particularly -- he was driving through western virginia, not west virginia, but western virginia, wherere's a lot of poverty. those people say, okay, he messed up, but this guy was -- he was caring about us. you know. and so i think they give him a little more leeway than -- >> larry: do the kids -- have the kids met their stepsister? >> no, no. they'll come a time when they have. but quinn -- i think will be coming up on 2 1/2. i think that when she starts creating more memories and when john has a better -- a more long-standing relationship with her and she can come visit him, i think that will happen. >> larry: you write in your afterword, quote, right now, i want to live for eight more years, to finish the one job i know i did better than any other. that job is raising your kids. >> yes. >> larry: what if you don't get the eight years? >> i'll be sad for me and sad for them. i'd like to -- you know, i'd like to be -- i'd like for them to see me seeing them off into their new life. one of the things about wade having died when he was 16, eight years -- jack was 18. but when wade was

i had nobody that would carry out the duties and wishes of the people of western virginia more than him. he has not only gained my trust, but yet gained my respect. he is someone who understands the importance of bringing all sides together. we do not have to be coming down the same highway. he have to respect for people are coming from. they have a right. he has done that as well as anyone i have ever seen but see, the disaster was something that is still at in our minds. i will never forget that. knowing gave me a book and said you had this horrible disaster and here is the procedure you go through. i have lived it before. i knew what the families were going through. i tried to comfort them. it was a horrible situation. we lost 12 wonderful people. not more than three weeks after that, i get a call. they send me -- have another exact situation. no one really knew what you are dealing with. we had more than 60 rescuers tried to find two men. could have been in a horrible situation. friday night i said, i do not know what the exact situation is and what is when to be the end. i do not t

western security. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. a bitter feud erupted in washington and it wasn't your typical partisan spat between liberals and conservatives or republicans and democrats. the fight was between the white house and american businesses. since when, america, has it been acceptable for american employers in the white house to be on opposing teams. how can we expect them to get the economy back on track when they've become so frustrated about the ideological and anti-competitive agenda coming out of washington? the white house has embarked on a summer p.r. campaign in an attempt to show that they are not in fact anti-business. but even the best operations aren't outfitted with time machines. over the past 18 months, stimulus, cap and trade, health care have contributed to a perfect storm of uncertainty and debt, forcing americans to hunker down. mr. speaker, american business men and women aren't just