sharyl, with the fun for investigative journalism. jeffrey, of the news make washington bureau chief. maryland, sr. business editor with national public radio. on the other side of the podium and still a keen, with bloomberg news and share offer speakers' committee. moving over the speaker for a moment, laurie, organizer of today's luncheon, and then a managing director of a staten communications, congratulations. valerie jackson, editor with platts. ira allen, public affairs specialist with the fogarty international center and the national institutes of health. skip, he is independent writer and author of letters from washington, a column and international magazine. iraq, washington bureau chief, one for former presidents here with purse newspapers and we're glad to have a creek here as well and finally editor and publisher with american journalism review. and i can give your applause, thank you. [applause] it may come as a surprise to some of you here today as you have watched our speakers lunges of the years that we do not tend to i

to journalism. "the wire" and "homicide" and "generation kill" "generation kill" is based on journalism so it's a little different. it was drama. journalism shouldn't get its nose out of joint by trying to compete with -- when you can make it up you can shape the story and make it as graceful as you want the art to be. and you get to make choices. and you don't get to do that in journalism, nor should you. so i wouldn't compare the two. it's a different skill set. when i left journalism, the first thing i had to do, i walked into this wright room on "homicide" and everybody was a playwright. they'd all come out of the yale drama school and had a lot of success on the stage. and they said, "oh, read chekov" read all these guys -- at best i'd read one or two chekov place. pirendelli i don't even think i had the cliff notes. but they basically said you're in another rem now. you're doing something different -- another realm now. the best thing i can say about "the wire" the impulse behind doing that show wa

times because they covered the city. journalism has its own fall statistic, the editorial side, and that false statistic is the pulitzers. you want to fix journalism on the editorial side, if the pulitzer prize committee started saying, you know what, we are going to get out five pulitzers for beat reporting every year but you have to cover the beaver three, four or five years. that is right. when you have lashley covered it long enough to have an impact in terms of your all over what ever agency or issue, you have been a medical reporter for five years now senator stafford pulitzer. the level of sophistication in newsrooms would have gone up not down and wouldn't be about juking some project of making a sound like you really hit a home run when you basically have a single over the second baseman eric instead you'd actually be increasing pavers capacity for doing great journalism. but you know, the gamesmanship of our award centric profession is such that that is not going to happen. >> altos like to know that i have never won one

the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: madam speaker, pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise seek recognition? mr. wilson: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from colorado, congressman perlmutter. mr. perlmutter: 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 r

the journalism started to get worthwhile. i believe if you tell a story that people do not know -- if you come to a campfire with the best story, people will call you and listen. trying to anticipate what readers want, that is what got us into this mess. >> now i know what our president of usa today was kind enough to let me host. i want to ask you about the creative process. that is a good jumping off point as to what you have been doing of the last few years. do you take a different approach for creating content for your television audience? >> know i am just as indifferent to them as i have always been. it is a different model. i do not say, " the wire" is comparable to journalism. it is a little different. it was trauma. journalism should not get its nose up a joint by trying to compete with -- when you can make it up, you can shift the story and make it as graceful as you want it to be. you get to make choices. he denied it to do that in journalism nor should you. -- you do not get to do that in journalism nor should you.

we have never tried to be "the wall street journal." we provide is about the economy from a local standpoint and also about washington d.c. >> we have time for about one or two more. >> since we are on the topic of economic development, i wanted to ask you about a business model. is it possible that with .com's you are aware of a posting site that budding journalists who are developing their own sense of resources started becoming a hub for washington area news for young urban journalism standpoint? it does not currently exist, would you consider being at home posting site? the reason that i ask is because there is so much activity going on online that the market share seems to be really difficult to get into for people who really have quite a bit to say. the problem is where to go to find them. if there was some place that was safe and was almost stoic that had the capability of harnessing all of it, and gives them credibility but it also gives you a sense of control. >> i am not sure i completely understand your question, but let me ta

executive director with the fund for investigative journalism. the newsweek washington bureau chief. senior business editor with national public radio. on the other side of the podium, bloomberg news. organizer of today's luncheon, and the new managing director of stanton communications. valerie jackson, associate editor. public affairs specialist. independent writer and author of "letters from washington." washington bureau chief, one of our former presidents with hearst newspapers. finally, editor and publisher with american journalism review. now you can give your applause. thank you. [applause] it may come as a surprise to some of you here today. we do not tend to invite members of the press to speak at the podium. it would get way out of control. we do have a special cause to do that today because our speaker is a special individual. we think that journalists the cover the news and we try not to put them in the spotlight. as i said, today's guest is an exception. david simon honed his skills reporting on the streets of one of the most dangero

the journal stands approved. ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from illinois, congresswoman halvorson. members in the gallery are encouraged to accompany the congresswoman. mrs. halvorson: 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 five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise? mrs. halvorson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. halvorson: mr. speaker, i rise today to express the u

it the journal stands approved. -- have it. the journal stands approved. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? mr. polis: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 578, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2996, making appropriations for the department of the interior, environment and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered precipitationed. -- printed. please clear the well. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. skelton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on the previous bill and also to file extraneous material thereof. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered

according to the june 5 wauplt journal -- quote -- "the latest self--appointed car czar, barney frank, who intersraoed this week to save a g.m. distribution center in massachusetts. the warehouse, which employs 90 people, was slated for closing by the end of the year under g.m.'s restructuring plan. but there was a new lease on life for the facility. unquote. the congressman's woke spann said that the congressman was -- quote -- "doing what any other congressman would do. precisely the reason for these cars are awards. as the journal put it -- quote -- "that's the problem with industrial policy and governmental control of american

be put on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. >> i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from hawaii, representative hirono. ms. hirono: 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: the chair will entertain up to five requests of one-minutes on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: madam speaker, i request permission to address the house and -- for one minute. the speaker: without objection. mr. kucinich: millions of americans have been and are under the threat of wild weather changes, scorching heat, extra

and what his forces while the leading medical journals require you to say who paid for the study and what relationship you had to the people, the regulatory agencies don't have that same requirement, so a chemical company can pay for a study in haven't hidden as to pays for it, they can publish it in the journal and then they can send it to epa or the safety and health administration without ever having to embellish or pay for it. >> let's go back here and then we will come up here. >> melissa goldstein. i suspect that many of these scientists perhaps most going to industry thinking that they are going to do the good fight from the inside to try to work from within. i am wondering what you think about how we can parse that could work out. i think even the one of the studies you should came up with it validated response, the chromium industry but it got squashed by the industry so i'm wondering how we confine that could work in validated? >> evin moreso most scientists-- what happens is when an industry is facing a crisis and they see it c

johnson once said in the hands of as absentee journalism that he did not think he was quote, imposing on the world coming end of quote. six days before he died, however, he changed his mind. and on his deathbed apologize for this kind of reporting, root his duplicity. he went to his grave having been responsible for what was and i quote here from the book, the longest series of falsehoods ever assembled under the banner of fact in the history of reporting. a couple of decades later the americans samuel adams wrote a shorter but more insidious series of falsehoods and the boston gazette. his purpose was two inside his fellow americans to separate themselves from british rule, legislative be impossible if not and then a militarily. so among other things johnson wrote about violence, perpetrated by british soldiers are stationed in boston against american citizens. he wrote about and just as important inspired other publications to write about severely punitive laws that parliament was intending to inflict on americans. lies -- all of it lies. it is a subject about which i wrote at lengt

and while the leading journals require you to say who paid for the study and the relationship, the regulatory agencies do not have the same requirements the chemicals study -- company can pay for a steady rhythm and said it to the apa to ecb without ever having to our knowledge you paid for it. >> . >> i am from gw. i suspect that many scientists, perhaps most come ago interindustry think angrier going to do the good fight from the inside but i am wondering what you think about how we can parse that could work out? i think even the study's that you showed came up with david validated response to the chromium industry but it was squashed. how can we find the good work and validate it? right will cite is the work for industry are honest but what happens when industry faces a crisis they see a chemical of some importance has been implemented, they do not use their own side is they're often go outside and find some consultants who are very sleazy and know how to work the regulatory system. the most important thing is essentially i recall

or whatever. 1953, the journal arctic volume 6 pages 35-43 by l. irving the names of birds by the nunamiut eskimo robin equals koyapigaktonuk. nobody bothered to check. .. >> and you will find out that we don't agree. everything. we agree on some things. he is the associate professor of climatology at the university of delaware also the style of art -- estate dollar climatologist from 2002 through the president and his governor joined him on speaking out against climate change they have state climatology's so i am sure he will have nothing to say for pro governor kaine asked me to do the same which is what i will be full time at the cato institute speak being freely starting july 1st. is also the director of the world's most unique micro and meteorological networks the delaware observing system in which people learn a tremendous amount of fine scale distribution of climate within a small city and a large city and farm to farm this is the high-tech stuff. he holds the be a and ph.d. really love their to go to the university of oklahoma for nine and a

for television stations to a certain extent is not the journalism. it is funding the business model that can support these very expensive enterprises. we have to have accurate information in a democracy. accura information gathered by independent source is as critical to a democracy as the right to vote. and, i can't myself imagine today when we don't have newspapers in this country, but it is not the newspaper supplied. it is, will there be some independent source of news that people can read and compare to the government's version of the fence and then make their decision as a citizen on what they want their government to do. that is the problem. >> hi mr. schieffer. i am mitch from crofton high school. i am that history and government teacher there and it is apparent to me as a history teacher that the media has a big influence in shaping the legacy of a president. my question to you in light of the recent election of our first african-american president is, do you see the legacy of lyndon baines johnson and his involvement in the civil-rights move

in an analysis we published in the new england journal in 1999, a decade ago, prior to the report that has been referenced many times, we showed that in medicare, blacks received this surgery 15% less often than bites with the same diagnosis. we showed that this was not due to greater morbidity amongst blacks or differences in socioeconomic status, we showed that we believed the achievement gap was the explanation for their survival lot comes. the study is memorable for me, one of the first major analyses published in the medicare database which is a cornerstone of cancer care and one of the few studies that demonstrates that treatment gaps were important in terms of disease outcomes. prior to that, treatment gaps were illustrated without a link to outcomes. we were unable to determine why treatment rates were lower for blacks. our study was not designed with that question in mind. and data was insufficient to address the granular patient little question. we had used national data covering many areas and tens of thousands of patients, we had little individual level information. other d

the times is way cooler than the journal, by the way. [laughter] the atmosphere in this room is a little like the times washington bureau. about nine times more enthusiasm. i'm actually not used to this level of enthusiasm except for back in the day when i was a student at syracuse university. i wasn't really a student at syracuse. i was a student at florida state. you guys have the whistle. so i thought i would shout out florida state. i'm going to talk a little about washington. you've come here to our capital at a unique moment when we're actually like the business center of the universe. i used to cover business -- i try to cover culture wherever it's going. in the 1990's i covered silicon valley when that was the business center of america and maybe the world. i used to hang around places where all the c.e.o.'s have these supersoaker water guns. where the socially progressive places where people had saabs and audis and socially acceptable to have a luxury car as long as it came from a country that was hostile to u.s. foreign policy.

fortunately, not all of the misdeeds in the his tore of journalism had consequences like that, were that meanly intended. take the case of theodore drieser who early in his career was a newspaper reporter and then a theater critic for a newspaper in st. louis. on one occasion, drieser was assigned to review three plays that were opening on the same night. to make things worse, he also had another assignment that night, which was several miles out of town, away from the theaters smtheaters. he had absolutely no idea what he was going to do. he was afraid. he didn't have the best reputation with the paper. he was thought to be a little lazy because he didn't like the notion of being a theater critic, so he was afraid to complain. he decided he had to come up with a plan and his plan was to do this. he reviewed the three plays before he saw them. he operated the way jason blair did. he got newspapers from cities in which the plays had already been we are formed and on -- performed and on the basis of those reviews, he wrote three reviews of his oh but he didn't intend to be dishonest becaus

and i had an editor-in-chief at "the journal," bob bartley, who instantly recognized the importance and -- of this event that was taking place, this sweep of false accusations of child sex abuse. and he recognized that there was a larger issue here called prosecutorial zealots -- that is, runaway prosecutors who, quite simply, in many cases don't care. they don't really care if you're guilty or you're not guilty and who'll never give up the conviction. and all of that -- runaway prosecutorial zealots combined with the pathos of the cases of american citizens, most of them -- almost all of them -- middle-class, lower middle-class people who got up and saluted the flag and were genuinely kind of believers in our society and believed in law and believed that if you are falsely accused of something, our system of justice is there for you and you will be rescued. someone will come forward. in every case i wrote about, these citizens said, it's a mistake. someone will come forward. and they believed it to the end. c-span: before we start on any of the cases, maybe 15 seconds on each one. i me

[inaudible] >> no, we did not mention the journal. >> the senate press is talking to us, and we haveo say, it is extraordinary, because it is an everyday that the publisher, the ceo of an academic press will jump on a book like this, and say okay, let's roll with this and let's get it done. that is not everyday that that happens so we send out really take us to a young man who came out of the university of nebraska, university of nebraska press to really jump on the idea. never got off of it, give us an opportunity to do a lot of things and then start of stood back and watch. that is fantastic, so it was like somebody came in and said, after in this idea on its head. this is how would have to look. first of all we would not have gone for it, but secondly, it was never anything like this for archille thank the university of buffalo for example that gave us an opportunity for our own offices with uncrowned queens.com. we could not get done that without them so it is an extraordinarily coming together, so there are a number of different things that will do, but barbara is right, one of

live coverage when the house returns here on c-span. on thursday, "washington journal" talks to the original head of the homeland security department. former pennsylvania governor tom ridge. live coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> july fourth weekend on book tv, discover an unfamiliar side of our nation's first president as we're live from george washington's mount vernon estate. on george washington. join our three-hour conversation, sunday, july 5, live on in depth d on c-span's book tv. >> now to the white house where earlier today president obama held his fourth news conference since taking office. he makes remarks about the protests in iran before taking questions from reporters. it's just under an hour. >> hello, everybody. good afternoon, everybody. today i want to start by addressing three issues and then i'll take your questions. first i'd like to say a few words about the situation in iran. the united states and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the beatings and imprisonments of the last few days. i stro

s "the wire" talks about the future of journalism. later remarks from national intelligence director dennis blare. >> now journalist and author david simon, a former baltimore sun reporter, talk, about the challenges facing journalism in the age of media consolidation and declining newspaper circulation. mr. simon is also known for his work writing and producing tv draw mass such as h.b.o.'s "the wire" and "generation kill" and nbc's "homicide life on the streets." from the national press club, this is about 55 minutes. >> good afternoon. welcome. my name is mark hamerik of ap broadcast. i'm a membership secretary at the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists and we are committed to the future of journalism by providing journalism programming and education and fostering free press around the globe. for more information please visit the web site at www.nationalpress.org. i'd like to welcome our speaker and those in the audience today and those who are watching live on c-span. we also pr

journal" continues. host: bruce stokes, columnist and journalists for " the national journal -- for "the national journal." he has an article about europeans and the efforts of economic recovery. the headline says, europe must jointly tax and spend. for americans, why is this important? guest: in a global economy you need partners to can act as effectively as you hope you can act. and the europeans have a common trade policy and have since 1957. they have a common monetary policy for most of the countries. common currencies since the early 1990's. what they lack is a common fiscal policy and it has been highlighted in the price is where there have been times where it was needed for europe to spend money jointly, but they couldn't because of that power still is in the various nations states in europe. is it the political will -- host: is there a point well? guest: that is the big problem. it calls into question the european experiment. they would like to be an equal partner with the united states in dealing with nature will park -- problems. but this crisis suggested that unless you can get the europeans

pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, congressman olson. mr. olson: i ask members in the fwalry to join me in pledging allegiance to the united states of america. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, plumb. -- plumb -- plug -- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, the democratic leadership continues to push forward with their national energy tax. despite the financial pain this would place on american families, despite the fact that this cap and trade scheme would have little or no impact on the global environment, despite the fact that we can

pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the speaker pro tempore: the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from massachusetts, congresswoman tsongas. ms. tsongas: 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. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? the speaker: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from california is recognized for one minute. the speaker: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to pay tribute to leader for working men and women, a distinguished diplomat and a great american, john henning, known to us as jack, who passed away on june 4, 2009. jack henning will be long remembered for his distinguished career on the front lines of the labor movement fighting passionately for justice, equality, human rights and jobs in california and across a

of the very beginning 2001, the "journal" of american medical association looked at the data and said look for it is pretty clear that patient was taking less has more than twice the risk of heart attacks as the one that is taking alleve. powerful findings. merck scientist paid by merck for that major medical centers replied, no. look at the studies to different ways either vioxx cars as a heart attack but we believe alleve is preventing heart attacks. we do not have a drug that prevents a 60% but we would put it in the water supply. [laughter] they say the defense is corteo protected and eventually the real truth came out with a placebo was done three years later hundreds of thousands of people, and millions of people took vioxx in the meantime. it was withdrawn from the market september 2004 but by then 20 million people had taken the drug and somewhere between 88,000 and 144,000 part attacks occurred because of this. this is a public health disaster. we see the same campaign and approach by the tobacco scientist much more widely. there is a famous memo from a political consultant w

we're joined by shane harris, the national journal intelligence correspondent. e has a feature length article called "the survivor of," about the cia and relations with congress. your article starts out with profane language from the former senator jake in his encounter with the head of the cia back in 1984. what was he upset about? guest: he was a member of the senate intelligence committee and upset at what he felt was the unfair grilling that other members of his committee were given to the cia chief over the agency having planted mines and several harbors in nicaragua. the context going back was the reagan administration's broader policies in central america and dad reading the various countries there of communist forces. the members of the committee were shocked to find at the cia had put these mines in the harbors. bill casey so they should not have been surprised because he had mentioned it in a briefing months earlier. it is reminiscent of her current interrogation techniques. essentially, the chief of the cia failed to make mention of of the mining testi

i have a close association with the journalism department attcu where i went to school. -- at tcu. it is the most meaningful thing anyone has ever done is when they named the journalism school there after me. i get down to texas at least once or twice a semester to work with those kids. i go down to four with probably six times per year. i will not begin inot -- i willo back their full-time when i retire. but i have a lot of friends there. i still call for worth home. washington is where i live. caller: good morning, i would like to ask mr. bob schieffer what he and others of the journalistic community can do to help establish a better quality of discourse on these sunday morning programs where one can get away from the shallow cliches and argument for the sake of argument. a conservative commentator having the same stale, generic commentator as a liberal, democratic commentator. secondly, how can we get more voices of authority, actual experts to have comments on the issue at hand instead of the same pundit commenting on this wide swath of issues no one can really fully grasp. gues

host: corey boles covers congress for dow jones newswires and appears in "the wall street journal." we are here to talk about the past for -- cash for clunkers provision. what will this mean for the auto industry? guest: i think lawmakers hope it means another boost to flagging sales. we all know the story of the troubled u.s. auto industry. what this will do is essentially provide a cash incentive to people to trade in older, heavier polluting vehicles and buy new cars off the lot and hopefully get rid of some of this huge backlog. >> you had a good graphic that accompanied an article he did last week with your colleague at "the wall street journal" about what the provisions would do. we will live look at it here. the requirements -- 18 miles a gallon or less, built in 1994 -- for a new car it has to be at least 22 mpg and in $4,500 subsidy and the last -- guest: if it is least 4 miles, 3500, and at least 10 miles improvement, $4,500. host: have they done these projections on not just in terms of what this will mean for the auto industry but what about the environment? pollution sta

report the news in just the news. journalism plays into politics. it is very important in politics. jeppesen became alienated from john adams. he was vice president in the early adams the administration and the left and he went home because their politics had grown apart. and, they came apart politically. they came apart politically early on when they were in europe but they both tolerated one another. but, during the adamses-- during john adams's the administration what happens was france was a very great threat and the french revolution had happened, and the americans, americans were sympathetic with the french revolution. and jefferson was particularly sympathetic with the french revolution because he thought it was going to be another american revolution, that was happening over there was the same thing that was happening over here and it took a very long time for them to discover that heads were flying, that has were being chopped off and there was a reign of terror in france and the revolution was different from our evolution. it was in fact a civil war. but jefferson was most

pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, congressman poe. mr. poe: please join me in the pledge. 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 requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. kirkpatrick: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 2967, a bill i introduced to save 324 jobs in my district and save american taxpayers billions of of dollars. craft paper companies have abused a loophole in the alternative fuels mixture tax credit to claim billions of dollars in subsidies with no benefit to the taxpayer. their gimmicks have not encouraged alternative fuel use. they are actually costing us jobs by recycling pipper mills which should

we're in good hands in the journalism world. >> thanks, chad. my pleasure and honor to introduce the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. thanks to all of you, thank you. please, everybody have a seat. before i get started, as the father of two girls, can i just say how incredibly impressive those three young ladies were. [applause] that would be proud. -- dad would be proud. to heather and all the others that made this evening possible, thinking some much. it is wonderful to be here. i want to express my appreciation for the opportunity to tell jokes that were not funny enough when we did this five weeks ago. [applause] -- [laughter] what ever. the jokes may not be as good, but neither is the guest list. [laughter] [applause] i am just joking. for me, there is no contest. why bother hanging out when celebrities -- with celebrities when i can spend time with people that made me one. i know where my bread is buttered. plus, we have our own lumin

according to the june 5 wauplt journal -- quote -- "the latest self--appointed car czar, barney frank, who intersraoed this week to save a g.m. distribution center in massachusetts. the warehouse, which employs 90 people, was slated for closing by the end of the year under g.m.'s restructuring plan. but there was a new lease on life for the facility. unquote. the congressman's woke spann said that the congressman was -- quote -- "doing what any other congressman would do. precisely the reason for these cars are awards. as the journal put it -- quote -- "that's the problem with industrial policy and governmental control of american business in washington every member of congress now thinks he's a czar who can call old fritz and tell him how to make cars." unquote. i will continue to confer car czar awards until congress and the president enact my auto stop for every taxpayer legislation, which would distribute the government stock in general motors and chrysler to the 120 million americans who pay taxes on april 15. that's the fastest way to get ownership of the auto companies out of t

pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from north carolina, congresswoman foxx. ms. foxx: please join me in the pledge to our wonderful flag. 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 requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: permission to speak to the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: proceed, without objection. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. the health care debate has begun in washington and across the country. unfortunately the plan democrats has in store for the american people will do little to improve our health care situation. in fact, it will make the problem worse. when democrats talk about health care reform, what they really mean is a government takeover of health care with few details

we're in good hands in the journalism world. >> thanks, chad. it is my pleasure and honor to introduce the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. thanks to all of you, thank you. please, everybody have a seat. before i get started, as the father of two girls, can i just say how incredibly impressive those three young ladies were. [applause] that would be proud. -- dad would be proud. to heather and all the others that made this evening possible, thinking some much. it is wonderful to be here. i want to express my i want to express my appreciation for the opportuni

pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. mr. poe: please join me in the pledge. 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: without objection, the gentlewoman from florida, congresswoman ros-lehtinen, is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to commend my good friend, rabbi solomon schiff, for the uplifting prayer that he delivered for all of us today as well as for his tireless effort to strengthen our religious communities in my home district of south florida. rabbi schiff serves as a director of chaplaincy emeritus. in this role rabbi schiff offers educational support and comfort to those in the jewish communities in the united states, in israel and indeed throughout theorld. i have long been aware of rabbi schiff's commitment and contributions to academia, to

pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, congressman poe. mr. poe: please join me in the pledge. 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 five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> permission to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to protest the cut to the program known as . reimburses states and localities for the arrest, incarceration, and transportation of undocumented immigrants who commit crimes in our communities. when state and local governments are forced to step in and do the federal government's job, it is only fair they be be reimbursed. last year the arizona department of corrections received $12.8 million from the federal governm

pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from alabama, congressman griffith. mr. griffith: 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 requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: it's good our administration is reaching out to the muslim world. it's bad to spend another $100 billion to keep wars going which will kill innocent muslims in iraq, afghanistan and pakistan. it's good we try to create an incentive for people to buy efficient cars. it's bad the car vouchers will not be expressly for the purpose -- and purchase for cars made in america. it's even worse that we tie such an incentive to a war-funding bill. ca

we tend to think that we live in the age of dirty politics. and bad journalism. it was nothing like that age or, if anything, it is not worse now than it was then. politics was played in this country from the beginning and journalism was dirty from the beginning. journalists, for instance, could make up their stories, which provoked abigail enormously. she would be very angry because she would read in the newspaper that she had attended a con certificate the night before. well, she hadn't been there, or john had, george washington had. they made stories up in the newspapers and we know journalists don't do that today, right 70 report the news and just the news. so that was one thing and journalism plays into politics, it's very important in politics. jefferson became alienated from john adams. he was vice-president in the early adams administration, and he left and he went home, because their politics had grown apart. and they -- they came apart politically. they came apart politically, early on when they were in europe, but they both tolerated one another. but du

many in the society of journalism who feel like the tables should be small enough for company only, are feeling as if the rules of the game are changing. host: some of that bank was on display at the news conference after the president's news conference. >> i have a procedural question about yesterday. what led to your decision to ask the president a question, what kind of a message do you think that sends to the american people about the kind of free flow and you're questioning at a presidential news conference? >> it did nothing more than two _ that free flow. -- underscore that free flow. you and virtually every one of your outlets has done the same thing. in this country, we enjoy the freedom of the press. in iran, your colleagues have been dismissed. they have been kicked out. some of them have been rounded up. there are journalists that can speak for the iranian people, but the president was -- take a question from an iranian. >> could you accomplish that without you guys putting someone through here? >> the answer to that would have been no. them is this going to become a regular

journalism is a part of the free press. it is the free press is not journalism. the free press means he would have the right to stand up and say, i am from mars, and you may be from fort worth. but, journalism is getting to the truth and that is what reporters and that is what journalism is all about. politicians deliver a message. reporters are supposed to try to find the truth and get as close to that as they possibly can. and that also is the greatest defense against an allegation of bias. if you have got the story right, there's not much that anybody on either side can say about it. >> hello, welcome to close-up of the newseum. >> hi, i am from ocean springs mississippi. i was wondering what is your view on convergence and how has it affected you as a reporter? >> by convergence, you have one organization that does it all. down at tcu where i went to journalism school and where i graduated we were totally overhauling our journalism department where you know longer will follow a newspaper track or a broadcast journalism track. everybody, and we are going to ope

sacrifice her life for the lives of the others and i remember when maria sat down and picked up the journal she used to write i hate erin gruwell and if i wasn't on probation i would probably shake her and perfectly crafted the letter about promise, letter about possibility and the letter about hope so the day before this tiny little woman walked into our lives we thought what are we going to do with this literary icon. a woman who was 87-years-old flying from amsterdam to meet 150 gangsters, what are we going to do with her, where are we going to put her, how can we celebrate this transformation, this metamorphosis? and it was maria's idea to decorate and to make up signs. she got all her gangster buddies to make science and we decorated this room and i wish it was as beautiful as they pass college and but it wasn't. at that moment i realize everyone of those banks terse became picasso and at the very end maria offered her mother's mean sweet potato pie and tamales. at the morning this simple secretary came into our lives that hid anne frank in the distance i saw maria, this little girl th

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pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california, mr. herger. mr. herger: members and guests, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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 requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: we're destroying our nation's integrity with the war supplemental. instead of ending wars in iraq, afghanistan and pakistan now by appropriating only enough money to bring our troops home, congress abdicates its constitutional authority, defers to the president and asks for a report, that's right, all we're asking for is a report on when the president will end the war. there's money, too, for the i.m.f., presumably to

pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, congressman johnson. mr. johnson: will you join me in the pledge? 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 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle? for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: good morning, mr. speaker. i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, no capability of attacking the united states, had no role in 9/11. each and every statement made by the previous administration in support of going to war turned out to be false. yet here we are, a new administration and the same old war. an expansion of the war in afghanistan. we