some good things have been going on at perdue. to get over that under control -- overhead under control and efficiently. there's a long way to go there in addition to things be felt taxpayers could do. there are things that higher education has to take responsibility for, too. >> next? >> i am a senior graduating may 2012. vice president of public communication. for american advertising federation and public-relations. my question concerns the capacity as self-government discussed in your book. why obligation do we have to provide affordable healthcare for the members of our state to cannot secure affordable health care for their families? >> it is important. we created such a program. i discuss it in the book. as recently as this morning, a lady came through the line and your little me how much it has meant to her daughter and her family to have the peace of mind when they did not before. not to take a long detour, but it is relevant to another theme of the book. we should trust the people more than some of our policies to take c

duncan to introduce the next gentleman who has i understand had something to do with perdue university. i would like you to introduce him. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks for giving me the opportunity. it is my distinct pleasure to introduce one of my constituents and someone from my alma mater, clemson university. jim bottum is vice provost for information technology at clemson university. he leads efforts focusing on high-performance computing and communication as well as collaborating with state and national government entities. under his leadership, they appear at no. 60 in the world's top 500 computing sites alongside clemson's computational center for mobility systems ranked at 100. he serves on the advisory committee for cyberinfrastructure and c r p a assessment and internet 2 board of trustees. he was the first c ip and vp for computing at perdue where he was responsible for planning and coordinating information systems across the university. he has also served on other committees and national laboratory boards providing consulting services for universities across the unite

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support washington area artists.a perdu arti , and support your local art community.ood morning, washington. about me as iing actually into pottery. i've not good at it. my brother in loudoun county does it and he always looks for calm nights to fire that kiln. temperatures will be warming up over the next couple days as air moves into town. clear skies overhead. there's no active weather around the the exception of of the if and parts upper midwest. have a big rig of high- pressure overhead. nothing but sunshine and calm wind. over the next several days. degrees in oxon hill and burke --50 degrees. >>> crash on the outer loop at the john hanson highway. police on the scene. accident on 95 northbound in maryland on the ramp that would you to columbia/edessa, route 32. virginia there's volume on northbound 95 and eastbound 66. everything is open to get inside the beltway. clean as a bell is 95 traffic. heavy volume, so it's bound, an open all the way up to the pentagon. for metro rail, marc rail, or vre. . coming up, competitive eating in d.c. and ben's chili bowl have

. >> reporter: but for marylanders like rob perdue, a gas tax hike has all of the appeal as lipstick on a pig. >> i'm against it. gas is starting to creep up now as it is. it's going to really hurt consumers. >> reporter: antonio feels gas prices are too unstable to risk a tax increase. >> i like to see more people get jobs, obviously. but you know, to add more taxes to what we already is have is still unpredictable. >> reporter: legislative committees are still slogging through. >> this is going to hurt everyone. >> you really have to ask the question, what planet is the governor living on? >> to which the administration might answer, the one where you sit in traffic. >> more owners are spending time in traffic, more hours a year than anywhere else in this country. >> reporter: so one way or another, we pay. >> reporter: the gas tax increase would fund transportation projects, which in turn, would put people to work. >> the governor is using the special session as a sounding board for legislation, under consideration for 2012. >>> the baltimore grand prix raced through town last mon

. >> reporter: for employers like rob perdue, all of the hikes have appeal like lipstick on a pig. >> i'm against it. gas is starting to creep up now as it is. it's going to really hurt consumers. >> reporter: antonio feels gas prices are too unstable to risk a tax increase. >> i'd like to see more people get jobs, obviously. but to add more taxes to what we already have. still unpredictable. >> legislative committees are slogging through reports that support the administration's position. >> this is going to hurt everyone. >> you really have to ask the question, what planet is the government living on. >> to which the administration might answer, the one which you sit in traffic. >> reporter: more marylanders are spending time in traffic, more hours a year than anyone else in this country. >> reporter: so one way or another, we pay. >> hi. >> and that was pat warren reporting for us. the governor is using this as a sounding board for consideration under 2012. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news rat 5:00. an opportunity at the airport. the reason your next flight could cost only $35. >

probably some perdue engineer invented this thing. i did the first bath i've taken some of its eight years old. it is usually a full day of travel. >> you're welcome any time with us. we have a clock goes off every hour. >> i am a senior in communications. i am the current president of the association for women in communications. as a student is looking to enter the job force, what do you see as the biggest obstacle to job growth in current economy? >> there are big forces. they are making growth hard. there is an overcapacity of the manufacturing capacity. there are huge slowdown's in other economies. globalization has brought many benefits. it has led to the immigration of many jobs. what i say does not say it is all the fault of national policy. that is not right. i do believe the national policy is backward. the most important way can be, the question goes straight to its. faced with all the headwinds and looking at this incredible debt burden that will fall on all of us, it is very obvious that with all the priorities we have, an

wilson, took north carolina governor, governor perdue's words completely out of context. every day the governor is urging this congress to work in a bipartisan manner to create jobs by passing the american jobs act. we need, mr. speaker, to help create jobs. we need to help job creators by offering new tax cuts that insent the hiring of workers and cut payroll taxes. the tax cuts that president obama's american jobs act will save employees $50,000 a year and give them an additional $1,500 per year each in take-home pay. it is real money. it equates to real job growth in the near term. the american jobs act is more than tax cuts. investment in education and infrastructure will increase long-term growth. i urge this body to take up the whole american jobs act, not cherry pick its part without delay so that the small businesses of america can continue to grow and hire, leading us into prosperity. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas. >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objec

bev perdue became the state's first female governor. barack obama didn't need to win north carolina to win the presidency. he didn't need to win indiana either. but seeing states like north carolina and states like indiana turn so unexpectedly blue was an emotional thing. it was essentially the exclamation point on that democratic victory in 2008. and so the democrats choosing north carolina for their 2012 convention was sort of a bold move and an emotional move. barack obama and joe biden won north carolina, as i said, in 2008 by the slimmest of margins. look at that. 49.7% to 49.4%. they won by less than 15,000 votes out of more than 4 million cast. the slimmest of margins. and they fought tooth and nail for every single one of those votes. this was the difference in new voters registered by the two parties for the 2008 election. democrats outregistered republicans for new voters nearly 5-1 in north carolina. nearly 5-1. north carolina. democrats' new voter registration drives were very, very effective in north carolina. on election d

bruce erickson with perdue university did a study of economic adoption of the farming technologies. from 2002 prices are up 350% in commodities and they are up 266% and fuel and fertilizer is at 270%. efficiency and increased productivity is the key to surviving in the global market. according to the united nations organization, the population could rise to 8.2 billion people in 2030 which will require 50% increase in food production over the next 20 years in order to feed the global demand. the only way we are going to be able to achieve this is by using high accuracy gps, biotechnology and proper management. precision agriculture industry has over 400,000 - accuracy receiver is valued at $13,000 replacement cycle of ten to 15 years and has approximately $19.9 billion per year of value to the grower. mfa has over 700,000 acres in the gps to triet management, $9.5 million, 9.5 million acres covered with high accuracy coverage and has almost $20 million of gps equipment sold to the farmers that will be a directed by the implementation of the industrial terrestrial component. since 20

bruce erickson with perdue university did a study of economic adoption of the farming technologies.m 2002 prices are up 350% in commodities and they are up 266% and fuel and fertilizer is at 270%. efficiency and increased productivity is the key to surviving in the global market. according to the united nations organization, the population could rise to 8.2 billion people in 2030 which will require 50% increase in food production over the next 20 years in order to feed the global demand. the only way we are going to be able to achieve this is by using high accuracy gps, biotechnology and proper management. precision agriculture industry has over 400,000 - accuracy receiver is valued at $13,000 replacement cycle of ten to 15 years and has approximately $19.9 billion per year of value to the grower. mfa has over 700,000 acres in the gps to triet management, $9.5 million, 9.5 million acres covered with high accuracy coverage and has almost $20 million of gps equipment sold to the farmers that will be a directed by the implementation of the industrial terrestrial component. since 2005,

bruce erickson wh perdue university did a study of economic adoption of the farming technologies. from 2002 prices are up 350% in commodities and they are up 266% and fuel and fertilir is at 270%. efficiency and increased productivity is the key to surviving in the global market. according to the united nations organization, the population could rise to 8.2 billion people in 2030 which will require 50% increase in food production over the next 20 years in order to feed the global demand. the only way we are going to be able to achieve this is by using high accuracy gps, biotechnology and proper mnagemen. precision agriculture industry has over 400,000 - accuracy receiver is valued at $13,000 replacement cycle of ten to 15 years and has appoximately $19.9 billion per year of value to the grower. mfa has over 700,000 acres in the gps to triet management, $9.5 million, 9.5 million acres covered with high accuracy coverage and has almost $20 million of gps equipment sold to the farmers that will be a directed by the implementation of the industrial terrestrial component. since 2005, n

duncan to introduce the next gentlemen, who had something to do with perdue university.ince i went to notre dame, i would like you to introduce him. [laughter] >> thank you. this morning is my distinct pleasure to introduce one of my constituents. he is also someone from my alma mater, clemson university. at clemson, he leads efforts focusing on the high performance communications and collaborating with state and national government entities. under his leadership, clemson univ. has appeared at no. 60 in the world's top 500 competing sites, alongside their computation center for mobility systems right at number 100. he currently serves on the advisory committee for cyber infrastructure, the advisory committee for assessment, and for the internet to board of trustees. he was the first vp of computing at perdue, where he was responsible for coordinating all information systems across the university. he has also served on other committees as well as national laboratory boards, and provide consulting services for major universities across the u.s. he has worked on cloud compu

i asked that you' summarize your testimony perdu are now recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman.taff spent time coming up with facts and figures on how we got better and how we have improved under the post-katrina emergency management reform act. after i read it, i took the approach that i heard today. we have done a lot bill -- we have done a lot, but we need to do more. one of the key things that came out of post-katrina emergency management reform act, is we were able to move away from utilizing only the stafford act as it will. that is important. if you look to the stafford act, you must wait until you have a request from the government, it has to go through the process, and then you begin the elements of that response. as we saw in katrina, and other disasters up and down the seaboard this year, across numerous river floods that reached records, if you wait until it is that bad, the response will take time. this is one of the things we spend time in fema trying to educate our own staff. we no longer start with the stafford act. post-katrina emergency management reform act es

our guest speaker graduated from morehouse college with a degree in math, earned a master's from perdue in computer science. he began his career as a computer analyst at coca-cola where his father worked as a chauffeur to the ceo. he moved to) where he rose for the right to manage 400 burger king stores. pillsbury made him ceo of its unit of godfather pizza. in 1996, he became ceo of the national restaurant association, a trade group that lobbies congress. he has worked for the koch family that seeks to reduce government regulation of industry. he also served on the federal reserve bank of kansas city. as a candidate for the republican nomination, his signature policy is999 which would replace the current tax code with a 9% tax on business income, personal income, and federal sales tax. we plan to let harman the hermon before the q &a and find out how he plans to help america. give a warm national press club welcome to herman cain. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. [laughter] i normally speak to audiences that are live and nice to know that your responding back. i am delighted to