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texas. infrastructure investment where we can leverage a small amount of public capital into a much larger -- take dollars off the sidelines, put it to work, has an enormous appeal as the centerpiece of economic recovery and jobs program. >> before we turn it over to the audience for questions, does anyone have any other thoughts on specific proposals here? a professor that is supposed to be a member of the panel, i just wanted to know if you had any thought of your own? the director of the partner of international affairs -- >> i am going to hide back in the corner. thank you. i want to thank leo and the new american foundation for all of their work on this. it is time in critical. it goes without saying that when you are in a crisis, it is urgent. we cannot afford to get all of our studies done and the answers are here. we have to act as the senator mentioned by showing true leadership in and out of government. a couple of quick points. one of the recommendations and one that has not. there is a critical one. we are shocked at the push back that many received when we are trying to get amer

texas. so infrastructure investment in bank in particular where you can leverage a small amount of public capital as leo described into a much larger -- take $1 to $2 trillion dollars off the sidelines and put to work in the debt and equity markets has an enormous appeal as the centerpiece of an economic recovery and jobs program. >> before we turn it over to the audience for questions, i want to know if any of the panelists have other thoughts on the specific proposals here and professor owen who is supposed to be a member of the panel, whether is here, i want to know if you have thoughts of your own. the professor is the director of the department of international affairs at the international association of machinists and aerospace workers. and an adjunct professor at georgetown. >> your mic. >> i'm going to hide in the corner. when you said my name, i was looking around the room for my father. on that, just a couple very quick things. one, i really do want to thank leo and the new america foundation for all their work on this. not only is it timely, but critical. i think it goes without saying

texas. so infrastructure investment and in bank particular where you can leverage a small amount of public capital as leo has described, into a much larger, take one to $2 trillion off the sidelines, put it to work, both in the debt and equity markets, has an enormous appeal as the centerpiece of the economic recovery and jobs recovery. >> before we turn it over to the audience for questions, i want to know if any of the panelists have any other thoughts on the specific proposals here. and the professor who is supposed to be a member of the panel, weather is -- i just want to know whether you had any thoughts of your own. or press return stat is director of the department of international affairs at the international association of machinists and aerospace workers. , as was an adjunct professor of law at georgetown. any thoughts, professor? >> i'm going to hide back in the corner. thank you. i must confess when he said professor, i was looking around the room for my father. just a couple of very quick things. one, i really do want to thank leo and the new america foundation for all your work on th

to toll and tax every existing highway in the state of texas, over 400 toll projects contemptplated right now, he wants to sell our infrastructure to foreign companies. and so that's just the few things that have gotten us stirred up around our state, and we feel like the more we push back on this governor, the more he throws it back in our faces, the budget you were talking about, ended may 30th, i believe, it was, has 15 texas roads sold off to these foreign companies. it's going to cost texans 75 cents a mile to use the roads. when you're governor of a state of texas, this big, for ten years, you have a lot of campaign contributors to pay off, and he's done a whole lot for corporate america but not very much for small business owners. we pay some of the highest property taxes and home owners insurance rates. he passed the largest tax on businesses, business margins tax, 400% increase in a year. he's not a fiscal conservative. i think if we're going to have a presidential candidate that's a true conservative, you have to have both, not just social, but fiscal issues as well. >> terri, you started in activism fighting this mass

infrastructure safe. >>> two convicted killers were set to die by lethal injection overnight. one execution went through, the other was delayed. in texas, mark anthony strohman died at 9:53 p.m. eastern time. the admitted white supremacist went on a post-9/11 shooting rampage, killing two men and injuring a third. the surviving victim created a web site hoping to stop the execution, but it didn't work. >>> in georgia, andrew grants deyoung is alive. his execution pushed back to tonight. the videotaping is at the request of a separate death row inmate that worries the drug in the needle causes needless suffering. deyoung was convicted of stabbing his parents and sister to death for inhair tan money in 1993 -- inheritance money in 1993. >>> self nfl players are sug the league saying they knew as early as the 1920s how harmful head injuries could be but they kept the information a secret from players, coaches, and trainers until june of 2010. in a statement the nfl told us, "we have not seen the complaint but would vigorously contest any claims of this kind." the company that makes helmets for the nfl is named as a defendant. they told us

. >> let me ask you about your idea about spending money on infrastructure and roads, that sort of thing. i was driving from new york to texasd i kept on passing these signs, your federal tax dollars at work, and they were out there repaving highways, and ones i happened to be on actually were not that bad, but they were repaving the highways. the stimulus dollars, those type of projects, didn't seem to make a long-term difference. so how do you know that if you start using stimulus dollars again on projects like that it's actually going to, long term, change things? >> well, it wasn't designed to make a long-term impact. it was designed to create jobs when we needed them the most. the gentleman you had on a moment ago criticizing obama forgot to tell you that when the president took office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. so we're saying 18,000 isn't good, no question about that. it's a hell of a lot better than losing 17,000 jobs a month under the bush administration. what the stimulus package did do, as a matter of fact, was not only rebuild a lot of roads and bridges, and in my state help with the water systems and

infrastructure. one example, in all five, in houston, texas, rita hit the gulf coast. we had thousands of people being evacuate interested a major urban area. and as they were moving away, the highways became clogged. they were stopped on the highways. people spent nights on the highways. trains are a part of the emergency evacuation system in this country, and we need more rail so that we can evacuate people in times of emergency. 9/11, 2001, who can forget the skies were cleared. there was a full ground stop. more than 4,000 planes were grounded. no one could fly. trains became a part of the emergency evacuation system so that people who could not fly could still make their destinations. it is time for us to wise up and realize that the president is right. it is time for us to in the parlance and vernacular of those in the streets of life to fess up and tell the truth. we should not put peter ahead of paul. we should not rob one to pay the other. it is time for us to take a holistic approach and show some vision. let's move to create jobs across the bidth and breath

texas for five minutes. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. sitting on committees that have the most jurisdiction over the t.s.a., i sit on this committee, mr. mica's transportation and infrastructure committee, and the homeland security committee. these are issues that deeply concern me and my work with congress. i'm happy all are here. i'm happy to be able to discuss this again. i'm probably the recipient -- i've gotten more t.s.a. patdowns since i've been in congress than i've gotten patdowns from my wife. since the topping of this is perimeter security, i wanted to start with that, mr. sammon. to what degree does the t.s.a. coordinate with the f.a.a., for instance, on spending on airport security? in corpus christi we recently got about $5 million to improve security. but has been -- has there been action on determining where the dollars are spent? >> since the report has come out a number of things -- we've been working for several years to address the specific issue you're talking about. first of all, we work with the airport community to come up with recommended, designed guidelines for airport planning and construction. a lot of the money the airports use for planning and c

texas, daniel, you're on the "washington journal." caller: thank you, i was wondering if your list took into account infrastructure since justice is onef items. in the united states for example, our juris prudential has to be a large factor of our g.d.p. do you measure that with other countries? guest: i assume you're talking about the judicial infrastructure. that is covered in terms of human rights and how transparent and accountable the judiciary accounts for. whether the justice system is fair and accountable. whether the society has confidence in its function. host: next up camelsville -- no, sorry about that. on our line for republicans. caller: hello. yes. hello. i'm from kentucky. i'm doing nine. i'm 91 and wanted to make a statement i'm for america 100%. i spend world war ii overseas. i watch the news. we are talking about the other countries. you know, i'm for children 100%. some of these countries have children being brought up in the world, and i never understood why they don't have a plan for children to you know, to not have so many. we did that in my family because we couldn't take care of them. but we had two. now amer

texas, daniel, you're on the "washington journal." caller: thank you, i was wondering if your list took into account infrastructure since justice is one of items. in the united states for example, our juris prudential has to be a large factor of our g.d.p. do you measure that with other countries? guest: i assume you're talking about the judicial infrastructure. that is covered in terms of human rights and how transparent and accountable the judiciary accounts for. whether the justice system is fair and accountable. whether the society has confidence in its function. host: next up camelsville -- no, sorry about that. on our line for republicans. caller: hello. yes. hello. i'm from kentucky. i'm doing nine. i'm 91 and wanted to make a statement i'm for america 100%. i spend world war ii overseas. i watch the news. we are talking about the other countries. you know, i'm for children 100%. some of these countries have children being brought up in the world, and i never understood why they don't have a plan for children to you know, to not have so many. we did that in my family because we couldn't take care of them. but we had two. now am

texas for five minutes. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it and sitting on committees that have the most jurisdiction of the tsa, said on this committee and mr. mica's transportation and infrastructurecommittee and homeland security committee. these are issues that deeply concerns me and my work with congress and i'm happy all are here and happy to be able to discuss this again. i am probably the -- i've got more tsa pat-down since i've been in congress that i've gotten pat-downs from my wife. since the topic of this is perimeter security wanted to start with that mr. sammon. to what degree does the tsa coordinates with the faa for its is on spending on airport security? i know in corpus christi we recently got $5 million from the faa to improve security but have there have been any action with tsa in determining for the multiple dollars are best spent? >> i think since the gao reports you have seen come out of number of things we have been working for several years to address the specific issue you are talking about. first of all we worked with the airport community to come up with recommended design guidelines for airport planning and construction. a lot of the money the airports

texas and louisiana are rapidly sending people up to glenndive. hotels at the area run at near full occupancy yearround. we're working hard to quickly build housing and infrastructure in order to capitalize on this great opportunity to create much-needed jobs. today, unemployment in glenndive is half the national average. but glenndive is located 230 miles from any larger airport. glenndive needs essential air service to maintain its lifeline to national commerce and continue to grow and create jobs. we can discuss at length the merits of air service and put it through towns like glendive. in fact, this is a sf we should have. any changes should be made as part of a thoughtful and transparent discussion with input from the folks on the ground who will be most affected. again, that is precisely what conference negotiations are for. yet again, negotiations we can't hold, why? because the house has yet to name its conferees. the house antics have halted as much as $2.5 billion in airport funding, funding that employs as many as 87,000 workers on construction projects around the country. at glacier international airport in cal -- kalispell, montana, their much-needed u

texas for five minutes. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it, and i -- as sitting on committees that have the most jurisdiction over the tsa, i sit on this committee, the infrastructure committee, and the homeland security committee. these are issues that deeply concern me in my work of congress, and i'm happy to be here and to discuss this again, and i'm probably the recipient -- i've gotten more tsa pat downs since i've been in cog than i got pat downs from my wife. since the topic of this is perimeter security, i wanted to start with that. to what degree do you coordinate with the faa for instance on spending on airport security? in corpus christi, we have $5 million from the faa to improve security, but any action with the tsa in determining where multiple dollars are best spent? >> yeah, i think since the gao report you've seen come out, a number of things we've been working for several years to address the specific issue you're talking about. first of all, we worked with the airport community to come up with recommended designed guidelines for airport planning and construction. a lot of the money comes from the faa. next, we worked with the -- with the homeland

infrastructure of this country. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr.president. mr. president, i want to spea speak -- mr. harkin: mr. president, may i ask my friend to yield just for one of those deals we've got to do around here. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the time from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the motion to proceed to h.r. 2560 be equally divided between the majority leader and the republican leader or their designees and that senators be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: i thank my friend from texas. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to speak in favor of the cut, cap and balance legislati legislation. i plan to vote "yes" on saturday morning to proceed to this bill and i urge my colleagues to do likewise. but i'd also like to explain why i think that's important. most of us understand what this bill does. it cuts spending next year by more than $100 billion. these are real savings and not smoke and mirrors. it caps tota

environment, for needed infrastructure in this country, we're giving this kind of a subsidy $1.35 for federal -- to graze on federal land versus as much as $65 to $150 the great state of texas charges to graze on state land. and then private land is even -on-times more expensive. so that's the kind of subsidy i don't think passes, a test of scrutiny that the taxpayer is aware of the kind of subsidy they're providing some grazers on their federally owned lands. it ought to be rectified. but this particular issue simply rubs salt into that wound. i'd yield back to the gentleman. mr. dicks: and i yield back. i, again -- i ask for support of my amendment. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho rise? >> move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. simpson: the costs or subsidies has absolutely nothing to do with this amendment. it's a whole different issue. should the resources committee look at the price that's charged for cattle grazing, for mining, other things? sure, they should be. not the purpose of this bill. not the purpose of this amendment. all this amendment says is that in the past b.l.m. regulations ha