michael wants to work with ray lahood on a bipartisan people, mr. lahood will be here as many hours, days and weeks as mr. michael needs him and i hope you would agree with that. ray lahood is a republican but a bipartisan american who wants to get things done for our country and create those jobs of which you speak which all of us want to do. we have a jobs bill by the way that you have not brought to the floor. what is one aspect of it? infrastructu infrastructure, investing in infrastructure. that has languished for five mont months, not brought to the floor by the majority leader who has the authority to do so and i have been urging him to do so. if he wants to comment on what i said, i will yield. >> absolutely, mr. speaker. i join the gentleman in thinking secretary lahood is a feign gentleman. but all i can say is actions speak louder than words and whether we're bringing the whole bill up for a vote i would ask how many members on his side have sponsored 2tha bill? i think there is certainly many elements of that bill that we can all agree on

ray lahood was a leader on your side of the aisle. ray lahood served together for a long time. i don't know if you've seen his quote, i think it bears consideration of your side of the aisle from a republican, from middle america, peoria, who, your leader, your minority leader, bob michael, had as his chief of staff. here's what he said about the infrastructure bill that was marked up. this is the most partisan transportation bill that i have ever seen. and it is also the most anti-safety bill i have ever seen. this is a direct quote from ray lahood, republican, former member of this house for many years and former chief of staff to the minority leader bob michael. it hollows out our number one priority, which is safety. and ray lahood went on to say this. frankly it hollows out the guts of the transportation efforts we have been about for the last three years. it's the worst transportation bill i've ever seen during my 35 years of public service. ray lahood, politico, february 3,ust a few days ago, actually, that's today. he said it today. in realtime. this is real, breaking n

our witness is the secretary of transportation, ray lahood. this is secretary lahood's third appearance before the budget committee. we're delighted that he could be with us this morning. before we begin, mr. secretary, i want to note my thoughts are with your son sam lahood. most of us i think know that sam is one of the 16 american nongovernmental organization workers currently banned from leaving egypt. sam is with the international republican institute. one of my constituents, stacy hogg from fargo, is all also among those barred from leaving. both the i. a ira, iri and mdi were created by congress to foster and strengthen democratic institutions around the world. the fact that egypt has taken this action is beyond the pale. it is completely unacceptable. these young people are doing important work. work that is supported directly by the congress of the united states to support constitutional governments, to support democracy. there could be no higher calling. and for the egyptian government, egyptian authorities, to trump up these really

and former transportation secretary ray lahood called hr-7 the most transparent transportation bill i have ever seen, and i further quote him, he said, it is the worst transportation bill i have ever seen during 35 years of public service. it came out of the transportation committee and so in and of itself defeating them doesn't make a bill bipartisan. -- asked and not only worked in good faith on this bill, thaw i have -- but they have put their d differences aside. -- and the 1998 reauthorization bill, and yet it is suffering a bad faith in the years of -- >> and the announcement of the house voting on a collective piece of legislation, and divided into three separate parts, and the sus pex of the rules a and here is the representative from utah. >> i enjoyed watching "money ball ball" and reading the book as well. they talked about field of averages and in the book, billy bean says that the talentf of avoiding failure is not a great trait, and in fact, the easiest way for someone to avoid a mistake is to be too slow to get to the ball. with all due respect this administration and m

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the man behind the push is transportation secretary ray lahood. mr.you for joining us. >> good morning. >> is this becoming a sensitive marquis issue of what you want to communicate. >> well, safety is our number one priority in all forms of transportation. we know that, because everybody has a blackberry, everybody has a cell phone and we think we can use them everywhere we're at, that many, many people when they get behind the wheel of a car have a cell phone up to their ear or think they can text and drive, it's very dangerous. the statistics prove that with over 3,000 deaths. that's 10% of the deaths on our highways in america. and that's way too many. people have to change their very dangerous behavior and take personal responsibility to put these devices away while they're driving. >> personal responsibility means this is voluntary? >> it is voluntary because we want to really put out there the idea that even though a number of states have passed laws against distracted driving, that it's up to people to really decide if they want to be safe dri

hit was the international republican institute, where sam lahood, son of transportation secretary ray lahood, is an employee. >> are you concerned about your urture safety? >> reporter: reached today by phone, sam lahood declined to comment, but he and at least four of his colleagues have been eanned from leaving the country. charles dunne is the middle east director at freedom house, a pro-democracy group whose employees have also been targeted. >> i mean this is a thin veneer of a legal investigation over what is really a political smear campaign. can'torter: he says if civil organizations like his can't operate freely, it calls into question the future of democracy in egypt. >> i'm very worried about the future of the country when they are shutting down egyptian and american n.g.o.s that are involved, after all, in trying to dot very things that the military says it wants to do. >> this is a totally judicial issue. >> reporter: today egypt's foreign minister tried to distance his government from the investigation, saying it was the judicial authority and not military leaders who pursued t

transportation secretary ray lahood, a former republican congressman, called hr-7 and i quote, the most partisan transportation bill i have ever seen and i further quote him, he said, it is the worst transportation bill i've ever seen during 35 years of public service. the chairman of the transportation committee calls this a bipartisan product. madam speaker, making democratic amendments in order -- in and of itself and then defeating them doesn't make a bill bipartisan. transportation bills by their nature have always been truly bipartisan. written together by the majority and minority. republicans and democrats, in the past, have not only worked in good faith on this bill, they have put their differences aside and did their jobs. i should know. i serve on the transportation committee during a republican-controlled house in my first term and i served as a conferee to the 1998 reauthorization bill. yet, hr-7 abandons years of good faith efforts by members of both parties to thoughtfully and responsibly craft a bipartisan transportation bill that reflects the priorities and vital import

transportation secretary, ray lahood.epartment calling it troubling and working to learn more from the egyptian government. meanwhile, violent outbursts continue in egypt across the country there, more than 70% killed in a riot at a soccer game about a week ago and now the u.s. is threatening to cut off more than a billion dollars in aid, bringing us information and his expertise on that region, dr. walid phares, fox news middle east and terrorism analyst and author of "the struggle for freedom in the middle east" thank you for being here. >> thank you, harris. >> harris: and the men in egypt. what did they do wrong? >> harris, this is a very troubling story, talking about an event that never happened 30 years ago, for 30 years, some of the ngo he is, national republican institute and democratic national snult and human rights, international based have been operating in egypt for years, and iri basically led by mr. lahood was founded in 2005 in egypt and never before it happened and even during the the year after the coll

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ray lahood was a leader on your side of the aisle. ray lahood served together for a long time. i don't know if you've seen his quote, i think it bears consideration of your side of the aisle from a republican, from middle america, peoria, who, your leader, your minority leader, bob michael, had as his chief of staff. here's what he said about the infrastructure bill that was marked up. this is the most partisan transportation bill that i have ever seen. and it is also the most anti-safety bill i have ever seen. this is a direct quote from ray lahood, republican, former member of this house for many years and former chief of staff to the minority leader bob michael. it hollows out our number one priority, which is safety. and ray lahood went on to say this. frankly it hollows out the guts of the transportation efforts we have been about for the last three years. it's the worst transportation bill i've ever seen during my 35 years of public service. ray lahood, politico, february 3, just a few days ago, actually, that's today. he said it today. in realtime. this is real, breaking

. >> the comments of transportation secretary ray lahood as he testified before the senate budget committee taking questions from senator jeff sessions on an ongoing debate here in washington and around the country, high-speed rail. we've soon it in great britain, elsewhere in europe and japan, the question is will we have it here in the united states? by the way, there is an association focused on high-speed rail if you're interested. the website is ushsr.com. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. >> on march 20th, the u.s. supreme court hears the oral argument in miller v alabama, someone convicted of murder when he was 14, whether it violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. you'll hear it cited on c-span's radio historic supreme court argument from 2005. donald roper, superintendent of the pitocy correctional institution versus christopher simmons, respond depth. >> they can evaluate the series of studies and pick what is an arab theirry age. there is no study in anything mr. simons cites that justifies that particular day, 18, they talked about adolescence. they t

ray lahood, republican, secretary of transportation. now, whatever time the gentleman has spent that he thinks exposing this bill, he didn't expose it on our side because -- and he apparently didn't expose it in a way that reached bipartisan agreement from the secretary of transportation, i will tell you i lament the fact, mr. leader, when i was in a majority leader, and the gentleman likes to refer to, that transportation bill passed with a overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. every transportation bill that i've seen in the 30 years i've been in the congress of the united states has passed on an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. and it came out of committee almost unanimously. this bill, as the gentleman knows, came out on a purely partisan vote. except -- actually it was a bipartisan opposition because mr. petri, long time member of the transportation committee, and of course mr. latourette's not too happy with the bill either, as the gentleman knows, who is a senior member on your side, one of your leaders on your side of the aisle, so i wi

let me end with this before you answer the question, because ray lahood was leader in this congss ray lahood was a leader on your side of the aisle. ray lahood served together for a long time. i don't know if you've seen his quote, i think it bears consideration of your sid of the aisle from a republican, from middle america, peoria, who, you leader, your minority leader, bob michael, had as his chief of staff. here's what he said about the infrastructure bill that was marked up. this is the most partisan transportation bill that i have ever seen. and it is also the most anti-safety bill i have ever seen. this is a direct quote from ray lahood, republican, former member of this house for many years and former chief of staff to the minority leader bob michael. it hollows out our number one priority, which is safety. and ray lahood went on to say this. frankly it hollows t the guts of the transportation efforts we have been about for the last three years. it's the worst transportation bill i've ever seen during my 35 years of public service. ray lahood, politico, february 3, just a few

one person is the son of transportation secretary ray lahood. sam lahood works for a nonprofit that promotes democracy abroad. egyptian officials say the accused used foreign funds to fuel unrest and upraising. the state department spokesperson says officials are trying to understand the charges issuing this statement. "we are deeply concerned by these reports and are seeking clarification from the government of egypt but washington is already threatening action. they want to hold back the $1.5 billion promised to egypt this year. >> they will have to be back home soon. otherwise this is going to be transformed into a long term crisis between washington and cairo and i don't think it's in the interest, neither of the government in egypt nor our administration for this crisis to last more than three to four weeks of. >> reporter: egypt's foreign minister said his government cannot interfere in the work of the judiciary. >> the idea is that this is happening after the elections, after the muslim brotherhood took off parliament. so the military cou

. >> reporter: and sam lahood, son of ray lahood, transportation secretary, is one of those being prosecutede international public institute or iri, has been at work, and said corruption in the the egyptian court and continued assault on american, german and egyptian civil society is not a legitimate judicial process, it's a politically motivated effort to squash egypt's growing civil owe site group and orchestrated through the court in part by the mubarak holdover. that refers to the judges who served under long time egyptian dictator mubarak. and the they've had a problem dealing with its own people. in cairo, the fifth day in a he row clashes between police and protesters, and police threw rocks-- people threw rocks while people fired tear gas in response. and out on the campaign trail, newt gingrich compared the prosecution in egypt to a foreign policy disaster for a previous democrat in the white house. >> this remind me exactly of jimmy carter and the iranian hostage and you have the obama iranian hostage crisis to resemble the carter hostage crisis. >> and the u.s. officials continue

>>shepard: ngo's is nongovernment organizations and one is run by ray lahood's son, sam lahood who isre stucky. what do we know about his democracy group? >>reporter: they say they are doing nothing wrong and they have been there working on trying to establish democracy in egypt and the international republican institute, the group sam lahood works for note there have been corruption in egyptian courts and "the continued assault on american, german and egyptian civil society is not a legitimate view additional process but a politically motivated effort to squash egypt's growing civil society orchestrated through the courts in part by my mubarak and holdovers." clearly a tense situation. >>shepard: one more tense situation. mike from the washington, dc bureau and our senior judicial analyst, judge napolitano is here. our main guy on this sort of issue. what do you do now? >>judge napolitano: not much. you can only hope that hillary clinton and her team can negotiate a deal for the release of these people as she and her team did for three american students a few weeks ago. >>shepard: sh

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. ♪ ♪ hotwire.com ♪ prosecution in egypt including son of transportation secretary ray lahood crackdownrnment massive demonstrations 43 people face trials for illegally receiving foreign funders they call to support anti-government groups. american mentioned 36 year-old sam lahood son of transportation secretary ray lahood from illinois leads egyptian office of national republican institute banned from leaving egypt. going into tuesday's republican primary caucus three struggling candidates fighting to stop frontrunner momentum reporting from washington on the latest in the presidential race. >> this tuesday is not super tuesday but for the candidates and the republican race is significant. three more contests target front runner mitt romney. conservative support of one with ron paul hopes to snag a strong wind on tuesday and slow momentum of mitt romney >> a candidate running not seen by the media as the prohibitive favorite. who is the worst possible person in this field to put on the most fundamental issue of the campaign >> rick santorum hit mitt romney on health care and newt gingr

secretary of transportation ray lahood.s say they'll be tried for being involved in banned activity and illegally receiving foreign funds. >>> utah governor gary herbert is safe after an assassination threat. according to officials, the governor was put on lockdown and moved by security. police arrested a 52-year-old man they say was sending text messages, threatening the governor's life. >>> and as the economy improves, the price of cars is expected to jump. the national automobile association predicts the average cost of a new car will rise about 6% to $30,000. used car prices, only expected to be up about 1%. >>> all right, you've heard of term limits for lawmakers, but what about for casino workers? a new casino set to open in atlantic city plans to make employees reapply for their jobs every few years. hi, anna. >> shannon, when the rebel megacasino opened in may, it will bring 5,000 jobs to atlantic city, with that an unprecedented policy that critics say values young, fresh faces over a proven track record of hard wo

. >>> the son of transportation secretary ray lahood is among 19 americaning facing trial in an egyptian criminal court for allegedly being involved in banned activities. egypts military rulers accuse foreign hands of being behind protests against them. meanwhile egypts military government promising to move out the president. sails as clashes increase. demonstrators were hurling rocks and broken tiles. >>> and england's queen ee liz bektd celebrates 60 years today. she said she felt deeply moved by the support shown for the anniversary. two official photographs were released to mark the occasion. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,862 after rising 156 points on friday. the s&p climbed 19 points. the nasdaq rose 45. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei gained 97 points while in hong kong the hang seng added 47. >>> the surprisingly strong jobs data on friday and a few important economic reports could keep the markets continuing their surge this week. coca-cola will report earnings this week, along

. >>> more than a dozen americans including the sonover transportation secretary ray lahood are charged with encouraging the protest. >>> misreu on the high seas, hundreds of passengers on three cruise ships contract a stomach virus. they reported noro virus outbreaks. the ships sale from florida and louisiana. the sick passengers were quarantined during a stop. >>> when orlando brown died suddenly of diabetes everyone was stunned. today best friend wally williams tells wjz brown never knew he had the disease. he was convinced the giant of a man known as zeus would be alive if he only news. >> reporter: on the field, orlando brown could take the hits and push back harder. but it was the hits that he never saw coming that brought him down. orlando died suddenly last september at his inner harbor home at just 40 years old. at first, no one knew why. for 10 days what killed this giant of a man inside his inner harbor home inside his home remained a mystery. orlando brown died of diabetes. >> it was a big sense of emptiness that's left without him being around. >> reporter: his best friend

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egypt has summoned 19 americans to trial including the son of transportation secretary ray lahood.he group faces criminal charges of promoting democracy and humaning rights which is banned in egypt. the country also accused the americans receiving foreign fund. analysts say egypt's decision to take the case to trial could further strain its relationship with the u.s., no trial date has been set. >>> in syria protesters clash with pro government supporters who say they are empowered by a veto of a u.n. resolution. china and russia shut down a resolution calling for president bashir asaid to step aside. despite the u.n. veto members of the arab league are cutting off diplomatic ties in a move to pressure assad to step down. >>> the dictator of panama is in the hospital. he's being treated for extreme hypertension. authorities transferred him from president where he's serving a 60 year sentence. panama's health minister said norieg a's blood pressure is very high leading to a stroke. >>> this morning, three people who survived a plane crash have an amazing story to tell. a small plane

and 19 american pro democracy workers including the son of transportation secretary ray lahood wouldtrial. this as syria sinks deeper into civil war, and bashar assad, and the opposition strong hold. matt come minsky joins us with more. and is it fair to call them hostages? they can't leave the country. sure, they're held under trance parens ly-- there's a bigger picture here, the middle of a mess have i transition and they have to write the constituon, still and the military has to blame them for the problem they're having and a lot of nationalists going back to nasser. >> this is not having that the muslim brotherhood is doing. >> no. >> this is the military government that's doing this, a government that's gotten billions in aid. >> right, the state department is putting out that it may not be the military government that's doing it. >> and who doing it. the military who is a former mubarak associate is the one who apparently has been driving this. and that's part of the problem. and it's not clear, who's responsible for grabbing these people and who we should be negotiating this,

the son of transportation secretary ray lahood is there. the charges are unclear. the government blames the pro democracy and human rights groups for triggering the unrest. the u.s. is threatening to cut off $1.5 billion in aid to egypt. >>> opposition groups say troops are shelling the town. at least 50 people are dead. more than 200 people were killed during the government attack on saturday. it was the same day russia and china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution calling on president assad to step down. secretary of state hillary clinton called it a travesty. >> those countries that refuse to support the arab league plan bear full responsibility for protecting the brutal regime in damascus. >> the u.n. estimates more than 5400 people have been killed since march. the u.s. is proposing an international coalition to support the syrian opposition. >>> rescue workers in eastern pakistan are frantically trying to reach people trapped inside a collapsed building. officials say gas cylinders exploded inside a three-story factory today. two people are dead, 12 oth

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one of them is the son of ray lahood, president obama's transportation secretary. sam lahood heads the egypt office for the international republican institute and is now forbidden to leave cairo. were you surprised when you saw your name on the list? >> i was surprised. so was my wife. >> reporter: other americans like charles dunne were safely at home in washington, d.c. when the charges were announced. as a director of the pro-democracy group freedom house, dunne was cited for operating in the country without a license. the egyptian government is accusing you and others of fomenting this unrest plaguing egypt. >> right. of course, we're doing nothing of the kind. this is completely trumped up political charges. >> reporter: if convicted, the americans could face up to five years in prison. and today white house press secretary jay carney indicated that $1.5 billion in u.s. foreign aid to egypt could now be in jeopardy. >> we have made clear both in our public statements and private communications how seriously we take this and that these actions could have conseq