saw washington up close. but having said all of that, i can't think of anybody else that i would have rather at as commander. tour they nathaniel greene of 1780, might have been able to have done a job as well as washington did or perhaps even better but green was not prepared for that kind of position. people like charles lee or horatio gates, they were out of the picture altogether because they had been professional british officers, congress wasn't going to go there. congress wanted a native-born american to be the commander. you look at who is around, people like john sullivan, i just don't see anyone who would have fit the bill. you look at the total picture of washington, he is a pretty good administrator of the army. the officer corps was blindly loyal to washington. with state governors and congress. as a soldier with other qualities, in the end, the country was fortunate to have had him, i sometimes say i think the country was fortunate to have had washington and lucky to have survived. >> i read tha

washington said let's klet de s degrasse get cornwallace. washington got to see the possibility. but everything had been put into motion. as envisioned originally by rauchambeau. an interesting quote, let me read this quote to you because it goes back to the idea of washington being an indispensable man. from a volunteer in the french force that came over to fight with the americans in 1777. one of the county's named for general call, commented that a soldier for a quarter of the century, one of those soldiers who didn't think very much, was the weak general under whom he had served, general cobb said this. if washington ever does anything sensational, he will know it more to his good luck or his adversaries mistakes, then to his own ability. he went a little the do far -- too far, because had it not been for cornwallace's mistake, he violated his orders, had cornwallace stayed in the carolinas, yorktown could never have taken place. i don't think they could have defeated the british in new york. there were 3 generals involved in 1781, general plan and, rauchambeau, and general w

that is just one issue of "washington post." while leadership is still strong in france, with our online site, we have a larger audience than ever. people who were never able to buy a printed edition of ""the washington post" can and do read our content on maundered in the month of may we had 10 million unique visitors 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 newspape

dicks of washington. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 578, the gentleman from washington, mr. dicks, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. dicks: thank you. this is a good amendment. it's the so-called manager's amendment. it does three important things, but they're modest. first as chairman rahall of the natural resources committee pointed out, this amendment restores the interior department's authority to assist cooperative watershed projects that restore streams destroyed by acid mine drainage. it was inadvertently discontinued after the law amendments of 2006. this amendment aids citizens' groups and states that are restoring streams damaged by previous coal mining. second, this amendment adds $10 million to the national park service state grant program. this program provides grants for acquisition of park and recreation lands by state and local communities and was proposed by mr. mcgovern. there is tremendous demand for mo

the most recent good thing that happened in "the washington post my life washington -- the less reason good thing that happens in my life with "the washington post," as to do with a woman getting on the supreme court. this is good for businessmen was what sylvia would always say. -- was what scalia would always say. i ask him if he was aware if he knew women were in business. -- i asked him if he was aware that there were women business owners. that made "the post" because he claimed he only was interested in issues our forefathers would have been interested about. i told him that there were no "foremothers." i also heard his response and that is what your newspaper picked up. his response was, "this woman wants me to throw out the constitution." we need a different breed a supreme court justices to understand this current. we live and. the bad story is that my company celebrated their 50th anniversary. we were honored by the greater washington board of trade and received other honors. no mention in "the washington post." i think for a local company that there should be some mention gr

but because of some people here in washington, not necessarily people from nevada, but people in washington stopped the facility from being opened even though billions of dollars had been spent to build it to be capable of storing that nuclear waste. what we do in our bill is remove the bureaucratic hurdles and say yucca now was a place that was decided years ago and we are opening it up. host: melanie on the independent line. caller: can you hear me? i think mandatory reading for everyone, not only who is in politics but everyone out there is a book that i actually found out about on c-span, written -- called "green hell: how's environmentalists plan to control your life and what you can do to stop them." if you can't pick up the book, then at least look on junkscience.com, because it will help you understand the agenda of the greens, and it is pretty scary. i would like to at least help people understand that the green agenda has nothing to do with real science. thank you. guest: spain had done a study, because spain went to this kind of cat and trade global warming plan they are trying t

washington takeovers of banks, washington takeovers of insurance companies, washington takeovers of student loans, washington takeover of car companies. why do we need a washington takeover of our health system? and why would a government-run insurance plan thread a washington takeover? well -- plan lead tow a washington takeover? well, think of it this way. it's like putting an elephant in a room of mice. after a little while only the elephant would be left. the elephant would be your only choice. and we have a very good example of what that elephant can look like. we call it medicaid, a program that every start has, that the federal government -- that every state has, that the federal government pace most for and it provides low-income health care to most americans, those who are not on medicaid. i would like to may find a way to require every senator who votes foreclosure spangdzing medicaid coverage to be required to go home and serve as governor of his or her home state for eight years and try to manage and pay for a medicaid barack obama that's expanded -- to pay for a medicaid progra

>> basically being in washington dc. being from a town of 700 people we don't get an opportunity to come to a place like this, the national capital. >> did you get to spend time on capitol hill? did you visit your congressional what is on their minds? >> we ask them questions, a lot about agriculture since that is a big part of nebraska and stuff like that. >> tell me something, how does the recession manifest itself in the lives of a typical high-school student there in nebraska where you live? >> in nebraska we kind of make our own living with farming and everything and i guess it has hit hard with gas prices and stuff. they have gone down considerably but nebraska has not been hit that hard i guess. i have not been changed. >> a senior this year? >> next year. >> you have got one more year of highschool. what are you looking forward to most for your senior year? >> just sports and getting through it. figuring out where i want to go to school. >> what sports do play? >> football, basketball and track. >> got to play fo

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 rankings were accomplished in competition with other dealers selling multiple lines of chrysler vehicles were as tacoma dodge only had the opportunity to sell dodge brand vehicles. the dealer performance report prepared by chrysler for year end 2008 comparing tacoma dodge with the dodge dealers in washington state shows we have a net earnings of $1,704,249. or as the group average for the sa

the "washington post" recognizes this as well. in an editorial this morning it said, "it is quite likely that any legislation that emergers es will great a hugely -- with no guarantee of the upward spiral costs being slowed." the "post" also said given the national debt already growing out of control and the risk of health care costs won't be controlled, you may worry about taking on a new burden, $1.6 trillion over ten years. i think that's exactly right. that's what makes people anxious about what they hear coming out of washington in the name of health care reform. so, i think it's fair to say that the spend more to save more thinking is what resulted in the wasteful and counterproductive stimulus bill that was passed earlier this year. a bill that we got on our desks, the conference report at 11:00 on a thursday night and we were required to vote on it less than 24 hours later when virtually no one had had a chance to even read it. now, i was comfort able with that vote, because i voted against it -- for many reasons, but one

washington, first of all, washington bureaucrats aren't going to decide anything.they are going to publish reports. let's talk about who we are talking about when we talk in washington who does research. those washington bureaucrats are called nih. those washington bureaucrats are called fda. those washington bureaucrats are called the institute of medicine. i don't happen to think they are washington bureaucrats. i happen to believe that they are very capable research people who devote their life to trying to come up with evidence that would support initiatives that could save lives and i'm prove lives. so could we get off of this washington bureaucrat stuff? really -- >> the question is -- >> i'm beginning to find it, in their behalf, offensive. i represent, you know, people who work at the national institutes of health. i represent people who work at fda. they are doing their best to come up with those ideas that either will save lives or extend lives. the -- given examples about cancer and virtual colonoscopies, versus all that. but where do you think that all

sunday, july 5, lion on "in depth." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back eric cantor, house minority leader and republican from virginia is seventh congressional district. thank you for being with us. guest: good to be with you. host: let me begin by showing you an excerpt of what the president said last night on the abc program in regards to how this program, these changes in health care will be paid. from the east room of the white house last night. >> if it was easy it would have been sold a long time -- solve the long time ago. we have been talking about how do we provide care that is high- quality, gives people choices and how can we come up with a uniquely american plan, because one of the ideological debates that i think has prevented us from making progress is some people say this is socialized medicine and others say we need a completely free market system. we need to come up with something that is uniquely american. now, what i have said is that point if we are smart, we should be able to design a system where people

in fact later on when kosciuszko arrived in the united states for the second time, george washington invited him to mount vernon and rather than travel down to virginia he went to sea hero she'll gates, who now had a number of black people working for him in new york and they were freed black people and kosciuszko identified with that more than with going to a slave plantations. >> and the lady who had the box or the trump with all the plants that was laid out and then burn them for fear they would fall into the hands of the british. was there any evidence or anything written that showed kosciuszko and benedict arnold ever crossed paths or spoke to each other? >> they did know each other, in fact because kosciuszko was so close to general gates they were all together at the battle of saratoga and kosciuszko had much more respect for the command of authority and gates and benedict arnold were constantly at each other's throats. dietz was at the top of the hill and the british were marching up the hill, and benedict arnold wanted to run down the hill and gates kept saying we are fine w

the "washington post" this morning. it's off lead story by paul cane, the headline, lawmakers reveal health care investments. the ties between those crafting legislation concerned health care and financial investments they have. senator majority leader harry reed has at least $50,000 vested in health care index. the republican from new hampshire has between $244,000 and $500 in major health care companies. the family of representative jane har man. senior member of the congress committee drefting the lens. 3 point 2,000,000 more than more than 20 health care companies at the last year. while no congressional rules barred none from financial rules from what they regulate. experts say it often reflects conflict of interest particularly if there is a chance the legislation could result in personal financial boost. there's a complete story inside the "washington post" and a graphic you can follow as well. you can go to that at "washington post".com. again we have open phones this morning. chicago, illinois. democrats line.

the gentlewoman from washington. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: mr. speaker, i have no additional requests for time, urge my colleagues to support the resolution and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from washington yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from northern mariana islands. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i'd like to commenled the gentlewoman from washington for such eloquent statements about fathers, which brings back this close memory of my father who is 8,000 miles away at this time. i will call him up after this, later on today. i have no further speakers. i do encourage everyone to support h. resolution 428 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from northern mariana islands yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 428. those 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

i would say, because we are "the washington post" and we are in washington, because of the brand that we have come so far we have not had trouble. in fact, we had an intern class that just started this summer and we had 20 some odd intern's just in the news room alone. what is interesting, i will go to a journalism school shortly -- the schools are teaching these kids to be multimedia journalists off the back. these kids know how to do video, how to edit it, how to twitter, how to do it all. to the extent we all believe that great journalism, but people still care about what is going on around them and they want someone to interpret it for them, that will not go away. short, there recognize the industry in is in a massive turnaround, but we still have great, young, talented the analysts across the board coming to us. >> i'm alexis, a work at cisco. for every one of the room who has come before me, i want to thank you for what you have done because not every day but most days i feel just like an employee and not a female at work. starting your career out, did you have hopes of being a

there was no cable in washington, d.c. later in the evening, after this account with students, the founder of cspan and a founder of close-up, host a forum with students about their experience, asking them the kind of questions you ask. they got a surprise caller, a call from the white house. the calls are being screened and she thinks it's a prank call. when she realizes it is legitimate, she types a message to brian lamb. the next call says this is from washington, d.c. the club can show the rest of what happened. >> let's go to the videotape. >> washington d.c., go ahead please. hello? hello washington? one last time time >> is this mr. bryan lamb? would you hold one month for the president? [laughter] >> we don't have a commercial ready. >> mr. lam andb students, i came upstairs to the study and turned on the set and there you were. i watched long enough to hear several questions that showed your concern about the exclusionary rule. evidently, i did not finish the answer. you are so conscious of the clock going but i d

"washington journal," tonyl "ey and jon- christopher bua. kevin baker, contributing editor for "harpers magazine" discusses his cover story about barack obama. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> up next, president obama's remarks at the radio and television correspondents dinner. then, former president bill clinton and steny hoyer at a business dinner. after that, another chance to see it the conversation with columnist george will. >> this week on "newsmakers," congressman pete stark discusses legislation working its way through congress. he talks about one proposal that would establish a public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. >> at the end of the day, if you choose to have competition and you choose to have a plan that is dependable and affordable, you cannot do it without having a public plan there. that creates the competition for the private plan. so yes, there will be a public plan in the bill. will the people vote for? i don't know who wants to go ho

washington was traveling through europe and the stock in krakow. he wrote his memoirs, i knew from my school history what kosciuszko had done for america in its early struggle for independence. i did not know however until my attention was called to krakow what kosciuszko had done for the freedom and education of my own people. the polish patriot is buried under the cathedral of krakow which is the westminster abbey of poland and is filled with memorials of the honored names of that country. kosciuszko lies in a faults beneath the marble floor of the cathedral. as i look on his tomb i thought how this all the world is that how curiously interwoven are the interest the bind people together. when i visited the tomb of kosciuszko i placed in rows on it in the name of my race. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] i would be happy to take any questions then there is a microphone in the back for-- there's a gentleman over here. >> hello. >> kaniewski bemuddle bet so we can all hear you? [inaudible] three things came to mind when i was listening to

the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. larsen: i yield four minutes to the co-sponsor of this resolution, mr. klein of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida for four minutes. mr. klein: i thank the gentleman from washington for yielding time and i want to commend him for his leadership on this important issue. i rise today in support of house resolution 410, resolution that i introduced with my friend from south carolina, along with the distinguished co-chairs of the congressional boating caucus, congressman gene taylor and congresswoman miller from michigan. this highlights the contribution of the recreational boating community to the quality of our life and continued economic prosperity and urge president obama to issue a proclamation calling upon the american people to observe july 1 as national boating day. boating is a famous symbol from south florida where i come from. millions of residents in our community and tourists take to the waters of south florida to boat, fish, div

reichert of washington. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from washington and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the gentleman from washington. mr. reichert: mr. chairman, after listening to the discussion back and forth here for the last hour or two, i would hope that my amendment would not be quite so contentious and it is migrate hope we could come together in agreement on the amendment that i'm about to offer. i am suggesting that we take $2.5 million from the department of commerce, salaries and expenses' account, which is totaling $60 million and  receiving a $7 million increase. to remove $2.5 million from a $7 million increase from a $60 million budget to support teens through education, step, which helps high schools collaborate with sexual assault providers, law enforcement, courts and other organizations to improve school safety. this vital program was authorized by congress under the violence against women's act, but was never funded. our schools should be

the gentlewoman from washington. ms. mcmorris rog evers: i'd like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert is recognized. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. it is heartwarming and touching to hear the tribute to phylicia moore by my colleague from new jersey, a very tching, well-deserved tribute. this bill obviously is borne out of the noblest of intentions and came unfortunately if from a tragic consequence. obviously the intention here is to safeguard our schoolchildren. could there be any more noble intention? the effect, though, unfortunately, is to further take the federal government into the local schools. we've already intruded greatly into the local schools, and tell them what they must do. initially it's to come up with a plan. there should be a plan. there should have been a plan. there should have been more direction from the local school, from the school board, i know from my own circumstances growing up, going to school

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. this is a nation that was bought -- brought together as a nation, fought hard so that within this nation we could have civility. and one of the founding fathers' favorite lines was often to quote voltaire in saying, i disagree in what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it. the criminal who invoked and created this violence in the holocaust museum should be properly punished. and i am thankful t

i am trying to say let the free market or can get the stock out of washington so everyone in washington "to run the car companies. >> it may be more efficient for gm to downsize their headquarters but the president is quickly on the phone with the mayor of detroit saying, don't worry we are going to keep the headquarters there in detroit. that is exactly the kind of political decision that has no place in the running of the company for the value of the stockholders. >> on jobs-- we have seen steady drops in claim numbers but also, no one are you and wheatridge by that and what you think we are going to see? >> i want try to forecast what we are going to see tomorrow. the unemployment problem is of course a serious one and it is a tragic one for those people who have lost their jobs. and, i say that as one who has lost my job at various points in my career and as one who has seen my son who lose his job in the financial crisis. and it is a time of great, great difficulty for the individuals and for their families. fortunately, my son found another job and i have found another job that i'

[applause] >> of the old washington senators it was often said washington, first in war, first in peace and last in the american league. substitute nationals for senators, and national league for american, and you can describe the situation for our local major league team today and today's speaker. in fact, it is hard to think of anyone that has had a worse season than the washington nationals except for programs the republicans. [laughter] >> they ran off an unpress denied 14 straight division titles. the braves haven't won since he brought his baseball expertise to the nationals. so far, however, success on the ball field has eluded the nation's capital. despite the new stadium, attendance is down, unless you count the red sox fans. so is the nats' won-loss record. by the way, that is the team that mr. kasten rooted for as a kid. when mr. kasten spoke at the club three years ago, he talked about how he was building a club through the farm system. you can look at ryan zimmerman and jordan zimmerman and see the frouts of those efforts. the nationals are mired in last nice. the manager i

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. i

the new washington times radio. as dick cheney on monday expressing concern that the pending pullout of u.s. troops from iraq cities could reverse the military progress made by american and iraqi force there since the george w. bush administration and the 2007 surge. a quote from the former vice president saying that i hope the iraqis can deal with it. also this morning from inside "usa today" is iraqis celebrate the u.s. troop pullback. one of the details is that the iraqi government has declared today a national day of sovereignty, six years after the u.s.-led invasion that toppled saddam hussein, and the story can be found below the fold of "the washington post," six years and three months after the march 2003 invasion, the u.s. will withdraw its remaining combat troops from iraq cities and turn over security. however, "the washington post" pointing out that while there is still more than 130,000 u.s. troops remaining in the country, patrols by heavily-armed soldiers in hulking vehicles will largely disappear fro

i think he was born 14 years after george washington who was born in 1732. and kosciuszko, if i'm pronouncing that correctly, was born in 1746, the same year as pilaski and he arrived in philadelphia as you said after a shipwreck in the indies. you didn't mention much about his encounters with george washington, who i read several places and also in the beautiful book that was given commemorating the 400 years of poland in america, which was rendered to all of us had the celebration on the 2nd of october of last year where they commemorated poland in my native state of virginia in georgetown of 1608 but george washington is purported in that book, celebrating the great poles in american history, to have given kosciuszko two pistols. they weren't by chance the two pistols he gave to little turtle, were they? [laughter] >> i don't think so. i think those pistols are now in the military museum in warsaw. >> oh, really? >> in addition to that, he gave him a sword with an inscription on it and kosciuszko was actually at france's tavern when george washington said

washington's first year after coming from montreal. the nationals lead the all-time series 11-10 in this ballpark. washington, 5-4, but the o's about to equalize a lot of things here tonight. 2-2 to reimold. >> jim: there is that discipline at the plate. villone tries to hit the inside corner and just misses. too many young hitters -- >> rob: would have been swinging. >> jim: they would have been. 2-2, i really have to cover. of course, you also have to trust your umpires. >> bob: 3-2 pitch. now it's 10-1. pardon me. bases were not loaded, but they are now. >> jim: it seemed like they were loaded. >> bob: yeah, it only seems that way. second walk of the inning. to go with seven hits. >> jim: this is a perfect example what happens when the inning starts spiraling out of control. you come in, try to be perfect. villone has been around the block. he knows how to pitch. he gets behind huff. he pounds that one in the dirt. it goats into right field. markakis, he guilty ahead of markakis, he had a pitch. now you fig your you have the bases l

can you tell me, give me an idea of -- >> washington monument. >> washington monument. >> veterans mall. >> what do you plan to see or should i ask sam to see what he's going to show you? >> when you go back home with your students, without your children, or even your parents or your friends, how do you think you will take this home with you? how will you share it? >> in pictures. >> this is one of the reasons i have do what i love, because i too love the american story, but i like to tell that story with the camera. exhibit a. so like you, what john was saying, i was a former teacher, not a former, but a -- a farmer teacher. that's a midwestern accent if you didn't notice. and i was an american history teacher. but basically, i was more in love with the story of america and i had more interest in the philosophy of america indument matily, i earned -- ultimately i learned from john's wife, if you're a teacher, you're not supposed to smile until january and i was less a person for giving discipline and more a person that required much discipline. so consequently, i was looking for a larg

that is to say, bureaucrats in washington. and i believe it would result in a one-size-fits-all government system that depending on complex rules and financing schemes, some kind of federal health board, and, of course, higher taxes. it would inevitably create waiting lists for treatment and denial of care for many. why? the federal governments resources are not unlimited so health care for some will have to be delayed or denied to keep spending in check. the plan that the senior senator from massachusetts puts forward creates a medical advisory council to determine what treatments people should get and when they should be treated. the goal is to control spending. not to ensure that everyone gets care when they need it. it can tell americans went they can get their treatment and what medications they can and cannot have. the massachusetts senator's plan offers subsidies to those who incomes reach 500% above the poverty line. president obama has said if new government-run health care is created he won't have to use it if you re

i'm going to do with the washington bureaucrats. washington bureaucrats are not going to decide anything. they are going to published reports. let's talk about who we are talking about when we talk about who does research. those washington bureaucrats are called nih. they are called fda. those washington bureaucrats are called the institute's of medicine. i do not happen to think they are washington bureaucrats. i happen to think they are very capable research people who devote their life to try to come up with evidence that would support initiatives that could save lives and improve lives. could we get off of this washington bureaucrat stuff? i am beginning to find it offensive. i have represented people who work at the national institutes of health. i represent people who work at at the. they are doing their best -- at fda. they are doing their best to save and extend the lives. he gave the example above virtual colonoscopy. where do you think that came from? that came out of government sponsored research so that the private secto

times." -- says "the washington times." we showed you open code the washington post" earlier. charles is on the phone from richmond. caller: i agree with you to a certain degree, but the supreme court was an activist court. they tried to make a new law. they did i have always supported judge sotomayer. it was three judges. what she did was to apply the law as it was written, and it was sentenced to supreme court, and they looked added back and said, what you should do is we look -- re dashlook at the situation, because -- relook of the situation because much of it was a multiple choice. it is not what you would call it a good test to be a fireman. one man was dyslexic, which is disturbing to me. host: thank you. guest: he makes a bunch of good points, and i agree with everything he says. one thing we could pull out of his comment about dyslexia and editorial you just read is that this was an incredibly simple. the city of new haven made the biggest mistake messing with frank. this was a dyslexic guy. he used his own money t

the gentleman from washington. mr. baird: having no further requests, again i thank the gentleman and i yield back the balance of my time. urging passage. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1736 as amended. 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. without objection -- mr. broun: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. baird: madam speaker, morph to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1709, the stem education coordination act of 2009, as

host: is is a story inside "the washington times." joining us on the phone is the executive editor, amy walter. let's ask about this story of this dinner, both the remarks by the former speaker of the house, and the on-again off-again appearance of the alaska gov.. guest: so much of this is driven by the ambivalent feelings that a lot of republicans have about sarah palin as a messenger for the party. on the one hand, she is still somebody who i think will be able to raise money and energize the base. there will be candidates running for reelection in 2010 who will watch her on the campaign trail with them. on the other hand, there are lots of republicans who look at the election results from last time, especially those in suburban areas, who say that part of the problem was that she was unable to broaden the message, and we need to find a new messenger for the party, and we need to stop looking backwards, and start looking ahead to who the next leader will be. host: let me share with you one of the clquotes from "the hill" newspaper.

he has been, during his time in washington, and commonly disengage from washington's social life of me there is no justice who appears less on the social scene than justice david souter. he will be happy to go back to the farm in new hampshire to which he will be very happy when he sees washington in the rearview mirror. what his legacy will be, historians will say. there are no great grand doctrines produced. i will tell a quick story about him. each year, the road scholars committee to held organized a good bye event for the new been elected road scholar, david souter was a rhodes scholar. they need him at the court in addition to going to capitol hill and the white house and the rest of it. when we debrief this dollars on the things they have done in washington, every year, year in, year out, david souter has been at the top of the list. the one person they would not eliminate from the next year's scholars, my impression is they have seen someone who is thoughtful and measured, he talks about how he goes about his work on the court. it seems their impression is of someone whose priv

"washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> up next, president obama at the radio and twation correspondents' dinner and on "america and the courts," justice kennedy delivers the commencement address. and then confirmation hearing on the chairman for the f.c.c. >> more top, nonfiction authors and books throughout the weekend on c-span's book tv. john talbott discusses the recession and jay richards about why capitalism is the best way. and the end of overeating, former f.d.a. commissioner, david kessler. and on "after words," from the garden of eden to today. recollection of 600 stories and talks to a are columbia university professor. we have the entire schedule and great new features and streaming videos, archives and simple ways to share your favorite programs. booktv.org. >> president obama was the featured speaker at last night's radio and tv correspondents' dinner. it was held at the washington, d.c. convention center and lasts about 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much. thanks to all of you. have a sea

because at an astonishing rate, almost everything else in washington seems to be that washington knows best. i was visited by a european auto executive the other day who said to me jokingly, well, i'm glat d to be in america's new automotive headquarters, washington, d.c. well, it's also becom becoming america's banking center. it is becoming america's insurance center. unfortunately, even in education washington, d.c., is now about to become americans' student loan center, for 15 million students, because the administration believes washington knows best. instead of having 2,000 banks make 15 million loans, we're going to have the united states department of education make the secretary the banker of the year. and now -- now -- we're discussing in the "help" committee and in the finance committee a brazen takeover of 16% of the economy, which would say washington knows best about our health care system. washington will become america's health care center as well. the health care bill that we're discussing in the "help" committee, of which i am a member, would expand one failed governm

the gentleman from washington. mr. baird: with no other he speakers i'll yield back the balance of my time and urge passage of this important -- with no other speakers, i'll yield back the balance of my time and urge passage of this important legislation. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are -- the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. broun: i reqst the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. baird: madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass house resolution 492, supporting the goals and ideals of high-performan

host: that host: is from the washington post this morning. -- that is from "the washington post" this evening. there will be an apple event this weekend. mortgage rates hit a six-month high. the piece points out that rates have risen to the highest levels in six months. it is threatening to the late housing turnaround by discouraging potential homebuyers. the issue this morning is unemployment. it is at 9.4%. robert is up from new york city on the democrats' line. caller: thank you so much for having me on. it is surprising that they are showing 9.4% in terms of the rate of unemployment. the line directly beneath that says that it is the most in 25 years. i had an opportunity to work with an organization hiring individuals for customer service representatives. it over the last few months, we have seen an enormous amount of individuals applying for this particular job. my question to yourself and the viewers is this. even though we are showing 345,000 in terms of job loss, what type of hiring have we had? are there any indications that there are jobs being created? if you take the numb

the presiding officer: "washington post". mr. durbin: mr. president, the senate is considering many issues now of great importance, but none more important to the american people than the future of health care in this great nation. this weekend a new poll was released by "the new york times" and cbs, 5% of the people surveyed said -- said that it needs fundamental change or to be rebuilt 85%. people sense that though we have great hospitals and interests, there's something fundamentally flawed with our system and you can understand. why we're spending more money than any other country on earth and we're not getting the medical results that we want and there's real uncertainty that average people just won't be able to keep up with the cost of health, the battles with health insurance companies over coverage and whether or not at the end of the day they can have the quality health care every single person wants for themselves an their family. -- and their family. they ask the american people which party they trusted to deal with health care re

"washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. tomorrow on c-span2, a look at u.s.-india relations and the obama administration with remarks by india's ambassador to the u.s. that begins live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations may be? i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through federal funding. >> a public funding thing. >> may be. i don't know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public-service, a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> next, from this morning's "washington journal," a discussion on the economy and unemployment. this lasts about an hour. host: we are talking about the u.s. economy. peter morrissey \ ici is an ecos professor. how was the economy doing? guest: it is in serious conditions but the statements of the obama administration. it will take a long time to clean up the mess he inherited. not all the issues that got us into this mess have been adequately addressed. i expe

washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on newsmakers, arizona senator john kyl, the minority whip, discusses healthcare issues and the senate agenda. newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> a look at conservative leadership with remarks from rebekah hagelin from a conference at the clare boothe luce policy institute in washington. it's about 30 minutes. >> hello. my name is avila molina. i'm a summer intern with the clare boothe luce policy institute. our next speaker is a syndicated columnist, political commentator and acclaimed author. she's been married for almost 25 years and is the proud mother of three children. she served as the heritage foundation -- is currently their senior communications fell low. she has worked in public relations for the septemberer for judicial studies and director of communication of concerned women for america. she also found her own consult will business and was vice-president of communications at well net daily.com. she's been a strong con

first please welcome professor washington. [applause] >> the april publication of sojourner truth's america started a shrining sojourner truth bust in the capitol visitor center. i'm sure i was only one of thousands who wrote letters and sent contributions in support of that memorial in washington, d.c. where truth worked during the civil war and during reconstruction. frankly, i had lost track of that effort as i slugged away over this biography. and that effort took over 10 years. finally, holding sojourner truth's america in my hand, i was also reading about the washington ceremony. secretary of state hillary clinton's testimonial of sojourner's legacy and the campaign to place the memorial was a fitting tribute to a woman whose social justice strategy was bottom-up. actor sicily tyson recitation of her speech "ain't i a woman" shows her struggle for emancipation. first michelle obama bond bespoke how far we have come as a nation. there was unplanned synchronicity in those two events. i was inspired to write a biography of

our next washington, d.c. go ahead please. hello? one last time, washington. >> yes, i am sorry. hello, would you please hold one moment for the president. >> [laughter] >> students, i just came upstairs to the study here and turned on the set and there you were. i watched bond enough to hear several questions that shows your concerns about the exclusionary rule. you are so conscious of that clock going by. i did not mean that the police would be free to do whatever they wanted to do in the line of getting evidence and breaking the law. i did explain the exclusionary rule this case law for judges down align to make woolens in the court that become president. >> -- presidencedent. >> tell us about his influence on this show. >> i want to say thanks to a couple of people throughout the show. we have to start at the top with brian lamb. all of the early founders of "close-up", and a guy named tom cigerard. it passed away several years ago. he was working with a broadcast company with washington. he was an early deal maker. if you go to his obituary, it mentioned that he was the earl