to regulate tobacco. and the president said it's changed, it's not how washington used to work. it's exactly how washington used to work. the bill was supported by phillip morris, why? because they know that by restricting advertising, it restricts the measures by which it's market dominance can be challenged. it's what is called regulatory capture, and industry delighted to be regulated because of it freezing their advantages. and the mere fact that they are regulating tobacco does not immunize them of liability. that's protecting another strong measure here in washington. host: in your paragraph, ironies abound by the state tobacco taxes. guest: all over the country state companies are addicted, i use the word intentionally to tobacco prices. they have to price the tobacco, to not discourage too much smoking. because if they do, there goes their revenue source. you couldn't loot the tobacco companies unless they have loot to be looted. and in 1948, 46 states came to a compact with the tobacco companies to get $246 billion over 25 years. they have to make sure there is a continu

represent, the 16th district of florida, and what they remind me of why they sent me to washington and why they sent all of us to washington. and it's never going to fall on deaf ears to me that the american people that i represent and the american people i talk to believe in a strong united states of america, one with a strong military, but one that lets the free market dictate who they're going to be without inhibitting where they're going to go and it breaks my heart to hear auto dealers that employ hundreds of people and contribute so much to my community that they're being closed. for what reason? they're not really sure, just because they were the ones picked, even though for decades they had been profitable companies and there are people that own certain automobiles and i won't go into what theyr may have to travel over an hour now to get their car serviced. but really, again, it's who we want to be as americans. and i just want to thank the freshmen personally the reason that i really wanted to be here tonight was to thank you personally for signing up to a letter that i sent to the speaker of the hou

to work. it's exactly the way washington used to work in two particulars. the bill was supported by philip morris, the largest tobacco company. why? because by restricting advertising, it restricts the measures the advertising and promotions by which its market dominance could be challenged. so again, it's what used to be called regulatory capture, an industry delighted to be regulated, it freezes in its advantages. second the bill goes out of its way to say, the mere fact that the f.d.a. will have -- be regulating tobacco does not immunize the tobacco companies for libet done by their tobacco product. that's protecting another strong battalion here in washington, the trial lawyer. host: you say in your paragraph, ironies abound about the state children health program being supported by tobacco taxes. guest: all over the country, state governments are increasingly addicted, i use the word intentionally, to tobacco taxes. therefore they have a difficult problem. they have to price the pack of tobacco with -- most of which, nowadays, the vast majority of whic

. >> host: and on this thursday morning washington journal is pleased to welcome columnist george will to spend the last hour with us. thanks for being here. >> guest: glad to be here. >> host: so much to talk about i thought i would start with your column. the column appears in "the washington post" newspapers around the nation on sundays and thursdays and the topic today is tobacco. why did you choose tobacco and what is you're point? >> guest: i've written a lot about it over the years because it is a fascinating ethical and legal problems because we are trying in to deal with a product that is legal and deadly if used as intended to be used, so it is curious we try to regulate advertising again we are regulating truthful communication of information about a legal product so it raises all kind of problems. it seems to me one of the great successes of government the last 50 years is the fact that 50 years ago half the adult american population will up and lit cigarette. today 25% smoke. that is a tremendous good thing. arguably the most efficient thing the government does in this middle class information on acquir

to washington. washingtoncom 260 million pages of views and 90 percent of our traffic is outside of the area. people come to us because we are a trusted source of news and information focused on washington, which matters both to local community and the world. but our commitment has been and will remain to our local community. that is why our daily newspapers still have higher penetration among readers in the local area than any other major metropolitan newspaper and our web site is the no. 1 news site for the d.c. area. in short, our leadership is still strong overall and growing online. so, what's the problem? the problem is the economic model that has supported our business for many years. as far as the newspaper business goes, well, i was quoted last year using a technical term you often hear in our industry, that is, the numbers sucked. partly because of a shift going on in our industry and partly because of the economic meltdown we have all experienced. newspaper revenue across the united states have declined sharply and classified advertising has taken the biggest hit. "the washington post closed with is

to spend money. they're not stupid. we don't need washington telling us how we spend the money, we know we have a problem and our problem stiffer than connecticut or washington so the idea is to let the states be what they were intended to be and which will do is get surprised by the efficiency in and the response much better than treating 20 new programs into new commissions. less and make sure the money is spent. means and what then these are and the people in the states and should not have to come up with their hand out to a commission that says that is not the national interest. this isn't about the national interest, in dollar interest locally in terms of applying these funds. >> let me say and again up. there is no significant debate, the idea you have a national commission disregard of the state's means i think this is as baffling and exaggeration because obviously the needs of our states are critical in winning sudan. where a high of national health care and obviously our responsibility is to canada and is somewhat to make proposals to address the

to us. well, mr. president, that's exactly what the people who lived in bellingham, washington, used to think about oil and gas pipelines, if they thought about them at all. but all of our sense of safety and innocence was shattered 10 years ago today when tragedy struck for three families in an -- and an entire community came together to grieve and to learn and eventually stand up and say: never again. mr. president, june 10th, 1999, was a quiet sunny day in billingham, washington, and for a lot of students there, it was the last day of school for the year. that should have been how it remained as a day when kids played and celebrated about the coming of summer. but, unfortunately, due to a series of mistakes and neglectful actions, it is now remembered as the day of fear and loss that the community still grieves. 10 years ago today at around 3:30 in the afternoon on the west coast, a gasoline pipeline that ran through bellingham, ruptured releasing more than a million gallons of gasoline into wakham creek. that gas ignited sending a huge fireball destroying everything in its path for more than a mile

to let us know how it works. is recent joined us in washington. ou have her full bioin your folder and online but prior to coming here she was the indian ambassador to berlin to the federal republic of germany. what we're going to do this morning is take our first half an our and we're going to try to have a little bit of a conversation and then we're going to open up the floor to questions. we thought that it would be -- we thought that it would be a more interesting way to have a conversation. it was the ambassador's suggestion, and i think that it'll be a lovely way for us to start a very nice monday morning in washington on this holiday week. so you did just have an election. >> yes. >> let me turn on your mic for you. >> yes, we had an election in india and, you know, it's always a huge scale just to give you an example, you know, it had about 714 million eligible voters. out of whom 460 million cast their votes, 830,000 polling booths and i think the important aspect is that the whole process was conducted smoothly and that the outcome was pe

to come up with a different plan. they have a different plane in washington, and that is to rob us. host: ok. guest: not sure how to respond, but if you look at a lot of the policies, spending is out of control, we have to rein in and get fiscal discipline back. but we also need a sound energy policy, which we don't have appeared rather than more taxes, which they have been proposing all kinds of things, especially energy, we don't need to tax energy but we need to unleash the potential of the country by releasing the resource is bottled up in washington. host: robert on the democratic line. are you there? caller: yes. i have a question. what about the nuclear plants mothballed in this area and that chrysler gas turbines energy -- engine, this engine could heat your house and you could run it on water and all of a sudden this disappeared -- internal combustion energy. it seems like anything that comes around that is that good, disappears. guest: of there are a number of technologies that and not been pushed and up -- there are a number of technologies. our bill generates billions of dollars f

people come to us because we are a trusted source for news and information focus on washington which matters with the local community and to the world. our commitment has been and always will be remaining to our local community. our daily is duper still has higher penetration and at the local area than any other major metropolitan newspaper. our web site is the number one is the site for the d.c. area. in short, our leadership is still strong and growing online. what is the problem? the problem is the economic model that has supported our business for many years. as far as the newspaper business goes, well, i was quoted last year using a technical term you often hear within our industry that is a "the numbers sucks." this is partly because of the shift going on in our industry. newspaper revenue across the united states has declined sharply and classified advertising has taken the biggest hit. we are no different. we have always been an advertising driven model. only 20% comes from subscription fees through the other 80% comes our advertising. with the advent of the internet, we have

all of the local money is going to washington and we have to depend on washington telling us what we need locally. in the education system, the family structure is broken down so much. instead of one parent, whether it being a male or female being home with the kids, they have to depend on other people. the whole structure of this country has fallen. economics should take care of itself between the seller and buyer. guest: there always is the issue of how far the state should extend itself. the government's was not established for defense. it was provided to provide domestic infrastructure, an integrated, a single market and selling disputes within the states. it was established because of the necessity for a national government so that states can better prosper together. that is what we have gotten. the state and the federal government extend its hands into our lives. we elect people and we can attack -- continually like people to continue to do this. there is always a question of where do you draw the line? that line will be in a variety of places.s. >> tomorrow, on washington jour

i ask us to show that we are not defenseless, to protect official washington, not paralyzed when it comes to gun safety -- by not allowing gun amendments to stop unrelated laws like the district of columbia voting rights act. opening the city to gun carnage of the kind we saw yesterday. let this be the last gun carnage of its kind. let the district of columbia voting rights act pass this year. the speaker pro tempore: jealtsjealts. who seeks recognition? the gentleman from washington, for what purpose do you rise? mr. hastings: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. and i do appreciate the bringing of this resolution. this is a time when we should join our hearts and minds together in condemning the violent act that occurred that of all places the holocaust museum. a place that i with countless others, in my case, multiple occasions going to the museum, have been touched to tears to just try to get your mind around the inhumanity of man to man. t

if anyone is watching at home and wondering if the representative us you send to washington tilely read these lerks i can tell you that we do. i can tell you that on no other issue have the letters that my constituents have sent me underscored the urgent need to act more on health care nightmares that they've shared with me. for example, lisa lives in gardnerville, nevada, a beautiful place, mr. president, right under the sierra nevada mountains. it is really scenic and beautiful. she lives there in gardnerville with her two daughters, 10 and 7. the youngest little girl suffers seizures and her teachers think she has a learning disafnlt because of her family history, lease sarks the mom, is at high risk for cervical cancer. though she's been told by her doctors that she should get an exam every three months, she now goes once a year because she doesn't have the money to go every three months. when lisa lost her job recently, she lost her health coverage. now both lisa and her daughters miss out on the tests and preventive medicine to keep them healthy. her long letter ended with a simpl

to me. many of us think that inevitably leads to a washington takeover of health care. why is that? is like putting an elephant in the room with some -- and saying all right feliz competes and after a few days what is left. the elephant is all that's left, the miser crashed and you have an elephant. that is your only option or to take another example, some taken along and said i don't like what is left of the u.s. auto industry is doing. to give them on us let's have a government run a car company. less by the press at general motors, all 100% and let's have a government car and will make it the right size and the red color and have flex feel and put a solar panel on it and windmill on top of it and go 60 miles per hour and a people want to buy it will keep lorain the price. it will have a government car to make sure it works with a bunch of senators and congressman and get their ideas about how to make the car. that is not likely to create the best possible car or to give the american people the best way to transport or even to have the lowest prices available. is likely to end up

president, i did so because despite the power of the status quo, it was possible for us to bring change to washingtonogress that we have made these past five months has only reinforced my faith in this belief. despite the influence of the credit-card industry, which passed a law to protect consumers from unfair wait hikes -- rate hikes. we passed a law to protect homeowners from mortgage fraud. despite the influence of the defense industry, which passed a law to protect taxpayers. and today, despite decades of lobbying and advertising by the tobacco industry, we passed a law to help protect the next generations of americans from growing up with a deadly habit that so many have lived with. when henry waxman open that first hearing back in 1994, he began by quoting an ancient proverb. a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. our journey for change is far from over, but with the passage of the kids tobacco legislation that i am about to sign, we're taking a very important step that will save lives and dollars. i want to thank members of congress and all the help advocates that fought

host: we thank you for talking to us, we are glad to have you. "washington journal" will be back tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. eastern time. and now it's time to go to the live coverage of the house of representatives. thanks for being with us this thursday morning. . 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., june 18, 2009. i hereby appoint the honorable jason altmire to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi solomon schiff, greater miami jewish federation, miami beach, florida. the chaplain: heavenly creator, bestow the blessings upon those here who have accepted the sacred responsibility to legislate within these hallowed halls, to foster the noble ideals of our sanctified democracy. grant that these deliberations will be ruled by wisdom, purpose and dedication. the prophet malachi said, have

reform is extraordinarily frustrating to many of us who have been fighting to use the power of the purse here in washington, d.c. to drive fundamental reform in that body. . beyond that increase, an increase in the state department's basic salary, this does a disservice to the values of the millions of americans who cherish the sanctity of life and marriage. this legislation creates a new office and ambassador for global women's issues for women's empowerment internationally. secretary clinton testified before our committee that it would be the policy of this administration to protect the rights of women, including rights to reproductive health. the democrats on the committee actually rejected an amendment to clarify that it would not be u.s. policy to lobby countries to legalize, fund, or promote abortion. i even offered an amendment in the committee to change language that would require state department training reporting and overseas advocacy of foreign laws regarding homosexual activity. i sought to change that to make it clear that state department employees ought to promote universally recognized hum

in the new energy and focus we have seen in this debate isn't limited to us here in washington. in recent months doctors and hospitals, patients and insurance companies, labor unions and drug companies have all come together in support of the need for restructuring of our system. amidst all of this it has been my great honor to join the ranking member from oregon, the presiding officer from oregon, i mean on the "help" committee where he serves with such distinction an where much of the legislation to repair our broken health care system is being debated, written, and refined. in that capacity i was recently invited to the white house to meet with president obama, his health care time, and all of our colleagues on the "help" and finance committees. we discussed our reform and reported on the progress each committee made in the past several weeks. in the coming weeks we'll hear a lot about the details of health care reform legislation and those details are very important. but even more important are the hundreds of millions of american families in each of our states, all over the

at bob and the rest of the dealers have taken time and expense to travel to washington and provide us with their perspective on the issue and i welcome mr. press of chrysler and mr. henderson from general motors, we're honored to have you here today as well. we have hard questions and i appreciate your willingness to come here today and explain your situation, your perspective with clear and straight answers. since american taxpayers on sister% of general motors we have a right to know just how the decisions affecting our constituents are made. we have a duty to make this process more accountable and trans parents were all concerned. so let's start with a look at the customer service. mr. henderson, you spend pretty large sum of money on newspaper ads recently and i'm sure you're familiar with their own ads proclaiming concern for greater transparency and customer service. yet you have dictated the closure of gm dealerships across organic and the country and it was specific in burns, organophosphate appear if you are a gm customer and the dealership in burns, oregon is closed, your ne

he used to live in washington. he lived in washington until about two years ago. c-span: i have a strange feeling i passed him every day in the building i lived in here, 20 years ago. did he live in arlington, va.? >> guest: that's where he lived, 111 army-navy drive. that's it. he is a great man. c-span: i saw an article about him a couple of months ago, or maybe a year ago, about george marshall. >> guest: he did a four-volume "life of george marshall," which is one of the classic american biographies. forrest had exclusive interviews with marshall that stretched over a 10-year period, and that's awfully good. c-span: go back to general eisenhower. what was he like to know? >> guest: he was without any question the most impressive man i've ever met. monty once said of eisenhower, "he has but to smile at you and you trust him at once," and i certainly had that experience of eisenhower. monty said, "he has the power of drawing the hearts of men toward him as the magnet attracts the bits of metal." he was wonderfully concerned; he was marvelously concentrated. i wa

to meet one of your colleagues from the washington center. hello and welcome to close-up of the newseum. >> my name is molly. >> tell us about washington's center. >> it is a center for academic and internships, so we are brought into the washington center, the program and then they actually send this out to do other internships as well. >> are you interested in government, media or both? >> my major is in communication and my mizener is in government but i did end up dead xm radio, which is great but all of the experience i'm getting at the washington center is exciting. >> what kind of aspirations are you nurturing now? >> at this point i am feeling that out. i really enjoyed the communications side. but i also, since moving to this area i am interested on the government side. >> where are you from originally? >> san diego. >> big naval installment out there obviously but tell me something. how is the recession make itself felt in san diego? where are you noticing it more in life styles? >> actually i'm not there anymore. i am a local now. my husband is working in the city so i live in maryland. >> so you only hear about san diego. >> from gr

washington, d.c. part of this stimulus money that's supposed to be helping with us jobs. washington, d.c., department of transportation, will spend $3 million in stimulus moneto expand its smart bike program. the money will increase the program by five times from 10 bike racks to 50 bike racks and from 100 bikes to 500 bikes. neighborhoods expected to get the new bike racks include adams morgan, columbia heights, capitol hill, anacostia and georgetown where the average single family home runs at $1.2 million. boy, now there's an interesting use of money. maybe a wonderful thing to do but i'm not sure what we should be taxing everybody to try to create jobs. we've got a lot of other fun examples. i'm joined by my good friend, bachmann, and congressman bachmann is articulate and a good friend to people who care about jobs and care about fiscal sanity. i yield time. mrs. bachmann: i thank the gentleman from missouri for calling this together so that we could call attention to the job losses that are happening all across the united states. it's in your district, it's in my dis

number one dodge dealer in western washington can no longer sell any new vehicles nor can we do any warranty work on any new vehicles. we have been reduced to being a used car lot in a neighborhood automobile repair facility. in the process 35 faithful and loyal long term employees have lost their jobs and pierce county in the state of washington have lost a payroll of approximately 1.3 million per year. again, thank you for the up and city to have given to tell you how the t.a.r.p. funds to authorize your being used. >> thank you for your testimony. we have a vote on the floor, it is only one so i will ask members to recess right now, go down and go and hear from mr.. and the mr. golic and go into questions so please come back in 50 minutes. we will give you a chance to stretch your legs and see you back in 15 minutes. we are in recess. >> can you hear me now? chairman stupak, ranking member walden, a distinguished members of the subcommittee, i want to thank you for the honor of appearing here today. i would especially like to thank congresswoman sutton for her role in providing this opportunity to represe my fellow dealers. and we are losing seven de

to reach our readers. i firmly believe that the best days "the washington post" are still ahead of us. thank you for having me. [applause] >> i think you. we would like to open this up for questions that you might have. just as in raise your hand and i will come to u. >> thank you. that was wonderful. as you look at technology allowing journalists to have their own platforms through twitter and other types of technology, how real going to address maintaining talents within "the washington post" community when people are going to start establishing their own audiences when they can go out on their own? >> actually, i think the new technology has been great for us because we have always had incredible journalists. some of them often intended to rise and become a really known and faces in the community tree people feel they have a relationship with them. in my ninth, there just to new platforms and a fantastic opportunity -- in my mind, they are just new platforms free we have always had a relationship with television. we have always been on television. i think it helps retain talent becau

to follow our ball club club. today is telecasts by the washington nationals. it may not be reproduced in any form. the counts may not be used without consent of the washington nationals. >> bob: looking to bunt. this kid has had a great series, 4 life 7 with -- 4-7 with a walk. >> rob: from this point on, this is where detwiler has had issues. 22 earned runs or 22-72 with 13 earned runs. >> bob: the name of the hometown, same high school as andy and ben sheets went to. that's a shattered bat. to johnson for the first out. >> rob: right here he gets gets inside. great curveball. i had a great conversation with the equipment manager for the marlins when i was there. now he's the equipment manager for the nationals. we talked about the extended length of the new bats and maple wood. how the maple wood has a swirling grain to it. the old bats, the grains are the length of the bat. when you broke them, it was basically like breaking a boat oar. now they're longer and thinner in the middle. you've got to projectiles when i used to break them, they dropped at home plate. it's the grain and not the different types of bats. >> bob:

to use one reliever. tyler clippard in his washington debut to get through nine innings of a blow-out  of boston. yes sus colome has been run hot and cold lately. and another 3-2 pitch with one out. in the air to right. elijah dukes has a robert for an arm. the throw comes home. so does the runner and it is high. and the orioles lead 11-1. a brett -- a pretty good at-bat by melvin mora. quite a bat toll stay alive and he gets his forty rbi of the night. >> jim: and the guzman error hurts because it allows them to get another run without a hit. >> rob: he does a great job going to second ton throw that does not go to the cut-off man. >> jim: if you're going to and the orioles have been struggling with their base running, that's the way you're taught to do it in spring training, even if thewieters an roberts, the only two lineup spots for the orioles without a base hit tonight. he's walked twice and struck out. >> rob: it is not too often you'll come up switching your at-bats in the same inning. rob villone, >> jim: he has hit at every level. he has made the adjustment. >> bob: he is getting on

introduced which is a public platform for military leaders to share their views and concerns with the washington audience. combined it has given us an opportunity for military leaders to shake the security they face in washington and beyond. since the beginning of this series, we have had the commanders from various areas and two of the most recent commanders in afghanistan along with others. of what you think so many people for the support of this series. i am also delighted with the turnout today which says a lot as well about the popularity of this series. admiral, i have to mention one thing. some people ask me why the atlantic council is floating this boat in the pacific. the answer is pretty simple. it is a matter of reality. before the war, there was a very famous ambassador by the name of johnson. after the war, he was one of the founders. he and another founder were clear that the world was round. the atlantic council had to recognize that much earlier than most transatlantic organizations. that is the history. there is the mission of this community. we have had a successful asian program for many years directed by one p

to outdo cnn. we are for and about washington. period. we use video to the help -- to extend the helps illustrate a story. people can find headlines anywhere, right? our value is really explaining to people. what does this mean to me, what should i be thinking about, what is coming out? we did in amazing story last year on a series about women in developing countries and their stories . we got a flood of response that it was an incredible story. it is the kind of thing we would have done anyway, but now we had the ability to illustrated in a new way. >> i am the president of chainlink working solutions. i'm wondering how your using technology to dave to give your mother is in the work force mark flexibility to take, their jobs they have to choose between motherhood and work? >> i do not think of technology as a substitute. as we all know, those of us who have a iphone, and you -- it makes you not available to check your e-mail and it makes it easier to be available. as i said, that is in big ways and in bad for your tie in at all times. it enhan

to, dodge an automobile dealership in tacoma, washington. thank you for the opportunity to tell you that too, dodgers store in how the target funds you authorize your being used. two, dodge has been in business since 1972. until this with the dealership was valued at several million dollars and employed 71 people. in the month of april 2009 the last month for which we have a complete report reports prepared by chrysler show that too, dodge was ranked number one in western washington and number two in the entire set of washington for the sale of a new dodge vehicles. these reports prepared by chrysler also show that add of eight western states covered by the reports we rank 32 out of 313 dealers for the sale of dodge vehicles. other reports prepared by chrysler for the area chrysler turned team washington which covers more than a set of washington shows and then in 2006 to, -- tacoma dodge was ranked seven out of 60 dealerships and in 2007 it was ranked eighth that of 41 dealerships and in 2000 aid to our worst year ever because of the economy and the public's lack of enthusiasm for dodge vehicles we still ranked eighth out of 35 dealerships. the stellar sales

we are not trying to out-cnn cnn, so our strategy is we are for and about washington, period. we use video, twitter, to the extent it helps illustrate this story. people confine had live anywhere. so we have the headlines. but our value is really explain to people, ok, it happened yesterday but what does it mean to me, what is coming down the road? what shall i be thinking about? so to the extent video helps illustrate that -- we did an amazing story last year and a series about women in underdeveloped countries and their struggles, and we used one of are pulitzer prize-winning photographer as to the photography and video for the story and we got a flood of response. kind of the same thing "washington pos" with a gun anywhere but now we have the ability to illustrate that in new ways. >> i am president of chain-link network and solutions. i hear you are a mother of three. i am wondering how you use technology today to give mothers and the work force more technology to take -- flexibility to take on jobs. to continue work? >> that is a good question. i don't think of technology as a s

that's why i introduced legislation to ensure that washington bureaucrats do not use comparative effectiveness research to make health care decisions for you based on costs. the doctor-patient relationship and research act focuses on the two most important people in the health care system, the patient and their doctor. i urge my colleagues to join me in protecting americans from government-run health care. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> last week congressional democratics unveiled several sweeping overhauls of american health care. each of their plans includes a government-run bureaucracy that would put red tape between patient and their doctors. i saw this first-hand as a doctor when patients with government-run medicaid coverage often after heart surgery had difficulties finding doctors for follow-up care. a failure to get f

are some people in this leadership in congress don't get the fact that people want us to cut spending here in washington and not spend at record levels. i think it was very sad that on this this floor yesterday, eight hours was spent on a bill, where $64 billion of taxpayer money was being spent. and we were trying to bring up amendments to cut that rapid growth in spending. and people just last night and today in the leadership on this floor actually used the comments that delaying tactics, they called our amendments to cut spending delaying tactics. some of their members used the term nonsense and foolishness when describing our amendments to cut spending. now, some people on the other side want to spend money so fast that if we put up an amendment to cut spending, to cut growth in spending, they call that a delaying tactic. i think americans across this country want more of those type of delaying tactics to slow down this runaway train of massive federal spending, money we don't have. every dollar we spend in congress from today all the way through the end of this year is borrowed money. we don't hav

to be fill busting but of your comment. one thing that is why we got in vietnam. i was in -- marching in the peace marches in washington, and we used to quote the rockefeller war -- call it the rockefeller war, that we were there to protect rockefellers chase bank, and i heard that -- hoe ho minimum manipulating wanted to talk with kennedy and then we got the situation of the gulf of tonkin. >> guest: well, the gulf of tonkin was the manufactured incident that gave kind of the justification for going into vietnam. it never happened, but in the american media and in the american government put forward this idea that we had been attacked on the high seas. a bit of a stretch if you think about it. if you think about the ways wars are justified, the sinking of the maine and the gulf of tonkin and saddam hussein has weapons of mass destruction. it's true that 9/11 happened. did not happen because of iraq. did not happen because the government attacked us. it was a kerr determined group of individuals and a horrible, horrible thing, but the gulf of tonkin became the dusk of what ultimately was the death of three million people. one of th

and as you know, whenever he travels to a place like washington he says well, this is what i thought to be useful. if it works for you, great. if it doesn't, turn to another doctor of the mind. and what i began to find as i was listening to him was how many of the precept that he was showing actually shed a bit of light on my own life or anyone's life. as you know he always stresses china and tibet are always went to the neighbors and so anything that helps china will help tibet and anything that harms did it will harm china. the destinies are intertwined. and so, when i got back to my home in california this week let's say i find in my absence my neighbor has flung a stone through my window. i will pick up the stone and as i am about to bring it back if i stop for just a second and think the minute i through the stone of course i am going to make my neighbor's life a lot worse, that's probably my intention, but i'm also likely to enrage and alienate the entire neighborhood and a list of all i'm going to make my own life for the next few years misery and set into motion lawsuits and endlessly pri

care and other nations that have a -- single-payer to get in line and that is the concern many of us have is to simply pass something here in washington that is under the guise of giving people the right to health care. we give them the right to get in line for a lesser quality-of-care than is currently provided. there is positive reform on the table i would suggest we ought to look at that as well and i think the chairman. >> at this time the committee will temporarily adjourned. if you turn around you can see the floor voting schedule. there will be three votes. we will come back as soon as we cast the third vote and resume the hearing at that time. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] amol goebel conversations >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, we appreciate your patience and indulgence. we are going to resume. the gentleman from illinois, mr. hare, is recognized five minutes. >> thank you for holding this hearing i consider to be extremely important. i am amazed some of the things i've heard and dr. gratzer, let me say a couple things. it's my understanding when the canadian people were polled, 90% of th

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patients don't want anybody to get between them and their doctor, whether it's an insurance company or a washington bureaucrat. it's important for us to make sure that does not happen, either in the insurance market or with the federal government. but we know from looking at plans that countries like canada and great britain have that rationing does occur. it's over. they do not attempt to mask it. we should be very wary of any government-run plan or any other features of so-called health care reform that would end up delaying or denying care. >> this idea of some sort of the sacrosanct patient-doctor relationship seems, and a lot of cases in this country, to be something of a mess. the insurer, appear, whether it is the government or private insurance, that has a strong effect on the doctor-patient relationship. i'm trying to figure out what it is, where this idea exists the republicans are defending. >> look at the survey data. people will tell you one of their biggest concerns is having taken away from them what they currently have. the vast majority of americans are satisfied with what they have, namely insurance. the concept o

used to last, and is that so bad? the story inside the politics section of "the washington times." top money, one of the key components by president bush and obama to help salvage some of the troubled financial institutions. this story pointing out a quote from senator blanche lincoln, a democrat from arkansas, who said tarp was never meant to be permanent but an emergency initiatives it designed to stabilize the financial markets and bring greater confidence to investors and business. senator lincoln saying it is only appropriate that program to be phased out as expeditiously as possible. the first paragraph pointing out the detail that the bipartisan trio of senators say they will introduce legislation to make sure that wall street bailout money repaid to the federal government cannot be recycled to keep the program continue perpetually. next, on the phone from illinois. good morning. democrats line. caller: thank you appeared here in eleanor, unemployment is up to 10.1%, and i disagree with one of the callers that the people who are unemployed are not qualified or not looking for

i want to express my thanks to professors margaret washington, david and linda beito for joining us this afternoon. and thank you to our audience for joining us as well. [applause] >> thank you for attending today's discussion and for supporting the "chicago tribune"'s commitment to literacy. a book-signing will take place in the arts room. as you exit this room to your left, it is the first room on your left. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> margaret washington, linda beito and david beito appearing at the 2009 chicago tribune printers row lit fest. book tv continues live coverage from the university center in chicago after this short break. ♪ >> this summer book tv is asking, what are you reading? >> well, i have several books that i am reading and intend to read over the next several weeks. right now i'm just about completed "with wings of eagles" by michael korda which is a battle of britain of both sides of the english channel. the raf on one hand and the german lutsa on the other. it's a well researched book. i have in front of me the american lion which is a

i am not used to this level of enthusiasm, except for the time was a student at syracuse. i was actually a student at florida state. i am going to talk all about washingtonyou have come here to our capital at a unique moment when we are like the business center of the universe. i used to cover business. i try to cover culture where ever it is going. in the 1990's i covered silicon valley when it was the business center of america and maybe the world. i used to hang around places where all the ceo's had these water guns, places where people had luxury cars that came from companies with foreign policy. i used to say ben & jerry's should make a pacifist toothpaste. that was the culture back in those days that gave us all the progress of grocery stores like whole foods and trader joe's were all the cashier's look like they are on loan from amnesty international. my favorite section and trader joe's is the snack food section, because they do not have this potato chips and pretzels because that would lead to the obesity of america. they have snacks for kids who come home and say they want a snack that will prevent colorectal cancer. that was one culture i cove