in the south florida, they closed 17 transfusion facilities. five of the 17 were pizza parlors. nobody understands how bad these governments are, how incompetent they are, how flawed they are, and how many crooks there are who are living off your tax money and running up your debt one of providing you a penny in service. there are a lot of places to find the money for tax cuts and work back to a balanced budget. real growth is more than taxes. a come through real incurs before the private-sector combined with real reform of government bureaucracies. [applause] beyond tax policy, we need an american energy policy. we need a policy that emphasizes energy and america and recognizes. in north dakota, the estimate has gone up by 25 fold, 2500%, the amount of oil available. natural gas has produced a 100 years' supply of national-. we have three times the reserves of saudi arabia. brazil proved that you can go offshore, and they have gone from 10 billion barrels reserve to 90 billion barrels of reserves in the atlantic. kohl on the planet -- we have the largest supply of coal in the p

in the florida, we have white coat it. all the men and women come in their lab coats and walked into the state capital. you guys are uniquely good at having, i think, impact against legislators. here is the trouble. it can get very hard. you're paid by the hour. it is very, very hard. you have your own tough times to have people to take a day or two off to go to the state capital. it hurts patient responsibilities and others. when it has been done in pennsylvania and florida and other states, the legislators say it was very powerful. there were up 2000 physicians there on that day. again, you are here. you're sitting all day in the room with no windows. i know you folks personally have made that commitment, but again, i want to in my thoughts with what i have said. we're at this once in a generation window. this is a unique time where there is an enormous amount of state. -- the enormous amounts at stake. i was opposed and i did a lot of work against the clinton plan. i never ever presumed that i thought it was a bad plan.

. >> the gentleman from florida for two minutes. is he here? we will hold off then. let me go to the gentleman from texas, mr. neugebauer. >> we have formed taxpayer support in cities and that is what the american people were in price to be shareholders in companies in many cases they wouldn't have invested on their own but unfortunately that marriage was made, and i would guarantee if you think the marriage isn't working very well we until you see the divorce as we try to unravel but it looks like we are moving in the direction of increasing the consequences of th

. >> the gentleman from florida. >> thank you mr. chairman. i am still trying to figure out what would make some of the compensation boards or committees recommend the incredibly high compensation that they did, when it was clear the ship was on the rocks and it was going down. how did the compensation laws that we have no, if they do, how did they affect guess between safe nco of the company and members of the compensation board? >> thank you. the sec's rules of quite a bit of requirement with regard to disclosure about conflicts between members of the compensation committee and other executives of the company. in fact, it is a new york stock exchange, a listing requirement that today members have to be independent and those rules are quite extensive. i think what you are hearing from my colleagues on the recommendations that were made yesterday is to increase the dependence beyond what they currently are today to restrict also the connections between compensation committee members and the board so i think we look at heightened compensation b

host: republican line, florida. caller: hopefully you give me as much time as you gave that iranian. i do not want to mess with our medicare. taking this money from the 50 million illegals in this country, we are all going to be paying for their health care. people on medicare will die because we will not have the coverage that we need. obama will have this country as a third world country in about six months. host: is that it? caller: i would like your comment about all this health insurance that we're going to give to the illegals. guest: i am a bit more optimistic about the fate of the country, i do not think it we will wind up being a third world country. i know that the goal here is not to reduce the quality of care. it is to improve the quality of care and do it more efficiently. we are a very efficient country when it comes to the provision of health care. there are a lot of treatments provided that are not always the best. that is why the administration wants to make investments in to comparative analyses on

host: republicans on the line from florida. caller: i have a couple of things i want to address. one of them is i believe that if he wants the respect from the rest of the world, he needs to stand strong on to his beliefs, stop giving in. israel head given in to every whim of every president and they have gotten nothing back. they gave up gaza unilaterally. they have terrorists on their border. what would united states do if they had rockets flying every day, day after day where they have to build underground schools and everything? that is number one. everything they have ever given the central palestinians -- i'm a little nervous. there is no such thing as a palestinian. it was palestine a long time ago. [inaudible] was a palestinian. anyone that lived there was a palestinian. these people are egyptians and jordanians. they no longer know how to live in peace. host: we will leave it, there ma' ma'am. guest: the debate over whether they're palestinian people or not. it is over the fact they want to live in peace in the region and they have to move forward with the peace process.

florida real estate attorney cheri ollenson on the housing project and where it is headed. afterwards, how do you run for congress with $7,000 and your sixth grade students managing the campaign. ms. kayhill gave it a shot. he's interviewed by eleanor holmes norton. look for our schedules online at www.booktv.org. >> people like books. it is a sticky medium. you have seen it be sticky since about the 15th, 16th centuries. >> on the communicators, owner of random house on how the industry is changing. >> when you read something great. you want it to be an heirloom product for you personally. with digital media, it is harder for that to be true. you can't be proud of a bookshelf that is a memory stick. >> the future of publishing, monday night on the communicators on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we have the chief analyst for international piece and also the international crisis group here. guest: i want to proface by comments by saying i used to be with the international crisis group, but now i'm in washington. ahmadinejad gave a victory speech yesterday.

host: you wrote foreign policy in june with the title why iran 2009 can be like florida 2000. there is a long recount to the ballots. it sounds to me like hanini will come out, say this is the decision, let's move on. guest: i think that is the fear. hamini. he is the equivalent of the supreme court justice, he has a dog in the fight. that dog is ahmadinejad. if we indeed have the overwhelming majority of the popular vote and people feel incensed, that they were robbed, cheated, that this was a stolen election. some political capital will have to be used. i have to point out, the supreme leader's adversary, the political rival over the past two or three decades, who not long ago was must considered more powerful than himself. he's in the opposition as well. this is a unique situation that we haven't seen in iran in the past few decades of the revolutionaries being divided among themselves. host: about five more minutes with our guest. miami, john on the line with the republicans. caller: thanks for taking my call. i wanted to make a quick observation. it is ironic, about 30 ye

the gentleman from florida. mr. bilirakis: thank you. i rise in strong -- first of all, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bilirakis: i rise in strong support of this legislation. the united states has committed over $30 billion in assistance to afghanistan since 2001, and with the president's stated intention to increase the size and scope of our efforts there, it is necessary that we provide all of our inspector generals operating in afghanistan the authorities and resources necessary to mitigate fraud, waste and abuse in these programs. however, the office of the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, or sigar, currently lacks such authorities and resources. despite its establishment nearly one year ago, sigar officials have poorly had difficulty hiring qualified individuals for this unique and challenging assignment, and that the staffing shortfall has contributed to the lack of independent audits or investigations by the office thus far. this legisl

the gentleman from florida. mr. bilirakis: mr. speaker, i yield to the ranking member, mr. king from new york, as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york, mr. king, is recognized. mr. king: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from florida for yielding and at the outset let me thank chairman berman and ranking member ros-lehtinen for the support they've given me on this resolution and for bringing to to the house floor. also, let me thank my colleague from new york, mr. meeks, for being the prime co-sponsor of the bill and for his support in pushing it forward. of course, mr. faleomavaega, who does a truly outstanding job as chairman of the subcommittee. i want to thank him as well. mr. speaker, when i first introduced this resolution back in march, it was clear then obviously that korea was a major threat to world stability and a major threat to the national security of the united states and, of course, also to its asian neighbors. well, since then the situation has only gott

we could black out florida. so we ultimately need to look at how to strengthen the entire interconnect, so that all the regions can meet the renewable goals and can do it with their local renewable resources and distant renewable resources, if necessary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. halvey, i certainly appreciate your work toward the western region. i understand that your desire do streamline the permitting process, do you have any specific recommendations along those lines? >> yes, i think a couple of recommendations. one, because of the work that we're doing, with regard to western renewable energy zones projects, it will become clear quickly which areas are the most desirable, the richest and the most developable renewable resource zones. given that identification, we think there's the opportunity to prioritize those areas, where they exist, in concert with federal lands. we believe there should be a priority given to the permitting in those areas. same thing with the transmission lines that would be neces

the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. bilirakis: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bilirakis: i rise in support of this resolution which gives long overdue recognition to the accomplishments of sumo champion takamiyama daigoro, who won japan's top division championship in 1972. this native son of hawaii, also known as jesse kuhaulua, was the first foreigner to achieve this distinction since competitive sumo tournaments first appeared in the 16th century. athletes have long been recognized as good will ambassadors who can often promote international understanding more effectively than professional diplomats. two years ago, for example, former secretary of state couldn't pleasea rice named baseball legend cal ripken jr. as good will ambassador to spread the will of diplomacy. mr. daigoro, who retires at the age of 65, spent 3 1/2 decades using his athletic skills promoting understanding and friendship between the people of the united states and the people of j

that what florida power and light and hopefully the southern company, is do in florida to generate renewable electricity could cause reliability problems up in new england. how do we resolve that issue? >> thank you, mr. chairman. the engineering issue that the chairman refers to is really one of the size of the transmission and the associated capacity being put onto the transmission network in the region. so for example, if as commissioner azar was referring to, you have a 765-kv line -- >> you know, can you imagine the audience right now? trying to -- okay. what is that? can you, what is that? >> if you have a really extra high-voltage line dropping a lot of -- >> what does that -- dropping? what does that mean? >> when a transmission line interconnects or hooks up with the transmission system in new england, it looks like a generating facility. so if you have a really high-voltage line, it looks like a really big power plant. >> so when people are riding down the street or out in the highway and they look off and they see something, explain to them in those terms, just so they can underst

i also want to thank congressman rooney for being the lead sponsor here, the gentleman from florida. in closing i again urge my colleagues to join me in hong lieutenant commander roy boehm for his good work through the passage of h.r. 2470 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2470. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- mr. bilbray: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rise? mr. bilbray: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or o

speaker, i thank representative putnam of florida for introducing this legislation and i once again express my support for this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from washington. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 780, the student internet safety act of 2009, which was introduced by my friend and colleague, representative adam putnam. this bill will allow local education agencies that receive federal funds under the safe and drug free schools grants program and education technology states grants program to spend those dollars on implementing programs that promote the safe use of the internet by students. this important bill would allow school districts to use federal funds to educate their students about appropriate, online behavior. including interacting with individuals on social net

host: florida, on a republican line. you are next. caller: i don't favor taxing health care benefits. the government needs to look at quake -- quit paying so much for medicare and medicare -- medicaid patients. medicaid pays to put a $6,000 bed in your house. it just has to stop. it would just break everything economically in the united states. host: pennsylvania, on the independent line. welcome. caller: i agree with a single payer health care system. i have a friend with two little kids, and they are afraid that their insurance will top out and they will be bankrupt. it is a moral issue and a security issue for the country, i think. host: alabama is next on the democrat line. caller: i think the single payer would be a lot better. small business would boom because they would not have to worry about insurance. just pay it through the taxes. right now we are losing out. we have to compete against countries who have -- like bmw, in germany, they don't have to pay health-care benefits, and it works. look at the people in canada, they ar

florida, good morning. what are your thoughts on taxing employee health benefits? caller: good morning. i strongly disagree. what happened to obama saying on cut taxes? that is just a lie. i like my health-care, just leave it alone. i don't want single payer. what does that mean? that the government will take it over? who will pay for it? host: who is your provider? caller: united healthcare. we really like it. host: what do you pay a month? caller: about $800 a month. host: she pays 800 or her employer? caller: if i get a prescription filled, i don't pay anything. if i go to the doctor, i don't pay anything. it is well worth it. it is real good. host: things for your input. this from a viewer. a payroll tax is fairer. it makes small companies pay with a part-time or temporary. i want to show you the comments of former michigan -- massachusetts gov. mitt romney on the talk shows yesterday, talking about health care reform. >> if there is a public auction, should republicans reject it? >> of course they should. republicans recognize that we have problems in health c

host: of florida, good morning to michael on the independent line. are you there? caller: thank you for c-span for taking the call. my question to you, could you, when we talk about economic stimulus by governments -- my understanding is that to pay for the stimulus, the u.s. government is in essence borrowed a tremendous amount of money from china. and my question is, when you talk about stimulus, whether from the european economy, where are these governments who are endeavoring to stimulate their economy -- i understand even china is trying to stimulate its economy, where are big giving resources, the capital to dump all this money into the economy? guest: at a very good question. we are, in fact, although deeply indebted to the chinese from overly indebted and will continue to be in some time, we are in fact the most recent month barring more and more from the american people. the american people have begun to save at a level they have not in decades. so there is more money for the u.s. government to bar from the americans -- host: treasury bonds? guest: things

tampa, florida. john on the independent mind. caller: of one to make it, that everybody has the absolute right to choose the airline they fly on but a lot of people will buy a ticket on continental and delta and all of a sudden you are flying regional jets. host: and that his, you don't have a choice. what a cut you just have to look at what the ticket says. if most -- caller: you just have to look at what your ticket st. regis says. host: but if there is no other way to get to some parts of the country other than using the regional carriers. caller: that is true, as some places you don't have a choice, but in a lot of flying the last couple of years, the mainline route has been replaced with a smaller, regional jets going from houston to york -- newark, used to be heavy carriers and now to save money the replace the larger aircraft with the regional airplanes. host: that a cut on the democrats' line. -- vivica. caller: putting out a national call for amtrak and the high- speed trains that they have in japan, it would not cost an

caller: a couple of years ago i travelled to florida and was going to see my sick sister. as i went through security i was singled out. i was told to step aside. i did. but what was so humiliating about the experiences that everyone was going by, looking at you, think you did something wrong. my only crime was that i bought a 1-way ticket because my husband was going to come later, at a later date to get me. my suggestion is, why couldn't you have somewhere where you can pull the person aside like a little screen area, rather than having the whole world looking at you thinking you did something wrong? until this day i still have that humiliation. i really do not understand why you must be got at for the whole world to think uh oh, what did she do? guest: i am sorry you had that experience. everycheck point does have a private screening area, so if that happens again you can ask to be screened privately. they have places out of sight of public view. the dignity of the passenger is important. i think that tsa is making a bigger effort to get passengers back on it said. they

chris smith from new jersey, someone from florida, and i think that is all of our members here with us. there may be others who will come later. then i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the significant days in the calendar for our country. and particularly for the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years. it is especially fitting that we would hold this announcement here on the eighth floor where we have great diplomatic history of so many important events in our nation. i am especially pleased that our new ambassador, the new director of the office to monitor and combat trafficking here at the state department was confirmed in time for him to be part of this ceremony. [applause] previously, lou led the fight against slavery and has also been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee with the chairman conyers. thanks to him hundreds of cracking survivors are living productive lives in our own countries. -- thanks to him hundreds of trafficking survivors are living

the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. klein, for five minutes. mr. klein: thank you, madam speaker. by the end of this year we hope to pass a comprehensive energy bill which will help this country move forward on clean renewable american energy and certainly will help fuel our economic recovery. as co-chair of the new democratic coalition on energy, i believe now is the time for a robust, mark-driven based approach to approach our energy's needs. we have to pass legislation that will make smart investments in alternative energy. i think every american understands the common sense behind that. these are the kinds ever things that will make us more viable and competitive not only here in the united states but abroad for our american companies. it's also clear as we know as we get into this energy debate this is about our national security, the fact that we continue to import 60% of our oil plus from countries outside the united states. many of which particularly in the middle east are not our friends and our enemies and funding our enemies. we also kno

we have eddie johnson from texas, chris smith from new jersey, iliana from florida, and i think that is all of our members who are here with us. there may be some others who will come later, and i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the really significant days in the calendar for our country, and particularly for the state department. we have so many people who have been affected binary this significant issue over the years common -- who have been affected by the significant issue over the years, and the significant wish to hold this on the eighth floor, where we -- and it is significant that we hold this on the eighth floor, where we have had significant events from our nation, and i am especially pleased our new ambassador, the new director of office to monitor and combat trafficking in persons of the state department was confirmed in time to be part of the ceremony. [applause] previously, he led the fight against slavery of the department of justice. he has been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee and whisk chairman c

but they're building this in florida. what he told us was they are very unhappy about the fact that when they were wlg this huge plant, -- building this huge plant, hundreds of millions of dollars, they would have to import the mirrors from germany. i said, why is that? he said, well, we don't build them in the united states. there is no incentives to do them here. if they built them in georgia or florida or california, we would build them here because they would be far less expensive. just the shipping cost adds such an expensive piece to the equation. that to me strikes at the heart of this whole point. why aren't we doing everything we can to create these kinds of jobs in the united states and create the incentives? well, the american investment and recovery act we passed a few months ago has the kind of tax incentives and many of the components to begin to encourage this type of industry for creating jobs in the united states. i want these jobs to be in florida or other parts of the united states because they're good

the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to give myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. mr. speaker, as the house sponsor of this legislation, i rise in strong support of senate bill 614, a bill to award the congressional gold medal to the women air force service pilots of world war ii. wasp. here is a picture, mr. speaker, of the wasp, one of the many pictures, but as the previous speaker pointed out, not enough recognition was paid to them. special thanks for this bill go to financial service chairman, barney frank, and ranking member spencer bachus. and their staff as well. for their assistance in bringing this legislation to the floor today. i would also like to thank my staff, mr. speaker, particularly captain deana, united states marine corps, who is serving as a defense fellow in my office for the remainder of the year. her efforts were instrumental in achieving the required number of co-sponsors for this bill in record time. and

the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. conaway, who's district covers -- whose district covers sweet water, texas, which is home to the wasp. this is where they train and where their museum is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. conaway: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank the gentlelady forgiving me some time to speak. it's my great pleasure to rise it to recognize the invaluable service by the women's air force service pilots during world war ii. their history is one of many surprising and impressive stories that helped define a generation. the early 1940's, as it became apparent that the united states could not avoid the wars that plaguing europe and the far east, many accomplished pilots volunteered their services to our country. they were thanked for their offer but refused because they were women. their argument that women -- female pilots could free up male pilots to serve in combat roles was initially

for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> mr. speaker, i have a motion at the desk and i move to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to table. all those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. bishop: on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by five-minute votes on motions to suspend with respect to h.r. 2247 and h.r. 403. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speake

the gentleman from florida.

the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from florida. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. posey: i rise to express my serious concerns about the bill before us today and about the lack of sufficient sufficient funding. the bill before us has $6.7 billion increase in spending over last year. that is a 12% over last year's spending. and while the overall nasa budget gets a slight increase, the funding for the next space flight vehicle is cut by $166 million. while lawmakers can talk about supporting space exploration, the bottom line is that the united states will yield its preeminent space to russia after the last flight scheduled for 2010. this legislation does nothing to avert the gap. those who follow our nation's space budget realize what's at risk. soaring rhetoric and good intentions of playing financial catchup can surrender to other competing initiatives. delays in studies are the road to the grave yard for many le

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i yield again to the gentleman from california, such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: ski unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks, i want to congratulate mr. schiff for his thoughtful remarks and i want to say he and i share a commitment to nasa and the important programs that take place at the gentleman propummings laboratory. that's a point. there more -- there are many important items in this bill which continue to be priorities. i'd like to say to my friend from utica, who again is working very hard, he's very fortunate, mr. speaker. he's never had to serve in the united states house of representatives as a member of the minority. my dream is that one day he might be able to serve as a member of the minority. and who knows how that will come out, it's always up to the voters to make that determination. but i would say that those 127 amendments about which my friend referred and then i referred when i w

it the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: we request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the hse proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

jacksonville, florida, pat, on our republican line. caller:, one to ask ms. brown a question. -- i want to ask ms. brown a question. the undocumented immigrants covered in the bill are listed as 47 million. that is simply not true. it is stated that 67% of americans who do not have insurance do so because they do not get it. they could afford it. i am using the citizenship check, which apparently obama and the democrats who are putting the plan out are not including. i think that is a serious issue. i think the fact that he has basically said that he is not going to do anything about lawyers -- you ask any doctor who is paying $1 million for medical malpractice, if they do not do something to cap the trial lawyers, all you are doing is adding 47 million more people who can sue doctors. host: ms. budoff brown. guest: senator max baucus have said that undocumented immigrants will not receive benefits under this bill. he has stated pretty clearly that that will not happen. you are right that the 47 million, there are different kinds of uninsured in that group. t

host: pocono beach, florida, on our independent line. pompano beach, florida, on our independent life. caller: it is an american. they have been turning people down for years. everybody has preconditions. i met a woman who broke her ankle. they said that was a precondition for her health care company. the republicans and democrats, everybody running around calling themselves a democrat. they have to divide and conquer. they have more lobbyists. i work at two jobs for many years, ok? i am a v.a. i went two years with my right hand being injured. all i got was this and that. that had to remove all my bones in my wrist. two years. i have a woman in my office, a young girl, 22 years old. she is going through some kind of problem that women goes through. she is not going to get any health care. everybody is talking about the government paying for it, it will become worse. have you all woken up yet? host: we hear from the present one more time, talking about change of his proposals pass. >> if you like your health care system and your doctor,

at the time, alan gracin a republican from florida was on this bill also. and now there is 222. we have been active in keeping a total on the books. and-- total on the votes. we're seeing more democrats to lot more transparency and an end to these bailouts. there is nothing that you said that i do not disagree with. i am pretty progressive. host: one of the aspects i have been reading about is the detainee potus. -- detainee photographs. guest: these are gone. it came on the radar when barney frank called me and said this is in the bill, and even people like me who want to vote for this bill will not vote for it. i think it was in there so that progress is would feel like they got something. in fact, that was what happens. president obama wrote a letter and said do not include the photographs. host: monet, missouri. and caller: first, i have a request of c-span, when the debate on the imf -- attached amendment was in the senate, and requesting that you pull up comments about that. jeff craigs explained this very well to his counterparts in the senate. host: what did he say? call

host: florida you are next. scott on our independent line. caller: if ahmadinejad wins or the other fight winds of being voted in, people should know that he started the nuclear advance men -- advancement. i also want to say that i am happy with -- unhappy with george bush. they are pushing the fight to them. the people see what is happening in iraq and afghanistan, and they are panicking. we are not to get involved with that. they have their own leader. we just have to keep an eye on them. they are pretty much panicked in the middle east because a lot of the territory the u.s. is occupying. even though obama might get mixed up in it, and he should not, it is nice to see some freedom of the election. it is nice to see people standing up for their rights. even though they still have nuclear ambitions, it is nice for them to come out and stand up for their freedom. host: we will talk about this later in the next hour with neil macfarquhar. that will take place in our final half hour. dr. bernadine healy will give hurt current take on health car

host: florida on our republican line. caller: i have a question for dr. healy. i am required to have a government plan and a private plan. i think president obama is addressing that. what i would suggest in the government plan is dropping medicare payments. i am concerned that this will affect the payment to hospitals. wouldn't you expect there to be a corresponding increase in their fees, which would affect those under the private plan? what is the solution to that? no matter which way we go, it's the oxymoron of the century. we see a good plan verses a bad plant or the best of both worlds. but there are rising costs. guest: i think you put your finger on the fact that right now we do have medicare under pays in terms of costs. and -- i am sorry, medicare does. medicaid is woefully -- it woefully underpaid. many doctors will not accept a medicaid patient. private insurance is paying for that. there was an estimate a few weeks ago that everyone is paying about $1,000 to support the public programs that have private insurance. this kind of transfer of private sec

host: florida, democrat line. caller: good morning. my question is the president is cautious back in his discussed yesterday. some people are asking that he should be more demanding or more forceful in condemning the elections. why do we believe the election was rigged? we are not sure. would you recommend for the president to do considering we are not certain of anything? guest: i think you're right. we are not certain. there is a protest going on in iran. there seem to be a large number of people that are convinced the election was rigged or stolen. the united states -- there was no international observer there. there is no sort of basic evidence on which to base an argument on. a lot of it is playing with statistics. i think also, i don't think direct intervention would be welcome. if the united states said you should have a new election we should rerun the vote. even people in sports say, who are you to interfere in our election and our internal affairs? just by speaking out in support, people are raising questions about the best r

disparity, but also from law enforcement officials, including the gentleman who came to us from miami, florida, and said that the miami police chief who said police departments face a much more difficult challenge gaining trust of their communities because of the glaring inequities in the justice system that are allowed to persist. i nouveau come out for end -- i know you've come out for ending this disparity but i'd like to ask you if we need to move with dispatch on this issue to restore justice and to restore confidence in our justice system among people in america who are presently the victims of this disparity. >> senator, i do think we need to move with dispatch. this is one of the first initiatives that we had people testify about, the assistant attorney general for the criminal division testified against the disparity. and i think you're exactly right. that the disparity as originally sbeppeded, originally proposed in an act, was well intentioned. i don't think anybody had any negative motives, but as we have seen how it has played out i think in the graphic demonstration that you have

. >> there is only one in the state of florida and i thought that was quite interesting. i thought i would share that with my colleagues as we recommend people as we go forward. i'm going to ask a few questions about things that are closer to home that people have been focused on in my state and that is some of the white collar fraud, the madeoff -- madoff case hit our state. could you talk about what's going on with the initial steps to implement fera as well as some of the other changes to and enforce some of the white collar laws. we look at the tarp money, things like that, that there could be even more white collar fraud. >> we are in the process of ironing out what i'll call the last wrinkles in what's going to be a comprehensive announcement about the program that we are going to have with regard to financial fraud, white collar crimes more generally. mortgage fraud. we have been working with our state and local counterparts with the other federal agencies to come up with this effort. this is a priority for this department of justice. to hold people accountable who

. >> i am from florida and guess what? i have the highest number of people on medicare. and every day 8,000 additional people are going on medicare as they turn 65. medicare is having severe financial problems. the other day when the president spoke before the a.m.a. there were points where he obviously was not very well received. well, let me tell you, the doctors in my district in districts around america, aren't booing, but they are informing their parents -- patients, both medicare and nonmedicare patients, about the dangers of the obama health plan and what the democrats are proposing. people want to have access and they certainly want affordability. one of the reasons why i'm very excited about the plan, i also have a large number of people who are 55 to 64 who moved to florida as to many districts, and they then start to have some health problems. this offers them availability and affordability. so they won't be -- having to wait until they are 65 to get medicare. there's additional fixes in the bill that will increase funding and availability of federally-qualifi

for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> good afternoon. the late senator daniel moin han published a paper on defining deeve yensy down in which society lowers its standards, where by unacceptable conduct becomes acceptable. i recently heard from a number of my constituents about an abusive attack on governor sara palin's 14-year-old daughter. governor palin and her 14-year-old daughter had attended a yankee game and david letterman did a totally inappropriate joke about them. last year david shuster made an inappropriate comment about chelsea clinton. the president of nbc apologized and suspended shuster from the network. the palin family received a belated apology a week later. i hope the host realizes that children should not be the targets of sexually charged jokes or do we allow the unacceptable to become the acceptable? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for

the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from indiana, mr. pence. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pence: unanimous consent to revise and extends my remarks, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pence: federal spending is out of control and i rise in strong opposition to this rule. here are the facts. we're running a $2 trillion federal deficit. the second traunch of the tarp funding allowed to be spent another $350 billion, the stimulus bill passed early err this year is over $-- earlier this year is over $1 trillion, an omnibus bill of $400 million and a budget passed by this administration and congress that will double the national debt if five years and triple it in 10. now comes the first spending bill for commerce, justice and state to the floor -- with an 11.7% increase in federal spending and republicans offered but 100 amendments which were designed to cut federal spending and restore fiscal

the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from michigan, mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. . mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker, i am disappointed with the majority for not allowing a fair and free debate on some very important issues. i mean, obviously this bill spends too much money. it has earmarks that have never been vetted. but we brought other issues of equal importance, thix that the american people -- things that the american people deserve to hear. i had an amendment that says we need to stopmy ran diesing terrorists in foreign countries, afghanistan, for attacking our troops and being detained. and miranda right, you have the right to remain silent, you have the right to a lawyer. it's happening now. the worst part of this is that even the majority wasn't briefed either or if they were they're not talking about it. we had one opportunity to stand up today and say, enough. you can't criminali

host: tampa, florida. go ahead. caller: the elections in iran do not really matter. all national candidates after the prescreened and preselected by the guardian council. half are selected by the supreme leader. they are prescreened by the guardian council. true reform, there will not criticize the closed circle of power within iran. some are not allowed to run. i wanted to make one comment about the previous guest's statement that he would like to see engagement. i want to know how you can be engaged with these people who are bringing about becoming -- to bring the entire world under puritanical islam. i do not see engagement possible with these types of people. host: thank you for calling. we want to get some other views. this is patty. caller: i m patrick, not patti. i wanted to respond to a previous article. in the first place, you are talking about a voter the electorate of over 50 million people who are filling out paper ballots. you have an essential dictator coming out and saying within an hour after the election that all of those ballots had been counted and

. >> i am from florida. guess what? i have the highest number of people on medicare. every day, 8000 additional people are going on medicare as they turn 65. medicare is having severe financial problems. the other day when the president spoke before the ama, that there were points where he was obviously not very well received. let me tell you, the doctors in my district and districts around america are not -- they are in forming their patients. both medicare and non medicare patients on what the democrats are proposing. one of the reasons why i am very excited about the plan, i also have a large number of people who are 55 to 64 who moved to florida in many districts in this are to have health problems. this offers them availability and affordability. that way, they do not have to wait until they're 65 to get medicare. there are additional fixes in the bill that will increase funding and availability of federally qualified health centers which are great resources in the majority of districts that offer a very low- cost health care insurance. it is part of the solution

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from florida, congresswoman ros-lehtinen, is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to commend my good friend, rabbi solomon schiff, for the uplifting prayer that he delivered for all of us today as well as for his tireless effort to strengthen our religious communities in my home district of south florida. rabbi schiff serves as a director of chaplaincy emeritus. in this role rabbi schiff offers educational support and comfort to those in the jewish communities in the united states, in israel and indeed throughout theorld. i have long been aware of rabbi schiff's commitment and contributions to academia, to the jewish community and to the social welfare of all residence of south florida. his spirit of optimism and determination that rabbi schiff possesses can be seen in this week's torah portion. after returning from the land of israel, caleb reports to the jewish people that we should surely go up and inherit the land for we are certainly able. rabbi schiff's hard work on behalf of the j

. >> i am from florida and i had the highest number of people on medicare. every day, 8000 additional people are going on medicare as they turn 65. it is having severe financial problems. the other day when the president spoke before the ama, he had some points where he was not well received. the doctors in my district are not billing but informing their patience both medicare and on medicare about the dangers of the obama health plan and what the democrats are proposing. people want to have access. the one affordability. one of the reasons why am excited about this plan is that i have a large number of people who are 65 -- 55 - 64. they start to have some health problems. this offers them availability and affordability. they will not have to wait until they are 65 to get medicare. there are additional fixes in the bill that would increase funding and availability of qualified health centers which are of great resources in the majority of districts that are very low-cost health care insurance, part of the solution. doctors are warning their patients about wh

let's go to florida. this is bernice, democrats line. good morning, bernie's. caller: good morning. since 1945, we have been giving israel $4 billion a year. there are only 5 million in israel. they are only using it on tanks and nuclear energy, nuclear bombs, and i think we should cut that out. people and not realize that hitler was a jew. host: we're moving on to new york city, from paulette, on the independent line. next, falls church, david, democrats like. caller: hi. i wish i could have asked the congressman a couple of questions. it is interesting how he himself can come before the american people, through c- span, and completely just misrepresent what the democratic position has been. you know, the last eight years -- for that matter, the last 25 years, any time a republican has been in power, they have completely butchered our financial system. it has always been looking for and taking care of the big banks and what not. but let me understand. this election that just happened in november is the out like a complete rejection of the republican philosophy of government, and we

look, the lady from florida makes a good point. we do have to review what is secretary geithner's new powers are going to be. and i do not want to personalize it, but investing these powers into his office of secretary -- think about it, are former secretary of the treasury was mr. paulson. mr. paulson headed up one of the largest investment banking firms on wall street. mr. paulson, while he headed up one of the largest investment banking firms on wall street, when to the six series and exchange commission and said we need less regulation of -- went to the securities and exchange commission and said we need less regulation. throw away the capital requirements. policy both contribute to the crisis that we confront today. we really do have two separate and have a very clear separation between those who work on wall street and those who are there to watch the wall street people. host: this question comes to you by a twitter. it asks, "why can't we know it in detail each bank involved in the bank balance and the amount should be -- an