new jersey might beat paying for a family of four, $12,000 a year, -- new jersey might be paying for a family of four, $2,000 a year, and i think that cost would come down. the federal government would provide a subsidy on a sliding scale, depending on your income, that would also help defray the cost of the $7,000 or $8,000 a year. if you were making $25,000 a year, you might get 80% of that premium paid for by the federal government. on a sliding scale, it might go up to 10% subsidy if you are making, say, $60,000 or $70,000. after that you would be paying the full credit. host: do you think these proposals would impact the of thavailability of private health care? senator mitch mcconnell said it would be the end of private health care as we know it. guest: i do not think so. in the marketplace people will find ways of providing good insurance at a low cost, but there is a competitive aspect to it with the public health plan that would drive health care costs down in general. in other words, there would be competition, a public auction, if you will, that might be similar to medicar

and people are losing their jobs left wondering if -- in new jersey 30 dealerships this all will face the same fate. and i want to be clear, because there is, has been

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank chairman waxman for his tireless work on this tobacco legislation. today is long overdue and he should be so proud of his -- the fact that this is finally passing today and going to the president's desk. as we pursue serious and historical health care reform, this legislation comes at the right time. smoking kills. smoking also is a major cause of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and a host of other illnesses. almost half a million americans die from their own cigarette smoking a year, and even more alarming, studies have estimated that more than six million children alive today will ultimately die from smoking. when president obama's call for health care reform, he cited the need to use our resources wisely and efficiently. tobacco is a health care issue that taxes and burdens our health care system. the cost of private and pub lick payers are over $96 billion annually. regulating tobacco productses is a win-win for our nation's healt

it is heartwarming and touching to hear the tribute to phylicia moore by my colleague from new jersey, a very tching, well-deserved tribute. this bill obviously is borne out of the noblest of intentions and came unfortunately if from a tragic consequence. obviously the intention here is to safeguard our schoolchildren. could there be any more noble intention? the effect, though, unfortunately, is to further take the federal government into the local schools. we've already intruded greatly into the local schools, and tell them what they must do. initially it's to come up with a plan. there should be a plan. there should have been a plan. there should have been more direction from the local school, from the school board, i know from my own circumstances growing up, going to school in a public school, school board wouldn't allow us to take two-week trips, and had anyone been allowed to take such a field trip, then they would likely have been defeated in the next school board election because if you look at the constitution, the founders realized the best control is local control for so m

john hart of trenton, new jersey returned home to see his dying wife. but soldiers rode after him and escaped into the woods. the soldiers ruined his farm. hart, 65, hid in the woods as he was hunted. when he made it home, he found that his wife had been buried and his 13 children had disappeared. he never saw any of them again. judge richard stockman, another new jersey signer, had rushed back to his estate in an effort to evacuate his wife and children. the family found receive puge with friends. judge stockman was found in the middle of the night and arrested and put in jail. congress arranged for his parole. when he returned home to find his estate looted, he did not see the triumph. john morton was a british sympathizer, but once he came to sign the declaration of independence, he changed his mind and came out strongly for independence. most of his neighbors, however, in pennsylvania and his relatives, were british sympathizers and ostracized him. when he died one year later after signing the declaration of independence, his last words to his torme

speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. frelinghuysen, a member of the defense subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. frelinghuysen: if the defense portion of this supplemental was considered as a standalone legislation it would receive my support and the majority of those on this side of the aisle. we recognize that we need to provide our deployed men and women all volunteers with the funding and resources they need to commit to their ongoing missions in iraq and afghanistan. but, unfortunately, the majority has added items to this measure totally unrelated to these wars. first, the much-debated i.m.f. provision which interestingly enough allows our country drawing rights for the first time in the history of the i.m.f. secondly, the majority stripped language in this bill that would prevented release of photograph

hampshire estuaries, new york new jersey harbor, paconic estuary, pimlico's sound, lower columbia river, tilimuk bay, oregon, coastal bays, texas, and galveston bay, texas. i would warn members that 151 members of this body whose districts border these bodies that i mentioned will see that tear funds will be cut for these important programs. a reduction of this size would mean the e.p.a. would stop construction and demobilize eight to 10 large high-cost, ongoing superfund projects such as the site in new jersey, the tar greek site in oklahoma and the new bedford site in massachusetts. e.p.a. would not be able to start any new superfund sites in 2010. after years of reduction under the previous administration. e.p.a. estimates that a reduction of this size would prohibit them from completing construction at as many as nine superfund sites in 2010 and 2011. this reduction would mean e.p.a. would not properly certify new vehicles, fuels and engines sold in the united states, to ensure they conform to e.p.a.'s emission standards. 217 tribes would lose funding for their environmental program

so the elections for governor in new jersey and virginia will be vused -- views as referenda on what's going on in washington or not. >> two of the candidates are known nationwide, particularly one of them for folks familiar with the democratic party. why don't you tell us about the three and who's leading in the race according to most polls. >> well, i suspect you are referring to terry mc-- the former chairman of the democratic national committee and beth bud of bill clinton. he parachuted into the virginia race ten months ago and assembled a fairly impressive organization. and raise a good deal of money but a the pre-primary polls which are hasten to add are likely more curiosity than anything else due to small turnout suggest he may be fading somewhat a. second candidate in this race is brian moran amember, former member of the house of delegates in the virginia legislature from the city of alexandria, just across the potomac river from you all and he is the younger brother of jim moran a longtime congressman from northern virginia who sits on the appropriations committee and has b

you have great people in new jersey. i strongly recommend you talk to your member of congress about being forced to wait a year for a prostate exam. let me go back to my comments, objective data by independent sources that evaluates the costs of health care and looks at the outcomes in terms of how long people live. the rates of various diseases, how procedures people -- people " look and compare community to community. the objective evidence is that the overall costs and oregon are no war and the outcomes are better. are people concerned in oregon? you bet they are. they are concerned about the costs of health care, concerned about having enough doctors, they are concerned about the trend line. that is one of the reasons i am working hard on this legislation is because we are in a position, whether in a state that has high quality-low-cost before low- quality-high cost, we are all on the path that is not sustainable. i have concerns about my friends and family. i had that conversation with my son and dinner sunday night

we're had bernanke speaker new jersey, along with the store's employees over 47,000 individuals in new jersey, new york in something of a delaware, massachusetts, rhode island and maryland. today i am representing national trade association that has 1500 member companies made up of food retailers and wholesalers in the u.s. and around the world. at them i never saw. approximately 26,000 retail boosters with combined annual sales of roughly $400 billion representing three-quarters of all retail food store sales in the u.s.. that fmi membership is composed of regional chains as well as independent grocery stores here this morning out presents several of fmi recommendations for revising the bill but i ask my entire salmon be included in the record. in april 2008i testified before the subcommittee on legislation now have modernized overhaul the food safety systems that the food and drug administration and since that time high profile of to say the operation recalls involving tomatoes, jalapenos, peanuts and mustachios have not only it had guns but regrettably acosta listen in some cases ev

new jersey. top crop. how about that? >> bob: jim is -- jimmyville, that would be in new jersey. it is off exit 11. >> jim: frank grows them and he pack annals them. >> bob: where are mine? come on. the southern part of the state. >> jim: our producer don knows that because -- dawn knows that because her people are there. her people are everywhere. [ laughter ] >> bob: i'm jus disappointed. you think of me and you don't think to bring me some for tomorrow. goop i didn't know you ate blue berries. >> bob: healthy. >> rob: we all eat blue berries. >> bob: submarine hernandez is there for the force out. markakis. the orioles get a run on a couple of hits, and we'll head to 2 second. the bat of the beltways. battle of the o's. ic, so be careful when you go out. ♪ from the degree men absolute protection line... comes new degree men v12 special edition. protection for the ride of your life. >> bob: tonight's contestan ray, he has a chance to win $90 scratch-off tickets from the maryland lottery for every home run hit. enter by logging on to masn sports.com. here is adam dunn. ber

and i think the investments we're making in science, math and technology and engineering in new jersey and colleges and universities across the country is money well spent. and i retain the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: mr. chairman, again, i would say if we're not going to cut spending here, where are we going to do it? if we can't say that we're not go to go give $1 million grant to a private university that just received $1 million grant or close to from the mullen foundation for an almost eyed call purpose, a private university that has an endowment of $268 million while we have a public debt of $11 trillion and a deficit this year of $2 trillion. if we can't decide that we're not going to give $1 million earmark in this manner, where are we going to cut? when are we going to say enough is enough? we're spending too much. so i commend those who are looking for ways to save, but i have to remain a little skeptical if we can't do away with earmarks like this. with that, i urge support of the amend

we are still needing to make more of our communications system work with the residents of new jersey. is the only state without its own media market. it is the only commercial high- powered state wwor has failed to meet its obligation to our state. we will talk to you about that. we will make sure that you have the time to ask questions and still meet other obligations. the sec is drastic -- trapping in other plan -- the fcc is drafting another plan. to help people learn and get better jobs and keep america competitive. i look forward to our contact in the future knowing full well that we have an able skipper at the helm and i congratulate you. >> thank you, senator. senator dorgan. >> thank you. i'm going to support both nominees. mr. mcsdou el, of course, is nominated for a second term, and i'm pleased to support him. and let me associate myself with remarks from the senator of nebraska. you have a perfect background to assume the chairmanship and i would be happy to vote for you. let me say, however, it seems to me you will lead a rather unhealthy agency. we've been through a perio

. >> johnny: one of the interesting things about this guy from new jersey, he's an all conference tight end. >> rob: built like a brick house. he's looked like that since i met him down in 94 in puerto rico. we worked out together. 1994. >> rob: i was looking for a job. we were on strike. i was a free agent. i used to run the beach every morning. >> johnny: staying in shape just in case. >> rob: i had to prove i was healthy. the white sox gave me a contct it was worth while. i made great friends down ere. johnnyalex gonzalez now 1 hive 1 -- 1-4 double in the 2nd. nobody out. bruce at 1st. the runner is safe. slipped on the t right in front of the mound. >> rob: ryan tried to make a dn t the chance . ck it up. you're going toh him throw it before he gets the ball in his glove. he tried to recover a little bit ere. >> johnny: the error charged to ryan villone. >> rob: good save there by belliard. they'll try to figure out what to do defensively here at 1st and d with no outs. villone has got get off the mound ancover so zimmermann can stay loam. stay home. >> johnny: johnson onhe grass at

. >> i yield to new jersey for two minutes. >> mr. speaker, we recognize that we need to provide our deployed men and women all the resources they need to accomplice of ongoing mission in afghanistan and iraq. the imf provision allows our country certain rights for the first time in the history of the imf. the release of photographs of detainees is also jeopardizing the safety of our military forces overseas. there is watered down language on the closing of guantanamo bay allowing dangerous prison assist -- prisoners to come to the u.s. these represent new -- represent reasons 2 too node. -- to vote no. if you believe the and ministration, this will be the last appropriations bill. our forces will remain in iraq for a significant number of years. our efforts in afghanistan are just ramping up. the administration is putting such costs into the base appropriations bill. it does not reject the cost combined with the rate of inflation as up to no growth. we are standing still and treading water. russia is becoming more aggressive in china

i am extremely pleased to call a voice of congress of human rights, the honorable chris smith of new jersey. >> thank you very much, and thank each and ever -- every one of you being here today on the remembrance of tiananmen square. those of tiananmen square will ever be forgotten, of their sacrifice, it will never be in vain. i believe and i believe you believe it as well, that future generations of chinese and other s worldwide, will forever honor their courage, vision and dream of democracy. the chinese people deserve no less. and it's a matter of when, and not if, when democracy will come to china. 20 years after tiananmen, those remain in concentration camps receiving torture. on several trips to china, we have been in lougni, and stayed a couple of hours, and saw men and women's shaved heads. they looked like concentration victims from the second world war. in the olympics when they were gushing over the chinese, we went over and they gave a list of prisoners including some there. and the chinese government took that list and laid it aside. and not one individual has been rele

so that's -- >> you've only got two states, my understanding, new jersey and new york, that are higher than 350. >> that's right. >> but those -- >> are they higher than 350? >> yeah. i believe they had requested the waiver so they are in excess of that. but all the other states are below 350% of poverty level. so, again, why would we take the highest number and say, okay, this is the level that we would set, if most of your states in looking at the chip program are looking and saying, well, somewhere between 200% and 300% is where they are landing? why are we going to the highest level of poverty that only two states have? now, as far as your comment about the requirement that you have to have a chronic disease condition, i recognize that that is an issue and one of the things that we're trying to do with this is to get people in for the zreening so we can then be more proactive. i think we also recognize that so many with these chronic diseases have this co-more bitty a are the ones that have the conditions that lead to higher health care cost. i can look at that aspect and accept yo

kasten grew up in new jersey and graduated from new york university and columbia law school. that law degree probably comes in handy when he has to negotiate contracts with agent scott boras, who is representing strawsberg. let's welcome stan kasten to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you, donna. it is always great. >> i see so many friendly faces here in the audience. i also see plenty of media. [laughter] when i do speeches, i often start by asking do we have any media in the room today? and the reason i do, a couple of reasons. first of all, when there's no media in the room i can tell people things that i might not otherwise. but the main reason is you often see people getting in trouble for their quotes, for their stories and the routine, the knee-jerk defense is i was misquoted. let me tell you something. i have been in this business 30 years. that has never happened to me. every time i have gotten into trouble, it is because they have quoted me exactly correctly. [laughter] so i always have to be careful when i am in a group like this. i am heartened that t

the most honorable greg smicraih of new jersey. [applause] >> thank you so much. thanks to each and everyone of you for being here today. on this very important remembrancer of tiananmen square. my friends, the brave and tenacious heroes of tiananmen square will never be forgotten, nor will their big sacrifice. for some it was torture and for others it was death. their sacrifice will never be in vain. i truly believe that future generations of chinese and other advocates of democracy worldwide will forever honor their courage, vision, and belief in democracy. the chinese people deserve no less. it is a matter of when, not if, that democracy will come to china. 20 years after the incident, a pro-democracy advocates remain in concentration camps, subject to torture and degradation. on several trips to china, and another congressman have been in that prison. we stayed a couple of hours. we saw men and women with their heads shaved. they looked like concentration camp victims from the second world war. right before the beijing olympics when all the world community was

jersey never had it night after night supper with their parents. the educational children defense on the school's very little, it depends on the parents come it depends on the parent's where they learned what they really ought to learn but the most important thing in this world where we live where books are disappearing, language is accepted as corrupt, is the children ought to know and so many of them do not know, not that they are habitual wires, that you really ought to mean what you say. and you really ought to say what you mean. this is not always easy and sometimes cannot be done but this is the essence of life. the world stage word communication the information society actually marriages, families contact is breaking down although they have blackberry's. don't forget to we're not near the end but let's go back to the beginning, it did in the beginning was the word. guide the talks by words, not buy the number and not the image. the word. and respect for the word is the most important thing that we can give to our children. in one sense, it i

so, for example, if we had offshore wind from rhode island, new jersey, new york, all the way up through new england put in place, developed it say 10 gig watts, put east coast we could not from my reliability engineers simply interconnect that into the existing grid. if we, in fact, had that happened and we had as the as perhaps 2500 or 3,000 megawatts of that go offline we could block off florida so we need to ultimately look at how we strengthen the entire interconnect so all the regions, in fact, can meet the regional goals and can do it with their local renewable resources and through distant renewable resources if necessary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. halvey, i certainly appreciate your work toward the western region. i understand your desire to streamline the permitting process, do you have any specific recommendations along those lines? >> yes. i think a couple of -- a couple of recommendations. one, because of the work that we're doing with regard to the western renewable energy zones project, we think it'll become very clear very quickly which areas represent the most desi

one person from texas and another from new jersey. one person from florida. i think that is all of the members who are here with us. the may be some others who will come later. 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, in particular 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 where we have a 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 here at the state apartment was confirmed in time for him to be a part of this ceremony. [applause] he has been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee. thanks to him, hundreds of trafficking survivors are now living productive and healthy lives in our own country while their abusers are behind bars. we're also joined by two very special guests from the front lines against traffick

host: we're joined on the democrats' line from newark, new jersey. caller: thank you to your balanced response to the questions coming your way. as a person who watches c-span consistently, it is a pleasure to hear you cannot avoid questions posed to you. my question to you as a reporter for "the washington post" regarding john mccain and lindsey gramm attacking the president's response to the situation iniran, do you s a writer for net to be out of hand on their part and only politically motivated? do you think -- what are we supposed to do in response, technically, to what is happening andiran? should we sit back, observe, and be the third party like the rest of the world was to our own the elections? be thankful that there was a process seat that the people are responding to change? guest: it is a good question. on being out of hand i do not think so. i think the debate taking place captures the two wings of foreign policy thought. republic hawks believe and voke ronald reagan and the cold war has been unambiguous in their criticism of authoritari

[speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> this year a fellow in new jersey wrote me an email asking me for my thoughts regarding the tiananmen massacre and the unknown rebels tankmen. the young men who bravely stood before the tanks in tiananmen in 1989. her email moved me tremendously. it has already been 20 years, and yet this young american girl was still concerned about the tiananmen square protests that happened 20 years ago in china, a land thousands of miles away from where she lives. unfortunately, i'm sad to say that due to the brutal suppression of information and sensorship by the chinese communist party, many of china, many of our own high school students do not even know of the tiananmen square purpose nor off the democracy movement of 1989. tell me, how can i not be saddened by this? [speaking in chinese] >> a fellow had asked me in her email, do you, professor, believe the unknown rebel got the honor and respect he rightfully deserves? [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [applause] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [applause] [speaking in chinese] >>

holt of new jersey. amendment number 20 by mr. connolly of virginia. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. plan for the beginning, middle, and end of u.s. military operations in afghanistan. for over eight long years, our uniformed men and women have done all that we have asked them to do in afghanistan. we are now asking them to do more. of and we are giving them more resources and more boots on the ground to accomplish their mission. what we have not told them is how to tell when their contribution to the political solution is done. and they can begin to transition outs of afghanistan. mr. chairman, i want president obama to succeed in afghanistan. i stand by our commitment to provide the necessary resources to help the afghan people take charge of their own future. as congress authorizes and appropriates billions and billions of dollars for a new strategy in afghanistan, is it too much to ask how we will know when our troops can finally come home to their families? certainly we nee

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jersey providers. i don't know why we have this antique system. and to give people like the last caller, a bigger range of choice to pick from all the health providers in this country. host: we only 13 minutes left and no question has brought you to the subject of tarp program and financial markets and what you think of obama's announcement of regulation? guest: on his announcement, i don't know. i don't understand all the instruments that are going to be regulated. this i will say, the idea of the federal reserve system ought to be the systemic risk regulator. this alarms me, because the federal reserve has one duty, to preserve the currency's value and to prevent regulation. and if it does that, that's quite enough. and in order to do that the fed has to be independent. techically it's a creature of congress, and they could stimulate the supply growth. that's the last thing we want to have politicians with their eyes on the electrical calendar, they will always stimulate lose money, for the elections

new jersey, on the phone. caller: great show, guys. what i am disturbed is about all these naysayers calling and talking about the iraq war. no matter where you are or what country you live in, everybody wants to be free. i think what happened over there, we did for those people from what was going on. there is going to be democracy there, but you know what really stuns me about a lot of american people? the forget about what the soviet union tried to do to the world during the cold war with communist domination of the world. it is a terrible thing, but sometimes you have to go and fight. sometimes it turns up good, but sometimes it does not. regardless of what anyone says about george bush and how much they still hate him, he will be remembered for this. it will turn out good. have a nice day. host: the front page here has the situation in the new york city courtroom yesterday, tears as madoff is still for 150 years. this concerns dick cheney during the u.s. troop pullout. he says he hopes that troops can deal with. he says he would n

johnson from texas, chris smith from new jersey, and i think that is all of the members with us. there may be some others who will be coming later. this is one of the significant days in the calendar for the country, and the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years, and this is fitting that we will hold the announcement here, where we have a great diplomatic history, of so many things in the nation. i am very pleased that the new ambassador and the director of the office to deal with traffic was confirmed to be part of the ceremony. previously, he was leading the fight against slavery and the department of justice. he has also been a member of the team, with john conyers and thanks to him, hundreds of trafficking survivors are living productive lives in our own country. we're also joined by tw of special guests, from the front lines of the fight against trafficking. we have the maker of the first shelter in albanian, this represents nine men and women who we are celebrating for their fight against trafficking. we are

marlene, jefferson township, new jersey. good morning. caller: i do not know where to start, but i know someone in the family that takes corporate minutes and types them up. about five years ago they were very upset when general motors was talking about how they were going to bring cars that they were making in china into this country. they planned on bringing 50,000 cars per year from china. they are building and upgrading ports in mexico, building a huge highway that goes from the ports of mexico through the united states and into mexico. there is virtually no news media talking about this. what happens? for general motors, the cars that they are bringing here, they are european cars. most americans have no idea how small they are. when you are mandated to put your child in a car seat, they will lead even fit in those. what do you do? host: we are getting a bit of an echo from your phone call. thank you for sharing your perspective. another viewer, along similar lines, saying that "general motors is in china because they are making prof

jersey providers. i don't know why we have this antique system. and to give people like the last caller, a bigger range of choice to pick from all the health providers in this country. host: we only 13 minutes left and no question has brought you to the subject of tarp program and financial markets and what you think of obama's announcement of regulation? guest: on his announcement, i don't know. i don't understand all the instruments that are going to be regulated. this i will say, the idea of the federal reserve system ought to be the systemic risk regulator. this alarms me, because the federal reserve has one duty, to

here is new jersey and john, a democrat. caller: i am a first-time caller. we need to be tough on these terrorists. obama has got to quit pandering to these countries. thinking that he can sit down and talk to a terrorist like this guy from iran. this will not work. host: did secretary clinton's comments sound like pandering to you? caller: yes, for the most part. like i say, i am a democrat. we have not been attacked since 2001. we're getting soft with these countries and it will come back -- one morning we will wake up and there will be in our backyard. people used to fear us. the problem is that people do not respect us and the no longer fear the united states. host: north korea convicted two u.s. journalists, both working for current tv in north korea. the associated press report this morning from "the washington post" looks further into this. this piece writes that many analysts believe there's a good chance that the two women will be free. they're being used as bargaining chips in its standoff with the south korea and the united states which are pushin

attorney in new jersey, then preparing his candidacy to be governor, to the same john ashcroft. never investigated or addressed internally by the department of justice. in the speech, i think, judge mukasey went on to say, "let me be clear. politics has no world in the investigation or prosecution of political corruption or any other criminal offense. i have seen absolutely no evidence of any such impropriety during my time at the department nor would i tolerate it." he went on to say that "a politically motivated prosecution is nothing but corruption by another name." absolutely correct. i think as we proceed today, i would like you all to ask yourself how credible this claim is that he never saw any evidence of politically motivated prosecution at the apartment while he was heading it. >> good morning. our organization is more local. i am going to make a statement and i will ask you questions. the judiciary is clearly broken and i think that you know that this has been going on for quite some time. this is no surprise. it is horrible to here, but it is actually no surprise. wh

the other gases, one from new jersey. those were surprising on the republican side. on the democratic side, there were probably a larger number that wanted to vote no but nancy pelosi held onto them. some struggle with the vote all week. john salazar was a no vote. >> what was john painter up to, mounting a house filibuster? >> the minority leader can speak as long as he wants. it was about an hour and 10 minutes as he was talking, reading through the bill. there were a lot of questions about what was in it and who was in it. it was an opportunity for him to make sure his life was heard. a lot of people say of the vote in 1993 led to the republican takeover in 1994. republicans are trying to bring back some history. >> thank you for bringing us up to speed with the process so far on the energy and climate change bill. this week's on-line addresses also focus on the energy bill. president obama followed by house minority leader john boehner. we have seen our reliance on fossil fuels to jeopardize our national security. it pollutes the air we believe -- we brief. of th

host: we have frank on the republican line from new jersey. caller: good morning. great show, c-span. congressman fred upton, i have things i like to say to you about all this. first off, number one, the federal government is completely out of touch with what really goes on in the auto industry and how it operates because the price of oil has backfired. the government -- in the government's case. all used to be a cheap commodity to use as fuel for an automobile. then as time goes on you want to use of ethanol and our cars. they find out that it pollutes more than gasoline does. ok? now i want to get on to the electric hybrid car and not against cutting fuel- efficient cars or against doing something for the environment. but look, if you guys are talking about moving to an electric gasoline hybrid, and now you have twice the maintenance on a vehicle

not only in louisiana and texas, but illinois, new york, new jersey, california as well. we are trying to modify the tax increases or eliminate them. make natural gas -- ask boone pickens what he thinks about natural gas. we have a tremendous opportunity. host: our guest is senator married landriue. ue. host: the know where denham springs is? guest: us, i do. caller: yes, i have called the senator's office quite often. what has me puzzled here is, if we are needing oil so bad, why have the oil companies cut the rigs in half in the past four years? why have they cut the oil rigs in half in the state of louisiana over that time? why are you pushing a single- payer health care, mary? it will get you in trouble. you know what i'm talking about. guest: let me take the first question. you are right, ri rightg count is down by 50% because the prices have fallen so precipitously. they are on the rise again. they were all the way down to $40 per barrel. the last look it was at $85 per barrel. i am not defending the industry. i think they have lots of problems, but it is difficult

guest: virginia and new jersey are the only states have been governor elections in these two states were carried by obama. it will affect washington. host: two candidates might be familiar nationwide, particularly one for those familiar with the democratic party. tell us about them and who was leading according to the polls. guest: you are probably referring to terry, the former chairman of the democratic committee. and the other parachuted just 10 months ago into the democratic race and assembled an impressive organization and raised a good deal of money. but the pre-primary polls which are more curiosities than anything else given the likely small turnout suggest he may be fading somewhat. a second candidate is brian moran, a former member of the house of delegates. he is from the city of alexandria. heat is the younger brother of jim, a longtime congressman from northern virginia who sits on the appropriations committee. he has been touched by some of the controversies surrounding military contracts. and the dollars that congressman generate from lobbyists for the defense industry. th

host: new jersey on our line for independents. jaden, you are next. caller: yes. i have a couple of comments to make. number one, other than israel, it seems to be the fairest connection in the middle east ever. hamas connection was feared, but we in the united states have chose not to accept that. to me, ahmadinejad has allowed the protest so far. the election campaign has been allowed. it seems that this election has appeared on israel to the best tank. and, you know a tank. if you take it to the confrontation, each in southern arabia, i don't think they allow more civil rights than what the present regime of iran has allowed. [inaudible] some people have died in the end. so long, these kind of protests and fighting are not allowed. but he has allowed so far. i think it is only politically correct to condemn everything they do. the election has not been the fairest but i think the minority -- the decided majority is keeping quiet. any young men who might have been 30%, 40% who are in the opposition, they're protesting so [inaudible] so that i think what happen

jersey, of 45 youngsters in schools. only three of them had dinner at home regularly with their parents. only three of them had supper or dinner regularly with their parents. we can build the biggest schools in the world and so forth. it will not do a damn thing if we advocate and look at the schools, which they aren't now, many of them, you know what they are with some exaggeration, custodial institutions. so you see, this situation is very bad at uc, and you must understand also of our church. you see, we have now a radical diminution of the number of young people who want to become priests or who want to become nuns, you know. thereby, you know, many of our schools have to be staffed by laypeople, which is not necessarily bad. but you must understand, these things, these things that we can -- these things that we can, there are many, many things wrong with this world. i need not mention them going on abortion, same-sex marriages, education, we have been over all that. but every turn is not possible. this is not the wa

if you see somebody who has spent the whole night, can they literally land in new jersey and get on an airplane and start flying? >> it is possible. it is also true they may have flown that flight across the country, our flight, then sit around for a couple hours, as many as 5 or 6 hours, then fly the trip. where is it more -- is it any more restful sitting in coach trying to get to work for two hours or driving to an airport for two hours? we have to look at that. the subject of commuting has some focus especially on our first duty day. are you sufficiently rested to do your next 16 hours of duty? that is what we have to look at, those extensive periods. in this case what is also forgotten is the co-pilot could have flown that trip instead of just written on it and been legal to fly that afternoon and fly that trip. that is a fact. >> i am going to zero in on this in a very focused way. let's say i grew up in florida and i get my training in florida and i am used to thunderstorms but i have no idea what ice is about, never flown in it, maybe got a little bit of training on it but no e

there has been a push in a couple states, new jersey being one of them, a couple states have similar statutes to require as part of your license to have some continuing education on cultural competence so you can understand that a little bit better in terms of providing the best possible care with your patient. >> let me interrupt. if i could switch back to education, i think education courses and cultural competence, they are rife with great big -- racial and ethnic stereotypesing, they are a disaster by and large. those courses worry me as a consequence. maybe it is not true in medicine. >> let me answer that question. we are getting good feedback from peter bach and the research they're doing. take a look at the institute of medicine, those of you who are familiar with the institute of medicine, what it is and what it does, it pulls together a group of national experts on any printed the topic area to investigate and publish an unbiased, non partisan view on any particular topic. something the institute of medicine and highlighted was the importance of cultural healthcare, i am no

caller: i am calling from new jersey. i lived in europe for 11 years. host: where? caller: i live in greece and travel south. when they are saying they could be more efficient -- as far as the quality of care. as far as cost goes, over here you have medicare, a certain amount of your paycheck. in greece is 16% from your paycheck and another 32% goes up to 48% in get horrible health care. in northern europe is even worse. i think it is 60% in france. there is so much waste because it is all government. the problem is we have the best health care in the world in america. it is expensive, but why? 30 years ago you never used to see advertisements -- lawyers. it is because of lawsuits. these class action suits. malpractice insurance. in europe the one good thing is that because the government does this they cannot be sued. that is why your name brand prescriptions are one-tenth the price. because the legal system has taken advantage. host: let's hear from the democratic line in canada. caller: i am so tired of hearing that america has the best health care in the world.

just like the people of new jersey, our neighbors in pennsylvania rely on trains on a daily basis. governor rendell has been a vigorous advocate for passenger rail and i recall clearly his satisfaction, but his energy in getting a new rail link between philadelphia and harrisburg and it met with almost immediate success and that's the kind of story we expect to see constantly. the honorable joseph sabo, the f.r.a. administeror. this is the first time you've been before this committee since your confirmation. we're looking forward to hearing how you're working to develop first-class rail passenger service, i know your head and heart are behind that. the honorable judge robert exles, chairman of the texas -- eccles chairman of the texas high speed corporation, ms. susan plining, and tom skanke, commissioner of the revenue study commission, president and c.e.o. of the skancke company and we thank you all for being here and governor rendell if you would, please take five minutes to summarize, try to meet the target, if we can. >> mr. chairman, you forgot mr. boardman. >> i looked at yo

york as well as new jersey, illinois and ohio, states with a substantial jewish population. he argues a jewish vote, if it existed was only an issue in a new york city. truman would be much more likely to win if he made policy based on the issue instead of merit. clifford turned out to be prophetic, if the jewish vote was a key to victory in the 1940 presidential election, then making policy to gain the votes prove to be a dismal failure per kabbalah states with a significant jewish population, truman only one illinois. a third explanation that has been given for w why t acted as he did, is he did it because he was a religious baptist day and christian science is the belief in biblical process of -- prophecies to the return of the jews to the ancient homeland. president truman never officially use religion as a reason to support the creation of a jewish state but it manifest itself both before he became president and after he recognized israel. truman claimed to have read the bible at least a dozen times before he was 15 and he looked to it for inspiration and guidance as an

let's hear from columbus, new jersey on the republican line. caller: good morning. this is my first time calling. how can obama say anything to other countries on what they should do when we have issues here at home? he totally is against the tea parties, and he waves a little te tea bag, making fun of people here who want less government. less government is what we're all about. if the government takes over we could be creating what these people are objecting to. guest: let me go back to the federal employees health care program which was the best health care program i was on. it was not government-run, but rather overseen by the government. by the way, you had a choice. you could have blue cross blue should, travelers -- you have a choice. you got a better do. the government would negotiate the contract. you were free to choose. millions of federal employees brought to bear that kind of power to get a really good rate. that is probably what they're talking about. i am not talking about single- payer. i don't think that will happen. the main players are ted kennedy

as my friend from new jersey said earlier. i think some of the comments i've heard from my republican colleagues this morning have distorted judge sotomayor's distinguished record, so let's take a minute to consider what the real story is and how judge sotomayor's record reflects the highest ideals of judging. judge sotomayor's record reveals her to be most modest and moderate, dedicated to the rule of law, and not outcome-oriented. for example, senator sessions spent some of his time this morning criticizing one particular case -- hayden v v.pataki -- because her dissent would have resulted in an outcome with which he did not agree. but he neglected to mention that her opinion was based on the plain text of the statute before the court and he also left out some of the key vealing comments she made in her dissent. "no one disputes that states have the right to disenfranchise felons." second, "the duty of a judge is to follow the law, not question its plain terms." and, number three, "i trust that congress would prefer to make