it's called wichita mountains. here's wichita, a beautiful mountain. it is in the plains. the plains indians feel the 60 million buffalo disappeared and went down right there and left. roosevelt put buffalo in railcar back to oklahoma as a gift to the comanche to get the planes depopulated with buffalo. is romanticism is this, and it's something i want to make clear, he's a child of the post civil war era. he saw the north fight this out. 600,000 or more dead. he believed the north misted up, the american dream got messed up in the north because of hyper industrialization. philadelphia had sewage dumped into rivers. it smelled. it was not guilty. the south was stigmatized due to slavery and racism. he thought the new america was going to be reborn west of the mississippi river. in order to develop than the south and the north, you had to have cities like a boulder or austen or portland or eugene that had greenbelts around them. that you don't want a metropolis. he went to los angeles and t said angeles andoo big. want -- he said to los angeles, angeles,nd saudid don't get

the horror that played out inside a wichita church, the murder of dr. tiller, is a wound to the conscience of this nation. he had long been a target of violence and hate because he provided legal abortions. he provided medical care to women in need. any time a doctor has to put his life on the line to provide medical care, it has a chilling effect on americans' ability to get the medical care that they need. the consequences of dr. tiller's murder are a tragedy not only to his family, not only for women in kansas, but for women everywhere, especially in areas of our country where there are relatively few medical providers. dr. tiller is the eighth abortion provider to be murdered since 1977. and he was one of just seven doctors in the entire state of kansas. where will women go for the medical help that they need? we have seen throughout history that hate is not just ugly, it can be deadly. i hope that leaders on both sides of this debate will look at the savage killing of dr.

right near fort sill called wichita mountain. it's spars in the plains. they believe that had the 60 million that ran before disappeared and went down the top of it and left. he believed the north messed it up. philadelphia had sewage dumped in the rivers. it smelled and it wasn't healthy for you. the south was stigma tiesed due to racism. in order to do it differently in the south and east, you had three people that have cities like boulder, you don't want a met rope list and told the cities, don't get too big. you could go on day trips and on the crunch. he didn't even look at laws. i so declare a federal bird reservation. wants the federal government to protect for future generations. >> you like that? >> i think it is spot on. do you know what would have happened with yellowstone. they were going to cut through and build it up as a commercial center and allow all these people to build there was a moment to save america. he had hiked to the top of the matter attorney. anybody who has ever interacted, you go to yellowstone you get a chance to see the bl

in urban areas like kansas city and wichita, our providers face very different challenges that are just as daunting and which threaten patients' ability to access health care. on top of that, although some 250 million americans have health insurance, somewhere in the neighborhood of 27 to 47 million, depending on who you're counting and who's talking, they do not. and that makes accessing health care expensive and very challenging for them. in addition, the government-run medicare program which is on the verge of bankruptcy, by the way, does not pay doctors and pharmacists and ambulance drivers and nurse clinicians -- pardon me -- clinical lab folks and home health care providers, almost every health care provider that you can name. they don't pay them enough to cover their costs unless these providers have a nonmedicare patient population from which to recoup their losses, they cannot stay in business and their patients lose out de facto rationing of health care. now, as a member of both the finance and health committees and the cochair of the senate rural health care caucus, i am able

dealt in washington state, and military capabilities would be added at the company's defense plant in wichita, kansas. suppliers in stats across america would be supported -- in states across that america would be supported by that. a boeing tanker creates twice as many american jobs as an airbus plane. but, madam president, it is not just about jobs, it is about the future of america's domestic still strength. our government depends on our highly-skilled industries, our manufacturers, our engineers, our researchers, our development and science base to keep the u.s. military stocked with the best and most advanced tools and equipment available. so whether it's scientists who are designing the next generation of military satellites or whether it is our engineers who are improving our radar systems, or our machinists who are assembling our planes, these industries, these industries and their workers are one of america's greatest strategic assets. so we ought to ask the

he was stubborn and he stayed there, by god, in wichita, and they shot him in his church. it is monstrous. ok, i am being quiet now. >> i just have to say that i agree that it is incredibly effective because that is how they ended the old civil-rights thing, just by killing king and everything else. i mean, it is really effective. my question is just that, there is this missing thing, and i know this session is not about that, but i feel like it is, too, because the story that we write about the past is not include the people going to jail, it is going to -- you look at nixon and he did not get impeached for war crimes. had he gotten in peace for a carpet bombing cambodia -- and these guys, how can we write the story if nobody is going to go to jail? we do not want more extremism. we do not want to divide the country. we do not want assassinations, but every day there are people -- you are watching tv and you know something is wrong. but this kind of inquiry is a punitive process. if there is one thing that we know about the truth and reconciliation process in south africa

. >> wichita falls, texas. joe, republican line. >> yes i have a comment about education. how can we look at talking about what needs to be done when there's a systematic problem of equality when you still have school districts that are still under lawsuits for integration. how can we talk about equality, equity and educating all students when in fact we're still under 1970 lawsuits for immigration. >> the "new york times" art section looks at conservative magazines and cohen says. their vision is not the, gop. she writes there's one arena that seems decidedly enthusiasm visions. the quote is to air our views. says the editor or executive editor. a lot of people want us to write about the future of the republican party. we're not interested in that. we're not that interested in the future of republicans or conservatives but we're interested in obama. cohen says since the financial melt down so many americans have sought government action to refocus on first principals and refight bolts they assume have already been won. we're seeing free market capitalism am program trampl

and he stayed there, by god, in wichita, and they shot him in his church, there's something that's just -- i mean, excuse me, it's monstrous -- i'm sorry, i'm being quiet now. >> i just have to say i agree that it's been incredibly effective because that's how they ended the whole civil rights thing, it's that's how they did it with mr. king. it's really effective. so my -- just there's this missing thing and i know it's not about that but i feel like it is, too, because if the story that we write about the past doesn't include people going to jail, it's going, you know, you look at the nixon and he didn't get i mean peached for war crimes. had he gotten i mean peached for carter bombing cambodia and these guys, how can we write the story if no one's going to go to jail and obama's we don't want to divide the country or anything but what about these people sitting there every day? you turn on the television and you know something's wrong. >> one of the things is this kind of inquiry is a punitive process and one thing we know about this t punitive process in south africa or the way it's

he is a president who in his young days shot buffalo and then he's the president to created wichita mountains in oklahoma, the reserves before buffalo and one in montana. >> if one of the things you see in this center are stuffed animals. >> taxidermy was big. roosevelt was trained in the art of taxidermy. as a young boy is teacher in new york was a man named john bell who had been a student of audubon. there's a link to john james audubon and roosevelt. young teddy roosevelt had asthma. he was very sickly. from eight years old onward he was obsessed with birds. he created his own roosevelt museum, brian. he had -- theater roosevelt's father was a founder of the american museum of natural history in new york. young teddy became a bird lover. the first document we have of him as a young boy was about birds. the last article he wrote before his death at age 60 was about to birds. i'm not saying he just liked them. he was one of the world's experts on coloration and variation and inventorying what we have. he created 51 federer oberg reservations. today are the heart and soul of u.s. fish and wi

george tiller of wichita, kansas, was shot to death at church on sunday, may 31; whereas, there is a history of violence against providers of reproductive healthcare, as health care employees have suffered threats, hostilities and attacks in order to provide crucial services to patients; whereas the threat or use of force or physical obstruction has been used to injure, intimidate, or interfere with individuals seeking to objecttaken or provide health care -- obtain or provide health care services; and whereas acts of violence are never an acceptable means of expression and always shall be condemned. now, therefore, be it resolved that the senate expresses great sympathy for the family, friends and patients of dr. george tiller, recognis

his murder in his church in wichita where he served as an usher and where his wife sang in the choir was a violent and lawless and senseless act. at his memorial service this past saturday, he was remembered for his sense of humor and spirit. let us also remember him for his courage. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: mr. speaker, news came yesterday that will laura ling and euna lee, two american journalists held in north korea, and held there since march, have been found guilty of illegally entering north korea. they have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. these court proceedings were a cruel joke. nothing more than a kangaroo court. i know of no justice system in north korea. the two should be immediately released. as if there were any doubts, the north korean regime has shown its true colors. a hostile regime bent on destroying the lives of its own citizens and others. let's be clear. these two wouldn't have been n

cost shift going on right now is the uninsured americans to come to the doors of that hospital in wichita and in topeka and kansas city every day and those costs are shifted directly on to private employers for desperately trying to keep their employer coverage. the system of providing a payment for every american, of having preventive care, of driving while the scare reduces the kind of cost shift that we have right now which falls most often on small business owners and small coverage, so is the health plan is being debated and really constructed in congress, i think that having a fair payment system, having shared responsibility in making sure all americans have access to more affordable but more effective healthcare treatment at the front and prevents the kind of cost shifting that you love just described. >> healthcare reform this need to occur? i think we should have a good open debate about whether we use a different alternative rather than just a single-payer system that we are moving towards now, and i'm glad you are open to that debate. >> i am, and congressman i can assure you

it's called the wichita mountains. it's in the plains. the plains indians believed that the 60 million buffalo that used to roam disappeared and they all went down the top of it and left. roosevelt takes the time as president to bring buffalo that he sponsored in the bronx, put them in a rail car back to oklahoma as a gift to the comanche to get the plains repopulated with buffalo. roosevelt's row manhattan six is this and it's a point -- romanti six is this. he saw north fight south, 600,000 dead and he believed the north messed it up, the american dream got messed up in the north because of hyper industrialization. philadelphia had sewage dumped in the river and it smelled and it wasn't healthy for you. the south was stigmatized due to slavery and racism. his eve was west of the mississippi river. he thought the new america was going to be reborn there and in order to do it differently than the south and the east, you had to have free people, the principals of lincoln, but have cities like bolder or austin or portland or eugene that hav

simon on the phone from wichita falls, texas. missed the signals on the economy. what is your reaction -- mixed signals on the economy. what is your reaction? caller: this is simon pratte. white american has put us in this position. all america except white america had been in a financial crunch. when bush was in there, someone who knew they were not qualified for the position, and yet he was put in there and he stole buffers the election and then a republican marvel -- marvel at him, he was not doing anything, but they agreed with everything he was doing. why not give obama a chance. god put obama in there. young, white america -- young white america was touched by the of blood. they put a bomb in there. they want a change. host: the president outlined a new plan for lowering drug prices. a photograph from the diplomatic reception room. the picture of senator max baucus, also the head of aarp and senator christopher dodd who is taking over for senator ted kennedy in supervising as chairman of the house committee hearings continue this week. it points out the lobb

he is the president who in his young days shot a buffalo and he is the president who created wichita mountains in oklahoma reserve for buffalo and one up in montana. >> one of the things you see throughout this center are stuffed animals. >> well, tax determiney -- roosevelt was trained in the arm of taxidermy. his teacher in new york was john bell who had been an audubon student. there was a linkage between them and young t.r. had asthma. he was very sickly. really from 8 years old on wards, he was obsessed with birds. he created his own roosevelt museum, brian. his father, theodore roosevelt's father was the founder of the american museum of enroll history in new york and young t.r. just became a bird lover. his first document we have of t.r. as a young boy is about birds and the last article he wrote before his death at age 60 was about birds and i'm not saying he just liked birds. he was one of the world's experts on coloration and variation on inventorying what we have and he created these bird reservations. 51 federal bird reservations that roosevelt created are now the heart a