if ever we needed a united states senator from california to fight for american jobs, it's now. my opponent will ship jobs overseas. we also know she has opposed every jobs bill that we voted on. she opposed that. she opposed the teachers. bringing back 16500 teachers to the classroom. she opposed that. she opposed wall street reform. >> time is up. >> senator, manufacture our readers asked us to ask you this regarding one of the often repeated clips on the internet in which you and the general michael walsh and you told him you should be called senator. a lot of leaders said it showed you have gotten out of touch. why did you make that comment? >> i'm certainly pleased to hear senator boxer called the general and asked if she needed to apologize. if he indicates he wasn't offended. i agree that we are not entitled to our own facts. one of the great companies in the world whose employees work very hard and whose share holders have benefited greatly from my time as ceo and all of the hard work. it is a shame she would use that company as a political football. i understand she is

if ever we needed a united states senator from california to fight for american jobs, it's now. my opponent, we know she shipped jobs overseas, thousands of them. we know she fired workers, tens of thousands of them, but we also know she has opposed every jobs bill we've voted on. the hire act which gave the tax holiday to business people if they hired an unemployed person, so she opposed that. she opposed the teachers bringing back 16,500 teachers into the classroom. she opposed wall street reform. >> sorry, senator. get to the next question. from karla. >> sorry. >> senator, many of our readers at sfgate.com asked us to ask you this. it regards often repeated clips on the internet in which you tied michael walsh, he appeared before you in committee, addressed you as ma'am and you told him you should be called senator because you worked hard for that title. a lot of readers thought it showed you got out of touch, high-handed. why did you make that comment and is their criticism fair? >> people absolutely have a right to criticize me for anything i do. but in that particular mom

i think it's this, if ever we needed a united states senator from california to fight for american jobs, it's now. my opponent -- we know that she shipped jobs overseas. thousands of them. we know she fired workers, tens of thousands of them. but we also know she has opposed every jobs bill that we voted on. the hire act, which gave a tax holiday to business people if they hired an unemployed person, she opposed that. she opposed the teachers bringing back 16,500 teachers in to the classroom. she opposed that. she opposed wall street reform. >> sorry, senator, time is up. you get the next question. it's from carla -- >> senator, many of the readers at sfgate.com asked us to ask you this. it regards the often-repeated clips on the internet in which you tied brigadier general michael walsh, he appeared before you in committee. he addressed you as ma'am and you told him you should be called senator because you worked hard to get that title. a lot of the readers said they thought it showed you gotten out of touch in three terms in washington, high handed. why did you make that comment to th

if ever we needed a united states senator from california to fight for american jobs, it's now. my opponent, we know that she shipped jobs overseas, thousands of them. we know she fired workers, tens of thousands of them. but we also know she has opposed every jobs bill that we voted on. the hire act, which gave a tax holiday to business people if they hired an unemployed person. she opposed that. she opposed the teachers. bringing back 16,500 teachers into the classroom. she opposed that. she opposed wall street reform. >> sorry, senator. time is up. but you do get the next question. and it's from carla marenucci. >> sorry. >> senator, many of our readers at sf gate.com asked us to ask you this. it regards one of the very often repeated clips on the internet. >> all right. >> which n which you tie -- in which you touted brigadier general michael walsh. he appeared before you in committee, addressed you as ma'am. and you told him, you should be called senator, because you worked hard to get that title. a lot of the readers said it showed that you had gotten out of touch after th

teachers, there ought to be accountability 's.ld ceo -- with ceo0 if ever we needed a united states senator from california to fight for american jobs, it is now. my opponent, we know that she ship jobs overseas. we know she fired workers, tens of thousands of them. but we also know that she has opposed every jobs bill that we voted on. it gave a tax holidays to business people if they hired an unemployed person, she opposed that. she opposed the teacher is bringing back 16,500 teachers into the classroom. she opposed that. she opposed wall street reform. >> time is up. >> many of our readers asked us to ask you this in regards to one of the repeated cliffs on the internet in which you -- keep appeared before you in committee. you told him? you should be called a senator because she worked hard to beat -- she worked hard to earn that title. a lot of the readers that you remained untouched. >> people have a right to criticize me for whatever i do. in that particular moment, we were having a lot of back and forth. this is a formal hearing. i made the call that i should call the general general and it would b

if ever we needed the united states senator from california to fight for american jobs, it is now.y opponent ship jobs overseas. we know that she fired workers, tens of thousands of them. we also know that she is opposed to every jobs bill that we voted on. the higher act, she opposed that. she opposed bringing back 16,500 teachers into the classroom. she opposed that. she opposed wall street reform 3 >> i am sorry, senator. time is up. >> many of our readers asked us to ask you this. it regards one of the repeated clips on the internet in which you targeted brigadier-general michael walsh who appear before you in committee and he addressed you as man and you told him that you should be called senator because you worked hard to get that title. a lot readers say that you got out of touch. why did she make that comment to the brigadier-general -- did you make that comment to the brigadier-general? >> the people have the right to criticize me. this was a formal hearing. i made the call that i should call the general, general, and it would be better if he called me by my formal title.

united states house and the senate will play out coast to coast over the course of the next eight weeks. and tonight we bring together our public media partners from pennsylvania, ohio, nevada, and california lay of the land. they are covering some of the most high-profile races of the year. joining us are scott schaeffer from kqed public radio in san francisco; ian millcrest from knpr in las vegas; karen castle of ohio public radio in columbus; and michael bartley from wqed in pittsburgh. now, all of you, thank you for talking with us. i want to just start with the conventional wisdom here in washington. that is that the economy is the number-one issue in all of these races. but i want to do a reality check and ask if that's the case where you are in your state. let's start in the east with michael bartley. is it the big issue? and give us a quick picture of the economy in your state. >> judy, great to be with you again. there's no question on this labor day the principal preoccupation is the economy. look, you know, in mid-term election is coming up. socialist, you don't hear about them. pennsylvania's unemployment rate is a tad lower than the national rate. but it doesn't matter. and, l

united states. senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. miller and the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, each will control 20 minutes. the chair are recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i request five legislative days in which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. miller: i yield myself such time as i may -- i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman from california. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i rise in support of senate amendment to h.r. 3940, amendment addresses two issues, the political status, education, in guam and to adjustment of the minimum wage schedules for two other pacific territories, the american samoa and the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands. current law increases the minimum wage by 50 cents per year until they reach the current minimum wage. it also requires the g.a.o. report on the minimum wage for both of th

from california. he mentioned several international agreements. the most important right now is the hague convention and nationality in 1930 that the united states senate gave consent to in 1937. by that treaty that the united states signed, john mccain does not qualify as a united states citizen. mccain was born in the republic of panama, august 29, 1937. it boils down to this. his parents never got married in tijuana, mexico, as he claimed. they were unmarried because all marriages in tijuana had to be -- ok, ok. the question is, why not bring up the hague convention and nationality of 1930, which is the reason that john mccain does not qualify to be president of the united states or u.s. senator? >> i have no idea about that. >> i am not familiar with the hague convention of 1930. >> one thing we have is that we have never been ashamed to say we do not know what we're doing. [laughter] next, in the corner. parter.ve a two-carte assuming that john mccain had one, where would we be now? if the republicans nominate another establishment republican in 2012, where does that leave us? >> richard, why do not start with that? >> because of the time limitati