businesses and risky deals that have happened in a small group of wall street banks that have chosen basically to take those risks with, unfortunately the liability filing -- falling on the depositors as well as the taxpayers. the same claim and worn-out catch-all defenses of unintended consequences or driving business overseas have been used for decades, mr. president as reasons to wing weaken financial reform efforts. and critics are using the very same arguments again today. we're here, mr. president to tackle complicated problems and find real solutions meaningful solutions that will ag

this is a problem if we do not change how we operate. >> mr. president, the white house announced two days ago that you were going to send members of the national guard to the border. i wonder if you could describe what their target would be and what you are trying to achieve with that. could you clarify their mission? also on arizona, after having criticized the law but has been approved there, would you support the boycott that some organizations are calling for that state? >> i have indicated that i don't approve of the arizona law. i think it is the wrong approach. i understand the frustrations of the people of arizona. many folks along the border that that border has not been entirely secure in a way that we are a tradition of law and immigrants. i do not endorse boycott. s. that is something private citizens make a decision about. what the administration is doing is examined very closely this arizona law and its implications for the civil rights and civil liberties of peop in ane. you start getting a patchwork of immigration laws and arou

mr. president, it's my intent to come back here, if possible, day in and day out until this changes. i think this is unconscionable. i could tell you, i've never seen anything like this in my time in the united states senate. one senator coming in at the last moment with no notice, trying to derail the cause of open government. i'm not going to stand for it. i don't think the american people are going to stand for it. and we will be back here for as long as it takes to bring some real sunshine to this cause of the senate doing its business in public rather than in the shad doassments mr. president, i yield the floor. ms. mccaskill: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator mo is h recognized. ms. mccaskill: mr. president you i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. ms. mccaskill: you know, mr. president, i know that someone is going to be able to use the fig leaf and stand behind the argument that the amendment that was offered at the very last moment this afternoon was about something they cared about a

mr. -- of noah has called the evil twin of climate change. i would like you describe what actually happens to species when they are exposed, and i want to put up a slide that i believe i got. the slide basically shows what happens when you put a small creature in the water. on the left we see a picture, these are relatively small and the shows what happens when you put a terrified in waters that will be in the same acidic conditions that will exist in the year 2100 if we did not change our course. it basically shows that according to dr. lubchenco, the terrified melts. it is a calcium carbonate structure that actually melts. was wondering if you could describe what the oceans will look like from an acidity standpoint in the next hundred years if we don't change course and what that does to the plankton that, or could do to the bottom of the food chain? >> thank you. this like a lot of the change we are talking about is not simply a difference of one condition to another but the time period over which it happens. so if we look at changes in th

and 71 -- 7-1 in 12 consecutive starts so a lot of things have changed. mr. times when you're hit by a line drive, it has a long-term effect. you go back to mike mussina and i saw norm charlton get by a line drive and going way back, even dizzy dean. it affecting your delivery. what you have to do, there's mr. different ways to do it. you to work on your line to the plate. take more ground balls hit back to you, but the orioles do believe there is something going on and going back to that injury. >> gary: he'll try to overcome that tonight against a very good offensive ball club and doing it at target field. the new yard. more on that from amber. >> gary, the orioles playing the twins for the first time outdoors in minnesota in 29 years. it is going to be a cold one tonight. it is supposed to dip into the 40s. boy, was this stadium worth the wait. it went back to 2005 with the twins announced they were going to build an outdoor ballpark. construction began in john of 2008 on the $554 million project. it is situated right in the heart of downtown minneapolis.

change microphones? >> sure. how is that? >> better. thank you. >> mr. sims, in the discussion over the last couple of days, i have heard of this visit from a corporate as a vip visit, even as a dignitary visit. does that seem surprising to you? >> you are coming in very broken. it is in and out. it is in and out. could you change your microphone? it is very scratchy. >> how is this? >> try that. >> well, is it clear the? >> it is working now, but what happens is, when you start talking, it comes in and out and we can oy hear parts of the conversation. >> my wife says that too. [laughter] mr. sims, over the past couple of days we have heard the characterization of your visit as a vip visit or even a dignitary visit. it does that surprise you? >> it surprises me, but i can understand possibly how that might be characterized by folks on the rig. it was not advertised as such. there was no agenda sent out there was no agenda sent out ahead of time, and so i cannot say anything other than what i know, which is that it was a routine, scheduled trip. >> yes, s

and have there been significant changes in the past year? >> thank you, mr. wilson. we were here with the committee last week and talked a little bit about pakistan, and there have been positive engagement and positive changes on both sides of the border within the last year. and this includes a master lay down for supporter ordinations and. some pcc's and jcc's and we been able to work with both the pacbell on their side of the border as was the afghan national security forces in terms of many and equipping those station. two of them are fully operational at this time. we're looking at the location and many of the others. so all that demonstrates the degree of trust, degree of transparency and a degree of equal procedures, if you will, so that it mitigates and lessens the tension on the board. that's a good indication a very positive one within the last one, sir. >> and then i'm hopeful in my message to islamabad and other parts of pakistan, to me it's so clear, it's mutually beneficial, the security of both country. it's already been expressed concern, but in regard

mr. brown. >> now you change your mind, too. >> we have long maturity for our debt. we have a pretty good national balance sheet. we are not greece. >> thank you very much. let's go back to the studio. >> david cameron is there, and it looks like he is just checking through his votes. we have got 25.5000. -- 25,500. he could claim victory or give an indication of what has happened tonight and what his position is, but quite often leaders of parties do not use this opportunity to do that. they speak in more general terms. he looks like he is studying something quite carefully. >> he would be very cautious about claiming victory. there're too many poor results. i have no doubt he will claim that no labour has been rejected. whatever the results are, they will claim it is clear that labour has lost. >> we will certainly hear david cameron's speech when he wins in a bit. in the meantime, it is half past 2:00. let's go to fiona. >> there are hundreds to go, and no clear picture is yet emerging. extraordinary scenes of polling stations around the u.k., where hundreds of pe

changed now. >> okay. >> thank you. secondly, mr. newman, the chairman in his opening statement pointed out that deepwater -- that deepwater horizon is flagged under a foreign flag, namely the -- i think you said the repubc of the marshall islands and when the coast guard inspects an modu under the marshall islands t takes about four to eight hours, and when itoes under usda regulations, it takes two to three weeks. how many modus does trans-ocean have in operation in the u.s. or in u.s. waters? >> i believe there are 15. >> 15. how many are flagged in the u.s. and how many are flagged in foreign countries? i'm not aware of the flag status of every one of those vessels. >> roughly. >> i believe they are foreign flagged. >> most or all of them are foreign flagd? >> i believe that's correct, congressman. >> despite the fact you're foreign flagging th, you get much more lenient and, therefore, much more dangerous to the end safety regulations. you don't have to comply with usda safety regulations. are there other advantages or other rea

side say that the policy changes ignoring the advice of those in uniform and it's not listening to the report the military's presently preparing. they should re the amendment, mr. speaker. the amendment says the policy change would not take effect until 60 days after the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say, and i quote, the implementation of the necessary policies is consistent with the standards of military readiness, military effectiveness -- i will yield, yes. have you read -- has the gentleman read the amendment? mr. bishop: yes, i have -- >> yes, i have. mr. andrews: reaiming my time. am i correctly stating the amendment? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. andre: if the gentleman would get some time, i'd be happy to yield to him. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from maine reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my friend from arizona, mr. franks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for one minute. mr. franks: mr. speaker, it is growing more and more

mr. speaker- elect, that you have a deep respect and affection for this place. you believe in changing the role of backbenchers and you know how much we need to do to improve the reputation of our parliament. there wille new challenges, not least with the first coalition government for 65 years. the a new parliament. -- with 232 new members of parliament, this will very much be a new parliament. we have 72 new women mp's and 16th amendment -- members of parliament from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and i am proud that my party played its part in delivering that result. it really does look and fl different. indeed many of us are sitting next to people we of never sat next to before. the real test will be building trust between parliament and the people we serve, giving people the power to recall mp's engaged in wrongdoing, and making the right decisions in this house about everything -- everything from expenses to pensis to processes -- everything necessary to clean up our house -- our politics. it is within our gift to do this in our responsibility to make sure that we did. i

is that the change we want? i yield back. mr. broun: thank you, i appreciate it. i just wanted to put in my two cents about the question you just asked about why the budget committee hasn't passed out a budget, why the house hasn't passed a budget, we have an april 15 deadline, by law, when a budget is supposed to be passed. the senate hasn't passed a budget. we've been very busy this whole year, as you know, mr. carter, since this year started, under this administration we passed all these big spending bills. and it's my belief that we don't have a federal budget because they can't balance a budget. they can't show to the american people how awful the spending is up here, how outrageous, how egregious the irresponsibility is. and they do not want anything to hold them responsible. my 19-year-old son comes to me when he needs some money. and he's been in school, he's a freshman in college and he's had some little jobs. but he didn't have a budget because he depends on me to provide his needs. well this government is providing all taxpayers and the pay-go, mr. cart

mr. tyler talked about the history of political changes in china and his relationship with the united states until the 20th century. this is an hour. c-span: patrick tyler, author of "a great wall," you tell a story about february, the 19th, 1997, kazakhstan, the china border. could you retell that for us? >>guest: february 19th, 1997, in kazikstak -- kazakhstan, that was -- that was the day that deng xiaping died, the paramount leader of china, and i was as far away from beijing, the capital, where i was supposed to be, as you could be and still be in china. and i came across that border because i was tryingto get out west where there was some muslim unrest in the muslim communities of western china. and, boy, i came off the bus, and the police were all over me and saw my journalist stamp and my passport and put up a call. and they took me to a hotel and did a four-hourinspection of my luggage to see was -- if anything was wrong. and i thought i was going to be arrested and, basically, carted back to beijing when the call came through from one of my colleagues that reuters, the news agency

mr. gregg, high school degree. do you have those numbers? have they changed? we have always been struck b the great difference between the unemployment rates with someone with a high school degree and someone with a college degree. >> those numbers are like they always are. >> can you go through them quickly so we're reminded of the shocking indifference? >> the unemployment rate for those with less than a high school diploma was 14.7%. for those with a bachelor degree, it is 4.9%. it is almost 10 percennage point difference in the unemployment rate between the two groups. >> that ratio -- i was wondering as manufacturing and other tax increase -- you have still not seen any change. it contains to be the case at an advanced degree or college degree is one path to jobs. >> i would agree. it is hard to track the impact for manufacturing. >> how about the veteran employment numbers? soldiers that have returned in the last -- from the iraq and afghanistan wars? >> the goal for -- gulf war i is 13.3% -- it is significantly higher. we have been -- >> we have been wo

mr. rotenberg, do you agree that coppa breaks down if you change the 13-year-old -- >> i've been sitting here listening to mr. szoka's, binder confused. i actually helped the gate against the copa which was the act that raised the first amendment concerns on that side he and i are on the same page but it almost completely unrelated to the discussion we are having about age verification and coppa. as mr. sparapani has played any person of any age who wants a facebook account tester in the first instance provide information about their actual date of birth. that is how they make the determination whether someone is above 13 or below 13 and presumably they could do the exact same line drawing exercise at age 18. is this argument doesn't make any sense to me. but what mr. sparapani said which i think is something that needs to be considered more carefully, and i understand where he's coming from. he said basically facebook me dissention for children under 13 we just want to have them as users in other words it is too complicated and because of the coppa obligations we are just going to say, y

mr. chairman, i also note as i stand that i am opposed to the provisions known as don't ask, don't tell changes yesterday at the rules commite, we had a rather vigorous debate, and at the end of that debate when i hadn opportunity to talkith members of the committee who were there, i said please tell me about the debate at took place in the committee. there was none. the chairman: time is expired. mr. sessions: it should have been in the committee. the chairman: for one minute mr. sessions: i believe that thisssue reallydemanded an opportunity for the members of the armed services committee to fully debate and lead the way on this issue rather than it being a part of a political issue that dominated by the democratic party. i believe that the members of the military,onored heroes of this great nation, should not be a part oa political agenda, but rather be a part of good policy for this nation. i think it's a slap in the fa to the members of the military to be driven down a road that is driven political agenda from the left in this country rather than wise policy. i'm disappointed. i relayed th

change. i yield to my friend. mr. thompson: i share your concern. in fact, i think that the -- i guess the artificially induced high from the crack cocaine description you used, i think that's going to describe 2010. i think because we've infused a tremendous amount of taxpayer money and i think in a very careless and reckless way into the economy, that's going to help mask the symptoms of the problems that we have in terms of jobs. for 2010. well -- we may all feel bet for the 2010. here's my concern. i think with the amount of deficit spending we've done, come january 1, 2011, this country falls off a cliff financially. the tax increases that will be implemented, the ramping up of environmental protection agency that's been tripled in size and will just provide -- we've already seen abusive behavior on their part in terms of them trying to legislate through their authority as an agency the -- redefining what a hazardous gas is, superseding all the normal procedures they use in terms of scientific process to decide that carbon dioxide is a hazardou

change. whether or not mr. burns pulls off a victory in what polls suggest as a competitive race.hey embody the nightmare nationally that each committed democrats will turn on their own party. new orleans? good morning. caller: we talking about pennsylvania and the incumbent there. what i really, it seems like all the polls are just dealing with white people. doesn't seem like it comes the mack votes. are they - why aren't they included? host: i would disagree with you. caller: pardon me? host: the poling is a reflection of diverse opinions and ethnicity and gender. caller: listen. there are other - that black republicans like smith in arkansas and when you go out to arizona, but they don't get any type of attention. and they're part of a party and part of the united states. host: okay. thanks for the call. paul is joining us from california. clover dale, california. good morning. caller: good morning. to you too. say, i suppose overtime, especially in the last - few elections that i've experienced it's not so much as an eye for incumbency that to lease particular politicians name

mr. ketchum just planned a meeting for all of these changes in the s.e.c. next week. i think it is on tuesday, to come up with a set of standards about clearly erroneous and how we are going to move forward, in addition to the circuit breakers that are putting in place. and how do we move so we have a clearly defined standard of what trades are going to stand and when they won't. >> if i'm in new york at any broker, i'm not going to give anybody a plug here, how do i compete with the electronic traders that have nano-second access? >> i'll make a comment on that. in capital formation markets, sir, most participants coming in from the public are not trying to compete on the bid offer in a nan off second offer. they are buying stocks for probably a period of time. >> they are on hold. >> they are more of a holder participant. many we think of them as liquidity providers. they have tightened up the markets, but they are not into that. so they are competing against each other. >> they are someone and it is just inform a short period. >> yes. >> mr. leibowitz, since most e

mr. weissman raised a good point. the regulators have the ability to do this. we need to change the law. i would like to ask each one of you, isn't our responsibility to make sure this does not happen again? not because they were bad, they just didn't think that we should have laws. they were quite fair about that from top to bottom. one of my concerns is senator specter's idea of criminalizing this thing. i agree with what mr. silvers statement. there really is a crisis in this country. i don't think it is a popular statement. so basically i'm for doing something. don't you think it is important that the congress give the regulators clear law on this since the regulators have the ability to do so many of these things? disregard the one question of criminalizing. ms. roper, mr. silvers. >> i agree with the sentiment, and i agree that there is an issue with respect to the public viewing there being two worlds and two different systems that are going on. but i think that creating a new criminal statute which is similar to what was done post enron won't cure the problem. you can look at gol

that's the change we need, and if you vote conservetive next thursday, we can start to get to work next friday. >> mr. clegg, tonight's debate is about you. about the -- >> mr. clegg. >> tonight's debate is about you. about your families. about the economy. the way they got us into this mess is not the way out. we need to be frank about the cuts that will be needed so we can protect things like schools and hospitals. we need to break up our banking system so irresponsible bankers can never again put your savings and businesses at risk. we have to rediscover our passion for building things, not just putting bets on the market. and we need tax savings so you don't pay income tax on your first $-- first 10,000 pounds. they will tell you these things cannot be done. i say we have to do things differently to deliver the fairness, prosperity, and jobs that you and your family deserve. >> thank you mr. clegg. gordon brown. >> there is a lot to this job. as you saw yesterday, i don't get all of it right, but i do know how to run the economy in good times and in bad. when the banks collapsed, i took immediate

mr. markopolous about those problems. we are hoping that can be changed as the s.e.c. looks into this particular problem as well and re-engineering the oversight and perhaps putting in to effect better circuit breakers to handle this problem. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. royce. now we'll hear from the gentleman from california, mr. sherman, for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think the issue before us is what is the social utility of high frequency trading? should it be limited? should it be taxed? or do we benefit from enormous quantities of money moving in and out of a stock for a few minutes. we are told that the meltdown will cause no lasting harm. i think this is shortsided. investors for many years will be demanding a risk premium for what they perceive as a market that can go crazy, at least for an hour or half an hour. and we'll be told that with a few patches, the system will work fine in the future and this could never happen again. sure. in our society, we have allocated some of the smartest business and computer minds to wall street.

change it performance wise. >> that to me distills it down, mr. dreiband, in these cases you cited the one you just cited, read from, i mean, not too often do you really have the smoking gun. maybe in a few cases you do. and, obviously, those seem to be the cases that made it to these circuits. where you really had a definite smoking gun. but, most cases you don't have that. and, so, what you have done is, you said, you set this really high bar. if you got a smoking gun, you will win. even under the gross decision. >> yes. and -- excuse me. >> i'm saying, but, that doesn't happen that often, mostly, it is a lot of other things that you have, and what we have said, in the past, is that if you can show that age was one of the factors, if you can show that, that is the burden on the plaintiff. they have to show that, they showed it, because all of the people that had been demoted and stuff, over the age -- were over the age of 50, that was the one characteristic they had in common. well, then the burden then goes to the employer, then to say, well, o

collaboration between afghanistan and pakistan and have there been significant changes in the past year? >> thank you, mr wilson. we were here with of the committee last week to talk about pakistan and there have been positive engagements and positive changes on both sides of the border within the last year and this includes a master of the down for border coordination centers, some bcc and cc and we've been able to work with the pact mill on their side of the border as well as national security forces for manning and equipping the stations. two of them are fully operational capable what this time and we are looking for the location and the manning of the others, so all of that demonstrates the degree of trust in that transparency and degree of equal procedures if you will so there is mitigates lessons and tension on the borders of that's a good indication and positive one within the last year. >> and i am really hopeful in my visits to islamabad and other parts of pakistan. to me it is clear it's mutually beneficial the security of both countries. it's been expressed concern, but in regard to training s

mr. gregg, high school degree. do you have those numbers? have they changed?e have always been struck by the great difference between the unemployment rates with someone with a high school degree and someone with a college degree. >> those numbers are like they always are. >> can you go through them quickly so we're reminded of the shocking indifference? >> the unemployment rate for those with less than a high school diploma was 14.7%. for those with a bachelor degree, it is 4.9%. it is almost 10 percennage point difference in the unemployment rate between the two groups. >> that ratio -- i was wondering as manufacturing and other tax increase -- you have still not seen any change. it contains to be the case at an advanced degree or college degree is one path to jobs. >> i would agree. it is hard to track the impact for manufacturing. >> how about the veteran employment numbers? soldiers that have returned in the last -- from the iraq and afghanistan wars? >> the goal for -- gulf war ii is 13.3% -- it is significantly higher. we have been -- >> we have been wo

to use the knowledge we have of what could change climate and some of these factors referred to by mrckton we know that greenhouse gas influence climate. we know that clouds influence climate and soil were variability can influence climate and there are natural cycles as referred to earlier as the el niÑo cycle and when you use these known aspects of climate to reconstruct climate over the last few decades you find there are not big missing pieces that the changes in climate we have observed can be explained. why was 1998 such an exceptionally warm year i will refer to jim hurrell probably the warmest amine yell we know for the last several hundred years. why was 1992 and 1993, 1994 unusually cool relative to the years before? immediately following the eruption of mount pinatubo the largest volcanic to have affected climate, the most recent volcano very much in the news probably won't have much effect on climate because the release of the material from that volcano was low in the atmosphere of course we know it interrupted air-traffic. when you put the pieces together you find there a

mr. buyer: i thank ike skelton and we should not be changing this policy. it is clear that homosexuali is incompatible. the purpose of the military, we incull indicate men and women with values and those values are extremely important. there are some trying to make the argument that tolerance requires a moral aquiffalensy. if that is to say that sodomy, should be repealed from the military justice -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. foster: i was explaining this year for the first time in history, the air force trained more u.a.v. pilots than traditional pilots. the fleet has expanded and we have maintained and continue to build a large force of conventional manned aircraft. this study will help congress understand the most effective balance between the two for a range of operations and helpus determine the feasibility and desire built for these operations. this study will force the department of defense and congress to confront the fact th

change a vote. if not the yeas are 42, the nays 57. mr. dodd: november reconsider -- move to reconsider. move to lay on the table. the presiding officer: there are two minutes of debate on 3759 offered by the senator from texas, mrs. hutchison, and the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar. mrs. hutchison: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from text section recognized. -- from texas is recognized. the senate will come to order. mrs. hutchison: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas deserves to be heard. the senate will come to order. the senate will come to order. the senator from texas is recognized. mrs. hutchison: i ask to be notified after 30 seconds to that my colleague, senator klobuchar can speak. the presiding officer: the chair will do so. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, this is the amendment that reinstates the federal reserve as the regulator for small banking companies and small chartered banks much the state banks and the smaller banks have asked to stay with the capability to be members of the fed. they want their input into monetary pol

i think it would be distracting and i am not in favor of changing don't ask, don't tell. >> mr. critz, you have 30 seconds if you want. >> from my perspective, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mullen, he loves his country and he loves his military. i would defer to his judgment. [applause] >> the next question starts with mr. burns. both set -- both candidates have said you are pro-life. what are your plans to reduce or eliminate abortions in america? >> first let me explain how i got to this position. my mother was 16 years old when she had made. she dropped out of high school, and it was very difficult. they did not get a tremendous amount of support from either one of their parents when they got married. they have a difficult life. i can tell you that they made it through and they always taught me the importance of life. i am pro-life. that being said, i think we need to do everything we can in order to preserve life. i would support overturning roe v. wade, and i think we need to continue to support organizations that support unwed mothers and programs like

mr. cantor: that's why we are intent on trying to bring forward the you cut proposals to begin changing the culture here in this town in this body, to begin to save taxpayer dollars, not with an emphasis on spending. and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding and, you know, maybe the public gets tired of this back and forth, but the gentleman talks in ways that indicate that all of a sudden in 2009, january, when president obama took office, somehow the world fell apart. and point of fact, as the gentleman knows, in the last year of the clinton administration we gained $1.9 -- -- 1.9 million new jobs. last year the bush administration, under the policies that the gentleman supported and his party was very enthusiastic about, we lost 3.8 million jobs. that's a 5.7 million-job turnaround. yes, we were in dire straits and conservative economists, republican economists, mr. zandi and others, as well as progressive economists, liberal economists, call them what you will, all said, if you do not invest in this economy, if you do not invest in stabilizing this economy, very frankly

mr. speaker, it's time for hope and change and a budget. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> mr. speaker, i request to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. speaker, our nation is making history for all the wrong reasons as our net reaches $13 trillion. today we still have no budget, no plan to rein in this out-of-control spending. for the first time in recent history the house will fail to even propose a budget at a time when the american people are demanding fiscal responsibility. our national debt has now hit astronomical portions and without a budget the spending will almost certain continue to grow. a recent rasmussen poll found that only 21% think that today's children will be better off than their parents. only 21%. and one of the main reasons our children are going to be in a tough spot is that they are going to be footing the bill tomorrow for our irresponsible spending today. mr. speaker, now is the time for congress to address the iss

i think it would be distracting and i am not in favor of changing don't ask, don't tell. >> mr.ritz, you have 30 seconds if you want. >> from my perspective, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mullen, he loves his country and he loves his military. i would defer to his judgment. [applause] >> the next question starts with mr. burns. both set -- both candidates have said you are pro-life. what are your plans to reduce or eliminate abortions in america? >> first let me explain how i got to this position. my mother was 16 years old when she had made. she dropped out of high school, and it was very difficult. they did not get a tremendous amount of support from either one of their parents when they got married. they have a difficult life. i can tell you that they made it through and they always taught me the importance of life. i am pro-life. that being said, i think we need to do everything we can in order to preserve life. i would support overturning roe v. wade, and i think we need to continue to support organizations that support unwed mothers and programs like t

changes. ms. jason lee: thank you very much, mr. chairman. my colleagues and i appreciate your views. transferng funds from the human space flight program to unproven commercial space efforts designed to carry human and crew into space is unreasonable and may be an unreasonable risk this country should not take at this time. i hope we can work together on this issue to ensure the continuation of human space flight programs. thank you, mr. skelton, for suppting nasa and i yield ba my time. mr. skelton: i thank the gentlelady. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recoized for two nutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. we heard our colleague across the aisle talking about the don't ask, don't tell a obviously this is supposed to be about a bloc of amendments and i don't have objection to those. though i'd like to use this time o address that issue. this body, leaders in this body, the white house, have all told the president

mr. shahzad. how he was allowed to get on a plane. now there is changing the no-fly rules here. is what i know: we had an individual who 53 hours hence -- prior had tried to kill and maim thousands of americans in times square. as a result of excellent coordinated intelligence and law enforcement work, our f.b.i., nypd, customs and border patrol and others ab hended him on a plane at kennedy airport in new york. we have a system that is built with layers and redundancy. and in this instance, that was very important. you hadÑi a foreign carrier that had not updated against the no-fly list. so dedicated professionals, heros, in fact, at customs and border patrol and our watch-list agencies recognized that fact and stopped the plane and got the alleged terrorist. in this instance, we have a situation where a guy two days earlier tried to kill thousands of americans. as a result now, he is sitting where he belongs. >> brown: but the system did have to be tighten today.ñr the no-fly rules were changed today to deal with that? >> you know what? we're a veryÑi nimble operation here. we

mr. specter is in a tough campaign republican line is next. caller: you may want to change the name of your show from c- span to dumb and dumber network. limited government works best because the government is corrupt. we have a bunch of social purpose running the country now. -- social perverts' running the country now. we have a bunch of socialists running the country. we have someone that is quadrupling the debt that president bush left. we went from bad to worse. the democrats need their government handouts and debt -- government programs. host: us hear from someone on the democrats' line from tampa, florida. what did you make of the last caller? caller: we need to remember that we are all americans and we are on the same ship. we need to listen to and respect each other. i want to remind all those that we need to pray for our leaders, whether republicans or democrats. right now we have a fire in the country. they are always big. we need to help each other, help the government, or get out of the way. the cost of this economy and the problems in our country is going to b

collaboration between afghanistan and pakistan and have there been significant changes in the past year? >> thank you, mr wilson. we were here with of the committee last week to talk about pakistan and there have been positive engagements and positive changes on both sides of the border within the last year and this includes a master of the down for border coordination centers, some bcc and cc and we've been able to work with the pact mill on their side of the border as well as national security forces for manning and equipping the stations. two of them are fully operational capable what this time and we are looking for the location and the manning of the others, so all of that demonstrates the degree of trust in that transparency and degree of equal procedures if you will so there is mitigates lessons and tension on the borders of that's a good indication and positive one within the last year. >> and i am really hopeful in my visits to islamabad and other parts of pakistan. to me it is clear it's mutually beneficial the security of both countries. it's been expressed concern, but in regard to training s