other states, the impact on the rest of the country will be really -- i think whether it defines -- >> do you think it will take out the state of ohio and not have an effect? >> i'm saying the definition of catastrophe has to with a major impact on our nation and not just one state or one region or one community. >> dr. moss? >> i just want to point out there's a legislative mandate already, and mr. mccarthy pointed this out in his testimony, but it's to create a national recovery framework. and i think it has done this with a planning framework and now with recovery framework. >> you think there needs to be a recovery from a? >> no, i think legislation already exist to require that but it hasn't been done yet. i think that's already been mandated. i think you might want to direct them to do it. >> if that happen, then what? >> i think you'd start thinking about how the recovery process that we heard, very open test me about the point of flexibility, speed, but i think the fact -- >> that would help define -- >> there was an issue raiser for the red cross, housing, social services. but understand what's involved in recovery has been

in the state of ohio, we've had 154,000 more people come on medicaid just with the current extent of poverty, and to go to 133%, it's going to be incredible. as a former governor of ohio, former chairman of the national governors association and past chairman of the national league of cities, i'm very familiar with what unfunded mandates can do to state and local governments. by the way, there's a point of order that lies against this bill as an unfunded mandate in terms of local and state government and also business. the american people should understand that the new state obligations under the medicare expansion will mean less funding, less funding for primary and secondary education. higher education programs, roads and bridges, county and local government projects and safety service programs run by their states. in fact, i used to call medicaid the pac man that gobbled up our state budget dollars. let's look at this. you take the silo over here, medicaid. then what you do, you've got to expand that. it's going to be more expensive. then you look around and say we've got great ne

let's go to the state of ohio. >> caller: good evening. i am obviously for it it. i a agree with what the caller had to say but it sets us in a new direction and has given us a road map of where we will go. i believe republicans are really out of touch with the needs of america's health care. that was a big issue and they don't realize how big of an issue it was. they think just because they're folks have plenty of health care that everyone had and that is not the case. i feel the time has come for insurance companies to be set in the direction that is for america, not just for the very, very rich in this country. >>host: stock from pennsylvania? 349 against the bill. i guess for a different reason. of a -- with the economic downturn i feel health care reform was promoted basically as being free. if you will mandate health care for people, during hard economic times and make people go out and purchase a health care plan that they may not once or be able to afford to and probably could not put in their family budget every month, that may cause a lot more problems th

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more than half the money to be spent, i look forward to more of these improvements throughout the state of ohio. as we put america back to work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. wilson: i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, madam speaker. and i rise today to extend my sincere thanks to a distinguished south floridian and a faithful public servant, miami-dade police director robert "bobby" parker. it is truly with great sadness that we see such a fine and dedicated police officer retiring. in 2004, bobby's long and successful career with miami-dade police department culminated in the directorship of the department. under his leadership, the department saw the implementation of unique and cutting edge programs such as the mortgage fraud task force

think of the new $24 billion in overdraft fees americas paid last year, 900 plus million in my state of ohio alone, courtesy is not the word that comes to mind. fees generated from the so-called courtesy of been grown by leaps and bounds. the center for responsible and tells us the average overdraft fee was about $35. that means if a woman in toledo or a man in akron purchases something ends a few dollars short, they can be charged a fee 10, 20, 30 times the amount of the overdraft. want to have to keep in mind is these are real people, real families struggling with banks or placing them deeper and dead. people like mr. john carey from toledo who was overdrawn by $6 up paying $113 in fees. the center for responsible and he reports that 93 percent of all overdraft fees are paid by only 14 percent of account holders and his account holders are most often folks who have lower income, who are often young are often nonwhite. these are people like charles from watching words, ohio, near akron. a recent college graduate ever paid an overdraft fee in his life until a couple of months ago. his proble

many states have been tensions but they're very concerned, especially in these hard economic times, about the cost of training school personnel. i have gotten calls even this week from the state of ohioow we implemented lindsey calls law and what was the cost involved. for it to be successful in the amount of other states, we have to have funding. i also believe very strongly as an educator that we need to pass lindsay's lot maintaining all the components of law. it would be a severe drop back to educate the students and not have the staff educated at the same time also, i think we would not want to leave their parents out of that equation. you need to educate all three at the same time i do not think it takes a great deal of funding not as much as some people would imagine because once your staff is educated and your help teachers are designated in other states, not all states require health education but what other teachers are designated to be the primary teacher of the student, once you have that training done, it only has to done -- be done sporadically for new hires. that could be in college education programs for student teachers. >> you want funding for the program to be pers

ohio, missouri, and pennsylvania. pennsylvania is a good file. you get it from the secretary of state. so get from the secretary of state. download it. i believe it's free. it does not have party registration. it does have partisan primaries. they have a little quirk in the ohio file that they give you a party field, which is really populated with what's your last primary was. that can be somewhat misleading. because in 2008, a lot of people voted in the in the primary who may have voted in the only republican primary is part of that. i caution people in using their data. >> that's what in the party field. >> that's what's in the party field. we don't call it a party state, because it's not. we use the partisan primary da pa. but again, the campaign used for the partisan model instead. missouri? missouri is kind of the worst of the three in terms of voter file world. i've been talking about missouri. missouri doesn't have party registration, does have partisan primaries, but doesn't give us that information. so we know whether people vote, but we don't know which primary they voted in.

in this program, i've been getting great response from the state of ohio, and i'm also currently working with what we call the dayton development coalition. part of my problems are having on the local aspect. i have a plan and i have a local, state-run solar grid company, which is a provider that is ready to put 12 megawatts of power on a single structure, also a structure that has been abandoned by large companies, and i've got that company willing to go online to do a great project. i'm having a heck of a time getting local officials to buy into the fact that i can bring 1,000 jobs to g.m. and everything else. where do we go? guest: well, when you go from the local jurisdiction, i think it is important you push the local officials. i assume this is the state or city level -- that the state level, the governor's office, the council and mayor's office, when you have a potential high number of jobs, i would definitely be using that to push that forward and that agenda forward. it's difficult to understand how, you know, in this current economic environment, that we wouldn't be pushing tho

the state of ohio lost 35,000 coal miner jobs. that's just a fraction of what we'll see in this country if we roll back the carbon emissions. if they could prove it -- but they can't. they can't even -- mr. barton: they can't even prove it with tricks. mr. shimkus: cardon dioxide is not a problem. mr. barton: if it were, there's more co-2 created here for the size of the room except maybe for the senate. mr. shimkus: and i thank you for letting me join you. mr. barton: i'd lime to yield now to the honorable john linder of the great state of georgia. mr. linder: i first got interested in this ave foo -- five or six years ago on a tip to new zealand. it was a congressional delegation. we had a visit with the noaa leader there where they leave to go to an argument ka. they put a power point presentation on the chart on the wall, at that time they'd dug into the ice core for 400,000 years back and from 400,000 years back to today, temperature increases and decreases, and co-2 increases and decreases, were in consonance, they moved with

i think of the $24 billion an overdraft fees americans paid last year, 900 plus million in my state of ohio alone courtesy is not the word that comes to mind. fees generated have been growing by leaps and bounds. the center for responsible lending tells us the average over track is $35. that means that if a woman in toledo or a man in akron purchases something and is a few dollars short it can be trusted .., 20, 30 times the amount of he amount of the overdraft. these are real people, real families struggling. people like kerrey from toledo who is overdrawn by $6 but ended up paying $113 in fees. the center for responsible lending reports that 92 percent of all a overdraft fees are paid by 14 percent of account holders, and these account holders are most often folks with lower income, often young, or often non-white. in recent college grad who never paid and over jack fee in his life until a couple months ago. when he checked his balance for is atm balance. while he thought he had $80 he only had 15. he paid for three items some investment $20. when the bank reconciled the transactions he h

of yet, we don't know. thank you. >> thank you, gentleman for your state. i yield five minutes to the ranking member of the domestic policy subcommittee mr. jorden from the state of ohio forward to exploring the role between bank of america and merrill lynch, this committee's investigation "veals important abuse of power. as i've said before, while the access of government officials took place in a time of significant economic challenges and, you know, certainty there must be limits to government action even in a time of crisis and those limits must be respected. also keep in mind the action of government officials in this merger occurred after many of the nation's banks were forced to accept taxpayer money through the t.a.r.p. program. we know in october 2008, from testimony ken lewis gave at first hearing on this issue, that october 2008 meaning mr. paulsen and mr. bernanke and geithner and ms. bair brought the ceos to treasury don't demanding they accept in exchange for money of the government's choosing. look forward to learning about mrs. bair's role in that meeting. this investigation occurred to, continued to reveal the unintended consequences and negative impl

of montana that have some of the same problems that his towns in the state of ohiohave. we're all of us together there are so many people in so many towns across the country who need health care coverage and are denied coverage because an insurance company -- has had some preexisting condition, et cetera, and i thank my friend very much for his statement. mr. president, the defense appropriations bill before us today provides essential support for american troops fighting for our freedom abroad. the bill before us today also continues crucial safety net programs for american families. those families struggling with tough economic times here at home. when our colleague and former majority leader, robert c. byrd said in 1988, remains true today, without economic security, we cannot have national security. millions of jobless americans struggle for economic security every day. and even people with jobs are seeing their paychecks stretched. for every six unemployed workers, there's only one job opening. only one for every six unemployed. we need to continue to work to h

of yet, we don't know. thank you. >> thank you, gentleman for your state. i yield five minutes to the ranking member of the domestic policy subcommittee mr. jorden from the state of ohio>> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for holding today's hearing. i look forward to exploring the role between bank of america and merrill lynch, this committee's investigation "veals important abuse of power. as i've said before, while the access of government officials took place in a time of significant economic challenges and, you know, certainty there must be limits to government action even in a time of crisis and those limits must be respected. also keep in mind the action of government officials in this merger occurred after many of the nation's banks were forced to accept taxpayer money through the t.a.r.p. program. we know in october 2008, from testimony ken lewis gave at first hearing on this issue, that october 2008 meaning mr. paulsen and mr. bernanke and geithner and ms. bair brought the ceos to treasury don't demanding they accept in exchange for money of the government's choosing. look forward to learning about mrs. bair's role in that meeting. this investigation oc

jordan from the state of ohio. >> thanks for hold together days hearing. oring the role between the two. this committees investigation had important information to the financial crisis. as i said before all the action of the government officials took place in a time of significant uncertainty. . occurred after many of the nation's banks were forced to accept taxpayer money through the t.a.r.p. program. we know in october 2008, from testimony ken lewis gave at first hearing on this issue, that october 2008 meaning mr. paulsen and mr. bernanke and geithner and ms. bair brought the ceos to treasury don't demanding they accept in exchange for money of the government's choosing. look forward to learning about mrs. bair's role in that meeting. meeting. this investigation occurred continued to reveal the unintended consequences and negative implications of the government's intervention in the private sector and hope the congress will apply these lessons as we debate the appropriate framework for our financial system as we move forward. with that, mr. chairman i th

state. of the 1800 names submitted by acorn in washington, 97% were falsified. and of course this is not unique to the state of washington. it is all over the united states, in missouri, ohio, and 12 other states. does it not seem like criminal enterprise is taking place here? are all of these acorn groups organized to commit voter fraud against the american public? who knows? it is certainly time to find out. it is not an isolated problem. it appears to me acorn has systematically and purposely work to subvert the democratic process in this country and it makes me mad and it ought to make americans matt, too. people need to be held accountable. they are guilty of voter fraud, we should not just just -- we should not just talk about it. someone should be tried and go to jail. how would you back to the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. pope. but thank all eight members for their excellent opening statements today. we will not go to introducing our expert panel. our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita. he has overseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to combat investment and mortgage fraud have led to the co

of success? guest: we have big states and little states. take my little state of montana. even though new york and ohio and pennsylvania and two or three more of those little states, there are 940,000 people. compare that to california, or minnesota, we are taking back vermont, a very good chance we will win in florida. we have a competitive candidate in texas. big states have a disproportionate effect on who wins these governors races. host: in your discussions with democratic donors, how much is the war on afghanistan and the president's speech last night going to play? guest: once again, governors, and our national guard -- they are praying -- playing a disproportionate role in iraq and afghanistan. governors of responsibility -- have responsibility of balancing the domestic security situation with the national guard with the international security situation. we are responsible for all of the families who send their war is into war. before we send them into conflict, they will be the best trained, best armed warriors in the world. host: our guest is governor schweitzer from montana. if you want to g

potential increases in the occurrence of food-borne illness is another concern. an ohio state university study said that pigs raised outdoors had more risk of food-borne pathogens. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to ask unanimous consent to remove my name as a co-sponsor from h.res. 648. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. doggett: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. polis: madam speaker, our constituents from across the spectrum have asked us at the federal level to -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. . the gentleman may proceed. mr. poll cloins our constituents across the ideological speck strum have told us our immigration is broken and it's our responsibility to fix it. we in the united states congress have tak

of issues that will play out in the 2010 election. quinnipiac does state polling in new york, new jersey, connecticut, ohio, and pennsylvania. hose states have some of the key senate races, for instance. in florida, the senate race and the primary race between governor kris and former house speaker mark arubio has gotten attention. in pennsylvania, arlen specter, who has been in the senate for 30 years, 29 as a republican and switched parties and is now a democrat, his race is obviously a very high profile race. in connecticut chris dodd has been in congress for 30 years. he, too, is a tough re-election race based on the early polling which is showing him behind. in new york, there's a new senator who is not well-known and she faces a potential challenge. ohio you have a governor whose be job approval rating, ted strickland, his job approval rating is only a little bit above 40%. so he's obviously got problems, potential problems. there's an open senate seat there. that, too, will be a very heavily watched contest. nationally, in terms of nationaç polls, quinnipiac does national polls and we'll clearly monitor the views going

of success? guest: we have big states and little states. take my little state of montana. even though new york and ohio and pennsylvania and two or three more of those little states, there are 940,000 people. compare that to california, or minnesota, we are taking back vermont, a very good chance we will win in florida. we have a competitive candidate in texas. big states have a disproportionate effect on who wins these governors races. host: in your discussions with democratic donors, how much is the war on afghanistan and the president's speech last night going to play? guest: once again, governors, and our national guard -- they are praying -- playing a disproportionate role in iraq and afghanistan. governors of responsibility -- have responsibility of balancing the domestic security situation with the national guard with the international security situation. we are responsible for all of the families who send their war is into war. before we send them into conflict, they will be the best trained, best armed warriors in the world. host: our guest is governor schweitzer from montana. if you want to g

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other rural areas in that category, the midwest, my own state of maryland has been relatively fortunate, relatively stable but there are other states, ohio in particular. some of the states here, north carolina, that have not been as fortunate and therefore we understand their needs to be targeting and that can be done through infrastructure spending or other spending as well. the answer to the question is yes. i want to thank the blue dogs for their untiring focus on getting us to a fiscally responsible place. while at the same time casting some courageous votes common on a demagogue votes, votes that were tough for them to take in their districts in order to staunch the following into depression by our country. they have shown i think wisdom and great political courage and the speaker and i are from both very appreciative to all of them, the blue dogs for that effort. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >>> today the congressional black caucus sent a letter to president obama urging the creation of a program to reduce unemployment among low-income and minority come at you. next members of the column to the caucus speak about

minute missouri 200,000, nevada, 400,000 of, state of new york, 853,000, ohio, 499,000, oregon 250,000nnsylvania, maybe, maybe not, because they may have got the deal, 865,000; tennessee 233,000 according to my numbers; washington state 225,000; wisconsin 243,000. i'd ask unanimous consent the list of what the enrollment is by the c.m.s. on medicaid and medicare advantage enrollment as of august 2009 be placed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: and the point of all of this that the senator from florida, a member of the finance committee, felt so strongly that medicare advantage was at risk that he decided to carve out -- was able to get a majority on a party-line vote of the finance committee to carve out a special status for a group of seniors under medicare advantage in his state. this amendment simply says that everyone that the senator from oklahoma just made reference to has that same protection. that's all that this amendment is about. mr. cornyn: if the senator would yield for a question, if this amendment does not pass, which protects all medic

state. of the 1800 names submitted by acorn in washington, 97% were falsified. and of course this is not unique to the state of washington. it is all over the united states, in missouri, ohiother states. does it not seem like criminal enterprise is taking place here? are all of these acorn groups organized to commit voter fraud against the american public? who knows? it is certainly time to find out. it is not an isolated problem. it appears to me acorn has systematically and purposely work to subvert the democratic process in this country and it makes me mad and it ought to make americans matt, too. people need to be held accountable. they are guilty of voter fraud, we should not just just -- we should not just talk about it. someone should be tried and go to jail. how would you back to the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. pope. but thank all eight members for their excellent opening statements today. we will not go to introducing our expert panel. our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita. he has overseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to combat investment and mortgage fraud have led to the convictions

state of new york 853,000. ohio 499,000. pennsylvania and baby are maybe not because they may have got the deal 865,000. tennessee 2,223,000 according to members. washington state 225,000. wisconsin to the 43,000. i will ask unanimous consent for the enrollment of medicare advantage as of august 2009 into the record. >> the point* of all of this? the point* of this is that the senator from florida, member of the finance committee felt so strongly that advantage was a risky decided to carve out and get a majority on a party-line vote from the finance committee to carve out a special status for a group of seniors under medicare advantage in his state. this amendment simply says that everyone the senator from oklahoma -- oklahoma just made reference to the has that same protection for of that is all this amendment is about too. >> if you will yield for a question, if this amendment does not pass which protects all medicare advantage beneficiaries come all 11,532,000 in my state, and as a result of not only these cuts but additi

the midwest and my state of maryland has been relatively fortunate and stable. there are other states, ohioand some of the stage here, north carolina, that have not been as fortunate. we understand their needs to be targeting. that can be done through infrastructure spending or other spending as well. the answer is yes. i want to think the blue dogs -- thank the blue dogs for their untiring focus in getting us to a fiscally responsible place while at the same time casting courageous votes, votes that were tough for them to take in their districts in order to stanch the falling into a depression by our country. they have shown wisdom and great political courage and the speaker and i are very appreciative to all of them, the blue dogs, for that effort. thank you very much. >> a group of house republicans talked about the debt ceiling. the announced legislation that would require a two-thirds majority in the senate and house to increase the national debt ceiling. democratic leaders will builbrip the bill that will raise the legal limit of government with -- government borrowing. this is 20 min

small pools and you don't get the actuarial value out of it that you would if you can go to a bigger population. but in ohio they can do it within the state. in ohio they did do it within the state. and it brought down the cost of health insurance. it brought down the cost. now not only that, the biggest savings was in administrative costs. it cost a lot more to keep track of all of the claims and everything from the small business than it does from a big business if the -- the bigger pool, again, the more capable you are of handling unusual situations. but administrative costs came down from 37% to 12%. 25% savings. every business would like to have that. that's how much it costs to administer. that's why they wanted to group together through their association and form this bigger pool, which we haven't -- haven't been able to do. and i'd ask the chair how much time i have remaining. the presiding officer: two minutes and 15 seconds. mr. enzi: okay. thank you. because i do want to make some quick comments about the junk lawsuits. we do have to do something about that. when i talk about junk lawsuits. i'm talking about a bunch of them tha

ohio today. kenneth biros, 51, was executed this morning. he was convicted of murdering a woman in 1991, and scattering her body parts in ohio and pennsylvania. state officials said the one- drug method would be less painful than a three-drug combination used in previous executions. the u.s. senate has turned back restrictions on abortion funding in the health carol bill. the language was similar to a provision already included in house version of the bill. for now the senate measure allows insurance plans to cover abortions but not with federal funds. this decade this decade could turn out to be the warmest going back to 1850. that word came today from the head of the u.n. weather agency. he made those remarks at the conference on climate change in copenhagen, denmark. >> the decade 2000-2009 is very likely to be the warmest on record. so, in other words, this decade is going to be warmer than the 1990s, which itself were warmer than the 1980s and so on. so it is likely to be the warmest on record. >> hari: the u.n. agency said only the u.s. and canada have been having cooler conditions than average. an early blizzard has moved into the u.s. midwe

ohio today. kenneth biros, 51, was exeted this morning. he was convicted of murderg a woman in 199 and scattering r body parts in ohio and pennsylvania. state officials said thene- drug method would be les painfuthan a three-drug combination used in previous executions. the u.s. sene has turned back restrictionon abortion funding in the heah carol bill. the langua was similar to a provion already included in housversion of the bill. for now the sete measure allows insurance planso cover abortionbut not with federal funds. this decad this decade coulturn out to be thwarmest going back to 1850. that word ca today from the ad of the u.n. weather agenc he made those rerks at the conferce on climate change in copeagen, denmark. >> the decade 2000-2009 very likely to the warmest on cord. so, in other wds, this decade is going tbe warmer than the 19s, which itself were warmer than t 1980s and so on. so it isikely to be the warmest onecord. >> hari: t u.n. agency said only the u.s. and canada hav been having cool conditions than avera. an ely blizzard has moved to the u.s. midwe, in the region'sirst major storm of the season. the storm blasted west

ohio. recommendations like this task force's will serve to weaken state mandates like ohio's and they will ultimately lead to a rationing of preventive care across the country. for example, according to language in the health care bill just passed by the house, the task force is -- the task force's recommendations could give the secretary of health and human services the power to exclude mammograms and other breast cancer screening techniques from any government-run health care plan or exchange. if you read pages 1317 and 1318 of the bill, you'll see that the language in there suggests a slippery slope where this could occur. now, yes, it talks about testing and demonstration projects, but it says, the secretary of health and human services shall ensure that a subsidy or reward is provided only if a government task force recommendation is rated as a or b. this task force graded breast cancer screening for women 40 to 49 as a c this may not require the government to cover the cost of preventive care. the federal government may not be required to cover annual screening for women 50 and over and the task force recommends the

states like michigan, ohio, many state, even my own state of minnesota, others as well, are being -- are getting this important economic recovery money so we can turn our economy around. according to jared bernstein, chief economist in the office of the vice president, quote, all signs of the private estimates to this fragmentary data point to the conclusion that the recovery act did indeed create or save about a million jobs in its first seven months, a much-needed lift to a very difficult period in our economy which is something i think we must pay attention to and cannot ignore. i just want to talk a little bit more about the success of the recovery act, not that it's completely succeeded. we'd like to see unemployment headed down, not just this rate of unemployment slowdown, but to make sure that we understand that providing economic fiscal stimulus does help our economy. it's important to review the facts. the recovery accountability and transparency board, as you know, we didn't just send money out we got a transparency board to look at it all, released its first report on the

states. the governor of montana, the governors are concerned about the unfunded mandates. another situation where the federal government says you must do x and you, meaning the states, must pay for it. the governor of ohio, ted strickland, the states with our financial challenges right now are not in a position to accept additional medicaid responsibilities. governor purr dew of -- purdue, -- there are more and more that we could quote. the point is that virt -- is that virtually all of the nation's governors expressed a concern about this and alluded one way or another about the disconnect of washington and the states. the point -- the point i was making before, washington seems to bark the orders, but it's with no regard to the difficult financial challenge that many of these states are in. let me point out one final point here. these new unfunded mandates generally mean new taxes an significant payment cuts to safety net providers just as governor brewer said and ultimately the loss of jobs much and this is the example i wanted to close with. phoenix children's hospital in phoenix is built to handle about 20,000 emergency cases a year. as it great hospital. it receives about 60,000 per year. so its c

in the small town of anapu, deep in the amazon state of para, sister dorothy stang is everywhere. sister dorothy came to anapu from her native ohio in 1983. she said she was drawn to the amazon to work with the poor. >> the only thing they know is survival farming. that's slash and burn. >> she started a sustainable development program. teaching locals how to live off the forest, at the same time, preserving. her mantra, the death of the forest is the end of our lives. >> bringing back new life to a land that was lost, it is possible. we can renew the forest. >> let's do it! >> she may have looked like a little old lady to people from outside. but who live with her, she wasn't any little old lady. she was a power house. a decision, when she decided, she decided. she would work to make it happen her way. >> but her friend and colleague, jane dwire, says those tactics earned sister dorothy some powerful and dangerous enemies. big ranches and logging companies were often in her sights. if they encroached on a pes sants land, stang would report them to the government. as sister dorothy became more successful, she started getting deat

state. of the 1800 names submitted by acorn in washington, 97% were falsified. and of course this is not unique to the state of washington. it is all over the united states, in missouri, ohio, and #r@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our expert panel. our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita. he has overseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to combat investment and mortgage fraud have led to the convictions of dozens of white collar criminals, over 300 years of jail time, and millions of dollars return to the victims. he went on to obtain a law degree from the indiana university school of law in in in the -- in indianapolis. he practice and an attorney before serving as general counsel to the secretary of state sewer and gilroy, and later as deputy secretary of state. our second witness is david caldwell. is the deputy director of the criminal division for the louisiana attorney general's office. he is also the head of these special corruption and prosecution unit. he graduated from louisiana state louisiana with a degree in english and russian. after graduating from tulane law school, he worked the attorney general

ohio, 499,819. goo geewhiz, that's a lot of people who are satisfied with medicare advantage. oklahoma, 84,980. oregon, one of the most liberal statesin the union, 249,993. pennsylvania, 864,040. puerto rico even, 400,991. rhode island, 65,108. south carolina, 110,949. these are senior citizens. south dakota, 8,973. tennessee, 233,024. texas, 532,242. my own state of utah, 85,588. vermont, only 3,966, but 3,000 people -- 4,000 people in vermont. virginia, 151,942. washington, 225,918. west virginia, 88,027. wisconsin, 243,443, and wyoming, 3,942. these are people who benefit from medicare advantage that would not like to get off of it. well, this choice in coverage has made a difference in the lives of more than almost 11 million people. 11 million individuals nationwide, families that benefit from this. the extra benefits that i had mentioned earlier are being portrayed as gym memberships as opposed to lower premiums, copayments and deductibles. let me read you some letters from my constituents. these are real lives being affected by the cuts contemplated in this bill. i'm going to have to get my reading glasses on. and you should

another series of projects going where we have now started and we are moving on a state-by-state basis checking and making sure we are testing the technology about six, seven weeks ago and ohiointroduced a portal for physicians essentially one pipe through which all the physicians can communicate with all the health plans in the state and no longer have all of these individuals individual office of folks doing claims payment for physicians. and it's been very enthusiastically received by the medical society. we are partnering with them and a number of specialty societies. we will be introducing this concept, testing a different technology in new jersey beginning in a very short period of time and then we will be moving around the country. we want to make sure we have the technology right. we are doing a number of things in health care disparities and a number of things in the area of quality improvement so we intend not only to be held to those objectives. we intend to meet those objectives and you will be hearing more from us on additional things we will be doing. and i think the opportunity now weighs four the entire stakeholder community to talk about how each of us can p

of discussion that we will see about that. 20 states have a draft model legislation from the american legislation council -- 20 states are introducing legislation to say exactly what the caller from ohios asking about. id is stay out of our state. you cannot tell people in our state what to do. it could get all the way to the supreme court in the years ahead with the discussion on what the rights are of individuals, state rights and individual rights as well as what the constitution really says about this. he has researched this and knows what he is talking about. caller: your party said something about lawsuits when they controlled everything for six years. secondly, if we could ignore the doctors of the ama -- if they can ignore the media and 44 senators to get milliards from and charles companies -- could get millions from insurance companies and all the republicans are interested in the elections in 2010 and who fought medicare every step of the way. if he can't ignore all of the selfish reasons and pay attention to the working core of this country. we are the people that help pay for all of your health insurance. they cannot afford -- if we can focus on this, they will still be t

there's been zero business experience and there's a company supplying state of the art technology and offices in ohio and michigan and wisconsin and he's still growing. stories like these that inspire me. when i go home for the holidays i'm going to see the familiar shops on main street, with and e, and i'm going to see these are the businesses that inspire me personally. they inspire everyone at the sba and they are the inspiration for all americans because they or the force that is going to create the jobs we need and innovation that is going to keep the american economy competitive thank you for having me here. [applause] >> we have all kind of questions so we will get started right away. risky lending is part of the reason the u.s. economy tanked. how do you balance the call for more lending with the designer to not repeat past mistakes? >> thank you. you know, right now as you know we are still looking at an environment where there is not enough lending to small businesses. and we know that they are still good companies out there that can't get the credit that the need. our credit scores on our

ohio benefited from some of these special provisions in this bill. were the ends worth the means? >> the ends are... the issue is what this bill means to people in ohio. my state 390 people every single day from toledo to cincinatti to dayton to youngstown, 390 every single day lose their insurance across the country 1,000 people are dying every week because they don't have insurance. if you're a woman with breast cancer, 40% more likely to die. if she doesn't have insurance. than if they does. that's why we need to move now, why the delay tactics from some of our colleagues i think are simply don't serve the public interest in this legislation ultimately 31 million people are going to get insurance under this legislation. i go to the floor every night, almost every day and read letters from ohioans most of whom were pretty satisfied with their insurance a year ago and then either they had a child with a pre-existing condition or they lost their job or they had an expensive illness that caused the insurance company to , they call it rescission, to rescind their insurance. and now they're hurting. we have an opportunity to fix this. this bill does this. it's no

the ohio-risk medical specialists in -- the number of high-risk medical specialists in texas is growing since 2003. in 1993, the state has offered over 100 new doctors, over 200 new ob-gyn's, and over 200 orthopedic surgeons. these additions are not limited to metro texas, though. the ranks of rural obstetricians has grown by almost 30%. 22 rural counties have added an obstetrician and ten counties have added their very first o.b. so 23 rural counties have added at least one emergency medicine physician. so it's not just helping the cities, it's also helping rural parts of texas. in addition to these improvements in access to health care, charity care has also greatly expanded due to medical liability reform. today, texas hospitals are rendering around $600 million more in charity care each year than they were just a few years ago. that is a -- almost a 25% increase in charity care. which is due mostly because of the savings in liability. liability savings in states across the country have allowed hospitals to upgrade medical equipment, expand their emergency rooms, expand outpatient services, staff e.r. rooms 24/7 w

the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from ohio, congresswoman kilroy. ms. kilroy: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 10 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: according to the center for economic and policy research, the sharp increase in war spending is taking up a greater portion of our gross domestic product which will cost the united states about two million jobs because such spending, quote, is a direct drain on the economy, reducing efficiency, slowing growth and costing jobs, unquote. contrary to popular assumptions, massive spending for war does not create jobs, it costs jobs. it is capital intensive, not labor intensive. war creates unemployment. the current plans to make extension of unemployment benefits contingent on congres

minnesota, 284,000; missouri, 200,000; nevada, 104,000; state of new york, 853,000; ohio, 499 ,000; pennsylvania maybe not because they may have gotten the deal, 865,000; tennessee 823,000 according to my numbers. i'd ask unanimous consent to list what the enrollment is by cms on medicare advantage enrollment as of august 2009 into the record. >> and the point of all this is -- >> without objection. >> and the point of all this is that the senator from florida, a member of the finance committee, felt so strongly that medicare advantage was at risk that he decided to carve out and was able to get a majority on a party line vote of the finance committee to carve out a special status for a group of seniors under medicare advantage in his state. this amendment simply says that everyone, that the senator from oklahoma just made reference to, has that same protection. that's all that this amendment is about. >> senator would yield for a question, if this amendment does not pass which protects all medicare advantage beneficiaries, all # 1 million of them, 532,000 in my state, and as a result of not onl

of highest unemployment rate should be taken into consideration when determining the loan modification success rates. my recommendation is for treasury to account for loans surfaced in the bible states and midwest economic states such as ohio and michigan. in short of calling in loans and nebraska's likely to be far easier than modifying loans in arizona, nevada and empire. one reason we should consider is allowing financial institutions rather than take immediate hits to the capitol when we have a modification or default about them to amortize their losses over five year program that would enable sales in some of these distressed assets as t.a.r.p. was originally intended to do and allow other participants jumped into the market to be more innovative programs like short pay off a short sales, foreclosures, conversions to leases which fannie mae is considering and brought loan modifications that a particular sense. particularly in the vacancy rates in many states in the housing market conversions make some sense when the comparatively low rental rates compared to mortgage payments. i welcome any opportunities and appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. >> thank you, sir. the chair appreciates the testimony and next r

state of israel. i encourage all of my colleagues to support the iran refined petroleum act and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: how much time is remaining? how much time do we all have here? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio has four minutes. the gentleman from california has 5 1/2 minutes. the gentlelady from florida has 3 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i yield two minutes. one of my colleagues talked about what is the alternative? the only alternative is to impose sanctions. we know from a report two days ago that iran's foreign minister has said its country was willing to exchange the uranium for processed fuel as the united nations proposed. the article goes along to say, but according to the timetable, western powers have appeared to have rejected. we need to get back into those negotiations. i have some points to share. here's what we can do. the debate in iran is focused on two shipments of 4u00 kilograms. what is proposed a phased delivery to control of iran's low-enriched uranium of three to five months for a total of 800 kilograms. the iran foreign m

equal to 40% of benefits above a prescribed limit but raises that limit in 17 states to be determined by the secretaries of the treasury and health and human services. my colleague from ohio, senator brown, spoke against this provision on policy grounds just a few minutes ago. the constitution allows congress to impose excise taxes but requires that they be, quote "uniform throughout the united states." unquote. this is one of those provisions that will be dismissed with pejorative labels such as archaic by those who find it annoying. it is right there in the same constitution that we have all sworn to uphold. we've all sworn that same oath to protect and defend, and we are just as bound today to obey it. and, frankly, a good test of our commitment to the constitution is when we must obey a provision that limits what we want to do. the supreme court has had relatively few opportunities to interpret and apply the uniformity clause. its cases do provide some basic principles which i think easily apply to the legislation before us today. the court has held, for example, that a federal excise tax must be aplied, quote -- "with the same force and effect in every place where th

state of israel. i encourage all of my colleagues to support the iran refined petroleum act and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from ohiomr. kucinich: how much time is remaining? how much time do we all have here? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio has four minutes. the gentleman from california has 5 1/2 minutes. the gentlelady from florida has 3 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i yield two minutes. one of my colleagues talked about what is the alternative? the only alternative is to impose sanctions. we know from a report two days ago that iran's foreign minister has said its country was willing to exchange the uranium for processed fuel as the united nations proposed. the article goes along to say, but according to the timetable, western powers have appeared to have rejected. we need to get back into those negotiations. i have some points to share. here's what we can do. the debate in iran is focused on two shipments of 4u00 kilograms. what is proposed a phased delivery to control of iran's low-enriched uranium of three to five months for a total of 800 kilograms. the iran foreign min

aimed at trying to find out what people think of the pathway of issues that will play out in the 2010 election. the state police florida ohiopennsylvania and new jersey those are the key senate races. florida, and primaries between governor chris has gotten a great deal of attention and our inspector has been a senator 29 years as a republican and now a democrat that is a high-profile race. chris dodd in congress 30 years and he has a tough reelection race based on their early polling that shows him behind. in new york there's a new senator who was not well known and she faces a potential challenge. ohio. you have a governor whose job approval rating rating, governor strickland is only above 40 percent so he obviously has problems, potential problems and the open senate seat so that will be heavily watched contest. nationally in terms of the quinnipiac national polls we will clearly monitor the views. anything else? thank you very much. >> i think we are all here. let's get started. good morning. it is early. good morning and. [laughter] my name is hillary show then i am the director of the naacp washington bureau and senio

state of the overall economy? well, that's where benjamin roth comes in. benjamin roth, whose book we are promoting this evening, was a lawyer in youngstown, ohio, sole practitioner. not a trained economist. he took it upon himself in the starting of june 1931, to examine the economy as it fell apart all around him, both in youngstown itself, the steel industry went into great decline during this period, but also throughout the united states and indeed, throughout the world. in the 1930s, they did not know the into to this question. but roth, i think it is fair to say, he was near obsessed with the stock market. no one i think in the 1930s who wasn't actually in the stock market was more concerned in its day-to-day gyrations than benjamin roth. i don't have the exact figure. in 1929, when the crash took place, only about 2.5 percent of americans were invested in the market. i suspect in the 1930s when he began his directly was lower than 2.5%. no one had any money. benjamin would write down the closing prices of stocks nearly every date here to big blue-chip companies, also companies that were important to the youngstown area. the automobile manufacturing company

of the marine corps, especially in him. from interns in my was to constituents in my state to all my staff in ohio and washington, he succeeded in educating us about the honor and the tradition and the sacrifices readily made by our -- by our marines and by all of our military forces. he made us better at our jobs and better citizens in our communities. he accompanied me to walter reed to visit troops recovering from combat injuries and later assisted in helping a few of them transition to life as a civilian or on active duty in the guard or reserve. he invited my staff to the pentagon to a welcome home those recently injured in iraq and afghanistan. during this past year, first sergeant simmons taught us about the determination and the commitment of men and women who give honor to the marine corps. a lot's changed in the past year for our office and for first sergeant simmons as well. he came to my office as a gunnery sergeant. at his promotion ceremony not long ago, his superiors explained that the marine corps does not base promotion in rank on previous performance and accomplishment. instead, promotion is based on a candi

the only way to make this fly are either high, high tax increases or deep cuts. ñrin ohio, two-thirds of the moy the state you will have to raise taxes or you'll have to dig deep into education to make cuts to balance the budget. states do not want to do this. finally, let me conclude with ñrthis and say the availabilitys another important issue. the states are doing various things to help people who are in this category, but if you bring in the federal program and increased the number of people on medicaid, it is very difficult to find providers who are willing to take medicaid patients. that is what you are sentencing the people of this state to do, in addition to causing serious, serious financial problems. thank you very much. >> question for haley barbour. do you think putting more people in medicaid would help state budgets with less bad debt for hospitals? >> no. >> why not? >> first of all, what we're going to end up with is a huge unfunded mandate that is enormous. in my state, we're going to have 300,000 people added to the medicaid rolls. a 50% increase. what willçó happen there is the taxpayer