u.s. house of representatives swings behind the debt limit bill to avoid default amid criticism that america still faces hard times ahead of economic recovery despite the compromised. nato members pressed for tougher u.n. action against syria's government response to escalating the violence but russia to block any resolution leading to a libya style intervention. to see why a tidal wave of antigovernment protesters demanding sweeping economic reforms but demonstrators complained a summer of discontent is largely being passed over by the international. those are the headlines when we take you back in time and space to now says a famous apollo thirteen mission which failed and land on the moon because of a technical glitch however all three crew members did return safely to earth so if you cannot say caught up with the missions commander for his memories of the events . and since great pleasure and honor to have you in essence nice to be here now you started out for the moon twice without ever lending is that fair weather first time was deliberate we were merely going to test out the navigatio

u.s. house of representatives swings behind the debt limit bill to avoid default all amid criticism that america still faces posh times ahead of a recovery despite the compromise deal the legislation is now expected to clear the senate and then president obama's desk. nato members press for tough u.n. action against syria's government in response to escalating violence but russia to block any resolution leading to a libya style interference. and israel is seized by a tidal wave of a. government protesters demanding a sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complained summer of discontent is being passed over by the international media. by a visit headlined stay with us next we take you back in time and space to the famous apollo thirteen mission which i did fail to land on the moon due to a technical glitch however all three crew members to return safely to earth so if we should say caught up with the missions commander for his memories of the events . it's a great pleasure and honor to have you with us it's nice to be here now you've started out twice without ever lending is that fair while

u.s. house of representatives the strings behind the debt limit bill to avoid default amid criticism that america still faces harsh times ahead of an economic recovery despite a compromise deal legislation is now expected to clear the senate then president obama. nato members pressed for tougher you were not shown against syria's government in response to the escalating violence and russia valves to block any resolution leading to a libya style intervention. and israel is seized by a tidal wave of ranchi government protesters demanding sweeping economic reforms but demonstrators complain that the summer of discontent isn't largely being passed over by the international media. and others of the headlines here in our city but don't go anywhere. with the sports. thank you well thank you guys for us on our team the headlines this hour before it's playing russian international unity is that a full face to join one of the country's richest sides after a disappointing to us chelsea. being meanwhile on the favorites to progress in the champions league main competition following a single winner of

u.s. house of representatives, henry clay.background sounds] >> henry clay was an early 19th century politician, statesman. he ran for president three times, tried to get the nomination two others, failed on all occasions. but he's probably the best known non-president of that period. >> why is that? >> well, daniel walker howell argues that clay had the most expansive vision for the country of any politician of that period. he's speaking, basically, of the american system which was an attempt to unify the country. we were a big country, in fact, most people thought we could not exist as a democracy as large as we were. but he believed through transportation, through commerce that we could tie the country together. howell says that he was a better visionary than he was a politician. he could not get other people to go with him. but if he could have stood out here on this front step and looked out to the west where interstate 75 and interstate 64 come together, he would have said, by god, i told you so. because that was exactly

u.s. house of representatives. and he has an office in the longworth house office building, which is right across the street from the u.s. capitol. while commissioner pierluisi cannot vote on final passage of bills, he can work behind the scenes. for example, on committees. and he's using that influence to promote statehood for his people. >> we're part of this nation, we have been part of this nation for over a century and we want to contribute the same way that others do up here. >> in fact, with almost 4 million residents, puerto rico has a bigger population than that of 24 u.s. states. including oregon, oklahoma and connecticut. statehood means congress would have to add some members, two in the senate and at least seven in the house of representatives. that could affect the balance of power here on capitol hill. commissioner pierluisi received this gavel in recognition for his introducing the puerto rico democracy act to the house of representatives. the act calls for puerto ricans to hold a plebiscite, that m

the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on august 2, 2011 at 9:35 a.m. that the senate passed without amendment, h.r. 2715, that the senate passed senate 1466, appointments, united states commission on civil rights, with best wishes, i am signed sincerely, karen l. haas the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 4, no legislative business will be conducted on this day, pursuant to section 3 of that resolution, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday august 5, 2011. 60 votes are needed to pass and pass on to president obama. we will continue to follow this story and will bring you updates as they become available. right now, we are going to the office building on capitol hill where the senate environmental committee is looking at the safety of u.s. nuclear reactors in the wake of the japanese disaster. this started a couple of minutes ago. you're watching live coverage on c-span. >> further study and analysis

u.s. house of representatives and the senate will be voting on a vital piece of legislation.

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> as this hearing comes to a close we head over to the senate this afternoon where a number of the senators on this committee are moving over to go vote on the debt ceiling agreement reached in the house yesterday. the house passed that bill 269-161. 95 democrats, 66 republicans voted against the measure. today the bill's in the hands of the senate where senators have been debating it since they gaveled in this morning at 9:30 eastern. majority leader reid just finishing up his final statements before the vote which is just getting under way. it was set to start at 12:00 noon. basically starting a little later than expected. 60 votes are needed for passage. and should it be agreed to we expect president obama to sign the measure very

u.s. house of representatives swings behind the debt limit bill to avoid default and criticism that america still faces harsh times ahead of economic recovery despite the compromise deal legislation is now expected to clear the senate and then president obama's task. nato members pressed for tougher u.n. action against syria's government in response to escalating violence but russia vows to blog any resolution leading to a libya style intervention. that israel is seized by a tidal wave of antigovernment protesters demanding a sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complain the summer of discontent is largely being passed over by the international media. for those are the headlines here and i'll see you next our very own al going off tons of the spotlight on the man in charge of russia's answer to g.p.s. his satellite saw sites ago where none have gone before to stay with us. few. if. any. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. and algernon and today my guest is alexander the. g.p.s. the global positioning system developed in the united states has long been the on

u.s. house of representatives. and the numbers may bear that out.here are 14 months before the november 6, 2012 presidential election. president obama finds himself in a dead heat with not one, not two, not, three, but four republican presidential candidates. so says the gallop poll this week. massachusetts governor mitt romney leads president obama 48 to 46 among registered voters. texas governor rick perry is tied with president obama, 47 to 47. texas congressman ron paul is trailing president obama by two points, 47 to 45. and minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann is behind president obama 48 to 44. all four are within a four- point margin every error. but there's more to the obama bad news. the same gallop poll shows mr. obama is also losing the support of in the swing voters. swing voters broke heavily for mr. obama in 2008, 55%, securing the presidency for him. but 2012 is a different story. three republican contendersobam independents. obama with romney 47, obobama 44. perry 46, question, did these polls show the electriccability of the re

u.s. house of representatives. to avoid. the. financial crisis. international media. international. the russian capital. the lower house of the u.s. . prevented. supporting. to raise the country's. political squabbling the bill could be signed into law. the senate also gives the go ahead. in washington. not a lot of good news in terms of the big picture for the u.s. economy of course the only thing that we can be certain of that this deal means is that it averts the self imposed potential crisis of a u.s. default what we do know in this legislation is a does sort of cut spending by about two point four trillion dollars over the next decade what that means in the short term for the u.s. economy is potentially a lot of bling of growth now we have to keep in mind that the unemployment rates are still astronomically high at nine point two percent and so a lot of economists are saying this is not really the time to be cutting the spending this whole battle over the debt limit is kind of a proxy war an ideological proxy war between the republicans in congress and the democrats in congress

u.s. house of representatives swings behind the debt limit a bill to avoid default amid criticism that america still faces harsh times ahead of economic recovery despite the compromise deal legislation is now expected to clear the senate and then president obama's desk. nato members press for tough u.n. action against syria's government in a response to escalating violence but russia has to block any resolution leading to a libya style intervention. and israel is seized by a tidal wave of antigovernment protesters demanding a sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complained some of discontent is a largely being passed over by the international media. and the more news in fifteen minutes time but for now on the tosh is here with the sports. thank you already you're watching this for apply when our t. they have lines reports claim russian international users are to call face to join one of the country's richest sides a disappointing spell we've chelsea. now the favorites to progress in the champions league main competition following a two no we know it's not like key the former russian cham

u.s. house of representatives with a masters degree in divinity from the theological school of drew university as well as five honorary doctoral degrees it's going to lend his insight and talents to a number of organizations across america from families usa to the national coalition on health care to the center for international policy to name just a few currently he's the c.e.o. of common cause a nonprofit. nonpartisan organization working to strengthen our democracy and make our government more accountable so we people he's also author of the book middle church reclaiming the moral values of the faithful majority from the religious right pleased to welcome here in studio is dr bob you're welcome it's great to be with you great to have you with us you served as the democratic representative one of them from pennsylvania for its careers in congress i'm curious what got you into politics and what advice you would have for today's politicians october twentieth nine hundred seventy three richard nixon fired archibald cox who was the special prosecutor looking into watergate i looked the word demo

u.s. house of representatives behind the debt limit bill to avoid. criticism that america still faces. despite the last minute compromise the. bill is now in the u.s. senate after months of. crisis. nato members pressed for tough u.n. syria's government in response to escalating violence but russia to block any resolution leading to a libya style intervention. by a tidal wave of antigovernment protesters demanding sweeping economic reform demonstrators complained so called some of discontent is a largely being passed over by the international media. business it's a seal right and the market says that economic reports have investors longing for cover more and that's in business and. worldwide news from moscow this is. the lower house of the u.s. congress has done its part to prevent a devastating default by supporting an eleventh hour deal to raise the country's borrowing limit after months of stalemate and political squabbling the bill could be signed into law later if the senate also gives the go ahead. across the latest developments for us in washington. not a lot of good news in term

u.s. house of representatives swings behind the debt limit deal to avoid default and the criticism that america still faces harsh times ahead of economic recovery despite the compromise deal. nato members pressed for tougher u.n. action against syria's government in response to escalating violence with russia to block any resolution leading to a libya style interference. and israel was seized by a tidal wave all the anti-government protesters demanding sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complained summer of discontent is largely being passed over by the international media. ok up next our financial expert max kaiser looks at the low standards in high finance and what wall street would prefer you did not know that's on the cards report coming up next they were not see then mr built. we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers. max kaiser they see her this is the kaiser report today stacey you're going to be talking a lot about risk in all of its forms tell us also. as i go alone but. tell the people what you've got over there ok well let's start

u.s. house of representatives and nine new seats in the senate and even though the tea party doesn't control a majority within the republican party in congress they do control the republican party's platform because they have the control of the precinct committees and therefore progressives need to do the same thing only within the democratic party. if we've learned one thing over the last few years it's that the democratic party has shifted to the center and it's a stablish what is unwilling to adopt real progressive change when it comes to things like health reform energy reform and election reform just to name a few and as we saw in the bush tax cut debate last year and the recent debt limit debate this unwillingness to stand up and fight is leading to an endless stream of republican victories and the dismantling of programs that progress is fought so hard for over the entire last century we have been too often losing these fights and to win them it takes more than union protests in wisconsin or us uncut demonstrations on wall street or activism against a member of congress although those

u.s. house of representatives. it's . the sweeping economic reform. but demonstrators complain their summer of discontent is largely being passed over by the international media. ok up next our financial expert max kaiser looks at the low standards in high finance and what wall street would prefer you did not know that's on the cards report coming up next here on r.t. then it's mr built. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers. kaiser they see her for this is the kaiser report today stacey are going to be talking a lot about risk in all of its forms tell us. as i go alone but still tell the people what you've got over there ok well let's start with the first headline max because that has risk in the actual headline t. bills no longer considered risk free by chicago mercantile exchange c.m.e. group announced monday that as part of a normal review of market volatility they claim it is determined that t. bills should no longer be treated as a grist cre when used as collateral haircuts o

u.s. house of representatives swings behind the bill to avoid amid criticism that america still faces harsh economic recovery despite. the death and the bill is now in the hands of the u.s. senate after months of political will not be enough for financial crisis. nato members pressed for tough u.n. action against syria's government in response to escalating violence but russia to block any resolution leading to libya's stalled interference. on a wave of anti-government protests demanding sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complained this summer of discontent is largely being passed over by the international media. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. the russian capital just turned eight pm here the lower house of the u.s. congress has done its part to prevent a devastating the falls by supporting an eleventh to raise the country's foreign limit. and political squabbling the bill could be signed into law if the senate also gives the go ahead. the latest now in washington. not a lot of good news in terms of the big picture for the u.s. economy of course the on

u.s. house of representatives swings behind the debt limit bill to avoid the criticism that america's still faces time to head over economic recovery despite a compromise deal the legislation is now expected to clear the senate and then president obama's desk of. nato members pressed for tough u.n. action against syria's government in response to escalating violence russia vows to block any resolution leading to libya style interference. and his right to seize tidal wave of anti-government protests demanding sweeping economic reform demonstrations complained that summer of discontent is not actually being passed over by the international. or next we take you back in time and space to nasa apollo thirteen mission which famously failed to manned on the moon because of a technical failure the little all three crew members did return safely to earth analyses sophie shevardnadze caught up with the mission's commander and his memories of those events. it's a great pleasure and honor to have you with us it's nice to be here where you started out for the moon twice without ever length is that fair

u.s. house of representatives swings behind the debt limit bill to avoid default i mean criticism that america still faces a harsh economic recovery despite the last minute compromise that. the destiny of the bill is now in the u.s. senate after months of growing up that will be an up for play actual crisis. nato members pressed for tougher u.n. action against syria's government in response to escalating violence but russia valves to block any resolution leading to a libya style intervention. but israel is seized by a tidal wave of antigovernment protesters demanding sweeping economic reform demonstrators complained so called summer of discontent is a largely being passed over by the international media. also on business it's a sea of red and the markets that are going on the force have investors morning for more on that in business in twenty minutes. worldwide news live from moscow this is our rover solution the lower house of the u.s. congress has done its part to prevent a devastating default by supporting an eleventh hour deal to raise the country's boring limit after months of stalemate a

u.s. house of representatives swings behind the debt limit to avoid default amid criticism that america still faces. despite the last minute compromise deal. the bill is now in the hands of the u.s. senate after months of political bickering will it be enough to avert financial crisis. nato members press for tougher u.n. action against syria's government in response to escalating violence but russia. any resolution leading to a libya intervention. seized by a tidal wave government of protesters demanding sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complain that some of discontent is largely being passed over by the international media. welcome to you this is live from moscow the lower house of the u.s. congress has done its part to prevent a devastating default by supporting an eleventh hour deal to raise the country's boring limit after months of stalemate and a political squabbling the bill could be signed into law later on tuesday if the senate also gives the go ahead. across the latest in washington. not a lot of good news in terms of the big picture for the u.s. economy of course the only

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u.s. house of representatives the swings behind the debt limit bill to avoid default amid criticism that america still faces an economic recovery just spiked the last minute compromise to. the destiny of the bill is now in the hands of the u.s. senate after months of political bickering if it will be enough to avert a financial crisis. nato members pressed for tougher u.n. action against syria's government response to escalating violence but russia valves to block any resolution is leading to a libya style industry. and israel is to seize by a tidal wave of antigovernment protesters demanding sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complain that the summer of discontent is largely being passed over by the international media. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me rory search the lower house of the u.s. congress has a done its bit to prevent a devastating falls passing an eleventh hour bill to raise the country's borrowing limit after months of stalemate and political squabbling the bill could be signed into law later on choose day if the senate also gives the go ahe

of procedural votes in the u.s. senate. we did see a vote in the u.s. house of representatives by tomorrow. next is pennsylvania, republican line. caller: good morning. the government said most recipients of -- sent most recipients of so security a letter from cpi, consumer price index. they say the consumer price index is what is preventing them from getting people on social security and disability a cost- of-living adjustment. host: that is in place in a -- as inflation, essentially caller: someone brought up about how much food is costing today. this went out to all the recipients. i just want to say that is not right. the grocery store cost more and goods across the board that we use every day cost more. host: next is john joining us from south dakota, independent line. caller: good morning. host: what do you think of this package as outlined last night? caller: i think the democrats need to wake up and smell the coffee. as an independent contractor, i have to place bids almost a year or more in advance and they raised minimum wage which i cannot afford because i had the contract in pla

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rules of the u.s. house of representatives that i have been served with a nonparty subpoena issued by the circuit court for russell county, kentucky, for documents and testimony in a criminal case. after consultation with the office of general counsel i have determined that compliance with the subpoena is in compliance with the rights of the house, signed, sincerely, anet wright, executive assistant. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of house resolution 375, the house stands adjourned until >> the house returns tuesday for another pro from a session. the house will force the senate to return on her as a rigid regular basis block in the president from making recess appointments. the senate approved a short-term funding bill for the faa. we will have live coverage to all of pro forma sessions runcie's that. wash -- president obama is going to the washington navy yard to talk about transitioning veterans to the work force. we will have live coverage at 11:00. hiring picked up slightly

representatives to the u.s. congress for one thing really. to levy taxes. and then to spend those taxes for the common good. that is literally the purpose of the u.s. houseesentatives, is to levy taxes and to take all of what we pay into individually and then to spend it for the common good. the notion that doing that is a problem in and of itself i think belies how fully this -- at least portion of the congress, is willing to rewrite the basis we are founded as a nation. >> it is almost like they are insulted when you raise the idea. and the facts seem it really bear out what we are talking. let's take for example, peter, look at this graph. when you had bill clinton as the president, and the top wage earners i think was a little over 39%, look at the amount of jobs that were created. and when you had george bush with the lower tax rate, there's my graph, 23.1 million jobs created mr. president clinton with 39.6 higher earner tax rate. only 3 million jobs created under mr. bush with a 35% higher earner tax rate. so i mean, we can have different opinions, peter, but facts don't lie. >> unfortunately, fact -- >> we have not created jobs with tax cuts. >>

house of representatives, and that bill was then soundly defeated just two hours later in the senate. that was friday. what a difference a weekend makes. late tonight within the last two hours, the u.s. house of representatives passed another bill to raise the country's debt ceiling, but this was a bill that enjoys not only bipartisan support but also by-cabinet support. the house passed a debt ceiling plan tonight that was crafted over the weekend by president obama and congressional leaders from both parties, it's a deal that raises the debt ceiling by $2.1 trillion in exchange for spending cuts over the next decade. well, dig into the numbers of this deal a little later in this show. numbers that are in some ways better and in some ways worse than they first appeared, but right now at least it appears we're going to avoid the acute catastrophe, as opposed to a drawn out one that until a few days ago seemed unevidentable. now that it's expected to pass the senate and be signed by the president. a loot of liberals were looking around saying how did this happen, how did we get here? as drawn out as this process was, didn't seem like an open or deliberative one, unlike the debate ove

u.s. house of representatives took a vote on emergency action to stop the collapse of wall street. with lehman brothers gone, with bear sterns gone, with aig on the way to gone, with the largest economy teetering on the brink of financial collapse, the house of representatives voted on whether or not to take emergency action to prop it up temporarily, to stop catastrophe. remember this? the house took a vote on that that day, and what they voted was no. they voted against that emergency rescue plan, and as a result wall street looked like this. >> where do we go from here? >> they don't have enough. >> we're going to go down -- ton of uncertainty. >> this has gone down now? >> what happened, steve? >> find out if it's possible to change votes, because by my math, this can be bad. i don't think they can pass it now with the remaining no votes being 17. >> wall street believed congress would pass the bailout package, then a wild day before the dow closed down 777 points a 7% drop. >> a 7% drop, biggest one-day point drop in the history of the market. that was september 29, 2008. agai

u.s. house of representatives, to vote against the satan sandwich.n they go up for reelection, lord veldemort, i was standing against him. that's what the president is supposed to do, provide the cover necessary -- let me be clear, it's a lousy deal, there needed to be no debt ceiling deal, there needed to be a clean vote to raise the debt ceiling, then we needed to have this budget discussion, but with it done these folks can stand against it, rail against it, that gets them reelected in their districts. the moderates, blue dogs, they can now sort of take cover underneath it, look, we went along with what the republicans did. it's a complex coalition to keep together and as ugly as this sauszage is, it may get them reelected in 2012. >> is there something that the democrats need to be thinking about and the white house needs to be thinking about in terms of energizing the base? we saw in 2010 was not a lot of democratic voters going out and doing identifiable thing, we saw in 2010 a large number of republican voters rushing to the polls and electing

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 421. the nays are zero. two recording present. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is a vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3398. the speaker pro tempore: a bill to amend the immigration and nationality act to modify the requirements for admission and appear for interviews to re-move these conditional basis for permanent residence status and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for

of political squabbling u.s. lawmakers in the house of representatives have finally approved an emergency deal to raise the country's debt ceiling to avert a potentially devastating default now it's up to the senate to support the legislation. is following developments in the u.s. capitol for. lawmakers did finally hash out a deal party leaders with the white house and now of course the senate the other chamber here in the u.s. congress is also expected to vote on this the timing is a lot more tricky on this but the majority leader harry reid does expect for some sort of vote this evening there is a lot of criticism i mean standard and poor has said that they might not they might not be willing to keep the u.s. prize aaa rating as it is regardless of what comes out of this they don't think the cuts go deep enough and quite frankly this kind of last minute negotiating really taking the nation to the brink of default right against the clock is it's not a positive sign for the markets for other financial watchers it's quite an embarrassment here in the u.s. and please let's we all have to keep in mind that this whole d

u.s. default. the house of representatives approved the 11th hour compromise by a wide margin on friday. 261 for, 161gainst. consistent for both republicans and democrats. charles, this time yesterday we talked about the market having a positive reaction. it didn't seem to last long, though, did it? >> it certainly seemed to melt away pretty fast, as fast as summer snow, even here in london. actually that i thinking combined with the news out of the u.s. manufacturing sector, which we'll get into later, you're looking at really quite a sharp downward movement on some of these indiceindices. losses of about a third to nearly two-thirds of a percent with the ftse and the cac 40. i'll tell you something. we're looking at high, high volatility. and also according to some measures, and if you look at the broader indices of european stocks, you'll see we've now reached a correction. the stocks have come down 10%, more than 10% from february 17th. their lowest level now since october of last year. so we are officially into a correction. of course, another very important factor is the early season. around ab

u.s. house of representatives, are shifting towards the west and towards the south, out of the northeast and out of what is traditionally referred to as -- the big winner for everybody here who is a fellow texan was the state of texas with an increase of four congressional seat. california had no loss of congressional seats and i believe that's largely due to the growth of the latino community. arizona picks up a seat. nevada pics of pussy. florida picks up two seats. illinois loses a seat but i think could have possibly lost more without minority growth. despite the fact that we have sizable numbers in many places, our political opportunities, our ability to elect candidates of our choice are often frustrated and redistricting, in the drawing of election boundaries when the boundaries are drawn to fracture our community. to make it more difficult for us to do with other latinos, to elect our preferred candidate. we still face obstacles that we have faced in the past, including racially polarized voting which is the tendency of latinos to vote for one candidate and the tendency of non-latino

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., august 23, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable jeff denham to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john. a boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will be you are aed -- will be offered by the guest chaplain. the chaplain: let us pray. we are given leadership of a journey, upon which the people of this land have embarked. a quest for a more perfect union and for many to make one, to this house has been entrusted the hearts of a traveling, passionate pilgrim people. o god, therefore we pray thee, be with those two pilot our cause, visit with those who keep watch in this place. to those who steer the ship of our nation, endow a clear mind and a gentle tongue. bestow a generosity of spirit to reason together, even while acknowledging grea

u.s. house of representatives, so he is no stranger to washington. before being elected governor of louisiana, as both a democrat and republican. he served as the chief executive officer of business first bank, a community bank in baton rouge, louisiana. the wreck his career, buddy roemer has been known as a reformer not afraid to cross party lines. a longtime proponent of campaign finance reform, governor romer has made fighting the special interest money in washington a platform of his campaign. last month, governor romer promised to reveal and challenge the control of the special interests over our nation's capital and demonstrate what he calls the freedom to lead that can only come from reducing their money. putting his money where his mouth is, or perhaps more accurately, putting his mouth where his money is not, the governor roemer has pledged to run a campaign without accepting donations of more than $100 million or not excepting donations from political action committees. welcome, governor. >> is an honor to be here. welcome, everybody. i beli

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., august 30, 2011, i hereby apoint the honorable stevesider to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed, john boehner, house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend william george. the chaplain: let us bow our heads and pray for god's blessing. eternal god, source of every person, thank you for these best of times. may we members of the united states house of representatives serve your people under you deeply appreciate that we are all your sons and daughters. may we come together as family in this house to share the joy of politics in serving your people. we ask you to guide us, you whose laws rule forever and aver. -- and ever. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 375, the journal of the last day's pr

frequent commentator on the long-term impact of immigration policy and reform and he has provided expert testimony to the u.s. senate and the house of representatives. prior to joining stanford law, he was founding executive director of the immigration outreach center in phoenix, arizona. in his former life, he also launched and led several businesses including law logic group which is considered today to be an industry leader in technology and data security. so it's my pleasure to introduce the professor. [applause] >> wow, i am going to have my mom send my bio to you more often. very good. the panelists are in so many ways much more detailed and oriented and qualified than i am to speak to the specifics of immigration. i'm just the guy who speaks to economists, lawyers, and policymakers and then translates into human. i think that's why i have landed this particular role. what i'm going to try to do is frame the immigration debate. this is a fairly friendly crowd. what i think i am going to ultimately achieve is to give you some ideas that get at the immigration issue and the potential and the need for reform in a way that is a little bit less tr