. >> one more on zimbabwe. amnesty international put out a statement today in which they said the new government is not doing enough to curb human rights abuses. you have any comment on the report in particular? and following the meetings, is there any indication at all that you might be reconsidering your current stand on substantial aid packages to zimbabwe? >> we did provide some assistance during prime minister 's visit last week. there is must be done for the respect of human rights and human law. we're telling our assistance to the people of zimbabwe directly. we're fostering genuine change in zimbabwe. last one. >> [unintelligible] what will be the expectations for such a visit? >> i will defer to the secretary-general. hos[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> every weekend, but tv has the -- "book tv." from the garden of eden to today, eduardo galeano recounts the history of the world's recollection of 600 short stories. he ta

several colleagues at an important foreign affairs committee meeting with prime minister morgueian of zimbabwe. it was an extraordinary opportunity to discuss zimbabwe's progress towards democracy and a way from dictatorship. its problems with hyper inflation and multiple health crises, including cholera, and to obtain a fuller understanding what additional steps the united states can take right now to help. that meeting, however, occurred at precisely the same time that the house considered h.res. 529, a resolution condemning the june 10 violent attack on the holocaust memorial museum, a despicable anti-is he met eck act that killed officer stephen tyrone johns, and so eloquently articulated by so many of my colleagues yesterday during that debate, we a lule officer johns for his bravery and his courage and extend our deepest condolences to his family. i rise today not only to express my support for h.res. 529, but also thank my good friend and colleague, mr. klein, for introducing it and including me as a co-sponsor. mr. speaker, the holocaust memorial museum is a noble and vitally necessary

of course zimbabwe was great.hey were serving sort of their clientele and, you know, if you're getting free labor or cheap labor from indigenous africans, things can work well for you. is your charging a hot tax on land that you basically stolen and charging africans a hot tax things will work out pretty well for your. you can charge predatory loans, which is crazy interest rates, things work out well for your. this is the point i tried to make is that obviously just from a mathematical standpoint, selling more of your goods abroad is a great thing, it's a wonderful thing. no one would ever argue about that. the question is how do you get to that point. how are you able to sell more of your stuff abroad. how do you, in other words, how do you make the terms of trade work for you. and that's the question i try to answer in this book. and the real problem

caller: i saw no one raising a big fuss about the corrupt government in zimbabwe. we did not even talk about this. now the nation is talking about what we should be doing and what we should not be doing. a corrupt election is a corrupt election everywhere. and that is all i have to say. host: our independent line. acaller: i want to talk about art u.s. involvement -- cause i want to talk of the u.s. involvement in this. i really do not think this is cia-orchestrated. i think at the end of the day, i am at it glad -- i am a big glt glad, because i think ahmadinejad winning this election is going to be good. host: we had a you were telling us about iran taking a hard stance against foreign media. they are restricting all foreign journalists from covering on the street. it blocks images and eye witness descriptions of the protests and violence that has disputed last week postelection. -- last week's election. it comes as foreign reporters began leaving the country new orleans, on a republican line. -- new orleans, on a republican line. caller: -- host: we're talking a

program allows eligibility for countries like iran, venezuela, zimbabwe, burma, and others. and that these countries, mr. speaker, are not necessarily in pursuit of policies that help the national security of this country and given the fact that our president has said, we don't have the money, how is it, mr. speaker, and i'd ask the gentleman, does he think that we ought to be delaying the funding of our troops by including the provisions that we just spoke of? i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the gentleman's premise is incorrect. none of us on this side think we ought to delay this bill. none of us. we believe that the troops need the funds. our president has asked for the funds. we are for passing those funds. very frankly in the senate as you know they add add lot of extraneous matters. -- added a lot of extraneous matters. some republicans added extraneous matters we are not happy about on this side of the aisle. large sums of money which have nothing to do with the troops. they were added because those members of the senate who happen to be very h

yemen, syria, and zimbabwe. let us get all of the facts out there and not just part of them. the yield back the balance of my time. >> 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 inc

when darfur, burma is in chains, zimbabwe is in agony. the mortal thread of poverty, hunger, ill litssy, disease and warrant. so there are dreams of liberation still to be realized, commitments still too be redeemed. vows to the dead still to be kept. so we must be as if liberators for our day and our generation, too. today we are only halfway to honoring the pledges we made for a new world. we are only halfway away from these beaches to the shining future that truly global society to which they open the way. the beacon of hope that was lit with the liberation of europe must now lead us on. on to a world free of the danger of nuclear weapons, with all asshuring the mutual security of each against terror and war. lead us on to a world finally delivers from the evil of poverty and the sin of prejudice where intolerance is never tolerated, where no one suffers persecution or discrimination on grounds of race, or faith or differences of identity and nationality. the new world we reach for is not preordained or predetermined. just as victory a

you can look at examples around the world when you have huge inflation rates in half zimbabwe, suggests 1 million%. it creates other problems. that is why there is this policy. fed governors in washington each have 14-year terms. the comptroller general has a 15-year term and federal does have a lifetime appointment. but the fed is given the long- term outlook to have a dependency needs to make tough decisions about interest rates that affect inflation. keeping inflation stable is very important. auditing the fed could encroach on that. there are some limitations on auditing of the foreign holdings kept in the fed, foreign central banks to keep their holdings there. they are watching closely what happens. outside the u.s. they are concerned that if there is much interference from political authorities that their holdings could be devalued in put at risk. host: from north carolina we have nancy on the the republican line. welcome. caller: good morning, one of my questions was answered earlier concerning ron paul who i back 100%. guest: i am sorry? caller: have they [unintelligible] finan

the prpresident meets with the president of zimbabwe today. in iran, it is election day. voters in that country are electing a president. on this friday, june 12, our question is on the fda regulating tobacco products. you can call us at 202-737-0001 for republicans. beeline for democrats, 202-737- 0002 -- the line for democrats, 202-737-0002. and for independents, 202-628- 0205. good morning to taking a look at the headlines today, "the richmond times dispatch," " senate approves federal regulation of tobacco. a big story in virginia, a strong tobacco state. from the "houston chronicle," "landmark tobacco bill." in "the wall street journal," "companies are weighing the impact of the bill, which they say also puts severe restrictions on advertising and packaging. those limits couldn't do business plans based on smokeless tobacco products. they're fighting to derail the legislation." first call this morning comes from the democrats' line from kansas city, missouri. tony, good morning. seagucaller: good morning. my friend died of cancer, smoking for seven years. he was so s

whatever people are learning in zimbabwe about wildlife protection or in australia, it is born out of roosevelt's presidency, the sensible and wildlife protection. >> how often in your research for this book did you go away from either a conversation or place and say, boy, they have not been doing their job? >> on the ground, you mean? >> did you ever get irritated by the attitude that somebody had in research or one of these federal agencies that keep all the stuff in libraries the what kind of mark do you give them?

. >> india of united states might be preparing to ease its policy because of the aid to zimbabwe? >> i do not have my book on that, so come back to us. >> we will leave the last couple of minutes for a live news coverage from london. british prime minister gordon brown announced cabinet changes today. we expect to hear more about that on tonight's addition on bbc news night. >> after disasters, is a certainty that monday's election results will pile on the misery for labor. in the past 24 hours, seven ministers has resigned precipitating a hasty reshuffle which appeared to shore up gordon brown's position. caroline dropped a depth charge of her own. her accusation a gordon brown uses women in government as little more than window dressing could prove to be buried and drink -- damaging. gordon brown learned from his late father to always be honest. yesterday's alexian news is continuing to pour and it -- to pour in. in a general election, the projected share of the votes would put labor at a historic low of 23%. pushed into third place by the liberal democrats. >> this was a 24-hou

there is in fact no circumstance under which i would like to be a citizen of north korea, zimbabwe, venezuela, cuba or russia. i am a citizen -- [cheers and applause] >> i am a citizen of the united states of america. and the rest of this speech is about the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> america is an unique civilization. calista and i a couple of years ago did a movie called "rediscoverying god in america" which ises a walking tour of this city. we did it deliberately. it was our answer to the ninth circuit of court which is in fact irrationally out of touch with this country and irragly ruled that one nation under god was unconstitutional, grounds for my thought we should abolish the court and -- thomas jefferson eliminated 18 out of 35 federal judges, over one half of all federal judges. i am merely proposing one court of appeals. i am a moderate on this issue. [applause] >> but the core of this is a very historic straightforward debate. it's not a theological debate, it's not a religious debate despite every effort of the elite media and every effort of the left to di

so whatever people are learning in zimbabwe about wildlife protection or in australia, it's borne out of ruse roosevelt's presidency, this sense of global wildlife protection. >> how often in your research for this book did you go away from a conversation or a place and say, boy, they haven't been doing their job. >> on the ground, you mean? >> i mean, did you ever get irritated by the attitude that somebody had in research or one of these federal agencies that keep all the stuff or libraries? or do you think -- do you -- what kind of mark do you give them? >> i give them an a across the board on being open. not that many people are writing about the history of wildlife protection or the history of conservation, as you might think. for me to come in having written a number of books and say, i'm interested in your collection. a little less so at yellow stone or yosemite because they've been written about a lot. if you go to crater lake, crater lake national park, every american should go to crater lake in oregon. spectacular. the most dazzling blue color lake in that whole region of so

from zimbabwe, from ueganda, from burma to north korea. in fact, the united nations development program had to pull out of north korea after reports emerged that development aid was by diverted to the north korean dictatorship. now, unbelieveably, undp is returning to north korea with essentially no meaningful protections to prevent u.s. taxpayer dollars from again benefiting kim junge ill and his corrupt cronies. our -- kim jong il and his corrupt cronies. we have a collection agencies to retrieve over $7 million in u.s. taxpayer dollars mismanaged by undp in afghanistan. we might never know about undp's corruption and mismanagement without the help of brave whistleblowers. unfortunately, whistleblowers have few protections at the u.n. and the undp has reportedly retaliated against the number of them, including the one who exposed their operations in north korea. mr. chairman, this bill should do more in safeguarding our constituents' hard-earned dollars. nowhere which u.n. failures, which undermine u.s. interests, are clearer than with r

this with special drawing rights are people who are not our friends, venezuela, iran, yemen, syria, zimbabwe and burma. i would never admonish the majority leader because he's a great man, but let's get the facts out there and not just part of them. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pence: ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the distinguished ranking member of the appropriations committee for yielding. i rise in reluctant opposition to the military supplemental bill that's before the congress today. i was pleased to join many of my democratic colleagues in supporting the bipartisan military supplemental bill that passed this house earlier in this congress. it seems to me when it co

member country may apply for these loans, iran, venezuela, zimbabwe and burma are all eligible. therefore, state sponsors of terrorism can receive american taxpayer money under the democrats' proposal. "the new york times" reported on may 27 that hezbollah is in talks with the ifrlt m.f. about -- i.m.f. about continuing loans to lebanon if they win an election. therefore, a terrorist organization could receive american taxpayer dollars under the democrats' proposal. to loan the i.m.f. $108 billion america will have to get a loan from a country like china. this will put america further into debt, a cost that will be paid by our children and grandchildren, a point pointed out by my colleague from indiana. also, according to the center for economic policy and research, american taxpayers will actually lose money by loaning it to the i.m.f. while countries like china, russia, brazil and india have announced they will not participate in loans, the democrats are asking americans to support this. . finally the american taxpayers are sick of bailouts in their own country. how can democr

zimbabwe did not be there. and farkas don't work but when embargoes do to is the cause your country as much damage as the country yum vargo. what these people are proposing with trying to punish these countries, what they are proposing is that we don't want to rely on these bad people because they might cut us off, so what do we do in exchange for the threat that they might cut us off? we cut ourselves off. it does that make sense to you? it is like a guy at 24 realizing some day he is going to die and he was so upset he shot himself. it is guaranteed that solution is worse than the actual problem. you know, using the bhagwati theorem, we have ways of dealing with that government. very simply we have the bully pulpit. the president can go up there-- that doesn't work we have got another department which deals with that. it is called the state department. we have that the shays and all these sorts of things. if that does not work, we have a big one. it is a defense department. weech issued them. you never use tr

it does not make cuba like this better and it does not make zimbabwe work better. >> if we engage in offshore drilling, 4250% of our oil from countries that don't like us to taking 30% of our oil from countries who don't like is, what is wrong with that? >> nothing is wrong with that but we don't want to be energy independence as a policy. we want to buy the cheapest energy and use it in the most efficient way for goeth in fact the middle east, if we can produce a cheaper than they can, that is great, that is comparative advantage. that is why don't ever use the argument of energy independence when i support nuclear power because it is usually a false argument for the right policy. go ahead steve. >> the related point on this is that, with respect to what is going on with this administration, with solar and wind and renewable energy. i find this to be one of the most massive malinvestment we are going to make it the nation. when you look at solar and wind, most americans that no idea where they get their electricity from. when u.s. people, you just did something in his pocket and the

throughout history dictators like zimbabwe's mugabe have used water as a weapon to starve their enemies of water. but what we've never seen in history is the democracy starving its own people of water. mr. speaker, my constituents are not enemies of the state. quite honestly, offering this amendment today is the worst of all options. but because of the actions of this democrat majority, i have in -- i had no other choice. they have refused to allow debate on this issue or even a vote on a bill that would end this crisis for good. this amendment is a small step in a long process that must be made to build a case that this congress has failed its constitutional duties to provide for the general welfare of its citizens. and, mr. speaker, unfortunately this is a bipartisan amendment, i would urge support of this amendment. my colleagues, mr. cardoza and mr. costa, have been very helpful in drafting this amendment. so i hope that the congress will adopt and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia, for what