tim is joining us from florida. good morning. caller: good morning. i have been a lifelong democrat. i just recently changed my party affiliation to independent. democrats and republicans have their head in the sand. we have over 7 million americans unemployed. they are losing their houses and stretching to pay their mortgage. we have 12 million illegal aliens here doing american jobs. i drive a truck. i drive by all the new construction and housing projects. you see nothing but illegal aliens. you have the people running around in their air-conditioned pickup trucks but the ones doing the work is the illegals. the point is that if you want to fix the economy and put the american people back to work, you have to enforce the law. guest: good luck getting 12 million people back to their home countries. i think what you have to look at is all these americans who are not willing to pay their friends and neighbors a living wage and look to pay people saw the wages that the illegal week -- illegal aliens are getting. what about the fact that this whole econ

host: mitchell is joining us from florida. on the republican line. caller: good morning to you all. host: go ahead. caller: i would like to say that i'm a republican and i am not going to be a republican. much longer, i am thinking of going to the libertarian party. this stuff has been going on for over 20-something years, these jobs. democrats and republicans, not just republicans. what we have is a bunch of greedy folks up there, and what obama ran on was change, and they claim that bush was given to the rich and it was trickle- down and all of that kind of stuff going on, what did obama do? he started out at the top instead of the bomb -- bottom, like a promised. so i will tell everybody out there, black and white and red and blue and whoever else, go libertarian, vote everybody out of congress and everybody out of the senate and get all libertarian's up their act and get the borders guarded, let's get the greedy folks out and let's get people back to work. host: thank you for the call. let me take his point and ask about what some say the republican partyost its way with a recor

us from miami, fla. -- including a gentleman who came to us from miami, florida who said police departments face a much as more difficult challenge gaining trust in their communities because of the glaring inequities in the justice system that allowed to persist. i know you have, for ending this disparity, but -- i know you have come out for ending this disparity, but i would like to ask you to restore justice and restore confidence in our justice system on people in america who are presently the victims of this disparity. >> i do think we need to move with dispatch. this is one of the first initiatives we had people testify about. the assistant attorney general testified against the disparity and i think you are right. the disparity as originally intended was well-intentioned. i don't think anybody had negative motives, but as we have seen how it played out, and a graphic demonstration you have made, also when one looks at the racial implications of the crack/powder disparity, it has bred disrespect for our justice system and made the jobs of those of us in law enforcement more difficult. i think it i

this disparity, but also from law enforcement officials, including the gentleman who came to us from miami, florida, and said that the miami police chief who said police departments face a much more difficult challenge gaining trust of their communities because of the glaring inequities in the justice system that are allowed to persist. i nouveau come out for end -- i know you've come out for ending this disparity but i'd like to ask you if we need to move with dispatch on this issue to restore justice and to restore confidence in our justice system among people in america who are presently the victims of this disparity. >> senator, i do think we need to move with dispatch. this is one of the first initiatives that we had people testify about, the assistant attorney general for the criminal division testified against the disparity. and i think you're exactly right. that the disparity as originally sbeppeded, originally proposed in an act, was well intentioned. i don't think anybody had any negative motives, but as we have seen how it has played out i think in the graphic demonstration that you have

host: john joins us from the republican line calling from tampa, florida. caller: good morning. i can't understand how the government can do anything. medicare and medicaid will go bankrupt in 10 years and i can imagine if somebody like pelosi and harry reid in charge of health care, i can imagine the red tape and everything else and in -- is in chaos, so why would you think health care would be any different? i heard six politicians, but from canada and four from england, say, whether you do, don't go socialized medicine. people talk about prescriptions in canada, but they have two boards -- but only% 10% to the united states. there was not anything in the stimulus package to help of the veterans and stuff like that -- why pigs stink, monorails from california to nevada, and we have a big problem with what obama calls mexican immigrants and really illegal aliens, you have them in a hospital, 600 here in the bill on each one is $1 million. but i n s will not come and take them away because they cater to the illegal immigrants, which obama seems to care more about them than he do

these guys from florida are used to this. some fans heading for the undercover part of the ball park. that guy is okay. he'll stick it out. good for him. shot to zimmermann. that's the catch. no question. >> johnny: second tremendous play that he made. bruce's two-run homer gave the reds a lead that they've held since the 2nd inning. >> rob: that's the difference of the ballgame. harang pretty much timing nationals' offense. >> johnny: three up and three down. we go to the bottom of the 9th 9th. elijah duke, willingham, belliard try to get the nationals back in the ballgame. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announc

host: from okeechobee, florida, james joins us on the independent life. good morning, are you with us? caller: this is chuck miller from sun prairie, wisconsin. caller: chuck, we are delighted to have you. caller: i am wondering what ever happened to the a abl program. the abl's were supposed to be operative by 2007, but we have never heard about it. we have come along way from when i was involved in missile programs. the accuracy is unbelievable. we missed half the time when we shot at the drone. the drone was launched upper range, and we had in this -- and we had a miss distance. what has ever happened to the abl program. guest: the abl is airborne laser. that is one of the programs that is to be cut, and republicans are opposed to cutting that. is a huge, huge jet like air force one. the whole center carbone -- the whole center of the plane is housing the chemicals that create the laser. with reflecting mirrors and fenty lenses, it goes to a big cyclops eye on the front of the airplane which can direct the laser. there are three lasers that operate on t

and, again, to my friend from florida for yielding me some additional time. i'd like to use this time to deal with one of the points made by friend from florida, mr. diaz-balart, and more substantially to the issue raised by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. mr. diaz-balart cited a letter signed by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the secretary of defense that was sent a number of weeks ago long before a series of changes were made in this bill. at the time that letter was sent we had a very elaborate resolution of disapproval process for the presidential determinations. that has been struck. we had a very high waiver standard vital to national security interests. that has been struck. we had a great dispute that was existing over how the pakistan counterinsurgency cooperation fund should work. those issues have all been worked out with the house armed services committee. the house armed services committee has worked through all of these issues with us. they are reflected in the pakistan bill. this is the committee to whom the secretary's letter was addr

. >> we hope you'll join us tomorrow night and see if the nationals can bounce back and take the first game from the floridalins in south florida in nine tries. thanks for joining us, everybody. final tonight in florida, it's the marlins 4 and the nationals 2.   xxúú ais -- 35 aces in today's win. >> venus williams, ana ivanovic. venus dominating, 5-love first set. she would take the first set 6-1. first game, second set, ivanovic serving, that thigh injury, she has had enough. all done. venus wins in 47 minutes, the walk-over. serena played a full match, only had to play nine minutes more than venus. big two-hand backhand winner against hantuchova. serena wins the first set. 5-1 second set, this is match point for serena. she wins in 56 minutes, 6-4, 6-1. that was live. both williams sisters move on at wimbledon. >> all right, on to baseball, cubs-pirates, pittsburgh, there's lou piniella. ryan they ariot, tom carr, cubs 2-0. to. fourth, milton bradley, he and lou have been in the news lately. but here, bradley is productive, scoring geovany soto. harden was the story for the cubbies, seven i

not allow ourselves to be used as a weapon against the people who we are in fact trying to help, which is the people of iran. thank you. i yield back. >> the gentleman from florida. >> i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from california, the ranking member of the oversight and government reform committee. >> mr. speaker, it is clear today that someone have us be silent as to the aspiration of the people risking life and limb on the streets of teheran today. we cannot and should not be that way. it is an internal matter, but is an internal matter in a country that has been ruled by theocrats for so very long, who have denied real free elections and even when the will of the people was obvious, wanted to overturn the will of the people for president who could be a reformer and of opportunity, particularly to women in this country. i urge support for this resolution because it sends the message that we are with the people who want freedom. >> the gentleman's time is expired. the gentleman from california. >> should i be yielding one minute of my time to the gentleman from south carolina at this point? >> thank you. i would like to give 30 seconds of our time. >> th

florida. i would suggest that is a better amendment than the one currently before us. as written, this amendment would preempt florida from continuing their security background check program, a program that the florida state legislature strongly supports. additionally, some workers in port facilities receive criminal background checks, drug and alcohol testing, and credit checks as part of their screening process. many have distinguished this from the security focus screening of the twic program. it is unclear if d.h.s. would see the waterfront commissions background check as being preempted under this amendment because it is an employment safety criminal background check not a security background check. while the amendment does allow a state to demonstrate a compelling homeland security reason that a separate background check is warranted, this places an extraordinary burden on a state legislature. state legislature should have the right to determine what offenses qualify as disqualifying offenses in their ports, and this amendment would preempt that. at this time i would yield the balance of my time to the gentleman fro

i thank my good friend from florida also in helping us in managing this bill on the floor. i don't have any additional speakers unless the gentleman wishes to yield first before i yield. mr. bilirakis: i don't have any additional speakers. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. faleomavaega: with that, mr. speaker, i also yield my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida, the gentleman from american samoa both yield the remaining balance of the time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 615. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from american samoa rise? mr. faleomavaega: i move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, house resolution 430 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 430, resolution ex

interrogated and i was unable to do that so i tried to go at an angle using our calves from the state archives in tallahassee, florida. >> right. maybe you can since we are here with you, why florida crimes you want to answer that? >> yes in the context of this decade with a national purges going on historian john de mello and others in david johnson have written about, the primary reason that we can look to florida is that in florida like many other southern states in this time after the brown of the import of an education supreme court decision in '54 and '55, florida and many other states that this investigation committees and in florida and was quite clear that the investigation committee was established to harass and intimidate solarize workers primarily members of the naacp to try to grandest desegregation efforts appear bound and the naacp was a fairly strong institution by that point and could rebuff the committee to some degree here and and so we have a committee set in place for that reason. another interesting thing about florida is its political structure, particularly in the early 20th-century. people ta

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us. you will hear from two of them in a moment. let me introduce carolyn from new york. then from maryland. -- ben from maryland. one person from texas and another from new jersey. one person from florida. i think that is all of the members who are here with us. the may be some others who will come later. i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the really significant days in the calendar for our country, in particular the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years. it is especially fitting that we would hold this announcement here where we have a great diplomatic history of so many important events in our nation. i am especially pleased that our new ambassador, the new director of the office here at the state apartment was confirmed in time for him to be a part of this ceremony. [applause] he has been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee. thanks to him, hundreds of trafficking survivors are now living productive and healthy lives in our own country while their abusers are behind bars. we're also joined by two very special guests from the front lines against traffic

us. you will hear from two of them in a moment, but let me introduce carolyn maloney from new york, ben cardin from maryland. we have eddie johnson from texas, chris smith from new jersey, iliana from florida, and i think that is all of our members who are here with us. there may be some others who will come later, and i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the really significant days in the calendar for our country, and particularly for the state department. we have so many people who have been affected binary this significant issue over the years common -- who have been affected by the significant issue over the years, and the significant wish to hold this on the eighth floor, where we -- and it is significant that we hold this on the eighth floor, where we have had significant events from our nation, and i am especially pleased our new ambassador, the new director of office to monitor and combat trafficking in persons of the state department was confirmed in time to be part of the ceremony. [applause] previously, he led the fight against slavery of the department of justice. he has been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee an

from a private individual. the funds authorized by this bill will be used to build a new headquarters on land adjacent to the current location and leased from the state of florida. for the grand sum of $1 per year. this provision is extremely important to my community because socom personnel and supporting services have contributed over $1.2 billion and over 20,000 jobs to south florida's economy. mr. speaker, while i support the underlying legislation, i have deep reservations about the majority's decision to block full restoration of missile defense funding. this comes as north korea's demented despot continues to mock global condemnation of his nuclear program and threatens the united states and our friends and allies with mass destruction. just today, an official from the north korean central news agency, a mouthpiece for the dictatorship said and i quote, if the u.s. imperialists start another war, the people and army of north korea will wipe out the aggressors once and for all. at the same time, the iranian tyranny, while it massacres its own people on the streets, continues to threaten to wipe israel off the face of the map. it is clear to me that the wo

from overtime, fla. -- boca raton, florida. are you still with us? caller: i would like to say what has gone wrong is we have relied on the insurance company is -- insurance companies for so long and that if you think that the insurance companies down the line are going to cooperate and keep people ensured who have prior health problems, i think that you have no credibility. and you talk about quality. if you can't afford health insurance were going to a doctor, what good is the quality only for the wealthy? guest: let me try to address that. thank you for coming in. number one, you speak of individuals who have pre- existing conditions and the inability to get coverage. that is a huge problem beard most people i think right now arkansas -- huge problem. most people i think right now if they lose their jobs, they lose their coverage and as an individual they could not afford coverage on their own. which is exactly why the republican plan has in the flexibility so we can ensure that people don't lose their health care public -- coverage if they use --

chris smith from new jersey, someone from florida, and i think that is all of our members here with us. there may be others who will come later. then i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the significant days in the calendar for our country. and particularly for the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years. it is especially fitting that we would hold this announcement here on the eighth floor where we have great diplomatic history of so many important events in our nation. i am especially pleased that our new ambassador, the new director of the office to monitor and combat trafficking here at the state department was confirmed in time for him to be part of this ceremony. [applause] previously, lou led the fight against slavery and has also been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee with the chairman conyers. thanks to him hundreds of cracking survivors are living productive lives in our own countries. -- thanks to him hundreds of trafficking survivors are living

us from mountain view, california. thank you for being with us. >> guest: a pleasure. >> host: you're calls and thoughts, the support a tax on your health care benefits. the morning to florida. >> caller: i am surprised i am the first. i think that we need to relieve the pressure on the employer's to hire more people. we have the serious unemployment problem in this country and just adding more burden to the employer and nightmare for him in cost. this is going to have him and to his role. >> host: do get health care through your employer? >> caller: my wife and i did until about two months ago, we have coverage and they offered a renewal at 103% interest. we're paying $800 a month and they were asking for $1,600 a month. the company, i am a builder and my wife is a military, -- my wife is a realtor and they laid anybody off. it they probably had 100 people two years ago and they are down to a handle. >> host: here is a republican you from day to, ohio. melissa, hello. >> caller: i-safe enough with the taxes already, we are taxed on everything and even the air we breathe. enough with the taxes, leave the health care alone if the government messes with that they are going to

i thank the gentleman from florida, and i am pleased this morning to speak about technology assessment as a tool for our legislative work. this bill funds the tools that allows us to do our best on behalf of the 300 million americans. every issue that comes before us, virtually every issue has some aspects of science and technology. yet this congress has not brought great credit to ourselves for our ability to deal with science and technology issues or to recognize emerging trends or the implications of technology. fortunately we do not have to reinvent a tool to help us. we created the office of technology assessment, a congressional support agency with a professional taff staff. it provides -- professional staff. it was balanced and had an impartial presentation, for their framing and their forward-looking perspective. the o.t.a., as it was known, functioned well for 25 years. it produced reports on such topics as retiring old cars, programs to save gasoline and reduce emissions. that was in 1992. reports on bringing health care online, electronic surveillance in the digital age, impacts of antibiotic resistant bacteria and on and on. the studies of alzheimer

us, due to pending concerns. with that, i'm proud to yield five minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. miller, the ranking member on the armed services subcommittee on terrorism and unconventional threats. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. miller: i thank the ranking member and appreciate you bringing up the fact that our friends on the majority are again talking about the bipartisan efforts that have been made with the armed services committee, all of the extensive gaucheuations that have taken place -- negotiations thaffer taken place. i am the ranking member on the armed services committee, there has been no negotiation with any member of the minority side of the house armed services committee. you know, it sounds like a great thing to support when you look at the bill. at least the title of the bill. but when you start looking at it, reading it, listening to the people who it actually is going to affect, like general david petraeus, who i met at sent come last week and had -- at sent come last week and -- at centcom last week, he said it was

from florida on the republican line. you are on the democrats' line, correct? go ahead. do us a favor. i am going to put you on hold. turn down your television or radio when you call in so that you do not be back. we're going to take a phone call from springfield. caller: i was listening to how they said that donald rumsfeld originally had presidential aspirations. are we looking forward to see rooms fille -- rumsfeld run for president in the next four years? has the everest region has ever admitted responsibility or that we should have sent more troops on the ground when we invaded iran? is this something that has been glossed over? >> when we invaded in rock iniraq? guest: he has never shared an intention with me about coming back into government. he is spending time working on his own memoir due out next year. he has not expressed any regrets or second thoughts about the troop level issue. we will probably hear more from him about that. i deal with that at length in my book. he was not the only one. -- i do with that issue in mine. he was not the only one for limiting the number of trips. that was also the favor

put into years, but the journey rich has taken us on has just been truly, truly remarkable for every family member from my own kids going down to the florida state league and going to the different minor league games down there right into seeing him pitch with my dad at some of the best stadiums in the world. yankee stadium, chicago stadium and camden yards. it's been truly a remarkable experience. >> jim: lloyd, we appreciate some insight. thank you for joining us tonight on masn on covering the bases. as buck mentioned, rich is a fine, young man. we're really enjoying getting to know him. i'm sure he'll have a lot of success in baltimore. >> gentlemen, thank you for having me on. let's get some runs and get back in this game. >> jim: by the way, i understand you're coaching a little league game. how is your team doing? >> we were doing all right to scrimmagement we're preparing for the little league district playoffs that start this weekend. we were actually getting no hits through six innings, so we put a couple home runs together. >> jim: good luck with that. >> thanks, guys. >> jim: that's lloyd hill, rich hill's brother covering the

from the state of florida. she is very passionate in the cause of human rights, and we forgive her for not bringing some florida sunshine for us this morning. >> thank you so much, dr. lee, representatives of human rights organizations, ladies and gentlemen. at the turn of the last century, those who were yearning to breathe free turned their gaze to a towering lady who lifted a bright torch high above her head. she stood proudly at the entrance of a great american city, pointing the way to liberty for the expected masses below. exactly two decades ago today, a second towering lady lifted another torture above another expectant crowd. this was the goddess of democracy of beijing. art students made her out of youthful idealism, and she soon emerged on television screens around the world as the symbol of hope for the people of china. the students who created the statue announced its unveiling. today, and the people's square, the goddess stands tall and announces to the whole world, a consciousness of democracy has awakened among the chinese people. the new era has begun. her awesome presence in the center of china struck fear in

us an e-mail or submit your comments through twitter. the address is twitter.com/c-span wj. our first call comes from florida. caller: good morning. well, i have to say, i was just listening to your last speaker there, and i'm a former homo sexual, i'm part of the ex-gay movement in america, you might have heard of exodus international. i have to say, i was involved in the gay activist movement in the 80's and 70's. and i think that last speaker was not being honest with you. i think we need to be tolerant of homo swulls, but when i was in the homo sexual lifestyle the gay activists were coming after the churches and sin alberto gonzalez in america and were really upset that most of the churches do not support homo sexual marriage nor do they support the homo sexual lifestyle. so as an exgay i speak as an expert because i know what they're up to and it's very upsetting as we really don't want to come after the churches and synagogues. they want gay marriage and they want to shove the lifestyle down the delotes of the america and the conservative churches. host: tampa, florida. caller: good morning. this is the first time i ever go

. >> the gentle lady from florida is without time -- and i will reserve if the gentle lady wishes to close. >> i want to once again think the minority for working with us -- to thank the minority -- i want to once again thank the majority. my fondest hope is on these critical kinds of issues, we can establish a bipartisan basis for working together, and then simply to say that this resolution is not -- there are many american interests in u.s.-iranian relationship. this resolution is not about american interests. it is about american values, which, i believe, are universal values, the values of rule of law, of participatory democracy, about individual liberty, and about justice, and is on the path of those universal values, not american interests, that i urge this body to support this resolution, and i yield back the balance of my time. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> up next on c-span, the supreme leader on the presidential election and the protests. after that, president obama's remarks at the annual radio and television correspondents dinner. coming up tomorrow on "w

from florida, mr. diaz-balart, for the dialogue that we have had here on the floor tonight. mr. speaker, the rule before us today will continue the open debate that was held on committee, some of which continued tonight. and further our efforts to find solutions to those pressing problems. in particular, this rule adds the text of h.r. 2990 to the underlying bill which funds a one-year expansion of concurrent receipts for retired veterans. extends retention bonuses and special pay authorities for enlisted service members. and funds provisions in the federal retirement reform act of 2009. i'd like to thank the chair, chairman skelton, ranking member mckeon, and all my colleagues on the house armed services committee for their tireless work on this bill. i urge a yes vote on the previous question and on the rule and i yield back the balance of my time. i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes seem to have it. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: request the y

community that the use of child soldiers is unacceptable and i ask my colleagues to vote yes and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: i ask unanimous consent to claim time in opposition although i do not oppose the substance of the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, madam chair. the congress put the force of law behind its condemn nation of the use of child soldiers through the child soldiers prevention act authored by my good friend from nebraska, mr. fortenberry. this was incorporated into the william which will berforce trafficking victims protection reauthorization act and became public law in december, 2008. we further opined on this matter in the child soldiers accountability act of 2008 which became law in october of last year. however, a sense of congress reaffirming that the use of child soldiers is unacceptable must be supported. i applaud my good friend from texas for bringing this important issue to our attention. again, it is right and just to do so. i encourage our colleagues to support this amendment. i yield back

range from the largest rail system that serves more passengers annually than amtrak to the smallest world transit providers that may have a flight of three or four minivans. florida's dot plans to use the money to construct a greyhound -- it will provide improvements to safety to the environment and economic benefits. by contrast, in south carolina, the government plans to support its "united we ride initiative. it will have a travel coordination center. it is focused on rural residents and the elderly and helping them get the medical -- get to medical appointments and elsewhere. reaching the challenge of reaching all that -- given the challenge of reaching all of the grantee's, we have put the funds to work. we are using website, whether dinarweb diinars, and sometimese get on the phone to walk the grantee's through the process step by step. i cannot state how proud we are of the extremely hard work by the fda staff to put this money to work. they have been -- of the fta staff to put this to work. they have been working day and night. this collaborative -- 1.4 $7 billion have been obligated so far. another $4.1 billion is in process for obligation in the near term. -- $1.47 billio

uses american energy without needless taxes and costs piled on. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from florida, for what purpose do you rise? ms. wasserman schultz: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. 47 million, 47 million is an absolutely unacceptable number of americans who go every single day without health insurance. who when they're sick they can't afford to go to the doctor which means that when they do have an ability to access the health care system they have to wait until they are so sick that they use the emergency room as their primary access point which makes health care astro numberically more expense -- astronomically more expensive. when children are 5 years old, families don't have to wring their hands every day on how to pay for health care because it's universal. you go to kindergarten on the first day that you are 5 years old. that doesn't happen in america when you turn 5 years old and it comes to health care. parents a

from florida. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. posey: i rise to express my serious concerns about the bill before us today and about the lack of sufficient sufficient funding. the bill before us has $6.7 billion increase in spending over last year. that is a 12% over last year's spending. and while the overall nasa budget gets a slight increase, the funding for the next space flight vehicle is cut by $166 million. while lawmakers can talk about supporting space exploration, the bottom line is that the united states will yield its preeminent space to russia after the last flight scheduled for 2010. this legislation does nothing to avert the gap. those who follow our nation's space budget realize what's at risk. soaring rhetoric and good intentions of playing financial catchup can surrender to other competing initiatives. delays in studies are the road to the grave yard for many legislative proposals. the bill's $566 million cut for our human space flight vehicle sends the wrong message to the hard working men and women who are developing constellation now and sends the wrong message to college studen

range from the largest rail systems that serve more passengers annually than amtrak to the smallest rural transit provider deploying a fleet of three or four mini advance. florida d.o.t. plans to use its recovery act funds to relocate and construct a new greyhound facility at the time miami center to provide important intercity connections and improvements to safety and the environment and economic environments. in aiken, south carolina, they plan to support our "united we ride" initiative to build a facility to house the travel management coordination center. this is the kind of project that's really focused on rural residents and the elderly in helping get medical appointments and elsewhere. really were given the daunting challenge of reaching all the dprantees we've been using every tool we can to reach each and every grantee and put the recovery act funds to work. we're using our website, regional training of grantees, regional training of fta staff and sometimes we just get on the phone and walk our grantees through the process, stech by step by step, because that's what's necessary. in that regard, mr. chairman, i can't overstate how proud we are of the extremely hard work o

from florida is recognized. mr. stearns: i would say to the gentleman, did he know that they found a water bay on saturn, the planet saturn, and using your line of reasoning we should also consider funding for the new water bay on saturn? this is not a reduction, this is not a cut, this is simply a freeze and i would ask the gentleman, how many people in your congressional district are getting a 38% increase this year in their salary? and how you can justify a 35 -- 38% increase on e.p.a.? with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from washington. mr. dicks: i will answer the gentleman's question. i want you to know, again, i have to say this again, and it pains me every time i say it, but over the last eight years, the interior department was cut by 16%, e.p.a., this part of this budget was cut by 29%. so this is a little bit of help to get back on an approach that can deal effectively with some of the most important and sensitive programs we have in this country. the superfund sites. our wastewater treatment, our clean water, people in this country, when you ask the american peop

from florida this is still faster. good morning on the republican line. go ahead, sylvester. >> caller: good morning. >> host: you're on the democrats' line, correct? >> yes, sir. >> host: do us a favor, we are going to put you on hold. make sure you turn down your television or radio so you don't feed back. good morning marcus. >> caller: good morning how are we doing? >> host: fine, thanks. >> caller: i was listening to help donald rumsfeld ar originally had some presidential aspirations. are we looking forward to seeing rumsfeld run at presidents the next four years and as well as far as some of his responsibilities does he ever -- has ever admitted to responsibility or that we should have sent more troops in on the ground when we first invaded iraq or is it something that was kind of crossover? >> guest: as for the future presidential ambitions, i think those are behind rumsfeld. he has no intention that he shared with me of coming back into the government let alone running for president. he is spending much of his time working on his own memoir due out late next year. no, he has not expressed any regrets or second thoughts about the troop level initio. we will probably h

from florida, mr. klein. mr. klein: i rise today to also oppose the gentlelady's amendment. the underlying legislation contains common sense provisions to ensure we're making the most use of our taxpayer funds in our diplomatic mission. there are a wide variety of opinions about how effective our diplomatic provisions have been and we appreciate the men and women in the diplomatic core. we can do -- diplomatic corps. we can do better. this will allow the state department and usaid to be more efficient in their speing and reduce due public kative efforts. dupe licktive efforts. it also includes a quad renall review of our plan for u.s. diplomacy, just like the defense department does every four years. this to me is exactly what we should be doing in this bill as we begin a new way of looking at our diplomatic efforts. i appreciate the gentlewoman's effort but i think this is fundamentally a crucial part of this piece of legislation. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noe

us in supporting this legislation and send an important message that will be heard loud and clear around the world. thank you. i yield the remainder of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman from california has 20 minutes remaining, the gentlewoman from florida 10 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield to the gentlelady from california, ms. woolsey. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. woolsey: as a member of the committee, i thank our chairman and -- for all he's done to make sure that this is a foreign relations authorization act that we can be truly proud of. i'm pleased this bill move ours foreign policy away from intimidation to a pl sybased on smart security. this bill invests in our did kated foreign service officers, increases funding for international student exchanges, doubles the number of peace corps volunteers. we must send a clear message to the world community that we are rededicating ourselves as a nation to diplomacy and h.r. 2410 actually absolutely helps. with it, mil

use documentary films to promote a better understanding of the united states abroad and to mo promote the understanding of other countries in the united states. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from florida continue trose serve. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, for purposes of a colloquy. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. holt: i appreciate the hard work of chairman berman and the committee on this bill, i'd like to enter into a colloquy on the issue of science and diplomacy. i'm pleased to support h.r. 2410. it's a strong bill that accomplishes many good things. there's one area the bill does not address explicitly, the role science can play in our diplomatic portfolio. in his cre cent -- recent speech in cairo, the president reminded us the ideas that shape our world have sprung from every corner of the earth. distinct cultures can communicate, cooperate, and work together. science can advance our diplomatic goals and diplomacy can advance science for the public good. i'm aware the chairman is working on this. i yield to the chairman. mr. berman: i thank the gentleman for yiel

florida marlins. ? it we go to the third. marlins in the above the tom of the first have a 2-0 lead. verizon wireless wired wednesday, dave trembley nice enough to join us fromles dugout. dave, i'm curious. this is your last series of the interleague games on the road. with a manager as a streamg, how are you enjoying managing with the other league's rules? >> we enjoyed t it gets everybody in the game. you get to use a lost guys on the bench who have done a great job for us. it's a different style of baseball. i've enjoyed it. >> buck: yeah, you played very well at 9-4. dave, obviously the game didn't start the way you wanted to see your pitcher start. leadoff walk then you get an error and hanley ramirez. you give these rbi guys chance, i guess you've got to appreciate jason berken minute miegz the damage in the first inning. >> hopefully, that's it and we can recover from the big mistake we made in the first inning and get back in the game here. >> buck: with your hitters coming through so well for you last night, i guess everybody on your bernanke feels you can come back from any deficit. balls of interleague place, -- play, everybody is starting to swin

florida, tampa. the tampa international airport, it's going to create 250 new jobs using the $8 million from the stimulus bill to go out there and to improve a taxiway on one of the major runways. a job that would not have been done had it not been for this bill. and i'll give just one final example: go back to north florida. we have a huge forestry industry in florida, but, as we have seen, mother nature has not been kind in bringing us droughts, and when a drought occurs, the forest becomes a tinder box, and when a match is struck or a lightning bolt strikes, the forest erupts into an enormous fire that becomes a contagion that can rage out of control and impinge on urbanized areas. well, the florida department of forestry is putting contractors to work on fire mitigation projects in high-risk urbanized and suburban communities using a $900,000 stimulus grant. mr. president, it's helping in my state, and i suspect that it's helping in all the other 49 states that are represented here on the floor of the united states senate. mr. president, i yield the floor. and i would suggest the absence of a quorum.

used as a weapon against the people who we are in effect trying to help which is the people of iran. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. i'm proud to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from california, mr. issa, a member of the committee on judiciary and the ranking member of the oversight and government reform committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. issa: i thank the lady. mr. speaker, it's clear today that some of us would be silent as to the aspiration to the people risking life and limb on the streets of iran today. we cannot and should not be that way. yes, it's an internal matter, but it's an mearnt -- it's an internal matter who have denied real free elections and even when the will of the people was obvious in fact want to overturn the will of the people for a president who could be a reformer and give opportunity, particularly to women in his country. so i urge support for this resolution because it sends the message that we are in fact with the people who want freedom. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman'