in this -- a trail blazing city that shows annise parker -- that show chose annise parker to be r mayorhungry are blessed. give us all here is that here each other. voices that speak to truth and love. mines that make sense out of confusion. parts that move us beyond mere tolerance to embrace of our differences -- parts -- hearts that move us beyond mere tolerance to embrace our differences. made the lord lift the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace, both now and forever more. amen. >> amen. [applause] ♪ >> congratulations, mayor. >> ♪ did you hear this message wherever you stand calling every woman calling every man we are the generation that cannot afford to wait we are already late we have been looking for a song to sing a search for a melody if you are ready for the world to change if you feel the same then go on and say if you are out there sing on with me if you are out there i will tell you do leave if you are out there -- i will tell you to believe it your out there starting l j if you are out there -- if you are out there starting now. we can feed the hungry we

look at parker scoring her first bucket. parker who is a great shot blocker. clemson to within two. coming in from the weak side. went past the defenders. nice pass ahead to lele hardy. and what a block by broomfield. >> robin: broomfield thought thereat lele hardy protected the ball well as she went up. but broomfield certainly has the height advantage on it. >> mike: lost the ball out of bounds. boy is she playing well down low. >> robin: good timing. a little contact but this is the acc contact. they'll let that go. and nice timing on the block. >> mike: doesn't score a lot of points. fifth in the acc in rebounds. broomfield is a definite presence on defense. inside to mason. she travels. give the north carolina defense some credit for causing that turnover. >> absolutely. mason can feel the presence of broomfield down low as that pass was coming over the top. she split the screen leaving the post defender up high. but there on the rotation to help is broomfield. >> mike: still just a two-point game. lucas off the screen from shegog. shegog set a great scre

parker feeling it. yes he is.ack to back trays. >> glenn: he heard me. >> al: say that madison was o- 8. he nailed the next two from 3. and a tied game with two minutes, 15 seconds to go. matt brady probably lovess the pace of the game. and pearson and muscles his way in. pucks up the first field goal. took it to the rim and on his right shoulder and kept the ball the left side of the body. didn't use it but the rim. 6 rebounds. getting more attention on the way out. and bowles off balance. the return by parker inside. and bowles actually. and denzelle bowles get as chance to it add some points to the line. >> glenn: this is a wheel and seal offense. they're trying to post him up and swing that ball around and get the defense on the shoulder. but every one is thrown in. he can the defense is coming and active inside. and. >> al: and a little off balance when he shot the first and still beat every patriot to the loose ball. >> glenn: see wells look for a shot a bit more. to the line and unsuccessful for it remains

. >> glenn: well parker saw limb lead him. you have to do because you have to expect to double team his partner bowles. >> al: hancock. and johnny williams. >> glenn: he has impressed me this year, hancock. he has something that's unusual for a freshman. a great off financessive feel to the game. and he has a knack of the game. >> al: and that's a long, long for wells. >> glenn: not going away, al. >> al: not going away. you look at this james madison team they are 10-11 record. 3-7 in the caa. most of the losses have been at the buzzer. and wright answers. , watching them. mason is better defending the perimeter than madison. you can see it. it is ease is i for madison to get to the rim. >> bowles called for traveling. that takes us to break. and hancock, a very impressive and hancock, a very impressive top 25 freshman so far in the : invent a brgen fi'm k, daug sch is awa oula vnven me plr al d meat pareouse. ing ally y hu def p ths m sc ld w ure he i s tls oon way the. i kat t a p donw is. >> al: the george mason patriots 1

the shift didn't come close enough for "the washington post's" kathleen parker who writes -- "obama's open-collared vacation was deliver odd and katrina time, about two days too late, and fell a few links short of reassuring. calm in the face of potential zaft cere laudable but it's a fine line between executive tranquility and passive nonchalance. like a tone-deaf disk jock ji, obama plays elevator music when the crowd wants john philip souza. i'm joined by analyst pat buchanan and peter fenn. happy new year. >> happy new year, chris. >> is that fair, the criticism that the president was tone-deaf? >> no. the fact is you have to go out and make a statement if you're president of the united states with the facts. i think the administration coming out on sunday and saying the system worked is a legitimate criticism. the system clearly didn't work and the president, you know, on tuesday said just that. but i think -- you know, i think that the monday morning quarterbacking by conservative columnists is really not called for. what the american people want, chris, is they want less finger

you but they are producing those that get a 90 from robert parker. more importantly, their vineyard isn't polluting the workers or the land. just the opposite. they're allowing their corner of the earth to evolve naturally and harness the power of nature for their creation. >> when somebody drinks a glass, i want them to remember our mountainside vineyard. i want them to remember our rocky soil. i want them to remember our native grasses and the fact we are biodynamic. >>> that's all for "news4 this week."

. >>> today, annise parker has been sworn in as the mayor of houston. she is the first openly gay person to hold that office. parker took part in a private ceremony at city hall on saturday, two days before today's public inauguration. the charter in the nation's fourth largest city required a mayoral transfer of power to take place on saturday. >>> the nfl is searching for safer helmets and considering off-season rule changes to provide more protection from concussions. congress is also getting involved. the house judiciary committee has scheduled a hearing at detroit's wayne state school of medicine. an nfl spokesman says most players are still wearing helmets that were designed back in the '90s and that the league wants more research done. however, one researcher who recently conducted crash dummy tests on five manufacturers' helmets for the nfl worries about how the data is being used. he's concerned the study will be construed by high schools or youth leagues as recommending a particular kind of helmet. >>> did you make a new year's resolution to g

as you mentioned, parker griffith changing parties.four democratic house members deciding not to run for reelection, each in competitive districts. if senators dodd and durgan, whether they did it on a success day or over the a month retired, nose a vacuum are not that bad but the broad effect of all of these things happening, the house retiring, the party switch, and now in addition to the senators retiring, bill rit and you mentioned john cherry. all of that at once has an effect to make already-nervous members not sure whether what they should do on 2010 even more nervous and even more on the fence. >> ifill: let's talk state by state. chris, i want to start with you because you're from connecticut. >> you bet. >> ifill: what does it mean that richard blumenthal is lying in wait. >> richard blumenthal was elected attorney general in 1990 and since almost roughly that time he has coveted a senate seat. he has been courted many times. he's taken a pass. obviously, he's had senators dodd and lieberman in those offices for quite some ti

write rule books for parker brothers. this is the real world. bill: i thought helen thomas looked beautiful. >> the light bulbs behind barack obama were not green. they gave bush a little credit. he might call bush and asking to come over. it looks like barack is letting it go a little bit. bill: it is halloween and miller is in the building. >> why i am here is important business. i came in to do some lobbying to try to get the macy's people to put the bill o'reilly below and i have designed into this year's parade, and you protect the underdog balloon. >> there is no need to fear. underdog is here. bill: the macy's thanksgiving parade, "the factor" balloon. i am there. >> protecting the underdog. bill: i like the miller balloon. you have an obsession with paula abdul. she is leaving "american idol." >> she will end up on an -- on another number 1-ranked show. here is the downside. we had to traitor to north korea for the two girls because kim jong il's fancying himself a broadway singer. they think she is the only judge sympathetic enough to g

same bank parker be credited to the international clearinghouse through the german trust fund and that would issue the foreign currency of 1,000 british pounds a certificate would be given to the german too and they would come across and many times with less items from his own home like carpet's or building materials or cars or came across with musical instruments. suddenly there was a massive german jewish infrastructure and economic confused -- infusion into jewish palestine. >> host: it is complex. so was this in a situation whereby the jewish community was contributing to the nazi efforts to help finance what it is they wanted to do? >> guest: yes. >> host: the also must happen one of the causes for such explosive reaction. >> guest: yes. a deal with a double. not the angels. the people who want to kill you. basically every time they rescued a two they paid into the nazi economy. and it is worse than that. there are many dynamics i never wrote about but the jews were compelled to rescue jews in this fashion. >> host: a choice they had to make it. >> it was terrible but you do not b

fox 5's beth parker sat down with a pair that started as mentor and student who say it's a bond that will last a lifetime. >> that's a good idea. look at that. >> reporter: julia is spending her afternoon with priscilla and her two boys, something they do at least once a week. the two mothers are joined by the mental health association's mentors for young mothers program. >> i got into this because my kids all grew up and went away. so i had this burning need to nurture. >> she takes us out, sometimes to the libraries. >> reporter: other days they go to the park. julia is around for an extra set of hands for a mom trying to get her life going. the program pairs experienced moms with new or expectant mothers to provide support, advice and encouragement. >> i always tell her she's like a born leader and she has a lot of strength bause look, she's working at mcdonald's and they recognize her. she's a shift manager. she's continuously recognized. i always tell her you have a lot of good things in your life. you're doing the best you can. i think it's great. >> reporter: since the to were

if you want that assurety write the rule books for parker brothers.ught helen looked beautiful. the light bulbs beyoond barack obama were not green. waste asked to put the special touch on it. and looks like barack obama is letting it go a little bit. we know it's halloween and hillary was in the billing. i thought that was cruel. >> actually why i'm here is very important business, i'm coming in to do some last second lobbying to try to get the macy's people to put bill o'reilly balloon that i've designed for this year's parade and get this, you protect the underdog balloon. >> there's no need to fear, underdog is here. >> i love that. >> you're the underdog balloon. >> for the mayce's thanksgiving day parade. >> that's right. >> the factor balloon. >> and there. >> protecting the underdog. >> i like the miller balloon, too. you have some kind of fixation with paula abdul. now, paula's leaving american idol. don't know if that's the greatest career move. >> she'll land on her feet. no doubt she'll end up on another number one ranked show where she ca

have you ever heard of this kathleen parker?e. >> host: she certainly became a media favorite though, didn't she? we know how that works. you turn on your own and suddenly-- >> guest: or be a complete embarrassment. another example is i brought up the context of the total media blackout on the john edwards having an affair on his cancer stricken wife. for months there had to get my news for many of national enquirer. >>host:at the same time the "new york times" was running a front-page story about the supposed affair of mccain that apparently was totally bogus. >> guest: which they finally apologize for. i get my news from the inquirer so i and the real victim here and find it comes out it is true but all of this time i have a memo from one of the editors at the "l.a. times" instructing his bloggers, the blogger should not mention the john edwards story. and "the washington post," the editor there said well he dropped at a mother to earlier, while he is not running for public office so i don't think you'll see wall-to-wall cover

eastern, the inauguration ceremony for annise parker, houston's first openly gay mayor.onight on the communicators, rob ekstrand, the president of the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers. "the communicators" primetime tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. and british prime minister's questions returns this wednesday live on c-span t2. host: retired major john newman is a professor at the university of maryland in the honors program. here to talk to us about j.f.k. and vietnam and more broadly the issue of afghanistan and president obama. a couple of weeks ago david obey was quoted in talking about these parallels between afghanistan and pick -- and vietnam. he was quoted as saying that "i came here in the house in 1969 and i determined that i would give nixon a year because he inherited the war. he said he bit his tongue for the war and he reminded the current president of the mistakes of the earlier war. i said the same thing, he said, to obama. what were the lessons that president obama should take from j.f.k.'s early experience in getting the u.s. i

inaudible conversations] >>> and now and inauguration ceremony for the new mayor of houston texas parker. she is the first openly gay leader in major cities. during her remarks she said her election to lead the nation's fourth largest city marked a milestone for gay americans. this is just over 20 minutes. >> i do love this city. the [cheering] i think that you have heard that before but i cannot stop saying it. thank you. [applause] i want to thank all of you for honoring me with your trust and hope for the future. to serve this city has been my highest aspiration. to work with you on the pressing issues and challenges we face is my mission. i will respect the office and read your matteo if i have taken i want to congratulate our new city council members and city comptroller's having served in both of those positions i know the challenges and opportunities that the face. i salute the service to the city this is a good counsel. a truly representative of our city and its diversity. [applause] so please, honor them again. [applause] there will be times when we disagree on how to achieve su

kennedy, and parker saying that the january 19th special election when hillary clinton was overtaken only this time it's a wonder kid from the right, overtaking an over confident woman on the left. ben is joining us this morning. caller: good morning, these people call and talk about sarah palin. no one asked to call her anything, she calls herself. this woman is not qualified to be a president of the united states, she's probably not qualified to be anything at all. i don't know how she got to where she got to but not on brains. i think that the right women can be president of the united states. condoleezza rise i wouldn't vote for because of her involvement in that bush administration. and hillary clinton on that vote for the war, i don't know why she did it. but how much time does the president have? is the president really in charge or just a figurehead? because while in this new administration, i hear the same writers and words that wrote for the past administration. it doesn't sound too much different. host: ben, thanks for the call. other headlines, the sunday post, the change

significant in civil rights, a federal commission held hearings and the lynching of mack charles parker national outrage. but wait a minute. think about the civil rights movement. does 1959 really measure up? does an equal 1954 supreme court decision striking down school segregation or the montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and '56 or the lunch counter sit-ins across the south that began in 1960? and what about dating the birthal crop pill to 1959? should we measure the impact of the pill when it first went on the market in the 1960s? and most fundamentally, does history really work this way? are some years far more equal than others? ask two people which year they think was especially significant, and you're likely to get two different opinions. >> sure, there are years in which reality was one way before it started and another way afterwards. when you think about 1968. you think about 2000. >> reporter: "newsweek" editor and pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. >> i think you could find any year in american history and say x or y began or ended. whether it's somebody being born.

>> and think your comments are very insightful parker of i would be in alignment completely purveyor cannot legislate good behavior. but you do play out by directive standards and guidelines. and leaders takeover. we use the term officership because we want do differentiate just between leaders in the requirements that the officer has that is beyond what leaders are required to do to create the environment for 6s for people. with regard to suggesting that connection of the dots all had to be done to solve all problems we have not taken that position but said there were indicators that were there. they read their best on page six and seven i spoke to earlier. clearly the essence of the institution is about leadership. i talk about growth and development aspect but then helping people along the road on the growth of development process with the feedback that often chat -- oftentimes changes their life for their future. that is@@@@@@@ h,rn$@ @ @ @ @ @ a stone unturned part of that means give them every two will we know how to give them. >> thank you. >> i think i'm good follow the admir

>> and think your comments are very insightful parker of i would be in alignment completely purveyor cannot legislate good behavior. but you do play out by directive standards and guidelines. and leaders takeover. we use the term officership because we want do differentiate just between leaders in the requirements that the officer has that is beyond what leaders are required to do to create the environment for 6s for people. with regard to suggesting that connection of the dots all had to be done to solve all problems we have not taken that position but said there were indicators that were there. they read their best on page six and seven i spoke to earlier. clearly the essence of the institution is about leadership. i talk about growth and development aspect but then helping people along the road on the growth of development process with the feedback that often chat -- oftentimes changes their life for their future. that is why i and it new-line minute. that said looking at gaps and weaknesses, we can see things that would make it even more clear have the dots been connected. talkin

have you ever heard of this kathleen or kathy parker?obody ever heard of her before. >> host: she certainly became a media favorite. we all know how that works. you turn on your own and suddenly-- >> guest: yes or be a complete embarrassment like another example is that i brought up in the context of the total media of blackout on the john edwards having an affair on his cancer stricken wife. for months there i had to get my news from the national enquirer. >> host: at the same time the "new york times" was running a front-page story about a supposed if there mccain which apparently was totally bogus. >> guest: which they finally apologize for. i had to get my nose and that-- news from inquirer. fine soud it is true and all this time i have a memo from one of the editors at the "l.a. times" destructing his blogger apparently the blogger should not mention the john edwards story and "the washington post" and added to their said well he dropped out a month or two earlier. will be a star running for public office so i don't think we need wa

i was on a radio program with tom parker had the same opinion that it was a bad idea, part of his concernhad to do with the facility. the facilities in illinois will not have the same facilities they have been guantanamo where there is a library and internet access and soccer field and other facilities that are ideal. we don't talk about it because guantanamo as such a bad reputation. it was a symbol of extralegal detention of individuals. it was a character of the difficult problems we were dealing with and continue to deal with. we need to focus on broader issues and hold people accountable for thing they do that are illegal. we also need to be careful not to oversimplify or characterize things without facts. the fact actually matter in some of these cases. >> thank you. >> i am from soulful university. my question is how does public criticism of the president affect productivity of the national security committee and of last couple days? >> public criticism from the media? and republicans? >> the president talking about the national security community screwed up and the recent christma

you heard it this afternoon with the bench and jealous and with corey parker this morning. -- with benjamin jealous and with cory booker this morning. i have the pleasure of presenting to you the present and future leaders of media. i know it is hot in here, but it is going to get hotter. i had the pleasure of meeting a member of our board of directors, jeff johnson, who is a washington, d.c.-based journalist, social activist, political commentator. from his work in the business and entertainment arena is to visit crosswords -- his grass- roots work, he continues to be an enthusiastic voice for change. he is a commentator on the nationally syndicated "tom joyner" morning show. he is regularly contributing a commentary and analysis about issues related to race, politics, popular culture, and social economics for many, many media outlets. in september 2009, he released his first book, "everything i am not made me everything i am." he is a member of the national urban board of directors, as i mentioned. jeff johnson. [applause] our next speaker many of you saw yesterday. but she is an amazing

cao, who just shoke, and jeanie schmidt, and parker griffith. countless number of members have said life is precious and should be protected. although this is the week where we mark that terrible decision of 1973, i love this week. thousands and thousands of americans are going to come to the nation's capital and they are going to celebrate life. they are going to -- they know that life is precious and that in this great contry, the greatest nation in history, we should celebrate life. we should understand that life is precious, live is sacred, it should be protected. i am reminded, i have been in congress three years, three years ago this month the first state of the union i had the privilege of being at, then president bush recognized that great american, happened to be sitting in the gallery, and in the middle of his speech he pointed to this guy, the subway guy, not the one we see on tv, the guy who risked his life, jumped in front of a subway train to save a fellow human being who was having a seizure on the track. put his life on the line

recognized immediately -- dizzy gillespie, the great jazz trumpeter who invented bebop with charlie parker, and we brought him up on the platform and the stage, and he was playing at blues alley, so we all got together, and it was during one of those years that we were all gathered again, and there was a call from the white house that came to stevie wonder, and they wanted him to come to the white house to talk about this process and all this business going on, and stevie told me about it, and i said, this is great, but they want to negotiate. this is wonderful. let's get on down there. he said, i am not going. i said, what do you mean, you are not going? this is what the process is all about. he said, i am not going to the white house. i said, i will go with you. he said, i do not care. i do not want to negotiate with them, and i said, goodnight. this was an incredible opportunity we had, and he did not go, but gradually we get -- we began -- this is inside story. gradually, we began to talk to republican members, and the one most receptive member was jack kemp of new york, and he said, i

starting with my mother, kay parker. [applause] i cannot quite see them, but i know they are there.our children. please stand. [applause] yes, our family also looks a bit like houston. [laughter] my sister, allison, in from georgia, and three of her four children, please rise. [applause] my sister-in-law, her husband, and their son as well. please rise. [applause] my in-laws -dick a, dick and giy hubbard, please rise. all of the way in from buffalo -- they like the weather here a bit better. [laughter] thank you. now, to those of you in the room today, and those of you who might be watching or hearing this, i will be asking of you three things. first, i am going to ask for your prayers. we have enormous challenges ahead. all that we must do will be done. but there are many things that we should do, that can be done, and we will strive for it. i know that we can achieve anything that we want to do. with hard work with your prayers. prayers. by ask for the city is a continuum. projects begun under one administration continued into another and perhaps another. it may seem as if very li

it was an alias that his managers sometimes use, colonel parker.you have to picture this -- this is elvis telling the president that he is under an assumed name. [laughter] in, in need of, -- and god they don't -- incognito, but that is how he should contact him. >> what time did you arrive in washington? >> it was a real red eye. >> what are you going to do there? >> i am thinking, knowing elvis, he will not put it in the mailbox. and i just gave it back to him and he would tell me what he wanted to do with it. i had called a car from l.a. to meet us. i called the lemieux and i got them to set that up for us. thank god. we had no money. it was before daybreak when we landed. we get into the limo and elvis said i wanted to drop a letter by the white house. and i said, it is not even daylight. let's go to the hotel and freshen up. i had been up two days now. and he said, at no, i really want to deliver that. i want to be there first thing monday morning -- which he was. so we are driving up to the gate. >> the northwest gate. >> i always want called

i just point* out the state's colored and are those with above average unemployment parker you cannot exact a trend that starts with higher unemployment because california is included an rhode island is included and those senators are certain to support strong legislation. this is really about bearing the cost of offsetting the cost of changing our energy supply system. here are some things to watch for. the first is if the trick up produces a more fleshed out a draft bill and put out a concept paper before copenhagen and can they figure out what they need to put 60 votes and put into legislative and four? the second question is if senator baucus holds a markup of that legislation in the finance committee. that is the next top for legislation. senator baucus said he intends to take it up he has other priorities. he certainly has not focused on it if it appears not to be going anywhere city has the markup is a strong sign that it is a live. the third issue that all if you are aware of and coming up much more quickly as the boat on senator murkowski amendment part of the agreement on he

so my exnt community met on this past saturday with state governments, the city government, mayor parker and her representatives, the fire department, and our national and texas reserve, committing ourselves, resources and assets, to be of assistance. i'm delighted to have been able to send from texas two plane loads of doctors and nurses and medical supplies led by dr. toussaint where this past weekend they were able to do 150 surgeries, 600 visits and moving forward -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. do you have 10 seconds? ms. lee: i'll yield the gentlelady 10 seconds. ms. jackson lee: moving forward we will work on relief efforts for the children, providing more medical care and insisting on making sure that we rebuild this great city and this great nation. we can do this, we are standing by their side. we will not leave them alone. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. lee: thank you. i recognize now the gentlelady from new york, the chair of the state and foreign operations sub

parker griffith from alabama, the fifth district.eryone of you for being here. you will save more lives than all of the medical profession's combined. thank you so much. >> hello. i am a congressman wally herger from california. i want to commend each and everyone of you for traveling here today to defend the rights of unborn children. we must work together to protect the unborn, to oppose taxpayer funding of abortion. people's mines are changing, and we are getting closer to protecting the any laborite to live. -- inalieable right to live. keep up the fight, god bless you. >> i am jim jordan from ohio. let me thank you for two things. first of all, thank you for your willingness to get in the game. i learned a long time ago that nothing has meaning or significance -- nothing of meaning or significance happens by hanging on the sidelines. you have to get in the game and take the risks associated. we're never going to get a fair shake from some of those in the press. they're talking about the way normal folks do things because of the

as a native hue stone yang, he was instrumental in helping to elect anisse parker to be the first openly-gay mayor in the entire country can. if you haven't guessed already, we're moving into money. so we're going to be raising money for the rest of the afternoon, also into sporadicaly through the rest of the class, but this is your first foray into money. it's not about how many votes you need for the next two hours, it's about how many dollars you need. you ready? all right, jason, take it away. >> thank you, liz. how's everybody doing? good. can everyone hear me okay? all right, good. i really want this -- you've probably heard this several times, but i want this to be as interactive as possible, so we're going to go over sort of some working with major donors 101, and then at the end we'll probably spend 20-30 minutes of role-playing. hopefully, we'll have some volunteers to do that. if you have a question at any point, please, interrupt me. that's the way i want this to work. and we'll just go from there, okay? like liz said, i work for the gay and lesbian victory fund and primarily wor

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parker, dr. theman all from florida. these are doctors from all over the country who heard about this resolution. and, believe me, this is very quick that they got these signatures. so when senator murkowski says she stands with the people, i want to just point out here, that i do not believe for one moment that the people of this country want to go against the doctors and scientists who are signing this letter and the health community that say it's important that we note the dangers of carbon pollution to our families. i'm going to continue the doctors from georgia: dr. kruger, dr. laurence, dr. mccormick. from hawaii: dr. steiner, from illinois: dr. lucia. glenmire, suborsky. from indiana, dr. ion, batka, pua, pasut, smith. and i apologize to any physician's name i'm not pronouncing correctly. i'm doing my best here. i think it's important when a senator takes to the floor and says that the people want to see this endangermen endangerment fg overturned that we make sure that we lay out the facts here about some very im

he's not here now but judd gregg, bob parker, chuck schumer, bob bridge, mad along with others and workith you and others in putting that proposed it together. you deserve and i knew who president and creative ideas that kept us out of the difficulty, bring in -- is hard and obviously we don't want to be in this situation to prove that but we did by the actions taken. i want to say about the idea of something big is bad. that's a bad idea and we will include ads. the idea how you requires capital standards to make sure that you don't have an institution be at risk makes sense and the door is open. we are in a dynamic process. i strongly support your confirmation and i believe they're the right person have the right time to do this job. but i wanted to know the door is open as we're trying to evaluate how best to do this and all of us here are very much appreciate it, this is a unique moment and there have been many before us to talk about doing this but there was never the will to do it and if there's any silver lining in what we've been through and we had 32 hearings on the subject alo

starting with my mother, kay parker. [cheers and applause] >> i can't quite see them. but i know they are there. our children, marqita, danielle, and jovan, please stand. [cheers and applause] >> yes, our family too looks a little like houston, doesn't it? my sister, allison in from georgia and three of her four children. please rise. [cheers and applause] >> my sister-in-law, her husband, and their son as well, please rise. my inlaws, dick and ginny, and mike's brother, rick, please rise. [cheers and applause] >> all the way in from buffalo, they like the weather here a little bit better. thank you. now to those of you in the room today and to those of you who may be watching or hearing this, i'm going to ask of you three things. first i'm going to ask for your prayers. we have enormous challenges ahead. all that we must do will be done. but there are many things that we should do that can be done. and we will strive mightily for it. i know that we can achieve anything that we want to do with hard work and with your prayers. i ask for your patient. some things cannot

republican talks about in-store -- restoring confidence and half of the democrats talk about that parkerve it should be the job of the company or the broker to restore your confidence. the government should not be using your money to convince you it is okay toc invest in the stock market. that is a huge part of what." government does and george bush ownerships society said it is much better to own stocks were own a home than not to. they set up the policies that drive people to own more stock than they would in a free market for zero and a house. we saw exactly what that created. it was a bubble. of on the continues the policy.kz the story i told was anothert( story of the confidence game. now toys are safe. they said that on the floor of the house. now you can be rest assured your toys are safe because the federal government is making sure your tories are safe. but my favorite story on a told here in the dining hall or the cafeteria or food place, a lot of talk of sustainable and local that is great.ó&o if i had more time or more money i would do if five bereday hippieÑi girl i would

parker griffith. i'm fromla the fifth district, and i appreciate each and every one of you being here. you will save more lives than all the medical profession's combined. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] hello! i'm congressman wally herger from california. [cheers and applause] i want to commend each and every one of you for traveling here today to defend the rights of unborn children. we must work together to protect the unborn, to oppose taxpayer funding of abortions. people's minds are changing and we are getting closer to protecting the fee in a legal rights to live. thank you for coming. thank you for your efforts. your efforts are making a difference. keep up the fight and god bless you. [cheers and applause] sprick im jim jordan from ohio and let me quickly thank you for two things. i know we've got some of high winds out there. first call, thank you for your willingness to get in the game. i learned a long time ago nothing of meaning, nothing of significance, nothing of real value and