catching and punishing the perpetrators of these crimes is oftentimes difficult if not impossible. gangs are so pervasive in many communities that the threat of violent reprisal against members of the community or gang members who want to leave severely hinders law enforcement investigations. h.r. 1741 would provide a crucial missing link that prevents many of these crimes from being solved in the first place. this legislation will allow the justice department to begin offering grants to local communities to implement local witness protection programs. what have we come to when we talk about witness protection programs we think we're talking about something 20 years ago, 40 years ago. we're talking about now. we're talking about in our own neighborhoods. we are talking about our own families. that's what we're talking about. ensuring witness safety, shorten long-term relocation and financial and housing assistance are essential to the effective investigation and prosecution of gang-related crimes, mr. speaker. the federal government must reach out to assist local police departments

and because its perpetrated -- perpetrator had a repeated history of public ex-preckses of racism and anti-semitism. it is long past time for us to come together as a nation and put an end to racism to put an end to anti-semitism. to put an eand to homophobea and to eliminate hate crimes. to come together and say that hatred and intolerance should not be allowed, that we should be able to end this as a community and come together as a nation that respects each other for the true gift of the individual that each of us is. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has ex-priored. the gentleman from virginia. mr. rahall: how much time do i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington has one minute, the gentleman from west virginia has 14 minutes. ms. rahall: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from new york, mrs. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding time. yesterday, a terrible tragedy happened right here in washington, d.c. it's sad when we see that there a

if there have been individuals who have perpetrated illegal acts, they have to be accountable, we are a nation of laws, we must here to those laws at all times no matter how painful they are. in any human rights abuse, if we would have said, that was really bad back then, but let's get past it, look at the dirty war in argentina, you can't say that, look at the holocaust, what would have happened if we had said that turn the page and forget about it, that is not acceptable. >> because human-rights watch have any people working or reporting from iran in any way? >> do we have people in iran? we do reporting on iran. we don't know who is in iran right now. we have interestingly done work on the limited access of the internet to iranians. every year we have dinners in which we half for human rights defenders, and one was an individual who was thrown in jail because he was blogging about the awful human rights conditions that they were facing in iran and the things the government was doing, we do quite a bit of reporting on that. i welcome you to look at our web page. >> our members know

representatives number three, urges swift prosecution of the fullest extents of the law of the perpetrator of this senseless shooting. my own view is we do not know all the facts surrounding this shooting if it ourns out that in fact the perpetrator who ever did this was trained, supported, by some overseas group affiliated with al qaeda or any other terrorist group, to hell with swift prosecution. we need to take him out. i neal back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. franks: mr. chairman, i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, does the gentleman from arizona have any more speakers? mr. franks: one last closing. mr. nadler: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arizona. mr. franks: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, jugs a personal thought on my -- just a personal thought on my part. sometimes a country oftentimes asks itself the question what really is t

this heinous violence perpetrated against the dawson family was the impetus for this legislation, and i commend congressman conyers for -- excuse me -- congressman cummings for his tireless pursuit of this legislation over multiple congresses. i strongly urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. issa: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1741, the witness security and protection grant program act of 2009. witness testimony is a critical component of our criminal justice system. even with sophisticated d.n.a. and other forensic evidence, there is no substitute for an eyewitness testimony. however, engaging the cooperation of witnesses is frequently a daunting obstacle in many criminal prosecutions. many witnesses fail to come forward or refuse to testify out of fear of retribution by the defendants or pressure by the communit

and those who perpetrate it will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. mr. speaker, we must have a civil discourse in this society and this is something we all have to strive for together. i know that we on our side of the aisle and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle all believed this. we need to put it into action. i will say that dr. george tiller is survived by his wife, jean, their four children, and 10 grandchildren. i think the saddest thing about all this and the thing that personalizes it the most is that jean called dr. tiller buddy and the reason he called -- she called him buddy was because he was her best friend. mr. speaker, the mark of a civilized society must be civil discourse. we cannot lose one more of someone's best friend as you of this lack of civility. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. without objection, the gentleman from arizona will control the time. mr. franks: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: and continues to reserve. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: mr. s

they express their outrage by the acts perpetrated by the cursor first of power in honduras by the ursurpers of honduras. the president of columbia will be here in washington. he was in washington the day after these tragic events for democracy in condors. the president of mexico, philippe, for the meeting of the rio group. along with all countries that are members of the group's, this meeting that was convened as an extraordinary meeting, had a view to express the of bridges and vince that have taken place in -- i express the outrage that has taken place in honduras. the president of guatemala, the president of coaster ricasta rio extended his hospitality to me after i was thrown out of an airplane. that was at 6:30 a.m. that is the day that the coup d'etat occurred. the president of macabre who is the host of the meeting of the integration system. president of ecuador who traveled with the single aim of standing with the democracy of the world. isn't the interest of one single country or one single people is when you of holtz a democracy -- when you uphold the democracy? the president of v

if there have been individuals that have perpetrated illegal acts, they have to be held accountable. we are a nation of laws. what would it have been in any human rights abuses, we would have said that was really bad back then, but let's get past it. you look at the war in argentina, you cannot say that. you look at the holocaust, what would have happened if we said, turned the page and forget about it. >> do you have any people working for reporting from iran in any way? panama we do report on iran. we have done work on the limited access oft ns we do quite a bit of reporting on that. i welcome you to look at our web page. >> i like to close within up be questioned. when investigating human rights violations, have you ever observed humanitarian acts by the parties involved? >> yes, absolutely. i was in iraq, standing in a hospital. we had gone in because we had information that there were some iraqis that had been injured by air strikes in the war in 2003. i must have been there in june of 2003. we are standing there with the head of the hospital, just at

perpetrated murder on a massive scale, filled by hatred for those who were deemed a different and therefore inferior. it was evil. the nations that joined together to defeat hitler's reich were not perfect. they made their share of mistakes. they did not always agree with each other on every issue. but whatever got a parade to, whatever our differences, we knew that the -- whatever god we prayed to, we knew that the evil had to be stopped. citizens of all faith and of no faith came to believe that we could not remain as bystanders to the savage perpetration of death and destruction. and so we joined and sent our sons to fight and often die for the men and women than ever met, so they might know what it is to be free. a president who asked his country to break also asked his citizens to serve and sacrifice to make the invasion possible. on farms and factories, millions of men and women work three shifts a day, month after month, year after year. trucks and tanks came from plants in michigan and indiana, new york and illinois. bombers and fighter planes rolled off assembly lines in ohio and k

of the mumbai terrorist attacks are brought to book and perpetrators of earlier terrorist attacks against india and that there are tangible steps towards dismantlement of the terrorist infrastructure in pakistan. our prime minister and president zadari met on the sidelines of zadari met on the sidelines of the sco meeting in russia and6 they have directed theor

of the mumbai terrorist attacks are brought to book and perpetrators of earlier terrorist attacks against india and that there are tangible steps towards dismantlement of the terrorist infrastructure in pakistan. our prime minister and president zadari met on the sidelines of zadari met on the sidelines of the sco meeting in russia and6 they have directed the foreign secretaries to meet and discuss the issue of terrorism and what steps pakistan is taking to deal with the terrorists who were involved in attacks in india in the past. i think it's important that there is some ernest of sincerity because in the absence of that it would be extremely difficult to have a constructive dialog, you know, terrorism and dialog cannot go hand-in-hand. so we would like to see an ernest of sincerity from pakistan on this issue. >> i promised the ambassador that i would release her at 9 0 9:30. i hope this is the beginning of a conversation that we can continue in the months and years to come. and let me thank the audience and ask you to remain @ earlier today come bernie madoff was sentenced to the maxi

companies, olivehowever, no one speaks aboe fraud perpetrated by insurance companies.eople get sick and they find a reason to get away from paying. there is no question in my mind there needs to be some temperance. the insurance companies have had their way for a very long time. they are not prohibited from doing anything they want to do. no matter how limited a public program would be it would be a good opposite to the insurance industry. host: and "the washington post" it says that the president is mindful that supporters will not agree on all the details. he has of the distilled his position to three principles. as for his details obama's troops are asking supporters to trust the president's judgment. there is an editorial in today's "the wall street journal" talking about why he supports a public health care plan. he knows some of the criticisms and then combat them. he says plenty of private plans are already not for profit. he says that critics complain of a public plan has an inherent advantage over private plans, but that is not the case. he also writes that a

they have offered other perpetrators, and sometimes in very convincing manner. i repeat, hauptman probably did it. as far as journalists were concerned though, haupnman definitely did it. he certainly seemed a good choice. i will quote here from all the news unfit to print. hauptman was a german and the germans had been our foe in world war i. his features were coarse, his speech guttural. he had entered the united states illegally. he had a criminal background, resorting to burglary, at a time when he couldn't find work as a carpenter. there was, as far as anyone knew, more evidence against him than against anyone else. he was as perfectly cast for the role of villian as lindberg was for the role of hero. so as a result of this, reporters behaved toward hauptman. at his trial, actually in the courtroom, in a manner that reporters had never blade before. and i don't think have ever blade since. they have screamed the at hauptman from the they cursed at him. in a couple of days, they threw things at him when he was in the witness stand. they calmed him a -- call

and i thought it served very well -- no crueler tyrannies than those that are perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. a perfect title. c-span: why the book? you've written a lot about this in "the wall street journal." >> guest: a lot, and mostly because i came to "the journal" on the wings of one case like this. and i had an editor-in-chief at "the journal," bob bartley, who instantly recognized the importance and -- of this event that was taking place, this sweep of false accusations of child sex abuse. and he recognized that there was a larger issue here called prosecutorial zealots -- that is, runaway prosecutors who, quite simply, in many cases don't care. they don't really care if you're guilty or you're not guilty and who'll never give up the conviction. and all of that -- runaway prosecutorial zealots combined with the pathos of the cases of american citizens, most of them -- almost all of them -- middle-class, lower middle-class people who got up and saluted the flag and were genuinely kind of believers in our society and believed in law and believed that i

additionally, i call for the swift prosecution to the fullest extent of the law of the perpetrators of this senseless shooting. mr. president, the men and women of the u.s. armed forces risk their lives every day, both overseas an here on our own -- and here on our own soil in the united states. let it be known that their resolve will not and cannot be shattered. the ideals represented by the uniform worn by andy long, his parents, and the generations of brave american men and women before them still serves to represent liberty and justice for all. and no -- no act of terrorism can diminish that. it can only strengthen our resolve and reaffirm our commitment to america's most basic ideals and values. mr. president, our country owes a great debt to private long for his service as well as to the brave men and women in the armed forces who protect and defend the freedoms we cherish as americans each and every day. our thoughts and prayers go out to private long's family and to all of those who knew and loved him. we are all a grateful nation for incredible individuals like private andy lo

that's the ideology to subjew gate and hue mill yate and perpetrated matter murder on a massive scale. it was evil. the nations that joined together to defeat hitler's rush were not perfect. they made their share of mistakes. had not always agreed with one another on every issue. but whatever god we pray to, whatever our differences, we knew that the evil we faced had to be stopped. citizens of all faiths and of no faith came to believe that we could not remain as buy standers to the savage perptration of death and destruction. and so we joined and sent our sons to fight and often die so that men and women they never met might know what it is to be free. . . >> bombers and fighter planes rolled off the assembly lines and ohio and kansas, where my grandmother did her part as an inspector. shipyards produced the largest fleet in history, including the lading clout from new orleans that made it here to omaha. -- including the landing craft from new orleans. despite all the planning and preparation, despite the inspiration of our leaders, at the skill of our generals, the strength of our

that it covers not just protected federal activities but all activities in which hate crime is perpetrated. and extends the projections for hate generated by gender, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. it will supplement what the states are doing. many states are aguessively pursuing these matters. 45 states and the district of columbia have passed their own hate crimes statute. 32 include sexual orientation as a protected right. the reason we need the federal law is that the federal government has the resources and the capacity to respond when many types the states cannot. i want to make it clear what this bill fully protects first amendment rights. this is against violent actions, not against speech. hate crimes not only affect the victim, they affect the entire community. it is time for us to act. and i hope we will soon pass the matthew shepherd hate crimes prevention act of 2009. lastly, i want to talk about health care reform. there has been a lot of debate and a lot of conversation about health care reform and what we need to do. i hope the only option that's not on

civil authority to protect homeowners, seeking assistance to protect from criminals looking to perpetrate criminal schemes. this will enhance the department's criminal and civil tools. including money laundering and protecting taxpayer money. with the tools and resources provided, the department and others will be better equipped to help the nation respond to this challenge. the department has been investigating and prosecuting financial crimes aggressively. we have been very successful. this includes ponzi schemes and market manipulation. as part of the ongoing commitment to fiscal responsibility, we are working with the department of health and human services to bring back the billions of dollars lost every year those dollars could be spent on services are beneficiaries. instead they're wasted on fraud and abuse. kathleen sebelius and i have launched a new effort that will increase a sustained focus. we recognize that health care fraud has its debilitating impact, including those in long- term care facilities. coordinated activities of our attorneys and agents to address the abuse, negl

my understanding is we still do not know how that was perpetrated. we don't know exactly who. that is one of the advantages of a buyout weapons attack. this is one of the things that there were most concerned about. this is -- this can be done clandestinely. it is relatively inexpensive compared to other weapons of mass destruction. they feel that this is a major threat. caller: i have a question regarding, does the united states get flak from iran and other countries, when they can easily make the argument that the u.s. is the only nation that uses weapons of mass destruction on a massive scale, like the drop on japan? guest: it is true that the u.s. is one of the originating country iies, one of the five countries that had it originally. these countries sometimes to complain about this issue. north korea signed a treaty, iranian signed on to that same treaty. they said that we will on the pursuit nuclear issues for peaceful purposes. not for weapons. north korea has change their course on that and many people believe that iran will. this treaty didn't exist until the early 1

and violence perpetrated against them is an outrageous. despite the government's efforts to keep -- we see it and condemn it. the iranian people will be the ultimate judge of their government's action. the iranian government has other responsibilities. working with germany and our other european allies we will work from unleashing a nuclear arms race and the middle east. we want greater prosperity and security for the iranian people. we also talked about all parties need to redouble their efforts to achieve a lasting peace for the israeli and palestinian to live side by side. the chancellor spoke eloquently of germany's lasting opportunity to the safety and security of israel. germany will remain a critical partner and our efforts to bring safety and security to israelis, the arab states and the palestinians, who must recognize israel's right to exist. germany has been a strong partner in the nato mission in afghanistan. we honor those who serve there, including american and the german soldiers who gave their lives there this week. the cha

as a trial judge, she directly faced innocent victims of crime, vicious perpetrators of crime and occasionally wrongfully accused. she directly faced injured parties seeking civil address and several defendants who may have to make honest mistakes. she had to answer what is the right verdict? what is the right length of incarceration? damages? these are not easy decisions. i know that, because my husband was a state trial court judge for 16 years. measure out. people. her ankle. i said to her, you are tough. you have to be tough. injury with grace and humor. she has a first rate temperament. she has first-rate intellect. after growing up in a public housing project in the bronx, she excelled at princeton and yacht -- yale law school. i believe that she is an

seeking assistance under the amferings' making homes affordable program from criminals looking to perpetrate predatory schemes. i appreciate the committee's work in enacting the fraud enforcement and recovery act which will enhance the department's criminal and civil tools and resources to combat mortgage fraud, securities and commodities fraud, money laundering and to protect taxpayer money that has been expended during the recent economic stimulus and rescue packages. with the tools and resources that the bill provides, the department and others will be better equipped to address the challenges that face this nation in difficult economic times and to do their part to help the nation respond to this challenge. in addition, the department has been investigating and prosecuting federal crimes aggressively and has been very successful in identifying, investigating and in prosecuting massive financial fraud schemes, during the scrutes and commodities market manipulation and ponzi schemes. now as part of the fiscal responsibility and accountability, the department is working with the department

the violence perpetrated against them as outrageous. despite the government oppose the efforts to a bear witness to that violence, we see it and we condemn it. the iranian people will be the ultimate judge of iran's actions. it must respect the rights and he the will of its people. the iranian government also has other responsibilities. working with germany and other european partners to prevent them from developing a nuclear arms race in the middle east. we encourage iran to take a path that leads to greater security and prosperity for the iranian people. we also discussed the broader middle east and the need for all parties to redouble their efforts for lasting peace. during our recent -- a recent visit, the chancellor spoke eloquently about germany's everlasting responsibility to the security of israel. they must reject violence and recognize israel's right to exist. we agree that confronting violent extremism and preventing terrorist attacks demands our continued commitment and a comprehensive strategy. this includes dismantling and

as a trial judge, she directly faced innocent victims of crime , vicious perpetrators of crime and occasionally a wrongfully accused. she directly faced injured parties seeking civil address and several defendants who may have to make honest mistakes. she had to answer what is the right verdict? what is the right length of incarceration? what is the right level of damages? these are not easy decisions. i know that, because my husband was a state trial court judge for 16 years. trial court judges must be able to live with the justice they measure out. it takes more than an understanding of the law. it takes an understanding of people. judge sotomayor has a great understanding of both. i had the pleasure of meeting with her the day she fractured her ankle. i said to her, you are tough. she said i grew up in the bronx. you have to be tough. she handled that a painful injury with grace and humor. she has a first rate temperament. she has first-rate intellect. after growing up in a public housing project in the bronx, she excelled at princeton and yacht -- yale law school. i believe that she is an e

the violence perpetrated against them is outrageous. despite the government's efforts to keep the world from bearing witness to that violence, we see it and condemn it. the iranian people will be the ultimate judge of their government's actions, but if the government desires the respect of the international community, then it must respect the rights and heed the will of its people. the iranian government has other responsibilities. working with germany as well as russia and china were working from preventing iran from developing a nuclear weapons capacity. well encourage iran to take a path that respects international new orleans and leads to greater security and prosperity for the iranian people. we discussed the broader middle east, including two states, israel and a palestinian state living side by side in peace and security. during our revent visit, the chancellor spoke eloquently of germany's responsibility to the safety and security of israel. going forward, germany will be an important part to the security of israel and the pales

was trying to articulate american values and interests, he said, look, this idea of 9/11 being perpetrated by al qaeda, some in the muslim world question that if it was al qaeda, there were lured rumors. he said this is the fact. 3000 of my citizens have been slaughtered. that is why we are in afghanistan. i think he tried to be very direct when he said this is the priority of the american president, to protect american lives. but i think he fails by reaching out and trying to widen the distance between the muslim communities and extremists, that is the best hope, is to isolate. and al qaeda -- i think it is no coincidence that ayman of zawahiri and osama bin laden -- i think given their statements, their most nervous about the president's speech because he was trying to bring people over to the american side, to the west cost side, and to make sure these people are isolated would make clear that there is no justification for the slaughter of innocents. he said if you shoot rockets at women and children, you do not claim moral authority, you abdicate it. so i think he was very consistent t

the perpetrator of yesterday's attack proves something as well. ignorance and hatred still exists. by his actions, this man demonstrated that the very evil that led to the holocaust, the evil in the past he sought to deny, in going forward the u.s. holocaust memorial museum will prove something as well. there was a time when people who had hatred were powerful and held in their hands the levers of power. those days are over. the museum has suffered a great loss, but the museum will continue in its important work. this attack has no power over the museum, its supporters or its mission. hatred can no longer beat back the forces of justice and equality. whatever the dark aims of the attack may have been, there is no question he has failed and those like him will always fail as long as organizations like the u.s. holocaust memorial museum are standing. i ask my colleagues to support thr important resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: i yield myself such time as

we need to do more both to educate consumers and go after the people who are perpetrating these scams, which is difficult to do in an internet world. let me switch to some other issues. the irs oversight board in its statement to this committee identified two serious weaknesses of our tax administration system. the first is the $290 billion tax gab and the seconds is what the board referred to as the ar kayic nature of the system. i'm well aware of that because the g.a.o. year after year puts the irs's information system on its high risk list. i would like to start with the tax gap issue. and ask what you think should be done. >> one is a would say the tax numbers are imperfect. a lot of them are extrapolated numbers. the only way is to do randomized audits. it would be a burden on people, et cetera. with that said, we take it very seriously. i think there's three important things that can be done with the tax gap. one is simplification. as long as the tax code is this complex, people will make mistakes and have opportunities to use the complexity of the system for evasion. second is

areas where the executive should surrender some of this power to parliament but if he is going to perpetrate the myth at the problems of the last few weeks are not the problems of parliament that people see as caused by mistakes made by members of parliament and this house, he is not going to get an echo in the country. this house is going to face of to the fact it let the country down. we have to make the changes that are necessary. many m ps who have made no mistakes of being penalized because of mistakes made by others. we have a collective duty to clean up this house in the interest of democracy. everybody who saw last week, parties that are not represented in this house or what our duty is. the problem is not parliament and parliament does not have to deal with its problems. that is a mistake, i hope reflection, someone who usually brings to this, is wisdom on these matters. >> warmly applauded. does my hon. friend accept that this house having the power, is an essential part of any democratic reform, and does he accept that this house should have a right to elected its own business com

expressing the very strong denunciation of the united states of america for the violence being perpetratedy the government of iran. i also appreciated the president and his words bearing witness to the courage of the people of iran who have taken to the streets on behalf of their own freedom in free and fair elections. i was privileged to work with my democratic colleagues on the foreign affairs committee, the chairman, in offering a house resolution that garnered four hundred five votes on the previous friday. it expressed the sentiments the president expressed at the podium on tuesday. i truly believe what we are seeing happening on the streets of iran is extraordinary. people are taking to the streets, risking their liberty and their lives on behalf of freedom. the american cause is freedom. it always has been and always will be. in that cause, we must never be neutral, never hesitate to provide moral and rhetorical support to people taking a stand for their fundamental freedoms and human rights. i was pleased to see the president take that much stronger stand. >> what is the effect of

so among other things johnson wrote about violence, perpetrated by british soldiers are stationed in boston against american citizens. he wrote about and just as important inspired other publications to write about severely punitive laws that parliament was intending to inflict on americans. lies -- all of it lies. it is a subject about which i wrote at length in a previous book that carolyn mentioned called "infamous scribblers", the founding fathers and their ratted beginnings of american journalism. so i did not write about it at length in all the news unfit to -- "all the news unfit to print" and want to speak about it here. suffice it to say that as a newsman sam adams was the biggest liar in the noblest cause in american history. mark twain was one of the great writers of fiction in american history. unfortunately for the readers of the nevada newspaper about a century and a half ago, he wrote some of that friction in the guise of journalism. for instance, he described the discovery of a petrified man in the nevada desert. he wrote as follows: the body it was in sitting positio

most of it, in some respects, the worst fraud perpetrated on the american people was the creation of fannie and freddie, where the government allowed them to monopolize our secondary securities markets. they were given a "affordable housing mission," and they were essentially told to loan money to people who cannot pay it back, and the system has collapsed under that. that was bad public policy. that is what i am talking about as far as dumb regulation as far as -- as opposed to the regulation. caller: yes, i have watched you in some of the hearings, and you have been outrageous about them wanting to limit the amount that people should make before they have a credit card or take out a loan or a mortgage, saying that if they do that, the people that need it most are not going to get it. and then you are saying that forcing them to do this -- how does it make sense that if people are struggling and have a limited income, that you charge them 60% to 90% more than you would a normal person that has income. how in the world can you formulate that in your mind to make any sense? i am confu

the violence perpetrated agains them is outrage jus. despite the government's efforts to keep the world from bearing witness to that violence, we see it and condemn it. as i have said before, the iranian people will be the ultimate judge of their government's actions, but if the iranian government desires the respect of the international community, then it must respect the rights and heed the will of its people. >> host: ambassador dalton, your thoughts about what the president had to say? >> i think it is admirable. it is the right stuff t makes clear that iran has two universal standards on human rights and civil and political rights are essential parts of the international human rights status, which all countries pay attention to, and it's many years now, since any country has been able to claim that its performance on civil rights is somehow beyond the questioning of others, so it's quite right that the international community should say that iran has fallen severely short of that, but at the same time, i believe that president obam

it's support of hamas and hezbollah, and hateful statements against israel perpetrated by its president and others in iran's senior leadership. unfortunately, the federal courts have ruled divestment actions undertaken against a single nation may contra detect the president's -- contradict the president's authority to enjoy exclusive authority over diplomatic relations so state and local governments undertake these measures with some legal jeopardy. the justice department in the past has taken legal action against -- against -- state and local governments in cases involving other nations. this action, thive ran sanctions en-- the iran sanctions enabling act protects the rights of state and local government to ensure pension funds are not invested in companies that did business with the regime like iran. it is carefully targeted to focus only on financial ties with iran's energy sector to hit iran where it is economically most vulnerable and the bill includes a sunset provision to lift this authorization once the president certifies, certifies, that iran has ceased providing support for

trial judge, judge sotomayor every day directly based innocent victims of crime from a vicious perpetrators of crime and occasionally an the wrongfully accused. two directly face injured parties seeking silber dress and as a man have made honest mistakes. she had to answer what is the right verdict. what is the right length of incarceration? what is the right level of damages? these are not easy decisions. all i know that because my husband was a state trial court judge for 16 years. trial court judges must be able to live with the justice the meat out. to do it well it takes more than an understanding of the law, it takes an understanding of people. and judge sotomayor has a greater understanding of both. the had the pleasure of meeting with sonia sotomayor that they she fractured her ankle one. i said to her as she came into my office, boy, your top, she said i grew up in the bronx where we had to be tough. she handled the last panel injury with grace and humor, she has a first-rate temperament. she also has a first-rate intellect. after growing up in public housing project in the south b

they go to school where they spend six to eight hours a day with the very people that have perpetrated the crime against them placing them in very dangerous situations. for example, a 16-year-old girl breaks up with her 16-year-old boyfriend in texas, at a high school. and during the day, she goes to her teacher and says i'm afraid. this boyfriend of mine is becoming more and more violent and i'm afraid for my safety. can you help me? two hours later, this young lady is found dead in the hallways of her own school. in 2007, at a high school in seattle, a young girl is assaulted, dragged into the boys' rest room and assaulted even further. the girl pushed herself away from the suspect and ran away and told the teachers. reported the incident to the teachers. the principal of the school. the school did nothing. for three weeks this young lady had to go back to school and face these three individuals, three individuals who assaulted her. they did nothing. didn't report it to the police. didn't tell anybody. our schools need more effective procedures to address these problems when they occ

therefore the perpetrator of those crimes got lawyers. they had miranda rights. they had all the courtesies of the u.s. government, the u.s. justice system. that is not what we need to be doing right now. after 9/11 we realized that these acts of terrorism weren't just technical but strategic acts of war and therefore we have moved over to let's treat soldiers as they are. war criminals. mr. lungren mentioned the assassins of abraham lincoln were tried by a military tribunal. it's the same situation when president roosevelt was president. we found six nazi spies onlyly -- on long island. and i believe five of them were executed, a sixth one cooperated. it was all through a military tribunal. what is it that president obama sees that president lincoln and president roosevelt and really all our entire u.s. judicial history, all the judges, have signed off on it. why is that -- it that suddenly we want to go over to afghanistan and iraq and give miranda rights to prisoner of wars. therefore -- curve 30 more seconds. mr. lewis: i yield an additional minute. mr. kings

in one way, this is really a ruse being perpetrated on the american people under medicare and medicaid. we say, yes, you have coverage, but if you can't find a doctor or health care provider that will provide you access at that price then their coverage doesn't do you any good. according to a recent "wall street journal" article, medicaid's low reimbursement rates which are lower than medicare have resulted in 40% of physicians restricting access to patients in the program. so it's no wonder as the journal of health affairs said last month that physicians typically have been less willing to take on new medicaid patients than patients covered by other types of health insurance. medicaid reimbursement rates, as i said, are lower than medicare. more than 25% lower than medicare. one group that has a significant presence in my state illustrates the problem with 1,300 physicians and 500 advance practice nurses specializing in the care of newborns and vulnerable children. they noted the lack of appropriate reimbursement is the most common reason for physicians to refuse to accept new medicai

provides assurance and has resulted in the conviction of countless perpetrators of violent crimes and freed hundreds of innocent people. we can identify the guilty and exclude the innocent with certainty with just a little biological evidence and a scientific test. the problem, of course, is they have to collect their biological evidence, do that test and record the information. if you do not, the power of d.n.a. evidence is unrealized. unfortunately, there is a backlog in the hundreds of thousands in the analysis of d.n.a. evidence. this back log includes offenders from crime scenes and rape kits. when such a powerful tool is used, we must act. and i helped pass legislation to do just that. debbie smith d.n.a. backlog program gives grants to states including rape kits to analyze rape samples and expand d.n.a. capacity. that money is making a difference and we must ensure it is available. congress provided $151 million to the grant program for fy 2009 and re-authorized the program at this level through fiscal year 2014. unfortunately, this bill cuts this by $5 million for the coming f

summer adjournment i hope we can make progress but i would ask the leader of opposition thought to perpetrate the myth that for 12 weeks or 14 weeks during the summer and autumn mps do absolutely nothing. they are in their constituencies and working with their constituencys and let us

the scientists have said that human induced global change is one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated out of the scientific community. it is a hoax. there is no scientific consensus. but this is going to kill jobs. it's going to raise the cost of food. it's going to raise the cost of medicines. it's going to raise the cost of electricity and gasoline. every good and service in this country is going to go up. and who's going to be hurt most? the poor, the people on limited income, the retirees, the elderly, the people who least can afford to have their energy raised. m.i.t. says over $3,100 per family. this rule must be defeated. this bill must be defeated. we need to be good stewards of our environment, but this is not it. it's a hoax. i encourage people to vote against the bill and the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from california. the gentlewoman from california. ms. matsui: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas -- the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas

he said that he shared in culpability for perpetrating over the years and exalted conception of presidential power and he went on, american historians this writer among them labored to give the expansive theory of the president's historical sanction overgeneralizing from the pre-world war two contrast between a president who is right and congress which is wrong, scholars developed uncritical cold of the activist presidency. and while he died last year, i think the goals of the activist presidency is still very much alive and with us today. it is still what i think american children learn in schools, college students learn in political science class is taught from a presidential centric standpoint, what the american people when this daily on the nightly news, activism is equated with greatness and a president. i wouldn't want to begin to suggest the special while speaking at the national press club american media are also coble in part by china this cult of the activist president, instead allison gave preference is that if that was released a couple weeks ago by the center for media and publi