released by the appropriations committee and posted on their website or to the traditional arts in upstate new york evergreen folklife center as listed on the the gentleman from new york on his website or maybe those are the same thing with a different name. i'm not quite sure. but regardless, when i googled village park historic preservation, the only thing that came up was the house appropriations earmark list. when i googled evergreen folklife center, the gentleman's earmark request came up on his website. the gentleman, i'm sure he will say this with greater passion, sees that this benefits upstate new york and that this is a destination location and there is a high unemployment rate in the district. there is a high unemployment rate in many places around the country. again, somewhat like the previous amendment and the previous earmark, i don't doubt at all that this is an important project. i don't doubt at all this is an important project to the citizens of that area of new york. but i do question if this is such a vital economic driver for the community -- i haven't been able to find how or

then we move to upstate new york for five or six years. lso loved upstate new york and then we settled down in florida, pensacola florida where my mom side of the family was from. went to public schools for most of my -- most of my schooling. one of my best experiences was 1969, being the first class of an integrated school. my parents didn't send us to private schools. we're a lot of the white flight had gone. of course 69 was the first year that mississippi schools were integrated but it was a great experience. because my mom said she didn't want me to go to kindergarten. she kept me up, so my first grade it was 50% white, 50% black and a public school that had been the african-american school the year before so it was a great experience. i finally went to private school and high school, pensacola have catholic high school. i loved the nuns and they loved me back. they let me get away with things others wouldn't get away with. it was a great experience to it and then identity and ever city of alabama undergrad. and then university of flor

all of this -- all of this impressed the jury in upstate new york. the same prosecutor's witness that testified in the '80s to the kelly michaels case, her theory being that, as a child says, no, no, no, nothing ever happened, was the absolute proof that something did happen. and the jurors bought that. she was here to say that roughly in the same way again. how is it, you could ask, that prosecutors could pick for their expert witnesses so discredited an expert as this particular one. eileen tracy (ph) was her name. she had been denounced regularly. people wanted nothing to do with her. because prosecutors want to win. they call one another up, and they say, hey, i need an expert witness. call tracy. we'll get her for you. that's the way it works. what i'm saying is an ugly truth i think most people i think apprehend. prosecutors have among them some -- many honest and -- people who know the meaning of their -- the integrity and uphold their -- but others, many others, simply want to win their cases and will go down to their last breath, when someon

new york pioneers. it is certainly in their interest. they also, i think, had of broader interest because they saw the greater possibilities of laying a canal through upstate new york excessing their lands.o f n ds of course, but also then being able to contact or make -- take advantage of all that the interior of the continent had to offer. >> someone were to transport diastema one barges from new york or philadelphia and then to traverse the canal with mules as the cab company provides the ? web do not understand? >> the workings. tell the canal actually worked? >> yes. if one were to deliver once barges to the canal by steam and the owner of the barges didn't have yules -- >> they did. the barges that operated on the canal, a sense of the system was a barge and a mule. the bill pulled the barge along the canal. maybe i'm not understanding your question. >> suppose the barges started in new york or philadelphia. they were towed by steam. >> right. >> they were left there, i assume. they would just be left there. >> right. >> how did they traverse the canal? >> well, most kids would not come up the hudson river in barges. they would go up the hudson ri

western new york pioneered so it's certainly in their interest, but they also i think had a broader interest because they saw the great -- greater possibilities of laying a canal through upstate new york, accessing their lands off course but also being able then to contact ortega manage of all that the interior of the continent has to offer. cohead. untenanted go-ahead. wanted to wait wait for the microphone. >> if someone were to transport i guess by steam once barges from new york or philadelphia to albany, and then to traverse the canal with mules does the canal company provided meals or what do i not understand about that? >> you mean the workings, how the canal actually worked? >> yes. if one were to deliver once barges to the canal by steam, and the owner of the barges and have mules. >> they did. i mean, the barges that operated on the canal essentially the system was a barge and a mule. it was the mule that pulled apart along the canal. maybe i'm not understanding your question. [inaudible] >> supposed the party started in new york or philadelphia and they were told by steam up to albany. >> right. >> and they were left there. i assume, they would just be left there.

new york pioneers, so it is certainly in their interest. but they also, i think had a broader interest, because they saw the great, greater possibilities of laying a canal through upstate new york, accessing their lands, of course, but, also, being able, then, to contact or make -- take advantage of all that the interior of the continent had to offer. why don't you wait for the microphone? >> if someone were to transport i guess by steam one's barges from new york or philadelphia to albany, and in the to traverse the canal by -- with mules, does the canal company provide the mules or what do i not understand about that. >> you mean the workings, how the canal actually worked? well, yes. if one were to deliver one's barges to the canal, and by steam, and, the owner of the barges didn't have mules -- >> they did. i mean, the barges that operated on the canal, essentially the system was a barge and a mule and it was the mule that pulled the barge along the canal. maybe i'm not understanding your question. >> the barges started in new york. >> suppose they started in new york and philadelphia and were towed by steam, up to albany. >> right. >> and were left there, would be

in my home district in upstate new york, there is a dealership which has been the cornerstone of one of our communities for 50 years. mr. goodman opened his dealership in 1959 in syracuse. two years ago at the age of 82 mr. goodman passed away. but his dying wish was to make sure the dealership reached the half century park. his widow promised to keep it running, at least through the 50th anniversary which was last week. they received a letter on may 15 informing them that chrysler was severing their relationship. the letter gave no indication was to why this particular dealership was targeted. just that it was ending. i visited mrs. goodman last week to celebrate the 50th anniversary. this is a dealership that is profitable partly because of selling preowned cars. it employs dozens of people, has been loyal to them for years. it is exlacte kind of small family business that we in this house claim to want to help not close. we all recognize that the economy is not favorable to the auto industry right now and especially not in certain sections of the country where the population can n

upstate new york, 18 with two aides. guest: class size is one of the factors. the most important factor is the quality of the teachers that is in front of that class. but i think what you're referencing is the inadequacy of fuppeding in many urban districts. and as i said, we need to use that funding well. but we need to make sure that the teachers in front of classes are well qualified and well capable. that has as much -- more of an impact than class size. class size has to get very small in the lowerde

i europe around in new york close to rochester a midsize upstate city with my parents and my older brother bob. in the fall of 1969 that i was a freshman in the public high-school i did not know anybody who went to a private one. my brother was a junior at yale. every weekend since he had gone away to college i wrote him on a small black middle typewriter that belonged two mom, a letter rehearsing the events of the week. basketball games, school plays, a little tryouts and tidy disasters bullets of adolescence and dramatize. one week the news barged in the home theater. with the vietnam war called for a nationwide moratorium on october 15. the moratorium look to be on the big campuses with boycotting campuses and glasses were planned. some kids and my high school decided to join him. i thought they were wrong. i also thought there was something phony about the exercise simultaneously copycat. but they were tagging along with a national movement mimicking elders. i decided to put counter poachers -- posters anti-protests protest on the school wall i enlarged -- imagine myself a latter-day m

i grew up in new york, a suburb of rochester, a midsize upstate city with my parents and my older brotherb. in the fall of 1969, i was a freshman in the local public high school. i didn't know anybody who went to private ones. my brother was a junior at yale. every weekend the school year since he had gone away to college i wrote him on a small black metal typewriter that had belonged to mom, a letter rehearsing the events of the week. basketball games, school plays, little triumphs, tiny disasters, bulletins of adolescence dramatized and ironyized. one week the news barged into this home theater. opponents of the vietnam war had called for a nationwide moratorium or a day of protests on october 15th. the moratorium looked to be a big thing on college campuses where boycotts of classes were planned. some kids in my high school decided to join in. i thought they were wrong. i also thought there was something phony about the exercise, simultaneously preening and copycat. the moratorium at my high school helper considered dissidents but they were tagging along with a national movement, mimic

new york to win the 109th u.s. open golf championship. with people from around the upstate youed to the action, the high school -- grewed -- glued to the action, the high school graduate rallied from one shot down to break into the big time in the world of golf. winning his first major championship since joining the pga tour in 2004. we've come along to celebrate the culmination of lucas' years of preparation. his family, wife, jennifer, and close friends have been there all along. in the good times and the bad, in the disappointments and the small triumphs. yesterday they added a huge triumph and we join them in the celebration. congratulations to our own u.s. open golf champion, lucas glover. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> madam speaker, i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: thank you. we all want to protect our planet. but will the american clean energy and security act of 2009 do that? i don't think so. t

upstate from the mets and phillies. kicking it up in the top of the tenth. two outs, and ibanez is up at bat. 21st homer of the season, deep into the new york mercky sky.'t do anything in the bottom of the 10th. they go down 6-3. philadelphia extending its lead in the national league east on the ibanez home run. 21st of the season. he's a guy who averaged 21 per season since becoming a full-time player about six years ago. a career year for the 37-year-old who comes over from seattle and delivers in extra innings for philadelphia tonig tonight. >> also in the n.l. east, the pirates and the braves. not quite as much as those two teams, but they are in the nl east. >> that's true. vazquez leads the national league in strikeouts with 12 tonight. over 100 for the season. top of the ninth though, soriano comes in and serves up three hits. including that one to laroche, and makes it a 3-1 ballgame. then kelly johnson, is he safe or out at first? you make the call. actually, you don't make the call. the ump does. he called him out. bobby cox doesn't like that. he throws his cap. >> that's asuch a weak throw. every time i see that. >> pittsburgh with the victo