mr. kennedy: i thank the gentleman, mr. kucinich. i want to say at the outset, while i'm speaking on behalf of the same resolution the gentleman before me spoke on behalf of, i couldn't disagree more, that our interests do lie in protecting our national security by being in afghanistan . my opposition is our strategy. my opposition is that somehow we're going to control the ground by maneuvering ourselves militarily to control the ground as if it's a nation state. i hear my colleagues talk about the flag of afghanistan. as if afghanistan is a country. in case anybody has bothered to look at it, it's a loose collection of 121 different sovereign tribes, none of them get along with each other, and it's a mountainous terrain of rock and gravel and the notion that our soldiers are over there laying down their lives to secure ground, we ought to be asking the taliban and the terrorists, anybody who is organizing to strike in our country, i am for that. but i am not for organizing an organized military campaign where we're having to go in

mrs. kennedy in the midst of her loss. "mrs. nnedy, i'm just an old 73-year-old man who lost his wife in 1963 and i can feel the sorrow you are going through. my wife died in my arms, as your husband died in your arms. and when i watched you on television as you walked behind that flag-draped coffin, i cried my eyes out." >> ifill: and even children spoke up and wrote her and wrote to john-john and to caroline. but in one case there was a 12-year-old boy who sent his picture and his name was monroe young. >> he did. and he wrote and said "in 1962, september 23, some mean man killed my daddy, too, here in dallas. my daddy was a soldier. santa claus didn't get my letter. i hope he will get my letter, i want a bicycle. when you write him, tell him my name, monroe young, jr., iii, dallas, texas." >> ifill: one of the interesting things you did in this book you tracked down, you verified these letter writers. you went and talked to their families or talked to them. let's start with monroe young. what's his story. >> he died very young

mr. kennedy 3 minutes. >> the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. kennedy -- from rhode island is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you. mr. kucinich, i would like to say that as i am is speaking on behalf of the same resolution i could not disagree more that the interests in protecting the national security by being in afghanistan. . my opposition is our strategy. my opposition is that somehow we're going to control the ground by maneuvering ourselves militarily to control the ground as if it's a nation state. i hear my colleagues talk about the flag of afghanistan. as if afghanistan is a country. in case anybody has bothered to look at it, it's a loose collection of 121 different sovereign tribes, none of them get along with each other, and it's a mountainous terrain of rock and gravel and the notion that our soldiers are over there laying down their lives to secure ground, we ought to be asking the taliban and the terrorists, anybody who is organizing to strike in our country, i am for that. but i am not for organizing an organized military c

mrs. kennedy and her family bear. i will do my best, that is all i can do. i ask for your help, and god's. >> liz carpenter and her family are in our thoughts and prayer this is morning. we'll be right back. >>> that's all for today. stay with nbc news and msnbc for complete coverage of the historic house vote later today including a mapup on "nightly news" tonight. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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mr. kennedy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kennedy: i urge us to go forward with the rule on what have of -- on behalf of the 22% of my constituents under the age of 65 who are uninsured because they're too young to qualify for medicare or too middle class to qualify for medicaid. quote, no memorial, oration, or eulogy could more eloquently honor his memory than the earliest possible passage of this bill. for which he fought so long, his herlt and his soul are in this bill. while the above quote could easily refer to my father, and the context could easily describe this health care debate, these words were in fact spoken by my father as he rose on the senate floor to honor his brother, president kennedy, during the debate on the 1964 civil rights act. the parallels between the struggle for civil rights and the fight to make quality, affordable health care accessible to all americans are significant. it was dr. martin lewiser king jr. who said, of all forms of in-- dr. mart inluther king jr. who said, of all forms of inequality,

mr. kennedy three minutes. >> the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. nnedy, is recognized for -- i'm sorry. mr. rhode island is recognized for three minutes. >> thanks to the yeah, mr. kucinich. let me just say at the outset while i'm speaking on behalf of the same resolution the gentleman before me spoke on behalf of, i couldn't disagree more that our interests do lie in protecting our national security by being in afghanistan. my opposition is our strategy. my opposition is that somehow we're going to control the ground by maneuvering ourselves militarily to control the ground as if it's a nation state. i hear my colleagues talk about the flag of afghanistan. this afghanistan is a country. in case anybody has bothered to look at it, it's a loose collection of 121 different sovereign tribes, none of whom get along with each other, and it's a mountainous terrain and rock and gravel. and the notion that our soldiers are over there laying down their lives to secure ground. we ought to be after the taliban and the terrorists, anybody who is organizing to s

>> reporter: the month of august ended with the passing of senator ted kennedy. now mr.lf back on his heels. >> i will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than to improve it. >> reporter: in the house, amid a fight over abortion funding, the bill squeaked by in the wee morning hours, but only with major concessions and a single republican vote. >> oh, what a night. >> reporter: the senate made bigger changes still, killing the sweeping public option and passing the bill on christmas eve. but because of the changes, it would have to go back to the house for another vote. and then democrats lost senator kennedy's seat when republican scott brown pulled off a surprise victory, ending the democrats '60 vote supermajority. >> there's a new breed of republican coming to washington. >> reporter: president obama answered calls to get more involved. on february 25, he convened a bipartisan summit and canceled a trip to twist arms and make deals. on the eve of the house vote, the president's job approval numbers were

mr. kennedy, why -- in god's name, when you found that out, why didn't you revoke his visa, his response was, a lot of people come into embassies and a lot of people give us tips and i wouldn't necessarily -- we're not all credible. this wasn't some unanimous source coming in, it was his father. meanwhile in the intelligence community there's specific threat information coming in about this individual. the intelligence community's got the threat information. it's not put together. both sides could have acted on it. the intelligence community could have asked the state department, does this guy have a passport? does he have a visa? can rerevoke that? and -- can we revoke that? and same with the state department. yet that didn't happen. we need to move forward to make sure the christmas bomber doesn't happen again and to make sure with all the evidence coming on mr. hasan, to make sure individuals like this, the evidence isn't swept under the rug out of political correctness. mr. carter: reclaiming my time. mr. king made the comment about crazy conservatives. let's look at some crazy conse

mr. markey: for john dingell, for ted kennedy, for all those who need health care reform. the speaker pro tempore: members should heed the gavel. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. barton: could mr. markey repeat what he just said? i didn't quite get it. i want to yield one minute to the gentleman from the grand canyon state, mr. shadegg of arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. shadegg: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. never before has such a massive change in policy been made on such a purely partisan basis and in the face of such overwhelming opposition. tragically this bill will destroy freedom and do incredible damage to the society. this is a bailout for insurance company they get the individual mandate they wanted all along, a mandate that's un-american and unconstitutional. mark my words, the massive expansion of medicaid in this bill will bankrupt our states. taxes will go up. the deficit will go up and the debt will go up. this bill is the epitome of washington politicians telling the american people

mrs. wilson gave us this picture of her daughter and little kennedy. says the two girls were best friends, that kennedy was a bright young girl who attended a local private school here and excelled. she was in the second grade. now, the smoke detector -- the smoke alarm in the home, according to privilege fire ems -- to prince george's county fire ems was not working. they're taking this opportunity to urge everyone to check their smoke detectors and also to plan and practice an evacuati plan, rehearse it with your family so that if a fire does break out, you have a chance to get out alive. we'll have much more on this coming up tonight on fox 5 news at 11:00. for noi'm live in clinton. back to you. >> such a heartbreaking story. thank you for bringing that to us. >>> on the other end of te spectrum, some good news about the stolen puppy we told you about on fox 5 news at 10:00. the 13-year-old was going for a walk with its puppy when two teenagers snatched the puppy. tonight it has been found and returned to his puppy. a man called police and said he

mr. president, president john kennedy was a democrat, not a republican. so i don't know where they -- they forgot that along wait. we saw when reagan came into office, he actually made those cuts too, dramatic cuts. and i remember that the -- the -- i'm going from memory now. but the amount of money that came in for marginal rates in 1980, when he took office, this is president reagan, wa was $244 billion. when left office, it wa was $488 billion. it doubled in the period of time, the largest tax -- reductions in history. revenues increased when tax reductions went down. well, anyway, that -- that all ended when the kennedy -- the clinton administration came in. we all remember the 1993 tax increases, the greatest tax increases in about four decades. that's when they increased them on everything. but the bottom line is, yet, he did cut taxes. and that had the effect of increasing revenues. and i -- i think when we talked about how the deficit, as mentioned, that was inherited by -- by the -- by -- by this -- this president, president obama, we have to rem

mr. markey: for john dingell, for ted kennedy, for all those who need health care reform. the speaker pro tempore: members should heed the gavel. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. barton: could mr. markey repeat what he just said? i didn't quite get it. i want to yield one minute to the gentleman from the grand canyon state, mr. shadegg of arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. shadegg: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. never before has such a massive change in policy been made on such a purely partisan basis and in the face of such overwhelming opposition. tragically this bill will destroy freedom and do incredible damage to the society. this is a bailout for insurance company they get the individual mandate they wanted all along, a mandate that's un-american and unconstitutional. mark my words, the massive expansion of medicaid in this bill will bankrupt our states. taxes will go up. the deficit will go up and the debt will go up. this bill is the epitome of washington politicians telling the american people

mrs. luce, as well. >> and she went on to work for john kennedy. >> yes, she did. she did both sides. a wonderful, gracious lady here in washington, i don't keep in touch with as much as i should. >> did you ever meet mrs. luce? >> yes, i did. i did at a conservative function in the '80s. and a lovely, gracious lady. i've actually gotten quite close to a granddaughter of hers, who is out in san francisco, clare luce, and then her married name was abbey. and i've learned a lot about mrs. luce from her granddaughter. in her older years when mr. luce had passed away, she would have young people travel with her. and clare was one of her favorite travel companions and got to know her very, very well. and clare has been a great friend and shared so many good stories with us about her grandmother, who she loved so dearly and was named after. >> you came out of working for 12 years in politics for both ronald reagan and -- >> the first president bush, yes. >> the first president bush. but in 1993, when you founded this institute, that was the first year of bill clinton's presidency. >> it was.

mr. president, when president kennedy announced in september of strive to put a man on the moon, he set aspecific target. he didn't say he was going to bend the curve of space exploration. he said he would put a man on the moon. and what this: "we choose to doh things not because they are easy but because they are hard. because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpoe intend to win." mr. president, health care cost is a challenge we are, indeed, willing to accept. it is one we cannot afford to postpone. and it is one in which we can and must and will win. i thank the presiding officer for his courtesy, and i yield the floor. mr. brown con. mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i, first of all, thank you for the work that -- that you did on this bill that the president signed today to bring costs under control in our health care system, to do what we need to do to ensure 31 million -- 32 million pe

mr. dreier: simply putting forth things about finging pointing and all when i'm trying to in a bipartisan way a vision that was put forth by j.f. kennedy and ronald reagan saying we have issues that we need to address together. i yield to my friend. mr. cardoza: i have time i tried to answer him he's cut me off. i'll answer in my own time. mr. dreier: i'm happy to further yield to my friend. mr. cardoza: mr. dreier, you can yield until hell freezes over. i'll answer in my own time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. cardoza: thank you, madam speaker. when mr. clinton left office, he left the next administration a budget surplus for the year that mr. bush took office. and a projection for $5.6 trillion in surpluses. that balance was squandered by mr. bush and the republicans in congress at that time. and we got left with an aftermath where we had to bail out the banks, where we had to bail out the economy. mr. obama was left with a $1.6 trillion deficit on the day he took office. those are undisputable facts. and i am proud to stand on the democratic record on economic policy and i'm prou

mr. bishop: it is not wise to take our 30,000 best scientists and engineers and give them pink slips. but let me emphasize one thing you said as well. when john kennedy gave us the challenge to go to the moon, those people who started to study science and math and

mr. kucinich, should be commended for causing us to debate this issue on the house floor. this is a good and thoughtful debate and i applaud, especially, the passionate statement of patrick kennedy of rhode island. madam speaker, the war in afghanistan has continued for nine years and the obama administration continues to rely on the legal authority of the almost decade-old authorization to use military force which congress passed as we have heard by an overwhelming vote a few days after 9/11/2001. most who voted for it, including me, thought it was limited in time and place. but it became the basis for many actions taken by the bush administration. in my view, the aumf has been overused and abused as the basis for policy. it is time for to us consider whether it should sunset and i believe that it should. but the resolution before us is not in my view the right place to address that issue. after years of giving afghanistan short solicit, tolerating rampant government corruption and standing by as the taliban re-established itself, we now have a better strategy. that strategy, developed by president obama late last year, includes a promised drawdown of our troops there beginning

ted kennedy was holding hearings on health care for all americans i was dispatched by my congressman who used to sit where mr. dryer does now, and i had to monitor those hearings. 22 years ago, when i was 22 actually it was 30 years ago. wish it was 22. i listen to these very same arguments no the very same people that are fighting health care reform than are the ones that are fighting it now. they don't care about the patient's. they will continue to have this fight to the bottom line. i am not sure we are doing everything right in this bill. i was honest about the rule. i thought we needed to change it and i'm glad we did. but i will tell you i am also going to be honest that we have to do health care now. this is our time to do it and we can come back. there is going to be a lot of minutes here offered by republican colleagues in some of our democratic colleagues and i'm not going to entertain any any of those today because it would subvert us getting this done. but i will tell you they are going to come up with some ideas and when those ideas are put forward some of us who put those ideas on the table af

mr. blumenauer: talks about why don't we do what ronald reagan and president kennedy would do we've done taxes several times before that. and in fact his facts are completely wrong when he says that american taxes on companies that create jobs are the second highest in the world except for japan. that is the effective tax rate. that's what's on the books. that's not what they pay. because when we get through all the gimmicks and loopholes and exemptions, those tax rates for american business are actually the second lowest in the world. effective tax rate and what people actually pay. that's not the problem. the problem is, we need to get the economy unfrozen, we need to have people stop paying -- playing political games we need to invest in infrastructure, to rebuild and renew america and we need to do so in a way that doesn't have us talking past one another and playing games with jobs across america if we don't pass this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expire. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: thank you, madam speaker. we've heard all th

mr. president, that among the aerospace and space community, particularly in areas like houston, at the johnson space center, huntsville, at the marshall space flight senator, and florida, at the kennedy space center, i can tell you that the perception is that the president has killed the manned space program. well, in fact, mr. president, that's the farthest thing from president obama's mind. he is an enthusiastic fan of the space program. as a matter of fact, you've heard him talk many times about how his little boy, his grandfather, took him to see the return of some of the apollo astronauts coming back from the moon. and when he tells that story, his face just lights up and you can see the enthusiasm that he has. you can see as he interacts by radio with the astronauts on board the space station and on board the space shuttle, you can see the enthusiasm that he has. unfortunately, some of his advisers have not given him correct information about how to lay out his vision. and so, happily, over the course of the wreaked the president has -- over the course of the weekend, the president has said that he's going to come to florida april the 15th, and he's going to lay out his vision

kennedy had it his way. that comes from their own words. >> mr.over the world, taking over the car companies, they saved the car companies. they saved hundreds of thousands of jobs. they are regulating these financial institutions that were on the brink of going away. i don't see that as big government. i think that as government doing what they're supposed to do for the american people. >> they took cover the car companies for the benefit of the union. >> he doesn't have a deal with car companies. >> wait, taking over the car companies was a crass political deal. >> there would be no general motors. everybody else who is working at general motors. >> who knows if there would be or there wouldn't be a general motors. the reality is, they did it to save the unions. the same thing they did with this health care bill. here you have the cadillac insurance plans. which, by the way, you know, now is government motors, cadillac. the cadillac insurance plans were going to be taxed. that's how you were going to pay for this. unions come in, yell at obama,

mr. president, our degree friend, the senator from kentucky -- i'm sorry -- senator kennedy, the last lion of the senate was one of the greatest of forcing mutual respect with the other side. these stories remind us of the value of citizen discord. they speak to the necessity of working with one another, not against one another to confront the challenges we face. now, mr. president, i'm beginning to wonder if these stories are just stories. though i've served in this chamber for only a short time, i recognize that the atmosphere in this body is not what it once was. i hear the accounts of bipartisan cooperation in the past. but i see fewer and fewer examples of it today. in fact, just last week the country watched as two centuries of -- of the senate procedures and privileges were abused on partisan game. my colleagues and i were trying to move forward with a bill that extended unemployment benefits the, health insurance for the unemployed, lending assistance for small businesses and other important programs, and also medicare fix. no part of this bill was new or controversial. no part of

mr. udall served three terms in the u.s. house are representatives as a democrat from arizona. president kennedytapped him for the top job at the interior department. he started his credo, saying nature will take precedence over the needs of modern man. he was 90 years old. born into a mormon family. liz carpenter, a journalist and a feminist and an aide to lyndon johnson. the first press secretary for first lady lady byrd johnson. what you think of the health care bill? good morning. caller: -- what about the bill and paul ryan had gone back and ask, as you did on c-span earlier, the cbo re-worked it on the docket? they said it would wipe the deficit. the 16,000 additional personnel they will hire at the irs. if there are no taxes included for the american people, why do have that many people? it is hypocritical. they know that is going to happen. the american people need to get a hold of their representatives and tell them how they feel. this is completely ridiculous. people do not believe they are going to have a tax increase. then why do have these people enforcing the law? host: that was in

mr. enzi: of course this process that we're going through seems like groundhog day to me. i worked on health care with senator kennedy for three years. we came up with some principles. those were translated to what's on my web site of ten steps that would solve health care and actually do what the president promised. i'm the ranking member on the "help" committee, so i went through the markup on that. as far as any pre-designed or drafting prior to the markup, i had no opportunity to do that. we were given a bill and said, here it is. and if you want, you can do amendments. well, it was put together pretty fast, so there were typos in it, and we thought maybe we ought to help solve those. and, as a result, there were 150 amendments that were accepted but none of substance, except a couple one of which was one that senator harkin and i both cosponsored. and it became part of the bill, and that was one that was the safeway plan that would have provided some prevention. it would have given companies the ability to provide incentive to their employees to do prevention. i would like to say that wound up in the bill, but w

i heard john kennedy say ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. i remember ronald reagan saying, mrtear down this wall. on this day, we heard what joe biden said to our president. this is real. he said it -- take a listen. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. >> this is a big [ bleep ] deal. >> i love the president's response, too. oh, thanks a lot. >> as jake tapper pointed out, yesterday, because this does affect federal withholding tax, he could have been saying, this is a big fica deal. >> you're the first to point that out. >> maybe we misinterpret things. >> maybe we have dirtyinds. we know that. >>> we have new details coming up about sandra bullock's troubled marriage. how she's handling it all ap and how she found out. (announcer) e sinus triple threat. (announcer) not just sinus headache... ahhhh! but pressure... thand congestion. introducing sudafed pe® triple action™. for more complete relief from the sinus triple threat. sudafed pe® triple action™. more complete relief. sudafed pe® triple action™. four hours before you or

mr. dingell. congresswomen roosevelt the lsa delauro. as i said, this day would not be possible without the vision and leadership of the president of the united states, the inspiration of senator kennedy who has been with us every step of the way, including right now, but all the difference in the world and all the difference for america's families was made by our class of 2006 and 2008, our newest members, bringing fresh thinking, their tireless energy, and their deep commitment to the american people to bear on this legislation. kxjclass of 2008. steve cohen of tennessee. kilroy of ohio. carol shea-porter vermont. any others? all of these young people back here who helped because actually all we wanted to do to maneuver and win votes in the congress is not possible without the outside mobilization of people who understand the impact of the legislation and make their voices known to the members of congress. remember, nothing is more eloquent to a member of congress and the voice of their own constituents. many of our colleagues have already gone home to talk to theirbuju)p& boards, to see their families, and to meet their with their constituents on this legislation. i think our class

mr. president, these are important landmark reforms that benefit all americans. as the commentator put it, the new health reform laws is also a victory for america's soul. at long last we are realizing senator kennedy's dream of extending access to quality affordable health insurance to every american. we're ending the last shameful bastion of legal discrimination and exclusion in our country. i have stated this before and people said what are you talking about? discrimination? well, over the decades, we have outlawed discrimination in our country on the basis of race, color, national origin, based on gender. we've outlawed discrimination also based on disability, the americans with disabilities act 1990. but until now, think about it, it's been perfectly legal to discriminate against our fellow americans because of illness, because of sickness, to exclude tens of millions of our citizens from decent health care simply because they can't afford it. think about that. i hear some people talking about setting up pools. we're going to have a pool here and a pool here, a pool for the elderly, a pool for high-risk, a pool here and a pool there and different people get in these different pools. my friends,

mr. speaker this resolution serves to recognize the tremendous importance of school social workers and acknowledge the valuable role that they play in guiding our student success. i want to thank congressman kennedy for bringing this bill forward. i urge my colleagues to resoundingly pass this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. petri: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. petri: i rise in support of house resolution 1091, expressing support for the designation of the week now passed of february 28 through march 6, 2010, as school social work week. school social work is a specialized area of practice within the broad field of the social work profession. school social workers bring unique knowledge and skills to the school system and the student services team. school social workers are instrumental in furtherering the purposes of education, which is to provide a -- provide a setting for teaching, learning, and the attainment of competence and confidence. school social workers are hired by school districts to educate --

kennedy, president johnson tried to do it. more recently, of course, president clinton back in 1993, tried to do it. we almost did it, they said, mr. speaker. we almost got there. and now here we are, right on the cusp of victory, as they describe, and tomorrow we're going to get over the finish line, we're going to do it, for we the people. well, mr. speaker, let me suggest to you and my colleagues, why we have never done it over the past 40, 50, or 60 years. because we the people don't want it. we the people hate it. they did then and they do now. we the people have rejected this. in every poll that has been taken from the last year and a half and the democratic majority and the democratic leadership and the president of the united states, they know that. they know that. we the people don't want it. we the people don't want what otto von bismarck had to offer 150 years ago. we don't want western european socialism for this country are. we the people like what's written in the constitution and that's what we want. and we want to make sure that we the people know that there are some sensible men and women in this congress, in both