ambassador circuit the national level and rock stars 10 to work at that level as well and what has been impressive when we look at one of the lessons from the polio program has been our ability to work or to learn to work at the some national level. i think what is -- these are probably some of the most impressive photographs from the eradication program. on the far left to have the director-general of who not meeting with the prime minister of india because that wasn't the key to revocation but the key minister travelling to where she was based and understand or the challenges and how do we help. similarly in the bottom picture here she is on the border of pakistan with the governors and the leadership of that key province. this is a picture of mr. gates's trip to nigeria earlier this year, he went up north and met with the leaders of the traditional leadership, the sultan of sokoto and that with the nigerian governors, not with the president of the governors to help the two lavers to control in the vaccination of children in those areas so again not just advocacy we all talk about but

we engage in the national level, rock stars worked at the national, international level. what has been impressive when we look at one of the lessons has been our ability to work, to learned to work at the sub national level. these are the most impressive photographs from the eradication program. you have the director general of who, not meeting with the prime minister because that was not the key eradication but the chief minister travelling out to where she was based to understand the challenges and how do we help. in the bottom picture, here she is on the border with pakistan with the governors, the leadership of that key province. this is a picture of mr. gates's trip to nigeria, he went up north, met with the leaders of the traditional leadership, the sultan of sikoto, and he met with the nigerian governors who led the true believers to the vaccination of children in those areas. not just advocates, we talk about advocacy but advocacy at the level where it is going to make a level of getting kids vaccinated. you have to get to the subnational level and there are not a

zá, to work at the sub national level.and i think what's most -- these are probably some of the most impressive photographs from i think the eradication program. on the far left there you have the director general of w.h.o., not meeting with the prime minister of india because that wasn't the key to eradication but the chief minister, traveling out to where she was based, understand what were the challenges, how do we help. similarly in the bottom picture on the border of pakistan, with the leadership of that key province. this is the picture of mr. gates's trip to nigeria earlier this year. he went up north, met with the leaders of the traditional leadership, the sultan of socoto and then met with the nigerian governors, not with the president, but the governors who held the true levers to so not just advocacy we talk about advocacy but at a level where it will make a difference to get kids vaccinated you have to get at the some national level we are not a good at mapping that politically, not a good at planning how you c

at the local, state, and national level. and i'm certainly would be willing to entertain language that would suggest that there ought to guarantee that these would listen to our states and our communities and what their priorities are. i wouldn't want to mandate that be the only criteria we use in determining these issues. >> mr. chairman, with all the new programs that we've got, what we're afraid of is having a bunch of stove pipes that don't really address the needs of the state or the local -- and i'm sure senator coburn would be happy to revise this to make sure that the three most important things of each of the communities would be considered as well. but the information ought to be coming that direction. we've got so many federal programs already, workforce investment act is one of those, we have stove pipes what you can use the money for. just because you have a bigger need over here and you don't have anybody that qualifies doesn't mean this money can be shifted over here. >> mr. chairman, that stove pipe issue is

and his willingness to allow us to say our opinions on many of the most important issues at the national level, and this has led to many of the issues and the topics that are at the table in the days before the g8 summit. [speaking italian] >> we want this to reach a concrete solution. and we want to reach the concrete solutions on many important issues. [speaking italian] >> the first issue is the world economy, and the economic crisis and how to get out of this. [speaking italian] >> and we have also discussed the work that the ministers of the economy are carrying out to try to discover the principles of the rules for the similar situation, similar situations to what we are experiencing. [speaking italian] >> we both agreed on the fact that the g8 would not be able to produce this, this would be just one of the steps that are leading to this, for the g-20 summit where we would finally reached rules that would be shared by everyone, whether these are going to affect or hinder the establishment of the government. [speaking italian] >> and we have discussed other issues, one of them that will

accomplish success consistent with what we believe we -- this will bring about it adopted at the national level. host: but judge reggie walton, chair of the national prison rape prevention commission. thank you appeared in a couple of minutes, the situation in honduras and a broader discussion of what is next with u.s. policy toward colombia and central america in general. and a 5-4 decision by the supreme court and many other decisions by this court as it wraps up for the summer recess this last day of june. "washington journal" continues in just a minute. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded? >> donations, maybe? >> government? >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding? >> a public funding think? >> may be, i don't know. >> 30 years ago america's cable companies greeted c-span as a public service, a private business initiatives. no government mandate, no government money. >> this holiday weekend on open. >> tv." and unfamiliar side of the nation's first pr

appreciative, we have a service in indianapolis of all fathers, and i hope we can keep that a national level. >> absolutely, i think this is important to emphasize. 23% of young people are growing up without fathers. now in the african-american community, it's 50% or maybe a little lower. so there is a real crisis going on in the african-american community on this issue. but it's a more pervasive issue. i went to an organization called year-up, that has young people getting trained after high school, most of them. on specific job-training skills and computer skills and how to conduct themselves in an office and write an e-mail, etc. and i said specifically to the young men, you can't use anything as an excuse not to be involved with your children. you know, cause kids they won't judge you based on whether you are wealthy or poor. they will judge you if you are abusive to their mother. they will judge you in terms of you not showing up when they need you. that's what makes a difference. and kids will respect their fathers if their fathers are showing kindness and are modeling that they are wo

and resolve it at the national level, at least for national elections, instead of going through these endless highly partisan, incredibly divisive fights at the state legislature level. that's really the question. it's not that congress, you know, as you know, i'm not sitting here singing congress's praises or how they reacted in 2006, but, you know, you're going to have it done somewhere and i would rather have it done there. >> the other thing is you said look, only 2% of submitted changes are not precleared. >> the point -- .02%. >> but that's because all these jurisdictions know what they have to do in order to get their changes precleared, but then they've got to move forward with elections. they can't afford to litigate the situation, to argue with the justice department, legally and politically impossible for them to do so. so they do what they know the justice department will insist on, sore the percentage of objections is incredibly small. >> i'm roger clay with the center for quality opportunity. one of the problems with section 5 now is that it has an an effects test, which

people need to go through a process and work towards citizenship, but that needs to come from the national levelall of the stereotyping, the way that immigration is used by people from the right wing is frankly scary. host: this common comes from a viewer in the mississippi river, gulf coast region. we're joined from south carolina. caller: good morning, senator, you said we need a legal path to citizenship. we have one. it was working quite well. the problem is that some people do not want to follow it. i don't know what your population is in california, but if you have two million people paying their taxes and another two million sponging off of it, how in the world do expect to balance your budget? what is in california do like south carolina did in start passing their own loss to keep these illegal immigrants out? guest: again, i would give the same answer. i think the immigration issue is real and it touches a nerve with a lot of people. but most people who come to this country and to the state of california come to work. i think we ought to encourage that with the legal process that has fr

>> i have not talked to anybody at the national level. i never felt that responsibility. in the end, he will have to make judgments that he will make. other senators will make judgments that they make. 60 is a magic number. not everybody votes in lockstep. i never felt any pressure about that. i felt a commitment to getting it right. i felt a strong sense that it was fundamentally important that every vote be counted. i thought it was important to pursue that as far as we could. we have. the state court has issued its opinion. i never really worried about 60 votes or 59 votes. >> what does that mean for the senate? >> we will have to say. we will have to see. again, we will have to see -- it is not just about him. it is other senators. senator specter was a republican. now he is a democrat. he never always voted with our side. i think a lot of people are putting a lot into this 60 number. when it comes to the big issues, there are a lot of democrats who do not always vote with the democratic party line and there are some republicans who do not vote with the republican par

at the national level, you have to realize that the president of the united states, the national government be, is faced with the most severe economic crisis since the last severe economic crisis which is about 30 years ago. i'm not trying to be facetious but, you know, we have to keep this in perspective. we have to pay attention to the economy and to domestic issues. i get asked that question a lot. i get asked why don't you pay more attention to latin america. believe it or not latin america compared to other parts of the world has been doing better than africa or israel-palestine, you know, the middle east, southwest asia, pakistan, central asia. so latin america has been relatively well off. second, the latin americans -- the lathan leaders do not help themselves in relations with the united states. when you have leaders of -- freely elected and democratic governments like chile, for example, going to havana to kiss the ring of fidel castro because that's basically what they were doing, it doesn't elevate the president of chile to the level of fidel castro. it lower them to the level o

congresswoman, at the national level, there was coordination within the days and weeks, of course there's coordination constantly. but we were as we learned about the holding company problems, the aig financial products division in london, we learned that the holding company challenges could have implications for the insurance subsidiaries. and immediately nationally the regulators worked collectively daily, multiple calls, meetings, visits, regulators from around the country, because, of course, policyholders are based in every state of the country with aig. in addition to that, led by the new york department the state regulators led national -- i'm sorry international conference calls giving our colleagues from the e.u. an all continent, the opportunity to participate in the discussion to determine the root cause of the problem is not a u.s. insurance company problem, and those conversations still continue to this day. >> well, it appears that the insurance sector has fared better than the banking and the securities counter parts in the current economic crisis. what are the reasons for

why should it be so on a national level? a public option goes a long way to introducing quality advancements and innovation that many do not now have the incentive to implement privately. medicare and the veterans health system have spearheaded important innovations in the past including payment methods, quality of care initiatives, and nferlings technology advancements -- information technology advancements and this could lead the way in bringing more innovation to delivery system and introducing new measures to reduce costs and improve quality. a public option serves as a benchmark for all insurers setting a standard for costs, quality, and access within regional or national marketplaces. it can have low administrative costs and have a broad choice for providers. simply put, americans

guide our oversight we are employing extensive risk management strategies at the local, state and national levelsncluding communication and education efforts, and our division office and national review teams are providing oversight. we are monitoring progress and risk by analyzing data we have received to identify trends or problem areas and making real-time corrections as needed. successful deployment of highway dollars under the recovery act will remain a top priority at fhwa as we continue to work to deliver recovery act funds and get america's economy moving again. mr. chairman, this concludes my remarks and i will be happy to answer your questions. >> thank you very much for the wealth of detail. appreciate your presentation. and now mr. boardman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning to you and all the members. thank you for the invitation to testify to the committee. the companies in motion and work is underway, not only with the vast task of an oversight of both internal and external projects that will ultimately modernize and transform the amtrak system. we have been working closely

and our organization on a local and national level operates on a cost and cycle and responding to disasters and preparing for the future. red cross rep. regularly participates in activities to build capacity to partner to plan, prepared, exercise and evaluate our capability is here this spring is a critical time of year for us because typically responding to tornadoes and floods in one part of the country what the same time preparing for potential demands of the upcoming hurricane season. to meet expected needs and material resources have been prepossession and 23 warehouses across the country for easy access and mobilization, we have completed a detailed assessment of our communications equipment inventory and verify their readiness of our nation wide disaster fleet. the national shelter system is ready and now contains shelter locations in capacity information for over 55,000 buildings that could be potentially used as shelters across this country. the national shelter system is used for both planning and operational decisions and records all shelter openings and closings and overnight po

and then there is also the issue of copenhagen, the national level you have got the markey bill wouldappropriate as the provision which actually requires the u.s. president to impose tariffs on the countries that do not have the cap and trade provisions all the kind that likes the markey bill actually puts in place. if not my own reading is that, it most certainly is inconsistent. and it is going to be challenged if the u.s. -- the president himself has been advised, he certainly has good advisors out there so he issued a statement yesterday that he was not very pleased about this particular provision or so at least you know, he is on the right side of it but nevertheless there is a requirement in the bill that the president must do that. and if it does happen, it is almost certain to be challenged in the wto. and even, in the countries like china and india were to lose on that, you can be sure that there will be retaliation, you know, certainly in there for legal retaliation because, but china also threatened dumping and also. you can be sure that there is going to be retaliation on

that was a damn good thing since the republican party on the local state and national level was tryingo kill my candidacy every step of the way. but i got up to washington, d.c., and i was fascinated by my experience of their. and i write about it in my book that actuall y

i believe that she -- is what we should be doing at the national level as well. host: a big issue when congress returns, what are your thoughts of barack obama's nomination to the supreme court? guest: i think we need people like her in the supreme court. i made some nominations myself at the state level and i want our courts to represent us all. and she is a fine and very strong jurist, i would say that. i have read some of what she has published as opinions, and she is someone who is really a balanced jurist in that sense. so i have favored sonia sotomayor's nomination and i hope she gets confirmed. host: on the republican line, a christian from corpus christi, texas. caller:buenos dias -- como estas? i can't believe how much pressure you must be under to be in your particular position. guest: we all have to do what we've got to do. host: democratic line, tommy from oklahoma. caller: how are you guys doing this morning? first of all, you say -- i would say i hope your territory becomes a state, and i want to ask how come it has not become a state yet? i don't u

is evidence that global investors -- global investors -- are increasingly concerned about our nation's level of debt and the real potential for future inflation. in recent weeks, treasury secretary geithner traveled to china to attempt to ease growing concerns about our ability to pay off our growing debts. when geithner told an audience of chinese students at beijing university that -- quote -- "chinese assets are very safe," end quote, the reports are that this statement drew loud laughter. it really is not a laughing matter for us. it is serious. tough action, not -- quote -- "i'll tell you what you want to hear speeches" -- is what we need. on the state and local front, our economic indicators are equally troubling. on thursday, the rockefeller institute on government issued a report on state personal income tax revenues for 2009. they're falling fast. 34 of the 37 states in the saw declines in tax revenues indicating that it will be increasingly more difficult than expected for states to close their widening budget gaps. i can hear calls for more bailouts, but my question is: who's goin

. >> i would like to see a joint task force because the ftc will have expert at the national level and with inspection there's a real role for the fcc but when it comes to the added cell and the consumer itself it's the ftc. >> this is going to envelop you'll see more, voice-over-internet and everything over the internet. all communication is going to be through that media and so -- you know, i think the fcc has a part and parcel role. >> i think i'd echo a nod to the ftc in terms of our business model for cookie-related activity. the ftc for over a decade for its workshops on the technology has been instrumental in raising awareness of the policy and technical issues and very much determinative for setting the direction for self-regulation. as for other business models and other regulatory schemes, i wouldn't be able to speak to that. >> mr. cleaver? >> ftc is the close with fcc. if you want to pass legislation that'd be the only tragedy. >> thank you very much, mr. stearns. mr. weiner is recognized for five minutes. >> could you ask perhaps for the for miss huang to talk about experi

our organization on the local and national level operates at constant cycle of responding to disasters preparing for the future. red cross regularly participates in activities to build capacity to partner to plant prepare exercise and evaluate our -- organization. if completed a detailed assessment of communications equipment inventory and verify their readiness of our nation wide disaster fleet. the national shelter system is ready and now contains shelter locations and capacity information for over 55,000 buildings that could be potentially used to shelter across the country. the national shelter system is used for planning and operational decisions and includes openings and overnight populations on a daily basis. we have made the national shelter system available to fema and to all the states free of charge. and it's also currently being used by 12 other national non-government partners. stephan for disaster operations is also a critical function requires that financed planning. while we focus on the use of local volunteers and when possible we also have a cadre of people trained an

will be an issue particularly at state level, medical use of marijuana and a less and will be a national level and should be. with a look on the one side of tobacco it kills, tobacco related illnesses kill former thousand americans a year, more than vehicular accidents, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, combined. it is far and away the largest cause of preventable death in this country -- tobacco is. compared to which marijuana looks relatively benign. there are intelligent men and women of goodwill who insist it is a gateway drug to worst drugs, but i tend increasingly to believe that my old friend and employer, bill buckley, and his magazine national review were right when more than a decade ago conservative magazine national review said that drug war is lost and we have to find something to do besides introduction -- that is fighting the drug problem on the supply side in. instead we have to deal with the demand and may have to particularly make more careful discriminations between the things we have prescribed -- marijuana is not cocaine and its affect and social cost of all the rest. so i think t

to bring that kind of a system to a national level steers the heck out of me. i happen to me on medicare and frankly i do not like the idea i was forced to take medicare -- guest: you are not forced. there is no law that forces you to take medicare. you can pay for it out of your own pocket, you can come up with other options. but we spend 16 percent of the federal budget to give people a choice, making a huge people -- different lots of americans. there is no gun in your head. caller: medicare has to be my primary and by private insurer has to be my secondary and now medicare is gatekeeper for united healthcare and instead of getting the test that i need before preventative maintenance, i have to wait a year for a prostate exam, concerns about pet scans and cats can't ping allowable and my wife had lung cancer -- guest: i would strongly recommend. you have great people in new jersey. i strongly recommend you talk to your member of congress about being forced to wait a year for a prostate exam. let me go back to my comments, objective data by independent source

>> he started his political career, the main part of the national level in the u.s. house of representatives and he was expertise in the area of taxes. he then was put on the district of columbia court of appeals by president roosevelt and then he was back into the administration secretary of treasury and then truman, he and truman struck up a friendship and he was appointed to the courts by truman at a time when there's a lot of in-fighting on the course, a lot of conflict. vincent was known as a very affable person and seem to get along with people on both sides of the political aisle social and thought he would be a good person to bring some peace to the courts in unanimity to the court -- it didn't quite work out that way but that was the intended reason for appointing him. >> why did and it worked out? >> in the book we tried to explain the major reasons, one is the members of the court did not think that justice vinson was their intellectual equal, many, one was felix frankfurter who have been a harvard professor of law and in the roosevelt administration. so h

it's now time to take these steps at a national level. for too long we accepted the status quo on energy. and now with the american clean energy secure act woo can put america on a path to energy independence, create new jobs, and save billions in the long run. i support this rule and urge my colleagues to join us in supporting this rule and legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, madam speaker. i would like to inquire upon the gentlewoman if she has additional speakers? ms. matsui: i have no additional speakers. mr. sessions: i thank the gentlewoman. ill aid he lao toik yield the remained -- i'd like to yield the remarnede of the time to the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. dreier: i thank my friend for his superb management. american people are hurting. we know that very well. we hear it daily. jobs are being lost. people a

so this is something that needs to be done on a national level and it's something that everybody working together is going to be able to get accomplished. mr. boccieri: i know that there might be some apprehension out there from our seniors about health care reform. and let me stress to you that our plan allows you to keep the doctor that you want to keep. if you like the doctor that you're seeing, you can continue seeing that doctor. if you don't like the doctor that you're seeing and would like to get into a different plan, it will allow you to go into a different plan, build more freedom under this bill. there will be more freedom under these proposals. and we're going to make sure that physicians are telling our seniors, health care professionals are telling our seniors the type of health care that they need, whether this m.r.i. was authorized, whether this cancer treatment was necessary and prudent. we want health care prolvesals to do that. we don't want bean counters making decisions based upon what the bottom line and dollars are going go to be. and the gentlelady was talking abo

national health insurance exchange, the public plan, and federal regulation. the concept as a health insurance exchange is fairly new. it has limited application of the state level. some may argue that the program is analogous to an exchange or a national exchange. there is no government sponsored health care plan in thesfhb. the former governor of massachusetts and state officials developed an exchange. one of the key advantages called the connector was that it would allow employers and small businesses to get access to portable health insurance cash free. the coverage would be available during the exchange. it would be considered group coverage and would enjoy the powerful advantages. the health insurance exchange is an excellent idea. should be promoted as a state institution at the state level. with regard to the public plan, the bill proposes the secretary of the department of health and human services deal with the plan which is to play on a level playing field. medicare payment rates are set below the private sector. the public plan would enjoy an advantage over competing private health plans. analysis shows the use of medicare payment rates would result

today, the nation's unemployment level is fast approaching 10%. that means one out of every 10 americans will soon be without a job and a paycheck to provide for themselves and their families. this national energy tax will drive up the taxes. when utility, which is even supporting this legislation has already applied to state regulators to raise their electricity rates in anticipation of the costs to comply with this national energy tax. while the speaker wants to make -- pay more in energy taxes, they will not impose those hardships on their people. this should not surprise us. as our mothers used ask, if everyone else jump off a bridge, would you? neither will china or india. they recognize that this is equal to jumping off an economic cliff. what does a yes vote mean? it means that more jobs moved to china and india and fewer americans have jobs and there is no reduction in global greenhouse gases. because this bill was rushed to the floor and because the american people were not given a chance to review it, because their representatives were no

togetherage jent generals from if eastern and gulf coast states along with the chief of the national guard level and my boss and for the opportunity to look at gaps and also work with fema and other interagencies and provide a rist of short falls that we anticipate based on current deployments for the 2009 hurricane season. additional planning for the 2009 hurricane season included discussions with u.s. transportation command on arrow medical evacuation, general population evacuation, discussions with the department of homeland security, and also fema. health and human services, and our service component commands. all of these are planning conferences and table top exercises we've conducted for this season. if and when called northern command continues to stand ready to provide robust support to civil authorities during the 2009 hurricane season. thank you for the opportunity to present today and i stand ready to answer your questions. >> thank you, general. we very much appreciate it. >> thank you very much, madam chairman. and to our distinguished panel and certainly a good opportunity to list

today, the nation's unemployment level is fast approaching 10%. that means one out of every 10 americans will soon be without a job and without a paycheck to provide for themselves and their families. yet, this national energy tax will drive up prices while making jobs scarcer. in fact, one utility, which is even supporting this legislation, has already applied to state regulators to raise their electricity rates in anticipation of the cost of complying with this national energy tax. while the speaker wants us to pay more in energy taxes, china and india have repeatedly said they will not follow suit. they'll not impose those hardships on their people. this shouldn't surprise us. as our mothers used to ask, if everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you? of course not. neither will china and india. they reckon acting these caps is like -- they recognize enacting these caps is like jumping off a cliff. more manufacturing jobs will move to china and india. fewer americans have jobs and there is no reduction in global greenhouse gases. and because thi

national priority? is this something that in these times with the deficits and debt that we have, is this the sort of thing that rises to the level of a national priority such that we should borrow 46 cents on the dollar, increase the deficit further, increase the debt further and put ourselves in these kinds of problems? as i mentioned, madam chair, it's not that this particular project stands out over others. it could be this one or many others that exist in this bill or in many of the other appropriation bills that we'll look at this year. and i think, madam chair, that the people of this country would be better served if we saved this money, didn't spend it, didn't borrow it and tried to have a little better rein on some of their money. and with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. dicks: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dicks: first of all, i want to say we strongly oppose this amendment. we have checked on this project. we think this is a great project and think it's worthy and provides a lot of public

condition in the 14 national cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the national park service are not maintained at the same high level as the national cemeteries administered by the department of veterans affairs of the of these 14 cemeteries, two of them, one in georgia and one in tennessee are still open and interveterans. while on active duty as a colonel, i visited andersonville with officers. and i discovered the conditions of the cemetery to be unacceptable and not to the standard that these heroes have earned. the grave markers had not been washed in some time, as you can see in this photo. the markers are completely out of line. the weeds have grown up around the markers. shrubbery had not been cared for in the manner that it should. and it appears that the attention had not been given to these graves that i believe it should have been. i had an amendment that should have been ruled in order, but it was not under the rule. it would have required the secretary of interior to contract with the -- with an independent organization to conduct a study of all national park service cemeteries and identify the improve

, when the deficit is at a record level, when we have already as we stand here tonight as a nation, accumulated over 60 thousands billion dollars of unfunded libets that must be paid by future generations. medicare runs out of money in 96 months. we have saddled our children and grandchildren with a level of debt never before seen in our nation's history since world war ii. and for what end? we in this fiscally liberal majority in congress passed this massive -- what they call a stimulus bill that all by itself spent more money in one stroke than the entire annual budget of the united states. the bailout bills, which i also voted against, i voted against $2.6 trillion of spending under president bush. i have already had to vote against about $1.3 trillion of spending under president obama. those of us in the minority, the fiscal conservatives in the minority are doing everything we know how to do to bring to the attention of the american people the urgency and immediacy of the problem that we as congress have got to stop spending money, no new debt, no new spending has got to be th

nation. the abundant level of demand reduction in renewable resources at the local level in the regions. developing renewable resources is a top priority for the commonwealth as i'm sure it is for states across the country. we believe that renewable resources in our state and along the eastern seaboard both onshore and offshore represent one of the nation's most promising and yet underdeveloped renewable sources of energy. while they currently exceed those offon shore installations, they're much closer to the load centers and in research and development efforts focused on reducing costs and improving reliability, promise to make offshore competive and distant and on shore wind farms on a delivered cost of basis. as regional on shore projects move forward and it moves into commercialization in the united states, they all must have the opportunity to compete on an even playing field with the on shore and more remote sources of renewable power and not be disadvantaged by up-front transmission subsidies. the threat that renewables would be unable to compete, in fact, has been taken very seri

the bill includes $6.9 billion for the national science foundation. this level of funding will support the doubling of n.s.f.'s budget over the next he 10 years and represents a true commitment -- next 10 years and represents a true commitment in research and development which will produce for innovation and future technologies to help the united states be competitive. h.r. 2487 includes over $18.2 billion for the national space administration. nasa's unique mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research and this appropriation enables them to accomplish this mission. this recommendation also provides for the continued efforts of nasa's mars exploration and provides funds for the completion of the mars science laboratory to launch in 2011. exploration has always been critical to mankind. we live in america today because of exploration. we must continue to explore the new frontier for future generations. in closing, mr. speaker, i would remind my colleagues that so f we have discussed only a handful of the impo

proud republican and i want to do all i can to advance our collective interests both at the national and state levels. even what i am doing now, a reentry into politics did not feel right, and you really have to feel right about campaigning for two years, then serving for sex. i was not prepared to make the commitment. host: after the midterm elections in 2010, have you given any thought to running for president in 2012? guest: i really have not. i have learned a long time ago never to say never, but i really focused on getting mitch mcconnell get a few more bodies in the senate, and i want to get back to pennsylvania and while i can to make sure that we have a republican governor succeeding the incumbent. host: but if you were to run, what questions would you ask yourself? what would you take into account if you thought possibly pursuing -- guest: not just about me, but whoever runs for president has to have a design, a plan, a road map to a better future for america. president obama did a masterful job when he talked about hope and he talked about change. now, i am not sure that when he talked abou

and to give an example of how easy it should be to take this nation to the next level of our economic determinism, if we just look over to countries like japan and korea. both of those nations, major cities were destroyed in war. they rebuilt their cities, infrastructure that's there. they function. and yet in that 60 or so years, each of those countries have imported almost 100% of their energy and 60% of their food and they still build modern technological societies. and we are here in the united states of america with a surplus of food and the energy that we need if we just manage it and we can't discipline ourselves to utilize our own resources. and we have a speaker of the house to is trying to save the planet, please put that in quotes, trying to shut down energy in america. one is wind. the other is solar and the next one may be geothermal if you didn't have to use a drill rig to get it. wind is ok as long as you don't have to get it off of nantucket. teddy kennedy is offended at looking at windmills. i could see 39 of them from my yard. but that's all right. we need all of the

unfortunately, according to the congressional budget office, administration policies will triple the national debt to a level of 17.3 trillion dollars by 2019. this avalanche of government deficits and debt is one reason long-term interest rates, including mortgage rates, are on the rise. a central problem is that the administration assumed that a stimulus spending spree would significantly improve the economy. as this poster shows, as we compare projections by the white house versus the real economy, just in january, two top administration economists predicted that the unemployment rate would not exceed 8% this year or next if the stimulus was enacted. the administration followed up by forecasting an average unemployment rate of 8.1% of all of 2009. however, as is poster shows, the current level of unemployment rate is well above 9%. it is enough to show that the assumption about the positive impact of the stimulus was wrong. if the forecast for consistent, it would indicate that the gdp will be lower than projected. an economic upturn should occur by next year, if only due to the huge amounts of money and

care reform and how that takes us even further down a path of government intervention, a level of nationalization of our private economy -- in this case health care -- and that pattern that just seems to be continuing here which i think more and more are reacting to. more and more americans, i believe, are going to be engaged. and members of congress on both sides are going to be hearing from their constituents about what they perceive to be a real threat to the long-term viability, the long-term prosperity and the long-term protection of the taxpayers' interest. and so i hope that -- i hope they will become more engaged. and i certainly hope that we'll be able to defeat proposals that come before the united states senate that call for greater government ownership, greater governmental intervention, greater expansion of governmental powers in washington, that will limit the choices of americans, limit their access to health care opportunities, health care therapies, health care treatments that all too often are lost, i believe, in a system where the government rations care. mr. president, i yield

level, it is monetary. low wages is not the solution to inflation, it is the cause. i think we have to as a nation, embraces a new business model, and a new social model. i think that is one of the things that barack obama was talking about in his campaign. we are all in this together. this whole exposure of what has been going on in the housing markets and the madoff thing, it shows that when americans come together like we did in world war ii, basically americans have to come together and look at ourselves as americans. host: let's go to the next caller, on the independent line. caller: i am concerned about inflation. i read a book called, bad money, in that book they identify a situation that george bush made during his first years in office he redid the way we calculate inflation. we used to have a way -- going back 10 years -- we used to have a bread basket of things where people used to check prices in grocery stores, all those things like groceries, gasoline, were all included in that number. now it is gone. the what -- now we get a watered-down picture of inflation. our inflation numbers a

within this level, the bill provides $6.9 billion for the national science foundation and $18.2 billion for nasa. for n.i.s., the bill provides $781 billion and noaa and the committee continues to provide resources consistent with the path identified. it also considers the science and research conducted at noaa and at nasa as critical to the nation's science enterprise just as that performed by nist. for law enforcement and department of justice, the bill provides $27.7 billion, $2 billion for d.e.a. and $1.1 billion for a.t.f. bureau of prisons addresses long critical shortages in staffing and education and drug treatment and state and local law enforcement. the bill provides $3.4 billion restoring in large part reductions proposed by the administration. programs funded through the office of violence against women, the bill provides an increase of $11 million, including $10 million increase for stop formula grants and $1 million increase for sexual assault victim services. while the funding table and report on the violence against women may appear in the report, the decrease shows beca

ross detwiler, still looking for his first win, 7th career start at the major league levels for the washington nationalsmaybe has the best stuff of anybody notice rotation other than jordan zimmerman. he still has a tough job ahead of him with the second best offense in the american league in the toronto blue jays. >> bob: and then there is the closer who is 2-for-2 and then the bullpen, over the last 28 innings, 3 hits, no runs. ♪ ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t. . >> bob:  nationals baseball masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by firestone, a tradition of innovation. after all the weather we had in and out of the area all day long, it has turned into a beautiful night. sunny skies here at nationals park. a lot of people are still coming down down the street from the navy yard station and looking to see if the nats can make it four in a row against the american league east. the blue jays lead major league in hits. they are batting .278 as

reducing the capacity of our national workforce system to respond even to normal levels of demand for skilled workers, let alone the extraordinary demands for job training and reemployment services, we now face -- services we now face. the american recovery and reinvestment act made nearly $4 billion in new funding available through the department of labor for jobs training programs. just under $3 billion of this funding has already gone out to states through formula grants under the workforce development act. speaking with the deputy director of workforce training, i learned that the county will receive nearly $14 million in training. the money will help dislocated adults and youth workers. another $750 million is due to go out in the form of competitive grants, to train people in green jobs, health care and other high-demand sectors. there are funds from the recovery act that are available to agencies to create jobs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy fields, build roads and bridges, create a new broadband infrastructure, address our nation's ever-growing health care needs

as in elective office, but both as an attorney, has had as the dea, we handled national security manners at the highest level. i bring that background to this committee, and i would emphasize certain principles that i think should be followed as you address this important legislation. first, as has been acknowledged already, there is a national security interest in protecting state secrets. this is not a figment of the imagination. there are secrets and things that we do not want the public to know, and our enemies should not know that. there are many programs, sources, and programs that need protection and secrecy. that is a given. however, it is important to underscore also that any assertion of the state secrets privilege by the executive branch should not be immune from our federal system of checks and balances. it is a -- it is fundamental to me in my governing structure and understanding of what our founding fathers created that we should not have an unfettered executive branch, and a system of checks and balances is so critical to compensate for the failures of human nature. if you can imagine being i