mrs. lees garden. >> we are now up on a hill overlooking washington d.c. at the lee mention. >> yes. >> i am aiming the camera at mrs. lee is garden. >> yes this is les vartan on the hill. the highest point at arlington national cemetary. this was the home of a robert e. lee, mary cust is lee, before the civil war. and at the height of the civil war in 1864 the first military burials were made in the cemetery. the lower cemetery out of sight of the mansion. the quartermaster general didn't think the graves were close enough to the mansion and so that's the town officers who had died in and served the had the very here around mrs. lee's garden. to make it more difficult for the lease to return to arlington after the war. >> if we lock -- if we walk along here we see these two stars actually encircle the garden? >> yes, it don't go all the way around that they form the border around part of the garden. at the end of the war there were something like 40 graves of officers and we don't know exactl

michael and mr. lee, thank you very much. looking at the headlines, huge jump in oil prices sending the prices spiraling lower. they say that the inventory soared by more than 7 million barrels last week which is four times higher than economists had been forecasting. crude tumbled to close out at $80.61. commerce department reports new home sales fell by 2.2% last month to a seasonally adjusted 3,800 annual rate which is a record low for february and marks the fourth consecutive monthly decline, but investors got good news on the economic front. durable goods rising .05% on the aircraft demand, and some of that is lack lupser and marked the third straight month of increasing orders. across the atlantic, the british government is sticking to the commitment to halve the deficit. with this exclusive report, we have maria bartiromo from london. >> thank you very much. i am coming to you from outside of the house of parliament where british prime minister alistair darling promised to cut the deficit in half in the next four years

mr. cuellar. ms. jackson lee. mrs. edy bernice johnson. -- eddie bernice johnson. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from california, ms. chu, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from ohio, mr. boccieri, is recognized for the remainder of the hour. mr. boccieri: thank you, mr. speaker. sorry for the confusion this evening. but tonight i'm joined by several of my colleagues from around the country who want to talk to you about the economy and how we're working hard here in congress to set the record straight but also, more importantly, to put our people back to work. if you remember, when we took office, mr. speaker, we were suffering from one of the worst recessions since the great depression. in fact, many have called in the great recession. and there's a contemporary insurance ironically of all commercials, there's a temporary insurance commercial out on the airways today that says, how will we reme

jackson lee: mr. speaker, over the last two days human beings who happen to be members of congress have been called the n word, have been spat on and just recently someone asked me why my braids were so tight. but i know there is a better way and i know that because members of the congressional black caucus worship this morninged at the mount zion baptist church and pastor smith said to us, the call upon healing the land. we'll be able to heal the land by voting this evening on a health care bill that will help those who cannot help themselves. those single mothers, those people with pre-existing disease, and i have the dishonor of being a member of congress representing the state of texas that has the highest number of uninsured. and so today there will be no shame in my vote because i'll vote for those texans who are not here and cannot speak for themselves. and seniors will have insurance and 95% of americans will have insurance. this is a day. >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker

mr. lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. first let me -- ms. lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. first letmy take this moment to thank congresswoman fudge, for bringing to the congress really the understanding of what unemployment is, given the unemployment rates in your district, given what has taken place in ohio in terms of recession, your leadership and your commitment to turn the economy around is remarkable. we can learn a lot by what you have done in ohio and so thank you again. as chair of the congressional black caucus, i rise this evening to continue sounding the alarm about the urgent and vital need to create jobs in america, particularly for the chronically unemployed, who are dispr proportionately -- who are disproportionately suffering the brunt of this economic crisis and who are thus in need of targeted, concrete, meaningful relief. last week, members of the congressional black caucus met with the president at the white house to discuss our jobs agenda. it was a candid, substantive conversation we had with the president. we reviewed our priorities to crea

i have a quick question for you particularly for mr. lee smith. anytime you can produce a look that lets was it altogether as you seem to have done, i want to congratulate you on that are going to ask you did you come down on one side or the other in retrospect with respect to mr. bush's administration decision to go into iraq, which is obviously heavily criticized in part of the reason that he is no longer-- as much as he used to be but i want to have to do, on one side or the other or did you foretell some of the issues we have had with so many deaths and catastrophes of our economy and all of the other things? the first of all thanks for your kind words in thanks for coming in and joining the lunch. i mean, i think that the world is undeniably in a much better place that sowed-- saddam hussein no longer rules iraq. certainly i could not afford told the different issues that we would run into not just in iraq and around the region and that is what the book is about, kind of my consideration of what some of the issues are in the region but again

mr. speaker, thank you very much. recently i introduced h.r. 4639, corporal dustin lee memorial act. what this bill would do is allow the adoption of military worker dogs by family of deceased or seriously wounded members of the armed forces who was the dog's handler. and, mr. speaker, beside me i have the poster of a family from mississippi whose son was killed for this country, dustin lee. he was the dog handler in iraq. he was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade and his dog, lex, was wounded. the marine corps very kindly at the funeral of distin lee carried lex to be there -- dustin lee carried lex to be there with his master and the family asked the marine corps to please let the dog stay with them. the dog had two more years of service. this was brought to my attention. i called a very dear friend of mine, general mike wagoner who is now in afghanistan, told him the situation and said, mike, is there anything we can could to help the lee family adopt this dog, lex? and so long story short, mr. speaker, the marine corps contacted the air force and the adoption took place two year

mississippi, it was somewhat by accident, really, it was brought to my attention that rachel and mr. lee, the husband, had lost a son named dustin lee and that dustin was killed for this country in iraq and the dog he was -- he was a dog handler and the dog was wounded as well. the marine corps took the dog named lex to the funeral in mississippi of dustin lee, the marine who were kiss -- who was killed, at at that time the daddy, injury home lee, and the mama, rachel lee, they wanted to have the dog stay with them. well, it wasn't possible because the rules and regulations said that the dog which was owned by the air force, leased to the marine corps, had to be retired. so when the family -- the mother and dad asked for the dog that their son loved so much, the marine corps said, we need two more years of service by the dog lex. and when i heard about it, i called the family in mississippi and my heart went out to the family and i asked the family what we could do to help and i don't want to take credit for this, mr. speaker, i want to give credit to mike regular in a who is everybody -

mr. lee: i rise today in support of the provision in the bill allowing for small business startup expenses. this is one of the most significant things we can do to encourage entrepreneurs. that's why i joined with a colleague of mine from maryland, mr. kratovil to introduce legislation that increases it from $5,000 to $20,000, designed to encourage entrepreneurs to act now this serves as an added incentive for entrepreneurs to get off the sidelines and create new job growth in the private sector. as someone who has actually run a manufacturing company up until i came to congress last year, it's very disappointing for me, however that i cannot support the underlying bill. this bill, without a doubt, will raise taxes on u.s. manufacturing and jeopardize jobs here at home. american manufacturinging workers are facing -- american manufacturing workers are already facing an unfair playing field against chinese competitors and according to the national association of manufacturers this bill, quote,

jackson lee: mr. speaker, i'm pleased tonight to acknowledge that there is a lot of energy behind the engine of nasa and the constellation program. there is a lot of interest across america, not so much for the individual states that are impacted, but for the research enbegin of the international space station and the importance of space exploration. i will introduce along with 16 co-sponsors, h. res. 1650 that declares nasa a national asset, which emphasizes the importance of the work of nasa and as well indicates that the elimination of the constellation program will in fact create a national security risk to the united states and diminish the efforts to advance scientific research in space. we are asking and indicating there should be partnerships between universities and nasa centers should be established toll conduct research on behalf of the united states at the international space station. in addition, the legislation will ask for the full funding of the constellation program. we must save nasa

mr. meeks: it's now my honor to call on the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, a longtime fighter for haiti, the honorable barbara lee. for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. gentleman from new york, would you -- mr. meeks: i would -- the speaker pro tempore: here's the gentlelady. the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. thank you very much, chairman meeks. let me just first say how much i want to support this bill today and thank chairman meeks for his steady and consistent support for haiti and also chairman frank. also, just let me say, chair of the congressional black caucus, i have to extend our thanks to congresswoman maxine waters for her work on this bipartisan resolution, especially also for her long-term leadership on the campaign for debt relief for haiti and for all countries in the developing world. congresswoman waters has been a friend and ally of the haitian people for many year, long before this devastating earthquake struck. also to the ranking members, your support and your sense of j

mr. lee: i rise this afternoon to honor a true american hero, u.s. army specialist allen vixus, a native of wheatfield, new york. sadly on march 1 while serving his second tour of duty, the specialist lost his life when he was constructed by a roadside bomb in afghanistan. the specialist enlisted in the army shortly after graduated from niagara wheatfield high school in 2006 and hoped to serve his country. he enjoyed spending time outside, whether it was going for a hike, riding on his motorcycle or his four-wheeler. and he enjoyed spending time with those he loved, his family and his friends. as his step mother said, allen loved being in the army. he was proud of his work. he made us proud. he made his daughter proud. i ask that the house join me in thanking specialist vixus for his honorable service to our great nation. and i extend our condolences to his family and friends who had taken allen from them far too soon. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized yields back. -- the gentleman yields back. for what purp

jackson lee: mr.aker, this sin deed a sad day and a sol -- this is indeed a sad day and solemn day. as indicated by my colleagues on the floor of the house, however, it is an obligation of this body. i'd like to acknowledge the chairman of the impeachment task force, congressman schiff, for his leadership but also for his balance and temperament in a very serious challenge that we have in providing the guidepost -- the moral guidepost for a number of tough issues that deal with our federal judiciary and a number of other instances where impeachment is in fact the authority of this body and the constitution. i'd like to acknowledge the ranking member, mr. goodlatte, the chairman of the full committee, mr. conyers, and his ranking member, mr. smith. this is an instance where you would have hoped that we would have had a different outcome. but as my colleagues have so articulately expressed, there was a long pattern that many of us found very disturbing. judge mr. thomas: -- judge thomas porteous began t

mr. kucinich: i will. i yield to the gentlelady from california, congresswoman barbara lee, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. first let me thank the gentleman from ohio for this very important resolution. today's debate and discussion on the path forward in afghanistan and the proper role of congress in determining united states commit am of our country while at war, this debate and discussion long overdue so, thank you, congressman kucinich, for bringing this to the floor. now, in our ninth year of war, this body has yet to conduct a full and honest accounting of the benefits, costs, affordability and strategic importance of united states military operations in afghanistan. in order to understand afghanistan and where we are today in terms of our commitment, i think it's really useful to point to how we got here. of course, after the horrific events, the tragic events of 9/11 in 2001, now i had to vote against the authorization to use force. this use of force authorization. becau

mr. kucinich: i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: ms. jackson lee of texas will be recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i was one of those members who understood the horror of 9/11 and joined with then the president of the united states to respond to an attack on the united states. subsequently, in the iraq war i voted against that war knowing that it had nothing to do with the attack on the united states on 9/11. so i do not stand on this floor with a heart that is not heavy laydened and understanding the importance of this resolution. this resolution is grounded in the constitution and it has merit. for the question is, when we responded to 9/11, it was a war on troor. today we find -- terror. today we find this is a war on insurgence. there is no real documentation that al qaeda still lingers in afghanistan, but we do understand that we've lost 1,000 americans to

mr. miller: i yield for the purpose of unanimous consent request. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to affirmatively support this bill for all of america. i ask unanimous consent the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mr. miller: i ask unanimous consent to inrevise and extend my remarks. i rise in support of this truly historic and great legislation that addresses two of america's greatest troubles. the costs and high obstacles to obtaining high quality health care and quality college education. our nation has suffered from long-standing failures to make college accessible to all american people. americans have waited a long time for health insurance reform, nearly 100 years. today congress and president obama will deliver on a central promise. because of this legislation for the first time in america's history, never again will americans have to worry about losing their health insurance if they change or lose their jobs. insurance companies will not be able to jack up coverage or deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions and not drop

lee: an additional 30 seconds. mr. grijalva: an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. lee: thank you, madam speaker. let me just say that this bill would prioritize actually outreach to underrepresented communities and populations and would take steps to prepare participants for careers with those agencies or within related congregation field. simply put this bill could not come at a better time. i encourage my colleagues to support this bill and to provide the necessary funding to start this valuable program as soon as possible. let me just thank you, chairman grijalva, once again for your loweredship. . -- leadership. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you. let me yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. mrs. capps: madam speaker, i rise in -- today in support of h.r. 1612, the public lands service corps act, and as i do so, i not

mr. chairman. >> ms. lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me just clarify something. the gentlelady from texas departed but she referenced 9/11. yes, we unfortunately, were attacked on 9/11. it was a horrific attack. but we also started a war in iraq which had nothing to do with 9/11. which has cost us over 4,000 lives and billions of dollars. is he i just wanted to clarify that. good to see you, dr. romer and all of you. let me just -- i have one question for each of you. congressional black caucus continues to sound the alarm regarding the glaring unemployment rate among the chronically unemployed. the unemployment rate is over 15% for african-americans. over 12% latinos. compared to national average of about 8.8%. the congressional black caucus has specifically proposals to address these huge disparities which really are moral gaps. we presented them to our leadership and president obama as recent as last week. i'll give you copies of these proposals. but there's been proposals will trickle down to these populations. it hasn't worked really in the past. and i want

jackson lee: mr. speaker, thank you very much. as we reflect on the last 24 hours of the passage of this historic health care bill, more and more constituents are calling in recognizing that some aspect of this bill impacts them in a positive light. i said one time before that when we did the medicare bill in 1965, that bill was the start of revising and refinement of that legislation. i'm glad today that we can save 45 million americans have lived because of medicare and my mother, ivalita jackson, lived because of a medicare support system. that's why i'm so disappointed that greg abbott, the attorney general of the state of texas the state with the highest uninsured person, decided to file such a lawsuit that has no bearing in the constitution and cannot make any point that this bill will not help texas and save millions of dollars. in addition, there are thousands of veterans that are not in tricare who will benefit from this health care system. we will fight that lawsuit because it is against the people of texas. i yield back

mr. engel of new york, ms. jackson lee of texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. mr. poe: i request permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: the new health care bill is an invasion of people's privacy. it's another reason why we should vote it down. the government shouldn't be sticking its nose into people's medical records, it's none of the government's business. there's a health care integrity data bank in the bill that gives the feds access to everyone's medical records. what's the government -- once the government has everybody's medical records, none of that information is secure. health care information should be between the patient and the doctor and that's all. not the patient and some yet unnamed anonymous, unaccountable, federal bureaucrat. ask joe

mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes, ms. jackson lee of texas for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house the following personal requests -- personal request. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. latourette of ohio for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. himes of connecticut is recognized for five minutes. mr. himes: thank you, mr. speaker. here we are a day away from a very big vote. the bill has been read, the details have been debated, the amendments have been offered, the fights have been fought, the misinformation has been pedaled. but now we're left with the facts. we're left with the facts that the bill we are voting on tomorrow will, according to the congressional budget office, reduce the deficit of this nation by over $100 billion in the first 10 years of its existence and by over $1 trillion in the

mr. defazio from oregon for five minutes, ms. kaptur from ohio for five minutes, ms. jackson lee from texas for five mints, mr. garamendi from california for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house the following members are recognized for five minutes. mr. cummings of maryland. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> request unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank you, madam chair. if i might, we heard just a moment ago from one of our esteemed colleagues from the republican side that there were no savings in the health care bill. in fact, there are substantial savings, at least according to the congressional budget office, and over time the american deficit would be substantialally reduced. let me just tell i -- substantially reduced. let me tell you some of the reasons why. first of all, by extending coverage to most americans you eliminate one of the most difficult cost increa

jackson lee of texas for today and wednesday, march 3, mr. rodriguez of texas for today, mr.kson of illinois for today, mr. again green of texas for today and mr. reyes of texas for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material, mr. harper for march 3, mr. paulsen for march 3, mr. poe for march 9, mr. jones for march 9, ms. ros-lehtinen for march 3 and 4. mr. moran for march 9 and mr. burton for today, march 3 and march 4. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? wool wools i ask unanimous consent that todd -- ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent that any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be addressed to house for five minutes to revise and ex

lee suspended the first five games of the regular season putting his debut with the mariners on hold. >>> finally the basketball tournaments started yesterday afternoon. mr. obama has kansas, kentucky, villanueva, and upstart state to the final for. who has it when it's all said and done? kansas. we should note last year he picked north carolina to win it all and the tar heels came through. now the pressure is on the jayhawks to follow suit. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, kim car da shan's show may get canceled, and you're not going to believe why. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus folks give a hoot working to save these three cutis. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday. very interesting setup in the central plains. it's going to be in the 60s today from denver to kansas city, but, yes, this is the snowfall forecast over the next 48 hours. into the front range we get the upslope enhancement. we could see some areas with 6 to 12 inches of snow. even downtown denver is going to see accumulating snow, probably significant snow. and then as the st

lee in south carolina. you are on booktv. >> caller: i would like to challenge a few things mr. driessen has said.en ddt was used in the second world war, it was used in a power perform and it's extremely hard to absorb through the skin when it is a powder but once we started spraying get on crops in the neighborhood of the mix with oil and becomes highly toxic. another think he is overlooking is he's isolating the ddt and dr. linda lear is exactly right. what happens if you are exposed to ddt and are taking antibiotics, other drugs, what happens in your body when this mix is, does it make your antibiotics toxic and that was certainly something she asks magnificent questions and then there were other chemicals at the time, there was dieldrin -- i'm probably murdering the pronunciation -- there were some of those much more highly toxic than ddt. >> host: paul driessen and linda lear. >> guest: i agree those are far more toxic and why there are more controls on them and clearly when you mix ddt with oil because it isn't soluble in water you exit -- it was busted as a powder troops and holocaust surv

would like to ask unanimous consent the testimony of, sheila jackson lee be put in place in the record. on three amendments. thank you. mrburgess, thank you mr. chairman. i have three amendments of my own and for i would offer on behalf of mr. barton. first is burgess cero to. this is an amendment would require medicaid payment to be 75% of the state plan for the federal employee health benefit plan. for four to many of our citizens who rely on medicaid medicate turns out to be nothing more than an empty promise made by the federal government to cover our poorest citizens. those with medicate themselves are unable to access services because medicaid pays less for comparable services than private insurance, insurers or medicare. they soon realized what many of us have been saying for a long time, coverage does not equal access. medicaid payment shortfalls providers to cost shift or reduced charity care at best for the worst providers to reduce to accept medicaid patients or limit the number they treat. we should reform health care in this nation of the first step of very first step would be to fix what we have already kno

mr. speaker, i rise today to thank the state department for getting the release of father lee. i have advocated and pushed hard for his release in the past year and i'm glad that my hard work has come to fruition. father lee is one of the many citizens who have been harassed for religious and democracy advocacy. he was placed on trial and was imprisoned for almost 17 years for promoting human rights. as a roman catholic priest and prominent vietnamese dissident, he has become a powerful icon in the goon going fight for democracy in vietnam. he is a hero for being vietnamese worldwide. while the release is a good start, we still have a long way to go. we as a country must uphold our values and must continue to challenge countries like vietnam and china on their human rights and religious freedom violations. one day maybe my dream then will come true, a free and democratic vietnam. thank you. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today ons omotions to suspend the rules or on which the vote incurs obje

mr. defazio from oregon, five minutes. ms. kaptur from ohio for five minutes. and ms. jackson lee from texas for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe from texas. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. gohmert: ask to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. i continue to sound about a cry on this because since 1913, the states have had no way to prevent usurpation of states' rights or do anything about unfunded mandates that were crammed down their throats. the constitution provided for that, in that it said, the state legislatures would select the u.s. senators. and as long as that was the case, every u.s. senator knew if they created an unfunded mandate and took away states' rights or did anything to harm the states' powers that were granted to them under the united states constitution, this would yank that senator back and he wou

lee: i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr.wer for the gentlewoman from texas, vote against the rule and then become part of the process where the things you would hope and expect and want to be in the bill can at least, your feedback can be accepted. we've been told the senate is the problem. but the problem is this house, madam speaker. the problem is the way we're doing things. the gentleman, mr. oberstar, said we've been waiting for months to get this from the senate. we took 2 1/2 minutes upstair this is morning, not one hearing, not one person who represented the democratic party who would explain what's in this bill. and now we're down on the floor trying to figure out what's in the bill. getting it just hours ago. madam speaker, this is a flawed process and madam speaker, you know, hening back to february 5, -- hearkening back to february 5, 2009, over a year ago, in an article "c.q.," regular oorder will prevail in the house after the stimulus package is complete, so says speaker pelosi. speaking at the house democrat'

mr. blair did during this period he did harper lee and i do not say that i was anything other than fully informed about the issues that i needed information and to make my decisions. >> thank you here at back to you, sir roderic. >> can i now turn to the campaign particularly to the immediate aftermath of the military action. in january this year you said in a press conference that the mistake in the war was not to do the reconstruction and planet in the way that was necessary so that iraq could recover quickly after saddam hussein fell. what was wrong with the planning for the aftermath? >> i think this will be dated for many years to come and i hope that your inquiry can make some recommendations about how to do with that in the future. the ideal situation would be this, but an international organization like the united nations have a security and reconstruction agency that is available immediately at reconstruction of an individual country needs to happen. that would be true for example in zimbabwe if there was to be a change in government. it's certainly true in saddam, somalia, in t

mr. icahn interview got me thinking yahoo. >> got me thinking lionsgate, lgf. >> gary. >> mf global is interesting here. >> pete. >> mosaic pulled back. i think mosaic's got some up side. >> ooh. i'm melissa leeanks so much for watching. see you tomorrow on the halftime report and then again at 5:00 p.m. eastern for more "fast money" right here on cnbc. have a great night. >> announcer: next, radio silence? with big ad dollars on the rise, cramer's got one company that could have you tuning in profits. tune your dial to "mad money" next on cnbc. first in business worldwide. ry in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, liners of tires, plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies that could increase fuel efficiency by up to 80%. sure, but let me get a little information first. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys !

lee. i would like to insert her statement into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. christensen: and congressman butterfield mentioned medicaid and the expansion of medicaid, we talk about food, but in many of the communities, we have provided. the low reimbursement rates that have traditionally been paid for medicaid providers, has caused hospitals and many hement care providers not to be able to sustain practices or keep their doors open in poor communities. this bill will change that. we will be increasing the reimbursement to medicaid providers at the same level as medicare. and hopefully that will encourage more physicians and providers to come into the poor neighborhoods where many of the patients are medicaid beneficiaries and provide the care that they need. at the turn of the 19th century, dubois spoke to the poor health of african americans in this country. and i'm so grateful to be a part of a group of 42 individuals in the congressional black caucus who have worked over the years, over the 40 years of our existence, but particularly in this last year as