when he was terminated by of the regents of the university, and now you have to understand, most regents are appointed by the governor. so that means their number one interest is to protect the governor. not the students, not the curriculum, not even the university. but to protect the governor. i have know, if you ask them to do something, that will produce conflict, like, for example, enforcing their own academic standards, as against the radical professors, they will not do it if they think that the radicals can cause trouble for their governor. that is the reality. but in colorado, it's different, because they're elected. so this was a powerful group of regents looking at the ward churchill we have and with they announced that he was going to be terminated, the chairman of the regents said, this is one of the hardest decisions we've ever had to make. he's a fraud, he's a ladies and gentlemenryist, that tells you what serious trouble the university of colorado is if and every university of this country, which doesn't even have regents that could have that kind of spine. now there are t

got one call from a regent who is has now left the board of regents. a little later, i'll get to what the politics of the university are that prevent -- that keep this unconscionable state of affairs going. so our book has 150 such courses. whole fields are just given over to indoctrination. women's studies is not an academic field, it is a political party. that doesn't mean that women's studies couldn't be an academic field. it could be, if the subject of women and their status and their history were treated in an academic way, that is, where you looked at different perspectives and evaluated the evidence. women's studies courses are indoctrination courses in radical markoid feminism which teach that america is a racist, sexist classist homophobic society and an imperialist power because they teach global feminisms now and terrorists are freedom fighters, and if they resort to unpleasant tactics, it's because the oppressors, that's because the united states and israel, force them to do so. that's the curriculum today how did it get that way? well, one

that has been one of the most troubling aspects of the planning process in the pj am regent. the pgm is essentially from our perspective a trade association of utilities proposing projects and ratifying the proposals amounts themselves. they do not have, until very recently have a process that complies with the farc order 890. they were looking only at transmission solutions and not alternatives. they do not do the kind of balancing of impacts, other issues of the public interest that state with utility commissions clearly have authority to do, so the current way we to regional transmission planning is very disturbing. the owners of the transmission lines proposed projects. there is there reactive approval process then there's no balancing of other considerations even within the alternative energy solutions like energy efficiency, dsm. they are starting to incorporate those things but the process is very conservative and very oriented toward producing transmission solutions. >> to go to your question, first the frustration with the planning process, i would agree with you tha

i was talking to governor down regent alice talking to governor doyle. more people are seeking help from the state. we have a lot of pressure on our budget. i have already promised that reform cannot add to our deficit over the next 10 years. to make that happen, we have already identified hundreds of billions of dollars worth of savings in our budget, savings that will come from steps like reducing medicare and payments to insurance companies. i will be outlining hundreds of billions of dollars more in savings in the days to come. even with these savings, reform will require some additional up- front resources. that is why i have proposed that we scale back how much the highest income americans can deduct on their taxes, take it back to the rate that existed under the reagan years. we could use some of that money to help finance health-care reform. [applause] in all these reforms, our goal is simple, high quality health care at the lowest possible cost. we want to fix what is broken, build on what works. as congress moves forward on health care legislat

as was brought up during the ntsb as regent -- recent hearing of the tragic accident in buffalo, many pilots are not getting adequate training or enough rest. airlines are requiring pilots to work longer days and more of them each month. frequent changes are forcing pilots to decide between commuting or taking another haircut to train on new equipment. the consequences, the quality of airline pilot careers has been greatly diminished and and the severe erosion of benefits and quality of life are motivating experienced aviators to move to other professions. current training practices do not take into account the drastic change in pilot applicants's experience. they assume pilots are far more experienced than they may actually be. there must be a new focus on standardization and even fundamental flying skills. to meet this challenge, airlines and other providers must develop methodologies to train for that lack of experience and train for judgment. current training practices need to be adjusted to account for the experience level of that new pilot and into initial training with his or h

florida board of regents the five-justice majority concluded states could not be sued by private citizens for age discrimination without their consent because of a general principle of sovereign immunity. this is another decision that was simultaneously conservative in terms of the policy outcome and activist in terms of the judging. it was conservative because it expanded states right and contracted antidiscrimination rights. it was activist both because it struck down the considered judgment of congress and because based not at all on the text of the constitution, but instead on the policy preferences of the five justices. in its dissent in kimmel justice stevens said -- and i quote -- "the kind of judicial activism manifest in such cases represents a departure from the proper role of such court that it should be opposed whenever the opportunity arises. end of quote. with the addition of chief justice roberts and justice alito, the conservative majority of the current court has continued to be highly activist. even though the two newest justices are not always candid about what they're

jack was also a distinguished regent at the university of california for a dozen years during which he helped lead the fight for expanded opportunities for minority students and demanded that the university divest its investments in apartheid south africa. that investment initiative helped bring about the peaceful ending of apartheid and the new day of majority rule in south africa. we will all miss jack greatly but none more than his sons, patrick, daniel, john jr., patrick and thomas. his daughters, mary and assistancey. his 12 grandchildren and his great grandchildren. we also remember his beloved wife, betty, who preceded him in death. i hope it's a comfort to his family that so many people mourn their loss and are praying for them at this sad time. jack henning was a proud american, a devout catholic, passionate about his irish roots and a great friend and mentor to many of us. mr. speaker, i join jack henning's family, friends and colleagues to celebrate his life and remember his illustrious contributions to the state of california and to our great nation. and later today thousan