so were the people from thompson which you just showed. there was just an easy glide path for acquisition of this little used prison. >> warner: when administration officials say this is going to be super secure, how secure? i mean, what extra measures are they taking? >> they're going to build another security wall around the prison. the prison already was built as a maximum-security prison. they have a whole list of upgrades that they're going to do to put even more security and more construction around the complex than what they have now. >> warner: and the defense department will actually run that part of the prison, i understand. >> right. this is something that the administration has said from the beginning that about 75% of the building will just be a regular federal prison run by the bureau of prisons. that will be the entity that will actually buy the prison. 25% of the complex or so will be leased to the defense department. they'll run the back part of the building that's used to house the detainees. >> warner: explain which pris

thompson: on the line, absolutely. and year after year these folks have been once that have gone out and -- ones that have gone out and created new jobs, every year, but taking what they've invested, the return on their investment, and putting it back into their small business. they reinvest there. and you know what? i can't believe how many of them i'm talking with right now are sitting on the sideline because they're afraid of what's been going on in this country since january. they're afraid of the deficit spending they've seen. they're afraid of the regulations we've seen. these are small businessmen that most of them pay their taxes as a limited liability corporation or an s corms so think pay through personal information tax. these are folks that my friends on the democratic side of the aisle have been piling on in terms of new taxes, more taxes, claiming these are the rich and they can afford to pay more taxes. actually what these are the job creators and -- are are the job creators and it forces them to sit on

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you heard governor thompson that said you and others were spooked by privacy extremists. do agree with him on that? >> you have to understand the actual bill. the bill was not a ban on the use of the machines. they said they couldn't use it as a primary screening but use it on secondary screening. this case on the 25th. this guy was a poster child of who should of gone through the secondary screening. absolutely the machines could be deployed nation wide, internationally. we have reason to use them, absolutely use them. 99% of of americans you don't have to use on every person. govenorperson. >> bard on the administration. would you vote for it today. >> i voted for the amendment and legislation that did pass, an authorization not an appropriation. since the time we have had the vote in the congress i've learned a lot more about what machines we're talking about, the very expensive machines. i think we can find a way to protect peoples privacy either by putting another observer in the room, number one. having gender orientated machinery, and obviously destroying the image

it's in thompson, illinois, 150 miles from chicago. i was there a few weeks ago. it is a super max prison built seven years ago and never fully occupied. and now they're going to build an additional fence around it -- it will be more secure than any prison america. to suggest they will be freed they will be freed into the most secure prison in america and they're not coming out. -- out until such time as a resolution of whatever their issues may be or they pass away. and i might also say that the current law in the united states prohibits the president of the united states from releasing these detainees in the united states. so those statements by the senator from georgia are just flat incorrect. now, he is entitled to his position and to others who share it that we shouldn't close guantanamo. i believe we should. on my side of this argument would be the following people who have called for the closure of guantanamo: president george w. bush, secretary of state and former chairman of the joint joint chiefs of staff, colin powell; secretary of defense under preside

what is my friend from georgia, come on down to thompson, illinois.wn and meet the people who are overwhelmingly supportive and not just democrats, believe me. local state representative jim stasia is a republican, former fbi agent. he said we would be idiots not to take this offer from the federal government. he is right. 3000 jobs. i don't know there is a senator here if you said to them would you be interested in 3000 jobs who wouldn't stand up and say, let's talk. well, we did. 3000 new jobs at this present when it's opened as part of the bureau of prisons and part of the department of defense. and how many guantÁnamo detainees will be sent there? fewer than 100. we have 35 in our prisons already. life is not changed in my home state of illinois nor has accused many other states where they are incarcerated and it will change in thompson, illinois. these people can be held safely, securely. i trust our men and women in the military to do that. and the members of the senate should do it as well. these 3000 jobs are going to be a godsend to an area w

thompson. >> thank you very much, madam chair.xcellent panel and i thank all of you for your testimony. one of the things i want to do is try to broaden the discussion. we just saw a broad panel of where arrests have taken place. it only focused on a very narrow type of arrests for certain kinds of things. one of the things i want us to do as a committee is look at act acts of violence and extremism in its totality and not a very narrow focus. we can understand that the bait here is important, but it's a part of a broader debate we need to take as a committee. can you identify for the committee the broad and violent extremist potential that existed here and what groups may be part of what appears in this country so we can see the bigger picture of the discussion? i will take dr. zogby and we will go down. >> someone not in law enforcement himself, but in constant contact with law enforcement because that's what we do, they are deeply concerned and it's so secret since the election of our president. with white supremacy movements,

all right, congressman thompson. what did you learn today? >> well, larry, we learned that procedures weren't followed. the director admitted that there were things that happened that should not have happened. we also learned that they have been fixed. we learned now that there's an expanded system of security. and theres's a layered security in place. more equipment will be available and better training for those individuals who will be working white house security. >> larry: you asked the couple to appear today. they did not. are you going to subpoena them. >> we will make that decision next wednesday in our neck committee meeting. we set the motions in place for that to occur. and i assume our committee will do it, larry. >> larry: will you vote to do it? >> by all means, i will. >> larry: the representative peter king accused the white house of stonewalling by blocking the appearance of social secretary desiree rogers. do you agree with that, that they were stonewalling you. >> well, security the primary responsibility secret service. and

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thompson. >> thank you very much.for timeline purposes, can you tell the committee when this particular posting went up on the web and when tsa found out about it? >> yes sir, it went up in march, 2009, it was part of a solicitation for the spp program and a can to my attention and the senior leadership attention on sunday, september 6 in the early evening. >> so this particular item was in the public domain from march until december? >> yes, sir. >> one of my concerns is that you took swift, decisive, and comprehensive action. that is after you found out? >> correct. >> before that, -- can you explain to the committee protocols for putting items on the web? >> it is through the acquisition process. there are two approaches when we post procurement actions. one is when we have any kind of sensitive information, one is to post it to the secure side of the gsa/bisfed ops site. the other is solicitations get posted to the unsecured side. this particular solicitation got post under unsecured side and was not properly reje

thompson. >> thank you very much, madam chair. excellent panel and i thank all of you for your testimony. one of the things i want to do is try to broaden the discussion. we just saw a broad panel of where arrests have taken place. it only focused on a very narrow type of arrests for certain kinds of things. one of the things i want us to do as a committee is look at act acts of violence and extremism in its totality and not a very narrow focus. we can understand that the bait here is important, but it's a part of a broader debate we need to take as a committee. can you identify for the committee the broad and violent extremist potential that existed here and what groups may be part of what appears in this country so we can see the bigger picture of the discussion? i will take dr. zogby and we will go down. >> someone not in law enforcement himself, but in constant contact with law enforcement because that's what we do, they are deeply concerned and it's so secret since the election of our president. with white supremacy movements

in washington, congressman denny thompson, chairman of the homeland security committee. in washington, anita mcbride, former chief of staff to first lady laura bush. in chicago, laura schwartz, former white house director of events during the clinton administration. good to see her again and in new york, joe author of "standing next to history." what did you learn today, congressman? >> we learned that procedures weren't followed. the director admitted that there were some things that happened that should not have happened. we also learned that they have been fixed. we learned now that there's an expanded system of security. there's a layered security in place. more equipment will be available and better training for those individuals who will be working white house security. >> larry: you asked the couple to appear today. they did not. are you going to subpoena them? >> we will make that decision next wednesday in our next committee meeting. we set the motions in place for that to occur. and i assume our committee will do it, larry. >> larry: will you vote to do it? >>

. -- commissioner thompson.everyone, but let me acknowledge some of the key staff members. loretta garrison. if you guys could stand up -- unless you're already sanding up in the back of the room, then raise your hand. if you could stand up or raise your hand when i mention your name. loretta garrison. pedro mcgee. you're right in front of me, good. [laughter] katie harrington-mcbride who started us off, michelle rosenthal, jessica and randy fixman as well as assistant directer chris olson who's around here somewhere, back in the corner over there. associate directer who are introduced me. where are you? you're in the front, that's great. of course, jessica rich, david vladic who is the architect of so many things in the bureau of consumer protection be. we're delighted you came over from georgetown to be part of the commission. and also jeffrey rosen who is standing over there in the corner and who is helping us think through these issues with a slightly different, but incredible informative perspective, so w

you had john thompson and you had john cheney. had to have somebody strong enough -- first of all, they will come after you, the media. >> they were worried about his well-being and, you know, really, his safety because when they came up to visit me, there was an interesting thing that happened. i was not showing as much interest, obviously, as she would have liked me -- mrs. iverson -- would have liked me to have shown and asked the other people to get out of the room. they asked them would they leave. i would like to talk with coach. when they left, she said that, you know, they're gonna hurt my kid. i don't think she meant in the literal sense somebody would shoot or attack him in that matter but i think she meant it was her life saving thing she was trying to pursue for her son and was in tears. >> my mom came up here to d.c. and met with them and -- you know, after that, you know, i had another opportunity in life. i think god put him into my life. >> people deserve a chance, as long as they take advantage of it. that's one o

host: dave, the town, thompson illinois. how far is that from chicago?ler: think about 100 miles west of chicago. host: and say they go ahead with this plan to move some of the detainees or all of them though to this prison in thompson, illinois. õdo you feel more concerned you area of the country might come under attack from terrorists? caller: no, i feel the whole country will be under attack by administration because they're terrorists so they'll accuse all these citizens from this and now they don't have to keep the lawyers away from them. they can do it right here in illinois. host: gene new jersey ft. lauderdale? caller: good morning. what really concerns me is the air space that we have áo protect where as in cuba the cuban government takes care of air space and people are well aware how dangerous it is to fly over cuba. the other (art is, down there in by guantanamo that's covered by our navy and our air force, and being that this place in illinois is so much in open space, i liking it to what happened in new york. how long it took them to get in

our thompson creek look at this opportunity, a window of opportunity to brendan morrison who among all chaps leads them with 15 goals in his career. great chance. right on the doorstep for the caps, brendan morrison. >> joe: this is the 15th time he has played death sentence them. knuble on the interchange there for fleischmann. around to morrison for the screen. just one morrison in the lineup. shawn out after aggravating an injury last night. deslauriers with the blocker pad in the way. you look down, the oilers don't get it out. deslauriers with another save and a snappy glove stop on fleischmann. >> craig: he's flashing the leather. getting a standing ovation here in edmonton, alberta. 13 saves for jeff. that clears by the emmers. fleischmann -- by the oilers. fleischmann thought he had it. the catching glove save by the goalie. >> joe: my goodness you can see that orange a mile away. the referee danny larue spotting the first game infraction. going against edmonton. >> craig: they were trying to spring three on two to make it two on one. because of that they get hit with a holding

thompson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise with significant concerns about section 159 of the transportation twigs of this legislation. it will require -- division of this legislation. it will require amtrak have passengers check their guns when they're riding the rails. it's no secret that rail systems are an attractive target for terrorists. in fact, in last year's attack, the mumbai, two terrorists executed a commando-style raid on a major railway system gunning down 150 innocent commuters. to date, we've been fortunate that no such attacks have occurred on u.s. soil, but with passage of this legislation, securing the nation's railway system becomes far more difficult. section 159 requires amtrak to allow passengers to travel with guns without checking them against the terrorist watch list. we all get checked against the terrorist watch list when we fly, regardless of whether we check firearms or not. how can we justify not using the terrorist watch list on people who travel the rail? amtrak policy of

after that, a look at barack obama's achievements with stephen hess and dan thompson -- thompson -- thomasson. >> now look at the 2008 presidential campaign this book about how different from those in the past to do this is about 90 minutes. >> good morning. i and the chair of the panel. we have a series of really interesting papers this morning. i am going to go in the order of the program. i will first introduce andrew. he is the editor of the paper. the paper they will be presenting is seeking the panel. >> we will try not to spill that. we will call the success. what we're doing in this paper is focusing on innovations and adaptation in presidential nomination campaigns. the theme of our paper is that change is driven by candidates or party elites. the real purpose of this paper is that we focus on the candidate side and not so much on the party establishment or the party elites. we are basically arguing that it is the out of power party that tends to engage in more innovations as well as the lesser candidates, not necessarily dark horses, but second tier candidates that engage in innovat

thompson, for two minutes. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, a headline in "the wall street journal" last week read job cuts. therein lies the jobs problem. the democrats' stimulus plan was supposed to be a job creator. the american people know that true economic stimulus starts with tax relief for working families and small businesses. they know that burdening their same families and businesses with an expensive health care program with unknown consequences is a job killer. they know that placing additional energy taxes on the public through the cap and trade system makes businesses pull back on any new investments for the fear of the unknown costs that they will face. a stable economy with no surprises looming in the future will give confidence that businesses. and they are the true economic engines of our country. tax relief promises more capital in the hands of those who invest in the future. at the time of the stimulus vote, republicans wanted more funds put into the highway construction and army corps projects, but that stnt happ

thompson, for his statement. >> i appreciate the holding of this hearing.o would like to take the opportunity to express my condolences to the ed kelly family. as well as his tsa colleagues who are here. it was a dedicated public servant and his efforts and a cargo security will never be forgotten. there is no doubt that events have transpired last week raising several questions about tsa's operational procedures and practices and handling sensitive information. perhaps more importantly, this incident also raises concerns about the security of our entire transportation system. no actions, legislation or otherwise, can and do the disclosure of disinformation. however we can learn from this incident and move forward with security measures that ensure sensitive information will not be made available to the public. the events from last week serve as a reminder of how critical it is to have accountability at the department of homeland security. i think it was the right decision for secretary of balaton to request that that dhs inspector general began an investig

good morning, chairman thompson, ranking member king and other distinguished members of the committee. the u.s. secret service is an organization that maintains deep pride and the brackett does on behalf of the nation. based on the high standards which the women of this agency hold themselves in the standards the nation expects i regret on tuesday, november 24th established protocols and procedures were not followed. allowing two individuals entry into the white house. the moment this was brought to my attention wednesday, november november 25th on a immediately directed officer of professional responsibility to begin an investigation into review and to the evin surrounding the previous evening. further, i directed the office of professional responsibility to contact the department of homeland security office of inspector general in order to advise them of our investigations. while the investigation remains on going, preliminary findings have determined that established procedures related to entering the white house were not followed at initial checkpoint. in judgment in mistake was m

and this is robert kelly, vice president, health care annually particulars, thompson reuters. highly esteemed reputable firm that says every year between $600 billion and $850 billion of money is wasted in health care. is wasted. it doesn't help anybody get well and it doesn't prevent anybody -- anybody -- from getting sick. and when you look at the breakdown of where that comes from, it's rather apparent that the largest component of it is unwanted use. and they break down. what is that? that's me doing -- as a physician, i'm a practicing physician, delivered thousands of babies, cared for thousands of grand moms, granddads, kids, set bones, done operations, old-time, broad-based practice. but this, what is this unwarranted use? 40% of $700 billion is $280 billion a year. $280 billion a year, they're saying a total of $700 billion. $700 billion times ten years, in my math, at least from oklahoma, is $7 trillion. we haven't begun to touch in any of these other bills this unwarranted use, the fraud and abuse. 19%, all right? 19% comes to $175 billion a year in fraud. most of it

chris miller and ron thompson. guys, very tough loss for the wizards against the celtic. >> it was. they only lost by 2 but were down by as many as 17. we look at that time defense and the wizards are trialing to sell us on improving, but from the point guard position. gilbert is really struggling with the point guard. >> no question. he had to get to the point where he locks in and focuses. if you are athletic, you can be athletic and fast defensively. and what happens, it is open playing. the defense has to rotate. he has to perform appreciation an guarding ball and stay in front. >> reporter: well, the indiana pacers lost 6-4 last night. 107-91. the h & h went off. >> they went the game last night. career high, 20 points. 21 points himself. they are the future of this ball club. tonight the word is they will take advantage of everything right now. >> very interesting. you and i talked about this in the earlier match up of the season. >> when he is able to stay out on the floor and not take the styles, he has so many skills. he can use the left or right hand and use passion for th

host: how far is thompson from chicago? caller: 100 miles west. host: ok. ahead with this plan to move thebñcv detainees m the prison, are you more concerned that your area but, under tax? -- your area could come under attack? caller: i am concern from all areas. host: fort lauderdale, republican line. caller: what concerns me is the air space we have to protect. in cuba, the cuban government takes care of their air space and people are well aware of how dangerous it is to fly over cuba. the other part is down there by guantanamo, covered by our navy and air force. illinois is so much an open space, i liken it to what happened in new york, how long it took them to get any sense out of a presidential plane flying over new york without much able to be done by it. everyone was concerned about it. can you just imagine what will happen in illinois with wide open spaces? and perhaps they might try and make the best place a target. the other thing is the circus that will create their in that little town, with all the media and everything else. it just seems so cou

. >> kyle: thompson can shoot the ball. he did it off the pass. quick time-out. >> matt: now the crowd really enjoying the start of the holiday season. watch this. the double alley-oop. like the harlem globetrotters. if you're an austin peay fan, you're a washington general now. >> bucket of water in the face can't be far behind, can it? john wall, 10-0 run. any thoughts of austin peay mounting the upset at rupp arena have been araced with that run -- erased with that run. too early to call it done with 5:14 to play. austin peay has been, if nothing else, resilient. all season long and in this ballgame today. caldwell. orton says try something else. orton is another great fresh freshman that is living in the shadow of the rest of them. kentucky comes away with it. wall. one-on-one. lost the dribble. wow. got sloppy now. blake corner. fraley. who has it? anybody's guess. like a fumble in football. find out who is at the bottom. it will be austin peay's ball. >> kyle: you have to love the effort by both teams though. looks slippery. watch this. five

this is how he can bring it on the thompson creek window of opportunity.fic in front as you can see there. and he just brings the puck at over 10 20 miles an hour. how are you going to stop that? great stop through traffic. >> the window was apparently closed? >> craig: yes. >> joe: gilbert forced back to center on the regroup. >> craig: it was so fast, he went high. >> joe: shattered the window. deslauriers. >> craig: adventurous out there, isn't it? >> joe: he's not martie apparently. kg ran know down the -- cogliano down the wing. muzzled in there. david steckel pouncing on it. 4:58 to go in the third. early sunday morning, saturday night, here, sunday morning, back home, the caps on the advantage. for bradley, not out. nice keeping by gilbert, and then bradley with the stick to itiveness staying to the center. >> craig: we didn't see this energy in the first 40 minutes and then the score, now a couple of good shifts in a row, and you're feeling better about yourself, and the legs are going the caps' way in the third period. >> and the caps who want to

the letter, and by the way, this same type of letter was sent when tomi thompson was head of hhs, andh that letter i can't possibly certify the safety of the drug supply, but after tomi thompson left office, he walked out of the elevator and said dorgan, let me tell you something, you're right about importation. he ecouldn't say that working with the previous session but every white house has -- this is the strength and the clout and the muscle of the pharmaceutical industry. my hope is when we have a vote today perhaps the american people will have some representation. major: what time is the vote? guest: today and i will have an hour, and i'm going to talk about all these things it's an outrage if at the lasten any particular time rug is pulled out on our -- host: sumpter, south carolina, go ahead. caller: hello. i want you to know that i agree with you and there's a chance your amendment gets put in the bill. i've got my mother. she lives with me. i'm a caregiver. she's 84 and on medicare. it's not been bad. i'm not totally displace pleased with medicare, also i have two college st

thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: madam speaker, breast cancer mammograms have been in the news with concern on federal guidelines on who should have a mammogram and what age. breast cancer is the most common cancer in american women next to skin cancer. it estimated 1,470 women will die from breast cancer in 2009. as daunting as that figure is, there is another figure that tells the story, there are more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the united states. death rates have been declining since 1990. the decrease is believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening and increased awareness as well as improved treatment. guidelines are simply that. every woman should talk to her physician about her past history and current health to determine the frequency of mammogram exams. this disease touches us all. i doubt there is anyone here who doesn't have a relative who suffered from breast cancer. encourage your loved ones to talk to your physicia

good morning chairman thompson, ranking member king, and other distinguished members of the committee. the u.s. secret service is an organization that maintains deep-fried for the work it does on behalf of our nation. based on a high standards which the men and women of this agency holds themselves, and the standards the nation expects, i regret on tuesday, november 24, established protocols and procedures were not followed. allowing to individual entry into the white house. the moment this was brought to my attention on wednesday, november 25, i.e. immediately directed our office of professional responsibility to begin an investigation and a review into the events surrounding the previous evening. further, i directed the office of professional responsibility to contact the department of homeland secured homeland sigurd office of the inspector general in order to it buys them of our investigation. while the investigation remains ongoing, preliminary findings have determined that establish procedures related to inning to white house were not followed at the initial checkpoint. an error

chairman thompson, ranking member king, and members of the committee, i am willing to answer questions at this time. however, any questions regarding our security procedures will need to be discussed in a closed setting. additionally, i would like to respectfully advise this committee that due to the fact that this is an ongoing investigation i am unable to answer any questions regarding the potential criminal aspect of this incident here or in a closed setting. thank you. >> thank you very much director sullivan for your testimony. i'll remind each member that he or she will have five minutes to question mr. sullivan. i recognize myself for the beginning portion. erector sullivan, let me be clear that all of us there is no question about it. our oversight responsibility though when situations like this occur we have to do our job. .. at the white house any point? at the state dinner. >> at this event we had a three vehicle checkpoints and we had two pedestrian checkpoints. >> okay, and each checkpoint to those individuals have lists of the guests that would be in attendance? >> yes, t

my only sibling, although racing legend mickey thompson and his wife trudy were also murdered. to get those killers convicted. from the very beginning, i was certain who killed them. naturally, their attempts on my life so they would not be brought to justice however, let me tell you, i am the proud daughter -- of a wonderful man who is captain and chief of detectives on the alhambra california police department. at a young age, he told my brother and me how to have courage and always do the right thing. i like hell of a good shot, by the way. not too many victims have self- defense training to survive a quarter of a century of murderers wanted to take them up because they are trying to bring justice. i respectfully ask you to please place your cellselves in the pon we have been in and only then will you know the best steps to take to provide better safety for our citizens. i thank you for allowing me to set up here and slobber all over myself. [laughter] i guess it is because i've lived most of the night and i am tired but want to be here because i never want other people to e

thompson of mississippi. and the ranking member. he is from pennsylvania. me welcome those of you who are here. let me take a moment of personal privilege. knowledge the family of mr. edward kelley, who, in this business, is considered family. many of us gathered after 9/11 in respective positions. we gathered as members of the committee on homeland security. many of us were there from the beginning. he comfortably retired, having served as part of the excellence of corporate america as they decided to render that for another day. and they expected the call to become part of the men and women who served in the department of homeland security. we owe him a debt of gratitude for his service. it is a privilege to join my colleagues, and the full ranking committee, mr. king, to send a letter of sympathy and was additionally privilege to rise on the floor of the house to be able to give him the tribute to it that he deserved as an american hero. i would like to have the family stand at this time so that they will be acknowledged by all people. [applause] i belie

tommy thompson is holding a hearing and threatening a subpoena for the white house gate crashers. the senate is looking into the reconfirmation of the fed. nbc is expected to announce their deal today. the bank of america is announcing that it is repaying its tarp moaning. -- money. we have the writer of the story about the confirmation hearing of ben bernanke and the interesting twist bernie sanders from vermont put on the nomination. what does it will if a senator put a hold on a nomination? >> it means that bernie sanders does not want ben bernanke to be fed chairman and he is making it known. what it means is that he will need 60 votes for the confirmation to happen. what is interesting is that some of the objections to ben bernanke come from the right and the left. you suspect that they are doing to be just as eager to not vote for him. host: congressman ron paul has been a longtime vocal critic of the fed. sounds like more people are ascribing to that? >> that is true, they have done many things over last couple of years, bailing out during the crisis, efforts to prop up wal

thompson. >> thank you very much, madam chair. excellent panel and i thank all of you for your testimony. one of the things i want to do is try to broaden the discussion. we just saw a broad panel of where arrests have taken place. it only focused on a very narrow type of arrests for certain kinds of things. one of the things i want us to do as a committee is look at act acts of violence and extremism in its totality and not a very narrow focus. we can understand that the bait here is important, but it's a part of a broader debate we need to take as a committee@@@@@@@ @ with white supremacy movements, there is a lot of chatter and danger and a lot of concern. i think that is an area that is something we have to look at. the susceptibility in an economic downturn and in time of war and especially now with this sense of revenge about government is a problem. i think we have to take a close look and continue to look at it. it's the other language used today. >> thank you. >> i want to say this in the right way. i don't want to name g

and it also addresses many of the problems that are outlined in the thompson reuters study on health care in america. so, saying "no" at the right time saves lives. saying "no" at the right time saves money. saying "no" at the proper time preserves our future. saying "no" when "no" is the best answer is the correct right thing to do. we have a government we can't afford -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. coburn: i will finish up. i ask unanimous consent for 30 seconds. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: we have a government we can't afford. we're borrowing money to buy things that we don't need. we earmarked $18 billion worth prof skwrebgts this year. -- worth of projects this year. some are good, some are terrible. we eliminated no duplication in any of the agencies. we did nothing about efficiency, and we did nothing about creating priorities in this country. i agree with my democrat colleagues that health care should be a priority. and when we had the leadership, we didn't do anything with it, and we should have. mark my words, this is

thompson: i thank the gentlelady from ohio for yielding and for hosting this special order this evening on what is truly a so important topic. i don't think there's anyone here in this chamber or anyone across the united states who through family or friends haven't been touched by breast cancer in their families or within the networks of fremmeds they have. and -- friends they have. and i -- my -- i came here in january, i was -- prior to that had worked in health care for 28 years, rehabilitation services as a rehabilitation professional , working actually as a rehab services manager for most of that time. and during that time i had both myself and my staff, the wonderful caring, compassionate individuals i worked with, who were true professionals, worked with just a tremendous number of women who were breast cancer survivors. and post mastectomy, developing innovative techniques, exercises and really tried to touch the lives of people who were facing this devastating disease. and you had mentioned you had talked about these recommendations that were put out and i'm sure you're going t

this facility in illinois sits in thompson, one of the city's represented by next guest, representative donald manzullo, 16th district, republican. when you first heard this news, what was your reaction? guest: i got 12 hours notice. i have been a member of congress now for 18 years and the administration gave me exactly 12 hours notice this was going to have been in a congressional district i represent. i really wasn't too pleased with the fact that a lot of other people in new, and in fact, the department of defense, when i talked to a high official there, was absolutely shocked no one had informed me prior to that. i was not pleased with the fact the administration did not take the courtesy to advise the member of congress that something like this was coming. but nevertheless, that prison has been andy, virtually for years. it was a state prison, it cost about $140 million to build. built because the state of illinois is at 150% capacity. i have always been in favor of opening of the prison. obviously first as a state prison. all of us has been in contact with the state of illinois p

i asked robert frost if you read in the lawrence thompson biographies set conditions.that he would only teach seminar if it could be taught in a parlor environment and there would be no grades. and there would be no more than 10 men and no women there at that time. and i was one of them. and i have come away -- and i wanted to go in the seminar because i respected robert frost. i came out with a much deeper understanding and a more profound respect. he liked -- he quoted earlier 17th century british poets. he could quote many -- they don't rhyme easily they're pretty hard to quote. we may have liked eliot but it wasn't very easy to quote him. it wasn't as easy. but he loved to quote pope and things that remind. he could remember those rhymes. but he also read, you know, modern poets. he was familiar with robinson jeffers and hd. he read poetry and enjoyed it. and understand it and the last line of my book says we found in this a way of explaining transcendent ideas that the prose doesn't do. and my book ends with a quote from a contemporary elegy by a poet. the death a

thompson reuters put out a study that said 125 to $175 billion in fraud and health care. ifrs said it is $100 billion in medicare and medicaid and it is an hhs's spraw permeance rook to $90 billion this year. there's nothing to address that. that is some place we could really cut and in delve the future of medicare that is not available. saxby. >> i want to address just three very quick items, where the president has made statements and made commitments that he is simply not keeping. first a want to take off on what tom just alluded to with respect to him having said that you like your plan you can keep it. that remark was made by the president on july 21 of this year. basically he said and i quote, if you like your current plan you would be able to keep it. every repeat that. if you like a plan he will be allowed to keep it. senator casey came not just last week as senator thune has said and i quote came in saying we are not one to be able to say if you like what you have eking keep it in that basic commitment that a lot of us around here have made will be called into qu

thompson for a comment. >> you said the contract was offered.responsible for the contract so we developed it and are responsible for its major. >> i would assume that because we know is an awkward contract now, we will not enter into any more awkwardw3 contracts. >> i cannot promise that. i hope that we learn our lesson. i have the contract i have a i have to make the most of it until i am a reasonable time position to fix it. >> maybe i need to ask the chief. >> that she does nothing to do with the contract. weren't you not allowed to suggest deployment? >> at the beginning, we were not involved in the contract. it would be a cbvp responsibility overall as to how the contract is designed to rid. we will look for a realignment where it can be done. i agreed that it is an awkward way of doing business. >> i am told it is a possibility that you may doing an add-on or extending in the very near future. does that mean the extension or at odds will be offered also? >> the extension of the contract is done. the contract itself has subcontracts. that i

ranking member king worked together to develop this bill and both chairwoman sanchez and chairman thompson sponsored the bill. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. cuellar: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield four minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, who is the author of this bill and has been working with the ranking member, mr. king from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for four minutes. mr. engel: i thank the gentleman, my good friend from texas, for yielding to me. i appreciate the comments made by mr. rogers as well. mr. speaker, this bill rights a wrong. it's a very technical bill, but the bottom line is that 35 loyal and hardworking federal employees stationed overseas working for america are being treated unfairly and the bill corrects this. when i was in ireland at the customs post, hi a chance to speak with some of these employees and i became convinced that they were not

but after tommy thompson left office, he walked out of an elevator at the capitol one day and he said dorgan, let me to. you were right about reimportation. you were right about it but he couldn't say that while he was working for the previous president, but every white house has worked against the ability to provide reimportation of prescription drugs, despite the fact that europe has allowed it for 20 years with no problem. this is the strength and the clout and the muscle of the pharmaceutical industry. my hope is perhaps the american people have some representation. >> live to the white house to hear from president obama after meeting with senate democrats. >> hello, everybody. we just had a very productive session about the final stages of health care reform in the senate. and from the discussions we had it is clear that we are on the precipice of an achievement that has eluded congresses and presidents for generations. and achievement that will touch the lives of nearly every american. there are still some differences that have to be worked on. this was not able call. this was a

thompson: i thank my good friend from florida for yielding on this very important bill. now, mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of house resolution 940, a resolution that recognizes and honors the national guard on its 373rd anniversary. the national guard has a long and proud history as the oldest component of our armed forces. the roots of the national guard date back to our early colonial and state militias with a revival during the revolutionary war. they made up the ruff ryders in the spanish-american war. more recently on this date the japanese attacked pearl harbor and the greatest generation went to war and it's fitting we pass this resolution today in memory of all those who served, but in particular, those who were in the national guard. more than 60 million americans fought in world war ii and about two million of them are still alive today but they are dying at a rate of about 900 a day, according to the department of defense. the national guard is made up 40% of the u.s. combat divisions and include 300,000 members in 18 infantry divisions in world ar ii. si

guest: it is interesting because the chairman of the house homeland security committee thompson said -- i am paraphrasing -- take a breather here. we will have hearings and look specifically at events that led up to flight 253 but we also have to look at the many questions. and the other side of the garden, the obama administration said despite this week's events is still plan to continue these transfers to yemen because until they can solve the yemeni question, military officials call it the long pole in the tent, you cannot effectively solve the guantanamo question. host: the first call is from miami on our republican line. robert, go ahead. caller: good morning. i just want to state that i believe the reason why he was able to slip through is because he had a visa. the reason why i say that is that foreigners to travel into the united states have to go through a rigorous application process. they have to send documents, they have to be fingerprinted, the half to send pictures weeks before the departed flights. i know this for a fact and your guest probably can confirm this. howeve

. >>> our game announcers, chick hernandez and ron thompson and tony massenberg all in the house. >>> in baltimore, it's pretty simple. win and they are in. the ravens head to oakland this weekend with a trip to the post- season on the line. after dropping the ball in pittsburgh, their season comes down to this: west coast game. brent harris has a preview now from baltimore. >> it's come down to this game, so, yeah, that's a playoff game. >> reporter: for the ravens, their playoffs begin now with a trip to oakland. >> beautiful part about it is that we control our own destiny. we are not worried about this, worried about that. the importance of this game is simple for us. >> now we know what we are up against and what we have to do to get to the playoffs. now, it's -- we have to go balls out and get this win and, you know, hopefully we do. >> the raiders have just five wins all season. however, four of those have come against teams with winning records. eagles, ben gals, steelers and broncos. despite being a double digit favorite, the ravens are well aware of the challenge that the ra

guest: it is interesting because the chairman of the house homeland security committee thompson said- i am paraphrasing -- take a breather here. we will have hearings and look specifically at events that led up to flight 253 but we also have to look at the many questions. and the other side of the garden, the obama administration said despite this week's events is still plan to continue these transfers to yemen because until they can solve the yemeni question, military officials call it the long pole in the tent, you cannot effectively solve the guantanamo question. host: the first call is from miami on our republican line. robert, go ahead. caller: good morning. i just want to state that i believe the reason why he was able to slip through is because he had a visa. the reason why i say that is that foreigners to travel into the united states have to go through a rigorous application process. they have to send documents, they have to be fingerprinted, the half to send pictures weeks before the departed flights. i know this for a fact and your guest probably can confirm this. however,

good morning chairman tom thompson, and other distinguished members of the committee. the secret service is an organization that maintains the pride in the work it does on behalf of our nation. based on the high standards to which the men and women of this agency hold themselves and in the standards of the nation expects, i regret on tuesday november 24 the established protocols and procedures were t followed here at allowing two individuals entering into the white house. the moment this is brought to my attention on wednesday november november 25, i immediately directed our officer professional responsibility to begin an investigation and review into the events surrounding the previous evening. further, i directed the office of professional or science ability to contact the department of homeland security office of inspector general in order to advise them of our investigations. while the investigation remains ongoing, preliminary findings have determined that established procedures related to entering the white house were not followed at initial check points. an erro

thompson reuters, a study put out october 9, this year, very well-respected firm, their estimate of the $2.4 trillion that we spend on health care per year in this country is that between $600 billion and $850 billion of it is pure waste. defensive medicine costs and malpractice is between $250 billion to $325 billion by their estimate. not one thing in this bill to address that. not one thing. fraud, theirs is between $125 billion and $175 billion per year. not significant in this bill: $2 billion to $3 billion. administrative inefficiency, 17%, between $100 billion and $150 billion wasted on paperwork each year. provider errors, that's me, that's either wrong diagnosis, failure to treat appropriately, it's the smallest of all of them. and what are we doing? we're going to tell the providers -- the hospitals, the medical device companies, the drug companies, the doctors, the radiologists, the labs, the physical therapists -- we're going to tell them how to do it. that's not where the problem is. my hope is that the american people will come to their senses and say, wait a minute, slow

thompson of mississippi. >> thank you, madam chair, for holding this hearing. more than eight

then thompson doing the honors. hoyas win it. 8-0 on the season, undefeated. andset greenburgh and the virginia tech hockeys. throw do you know. techs down. in the 2nd, malcomb delaney taking over from 3. virginia wins it, 66-64. >> on to a story that continues to develop daily. tiger woods take as leave from the pga to repair his personal life, so is gillette, one of his major stonsors. they say they are supporting tiger woods' desire for privacy by limiting his role in their marketing. still to come, the redskins continue to search for the 4th win and what looks to be a cake walk in oakland on sunday might be anything but. our kelly johnson will explain. >> highlights from the 110th meeting between the service galleries, straight ahead. >> and chick hernandez has a backstage pass to the new movie, invictis, coming up next time around. ♪ ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) (announcer) it's right her