on september 22, 1776, american nathan hale was hanged for spying on british troops. his familiarous last words, i regret i have one life to give to my country. this 4th of july we should pledge to ourselves and our nation, no matter the costs, we who live here now will never let the flag of freedom disappear from our land, a land that god has shed his grace upon. and that's the way it is. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? if there is no objection, the gentlewoman will be recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: : let me thank the distinguished speaker and say to him i have enjoyed working with him and i thank him for his leadership. mr. speaker, i love america. there is no better country, and i think it is well to express it at the same time of acknowledging the importance of the world family and the respect and dignity that all people around the world deserve. so as i stand before my colleagues today recognizing that in a few days we'll celebrate america's birthday, it reminds me of the uniqueness of

nathan neugebauer, a 10-year-old grandson he gets it. i'm wondering when the united states congress is going to get it. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: madam chairman, i yield back the balance of our time. the chair: the question son the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed. to the gentleman from texas. mr. neugebauer: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postpone. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? mr. flake: i have an amendment at the desk. this is number -- the chair: the clerk will designate amendment nurmed one. the clerk: house report part c 111-181, amendment number one offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake and a member opposed wil

a nasty, nasty slider from joe nathan who strikes out el hombre. twins win 3-1. mauer, by the way, 1 for 2 on the night. jason kubel had an rbi among his two hits. cuddyer, another rbi for the twins. glenn perkins pitched well, gets his third win on the season. seven wins, cardinals have lost four of their last five. >> meanwhile, marlins and the rays, b.j. upton in the eighth, game tied at three. deep to right center field. it'll go off the wall. jason bartlett, navarro, gross all score on the double, that's how the rays break it open. and tampa wins it 7-3. they've won three straight. five of their last six. b.j. upton two hits, those three crucial rbi. he's hitting .396 over his last 11 games. 12 rbis. >> giants and brewers in milwaukee, matt cain, 9-1 coming in. bottom of the third, brewers up 2-1. cain wish he is had that one back. that's j.j. hardy with a rocket to dead center, brewers up 3-1. later in the game, during the sausage race, we always see, h a 68 today in the ! second round. he said he hit the ball better than yesterday. maintains a two-shot lea

. >> one of the things about this ball game, the fact that the nats nathan was were able to fight backthe bull pen is so tough, you have to fight and scratch to get anything off those guys. >> it's starting to look guys. even that double play that was turned over. the bull pen is throwing much better. if the offense catches back up, it's going to be good things. back to you guys on the set. >> thank a lot guys as the reds win it 4-2. it seems like it was a world ago when martin was on the hill. three hits as we talked about. only the two run. another quality start for him keeping the team in the ball game. the pitching is doing what they're supposed to be doing. >> he had the slider just working. he had the fast ball. he got nick hitting by pitch and hernandez hits a rocket and jim dives to make as good a play as you're going to make. really two mistakes tonight all night long. most of them in the same spot. in is kind of story line. phillips up there. nice little turn and bruce ground into first, rolling that ball over. then gonzalez flies real deep and makes good play on it as it get

joe nathan runs second to third. >> flies out to right. shut out the cubs 2-0.he cubs shut out for the second time in 88 all time enter league home games, both times by the twins. twins continue to struggle losing four straight now. >> a little less juice to the other serious between pittsburg and detroit. >> this is freddie sanchez didnt hitting 194 in his last eight games. that right there is a grand salami. 9-3 pirates win. what a quote from jack wilson. if we can come out of it in good shape, there's a lot of confidence in the second half. >> the brewers snapped a four in game losing streak against thew white sox friday. carlos with his buddies playingb a joke on him. of >> base hit, #-0 white sox just like that. from t how about jose demoted to the miner league, didn't like it. he's pitching well now. >> con trer as returning from his demotion. >> all right, still to come, john daily back after a six month suspension. he made the cut -- so did his pants. >> the upset of the college world series that has them talking from fullerton to fayetteville. we have h

the judge obviously didn't remember, but our attorney nathan dershowitz found on the micro fische two articles that this was a coveted position for a judge and a major milestone in his career. still yet he didn't remember this young civil rights warrior came after him. but when evidence showed up, all of a sudden there was a change. there's some parallels in the siegelman case involving the u.s. attorney, their accuse e, this conflict of interest. whenever you have a u.s. attorney to poison the well, those who would drink from that well no matter who it is, even a new u.s. attorney, if they use that same information, they're poisoned as well. i can't begin to talk about what a judge can do. but i believe from a judge, u.w.clemon has told us. we now that proof that the doj was politicizing republicans with ultraconservative views. we also know that a political pressure was used to coerce u.s. attorneys across the country to indict democrats. we know that most of the investigations were launched during the election cycle. we know that heavily democratic-leaning states were targeted. we

joe nathan gets him swinging. the twins go on to win it by the final of 3-1. >> friday st. ramsey center, a 20,000-square-foot addition to the fieldhouse named after former coach and current espn basketball analyst jack ramsay. shaq will wear

behalf of the democratic leader to ask consent that caroline mcneil, nay can keefer and stephanie -- nathan keefer and stephanie lewis be allowed privileges of the floor for the remainder of the debate on the nuclear option of dean koh to be legal advisor to the state department. prosecute. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. bond: madam president, i rise today to express my strong opposition to the nomination of mr. harold koh to be the legal advisor to the department of state. my concerns with mr. koh arise primarily from his own statements, writings and testimony before congress. in my opinion, he seems more comfortable basing his legal conclusions on partisan political opinions and trendy arguments rather than the facts and the law. we don't need more legal clerics in government. we need more legal realists in government, someone who pays attention to the hard work that we do in this body to pass laws. the department of state and the country deserve better than that kind of advice. let me provide a f

then it nathan guttman looks at u.s.-israeli relations. and we also have the latest on the iranian election. washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this week on c-span's "newsmakers," jon kyl talks about what is on the senate's agenda. >> there's a lot of reading involved here, and i was reading some very troubling things last night about her views toward international law, in effect saying that you could interpret united states's constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. if that is really her point of view, that is very troubling. i could not vote for a judge who believed that. she has said it on several occasions. i'm going to have to ask her, what you mean by that? people talk about a filibuster, understand that republicans could not filibuster this nomination on our own. there are not enough of us. and by the way, none of us are talking about filibuster. it is all in response to questions by the media, which

nathan guttman looks at u.s.-israel relations. >> "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. senate majority whip john kyl discusses some of the issues on the senate's agenda, including health care and preparing for the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. >> i was reading last night, there is a lot of reading involved here. i was reading some very troubling things last night about her views toward international law. in effect saying that you can interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. well, public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. and if that's really her point of view, that's very troubling. i mean, i could not vote for a judge who believed that. she said it on several occasions. i'm going to have to ask her what do you mean by that? when people talk about a filibuster, understand that republicans probably couldn't filibuster this nomination on our own. there aren't enough of us. so even if we wanted to -- by the way, none of us

and ronald reagan, when he gave the evil empire speech, nathan -- said it spread through the gulag like wild fire. after the berlin wall came down, people behind the curtains said that you were our hope and are beaten. that is what america is. it is interesting, of course, to see the prime minister of england, the chancellor of germany and the president of france have been far stronger in their comments. . host: how is he doing? guest: well, i think he has succeeded in getting his agenda through. unfortunately, it is not a change in climate in washington. it has been done for a long time. it was done by republicans. you pick off two or three republicans and you get your legislation passed. that is an effective way, but it is not a changing climate. but most of all, i think he has mortgaged our children's futures. i think he has created generational that in laying this incredible deficit on the future generations. you cannot spend money like this without sooner or later to -- paying a heavy price for it. who five months ago about the automobile companies, largest insurance company, finan

the nathan guttman washington journal, a lot at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. this week, on "newsmakers," senator jon kyl prepares for senate confirmation hearings. >> i was reading last night. there is a lot of reading involved. i was reading very troubling things last night. she said that you can interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. public opinion in europe has nothing to do what our constitution means. if that is really her point of view, that is very troubling. i could not vote for a judge who believed that. she said it on several occasions. i am going to have to ask her what she meant by that. >> when people talk about a filibuster, a understand that republicans ab

and ronald reagan, when he gave the evil empire speech, nathan -- said it spread through the gulag likewild fire. after the berlin wall came down, people behind the curtains said that you were our hope and are beaten. that is what america is. it is interesting, of course, to see the prime minister of england, the chancellor of germany and the president of france have been far stronger in their comments. . anything except for what we have done throughout our history and that is land our moral support to people who are literally sacrificing their lives for a fundamental belief that they are to be able to peacefully disagree with their government without being beaten and killed. host: the five months since he has been in the white house, have you had a chance to have private conversations with the president? guest: not private. i have had a couple of meetings where there are just one or two other people in the room, but not just the two of us. host: how was he doing? guest: well, i think he succeeded in getting his agenda through. unfortunately, it is not a change in the climate in washing

and ronald reagan when he gave the evil empire speech, nathan sh ran sky said that it spread through the gulag like wildfire after the berlin wall came down. people behind the then-iron curtain said you were our hope and our beacon. that's what america is, and it's interesting, of course, to see that the prime minister of england, the chancellor of germany and the president of france have been far stronger in their comments. and let me clear up again, steve, i'm not for sending arms, i'm not for interfering, i'm not for anything except for what we have done throughout our history, and that is lend our moral support to people who are literally sacrificing their lives for the fundamental belief that they ought to be able to peacefully disagree with their government without being beaten and killed. >> host: in the five months since he has been in the white house, have you had a chance to have private conversations with the president? >> guest: not private, i've had a couple of meetings where there's only one or two other people in the room, but not just the two of us, no. >> host: how's

they were sergeant nathan alagana, john rose, molly huckabee-hardy, staff sergeant kenneth hobson ii, arlene kirk, dr. luis martin, michelle o'connor, master sergeant sherry lynn olds. h.r. 2410 remembers their sacrifice and provides restitution to the loved ones they left behind. mr. speaker, this provision is the very least a grateful nation can do. i urge an aye vote on h.r. 2410 and i want to thank chairman berman, ranking member ros-lehtinen. thank you. the chair: the gentlewoman continues to reserve? ms. ros-lehtinen: yes. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield a minute to a member of the appropriations committee, mr. schiff, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. schiff: i request unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i'd like to commend the foreign affairs committee for all their hard work on the foreign affairs authorization act and thank mr. berman and his staff for working to include the daniel parole act to this legislation. it brings much-needed atonings a critical human rights issue this cal

nathan guttman looks at u.s.- israel relations, and the latest on the iranian elections. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this week on "newsmakers," some of the issues on the senate's agenda, including health care and preparing for the confirmation hearings for a sonia sotomayor. >> there was a lot of reading involved, and i was reading troubling things about her views toward international law, saying you can interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. if that is really her point of view, that is very troubling. i could not vote for a judge who believed that. she set it on several occasions. i am going to have to ask for, what do you mean by that? when people talk about a filibuster, republicans probably can filibuster this nomination on our own. they are not enough of us. none of us are talking about a filibuster. it is all in response to questions from the media. we are not proposing this. as you point out, it

and here was a wonderful piece by a journalist in the "village voice," debbie nathan (ph), who also raised questions. the look on the face of the editor was such that i knew you're not even allowed to raise this. he said, don't ever mention this to me again. this is the most hated person in new jersey. everywhere in the newsroom i went, i said, you know, there's something wrong with this story. how dare you? it's the "how dare you?" i knew there was something sacrosanct about questioning these charges. this should raise questions. but how did i know? i didn't know. i thought, well, maybe the prosecutor knows what he's doing. so i asked to meet the prosecutor. glen goldberg (ph) was his name. and he was happy to meet with me. why? because i was no liberal person. i was a grown-up woman with a fairly conservative writing credentials. and he told me how much evidence he had against her. it was nonsense. he followed me down the stairs after i raised the questions and he said, by the way, now i'm going to tell you the real evidence i have against her. what was that, sir? he said, she didn't wea