oregon, frank lautenberg from new jersey, patty murray from washington -- the state of washington, arlen specter from pennsylvania, mary can't well and mary landrieu from louisiana. they recognized how important this was. they recognized we were trying to solve major problems for people, especially in rural amplest i think it would be worthwhile to reflect back on the 2003 debate and remember the reasons this issue inspired such strong bipartisan consensus. you don't hear it at all from that side now. after the program has proven its efficacy and has proven that it works. we supported the medicare advantage program six years ago because we knew it was the right thing to do for beneficiaries and the same logic holds true today. we owe it to beneficiaries to provide a strong, adequately funded program that provides them with high-quality health care choices. during the finance committee's consideration of -- and by the way, every medicare beneficiary can go into medicare advantage if they desire under current

let me say first in behalf of the senators from washington state that i think all senators appreciate both senators bringing to the attention of the senate the heartfelt feelings in regards to the tragedy that happened in their state, and i share -- i share their dismay in regards to what has happened, and i know that the thoughts and prayers of all senators are with them and i appreciate the remarks that they have brought to the body at this particular time. mr. president, i would now like to discuss briefly this motion to recommit in regards to medicare and the tremendous cuts that are proposed in the bill, the bill i define not as the finance committee bill, not as the "help" committee bill, but the bill that was really done behind closed doors which i think was most unfortunate. this bill slashes -- and i think that's the appropriate word -- nearly half a trillion dollars, half a trillion dollars from medicare, and then it is used to establish a huge new government entitlement program. now, earlier this year, during the finance committee markup of health care reform legislation, i

we'll turn and recognize the gentleman from washington state. >> thank you, first i'd like to put into the record a white paper, which is quite instructive entitled green powered super highways >> thank you. i appreciate that. this white paper does confirm what the witnesses talked about. we have 300,000 megawats of wind proyjects. they point out that the lack of transmission is hindering states this would allow and encourage the sources low and in the depreen house gas again rators. would it help in some sense who don't want to see their off shore wind project intruded upon if we could call it dirty resources. >> i think there's a lot of confusion about how the standard would work. it doesn't govern what electrons are on the line. you can't distinguish between depreen and brown electrons. if we are going to provide some addition follow authority to site and pay for special new transmission lines to benefit, let's make sure that the generation that's hooked up to it is not conventional coal. since you are going to need probably gas to balance renewable energy on these lines. up to a si

and of course this is not unique to the state of washington. it is all over the united states, in missouri, ohio, and 12 other states. does it not seem like criminal enterprise is taking place here? are all of these acorn groups organized to commit voter fraud against the american public? who knows? it is certainly time to find out. it is not an isolated problem. it appears to me acorn has systematically and purposely work to subvert the democratic process in this country and it makes me mad and it ought to make americans matt, too. people need to be held accountable. they are guilty of voter fraud, we should not just just -- we should not just talk about it. someone should be tried and go to jail. how would you back to the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. pope. but thank all eight members for their excellent opening statements today. we will not go to introducing our expert panel. our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita. he has overseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to comb

my grandparents on my mother's side in texas and later in washington state, in seattle, integrated neighborhoods, they underwent all sorts of discrimination. and i feel like i carry this mantle of need to be carrying the fight forward. so that is the most powerful part of what their union symbolically means to me. my father was a professor for decades and now is in semiretirement. he is an economist and does work with aid projects, but basically he spends a lot of time importing software on the computer and traveling to mexico. my mom has been an early childhood educator, working with for year-old, five roles, then went on to teach teachers and become a dean. she has worked for many years in a bilingual school in d.c. helping to grow its program. she is about to retire, also. so i father is excited because he will have a travel partner. >> he used to have dreadlocks and weighed more. -- you used to have dreadlocks and weighed more. we will go back to that. what are you doing now? >> i do some consulting with the work i used to do, but i am pursuing a ph.d. at harvard in a joint program, so i wil

my grandparents and my mother's side growing up in texas and later in washington state and seattle --they were in integrated neighborhoods and underwent all sorts of discrimination. i feel like i carried this this way. -- carry that fight for it. that is the most powerful part of what their union symbolically means to me. >> what is your father doing? >> my father was a professor and is in semi-retirement. he works with aid projects. he spends a lot of time playing solitaire on the computer. he travels in mexico. my mom has been an educator, working with five and six year- olds. -- she works in a buyer -- early childhood education. she went on to become a dean. she is helping to grow a Ñ and she is about o retire. my dad is very excited because he will have a travel partner. >> we have seen you in many different settings, including when you had dreadlocks and you weighed more. we will go back to some of that. what are you doing today? >> i am a graduate student. i do some consulting, going back to thei am pursuing a ph.d.. i used to work in. buy you a subway ticket. what are you doing

madam secretary, i was troubled and i raised with you earlier about the statements in washington state, it workplace investigation and you said you were going to get to the bottom of it and the way i anders that it, the message you were sending was, and i told you that, that you didn't want those rates. you didn't want agents out doing what the law requires and that is to investigate businesses to have large numbers of people who are here illegally, and statistics by isaf show the rest of illegal immigrants are down 60% man that is the category i'm talking about. criminal arrests are down 60%. criminal indictments are down 50% and criminal convictions are down 63% last year. the only activity that this increases the amount of requirements under the ayn ayn audits. such audits which were a fixture of inez policy during the clinton administration, a widely consented to be ineffectual and fines of businesses small and too small to deter the activities were concerned about. and in addition to on paperwork issues the administration has repeatedly refused to take into custody or deport illeg

and probably some governors and state treasurers. in washington, we really need balance again.his one party setting in washington is really frightening. i'm going to work real hard to get republicans elected. and my own plans will take shape after that. >> larry: concerned about governor palin? >> i'm not making any decision about my own plans to run. she is an energetic person. she would be a terrific candidate. she has a great following. she brought energy and passion to our party. i haven't read her book yet. i look forward to reading it. i understand john mccain said it was an enjoyable read. so i'll get a chance to do that and wish her well. >> larry: another perspective owe phone ent is mike huckabee who has a problem now with this pardon. what do you make of his candidacy, or potential kabd dacy? >> mike is a good man and worked hard as a governor w regards to the pardon, i think we're all focused on the extraordinary tragedy in the lives of families in washington. you have tree families that lost their father. one family that lost their mother. i mean this is just tragi

probably state governments and treasurers. in washington we need balance again.g to work hard to get republicans elected. my own plans will take shape after that. >> larry: concerned about governor palin? as an opponent? >> i'm not making any decision about my own plans to run. she's an energetic person. >> larry: what do you think of her. >> she would make a terrific candidate. she has great energy. i heard john mccain say her book was an enjoyable read. i haven't read it yet. i always enjoy enjoyable reads. i wish her well. >> larry: another perspective opponent is mike huckabee who has a problem right now with this pardon. what do you make of his potential candidacy? >> he's a good man, worked hard as a governor. with regards to the pardon, i think we're all focused on the extraordinary tragedy in the lives of families in washington. you have three families that lost their father. one family that lost their mother. this is tragic. as mike said, i think he indicated had he got the chance to do that again based on what he knows now, of course, he wouldn't have m

warning signs missed in washington state and arkansas. why was this man out on the streets?ut on bail? at one point, mike huckabee gave him clemency. those stores and more tonight on "360." >> larry: that's at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific with anderson cooper. david cornwell, what do you make of donnie's comments that it makes him like every man? >> i disagree. there are really three audiences here that tiger has to deal with. one is the personal, his family and friends and people that are part of his personal life and he's let some down and they're going to side with his wife and others will support him. the other are his sponsors. i don't think they're issuing these statements because they don't think there's a problem with adultery, but there's no basis to terminate the agreement. and then the third is the public in this role model status. my father was a surgeon and once told me that it's okay if other people think you're god, but you're in trouble if you start believing it. a role model is not a super human icon. it is a person that has all the qualities and blemishes of

the manhunt for maurice clemmons who allegedly shot four police officers in washington state. what investigators found in his pickup truck and he had a history of violence that should have kept this guy behind bars for a long, long time. why wasn't he? we'll talk to the judge who helped him get parole. we're "keeping them honest." >>> and the party crashers. we'll have a report on that from the white house. >>> and tiger woods pulling out of his own golf tournament due to his car crash injuries. he's staying silent, still not talking to police. what might happen legally and professionally as well to his endorsements. we'll take you up close. those stories and chelsea clinton engaged. details ahead on "360." >> larry: that's anderson cooper g to have you back. "ac 360," 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. jesse ventura remains us with. now joining us from palm springs, california, ben stein, the economist, former presidential speechwriter, columnist for "fortune" magazine. and in washington, our old friend air anna huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of huffingtonpost.com and "

community of lakewood, washington, and the families of last sunday's brutal tac on four police officers are going to gather together to say goodbye. tomorrow's memorial in my home state of washington of the four officers killed on the morning of november 29 will begin with a procession that leaves from just steps a away from the coffee shp that was the site of that senseless and cowardly atafnlgt it was an tac in which four officers were targeted solely because they were in uniform. solely because they had sworn to protect their community. the procession will then weave its way through that very community, lakewood, washington. it is a community that has been devastated by this tragedy. it's a community where four officers were original members of their police force and were loved and respected by the colleagues -- by their colleagues and the people that they served. aalong the way, that procession route is expected to be lined by thousands of lakewood residents and by all of those who have been so deeply affected by this tragedy from throughout my state. at the lakewood police department, the procession is going to stop to pick up the families of the fallen officers

smith from the state of washington. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the speaker in this chamber for bringing this resolution so quickly to the floor. as we have now heard the tragic events of last sunday, we are here to offer our condolences to the families, also to honor the lives and the service of the four officers who were so brutally slain and to express our grief over their loss. they were ambushed early on sunday morning simply getting ready to go to work. it is a tragedy that has had a deep impact on our community. and i want to offer my condolences to all the people in lakewood, especially their police force and the city officials that have been so impacted by the tragic of this event. the four officers that were killed were part of the police force and all of the police officers in this country who so selflessly serve and protect all of us. they were sergeant mark renninger, who is a 13-year

and of course this is not unique to the state of washington. it is all over the united states, in missouri, ohio, and #r@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our expert panel. our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita. he has overseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to combat investment and mortgage fraud have led to the convictions of dozens of white collar criminals, over 300 years of jail time, and millions of dollars return to the victims. he went on to obtain a law degree from the indiana university school of law in in in the -- in indianapolis. he practice and an attorney before serving as general counsel to the secretary of state sewer and gilroy, and later as deputy secretary of state. our second witness is david caldwell. is the deputy director of the criminal division for the louisiana attorney general's office. he is also the head of these special corruption and prosecution unit. he graduated from louisiana state louisiana with a degree in english and russian. after graduating fro

my colleague, brian baird, from washington state and several members on both sides of the aisle, supported an effort to get at some reform that said we should change the rules of how this house operates so that the american people, the members of congress and the press could see legislation on the internet, the great equalizer of information, on the internet, at least 72 hours before it comes up for a vote on this house floor. 72 hours. now i think it ought to be two, three weeks, by the way. remember this omnibus spending bill was 2,500 pages. nobody in here read it. i voted against it, by the way. i wasn't alone. i think every republican voted against it, just like we did against this stimulus. the alternatives we have offered. not on that one because i don't think we were allowed to, but certainly on the others, on health care, energy and creating jobs, we have offered creating alternatives and we will talk about those in subsequent evenings, but this notion we should have 72 hours should be bipartisan. and i say to my colleagues, i guarantee you if that resolution to change how we oper

state department. guest: this is washington's power couple. there was a lot of criticism in the primaries. i think he's overcome a lot of the criticism he got and really branded himself host: over the last year, secretary of state clinton has tried to distance herself from the wife of this former president. why group them together under one number? guest: maybe to make them mad. no. they are washington's most intriguing power couple. they may not collaborate publicly. you remember when she went to africa and they asked her what did bill think about this and she snapped. they are a couple that matters. host: time on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: good morning. i think we node to learn more on how to get together. i think too much emphasis is put on clearing people out. i think we had an opportunity in the beginning when george bush was in jewish people are great. it's just the few rich jews like murdered ock and the guys that control our country. that's the reason we are going into a lot of these wars. obama is great. there's a reason he got the peace price. they wanted him to ear

and of course this is not unique to the state of washington. over the united states, in missouri, ohio, and 12 other states. does it not seem like criminal enterprise is taking place here? are all of these acorn groups organized to commit voter fraud against the american public? who knows? it is certainly time to find out. it is not an isolated problem. it appears to me acorn has systematically and purposely work to subvert the democratic process in this country and it makes me mad and it ought to make americans matt, too. people need to be held accountable. they are guilty of voter fraud, we should not just just -- we should not just talk about it. someone should be tried and go to jail. how would you back to the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. pope. but thank all eight members for their excellent opening statements today. we will not go to introducing our expert panel. our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita. he has overseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to combat investm

state of virginia. earlier tonight coach london spent some one on one time with ivan carter on "washington post live." >u got to go after the best players in your state because everyone else is coming in trying to take the players and you know, there is a rival school doing a great job about it. in reality is it that we have to do better? and i am from the, as the players would say, the 757 area, and i know there is a lot of good players down in that area, i spent my high school years down there, my brother paul went to school down in that area, so there's some great, great high school talent in that area, we have to make sure we not only recruit that area but the entire state of virginia, be accessible, get into the schools and let the high school coaches know that, you know, we want to be back in their element, on their radar. >>> coming up on geico "sportsnite," jim zorn just about out of things to say after another heart breaking loss. hear his take on the game on jim zorn live. >>> we're celebrating the life of abe poelen with a special broadcast of the public memorial at the verizon center, watch

of course, guilty of a couple of different counts and right now is in the brick at fort lewis washington state serving out a one-year prison sentence and of course, he has forfeited two-thirds of his pay when he is there and read he gets out you'll likely get paid dishonorable discharge and his rank was reduced from sergeant down at private pretended his court-martial and i spoke with him right before he was put din manacles and walked to the van and taken to jail. i said you are about to go to jail. how do you feel about this? about what you're doing? there is hardly anybody, there is not an organized movement, there is not a lot of attention from the general population and he said i do not want to go to jail. who does? we have heard the stories. but i feel this is the right thing to do and this is what i need to do to sleep with myself that night prerelease i can get some good sleep been jailed. literally driving over here tonight i got a call from sergeant bishop from the brig letting me know how things are going. i asked him how our things? he says usual the food socks. it is boring but i

. >> the gentleman from washington state is recognized for to the bill minutes. >> thank you for holdings hearing. we know how important this is. s we have hundreds if not thousands of constituents, and this is important to a lot of my neighbors who might represent. it is important the country as a whole was job creation possibilities. president obama has recognized it as a tremendous job potential, but we know we will have to have additional allocation of spectrum for commercial use. in order to first identify the spectrum, i want to commend chairman waxman for his inventory bill, which is a first step. once the spectrum is identified and ready for auction, we really have to insure the procedures are in place, this time to adequately guide the auction process. in 2007, the advanced wireless services option, the process of reporting requirements was insufficient to praise the length, complexity, and size of effort. it is this very problem that the bill seeks to address. fundamentally, our bill does two things. it increases the men of cali information available to potential bidders before

governor christine gregore of washington state, he if we try to cost shift to the states we're not going to be in a position to pick up the tab. bill ritter, governor of colorado, a medicaid expansion should not operate as an unfunded mandate for the states. the governor of montana, the governors are concerned about the unfunded mandates. another situation where the federal government says you must do x and you, meaning the states, must pay for it. the governor of ohio, ted strickland, the states with our financial challenges right now are not in a position to accept additional medicaid responsibilities. governor purr dew of -- purdue, -- there are more and more that we could quote. the point is that virt -- is that virtually all of the nation's governors expressed a concern about this and alluded one way or another about the disconnect of washington and the states. the point -- the point i was making before, washington seems to bark the orders, but it's with no regard to the difficult financial challenge that many of these states are in. let me point out one final point here. these new

in washington, d.c., there is a lot of talk but very little action. but in state houses, we educate, medicate, incarcerate -- that is 87% of our budgets. we have to balance budgets every single year. we keep that people in prison, could teachers in front of students, -- bad people in prison, good teachers-of students, and it sure that the last and least half health care. host: with two defeats for democrats running for governor in virginia and new jersey, what lessons have you learned from those defeats that you will carry forward into to as a tad? -- in 2010? guest: you don't win them all. just because you have sex does that mean you will not have a good year next year. -- just because you have setbacks does not mean you will not have a good year next year. host: but the democrat in new jersey was favored their purred what went wrong? -- the democratic incumbent in new jersey was favored there. what went wrong? guest: he had a 12- 415-point deficit at the close to about even and it was the question of getting turnout. it is tough to get committed voters to get to

washington state, for the rest of his life. the civil rights movement came along in the 1960's, people said booker t. washington is an all-time -- uncle tom who would not advocate for civil rights. >> you sent a picture of them being on the campus of tuskegee. they would come to the school, and even though they virulently disagreed, the gavel on. -- they got along. >> washington tried to hire him to come to tuskegee. and washington's third wife was a friend from their school days. so they, it was part of the family that was a friendship. there were political rivals. they would never be complete enemies. if they had lived another 50 years. he kept the divisional live. i think they really did represents two complete the divergent views. we have to have political rights, or we're not going to get anywhere. >> keep married three different women, and all three came from tuskegee. >> his first wife was a high- school streesuite art from west virginia. he married her in west virginia, and she came down and was a faculty member. then sh

big question that reverberates through our politics, which is concentration of power in washington or out in the states, the whigs were more in favor of concentration of power in washington. so in that sense they would be mooring along the liberal side. but what was emerging was an increasing consciousness and concern about the slavery issue, and the whig party was really at more of the vanguard of pushing on the slavery issue. there was some democrats in the northeast, particularly in new york that were also raising serious questions about slavery. but if you'd go to massachusetts, which was the hotbed of abolitionism, those abolitionists were largely whigs. >> how many slaves did james polk own? >> that's a good question. i don't know the answer to that. i didn't get into that. i got scored a bit in a review in newsweek magazine, which was a very laudatory review, i was very pleased to get it from donald graham, the chairman of the washington post. but he notes that i didn't really get into polk as a slave owner, i didn't get into polk's personal life to the extent that he would have liked. and i thi

i know my washington state colleague, congressman dave reichert who spent more than 40 years in law enforcement, understands the human cost of this tragedy and knows the risk all officers face each and every day to ensure that we're safe in our homes and safe in our community. i yield to congressman reichert. mr. reichert: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i know sometime it's hard to pause for a second in the busy lives we lead hear in the capitol of this great country, but today we must. we must stop and pause and think about first of all how safe we are and why. because men and women who are wearing the uniform across this country sacrificed their lives for us. and on sunday morning, two days ago, three police officers and their sergeant went to work. went to work. they paused for a moment at the coffee shop, talking about the day about to begin. somebody walked in, and took their lives away. all four. in total, they left behind nine children, and this was just one month after the seattle police officer by the name of timothy brenton was ambushed and murdered who leaves behind two more chi

i also share the concerns of my colleague from washington state about the abuses that we have seen in energy and agricultural markets when speculators are allowed to participate in the market. that's why in our bill, which imposes an upstream cap on carbon, only the producers are allowed to participate in the trading. i think that is a far better approach that will guard against market manipulation and excessive speculation. madam president, in the united states alone, emissions of the primary greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, have risen more than 20% since 1990. clearly, climate change is a daunting environmental challenge, but we must develop solutions that do not impose a heavy burden on our economy, particularly during these difficult economic times. and that's why many a pleased to join -- and that's why i'm pleased to join as the lead cosponsor of the "clear" act. climate change legislation must protect consumers and industries that could be hit with higher energy prices. we must recognize that many of our citizens are struggling to afford their monthly energy bills now and cannot

states snat. that is why the job of being majority leader is one of the toughest jobs in washington, d.c.. trent lott, who was once majority and minority leader. he once said that job of being majority leader is tougher than breaking president of the united states because the president has all of his advisors and the whole of executive staff to call on for vice, counsel or whatever. the speaker of the house has the rules committee. she or he determines as the case might be, whether or not certain amendments are going to be allowed or not, how much debate is going to go on or not. what have i got? good looks? the power to persuade? no. the right of first recognition? setting the scheduler agenda is basically what it amounts to. he has some other stuff, too, but nonetheless, limited power, limited prerogative in that institution. well, i think i've talked enough. i am going to solicit some questions or ideas. but certainly we have more lobbyists today. in part we have more lobbyists because the federal government is so large. the reach, scope and size is massive, and that has triggered a larg

they want the people they have sent to washington and their state legislators to listen to them.t been a lot of listening going on. we have seen the arrogance and power displayed in some amusing and not so amusing ways this past year. the american people have taken note of that. they are just a little bit tired. they are a little bit fed up. they are a little bit disappointed. in this leadership. peter orszag, the president of budget director, said we don't know enough to produce results right away with respect to the health care bill. the key is to can encourage continuous improvement through pilot programs and demonstration projects, cost containment will actually take years to decades to address. i labeled this from the very beginning in experiment. if that does not sound like an experiment to me, i don't know what does. there is more. there is no master plan of dealing with the soaring medical costs, only a battery of small- scale experiments. you don't think the american people are concerned? you don't think the american people are borate? -- are worried? small-scale experim

washington d.c.. it is a bloodsport on the floor of the united states senate. it pervades the entire town, and the point from the republican side of the aisle has been very clear. that is to make this president obama's waterloo, to make this, to quote break president obama, closed quote. and i sauve the ramifications when we took up the stimulus package earlier this year, and there were only three republicans, senator snowe, senator collins, myself to even talk to the democrats. and there was a determination to look ahead to the 2012 elections on the presidency, even before the ink was dry on the oath of office taken by president obama on january 20th. this was the second week of february, the week of february 6th as i recall, just a couple of weeks and already the plans were for the next election. as i reviewed the matter, it seemed to me that we were on the brink of going into a 1929 depression. the 1929 depression was very hard on the specter family, living in wichita kansas at the time. both of my parents were immigrants in the mid 30's. the family moved fr

washington state, as well as kansas. also applaud the policies of the obama administration which are paying for close attention to early education and manifesting their policy initiatives through programs like the early learning challenge grants and the race of the top programs. but we really can do more. we must have policy to focus on access and affordability for all families. we need policies that focus on quality programs. it's not enough to simply offer early education programs. they must be high quality, and there's a lot of data demonstrating and pointing to the elements that constitute high quality one of those mejsed systems of professional development that will strengthen the early childhood work force. we are talking about systems that not only help professionals learn to apply the knowledge but we need to make substantial investments in systems of recruiting, compensating and retaining the high quality workforce for young children and families. we also need policies that support families with infants and todd

madam secretary, i was troubled and i raised with you earlier about the statements in washington state it workplace investigation and you said you were going to get to the bottom of it and the way i anders that it, the message you were sending was, and i told you that, that you didn't want those rates. you didn't want agents out doing what the law requires and that is to investigate businesses to have large numbers of people who are here illegally, and statistics by isaf show the rest of illegal immigrants are down 60% man that is the category i'm talking about. criminal arrests are down 60%. criminal indictments are down 50% and criminal convictions are down 63% last year. the only activity that this increases the amount of requirements under the ayn ayn audits. such audits which were a fixture of inez policy during the clinton administration, a widely consented to be ineffectual and fines of businesses small and too small to deter the activities were concerned about. and in addition to on paperwork issues the administration has repeatedly refused to take into custody or deport illega

state policy. the exchange could also say whether the policy meets minimum credible standards according to your government in washington and the state. insurance commissioners in both the insurance company state and consumer state each get their usual amount for the sale. originators because they have to handle complaints. now, we need to help small businesses. i've been working on health care reform for some time. small business owners are seeing their insurance premiums go up and up every year. they need real help. what they don't need is for the federal government to make their insurance even more expensive. c.b.o. says the reid bill will drive up insurance costs for small businesses. i proposed a bill that c.b.o. scored as saving small businesses money by lowering their health insurance premiums by up to 6%. small business health plans allow businesses to join together through their trade association across state lines, even nationwide so they can form big enough purchasing pools to effectively negotiate with the insurance companies and providers. ohio has enough people that are able to do this within their state.

madam secretary, i was troubled, i raised earlier your statements and washington state workplace investigation and you said you were going to get to the bottom of it and the way i understood is the message you were sending an witold to that that you didn't want those rates. you didn't want the agents doing with all required and that is to investigate businesses who have large numbers of people here illegally and statistics by i.c.e. shows that administrative arrest of illegal immigrants are down 60% and that is the category i am talking about. criminal arrests are down 6%. criminal indictments are down 58% and criminal convictions are down 63% last year. the only activity that's increased is the amount of requirements under the online audits to be. such were a fixture of ims policy during the clinton administration are widely considered to be ineffectual. the fines businesses face are small, too small to detour the activities we are concerned about. in addition to folks in paperwork issues the administration has repeatedly refused to take into custody or deport illegal aliens found working whe

washington state 225,000. wisconsin to the 43,000. i will ask unanimous consent for the enrollment of medicare advantage as of august 2009 into the record. >> the point* of all of this? the point* of this is that the senator from florida, member of the finance committee felt so strongly that advantage was a risky decided to carve out and get a majority on a party-line vote from the finance committee to carve out a special status for a group of seniors under medicare advantage in his state. this amendment simply says that everyone the senator from oklahoma -- oklahoma just made reference to the has that same protection for of that is all this amendment is about too. >> if you will yield for a question, if this amendment does not pass which protects all medicare advantage beneficiaries come all 11,532,000 in my state, and as a result of not only these cuts but additional cuts to come in the future which make it harder and harder for medicare beneficiaries to get coverage, i would ask your colleagues are particularly our doctors, what is

madam secretary, i was troubled and i raised with you earlier about the statements in washington stateit workplace investigation and you said you were going to get to the bottom of it and the way i anders that it, the message you were sending was, and i told you that, that you didn't want those rates. you didn't want agents out doing what the law requires and that is to investigate businesses to have large numbers of people who are here illegally, and statistics by isaf show the rest of illegal immigrants are down 60% man that is the category i'm talking about. criminal arrests are down 60%. criminal indictments are down 50% and criminal convictions are down 63% last year. the only activity that this increases the amount of requirements under the ayn ayn audits. such audits which were a fixture of inez policy during the clinton administration, a widely consented to be ineffectual and fines of businesses small and too small to deter the activities were concerned about. and in addition to on paperwork issues the administration has repeatedly refused to take into custody or deport illegal

began to trickle into washington from virginia and other slave states. searching for their freedom. and that trickle became a flood with the emancipation proclamation of 1863. so thousands and thousands of slaves came to washington. they live here. they died here. they died in great numbers in the early years after the emancipation proclamation, because we were not prepared for the flood of refugees coming here. they didn't have any place to live. they didn't have anyplace to each. so the union army decided, let's build a place for them at arlington. so they build -- they established this here on the old lee plantation. as many as 1500 slaves came to live here in the spring of 1863. early 1864. and they stayed here one generation to the next generation to the next generation. three generations. the last slave, former slave left friedmans village in 1900. >> and so that's why they are very here amongst the soldiers, but that's way they say citizens? >> yes. it became a military cemetery, but there are also people who were not in the military. they were citizens. they were civilians, a

not, because they may have got the deal, 865,000; tennessee 233,000 according to my numbers; washington state,000; wisconsin 243,000. i'd ask unanimous consent the list of what the enrollment is by the c.m.s. on medicaid and medicare advantage enrollment as of august 2009 be placed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: and the point of all of this that the senator from florida, a member of the finance committee, felt so strongly that medicare advantage was at risk that he decided to carve out -- was able to get a majority on a party-line vote of the finance committee to carve out a special status for a group of seniors under medicare advantage in his state. this amendment simply says that everyone that the senator from oklahoma just made reference to has that same protection. that's all that this amendment is about. mr. cornyn: if the senator would yield for a question, if this amendment does not pass, which protects all medicare advantage beneficiaries, all 11 million of them, 532,000 in my state, and as a result of not only these cuts but perhaps additional cu

the gentleman from washington state is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. mr.w americans are going to be looking at yourself and much more frequently and they are on an hourly basis. just wonder what suggestion you can give us on what things we can do here and in the sec to promote networks that are really going to be necessary. can you just give your general thoughts about that? >> number 1i would applaud what the fcc did in november by an approaching fatah were sliding initiative. we have been fighting this battle for a long time giving local jurisdiction states the ability to object to the towers proposals but in a timely fashion. and that goes a long way helping this industry provide more service to this country. so i really applaud the fcc for their action on the top were sliding. the two bills we are looking at today are the beginning of the process or in the of the process. the spectrum inventory build looks at the possible specter now there, how it's being used and what spectrum can be identified for higher and better use perhaps and then your bill come

she provided physical therapy to disabled students in washington state, developed an educational cork limb for special-needs children in hawaii and in remote pacific islands and evaluated health and education services in native alaskan villages. she has taught college and graduate course on public health he had university of washington and university of i had hivment her first job at the department of education was a research analyst in the office of special education programs. wendy's talents and experience led to her promotion within a year when she became chief of stafstavridisstaff staff to thet secretaries. in 2006, wendy became the chief of staff for the department deputy secretary of education. this january after a brief stint as education office for management and budget, she was asked to serve as senior advisor for policy and prassments during her years in the department, wendy has been instrumental in developing important regulations and guidance documents relating to idea and title i at esea. today her time is spent developing and putting in practice education programs fund

washington is recognized. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today on behalf of over 10,000 constituents from my home state of washington who have sent me letters and e-mails over the past six months to tell me their stories and their struggles with our health care system. and i come to the floor today on behalf of the thousands more who don't have the time or who don't have the resources to write to me and ask for help but who are struggling as well. mr. president, i come to the floor today on behalf of small business owners, parents, senior citizens, and people with breen preexistinpeople withpreexistind people without insurance who spend their nights praying they don't have an accident or fall ill. mr. president, these people are all worried about keeping their jobs or making a mortgage payment and whom the cost of getting sick today or being dropped from their health care plan or opening their mail to see another premium increase is just too much to bear. and, mr. president, those are the people who deserve a real debate and a real plan, not distortions or silly distracti distractions like conversations about how ma

washington state, as well as kansas.lso applaud the policies of the obama administration which are paying f

. >> larry: maria cantwell who represents your daughter's home state of washington says she's complainedthe italian embassy about this case and plans to raise the issue with secretary of state clinton. secretary clinton said she's willing to meet with the senator or anyone who has a concern, but the state department said today it's not received any indications that italian law was not followed in this case. so the state department seems to be backing away. what do you make of that, curt? >> well, first of all, i'd like to say thank you to maria cantwell. because she's really standing out, you know, front and forward on amanda's behalf. and we appreciate any support that will allow us to bring our daughter home because she is in a prison now that she does not belong in. and she's been there too long for something that she hasn't done. you know, i think as people -- and literally this happens over here in italy, as well. as people look closer and closer at this case, and in this individual court, they're seeing that wait a minute, this is the wrong verdict for the evidence that was present

from courts, and in 1982, seattle had a busing case where there was busing in seattle and the state of washington passed a referendum outlawing busing except in the the court order and the supreme court held in that case 5-4 that was unconstitutional for the voters to prevent a local school district from using busing. 25 years later, the supreme court holds that it is unconstitutional for a local school to voluntarily go to busing for racial balance. that is a huge change. it also is a flip from the michigan affirmative action case, because chief justice roberts opinion talks in terms of a colorblind constitution, and obviously if you take race into account in legal education we are not talking about a colorblind constitution. both the chief justice in his opinion and justice stephen breyer in dissent talked a lot about brown versus board of education and breyer stated that what the court had done was undermining the promise of around. now, i assume it remains undefined but what prior meant was an integrated education leading to an integrated society and i have got news for breyer, the promise of

states. finally in washington larry c. johnson, he served as deputy director of the u.s. tate department's office of counterterrorism, former cia analyst and ceo and founder and co-founder of berg associates. peter bergen was the the president's statement today satisfactory? >> yeah. i mean, i think it was satisfactory. i think the statement would have been daifsh if the plane would have blown up, he would have made a statement earlier. i think so, yeah. >> what do you think, jack? >> there's been enough problems he had to address this. i think it was sufficient that napolitano and robert gibbs stepped up early. i think it's beneficial for the american people to realize he's watching this and being briefed on this regularly. i think that's a positive step for all americans to know. >> larry: harvey, cnn has obtained u.s. government photos of what remains of the device which the suspect try he -- tried to blow up the flight. they show singed underwear with t . would you class this as sophisticated? >> it's a new type of device peculiar to that region. yemen seems to work wi

states." finally in washington, larry c. johnson. he served as deputy director of the u.s. state department's office of counterterrorism. he's ceo and founder of -- co-founder of berg associates. peter bergen, was the president's statement today satisfactory? >> yeah, i think it was satisfactory. if the plane had blown up, obviously, he would have made a statement earlier. i think so, yeah. >> larry: what do you think, jack? >> obviously, there's enough problems here that he had to address this. i think it was sufficient that napolitano and robert gibbs ultimately stepped up early thangfully because there were no deaths here, we didn't see the president's necessity to speak. on the other hand it's beneficial for people to realize he's watching this and being briefed on this regularly. it's a positive accept for all americans to know. >> larry: harvey, cnn has photos of what remains of the device which the suspect tried to blow up 253. they show singed underwear with a pact of powder sewn into the crotch. would you class this as sophisticated? >> it seems to be a new type of

washington, secretary of state hillary clintodemanded their imdiate release. >> we nsider this a totally unfounded charge. there is no basis for it. the three young people who were detaid by the iranians ve absolutely no connection with any kind of acti against the iranian state or government. >> sreenivasan: iran's announcement today came the standoff oveits nuclear progm intensifies. thu.s. and other countries are talking of imposinnew sanctions. taliban attacks kied at least 16 police across theountry. e insurgents hit 2 checkpoin one in the nor, and one in the uth at approximately the sam time. the violence came admiral mike mullen chairman of e u.s. joint chie was in kabul, meing with afghan president hamid kaai. mullen warnethe insurgent network is expanding. >> i remain deeplyoncerned about the growinlevel of cole useetween the afghan, taliban and al qda, and otheextremist groups taking ruge across the border in pakistan. tting at this network which is nowore entrenched wille a far more difficult task than it was just one year a >> sreenasan: also today, the second-ranking u.s. mm