nancy, ladies and gentlemen, nancy i know that i speak for everyone here when i say thank you.gnificent service as our nation's first lady. most of all for the love and the support that you gave our 40th president. because you created that secure space from which he ventures forth to change america and to change the world. and so as this ceremony honors him, nancy, it also honors you. [applause] now ladies and gentlemen, there are many people who deserve recognition for this beautiful statue of president reagan, including all of the members of congress who honor him with their presence here today. two other individuals played especially important roles. first of all, john rodgers. we are here today because of his financial generosity as the patron for this magnificent bronze. john, you served president reagan with great distinction in and out of office. now you have served his memory and his legacy. and second, the chairman of the board of trustees of the ronald reagan presidential foundation, fred ryan from whom you have just heard. fred, it was the foundation's vision that pr

, make sure nancy pelosi doesn't spend one more day in the speaker's chair. your presence here tonight is fueling our fight for a new principled republican majority. and i can't thank you enough or tell you how proud i am to be on then journalp@ap@a@ thank you for being here tonight, i hope that you're having a great time. i am excited about our opportunities in 2010. we have a great opportunity to win back republican seats in the house of representatives and the united states senate. and our chances are better because of your strong support. i want to talk about the contributions and the presence of my colleagues, every republican senator who has been reaching out to support us all across this great land, i would ask them to participate in this cycle. i want to thank the 33 republican senators who are here tonight, and i want to thank sentiment, -- senator mcconnell. he is a great tactician on the floor of the senate, and he has put in the time and energy to make certain that the 2010 efforts are successful. i want to thank you for your great support. i want

i put dick cheney and nancy pelosi on blast. i'm tired that every time i call into c-span, something happens with my credit card account. i want to thanchingt f.b.i. >> we'll move 0 on to daffen important, go ahead. hello. this is the first time i have ever gotten through. i was really glad to hear the lady from ethiopia call. she mae a very important statement. it is too bad that the people in this country haven't gone through what she's gone through so that they can see what she says is the purpose mr. owe bomba >> my thoughts about how the information came out are, i'm not 100% sure -- it goes back to where we are everyday right now. no matter what is said on the democratic side, we have a fight on the republican side. should it ever come out, no. should it be public? probably not. how many countries do we have that discuss their trobgations? >> you raised the question before about sackses and others who have shared their thoughts on the hearings. there are really two issues here. one is do they face any punishment from the c

this is speaker policies -- nancy pelosi is flagship bill. whether she can get this through the house. if the kids to the house, it will pick up momentum with a push from the white house. you never know. host: in more mundane issues such as spending bill, the word is the house will take up the homeland security spending bill this week. how was congress doing in getting their work done by the beginning of the end of the year? calleguest: they have made some progress. the chairman wants to move all the appropriations, one by one, through the house by the august recess. that is a tall order. it has not been done in recent years. on the senate side, the senate wants to move every bill one by one by the beginning of the year. now with the war supplemental, they need to get that off the agenda this week. whether they will get them all done by september 30th, we will see. host: we talked about a lot this of our -- this hour. what issues haven't we talked about that you may be talking about? guest: we see a lot of the groundwork being set on climate

well nancy pelosi gamble of the 2, 3, 4, 5, the dozen votes that she will need or try to win them on the floor? will they have secured them? we are waiting, watching. there has been a lot of lobbying off of the floor, on the floor in the last couple of days. president obama's top energy adviser, rahm emanuel has been working with them in person. president obama making a public plea today at the rose garden. there is definitely a push right now. >> tell us about house speaker nancy pelosi and why she is getting so directly involved in talking to lawmakers to vote in favor of the bill. >> this has been one of her "flagship issues." this is one of her biggest issues. she is pushing -- -- she is pushing henry waxman all along from the get go. she is probably responsible for spot. that was a decision made right after the election last november that pretty much kept started this entire process to try to move this bill through. she is someone from san francisco who has been a big environmentalist all of her career. they rarely faced opposition. this is poised to be the first vote on cap and

speaker, nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. i think it is now afternoon. thank you very much. thank you for bringing us together this morning and this afternoon. words failed to adequately tell you what an honor it is to be on the same stage and in the presence of so many of the heroes of june 4. to have a message at the same time from his holiness, the dalai lama in solidarity for more openness in china and tibet. we stand here in front of the capital of the united states, a beacon of freedom to the world with a great history of free speech and open discussion. on this side of the capital, we stand with people who tk to heart and to mind the words of our founders, that in our declaration of independence and our constitution, our words that talked about every person being equal and endowed by their creator. in doubt by their creator, but not by the state -- and doubt by their creator, not by the state for life, the lip -- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. some people paid that price tiananmen square . they paid for their lives and their liberty.

nancy, your comment, and then we will go to the congressman. caller: we have seen examples of this in the last six months with this administration, where it is not technically attacked, but it will affect people who -- unlike guest: there is not a single new tax in this legislation. i do not know where those who are concerned about this being a tax increase get this information. there are no taxes in this measure at all. as i previously described, there will be a modest price increase for energy. a control program that regulate greenhouse gases cannot be provided totally for free, but we have work to the provisions of this measure in such a way that the cost increases are truly montas. let me repeat these numbers again. the environmental protection agency says that for the typical american family, the average cost of this legislation per year on an annual basis is between $77 and $111. that is an annual cost that takes into account all aspects of the legislation. the answer to the editorial that you pointed to this morning is that these are the

nancy was saying that lea has a little halo over her head. i honestly think that's true of most people this this room. you represent the best of us from compassion and loss came a dream and a hope, and with determination that probably the hardest thing is that longstanding every day getting it done, year after year, the horde work of making it a reality year and year -- again, you have made an immense difference providing not only better health care, but great peace of mind to millions and millions of americans. and i heard, i think, that in 2007 there a quarter million ofe were children. i think about that. it reminded me of watching a family under stress in the waiting room at my public hospital in north carolina about a year ago. i had to drink that terrible drink you drink before scans. it looks like coca-cola, it's not. [laughter] and you drink it, and then you have to wait a little while. so i'm waiting in a fairly silent waiting room with a lot of other people drinking the miserable drink and awaiting my turn from the scan, and there's

. >> thanks, nancy. it's great to be here this morning with all of you. how are we doing on slides? coming up. okay. like i said, this is a very distinguished panel. i'm so glad people are taking time to be here and that we are seeing so much discussion around payment reform and improving health care works as part of health care reform. i am going to talk about that, as nancy mentioned, focusing on things like accountable care and multi-stakeholder approaches to doing this. that it is very refreshing to see how much and emphasis there is on getting these kinds of ideas into legislation. this is something i think can be very bipartisan. i see a lot of congressional staff. i know you're all working hard to actually improves a benefit, improve care and is paid for. and that's really hard. nancy mentioned the efforts that we've been providing technical support for at brookings by a book called made up of former majority leaders in the u.s. senate so senator dole, senator daschle, senator baker, senator george mitchell is working with is also. enough that a new job and is doing middle ea

speaker, nancy pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for one minute. the speaker: i thank the gentleman for yielding. thank you, madam speaker. i want to join those who have sung your praises as a distinguished presider over hundreds of hours of of debate in the house of representatives. your service here, your leadership here will long be remembered and be an inspiration to us. katherine will be very missed, but now she's off to college. thank you, ellen tauscher, for being such a great chairwoman and presider over the house of representatives. the speaker: madam speaker, i also wish to acknowledge the leadership of our chairman who so ably brought this important legislation, this historic and transformational legislation to the floor. chairman waxman of the energy and commerce committee, chairman markey of the energy security and climate change committee. congressman rangel, chairman rangel of the ways and means committee. and chairman peterson of the agriculture c

, make sure nancy pelosi doesn't spend one more day in the speaker's chair.ncipled republican majority. and i can't thank you enough or tell you how proud i am to be on then journalp@ap@a@ ♪ \ >> thank you all for being here tonight. thank you for your support here tonight. thank you very much for your strong support. [applause] i want to a knowledge the contributions of my colleagues and the presence of them here tonight. every republican senator was encouraged to reach out to people across the land. i want to thank the 33 republican senators that are here tonight. i want to thank our leader for setting a great example for all of us. [applause] as the actor said, he is not only a great tactician on the senate floor, he has put in the time and energy to help make sure our

that is and gentlemen, our job on the house side is to retire nancy pelosi.se] i want to thank each and every one of you for being here tonight. my thanks especially to paul ryan and has done an outstanding job as chairman of tonight's dinner. congratulations and thank you very much. as you have seen in an earlier video, we have highlighted the american entrepreneur tonight. i would like to also recognize one person from pinellas county florida. with only a backpack and a several dollars, he came to this country as a young boy to seek the american dream. from retail worker to founder of a successful real estate investment company to mayor and public servant, he has built his american dream through hard work, innovation, and a steadfast belief of a free enterprise system. j., would you please stand for us. [applause] thank you for your inspiring example of on for new ships and service. i know -- inspiring example of entrepreneurship and service. we now want to recognize another person in our audience. as many of you know, bob was attorney journal of virginia,

to that of nancy. i also want to make the opportunity to congratulate nihcm and its staff on the 15th anniversary and after the last decade and-and-a-half, nihcm has been an influential voice on health policy and has done this in a number of ways, first through the issue briefs, called expert voices, which top analysts summarize succinctly the state of knowledge on a particular issue, and, then, add their unique perspective, and for those of you who haven't accessed one of those, i think there is probably some out on the table, i would. i have a little stack of them, somewhere in my office, that i refer to quite frequently. it is also -- had influence through the reports, that it generates from its research projects. on a wide range of topics, from childhood oty

let me add my welcome to all of you, to that of nancy. i also want to take the opportunity to congratulate -- nihcm has become influential and a respected voice on healthcare policy. it's done this on a number of ways. first through its issue briefs called expert voices, which top analysts summarize succinctly the state of knowledge on a particular issue and then add their unique perspective and for those of you who haven't accessed one of those, i think there's probably some out on the table, i would. i have a little stack of them somewhere in my office that i refer to quite frequently. it's also had influence through the reports that it generates from its research projects on a wide range of topics from childhood obesity to health system capacity and on and on. and it's been an important convener, which is a vital role in the health policy debate. it's brought together practical business leaders from the insurance industry with policy analysts, with legislative staff and policymakers to explore important health issues that are facing th

more with bethany moreton and nancy maclean in a moment. after words with bethany moreton and nancy maclean continues. >> host: welcome back to booktv after words, i am a nancy maclean, historian of the 20th-century united states at northwestern university and the author of a book called "freedom is not enough: the opening of the american workplace". which looks of the struggles for equality in the workplace by various groups after world war ii beginning with african-americans, mexican-americans and women in the conservative responses to those and looks at how those really reshaping of politics over the last 50 years. and i think through the research on that but i somehow came to be sitting in this chair having the chance to encounter a wonderful new book by bethany moreton who is here to talk about her book "to serve god and wal-mart: the making of christian free enterprise". which is just now been published by harvard university press. and one of the things that you touched on in the earlier half of our discussion that we didn't really ge

signed, nancy ericson, secretary of the senate. the chair: referred to the manager -- managers on the part of the house appointed by house resolution 565 and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the house will stand in >> over the next half hour, congressional leaders and president obama talk about climate change and energy legislation that's scheduled to come up in the house tomorrow. >> president obama's first, followed in five minutes by house speaker nancy pelosi, then minority leader john boehner in about 20 minutes. >> on washington journal tomorrow, we'll preview and energy bill with two members of the energy committee, arizona republican representative john shad degree and representative jay infree from washington. and we'll hear about issues facing puerto rico. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow morning. the sarah mcclinton group is hosting discussions of allegations of justice department misconduct during the bush admini

[laughter] and i will tell you that nancy has grown up and she is not a victim. i often talk about the importance of this because the questions of people living with cancer bombarded sometimes was sobering diagnoses, which pitying looks with some pretty somber statistics now and again. and you are undergoing physical and mental burdens of treatment with the disease, both of which are sometimes overwhelming. sometimes there's so encumbered that it is hard for them to muster the strength of spirit to recognize they still have sober in their hands and that is their own human dignity but you know sometimes it's even harder than that. you have more taken away then just the years at the end of your life that you think this treatment is going to at least give you, that you think you have got a difficult path during treatment but you are going to have these years after it. but, some people face greater hurdles than that and that is when they think they can get treatment at all. their resistance to the word victim is the glory and a power. i felt empowered because i had t

where do i press to make them go, nancy? it take high tech, too. this one here. okay.o i begin with a slide that i take from the medical index. you can google that yourself. and what it does is something i like that take the premium an employer pays for a family plus the employees' contribution to that premium and add the out-of-pocket spending of the family to get sort of a total average bill of health spending for a typical american family of four averaged over i believe the database of at least 10 million families so this is a very interesting number, and that grew from, i think, i can't read it but i remember something like 8114 to something like 16,700 now. and it will be 18,000 next year at 8%. and the average compound growth rate was 8.7%. now, the trendline in massachusetts is even above that. so a rule of thumb is it doubled. health spending for an average american family tends to double every decade. so double 18,000 and you get 36,000, right? that's what we're talking about. 10 years from now is for an average american family of four. it will cost $36,000 an

. >> nancy reagan, nancy pelosi, and michelle obama were on hand in the capital for ceremonies to unveil a new statue of ronald reagan. we will surely that night at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. ♪ >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." sonia sotomayor spent much of the week visiting capitol hill. we follow her as she meets members of the judiciary committee and leadership. she began her first visit on tuesday with senate majority leader harry reid. >> thank you very much. when we finish here, we will go in another room and have an in- depth conversation. i want everyone to understand, we have a whole package year. academically, we have princeton, yale law school, the editor of the law review. that is very impressive. if that were not enough, her background is very significant. as a trial lawyer, i'm very impressed. a prosecutor, a trial judge for many years, and then an appellate judge. we could not have anyone more qualified. i think your life story is so compelling, and america identifies with the underdog. you have been an underdog many times in your life. but your top dog, and

nancy, together you and president reagan lifted our nation when we needed it most. is still grateful. you will always have a special place in our hearts. when ronald reagan began the journey that led to the sunset of his life, he remained optimistic about america even then. and as he put it so memorabley in a handwritten letter to the nation, i know that for america there will always be a bright dawn ahead. holding firm to the ideals that he embraced throughout his remarkable life, we can say the same. and inspired by the example of ronald wilson reagan we can pay an even greater tribute than the monument that we dedicate here today. we can build that hopeful future that he always saw before him. that is the living tribute that we owe this great man. and it is the tribute that his memory and this nation that he loved deserves. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, majority leader of the united states senate. >> from his earliest days as an actor entertaining crowds at the las vegas strip to his profound -- my state always felt close to president reagan. the

nancy pelosi was able to hold onto some of them. some of the noes were from an industrial district has not been doing too well economically. she turned down a couple of limitations and you could tell that she was struggling with his vote. struck -- salazar was a no vote. the former colorado congressman try to win one of his former colleagues. >> what was the minority leader up to, a house filibuster? >> the minority leader has the right to speak as long as he wants. he spoke for about one hour 10 minutes, reading through the bill. he had some points that others did not rule out until about 3:00 a.m. in the morning. that bill came out and there were a lot of questions about what was in it. they went page by page reading aloud what those were. it was an opportunity for him to extend the debate and make sure that his points were heard as the votes were being cast, you heard the republicans chanting "btu, btu!" a lot of people said that that vote led to the republicans taking over. they are trying to bring back some history. it was said

nancy reagan, family collaborators and generations to come who will see this work and remember the words and work of the 40th president of the us. -- united states. everyone will be blessed. who hear this is and takes it to heart, let us be shy no longer. let us go to our strength. let us offer hope. let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible, but probable. . [applause] . [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending today's ceremony. >> here is a look at our schedule. coming up next, president obama at a ceremony in normandy, france, marking the 60th anniversary of d-day. then more with a joint news conference, and then house speaker nancy pelosi at a rally remembering the 20th anniversary of the tiananmen square protest in beijing. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," richard wolffe discusses his book. minnesota governor tim pawlenty discusses the economy's impact on his state. "washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> there is stil

students this year are interning in a wide variety of offices, including the office of the speaker nancy pelosi, cbs news, the american enterprise institute, the center for american progress, the health committee, and a variety of other internships. these are my current crop of students. they will also be alums and be very supportive of the program in the future. [laughter] [applause] >> the title of the symposium this year is above what the president and the congress, and in balance of power?" george bush and dick cheney greatly expanded the power of the executive at the expense of congress. they expanded war powers and executive privilege along with the use of task forces, wireless tapping, and surveillance. we're told that has inspired a push back from the democratic congress. is this deja vu all over again? american history is replete of charges of presidential overreach followed by congressional reaction. during the early 1970's, legislate force in scholars condemned the imperial presidency under lyndon johnson and richard nixon, premised on the vietnam war. in the 1980's and 1990's

the pullback, they're real blow back as far as death threats came from the nancy reagan book. >> really? >> yes and the mainstream media got so crazed because i had written a book about, that was the last book and i wrote about the rise and demise of a political dynasty saying in effect we will never have this kind of dynasty again. adis white anglo-saxon protestant you will not have that kind of a dynasty in the country again. the media went crazy so i got pulled back from the media about a house far as the threats it came from the nancy reagan book. not sinatra although he sued me before i had written a word for $12 million. >> when do you deliver the oprah book? >> i don't know. i'm still writing. it is a fascinating life story. it really is. it's probably more fascinating than anything i've written before. >> okay. when it comes out you have to come on my show, when larry king is finished with you come to me. >> let's do you first. >> if my ship ever comes i don't want you to write about me. >> i would be worried about him. >> you would be bored. accept all i mean it. >> that's who

it is like what we're going through with nancy pelosi. i think the president is best off going with his advisers with senior cabinet officials in the military to make the decision. plus, he is dealing with other world leaders he has to enter 2. host: doesn't it also weigh on how much or how well any president gets along with congress? caller: no, i do not think so. that will always be determined by what bill is coming down the pike next, who once the vote from their constituency, so that will be the only thing considered just like we consider the funding of the troops bill. -- we had added in this comments from the imf -- the funding for the imf also with the troops bill. caller: this is typical of the media who always says either/or in do not look at the whole subject in history. this compares apples and oranges. we're talking about being attacked within our country, not from downside as in the second world war. you do not compare what roosevelt did then and what bush does not. you have to find another president in the current era of ter

they can only hope to pin it to nancy pelosi and president-elect barack obama. that is what they are banking on. guest: there is a real concern about what the house and senate republicans have to say about crucial issues like national energy. if you listened to the bid on friday, use of many of the leading conservatives say the global warming is a hoax. they do not believe in the basic science. that is a critical problem for the house republicans, that they are divided on such a critical issue. that puts them in a fundamental, a difficult position to articulate a reform of any kind. on the one hand, they don't believe on the problem and their efforts are simply status quo. they just want to burn more coal and burn more earth along the way. they are stuck in a difficult box and then not found a way to get out of it. host: calmest of it, pa. -- caller: a couple of comments. first of all, i listened over the weekend since the energy bill passed, have not heard about the fact that the united states says 5% of the population of the world and we are responsible for 25

it's my privilege to introduce doctor nancy h. nielsen, resident of the american medical association. [applause] >> thank you. if you have watched the president, he goes thank you, thank you, and you sit down. good morning, everyone. it's a great, great honor and privilege for us to welcome back home to chicago the president chicago the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] >> the president will be coming in and just a second, just a couple words to him. mr. president, we appreciate that you've taken the timeout of a busy schedule to join us, and we are grateful for your efforts to make the path towards reform as open and inclusive as possible, and in particular that we have been included in those efforts. you have said that a test of the american ideal is whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history, or whether we act to shape them. america's physicians want to help shape a better future for our patients and our country. [applause] >> we know firsthand that change is needed and that the status

they want to pin it to nancy pelosi and president obama. that is what they are banking on. guest: there is a real concern about what the house and senate republicans have to say about such a critical issue as energy and national reform. many leading conservatives said that global warming is a hoax and do not even believe in the basic science. that is a critical problem for the house republicans that there are so divided on a critical issue. whether global warming even exist. that is a fundamentally difficult position to articulate for forms of any kind. on the one hand you say they do not believe in a problem, and then many of their efforts to address it or simply status quo. let's simply burn more coal and burned the earth along the way. they are stuck in a difficult box and have not found a way to get out of it. host: pennsylvania, on the independent line. caller: a couple of comments and then i would like to hear their responses. first of all, of like to hear since this energy bill passed concerning the fact that the united states has 5% of the population of the world an

let me begin by thanking nancy for the wonderful introduction. i want to thank dr. joseph -- the chair of the board of trustees as well as dr. jeremy lazurus. thanks to all of you for bringing me home, even if it is just for a day. you know, from the moment i took office as president, this central challenge we've confronted as a nation has been the need to lift ourselves out of the worst recession since world war ii. and in recent months we've sake taken a series of extraordinary steps not just to repair the immediate damage to our economy but to build a new foundation for lasting and sustained growth. we're here to create new jobs. to unfreeze our credit markets. we're stemming the loss of homes and the decline of home balance. all this is is important. but even as we've made progress, we know that the road to pros parity remains long and remains difficult. and we also know that one essential step on our journey is to control the spiraling costs of health care in america and in order to do that, we're going to need the help of the a.m.a. [applause] today we are spe

. >> week after week i see house democrats give nancy pelosi a blank check, a blank check to do with as she wants to the american taxpayer. and taking our hard-earned dollars. and i believe that american people are increasingly alarmed -- alarmed with what they see. the real consequences of democrats unchecked one party rule in washington with trillion dollar spending sprees with more debt than any time in our nation's history, with job-killing taxation and regulation, i really don't think this is the change that americans thought they could believe in the last election. where i come from, people pull together in tough times, united with a defined set of national goals in the best interests of every american. as republicans we share this unified national interest of empowering people, not the government. not just to create jobs and grow our economy but also to ensure that america's best days lie in our future. this certainly is in stark contrast to nancy pelosi and her democrats in congress, because they apparently believe that the solution to every problem is bigger government, and

. >> thank you, nancy. good morning. good to be here. we don't often get a chance to present to this particular collection of folks, so this is pretty exciting. we are grateful to have this opportunity. as nancy said, i am co-presenting with andrew dreyfus, my partner in crime, back in massachusetts. and, action mo-- among many oth things, his team leads the development and implementation of our quality contact and i want to take a couple of minutes to create a context in which the aqc merged and andrew will take you through the elements and in the mid 1990s, blue cross/blue shield was involved in too many businesses and slow to emerge and react to the emergence of managed care and by 2004, however, it had righted itself, it became fiscally stable, and then became even stronger. it had significant membership growth, and became the dominant payor in the marketplace by for and '01 the institute of medicine released its report which taught us 98,000 people died in the nations hospitals of avoidable medical errors and those could be characte

. >> first lady michelle obama, nancy pelosi, and first lady nancy reagan were on hand at the capitol for ceremonies to unveil a new statue of ronald reagan. we will show you that ceremony tonight at 8:00 eastern on c- span. >> how was c-span funded? >> private donations? >> taxpayers? >> i don't know. >> public television? >> donations. am i don't know. >> contributions from donors. >> how was c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government monday. >> now senate hearing on the budgets for government agencies in charge of regulating the financial markets. we would hear from mary shapiro of the sec. this is about 40 minutes. >> good morning. we're considering the fiscal 2010 hearings with agencies within the jurisdiction of this appropriation subcommittee in financial services and general government. the securities and exchange commission and commodity futures trading commission. i also want to welcome my friend and distinguished colleague susan collins. we have worked togethe

research council in new york and author of disarming strategy is, of a agreed framework, and that nancy lindborg is president of mercy corps and work inside the north korea to help deliver food aid to women and children in many parts of the poorest parts of the country. they are greatly appreciated for their expertise being here and i just introduced ambassador bosworth, as many people know he is one of our most distinguished veterans of the diplomacy in the united states. served in many different posts. i had the pleasure and senator lugar did also way back -- way back in 1986. i were two recklessly with ambassador bosworth and senator lugar was then chair and worked very closely with him on the philippines and we had many meetings in many visits to the philippines as we transition to the democracy from the marcos regime and it was a really astounding transition. i will say again as i have said previously in public that we were lucky fortuitous to have an ambassador of his skill on the ground helping to move a complicated issues as attractively as he did. and it was an enormous privile

. >> nancy? >> well the violence is at record lows and the united states is handing over the security situation to the iraqi forces and going into in advise and assist role why is there such a hesitance to declare this a victory? >> i'm sure, nancy you or your colleagues wrote about the attacks that took place south of kirkuk on saturday. i mean, that was an absolutely horrific attack in which dozens of people were killed. obviously there was still a threat that remains and it requires our vigilance to make sure it doesn't ma that is that size again into an exstentional threat to the got to the. we think we have beaten back al qaeda to the point where they are now conducting attacks that are basically propaganda campaigns in an attempt to make it look like they are driving us out of iraqi cities when nsket -- in fact the truth of the matter is the work of our brave men and women in uniform created such an environment that we can leave iraqi cities and the iraqis are capable of taking over that bu

the students are entering in a wide variety of offenses including speaker nancy pelosi, gop whip, eric cantor, center for american progress, a top committee under kennedy, senate foreign relations committee under richard lugar and a variety of other internships, so these are my current crop of students and they will be alarmed and very supportive of the program in the future. [laughter] [applause] thank you. [applause] the title of the symposium this year is president verses concourse, in balance of power. conventional wisdom today seems to conclude george w. bush and dick cheney expanded power at the expense of congress and exercise of war power and prerogatives and privilege along with their use for example of executive task forces warrantless wiretapping and signing statements. purported executive overreach we are told inspired pushback from a democratic congress. is this dÉjÀ vu all over again? american history is replete with charges of presidential overreach followed by legislative reaction. during the late 1960's and early 70's, legislators and scholars condemned the imperial pr

the facts are clear, nancy pelosi's national energy tax will kill american jobs, will raise prices on hardworking americans and do little to clean up our environment. i encourage a no vote on this locked down rule and a no vote on this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves his time. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. matsui: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, a member of the rules committee, my colleague, mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcgovern: thank you. and i thank the gentlelady from california for yielding to me. madam speaker, i stand here today in support of this rule and in support of the underlying legislation. i want to thank speaker pelosi, leader hoyer, ed markey for crafting and sheprding -- shepherding through this legislation. this would reduce the greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, reduce global warming and will spur the creation of millions of clean energy jobs in the un

. >> host: nancy in connecticut. go ahead. nancy? >> caller: i'm 65 and i also protested against the vietnam war, and the iraq war but i have a comment and a question regarding what i believe is a hidden alternative to the draft. scott withers, a former weapons inspokor for the u.n. said the united states was becoming a military culture so i always won decide if this no child left behind was a strategy to deliberately cause more students to fail so that their only job option would be to join the military? we have army and marine recruiters that go to high school and show videos of actual combat and those virtual reality war games that he candidates play in order to entice them to join the military. so my question is, am i that far off base to suspect a link between our pentagon and a government plan to funnel more failed students into the military. >> host: at the very much in fact in race course, monday dohrn and mr. ayers discuss the issue of the militarization -- what the call the militarization of u.s. schools. if you would like

as we know, nancy pelosi said that as a way save money through family planning which includes abortion counseling and abortion services. 71 percent of americans in a poll just last month expressed opposition to the idea that their tax dollars would go to fund abortion. so when you combine in the concept of rationing that we would deny people health care coverage all at the same time taking their money to end a life of an unborn child, that is something that is intolerable for many americans. in addition to not funding abortion, health care providers rights must be protected. for writers should not have to participate in abortion or other practices such as euthanasia or the prescribing of drugs that would end a life as well. conscious protections must be included in the health-care bills and be explicitly stated. now some have argued on the other side of the these issues are covered by the hyde amendment and other writers, but we have to realize those are annual writers and which can easily be knocked off by congress. with any provisions pertaining to life and the conscience rights of m

when we look at the figures in the democratic party, like barney frank and christopher dodd and nancy pelosi and even clinton himself, these people do horrendous things and yet nothing is said or done about it, but now we have a situation with this man and i think it is basically because he is a republican. host: i will let your comments stand. this is your says even jesus had disciples fall off the wagon, should they have stepped down? to air is humid and to forgive divine. -- to err is human. john edwards said minutes was on a fair. elizabeth edwards will appear on cnn later on "larry king live." here is what john edwards said last summer. >> two years ago i made a very serious mistake. a mistake that i am responsible for and no one else. in 2006 i told elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for for forgiveness, asked god for his forgiveness and we have kept this when it -- within our family since that time. all of our family knows about this. just to be absolutely clear, none of them are responsible for. >> is this a fair completely over? >> yes, it has been over for a long time. h