here's sheila's before picture. okay, sheila, let's see the new you. wow! wow!a, you ready to see yourself. turn around. >> i love it. >> you look awesome. >> oh, my glad. i don't have my glasses on so i have to look -- >> tell us about the hair. >> well, obviously she's born blonde ready for a change so i wanted to keep it subtle so we've just given it this subtle strawberry color. >> subtle, that's va-vavoom! >> she's va-vavoom. the color is subtle. vanessa gave her bangs that are off the face now which opens it up. she's so gorgeous. >> i love it. >> how nice. >> this is an indoor-outdoor coat. people always want a great black jacket for a winter? invest in a cashmere camel coat. this is not exorbitant. if you going to outdoor to in, you can still look great. >> you're going to go stand over there and turn your back. okay? >> which cody would hug me. i get nothing. i get nothing. all right. woman number two is celia rodriguez. she's 51 from new york. been married to mark for 26 years. they have four children. she's going to start working again for the first t

sheila cole call agents, saying you have to meet my daughter. her belief in me and what an enormous gift that is, she is my number one fan. my mom also did not follow her dream. i do not think she wanted to see that happen to me. she instilled all of those things in me because of that preve. it is a blessing. she lives out here. she is a part of my life. tavis: i would imagine so. i suspect there will be more acting and producing. tammy why that is important? he mentioned -- you mentioned there is a thin amount of fiction roles. there are more meat in these non-fiction roles. as a producer, you have some say so. >> i have produced a lot of the films that i am in. i wanted them to make the screen. i believe in them with every part of me. i wanted to see them be told there are so many stories. it is wonderful to be a part of that creative process all the way to the end. as an actor you come in and collaborate in the new are done -- and then you are dumb. as a producer, you are able to hand pick of the talent you want to be surrounded with. you are

c-span: and sheila brown. guest: and sheila brown, right. yeah. c-span: who's sheila brown? guest: she's a friend of our--brian brown's wife. they--and they have--own a kind of a normal castle or keep. c-span: is it--oh, maybe ask you a different way, how does it feel to be so public with your life? guest: i haven't had time to reflect on it since last september, how to be--because i've seen--i know people who are public because i used to hang around the lion's head bar in new york and i knew pete hamlin and people like that who'd been public for years and years and years. and i'd see them come and go and i--i'd be on the periphery of that crowd. and the--i was what they called in america 'only a teacher.' only a teacher. they're journalists and writers and poets. i'm only a teacher. and i was thre--i--i ki--i was always on the periphery. in a sense, i was like my father, an outsider. now people look at me--oh, they look at me. it's like ralph ellison's book, "invisible man," peop--the people don't see you until you d--i wrote a book. i taught for 27 years and nobody paid me

. >> reporter: sheila turner's husband helped organize the march. >> letting the neighbors know we have options, we have services, and together we can turn oakland around. >> reporter: marchers pick up trash and handed out leaflets. but on martin luther king boulevard. few people are willing to say they would do anything to help the police. >> in a recent survey, 40% of oakland residents said they distrusted police. >> i don't call the police on anybody. something doing something at my house, i talk to them about it. i've been in trouble with the law myself. >> reporter: this afternoon, oakland mayor jean quan met with the marchers. she says she is setting up meetings between the police, schools, and city departments, to foster better relation. >> the beat officers have been back a week. we're going to have them visit schools and have them work with parks and rec departments. >> i just believe in the people of ohmland and we can turn around any neighborhood. >> mayor quan says she is optimistic. and there have been ten homicide so far in oakland this year, but the murder rate in the cit

sheila of responsibility for the capital projects and programming at the agency. and you all know carter rohan. >> i want to say something about her, because the program was it successful because of her. i think it puts in place something that was a strength behind the scenes, and i think you have got a strong leader in her. chair nolan: thank you, mr. rohan. director ford:

sheila of responsibility for the capital projects and programming at the agency. and you all know carter rohan. >> i want to say something about her, because the program was it successful because of her. i think it puts in place something that was a strength behind the scenes, and i think you have got a strong leader in her. chair nolan: thank you, mr. rohan. director ford: that concludes my report. secretary boomer: you have one speaker. >> yes, i have concerns about the turnaround because i do not take those lines, but i have been turned around midday, and it has really inconvenienced me, because i was on my way to a meeting, and i think one of the ways to do this is to get more coaches. now, the curse of newsom is gone. you do not have to take orders from room 200 anymore. i think this would be the best way of doing it. you have to operate within your budgetary restraints. you should not be taking orders from rome to a hundred. and i think more coaches are desperately needed right now. and there are not enough resources. that includes drivers and coaches. chair

when she heard the gunfire, sheila mott ran out of the store and found nine-year-old christina green near death and the woman beside her severely wounded. >> she was bleeding. i could just see the blood coming out of her stomach-- i can still see that. and i told her, "you need to lay down. your little girl will be fine. you shouldn't be moving." >> i walked up. all i saw was chaos, lots of people moving around, people on the ground. >> reporter: paramedic tony compagno was one of the first on the scene and had to separate the living from the dead. >> it was tough. it was very tough. i'll admit it right now, when i got up there, my mind went a little blank for a while. >> reporter: what liz guerra chose to remember today was not the horror but the heroism. >> there were people that were elderly that jumped in to do so much. i said that just spoke volumes about people and what they're willing to do to help others. >> reporter: friends and family today remembered another of the six who were killed at the funeral for 79-year-old phyllis schneck, mother of three and dprm of seven. a week

and you're here with sheila. she's a beautiful dog. the first no-no. to school, gee, she is cute can i pet her? >> yes. she's a tall female dog, and she catches people's attention, they come up right away, and they will often start to pet her, a or ask if they can pet her. >> but she's technically not a pet. >> i think many people in this area know. because guide dogs is in san rafael. many people don't know, and she looks appealing, and people think you can pet a guide dog, but a guide dog needs to maintain their concentration on guiding me, so she needs not the to be distracted. >> so if i'm patting, and ogling, and agoles her, that distracts her. >> yes. >> how did you lose your side? >> it's a rare auto immune disease. it just happened about ten years or so ago. and i developed inflammation on my retina. and that caused swelling and scarring, and many effects. so i don't see quickly. some things i see, others i don't. it's very hard to know. so i am legally blind. i'm partly blind. i have some sight. but my blindness makes moving through the world

i don't want to discount what sheila has done with this helpline. i think, you know, as tom rightly pointed out we are fighting human nature with the pendulum going to much. what incentives are regular, no one ever wants to mention the word forbearance. we don't want to go there. appropriate we can point to japan and elsewhere. this mixed message of land but be healthy, there's not much pressure other than director some the top by having this find what borrowers if you like, if you tell by their banker at the regular is causing this problem, the fact the borrower can pick up and call the helpline might at least make that regulator think twice about the chairman's instructions. >> i think sometimes our examiners had a very tough challenge and they try very hard to strike the right balance. sometimes our examiners accuse an excuse that they don't really want to make the bone hundred l. not likely want to help these bars but get information that would contracted consumer inquiries and particularly banks where we're seeing problems we can look at the mo

. >> sheila turner's husband, preston, helped organize the march. >> letting the neighbors know that we have options, we have services and together hand in hand we can turn oakland around. >> marchers picked up trash and handed out leaflets and told people to get involved with their community. >> oakland police. >> but on martin luther king, boulevard few people were willing to say they would do anything to help the police. in a recent survey, 40% of oakland residents said they distrusted police. >> i don't call the police. if somebody is doing something around my house, i will talk to them about it. i have been in trouble with the law myself. >> late this afternoon gene quan met with marchers at the miracle of community church and she is setting up meetings between the police and schools and city departments to foster berry lagses. >> as you know, the beat offices have been back for about a week. one of the things we will do is have them visit schools and have them work with the park and rec department. >> i just believe in the people of oakland. i believe we can turn around any nei

sheila from pleasanton said this is what it looks like the last time the storm was a coming and we invite you to send us your storm pictures or any pictures around the bay area to mypix@cbs5.com. don't go away, we'll be right back. >>> some other breaking news for you. chopper 5 now over the glen park neighborhood in san francisco. a water main has broken there. this is on miguel street, you can see the water rushing down the hills there. it was flowing even stronger than that, crews just getting on the scene there to try to get it fixed. the streets in that area are gonna be closed for a while. you can see traffic has been stopped already on miguel, that's where they have it shut down. we'll keep an eye on that. >>> the possible link between autism and the timing of having a second child. second-born children are three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism if they were conceived within 12 months of the birth of their older sibling. one possible explanation is that following a pregnancy a woman is more likely to have thaw lower nutrient levels and possibly higher stress levels. >>

and what about houston's sheila jackson lee?ncluding when it was george bush walking down the aisle. not a plait call friend by any means. look at 2008. >> she greets them by saying "hey brother" and tries to say something to him and it becomes immediately clear that bush has absolutely no interest in getting caught in a conversation with her. >> reporter: but somehow it is worth it because -- >> if you really hit the jackpot, you get to shake your hand, maybe he'll tell you a joke and all your constituents back home, i guess, are going to say you, say, wow, that's my congressman. >> my congressman? dale, after 18 terms, has been at this so long he's practically a state of the union institution. and who is to say, maybe he's here just because he can be, because it's an honor and thrill and nothing to do with who is watching as he flashes into frame and once again out. i'm john donvan for "nightline" in washington. >> the aisle hogs. thanks to john donvan and salon for that. >>> when we come back, the president's performance. tha

when she heard the gunfire sheila ran out of the store and found 9-year-old christina green near death and the woman beside her severely worried. >> i could see the blood coming out of her stomach. i can still see that. i told her you need to lay down. your little girl will be fine. you shouldn't be moving. >> i walked up. all i saw was chaos. lots of people moving around. people on the ground. >> reporter: tony was one of the fist on the scene, a paramedic, and had to separate the living from the dead. >> it was tough. it was very tough. i admit it right now when i got up there my mind went a little blank for a while. >> reporter: what liz gator chose to remember today was not the horror but the heroism. >> there were people there that were elderly that jumped in to do so much. i said that just spoke volumes about people and what they are willing to do to help others. >> reporter: friends and family today remembered another of the six who were killed at the funeral for 7 #-year-old phyllis schnek, mother of three, grandmother of seven. a week layered more information is being being --

when she heard the gunfire sheila ran out of the store and found 9-year-old christina green near death and the woman beside her severely wounded. >> she was bleeding. i could just see the blood coming out of her stomach. still can see that. and i told her you need to lay down. your little girl is going to be fine. lay down. you shouldn't be moving. >> i walked up and all i saw was chaos. lots of people moving around. people on the ground. >> reporter: the paramedic one of the first on the scene and had to separate the living from the dead. >> it was tough. it was very tough. i'll admit it right now when i got up there my mind went a little bit blank for awhile. >> reporter: what liz garrett chose to remember was not the alreadior but the heroism. >> there were people that were elderly that jumped in to could so much. that just spoke volumes about people and what they are willing to do to help others. >> reporter: friends and family today remembered another of the six who were killed. funeral for 79-year-old mother of three and grandmother of seven. a week later more pieces are being ad

[applause] >> thank you very much to sheila, that was a very kind introduction. i really want to thank, also, the fdic for organizing this. there is really very, very few forums where we can have this impressive group together on this issue in this kind of way. and i think i want to thank, also, cnbc for making it come alive here and bringing it to the attention of many be others throughout the country. you know, we have been working very closely with sheila bair and the fdic and with the fed over, i guess, the past 18 months and with bank examiners because we needed to be sure that good loans were going out to creditworthy borrowers. and as, i'm sure, you know we had a lot of work to do, but there's probably still a lot of work to do. but we made a lot of progress, and i really want to thank this collaboration that we have had with the fdic. the guidance that they provided very early on on this, i think, got a lot of borrowers to get loans and prevented some good borrowers from being frozen out even in that credit freeze. so thank you very much. i also want to r

he was in court yesterday his name is sheila blocking your. he will remain in custody until the next hearing. he faces charges of murder, attempted murder, attempted to monitor and a member of congress. a fed says the gunmen called him, the morning of the shooting. according to an interview that he dead he left the it a voice mail for this land. at 2:00 a.m., saturday, it said heyman its jilted me and you had some good times. peace out. later. they say he attended the at a dead in 2007, she he was upset because she did not answer one of his questions. >> and lee will be sworn and as the inter mayor. he'll serve for 10 months until the next election in november. he will be the first chinese-american mayor. he served in city government since 1989, but her >> of allies and is expected to announce in the next couple of hours at a day of, it will start selling iphone. aversion has been long expected an award. the wall street journal is reporting it is set to announce it will sell iphone starting late this month. analysts expected to sell 5-13 milli

[applause] >> thank you, sheila, for that kind introduction, and particularly for the war eagle. we had to rehearse the war eagle. and i thank you for organizing this forum with important stakeholders on addressing a question of how we can promote lending to small businesses. and as the chairman said, it's important to do that because small businesses create most of the jobs in america. and job creation i think is the challenge that is facing our economy as well as our financial institutions. i talked with a banker from arizona the other day, and he said what is hurting our bank is people losing their jobs, or not having jobs. as we address the issue, it is important to be clear about principles that should guide us. and reading recently, i came again across the phrase american exceptionalism. this encapsulates what i believe about our country, our economic system, and most importantly our people. we do things her own way and it works. as we craft policies to promote economic recovery and create jobs, we need to remember that free markets of capitalist system and individual initi

[applause] >> thank you, she la, for that -- sheila, for that kind introduction and particularly for that war eagle. we had to rehearse the war eagle. and i thank you for organizing this forum with important stakeholders on addressing the question of how we can promote lending to small businesses. and as the chairman said, it's important to do that, because small businesses create most of the jobs in america, and job creation, i think, is the challenge that is facing our economy as well as our financial institutions. i talked with a banker from arizona the other day and he said what is hurting our bank is people losing their jobs, or not having jobs. as we address the issue, it is important to be clear about the principles that should guide us. in reading recently i came again across the phrase "american exceptionalism." this encapsulate what i believe about our country, our economic system, and most importantly, our people. we do things our own way and it works. as we craft policies to remote economic recovery and create jobs, we need to remember that free markets, the capitalist sy

. >> 11-year net-app veteran sheila reyes ortiz doesn't stay for the perks even though the company is not as well known as say, google, also, by the way, in the top five, she has no desire to leave. >> why i stay? i tell people this, i learn something new every day when i work here. no matter if it's related to the specific task i'm doing or new idea that someone else presented that i want to learn and do i have into. >> it helps that it sells so many machines the stock price doubled over the last 12 months. it ranked 11th in the country when it comes to salary. >> the one thing that's special about the company is they let people look at the environment and the landscape and say, i see a problem over there. and i think i can help, or i have an idea how i might be able to help. and they let people go and work on that. >> but the best thing may be the 2500 job openings. >> absolutely, we're hiring. >> and it's anything but hot air. >> nbc bay area news. >> fewer americans apply for jobless benefits last week and it could be a sign that companies will soon be hiring again. the labor depa

. >> congresswoman sheila jackson is not there because she's seriously ill. and congresswoman... congressman eliot ingall of new york. >> lehrer: behind the president is the escort committee. that's the leadership of the congress of the united states. senator mitch mcconnell who is the minority leader of the senate. ñ and congressman ingall who is always there on the aisle. right to the president's left behind his shoulder is eric cantor who is the house majority leader, the republican leader behind the speaker john boehner. speaker john boehner, of course, will be presiding over this joint session of congress. he will be assisted by the vice president of the united states, of course, who is the president of the senate. that's joe biden. we'll see them in a few moments here. that's where the president is headed down to the front. so he can deliver the speech. there is handshaking to be done. as the president gets down the aisle, we'll get to members of the supreme court. and then to the members of the joint chiefs. members of the diplomatic corps. there's senator tom coburn who d

of the girls went out on the back patio and come running in the house, and said, "mamma, i think sheila's house is on fire." i run to the front and out the door, and that's when i seen todd at his front door, and he started screaming, "my babies. oh, my babies, my babies are burning." >> narrator: their neighbor, 23- year-old cameron todd willingham, was in the house with his three children when the fire started. >> a call came across the scanner. there was a house fire with possibly people trapped in it. >> i remember my mom screaming, "go back in, go, go try to get the babies." >> and i grabbed him, and i said, "is there anybody in the house?" he said, "yes, my twins are in that room right there." well, i went in the front door, and i went to the left, and that's as far as i could get. it was completely engulfed in fire. >> i pulled up on the scene, got out, immediately started stretching the fire line. i made entry into the house through the front windows, knocking the fire down as i went. >> the first fire fighter came out, he was cradling a small child in his arms, and he began to dr

representative sakafa trn a, representative sheila, jackson lee, 18th district texas. jessie jackson june yor ee lija kuc cummin dpfrns. representative gregory meeks. mike >> representative an draw carson. donna edwards, maryland. karen bass. . representative terry sull. second district. fredericka willson. ladies and gentleman, please join me in congratulating the 112 j congress of the black caucus. >> thank you. it's my pleasure to introduce the ref rant mccompany. join me in welcoming dr. myron mccompany. >> i invite us all to be in an attitude of prayer. god who has walked with us, we thank you for a rich legacy of heroes and heroins that have stood in the gap. they stood in the midst of all man r and organized oppression. we thank you for them allowing us to stand on their shoulders and build on their efforts. >> we thank god for allowing us to see a new day. we are mindful that the struggle continues and that there are still many miles to go before we speak. we thank you that you promised never to abandon us or leave us alone. thank you for all the returning memb

and sheila brown. she is a friend both mine. they on a kind of a castle. >> host: let me ask it differently. how does it feel to be so public with your life? >> guest: i haven't have time to reflect. i've seen -- i know people who are public. i used to hang around people in new york who are public for years and years and years. and it's a them come and go and i'd be on the peripheral of the crowd. and i was what they call an america only teacher. there were writers and poets. i'm only a teacher. i was always on the periphery. and my father was an out later. now, people look at me. they look at me. it's like wealth olefins book, invisible man. but people don't see you. i wrote a book. i taught for 27 years and nobody paid me attention. then i wrote a book about slum life and i'm an expert on everything. >> host: we got all this from a young man within your family. just o'connor. >> host: who is the? >> guest: that's my brother. he's the third in line to the fortune and he's the one in san francisco. he's out there with his wife a

we were joined by sheila jackson lee who will be joining us again shortly from the great state of texas. i see that we have a question already. congressman cleaver. >> thank you. yesterday a new proposal was floated. which is a debt service first policy. that is to say that if this proposal is approved, then the nation would pay it's debt service on the debt before any other expenditures. now that's approximately $140 billion a month. the third highest ever. the third highest monthly debt service ever. and usually the debt service is anywhere between 1/3 and 5th highest expenditure in the national budget. so the proposal is before social security, before medicare, before anything else, we pay debt service. what impact would such a policy have overall? and certainly what it would have if there's no consideration given in the budget close to the top for both the populations, the aged, the young? >> well, it seems to me that that is only binding if they say when we run out of money, we won't fund anything else. so i mean currently the debt service is paid, and other things are paid, and we

we were joined by sheila jackson lee who will be joining us again shortly from the great state of texas. i see that we have a question already. congressman cleaver. >> thank you. yesterday a new proposal was floated. which is a debt service first policy. that is to say that if this proposal is approved, then the nation would pay it's debt service on the debt before any other expenditures. now that's approximately $140 billion a month. the third highest ever. the third highest monthly debt service ever. and usually the debt service is anywhere between 1/3 and 5th highest expenditure in the national budget. so the proposal is before social security, before medicare, before anything else, we pay debt service. what impact would such a policy have overall? and certainly what it would have if there's no consideration given in the budget close to the top for both the populations, the aged, the young? >> well, it seems to me that that is only binding if they say when we run out of money, we won't fund anything else. so i mean currently the debt service is paid, and other things are paid, and we

and what about houston's sheila jackson lee?ge bush walking down the aisle. not a political friend by any means. look at 2008. >> she greets him by saying, hey brother, and then she tries to say something to him, and it becomes immediately clear that bush has absolutely no interest getting caught in a conversation with her. >> reporter: but somehow it is worth it because -- >> if you're really lucky, if you hit the jackpot, he'll shake your hand, maybe he'll take a joke, maybe you'll say something to him and all your constituents back home, i guess, are going to see you and say, wow, that's my congressman. >> reporter: my congressman? heck, dale kildee after 18 terms has been at it so long he's almost a state institution and who's to say, maybe he's here because he can be, because it's an honor and a thrill and has nothing to do with who's watching, as he flashes into frame and once again out. i'm john donvan in washington. >> such an interesting phenomenon. and the guy who wrote the article in salon.com actually said the first

i'd like to yield now five minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, congresswoman sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady. it's a pleasure to be able to join my colleagues on the floor and including congressman gregory meeks of new york, who we'll have the opportunity to hear from and i thank dr. christensen for your continued leadership and my colleague on the judiciary committee, we have the opportunity to contribute to the debate today. the judiciary committee has at its jurisdiction the constitution and our friends on the other side of the aisle keep talking about this is unconstitutional. it baffles me. and almost frustratings me -- frustrates me because i'm trying to grab hold of the argument, particularly since we've had medicare by the federal government since 1965 and has withstood any constitutional challenge and that was implemented under the commerce act. but frankly, if we have an argument to make on the constitution, i will share with you why this is clearly a constitutional bill because we are actually denying people both due process and equal protec

i do not want to discount what sheila has done with this helpline. as tom rightly pointed out, with the pendulum going too much, as a regulator, no one wants to say that we're done. it is a mixed message of lend, but be healthy. if they are told by their banker that the regulators causing this problem, pick up and call the helpline, that might make that regulators think twice about it. >> this will be important information for this. we contract this information the way we do consumer inquiries. if we see a greater frequency problems, we can take a deeper look at that. >> it definitely improves the lending environment. our numbers are getting better. the activities of december will have a very positive effect, i think, on the overall economic environment, particularly with regards to small business and confirming the tax rates, even though it is only two years. it still gives you two years. that is about all the small business can see anyway. and then depreciation and other things that have been done over the last several months by both legislatively

sheila on the democrat line. caller: hi, thank you i have been a registered nurse 20 years. we paid for my college we had two children that we put through college. my husband's business had to be dissolved. we had some deaths and boevenlg us had heart attacks. at that time, i lost my job. my husband will never work again. i opted for cobra, they found a way to terminate our coverage. i talked to all congressmen, senators and white house. that cobra company got away with scan selling our health insurance over $13.67. we still have a mortgage. we have had our children helping us. after 20 years in nursing, of course i'm applying for jobs. i'm still rehab ill tating. it's very difficult to get a job the jobs are at a stand-still i really think they are waiting to see what will happen with healthcare. . . . mixed color there. there is one set of people getting to work. why it is, i do not know. host: thank you for the call. senator kirsten gillibrand will be seeded will -- seated with john thune. john thune.

. >> congresswoman sheila jackson is not there because she's seriously ill. and congresswoman... congressman eliot ingall of new york. >> lehrer: behind the president is the escort committee. that's the leadership of the congress of the united states. senator mitch mcconnell who is the minority leader of the senate. ñ and congressman ingall who is always there on the aisle. right to the president's left behind his shoulder is eric cantor who is the house majority leader, the republican leader behind the speaker john boehner. speaker john boehner, of course, will be presiding over this joint session of congress. he will be assisted by the vice president of the united states, of course, who is the president of the senate. that's joe biden. we'll see them in a few moments here. that's where the president is headed down to the front. so he can deliver the speech. there is handshaking to be done. as the president gets down the aisle, we'll get to members of the supreme court. and then to the members of the joint chiefs. members of the diplomatic corps. there's senator tom coburn who d

>> sheila juega para reconquistarlo. daÑo que ella experimentÓ por la lesiÓn. nosotros sabemos que la gente que sufre una herida traumÁtica del cerebro o recibiÓ un balazo se recupera mucho mejor que alguien que ha tenido un derrame cerebral. ella estÁ recuperando otras Áreas del cerebro para asumir las funciones que perdiÓ por el proyectil. no sabemos quÉ tanto va a recuperar pero con la tecnologÍa que tenemos ahora logramos que recupere el ciento por ciento del potencial que ella tiene. >> sabemos que ha estado trabajando con un ipad, caminando en la terraza del hospital, tomando sol, ¿esto que indicativo nos da? ¿podrÍa llegar a recuperar su trabajo? >> lo que va a pasar es que va a ser algo dramÁtica su recuperaciÓn inicialmente y luego va a llegar a un punto en que va a estar en una meseta donde va a encontrar que hay deficiencias que son mÁs difÍciles de recuperar, puede que pierda fluidez en su lenguaje, dificultad en encontrar ciertas palabras, puede perder algo de visiÓn, algo de concentraciÓn y el movimiento de

conyers: i yield to sheila jackson lee of texas, a senior member of the committee, for the remaining time. which is about one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, you're absolutely right. this is a constitutional question that has been raised. as i came to the floor earlier, i mentioned my predecessor, congresswoman jordan, who believed in this constitution without question. i mentioned the 14th amendment. i now mention the fifth amendment. first of all, the commerce clause covers this bill but the fifth amendment speaks specifically to denying someone their life and liberty without due process. that is what h.r. 2 does. and i rise in opposition to it. and i rise in opposition because it is important that we preserve lives and we recognize that 40 million-plus are uninsured. in my own county, harris county, this bill will allow some 800,000 uninsured members of harris county, citizens of harris county, to be insured in texas. in addition, the texas department of insurance, as many other states, hav

conyers: i yield to sheila jackson lee of texas, a senior member of the committee, for the remaining time. which is about one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, you're absolutely right. this is a constitutional question that has been raised. as i came to the floor earlier, i mentioned my predecessor, congresswoman jordan, who believed in this constitution without question. i mentioned the 14th amendment. i now mention the fifth amendment. first of all, the commerce clause covers this bill but the fifth amendment speaks specifically to denying someone their life and liberty without due process. that is what h.r. 2 does. and i rise in opposition to it. and i rise in opposition because it is important that we preserve lives and we recognize that 40 million-plus are uninsured. in my own county, harris county, this bill will allow some 800,000 uninsured members of harris county, citizens of harris county, to be insured in texas. in addition, the texas department of insurance, as many other states, hav

we are pleased to be joined now by abe perennial cast on this date sheila jackson me. i've got to start coming you were there in brief the president. what did you have to do to get the premium seat click >> it's very good for america to see this happening in iraq. this is a democratic process. when i sit on the aisle seat coming to what i'm doing? and speaking to my constituents. they are way way in houston texas and it's a great opportunity to let them know what we do here and how important it is to just get a moment with some of the secretaries in the cabinet to have calmed down and you emphasizing texas issues and from houston issues. >> what is the texas issue today? >> the texas issue is about jobs, nasa, particularly education. we are suffering great budget cuts in taxes. right now our legislature is in session even tonight, discussing budget cuts, but also discussing legislation that impacts immigration. that's a lot of issues. >> what did the issues bring up? would you support that? >> let me say this, i think the details of what we all need, but certainly were

you will hear from federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke, and sheila bair. they are expected to address ways in which credit can be made more a sensible to small business. the event is hosted by the fdic and you can see that live at 1:00 eastern on c-span to. next week, the chinese president, food gentile, will make a trip to washington. -- hu jin tao. c his remarks live at 1:00 eastern. that is on c-span 3. -- see his remarks live at 1:00 eastern. later, tavis smiley lead discussion on the america's future beginning at 6:00 eastern on c-span. s "s weekend on c-span 3' american history tv" an oral history on pop culture. a visit to the bureau of engraving and printing to learn about creating currency. and a discussion about the first states to secede from the union, south carolina. see the complete we can scuttle online at c-span.org/history. you can also press the scheduler button and have the schedule e- mail to you. tim plenty is at the national press club coming at 1:00. to get us there, a segment from this morning's "washington journal." continues. host

i do not want to discount what sheila has done with this helpline. as tom rightly pointed out, with the pendulum going too much, as a regulator, no one wants to say that we're done. it is a mixed message of land, but be healthy. there's not much -- lend, but be healthy. if they are told by their banker that the regulators causing this problem, pick up and call the helpline, that might make that regulators think twice about it. >> this will be important information for this. we contract this information the way we do consumer inquiries. if we see a greater frequency problems, we can take a deeper look at that. >> it definitely improves the lending environment. our numbers are getting better. the activities of december will have a very positive effect, i think, on the overall economic environment, particularly with regards to small business and confirming the tax rates, even though it is only two years. it still gives you two years. that is about all the small business can see anyway. and then depreciation and other things that have been done over the

host: sheila, philadelphia. democrat. caller: i just wanted to bend a little bit myself -- vent. i'm really sorry for that shooter -- god knows, he needed help. in our society we do not have the means to get the mentally ill health. i am sorry for the parents and relatives of all of the victims. that little girl's parents, my heart goes out to them. i can't believe what has happened. but the responsibility -- the bible says our tongues are like a double edged sword and the rhetoric that has come from the right has been to instill violence, to institute violence. i am sorry, you are accountable for what you say. host: from the "politico" this morning. a vice-president joe biden makes his seventh trip to iraq since taking office -- that is from "politico." from "the washington post" -- house republicans heading to baltimore on a retreat for unity. led by house speaker banner, republicans plan to hear from a host of experts on federal spending and long-term deficits as well as discuss strategy for trying to repeal the obama administration's health-care overhaul. las vegas on indepen

conyers: i yield to sheila jackson lee of texas, a senior member of the committee, for the remaining time. which is about one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, you're absolutely right. this is a constitutional question that has been raised. as i came to the floor earlier, i mentioned my predecessor, congresswoman jordan, who believed in this constitution without question. i mentioned the 14th amendment. i now mention the fifth amendment. first of all, the commerce clause covers this bill but the fifth amendment speaks specifically to denying someone their life and liberty without due process. that is what h.r. 2 does. and i rise in opposition to it. and i rise in opposition because it is important that we preserve lives and we recognize that 40 million-plus are uninsured. in my own county, harris county, this bill will allow some 800,000 uninsured members of harris county, citizens of harris county, to be insured in texas. in addition, the texas department of insurance, as many other states, hav

representative sheila jackson-lee, 18th district, texas.epresentative jesse jackson, jr., second district, illinois. representative elijah cummings, seventh district, maryland. representative donna christensen, delegate, virgin islands, first vice chair congressional black caucus. representative danny k. davis, seventh district, illinois. representative gregory meeks, sixth district, new york. representative william lacy clay, first districts, missouri. representative david scott, 13th district, georgia. representative g.k. butterfield, jr., first district, north carolina, second vice chair, congressional black caucus. representative al green, 9th district, texas. representative gwen moore, fourth district, wisconsin. representative yvette d. clark, 11th district, new york, secretary congressional black caucus. representative keith ellison, fifth district, minnesota. representative hank johnson, fourth district, georgia. representative laura richardson, 37th district, california. representative andre carson, seventh district, indiana west c

i think it's next week with sheila baird and senator warner where we'll be talking about small business credit and talking about all the initiative its that the congress has done, the federal reserve has done and the other banking agencies have done. but just very briefly, we are very attuned to the need to have an appropriate balance. on the one hand we don't want banks making bad loans. that's how we got in trouble in the first place but on the other hand, credit-worthy borrowers need to have access to credit so that they can hire and they can expand and they can help the economy recover. and so we've been working very hard with the banks and with our examiners to try to get a balanced approach. and i think it's beginning to pay off. there is some improvement, in my view, in the availability of credit and i expect to see more lending this year. so there is -- the terms and standards have begun to ease a bit. so i think there's some progress on that side. we've also -- and i won't take too much of your time but we have also undertaken a series of meetings around the country, more than

i think it's next week with sheila baird and senator warner where we'll be talking about small business credit and talking about all the initiative its that the congress has done, the federal reserve has done and the other banking agencies have done. but just very briefly, we are very attuned to the need to have an appropriate balance. on the one hand we don't want banks making bad loans. that's how we got in trouble in the first place but on the other hand, credit-worthy borrowers need to have access to credit so that they can hire and they can expand and they can help the economy recover. and so we've been working very hard with the banks and with our examiners to try to get a balanced approach. and i think it's beginning to pay off. there is some improvement, in my view, in the availability of credit and i expect to see more lending this year. so there is -- the terms and standards have begun to ease a bit. so i think there's some progress on that side. we've also -- and i won't take too much of your time but we have also undertaken a series of meetings around the country, more than

today i want to thank steve sweeney and sheila oliver for using this last year of action to help begin to restore the public's faith in bipartisan government. [applause] the change we are working to achieve for new jersey is transformational. so far we have changed the terms of the debate. you know a lot has changed when the people of the state vote down a record number of school budgets, even though 70% of the money in school elections was spent by the teacher's union advocating even higher spending. you know the debate has changed when my friends across the aisle proposed legislation and adopt legislation highlighting the need for tax cuts to stimulate economic growth. a year ago they were advocating tax increases. you know our direction has changed when the teacher's union start talking about tenure reform. and you know the world has changed when we can come together and actually begin to reform the pension and benefit system in a nearly unanimous vote last march. so there can be no question the debate in trenton has changed. we have turned trenton upside-down. [applause] but now we