get environmental protection agency out of our energy and texas and let texas take care of texas energy and pricers and we'll see tremendous progress in this tate. our next question comes from our audience and listeners and viewers. doug? >> we're going social media tonight and we had a question on facebook. this is from sharey wilkins a mother, unemployed and lives in arlington right now. her husband is a construction worker and she fears she's about to lose her unemployment benefits because of the limits. her question is simple. what do you manner to do with unemployment? >> ms. medina. >> thank you, sharey for calling in tonight and participating in this debate. the governor and the senator are both going to offer big government solutions. we texans understand that our free society rests on three pillers. individuals and family, communities and churches and the government. we must do things to get the government off of the back of the people so that we can once again learn to care for one another. when we do that, when we get washington and the e.p.a. out of ag and energy. when we re

, with texas mythology. she learned that people would be on the edge of their chairs and their jaws will be dropping, my would. they were passing with plastic chair covers during the game and they were mean? did you heard these preachers on the radio saying send your money to the station in houston, texas. and people were doing it. been on and on and on. it really did seem like an exotic world for a lot of folks. she realized people love to hear the story. she and provide them a little bit, had a little fun with. did she do it in a mean-spirited way? i don't think ever. right through her take on both bill clinton and george w. bush to task, i would argue with you right now, wrestle with you, molly never did it with acid tipped dagger appeared her humor is different. i hate to use the word tauber, because that suggests an elevation, to some sense but it wasn't like what you hear on some of our cable news shows. molly didn't do that. she didn't stoop to conquer. she didn't besmirch her argument by, never did.

does anybody know where bed, texas texas? molly was having fun. i actually linker and with that when we were doing our fact checking. but she was developing a voice when she went off to college because people would asked her on a serious breach what happened in texas with president kennedy and who was lyndon baines johnson, dominating new defense as molly was out in the world and people really did want to have heard explain so she began trying to describe the place she'd grown up and travel a little bit and she would tell stories about creatures she heard on the radio when she would be on trips with her data across texas, and she went to scripps for one year and then transferred back to the east coast. they were entranced. it was the beginning of the storyteller, and the molly having a little fun with texas in the texas lithology she learned people were at the edge of their chairs and there shall were dropping. they were playing with plastic curlers in their hair during the game? and then you heard these preachers on the radio saying fish send you

this is the texas debate.we hope you have heard something tonight that will help you make an informed decision when you vote. if you tuned in late you cane ee online at texas debate.org. goodnight from umt. .. >> now k2 of public hearings by the financial crisis inquiry commission. witnesses include attorney-general eric colbert and financial industry regulators. the congressionally appointed commission is made up of six democrats and four republicans. former california treasurer phil angelides chairs the commissioner and former house ways and means committee chairman phil thomas of california is co-chair. >> good morning. the meeting, the public hearing of the financial crisis inquiry commission will come to order. there is a quorum present. welcome to our second day of public hearings. on the causes of the financial economic crisis that there gripping this country. as i said, and is the vice chairman also indicated yesterday, we are a panel that is going to do our level best on behalf of the american people

-- texas?ample of what people are talkingt( abt on nullification. but we ought to be working every day, we ought to be spending every waking hour pushing washington back, explaining to people just how bad nationalized health care would be. how much it would cost this country and help for our health care would be. that is the real job we need to be doing. instead of talking about some what if -- what if this happens or that happens, i think that is a waste of time frankly at this particular point in time. we have heard it is hanging by a thread. i hope our senior center of will get back to washington, d.c., and cut that thread. that is where she needs to be. >> any program currently in place you would nullify or and? >> there is not a program i know of from the nullification process. again, i get back to what i said earlier, whichmy is we need to e working to set stop the program before we even get to the point of talking about the concept of nullification. >> you have been critical of the stimu

poe of texas. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. in the deep, dark dungeons of this capitol, the government trolls are writing bills behind closed doors. their aim has always been to take away our liberty one step at a time. it's what bureaucrats do they look for ways to grow and take over more of our lives to justify their existence. so these elite government trolls think they know better how to run our lives than we do and they keep their bills in secret so we, the people, won't know what's in them until it's too late. until the legislation is forced upon an unwilling, misinformed people. it has been decades since freedom and liberty faced a full frontal assault from a single piece of legislation, a bill so damaging in scope that by its passage american freedom, american health will be sacrificed on the altar of more government control. i'm talking about the universal government takeover of health care. this is the most important piece of legislation in modern history. and we were promised, we were promised that we in this house,

worth, texas, yesterday. sheriff says child protective services also took as many as 15 children between the ages of 17 to 15 into custody. the raid site had been under surveillance for two weeks. and police say they found drugs and cash as well as dead and injured roosters. authorities also seized 114 roosters. >>> a college football team ends what has been a trying season with a huge win. something they severely needed. joe carter is here with much more on this. hi, joe. >> on october 17th the university of connecticut lost teammate jasper howard after he was stabbed to death during an on-campus fight. the team remembered the defensive back by honoring him with his number 6 jersey behind the bench. on the field, the huskies came up with spectacular plays like this one, a one-handed grab scores the touchdown. uconn playing in its fourth bowl game in program history took care of south carolina, 20-7. >>> well, texas tech blocked out the distractions surrounding the firing of head coach mike leach and rallied

. >> texas and california. >> correct, and all of the southwest. he was also negotiating with the british over territory, oregon territory. >> with britain, which was interesting. >> he came very close to going to war with britain over oregon territory. >> it would have been ill- advised, but i do not know. >> it was foolhardy because he was already flirting with war with mexico, and the war between the two of them would have been a disaster. let me clarify to your viewers what this president did in a single four-year term. he brought into the country -- he expanded the coury by 1/3, and brought in territory that represents the three states -- washington, oregon, idaho, parts of wyoming, ponce to montana -- parts of montana, and texas came into his watch. that whole swath of territory was not american when he took over the presidency. it was america's when he left the presidency, and he accomplished that in a single four-year term. >> what are the lessons that he left for today? >> there are a lot. one of the big lessons was if you take the country

yet it to pieces hispanic, excuse me, chicano from texas to revitalize our don't let nothing happened to this fellow. we are not going to be the first screw it up. nothing happened to him. we did a pretty good job i might add because we demonstrated third battalion, the battalion commander was a super guy well led by his boss and we did what we had to do. my first award came with a purple heart breaking out and hitting number. back up to the 38 parallel. i will say this about korea and some of you can echoes a suspect. i've never been as cold as i was november of 1950. i was up and was cold and was able to speak to you now because what happened to me then. i got my second loan to days before the chinese over and the ninth infantry second division. there's a good example of that. you also have clay blair who wrote his story, the forgotten war, about what happened. but the third battalion in the up with about five officers that got out. the rest were captured or killed but it was cold, very cold. yes, sir. >> i was wondering if you >> i was wondering if you'd care to leave the racial

this is in texas. and if you can appreciate that, then the next thing will make sense. have you ever been burned in effigy? five years later, the finances were in order, football was back, albeit, without scholarships, and no victories i might add. as a matter of fact, from 1990, for the next eight and a half years, we set a record. for ncaa 1, 2, 3 and 4 of losing. in this respect, it wasn't till 2007 that prior review man dove a winning season. the first one since 1964. last year, 2008, we had a 9-1 season. this year, so far, we're ranked in the top 25 of two. ncaa 2. and i'm assured by the president and the football coach, we're going to win it this time. the championship. our graduates, engineers, nurses, scientists, educators, premed, predental, prevet, prelaw, students have always been in much demand. and by the way, another interesting almost phenomena, prairie view has produced more black three star admirals and generals than any other school,ality least up until last year. and i haven't checked since then. all programs were fully funded. or fully accredited. al

army psychologist nidal hasan opens fire on military personnel in fort hood texas killing 14.nd the coverage that january on january 20th when barack obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the united states. jim, you're chomping at the bit. >> i would connect two of those, obama and fort hood. i think that the obama administration's response or lack of response to the fort hood shooting and all the discoveries we've made about muslim jihadist infiltration into the united states is going to prove to be the biggest story of 2009 and frankly, obama's term in office. >> jon: judy. >> i think that the phenomenon of home grown radicalization will be certainly the national security story of 2009. i have to agree with you, jim. >> jon: all right. you're jumping a little bit ahead of us because we're going to get into that. ellis, your take on president obama and his year just completed. >> well, it reminds you that a really huge story one year can produce an almost as huge story the second year. you know, we're finding this out. it's too soon to have real perspective on it, but y

below normal from texas throughout the southeast. we might warm up to near normal for the great lakes. above normal for the northern plains westward. 90-day outlook above precipitation for the southern states. below normal for many places farther north. john? >> thanks, mike. >>> when "u.s. farm report" returns, setting a new standard for sheep shearing. "spirit of the heartland" is next. >>> find out why greg wall looks to dekalb to give him the confidence of other food brands. visit agweb.com/dekalb. >>> as we kick off a new year of programming here at "u.s. farm report", we wanted to look back at one of our favorite stories from 2009. while dealing with the intense heat of the texas panhandle, two sheep shearers attempted to set an endurance record for sheep shearing starting at 7:00 p.m. 27 hours later, the two had sheared more than a thousand sheep. incredible. reporter erica goss takes us to texas for their story. >> we're going to shearing at 7:00 and hopefully stay at it for 24 hours out shearing so points count against us. a

she ends up spending christmas alone with the baby in a local motel, san antonio, texas. calling the 25-year-old biological father telling him baby gabriel is dead. turns out she was trying to give the baby away the whole time to an arizona couple. mommy's located in miami beach, minus the baby. her car abandoned. bombshell tonight, in the last hours, mommy's car located, san antonio. baby's car seat, still inside. tonight, we learn mommy, alone, no baby gabriel, hops a greyhound pus to florida december 27th. now, that's the last day of any credible sighting of baby gabriel alive. she claims she gave the baby away during this road trip to a couple she had just met at a public park. >> new details emerge in the case of missing gabriel johnson. the vehicle elizabeth johnson was last seen in was found in san antonio, texas. >> that's where 8-month-old gabriel was last seen with her. and she won't tell authorities where her baby is. >> the car was located at a motel across the street from a bus station. cops reportedly believe johnson bought a bus ticket on december 27th and

under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. neugebauer, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. neugebauer: thank you, mr. speaker. we are clearly in a technical revolution in our country. people now have more information available to them than clearly any other time in probably the history of our country. they're worried about what's going on in their government than they ever have before and i think that's one of the reasons we're seeing people all across america rise up and start making such bold statements as attending these tea parties and attending these members that are having meetings in their districts and they're coming in record numbers. in fact, this august i had an opportunity to have a number of town hall meetings in my district and thousands of people came to voice their oppositions to what they think is happening to our country and particularly in opposition to this health care bill. every morning americans wake up and follow the public policy issues that we are sent here to solv

she ends up spending christmas in a local motel, san antonio, texas. along the way, calling the 25-year-old biological father, threatening he'd never see the baby again. even telling him baby gabriel is dead. turns out, mommy was trying to give the baby away, the whole time, to an arizona couple. at the same time, mommy's located in a miami beach, florida youth hostel, minus the baby. her car abandoned somewhere between florida and san antonio. she claims she gave the baby away to a couple she met at a campground along the way. tonight, can we save this little angel-face baby, baby gabriel? >> authorities in three states are desperately searching for a missing 8-month-old boy last seen with his mother who is now under arrest and police say is refusing to cooperate. >>> prime time exclusive tonight, the couple accused of kidnapping baby gabriel. does she really claim she gives the baby away to anonymous couple she just met at a public park? tonight, can we save the little baby with an angel face, baby gabriel? >> news in the case of missing arizona boy,

their different needs in the northeast corridor, california, illinois, texas. where the linear airport kind of model where and again senator hutchison has been very close working with us, that's in every part of the country whether it is a transit system airport or seaport they are owned and operated by cities or counties. if you will give local governments the opportunity to connect our airports or seaports in our transportation metro transportation systems, we will for the first time replies into a truly viable interconnected mobility system. we are grew very grateful and supportive of the administration for high-speed rail and are encouraged by the size and financial commitment for the next service transportation bill. we are not working under the assumption that the federal government or any state government is prepared to cover the cost of these projects for our country. i do think the governor did give comments about being able to sustain the systems that we build, but we believe the cities and counties play a role not in our coming together to try to mak

now, my friend from texas talked about jobs. what he forgot to tell you, tell all of us was that when george bush left office last year we lost 785,000 jobs in that month. last month in december we lost 85,000. still not good enough, and we all know that. still not good enough, but 785,000 at the end of the bush administration and in one year we reduced that to 85,000 a month. now, we've got a lot of work to do and we need to do it in a bipartisan way. my friend is right that we need to work together. and i intend to work with him and with others to reverse this system and get people back to work. we got to roll up our sleeves. we got a big job ahead of us to get people back to work and to create jobs in this country. and with that, mr. speaker, i'd yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, mr. speaker, it's all about priorities. and, you know, i welcome the debate here that we're having today. we asked not to

last year texas tech beat texas, undefeated texas team and mike leach was the king of the world. year, he's been now terminated from texas tech. the school has integrity. serious allegations here. you know when you get a concussion, this is very serious. it's serious in pro ball, serious in college ball and high school ball. you have to treat it properly. this is not right and they just had enough of this guy leach. >> and avery, the fact is, you know, this is, this coach had four more years on this contract. what does that mean? >> $10 million left on the contract, but let me stell tell you something. not that simple. richard described one side of the story. the other side of the story is that img, like five minutes from where i am now representing leach was very aggressive in pursuing additional money. the university didn't like it. leach is saying it's retaliation. it's duelling cases in a courtroom, the way it gets resolved brooke, somebody will have to pay some money. >> uko. money there. >> a trial, hopefully jurors won't be tweeting in that trial. >> hopefully not. >>> her

in texas. good news for him, nobody's really racing. >>> i was just told the cowboys game wrapped up. they are moving on. i'm sure redskin fans don't like that. >> dare we say the cowboys willend up in the superbowl? >> it's hard to argue no one's looked better. they crushed them tonight. >> one of their first playoffs in a long time. >> 13 years. >> people were talking about wade phillips losing his job. he could end up being in the superbowl this season. >> i'm not saying it's happening. that's my prediction. >>> the weather prediction will be better than my sports rediction. it will be better by the middle of the week. a cold day tomorrow. we originally thinking upper 20s to around 30. so 34 and today's high of 36. it's not awfully bad when you compare it to 1 and 2, what it's felt like. get through the west of the weekend. the middle of the week will feel like shorts weather. >> have a great night. we'll see you back here tomorrow. bye. i know. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turn ov

king, and the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, are members of the house judiciary committee as am i. this is the committee that has jurisdiction over all constitutional amendments and it is the place where we are pushing the hardest to try to get the democratic chairman of the committee to examine this legislation just as it was not that many years ago, when it passed the house of representatives on more than one occasion and on one occasion came within one vote of passing the united states senate. think of what a different country we'd have today if we'd been living under balanced budgets for the last decade instead of what we have seen. now i'd like to yield to my good friend, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. mr. gohmert: i sure thank my friend from virginia for yielding. and, yes, we need a balanced budget amendment and that will do great things, it will strengthen the dollar, it will show the world that we are responsible when it comes to spending for a change. and also, of course, we know that takes ratificatio

this letter -- texas attorney general, greg abbott.ank you for being us. >> thank you my pleasure . >> sean: you say this serves no legitimate national interest. explain that for people watching? >> in order for a law to be effective passed by congress it has to have a legitimate national interest. congress doesn't have unfettered authority to enact any law whatsoever that benefits a particular locality such as a single state like nebraska. congress has the authority to pass laws that benefit all americans. what they did with regard to the nebraska compromise was to pass a bill that benefits only the taxpayers in nebraska. it gets worse, because all states are going to be required, by this new legislation to expand their medicaid system by billions of dollars in texas alone, we'll have to increase our spending by about 20 billion dollars. here's the kicker, only nebraskans will not have to pay more for this expansion to to make it worse the citizens of the other 49 states are gonna be obligated to foot the bill for the expansion of the

the first two to offer support in an effort were greg abbott of of texas and the the attorney general washington state. we've made a draft of a letter that was then re-drafted and edited and the product of that is the one dated december 30 which we addressed to speaker nancy pelosi and senator harry reid, outlining our reasons why we believe that particular provision is unconstitutional. in a nutshell, what it boils down to is this -- the constitution is very broad in giving spending power to the congress. the spending power of the congress is not unlimited. there must be limits and the limit is that the spending can be arbitrary or capricious, is what the case law says britt a bill like this that would affect every state, that would involve texas and benefits for every state, maybe not the same level, but would involve every state, except for the state of nebraska begs the question of why is nebraska being treated differently. if there is a reason for treating nebraska differently, where 49 states are buried their share of the medicaid expansion and indirectly bearing in nebraska's s

thume, and the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the members of the committee will exit the chamber through the doors. >> madam speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. [applause] >> madam speaker, the chief justice and the associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> madam speaker, the president's cabinet. [applause] . .

hal>> i am from texas southern university in houston, texas. my major is biology, premed. i'm here with a program representing the honors college /debate tabret i'm the president of the honors college. i have had a great experience. last week was definitely something i will take with me on my journey because i realized how much i do love politics and war. law. i am definitely appreciative of this program. what did you learn last week admitted interesting? >> i learned that there are many opinions to go around. i have always said there are three thought -- three sides to everyone -- every story. there will be a sidewalk and side two but somewhere in there is the truth. we should look at our view and look at others and take from that what we feel we should. >> you didn't give us your name? i didn't hear it. >> yes, i did. >> what do you think of the future? >> i think that the future definitely -- something mr. be done about the fact that we are going in. he said we were going in a steady trend but i do think there's a problem with in the way things are running. people are c

you have can't be in politics in texas and not know how to dance.work the crowds. i love to dance. when they called me, just out of the blue, it took me ten minutes to say yes. i have thought it was going to be the most exciting fun thing i've ever done. >> mike: i know it had to be a very different experience in congress, but i want to ask you about experiences in congress. we're watching pel pelosi with a very heavy hand. they call you the hammer. i don't know that you ever were as tough on the members of congress as she seems to be in terms of making them just line up and do what she wants. >> they gave me the nickname, the "washington post" gave me the nickname "the hammer" because they couldn't believe we were winning the votes without breaking people's arms and we didn't. we had what we called grow the vote. we'd get in on issue early on and get the members working and take care of problems so they had ownership. the democrats and nancy pelosi don't do it that way. now they have come out with a 2,000-page bill and they have huge amount of pres

they do not mind terrorism as long as it does not happen in the >> we will go live to houston, texas, for the inauguration of the new mayor annise parker. introductions about to be made. you're watching live coverage now on c-span. >> i am so honored to be part of this historic inauguration. at this time, it is my pleasure to introduce to you your 2010 city of houston elected official. please welcome to the stage the honorable council member elect accompanied by her father. [applause] councilmember district be accompanied by his wife. the honorable council member district c, accompanied by her son. the honorable one that adams, accompanied by her brother. the honorable mike sullivan, accompanied by his wife. the honorable council member elect district f, accompanied by his wife. the honorable oliver pennington, the district g., accompanied by his wife. the honorable edward gonzales, accompanied by his wife. the honorable james rodriguez, accompanied by his wife. the honorable stephen castillo, accompanied by his wife. the honorable council member at large, a company by her life partne

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms.ackson lee: to address the house for one minute, to revise and extends. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. take your conversation off of the floor, please. the lady deserves to be heard. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. there have been a great deal of controversy that has arisen over what i think is good policy but good for america and that is real health care reform. today i listened to the story of a mother who lost her son by the name of mike because he could not get a colonoscopy to determine whether or not he had colon cancer. he is not living today. and he could not get it because he did not have insurance. we need health care reform that allows americans to have the dignity of health care and as well the respect of treatment -- the respective treatment. i met a man who was blind because he couldn't get the treatment while he was goin

. >> my name is amber walker and i'm from texas southern university in houston, texas. my major is aology premedicine in i'm here representing the honors college/the debate team. i am the president of the honors college and i've had a great experience here. last week was definitely something that i will take with me on my journey because i realized how much i do love politics and law. i figured that maybe it was just a phase but i realize it was only something they threw to the back of my head so i'm definitely appreciative of this program. >> what did you learn last week that made it so interesting? >> i learned that there are so, so many opinions to go around and of course, there are going to be thrown down by others who have the opposite opinion of you but because of that you should take that as a learning experience. you know, other people's views should also -- you should sponge out what you do need. i've always said there are three sides to every story. one side, two, and then truth. somewhere there's always the truth so we should definitely look at our views and

. >>> more celebratory gunshots for a texas family.lose call when a stray bullet flew throw through the window and pierced the side of a prefrich rater. it stopped in the back of the freezer. thanks to the fridge, no one in the home was hurt. but the officer came out and removed that.4045 caliber ballet. >>> what is is over and so is the new year. it is tame to take down that christmas tree. as gigi barnett reports, the city has a program to help people who want to dissuppose of their tree in a grean way. a green way. ♪ [music] ♪ >> reporter: the holidays are over. and the time to clear out the tree and tinsel has come. andy wilson says he needs the space. >> my wife and i are expecting in a couple weeks. >> reporter: this is an option. the tree mulching program is a green alternative for folks who want to recycle the tree or keep it for later. >> if you want to take the mulch home with you, bring a bag or container and we're happy to fill it up. >> reporter: the spokeswoman says curbside collections will continue but those trees won't

there's different needs in california, illinois, and texas.texas we have a linear airport model and again, senator hutchison has been close with us whether it's a transit system, seaport all of those are operated by cities and counties. if you'll give local governments the opportunity to connect our airports, our seaports, and our transportation metro transportation systems we will for the first time breathe life into a truly viable interconnected mobility system. we're very grateful of the support of the administration's vision for high-speed rail and are encouraged by the size of the financial commitment of discussion for the next surface transportation bill. we're not working under the assumption that the federal government or any state governments alone are prepared to cover the cost of these projects for our country. i do think the government had good comments about being able to sustain the systems that we build. but we believe that the cities and counties have a role to play in that. and are coming together to try to make that work. we

>> sherpa guide to texas securities commission and m. president of the north american securities administrators association, also known as nassau. i am very honored to be here today. in thinking about the world that state enforcement authority it is instructive to examine the regulatory responses to the major financial scandals of the past decade. from exposing securities and complex and market timing and mutual funds, to the auction rate security cases, state securities regulators have consistently been in the lead and did, in some cases the time the states begin their investigation, it was unclear whether the federal regulars intended to pursue any investigation at all. the most recent example is what the auction rate securities, ars or millions of dollars of the these securities were sold to investors, by major broker houses as cash alternatives. in february of 2000, the market collapsed. investors were left with your liquid securities. in june of that year, state regulators in massachusetts brought a civil action against gps securiti

>> well, texas by far and away is doing the best. of the cities, of the top 25 cities in terms of job growth, seven of the top 25 are in texas and last month, texas created the most jobs of any state followed by ohio and georgia. >> shannon: and also, i see arizona and iowa are on your top five list, so those are good spots and very diverse if people are looking for different climates and opportunities. what are the five states you should avoid that aren't doing so well with the job creation at this point? >> well, florida had a very bad month last month and they've had a fairly high unemployment rate. michigan tops the list of high unemployment rate and no job growth. so they've been doing badly all year and there's not much prospects for a turn around there as well. california, high unemployment, pennsylvania, new jersey, lower unemployment, but both last month lost jobs, so, not a good trend although their unemployment rate is lower. >> shannon: all right, lee, quickly, could you give us any idea what industries are best if you're

it began last november, with the massacre at fort hood, texas. the accused gunman, army major nidal hassan, had escaped the notice of u.s. intelligence officials, despite signs of his growing islamic radicalism. then came christmas day, and the failed attempt to blow up a northwest airliner. again, the suspect, umar farouk abdulmutallab, and his possible ties to al qaeda had evaded detection. and just days after that, seven c.i.a. operatives in afghanistan were killed by a suicide bomber from jordan, an apparent double- agent working for al qaeda. all three incidents raised questions about whether the intelligence community is doing its job-- the same question posed by the failure to prevent the 9/11 attacks. for decades, american intelligence-gathering agencies worked through traditional and separate channels. >> information sharing was not a priority for many of these departments and agencies. >> woodruff: rick nelson is a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies in washington. >> there were information sharing restri

conaway from texas for phi minutes. -- for five minutes. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gingrey: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank our leader for allowing me to spend this time this evening and talk to our colleagues about some very important matters dealing with health care reform and the pledge of transparency. that will be the focus of the hour, mr. speaker. i have a number of colleagues that will be joining me who are part of an organization within the house of representatives called the g.o.p. doctors' caucus. we have about 13 members, mr. speaker, of the g.o.p. doctors' caucus. most of whom are medical doctors, we have an optometrist, we have a clinical psychologist, ph.d., and we have a couple of dental doctors in the caucus, mr. speaker, and for the last year, literally, in the entire year of 2009, i think my colleagues on both sides of the aisle know that this g.o.p. doctors' caucus has been work

eddie bernice johnson of texas for today and through january 27, 2010.e speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, this is to notify you formally, pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives, that i have been served with a subpoena issued in the superior court for santa clara county, california, for documents in a civil case. after consultation with the office of general council, i have determined that the compliance with the subpoena is in compliance with the precedents and privileges of the house, signed, sincerely, michael m. honda. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today, following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material. mr. poe, january 19 for five m

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr.gess: i wish to thank the chairman of the subcommittee of health on the energy and commerce committee for bringing this important piece of legislation to the floor. and i am a co-sponsor of h.res. 1011 sponsored by representative deborah halvorson from the state of illinois. this month, jan january, is national cervical health awareness month. it is fitting we highlight the educational efforts that have been made to increase early detection of cervical cancer. almost half of the women that are diagnosed with this disease are between the ages of 35 and 55. they fall into two populations. one is relatively slow to evolve. obviously in this group the detection of precancerous and preinvasive changes allows for treatment of this disease to be relatively straightforward. but there's a second population, a much smaller population, for the disease behaves with sometimes frightening speed. the disease can be so aggressive as to go from a normal test to an actual invasive cancer within a year's

here at headquarters in floyd, texas, population 220, the church has bought 550 acres of land. plans include building a school, perhaps a college, and an auditorium that will seat 20,000 people. >> i believe god takes special interest in this country. god will not allow america to drown, to be destroyed, because this country has been a great helper, a blessing to the entire universeincluding people like me. >> reporter: but you think we are drowning now? >> yes. there is no family value anymore. before it used to be family values, but it is no more. our teenagers, they just doing whatever they like. no fear of god. >> reporter: so you are helping us? >> we are working together for god's will to come to pass, and we will do our best. >> reporter: dana robert is a professor of world christianity and mission theology at boston university. she attributes the remarkable growth of the redeemed christian church of god to a demographic shift in christianity worldwide. >> now there are over 450 million christians in africa. a century ago, there were only eight million, so the huge growt

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield as much time as i might consume to the gentleman from tennessee, zach wamp. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. wamp: thank you, madam speaker. i did not prepare or plan to speak on this resolution, but i saw my friend, john lewis, on the floor and i came two days ago on this m.l. king day i was moved beyond measure to stand on the very spot where dr. king lost his life. the national civil rights museum in memphis, tennessee, at the lorraine motel, to tour there and spend a couple hours. extraordinary museum. extraordinary place. i would encourage all americans to go see that, to experience it. much more than i ever dreamed. i had not been there even though i am a tennessean. even though i feel like, as an american, who believes in equality and justice, i feel like a sojourner with my friend, john lewis, as the co-sponsor with lacy clay of the civil rights trail legislation which is pending before this house. co-sponso

as the gentleman from texas point out, they differ from these. they are under government control.the chairman of this committee has recently stated that they are "basically public policy instruments of the government." if there is one example, one case, one line of executive compensation that should be looked at, is where taxpayer dollars are being used and that is in the area of fannie and freddie. beyond this point, the area of executive compensation, there is a bigger issue to look at, and that is the christmas eve announcement when the administration took action without any congressional input whatsoever of the lift of the $400 billion cap on fannie and freddie is bailout and authorized a limited taxpayer funds to be used for both firms over the next three years. again, we have requested a hearing on this, or the chair and to allow a witness on this and he has refused. meanwhile, however, the republican party has come back with their proposals. but they have been ignored. the republicans on this committee have put forward proposals to reform these institutions because it is in

secretary, i'm from laredo, texas. i would like to invite you to laredo, texas, the number one inland port. we cross 10,000 trucks a day. and i can assure you that i will prepare you the best mexican food, the best -- and i'll compete with my fellow mayors but i would cook it personally as you can tell, i like to eat. so we'll have a darn good meal. and i'll also prepare you some barbecue as well. >> thank you. >> but, mr. secretary, one of the concerns -- and really we would like to really respectfully invite you to laredo. it's one of the busiest land ports. and the sixth port in the nation. but we have concerns such as waiting times for truckers, you know. and we would really like for you to visit us because it is busy. and things are getting better. but here we are between two countries, you know, we have the rio grande that unites us so i think it would be important and we would definitely like to you visit our city. >> we will do it. let me just say to all of you, thank you for serving. i know you have very hard

he's the co-editor of the university of texas press interamerica series. for more information visit utep.edu. >> a name that might be familiar to cable news watchers, farai's just written a new novel, "kiss the sky." why a normal? >> -- novel? >> well, i am someone who's a creature of imagination. i love books. and when i started reading as a kid, i was reading science fiction and fantasy, i was reading things like the ring trilogy. and i only got into journalism later. i mean, i was sort of forced to read the newspaper, and i love journalism, but part of me has always wanted to write a novel, and this is about the music industry which i actually covered for a while. >> and you've written a couple of nonfictions. >> written three nonfiction books. "don't believe the hype," "the color of our future," and "trust." very serious. this one has serious themes, but it's about the influence of pop culture in our lives and also about our ability to transform ourselves when we make stupid decisions. it's about a woman who's too smart to make dumb decisions, but she

farm report," the spirit of the countryside. >>> "tractor tales" this week takes us to texas. to catch up with clarence lee, a man who says he is a fourth cousin to general roberty lee. he is also a collector who introduces us to the nellie bell. [ sound of a siren." >> this is a 1939 ford and the serial number is 930 so it was made within the first three weeks of production. did all the work myself and restored it and it's mine to keep. you'd have to steal it to get it from me. i've drove another tractor for a friend of mine on a parade, i said i enjoyed that, she says "why don't you get you one," two weeks time i had found this. that's what got me into it. i usually use it for carrying old folks at the nursing home, parades and having a little eh ride. i have been doing that about since i've had the tractor, about five or six years. i purchased that in april of 2001 and they was having a parade in parish catches, they candidate me if i could get it ready to go, i said "i don't know." so i had sleep apnea, i didn't sleep, so when i couldn't sleep i would go out to my shop and

two days later, a plane hit a wing tip while landing in austin, texas. spokesperson told cnn the airline is cooperate raing with investigation. >>> it takes ink to make a tattoo and for the police to take a fingerprint, but you're not going to believe what a couple did with one that got them the other. >>> about 15 same-sex couples rang in the new year exchanging vous in the cold. the law went into effect new year's day at midnight. couples said i do outside the state house in concord. others planned private ceremonies around the state. the law grants no new rights, but eliminates the separate status for civil unions. >>> a woman in dispute with her former partner defied a court order to give up custody of her daughter. lisa miller could face criminal charges. a vermont judge ordered her to turn over her daughter to janet jenkins yesterday in virginia, but miller didn't show up. miller and jenkins were joined in a vermont civil union in 2000. their daughter was born in 2002. when the couple broke up the following year, miller moved to virginia, renounced

host: odessa, texas. caller: if you're going to create jobs then look at petroleum energy and said of the would have handled this thing. there are fields that have not been worked on since the 1920's. people keep saying that we cannot find more oil. this is wrong. i have been in the oil business for over 40 years. guest: there are a lot of different proposals out there. it is heartening for those looking for bipartisan efforts that these two senators have the proposal. again, they say it will be paid for by spending cuts somewhere else. in congress they don't say exactly where it will come from it goes back to the conundrum between needing to cut the deficit and create jobs. tax cuts or spending creates a budget problem. host: so, economically speaking what would make a successful state of the union address for the president? guest: at this point people are looking at the success or failure based on the economics. there will always be debates. it comes down to the strength of the message. and whether he i

host: houston, texas. independence line.ler: could you explain what the financial services roundtable is? and also, how much money you make a year? what was your first job out of college? guest: financial services roundtable is a trade association, led the american hospital association, national association of realtors. virtually everyone in america is part of a trade association whether they know it or not. it is part of the constitution. that is the way the system works. powertrain association is 100 companies, the larger companies operating in that country. we operate about 60% of all the financing done in america. you cannot finance the economy this size without the larger companies. our trade association is 100 of those of larger companies. if you live in it, work in it, one of my companies will finance it. my first job before college was working on a daily farm and picking cotton in texas, by the way. my first job of college, -- out of college, i was a real-estate agent. i make about $1.5 million a year as bessie ito -

hood, texas. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn that would-be bomber umar farouk abdulmutallab had contact with terrorist anwr al walky, the american-born imam that has been linked to internet contacts with the accused hasan. where does the u.s. go from here? let's bring in military analyst ken robinson. he's joining us live from los angeles. we appreciate you joining us. let's talk about general petraeus, his meeting today. is this a step in the right direction? >> i think it is, don. it's really a pri cursor to putting the president of yemen's fingerprints on the bombings that are sure to come, as ed henry talked about in the last interview, the strategy of the united states government is to prevent the president from being overthrown. there's a secessionist movement going on there. internally there's a huge urban youth goal and on top of it, people don't have jobs. yemen is feared to become a failed state like somalia. when you see ohio it's gene graphically positioned between somalia and yeme