and the other thing weighing on reagan and actually mrs. reaganwell was the fact that john had had all these friends in the national media and reagan's campaign in all of '1979 and '80, bad press, the age issue is still there. and he doesn't need another spat of bad political stories, you know, by firing his campaign manager because if he fires john, that means john's two top aids, charlie black and jim lake are going to go with him. so they arrive at this strategy to fire him of the day of the new hampshire primary, believing they will win the primary and it would minimize the story and because they found an acceptable alternative. it's a very long question to -- a very long answer to a good question. >> when you read craig's book you get to this roughly 100-page section where almost every page you're saying, why isn't he firing him? why isn't he firing him? oh, you finally he gets to the new hampshire piece but i'll ask you this, i don't know if it's relevant to the campaigns. it certainly seems like it was relevant to the president's administra

and there's a part on governor reagan and mrs. reagan taking george bush because of these lingering issues being left unaddressed. this one day of what is just madness in detroit where they try to put together the copresidency which some of you would remember the gerald ford, the dream ticket where, you know, he had reagan running for president and they tried to get gerald ford it off serve -- to run as vice president. i always thought jim baker had the best line on the whole situation. because if you had reagan and -- reagan and ford elected as president and vice president, would you address ford as mr. president, mr. vice president or address him as

mrs. reagantaking george bush because of these lingering that have been left unaddressed. there's this one day of what was madness in detroit where they try to put together the copresidency which some of you would remember with gerald ford the dream ticket where, you know, you had reagan running for president and they tried to get gerald ford to serve -- to run as vice president. i always thought jim baker a had the best line on the whole situation because if you had reagan -- reagan and ford elected as president and vice president would you address ford mr. president or mr. vice president or mr. vice president or mr. president. [laughter] >> where you had this whole day where there were negotiations and it was carried out on national television between walter cronkite and gerald ford and the copresidency and rumors being passed along from delegate to delegate to network. and it all made it on to network television and it recycled back and so you had a day of madness whether or not there would be

mrs. reagan as well was the fact that john had all of his friends in the national media and freakin''s campaign in all 79 early 80 is in very bad condition. it's losing money, running a huge deficit, about stories are coming out into the press, the staff fighting, then you've got of course the age issue is still there and he doesn't need another spat, bad political story. bye firing his campaign manager because if he fires john that means john's top aides, charlie black and jim lake are going to go with him so they arrive at the strategy the day of the new hampshire primary believing they will win the primary and minimize the story and then because they found an acceptable alternative. it's very long answer to a good question. >> when you who read craig's to get to this 100 page section where every page you are saying why isn't he firing him? [laughter] finally he says to the new hampshire peace when it happens. pliable less do this, i don't know if it is relative to the campaign. it seems like i

. >> mrs. reagan and my colleagues, let me first say a big thank you to the california delegation for all their efforts in making this day possible. on october 27, 1964, ronald reagan gave a nationally televised address supporting barry goldwater, the republican nominee for president. while goldwater was later defeated by lyndon johnson, many americans watching that they immediately sensed that reagan would one day become president. the title of reagan's speech was "a time for choosing." he crystallized the voices for voters. when people look for self- government, or would they submit themselves to being ruled by elites in a far distant capital? his polka at social engineers was accompanied by a vigorous defense of america's greatest abroad. he reminded americans that they did have a rendezvous with destiny. as california governor in the 1960's and 1970's, ronald reagan proved over and over that he had the mind of a committed conservative, and the temperament of an extraordinary leader. as president,

one day and said, mrs. reagan feels, and i feel that we must shut blair house down.was a disturbed as was mrs. reagan when she heard that a chandelier had fallen on a bed. the tunisian president was in residence. the boiler had blown uppe. and that was enough. it was not looking very good. before the restoration, the money had to be approved by the government every year. i was summoned to congress because they did not want to flaunt it. senator and abnebner said to med not understand why you have to spend all the money just to do over a new house. he said, why don't you just tear it down and build a new house? i said, over my dead body. finely worked around this. i was grateful to the senator who was able to really get it through. there was an interesting stipulation of the bill. the money was to be used for bricks and mortar but not 1 cent could be allocated. what could that mean? we had to raise it. >> in 1988, blair house reopen. congress had appropriated $8.6 billion for the infrastructure improvement. $7 million was raised for decorating body private blair house

. >> mrs. reaganes, let me first say a big thank you to the california delegation for all their efforts in making this day possible. on october 27, 1964, ronald reagan gave a nationally televised address supporting barry goldwater, the republican nominee for president. while goldwater was later defeated by lyndon johnson, many americans watching that they immediately sensed that reagan would one day become president. the title of reagan's speech was "a time for choosing." he crystallized the voices for voters. when people look for self- government, or would they submit themselves to being ruled by elites in a far distant capital? his polka at social engineers was accompanied by a vigorous defense of america's greatest abroad. he reminded americans that they did have a rendezvous with destiny. as california governor in the 1960's and 1970's, ronald reagan proved over and over that he had the mind of a committed conservative, and the temperament of an extraordinary leader. as president, reagan displayed

mike was disturbed, as was mrs. reaganard that a chandelier had fallen on the principal bed and while the tunisian president was in residence, the boiler had blown up. and so that was enough. and also, it was not looking very good. it was really looking a bit raggedy. before the restoration plan, the money had to be approved by the government every year and was summoned to congress, because they didn't want to fund it at all. and senator abner, who was the head of the committee that was being so negative about it said to me, well, mrs. rosa, i don't understand why you have to spend all that money just to do over an old house. he was just very difficult about it. he said, why don't you just tear it down and build a new house? i said over my dead body. finally we worked around this. i was grateful to paul lacks all the, the senator's aunt, who was able -- lacks at, the senator's aunt, who was really able to get it through. but there was a very interesting stipulation in the bill. the money was to be used for bricks and more

mr. reagan was in the throes of alzheimer's -- host: dee, lots there. al questions we'll let steve forbes address. thank you. guest: on the past eight years, in terms of mr. bush's economic policies, and i many other republicans were aghast at his spending policies and spoke out against them. they were minor compared to what we see coming out of washington today. but we did speak out against it, and i believe the biggest domestic mistake of the bush administration, which sadly has been continued by this administration, is its weak dollar policy. weak dollar means weak recovery. you cannot trash the u.s. dollar, let it get weak, and at the present to have a strong economy. that shouldn't be a partisan issue. john kennedy, democrat, said the dollar should be as good as gold. ronald reagan killed the great inflation of the 1970's, and bill clinton had a strong dollar policy. so that was a huge mistake of the bush administration and the federal reserve, which i did speak out against. in terms of healthcare alternatives, there are positive alternatives out th

mr. reagan was in the throes of alzheimer's -- host: dee, lots there. eral questions we'll let steve forbes address. thank you. guest: on the past eight years, in terms of mr. bush's economic policies, and i many other republicans were aghast at his spending policies and spoke out against them. they were minor compared to what we see coming out of washington today. but we did speak out against it, and i believe the biggest domestic mistake of the bush administration, which sadly has been continued by this administration, is its weak dollar policy. weak dollar means weak recovery. you cannot trash the u.s. dollar, let it get weak, and at the present to have a strong economy. that shouldn't be a partisan issue. john kennedy, democrat, said the dollar should be as good as gold. ronald reagan killed the great inflation of the 1970's, and bill clinton had a strong dollar policy. so that was a huge mistake of the bush administration and the federal reserve, which i did speak out against. in terms of healthcare alternatives, there are positive alternatives out

mr. reagan was in the throes of alzheimer's -- host: dee, lots there. tions we'll let steve forbes address. thank you. guest: on the past eight years, in terms of mr. bush's economic policies, and i many other republicans were aghast at his spending policies and spoke out against them. they were minor compared to what we see coming out of washington today. but we did speak out against it, and i believe the biggest domestic mistake of the bush administration, which sadly has been continued by this administration, is its weak dollar policy. weak dollar means weak recovery. you cannot trash the u.s. dollar, let it get weak, and at the present to have a strong economy. that shouldn't be a partisan issue. john kennedy, democrat, said the dollar should be as good as gold. ronald reagan killed the great inflation of the 1970's, and bill clinton had a strong dollar policy. so that was a huge mistake of the bush administration and the federal reserve, which i did speak out against. in terms of healthcare alternatives, there are positive alternatives out there tha

one day and said, mrs. reagan feels, and i feel that we must shut blair house down.was a disturbed as was mrs. reagan when she heard that a chandelier had fallen on a bed. the tunisian president was in residence. the boiler had blown uppe. and that was enough. it was not looking very good. before the restoration, the money had to be approved by the government every year. i was summoned to congress because they did not want to flaunt it. senator and abnebner said to med not understand why you have to spend all the money just to do over a new house. he said, why don't you just tear it down and build a new house? i said, over my dead body. finely worked around this. i was grateful to the senator who was able to really get it through. there was an interesting stipulation of the bill. the money was to be used for bricks and mortar but not 1 cent could be allocated. what could that mean? we had to raise it. >> in 1988, blair house reopen. congress had appropriated $8.6 billion for the infrastructure improvement. $7 million was raised for decorating body private blair house

mr. reagan was in the throes of alzheimer's -- host: dee, lots there. eral questions we'll let steve forbes address. thank you. guest: on the past eight years, in terms of mr. bush's economic policies, and i many other republicans were aghast at his spending policies and spoke out against them. they were minor compared to what we see coming out of washington today. but we did speak out against it, and i believe the biggest domestic mistake of the bush administration, which sadly has been continued by this administration, is its weak dollar policy. weak dollar means weak recovery. you cannot trash the u.s. dollar, let it get weak, and at the present to have a strong economy. that shouldn't be a partisan issue. john kennedy, democrat, said the dollar should be as good as gold. ronald reagan killed the great inflation of the 1970's, and bill clinton had a strong dollar policy. so that was a huge mistake of the bush administration and the federal reserve, which i did speak out against. in terms of healthcare alternatives, there are positive alternatives out

mike was disturbed, as was mrs. reaganndelier had fallen on the principal bed and while the tunisian president was in residence, the boiler had blown up. and so that was enough. and also, it was not looking very good. it was really looking a bit raggedy. before the restoration plan, the money had to be approved by the government every year and was summoned to congress, because they didn't want to fund it at all. and senator abner, who was the head of the committee that was being so negative about it said to me, well, mrs. rosa, i don't understand why you have to spend all that money just to do over an old house. he was just very difficult about it. he said, why don't you just tear it down and build a new house? i said over my dead body. finally we worked around this. i was grateful to paul lacks all the, the senator's aunt, who was able -- lacks at, the senator's aunt, who was really able to get it through. but there was a very interesting stipulation in the bill. the money was to be used for bricks and more tar, building

mr.. we will >> craig shirley author of "reagan's revolution" recounts reagan's 1980 campaign. mr. hirley follows his defeat from 1976 to his election over incumbent president jimmy carter. the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california is the host of this hour-long event. >> all right. now, craig and i are going to do something -- hopefully you will find fun rather than him getting up and giving a long 30-minute speech

mr. mccain: as ronald reagan once said, facts are stubborn things. i yield. mr. kerry: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: i'm not going to object to putting something important in, but i'd like my colleague to stay for a moment because this is very important. madam president? the presiding officer: the majority time has expired. the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i yield to senator thune. mr. kerry: i have objected to the statement being put in unless i have a chance to explain it. i would like to get it in there. the presiding officer: the objection has been heard. mr. mccain: i would ask unanimous consent that the senator from massachusetts be allowed three additional minutes and i be allowed two additional minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. kerry: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: i thank my good friend from arizona because this is the way the senate ought to work, and i totally agree with what the senator just said, and i want the senator to know i agree with it. h

are prepared by virtue of what we have in the armed services to be as secure as we were when reagan said, mrrbachev, tear down that wall. >> yeah. and it seems to me that the american people now respect only one institution in this country, and that's our military. i mean, they despise the congress and the white house an everybody else, but they revere the military with very good reason. >> that's true. the media -- not congress, the military. but thank god for that because those guys have laid it on the line. they bet their lives on the fact that they can help protect us, keep our rights and so on. >> yes. >> but if i may on the cultural side the biggest shock then and increasing now is this country was founded as one nation under god. one nation indivisible and under god indivisible, and the most revolutionary event in international politics was when we wrote our deck -- declaration of independence with a sort of letter of apology for why we were breaking off with great britain. and one of the key elements there that we are forgetting today, the basis of our whole government, we hold thes

ronald reagan. mr. speaker, with that wish from reagan, i do now hereby move that we adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will accept the motion to adjourn. mr. gohmert: pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 976, i move now that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. accordingly, pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 976, the house stands adjourned until 6:00 p.m. on december 19, 2009 unless the conditions specified in section 11-c of that resolution are met, in which case the house shall stand >> now an assessment of the past year and the house by speaker nancy pelosi. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good evening. this is the end of an event full day for us and which we finished the work of this session of congress and a positive way. we started the year with the president of the united states action now to create jobs and create -- turned our

reagan, george h.w. bush, president clinton, and george w. bush. that is 33 years. 33 years. and all of a sudden my colleagues want to change our policy on federal funding of abortion. mr. president, we shouldn't be making this type of sweeping policy change in this health care legislation. and the nelson amendment is necessary -- is a necessary addition to the bill in order to protect our current policy and the unborn. i understand that not everyone in this country agrees with my position on abortion. and, again, i know that this issue deeply divides americans on ethical, moral, and religious grounds. while i have said that i don't agree with abortion and believe roe v. wade should be overturned, the nelson amendment -- and this is really important -- does not prevent anyone from seeking an abortion, it does not overturn roe v. wade and it does not place any new restrictions on access to

what do people attribute president reagan's, things like talk about the soviet union in 1983 as an evil empire are going to berlin in june 1987 saying mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. some people seek a causal relationship between reagan's speech in june 1987 and the fall of the wall in november 1989. i don't myself see the subtle. gorbachev at the time said to his aides that reagan was still after eight years not managed to throw off his former profession. he saw this as a piece of acting in berlin and didn't take it especially seriously. i think james mann in his book which i read was interested about ronald reagan was right in saying that reagan's speech was aimed more at his domestic audience and the soviet union. because reagan was under a lot of pressure in 1987. indeed not only did conservative republicans the people who regarded themselves as real as. they were all very critical of reagan's apparent willingness to trust gorbachev, even though his willingness to sign the imf agreement banishing intermediate nuclear missiles in europe. the former american massacre to moscow, and acts of ambassador italy 1987 and 1991, remarked

reagan said. i thank my friend for yielding. mr. perlmutter: i would disagree with my friend by saying first of all we provided tax credits for first time home buyers to stimulate home construction and home sales. we provided tax credits, net operating loss, carrybacks, and carry fords for businesses. we provide -- carry forwards for businesses. there were many tax credits that go to stimulate the economy and create jobs. mr. dreier: if the gentleman woo further yield. let me say the examples i used, the bipartisan example of the kennedy, reagan tax cuts were marge until rate -- marginal rate reductions for individuals. mr. perlmutter: taking my time. mr. dreier: we chose to increase taxes. mr. perlmutter: i take back my time. the business types of tax cuts as well as individual tax cuts are part of the package that is helping this country recover. but we aren't there yet. we haven't finished yet. we helped wall street with tarp money. that same money should be able to be available to main street. that's the purpose of today's bill.

mr. podhoretz really left it. he became one of a tiny handful of people who thought ronald reagan was too soft on the soviet union. he not only applauded the invasion of iraq, but thinks the war was a success. in fact, he doesn't even think it was a war. merely one front in a new world war against a force he refers to as islamofascism. is now calling for us to bomb iran. the liberals control everything. had i gotten past the gilligan's island yet? where was i? he is now calling for us to bomb iran and soon. and later, if you think the question and answer period is getting too timid, asking if waterboarding is torture. through his long political march to the right he's been puzzled that other jews did not come to the same conclusions that he did about liberalism in general, and the democratic party in particular. what liberals mean they see when they look at his country is in justice and operation of every kind, economic, social and political, mr. podhoretz wrote. by sharp contrast, conservatives see a nation shaped by a complex of traditions, principles and institutions that has afforded more freedom and even fact

mrs. pakula, we are so happy to have you here. we apologize for not giving you the first class tour, but governor reagan is here today. now you know how long ago it was. here, let a show you the diaries. why were they treating me so well? i worked there for about a week or two. got ready to leave. as i was walking out, the powers to be stopped me. mrs. pakula, mrs. pakula, it's been such great pleasure having you here. do you think you could get woodward and bernstein's papers for us? [laughter] >> the list of archives credited in the back of my book on madam as she was called is ridiculously long. letters to the library of congress, the national archives, the fbi, cia, need no explanation. but what i discovered early on was how many universities around the united states had material on madame chang. it took a while before i realized that there were dozens of what are called china hand, diplomats and journalists who, for various reasons, specialized in china, and to all left their papers to their home university. my favorite was the diplomat from cornell, a fascinating guy who worked at least part-time for the intelli

mr. speaker, success in afghanistan shall be defined in the tradition of ronell reagan. we win and the terrorists -- ronald reagan. we win and the terrorists lose. the president has listened to our commanders on the ground for a counterinsurgency surge. to secure afghanistan and protects american families. this decision will defeat al qaeda terrorists and the taliban in afghanistan. and along with the border of pakistan, u.s. troops are denying al qaeda and taliban safe havens in which to operate. for the sake of our mission, american families at home and our brave men and women in uniform, i hope the president will rally democrats for victory in afghanistan. supporting the president's decision shouldn't come down to party lines. terrorists do not differentiate between republicans and democrats as targets. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. hall: i ask permission to

reagan said government is the problem, not the answer, and i agree with him. but mr. speaker, not all is gloom, doom, and despair. there is great hope. the american people are not fooled. people now fear the government and people are mad. people are involved. and even though the d.c. crowd pays no attention to them, i've got news for the elites. think people are not going away in the darkness of the night. they will not give up without a fight because the american cause is righteous and the people's actions are just. government should in the underestimate the american soul and the american spirit. they are a force to be reckoned with. mr. speaker, the people want their country back. they will get it back. after all, the constitution says, we the people, not we the subjects. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. polis of colorado. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: you have five minutes. >> mr. speaker, this may be the last address given to -- on the floor of the house of represent

mr. lance: thank you very much for yielding, congresswoman lummis. in 1982 and 1983 president reagan established a bipartisan commission to deal with the issue of social security and based upon that bipartisan commission action occurred here in the congress with the support of the administration that have the result -- had the result of making social security solvent for almost a generation. we now have another challenge regarding social security and particularly medicare and medicaid. and i think we should replicate what occurred in 1982 and 1983 with a republican president, president reagan, and a democratically controlled house of representatives and the democratic party controlled the house of representatives from 1954 until 1994, for 40 years, we should come together in a bipartisan fashion to establish another commission to deal with the enormous federal debt and this commission could also have the responsibility perhaps to discuss and evaluate the medicare and medicaid and social security issues, perhaps there should be a second commission for that, but it is clear based upon

mr. shen realizes more nations have been developing cyber weapons. there are talks between the u.s. and russia to control the strength of the internet and limit military use of cyber space. guest: as president ronald reagand, of course you can talk to them. you trust, but you verify. if you cannot verify, don't talk to them. this is encouraging as a development, but let's not kid ourselves. the russians are going as the chinese already are, and i'm sure every other major nation, seeking every possible means they can on the cyber front and every other front to protect their self-interests. host: miami, on the line for democrats. caller: c-span is a good mechanism to deal with issues. we have never had this before. mark, what is happening is coming home to roost. sins of our fathers. there was never a plan in the republican party to incorporate the type of socialism, socialistic, social conservative mentality. it was already in the democratic party the democrats got mad. did not have their way, pulled out, it influenced some officials of the republican party. therefore now, 40 years later, they are dominating. what happens is we don't give- and-take in the republican party. the socialist-type republicans.

mr. vol kerr with some assistance let the historians work out who gets most of the credit fromment reagan, ultimately broke the back of the great inflation and set the stage for a long period of economic growth that came after that. we are now looking ahead in a circumstance that many economists say are laying the groundwork for the next great inflation. let me quote from bob samuelson's column this morning. he says this week's white house job summit will try to revive the private economy is experiencing a retreat. since last spring, the number of bank credit cards have dropped 100 million about 25%. banks are tightening credit standards, partly in rick action to policy action. meanwhile, empty office buildings and underutilized factories have depressed business investment spending. in the third quarter, it was down 20% from its 2008 peak. despite huge federal budget deficits, total borrowing dropped in the first half of this year. that has not happened in statistics prior to 1952. in the short run -- and this will take me where i am doing -- borrowing by consumers and companies is so wea

reagan campaign, he would have lost. political movement does not have the capacity to change with circumstance. so yes, it has changed, and that is healthy, to a large extent. >> which you discuss how mr buckley got to the position we should legalize marijuana? >> he thought about drugs for a long time, at least as early as his run for mayor of new york in 1965, and he was very impressed by a book by claude brown called "man child and the promised land," about heroin use in harlem. and he came out with anti-drug statements and proposals running for mayor. and he got a postcard from milton friedman. it explained in post card length why this was wrong. so it was something that bill thought about and wrestled with, and then he added to it an issue of the magazine in 1996 or 1997 called "the drug war is lost." it was a symposium of articles. he was passing judgment on a whole thing. i think his judgment was that marijuana has that effect that are bad, not probably worse than alcohol, and we waste a lot of resources and generate a lot of hypocrisy and capricious law enforcement by pursuing offenders. this came into my life in 1992, when i had cancer and had to go through chemotherapy. chem

mr. vol kerr with some assistance let the historians work out who gets most of the credit fromment reagan ultimately broke the back of the great inflation and set the stage for a long period of economic growth that came after that. we are now looking ahead in a circumstance that many economists say are laying the groundwork for the next great inflation. let me quote from bob samuelson's column this morning. he says this week's white house job summit will try to revive economic growth, but it will be a hard slog, job creation is fundamentally a private sector process and the private economy is experiencing a broad retreat from credit-driven spending. mark san difficult of moody's reports this astonishing figure. since last spring, the number of bank credit cards has dropped $100 million. about 25%. banks are tightening credit standards, partly in reaction to new credit card legislation designed to protect borrowers from rate increases. consumers are canceling cards. meanwhile, empty office buildings, shuttered retail stores and underutilized factories have depressed business investment spe

mr. shen realizes more nations have been developing cyber weapons. there are talks between the u.s. and russia to control the strength of the internet and limit military use of cyber space. guest: as president ronald reagan you can talk to them. you trust, but you verify. if you cannot verify, don't talk to them. this is encouraging as a development, but let's not kid ourselves. the russians are going as the chinese already are, and i'm sure every other major nation, seeking every possible means they can on the cyber front and every other front to protect their self-interests. host: miami, on the line for democrats. caller: c-span is a good mechanism to deal with issues. we have never had this before. mark, what is happening is coming home to roost. sins of our fathers. there was never a plan in the republican party to incorporate the type of socialism, socialistic, social conservative mentality. it was already in the democratic party the democrats got mad. did not have their way, pulled out, it influenced some officials of the republican party. therefore now, 40 years later, they are dominating. what happens is we don't give- and-take in the republican party. the socialist-type republicans. but the fisc

reagan did. if you do that, you'll start seeing economic recovery. not by blowing more money. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. yarmuth: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, our republican friends persist in saying bah-humbug whenever you talk about the stimulus effect. in fact my constituents, senator mitch mcconnell, yesterday on the senate floor called the recovery act a failure. obviously he's been too busy obstructing the work of the congress to go home and see what's happening in his own community because he ought to tell the people g.e.'s appliance park is failure where 400 new jobs are coming back from china because of stimulus money or the hundreds of people who are now working on renovating our interstate system, $30 million worth of work courtesy of the american recovery act. or the 80 people who will be employed at the new maintenance center or 150 teachers who are still in the classrooms in jefferson cou

reagan said it best, government does not solve problems, it just continues to subsidize it. and that's just the way it is. and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. barton is recognized for of minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. barton: thank you, madam speaker. i think i will use the one hour. i understand there will be a rule reported, we'll certainly yield to the person from the rule committees to file that rule. i rise to discuss a topic that's already been discussed on the house floor this evening, the issue of climate change or global warming. next week, i'm honored to be one of the congressional delegation attending the copenhagen climate change conference. copenhagen, denmark. it's going to be led by our esteemed speaker, the honorable nancy pelosi. i also attended kyoto and the hague's. i have been a participant at the congressional level on the climate change debate for the last 20 years. i'm going to start off by putting into the record a suppressed report congressman poe just spoke about that has never, before this evening, been made public in its entiring unexpurr gated form. the title of the report is "comments on t