pascrell. happy new jersey morning to you. guest: yes.ler: you just said from the minute the president obama became president, basically, they were after him, correct? guest: that's exactly -- well, i did not use those exact words, but i will accept your words. caller: ok, so when governor christie was elected, and this is the new york metropolitan area, biggest media in the world, biggest media attack him from the minute he became elected. especially the teachers union attacked him. in one and half years, he has turned around this state, because the average taxpayer, property taxpayer, in new jersey pays anywhere from $850 to $1,000 a month and a property taxes. i wish the whole entire country would understand what we pay here in new jersey. this governor has done everything wonderful for the taxpayers -- host: colleen, what would you like the congressman to respond to, the view of new jersey, with a comparison of attacking a politician? caller: they all get attacked, and if anybody got attacked, governor christie got attacked. but he av

pascrell: recognizing this, mr. platts of pennsylvania, ms. giffords from arizona, including an amendment in the national defense authorization for fiscal year 2012. it would require the department of defense to implement post acute treatment guidelines for traumatic brain injury this provision was supported by the co-chairs of the brain injury task force, myself, mr. platts, bipartisan, it is our hope that the uniform services university of the health sciences will be able to begin the project as soon as possible. over the year the task force has addressed many gaps for our servicemens. i yield now to mr. platts of pennsylvania. mr. platts: i thank the gentleman for yielding. as co-chair of the traumatic brain injury task force, i'm honored to join with the gentleman from new jersey in support of implementing post-acute treatment guidelines . before 2007, there was no funds in the budget for traumatic brain injury treatments but with the dedicated efforts of chairman young and the other members of the appropriations committee, through their e

pascrell was probably the most sophisticated ambassador the united states has had in many years. i also think he became the most deeply attached to mexico, and i think he was the one with the best channels of communication in washington for a very long time because you can only call the president so many times. a good friend of president bush, so you can call one sifry two, three, four, five months. every community new-car you can't call the president. i think the more traditional way if this has been to avoid going beyond the limit in confrontation of the united states and in that sense it has been wise. i don't think that by refer to in the book is really called confrontation on for third parties but the mexican obsession with the united states and other forms. >> thank you. norman bailey. thank you, jorge. i look forward and it's a pleasure to reading your book. i'm going to disagree something you said in response to a question and then i'm going to ask a question. you said that if the trust caring of the illegal immigrants is intercepted they leave the truck, the immigrants,

pascrell: i looked at the treasuries, they're doing well. but main street isn't. that's what consumer protection is all about. main street. no question about it. we don't want to go back. we don't want to go back to 2007 and 2008. why? because thconditions that led to the mess we have now, we don't want those conditions to exist now and that's what we've been trying to correct particularly over the last two years. and here's the consensus, whether our european financial person or someone in the united states. here's the consensus. dodd-frank puts us more on a level playing field. with regard to capital reserves, regards to too big to fail, regardless of what we're talking about, we are oceans ahead of our european partners and our allies in addressing these issues because we're addressing the causes of the financial meltdown in the united states and in foreign allies. and if it wasn't for the gentleman from massachusetts and the gentleman from connecticut at the other end of the building, we wouldn't be where we are today and we'd be saying, let's go back, we want

pascrell: thank you, mr. chairm. i have the greatest amount of respect for the chairman of our committee, mr. chairman. ways and means. but i think you're wrong on what you're trying to do today. do you remember may 31, mr. chairman? of this year? we took a vote may 31. in fact, we took a vote on raising the debt limit. the vote was based upon a resolution introduced in this house by the chairman of the ways and means committee. and he said when he introduced the piece of legislation on this floor that he hoped it would il. he said, you are not going to get enough votes to get this done, so he set out to undermine his own resolution. now j.f.k. said, i do not shrink from this responsibility, i welcome it. i welcome my responsibility today, what i have to do. i'm going to have a pleasure to vo no. because i know what's happened since may 31, a day of infamy. so i'll make it known that the bill couldn't pass so we'll release the american people to understand that. the american people don't want us to tell them what the

pascrell: i looked at the treasuries, they're doing well. but main street isn't. that's what consumer protection is all about. main street. no question about it. we don't want to go back. we don't want to go back to 2007 and 2008. why? because the conditions that led to the mess we have now, we don't want those conditions to exist now and that's what we've been trying to correct particularly over the last two years. and here's the consensus, whether our european financial person or someone in the united states. here's the consensus. dodd-frank puts us more on a level playing field. with regard to capital reserves, regards to too big to fail, regardless of what we're talking about, we are oceans ahead of our european partners and our allies in addressing these issues because we're addressing the causes of the financial meltdown in the united states and in foreign allies. and if it wasn't for the gentleman from massachusetts and the gentleman from connecticut at the other end of the building, we wouldn't be where we are today and we'd be saying, let's go back, we wa

pascrell: thank you, mr. chairman. i have the greatest amount of respect for the chairman of our committee, mr. chairman. ways and means. but i think you're wrong on what you're trying to do today. do you remember may 31, mr. chairman? of this year? we took a vote may 31. in fact, we took a vote on raising the debt limit. the vote was based upon a resolution introduced in this house by the chairman of the ways and means committee. and he said when he introduced the piece of legislation on this floor that he hoped it would fail. he said, you are not going to get enough votes to get this done, so he set out to undermine his own resolution. now j.f.k. said, i do not shrink from this responsibility, i welcome it. i welcome my responsibility today, what i have to do. i'm going to have a pleasure to vote no. because i know what's happened since may 31, a day of infamy. so i'll make it known that the bill couldn't pass so we'll release the american people to understand that. the american people don't want us to tell them what

pascrell: thank you, mr. chairman. i have the greatest amount of respect for the chairman of our committee, mr. chairman. ways and means. but i think you're wrong on what you're trying to do today. do you remember may 31, mr. chairman? of this year? we took a vote may 31. in fact, we took a vote on raising the debt limit. the vote was based upon a resolution introduced in this house by the chairman of the ways and means committee. and he said when he introduced the piece of legislation on this floor that he hoped it would fail. he said, you are not going to get enough votes to get this done, so he set out to undermine his own resolution. now j.f.k. said, i do not shrink from this responsibility, i welcome it. i welcome my responsibility today, what i have to do. i'm going to have a pleasure to vote no. because i know what's happened since may 31, a day of infamy. so i'll make it known that the bill couldn't pass so we'll release the american people to understand that. the american people don't want us to tell them what

pascrell: mr. speaker, i move to strike the last word and i promise to stick to the subject. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. pascrell: mr. chairman, i rise today in strong opposition to the underlying bill, 2584, a bill which irresponsibly slashes funding for many of our nation's most important environmental and infrastructure programs. if it's passed, the overall legislation would cause grave harm to the health and safety of our communities and additional removing protections for our wildlife and environment. i'll take a few issues at hand. clean water infrastructure. ensuring our families have clean water is under attack in this bill. it cuts 55%, almost $1 billion from the clean water state revolving fund. this program enables the states to invest in much-needed repairs and improvements to aging water infrastructure. mr. chairman, an estimated 25% of all treated water in the united states of america is lost due to leakage from water systems that are in disrepair. 25%

pascrell: thank you, mr. chairman. i have the greatest amount of respect for the chairman of our committee, mr. chairman. ways and means. but i think you're wrong on what you're trying to do today. do you remember may 31, mr. chairman? of this year? we took a vote may 31. in fact, we took a vote on raising the debt limit. the vote was based upon a resolution introduced in this house by the chairman of the ways and means committee. and he said when he introduced the piece of legislation on this floor that he hoped it would fail. he said, you are not going to get enough votes to get this done, so he set out to undermine his own resolution. now j.f.k. said, i do not shrink from this responsibility, i welcome it. i welcome my responsibility today, what i have to do. i'm going to have a pleasure to vote no. because i know what's happened since may 31, a day of infamy. so i'll make it known that the bill couldn't pass so we'll release the american people to understand that. the american people don't want us to tell them what

bill: thanks for coming back, bill pascrell, democrat out of new jersey.own there. alisyn: new jobless numbers out this morning and for the first time in almost four months less than 400,000 people filing for first-time benefits, but for millions of jobless americans the situation, of course, remains bleak. in the african-american community, the unemployment crisis is bordering on great depression levels. john roberts is live in atlanta with more. apparently, the divide is getting bigger, john. >> reporter: it's a vast gulf now, allison. the urban league this week found that this recession has literally erased 30 years of economic gains among african-americans. we found the problem was particularly acute in the city of charlotte, north carolina, where now 20% of african-americans are out of work. >> our last day was july 29, 2009, i've been out of work two years. >> reporter: derek fox is the face of an unemployment rate that has reached deep into charlotte's black middle class. since he was laid off, he has contacted more than a thousand companies looking

pascrell: i looked at the treasuries, they're doing well. but main street isn't. that's what consumer protection is all about. main street. no question about it. we don't want to go back. we don't want to go back to 2007 and 2008. why? because the conditions that led to the mess we have now, we don't want those conditions to exist now and that's what we've been trying to correct particularly over the last two years. and here's the consensus, whether our european financial person or someone in the united states. here's the consensus. dodd-frank puts us more on a level playing field. with regard to capital reserves, regards to too big to fail, regardless of what we're talking about, we are oceans ahead of our european partners and our allies in addressing these issues because we're addressing the causes of the financial meltdown in the united states and in foreign allies. and if it wasn't for the gentleman from massachusetts and the gentleman from connecticut at the other end of the building, we wouldn't be where we are today and we'd be saying, let's go back, we wa

new jersey representative, bill pascrell, co-founder of con graegsal brain injury task force is askingssential under the patient affordable care act. the department of health and human services is considering his request. jenna: we'll keep viewers up-to-date on her developments. laura, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: and this fox news alert. the rocket is in the hospital. nolan ryan, the texas rangers ceo and president has been hospitalized in houston apparently since yesterday. although we're just getting word of it now after experiencing discomfort we're told at his home. he has had some heart problems in the past and it is thought that this is an offshoot of that. we're told he is resting comfortably. reports are he is feeling better. nolan ryan,Ñi hospitalized at least for now. we'll be right back. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. autonsurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, a

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