and that's the people of this nation. because they understood that it was our values that were the underpinning of this nation. john adams wrote it is only from moral and religious nation this constitution that we write. it is wholely unsuited for any other. and that's not saying what kind of religion a person has to have or if they have to be religious at all. but what it is saying is that you cannot build a nation unless it is built upon a rock solid foundation. and america has that. it is the character and values of our people. and that is why i am so absolutely confident in 2012 because that hasn't gone away. in fact what ie seen is the character and the strength and the morals and the values of the american people are getting more and more excited because america has made their decision. they've decided we are going to take our country back. we are going to be our solution. we are going to be -- have a better day. and so america has dided they're in for 2012. and so that's my question to you today here in iowa. are y

joining with other nations and the united nations security council, we broaden broadened our sanctions, imposed an arms embargo and enabled qaddafi and those around him to be held accountable for their crimes. i made it clear that qaddafi had lost the confidence of his people and the legitimacy to lead. and i said to he needed to step down from power. in the face of the world's condemnation, qaddafi chose to escalate his attacks, launching a military campaign against the libyan people. innocent people were targeted for killing. hospitals and ambulances were attacked. journalists were arrested, sexually assaulted, and killed. supplies of food and fuel were choked off. water for hundreds of thousands of people in misrata was shut off. cities and towns were shelled, mosques were destroyed, and apartment buildings reduced to rubble. military jets and helicopters' gun ships were unleashed upon people who had no means to defend themselves against assaults from the air. confronted by this brutal repression and a looming humanitarian crisis, i ordered warships into the mediterranean. european

. >> national-security review. it seems that the first thing i need to do is to reduce expectations because this is intended to be a high level examination of the defense review end of the national security strategies. we want to work out how the process these -- processes were established. how this process fell through into the various capabilities we have now. what we do when that stuff happens as it seems to be happening now, how does the process the back into that? if the review was a deep strategic, how do you keep that strategic oversight plugged into any reforms to defense review that might come through as a result? that is the general idea. we will not go into things like why were carriers cap, why were they not kept? [laughter] >> i have the wrong briefing. >> we will have at least -- that brings me to something else. because there are secretaries of state, mr. mitchell, if i may, we do not want to get confused. let's begin -- i do not think you need to introduce yourselves. as ministers you are well known

national security strategy? >> i'm happy to begin but william may want to say more indeed, liam. sir peter rick kettets -- rickets are part of the security team gathering information from material from all sources. and tried to ensure that the agenda and the papers and so on are in good order and that the council is considering the things it needs to consider and, of course, he is very, i would say -- speak about this is very closely linked to the senior minister president and the senior minister and the deputy prime minister so that it becomes possible not simply to have a committee served by one department or another but effectively by its own secretary and that's what peter rickets is in charge of. >> just to add to that, we appointed the national security advisor on the first day of the new government. we thought that was essential to start building and had thought a good deal about it before the election and who could do it and in addition what oliver has explained and the existence improves the articulatio

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> president obama handed out awards wednesday at the white house for lifetime achievement in the arts and humanities. honorees include producer quincy jones and a sunny rollins. the males are presented each year. this is about 30 minutes -- the metals are presented each year. this is about 30 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president and mrs. obama. ♪ [applause] >> thank you very much, everyone. hello, everybody. it is wonderful to have all of you here. i want to make mention of some folks in particular that have helped us to celebrate the arts and humanities for many years. first of all, are democratic leader in the house of religions, nancy pelosi, a great champion of the arts is here. [applause] the chairman of the national endowment for the arts is here. the chairman of the national endowment for the humanities is here. [applause] the two most powerful people in the white house, joe biden and michelle obama, are here. [applause] and two recipients who were unabl

nation does right by them.he wheels court on is not the actions of the national staff lobbyists and the relationships before with members of congress and their staff it's a grassroots presence and that presents runs through the national legislative council. the national legislative council was created by the national executive committee of 1975 to amplify the grassroots voice by providing a strong one on one liaison between all the members of the united states congress. bye design for legislative council in the network of politically active legionnaires who aided the organization's lobbying efforts. one liaison for each congressional district in each center counsel is appointed by the national commander upon the advice and recommendation of the department leaders the national vice chairman from each department, the council takes the direction from the national legislative commission. each year we present an award to the council member who has consistently exhibited continuing leadership and excellence in the su

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> midday today, friends said they agreed with the u.s. that nato should have a role in the coalition's military operations in libya. france -- france said they have agreed with the u.s. that nato should have a role. they have agreed with the nato command to support the coalition. diane sawyer will be speaking this evening on the future of journalism. she will be interviewed in front of an audience of students and professional journalists at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. president obama continues on his latin-american trip today meeting in el salvador with the salvadoran president. tomorrow, he is expected to toward parts of san salvador included the national cathedral and a visit to the mayan ruins. the white house has shuffled the schedule, they have moved a few things around. a visit originally set for tomorrow. that move raised the prospect that the president my return to washington ahead of schedule. in washington this week, the american legion has been holding their a

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> good morning. i know you are back from a fresh trip, and we appreciate enormously all of your efforts on our behalf. i cannot think of a more relevant moment for you to appear before the committee, so we are happy to have the. let me just say up front that we have joined with our allies and we have heard loudly and clearly from you, madam secretary, that gaddafi must go. he has lost all legitimacy. i think it is important to be clear that we cannot be halfway about that goal. the people of libya are not asking for foreign troops on the ground. they are committed to doing what is necessary. they do need the tools to prevent the slaughter of innocents on libyan streets, and i believe the global community cannot be on the sidelines while airplanes are allowed to bomb. a no-fly zone is not a long-term proposition. assuming the outcome is what all desire, i believe we ought to be ready to implement as necessary. it is clear that we are living through one of the most importan

every nation will follow its own path. no nation should impose its will on another. surely we can agree that this is about more than a majority rule. it is not give a leader of the right to suppress the power of others. the leader must have consent not coercion. we have to speak up we must not waver in our support for people to demand the rights of their own future. that includes cuba. the most significant changes to my nation's policies towards cuba has occurred in decades. it is possible for americans to visit their families in cuba. to allow americans to send remittances to bring economic hope to people across the region. we will seek ways to help the cuban people get the same liberties and freedoms that everyone else has in this hemisphere. i want to break out of this history. cuban authorities must take meaningful action for their own people, not because of the united states insists upon it, but because the people of cuba deserve it. the lessons of latin america can be a guide. they are beginning their own journeys towards democracy. there is no one model for de

campaign and when i see national you know we're here in d.c. and with all due respect there's a lot of echo chamber here but folks in real america they want jobs and eighty four percent of americans want this congress to adopt an energy policy a national energy policy that will promote energy efficiency and alternatives to the traditional sources of energy that we have because they know it's going to create jobs let me just give you one example of that because policy matters policy creates jobs in michigan not michigan spend as you know your michigan michigan's been the hardest hit state in the nation great because of the loss of automotive jobs and the loss of our manufacturing sector but well why is that is from two thousand to two thousand and eight and before we did not have a manufacturing policy in this nation we decided that we were going to allow the free market can suck jobs away to countries that had policies that were more favorable in two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine. we decided that we were going to as a nation inve

of our nation -- those were his words. if we listen to his critical lesson in leadership at this critical moment in history, we will secure in our time a stronger future for this great stronger future for this great >> this is the opening of the session. >> translator: the national people. the debates should be presented by questions. the specific strategyies. the national people. please all rise. the national anthem of the people's republic of china. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> translator: please be seated. fell lows, we have four agendas. now we go through the first. please welcome about to give the report on the work of the government of 2011. [applause] [applause] >> translator: fellow deputies, now on behalf of the state counsel, i present to you my report on work of the government for your deliberation and approval. i also invite the members of the national committees of the chinese people's political conference to submit comments and suggestions. first, the view of the national economic and social development during the year. th

recently more than two hundred doctors around the nation of cite a petition vowing to move to iraq if the state creates a single payer system and i would love to shoot a sold out so she's friends and they argue that they would rather heal sick people than deal with mountains of private insurance paperwork the petition was circulated by the organization physicians for a national health program or p n h p r dr margaret flowers with p.h.p. joins me now to talk about why doctors are on board the single payer health care system first of all i got a p.h.p. is a great organization he noted your your conference in san francisco eight years ago i think it was or thereabouts and i think the great bunch of people who are doctors and getting harmed by health insurance companies i was a you know not just working against people you know patients but right now actually it's against providers as well you're right and that's why i left practice to do this work full time advocating for a single payer system you know we go to school and train and do our residency programs and train and how to take care

and they are nationals of tunisia and egypt as well as nationals of of the third countries and internationalization for migration and the office of the high commissioner for refugees the fantastic job together with governments of two countries of egypt and tunisia as well as countries of origin of these people to help them to go back to their own countries which they didn't know in instances on the saloon crossing the border crossing point north and egypt they are still plus two thousand charge against. stranded there who are living in very difficult conditions and i think efforts were made by our army by internationalization immigration and the office of the high commission for refugees together with the government of child to help them to go back to their country what engine what are the conditions of the refugees and the migrants i'll be careful count in the countries neighboring with libya. the assistance is provided to them in terms of. food and water some shelter materials will ship been. there one has to take into account that both governments wanted to avoid the situation that it is long te

in is a national issue an regards to national security. how does it affect our ability to affect events around the world? >> i think it is an incredibly important issue. i clearly agree that the united states must be strong at home in order to maintain our strength abroad. at the core of our strength is our economic strength. i am well aware, having sat for you and know sitting for eight years, the necessity to take action to begin to rein in our debt and, particularly, our indebtedness to foreign countries, the top of the list being china. i also know quite a bit about how challenging its is because it was at the end of the 99 d is where a bipartisan deal was struck where we had a -- at the end of the 1990's where a bipartisan deal was struck where we have balanced the budget. i sat on the budget committee in the senate in early 2001. i believe that we made decisions, starting in 2001, that undermined our capacity to actually do what i think both of us agree must be done. so i hope there is an appetite for a bipartisan agreement that will

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> in a few moments, william hague and hillary clinton talk with reporters about the international response to the situation in libya. in a little more than half an hour, a proposal about a program to help homeowners behind in their mortgage payments. and in a ceremony dedicating the new building for the u.s. mission to the un to the late ron brown. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow on our companion network,3,. the senate appropriations energy subcommittee will look into the safety of nuclear power plants in light of the situation in japan. members will hear from the head of our nuclear regulatory commission, 10:00 a.m. eastern. although later in the day, live on c-span3 8:45 eastern, congressional correspondents dinner. rand paul and anthony wiener of new york, and others. >> for more than a quarter decades, the libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant. muammar gaddafi. he is denied his people's freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home

it's going to make a national decisions that really important. we passed a two-week continuing resolution that reduced spending by $4 billion over that period keeping us on track to meet the house passed goal of a $61 billion reduction in spending this fiscal year. it was a good, small first step. but the big step will be coming up, i suppose, a week from this friday when the c.r. that we just passed will expire and we have to pass another one. at what level will we pass it? perhaps the microphone would help. at what level would we pass this c.r.? that's the question that will be before us. will we continue to trend -- the trend of reduced spending that the house started us on that the american people people started us on by the election last november just four months ago or do we continue business as usual? continue to be in denial to say no more, no mass, we can't do anymore. we give up. well, a vote for the democratic plan that will be presented tomorrow will be a vote to do something. that's the fact. it will be a vote to say we are still in

we are very fortunate at this ti to have national service on the national agenda.see everywhere the difference we can make. there is no more important thing that we can do. as we look around here today, as michael said earlier, educators -- we have members of philanthropy, polymakers. it is a okay to take a moment to pat ourselves on the back. most of us here are people of search accomplishments. it is okay to feel proud. at this moment in history, there is no more important thing that we can give our lives to, our energy to, our hearts to than ensuring that every student has the opportunity to successfully complete high-school and move on to college. it is now my distinct pleasure and my honor to introduce our next speaker. melody barnes needs no introduction but i will bore you with the effects. melody was chosen by president barack obama to serve as director of the domestic policy council for his administration. the president served on the meer of 2008 and previous to that she was executive vice president for american progress where she led progressive policy in

well don't let me overstate it here but i think it's really about national interest and america's national interest is not the same as other countries' national interest certainly you have to have a reliable supply of oil to run an economy you have to have certain military capabilities you have to have certain geopolitical capabilities and you have to recognize who your allies are but having said that i go back again to what i think the bush administration should be proud of and frankly what i'm proud of and that is that we've got in their face we talked about human rights i have made speeches and had private discussions over the last eight or nine years saying what you teach in your schools and what you preach in your mosque is not an internal matter it's a matter of our national security and it's a matter what's right and wrong these are statements that i've made publicly and there's a record of it so i think we've got to be fair on both sides here in that respect but clearly there's a national interest and clearly there's an issue about iran clearly there's an issue about oil and that's

of sin that the god of eternity duels with that nation by pouring his wrath out on that nation. and every description of that kind in the scriptures expressly includes down to little seclings are caught up in that matter. we're saying to the nation they're dying for our sins and if you want it to stop, you have to repent and mourn for your sins and stop. >> chris: well, let's talk about interpreting god's will. your father, fred phelps, the founder of the church was five years old when his mother died of throat cancer. the aunt who raised him was killed in 1950 in a car crash. was the death of his mother, was the death of the aunt, was that also god's will? >> it absolutely was. i'm quite certain knowing my father as i do that for him to do the work that he has ended up needing to do in his li life, it was absolutely needful to remove those women from the landscape. there is no question. god holds the breath of life of every human in his hand. and he has these things mapped out. and he does them according to his good will and pleasure. it's every bit as much -- >> chris: miss ph

. >>> and education nation. tenure for teachers no longer a guaranteed job. >>> plus, they survived revolution. now they are making a difference for others in the same boat. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. if you bought gas this weekend, if you filled up today, if you're a commuter, you need gas this week, you will feel this increase in gas prices nationwide. everyone will, and it affects the prices of almost everything else. of course it's being driven by oil prices, up again today. oil closed above $105 a barrel now. the average price of gas nationwide, that's unleaded regular, $3.51 a gallon. that's average, but it's no comfort if where you live you're paying more. it's a big story across the country. we have a team covering it, beginning with nbc's tom costello on why even with all that's going on these prices are so high. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. there's talk of $3.75 to $4 a gallon by memorial day, and real concern that that could

national security. but what they don't say and talk about is the potential for it to benefit north korea through the industrialized complex and the administration will say that they fixed the provision and opened up korea's markets to all u.s. companies. what they don't mention is the fact that they fixed the provisions on paper, not in reality. and this is still a bad deal for the united states companies here in the u.s. they don't tell the american people that this free trade agreement does nothing to stop korea's currency manipulation. but the treasury department actually identify korea as a currency manipulator in their report this february. i've come to the floor today to make sure the american people are aware of how bad this trade deal is for the united states and how good this f.t.a. is for china, kim jong il and south korea. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to oppose this flawed nafta-style trade deal. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yi

eshoo, referred to national public radio as a national treasure. now, mr. speaker, i happen to be a fan of national public radio. i think that the term national treasure may just be a little bit of a stretch. i have been proud to support three local stations. two in los angeles, kpcc and kcrw, here in washington d.c., wamu. i have been proud to participate in pledge drives for all these stations. i have done it for public television. i believe in voluntary contributions. yesterday, ms. eshoo said every american pays 77 cents for the benefit of national public radio. and while i'm proud listener of national public radio, i will say that i reckon that there are probably half the american people, that's just a wild guess on my part, maybe half the american people who have never even heard of, much less even listened to national public radio. and the notion of taking 77 cents from them for national public radio is to me an anathema to the whole concept of what it is that we are trying to do as a nation. now, my friend from rochester, the distinguished ranking m

joining with other nations and the united nations security council, we broaden broadened our sanctions, imposed an arms embargo and enabled qaddafi and those around him to be held accountable for their crimes. i made it clear that qaddafi had lost the confidence of his people and the legitimacy to lead. and i said to he needed to step down from power. in the face of the world's condemnation, qaddafi chose to escalate his attacks, launching a military campaign against the libyan people. innocent people were targeted for killing. hospitals and ambulances were attacked. journalists were arrested, sexually assaulted, and killed. supplies of food and fuel were choked off. water for hundreds of thousands of people in misrata was shut off. cities and towns were shelled, mosques were destroyed, and apartment buildings reduced to rubble. military jets and helicopters' gun ships were unleashed upon people who had no means to defend themselves against assaults from the air. confronted by this brutal repression and a looming humanitarian crisis, i ordered warships into the mediterranean. european

in power air strikes and shelling by forces loyal to power forced the rebels to turn to the united nations calling for international recognition of the new leadership in libya so how will the u.n. behave in this tricky situation here's the president of the u.n. general assembly just a that. switzerland has always avoided membership to any major political organization that's appearing to a policy of neutrality but when joseph di speaking the foreign minister of the country made every effort to bring it to the united nations today the international bodies facing tough challenges not least from libya and today just look nice now the president of the u.n. general assembly has a great opportunity to contribute to the name of the resolution. hello mr dyson welcome to the show thank you i'm very glad to be with you it's a pleasure to have you with us well first of all let's let's start let's start with libya the government has asked that former foreign minister and your predecessor as president of the u.n. general assembly i lead up to do sylar three key that he be approved as the envoy after lib

including the national farmers union, the american corn growers, and the national association of wheat growers. in the senate, there was a republican reaction. despite the support for the legislation from industry, which republicans used to pay attention to, republicans in both the house on the senate made a decision to turn the energy bill into a partisan battleground. our legislation was modeled on a successful cap-and-trade approach used in the 1980's clean air act to control acid rain. this was an approach that president george h. w. bush and other republicans had championed as a market-based way to achieve environmental results. even though we were using a republican idea as our cornerstone, and had industry support, no republican in the senate would support the bill. as a matter of strategy, the republican efforts to demonize our bill may have made political sense. it set back our efforts to address climate change and achievement -- achieve energy independence by many years. protection of the environment is now a partisan battleground and on the preeminent environmental threats o

tpaoeulgts national security -- vital national security interests. we owe it to the men and women who are serving in harm's way as we speak. so the bills that need to be, aspects of the defense appropriations bill that need to be taken away, eliminated are $300 million for medical research. and i'm sure that the medical research is important but it has nothing to do with national defense. and it is $50 million for peer-reviewed alzheimer's research, $150 million for peer reviewed breast cancer research, $12.8 million for peer reviewed lung cancer research, $20 million for peer reviewed ovarian cancer research, $80 million for peer reviewed prostate cancer research. all are worthy causes. none have anything to do with defending this country. if they want to be funded -- and i'm sure they deserve to be funded in many respects -- they should come out of the health and human services appropriations, not out of defense. what's happened around here over the years is the willie sutton syndrome. they once asked the famous bank robber willie sutton why he rob

last night the united nations security council agreed that resolution. immediate establishment of a ceasefire and a complete end to violence and all attacks against, and abuses of, civilians." it establishes "a ban on all flights" in the airspace of the -- of libya in order to help protect civilians" and authorizes member states to take "all necessary measures to enforce compliance with the ban." crucially, it says this in paragraph four. it also "authorizes member states, acting nationally or through regional organizations and or arrangements, and acting in co-operation with the secretary general, to take all necessary measures, to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack, including benghazi." mr. speaker, the resolution both authorizes and sets the limits of our action. specifically, it excludes an occupation force of any form, on any part of libyan territory, which was a clear agreement between all the sponsors of the resolution, including the uk, and of course, also the arab league. i absolutely believe this is the right

both of our nations. we have always had a special bond with our nation's to the south -- our neighbors to the south. many americans proudly trace their roots to latin america. in an increasingly global economy, our partnership with these nations is only going to become more vital as a source of growth and prosperity, not just for the people of latin america, but for the american people as well. >> hello. i have the great privilege of serving washington state's third congressional district. i would like to begin by saying on behalf of the people i represent, that we are thinking of the people of japan and praying for them as they continue to deal with the devastation following last week's earthquake and tsunami. i have only been in congress for two months now, but i like to think of my job as being just for washington. rising costs of gas and health care, and other challenges, are keeping small business owners struggling while at the same time they wonder what kind of that tax hike the government will hand

nation's deficit requires us to make our nation's transportation system less safe. as we move forward in negotiations with the senate over final f.a.a. re-authorization i remain committed to helping our air transportation system and hope our republican colleagues will join in this effort. in conclusion, i'd like to speak to a measure for a provision in the underlying bill that has me greatly troubled and that has to do with union elections. it is staggering to me that we've decided that we're going to count no votes or not voting as a no vote. i just took a look at the winning numbers for our leadership. our speaker was elected in 2010 with 142,700 votes. his opponents and those who weren't registered totaled 482,170 votes. if we had used the same theory, the same strategy for our own elections and for the election of speaker boehner he would have lost that election by 339,000 votes, and that goes for each of us. and perhaps the public wants that. maybe we should all be counting nonvoting as no votes as we could completely change this house of representatives, but t

but defunding national free programming, now, that's a national crisis. i figure they think if they can't catch bin laden then they ought to go after "prairie home companion." n.p.r. provides a vital function in a democracy. it's also twice as popular as the afghanistan war. and it supports 21,000 jobs. that's 21,000 jobs more than the republican agenda would create. vote against h.r. 1076. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentlelady from california reserves. mrs. blackburn: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from tennessee reserves. the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: while republicans insist today that n.p.r. is a four-letter word, the real attack is on k.u.t. and similar public radio. texans rely on kut. the only biased on those who begin with "morning edition" is a biased for truth. my constituents turn to

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> as events evolve in libya, accurate information from the u.n. and its partners about the situation on the ground is scarce due to ongoing security concerns in the country. however preliminary information coming from eastern libya suggests that normalcy is returning. the military arm is taking measures to make sure we are prepared for any eventuality. i'm very concerned by the alarming reports of continued violence in the country. there are reports that civilians, including women and children have been wounded and gravely injured. while there are no confirmed numbers of deaths and wounded, estimates range from hundreds to thousands. we appeal to all parties to refrain from violence against civilians. tens of thousands of people from win libya are crossing borders, mainly into egypt and tunisia. as of this morning, the estimated number of people who have crossed into egypt since the beginning of the crisis is now over 61,000, while the number of those crossing the border o

absolutely and you know look national security is one of the most meaningless terms that they ever came up with it's an ad hoc subjective determination to justify whatever they want to do including the multi decade support of hosni mubarak the dictator of egypt post the dictators in tunisia yemen. you know all over that region as well as in latin america and other parts of the world and well i think americans need to be doing dina's doing exactly what the people in the middle east are doing is start reflecting on what is the role of our government in all this you know in creating the the anger and hatred that is engender the terrorist threat that ben is used as the excuse to take away our freedoms we need to be doing some soul searching over here just like people over there are doing are doing soul searching but you're saying look the u.s. has supported some of these regimes some would say brutal regimes forgot days now but now when we saw the situation in egypt what we heard from the media was sort of all about these out pro-democracy reformers no one was really talking about u.s. supp

[applause] because we are a nation of risk takers. that is how the nation started. i am an island. i was born here in waterloo, iowa almost 55 years ago to the week. i am a seventh generation iowa andnn. my forebears were tall strapping norwegians who came from norway where it was only 2% tillable land. they risked everything to pack up their five children and come to ottawa because they heard that this was the land of milk and honey -- iowa is the land of milk and honey. we had one person clap for that. i agree with you. i think you are absolutely right, thank you. and yet, everything that my great great grandparents worked for that your ancestors worked for is at risk today. what happens between now and november 6 2012, is -- especially here in iowa, will force the difference with what happens in 2012. do you think you are up to it? i know you are up to it. i know you are. because what we are about to determine together here in iowa is whether or not, quite frankly, we will pass the american dream on to this next generation. this has faithfully happen, at least for the seven gene

we need to take this nation up to the next level of our destiny. i am hopeful that the next president of the united states, whose ideas and principles you help forge it today, will lay out an agenda and you can spe the plant and the platform for the next president of the united states, whose ticket will be punched out of i will and will be on his way to new hampshire. i hope we can link what we believe in on the whole spectrum of the seventh of ideas and but another ticket out of new hampshire now to south carolina and launched that president to the white house so that barack obama is a o-term president. [applause] in the process i want to do this. if you are going to have a victory, you have to imagine that victory in your mind's eye. i have laid out a strategy for the repeal of obamacare. here is the balance of this strategy. we pass the repeal in the house. we need to continue to put the pressure on theenate. we need to shut off the funding to implement obamacare off $5.50 billion in automatic spending has to be shut off. we have to elt a presid

how does that help our national interest? the other two ladies -- we are involved in other countries, giving money to their military. a couple of years down the road, they are knifing us in the back. we have to stop giving all this aid to governments and let them figure out what they want to do. for heaven's sakes, it is not in our national interest to give money to people to stop having babies in the third world countries. we have to help our own citizens. that is all i would like to say. maybe one of these days, which will have a nice, big town hall meeting where mrs. lowey is actually there. guest: i have been in office for 22 years. every year, i go to the supermarkets, libraries, office hours, and please call my office. you do not have to wait for a great, big meeting. i would be delighted to meet you one-on-one. i think it is important to know that we do not live in isolation. we are all connected. in the days of one part of the world and not getting to the other part -- what happens, be it in japan or china, what happe

but defunding national free programming, now, that's a national crisis. i figure they think if they can't catch bin laden then they ought to go after "prairie home companion." n.p.r. provides a vital function in a democracy. it's also twice as popular as the afghanistan war. and it supports 21,000 jobs. that's 21,000 jobs more than the republican agenda would create. vote against h.r. 1076. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentlelady from california reserves. mrs. blackburn: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from tennessee reserves. the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: while republicans insist today that n.p.r. is a four-letter word, the real attack is on k.u.t. and similar public radio. texans rely on kut. the only biased on those who begin with "morning edition" is a biased for truth. my constituents turn to

security interests, our national debt is hurting our national security. so the first thing we'll look at in this bill, in foreign aid is our funding for places-- nations like israel, where we have a commitment and made a commitment some time ago. iraq as our troops leave iraq and the state department takes over a lot of the responsibilities in iraq. afghanistan, pakistan, and certainly mexico, at our southern border, that is-- the violence is spilling over into our border states, and so funding and helping our neighbor be secure and have a stable economy and safety is very important, and that's where we'll start. >> woodruff: well, help us understand this concept of national security a little bit better, because if it helps our national security to make families stronger, why, for example-- there was a, i believe a 40% cut in the world-- in the food aid program. why is that not considered vital to national security? >> it's not saying that-- that-- i don't believe it's vital as it is, for instance, securing our borders and help with mexico and their fight

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> more from the national association for business economic conference with the discussion on how members can work together on the federal budget despite political differences. here are comments from palmer -- former republican tom davis and stuart rothenberg. this is 45 minutes. >> i want to once again thank the peterson foundation for their strong support of the educational initiatives. this session is sponsored by adolf laurenti -- he will moderate this session. >> thank you. first of all, nabe past president is not with us. unfortunately she has to be in california after the passing of her father in law. i am adolf laurenti. i in the deputy chief economist and i have the privilege to continue this discussion of the public finance situation with two terrific speakers. they need no introductions, but for the benefits of this who come from distant lands, let me say tom davis served for seven terms in congress representing virginia's 11th district. home among the

ads saying if you like the governor we're going to pass a single payer health care plan lead the nation and as you mentioned make up your right not a privilege and you know i won the election it was in a wide margin but we won and you know i intend to get it done i mean it's just incredibly important you know we live in a society where number one poor people low income people are increasingly little class people can't afford health care to get access. privileging not a right isn't it isn't in many ways a bigger step forward for health care reform than even obamacare well you know i don't want to get too carried away because you know we haven't passed it yet and we've got a long way to travel. you know plenty of landmines to confront yet as you can imagine there are plenty of people special interest insurance companies from super industry people who are making so much money off of our health of they're going to try their best for this down if they can i'm very optimistic they can do it and you know if we do i do believe we'll get health care right we'll get costs under control we'll be a

by one national federal standard. we simply can't build schools and provide an equal high quality education for 60 million children in 50 different states, in 15,000 locally controlled school districts, in 3,100 counties, in 19,000 cities across this country one school at a time. if there's enough money to fight the war in iraq, if there's enough money which this congress keeps writing the check for to fight the war in afghanistan, if there's enough money to spend $550 million in one week bombing libya, then, mr. speaker, we can find the money in this congress to rebuild these schools, reduce unemployment, put 15 million unemployed americans to work and change the course of our country. if we can put 15 million americans to work, we can wipe out the nation's debt. its deficit. and provide a long future for the american people. with that said, mr. speaker, i'd like to yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the chair now recognizes the gentlem

in the nation's capital, officials for pacific gas and electric will face questions from the nationalportation safety board about decisions they made prior to a pipeline explosion that killed eight people in california last september. >>> and today marks the beginning of national women's history month highlighting the extraordinary contributions women have made in the course of our nation's history. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. the latest live from libya as embattled leader moammar gadhafç speaks out defiantly insisting he's not going anywhere. >>> and charlie sheen isn't done talking yet. meet the women he calls his goddesses in a new interview with nbc's jeff rossen. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day t

but defunding national free programming, now, that's a national crisis. i figure they think if they can't catch bin laden then they ought to go after "prairie home companion." n.p.r. provides a vital function in a democracy. it's also twice as popular as the afghanistan war. and it supports 21,000 jobs. that's 21,000 jobs more than the republican agenda would create. vote against h.r. 1076. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentlelady from california reserves. mrs. blackburn: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from tennessee reserves. the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: while republicans insist today that n.p.r. is a four-letter word, the real attack is on k.u.t. and similar public radio. texans rely on kut. the only biased on those who begin with "morning edition" is a biased for truth. my constituents turn to

it continually repeats itself throughout our nation year in and year out. according to the cbc, 36 children per day, to classrooms full, are being diagnosed with cancer and related to genetics or family history. as trevor's law states, cancer is the second leading cause of death among children exceeded only by accident. many of us young cancer survivors will forever face chronic health challenges resulting in the heroic medical measures used to save our lives. children who have had cancer often experienced confusion and embarrassment as they try to return to a so-called normal life and are dealing with the physical side effects related to their cancer and treatment. i can attest to that. several years ago when cancer struck me, i fought so hard for my life. i fought for the countless number of needle pricks, the blood transfusions, maza, vomiting and physical therapy so i could live to see the sunrise and the snowfall. i'm so grateful to be alive. still, the aftermath from the cancer treatment that i have endured have affected me in many ways. every morning

is a national security issues. i do not want to diminish the importance of foreign assistance are humanitarian aid, but this category and is what our troopers and have fought so hard and sacrificed so much to achieve need to cement the gains on the ground. again, we do clear and hold that it is state that does the bill. yes, we have every construction program and funding, but we needed the state aid experts, the people, and we need them to have the funding to enable them to do what is necessary again to build on, to complement our efforts, and to consolidate those gains in support of the development of our afghan partners and their institutions and basic services and so forth. >> for earlier this week when he the board were in seeking republican nomination for president, ask this question. what does it matter to eliminate san jori for extremist? they can operate just as well elsewhere. >> the truth is, they can operate anywhere. and we have sought to do that. we had something like 80% of the deployed special operat

the national medal of arts and the national humanity metal are presented each year. this is about 30 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president and mrs. michelle obama. [fanfare surrounding] ["hail to the chief" playing] >> thank you very much, everyone. please have a seat. hello, everybody. it is wonderful to have all of you here. i want to make mention of some folks in particular that have helped us to celebrate the arts and humanities for many years. first of all, if i am not mistaken, our democratic leader in the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, a great champion of the arts, is here. there she is. the chairman of the national endowment for the arts, rocco landesman is here. the chairman of the national endowment for the humanities, jim leach, is here to. the two most powerful people in the white house, jill biden and michelle obama, are here. and two recipients who were unable to be here, but who we love, i want to make sure they are and knowledge. meryl streep and harper lee could not be here today, but they will be receiving their awards as well. so

it's come to other nations. when it comes to us, the compromise that both sides of the aisle will have to work out is the other side of the aisle will have to admit we cannot have enormous domestic spending, and our side of the aisle will have to admit that we can't give a blank check to the military. we will also have to look at entitlements. everyone's afraid to say how we reform entitlements, but there are two inescapable facts with entitlements. we're living longer, and there is a lot of people that were born after world war ii that are getting ready to retire. these are inescapable demographic facts. we have to address them. if we simply do nothing, if we do not address the entitlements, within a decade, entitlements will account for the entire budget and interest. there will be no money left for anything. so right now, the argument is about all these other programs. there will be no money left for any of these programs if we do nothing. it's going to take both sides of the aisle grappling with this and adm

but defunding national free programming, now, that's a national crisis. i figure they think if they can't catch bin laden then they ought to go afte "prairie home companion." n.p.r. provides a vital function in a democracy. it's also twice as popular as the afghanistan war. and it supports 21,000 jobs. that's 21,000 jobs more than the republican agenda would create. vote against h.r. 1076. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentlelady from california reserves. mrs. blackburn: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from tennessee reserves. the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: while republicans insist today that n.p.r. is a four-letter word, the real attack is on k.u.t. and similar public radio. texans rely on kut. the only biased on those who begin with "morning edition" is a biased for truth. my constituents turn to