everybody says nancy pelosi, but i wonder if you had any comments about what to do when they lie? >> you need to start before the lightyear shows that. my dad was in the dairy business and always carry a notebook around so if you saw a sick cow or broken fence or a truck that needed to be repaired he would write it down and be sure it was followed up. i have been following that trade of my dad for most of my adult life. and the particular instance instance, had members of the intelligence committee and nancy was the ranking democrat and i was the chairman was briefed on some of the activities such as torture, warrantless wiretaps and i was pretty sure i had been briefed. so when the statement was made that nancy had been and i had been, i asked for what were the dates when these briefings took place? i was given for dates all of which and 2002. my notebooks are stored at a library at the university of florida. i call the library and and i said:notebooks for those four dates. as it turned out come on three of the four, there was no briefing held on any subject and on the fourth dat

easily -- congressman xavier becerra was critical of nancy pelosi for giving up too easily on the robust public option. according to report, pelosi said, i understand i have tire tracks on my back because he threw me under the bus. no, madam speaker, it is the other way around. what about congressman conyers? he said he was tired of the rahm emanuel approach of give us anything and we will declare victory. conyers said that he feared that president obama would just sign anything. but the question is, will john conyers agree to vote for anything? he did earlier this month. when will he break from obama? congresswoman donna edwards is another so-called progressive for single payer. she took single payer off the table. she also said in july that anything less than a public option tied to medicare rates was unacceptable. she then reneged on that promise and accepted the puny public option. just last week, guess what? steny hoyer posted a fundraiser for donna edwards at johnny half shell on capitol hill. host -- $5,000. pack -- $2,500. individual-$1,000. congressman raul grijalva, the head of

house speaker nancy pelosi says the vote is a huge win for democrats. >> if our bill prevails, which i'm certain that it will in these respects, being a woman is no longer a preexisting medical condition, that if you you have a preexisting medical condition you cannot be denied insurance, you cannot have recisions, you cannot lose your insurance just because you've become ill. the list goes on and on. if u a senior being the doughnut hole is closed. if you're a young person you can be on your parents' policy until your 27th birthday. if you're a consumer, you're protected by the public option. the list goes on and on. >> so what's in the health care bill that the house passed? perhaps the most controversial part of the bill is that it does contain the so-called public option. the government would sell insurance to those who can't find it elsewhere, but the congressional budget office predicts those premiums would be more expensive than insurance from private companies. other provisions of the bill would ban insurers from denying coverage to people because of preexisting conditions. t

house speaker nancy pelosi says it's a huge win for democrats. >> well, the democrats voted for the bill and a republican voted for a bill. that equals bipartisan. we're very proud to take responsibility and credit for this great victory, because it was obviously largely with democratic votes. >> so, what's in the health care bill that the house passed? perhaps the most controversial part of the bill is that it does contain the so-called public option. the government would sell insurance to those who can't find it elsewhere. but the congressional budget office predicts those premiums would be more expensive than insurance from private companies. other provisions of the bill would ban insurers from denying coverage to people because of pre-existing conditions. it also contains strict bans on using federal money to pay for abortions. democrats project the bill will extend health care coverage to 96% of americans. >>> the vote was a defeat for house republicans, who stood almost completely united in the opposition to the bill. at least one gop member of the house says the outcome was not a

house speaker nancy pelosi says the bill is a huge win for democrats. >> if our bill prevails which i'm certain it will, being a woman is no longer a preexisting medical condition, that if you have a preexisting medical condition you cannot be denied insurance, you cannot have recisions, you cannot lose your insurance, just because you've become ill. and the list goes on and on if you're a senior, the doughnut hole is closed. if you're a young person, you you can be on your you parents' policy until your 27th birthday. if you're a consumer, you are protected by the public option. the list goes on and on. >> so what's in the health care bill that the house passed? perhaps the most controversial part of the bill is that it does contain the so-called public option. the government would sell insurance to those who can't find it elsewhere are. but the congressional budget office predicts those premiums would be more expensive than insurance from private companies. other provegas visions of the bill would ban insurers to deny coverage to people for preexisting conditions. the house bill conta

house speaker nancy pelosi added restrictions on abortion funding to get it passed.emocratic senator barbara boxer calls it rad call and says it prohibits abortion coverage and any government-run plan. senate democrats will need ben nelson's vote and those of several others to get health care reform through. >> i absolute agree. >>> we're asking your views on this story. richelle carey is here to highlight the comments that have been flooding in here. >> they have, chuck. first they were flooding in just simple yes and no. we're like that's not the character of folks on facebook. then we started getting into the debate. should the government restrict insurance coverage of abortions as part of health care reform? not the public funding of abortions because that's actually already on the books. you can't do that. we're talking specifically whether or not if you have a government insurance plan can you use that to get an abortion. sheila is calling from new jersey. sheila is fired up as most people are about the topic. sheila, you have the floor. >> sure, i feel that ab

why is that nancy pelosi, an i'm not saying the answer, but you know it better than i do, why do youthink speaker pelosi would not hold up the finding for the iraq war. why do you think president obama let's this terrible president be set where any of your children join the armed forces they may be sent to a bad war, to either kill or be killed? why do you think they do nothing, or they don't do enough? >> well, i'm not going to talk about a bad war, because i'm not going to suggest there are good wars, but in january of 2007 -- [applause] >> in january of 2007, rahm emanuel gave an interview to the "washington post" where he essentially said, we're not going to mess with anything, we're not going to risk having the right wing media not like us or anybody get offended. what we're going to do is keep the wars going and keep bush and can around and we're going to run against all of those in 2008 and so we're going to put up a pretense of opposing things for two years, we're going to put up bills that we know are going to be reeve toed and talk about how great they are and get them veto

>> nancy pelosi, as well as the governor of louisiana. the governor of pennsylvania is there.teny hoyer. lots of people who are important on the hill, important on the health care debate in the afghanistan debate. it is very much in evening wear important folks, whether it is the hill or the administration or the indian-american community is represented as well. >> who is not here this evening? >> the big name that is not here is bill clinton. that is a big surprise. during his own administration, he had 30 state dinners. more of a case of then there, done that. he had another engagement. -- the case of been there, done that. everyone was hoping that 0 per would be there -- oprah would be there, but she did not show up. >> there were a lot of republicans who did not show up. >> a lot of congressmen and senators are back in their home districts. for instance, representative john boehner went back to ohio. he got the invitation, but he is probably going -- back in ohio. >> how do you r.s.v.p? >> you r.s.v.p. to the white house. it is a very fancy, engraved in by. they get a list

>> nancy pelosi, as well as the governor of louisiana. the governor of pennsylvania is there. steny hoyer. lots of people who are important on the hill, important on the health care debate in the afghanistan debate. it is very much in evening wear important folks, whether it is the hill or the administration or the indian-american community is represented as well. >> who is not here this evening? >> the big name that is not here is bill clinton. that is a big surprise. during his own administration, he had 30 state dinners. more of a case of then there, done that. he had another engagement. -- the case of been there, done that. everyone was hoping that 0 per would be there -- oprah would be there, but she did not show up. >> there were a lot of republicans who did not show up. >> a lot of congressmen and senators are back in their home districts. for instance, representative john boehner went back to ohio. he got the invitation, but he is probably going -- back in ohio. >> how do you r.s.v.p? >> you r.s.v.p. to the white house. it is a very fancy, engraved in by. they get a li

earlier this month congressman xavier becerra was critical of nancy pelosi for giving up too easily on the robust public option. according to politico, policy said i understand i have tire tracks on my back because it xavier through me under the boss. no, madam speaker, it's the other way around. bye taking single pay off the table, you through the american people under the bus. what about congressman john conyers? will conyers, the lead sponsor 676 stand with kucinich and massa? he said he was tired of rahm emanuel's approach of, quote, give us anything and we will declare victory. conyers said he feared president obama, quote, but just sign anything. but the question is will john conyers agreed to vote for anything? he did earlier this month. when will he break from obama? congressman don edwards is another so-called progressive for single payer. she took single payer off the table. she, too, said in july anything less than a public auction tight to medicare rates was unacceptable. she, too, then reneged on a promise and accepted the puny public option. then just last week, guess wha

and against nancy pelosi. and again hoyer and the democratic leadership in the congress. kucinich called it a bill under the blue cross. massa said it would enshrine in law the monopolistic powers of the private health insurance industry. single-payer action today is calling on the 88 single-payer supporters in the house and those in the senate including sumter bernie sanders and tom harkin to stop fighting. come now, come out, wherever you are, and your withkucinich and massa to defeat this monstrosity. start from scratch for single- payer. anything less than a public option type to medicare rates was unacceptable, said the letter. a few months later they backed down and

earlier this month congressman xavier becerra was critical of nancy pelosi for giving up too easily on the robust public option. according to politico, policy said i understand i have tire tracks on my back because it xavier through me under the boss. no, madam speaker, it's the other way around. bye taking single pay off the table, you through the american people under the bus. what about congressman john conyers? will conyers, the lead sponsor 676 stand with kucinich and massa? he said he was tired of rahm emanuel's approach of, quote, give us anything and we will declare victory. conyers said he feared president obama, quote, but just sign anything. but the question is will john conyers agreed to vote for anything? he did earlier this month. when will he break from obama? congressman don edwards is another so-called progressive for single payer. she took single payer off the table. she, too, said in july anything less than a public auction tight to medicare rates was unacceptable. she, too, then reneged on a promise and accepted the puny public option. then just last week, guess wha

>> nancy pelosi, as well as the governor of louisiana. the governor of pennsylvania is there. steny hoyer. lots of people who are important on the hill, important on the health care debate in the afghanistan debate. it is very much in evening wear important folks, whether it is the hill or the administration or the indian-american community is represented as well. >> who is not here this evening? >> the big name that is not here is bill clinton. that is a big surprise. during his own administration, he had 30 state dinners. more of a case of then there, done that. he had another engagement. -- the case of been there, done that. everyone was hoping that 0 per would be there -- oprah would be there, but she did not show up. >> there were a lot of republicans who did not show up. >> a lot of congressmen and senators are back in their home districts. for instance, representative john boehner went back to ohio. he got the invitation, but he is probably going -- back in ohio. >> how do you r.s.v.p? >> you r.s.v.p. to the white house. it is a very fancy, engraved in by. they get a li

>> did laura ingram actually accuse nancy pelosi of whoreing herself? >> did larry king actually say bitch? >> it's very inappropriate. >> and she backed out of a gop speaking event in d.c. by the way. >> i think that was exactly the wrong thing to do. i'm telling you this is brilliant. this is only helping her. if she would have just gone there, she would have got on a lot more attention. >> quick programming note, the donald responds to carrie's tantrum. "showbiz tonight" at 11:00. when we come back, the latest in the david letterman extortion tape. >>> the lawyer for the man who allegedly tried to extort $2 million from david letterman says joe holderman wasn't trying to blackmail david. jerald, explain exactly how this screen play defense works. >> i think it diminishes it when you call it the screen play defense. there was a time when william randolph hurst learned about citizen cane the movie and didn't want it published in the worst way and he went ahead and he offered millions of dollars to see that "citizen cane" not be released. as we all know

>> did laura ingram really accuse nancy pelosi of whering herself? hero. i'm sexually atracked to him right now. >> very inappropriate, joy. >> she backed out of a gop speaking event in d.c., by the way. >> i think that was exactly the wrong thing to do. this, again, i'm telling you, she's brilliant. this is only helping her. if she had just gone there, she probably would have gotten a lot more attention. >> the right wing loves these airheads. everyone stay right there. the donald, trump, response to carrie prejean's tantrum. stay tuned right here on hln. "showbiz tonight" at 11:00. >>> when we come back, the latest in the david letterman extortion caves. what a show this is tonight. >>> the lawyer for the man who allegedly tried to extort $2 million from david letterman says joe halderman was not trying to blackmail dave, he was just trying to sell him his green play. the man accused of black mailing the late night host. gerald, explain exactly how this screen play defense works. >> i think it diminishes it when you call it the screen play defense.

nancy pelosi was having the same problem with the cia saying that they told her what was doing on about the iraq war. she said, no, they didn't tell me. i just wondered if you have any comments about what to do with the lie. >> well, you need to start before the live shows of. my dad was in the dairy business, and he always carried a little notebook around so that if he saw a sick cow or a broken fence or a truck that needed to be prepared he would write it down and be sure that it cut followed up. i have been following that trade of my dad for most of my adult life. in the particular instance that the lady talked about the question was, had members of the intelligence committee that nancy was the ranking democrat of the house intelligence committee and i was the chairman of the senate intelligence committee being briefed on some of the activities such as torture, warrantless wiretaps except for a. i was pretty sure i hadn't been briefed. so when the statement was made nancy had been. i had been. i asked what were the dates that these briefings took place. i was given for dates all of w

that is all i would like to say about that -- i would use nancy pelosi as an example. host: been on the democrats' line from dallas county, missouri. caller: good morning. i think the lobbyists have the greatest influence. they have the money. the insurance companies' a and t only them, but these home health-care that handle things like respirators and one thing and another, let me give you a little example and i will not take long -- i have a bad hip and the only medical care that i want is through the va. i have been disabled since 1987. i good to see my primary doctor there and he has a consultation to physical therapy -- physical therapy phones me and sends me and air mattress for my bed. i was curious so i get the model number of it and we have an hmo home health care here in buffalo -- i want to know what it costs. i figured maybe $75, $100. it cost $1,560. that was a hospital-sized air mattress. host: that is what the va paid for it? caller: they come i'm sure that the va got it for less -- but the older people who needed -- the medicare and medicaid, they have

why are these bishops involved with nancy pelosi? >> i'm an atheist and hard core atheist. >> what do you mean a hard core. >> hard core. >> there's no doubting. >> he has no doubt. >> i don't believe other people believe in god. that's how hard core. but i'm totally with the catholics on this. they should not have to pay for things they are morally opposed to. it's a very important issue. >> you know what, penn, you want to stick your two cents into government, then pay taxes. that's my point. >> you talking about tax the churches? i'm with you. >> tax the churches. if they want to get involved in politics, they should be paying taxes. >> i don't think -- i don't know how i'm suddenly in this position, but i think if you're a person of faith, you should have a voice in the public square. it's not that. so the separation of church and state doesn't mean you're not allowed to express yourself. the question is it's been so perverted. this is what you're saying, penn. there is 10% of the people in america identify themselves as atheists

why are these bishops involved with nancy pelosi?st. >> what do you mean a hard core. >> hard core. >> there's no doubting. >> he has no doubt. >> i don't believe other people believe in god. that's how hard core. but i'm totally with the catholics on this. they should not have to pay for things they are morally opposed to. it's a very important issue. >> you know what, penn, you want to stick your two cents into government, then pay taxes. that's my point. >> you talking about tax the churches? i'm with you. >> tax the churches. if they want to get involved in politics, they should be paying taxes. >> i don't think -- i don't know how i'm suddenly in this position, but i think if you're a person of faith, you should have a voice in the public square. it's not that. so the separation of church and state doesn't mean you're not allowed to express yourself. the question is it's been so perverted. this is what you're saying, penn. there is 10% of the people in america identify themselves as atheists. one member of congress. do the math,

. >> the reality is that nancy pelosi, they said, take care of yourself to get reelected. >> the opposite of a democrat in the united states, the difference is a conservative, not a republican. you cannot be -- a republican if you are not against big spending. >> keep thinking that. >> here is what i would say. what i would say is, look at virginia. bob macdonald reached over, not by moderating his principles, but by saying that his principles were not only good for saying, no. he says he wants to grow the economy, but he just wants us to do it, not washington. there is a positive, republican agenda out there. we will see more of that in 2010. >> when i first opted to propose the question, this was slightly more off-base. i want to bring up the idea. i came down here from boston, where republican was a dirty word. not because of the belief system but the reputation. my question is how much opinion is placed in the word, republican or democrat. and how much is in the ideology. how much will this affect things over the last year? how much has that changed? >> it is an interesting attachment

. >> nancy pelosi. >> the union. >> michael moore. >> rush limbaugh. [laughter] >> familiar, right? who is to blame but it's what everybody asks and it is a natural question to ask because whenever something goes wrong the normal instinct is to find out whose fault it was. all you need to do is visit a bookstore and go into the current events section. it is filled with villains. they're some of the titles up here. very inspirational titles. bookshelf full of blame. >> i of course want to appear on the cover of our book in a short little mini black dress. i thought it would generate a little buzzed by john talked me out of it. >> i have my limits, yes. >> instead of who is to blame, we ask a different question. why do big initiatives fail and why do some succeed? so the answer to that question, we studied 75 major undertakings by the end of world war ii until recently. looking for patterns of success and failure. we were looking for journeys to success in. >> we look at everything from the success of the marshall plan and the struggle of immigration reform. >> when we began trying to

denounced sonya sotomayor as a racist, hillary clinton as a biatch and liar and recently accused nancy pelosi but sell her own body to get the health bill passed. >> that was called a larry king smackdown! you know, he had that information right in front of him. she thinks this is a one-way street, poor me and too bad about the rest of them. right? >> laura ingraham really accused her of [ bleep ]ing herself. >> did larry king really say "biatch" i love him, he's my hero, sexually attracted to him? i'm getting [ inaudible ] over larry. >> very appropriate. >> can't wait for the tape. >> she backed out of a gop speaking event in d.c., by the way. >> i think that was exactly the wrong thing to do. again i'm telling you she's brilliant. this is only helping her if she had gone there she probably would have gotten a lot more attention. >> the right-wing loves these air-heads. everyone stay right there. quick programming note. the donald, trump, responds to cachie prejean's tantrum in an exclusive. make sure you stay tuned for it tonight at 11:00. that's great. >>> when we come back the latest in

laura ingram accused of nancy pelosi of having done everything to sell her own body. >> that was called a larry king smack down. he had the information right in front of him. she thinks this is a one-way street. and too bad about the rest of them. >> did laura ingram really accuse her of that? >> did larry king really just say bitch? he is my hero. i am getting upset over larry. and she backed out of a gop speaking event. >> i think that was the wrong thing to do. i am telling you she is brilliant. if she had just gone there she would have gotten a lot more attention. >> but the right wing loves the air heads. quick programming note. the donald's response to carrie prejean's tantrum did an exclusive interview with "showbiz tonight." stay tuned for "showbiz tonight" at 11:00. the latest in the david letterman extortion case. >>> joe was not trying to blackmail dave but just trying to sell him a screen play. joe, explain exactly how the screen play defense works? >> i think it diminishes it when you call it the screen play defense. i think i can explain it this way. there was a time when

ask hillary clinton, ask nancy pelosi, ask michelle obama with the sleeveless shirts. so if looks are going to be an issue anyway, no matter what she does, they would have used a picture from her beauty pageant 25 years ago. they'll find a way to use that picture anyway. but it's sexist, it would never have been done to a man, and she has every right to be upset. >> the ladies of "the view" also shared their views about this "newsweek" cover. they got in a hot debate this morning, not all agreeing. take a look. >> i think to show her in this light is very disrespectful to her. >> why? she looks great? what's the problem with it? >> because this is a woman who is -- has very serious views, whether you agree with them or do not agree with them, but you don't put her on the cover with little shorts on. they don't do -- they wouldn't put a man on -- i don't think, put a man on in his speedo. >> if we had barack obama with his shirt off on the cover of "newsweek" -- >> they are describing -- they are describing her and her role in the republican party, they're not describin

there is such an outcry on this nancy pelosi care. why couldn't we put it to a vote for the people? if we want to reform or not? host: you mean a straight referendum during a national election, or something like that? why do think that will be necessary? caller: we will find out if we really wanted or not. it is mostly democrats trying to push it through. republicans want it and some democrats do not want it. i'm curious if there were to put it through a vote, would it we find are really at the american people want this or not? host: ok. we have the pleasure of also being aired on bbc on sundays. good morning, gordon, from the u.k. caller: hello. i would like to comment on the man who said that in britain we pay 50%. that is total nonsense. when you are employed you pay about 15%. if you are unemployed, and you cannot pay, but normally you get a contribution free. if your self-employed they pay a set fee. but 50% is rubbish. host: so, you pay 15% as long as you are employed, and what you get in return to access services? can you see a doctor right away? caller: yes, absolutely. if y

later, the president meets with house leader nancy pelosi, followed a meeting with secretary gates. u.s. serviceman was killed in an insurgent attacks in afghanistan. this brings the death toll to 16 this month in afghanistan. 80 militants have been killed in pakistan -- 18 militants have been killed in pakistan today. an update on the h1n1 virus from glaxosmithkline. the company says it has advised medical staff in canada to not use one batch of its swine clue vaccine because it may trigger a life-threatening allergies. the pharmaceutical company says the affected patch contains over 1000 doses, but did not say how many have already been administered. >> coming this thanksgiving, "american icons" on the icon a colmes of the three branches of the government. beginning thursday night, the supreme court, home to america's highest court, reveals the building in this was a detailed. friday, the white house, inside america's most famous home. our visit shows the grand public places as well as the rarely seen spaces. saturday, the capitol, the history, art, and architecture. thursday, fri

but nancy pelosi has said he won't get the votes in the house if he wants to increase the troops by alarge number. that's a huge problem and people die because of decisions like that. so that's one side of it. and you look to the trial of mohammed. this will be happening during the 12i elections quite possible. this has been so politicized and has been painted as democrats weak on terror, democrats willing to give terrorist more rights than they have in their own countries and politically republicans get a lot of traction. i have been speaking with a lot of legal experts about that question, people who have successfully prosecuted terrorisms who say that even the military tribunals won't guarantee a conviction, the military tribunals are very vulnerable to supreme court challenges. so even just the fact of having it in a tribunal endangers that verdict. so they believe it is right to do it in a civilian court. there's so many challenges to having it in new york city. there's also a question of whether you can get an unbiased jury in new york city. so it's an area of enormous peril for

the president has meetings with the speaker of the house, and nancy pelosi, vice-president biden, the sec three of defense, robert gates. news reports say that the president has finished gathering information about troop options in afghanistan and will likely announce his decision in an address to the nation next tuesday. no official word on that, but news reports today are indicating that. live coverage from the white house. awaiting president obama and the indian prime minister. it does look like it will be at least a couple minutes before president obama and indian prime minister manmohan singh comes out for their joint news conference. in that time, we will show you a brief conversation we had this morning with a reporter from south carolina about the beginning of proposed impeachment proceedings against gov. mark sanford. here is that conversation. -- bill." john o'connor is joining us, he writes for the state newspaper in south carolina. thank you for being with us. in essence this is the first step of a possible impeachment against gov. sanford. what are you looking for today?

i want to congratulate nancy pelosi, barney frank and our president, the president got himself elected and he was the best man for the job out of all the candidates on the republican side and the democrat side. and i voted for both. a whole field of horses, the thoroughbred one and then we had the ability to stop the $800 billion bailout that the democrats were trying to push on to the republicans but it was the republicans' fault. host: have to leave it there. a few more calls to take and this tweet. by the way, the caller had mentioned he was from youngstown, ohio. that mayor will be on our program monday at 9:00 to talk about the economy in his city, his state, and give a perspective on the nation's economic picture. carlsbad, california. cathy on our independent line. are you there? caller: good morning, everybody. good morning, pedro. host: you are up early. caller: always up early. have to keep tabs on the country. host: not doing black friday? caller: i have done it before, but i found it ridiculous brought on by the media and corporate america. the only thing which what people

president obama today also has meetings with nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house in the afternoon, in between with meetings with senior advisors and others. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations]7tww [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. accompanied by his excellency, the prime minister of the republic of india. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the republic of india followed by the national anthem of the united states of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> prime minister singh, members of the indian delegation, on behalf of michelle and myself, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to the white house. on behalf of the american people, it is my great honor to welcome you to the united states. mr. prime minister, yours is the first official state visit of my presidency. and it is fitting that you and india be so recognized. [applause] >> this visit reflects the high esteem in which i and the

. >> the reality is that nancy pelosi, they said, take care of yourself to get reelected. >> the opposite of a democrat in the united states, the difference is a conservative, not a republican. you cannot be -- a republican if you are not against big spending. >> keep thinking that. >> here is what i would say. what i would say is, look at virginia. bob macdonald reached over, not by moderating his principles, but by saying that his principles were not only good for saying, no. he says he wants to grow the economy, but he just wants us to do it, not washington. there is a positive, republican agenda out there. we will see more of that in 2010. >> when i first opted to propose the question, this was slightly more off-base. i want to bring up the idea. i came down here from boston, where republican was a dirty word. not because of the belief system but the reputation. my question is how much opinion is placed in the word, republican or democrat. and how much is in the ideology. how much will this affect things over the last year? how much has that changed? >> it is an interesting attachment

so we have turned around quite dramatically from the day that nancy pelosi was sworn in as president -- i mean, as speaker of the house. [laughter] >> and she was temporarily president of the democratic party in 2007 and 2008. and now we have barack obama who will sign, who will sign the legislation. when we get it to his desk. so i am actually, i am very optimistic about what is going to happen. i believe that the same thing will happen here as happened in the telecom sector. i believe that what we will see in 10 years is the emergence of thousands of companies producing products that right now are not within the imagination of anyone in this room, but it will not be like putting a man on the moon. it will be more like why didn't i think that? why did that kid of west virginia who is now a freshman at mit and playing around with coal for the last five years since he was a freshman in high school, just a twist that chemical, biological corner just a bit and all of a sudden we have a completely different way of looking at these issues. that is not for politicians to do. for us, our jo

according to political nancy pelosi said that she understands she has tire tracks on your back because he threw her under the bus. . . my back because it xavier through me under the boss. no, madam speaker, it's the other way around. bye taking single pay off the table, you through the american people under the bus. what about congressman john conyers? will conyers, the lead sponsor 676 stand with kucinich and massa? he said he was tired of rahm emanuel's approach of, quote, give us anything and we will declare victory. declare victory. conyers said obama, quote, but just sign anything. but the question is will john conyers agreed to vote for anything? he did earlier this month. when will he break from obama? congressman don edwards is another so-called progressive for single payer. she took single payer off the table. she, too, said in july anything less than a public auction tight to medicare rates was unacceptable. she, too, then reneged on a promise and accepted the puny public option. then just last week, guess what? steny hoyer posted a fund-raiser for donna and ones, johnnies ha

goodlatte: the reviews are starting to come in on house speaker nancy pelosi's health care reform proposal. and those reviews are pretty serious. in my home state the "richmond times dispatch" calls the bill, grotesque. but perhaps the best description that i have seen, the most accurate description i have seen is in the "wall street journal," that wrote an editorial on sunday calling this legislation, the worst bill ever. and how could anyone conclude otherwise? this 1,099-page run away train, more than 400,000 words creating more than 53 new government agencies and programs is not the change that the american people asked for. this bill is going to raise the cost of health care to the overwhelming majority of americans. it's going to make our health care system more complicated than it already is, more costly than it already is, and there are simple reforms that key wee could adopt if we would pay attention to what the american people want. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman fro