join me in this fight and to get there we will build a new california. hanting] [let's go meg] thank you for your support, your encouragement, your friendship, and god bless you and god bless california. [applause] ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . .

[applause] join me in this fight and together, we will build a new california. pplause] [chanting] >> thank you for your support, encouragement, friendship, and god bless you and god bless california. [applause] >> the 54-year-old former ceo of ebay declaring victory after spending upward of $60 million or $80 million of her own money in the republican race. she is now the republican nominee. she buffet's jerry brown who last served in the top spot between 1975 and 1983 and most recently served as oakland county mayor and his california attorney general. meg whitman is married to a stanford university neurosurgeon and is originally from new york. we have a senior political writer with us. let's set up the race between jerry brown and mike whitman. >> you heard made whitman -- meg whitman laid down the gauntlet. she says she is a businesswoman who knows how to get things done and create jobs. that was her claim. the democrats will not -- will come back. and your incumbents are unpopular, jerry brown has a challenge. at the same time, he is likely to betray meg whi

[cheers and applause] join me in this fight, and together we will build a new california. ers and applause] so thank you for your support, your encouragement, your friendship. god bless you, and god bless california. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ california's other republican primary won the right to face the imcouple bent senator barbara boxer in california. here is her victory speech. >> thank you. thank you so very much. my good friends, i have heard your message loud and clear. the people of california have had enough. [cheers and applause] in fact, i think they can hear you all the way to washington, d.c. from the moment i declared my candidacy, over 7,000 volunteers, over 20 coalitions, 12,000 donors and a tireless, hard-working staff have made this the greatest team effort i have ever had the privilege to be a part of. all of you worked together to make tonight a reality, and i owe you a debt of gratitude that it is very difficult for me to express. [cheers and applause] while i cannot thank all of you, there is one very special person who has been my running mate for ov

guest: new jersey is going through tough economic times. california is a big stake in gets a lot of play. but we are even worse in california. we have a new governor. he has made a lot of tough to ounces. he has a member of the public sector -- tough choices. he has many members say they will not take a pay increase this year. we do not have $24 billion sitting in the bank. we will have to borrow it from china or print more dollars to fund more government employees. that is the wrong way to go. many say we are spending too much and taxing too much. host: in the pan , maryland. caller: -- independent line, maryland. caller: many americans do not have an investment account. there are complicated documents that many americans do not understand. [unintelligible] guest: what is the question? host: blaming republicans for this unregulated situation. guest: i remember this issue coming up during the course of the hearings. can you point to the number of times where regulations have been lessened over the last dozen years? if you did not have any -- this purp

[applause] join me in this fight, and together we will build a new california. >> let's ago, met!. meg! >> thank you for your hard work and your friendship. god bless you, and god bless california. ♪ >> here is a look at mega wittman's and jerry brown's andst -- meg wittman's jerry broon's campaignnads since thee won their primaries. >> i think often politicians forget about that, becauss they do not see it every day. i see it every day. i think raising taxes in california is absolutely the wrong thing to do. california needs to lead the nation again, and i think we can do it. ♪ >> jjrry brown is pledging thatt he will not raise taxes unless there is a referendum to force him to raise taxes. >> i guess i do not have enough graced to applauded jerry brown when he says he will not be one it to tax americans. this is what he did when he was governor. he talked about cutting taxes back in the day, back in the the%+but look at what foundation has been built upon there in callfornia. he has been a part of that, and that is spending outside of their money. he is looking to increase taxes,

california. it was part of a new initiative -- a result, california. it was part of a new initiative by republicans, aim to solicit opinions throw website and other high-tech means. this was an hour and 45 minutes. >> thank you all for coming. the district is quite vague. it goes from los angeles county all the way to ridgecrest -- quite big. it goes all the way from los angeles county to ridgecrest. to start out our meeting, i would like to call out angela to lead us in prayer. come on up. you can stand if you like. if you would join me in prayer. our heavenly father, we thank you. now we ask that you give our elected representatives strength, courage, and wisdom to do the things that serve the people. most especially, we ask that you protect the men and women who are putting their lives at risk so we may continue to enjoy the blessings of liberty our forefathers and vision for us. amen. -- envisioned for us. i would like to invite brian to lead us and the pledge. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic f

, what's an example of conflict pitting a region against a region, for instance new england dairy farms against california that you would like to resolve? there's no question that dairy has been influenced by regional policies. there have been significant differences the way the dairy industry sees itself across the country. but the reality specifically in the dairy industry is we have to address that far sooner than the 2012 farm bill. dairy farmers in america today are faced with very significant price spikes. their prices go up for a short period of time to historic highs and then they fall deeply and sharply. and stay low for a considerable period of time putting a great deal of stress on those dairy farmers. the one consistent message that i got in the 20 states that i attended in the rural summit and the rural tour was that dairy farmers were hurting so we put tooether a council representing all parts of the country, all aspects of dairy to say to the industry we've got to come up with a consistent approach that is a national approach. it's not vermont versus california, it's maintaining the dairy i

workerss because some of these trade dealsshave been good for the ports of galveston and california and port of new york but haven't been good for the midwest. congressman schultz and i understand that by reinvesting in our work force, helping those workers transitionnfrom manufacturing jobs that have left is very important to me. while i'm encouraged we have seen 10 consecutive months of manufacturing increase in our country, we have got to be the producers of wealth in this nation, not swrust the movers of wealth. i'm happy to report that small businesses in my community are beginning to grow again. the new earth corporation and alliance, ttey have just created 60 new jobs in our small town. medline industries, a manufacttre -- a manufacturer and distributor of medical products cceated dozens of job, will be adding jobs over the next three years. nationwide insurance created another 600 jobs in ohio. they have an office building in my district. one of the best news reporrs we have heard was that rolls royce, who is invested in fuel cell technology and alternative energy source that even our milit

issues closely, what's an example of pitting a region against region, like new england dairy farms against those in california, that he would like to resolve? >> you speak specifically of dairy and there is no question that has been influenced by regional politics and policies. -pthere have been significant differences between the way the gary anderson -- the dairy industry sees itself in the northeast and in the southwest. but we have to address that issue far sooner than the 2012 farm bill. dairy farmers today are faced with significant price spikes. their prices go up for a short time to historic highs and then fall deeply and sharply and stay low for a considerable time, putting a great deal of stress on the farmers. the one consistent message i got in 20 states i attended in the world summit and for was that dairy farmers are hurting. we put together a council representing all parts of the country and all aspects of gary to say to the industry that we have to come up with a consistent -- all aspects of the dairy to say to the industry we have to come up with a consistent voice to maintain the dairy indus

mexico are overcome, the next step will be to build the necessary transmission lines in california to carry all this new power. and that could cost the state an estimated $115 billion over the next 10 years. >> ifill: now to a more immediate concern along the mexico border-- thed about deadly and escalating war between the government and robust drug cartels. ray suarez has our look. >> reporter: the latest spasm of violence has erupted at points all over mexico , including a drug rehab center where two dozen gunmen killed 19 people last week. that was in the northern city of chihuahua. 16 others were gunned down in ciudad madero, and major bloodshed in the west and south in region beyond mexico city. on monday 29 inmates died in this prison as rival gang members battled. they were among nearly 100 people killed that day across mexico, including a dozen federal police officers. and yesterday, troops killed 15 suspected gang members in a shoot-out here among colonial buildings in the tourist counsel of taxco. in all, more than 23,000 people have died in the last three and a half years since president cald

new york, ms. woolsey from california, mrs. dahlkemper from california, ms. kaptur from ohio and mr. defazio from oregon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. moran, kansas, town, new york. without oojection, the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for five minutes. mr. fortenberry: mr. speaker, on tuesday morning, under the beautiful prairie sky, u.s. army specialist blaine edward reding was laid to rest in an old and is he convenient platts moth, nebrassa, cemetery. specialist reding was a 22-year-old newly wed, married just 10 weeks to nicky, before a roadside bomb took his life in afghanistan on june 7. he died along with four other soldiers, two of whom were his ccose friends. blaine reding followed a tradition, a family tradition, of service to our nation. in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, heeding the call to duty was also important to blaine's younger brother, private logan reding, who was also

california. this piece is from jim carlton from "the new york times." "the washington times" says mccullough loses his lead to scott in the poll. gop primary for governor. detroit, republican moderate bill, your next on call. caller: good morning. , mythird-generation uaw grandfather was involved in general motors, my father was involved fighting to get medical coverage, dental, vision. i just retired -- this is my big question about the unions. all of the big ones, uaw, afl- cio, team stern -- teamsters, never been a black leader. the book that the late mayor of detroit road, coleman young. i think you all need to read it. he would tell you how racist -- he was involved. i think they still are. we cannot get a black leader in any of the big unions. you tell me how much of these unions are on onside. from what i learned with my dad being so involved, the money that goes into the individual union pockets, that is what counts. if you ever have trouble in the plants, you get into a little trouble, what the union does is let the company just dragging you th

woolsey of california, mr. weiner of new york, ms. kaptur of ohio and mr. defazio of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and you understand a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. representative burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i request permission to take mr. burton's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the new supreme court pick has never been a judge. she's never seen a courtroom from the bench. she's never had a judge's responsibility. she has never instructed a jury. she's ner ruled on a pount of law, any point of law. she has not decided even one constitutional issue. she's never tried a criminal case. she's never tried a civil case. she's never even tried a traffic case. we don't know whether or not she believes the constitution is the foundation of american law or whether she thinks, like many, the constitution constan

teacher layoffs at 160,000, with the biggest cuts projected to come in states like new york, up to 16,000, and californiaas many as 36,000. a year ago, states were confronted with the possibility of making similar cuts but federal stimulus funds helped avoid them. this year, no apparent relief is in sight. the threat of layoffs comes as school systems from coast to coast seek to implement major education reforms, including the often contentious issue of how to weigh teacher experience against teacher performance. >> where's civilization? inside or outside? >> reporter: that includes washington, d.c., a reform effort we've been chronicling for the past few years where just yesterday the teacher's union ratified a new contract. it gives school superintendent michelle rhee greater authority to remove educators deemed ineffective. the agreement also sets a new standard for teacher pay, one based on classroom results instead of seniority. it also allows principals to use performance rather than longevity as a key determinant when reducing staff. but d.c. teachers will also see a 21% increase in base pay over

people in the south, mostly, are behind people in new england and california. also, i think there should be greater requirements for preschool teachers and more focused and primary education and study skills so that people are not being labeled as they go into high school and being left behind in that way. host: let's take a second one first. guest: let me talk about the funding. your point is -- your point that should be equitable from state to state. the majority of the funding comes from state and local so it is difficult to the government to do that. but a good role for the federal government is to ensure equity issues. if a student is being denied equity, the federal government can play a role in that. for students whose needs have not been met, the federal government has assisted and become a partner with the state. the other question -- host: i wrote it down and i now have lost it, but i will come back. we have a number of people on twitter expressing comments about teaching to the test. here is one of them. guest: as we look at the skills, the knowledge

host: looking at the california senate race, "the new york times" has a right up of that position.epublicans face a battle there on tuesday. "the new york times" says, to appreciate how tough it is to be a democrat or or -- in incumbent this year, look no further than that barbara boxer. this is an election with national consequences. ittis hard to see how republicans could pick up the senate without winning this seat. what will be the outcome of the three-way primary among republicans that? baltimore, maryland, keith, republicans line. caller: yeah, i just wanted to know, i mean, with this thing down in louisiana, i mean, i think it is ridiculous that they are letting these people get away with this kind of stuff. hello? host: yeah. caller: yeah. i think it is ridiculous they are letting people get away with this stuff. host: let's look at that news coming out of the gulf of mexico. this is from the associated press. bp chief executive said sunday he will not step down over the oil spill and predicted his company will recover from the disaster. hayward said he would not quit and h

california is reserved. ms. chu: i yield five minutes to the author of this resolution, mr. rothmann. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey has five minutes. mr. rothmann: i thank the gentlelady from california for your leadership on this matter and for the very kind words you said about these two heroes. i'd like to associate myself with your words as well as the gentleman from ohio's words, which were equally eloquent and true. these were great american heroes who lost their lives defending our country and our country's interests in iraq. i wanted to take a few moments, madam speaker, to share with you a bit of the pain that the people of the area still feel in their heart whee they think about the loss of these two citizens. this matter was brought to my attention by a friend indicating that the families would be sympathetic and would be honored if this post office was renamed in honor of frank t. carvill and lance corporal michael a. schwarz. when i called the mayor of the town and i said, is this true? i don't want to intrude on anyone's privacy, and he assured me that this was in fact the case. as was said be

but in the senate, every state, large and small, virginia and west virginia, illinois, new york and californiaeach have two senators. and the point that senator byrd was making was if i don't put the projects in in the senate, we'll never get them in in the house, and that is what the great compromise, the constitution and the senate and house are all about. well, it was a masterful presentation which led to a compromise you might expect at the end of the day in which senator byrd did quite well for his state of west virginia. well, years passed and i was elected to this body, and i came here and i saw senator byrd sitting in that seat one day, and i said i want to tell you the most famous debate i can ever remember, and there wasn't a camera n the room and i don't know that anybody recorded it, and i remembered -- recalled his debate with frank wolf. and i said what i remember particularly is when you said january 19th, 1830, which was a thursday, if i recall. he said yes, i think it was a thursday. i said i don't doubt that it was a thursday, but that little detail was amazing. so we kind of

new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. towns: thank you very much, madam speaker. i'd also like to thank the gentlewoman from california, the subcommittee chair, for yielding time to me. and i rise in strong support of this bill, h.r. 2142, and i also would like to thank congressman cuellar for his hard work in making this a reality today, congressman plats who's worked on this for now many -- congressman platts, who's worked on this for now many, many years, and ranking member issa, the ranking member of the committee. after consultation we worked it out, and now we've come to this part and be able to move this legislation forward, which i %% think is an excellent bill. of course, the dialogue made it even stronger. i appreciate the commitment and determination of the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar, for advancing this bill and his willingness to work with me, the ranking member of the oversight committee, mr. issa, and other members of the committee to make this bill stronger and to make certain that we're here today saying that this bill truly will make a difference. a number of changes were made to this bill duri

the states to have the largest populations, like new york and california, that need the most help. if they just left the money in the states to begin with, maybe they would not need the aid. host: richmond, virginia, democratic line. good morning. caller: yes, i think the federal government should provide to the states. host: why is that? caller: because a lot of the states are already struggling, and everybody -- everybody -- some states are criticizing the fact they did not want to accept the stimulus money. in reality, a lot of states and did except -- if the states did not accept stimulus money, we would lose our public services. even though we are getting it aid to help out with the budget, it is still a shortcoming because that is really not even enough. host: all right. the papers this morning are reacting to the news that bp's ceo was watching his yeachacht a race. "new york post" headline is "captain clueless." news" isk daily "sea-slick." front page of the "times picayne" -- chefs stand by seafood. fears over deep water spread. he is having trouble seeing the silver linin

or regulate firearms -- for example, those that want to limit any bulk purchases include california, maryland, new jersey, virginia. states that want to ban assault weapons include connecticut, hawaii, new york. states that want to permit local control on the loss included florida, illinois, new jersey, pennsylvania. more from the a section of this paper. richard on the twitter page -- next is steve, from atlanta. caller: if the democrats did not work so hard on being soft on criminals and letting the relief corps bad guys out, telling us we must rehabilitate them, telling us we must understand them -- they are the ones with the guns. to restrict the common folks from having them, to prevent and defend us from liberal judges who cast of the worst in society out -- there are those who tell me that they constantly serve the same morn's on the same people. due to the breakup of the family urged by the great society reform bills, now you have people in the country who do not, did not grow up in a good family, and then they will not let us defend ourselves against the weekend policies. we need our guns

we see this in california, illinois, new jersey, and other states and localities. host: that we sell -- let me separate private and public. what are the chances you'll get a pension if you stay with the cut -- still with the company for 25 or 30 yyars? guest: less than half of the fortunate hundred companies offer a traditional defined benefit plan. about 300 of the forttne 500 do. new workers do not have access to traditional defined benefits plan. the question is to whether or not if you do have access whether it be around another 25 years or not is uncertain. we are taking over responsibility for 4000 corporate pension plans were the have defaulted onntheir obligations. host: the president is asking for $50 billion in stimulus money to help governments offset their own budget deficits. omb used in part to create work force. one of the reasons why governments and municipalities are struggling is because they have to pay a high percentage in pensions. guest: the statistics are staggering in some communities. the percent of the budget that goes to satisfy pension o

new mexico got $552 million. you took a $135 million. colorado got $132 million. california got $61 million.ot over $50 million. we have more pipelines than any state in the union. with the amount of refineries we have up and down the mississippi river, we only got $24 million. minerals and royalties from the drilling on federal lands. this is of the louisiana coast. senator mary landrieu has pushed the federal government to give us 40% of those revenues now. the key going forward is in louisiana, what we have done, as soon as there was an opportunity for us to be able to get our portion of offshore revenues, immediately we dedicated coast to coast a restoration, to the restoration of the barrier islands and the wetlands. this was immediately after katrina. any money derived from minerals and royalties from the federal government on the drilling of a federal lands, offshore, immediately goes into rebuilding what has been lost because of salt water intrusion and the offshore drilling, the pipelines that have been cut for our marshes and wetlands and barrier islands and of course, the army cor

it's as i look in the health care you've got a lot of cities like california and new york that are on the verge of bankrupty. new york declared they cannot pay their bills any foe with people starting to say, no. we can't keep spending. one of my heros right now by the way around the country is governor chris christy of new jersey who has really taken on a terrible situation that he inherited from jon corzine this year and starting to take on the -- host: what is your view on the tax? guest: i think a value-added tax can be thought of as a national sales tax. when i was on the show before i said maybe we should have it to replace the income tax. and now that people can see me, -- it's not a value-added income tax. they are talking about a 10%-15%, national sales tax on top of the tax. i think if we went in that direction, no on top of that, it would make everything you buy from a cash register, 107-15% more expensive. host: next call for steven moore comes from baltimore. caller: thank you. i have great respect for both of you. but i have to disagree respectfully. i would offer the ta

you kind of know w you're drilling, tankers can one of in any place, whether it's alask california,hode island, newey. jersey. tankerwill be all over the place. the coast of france. now, i think we need to alize, if we as a country make the decision to stop drillingn the gulf, we are also making the decision to import more oil, and statistically, importation via tankers is three times me likely t result in a spill. ow, folks have to adjust their thinking, but in reality, drilling is safer than transporting oil by tankers, andhat's hisrical statistics. so don't know the partilars of that, nathan, but i can comment in general regarding the environmental concerns. host: one more call. cary, cincinnati, republin line. caller: i'm wondering why the relief well, or the relief well that they're gng to have ready in augus isn't a retirement beforthey drill the main well. guest: that's one othe suggestions that is floating out there, which is you simultaneously drill two wells. clearly that increases yr chance of leaking, ok? so it increases your chance of problems by two. on the other hand, if there re a p

california, ms. kaptur, ohio, mrs. maley, new york. speaker pro tempor without objeion. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and undeprevused orer of the use, the following members are recogned for five mites ea. mr. burton of indiana. r what ppose does the gentlemanrom texas rise? mr. poerequest permission to take mr. burton's time. th speakerroempore: ithout objectione geman is recognized for five mines. mr. poe: eaker, it is with eat pride and a heav heart spe today of a young ma from district in xas who gave his life while fighting terrorists in marine sergeant braon burrough was kild sunday, june 6 in combat opations in kabul. s that photogra oth marvous rine. he leaves mind his wife heher d his two young sons, cole who is 3 yearsod, andade, who is 1. brdon was on his third tour of duty he previously served two deplments ira he left r afghanistan this april as part of a team training afgan police. he was 26 yes of agend a 20 graduate of kingwood h school texas. in h 26 short years, brandon lid a lifetime service to other people. i lked to brandon

california is recognized. mr. filner: i thank the gentleman from new mexico, mr. teague, for bringing us this important resolution and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4307. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed -- mr. filner: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. filner: on that i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognntion? mr. levin: madam speake

to state houses to new york all the way to california, in city halls and court rooms across this country the people we entrust to make the laws, to enforce the laws, to preserve our freedoms are abandoning us and advocating their sworn and sacred duties. it is closing in on two directions. let me talk about it right here right now. from our border to the south, it is closing in. and from cities in every corner of this country. it is caused by dishonest and deadly abuses of power by those who wield it. selective enforcement and prosecution of the criminal laws in this country against the bad guys and selective recognition and protection of the freedoms of the good guys. the political elites -- and you know who i am talking about when i say that -- they want to pick and choose which laws they enforce and which was they ignore. whose rights they defend and whose rights they deny. in doing so, they directly endanger you, me, and everyone in our country. here is how. right now, in mexico, several global drug cartels are waging war for control of that trade. you see the carnage in the news eve

woolsee of california, mr. murphy oo new york, myself, ms. kaptur of ooio, mr. denazz yo of oregon, rs. grayson, florida -- mr. defazio of oregon, mr.+ grayson, florida. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of januury 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following mmmbers are recognized for ffve minutes each. mr. poe from texas. mr. poe: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes.%% mr. poe: mr. speaker, capricious, arbitrary and punitive. those are the words of a federal judge today in ruling about the moratorium for offshore drilling. the federal judge said that the administration's decision to ban off yor -- offshore drilling in the deep water was capricious, - ash treash and punitive -- prbitrary and punitive, therefore, illegal. and he granted an injunction for the hardworkinggfolks in the gulf states to stop the moratorium because of the digit remental impact it would have. you see, -- detrimental impact it would have. y

including my house, in which they say this is a news alert, news alert, president obama's won the election. it doesn't matter what happens in california. it's alleady decided. this has been a news alert. no one specified an individual, no one specified a party. very, very clever. the idea was to suppress those who were supporting the republicans from coming out. it does nothing with that. . i mean, people ought to understand this is a precious gift given to us by god and recognized by our founding fathers and we're fooling around with it here. let me just tell you this. this bill allows us one hour to talk about this, one hour. guess what ww have spent 10 hours doing in this congress? naming post offices. we've named 61 post offices in this congress. we are ridding the world of the scourge of unnamed post offices. we can spend 10 hours on post offices but we can't spend more than an hour talking about the constitution, talking about the first amendment? and they're auctioning off pieces of the first amendment in this bill. if you happen to be one of those lucky enough to win the auction, you don't have these disclosure rules and you c

that is one part in the red state but in the blue state like california, you saw fiorina, whitman, pretty established candidates win there, in new jersey shall did -- beat back tea party challenge. so you you are beginning to see two different republican parties, a strong tea party movement into the red and more established republican party in the blue. >> do you have an overview of it, mark. >> i have an overview of it, jim, in terms of political strategy. that there are only two ways to run for re-election in america. the high road and the low road. the high road is the candidate points out the voters all the good things we have accomplished in the four years, two years, six year, how your lives are better. when that is not available to you, that isn't to the democrats this year, you run the not so high road which is-- boils down to look, i may be no day at the beach but the other guy is no month in the country. and you concentrate on the defects and-- of euro point, trying to focus the voter's attention there. nevada is the test case. harry reid is in the 30s favorable ratings as majority leader. he's dead. he can't win. the

new jobs are created through small business. when you put a severance tax on small business, it is not going to help it grow. california needs to pull some regulations back. we live in the 21st century. we can do things smarter and wiser, and give greater protection to the consumer and the environment to have a prosperous state. we have to think logically about this. i am not going to cut anybody off, but i am going to ask if we could shorten it. i did not tell you ahead of time that c-span is covering this. if i had told you ahead of time, have the guys would have been putting on makeup, so that is why i did not tell you. >> thank you very much. i have a brother-inlaw to is a veteran. on behalf of all the veterans, i appreciate all the help that you are giving them. [applause] secondly, i would like to know what you think we concerned citizens of california can do to help get our country, our state back into some kind of stability. there is enough anger and hatred to go around. i do not hate anybody. but i do believe arizona has a right to their law. i am not, i am not against the mexican people or other people. the w

president med ved visited the united states touring silicon valley in california to underscore what he and the white house say is a new era in the u.s.-russian relationship. after white house talks last week, he and president obama celebrated what they called the successful reset of the buy literal relationship. >> when i came into office, the relationship between the united states and russia had drifted. perhaps to its lowest point since the cold war. there was too much mistrust and too little real work on issues of common concern. that did not serve the interest of either country or the world. indeed, i firmly believe that america's most significant national security interest and priorities could be advanced most effectively through cooperation not an adversarial relationship with russia. >> brown: the arrests occurred in a number of locations along the east coast. montclair, new jersey, yonkers, new york, manhattan, boston and further south to arlington, virginia. one defendant remains at large. the case is a result of a multiyear investigation by numerous government agencies, including the f.b.i. and to take a clo

california. >> a prominent home builder caught with a significant amount of unsold new homes as the housing market cooled allegedly used straw buyers to sell his houses at an inflated price with undisclosed sales rebates. this scheme inflated prices on other homes in the area, creating artificially high comparable sales and affecting the overall new home market. >> sreenivasan: other major cases have unfolded in detroit, atlanta, new jersey and duluth, minnesota. wall street managed slight gains despite some disappointing news. the government reported first- time claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week. even so, the dow jones industrial average gained 24 points to close at 10,434. the nasdaq rose more than a point to close at 2,307. a panel of health experts concluded today a new morning after contraceptive is safe and effective. the food and drug administration will now consider whether to allow sales of the new pill ellaone. it's already approved for use in europe. antiabortion groups have warned ellaone is more like an abortion drug than emergency contraception. those are some o

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let's go to terry from new jersey on our republican line. san diego, california, next up.o's this calling? san diego, there you are. who's calling? caller: my name's george. >> go ahead. caller: yeah. i think all of us who supports health care reform realize what's passed is not the end. what it will become. >> yeah. caller: and that basically what it is is it established universal care that's a principle that's now established in this country and it also put the required regulations on the insurance companies, you know, things like the -- have prior existing, you know, he restrictions and so forth. what happens is by the time it gets enacted for most of the public is that the congress will have to enact an expansion option which will be voluntary and optional for those who want to sign up. it will be an expansion of medicare. people understand medicare. there's no reason why they can't explain it to people. and have medicare that can compete with the private insurance. and they'll keep it simple that way. that's what it will be, i think, eventually. >> lynchburg, virginia

new york is recognized. mr. engel: i thank the gentlewoman from california, my good friend, congresswoman matsui. i thank the gentleman, mr. whitfield, for his kind remarks. madam speaker, i stand here in support of my legislation, h.r. 3993, the calling card consumer protection act. i want to thank my good friends chairman waxman, chairman of our energy and commerce committee, bobby rush, the chairman of the consumer protection subcommittee, as well as joe barton the ranking member of the full committee. as my colleagues have fence mentioned calling cards are an invaluable resource for a number of people who make frequent long distance or overseas calls. students, members of the armed forces, and those whose family is outside of the country regularly use these cards to call home. the cards are also popular among people who choose not to subscribe to long distance telephone service or can't afford it. they are a necessaryity, they are a necessary tool for keeping in touch with friends and family members. calling cards that provide the services the company advertise can save consumers a great deal

california? mr. berman: please to recognize the the gentleman from new york, mr. mcmahon, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcmahon: i am proud with this conference report our country will be at the forefront of protecting israel and the entire international community against a growing threat of nuclear-related terrorism and an arms race in the middle east. this sanction package takes a firm stand against an active state sponsored terror of iran by broadening the categories of the islamic republic sanctionable activities well beyond the realm of refined petroleum. further more with increased global cooperation on the sanctions effort and measures to isolate ahmadinejad's thugs from raping, murdering, and censoring their own people, these sanctions would not be complete. for this reason, i aplalled the in-- applaud the inclusion of the mcmahon requirement and my bill h.r. 4647 the iran human sanctions act into this bill. i know that americans will rest much more comfortably knowing that the criminals of ahmadinejad's regime now cannot

i certainly believe all the language is somewhat new to me, that probably the gentleman from california has at least made a good-faith effort to achieve a very delicate balance. i would urge support of the amendment and i yield back. >> the gentleman from alabama. excuse me, from ohio. >> i appreciate your comments. but sometimes, symbols have value, too. we bailed out the banks, and they turned around and lobbied against us as we were trying to craft the very reforms that would keep us from having to bail out the banks again, just like they are lobbying against the fund that we have just talked about. although i do appreciate the arguments of my democratic colleagues, i am going to support the gentleman's amendment. i yield back. >> is there further debate? if not, the question is on the amendment. all those in favor? opposed? the no's have it. the gentleman from california asked for a roll call. the votes are from which committee? the financial services judiciary and government reform. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call vote] >> ms. waters votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. mr. gu

so large, t a lot ofhe economifunds and the bt levels- debt level lifments, new jers is in a -- is in a worse state th california on a per capita basis. mr. aki'm not su that's somethingo brag about. mr. garrett: we like to y new jerseys number onen a lot of thin, sometimes theye great, but sometimes they're not so good. per family, which is about four people, it's around $100,000, the debt level, you a the states, counties, and lol levels. .kin: local spending for the age family of four is $100,000 of debt for a family of four mr. garrett: that transtes into, you want to get a mortgage on your house for $100,000, add around 6% that wold translate to arod $600 r month. th's what wee on t hook for f the state onew jersey. the federal gornment goes way beyond that. i don'have to tell you that. but the federal government needs simply do atew jersey is doing right now, begin a sprose- process of living wiin its means. it's not anasy one by any means. mr. garrett -- mr. akin: what woulbe the first step in living within your mns? would it not be putting a realistic budget together, perhap mr. gaett: it would be. i ser

those would be statements written, stated by maxine waters of california and maurice hinchey of new york, respectively. i read those statements through the press. i hear them make them. and i go back and look at the progressive website. and it says on there proud member of progressive, put this in quotes, proud member of the progressive caucus, maxine waters, maurice hinchey. and then i go over to the socialist website and i read on there, we want to nationalize the fortune 500 companies. we want to nationalize the energy industry. we want to nationalizz the oil refinery industry. you see the pattern here, madam speaker. what's on the socialist website is an agenda. is on the progressive members of congress's caucus agenda. and this agenda is being carried out by the white house and people are proudly advocating for these ideas while never admitting that they're a siamese twin of the socialist who brought this out, they've done so for a couple of decades or more, made this advocacy. and bernie sanders is the one member, senator bernie sanders of vermont is the one member of the progressi

california is recognized. ms. watson: madam speaker, i am now proud to yield as much time as he may consume to my good friend, my distinguished friend from the state of new york, representative towns. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized as much time as he might consume. mr. towns: thank you very much. i would like to thank the chair of the subcommittee for yielding time to me. because i wanted to just sort of respond to a couple of good things that my good friend on the other side of the aisle said. first of all i know him and i know that he's a very dedicated and committed human being and of course jut standing kicker in his day -- outstanding kicker in his day and set records as a kicker. i think that he probably misunderstood what this bill is named. it's the hollywood walk of fame. i think that -- i want to make certain he understands that. and many people have walked there, have contributed so much to society, contributed so much to organizations. when you look back and you see in terms of the contributions that these people have made, then i think that my colleague would probably refute it and probably withdraw his ob

new hampshire is recognized. . >> i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. waxman: i'm pleased to recognize the life of jon wooden who passed away in los angeles last friday. i want to begin by expressing my condolences on his passing to his family and the countless people whose lives he touched. jon wooden coached at ucla when i was there earning my undergraduate and law school degrees. i was in my last year of law school when the bruins had their first perfect season under coach wooden, a season that cullmy nate in a championship win over duke. everybody on campus was thrilled. no one could have possibly imagined that this was only the beginning of a historic run that will probably never be matched. jon wooden would go on to coach the bruins to an unprecedented 10 ncaa championships, including an incredible seven in a row and a record four perfect seasons, which includes an 88-game win streak from 1971 to 1974. the full list of records broken and accolades earned is far too long to

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california. >> let me congratulate you on a new way to describe job losses, synergy. very unique. you ought to be congratulated. i have some questions specific to safety. the san francisco maintenance facility was discussed earlier today. it is my understanding that you are at united moving jobs away from that facility to china, singapore, and the philippines, is that correct? >> we have long had it -- >> no, directly into this. are you moving jobs out of san francisco to foreign companies format this purpose? >> we have oversees maintenance facilities that do maintenance work and have quite some time. >> you did not answer my question. please do so. >> there are no plans to move any further jobs out of san francisco, if that is your question. >> are you moving jobs out of san francisco to foreign facilities, yes or no? >> no, we're not moving jobs out of san francisco to four facilities. >> did you do so yesterday? >> we have a maintenance facility in beijing that is the maintenance facility for the triple seven fleet. that is a joint venture between lufthansa and air china. >> d