state. it is important we attach conditions. it is on the way we can take people with us as we continue to expand our aid budget as a time of economic difficulty at home. if we want a stable and prosperous afghanistan and a safe afghanistan, we need an afghanistan where the role of women is properly respected. >> can i get the prime minster to answer the question a few moments ago? >> there was vote last night in the house of lords. i have a clear view. the government has a clear view about the right way ahead. there will be a motion for the labor party. i hope for a whole government inquiry. if we can't answer that question, people will take a very dim view of an opposition party that stands in the way of inquiry because they don't want to be washing down in public. >> thank you mr. speaker. the olympics are great opportunity to bring our nation together. therefore, does the prime minster display the crimes of some union leader. >> we have in unite unions. >> we are grateful for the police,

some may affect his state.ood for his state but don't think it's good for my state without reform. these are differences we have. i can tell you the debates that took place in this building 236 years or so ago were pretty vibrant. mr. henry stood up and started talking about the crown in 1765 and his rebellion against the stamp act, he certainly didn't mince any words with that. my guess is the burgesses were debating whether or not to have a revolution, there were very strong divisions between the likes of henry and washington on one side and then some on the other side thought we should take a very modest approach, one of the biggest decisions ever made in the history of the united states of america. so having this discussion here, while we have differences of opinions, between republicans and democrats, we know the buck stops at the governor's desk. jack and dave that said very well. we don't have the luxury of being able to borrow money in the way that washington d. we have to balance the budget, 49 of us i

state and regional economic and trade discussion. as you know, san francisco has been home to the biggest and the oldest chinatown in the united states. and so, there could not be a more appreciative place to hold this conference. i will say as i said earlier to the vice minister that it is interesting to note to and i am a student of our chinese history. in the 1800's as darlene has mentioned, many of the ancestors came over from china and whether it was for economic opportunity or search of gold, it is interesting to know that today we're of course seeing our contemporaries coming to invest and look for partnerships opportunities in the united states and in san francisco. it is a very nice twist. i am proud to say that san francisco is the innovation capital of the world. and we have been dubbed the center for clean technology in the united states. our goal of reaching the zero waste in 20/20 -- 2020 is a real goal. . companies are popping up in our city. we recently signed a memorandum of understanding in beijing with the national

they won the governorships in 29 of 50 states. they won more seats in state lechblg legislatures than since 1968. they won 63 seats in the house. look at this. look at this, the republicans did great in both of these midterm elections, 1994 and 2010. whatever party the president is, his party tends to lose seats the next time people get to vote. it happens almost every time. when you compare what happened in the first midterm under president clinton to what happened under president obama in his first midterm, look what happened in the senate. the republicans did not get much this time around in the senate. even as their landslide got bigger in the house, it shrunk a little bit in the senate. why did that happen? that happened because i am not a witch happened. the republicans were so cocky that they would be able to run the table in the 2010 elections that they picked some koo koo for cocoa puffs candidates. they picked really, really out there far right candidates for the senate in a bunch of states in 2010, and those candidates

state of play. jeremy ayers, associate directer for the american progress is the co-author of the report, and he's going to share a bit about that now. >> we do know that some of you or all of you should have had a handout if we had enough. there's extra information. if you want to go home tonight and look at that and memorize it, you can, but we only put the social information here on the screen. for those of you watching remotely or watching us later, we'll ensure the information is on the website. what did we seek to accomplish with the report? last winter, we participated in a debate with the waivers with the folks at the institute, a debate i think we won in my humble opinion, but someone should dig into the applications and identify what's new or innovative, and so we took imhup on the challenge. the method used is simple and straightforward. we looked at every second round application. new plans approved, and we looked at that information. we were looking for changes, new changes compared to

in the state. today we will consider whether the legislative proposal authored by our colleagues, congressman steve loebsack of arkansas and congresswoman jackie spinner of california. their bill, h.r. 3179 the marketplace equity act of 2011, has bipartisan support from members both on and on the committee. in the 1992 case of not to cover, the supreme court held that under the dormant commerce clause a state may not compel the retailer to collect and remit the state sales tax the retailer lacks a physical presence in the state. the supreme court's view to for savory character collect taxes to more than 9,000 state, county and local tax interest actions throughout the country places a serious burden on the retailer's ability to sell and interstate commerce. the physical presence rules for tax collection mix interests that cannot afford to track and comply with 9,000 different tax codes as a cost of doing business throughout the country the constitution doesn't allow one state to reach into the pock

refuse to set up a free market health insurance exchange in their states step two is to prevent states from expanding medicaid coverage for low income people under obamacare states are given huge amounts of free money from the federal government to expand medicaid coverage individuals making up to one hundred thirty three percent above the poverty line around forty thousand dollars a year for a family of four if you make that amount or less it would mean that your health insurance is free unless your republican governor turns down the money so if states decide to turn down the free money for political reasons it could limit just how many americans end up getting health insurance thanks to obamacare already republican governors in ten states including florida louisiana mississippi nevada south carolina and others have said that they intend to opt out of the medicaid expansion the more states the follow the less effective obama became. bamma care becomes steps three four and five to repeal obamacare according to the koch brothers funded freedom works all deal with the november election s

state. let me start out this morning and tell you that the citizens of wyoming and my family and i our thoughts and prayers are with the people in colorado who have been seriously threatened by the wildfires. in wyoming we too have been fighting fires, the dry season has made fires pop up. i think we have nine major fires in joem jowyoming. we appreciate our good neighbors in colorado. we know in times of need in colorado helps us. i have authorized the national guard and equipment to help with the colorado fires as we can and we will continue to do that. [ applause ] >> our wish, our hope, our prayer for the citizens of colorado, the brave firefighters, the reelected officials in colorado that they continue to address this as they have with diligence and that soon the fires will be put out and that people and your land will soon be safe again. i want to before i get into some of my comments, as i look at the list of speakers that you have and will have, you have bands and you have the warm-

if the state and only if the state is doing the state exchange and the state can do the risk adjustment. otherwise we will be using the federal risk adjustment program. risk corridors is a federal program we don't like to talk about. it is kind of interesting. when it comes to exchanges states have options. as states we are always pushing for flexibility. we are getting that through these regulations and we got this in this law. states have choices. there are minimum standards that states have a lot of flexibility. a state can say i need a federal exchange and don't want to do this. the federal government is choosing how it runs. initially they said we will let everybody in. any qualified health plans they can come in and sell. no guarantee in the future that is the way it is going to be. we don't know what the future is going to do or how is going to operate or choose people. network adequacy rules and marketing rules, if they are running it they have the opportunity, that is a question. do you want the federal government to make those decisions at the exchange? state can do medicaid e

, much smaller than in state out of state sellers. this is a problem to you? how to reconcile that? >> maybe if we had more time, that would be when it goes to next. the list of simplifications do not all need to be done. if we have a simplified system, maybe we do not need a small cellar exemption. maybe they would need a really high level for small sellers. however, i do not know with the magic number is. there is no economic policy that dictates with the magic number is. i think that is the balancing approach. >> i will let you address any of those questions in your response. but also, there is a concern that this is putting small mom- and-pop businesses out. how do address that concern if we do not do something? >> amazon, target, for over decades now. that impact is driven as the last best hope to turn to the internet to try to reach customers that may be never darken their doorstep for customers that bought once in their store and traveled home. the internet turns out, for small businesses, perhaps the only way they can survive

and state by state, states began getting rid of their prohibition on birth control until finally thereme court ruled in 1965, actually, not until then that it was unconstitutional to have any ban on birth control. >> this period between 1910 and 1920, was this also parallel to the women getting the vote movement? >> yes, very much. very much. birth control was seen as a really fundamental thing that women just needed if they are to organize their lives the way they needed to be organized in modern society. but again, i would say at that time the main motive is still economic is that people are seeing that they need smaller families. that they have to educate their children. and also that they can't expect their children to go out and work at age 13 and contribute money to the family. so you can't afford as many children. >> your history on the issue is titled "moral property." what do you mean by that term? >> it's a quote. and it's actually a quote from a french minister of health at a time very recently when they tried to ban the drugru-486 which is actually an abortion-creating dr

if i'm at penn state, i love penn state as much as i love ole miss and this happened it my penn state make an argument for as long use want to talk, this is not about football. this wasn't about football and football power this was about a man who did bad things and never involved any football players, no allegation of anything involving football players and then i would return to, again, an article or a column from jeff shultz in the atlantic journal constitution and the very end of it, "the tone at top of the school said that the investigator was dissuaded the school janitors from coming forward after witnessing incidents and they were afraid of being fired for reporting a mowerful football coach." don't forget, coach sandusky's office was next to joe paterno, the offices closest to the man in charge are the offices of the greatest power. ask anyone in any corporation anywhere. the last line of this column "sandusky will spend the rest his life in prison, he could have been stopped sooner, but paterno and the powers at penn state were too concerned about the ramifications off-and-on

the federal government gave the states leeway, and also they gave states the ability, again, states going up to 2 00% of the poverty level and non-pregnant level, scaling it back. there are limits. the feds have to approve a fair amount of the cuts that states go through. >> host: an example of a state making cuts you describe. hawaii is reducing eligibility for non-pregnant adults from 200% of the poverty level to 133%. the money behind that that means $46,000 for a family of four that could have been covered before, but now it's only limited to a family of four making $30,000. >> right. >> host: what states are you seeing the most change in? >> guest: florida cutting provider fees particularly for hospitals, 10%-12% a year ago with another 6% this month. florida's a big state. alabama, as you mentioned, a number of states. illinois is a big one cutting 26,000 parents off of the medicaid program. they faced budget programs like a lot of states, and medicaid is the first or second program in study programs so it gets whacked a lot when economy times are tough. >> host: we're talking about

"state related."o it gets state money, but it doesn't have to open up its records. so we cannot-- no one, no members of the public, no journalist-- can look and see the money trail. and while president erickson is telling us what pot of money they want to take the $60 million from, we don't know where that money was going before. so how do we know that-- where that $60 million might have gone to, you know, build the new academic building or a laboratory? how are they paying for it now? how are they paying for the other sports programs, all of them, except basketball, are dependent on penn state football. so where is that money coming from? and how do i know that my tax money isn't going to that? >> schieffer: bill, let me just start with you and go around the table, short question-- did the n.c.a.a. impose the right penalty here? should it have been harsher? >> absolutely not. they should not be playing football. the fact that they are playing football is one of the greatest abdications, moral abdicat

they have the highest debt in the state per cap paw tau. >> your state is doing better. doesn't that help the president? >> it helps republicans because they can see with a republican governor we have turned it around. so has wisconsin, so has michigan, so has indiana. illinois hasn't. illinois is following the obama rule of raising taxes on corporations and individuals and driving -- and attacking the very people that you need to invest and create jobs. in bough hua we are doing the -- in iowa we are doing the opposite. >> let me ask you both quickly one question. and that is the obama campaign has mounted intensive attacks on governor romney on his record at bain capital and whether he was there when out sourcing was allegedly being done and so forth. does it appear to you now based on the polling with the president ahead in states like florida that they are having some affect, governor scott? >> look, i think it will come down. what governor romney is going to do, when you go to the polls and you decide in november it is going to be who will help me get my job back, w

every state that has republican governors, with disenfranchise states. they cannot win a fair election. host: jim is on our line from independence. caller: i was listening to everybody's displeasures their governors. it is like a bar where he said, if you think your numbers are bad, wait till you hear mind. we have one of the worst credit ratings in the country. our state is broke. hours. is broke. the killings that go on in that city, the taxes are so high. the corporations and going right over the state lines in wisconsin and indiana. host: who duking says morgan affect an economy? would it be the mayor or the governor? caller: well, with a democratic- controlled legislature. host: do the mayor and governor seem to be on the same page? do their work together? caller: they always try to work together. when you increase taxes on businesses state-wide. host: all right. we are going to move on to shreveport, louisiana. your on open " washington journal quoting caller: -- "washington journal." caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. my governors

that was state one, state, phase two, governors.t to vote, nikki haley said it was one of his signature accomplishments, things she's proudest of even though the justice department struck it down saying it might keep thousands of people from voting. the state objected, it sued the government, and now the case goes to court. earlier this month, the judges hearing the case's scheduled oral arguments for this summer, the state objected saying it didn't give people enough time to prepare for the restrictive requirements before the election. voters not possessing a voter id would have a reasonable impediment. the case went forward anyway and despite the dire warning from the state's own lawyers there wouldn't be enough time to implement the law if the case went forward, if the judges rule in the favor, the state is going to proceed with the voting law anyway. the justice department has to sign off on changes to south carolina's voting laws because of the state's less than stellar history with voting rights. this is true for south carolin

it's way nicer to red states than blue states. the reason is the medicaid part. the medicaid part of the bill works like this. right now, states have a ton of leeway to decide who is and who isn't eligible for medicaid. texas, the they only cover adults at 26% of the poverty line. it's $11,170 a year. so you could be a single person making $3,000 a year and you're not poor enough to qualify for medicaid. that's part of the reason texas has the highest uninsured rate in the entire nation. in massachusetts, by contrast, they cover working adults up to 133% of the poverty level. this is due to a former governor whose name rhymed with smit smitt sromney. everyone making up to 133% of the poverty line, they get medicaid automatically. right now, the federal government pays about 57% of medicaid's costs. states pick up the rest. and that's a good enough deal that every single state participates. in the affordable care act for the first three acts, the feds will cover 100% of the difference between wherever the state is now and where the law wants them to go. 100%. afte

this is an important anniversary for the united states, the united kingdom and canada.lly my friends governor o'malley and mayor rawlins blake for organizing this commemoration. in many ways it helped to define our young nation and gave americans a sense of unity and independence. it made an icon of the flag we fly and gave us the national anthem we sing. enduring symbols of our democracy. the end of the war laid the foundation for the growing relationship between the united states, the united kingdom and canada. bonds we now celebrate as the str strongest of allies and closest of friends. as our three nations mark this milestone, i'm confident our alliance will abe a force for good and together we will leave this world a better, safer place for generations to come. >> now the secretary of the united states navy, ray mapis. >> governor o'malley, senator, the entire maryland congressional delegation, madam mayor, to the ambassadors from the united kingdom and canada. i have two observances for you. one is that i had the privilege of participating in the normandy 68th ann

citizens and their state? >> we believe that we in the state should work together along with the local counties together. >> do you believe you know better than the state? >> now, i wouldn't substitute my judgment. >> why would you oppose a bill that gives the state the ability to protect its citizens? >> we are managing national public lands intern to do that to achieve because of political balance the nation. and to provide for jobs and opportunities as well. we believe in the principles that were outlined by congressman dinh just raised and mary wagner just agreed to. we believe we should work in concert and we do that at the state and local level with the governors are cohesive fire strategy will allow us to continue to work on building the site landscapes are working together and fire preparedness. >> is 90,000 acres of burned forest rizzoli? >> 260 homes resilient? >> are your forest policies working? to prevent this from happening? >> dipper of land management has approximately 1.3 million out of the 58

a state capable of standing on its own without the assistance of the united states and the state of israel even the president silver kier went to the people's republic of china to request that they build an alternative pipeline through kenya so they could bypass the people in the north of the country and you know it will turn out the chinese government and what everyone else and i mean i will when they will be when south sudan got its independence they were supposed to be interdependent that was part of the plan why isn't it working out. it is not working out because of the challenges that i was with and has a war of over fifty years in the country did reduce the country troubles you travel in south sudan today and you wouldn't find about two hundred miles of paved road in a country the size of france it was a theater of operations and all the war was in south sudan the south sudan is destroyed there were no new situations the talk about it and the independence had been challenged with a lot of issues one of them is south sudan is landlocked the longest border with any country is wi

state. it is great to see steve's results as an entrepreneur. i knew he was a great friend said john mccain. he was doing a little bit of everything on the campaign trail. we used to talk about what he was up to back home. he is engaging in a presidential campaign. if you are an entrepreneur and a risk taker, you need a business environment. part of that will be dictated by washington. right now all the unpredictability in our economy, it is not difficult to get people to take a risk and to do what steve has done and what my family has done an ohio. my father was a small business guy who took a risk. he left his job in sales and started his own business. i asked him whether he would do it again. he said, i do not know. there's so much uncertainty out there. you have a government that does not seem to get it. they're making it more difficult and not easier to get jobs. steve has taken risks and is concerned. as all of us are. on monday i will be helping our around the victory effort in boston

you know i state i sorry that go ahead. here i'm sorry i missed it we had a little bit of technical difficulty and i missed a bit of the debate it just to take it back a little bit at the point that that i was in on this you know. i i'm just flabbergasted to hear something being said that the gun debate has been saddled clearly we've seen in the past few seconds on this show it's not saddled it if if you know one side has has maybe been bullied into silence that might be a way to describe the debate but hardly it's been saddled if we have politicians that don't want to show leadership on this. and have been silenced on this or chosen to be silence on this but i don't think that we can call that a debate that spends saddled and i hope we don't have to have only going on this issue go ahead david go ahead sure we can have a robust debate like we're doing right now but the in the media is very interested in that but the american people have settled the debate through their elections and the reason the politicians in washington

the reason they chose a so-called right to work state in the united states, they are competing with boeing which chose south carolina. they are competing on the low road and that is not good economic policy for the country. it is what they are doing to pad the bottom line. >> i don't know wayne, maybe all is fair in love and cheese. maybe the french have a point. what work in america. we'll build our aircraft in america . right to work state, going to do it. >> what christian mentioned was the word competition. that is the key to this. and there is competition for venues where people want to work and companies want to go and work and where the environment is for that. there is competition for venues and bid for that. if they get a thousand workers who are paying taxes that. is a boost to that economy . not only is the competition for that. but there is competition for labor and we know that capitalism. we have capitol. and labor and it is going to go to the place where it produces the most for the least coast and that is a good thing. jobs going over seas if it is cheaper to produce it ove

fires in the state's history.ined by the end of weekend. fires is spreading through national forests in montana and wyoming. >> the heat not putting a damper on 4th of july celebration. in washington, d.c. the heat index reaching hundred degrees on wednesday. visitors braving extreme temperatures celebrating the nation's birthday. topping the day with a holiday concert and fireworks show. now back to on the record for the latest headlines head to foxnews.com. on to foxnews.com. >> greta: you have heard from the supreme court justices and you have heard from the politicians, now that the national healthcare law has been upheld, how will it really impact your medical care? for that we go to a doctor. we talked to emergency room physician. >> tell me as a doctor, not as a patient but potentially everyone is a patient, do you like the new healthcare policy? >> you know, it's interesting. they upheld the mandate and the purpose of mandate is to disperse the premium and to keep the healthcare costs down. ultimately that

one of the states is my own state of vermont. we're seeing laws that make it severely harder for millions of eligible voters to cast ballots. i am not talking about people who would have been ineligible. these include beyond the voters, african americans -- young voters, african-americans, the elderly. i will submit all of my statement to the record, but i remember the recall election in wisconsin. voters got a robocall. the 2010 midterm elections, it went out to democratic voters in maryland before the polls had closed saying that martin o'malley and president obama had been successful and there was no need to vote. relax, everything is fine. this is orwellian. it could cost the governor o'malley and the people of maryland. 22 african-american neighborhoods in houston, texas. i think the need for a voter intimidation act is documented, real, and would prohibit any person from purposely misleading voters regarding the qualifications are restrictions. the bill offers new ways to enforce these provisions. it provides a tool for eff

if it comes down to state by state, up to the states and democratic party recognizes that situation.> urges states to make it. >> how is that going to affect ohio? >> i think ohio, iowa, virginia, and north carolina are all states where democrats can look at and it say if the targeted messages go out right this could unbalance and four important states. >> your thoughts, mr. frank about how this will affect the election? >> chris, this is -- i'm puzzled by this. the president has already said that is his position. doma is unconstitutional and believes people should have the right to get married to people of the same sex and taken concrete action to oppose it. all the ohio democrats voted against the defense of marriage act. on this issue, the gem krpeopleg you platform, more prominence than it ever earn. >> i predict that the beginning of the democratic convention in charlotte when nothing else is happening monday and tuesday when the word is out about the platform, we will be talking a lot about that on the front pages of newspapers across the country. this is a big issue politicall

state after the n.c.a.a. imposed fines and penalties that could cripple the school's storied football program. >> woodruff: i traveled to florida to see firsthand the challenges ahead for the obama campaign in that battleground state, rging from the hoing crisiso thheal carrefo law. >> now that people are really saying and saying to the president, what more can you do? what more do you have to offer now? we're still with you, but you've got to continue to do more. >> ifill: we have two reports from syria on the rebel offensive in the city of aleppo, and the aftermath of the bombardment by government forces in the capital, damascus. >> woodruff: and on the bloodiest day in iraq in two years, margaret warner talks to jane arraf in baghdad about coordinated insurgent attacks that killed more than 100 people. hoe. >> the targets are pretty much the same as they have been. they're military police, shias, ordinary people. but essentially al qaeda says it is coming back. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newsh

three states moved to romney. one change from a t tossup state to solid romney state, missouri. minnesota and new mexico moved from obama to lean obama. now the net shift was about 58 more electoral college votes in to the lean obama category. ten more in the solid romney camp. the rest of the changes in the other states didn't affect the status. >> bret: joe, of those, what is the most significant in your mind? >> the move in the the midwest. wisconsin got better for obam obama. with michigan and ohio moving from tossup to lean obama. we start adding that up, obama is now up over 280 electoral votes, if you take obama strong states and obama lean states. that means romney now is in a position today where he has to win every single remaining tossup and get ohio or one of these lean obama states to come back in his direction. that is very significant. i think the first time we have had that number since we started looking at it. except in the very early stages when obama was ahead everywhere. >> bret: when you look at the polls, karl, you start to analyze where people are spendin

states. through our monitoring, the asc is aware that the foundation is currently working on a new strategic plan. the asc played no role in the development of this strategic plan, however, when made public, the asc will review and possibly comment on matters related to asc responsibilities. the asc continues to make progress in addressing the dodd-frank act requirements. last fall, the asc approved a plan to establish the appraisal complaint national hot line and a great deal of work has been completed towards its implementation. asc member agencies are currently working to finalize the details for internal complaint intake and disposition. launch of the hotline is anticipated before the end of 2012. the dodd-frank act also required the gao to conduct a study of the asc. in its report issued last january, the gao made three recommendations. first, gao recommended that the asc clarify definitions used to categorize states' compliance with title 11. in response, the asc has clarified the defin

efforts here not only in san francisco, but across the state. and to mayor lee, thank you for example, your leadership, your stewardship, and her strong support and wisdom of identifying a great leader of china sf and darlene chu, carrying the torch for the board of directors. there are a number of you assembled here and you have done an extraordinary job to demonstrate our commitment not just rhetorically but substantively in terms of engaging in defiance -- advancing our collective efforts to focus on trade and exports. to the entire team that have been at the helm for decades now, here in san francisco supporting our efforts to reach out to china on behalf of them, dianne feinstein who established our sister city our protocol chief, i am honored to be here. a 12 take a brief moment to say a few things on behalf of the state of california. like san francisco, california has always been a state of dreamers, and doors, and entrepreneurs. a state head -- that has prided itself of being on the leading and cutting edge of new ideas. we're one of th

[cheers and applause] one more word about the united states. besides d.c., the next biggest problem we have with aids is in the south, where i'm sad to say since it's my home region, there's still too much stigma. stigma and against men, against people who are drug users. where it's not treated enough as a public health problem. and that plus the poverty, plus a disproportionately high percentage of people in our country in the south who live in rural areas and therefore have some of the same exact access problems that people in africa and southeast asia and other places have. [cheers and applause] has created a big problem for us. i just wanted to say cheap things. it's embarrassing to me to think that the stigma against people with hiv exists against people anywhere in america. it's still a problem in other places in the world, but look at the numbers that came out just this week. yes, it's your that 56% of the people who need medicine now stay alive are getting at. but look at the numbers in the area where there's more stigma. central and ea

the best model for this is not a state, but something the size of one of your states. that is the country of israel. israel has more public companies on the stock exchange than any in the european union combined. their number to to the united states. there is a book called the oakwood startup nation" which describes their journey -- "startup nation" which describes their journey on how to create this culture. they finally realized that the real goal was to give initiatives and incentives to kickstart these incubators and venture capital firms and then even as we get out of that business. that is what the model philosophy that i would suggest because venture capitalists don't drive very far. truly, the ultimate is to have a cluster, a small group in your state know your state, know your culture, know your local universities, know what you're telling this, know what your state and schools are great at and be focused on that. >> in maryland, we partnered -- recreated the maryland-israel investment fund. it has been a great partnership, identifying that pipeline to its sal

not only in states like new jersey but in all the states across the country and our federal government as well. two weeks ago i signed mied they balance budget in the a row since becoming governor. it it's a budget that increasing spending on k-12 education to a record level. $8.8 billion kniss year in state aid the k-12 education increases aid for tuition assistance, for children who need it to head to college. supports the notice sheer inable including veterans. of the working poor and makes a significant down payment 0 our pension obligation. the fact the largest single contribution that any govern hear made to our state pension system in its history, $1.1 billion this year. at the same time i used my line-item veto authority to vetoes 3ds 60 million in special interest spending so our budget this year in fiscal year 2013 which has just begun is still smaller than the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 budgets signed by my predecessor governor corzine. you know, pretty good budgetary success, we're happy with it. we feel we can do better but there's one thing that did not happen i think shou

o0 c1 this is new york state.ilt the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. >>> when i was a little girl, no, i could never imagine myself being here now today or even coming to a place like this. when i was 16, i was in juvenile hall fighting my case, still didn't think about copping to prison. to be so young convicted of second degree murder, facing 15 to life in prison, it was the scariest thing i've ever had to go through. i didn't know what i was copping to or what it was going to be like. i heard many stories of prison. i was scared, i was terrified. >> when we first met janice jaycott, she had just turned 21, she was sent to valley state to serve 15 to life for second-degree mu

yet, we have a few latinos in the state department. i would say it is a matter of fact, the number of latinos at the state department is very low. that is in all of the federal government. the failure to include of latinos in our government, whether it be the department of vacation, the state department. it is ironic to say the highest concentration of latinas is in homeland security. that tells you a lot. >> i think it is a great question. i think it should require some introspection as we think about the government and we look at individuals who are engaged with the department. as we think about the amount of time spent, resources allocated. it is like in a company. you have products. of the resources based on the size of the product. our trade in the americas is dramatically important. it is growing. the question is, do we allocate resources thinking about all of the layers of policy? or, do we spend most of our resources on less important in terms of national security parts of the world. i am not trying to be simplistic about econo

so is that a failed state? not. is mexico a failed state? >> wrong it is a failed state.e that, you know, it is a country with, where schools are working, electricity is moving, you have got 12 billionaires, a large middle class but there is in mexico an extraordinary criminal threat, something very strange is happening, has happened in mexico in recent years we have to try to understand. now felipe calderon himself is confused about the language to describe this criminal threat, when he first took government he dressed up in a military uniform, and he said, i will give no quarter to the enemies of the father land, patria he said in spanish and later, no, no it is not really a war here, it is just a criminal let in some neighborhoods. and hillary clinton as well is very confused, the united states is very confused about trying to make sense of what is happening in mexico. hillary clinton first went to mexico as secretary o secretaryd said, it is a problem like the u.s. had in the 19eighties, you know, a few gangs fighting in the ghettos and then she suddenly said oh, my g

at the national, state, and local level. for 15 years in california, drug policy alliance has been involved in some of the nation's most progressive criminal- justice reform efforts, as i mentioned, in the nation, including creating the largest treatment amphetamine incarceration program, working on the rehabilitation act of 2008, which is designed to evaluate criminal sentences, as well as reducing prison overcrowding that was occurring at the time. as well as working on the state level legislation and reducing penalties for drug possession. from its inception, we had an office in san francisco, and we have been involved in multiple initiatives to make san francisco a model city. our wo providing funds to the d.a.'s office for the bike and track program, of working with various tax -- task forces, working to crackdown on medical marijuana, and working with medical marijuana access for patients. my commitment to criminal- justice reform began early. i grew up in south africa. for more than seven years i've been involved in a

i think israel and the united states have a relationship that if the united states abandons israel, and europe certainly did after the 1973 war, i think that tears at the soul of america. there's one country in the middle east that has stood by us, is a thrive democracy, a group of people that have gone to the desert and turned it green, is israel. we owe them a relationship where we stand by them. not where we stand by them at the expense of all else, but we should -- the survival of the state of israel [ inaudible ]. period. now, what happens if israel is looking at the clock and i think netanyahu probably wakes up every morning and there are three alarm clocks next to the bed. one says how much time does israel have before iran develops nuclear weapons. the second clock is how much time does israel have to stop iran, israel/the united states to stop iran, either with an attack, either with sanctions that we've just instituted, or with cyberattacks. the third clock is the american election because just think of whether the swing states likely to be in the election, florida, and if the

can't we build state office buildings? can't we professionalize the state work force? so smith really believed that using the government, which was basically the people, to organize them and to deliver services, that's the proper role of government. he stood with that his whole life. he thought the new deal just went too far. >> helen in -- beverly, you want to add something? >> yeah, i just wanted to add on the national stage, i think he really plays a very different but equally important role in the sense that, you know, smith's candidacy in 1928 comes after a decade where, as we sort of said already, issues about immigration, issues about race, immigration reform passed in the early 1920s. in part targeting people from places like italy, like russia, people who were considered ethnically different. the other great kind of social phenomenon of that decade was the rise of the ku klux klan. and the ku klux klan in the 1920s is a mass organization. it's not kind of the southern targeted klan that we think of in the '50s and '60s. it's the mass organization with millions

it is always is the gateway of the united states to china. as the economic and trade cooperation between china and the united states and california deepens, now we believe that trade and investment keeps growing. china is the third largest export destination for california. many multinationals like hp, intel, cisco, and chevron are doing well in china. they're making money in china. at the same time, as the close relationship is going on, many chinese companies are working in san francisco in california. i would like to name a few. the tsl, ciuts, just to name a few. these are successful chinese companies working here. as the american companies in china, the chinese companies working in california in san francisco are also making contributions to job creation and the development of the economy in local areas. we're thinking these are very good signs. as the previous speakers mentioned, we paid a visit to the united states last february. governor brown proposed that we set up a working group for the u.s., a state, and china provinces to cooper

we are an energy state. we are the energy state. wyoming produces more thermal units of exports than any other state in the union. 10.76 quadrillion btu's per year./ we are proud the number one in coal production. we're number one in uranium reserves. we're no. 8 in oil. we're number one in the production of helium. we recognize the value of using these natural resources, not just for our state, but what they mean to our country. as we used to think about talking about energy independence for this country, it often was branded as political rhetoric. but with the right president, the right president weekend make that a reality. we have the resources to do it. [applause] being from an energy state, people often ask about the environment. we are proud of our environment in wyoming. we are good stewards of the land. we need to be, because the second-largest industry is tourism. we have a starkly done a good job balancing development -- historically done a good job balancing development. we believe the the best people to regulate that ar

many counties are successful across the state. in fact, 6000 fewer probationers were sent to state prison. the legislature said, it is working. we were right. what they decided to do too -- was to create this realignment between the governor and the legislature. the key elements are that it is -- an executive committee corrections partnership so that the ecp, as we call it, as it was created, basically, it took a subset of those individuals, which is the sheriff, the chief of probation, the public defender, the police department and the board of supervisors locally within each county identified each type of social service agency. and ours was the public health department. and the courts. and it's -- this created the ccp committee. as we mentioned earlier, we were the first county in the state to actually develop hours and have it approved. but being first is not necessarily always the best. but in our case, it was. [laughter] and the reason that it was is because san francisco took a balanced approach. we did not take all our mone

revenue to our federal and state governments and many other benefits. the convention also broadens the definition of the continental shelf in a way that would significantly favor the united states. as tom touched on earlier, it would secure an additional 4.1 million square miles of ocean and provide natural resources in the arctic and other areas where in other countries and russia, for instance has already laid claim will protect our navigational rights and freedoms for our vessels. we understand that there are legitimate concerns about certain aspects of the convention. we greatly appreciate the attention by members to ensure that this convention is truly in the best interest of the united states. i'm here today to express to you the benefits for the oil and gas industry. our expectation is the administration and the congress will continue to work to ensure that the u.s. interests are protected as they represent the nation in the implementation in the treaty. in short, the law of the sea convention will advance and protect america's energy interests.

on this but it's not every state but it's a fair number of states across the country. so i think the states that governor ravitch looked at in his report are pretty representative what we're seeing nationally. >> i have a lot of respect for the studies but we see the problem's far more severe. we think just with respect to the healthcare liabilities to public employees that the unfounded amount of that throughout the country is in and of itself in excess of a trillion dollars. and we think the under funding of pensions depends on the interest rate you want to make about what those pension funds are going to earn. if you assume that they are going to earn 7.5 to 8% then the under funding of pension funds is in the billion dollar category. >> you're suggesting -- >> well we don't try to take a position on what the right interest rate assumptions should be, but there are an awful lot of people who think in the economy we're living in we're likely to be de-leveraging for some period of time. 8 percenters is not the direct one. >> you're also suggesting that states are usin

the states in yellow are states where bills were carried over 228 swells in the states in blue are stateswhere bills were preceded or they just were not acted on. so when i'm talking about voter suppression legislation, here's the kind of thing that i'm talking about. i'm talking about cutting back their rights and abilities of everyone to vote early, requiring group of citizenship, partisan voter purges which we see actively happening now in florida, in in the same-day registrations, discouraging or making it very difficult for third-party groups to go out and just register voters and i think something that we have all heard of quite a bit about, voter i.d.. voter i.d. is something that i will touch on a little bit in just a couple of minutes and just explain why it's so bad because on the faces sounds very good but this particular legislation is something that affects women in a disproportionate way. so why does it matter to us and why does it matter to women? well, we are 52% of the voting population. if you look at what happened in 2008, we had about 70 million women vote as opposed t