several of the entries lack any subject matter descriptions or are so vague as to be utterly uninformative, including these quotes i just note from the record. and we've had some problems with her speeches. a lot of speeches she notes she's given she has no text for. but i would just note this is on her questionnaire. i spoke on the second circuit employment discrimination cases -- close quote. didn't indicate what or give any summary of that. another one -- quote -- "i spoke at the federal externship class on access to judgment, close quote. no indication of what that was and no summary. certainly no text. -- quote -- "i participated in a panel entitled sexual harassment how to practice safe employment." no explanation. next -- quote -- "i spoke on the united states judicial system." next, i spoke on the topic of lawyering for social justice. close quote. i discussed my life experiences and the role of minority bar organizations, close quote. i participated in a symposium on post conviction relief. i spoke on the execution of judgments of conviction. i spoke on the implementation of the h

madam speaker, for weeks this body has been subjected to uninformed, false demagoguery with regard to president obama's effort to close the prison at guantanamo bay. i want to share some actual facts with regard to the people at guantanamo bay. 772 were sent between the years 2001 and 2003. they are clearly not the worse of the worst. according to the department of defense's status review tribunal, only 8% of the detainees were characterized as fighters. 92% were not fighters. of all the foreign nationals at guantanamo bay, only 5% were captured by united states forces, 2% by coalition forces, but 93% were turned in by primarily pakistani forces in return for ransom, oftentimes as much as $5,000. and from d.o.d. records, a significant majority of the detainees were not even accused of committing a single hostile act. madam speaker, it's time to put aside the rhetoric and start informing our constituents. we are a better nation than the demagoguery we have been subjected to over guantanamo bay. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for wha

of the entries lack any subject matter descriptions or are so vague as to be utly un-- utterly uninforming. and we've had some problems with the speeches. a lot of the speeches she's given she has no text for. i would note this is on her

of the uninsured among us, and this is another thing that i think a lot of people, americans are uninformed about. if you have health insurance today, you think you're paying for the health insurance that covers your family. well, you're paying a little more than that. about $1100 of the insurance that you pay for your family actually goes to cover the uninsured. in order to cover their costs, health care providers have to spread the cost among their other patients. and the result is that we pay that $1100 more. i'm not happy. say i'm disquieted. by those who create a fear in all americans that all americans be taxed by health care reform. just the opposite is true. those of us with health insurance are being taxed right now with the uninsured $1 is 00 -- $1100 a year just because we don't have health care reform. we want to get health care costs, if you want to get those down, you're going to need to make sure everyone has insurance. the she could thing -- second thing is to make sure everyone has health insurance. the patient advocate foundation -- [applause] has been a true leader with r

and, this is another thing i think a lot of people americans are uninformed about. if you have health insurance today you think you are paying for your family but you are paying more than that. about $1,100 of the insurance that you pay for your family actually goes to cover the uninsured. in order to cover their costs healthcare providers have to spread the cost to provide services, have to spread the cost among their other patients. and, the result is that the pay that $1,100 more. i am not happy. i am disquiet did. buy does it create a fear in all americans that all americans will be taxed by healthcare reform. those of us with health insurance are being taxed right now. at $1,100 a year. just because we don't have healthcare reform. we want to get healthcare cost. we want to get this down and we need to make certain everyone has health insurance for ago the second thing we need to do is to make sure when people are sick they get the care they need, whether not they get sick the day before the day after they got health insurance. the patient's advocate foundation

and not that there's so uninformed or dodging your questions. i urge everybody who hears this to speak out about what it is that you want to see a healthcare reform, particularly if you do as i know a lot of you have done today and that is to tell your stories to i think it was really right the comment earlier that the stories are so empowering, and in addition to everything else the senators love to get up and tell a story about real human being and an effect a particular policy might have on them so you are telling these stories is enormously important but sometimes you have deppan them down. what does he think or what does she think about the coverage of preexisting conditions? what is your sheet think about provisions either whether it is a mandate or a public provider or the different criteria that you think are enormously important and the product you want to see at the end of the day. sometimes you have deppan them down that way and if they still don't know, say then perhaps we can inform you in such a way that will affect your, if you th

. >> do you believe that the people where better served by being uninformed in making the investment decision, especially when official america knew there were misrepresentations in the financial status? >> again. those judgments were up to bank of america. our job was to make sure the system was stabilized and that was our primary focus. >> mr. chairman why did you think it was necessary for bia to inquire merrill lynch, when lehman had been allowed to fail? what was the thinking of saving aig, merrill and in these companies failed to adequately perform and uphold their fiduciary responsibility to its stockholders? what made this different from lehman? >> we made extraordinary efforts to prevent women from failing a we were unsuccessful partly because the couldn't find a merger partner and bank of america was a potential partner. they decided against it and we did not try to endorse them to do it. we didn't have the powers and that is why they failed. we have for very concerned about it and our concerns proved to be justified. with respect to the other cases we did everything we cou