kent, a judge of the united states district court for the southern district of texas, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article i. incident to his position as united states district court judge, samuel b. kent has engaged in conduct with respect to employees associated with the court that is incompatible with the trust and confidence placed in him as a judge as follows: one, judge kent is a united states district judge in the southern district of texas. from 1990 to 2008, he was assigned to the galveston division of the southern district, and his chambers and courtroom were located in the united states post office and courthouse in galveston, texas. two, cathy mcbroom was an employee of the office of the clerk of court for the southern district of texas and served as a deputy clerk in the galveston division assigned to judge kent's courtroom. three, on one or more occasions between 2003 and 2007, judge kent sexually assaulted cathy mcbroom, by touching her private areas directly and through her clothing against her will and by

we have not addressed with the united states has done with the shah because it was conducive to the united states. some people in the united states, we say that the muslims are terrorists. is in one man's terrorist another man's freedom fighter? when you allow israel to be able to do whatever they choose to do and to allow the palestinians not to have their own sovereignty, if it was reversed the other way, we would be, it is terrible. i feel that the united states should come clean and say that the arabs have basically been a tribal people. they have had battles with the jews since the beginning of time. they will continue to have battles. why don't we be honest and say that the only reason we're there is because of fuel? the united states, if it does not need any fuel any more, we will see the truth of it. it is a shame. we should mind our business. when we say we really care about human rights, why do we trade with china? why do we go to saudi arabia? it is a shame what we do to the muslims. host: let me jump in on two points. did the president not address that issue of nuclear weapons

i came to respect the government for its professional prosecutions, the way the assistant united states attorney handled their cases, until the beginning of this new century. up to that time whether the united states attorney was a republican or a democrat, whether the evidence was strong or weak, and if it fell into the latter category, it didn't get to the jury. the united states attorney almost allways had at least some evidence to support the charges in the indictment. the case that i'm here to talk about this morning, united states versus philip kelly "bobo" don eugene siegelman and paul michael henry, is a glaring exception to the general rule. that case was handed down by a grand jury in may of 2004. by which time a fairly new united states attorney was in her third year. the case just didn't, just didn't spring up. like a phoenix rising from the ashes, it had an earlier existence. two years earlier, the united states attorney had prosecuted and convicted tuscaloosa dr. philip vogel, medicaid fraud. he was a friend of governor siegelman, who, in the same year, 2002, had been narr

over 400,000 of them in the united states. never was it thought that they had all of the rights under the constitution. but this question has basically been treated by federal courts in the past with this perspective. the connection you have to the united states is what determines your coverage under the constitution. that's why someone coming over the border illegally doesn't have the right to all of the constitutional protections because the only connection to the united states is trying to get in illegally. here we have people sitting at guantanamo whose only connection to the united states is that we have reason to believe that they wanted to kill americans. anywhere in the world. and so now what we are saying is , if we take them from guantanamo and put them in the united states, they have a connection to the united states. they were brought here involuntarily and the legal arguments that for years have presented a barrier from them obtaining all constitutional rights, that barrier is pulled down. so while this bill has la

the former secretary of state, a caribbean american. certainly the honorable cheryly chiss am who ran as an african-american woman for president of the united states of america. bold, unashamed of their roots and history, ready to make a difference, that is the character of caribbean americans and those who live in the caribbean. let me also thank john conyers who i worked with as we visited haiti and went to see many of those who have been incarcerated because of the, if you will, the inconsistency of leadership in haiti. we are delighted to see the president leading out but we visited many who were political prisoners and worked with the then bush administration to try to secure their freedom. i went to -- i want to continue to express my appreciation to chairman conyers for the work that he has continuously done working in haiti when we traveled there together. so there are many aspects of the caribbean that we can celebrate. i'm here to celebrate the great connection that i've had the privilege of having and i'm delighted to be joined on the floor of the house by congresswoman christensen as well as congresswoman clarke and congresswoma

but again, that is something that will have to move forward not based on what the united states says, but rather a dialogue between the european union members and turkey. in all of this, i think europe and france has a critical role to play just as the united states does in sending a message muslims around the world that we welcome and want their participation in the world community that is peaceful, prosperous, that is economically-integrated, that is developing on behalf of all people and not just some people. and in both france and the united states, we have enormous muslim populations. as i said in a cairo speech, there is no contradiction between america and islam because we have muslim americans who actually have higher education and income averages than is the average in the united states. that is a testament to the degree to which they have been able to succeed and remain true to their religion, and be full- fledged patriotic americans. that kind of approach i think is the one we want as opposed to an approach that increases tensions, both within our borders and outside our bo

but to compare the state of democracy in the arab world to the state of democracy in the united states is a major misleading or overreaching effort. initially, the focus of al jazeera in the united states was washington, what happens politically in washington. we gradually started to widen the circle and cover things in other parts of the united states. we cover not just the political stuff. we try to cover social, cultural, religious topics,

they have collided with the united states. one, there was massive uprising in tehran and iran which led the shah to leave the country and go to rome. he was scared and basically took off and left. it was a possible uprising. u.s.'s concern was at the time of the doctrine -- around the iron curtain. the green belt they used to call it at some point, to basically any advances the soviet union might want to make into iran. iran is an extremely important geo political nation. that is something at the time the u.s. was interested in protecting and preserving. the interests collided with one another. there was a british cia-hatched coup that was hatched that brought back the shah. host: in a speech made yesterday, he talk abouts brittain. since the revolution, it might be the source for the leader when the government faces its greatest crisis in 30 years. why don't we hear more about this relationship between iran and great britain? guest: i'm going to say for those listening that were born in that culture. there has been a historic

i'll tell you one thing, it's very easy to work with the united states president. >> mr. ozy speaks quite quickly so we can even get more done. [laughter] >> i speak fast, but you understand fast. >> we'll take one last question. we've got a mike? >> president obama, the ban on head scarves and veils for young girls in french schools and president sarkozy's position on the entry into the union is it going to hinder what you said in islam two days ago? >> i think this is a process >> i think this is a process and what i tried to do in cairo was to open up a conversation, both in muslim communities but also in non-muslim communities, both in the middle east but also here in the west and as i said in my speech, the freedom is critical, both here and in the united states. and we should not have two standards of freedom of religious expression, one for muslims and one for non-muslims. that doesn't mean that each country isn't going to be working through these issues with its own history and own sensitivities in mind, and i don't take responsibility for how other countries are g

the mustin fordham action that the united states is taking right now is the action against violent extremists, al qaeda's and the groups like that. it involves hard work by the central intelligence agency, by military units and these actions so far have been successful in putting al qaeda back on its heels. their strength has been whittled down. they have been put on the defensive, and that has been the result of a great deal of hard work supported by a good intelligence. there is also the aspect of the campaign against, by countering radicalism as an ideology. you heard the president's speech last week, an important step in that event and again it is important to inform that with intelligence so that it can be done in a smart way. as frs regional actions are going on, we are supporting field units and continue to support field units in iraq as our presence there is being drawn down and shifting our emphasis to afghanistan and pakistan where the effort is ramping up now. last week, during my trip, i was checking on intelligence support both for military and the civil units we have there. we s

the two existing negotiating states, the u.s. and russia, would be at the table, but other nuclear weapons states as well. in that multilateral framework, we would seek an agreement that would, in which the united states and russia would continue their own reduction efforts down to 500 nuclear-weapons, as long as the other nuclear states agreed first to freeze their stockpiles, so there would no longer be a buildup on the part of other nuclear states. that freeze would then be followed by proportional reductions in their nuclear arsenals, which would be completed by 2020 one. that would be an aspect of the second phase. the other aspect of the second phase would be to strengthen the existing regime for nuclear fuel cycle safeguards. you can see the steps we propose on page 8. i think they speak for themselves. what we need to create is an international system for supervision and management of nuclear fuel cycle issues, especially focused on enrichment and reprocessing facilities. this will take us to the third phase, beginning in 2019, begin the process of actually trying to go to zero. we would propose doing this in two steps. we dwould like to achieve an agreement, all countries would reduce

kent, a judge of the united states district court for the southern district of texas in maintenance andpport of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article 1, incident to his position as united states district court judge, samuel b. kent has engaged in conduct with respect to employees associated with the court that is incompatible with the trust and confidence placed in him as a judge as follows: number one, judge kent is the u.s. district court judge in the southern district of texas from 1990 to 2008, he was assigned to the galveston division of the southern court and his quarters was in the united states post office and courthouse in galveston, texas. number two, cathy mcbroom was an employee in the office of the clerk of the court for the southern district of texas and served as a deputy clerk in the galveston division assigned to judge kent's courtroom. number three, on one or more occasions with -- 2003 and 2007 judge kent assaulted miss mcbroom and caused her to engage in a sexual act with him. whereby samuel b. kent is guilty of high crimes and misdeme

the united states to find seven men to save her town in northern mexico from bandits. she is under the influence of you'll brunner's the magnificent seven and she and her gay friend traveled around the united states trying to locate the seven men who will fight the bandits. so that is a really adorable book. and then there is -- and there are some immigration books from britain. i think many of you know that putin is changing since it entered the common market and has become a center for immigration allover from eastern europe as well as south asia and two books that represent one it is the road home, she is a british writer who really should be better known in the united states in this takes place in london everyman who is from the former soviet union trying to eke out a living having been in a bleak time in western europe. and then the second book also displays in the kitchen and that is called, in the kitchen. so i think this one, of course, is in paper, the road home, and the new monica ali is in hardback which probably makes a difference to people. finally it monic

nadler's amendment which the united states should working with all former states of the soviet union to come to an agreement whereby each former state of the soviet union would pay the tens of thousands of beneficiaries who have emigrated to the united states the pensions for which they are eligible and entitled. over the past several decades, many of the tens of thousands of immigrants who had come to the u.s. from these former soviet union states had earlier earned pensions working in their former home countries. however, most often they have been unable to collect what is owed to them. i support congressman nadler's amendment to work with the government of the former soviet states, to come to agreements whereby these states would pay the pensions to those entitled beneficiaries who have emigrated to the united states. it's the right thing to do. further, mr. chairman, it would likely result in a lighter burden for u.s. taxpayers and the programs that their taxes fund to aid the elderly. thank you, mr. chairman, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yie

we simply cannot tolerate in the united states of america at least as much as 70 miles inside the united states, and i'll be going down next week to look at these locations north of tucson on the road to phoenix. this is the united states of america. our sovereign territory. and playing cat and mouse with people there with semi-automatic weapons, supplies, smuggling drugs in the united states should stop. our congress should join together in our voice and with this amendment ask them to do so to stop that activity and defend our soil and put an end to and actually would be a very big help to dramatically reduce the amount of illegal drugs smuggling in the united states. thank you, madam chair. i yield back and urge its adoption. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not -- mr. king: madam chair, i'd ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa wil

states has not ratified, to bind the united states. if that's not an erosion of u.s. sovereignty, i don't know what it is. and advocating that judges who take an oath to uphold the constitution and laws of the united states should instead look to international treaties as a source of that law, to me, is a radical and very fundamental shift in what i think most people would expect from our judges. he said that federal judges should use their power to vertically enforce or dough mess indicate american law with -- domesticate international law. do we want the top advisor at the state department supporting the idea that international bodies and unelected federal officials -- not the u.s. congress -- should be the ultimate law-making authority for the american people? i don't think so. now, this has manifested itself in a number of ways. for example, in a interview that dean koh gave on may 10 of -- for the "news hour" he said that he was asked about, for example, some of the interrogations that took place in places like guantanamo. and he b

but we speak of all the crises of the united states that are serious but the fact remains the united states economy is larger than the next four economies combined, japan, china united kingdom and germany and combine all of them they're not quite as large as the american economy. we speak of the industrialization of the united states and that has happened america industrial put out 2. 8 trillion per year which means the american industrial output is only larger than the combined output of china and japan and it is utterly vital to understand the scale of the american economy. to begin to measure american power. is extremely important to understand that i will not call it orders of magnitude greater but the power of the united continent native to atlantic and pacific is extraordinarily more powerful than those of other countries and add to the fact never before in human history has a single power controlled all of the sea lanes in the world. the united states navy may not be everywhere, but it can be anywhere. and no other naval force no matter how combined if these are all of the worl

the real number is around 11 million, people who do not have the coverage they need in the united states. we can cover all americans if we do it taking the principles of the market. we do not have a free market system in health care in the united states. the person receiving care is not responsible for paying for the care. there is no association, so people do not shop. there is no marketplace out there. a couple of years ago, safeway's healthcare was out of control. it was going up 10% a year. when the company sees that happening, they had to do something. they figured out if they focus on four conditions, they thought they could somewhat control their health-care costs. it worked much better than ever believed. they focused on lowering the premiums for anybody who either did not smoke or would quit smoking, and even paid for the smoking cessation programs. they gave the $350 less in premiums if they did not smoke or if they would quit smoking. if they were the proper way, or if they would lose weight, they gave them an incentive as a lower premium. if they would control their cholester

germany is a close friend and a critical partner to the united states. i believe that friendship is going to be essential not only for our two countries but for the world if we are to make progress on some of the critical issues we face. whether it is national security issues or economic issues, or issues that affect the global like climate change. chancellor merkel mentioned, and i had a very productive discussion. we continue to work closely together to confront the global economic crisis and restore growth and prosperity for our people. the downturn knows no borders. it will take some time by all of us to move forward. at the g-20 we successfully laid out in the parameters for collective action. we have seen on both sides of the atlantic some progress in stabilizing the economy, but we are far from done in the work that is required. i mentioned it to her that in the united states we are working diligently to strengthen financial regulations to insure that a crisis like this does not happen again. it will be very important to coordinate between europe a

-- of a juice of the united states supreme court. first and foremost, of course, the president of the united states, and in this case president obama consulted with numerous senators, republicans and democrats alike, prior to making his nomination. and then once the nomination is made, the 100 members of the united states senate have to stand in for 300 million americans in deciding who will get that lifetime appointment. i voted on every single member of the united states senate currently as well as some in the past. and i know how important an obligation that is. the justice who takes justice suiter's place for the court that convenience on june 5, needs as much time as possible to hire law clerks, set up an office and even a place to live here in washington and take part with the rest of the court in the prepar preppory work. now, i mentioned that, madam president, because i have put together a schedule that tracks the process of the senate -- that the senate followed by bipartisan agreement in considering president bush's nominati

percentage of patients who wait more than two months to see a specialist is not a dramatic issue in the united states. but this is front-page news in both canada and the united kingdom. according to the commonwealth fund, an international health care survey, they report that about 10% of americans wait more than two months to see a specialist, but a third of britains do and approaching half of canadians wait a long time for health care. we know that health care delayed is health care denied. and imagine, especially if the specialist that you need is an oncolingist, someone who treats can sar -- cancer, what a 42- week wait would be as compared to the united states. we asked americans, what is the most important thing you would like to see in health care and they said lowering the cost of health insurance. also, they say the number one priority is to expand health care coverage so that americans who do not have health insurance can get it. those two goals are very important, but the most important goal is to determine whether you live or die, to make sure that especially if you are facing health care

if a foreign power invaded canada and mexico, two of our bordering countries, what with the united states do? iran is in the same situation. we invaded iraq and afghanistan , but both border iran. what is the iranian government to do? they have to have some method from deterring the united states from invading them. that could be a very popular point of view. so, you cannot really blame iran for attempting to have some kind of a power against the united states. host: if we go with your notion that this is a defensive posture, how do we go about assuring them that we are not going to attack them and that they do not necessarily need this defensive mechanism? caller: showed genuine intent to leave these countries. leaving them in a better state than we found them. that is the only thing that we can do. we need to leave iraq better than we left it. we have to leave afghanistan better than we left it. that is the only thing that we can do. host: if you want to send us comments on twitter, the address is twitter.com/c-spanwj. the address for the e-mail is a journal@c-span.org. democratic line,

while it is money streaming in from the united states that funds their massive armies. this bill calls on the president to report to congress on the activities of the initiative. among the matters covered by this report is the assessment of united states' efforts to prevent the southbound flow of illegal arms. however, it does not currently include any assessment of our efforts to prevent the movement of cash. the illegal movement of people, drugs, weapons and money are entirely linked together. and it is impossible to address one of those issues without tackling the rest. therefore, i offer this amendment to include an assessment of united states' efforts to stem the stream of cash heading south into mexico. the cartels are continually finding new and innovative ways to transport funds. and our government needs to be at least as creative if these organizations are going to be stopped. madam chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. ms. ros-lehtinen: claiming time in opposition. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: the initiative is a historic opp

right now the united states is educating over 90,000 indian students in u.s. universities. but america's educational institutions would like to do more, work in india to reach the vast majority who cannot go to the united states for an education. we plan to build on the goals of the government -- indian government to boost literacy, expand vocational training, and improve access to higher education. u.s. universities and professors have much to share with india. we have particularly welcome to the ambitious plans at india's new minister for human resource development and plans for educational reform. in the area of women's empowerment there is much we can learn from india, a country with a female president, a female speaker of the house, and a female head of its largest political party. secretary clinton will describe in more detail during her trip our plans to expand cooperation in that area. a forthcoming have intensified bilateral cooperation will be to mobilize our to knowledge society is to expand the frontiers of human knowledge and use that knowledge to improve people

tony lake from the united states. next a gas from the united kingdom. -- next a guest from the union -- from the united kingdom. our next guest from the people's republic of china. i think that completes our list. we do have someone on the phone with us, from moscow. he is the chairman of the management board of the institute of contemporary development and enjoys close ties with the presidential administration in russia. i will give you briefly the main results of our deliberations to date. i would just make one introductory. . i think there is a general consensus amongst the commission that whatever impact , positive impact nuclear weapons may have had in terms of enforcing deterrence and stability during the cold war, at any residual benefits of these weapons have been more than overshadowed in recent years by the growing risks of nuclear proliferation and the related risk of nuclear terrorism. that is why you can see a group like ours which is really representative of a group of over 150 former ambassadors, militar

why is he doing this on behalf of the united states? he is explaining to people back at home that democracy is in the best interest of the united states. he is also addressing the issue of democracy in that part of the world. obviously, what he said in that particular regard is nothing new. the previous administration, despite all its failings in the region, had talked about democracy a great deal. condoleezza rice said more less the same thing. the thing for the president is that he goes to the region at a time when there is actually -- there is great interest as far as the democratic debate. there is also a great deal of skepticism about the democracy project in the wake of all the chaos that followed the 2003 invasion of iraq. they want democracy. they are a little bit skeptical about it. the overriding concern was the overriding concern that people had in the arab and muslim world. that is the israel/palestine issue. host: we're getting reaction to the president's speech. the numbers are on the bottom of the screen. you can also send

and they won't be easy to resolve concerns a different context in which india and the united states havepproached these issues. being the representative of a large indian firm with a large indian investment, or large investment in the united states, i feel that i should say, and i will say something about the business and trade relationship. commentators on the u.s.-india relationship like to say that it's being driven in great measure by business, and by business that is going on between the united states and india. that business relationship is practically going on automatically. as if it's on autopilot. it is true that bilateral trade has grown dramatically, and the current u.s. exports to india are growing faster than indian exports to the united states, and indian investment in the united states is greater than u.s. investment in india. but it's not on autopilot. in fact, one of the problems is that there are too many would-be pilots who believe that the trade relationship needs to be reconfigured in the face of the current economic crisis. there's been a great deal of discussion ab

but to compare the state of democracy in the arab world to the state of democracy in the united states is a major misleading or overreaching effort. initially, the focus of al jazeera in the united states was washington, what happens politically in washington. we gradually started to widen the circle and cover things in other parts of the united states. we cover not just the political stuff. we try to cover social, cultural, religious topics, including the issue of race. we have covered the issue of race extensively during our extensive coverage of the election up to 2008, obviously. what happened in katrina was one aspect of it. what is creating reverberations about this issue of hypocrisy that the caller was talking about is when people in the middle east selling was going on in iraq after the invasion, the chaos, and the effort by the bush administration to take democracy to iraq peepe. people then saw the issues around katrina. that caused confusion. how can a government with its own problems try to export democracy to other parts of the world and the middle east? i go back to my f

the president of the united states has been silent and confused. the congress of the united states clearly stands with the iranian people and they will prevail. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: yes, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to my friend from florida, a member of the house foreign affairs committee, the -- mr. klein. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. klein: i rise to support h.res. 560, i would like to thank mr. behr hahn and mr. pence for bringing this bipartisan statement forward which supports our american view of the events in iran. the iranian people deserve a democracy that counts every vote and treats its citizens with the utmost dignity. they deserve to trust their own government. however, these are not free and fair elections by any stretch of the imagination. and it's our imperative to speak out whenever and wherever our freedom is oppressed. frankly, we have honest differences with the iranian government no mat whore i

the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary, the secretary: i am dreakted by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: i ask to address the house for one minute for the purpose of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. i yield to the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, for the purpose of announcing next week's schedule. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. on monday, madam speaker, the house will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2 almost for ledge business. on tuesday the former members association will have their annual meeting on the floor at 8:30 a.m. and the house will then meet at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12 p.m. for legislative business. on wednesday and thursday, the house wil

how do solve the major bilateral disputes between the united states and iran? other concerns? he needs to lay out a framework for trying to resolve these issues on a comprehensive basis in much the same way that president nixon rhee oriented 25 years of american policy towards the people's republic of china and reach that framework with china which is still ruled by the same man. on that basis he was able to achieve a major rapprochement and i think that has served u.s. interests profoundly well ever since. that is the kind of approach we need to take toward iran. set up a framework for dealing with all of the major disputes between the u.s. and iran. someone referred to it as a grand agenda. it is not so important what you call it, but it is important that you do it. i am concerned that they want to reach out diplomatically and that it will not be strategically bounded. host: should iran have nuclear weapons of their own? guest: they say they do not want nuclear weapons. there is a dispute going on about the nature of their civil nuclear program and whether that is ultimately

what's to prevent -- the bahamas, you can go on a boat than go to the united states. but seriously, this is ridiculous and i'm sure the rest of the world has got to be saying, these guys are crazy in the united states setting up these guys in a seaside resort in jamaica. i yield back. insanity rules. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from texas. and we were having discussions about things that were not heretofore unimagined a few months ago or even a few years ago. and as we transition into this discussion about guantanamo bay. the discussion will go on. if there are a few of them that could potentially be facing the death sentence. a few. i guess i should pass my request over to the gitmo closing czar and ask him how many are facing a death sentence. let's look at it in this fashion and that is, looks like -- they are going to close guantanamo bay. they will disburse these people. some of them are likely to be released in the free world. some into the united states of america. these are the worst of the worst. we have about a one out of seven residism rate. the least da

host: what you mean that israel has attacked the united states? caller: they have attacked the shield of the united states. guest: he is referring to the liberty incident. i hope there is no attack on iran. if you want a difference in iran, it has to come from inside the country. if you attack them, you will cement that regime in place for 100 years. it plays into the thought that martyrdom is the greatest cause and it will all band together. even now with the elections, the whole world says you have to do something and you would see an adverse reaction in iran. if you change, it has to come from inside the country. in terms of israel, it is a double standard. people point that out where i worked at the un all the time. the united states bush's heart and other countries and kind of ignores the nuclear weapons from israel. in the era of communism, israel was always seen as a ball worked -- as a bullwork in defending those interests. but there is a new sentiment being expressed much more publicly. it is creating too much turmoil, the source of too mu

speaker, the iranian regime is one of the most prolific state spon so far as terrorism in the whole world. iran has defied the united states, the u.n. security council, the iaea and continues its quest for nuclear technology. . it would pose a grave danger to the united states. focusing on iran should be a top priority of the united states congress and every minute we wait to address this issue, the world becomes a more dangerous place. the state department has not had an authorization bill since fiscal year 2003 and has continued to operate and while the authorization is important, stopping iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is far more important. the republican motion to recommit would replace the authorization bill with the iran refined petroleum sanctions bill that mr. berman introduced earlier this year, along with congresswoman ros-lehtinen. this bill would impose badly needed sanctions on iran. we feel that this bill is the right way to proceed and should be acted on immediately. the legislation currently has 155 co-sponsors, with wide bipartisan support. this legislation would mandate the state department

with respect to the united states and our interactions with iran, i have always believed that as odious as i consider some of his statements, as deep as the differences that exist between the united states and iran on a range of core issues, that the use of tough diplomacy about iran and the nature of the differences between our countries is critical when pursuing a course set of our national security interests, specifically making sure that we are not seeing a nuclear arms race in the middle east trip by iran obtaining nuclear weapons. making sure they are not encouraging terrorist activities. those are court interests not just to the united states but to a peaceful world in general. we will continue to pursue a tough, direct dialogue between these countries and we will see where it takes us. even as we do so, it would be well for me to be silent -- wrong for me to be silent about what we have seen on the television or the last few days. some people have put so much hope and energy and optimism into the political process. i would say to them that the world is watching and is inspired b

we will have to find, i gather, facilities in which these people can be held here if the united states. the f.b.i. director, robert mueller himself, testified before the house of representatives, that posed a lot of problems, real risks for the united states. nobody is saying it can't be done. the question; should it be done? most of us believe, no, it shouldn't be done. there are better alternatives. the final point is this: what's wrong with the alternative of the prison at guantanamo? it's a $200 million state-of-the-art facility in which i pointed out yesterday people are very well humanely treated. they have better medical and dental care they ever got in their home countries or fighting us on the battlefield or afghanistan or somewhere else. the bottom line is, this is a top-rate facility, the people there do not mistreat provides mores and that's the myth here. somehow people compare abu ghraib with guantanamo and this brings up the last point. it is argued by my colleague from illinois and others that terrorists recruit based upon the existence of guantanamo prison. now, think

why is he benching the united states?" they want to explain that democracy is in the best interest of the united states in that part of the world. obviously, what he said in that regard is nothing new. the bush a been a station, despite all of its failings and the region, have talked about about see a great deal. we take you to the speech that condoleeza rice made in cairo, seeing more or less the same thing. the thing with the president is that he goes to the region at a time when there is actually great interest in the democratic debate. skepticism about the democracy project in the wake of all the chaos that followed the 2003 invasion of iraq. they want democracy. they are a little bit skeptical about it. the overriding concern was the overriding concern that people had in the arab and muslim world. that is the israel/palestine issue. host: we're getting reaction to the president's speech. the numbers are on the bottom of the screen. you can also send us an e-mail or a tweet. "and the moderate element of the muslims effe

before us seeks to pay tribute to all the brave men and women from the city of laredo, texas, as well as the state of texas and across the united states who have served our nation in the united states military both at home and abroad. over 23 million american military veterans are currently living in the united states, including nearly two million veterans living in the state of texas alone. these fine americans as well as those that are no longer with us have devoted their lives to the defense and security of our nation, notwithstanding the great personal risk and sacrifice they must endure. we are eternally grateful in their debt and forever grateful for their noble and selfless dedication to our nation and the preservation of its founding principles. madam speaker, i again want to thank the gentleman, mr. cuellar from texas, for being the lead sponsor of this legislation and offering such a thoughtful and consider the measure in honor of his constituents. with that, let's us pay tribute to the distinguished service of our veterans from the city of laredo, from the state of texas and across the nation by designating the lared

at that moment, the united states of america was born and a declaration signed. a great injustice was woven into the fabric of our nation. slavery, racial segregation that followed have left a tragic legacy that divided this country in the bloodiest war we have yet known. it is a legacy that still affects each and every one of us this day. my colleagues, senator harkin, senator brownback, have introduced a resolution apologizing for slavery, jim-crow laws and policies of segregation and hate. this is often an uncomfortable subject so i applaud my colleagues for their willingness to confront the difficult history we all share. i thank them for their leadership on this issue and rise in support of this resolution. which has just passed this body. several state governments have issued similar apologie apologie fact that the plight of slavery was a national concern demands a national response. some in the black community will dismiss this resolution. some will say that words don't matter, that the actions of our forefathers cannot undone. it is true that those who toi

the united states is relatively unpopulated and in a world of declining populations, the united nations -- denies states knows how to live in a continent with relatively few people and how to welcome immigrants very effectively. this is not a argument we are more virtuous than anybody that we are smarter than anybody it is simply a geographical fact we are in the right place at the right time. and it is an attempt to put things into perspective things that looked absolutely horrendous right now want to look so horrendous and five years. to check that out go back 21978/to 79 the last time we thought the world was sending. let me stop there and i invite questions [applause] >> i read how the world works today and how that defines how it will work in the future of like to open up to questions and i just ask that you identify yourself. >> please wait until the microphone comes to you. >> professor huntington cannot within influential article in the early 90's where he essentially argued that now that the east-west conflict was over , now the ideological conflict between communism and capita

these people do not pose a danger to the united states. in releasing and transferring them, we can minimize the danger they could pose to this country. >> you have taken on an awesome responsibility. people had -- these people had a clear intent on attacking the united states. my time is up. i will not run over. thank you. >> thank you. i your confirmation hearing, the senate guantanamo would be close. the is ministration -- you said guantanamo would be closed. the administration is moving to do this. president obama has indicated that some detainees may have to be have a -- may have to have prolonged detention. some cannot be tried for their crimes. are we meeting the goals beyond closing guantanamo if we bring detainees to the united states for what could be in definite retention? >> we are trying to make individualize determinations about what should happen to the people at guantanamo. some will be tried. some will be transferred. the possibility exists that some will be detained in a way that we think is consistent with due process to d

i'm pleased the united states has recently committed $200 million on top of a previous commitment of $110 million. but we must not think this is the end of our responsibility. the united states must seize this opportunity and implement a comprehensive plan to address this growing humanitarian crisis. mr. speaker, this is a good rule that paves the way to consideration essential legislation to put our foreign policy on the right path towards improving our relations around the world. i urge the adoption of the rule and passage of the underlying legislation. i thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to h.j.res. 40, to honor the achievements and contributions of native americans to the united states, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. m

so moving detapeees to the united states -- so moving detainees to the united states would not be reasonable. it would also place american citizens at risk and inevitably creating a new set of targets. this is the problem you have. you have 17 places in the united states where you're putting these people. we have 17 magnets to draw in terrorists located around the country. three weeks ago -- or three weeks after i called for president obama and the senate colleagues to go see firsthand the facility at gitmo, attorney general eric holder -- he's our new attorney general, appointed by president obama -- went down there. he came back with a glowing report and the facility is well-run by its current military officers. this affirms what i've been saying all along and that is gitmo is a state-of-the-art facility that provides humane treatment for all detainees. it is fully compliant with the geneva convention. now, when the war supplemental came to the floor in the senate, i was extremely pleased that democrats and republicans in the senate joined together and announced that they would not include

water and sanitation policy as vital to the long-term diplomatic and development efforts of the united states. i applaud the leadership of senators durbin, corker and murray who have introduced companion bipartisan legislation in the senate. this legislation will help the united states focus its efforts and fully implement a smart and efficient global water strategy that meets our commitment to extend safe drinking water and sanitation to over a billion people in need. i urge every member of congress to make water policy and funding a priority, to save the life of a child every 15 seconds who dies needlessly from water-borne disease. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, mr. boehner, is recognized. mr. boehner: madam speaker, republicans want to work with the president and our democrat colleagues here in the congress to make sure that every american has access to high-quality, affordable health coverage. on an issue like this we need to act, but we also need to get it right. frankly, the record of the democrats that have amassed this year so far shows us why we need

but it is not the full answer for the united states. you cannot get there in a short period of time to let people would like to see as a greek economy, it takes time for the technology to develop where we can afford it. the president has proposed cap-and-trade. what does that mean? >> taxes. >> exactly right. every time you flip on a light switch come maritime you drive your car or buy something it takes energy to produce the average family will have taxes co-op by $4,000 per year on average. , the people in america due you think can afford that right now? that is the wrong approach to energy policy for the united states. i believe there are answers. first of all, while we are transitioning to a greek economy which will take time we need more american energy. we need more american and oil, natural guest we have huge supplies of natural gas [applause] we are the saudi arabia of coal we should develop clean coal technology. by the way i have yet the mounted in my state. it was not the answer for nuclear waste it was a huge waste of money

you recall who was president of the united states in 1984, i'm sure. that was the last time iran got money from the united states -- excuse me from the i.m.f. from the i.m.f. with respect to your second observation, the gentleman knows how the i.m.f. works. the gentleman knows the united states is involved as are the other countries in overseeing the distribution of i.m.f. funds. there is no intention and there will be no action, certainly that the united states would support, to give any assistance, i don't know whether they have talked to the i.m.f. or not, the gentleman may have more information on that issue. mr. cantor: reclaiming my time. i tell the gentleman, "new york times," may 27, 2009, hointpointed out hezbollah the shiite militant group involved in lebanon and its government had talks with the i.m.f. to discuss the possibility of extension of credit. are we not, i'd ask the gentleman, affording the i.m.f. the ability to extend credit to groups such as that in countries such as that, as well as the potential for countries to access the credi