it's plausible he got up at nate & al's and told everyone how proud he was to be a part of it. >> larry: did you have a deal with him? >> we had an agreement with him -- >> larry: to where you -- >> shop a reality tv show. it was supposed to be an inspirational reality tv show based on zach and abigail being an inspiration to the youth of today. which i'm all for, by the way. i think if there's something that's great and inspirational, they could pluck these kids away from computers. >> you said it wasn't a reality? >> no, there's not a reality show now. there was a reality show shopping agreement that we had. >> larry: you had a deal if a network took it? >> magnetic had a shopping agreement before abigail left to shop a reality tv show based on inspiration of zach and abigail, absolutely. and that was null and void when they realized they couldn't get a deal. and ted's partnership split up. because ted wanted to take this in an unethical direction which we would not be a part of. >> larry: unethical how? >> he was going to try to exploit me and throw me under the bus as an irresponsib

in california alone, some 1.3 million bee-s poll nate over 600,000 acres of almond trees. there is no doubt that without the healthy population of pollinators that our nation has our nation's farmers will not be able to continue to grow many of the high-quality and nutritious foods we enjoy today. the house agriculture committee has paid special attention to the issue fating pollinators holding several hearings in recent years to review the status of pollinator health issues and including funds in the 2008 farm bill to conduct much-needed research on pollinator health. i'm proud to support this resolution brought to my colleague today which recognizes the importance of pollinators, supporting diverse ecosystems and the crops that produce so many of those foods grown across this great nation. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pr

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law school when the bruins had their first perfect season under coach wooden, a season that cullmy nate in a championship win over duke. everybody on campus was thrilled. no one could have possibly imagined that this was only the beginning of a historic run that will probably never be matched. jon wooden would go on to coach the bruins to an unprecedented 10 ncaa championships, including an incredible seven in a row and a record four perfect seasons, which includes an 88-game win streak from 1971 to 1974. the full list of records broken and accolades earned is far too long to cover here. his accomplishments made his name synonymous with success and it is unlikely that anyone will ever be table match the accomplishments that he has achieved. incredibly, his coaching success was never the most remarkable thing about it. what was most remarkable was how he inspired people and motivated them to excel on the court and off. as soon as the game started, it was clear that he wasn't your typical coach. absent were the outbursts and cursing so typical from other coaches. instead, coach wooden led

there has been and connues to be a debate from the origins in committee the debate on the nate floor. we extend ou hand to the members of both party and include their ideas in legislation. you ccn go back all the way to april of 200 when our staff first presented our ids at how we would likk to go forward with legislation. swiss have held dozens of hearings tdeath and many of you have participated in some degree. after i presented the first discussion draft of our proposal in november, i signed bipartisan working groups to attack the major issues in our bill. i until a new proposal that incorporated many oo those bipartisan ideas through those working groups. beyond that, i have worked every day to keey colleagues informed every step of th process. th bill is the product of collaboration of many colleagues before debate even began on the floor of the u.s. senate. that debate lasted nearly ur weeks and some 60 votes were democrats and republicans. one of the many that passed was the in shelby-dodd amendment. we were able to and bailouts, one of the most contentious ises of our proposal

. >> crk will des nate. >> kanjorski amendment to house counteroffer, strike modification number 5 andnsert. >> i would ask unanimous consent. is this something agreed to with the senate? >> i understand it has. >> we can take a brief description then and we'll send it over. repeat the description. >> it's right rite here. >> the counteroffer with the amendment modifies the house position on broker ordered appraisals and an issue that has been a central element of the him. er childers amendment in the house. we have heard that the existing appraisal ordering system which is a result of the home valuation code of conduct effectively prevents consumers using a mortgage broker from ute ligz an appraisal report with more than one lender. the situation is otherwise known as lack of portability of appraisals. prerent vents brokers from shopping among lenders for a mortgage that suits borrowers. as a result borrowers have in many situations had have had to incur additional comforts to pay for additionals appraisals on the same property when they were shopping among lenders for a mortgage. nie

so both republican and democrat, house and nate agree on the provisio of this legislation whicwill allow in $100 million incrents the expansion of the emergency fund. . let me make this very clear. the oil spill emergency trust fund is not going to be a piggy bank nor b.p. or other spsible parties. this money must, should, an will be repaid. this is only a temporary measure. it's only a temporary measur too, because the monethey are repaying goes back into that larger fund not into the emergency fund this legislation will correct, again, the inability of accessing th larger amount of money on aeeded basis. so whave introduced new legislation today, this is a cooperative and bipartisan effort. however this is a terrible disaster and qutions that need to be raised about what's caused us to get to ts situatn. quite baffled by some of the administration's positions, both on deep water offshore drilling. and the beginning of this year in february we received a budget from the president of the united states and the administration. in this budget they prosed cuts tthe coast guard, more than 1,0

the clerk: h.r. 45133, a bill to kezzig nate the facility of the united states postal service at 331 first street in carl stat, new jersey, as the staff sergeant frank t. carvill and lance corporal michael a. schwarz post office building. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california, ms. chu, and the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner, will coach control 20 minutes. ms. chu: i ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, ordered. the gentlewoman from california. ms. chu: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gelewoman is recognize. ms. chu: it is my honor to rise in support of h.r. 5133. this measure designates the united states postal building located at 331 first street as the staff sergeant frank t. car ville and lance corporal michael -- carvill and lance corporal michael schwarz post office building. staff sergeant frank t. carvill was killed at age 51, he was among the oldest soldiers to addai in iraq. he was till -- to die in iraq. he was killed when his humvee was a

high commissioner for refugees and the many dead nate -- dedicated nongovernmental organizations, the people of the united states don't show our generosity toward the displace and the vulnerable. world refugee day, observed for the 10th time this past weekend, is a fitting time for us to reflect on these dire human needs, commend the bravery and service of those who assist refugees in insecure circumstances around the world, and to recommit ourselves to the protection of displaced populations as a humanitarian and human rights priority. for these reason ares, madam speaker, i support -- for these reasons, madam speaker, i support this measure and urge its prompt adoption. madam speaker, we have no further requests for time. at this time, i would like to yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida yields back the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. watson: madam speakee -- ms. watson: madam speaker, i want to thank my co-sponsor, i think her stories, too, are very commelling and we join strongly together

eporter in 1989, sortf go deployed tth oil was fortunater first nate to be the reer on the beach whenthe oil hhore. n kd of didn't leave coverin that story, o d that sort of devoped int my career as a ho: from yo experiences in spill, are il there paralls that you see hat yo can parlay now to what's going onurntly in the gul guest: yeah,ithout questn. a lot of the vrmental and techniccl pects are obviously dierent, because you're environment anoithat's released much farther o in terms of the way we are responding to it, it is shockinn to the similarities. a lot of the causes and the mistakes that are being made are sadly really a replay. peopll have been through feel heartsick. we seem to have learned so little. first, and adequate preparation, a contingency planning, the seeming inability to get orranized, the failure of washington. scientists are muzzled, the focus of response, and then the basic facts, which don't it will ever be changed, which is when you lose this amount of oil in the ocean, it is hopeless. there are no good decisions when the oil is in the water. you really cann

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secondly, china is going to launch their first manned mission to the moon this nate. very little is talk about it. our space program has been affected by that deficit of budget cuts. china will have the high ground. they do not agree with the non- proliferation position in space. they have not signed that. what is your position also with regard to a draft if we need that in the next five or 10 years? would you support a draft? many of our troops overseas are on their fourth tour. i know that you know that. the resources are being taxed to the max. >> i did not see the need for the draft right now. i toward afghanistan and iraq. we have the highest educated, best trained troops since 9/11. we're think we falter is that we did not all sacrifice to get it. our men and women in the military made their sacrifices. we were told to go shopping again. difficulty is that we have been at war longer than we have ever been in the history of america. we he to make sure that they have all the training and ability to do it. i do not see the need for right now. that would have to be

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