smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, this resolution recognizes the 101st anniversary of the founding of the national association for the advancement of colored people. this resolution also praises the naacp for its work to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality of all persons. phe naacp was founded on february 12, 1909, in new york city. this was a centennial of abraham lincoln's pirt. the naacp is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the united states today. in 1913, the naacp organized opposition to racial segregation in federal government offices. the naacp also played a key role in securing the rights of african-americans to serve as officers in world war i. throughout the past century, the naacp has worked to achieve equality of rights for all persons through nonviolence. the naacp's mission also includes the elimination of racial hatred and racial discrimin

smith and mr. sensenbrenner for their work on the naacp resolution, and i have no further speakers and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1422. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair -- mr. cohen: madam speaker, we'd request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- the gentleman from tennessee. mr. cohen: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: we request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announc

smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, in 2006 the current house majority leader said enacting a budget was, quote, the most basic responsibility of governing, end quote. now he says the democratic majority will not even pass a budget this year. the house has passed a budget every year since the budget act became law in 1974. the house republicans have failed to pass a budget during an economic crisis such aa this, it would be the lead story on every network news program and the lead editorial in every newspaper. instead the national media has given the democrats a free pass. the democratic majority doesn't want to pass a budget because it will expose their run away spending. americans want congress to pass a responsible budget that will get government spending under control and reduce the national debt. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gen

smith goes to washington." let's watch. >> it has become so accepted, so part of our political culture now that it's normal. your average citizen doesn't would expect to have because these voices are much louder and they're much better financed. >> this issthe story about human failure. i mean, i don't think that corruption as a part is an issue. the corruption i was involved in was the human failure. it's an issue of power. i became just a machine. a cog in the machine. like hey, get up, go do your thing, get yours. i just lost track of what brought me here. >> abramoff couldn't have flourished if the system itself was not corrupt. were the need for money, the members of congress and their need for money is so huge that they don't have their guard up. >> this has all gone into a feeding frenzy with money. >> what do you expect me to do? >> i don't know what the solution is. i would have loved to have public financing. here's your money and here's your money. you don't have to raise any. this would end all of t

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smith from tulane university. thank you so much for being with us.has tried the top kill procedure. they try to do that job shot. neither work. they are on their ninth procedure to stop the leak in the deepwater horizon. explain the procedure they are going to put together now. >> they're doing basically two procedures with one bit of cleaning up. they are cutting away the wreckage of the drilling riser that belonged to thehorizon, that was bent over and cracked and linking, most famously were you have been watching the rov footage that has been provided. they are going to cut that away and clean up the edge, and then they're going to install a cap over it. that will then feed into of 6.6 625 inch pipe fitting. this is just something to hold things together until the and then complete the relief well. and that this does not work, they have one more trick up their sleeve, which is to move this cap and install on new blowout preventer using that same type stomp. basically putting out on damage blowout preventer on the flow of the oil and gas so that th

smith goes to washington" is still a very important film for us because we have to remember our ideals, our idealism and fight for it. that's what it's all about. >> so when can we see in the theatres outside of theetribeca film festival earlier your documentary on eliot spitzer? >> has that been officially announced? is he officially a talk show host now? couppe weeks. >> >> that's trre. it's going to -- magnolia pictures will have the film out i believe later this year. so keep your eyes peeled. i think it's a pretty good one. >> alex gibney, our guest. documentary is called "casino jack and the united states of money." thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, brian. good to be here. go work for jack abramoff and kind of watch this operation get built, right? and jack was going from really big to the top. >> neil morphed from the original neil who wanted to be the press secretary to the guy who wanted to be part of the abramoff family. >> now, was it unusual to lose a staffer? >> i've had staffers come and go like a revolving door. >> i'm the poster child for the revolving d

smith has already spoken on, is critical. financial services was never intended to preempt the history of successful bankruptcy, and i think a successful bankruptcy because they provide the maximum protection to the creditor, while giving the stockholder the opportunity not to be wiped out. for everyone of us who has invested in stocks or has a pension plan that invests in stock, we are not creditors. we want stockholders to be given consideration, in order of consideration. i would ask you to reconsider the gentle lady's amendment, but to do just do that, and i yelled back. am i oppose the subsequent amendment. i want to commend representative it could be air is out on the house cost pre fund. they said while we hope this authority will never be used, it will empower regulators to first use a company's assets to shut down a failing institution. firing corporate executives and wiping out shareholders and protect taxpayer dollars by using money from the financial industry paying through a profound risk-based assessment. i stro

your world will be black. >> reporter: mark smith says the company that acquired the mine after the leak is now working with 18 different regulatory agencies to ensure the mine is up to environmental standards. he also points out it is the cost of doing environmentally correct business that makes u.s. operations so much more expensive than china's. where standards have been notoriously lax. recycling rare earths may provide some relief in the short term. particularly for defense applications which use smaller quantities. by lifton and others say finding alternative technologies is a long shot because of the unique properties rare earths offer. the company hopes that mountain path mine will be producing about 20,000 tons of rare earths a year by 2012. but that is only the fraction of what it is expected to be 150,000 ton a year demand. the unknown here is how much china will still be producing and how much it will share. >> without these deposits, we simply don't advance. >> reporter: even in canada's frigid northwest territories, geologist chris peterson says he can feel the heat. it wil

even lender smith who owns the alligator cafe in houston, texas, is shut down because she cannot get product. i imagine in new orleans, when i visited that city there were restaurants who seemed to close early because they couldn't get product. but what about the oystermen and shrimpers and fishermen who cannot seem to get a lump sum payment from b.p. as we've advocated for? just speaking to an oysterman in -- just a few minutes ago, he indicated he had not gotten his money. so therefore i am asking my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from louisiana. + mr. cao: thank you, madam chair. again, i just want to express my gratitude and appreciation to the gentlelady from texas. she has been a very strong voice and has been very committed to the gulf coast region and in helping the many people who are in desperate need. again, i'd like to convey to her my thanks and i'd like to yield back the rest of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: thank y

smith from tulane university. thank you so much for being with us.has tried the to kill procedure. they try to do that job shot. neither work. they are on theirinth procedure to stop the leak in the deepwater horizon. explain the procedure they are going to put together now. >> they're doing basically two procedures with one bit of cleaning up. they are cutting away the wreckage of the drilling riser that belonged to thehorizon, that was bentver and cracked and linking, most famously were you have been watching the rov footage that has been provided. they are going to cut that away and clean up the edge, and then they're going to install a cap over it. that will then feed into of 6.6 625 inch pipe fitting. this is just something to hold things together until the and then complete the relief well. and that this does not work, they have one more trick up their sleeve, which is to move this cap and install on new blowout preventer using that same type stomp. basically putting out on damage blowout preventer on the flow of the oil and gas so that they en

smith. >> as congress weighs the question of wa street reform, thh answer the american people want us to give is clear, no more bailouts. they are watching to see if we will give them that answer. we ve shared by passing legislatio that bankruptcy is fair, the rules are clear, and is administered by impartl courts. there is one unmistakable true, free enterprise without the possibility of failure is free enterprise without the possibility of success. bailouco taxpayers billions of dollars. bailout political officials to choose winners and losers. the possibility of bail else tim's firms to take an reasonable risk. during the debate over wall stet reform, republicans have consistently rejected bailout and offered bankrupy reform as a sound legislative course. we have focused on the key changes needed to make bankruptcy work betr when fincial institutions threaten our financial system. our proposal has the same rules for all firms large and small. this emanates competitive prsures that cooe fm special rules for favored classes or firms. our proposal for him is the use ofederal funds to

smith votes aye by proxy. mr. kandorski votes no. >> the clerk will report. >> on that vote, the ayes are 7 and the nays are 12. >> the amendment is defeated. i believe we have the final amendment on this title. the clerk will designate the amendment. i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. the german from california is recognized. >> -- the gentleman from california is recognized. >> there is a credible big bang solution that imposes losses that will be difficult to enforce, especially when regulators are explicitly directed to mitigate disruptions of the financial system as they are in the proposed reform bill. just a thought, chairman, but as a way to sort of overcompensate for this, because i think it has to be addressed, this proposed amendment which i won't ask for a vote on, but i will ask you to consider the substance of it to see if we can mitigate this to some extent, it addresses this specific concern of the federal reserve chairman. he argues that the fdic would be allowed to

even add yax smith, 200 years -- adam smith, 200 years ago, believed that government is needed to rectifysituations of clear market failure. bailouts, on the other hand, generally are not making markets succeed. they're actually making markets fail. that's entirely the opposite side of the coin. one of the things that alarms americans a lot is we find out in the case of the b.p. disaster that the government is incapable or unwilling to deal before the case with something really terrible like that. we find that it can't it appears to a lot of americans that the reason is because they're spending all of our money and their time doing things that are making markets fail, like bailouts which lower levels of accountability, like the social engineering schemes like fannie mae and freddie mac which were tremendously expensive and simply pushing people to buy more houses. and finally basic pork-barrel spending like the cash for clunkers program. those are things that americans don't like. it seems like that's what the government is spending all of its time on as opposed to the things we really wa

smith of new jersey. mr. smith: thank you very much, madam speaker. i rise today to call on the president to give israel the unequivocal, robust and vigorous support it deserves. since the may 31 gaza flotilla incident, israel has been under media attack. and even in the past few days, many articles in international newspapers take a grocery anti--israel -- anti-israel slant. the purpose of the flotilla is to provoke an incident, thereby, to set up an international media campaign against israel. the flotilla is an aggressive attempt to manipulate world opinion and to isolate israel. thankfully it has not worked in the united states where a poll shows that despite the anti-israeli bias of so much media coverage, less than 20% of americans think that the israeli government is to blame for the keths that resulted from the -- deaths that resulted from the incident. madam speaker, the facts of incident were clear within 48 hours and it's high time that our government sent a message, that the united states fully supports israel's action to intercept the flo

eric smith from tulane university. thank you for being with us.the top kill procedure and the jump shot. neither worked. they are now on -- the junk shot. neither worked. they are now on their ninth procedure. explain the procedure they are putting together. >> they are doing to procedures. -- they are doing two procedures. they're cutting away the wreckage of the rig. it has been that laying there. they will cut that away. they will clean up the edge. then, they will install a cap over its which will be a into a drill pipe that will go up to the drillship. it is a first cousin of the things they tried earlier on. this is not a permanent fix. this is something to hold things together until they can complete the a relief well. if this does not work, they have one more trick up their sleeve which is to remove the cap and install a new b.o.p. over the b.o.p. >> there was a problem before where they tried the top hat scenario. how dii they stop the freezing this time? >> therr is less salt water available. this is a lot closer to the source of the oil

no, they understand karl marx but they don't understand adam smith. this is where we are. and it's why we have to push the reset button in november. this nation is resilient. we can come back from it. we have a lot of debt and deficit we have to pay off. we have a lowering national -- national image abroad. we have a military that took a sincere -- let me say -- a military that took a serious reset today. and i pray that it gets turned out for the best. i think that some of our tasks are very difficult, but finding our soul is going to be the most difficult one. america will produce and bring us to a greater level of greatness yet if we find our soul, if we redefine and identify the pillars of american exceptionalism and charter ourselves down that path that goes down the shiny hills of america that ronald reagan spoke of that we can see just beyond our horizons right now, madam speaker. so truthfully, i didn't come down here to talk about the things i just spoke of in the last half-hour. there is a seg way into this. i -- segue into this. i mentioned obamacare issue and h

i stand with al smith, that most of the problems of democracy can be solved by more democracy, by more and more serious enagemen engagement, by expanded participation. and by the fed, it's really a monastery, that most flippant people are right most of the time. i really and truly believe that. and i believe fromall the democrats have to believe that. i nt to close with the words, he spoke 20 years ago to the u.s. cgress after democracy came to czechoslovakia. and here's what he said. . . and even into wh as good small democrats we will always exercise our god-given rights to mplain and to criticize and to fight to make things better. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much, and, once again, thank you to brookings for hosting us to share of our notions about coalition for a stronger decracy in our nion. redo hope that each of you will pick up the recommendatis that he held up a few minutes ago and figure out if there is a way your organization could participate dan partner in this coalition procesand i think it's a fair statement that we know our work will nev

smith: i want to thank my colleague for yielding me time. in citizens united vs. federal election commission, the supreme court struck down several provisions of federal law on the grounds they violated organizations' first amendment rights. yet, the disclose act would have more regulations that unduly restrict the freedom of speech. it would do this while unfairly sparing unions and othee preferred groups from the same regulations. this legislation is plainly unconstitutional. the disclose act would unconstitutionally ban political speech by government contractors and compaes with as much as 80% ownership by u.s. citizens. it would unconstitutionally limit the amount of information that organizations ca% include in ads stating their political opinion. it would unconstitutionally require the disclosure of an organization's donors in violation of their right to free association. and it would unconstitutionally exempt favored organizations from its requirements. the disclose act is unconstitional and it should be soundly rejected by the house today. i yield back. th

on this humid morning, members of the smith family were after brim, a perch-like fish, well aware that even these waters could close soon. >> tof the politicians and spokemens are pointing fingers at each other and so forth. >> that won't get the problem solved. >> stop pointing the fingers at everyone. >> get to the big table and come to the solution and get this thing wrapped up. >> reporter: for 34 years joe has been running joe's landing, a store and dock that is usually teeming with commercial and sports fishermen this time of year. but these days it's practically deserted. despite it all, he manages to keep up a sense of humor and a sense of understanding. what do you think about the way bp, the government, the other companies, the state have been handling this? >> i think they're doing the best job as they can. >> reporter: you've had some.... >> i wish they could do a quicker job. >> reporter: with the official job of hurricane season today, he can see even more trouble ahead. >> we're just hoping that they don't have no tidal surge and bring this sludge in our bathtubs. that's

smith: thank you, mr. speaker mr. eaker, award-winning ournalist bill hamlin 6, tragically passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer. a family man and a humanitarian with a eat big heart and inciteful wit,ill is survid by his deawife, judythree children, his momextended family and a butt load of frs. let me extend my deepest condolences to his family a let them know thaour prayers with them inhis ver fficultime. he ito respect and admir his goodness, his generosity and good hammor. for years bill's new beatas sports and he especially liked the postssonies. a four-time srts wrer of t year in 12,002, 2003 a 25, press staffriter shannon mulligan writes in toy's edition, hower, they'll soon discoverhat he much preferred writing about everay strules of ordinary people rather than theoddled multimillionre athletes he dealt withon t sports bea bill had an extraordina -- consistently turned thmoney dane, esally tse who were ft out and left behind into compeing human intest stories. but shann summed it up well, bil

it said things like vote against smith or vote for jones. this was not an especially controversial decision, as evidenced by the fact that it was written by justice breyer, one of the court's moot prominent liberals. but the decision put democrats at a political disadvantage, so the clinton administration did the same thing then that the obama administration is trying to do now. they considered proposals to lessen its impact and to benefit democrats over republicans, and elena kagan worked to advance that goal as part of president clinton's campaign finance task force while she was down at the white house. ms. kagan's notes reveal that finding ways to help democrats over republicans was very, very much on her mind. according to one of her notes, she wrote -- and here i quote -- "free tv as balanced to independent expenditures, clearly on mind of democrats. need a way to balance this." the balance ms. kagan is referring to here was a way for democrats to balance what they viewed as the republicans' advantage in helping their candidates with i

smith: mr. speaker, i thank my colleague from texas for yielding me time. as congress weighs the question of wall street reform, the answer the american people want us to give is clear, no more bailouts. and we should give that answer by passing legislation that sends any failing financial institution to bankruptcy, not to a federal agency that might bail it out. the democratic senator who guided this legislation to the senate agrees that bankruptcy must be our primary response to failing institutions. bankruptcy is fair, its rules are clear, it is administered transparently by impartial courts, it has existed for generations because of one unmistakable truth. free enterprise without the possibility of failure is free enterprise without the possibility of success. the senate improved the house bill by recognizing a role for bankruptcy. but it failed to give the bankruptcy courts what they need to make that role meaningful. as a result, the legislation escaped from bankruptcy, one that allows takeover from firms, threatens to become the first optionunder the

smith: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from california, mr. lungren, the ranking member of the subcommittee, for yielding. mr. speaker, this motion to recommit would add to h.r. 5175 -- >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: will the gentleman from texas speak in the mike? mr. sith: mr. speaker, this motion to recommit would add to h.r. 5175 the same expeded judicial review process that congress approved as part of the mccain-feingold campaign finance reform law. because h.r. 5175 raises the same conitutional issues that wereeissued in the citizens united case, expedited review should be included in this legislation as well. the base bill does not contain the reference 28 u.s.c. 2284 that congress specifically designed and has used repeatedly to assure the prompt resolution of constitutional claims. judicial review may not have been included because the base bill was designed to stall judici review by the upreme court until after the 2010 elections. i hope that is not the case. but this house can only dispel that s

smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. bachus: ranking member of the judiciary. mr. smith: i thank the ranking member and the gentleman from alabama for yielding. over a long history rooted in our constitution we have relied on the rule of law an impartial bankruptcy courts to resolve the debts of failed enterprises. history has proved us correct. the recent case of lehman brothers. as the peak of the 2008 financial crisis approached, lehman declared bankruptcy. within a week it sold its core business. within six weekts its credit default swaps was solved. experts have shown that the lehman case didn't cause the financial system to meltdown. this bill discards our proven bankruptcy system for something that the american people forcefully reject, government-sponsored bailouts. the roler coaster bailout ride of 2008 is what caused the financial -- the roller coaster bailout ride of 2008 is what caused the financial meltdown. the bill sponsors openly admit they don't know if it will work but they urge us to build it anyway. t

representative smith has proposed it and has not been passed. it as governor, i will show them how much we are losing by try to make a school bus fleet and what it would mean to privatize it. >> congressman barrett, same question. >> i think it is a great idea. i don't know that 49 days wrong and one is right, but it is thinking outside the box. to put children on a substandard mode of transportation, when they're the most precious thing in our lives, is unconscionable and we need to think outside the box. >> you mentioned the number of school districts. why do we have 46 counties, 85 school districts? can that be changed, it should be changed? >> can it be changed, absolutely, should it be, i think so. we would not mandate it. we'll talk about the federal government coming in and telling us what to do, the state coming in and telling the locals what to do. that needs to be a local decision. but let's work a deal, i will give you some flexibility in your school district if you show me accountability, if you saw me -- if you show me prince -- if

i understand there might be something with wilbur smith.n one major that everything is in there. >> everything is in there. we've released our tax returns. we also released our funding disclosures from everyone and i have no problem doing that. everything is out there. >> we will take a short break and have our final round of questioning when we come back. ♪ >> welcome back to the debate. we will continue worth questioning to congressman barrett. we will talk about illegal immigration now. you put that at the forefront of your campaign. you estimate 65,000 illegal immigrants are here in south hal is there any possible way to are in the state? >> it is a best guess. illegal immigration, every state is the order state. you're taking jobs away from south carolinans. we need to do several different things. i applaud jim brewer in arizona because she is trying to take first day back. the federal government has not done that. south carolina can do a couple of things. we can hold our employers are accountable, make sure that who they hire is a the

smith votes no by proxy. >> issa? >> no, by proxy. >> mr. graves? >> no, by proxy. >> madame clerk, mr. schumer votes aye by proxy. >> mr. schumer votes aye by proxy. >> what is the tally? >> 20 ayes, 11 nays. >> the house sends you its approval. >> let me congratulate you on a terrific job. we will now vote on the senate side. those in favor aye, those opposed nay. the ayes have it. [laughter] i will ask the clerk to call the roll. >> mr. chairman? >> aye. >> mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> aye. >> mr. schumer. >> aye, by proxy. >> ms. lincoln? >> aye. >> mr. harkin. >> aye, by proxy. >> aye, by proxy. >> mr. shelby? >> no. >> mr. crapo. >> no. >> mr. corker. >> no. >> mr. gregg. >> no. >> mr. chambliss. >> no. >> the clerk will report. >> 7 aye, 5 nay. the bill is passed. >> i thank my colleagues. [applause] >> with the votes of the house and senate conferees in favor of passage of the bill, i declare the bill passed and the conference committee is now adjourned. [applause] >> nice to meet you. take care. >> i'm on the cleanup crew. >> congra

broaddasting career, duane's tats has been honored as baseball's all-time top 101 broaddasters by arthur kirk smith. aside from calling rays games, duane and his wife karla are pillars of the tampa bay community, supporting the veterans and quantum leap farms, a therapeutic recreation alpha silt for our wounded warriors and disabled adults. again, i congratulate duane on the occasion of his 5,000th major league baseball broadcast. many more rays' wwns. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. defazio of oregon.%% mr. grayson of florida. mr. gohmert of texas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. carter, is ecognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate being recognnzed this hour. i'm pleased to be joinee by several of my colleagues. and i want to raise an issue that is of real concern to the people of the state of texas, state of alabama, state of %% florida. those who for now for generationn been invested in and proud of that great american accomplishment of our space program. you

smith: they should protect themselves and their families. i am committed to protecting the constitutional rights of all law-abiding, freedom-loving americans, and i invite my colleagues to join me. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. butterfield: madam speaker, as we work to resolve our nation's fiscal crisis, we must have bipartisan cooperation to best find ways to balance economic recovery and job creation with long-term deficit reduction. americans clearly understand the danger of debt and the need for a serious long-term plan. what they don't understand is sound bites and political rhetoric and so, too, my republican colleagues, as you come to the well today, put your ideas on the table. it doesn't help to demagogue this issue. the fact is and it remains president obama inherited an $11 trillion debt on day one, and we are trying to recover. the american people n

smith: mr. speaker, americans say the growing national debt is the greatest threat to our country, according to a recent gallup poll. since democrats took control of congress in 2007, the national debt has grown by $3.5 billion a day. since president obama took office the debt has increased by $4.8 billion a day. to control spending and reduce the national debt we need a responsible budget that addresses our fiscal crisis. but as american families make tough choices with their household budgets, the democratic majority in the house has yet to even propose a national budget. if a budget is not approved this year, it will be the first time since the budget act became law in 1974. congress should listen to the american people. get government spending under control, and approve a national budget. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and e

smith: mr. speaker, a recent nbc news survey found that over half of all americans disapprove of how president obama is handling the immigration issue. an overwhelming 73% support imposing new fines on businesses that hire illegal immigrants. 71% support increasing border security by building a fence along the border and training more border security agents. so it's no surprise the republicans are viewed more favorably when it comes to enforcing the border. in fact, a survey found that only 26% of registered voters are likely to vote for a democratic candidate who opposes the arizona immigration enforcement law. the american people are not going to forget about the obama administration's failure to secure our borders and enforce our nation's immigration laws. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro te

smith, for introducing this resolution congratulating south africa for its first two successful convictions for human trafficking. these convictions demonstrate south africa's commitment to protecting the vulnerable within its waters. while important progress has been made, the resolution also urges the government of south africa to take further steps to prevent human trafficking by enacting a more comprehensive and antihuman trafficking law, pursuing its child protection strategy, prioritizing enforcement during the world cup, educating all relevant government officials about the problem and providing rehabilitative care for those who are freed from forced labor in the sex industry. in may of 2004, south africa was awarded the coveted world cup tournament. which is going on there today. recognizing the nexus between major sporting events and crime, major sporting events and crime, particularll prostitution, the

. >> i'm marsha smith with the space and technology group. i'm curious as to why you think space is going to become militarized. what is the motivation for militarizing space? why do you think a space war would last two years? i would think it would all be over in 10 minutes. [laughter] >> space is under militarization today. yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and tomorrow will be militarization. then, two years from the first space war, it is not so easy to liquidate space infrastructure. on earth, to liquidate thousands of space objects in mirror -- mere operational zone. even 10 minutes, you cannot find game -- find aim even. not less than two years. >> the gentleman in the tie. >> i'm from the state department. i wonder if academician chertok 's book talks about the very important factor in space exploration that is the fluctuation and differences in public support for various models, various types of space exploration. for instance, in the united states, the support for manned human flight seems to be going down, while in russia, it seems t

smith. >> as congress weighs the question of wall street reform, thh answer the american people want us to give is clear, no more bailouts. they are watching to see if we will give them that answer. we have shared by passing legislation that bankruptcy is fair, the rules are clear, and is administered by impartial courts. there is one unmistakable true, free enterprise without the possibility of failure is free enterprise without the possibility of success. bailout cost taxpayers billions of dollars. bailout political officials to choose winners and losers. the possibility of bail else tim's firms to take an reasonable risk. during the debate over wall street reform, republicans have consistently rejected bailout and offered bankruptcy reform as a sound legislative course. we have focused on the key changes needed to make bankruptcy work better when financial institutions threaten our financial system. our proposal has the same rules for all firms large and small. this emanates competitive pressures that cooe from special rules for favored classes or firms. our proposal for him is th

smith votes no by proxy. mr>> madame clerk, i do have a proxy for mr. schuler. he votes aye. the clerk will report the tally. >> there are 20 ayes and 11 nays. >> i am pleased to be able to report to you that we send you the approval of the financial reform bill. >> we congratulate you on a terrific job. house members will now vote on the senate side. the ayes will have it. [laughter] i asked the clerk to call the roll. >> mr. chairman, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, aye. ms. lincoln, aye. mr. leahy, aye by proxy. mr. harkin, aye by proxy. mr. shelby, no. mr. corker, no. mr. gregg, no. >> the clerk will report. >> the votes are 7 aye, 5 nay. the bill is passed. >> i thank my colleagues, immensely. [applause] >> will the house and senate conferees in favor of passage of the bill, i declare the bill passed and the conference committee is now adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> i think chairman frank and his team. we recognize the tremendous effort of the staff, representative barney frank and i worked together the last couple of years. it is a big legislativ

smith: every pennyf debt acmuted must be paid for b without a budg the only ildren. spending rule is there are no rules. e deadline for the house o represtatives pass an budget has come and passed and we still ve nothg tow theamerican people. the budget process can be frtrating but that's what we are he to to make the tough decisions. familiessmall business, es, and statesave to p together a budget. congress must do theame for our country. we need a practical, rkable federal bdget which restrains spending a puts us on path to prosperity and economic growth. the speaker pro mpore: the gentlen yields back th balance of his time. for at purposeoes the gentleman from new york rise? without objection. >> today we are seeing the implementation of one of the gsn the healthare reform bill, payments of $250 to hp our seniors withh doughnut hol cerage. one of the things also going on about is fundamentareform with respect to waste andraud in the medicare syst. mr. murphy: ourfforts on tha front have beenramaticly improved by things in the health care billassed ier this yea giv

i understanddthat there may have been something with wilbur smith that was omitted. i just wanted to make sure everything is>> everything is in there. in there. we always said that we have put everything out therewe have released our tax returns. we have released our funding disclosures and i have no problem doing that. thank you. >> on that note, we will take a short break and have our final round of questioning. >> welcome back to the debate. we will continue with our questioning right now. we will talk about immigration. you have put the legal -- this is in the forefront of our campaign. your estimate that this is a two-part question. how is there any possible way to in the stakes? -- in the states since they apply under the radar? >> >> that is the best guess. i asked them to speak. illegal immigration shows that every state is a border state. they are taking jobs away from south carolinian. we need to do several different things. i applaud jim brewer. -- a jim brewer -- she is trying to take her state back. the federal government has not south carolina can do a

smith the its no proxy. mr. issa boats and no by proxy. >> madame clerk, i have a proxy for mr. schumer and evokes aye by proxy -- and he votes aye by proxy. there are 20 ayes and 11 nays. >> the house send you its approval of a financial reform bill. >> thank you very much, chairman frank and let me thank you on a traffic job. house members will vote on the senate side and all those in favor said aye debate ayes appear to have it. [laughter] i will ask the clerk to call the roll them mr. chairman, aye, mr. johnson aye, mr. reid, aye, mr. schumer aye by proxy. . licoln aye, mr leahy aye, mr. ahrkin aye by proxy, proxycorker no, mr. greg no. the votes are seven ayes, 5 nays, the bill is passed. >> i thank my colleagues immensely. [applause] >> conferees in favor of passage of the bill, i declare the bill passed and a conference committee is now adjourned. [applause] [random chatter] [random chatter] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [crowd chatter] >> we have consumer protection for the first time in this country. we don't want to end up with the same situati

smith: i want to thank my colleague for yielding me time. in citizens united vs. federal election commission, the supreme court struck down several provisions of federal law on the grounds they violated organizations' first amendment rights. yet, the disclose act would have more regulations that unduly restrict their freedom of speech. it would do this while unfairly sparing unions and other preferred groups from the same regulations. this legislation is plainly unconstitutional. the sclose act would unconstitutionally ban political speech by government contractors and companies with as much as 80% ownership by u.s. citizens. it would unconstitutionally limit the amount of information that organizations can include in ads stating their political opinion. it would unconstitutionally require the disclosure of an organization's donors in violation of their right to free association. and it would unconstitutionally exempt favored organizations from its requirements. the disclose act is unconitutional and it should be soundly rejected by the house today. i yield back.

she is a graduate -- attended smith college, and finished at boston university. this is a message with the question -- guest: i think they're quite different situations. the cuban blockade happened at a different point in history. our cuban politics of very complicated because they are emotional, have strong domestic constituencies here in the u.s. who believe that our embargo of cuba is essential to take down the castro government. during the clinton administration we tried to allow more humanitarian business, more remittances to go back, to allow people to go and visit were steady in an effort to help the cuban people understand there was a wider world. that everything caster was telling them was not true. the bush administration closed that capability. president obama tried to open it more, but right now we have an embargo that is part of law, was said during the clinton administration with legislation from the congress. host: our next guest is from tucson, arizona. caller: good morning. i wanted you to say -- the biggest thing i see concerning north korea and

within the government, howard smith has the lead for coordinating the departments and agencies and our approach to cyber security. he has done a superb job and has been great to work with. for the team at d.h.s., phil ridinger, rear admiral mike brown and others have been great partners on a set of very complex issues. all of us in government recognize that government cannot do this without the help of industry, act deem ya, and our allies. securing cyber space is a team sport and we are proud to be a member of that team. we look forward to growing a partnership as we collectively address how we should secure our networks. let me talk about our portion of the team and our roles and responsibilities. two weeks ago, i was privileged to participate in the activation of u.s. cyber command. as dr. hamry said, a task long in the making and long overdue. i think it was a brief confirmatioo process that we went there. that was a joke. i'm sorry. no more jokes. in 2005, the director of n.s.a. was duel-hatted as director of n.s.a. and the commander of the joint functional command net warfare. th

does candid it smith also think he should apologize to bp? that will give democrats who are kind of slipping a little bit of a footholdd >> there is a general issue about whether people are too close to industry. there are places where a pro- environmental vote would be helpful. as i said, i think everybody is still figuring out exactly how that is going to play out. obviously, it is different in primaries, which we still have coming up. environmental, labor, and other concerns obviously did cause problems like for blanche lincoln in arkansas, even though she did retain the ability to run for her seat again. >> more questions? back in the back. >> can we get away from politics? what are the chances that this award else bill will proved a like a good -- this oil spill will prove the likelihood of getting [unintelligible] >> is that moving away from politics? [laughter] again, i think -- the events in the gulf have made it essential that the senate do something on energy. that has put all of these forward again. i think there was already agreem

conyers, berman and smith of texas. from the committee on oversight and government reform for consideration of sections 1000-a, 1007, 1103-d, 1212, 1217, 1254-c, 1609-h-b. 3301, 3302, 3304, 4106-b-2 and g-4-d. 4801, 4802, 5004, 7203-a, 7409 and 80-o-3 of the house bill and sections 111-a and j. 210-h-8, 319, 322, 404, 50283, 748, 763-a, 809-g, 988, 989-b, 89-c, 89-d, 1013-a, 1022-c-6, 1064, 1152 and 11-a and b of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. towns, cummings and issa. from the committee on small business for consideration of secretaries 1071 -- sections of 1071 and 74, ms. velazquez, messrs. shuler and graves. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. waters: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 5072 and to insert extraneous material thereon. e speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 1424 and rule 18, the chair dec

that means no tyson's foods or smith field meets or contractors, guard inertia, construction workers, januarytorial services, no one that here's illegal aliens, i think that would give them much more widespread support. my question is. you know this thing about this proposal that comes up about path to citizenship and giving am me the city all these illegal -- am nesty amnesty to all these illegal immigrants will give them access to the help of the government and president obama said he wouldn't allow that. guest: the federal government has law that is say the contractors have to comply with a number of things among them not hiring illegal workers. so there are laws, the question is enforcing them. these work site compliance law that is require customers not to hire illegal aliens. on the caller's point about health care and citizenship, i don't know the answer to that, but certainly a big part of this debate is if you do offer some sort of legal status, what are the costs in terms of public benefits for those who then end up with that status? there have been various proposals to from

smith: i want to thank my colleague for yielding me time. in citizens united vs. federal election commission, the supreme court struck down several provisionof federal law on the grounds they violated organizattons' first amendment rights. yet, the disclose act would have more regulations that duly restrict their freedom of speech. it would do this while unfairly sparing unions and other preferred groups from the same regulations. this legislation is plainly unconstitutional. the disclose act would unconstitutionally bann political speech by government contracrsnd companies with as much as 80% ownership by u.s. citizens. it would unconstitutionally limit the amount of information that organizations can inude in ads stating their political opinion. it would unconstitutionally require the disclosure of an organization's donors in violation of their right to free association. and it would unconstitutionally exempt favored organizations from its requirements. the disclose act is unconstitutional and it should be soundly rejected by the house today. i yield back. the c

passeinto law and mh that work was done by now the ranking member of the judiciary committee, lamar smith of texas who deserves a lot of credit for the langue that's there, there's language in that immigration refm t that prohibits the cities from establishing sanctuary cities. and i n't ha the language in front me, m speaker, but it's langua tt sa to the effect that you cannot prohibit your officers from eorcing federal immigration law, working in cooperation with and gathering -- but the problem is that thoseities got together, they wt to have had a sanctuary policy and apparent found the same lawr or lawyers, or sentout or whatever ties these larger cies together and they found a way to wri an ordince around thfederal language and they prohibited their officr fr gatheringnformation an because they are prohibited from gathering, they didn't have any information to pass on and she with i.c.e. and other law enforcement officers whe it came to immigration. . you create a magnet for illegals to go to those cities where they are shelred by the sank tue area city language. we haveassed amendm