the former manager of the new york yankees. he had a dream in which the devil found him -- took into a baseball game. joe mccarthy was in heaven. he said, i do not why you are challenging me. my team is going to be baby ruth, thomas wagner -- for those of you who re young, these are famous players of the joe mccarthy era. it could be a rod -- a-rod for you guys. [laughter] he said, i will have all of these players. what is the point? he said, you have the players, but i have the umpires. [laughter] in a nutshell, that is my point today. if you look at the topic today, constitution, congress, and the courts -- i want to talk about the linear relationship between these entities. the constitution is written in very broad language about very broad principles that were intended toendure for -- to endure for a long time and to be applicable to a nation that the framers knew would emerge, but they did not know in what form. that is why the most important part of the constitution are written in broad and sweeping language. one thing we

[applause] derek jeter was not born playing shortstop for the yankees.ars of effort. i am surprised he does not still have blisters and i do not have the blisters on my hand from hitting ground balls. thomas edison tested more than 6000 different materials for just one tiny part of the light bulb that he invented. think about that. 6000 tests. trekkie rawlings -- j.k. rowlings' books were rejected many times more for their finally published. i understand your basketball team did pretty good. state champion for the first time in 59 years. that did not happen by accident. they put in work and effort. so today, you have a rare and valuable chance to pursue your own passion, chase your own dreams without a mountain of incredible debt. what an incredible gift. so you have no excuse for giving anything less than your best effort. [applause] no excuses. that is my second piece of advice -- don't make excuses. take responsibility not just for your successes, take responsibility where you fall short as well. the truth is, no matter how hard you work, you're not w

[laughter] spirit as you on the red sox-yankees games last about four and half hours that i will not take all the time here. for those of you who know my dear home state, we believe devoutly in political participation. the late mary mcquarrie, great columnist from the "washington post" and before that he washington star, once said that every baby born in massachusetts is born with a campaign managers gene. we like policy so much that kids used to put up her stickers on their bikes here now, this does not always match with honest government. i think there is a lesson here, that we should not always pretend that participation automatically leads to honesty. we used to joke in massachusetts that there were politicians whose election slogan, whether explicit or implicit was on a state is no substitute for experience. [laughter] >> and i have always loved the story of the gentlemen in springfield 70 miles to boston who was writing his will, and said that, in a cohesive normal things in will entities if you want to be buried in a cemetery 70 miles from where he lived it and it turned out t

social progress is a fight, much like our red sox-yankees game -- a red sox-yankees game. if there is no struggle, there is no progress. so then, so today. as for communist, and the delegates here, we will be in the mix, building people's confidence that victory is possible, fighting for unity, keeping the focus on the right wing and the corporate criminals, bringing our views to a growing audience, and staying in tune with the thinking of the american people. but thinking and the mood of the american people -- but thinking and the mood of the american people -- the thinking and the mood of the american people is important as far as broad action is concerned. we should not make the mistake of informing what we think as necessarily what the american people think and are ready to fight for. at the same time, we must appreciate that what people fight for is not static. it is not stop in stone. what energizes people today can easily give way to something more radical tomorrow. one poll said that growing numbers of young people are gravitating towards socialism, at least as the

well as for several other major league teams, including houston astros, chicago cubs and new york % yankees. duane begannhis career as a sports reporter while a student at southern illinois university. and at the time, began -- became the youngest active broadcaster when he began calling major league games in 1976. remarkaaly, he has called six no-hitters. wade boggs 3,000 base hit. among many accomplishments of an outstanding broaddasting career, duane's tats has been honored as baseball's all-time top 101 broaddasters by arthur kirk smith. aside from calling rays games, duane and his wife karla are pillars of the tampa bay community, supporting the veterans and quantum leap farms, a therapeutic recreation alpha silt for our wounded warriors and disabled adults. again, i congratulate duane on the occasion of his 5,000th major league baseball broadcast. many more rays' wwns. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. defazio of oregon.%% mr. grayson of florida. mr. gohmert of texas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. carter, is ecognized f

the former manager of the new york yankees. he had a dream in which the devil found him -- took into a baseball game. joe mccarthy was in heaven. he said, i do not why you are challenging me. my team is going to be baby ruth, thomas wagner -- for those of you who re young, these are famous players of the joe mccarthy era. it could be a rod -- a-rod for you guys. [laughter] he said, i will have all of these players. what is the point? he said, you have the players, but i have the umpires [laughter] in a nutshell, that is my point today. if you look at the topic today, constitution, congress, and the courts - i want to talk about the linear relationship between these entities. the constitution is written in very broad language about very broad principles that we intended toendure for -- to endure for a long time and to be applicable to a nation that the framers knew would emerge, but they did not know in what form. that is why the most important part of the constitution are written in broad and sweeping language. one thing we kno

[applause] no, not the satanic senator but the former manager of the new york yankees. he had this dream in which the devil challenged him to a baseball game. joe mccarthy was in heaven and looks around and he says, "my team is going to be babe ruth, thomas wagner." for those of you who are young, these are all famous players from the joe mccarthy era. it would be a-rod for you. what is the point of this game? the devil says yes, you have the players but i have the umpires. [laughter] that is in a nutshell my point. if you look at the comments, and is the constitution, the converse, and the courts. look at the relationship between these three entities. the constitution is written in very road language about very broad principles that were intended to endure for a long period time and to be applicable for a nation that the framers knew would emerge but they did not know in what form. but that isswhere the most important parts of the constitution are written in broad, sweeping language. one thing we do know is that at the second framing it in the reconstruction when they