chris welch is standing by.s, theriault. >> she was not successful in that run for statewide office but it whetted her appetite and was elected to be the first female governor in the state of alaska and the designee as the vice presidential candidate. i want to thank her for the time she has given to the state of alaska and service she has given to the state and to wish her well in her future endeavors. so with that, ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, please help me welcome the governor of the great state of alaska, governor sarah palin. >> thank you so much. oh, thank you so much for that very warm welcome. what an absolutely beautiful day it is and it is my honor to speak to all alaskans, to our alaskan family, this last time as your governor. it is always great to be in fairbanks. the rugged, hearty people and some of the most patriotic people live here. one thing you are known for is your steadfast support of our military community. thank you for that and thank you the united states military for prot

welch is in a lot of trouble, wouldn't you say? >> boy, oh boy.ed that i'm being compared. >> here is why you are more sensitive than him. he is from a different generation of white male ceos, frankly. he literally has been out of the game for ten years. wouldn't you want to be able to say we want more women ceos. 2.9% of fortune ceos are women. bill: he says he wants them. wouldn't the next logical step be what we need to do with our company is to make them more worker friendly. have flex time. have other policies that encourage women. bill: isn't that affirmative action, affirmative action, absolutely not. look, the reason we are different from the taliban is because we use all of our resources. we have women in the workplace, men in the workplace. one of the many reasons we are different from the taliban. >> i don't disagree with you. welch wasn't talking about what should be. he was talking about what is. as huddy pointed out he was honest about it he said look, the competition at that level, the ceo level to the highest spot of the land is ve

welch?i would not limit the federal backstop. >> mr. miller? >> i think we support plummeting and also respecting the circuit opinion we were involved in. >> thank you. deduce support federal back up signing for any reason other than reliability? >> i would not >> could you talk a little bit more about that first map, which mr. miller put up, that showed very rich wind resources along the east coast of the united states with the exception of some portions of the great flics and out on the west coast, it looks like its it has the greatest potential for renewable electricity generation in the country. >> you're absolutely right and as i may have mentioned we are pursuing a 150-megawatt form and as you mentioned we can do that 20 miles out and still be in 140 feet of water. that's not to underestimate the challenges of construction and operations and maintenance cost but we expect to bear the cost of the short-haul transmission and would be opposed to having a nationwide support for the long-ha

you ever -- have you ever had vodka and welch's grape juice. >> no, no.no, i want to you all something seriously. this is one of the best drinks. it's called an o.g. diddy. i make these concoctions at my house. it's simply lemonade and welch's grape juice and ciroc vodka. that's an o.g. diddy. i promise you all. you try that tonight, america, and you will be ripe. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: you will be ripe. >> you will be ripe. >> jimmy: it's grape juice -- >> you will be polling your woman. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's not what i meant at all. it's not called polling. that is ridiculous. >> i'm here to have fun, jimmy. i'm not a regular guest. >> jimmy: i know. >> you won't want to have me back. >> jimmy: come on. you are the greatest. >> yes, i am. >> jimmy: i love you that you're coming on. [ cheers and applause ] >> put a king in all of us. >> jim: i am kin i am king. that's your cologne. >> my fragrance. men got to smell good, too. yeah. >> ain't that right, ladies? ladies, ain't that right? men got to smell good, too? [ cheers and applaus

welch of vermont.amended the vision a -- >> without objection then it will be considered as read and the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> reserve a point of order. >> and we had reserved point of order. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i offer this amendment with the sponsorship of mister welch, also mr. doyle, ms. baldwin, michigan ask you, mr. rush, and mr. angle, and i think with the support of many americans who are asking fundamental questions about the way the build we are considering a structured and whether or not there is a better way. this is an amendment that would strike the guts of the bill and replace it with a single-payer option that would, ideally, be less expensive, more simple, and would ultimately cover more people in a way that they understand and know. let me begin by saying that we have tried with some success, but a great deal of confusion, to jerryrigged a health care system on top of the foundation of the private insurance market that if we were going to start from scr

we're told by our all-platform journalist chris welch who is standing by, by the way, that her children have been seated, bristol and willow. also the lieutenant governor sean parnell is there as well. do we have that picture of mr. parnell that chris sent us? he's arriving there at pioneer park. it's about to get under way. why don't we head out there and talk to chris. chris, tell us what you're seeing there. >> reporter: hey, don. i hope you can still hear me. military band has begun playing as you've been hearing. the crowd here's been waiting. we saw lieutenant governor parnell walk out. shortly behind her was governor sarah palin, soon to be former governor sarah palin. they walked out, they walk through the crowd and apparently they've gone into another holding room inside a boat museum. looks like a boat. they will then come out when the program starts. i guess in about just over an hour from now, sarah palin will have left office an shawn parnell will be the new governor of alaska. >> you were saying that there are about 2,000 people there as of 45 minutes ago? >> that's my bes

su welch?the problem there arema americans who will hear that and say you've spent all th money and nothing's happened, and you're going to spend more mon and we're supposed to believ something will happe if you pour more money into it? it's like giving aid who can't take care of his allowance more and mormoney. i'm not sure that speaking like andult will win him any mor fans. i thinke's goingo get skeptics. >> y cite race relations, what he's done on foreign policy. what has he done in either of those beyd giving fantastic eeches? there are nore -- certainly on foreign policy h has to get the votes in t congress there are no votes in congss. 40 democrats just voted against e climate change bill. i bet a higher number would vote against secon stimulus. this issue is toxic and this ques real skill. what's the tipping pnt when all of sudden it's no longer bu's fult and it's his fault now? viously there's a great period starting to erode. at what point ds he own -- >> they don't thi so. >> i know

chris well with mu chris welch is there and joins us. sarah palin has criticized the media over the past few months. how have you been treated since you've been there? >> reporter: it's funny. i spent a good portion of last night at her picnic in wasilla trying to get close enough even to ask her something pretty simply, what are you doing with your last two days? what's on your mind? how are you feeling? tried to shout that at her. the only thick we got back was, yep, 48 hours left and she turned around. media trying to get close, her handlers often get touchy feelly, pushy and vicious once in a while. but there are throngs of people trying to take pictures of the woman, get autographs. they're everywhere, especially last night in wasilla, her hometown. she had a great reception there. >> usually she's pretty receptive to the media. she's very open to interviews but who's there? are these only palin supporters the at these events? >> reporter: well, it's not just palin supporters, though that has been the primary makeup. last night and

all right, chris welch, thanks so much. i mentioned anchorage. no you are in fairbanks, alaska, thanks very much for that of course, we look forward to live coverage this evening, what sarah palin may be saying and what others might be saying too. thanks so much. >>> so, is there a political future for this one-time gop rising star? talked with our senior political analyst, bill schneider, about what could be ahead for sarah palin. sarah palin about to call it quits and join the life of a private citizen, no longer a public leader, at least for now. how is that being accepted? >> well, her public image has really taken a hit in the last month or so since she was leaving her job as governor of alaska, a big shock to americans, including her own base, latest, two polls this month, asking people's opinions of her and she is only about 40% favorable in those polls, that's big drop from where she was last fall named to the ticket and nearly 60% had a favorable opinion. more important, she is taking losses among her base, among conservatives and republ

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welch. mr. welch, no. mr. barton. mr. barton, aye. mr. upton, aye. mr. stern. mr. diehl, aye. mr. whitfield, aye. mr. blunt. mr. blunt. mr. blunt, aye. mr. boyer. mr. boyer, aye. mr. pitts. mr. pitts, aye. mr. terry. mr. terry, aye. >> mr. rogers. mr. rogers, aye. mr. sullivan. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. murphy of pennsylvania. mr. murphy, aye. mr. burgess. mrs. blackburn. mrs. blackburn, aye. mrs. scolise, aye. mrs. christianson votes no. mr. rusch, no. mr. stupack, no. mr. doyle, mr. doyle, no. mr. marqui, no. mr. mathison. mr. mathison votes n@@@@@@@ @ @ cracks mr. ross folks know. >> have all members responded to the call of the role? this is an opportunity if anyone wishes to change his or her vote. the clerk will report the vote. vote. >> clerk will vote report the votes. >> 22 ayes, 32 noes. the amendment is not agreed to. you have an amendment at the desk. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. 06 069. >> may we get the decision on that amendment? it's either "a" or "b." it's to "b." >> to "b"? thank you. >> clerk will report the amendment. >> young lady

. >> chris welch is with us, as well. he was at the speech. you had mentioned sarah palin taking a shot at the media. let's listen to that. chris, we'll get your response come out. >> you represent what could and should be a respected, honest profession that could and should be a cornerstone of our democracy. democracy depends on you. and that is why, that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so, how about in honor of the  american soldier, you quit making things up. >> all right, chris. you had mentioned that sarah palin we know not a good run with the media over the last year. let's face it, on the whole. what is the feeling? you were at the speech. on the whole in alaska, obviously, those who went to the speech are fans. what about statewide? >> it is interesting. most places you know we travel, we walk up to people and ask them random questions about politics all the time. to me at least, to be a little bit tougher to get people to talk to me when i said i was from cnn. i don't know if that means anything when you only talk to 15

joining me in atlanta sonia and in chicago, mark welch. thanks, again, guys. you already pointed out some solutions here to what african-americans can do by way of beginning a job search and succeeding in this particular market. mia, you mentioned confidence is important and, sonia, you mentioned mentoring and, mark, you mentioned access. you're talking about social networking and so forth. i just want to ask all of you, in order to wrap all of this up, where do you get started? mia, you have been through a lot, a lot of ups and a lot of downs. what advice would you give? >> it's about finding what you're good at. knowing your passion and when you know your passion and you'll be able to apply that to anything. my passion is continuous improvement and i was able to apply that, create my own small consulting firm, one employee and that's all i needed and i was able to go back and contract for my company. if you find your passion, you'll be able to create an opportunity or a niche for yourself and be able to leverage that in the workforce. >> sonia, what about yo

agnes welch. >> the juvenile justice system needs to step up to the plate and evaluate what they're doing with the juveniles. >> reporter: and she's not the only one, criticizing maryland's system of justice. >> the ability of the system to address the level of violence that we see as prosecutors just doesn't exist. >> the governor ordered a thorough review of this case. >> what i was most concerned about is the response time, when it became evident to us that this particular individual had gone off the gps grid. >> reporter: he says it was eight minutes between when a juvenile services worker noticed the bracelet had been cut and an alert was issued. >> which was just twice the time it takes, i think, on average for an ambulance to show up. >> what are we as parents supposed to go? kids can't go to street. -- go to school. she is just a little girl. >> that disgusts me. i'm praying for it to get better. it don't make sense. >> reporter: and it has raised new concerns how many juveniles cycle through the system and end up right back on the streets. >> there is a need for major reform in m

you remember when this first was passed, we talked about the need to get a jack welch type in to run the program and make sure the funds were spent fast and effectively. they never did that and the funds have gone out slowly. now there's talk about a second stimulus. it is casting a shadow, anderson, over his domestic agenda because if there's a lot more talk in the fall as there is likely to be over the need for a second stimulus, it's going to get tougher to pass health care reform because both are expensive. >> what do you make of vice president biden? that the administration had misread how bad the economy was. he had to clarify the remarks. >> i feel like president obama is clarifying the remarks of his vice president quite a lot lately. that's not something the president wants to be doing. >> you're right about that. joe biden on this one about misreading it, his problem was he told the truth. and it's an inconvenient truth. >> you think they did misread it? because obama is saying they didn't have all the full information. >> well, you know, i think if you look at it, they did

investment strategies from legendary investors ed yardeni and joseph, former head of payne weber and welch management. the new bull market, how far can it go? what should you be doing in this meantime? >>> summer stock strategies, let me correct that, new bull market. ed yardeni, and joe grano, former head of payne weber and wells management. now the ceo of centurion holdings. author of the book "you can't predict a hero." important book about his time in the service. were you a marine? >> green beret. >> green beret. my gosh, as well as his time on wall street and my pal peter costas still here. new bull market. i want to call a spade a spade. it may be an inside royal flush, i think we're in a bull market, ed. you are the guru, you tell me. >> larry, i always like your optimism and tend to share it. i've been getting increasingly optimistic about this market since march when the fed went to full bore quantitative easing. having the fed funds rate near zero is also extremely bullish. as you know, our stock market has been a bit of lagger. there have been great bull markets overseas in chi

you can see doing welch better on the west side in the area of i-70 but a little slow beyond that.tapping the brakes at white marsh on 95. >> we are blessed with more great weather. wore looking at a high today only about 78 out at the airport. you see the range from 77 to 82. partly cloudy, a few fair weather cumulus clouds will develop this afternoon but it feels lake spring t. tomorrow more from where that came. 81 the forecast high but back up to 87 saturday and humid before some showers and storms associated with the front saturday night. next week we go back up to 90's so even joy this. >> it is 6:38. 58 degrees. the question is would you willingly put yourself in the line of these charming bulls? some choose to defy common sense and one of the most unfathomable traditions. we will brin >> this is a high-speed chase. they followed this s.u.v. through the streets of howell township at speeds exceeding 100 miles an hour. after becoming airborne police found the fleeing suspect was just 14 years old and driving with a 12-year-old cousin and 10-year-old brother in the car. when a

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welch, for five minutes. mr. welch: i thank you, mr. speaker. i seek five minutes to address the body and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. welch: thank you. i'm here, too, to join in advocacy for pay-go legislation that is going to come before the house floor this week. you know, pay-go is what it sounds like. if we have a new program we have to find a way to for it, either through cuts or revenues. if we have a proposed tax cut, we have to find a way to pay for it. either in a reduction in programs elsewhere or shifting of priorities and spending. and it's a very simple elemental approach. if you're going to pay for -- if you're going to buy something you have to pay for it. families know it in their family budgets. they have to do it all the of the time. and government really is no different. it's no different because in the end if we borrow money at some point we're going to have to pay it back. and we've gotten into a habit in this congress of not paying for things. in some cases expenditure programs. in

steve: she is welch. >> we both know.ll: i'm going to give both contestants the same winning prizes. steve: you are a great man, bill o'reilly. you both get the same. we have got to excuse doocy. it's not your fault. pinheads and patriots up next tonight starring skinny dipping americans. don't miss this one. hide the kids moments away. . bill: time now for "pinheads and patriots." the state farm insurance company did a nice thing. it donated $5,000 to the boys and girls club of america for every home run hit in the all-star home run competition which was won by prince fielder. in the end $665,000 will go to the kids, so state farm is patriotic. on the pinhead front, we don't need no bleepin' bathing suits. 232 skinny dippers set a guinness world record for naked swimming at a resort north of phoenix, arizona. since it's about 115 degrees in phoenix, clothing be optional, but it might be wise to pick your spots, and, by the way, working out long before skinny dipping, might be a plan if you know what i mean. as for the di

steve: she is welch. >> we both know.: i'm going to give both contestants the same winning prizes. steve: you are a great man, bill o'reilly. you both get the same. we have got to excuse doocy. it's not your fault. pinheads and patriots up next tonight starring skinny dipping americans. don't miss this one. hide the kids moments away. . taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. bill: time now for "pinheads and patriots." the state farm insurance company did a nice thing. it donated $5,000 to the boys and girls club of america for every home run hit in the all-star home run competition which was won by prince fielder. in the end $665,000 will go to the kids, so state farm is patriotic. on the pinhead front, we don't need no bleepin' bathing suits. 232 skinny dippers set a guinness world record for naked swimming at a resort north of phoenix, arizona. since it's about 115 degrees in phoenix, clothing be optional, but it might be wise to pick you

and i thought that was a pretty interesting assignment, so i went off to search for the jack welch ofh care. and discovered as i looked around for innovation and who was winning the highest marks for quality and cost effectiveness in american health care, it was the institution that i couldn't believe could possibly be delivering these results. because like many americans, i didn't have much contact with it. and what i did know about it came from movies like "born on the 4th of july." but as it turned out this was a really good news story for health care going forward. >> so it was published in the annals of american medicine which found that in 294 measures of quality, the va outperformed every other sector of american health care, including the private sector. how did they do that bogged down by bureaucratic inefficiency, up against the super-efficient private sector? >> right. the first thing to notice about the va is almost uniquely in american health care, they have a near lifetime relationship with their patients, which means that as an institution, they actually have incentive

welch. spripe the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. welch: sometimes the american people don't pay attention to an awful lot of what we say here. frequently when they don't, they're right. if this debate is really about accusations and counteraccusations about who is responsible, we're not going to get anywhere. the american people know we have to pay our bills. we have to as a government just like they do individually. we have honest debates about what should be our priorities. i've been an admirer of the gentleman from wisconsin in his persistence in talk about fiscal responsibility. i disagree with the gentleman from wisconsin that the weight of fiscal prosperity is by radical reduction of taxes for very wealthy people. that's a fair and honest debate. on our side, there's some folks who think the worthiness of the goal of health care for all americans is its own justification and a way to pay for it. i disagree with that. if it is a worthy goal, we have to turn aspiration into affordable reality by paying for it. and on the health

. >> chris welch, our all-platform journalist in fairbanks.more on this with the best political team on television. what about her future and what's behind this? we'll discuss that. also, some political comments from the outside the box comments biden made about the russian government. in a developing story we first told you about, biden told "the wall street journal" in very blunt terms russia faces big problem in the future. he says their economy is, quote, withering, and in his words they're clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable. today, the secretary of state was asked if the obama administration is sending mixed signals on russia. >> no, i don't, as i just said, vice president was the first person to call for resetting our relationship with russia, and that's what we're in the process of doing. obviously, it's going to take time and effort. the president's summit in moscow a few weeks ago was a great start. and the president said, look, we want a strong, peaceful and pros purse russia. we're going to work with russia. w

. >> the reverend patty welch has to organize the more exotic participants, it is par gone the expressionbear of a job. >> no. >> are you talking about size? >> we do it by who is not going to eat the other one so -- >> very practical. >> so that's the main thing and then after we determine, you know -- >> i have never had an answer like that. >> we don't want predator victims. >> it all went off without a hitch, they walked down the aisle two by two and the clergy blessed them all the best they could. >> the lord god almighty, bless your protection. >> but the real draw here is the opportunity for household pets to get a blessing in the cathedral garden garden. >> in size we have -- >> that's what brought allison rigby here with bear, her four-year-old lab. >> bless you and protect you. >> embrace you and shelter you n the name of jesus of nazareth. >> he helps me take care of myself when i bring him here, in ways that it is hard to put into words, that it is very emotional for me to bring him here. >> what are you feeling? >> a gratitude because i know he was a gift. >> from something b

. >> chris welch, our all-platform journalist in fairbanks. thank you very much.uch more on this with the best political team on television. just a little bit here, what about her future and what's behind this? we'll discuss that. >>> also, some political comments from the outside the box comments biden made about the russian government. in a developing story we first told you about last tight, biden told the "wall street journal" in very blunt terms that russia faces big problems in the future. he says their economy is, quote, withering, and in his words they're clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable. today, the secretary of state was asked if the obama administration is sending mixed signals on russia. >> no, i don't, as i just said, vice president was the first person to call for resetting our relationship with russia, and that's what we're in the process of doing. obviously, it's going to take time and effort. the president's summit in moscow a few weeks ago was a great start. and the president said, look, we want a strong, peaceful and pros

troy shaffer and ann welch, we thank you both for joining us live today from austin.thank you very much. brian: let us know how it goes and we will update the story. meanwhile straight ahead, carrying the card may get you a discount at the movies. could the aarp have more in mind than saving senior as few bucks. michelle malkin with hit book exposes the liberal agenda. steve: first on this day back in 1975 on july 30th, former teamster's boss jimmy hoffa disappeared after leaving a restaurant in detroit. he was declared legally dead in 1982 and his body never found. in 1971, the number one hit came from paul are a veer and the radars. the song indian reservation. 16 years ago today my daughter sally was born. happy birthday, sally. . . [ bottle #1 ] oh hey, hey... there's that mr. clean magic eraser thing again. clean freak. [ bottle #2 ] whoa... is he better than us? uh, i mean, i mean i feel like it took you like three times longer to do whatever he did... dude, dude, he's got...these -- like -- microscrubbers... yeah, i guess... magic man. he's a magic man. what? i

we are getting the other side çfrom the democrat peter welch.tomorrow. good to have you here. you heard senator demand talking about some of those things that many of the blue dogs would be open to, including interstate commerce for these policies. if you make everyone available to sell their insurance, by nature you will get more competition. what is wrong with that idea? >> nothing, as long as they all play by a set of rules. the head of aetna made $24,000,000.10 year. if there is competition, do you want rules to deny you coverage or takes away your insurance? we are talking about a uniform set of rules that but apply in the health exchange so that every company would have to run a product that would give you insurance, and then they would compete on the price. martha: can we compete across state lines? is that ok? >> as long as we have çcompetition based on price and service, as opposed to ripping you off and taking away your coverage, that is fine. you can do that if you have a uniform set of rules. martha: do you hear other democrats' ope

wife jack welch -- and i just cannot imagine that she second got anything except that she is marriedo him and he has lots of money and talks a lot. host: this is fred on the republican line. talking about campaign contributions and public policy. caller: good morning, it helps to separate media and politics. because right now media is running everything because money is the issue. if a politician does not have money, so nobody will hear him. so, who deals with the media? in order to help you have to set the standard not to use money for media. the media should just give free time to politicians and that would stop all the problems. people give money and they expect back and then politicians will go a different way from the beginning. host: i do not understand. caller: media is making billions. it has to give free time to the politicians. yes, just give the money. religion and politics have to be separate. you cannot get these things together. politicians have to be on the top. host: thank you, the next is from maryland on the democrats' line. caller: good morning, this is my first ti

welch. well well as you know -- mr. welch: dairy farmers are paying $18 to produce. the upside pay scale is unsustainable and already forced dozens of vermont farmers out of business. we offered an amendment to the bill to raise the payment rates on the milk while milk program isn't program it is a way to put money back in the pocket of farmers and we appreciate your support and we believe you grow that congress must take action to help our struggling dairy farmers and we can't sit and wait. i thank the chair woman and look forward to continuing to work with her and my colleague from connecticut. and i yield back. ms. delauro: i thank my friend from vermont and my friend from connecticut and i applaud the continued efforts to help the dairy industry. and i look forward to working with you. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, for the purposes of a colloquy. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. holt: i commend t

be bringing to the floor a legislation by barren hill, george miller, who else is a co-chair, peter welch and bobby scott. , the democratic caucus adopted, we thank you for your leadership, we are all committed to fiscal soundness, we thank them. >> can you tell us what the total estimate is, give us a couple examples of where you change the bill from a few weeks ago? >> one of the things we had concern with, the adversity that exists throughout this great country, people have different needs, different ways of providing health care and not all of it appears to be equitable. as the deep interest and concern that some members have, we directed they would be, an investigation, a study to see where the best medicine is being given in the most efficient way, the most efficient price, we set aside $10 billion to make sure -- take care of any inequity that exists that would be handled by the federal administration. many reforms, as a result of this, in the bill, people didn't know where to find them. we had to bring those together and the lot of people in small business, we are able to change t

welch. spripe the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. welch: sometimes the american people don't pay attention to an awful lot of what we say here. frequently when they don't, they're right. if this debate is really about accusations and counteraccusations about who is responsible, we're not going to get anywhere. the american people know we have to pay our bills. we have to as a government just like they do individually. we have honest debates about what should be our priorities. i've been an admirer of the gentleman from wisconsin in his persistence in talk about fiscal responsibility. i disagree with the gentleman from wisconsin that the weight of fiscal prosperity is by radical reduction of taxes for very wealthy people. that's a fair and honest debate. on our side, there's some folks who think the worthiness of the goal of health care for all americans is its own justification and a way to pay for it. i disagree with that. if it is a worthy goal, we have to turn aspiration into affordable reality by paying for it. and on the health

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welch. and the gentleman from virginia, mr. whitman.five, as each of these members represents approximately 650,000 americans, approximately 25 million denied their right to be represented because the restrictive rules supported by the rule from the gentleman from wisconsin pleasure obey, failed to follow the precedents and procedures of the house. mr. obey was correct that a true representative democracy is impossible when 25,350,000 americans have their representative of congress shut out of the legislative process. seven, as a result of their restrictive rule implemented by the democratic majority, the house was not allowed to vote or debate issues such as an amendment that would reduce spend big 1.7%, saving taxpayers $2.9 million. an amendment to prohibit an eligible individual from receiving food stamps, an amendment to end taxpayer subsidies for procedures. an amendment to prevent federal employees from being paid to do union activities in their official work hours. an amendment to permit agencies to purchase alternative fuels, a

welch? mr. welch, no. mr. barton? mr. barton votes aye. mr. hall? mr. hall, aey. mr. upton? mr.aye. mr. stern? mr. deal? mr. deal votes aye. mr. whitfield? mr. whitfield, aye. mr. schimpf kiss? aye. mr. blunt? mr. buier? mr. buier votes aye. mr. redone vits? mr. redone vits, aye. mr. pitt? mr. pitt, aye. ms. bono-mack? aye. mr. walden? mr. walden, aye. mr. terry? mr. terry votes aye. mr. rogers? mr. rogers, aye. mrs. myra? mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan votes aye. mr. murphy of pennsylvania? mr. murphy, aye. mr. burr xres? mr. burgess, aye. ms. blackburn. ms. black burn votes aye. mr. gingrey? mr. gingrey, aye. mr. skully? mr. skully, aye. mr. markey? mr. markey votes no. mr. stupak? mr. stupak votes no. mr. rush reported as pass. mr. rush votes off pass on no. mr. ross? mr. ross votes no. mr. space? mr. space, no. mr. shaddok? mr. shaddock votes aye. >> have all members responded to follow the rule? if so, the clerk will tell me the vote. >> on that vote, mr. chairman, there were 20 ayes and thirt 35. the amendment is not agreed to. ms. sutton, for what purpose do you seek recognit

i thank my colleagues from the region, representatives michaud, pingree, shea-porter, welch and my new colleague, john mchuge, for their efforts and secure -- john mchugh, for their efforts. i ask my colleagues to vote for the rule and the underlying bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for three minutes. mr. terry: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate this opportunity to express my dissatisfies with this rule. this is my -- dissatisfaction with this rule. this is my 11th year, my 11th appropriations season. this is where substantive discussions have been prevented. i am extremely disturbed at this rule as all previous rules this year on appropriations. the years past, if we had a substantive meritorious amendment we were allowed to bring it to the floor without having to go through a totalitarian regime where a small group of people get to place their

people like, i would hope, jack welch, and others who have -- and warren buffet -- people who have shownhe ability to actually look after assets of this nature. they would manage this particular stock ownership through december 24 of 2011. they would dispense of these assets in a way that benefit the u.s. taxpayers. in the event that at that time they were able to come to congress and let us know that it was not in the taxpayers' interest for this to be done, then we could certainly grant an extension. but the point of this is to make sure that taxpayers benefit from what's happened but at the same time keep all of us, as the senator from north carolina alluded to the other day, 100 people in suits -- keep us from actually being involved and keep the administration from being involved in any way in managing these companies. i think all of us are very concerned about governmental ownership th-fplt amendment, again, would allow the taxpayers who were sold tarp, were sold tarp on the basis that they would get a return on their investment and in essence this company, for instance, general mo

suzy welch here at the table. a look at top stories. seven men in north carolina accused of planning a violent vod overseas through a series of terror attacks. led by daniel patrick boyd, a u.s. citizen who in the 1980s trained in terror camps in pakistan and afghanistan. while officials did not detail any specific plots, the men are charged with providing material support to terrorism punishable by life in prison. defense secretary robert gates is in iraq on an unannounced visit this morning. it comes as the u.s. continues to drawdown forces ahead of a full withdrawal by the end of 2011. newly released auto recordings show crime rather than race was behind a 911 call at the center of the recent controversial arrest of a harvard professor. take a listen. >> exactly what happened? >> >> hmm. interesting. answers some questions we had. i think we still need to wait and find out more. >> vindicates her. a lot of people had questions about her. but doesn't help the fact he was arrested in his own home. >> just like said on the show the day

welch, with whom i yield as much time as he may need. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized. mr. welch: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. thompson. it's a pleasure to work with you on this important legislation. this important resolution. as my friend and colleague from connecticut, mr. courtney, said, our dairy farms face a crisis they have never, ever seen. the crisis they face is not of their own making. farmers have to live within uncertainty of nature. they have to live with the uncertainty of a collapse of an export market. that's what happened here when there was a scare in china. they have to live with the uncertainty of an economy where prices in the purchasing of cheese and secondary nonfluid milk products has come down with the recession. yet the importance of us to have local agricultural activities in all of our districts has never been more important. people want and need local agriculture. in my state it's dairy. that's the backbone of our agricultural industry. in your state it

welch who worked to restore this important budgetary tool to help move the nation from dangerous deficitso surpluses in the late 1990's, a tool that was abandoned by the republicans in the bush administration. in 2006, the new majority established house pay-go rules in an effort to restore fiscal discipline to congress sm the house pay-go rules and this statutory pay-go bill stand for a simple principle. new entitlement spending and new tax cuts should be paid for. we can't have everything we want. we need to do what families in south dakota and across the nation do, budget responsibly. it's not, our nation our will pay the price. we paid $249 billion in net interest to service government debt in fiscal year 2008. we know something is wrong with our priorities. think of what we could do with an extra of a quarter of a trillion dollars, we could invest in needed priorities or pay down the debt. the house pay-go rules is the first step. the massive buildup of debt that occurred over the past eight years not only threatens our economic future that puts our national security at risk. foreign

jack welch says that's how we got in trouble in the first place.lend money to people they knew they couldn't pay it back. i understand that in the big picture, neil, do you think it's heartening that some of these banks have paid us back? >> i think it's a good sign. you know, assuming that the right conditions are in place. and that the banks are still healthy and can go forward. you know, one of the concerns that we try to raise in our report and what we do is sort of describe the vast array of different bailouts and financial support. you know across the system. not just in the tarp. one thing i think everyone needs to watch out for and one of the reasons why we did this exercise are banks using one part of the federal bailout to pay off other parts of the bailout. and, you know, are we really getting anywhere? recently happened with chrysler financial. they used the a program to borrow money to pay back a tarp loan. are we really advancing the ball in that case? steve: a bunch of the banks reported a big billion-dollar quarters just last week.

judge sotomayor i believe your broad background in empathy preparer you welch for this constitutional and proper judicial role and i join my colleagues in welcoming you to the committee and i am looking forward to your testimony. >> thank you. judge, welcome. it is truly an honor to have you before us. it says something remarkable about our country that you were here, and i assure you during your time before this committee you'll be treated with the utmost respect and kindness. it will not distinguish however, that we will be thorough as we probe the areas where we have concerns. there is no question that you have a stellar resumes, and if resumes and judicial history are all that we went by, we would not need to have this hearing but in fact other things add into that. equally important to us providing consent on this nomination is self-determination that you have a judicial philosophy that reflects what are founders intended. there is great division about what that means and i also wanted to note that i thought this was your hearing, not judge robert zearing and the partial-birth ab

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welch, no. mr. barton, aye. mr. hall? mr. hall, aye. mr. upton. mr. upton aye. mr. stern? aye. mr.. aye. mr. whitfield, aye. mr. shimkus? mr. shimkus, aye. aye. mr. blunt? mr. blunt, aye. mr. boyer? mr. ra don vich, aye. mr. pipp, aye. mrs. bono mack, aye. mr. terry. aye. mrs. myruck. aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. murphy of pennsylvania. aye. mr. burgess. aye. ms. blackburn, aye. mr. gin gri, aye. aye. >> mr. rush? >> he is not recorded. mr. rush, no. mrs. capp, no. mr. mcnerny, no. mr. boyer? mr. boyer, aye. mr. space? mr. space votes no. >> mr. who? >> mr. hill, aye. >> will the clerk call the roll of those who have not responded the vote? call the names of those who have not been recorded? >> mr. boucher, mr. engle. >> the clerk will call them. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i believe that's everyone, mr. chairman. >> any member wish to respond to the vote who has not voted? any member wish to change his or her vote? the clerk will tally the vote and report it. >> mr. chairman there were 28 yk >> republican congressman mike rogers offered an amendment that would leave treatment decis