[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 282, the nays are 148. the amendment is is agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 111-183 offered by the gentleman from florida, there bilirakis, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 print in house report 111-183 offered by mr. bilirakis of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise anbe counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their vote by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the nat

m.i.t., florida international -- florida international university, louisiana state university, massachusetts institute of technology, mississippi state university, rice university, texas a&m, texas tech, university of kansas, oklahoma, texas, tulsa, utah, alaska, fair banks, houston, michigan, south carolina, corn california, west virginia, and west virginia state. those are just some of the many institutions that are working within the confines of the bill that we passed. the consortium has awarded dozens of projects. these are underway. this bill if you divert this money from this bill to support the bill that mr. skelton has, these are the things that you're knocking out. an effort to find energy for 100 years of energy that this country needs. it would prevent us from having to pay foreign agents, arab nations that we don't trust and don't trust us. that millions of dollars could stay here in this country. the consortium has awarded dozens of projects including 43 research projects currently underway with a total project value of nearly $60 million. also, madam chairman, the value of the projects

should be promoted as a state institution at the state level. with regard to the public plan, the bill proposes the secretary of the department of health and human services deal with the plan which is to play on a level playing field. medicare payment rates are set below the private sector. the public plan would enjoy an advantage over competing private health plans. analysis shows the use of medicare payment rates would result in an erosion of current insurance. it has been said confidently that it you are serious about a level playing field, all rules and regulations that apply to private health insurances must apply to the public plan. if congress wishes to achieve a level playing field, then the other actions -- options should be allowed to compete and failed. that means without being kept on artificial life support through an infusion of taxpayer money. with regard to federal benefit settings, every american would be required to have health insurance coverage that congress would define as acceptable. there are various standards. my concern

first, without telling truman, the state department instituted the famous arms embargo so they could defend. of the embargo was declared on the state department without checking with tremendous and was it was done he felt he could not publicly then oppose them, it will look foolish if he acknowledged publicly this was not his order but the state department for co-chairmen went along with their probably because he was anxious to proclaim anything that had the effect to lead to american military troops entering the battle field. at this point* the state department proceeds of the plan to turn back partition and the trusteeship. one of the things german gets first-come a couple months right after the partition vote, is a major document written by two men, roy henderson a man who will become that it became the head of the middle eastern policy and his associate george kennedy. this is a strangely overlooked memory -- memo because he is the architect of a doctorate of containment and wrote the famous letter and policy statement and the telegram he sent from moscow to the united states advo

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 233, the nays are 194. the previous question is ordered. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution is adopted. mr. sessions: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: those fa a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 213. the nays are 205.

banks -- mega banks and other institutions of the state. it's important for regulators to monitor their financial system and i identify risks that could endanger the stability and soundness of the system. but it is unwise for congress to place stewardship of the economy in the hands of a super regulator salles to possess super hero powers to spot bubbles and excess debt risk taking before market's crash. given that we have no way of telling whose forecast will be right and was well be wrong. in conclusion i would remind my colleagues of a comment made by the fed chairman on march 28, 2007. quote, at this juncture the impact on the broad economy and financial markets of the problem and so prime markets seems likely to be contained. my colleagues know i have the highest respect for chatman bernanke but in this case he obviously couldn't have been more wrong. this committee must have the courage to reject calls for a new regulatory regime that depends on the infallibility of the government regulators who

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] u÷[vwl the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 361, the nays are 57. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 359, the nays are 60 with zero recorded as present. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection , the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.res. 454. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 454, resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of the national center for missing and exploited children. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning

it broadens that responsibility to all member states, any entities and individuals, institutions, transactionson its territory and calls for states to freeze and those transactions and any asset related to them. in addition, it calls upon all memberç states, as well as international financial institutions, to cease from providing any new concessional loans, grants, export credits, trade credits, or the like to north korea. with a narrow exception for humanitarian purposes, or forgo of mental activities that benefit directly the civilian population -- or for developmental activities that benefit directly the civilian population. third, it establishes innovative and expansive new regime for export -- for inspecting cargo that is suspected of being contraband under this resolution and prior resolutions that could benefit north korea's wmd program or be part of this proliferation activities. i would like to explain a little bit about how this inspection regime will work. the first, member states are expected to inspect any vessel on land, air, or see in their territory that they have reasonable g

palestinian people develop the institutions that will sustain their state, to recognize israel's legitimacy, and it to choose progress over a self- defeating focus on the past. america will align our policies with those who pursue peace. we will say in public what we say in private to israelis and palestinians and arabs. [applause] we cannot impose peace, but privately many muslims recognize that israel will not go away. many israelis recognize the need for a palestinian state. it is time for us to act on what everyone knows to be true. too many tears have been shed and too much blood has been shed. all of us have a responsibility

we are calling on states and other institutions to disrupt the flow of funds to support these activities. additional goods, entities, and individuals involved and north korea's illicit behavior. finally, by strengthening the mechanism to monitor and tighten the implementation of this regime. these measures are significant, robust, and precedent. mr. president, north korea chose a path of provocation. as the present has said, actions have consequences. this resolution has seen to it that they do. this resolution will give us new tools to import north korea's ability to proliferate and britain international stability. we are grateful of the members of the council who have come together to adopt this resolution. we thank them for their good efforts and good will. resolution 1874 reflects the resolve of the international community, which have spoken with one voice. the u.s. is firmly behind these resolutions. >> thank you. i think the representative from the united states for her statement. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the security council has just adopted a resolution 1874. o

that brought to an end the post-war, post-second world war system that was instituted by the united states and britain. i had two architects written, and they anticipated that its core principles, which included capital controls and regulated currencies -- they anticipated that these principles would lead to relatively balanced, economic growth and would also free governments to institute the social democratic programs, welfare state programs, that had enormous public support around the world. and to a large extent they were vindicated on both counts. in fact, many economists called the years that followed, until the 1970s, the golden age of capitalism. that golden age led not only to unprecedented and relatively egalitarian growth but also the introduction of welfare state measures. keynes and white were perfectly well that free capital movement and speculation inhibit these options. professional economics literature points out, which should be obvious, that the free flow of capital creates what they sometime call a virtual senate of lenders and investors who carry out a moment by moment

arab states must do their part to support the palestinian people as they develop the institutions that will sustain their state. they must recognize israel's legitimacy and in doing so choose progress over a self- defeating focus on the past. the u.s. will never do anything to undermine israel's security. we do not believe that these two objectives are incompatible. we believe they are critical elements of a comprehensive and effort to secure peace. i hope you enjoy your first visit to the united states. i look forward to continuing our conversation and working with you more on these issues. >> madam secretary, i like to say to you how much the government of israel appreciates your support of israel. we value your friendship greatly. you made many contributions. we thank you for your outstanding commitment to israel and for strengthening the relationship and friendship. we have had a good discussion today discussing global issues. but some secretary, -- my dammam secretary, i thank you for your efforts. >> thank you. >> the new ambassador was talking about some interesting proposals. c

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this amendment would remove $325,000 in funding for the institute for seafood studies at this the nichols state university in tib doe, -- in thibodeaux, louisiana. it's my understanding it would be used to fund the creation of an institute for seafood studies, related to sustainable fisheries. it would seem we're developing a trend in the house of funding seafood earmarks. it seems fishy to me. there's lobster things, shrimp things, seafood things a lot of them in this bill we and we never seem to be offsetting this bill anywhere else. it's just another earmark for this or that or this or that. every year we approve earmarks for issues relating to lobsters, shrimp, horseshoe crabs, and on and on. now we're going to have an earmark that creates an institute to study seafood. it's not enough to fund all these other things, now we have to create an institute to study sew sea food. i would venture a guess we'll be back here next year with another earmark for that same program. because now that we have an institute created, created by the federal government, by an earmark, then who is going to susta

institutions. we do what we are supposed to do at the public universities and state universities. this has not gotten the attention in a community college system, there will be major resource infusion but also reforms and goals driven. as part of an overall economic strategy and upgrading of american workers and employees skills if they choose from this profession to that profession, we have an educational infrastructure to do that. in addition to that, it will be another announcement by the president on early learning and fulfillment of his campaign pledge, the research data coming out of the minnesota fed if you haven't seen it as it relates to what they have done on early learning and the investment of dollars, dramatic, and going from the day care to early learning, away from babysitting, towards learning and preparation, for doctors. that will be part of the president's announcement. as everybody has noted but i want to emphasize, what barney is doing in promoting the standards, taking the caps off of charter schools, a for performance as relating to teachers and the entire r

new energy standards, also instituting solar technology. and our state level and probably yours, it's opponents made the same arguments. they said, oh, this is going to drive jobs out of colorado and new mexico. this is going to hurt the economy. well, here we are several years down the road, this has made both of our economies stronger. isn't this a great success story in new mexico? mr. heinrich: absolutely. and always better to be the leader that's creating jobs than the state or country that's following and watching those jobs go someplace else. mr. connelly: i might add to the point you're making, mr. polis. in my state of virginia, for example, we have a gubernatorial election going on now and one of the candidates has talked about, drill now, right off the shore of virginia. maybe that makes sense, maybe it doesn't. but the wind power potential off the shore of virginia dwarfs any he estimates of what possible oil and gas reserves there might be offshore. and could create jobs and could actually make virginia an enormous net exporter to the northe

states. we have problems within our institutions, and when we do, we deal with them candidly and openly. we do not minimize them or sweep them under the rug to be discovered later by a federal court as in 1983 litigation. that is like finding the fact 47 of the trial court is so surprising. announcing the we are proud of rejecting only 0.5% of our total ballots cast in november he is misleading at best. the only ballots to get rejected are absentee ballots. our officials rejected 4% of them. 12,000 citizens who made good faith efforts to vote where disenfranchised for a variety. >> these 12,000 citizens, did they comply with the absentee voter requirements? >> many of them did substantially, your honor, many of them did. >> "substantially." what does that mean? >> well, we define substantially as within the criteria adopted by the election judges in the counties across the state on election night. >> have we not set in the past -- said in the past that the statutory requirements are mandatory? >> they are mandatory -- >> the voters' conduct? >> in this state, it has always been mandatory

he has been locked up in the state of massachusetts because the supreme judicial court of massachusetts, one of the most venerable institutions in the united states -- it was formed immediately after the salem witch trials -- that -- it is that old. nonetheless, the supreme judicial court of massachusetts ruled that there have been so many appeals in gerald's case that time is more important than justice. we have to put an end to this process. this shocked many, many, many people in the legal establishment in massachusetts. so there we are. c-span: so how do you know -- i mean, what -- what sense do you have that -- as i was reading, i was thinking, why does dorothy rabinowitz write about this? and why are all these other people wrong? i mean, what... >> guest: they aren't all wrong. they -- i knew -- the first that told me what was wrong was -- the kelly michaels trial was my first encounter with this in the '80s. the atmosphere was very like the ayatollah's camp when i raised to the television news editor -- i said, you know, we should do a story on this. there's something wrong with this case. and here was a wonderful piec

institutions. we all do what we're supposed to do it at the state universities. this has not gotten the attention. the community college system will have a major resource infusion and also reforms and goals driven as part of the overall economic strategy in the upgrading of american workers and employees skills so if they choose to go from this profession to another profession, we have the infrastructure to do that. in addition, there will be another announcement by the president on early learning and fulfillment of his campaign pledge. the research data, both coming out of the minnesota fed as it relates to what they have done on early learning and the investment and return on dollars is dramatic. going from the day care in those early learning facilities, away from just babysitting, toward learning and preparation for toddlers. that also will be part of the president's announcement. then, as everybody has noted, but i want to emphasize to emphasizearnie -- what i want to emphasize is why arnie is doing, taking the caps off charter schools, and the retired -- th

states. that's according to the gutmayer institute, according to planned parenthood. they don't have accurate numbers on abortions in d.c., due to women from other states coming to d.c. for abortions. there's problems with this. deep problems with this measure. that's why we had the dornan amendment. it made sense. it was only reasonable. so unfortunately, under the obama administration, we are taking the band-aid off this problem and exposing it to even more infection. and the infection is more money. and we know that more money will lead to more air abortions. particular -- to more abortions. particularly more abortions for babies of color. this is really a sad story. we don't want to just talk about sad stories because life is such a wonderful story. we would love to just be here and talk about the ps positive story of life. and it's a beautiful story. but this is a really ugly story. because it's about expanding more abortion, more misery for women who are forced into abortions, often against their will, who are given incomplete, inadequate information and may be h

it serves the purpose of the institution of the united states senate who will need sufficient time to prepare for confirmation hearing. and we have a full legislative plate of additional pressing business in the weeks and months ahead. it's of great importance to our constituents and to the nation. and then, of course, it serves the need of the third branch of government which depends on the other branches of government to fill court vacancies in our independent judiciary. in the needs of the president who nominated judge sotomayor. but less we forget serves the needs of the nominee herself, who is a judge and will only be able to speak publicly about her record when the hearings are weaned. -- convened. this is an extremely important obligation that we as the members of the senate that take on. there are only 101 people who get a direct say in the nomination and confirmation of the united states -- of a juice of the united states supreme court. first and foremost, of course, the president of the united states, and in this case president obama consulted with numerous senators, republi

failed in both efforts and the last effort was opposed by virtually all of the banking institutions of the united states, save one, citigroup, to support our efforts. the mortgage banking association reported that 10.7% of mortgage loans were delinquent or in foreclosure in the first quarter. the highest level ever recorded since the survey was launched in 1972. also, for the first time, most mortgages in foreclosure were prime loan, 49.8% compared to 42.2% subprime which we initially identified as our major concern. foreclosures bounced up 32% to 342,000 during the year over year period ending in april according to realty track. the obama administration's making home affordable program has resulted in only 55,000 mortgage modifications in the last two months. according to the washington post, experts say foreclosure prevention programs will not be successful unless they address homeowners who owe more than their properties are worth. i sensed that this was the catalyst that led us into this recession. it is my feeling that the previous administration and so far this administration, has failed to come u

the university of oklahoma for nine and a half years and delaware which is the only institution in the united states that gives a ph.d. in climatology wanted him back and that is why he is there now. david? you're commentary. >> thank you very much. i must say i have never done one of these before and chances over -- chances are i may never asked to me due one again but very much my pleasure to review this book in provide discussion on it. my thought was first of all, the first thing i did as most people do is turn to the back of a book and try to figure out where you have been cited. i was a little surprised to find a was only side did in two places and pat found no reason to cite my research come with a two. [laughter] but he found than the two talk about the state climatologist did one of the issues that pact and i signed on to this is security brief with the u.s. epa with the commonwealth of massachusetts. it turned out as we were at work the on the epa cited the governor and the state put themselves on the massachusetts side that put me on the one side of the coin relative to the other. what ha

states. we have problems within our institutions and when we do we deal with them candidly and openly. we don't minimize them or sweep them under the rug to be discovered by federal torrent. that is why finding that 47 of the trial court is so surprising. an ounce in we are proud of rejecting 0.5% of the total balance cast in november is misleading at best. the only ballots that did reject are absentee ballots. power officials rejected 4% of them. twelve thousand citizens who made good faith effort were disenfranchised. >> these 12,000 citizens comply with the absentee requirements. >> many of them did substantially. >> what does that mean? >> we define substantially as within the criteria adopted by the election counties across the state on the election night. >> haven't we said in the past that the requirements, the statutory requirements are mandatory? >> there mandatory -- >> to the voters's conduct? >> the law in this state has always been that they are mandatory before the election and they became director react after the election. and the cases for the last 75 years say that abs

as recently as this week, congressman gene green of texas stated in an op-ed instituting a cap on a nationwide greenhouse gas emissions will raise the price of energy for consumers and businesses alike. madam speaker, i'm confused. why on this earth would my friends on your side of the aisle create such a big tax on all american families and businesses during a time that a recession is so serious? why are we rushing to do this with $1 trillion spending plan that will such have a large impact on the american people on killing jobs and making it more difficult for us to come out of this recession? on june 15 i received a letter from the texas comptroller of public accounts stating that the current plan to implement mandatory mission caps would weigh far more heavily on texas than any other region in the country. it goes on to note that, and i quote, based on rising fuel prices as a result of the cap and trade provisions of this bill, texas could see $1 -- 135,000 to 277,000 fewer jobs in 2012, the first year of the bill. madam speaker, texas leads this country in jobs, and people are coming to t

right now the united states is educating over 90,000 indian students in u.s. universities. but america's educational institutions would like to do more, work in india to reach the vast majority who cannot go to the united states for an education. we plan to build on the goals of the government -- indian government to boost literacy, expand vocational training, and improve access to higher education. u.s. universities and professors have much to share with india. we have particularly welcome to the ambitious plans at india's new minister for human resource development and plans for educational reform. in the area of women's empowerment there is much we can learn from india, a country with a female president, a female speaker of the house, and a female head of its largest political party. secretary clinton will describe in more detail during her trip our plans to expand cooperation in that area. a forthcoming have intensified bilateral cooperation will be to mobilize our to knowledge society is to expand the frontiers of human knowledge and use that knowledge to improve people's lives. in science and technology co

in other words financial instituti institutions will figure out which regulator gives them the most advantages. i saw this on the state level 20 years ago where we would have a financial institution come in and threaten to switch to a federal charter because our audits were too tough or our consumer protections were too strong. i don't think that it's a coincidence that aig bought a small federally chartered threat or established a small federally chartered thrift in order to get on the regulation on the office of thrift supervision ots. which is generally viewed as being a weaker regulator than the comptroller of the currency. are you looking, as part of your reforms, on combining the ots with the occ? that's what my bill does to me, i think it's a brilliant idea and needs to be done. >> senator, you're absolutely right, one of things that help produced this crisis was in our country, we allowed people to choose the regulator. to put risk in areas where it would be least well regulated. that level of unevenness proved tragically damaging to the stability of our system. fixing that will be critically important. as par

former utility commissioner, i saw firsthand the positive impact energy reform had on my state of new mexico. we instituted a renewable energy standard that increased the generation of renewables. we encourage energy efficiency that reduce cost for homes and businesses. it's now time to take these steps at a national level. for too long we accepted the status quo on energy. and now with the american clean energy secure act woo can put america on a path to energy independence, create new jobs, and save billions in the long run. i support this rule and urge my colleagues to join us in supporting this rule and legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, madam speaker. i would like to inquire upon the gentlewoman if she has additional speakers? ms. matsui: i have no additional speakers. mr. sessions: i thank the gentlewoman. ill aid he lao toik yield the remained -- i'd like to yield the remarnede of the time to the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. the speaker pro tempore:

journalism, covering something is self-sus take and self-protect as an american institution, be it the police department or the state department, i don't see it happening except an adversarial stance again that institution in terms of trying to acquire information that institution doesn't want you to have and get it out. and i don't see that being done in any other way than with the the mainstream media model. it could be a mainstream media model where it's directly an internet. it could be the equivalent of an i.f. stone newsletter that just covers one aspect of american government. it doesn't have to be, but the thing that will make it consistent is whoever is working for whatever framework, they'll be paid. and they'll be paid enough to make it worthwhile and they'll be paid enough to bring people into the profession who can do that job. until that model is restored and people are paid, i don't see any -- as bad a job as we've done over the next 10 years, watch what happens without us. >> someone asked, assuming that you would, how do you propose greater stakeholder involvement in improving journalism? >> i'd hav

on the state and local front, our economic indicators are equally troubling. on thursday, the rockefeller institute on government issued a report on state personal income tax revenues for 2009. they're falling fast. 34 of the 37 states in the saw declines in tax revenues indicating that it will be increasingly more difficult than expected for states to close their widening budget gaps. i can hear calls for more bailouts, but my question is: who's going to bail out the federal government? these numbers provide the critical backdrop as we consider the new deficit spending included in the keening did i staff bill. recently federal chairman bernanke stated that -- quote -- "achieving fiscal sustainability requires that spending and deficits be well-controlled" -- end quote. he then went on to note that, "unless we demonstrate a strong commitment to fiscal sustainability in the longer term, we will have neither financial stability nor economic growth." for these reasons, the kennedy proposal requires an entire rewrite with respect to its impact on our federal budget deficit. just as troubling as this bi

my last effort was opposed by virtually all of the banking institutions of the united states save 1, citigroup, that supported our efforts. the mortgage rate is a cessation reported that about 12.07% of loans were delinquent. that is the highest level ever recorded since the survey was launched in 1972. also, for the first time, most mortgages in the foreclosure were private loans -- were prime loans. foreclosures bounced up 32% to 242,000 during the year over year period ending in april. the obama administration is making home affordable program has resulted in only 55,000 mortgage modifications over the last two months. according to "the washington post" will not be successful unless they addressed homeowners who owe more than their properties are worth. i sense that this was the catalyst that led us into the recession. it is my feeling that the previous administration, and so far this administration, has failed to come up with an approach that could dramatically turnaround this increasing number of mortgage foreclosures. one year ago, the estimate was 2 million. this year is 8 mil

to help the palestinian people to develop the institutions that will sustain their state. to recognize israel's legitimacy and to choose progress over self defeating focus on the past. america will align our policies with those who pursue peace. and we will say in public what we say in private. to israelis and palestinians and arabs. we cannot impose peace. but privately many muslims recognize that israel will not go away. likewise many israelis recognize the need for a palestinian state. it's time for us to act on what everyone knows to be true. too many tears have been shed. too much blood has been shed. all of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of israelis and palestinians can see their children grow up without fear. when the holy land is the place of peace that god intended it to be. when jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for jews and muslims, and a place for all the children of abraham to mingle peacefully together. as in the story of islam. [applause] as in the story when moses, jesus and mohammed, peace be upon them. joined in prayer.

states. britain's government board, the national institute for health and clinical excellence or "nice," is responsible for setting guidelines on the use of drugs and treatments for patients in that country. the government bureaucrats at this agency are supposed to weigh the effectiveness of a medicine or a treatment against its cost to the government. if the government thinks that a drug is too expensive it can refuse to make it available to patients regardless of any potential benefits. last summer the board in great britain denied patients in that country access to four kidney cancer drugs that have the potential to extend life. here's the chilling explanation it gave to justify the move: "although these treatments are clinically effective, regrettably the cost is such that they are not a cost-effective use of the resources." after a public outcry, nice reversed its position on one of the drugs but affirmed its ban on the other three. in new zealand a government board known as farm-act reviewses potential drugs and treatments and decides if it should b be prescribed to paties in that country. farm-a