i'm very proud of sylvia's achievement and her small business advocacy. and i thank you, mr. speaker. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for one minute to address the house. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday, president obama spoke about health care. he said if not now, when? if not us, who? president obama was correct. he knew that the duty and obligations of this house are to pass momentous legislation to help the american people. it's engraved above the speaker's rostrum, let us gather our resources and do something worthwhile and momentous and great while we are here with the resources of this country. something to be remembered. health care has been on the american agenda for 100 years starting with teddy roosevelt in 1912. it went through harry truman, through richard nixon, bill clinton, and today barack obama. we are there to ful

my name is sylvia and i am a journalist and i am known days i have known him longer than i should tell you and he is one of one of the most remarkable men and exciting fingers i have ever known and the idiot of justice is one of the most remarkable books that any of us will ever read. i would like to thank jackson and booksellers and the harvard university press for organizing this event and all of you for coming out and enjoying us and to retain so patiently. i hate it when someone says so and so needs no introduction. of course, most of you know, a great many things about the professor but i always felt that ideas are so much easier to appreciate and to enjoy if we can picture a little of the circumstances and experiences which help to animate them and that is what i would like to do in my introduction. most of you know, that professor sen holds a chair at harvard nobel prize in economics, master of trinity college, he writes a great deal for the new york review of books, but you may not know that he lately has been called by a colleague of mine a brilliant writer and he is, i think,

weekend will be a test of strength for scandal plagued prime minister sylvia burlesconi.

. >> bye, sylvia. >> brown: say some tearful good-byes and drive the red pick-up towards the next princesshe next pea, the next stage filled with eager children. >> woodruff: last may, g.m. and chrysler both announced plans to close hundreds of auto dealerships. but the shutdowns have not all gone according to plan. on friday, g.m. announced its intention to reinstate 661 of the targeted dealers, and others continue to fight back at the state level. newshour correspondent tom bearden reports. >> reporter: most cities have strips like south broadway in littleton, colorado. long rows of new and used car dealers side by side competing for business. but these days more than a few of the show rooms are empty. that's partly because when general motors and chrysler went bankrupt last year, the law gave them the opportunity to break contracts with their dealers. both companies embarked on dramatic reductions of their dealer networks. while g.m. announced last week it would restore more than half of the dealerships it had started to wind down, the company says it still needs to reduce the number of

host: bradford township in michigan, we say hi to sylvia. caller: hi, good morning. bill, this is really mainly for you. and also possibly -- it's regarding the last segment. you handled a call from a woman, a senior citizen, i did not catch the state. i was busy. i think it was out west somewhere. host: right. caller: she said she received a letter from medicare, and she read this letter, you know, you remember that one, i'm sure, as did everybody that was listening. i'm on medicare. i've not received a letter from medicare this year, period. the healthcare bill was passed just, what, i don't know, wednesday night -- or signed wednesday or something. host: yeah, signed wednesday or tuesday last week. caller: those that love the government or hate the government all know they don't move that fast. i mean, how could they do that? so i'm wondering if perhaps that woman got the letter maybe even last week or the week before last and that if she didn't look closely enough at the fine print at the bottom, these are scare tactics that i'm afraid is what happened there, and

host: sylvia, independent. we have 30 seconds. caller: will there be an unemployment next month for those of us in ohio? i heard it would probably end of the end of this month unless they pass another bill, and nine runs out in seven weeks. host: sylvia, thank you. guest: yes, the bill passed. host: thank you very much for being here. complex, a lot of programs, but you have given us a top line view of the largest ones. it is now time for us in this thursday morning to take you to live coverage to the house of representatives and in line with our discussion the they will be talking about the jobs program. it is technically a hiring incentive to the restore employment act, which was conferring with something that conferring with something that happened already in the united

host: sylvia, independent. we have 30 seconds.ller: will there be an unemployment next month for those of us in ohio? i heard it would probably end of the end of this month unless they pass another bill, and nine runs out in seven weeks. host: sylvia, thank you. guest: yes, t re: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. etheridge: thank you. i am pleased to rise in support of h.r. 2847, the hiring incentives to restore employment act. the hire act is really all about our three most important priorities in this congress, jobs, jobs and jobs. the hire act builds on legislation that the senate passed last week, including direct hiring tax incentives for business, support the recovery act bond incentives that put local dollars to work creating jobs across this country, and transportation funding that improves our communities, builds infrastructure and supports local businesses. all told, more than one million jobs would be created by this legislation. this bill really is help for small busine