moore of wisconsin. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentlewoman from wisconsin, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wisconsin. ms. moore: my amendment increases funding for critical program, the violence against women act legal assistance program by $4 million. i would like to thank representative poe for his diligent work on this amendment and i also want to thank representative mollohan for his commitment on this issue as well. we all make lawyer jokes, but to the women who face domestic violence and need legal representation to successfully flee their abusers, obtain orders of protection, and retain custody of their children, the lack of legal representation is definitely not a laughing matter. nearly 70% of women who bravely take their abusers to court do so without legal representation. and too often, having an attorney present is the deciding factor in obtaining that life-saving personal protection order or getting custody

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wisconsin rise? >> i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to h. resolution 366, recognizing the 40th anniversary of the national eye institute and expressing sfor for the designation of 2010 through 2020 as the decade of viths. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 366, resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the national eye institute and expressing support for designation of 2010 through 2020 as the decade of vision. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from wisconsin, ms. baldwin, and the gentleman from texas, mr. sessions, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. baldwin: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro

the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. obey: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the conference report to accompany h.r. 2346. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. obey: i yield myself 30 seconds. i would note in light of the gentleman's comments on the i.m.f., in 1999, the last time we voted on it, the i.m.f. funding was attached to the transportation bill and 162 republicans voted for it. they didn't seem to have any problem at that time. and i find it interesting that today with a different president, they do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from texas, mr. conaway. mr. conaway: distinguished chair of the committee said we know what's in this bill. we know what's not in this bill. conferees ignored the specific instructions of a bipartisan vote to include instructions to protect the

the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. feingold: if it is appropriate, i ask to speak for 10 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. feingold: thank you, madam president. every year i have a town hall meeting in every county in wisconsin after 1,188 of those sessions, i heard a lot from my constituents on pretty much every issue you can imagine. but one issue in particular stands out as it is consistently been one of the top issues raised throughout the 17 years, than issue is, of course, health care. again and again, and not just at listening sessions, but at conversations an phone calls an letters and e-mails, wisconsinites have talked to me about their struggles to obtain and afford health insurance coverage. their stories have stayed with me and been the foundation of my work to push comprehensive health reform throughout my career in the united states senate. as freshman senator i worked to increase access to long-term care and home and community-based services in the wisconsin

the denim and from wisconsin -- the gentleman from wisconsin. >> we have the right to close, and we have one remaining speaker. >> the gentleman from california. >> as i indicated, i have one additional speaker. as long as you're giving me all this flexibility, just let me mention that as we began this process in this bill, both mai chairman and i were very pleased by the fact that it was based on bipartisan support to give the kind of assistance to our troops that is fundamental to our success in the middle east. to have the package now come back from conference in the shape of being a bill that has reduced the president's requests for troop funding by approximately $4.7 billion and in turn has 5 million

the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. obey: i yield myself one minute the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. m@@@@@@áwa%", we have to make time for the military authorization bill. the gentleman from wisconsin deserves to be heard. the speaker is not going to miss much. the gentleman may proceed. as i was about to say, i think we should get on with it. the sooner we get on with it, the sooner we can get on with this year's business. >> members please take a conversation off the floor. >> thank you. i am very pleased that we are returning to rhetoric -- regular order. i must confess that i have been disappointed at the turn this on a product has taken in recent days as compared to where we and originally began with ever built. the majority has chosen to go to the high dollar level for every account in this conference report except as it relates to the primary purpose of the legislation. the critical trip funding and other -- critical troop funding. it cuts the house level by $4.6 billion. the final package i

the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. petri: i yield to our colleague from indiana, representative souder. mr. souder: i thank my friend from wisconsin for his leadership on transportation and for the time to speak on this bill. as a member of the boating caucus, since we first formed this, i'm really pleased to be supportive of this resolution. in indiana, in northeast indiana, basically, i represent a lot of water with plants and farms in between. and in our county, we have 100 lakes and another county we have 100 ladies and gentlemen. along one ridge, one goes to lake michigan and another goes down into the mississippi valley. we have -- because of geologic potholes, connected together sometimes through small dams, sometimes in natural larger lakes, we have the bulk of the lakes in indiana when the glaciers pulled back that in this zone, i guess we have 40% to 60% of the natural lakes in the state of indiana. some have historically been big attractions, not as big a tourist attraction as florida or wisconsin. for that

and the gentleman from wisconsin -- mr. obey: mr. speaker, i understand we have the right to close and we only have one remaining speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from california. who seeks recognition? mr. lewis: as i indicated, i have one additional speaker, but as long as you're giving me all this flexibility, let me just mention that as we began this process on this bill, both my chairman and i were very pleased by the fact that it was broadly-based bipartisan support of giving support to our troops that is fundamental to our success in the middle east. to have that package now come back from conference in the shape of being a bill that has reduced the president's request for troop funding by approximately $4.7 billion and in turn, has a cost factor of some $5 billion for the i.m.f. is most disconcerting to this member. and i may have two additional speakers, since my colleague is standing. i would be happy, mr. speaker, to -- mr. nunes: i have a question for the gentleman. and i

moore of wisconsin. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 522, the gentlewoman from wisconsin, ms. moore, and a member opposed, auto letch control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wisconsin. ms. moore: mr. chairman, i yield myself three minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to urge a yes vote on my amendment to the foreign relations authorization. this is a time of unprecedented change in our outreach efforts to our global neighbors. and this authorization will help guide that path for the upcoming year. and i would therefore really like to thank the committee for their hard work. and i would also like to thank my very good friend, congresswoman maloney of new york for being a leader and steadfast advocate for the women of afghanistan. it is just so difficult to express the hurdles that face afghan women and girls. there are just few words to describe the abhorrent conditions that assault these women and girls on a daily basis. and there are few experiences in our own li

we spent billions of dollars upgrading 7200 miles of transmission in the state of wisconsin. we have construction going on all over the state. a line was just energized i believe last week which was over 100 miles long and as congressman baldwin indicated before i became commissioner, on the other side i was getting permits to -- for a 210-mile line between minnesota and wisconsin. and that line has been energized. >> in massachusetts, our most -- >> can you turn on your microphone, please. >> sorry. in massachusetts our most populace area is the boston region and it's where the heaviest electrical loaded and in 10 years we have sited and had constructed a number of transmission enhancements to support the flow of power in boston between two major kv lines to eliminate constraints between the boston load pocket and the remainder of load pockets. >> with the anticipated increase in demand of electricity needs over the next 15 or 20 years, do you think the existing system is adequate in your state? >> with regards to the increase in demand, we continually update our system so w

over the last seven years my home state of wisconsin -- the wisconsin rate payers have supported more than $2 billion in investments in our transmission system. these actions have and will continue to improve reliability and increase the flowf renewable energy in wisconsin and our neighboring states. congress must ensure that weir not undermining the existing processes if we are going venture into the transmission arena especially when sensitivities exist to state authority, cost allocation, safety and eminent domain issues. as we examine these issues there are questions and challenges that we must keep in mind. who's going to pay for this? will those not receiving the benefits of transmission have to spend for the cost of lines traversing the country. i'm hearing strong concerns about designing our transmission system for one specific purpose. it's not the job of transmission planners or transmission companies to choose the types of generation that may interconnect with the transmission system. transmission is needed, plain and simple, regardless of the type of generation. where i co

representative moore had questions, as did the govern i don't have -- governor of wisconsin. they said, what are you talking about? you told us you weren't going to close kenosha. mr. nardelli sent a letter of apologies. i want to begin my expressing my apologies. he goes on to say that in response to congresswoman moore's question about kenosha, i mistakenly answered about the plant in trenton, michigan. trenton, michigan, doesn't sound like deke know shah, wisconsin, to me, and not only are they not a sound-alike, but they're in different states. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. mr. latourette: oh, mr. speaker, i apoll jismse the other thing that occurred, you may remember, mr. speaker, that the u.a.w., the united auto workers were asked to enter into a new contract, gave up benefits, gave up wages, gave up off days, but they were told if they supported this new contract, that was going to lead to a new, vibrant chrysler where their jobs would be secure. they voted on april 28, all the chrysler workers went to the polls on april 28, to say whether or not they approved o

as you know the weaver for wisconsin senior care program is scheduled december 31st this year. currently this program provides over 100,000 seniors in my state with high quality cost-effective prescription drug coverage as i presume you are aware. according to the cbo it does so achieving ongoing savings for the federal government at the same time. by understand governor jim doyle, who i know you are very familiar with, has applied a waiver to extant senior care through 2012 which would allow this successful program to continue. can you tell me the status of the waiver application and whether or not we can hope to achieve that weaver? >> senator as you know that 1115 program is the only one left in the country where the state only drug program is being conducted and i know it is wildly popular and it's been enormously successful treat you will be pleased to hear not only did my good friend, jim leal apply for the waiver continuation before i got to the office but was in my office three days ago and will fly in the request to make sure i did not forget and as you might be aware

for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? mr. obey: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 2346 making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2009, and for other purposes. with the senate amendment thereto and agree to the conference asked for by the senate. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2346, an act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2009, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> madam speaker, i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. lewis of california moves that the managers on the part of the house at the conference on disagreeing votes of the two houses on the senate amendment to the bilh.r. 2346 be instructed as follows. one, to agree within the scope of conference the funding levels that will

the chair recognizes the intelligentlady from wisconsin. >> thank you, mr. chairman -- gentlelady. >> when i hear the discussions about connecting, wind generation through transmission to load centers on the east coast, i sort of feel like wisconsin could become a state that has an extension cord just running through it. maybe i should use the swimming pool analogy, instead. but that's the image that it conjures up for me. and i worry that it disincentivizes distributed generation. and as i pondered in my opening statement earlier this morning, how we propose to play for the transmission upgrades that are coming down the pike, is a critical question. will those who do not receive the extensive benefits of this transmission have to pay for the cost of traversing lines across the country? the ratepayers that i represent, as you've already heard, have supported their share of more than $2 billion in new investments in the wisconsin transmission system. clearly there are transmission technology decisions that need to be made and there are cost allocation decisio

judges griefbach, statnewlier and -- all agreed to try cases in wisconsin last year. several arguments left them off the hook but without their willingness to pitch in the cases wouldn't have settled. and district judges moody and adelman are working on -- the southern district of end also faces hard times. it has -- of indiana faces hard times. it has five authorized position, but need more. it's among the district's busiest per filings per judge and has held its own only through superhuman efforts. this year there will be two vacancies. david hamilton of chief judge has been nominated to the seventh circuit, and larry mckinney will take senior status in july. we hope the political positions will fill these positions promptly and with luck the political positions may add the needed sixth seat. i've mentioned that workload and the judges' long hours, despite modest compensation, we expect the active judge toss work hard and they surely do. but we have no right to expect but truly receive is the dedicated service of our senior judges. five senior judges of the court of

the chair recognizes the gentlelady from the state of wisconsin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i want to direct this question to commissioner aczar. one of the proposals we hear a lot about on capitol hill is the possibility of a 760-kv line, also known as the transmission superhighway. and i would like to hear your insights on how 765-kv line might affect a profile of a state like wisconsin. and if you could describe any concerns you might have that it would be detrimental to wisconsin or others? >> thank you, congressman. when you add a high-voltage overlay into a state, you have got to make sure that the underlying system is built up to accept that. in wisconsin, as both you and i have dmoeted, we've spent billions of dollars at this point in time, designing a specific kind of system. the american transmission company has designed a 345-kv system. if there's an 765 overlay built into wisconsin, it's essentially going to -- mess up our very deliberate 345-kv design. so we're going to have to build up our underlying grid. that being said, ultimately, if congress you know,

excerpts, one from jean from ryo, wisconsin. jean writes, my husband steve has worked hard his whole life but as of last year he's not been able to find work because of the downturn in the economy. neither of the jobs that i have held have offered me health insurance. we have relied on insurance that we purchased in the individual market. which costs nearly $10,000 a year and has a $5,000 deductible. meaning that we pay out of pocket for basic doctor visits, screenings, and prescriptions. 20 years ago, jean writes, her husband steve became very ill and in the intervening years has developed multiple brain tumors that require extensive treatment and care. we eventually realized he has recurring tumors due to a neurological disease and he should be screened on an annual basis. unfortunately insurance does not cover these $13,000 procedures and we cannot afford to pay that on an annual basis. we can only hope and pray that more tumors are not developing. it is just so infuriating that in this wonderful country we cannot get wonderf

. >> the gentleman from wisconsin. he continues to resurface time. the gentleman from california. >> to demint from indiana is recognized for tenements. >> thank you. and thank the distinguished ranking member. there rights and opposition to the bill is underway today. i joined my democratic colleagues in supporting the bipartisan military supplemental bill which passed this house earlier in congress. when it comes to providing our sodas with the resources they need to get the job done in return and say, we must set aside politics as usual. we did that. i cannot support this military supplemental bill today. it is a disservice to the taxpayers of this country and to the brave men and women who depend as every day. people forget we are a nation at war. with american soldiers in harm's way, we have to make sure the soldiers have everything they need to get the job done. emergency war funding bills should be about a-a war funding. this legislation includes zero hundred $8 billion in loans. i believe we do a disservice to taxpayers and those who support

i think it's time and so do the people of northeast wisconsin. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. reichert: thank you, mr. speaker. halfway across the world today, people are rioting in the streets. violence, gunshots and even death has overtaken iran's streets as citizens protest the results of their recent election. iran's security effects the entire middle east and the riots there show how fragile their government really is. recently iran successfully tested a long range missile and their intentions with their nuclear program are still unknown. the united states must utilize every diplomatic, economic and political tool at our disposal, including the further use of sanctions. ultimately our goal is peace for iran, peace now and in the future. that's why i encourage members of this body to join me in the support of the iran petroleum sancti

from wisconsin, of course.

then, president obama visit green bay wisconsin -- green bay, wisconsin for a discussion on health care. then, we will hear from nancy pelosi and the house republicans that unveiled their alternative proposal. this week on "newsmakers," we talked to senator jon kyl from arizona. that is sunday at 10:00 and at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> there is still time to get your copy of c-span's 2009 congressional directory with information on house and senate members, the cabinet, supreme court justices, and the nation's governors. it is $16.95 online at cspan.org/products. >> the government funding of colleges and their students really is a late 1950's and early 1960's thing that has grown very rapidly since then. >> today, not even government- backed student loans are permitted at hillsdale college. >> we have a lawyer here in town who tries to keep the government from giving us money. he said there was not in use in title for funding. -- and use -- any use in title iv funding. >> today, bank of america ceo ken lewis was here on capitol hill testifying about his company's merger with financ

the wisconsin psc cited a significant transmission line. lauren serves as president of the organization of miso states where she's leading a regional planning and cost allocation effort for developing electrical transmission over the midwest iso region which includes 13 states and one canadian province. prior to her appointment to the wisconsin psc, commissioner naz ar worked as an attorney and practiced extensively in the areas of electric and water utilities representing rate payers and utilities. she helped to create the first stand alone transmission company, otherwise known as atc and helped to cite a 210 mile extra high voltage line in wisconsin and minnesota. in addition to all of these credentials, i can also tell you what she eats for breakfast and grow in her vegetable garden because as you all know she is also my partner. i welcome her to our subcommittee. >> thank you, congresswoman. >> we welcome you and whenever you're ready, please begin. >> thank you, ranking member upton, and the members of the subcommittee, thanks for invi

the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. petri: madam speaker, i rise in support of house resolution 472 and a co-sponsor of the resolution introduced by my colleague, mr. dent of pennsylvania, congratulating the aircraft owners and pilots association on the organization's 70th anniversary, and i yield such time as he may consume to the author of the resolution, representative dent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dent: thank you for your support of this legislation. on may 15, 2009, the aircraft owners and pilots association, or aopa, celebrated its 70th anniversary. since its inception on the eve of the second world war, aopa has been the strongest voice for general aviation in the united states. throughout its rich history, aopa has developed and maintained close working relationships for federal government agencies, including the department of transportation, department of homeland security, the federal aviation administration and the transportation security administration. i have been closing w

judge crab and shabaz in the western district of wisconsin. one other change in western wisconsin, peter op is the new clerk and david blackwelder is the new clerk in the -- please join me in a round of appreciation. [applause] >>ly turn the program over now to the chief justice and i'll to the chief justice and i'll see you all chicago. [applause] >> you're watching c-span's america and the courts. next u.s. district judge royce lambert on salaries of federal judges and the confirm, process. he spoke at the u.s. district courthouse in washington, d.c. last march. this is a portion of the discussion. >> i really do want to talk about -- what i really want to talk about today is how we get more judges like tom flannery. and i don't mean just judge flannery. i mean judges like judge william bryant for whom our annex is named and joyce green and colleen fatelli. appointed by district judges as -- foreign intelligence veins court by chief justice rehnquist. judge flannery and the other judges i have named all share the view that federal judges sho

-- a wisconsin school teacher, wanted june 14 to be known as flag birthday. the idea quickly caught on and many wanted to participate. in 1894 the governor of new york asked that all public buildings fly the flag on june 14 to begin observing flag day. and in 1916, president woodrow wilson proclaimed flag day as a national celebration. however, the holiday was not officially recognized until 1949 when president harry truman signed the national flag day bill. since the beginning of our republic, americans have flown the flag to show their appreciation and pride for this great nation. every day americans pledge their allegiance to the flag and the troops carry their flag as they defend the liberties which they stand and which represent this country, the united states of america. our flag day we remember -- on flag day we remember the importance of our oldest national symbols and reflect the loss of loved ones who have died in defense of this great nation. let us pledge allegiance to this flag to declare patriotism and raise its colors high to express our pride

larson, and the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. larslars mr. speaker, i ask -- mr. larsen: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extends their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. larsen: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. i rise today recognizing the numerous contributions of the recreational boating community and the boating industry to the continuing prosperity and affluence of the united states. this bipartisan resolution was introduced by representatives ron klein of florida and henry brown of south carolina, along with the could he chairs of the boating caucus,. house resolution 410 honors the 59 million boaters in the united states. as evidenced by the bipartisan co-sponsors to this resolution, american boaters span all across american boaters span all across the country, including my

that we recognize the gentle lady from wisconsin. >> thank you. one rather big question but i appreciate the chairman for asking the witness is to make this understandable for the viewing audience, and we had a discussion recently following the electrons and i actually like to pose a question on following the money. i ask anyone who wants to give to stay very brief primer on the economics of transmission. is there a guaranteed rate of return? how was that determine? who decides? and if so, what is the guaranteed rate of return for transmission? >> , baldwin, i will attempt that. i like to believe in rate base regulation and transmission is not first of all you have to understand transmission isn't a market item, it is an item that we have limited number of entities who are putting in transmission and it is under a rate based on cost scheme so they are authorized return on their investment and they have an opportunity to earn a return button to earn the return they have to manage their expenses and they have to manage their operations and efficie

secondly, the court might try to expand the as applied challenge in wisconsin to suggest that movies really have a different standard because, as justice scalia said, this isn't about willing listeners, willing speakers, the constitution protects that as sacrosanct, and the final out reach movies. the downside of that from those who want to regulate campaign finance, we will see a lot more movies like the hillary movie around election time. it is possible that this case could be used as a vehicle for overturning the decision. when we talk about the personnel of the court, it is important to understand it is different in important respects from justice o'connor and already seems to be much less sympathetic to campaign finance restrictions than justice o'connor. the context in which we might see a decision reversing mccain, another issue that came out of the oral argument is many of the justices became very uncomfortable when they realized the theory of the mcconnell case would allow the government to prevent even books, love alone fillms, from coming out before election, that undersco

. >> well, i can remember back, he was a kid from wisconsin that wasn't highly recruited, and. [ndiscernible ] recruited jason, and immedie impact. [ indiscernible ] >> he had the tommy john surgery. when he came after it, a lof times we talk in the major league, guys will throw better afterwards. can you compare him after as opposed to before? in your program? >> well, i only had him for oe year after he had the surgery, but before surgery, he had a really, really good arm. he pitched it in the 90, 92 range, and, but he had 3 pitcs for strike. the changeup was a work in progress, as most kids at that age. but he was very determined and obviously disappointed when it happened. but came back and threw well. and has done well in the orios organization. >> gary: luis castillo at the plate. 1-1 count. down low. kevin, i know that berken is somebody who likes to emphasize mechanics. i think you saw that in colle. is that fair to say? >> he always had a good arm. his arm action was always goo. he was a little over hand -- spun

service with no government mandate or government money. >> president obama travel to green bay, wisconsin, to put forward his health care program that includes a public insurance plan that would compete with private insurance. this is about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, to introduce the president reject laura. -- the president -- laura. [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is laura klitzka. 7 10 months ago my life changed when i found out i had staged three breast cancer at 43 years old. i had a fairly average life being a working mom with a husband and two young children. the diagnosis altered everything in my life. i often found myself unable to work. fortunately, my husband worked entered the insurance for our family. the insurance plan had high deductibles and out of pocket expenses. although we felt fortunate to have insurance, we soon found we were overcome with medical bills. we knew there was not an option to cancel any of my treatment and we just have to face the bills as they came and hope for the best to make our minimum monthly payments set up with each clinic. i continue

[applause] i want to thank all the tribal leaders of wisconsin who are with us here today. [applause] i want to a knowledge great leadership that you are getting in the united states senate from herb kohl and russ feingold, although they cannot be here with us today. give them a big round of applause. [applause] this is a town hall meeting, but if you do not mind, i want to make a few comments at the outset to frame the discussion, and then we will get to the fun part. you guys can bombard me with questions. as i said, i want to thank southwest high school for hosting us. i especially want to thank laura for sharing her story. it takes courage to do that, and it takes even more courage to battle a disease like cancer with such grace and determination. i know her family is here and they are working and fighting with her every inch of the way. her story is incredibly moving, but sadly, it is not unique. every day in this country, more and more americans are forced to worry about not just getting well, but whether they can afford to get well. millions more wonder if they can a

law at all, saying this actually doesn't turn out to be that kind of communication you said the wisconsin for life law, that the constitution will protect something unless it is a direct or a functional equivalent of an attempt to get you to vote for or against someone 60 days before an election. i'm not sure how plausible that is given what the film -- as i said, it says not a nice word for 90 minutes against mrs. clinton. secondly, i think the court might try to expand the as-applied challenge of wisconsin for life, and suggest that movies really have a different standard. as justice scalia said in oral argument, this is about willing listeners. they have to purchase the movie and willing speakers, and the constitution protects that as sack row sappingt sack row santh. the down side of that, we will see a lot more movies like the hillary movie around an election time. finally i think this case could be used as a vehicle for overturning the mcconnell decision. when we talk about the personnel of the court, justice alito, it is important to understand, is different in important respects f

to them, and we didn't have communications like we do today, so it want like you go to madison, wisconsin and pick up the telephone and call morovia in those days and that made it very tough but, you know, thank god we were able to succeed in that and they came out very well. >> yes, they did and you talk about pride, that is one proud thing that liberians, you hope they hold on to or you say africans, but i think we would spread that out, because we saw it a lot in the caribbean, too, i know my mother made the same sacrifices with extended families, where a lot of parents would go away to try to do better for their children, but you don't want liberia to lose that sense of extend family. >> no, that's part of our cultural values, that we must maintain that reaching out to others and everyone is a part of the same village, the same community. everyone is your mother and everyone has responsibilities to take care of someone else's children and i think that is a good thing, and i hope we don't lose i we should try to maintain it. [applause]. >> sure. [applause]. >> exactly. exactly. so, eve

the gentleman from wisconsin has 28 minutes remaining. >> mr. speaker, i believe that the chairman plans to close. he will be the last speaker on the side, so i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from california yield the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. >> i yield myself the balance of the time. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, as i knew if the beginning of the debate, the site and represents last year's leftover business. it is the last item of last year's leftover business. we have been mired in a war for over seven years. the president's previous to this one has continually minimize the cost of that war by financing it on the installment 10. instead of providing a full estimate of the yearly cost to the war, he would ask to fund that war in six-month increments, and when he left office, there was still 16-month increments left to go that was not yet -- still one six-month increments left to go that was not yet paid for, so this bill today in the process of supporting the president of the poli

i spent eight spent a few weeks teaching in wisconsin and i had a marvelous time i love the people there a great deal. but a storyteller, my example i can cite is if you and i, my wife was in a restaurant, a fast-food place in wisconsin. and there is a couple sitting at the table and another couple came in and here is the conversation. >> i see you can mounted dinners and i guess we that we would the mounted dinners and i guess it is good to come down to dinner last night was not a good night to come out to dinner. >> snow was on the ground. >> new-line would not want to come out to dinner either. >> if we were in mississippi it would then you came down to dinner tonight? i had to because she started getting on be about the cap negative and i could not get off of it and by the way did you hear what herald said over there? the story is going and it is the way we learn to talk and present things. so i am talking about the plane's style. when i was teaching the students would think we have to get rid of this guy. he just can't keep up which is probably true. what i am saying is that in amer

i also wanted a diversity so i want a devil's tower in wisconsin. i had a devil's tower box. well, he went to the big horns out in montana and wisconsin when he was a young man -- and wyoming when he was a young man, so i think in terms of -- maybe more than most humans, i think in terms of geographical place, i'm terribly influenced by my environment where i'm at. the places i went to are the ones i wanted to write about. i want everything i can get. the painted desert or on the petrified forest. roosevelt saved the petrified forest national park in arizona. >> so you're finished with your manuscript. how do you ensure it's accurate? >> hard. it's always the thing you worry about the most. i get ill that if you're going to have a mistake in your book, and you're bound to, somebody will e-mail you or write you a letter, usually nice, and you say i'm going correct it in the next edition. but addition that willly, like in this manuscript, i sent chapters to all the people in the parks that helped me. >> mark madison -- >> i sent him the entire manuscript here because he's deali

from wisconsin or they may frontal boundary alabama or georgia or wherever.hey can own a piece of that and what we're looking for is a way in which we can generate that power through renewables in the most efficient way possible no matter where it's located. we should be looking at the most cost effective way in which we can do that. >> just as we know that certain wind corridors exist that can provide us with a great amount of production with wind energy throughout the great plain, not every farm is the same. not every state is the same, that we also have got to make sure when we locate that kind of generation in those areas that we can move that power out of those regions. so we need an effective transmission to do it and we also have to be very aware of the fact, and it's been our experience that bottom-up planning works the best so you need local, regionaling and you need local folks to decide what's the best way to move forward on this. so that's the principle that we need to adhere to, the bottom up from the top down as far as planning the transmission

the chair recognizes the gentlelady from wisconsin. >> thank you mr. chairman. when i hear the discussions about connecting with generation through transmission to load centers on the east coast, i sort of feel like wisconsin could become a state that has an extension cord running through it. maybe i should use the swimming pool analogy instead, but that is the image that it conjures up for me, and i worry that if disincentivize is distributed generation and as i ponder in my opening statement earlier this forning, how we propose to pay

the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. obey: does the gentleman have only one remaining speaker? ok. thank you. then i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. obey: madam speaker, i had not wanted to take a lot of time here today, but i am moved to take a couple of minutes to respond to a couple of things i heard on the floor today. we heard several lectures about the president's fiscal policy and his economic policy and his international economic policy. i find it kind of difficult to find economic lectures from the same folks who have driven this country's economy into the ditch. the president has inherited a very dicey situation. both internationally and domestically. it is always hard in life to clean up other people's messes. it is especially hard to do that when you have the responsibilities as heavy as those that weigh on the shoulders of the president of the united states. i don't understand why he should be expected to take lectures from the people who hel

now, in other places, green bay and appleton and many communities through the wisconsin and michigan, the average public school is actually doing a reasonably good job. but can i still say even if you factor out the urban schools, we are falling behind when it comes to math. our kids are falling behind when it comes to science. we have kind of settled into immediate okity when we compare ourselves -- mediocrity when we compare ourselves to other advanced countries and wealthy countries. that's a problem. because the reason that america over the last 100 years has consistently been the wealthiest nation is because we've also been the most educated nation. it used to be by a pretty sizeable factor we had the highest high school graduation rates, we had the highest college graduation rates, we had the highest number of ph.d.'s, the highest number of engineers and scientists. we used to be head and shoulders above other countries when it came to aren't anymore. we're sort of in the middle of the pack now among wealthy advanced industrialized countries. so even with the good schools, we've

bloom, last week, it was announced that general motors plant in jamesville, wisconsin was one of three plants in the running to make small cars and if that occurred, 1400 workers would be put back to work. is the auto task force working with general motors and the department of energy to help retool that plant in jamesville? >> what we are doing, sir, is trying to ensure that general motors has a fair process where the three communities have a chance to have an open dialogue with it where they make -- where they make a fair and reasoned decision and are transparent with folks about the way they're doing it. but we are not insisting that general motors locate that factory in jamesville any more than we are in the other potential locations. as i said in reference to i think a question of senator brown's, we are insisting that the company be forthright and that it deal fairly with jamesville as well as the other facilities, but we're not intervening and insisting that jamesville or any other place get any special consideration. >> thank you. mr. bloom, as you know, there have been verific

, co-ops from wisconsin or maybe from alabama were georgia or wherever. they can own a piece of that, and what we are looking for is a way in which we can generate that powered through renewables and the most efficient way possible no matter where it is located. we should be looking for the most cost-effective way we can do that. and just as we know that certain wind corridors exist that will provide us with a great amount of production of wind energy throughout the great plains nada free form is the same, not every state is the same that we also then have got to make sure when we locate that kind of generation in the areas that we can move the power out of the region's swedish system to do it but also i think have to be very aware of the fact and it has been our experience bottom-up planning works the best. so you need local regional planning. local folks putting the plan together to determine what is the best way to move forward and so that is the principle i think we need to adhere to, bottom-up rather than top-down as far as planning the chance missio

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for five minutes. mr. obey: i thank the gentleman for the time. mr. speaker, i want to rise to express my concern about the ability of this house to get its crucial work done under the circumstances in which we're operating. as i think every member of the house understands, president obama inherited an economic crisis and a foreign policy mess. and so the congress first had to turn our attention to dealing with that economic crisis. and we finally got that out of the way in the form of the recovery act. we then had to finish all of last year's domestic appropriation bills, which took a considerable amount of time. and then we had to turn to the supplemental appropriation bill, which we will be debating later today to finish funding the middle eastern war efforts for the remainder of the fiscal year, because the previous administration had a practice of only asking for funding for that endeavor six months at a time. and now we are trying to bring up the first of 12 appropriation bills and in order to stay o

i love the people of wisconsin a great deal. but as storytellers, there perhaps a bit shy. by example that i did say is this,