mrs. schmidt: thank you very much. i hope your sister is doing well. mrs. lummis: she is doing very well, she is cancer free and i would indicate that it is also, of course, just another example, but i'm from wyoming, one of our senators' wives, bobby barasso, was also diagnosed with breast cancer, in her 40's, as a result of a mammogram and is also doing well. so you look at our tiny little congressional delegation that consists of one member of the house and two senators and of those three people, two have examples of breast cancer within their own families that were -- that was diagnosed in women in their 40's due to a routine mammogram. that gives -- even though anecdotal -- a couple of examples that are repeated all over the country by people who may be tuning in tonight on c-span. many of you know women who have been digenopesnosed -- diagnosed and successfully treated for breast cancer in the united states. part of the reason the prognosis has improve sod dramatically in the united states for this very serious and unfortunately very common form of ca

mr. schmidt do about that? >> we have a problem here as a country because the only people who can really compete with the intelligence agencys of big foreign countries are at n.s.a.'s but we're all with reason a little nervous about getting n.s.a.free reign in cyberspace. we're going to have to sort out things internally. what do we want d.o.d.and d.h.s.to do. what do we want s.b.i.to do while recognizing it has the capabilities to play at the top of the league. >> brown: let me ask you briefly to come back full circle to the financial institution, whatever it was. is it something that average citizens have to fear? >> no. >> is it something that any of us should be recognize something. >> we need to fear it. a long-term cost to our economy is very damaging. the risk of the financial system, the greater the net, the loss of intellectual property. we pay for research. other countries get the benefit. that's not how to be competitive. right now i do on-line banking. i don't worry about it. if you're a consumer yo

mrs. schmidt: mr. speaker, i rise again this morning to remind this body that we must stop this run away spending in congress or we are in jeopardy of losing our triple-a credit rating. this would greatly hurt the united states of america's credit. moody's investment services indicates the united states will lose its triple-a rating in 2013 if congress continues to put us on this fiscal train wreck of too much spending and record federal deficits. the record -- the federal devers for 2009 was $1.4 trillion tripling our record. the president's own office of management and budget estimated in august that the budget deficit would be more than $9 trillion over the next 10 years. add this to the $12 trillion in u.s. debt and we are on a track to nearly double our record. mr. speaker, we must stop the spending and stop it now. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. inslee: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempor

mrs. schmidt: i rise once again to remind this body that we must stop the unbrideled spending that continuesraise our deficits. we have been reminded that we are in jeopardyy of using our a.a.a. rating by 2013 if we don't get our spending under control. barron's echoed the same warning. our debt ceiling currently is $12 trillion. it is my understanding we are going to be asked to raise it an additional $2 trillion this week. enough is enough. we must stop this unnecessary spending and stop it now before it is too late. we cannot spend our way into prosperity. i fear the results. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. abercrombie of hawaii for today until 3 p.m. until tuesday december 15. ms. bono mack. mr. davis of illinois for today. mr. mack of florida for today. mr. wolf of virginia for today. and mr. young of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i ask unanimous c

mr. chairman. i'll schmidt it for the record. i believe consumer privacy rights must be regarded.the consumers and the ability to be successful. with that i'll schmidt the rest for the record and neeled back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia for 2:00 for the purposes of opening statements. >> i want to thank you for the advertising on line. to make sure that we ensure the on line privacy of the insurers. it is important that we focus on three components. it's important to distinguish what it is we are going to be regulating. currently, most interest base advertising occurs through web browser cookies enabling advertisers to just mies ads on a series of preferences. however, as we have seen particularly over the last decade, technology moves very quickly. there by allowing for industry growth while at the same time safe guarding an individual's private information. we would also have to determine whom we would be regulating. whether it be the internet service provider or web based companies that we have here today. it will be important as we move forward that we

mrs. emerson: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for one minute. ms. schmidt: thank you, mr. speaker. if we don't heed moody's warning, our nation' a.a.a. credit rating is likely to be downgraded due to unsustainable deficits by 2013. and what does this president and this majority do to answer this serious issue? spend more money we don't have at record levels. the president and the majority party have no interest in reining in the budget deficit. just this weekend, top white house advisors said that tackling the deficit was not a priority. this administration has a lot of priorities. of frequent criticism is that it has too many priorities. apparently everything is a priority except for deficit reduction. i guess this shouldn't be a surprise coming from an administration that in its first year in office tripled the budget deficit to an all-time record high of $1.4 trillion. the president just graded his job performance on the "oprah" show as a b-plus. i can only imagine and would fear the kind of deficit the president would have run up if he would have given

mr. jones to a gentleman named gavin schmidt, concerning the revised version of something called the wengen paper. it says, all of our freedom of information officers have be using the same exceptions not to respond. the advice they got from the information commissioner. the freedom of information line that we're using is, that the i.p.c. -- the ipcc, keep in mind, they're the international funding, it's funded primarily, not exclusively, but primarily by the u.s. government, they're exerpt exempt from any fee freeh dom of information act. therefore we don't have an obligation to pass it on. to me, that's just irresponsible to say that the ipcc which is a total governmental agency, admittedly through the unn and a large number of nations, but the u.s. is the primary funder is above federal freedom of information laws, not only in the united states but every other country. the information that's been collected and paid for by u.s. taxpayers and funded by u.s. scientists is now out of reach of the u.s. taxpayer. i think that's just flat wrong, madam speaker. and my last email is number seven,

schmidt: it's time to stop digging. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. sires: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. sires: madam speaker, while this house has made great strides to improve our economy, our journey to economic recovery will not be complete until a robust jobs package is passed. the nearly half a million new jerseyians can't wait. they need jobs now and they are relying on us to deliver. in order to put america back to work and lay the groundwork for future growth, we must build on the investments and jobs creation we have already made. specifically, investment in infrastructure and clean energy. jobs to repave our roads and bridges. jobs to improve our infrastructure and water infrastructure. and jobs in alternative energy, including solar and wind. in addition to jobs creation, we must also ensure that the unemployed can make ends meet while searching for jobs by continuing the extension of unemployment