, economic growth and would also free governments to institute the social democratic programs, welfare state programs, that had enormous public support around the world. and to a large extent they were vindicated on both counts. in fact, many economists called the years that followed, until the 1970s, the golden age of capitalism. that golden age led not only to unprecedented and relatively egalitarian growth but also the introduction of welfare state measures. keynes and white were perfectly well that free capital movement and speculation inhibit these options. professional economics literature points out, which should be obvious, that the free flow of capital creates what they sometime call a virtual senate of lenders and investors who carry out a moment by moment referendum on government policies and if they find that they're irrational, meaning they help people instead of profits, then they vote against them by capital flight, by tax on the country and so on. so the democratic governments have a dual constituency, their own population and the virtual senate who typically prevail. and for

years, the democrats had taxed and spent and threatened to take over healthcare and expand the welfare stateour way of life, our freedoms were in yep are ditch. and so americans began a new revolution. and a congressman from georgia would lead the way. >> this is truly in a way that very few political events ever are a historic event. >> under the leadership of newt gingrich, republicans promised a new contract with america. sweeping reforms on a government that had grown too much. and for the first time in 40 years, republicans won control of the house and the senate. >> we're winning. we're winning. we're winning. >> this was a resounding victory for freedom. the republicans' revolution. >> mr. clerk, the speaker elects newt gingrich, aren't from georgia. >> newt gingrich pledged with passion to restore america's promise. he was the first republican speaker in 40 years. and everyone could feel the significance of that moment. >> we can find ways to reach out and break through the bureaucracy and to get every american child a better chance. >> and so began the most productive first 100 days

cutting health, people will see what is life for the great progressive welfare state was light. he is literally fulfilling grover norquist ambition. what do the conservatives think about this? arnold schwarzenegger has the wrong ideas about what parts of our bodies are supposed to rub up against each other. he has the wrong ideas about what you are supposed to say about global warming. he doesn't follow the ritual of rush limbaugh. he is concerned -- considered a traitor to the conservative movement. it used to be that these people could meshed together. they used to be able to read this intricate tapestry and make it seem seamless and whole. now, the holes are out -- abound. what do they have to do? one of the things i have learned in the past year from watching barack obama is the importance of leadership. i don't think i really understood this. the republican party will not trust one to the other, until there is a leader who could bring these people together. i don't think they are in a position to do this. people succeeded so well building that machine. they paid lots of mon

forgotten man is the american taxpayer who is paying for all of the expense for building up the welfare state. it is a fascinating story to see how the american economy is taking a real parallel today in 2009 with the same course of action that was taken back in the great depression. members of congress right now. very pertinent to what we are doing. if we are going to apply the principles of big government intervention we see how it played out in the 1930's. prolonged. the forgotten. plus we have been able to here from her personally. we had her here. speaking at a luncheon. he had not yet written liberty and tyranny. but since the book there have been so much excitement in washington about that. and i am hopeful that he will come back and allow us to here from him personally. that is the number-one book that i am encouraging all americans to read. >> to read more summer reading lists visit our web site. >> guy mcpherson is a professor at the university of arizona and he is the author of "living with fire." is there a national fire policy? >> there is, actually, a national fire policy. it de

a public auction health insurance program, america is on the way to becoming a european- child welfare state. competition is needed to provide health insurance privately. 1300 companies already sell health insurance plans. second, a private auction -- a public auction will undercut private insurers and passed the tab to taxpayers. for example, medicare pays hospitals and 71% and doctors 81% of what private health insurers pay. it would critter the private insurance market, forcing most americans on to the government plan. one group estimates 70% of people with private insurance will quickly lose with a no get from private companies and be forced on to the government-run role as businesses decided is more cost-effective to drop coverage. fourth, the public option is far too expensive. fifth, the public auction puts government firmly in the middle of the relationship between patients and their doctors. imagine what happens when government is the insurance carrier. that is karl rove ready about health care this morning. what do you think about health care? a democrat is first up this morning. c

years, the democrats had taxed and spent and threatened to take over healthcare and expand the welfare state. our way of life, our freedoms were in yep are ditch. and so americans began a new revolution. and a congressman from georgia would lead the way. >> this is truly in a way that very few political events ever are a historic event. >> under the leadership of newt gingrich, republicans promised a new contract with america. sweeping reforms on a government that had grown too much. and for the first time in 40 years, republicans won control of the house and the senate. >> we're winning. we're winning. we're winning. >> this was a resounding victory for freedom. the republicans' revolution. >> mr. clerk, the speaker elects newt

this has to be the largest welfare state on the planet? why can't they make their own living? why do we have to continue funding is road year in and year out and they do nothing but break every resolution ever put against of? host: that was a charleston the missouri. clearwater, florida. paul on the independent lines. are you there? virginia, floyd on the republican line. caller: i think he needs to stand up and say a whole lot more than what he has. i think the reason why he has not stood up and said a lot, one of the reasons because we have a -- have the t parties, the in ministration -- tea parties, they come out a little bit later, people had bumper stickers against abortion on their cars that they should be checked out by state police, and this, that, and the other. there been 50 million babies killed in america and the democrats cannot say anything about that, so how can he stand up to those people. they don't care. host: shreveport, louisiana. mildred on our democrats line. caller: good morning. i was calling -- to you guys tried to find the most negative news articles?

we have a big problem in this country with the welfare and warfare state. we are spending way too much money on things we do not need, and i guess i would just like to ask the audience to look into the federal reserve. they are not subject to audits. they do not have to disclose their information. they have probably trillions of off-balance sheet transactions that do not -- that congress does not have access to, and where is this money going? they are sharing money between each other, so i do not think it is a conspiracy theory, but this is a murky organization and it really needs to get looked into. one last thing -- people that are interested in sound money theory, like ron paul, if you want to avoid what the central banks are doing to you, printing all these dollars and borrowing all these dollars, invest in gold and silver, because that rides the wave of inflation, and it will keep you from scrapping for pieces of paper. thank you very much. host: karrow on the democratic line from ohio. caller: hello. thank goodness for c-span. i have to disagree a lit

members on welfare see a sharp increase in the welfare rolls which were slow to rise and actually fell in many states early in the recession are now coming across the country for the first time since president clinton signed legislation pledging to end welfare as we know it more than one decade ago. 23 of the 30 largest states which account for more than 80% of the total population see welfare caseloads above year-ago levels. as more people run out of the unemployment compensation many are turning to welfare as a stopgap. to trenton, new jersey, good morning on the democrat's lead. caller: its trenton, tennessee. all of the industry has moved from here. there are absolutely no factory jobs available in any of the towns around west tennessee. it has all moved from the country. we have an educated laborers out there with no jobs. they have to depend on welfare. i think the stimulus plan is going in the wrong direction. people talked about this kind of education and that kind, but we still have people up there who were born in the 1950's and 1960's who could not afford a college education and it still d

that his budget director called this type of legislation the largest corporate welfare program in the history of the united states. until greatly improved, until families share in the billions, this bill grants powerful lobbies. i cannot support it. . >> i rise in opposition to the cap and trade bill we'll take up shortly. agriculture is one of the nation's most energy intensive industries and will be negatively impacted by this legislation. even a small increase in operating costs could devastate rural farmers and ranchers and this bill could prove to be a huge burden on our agriculture producers. u.s. farmers would also be at a severe disadvantage compared to farmers and nations which do not have cap and trade systems with a correspondingly high input costs. yesterday i offered an amendment which would have helped defray increased costs of production and declining prices result interesting increased imports or decreased exports. it's simply not appropriate for allowances to be setaside for other industries heard by this cap and trade bill, but agriculture is left out. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

not we, the insurers but we, the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union to promote the general welfare and secure the blessings to ourselves and prosperity to ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of america. this nation captured the world's imagination with a bold ideas that the people first. it's time for our own and generations revolution. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, dr. tsou. we are privileged to welcome dr. gratzer, you are on. >> thank you, mr. chairman and the committee members of congress. mr. chairman of, i'm delighted to have received such a warm introduction listening to the accomplishments he spoke of i was reminded a former colleague who commented me that on paper i seemed quite interesting. [laughter] mr. chairman and members, i've been here for a few moments as have you and i've had the opportunity to hear from a few of your colleagues and a few of my panelists and curiously i have yet to hear the name mentioned once. perhaps so surprising because he has been out of office and when he was an office in fact he wasn't even american, a canadia

welfare of our nation. together we can strengthen our united states culture of integrity. thank you for having me today, and god bless. >> thank you very much. " this is the point where we have club members ask questions. >> thank you, mr. director. thank you for the work to perform. i want to focus on two areas. the focus on financial fraud, raise some questions having to do with the fbi as a preventative association, where the fbi as a crime-fighting association. my second question will deal with the counter terrorism issue, and the role the fbi should most effectively play in crime fighting vs intelligence. this is an issue i know you are very familiar with and have been involved in examining. the first question, from my own experience in the corporate sector, i find there are certain organizations by culture, orientation and training are better at prevention and detection. i would say that is true of the auditing profession. the fbi has a great and well- earned reputation as a crime- fighting organization. one of the issues i would pose to you is, who will own the resp

a former member of the louisiana legislature that served on the health and welfare committee there we are one of the few states that has a state run public health care system so if we want to look and how public health care is conducted we can see that even in on country where you often get pterosaurs before you even get a bed down in louisiana. so i encourage you to take a closer look at how we are providing health care in these public systems and on country. but what has been pointed out here that is of grave concern to many americans is rationing of health care and that concern is magnified when you face the very real possibility that taxpayers will be denied certain treatments and procedures what the same time they aren't taxed dollars going to find a mother who will terminate the life of her unborn child. now at present the bills do not specifically state that abortion will be covered either in the house with the senate versions, but we're certain that abortion will be covered under the guise of funding health care services which are stated more broadly. the only way that we can assure that tax dollars wi

the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity do ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of america. and so this bill deals with domestic tranquility. as you know, mr. speaker, the most powerful beast imagined can always be brought down by just a little pair site inside of that -- pair asite inside that -- para site inside -- parasite inside that particular beast. we can be subjected to parasites. the question is are we willing to die to ensure that domestic tranquility is achieved. if we truly care about ourselves, mr. speaker, our own safety and the safety of our dear families, neighbors and anyone else, should we not be willing to die to protect our liberties by calling it like it is, street crime, you see something happen, regardless of whether or not you consider that snitching or not -- and i would say that it's not -- do you have the courage to be able to do what will really protect you folks? that's the question. and i yield back. the

the people of the united states, in order to perform a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of america." it is a vision statement. the first one is to have a vision statement. " all in a matter times has a vision statement they could clearly articulate? how about martin luther king? he had a dream or one day people would be judged by the content of their color, not the color of their skin. because he had a vision statement, he could articulate a parade because he could articulate, he could inspire others to follow. ronald reagan had a vision statement. he had a dream that his hope would be that one day the world would be free of the threat of nuclear war. he invented and put forth the missile defense program, which right now is being chipped away at by a recurrence administration. ronald reagan was a visionary. he had a vision of america, that shining city on a hill. what is your vision? what is it that you were called to do? you can have sev

welfare of our nation. and together we can strengthen our culture, the united states culture, of integrity. thank you for having me today and got blessed. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is our custom, we have to club members ask questions. the founder of kroll inc., and alan murray, the assistant managing editor of "the wall street journal." jewels, the first question for the director comes from you. >> thank you mr. director. and thank you for the work that you perform for our country. that's the easy part. >> i thought so. >> i want to focus on two areas. number one, the focus on financial fraud, and raise some questions having to do with the fbi as a preventable organization or the fbi as a crime-fighting organization. my second question will deal with the whole counterterrorism issue and the role the fbi should most effectively play, the crime-fighting piece versus the intelligence piece, an issue that i know you are very comely with and have been very involved in examining and considering. so to the first question, for my own experience, which is of course in the corporate secto

number of them would have to be replaced -- released in the united states and we would have to use taxpayer dollars to put together a welfare program, a terrorist reentry program. then president obama released documents over the objection of his own cia director and four former cia directors that detailed the specific techniques that we use in our enhanced interrogation program to get information from terrorists. next he suggested that he was open to the prosecution of bush administration officials who had been bought in the program. finally, he refused to release any information about the attacks that were prevent or the lives that were saved because of the program. he praised the effectiveness of the program and the fact that the terrorist attacks had been prevented, but his white house edited out that reference in the memo before the release it to the public. today, many weeks later, the president still will not let you, the american people, see the documents that show how effective this program was. last week, in this very building, the house intelligence committee took up this issue. according to news reports, the hill

to say in number would have to be released in the united states and we would have to use taxpayer dollars to put together some some sort of welfare program, terrorist reentry program. then president obama released documents over the objection of his own cia director and former cia directors that detailed the specific techniques we use an average enhanced in turkish a program to get information from terrorists. next he suggested he is open to the prosecution of bush administration officials who were involved in the program. finally he refused to release any information about the attacks prevented or the lives that were saved because of the program. when his own director of national intelligence put together a memo for internal distribution about the program, he praised it. he praised the effectiveness of the program and he praised the fact terrorist attacks had been prevented. president obama's white house attitude that in the memo before they released it to the public. today, many weeks later, the president still won't let you, the american people, see the documents that show how effective this program was. last week in this very

all our money leaving the united states and going out to facilitate the business of the oil companies. when will we learn that we do not have to prop up the biggest welfare recipients in the world? when will we start making corporations be responsible for themselves and quit being their armies? host: let's here from tennessee now. caller: i think is very political. we are the soldiers in the country right next to this guy who is a maniac running the place. i think it is cowardly not to support the democratic process and the other part of the world. host: cincinnati, you are on the democrats' line. caller: not only is obama doing the right thing to stay out of the situation, but for him to support the opposition, that would be the kiss of death to the opposition leader. if obama were to support him he would be seen as nothing more than a puppet of the united states. that would be the wrong thing. the other thing -- this points up the problem with the iraq policy from the beginning. democratic movements need to be organic to the country in which they're born. they cannot be imposed from the outside. in order for them to succeed they have to come from the p

social and welfare walls, to succeed she would have to overcome opposition from the courts, business, labor unions, conservatives. nothing like this has been done before in the united states, you know that, don't you? the man set across from her in a wheel chair and soon he would head to washington, d.c. to be sworn in as the 32nd president of the united states. he would inherit the worst economic crisis in the nation's history. an era of rampant speculation had come to an end. the stock market collapsed, investments aimless. people were stripped of their lifetime savings. about one-third of workers were unemployed, wages or falling, tens of thousands were homeless. real-estate prices had plummeted and millions of homeowners faced foreclosure. his choice of labor secretary would be one of his most important early decisions. his nominee must understand economic and employment issues that be equally effective as a coalition builder. he was a handsome man with aquiline features and he studied the plame woman before him. no one was more qualified for the job. she knew as much about the labor law as anyone in the country. he had known her more than 20 years. the last in albany

welfare laws. to 62 would have to overcome opposition from the courts, business, labor unions and conservatives. nothing like this has ever been done before in the united states she said, you know that don't you? the man sat across from her in his wheelchair amid the clutter of boxes. said he would have to washington d.c. to be sworn in as the 32nd president of the united states. he would inherit the worst economic crisis in the nation's history. an era of rampant speculation had come to an end. the stock market had collapsed rendering investments valley less, the banks for shutting down stripping people of their lifetime savings. about a third of workers or unemployed, wages were falling, tens of thousands were homeless. real estate prices plummeted in millions of homeowners face foreclosure. his choice of labor secretary would be one of his most important early decisions. this nominee must understand economic and employment issues but equally effective as a coalition. he was a handsome man with features and the steady the matronly woman before him. no one was more qualified for the job. she knew as much about labor law and administration as anyone in the co

states, in israel and indeed throughout theorld. i have long been aware of rabbi schiff's commitment and contributions to academia, to the jewish community and to the social welfare of all residence of south florida. his spirit of optimism and determination that rabbi schiff possesses can be seen in this week's torah portion. after returning from the land of israel, caleb reports to the jewish people that we should surely go up and inherit the land for we are certainly able. rabbi schiff's hard work on behalf of the jewish community has been tireless and always with contagious optimism. no task is too large and no cause is without merit. but his greatest achievement is his family, including his lovely wife, shirley, and his three adult sons, elliott, his wife alyssa, and their children michael and brook, jeffrey, his wife,riesa and their children. steven, his wife jacqueline, and their children, jennifer and jeremy. the opening prayer rabbi schiff presented today reflects his intellectual fiber as well as a determination to improve our community and our country. i thank rabbi schiff for his invocation and look forward to working with him in the years ahead. thank

states spend just half of that. california spends over $11,000 per pupil but only a fraction of that ever reaches the classroom. california has one of the most expensive welfare systems in the country and yet one of the worst records in moving people off of welfare. and that's never seemed to bother california's legislature or its governor. they're like the shop keep who are leased out too much space, ordered too much inventory, hired too many people and paid them too much. every month that shopkeeper covers his short falls with borrowing and book keeping tricks. ultimately he's going to reach a tipping point where anything he does makes the situation worse. borrowing costs are eating him alive and he's running out of credit. raising prices causes his sales to decline and there's only so much discretionary spending that he can cut. that's california's predicament in a nutshell. california's borrowing costs now exceed the budget of the entire university of california and the reason for the guarantee is that their credit is exhausted. they've just imposed the biggest tax increase by any state in american history and it's actually reduced their revenues and made

use these nations as transit points en route to the united states making us less safe and contributing to a deterioration of the human welfare and social and economic development of those nations. . this authorizes the president to incorporate care come into the meridia initiative. this will provide them with the lodge cyclal -- lodgistical support needed. also included is the exchange program. i was an original co-sponsor of the stand-alone bill, h.r. 416. this program provides scholarships for caricom students to study in american universities and colleges and upon program completion participants return to the caricom. this exchange program will create a safe and economically vibrant caribbean basin and keep us safe here at home. the authorization also includes language that creates the office of women's global affairs with a fully empowered ambassador at-large. according to the center for development and population facility, it is essential to global progress. thank you for yielding time and i ask my colleagues to vote in favor of the rule and bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves the balance