thank you. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> that keeps arizona state alive. their reward facing undefeated l.s.u. what do you see there? >> these are tough games to call. you see these teams score runs and they come back with 10 unanswered, tonight 11 unanswered. flip a coin. bring some lunch, though, because you're going to need it. >> we will flip a coin for you, or with you, and we will see you tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night as we continue from the college world series. >> cubs and white sox. cubs down 5-1 heading into the eighth. here we are in the ninth. one on, two out and alfonso soriano gets all of this one. brings home reed johnson. cubs win 6-5 on soriano's ninth career walk-off hit and second this season. >> rangers go for the season sweep of the astros. before the game the rangers honoring former president george bush with his own suite. he used to own the rangers. 3-3 game, hunter pence with a home run, stros win 5-3 and avoid the season sweep. >> mets and o's concluding their series at camden yards. drama in the bottom of the ninth, o's d

how arizona state and north carolina responded. and in six minutes, why rafael nadal may not be able to defend his title at wimbledon. stay current with espnews. ♪ ah, that hits the spot. it's drinkability. it means bud light is good where ever you are. if you're at a party. or, playing golf. like those guys. or, in a bar. [ old timey western bar music ] draw another door. don't say draw. never filling, always refreshing. bud light. the difference is drinkability. seven aces. then log on to hotwire.com, where you'll find four-star hotels at two-star prices. when four-star hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them... so you get them at prices lower than any other travel site, guaranteed. like four stars in san francisco. travelocity price, $215. hotwire hot rate, just $109. so pick a city, then get a four-star hotel at a two-star price. hotwire.com. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com save big on car rentals, too, from $13.95 a day! >> elimination game at the college world series between arizona state and north carolin

arizona state-north carolina in an elimination game. an update on the ( theme from a summer place plays ) ♪ with greasy fast food, what are you really getting? try a tempting new subway tuscan chicken melt instead. seasoned chicken and melted cheese with 9 grams of fat, part of a subway fresh fit meal. it's a simple way to enjoy eating better. subway. eat fresh. ( rhythmic clapping ) ( chanting ) ( shouting ) gatorade-- that's "g." that. 2-2. against nate striz. against nate striz. >> three runs already in at this point. the single to left, two more. it's 9-4, sun devils. will selva in a state of euphoria right now. that's when he's not doing an impression of you. next batter, drew mcgee. went to arizona state, give me a break. up the middle. two runs scored. looks like north carolina's going home. it is now 12-4. they got another one, so 8 runs in the 7th inning. and north carolina led this game, 4-0. and cole calhoun put arizona state on its shoulders for a while. the two-run double, and arizona state, close to knocking off u unc. >

we're going to extra innings in omaha with north carolina and arizona state. >> wow. thseattle mariners fans, one moe reason. is he the best player in the country by all accounts. except for hitting. 1-1. game on espn. we'll continue to check in and out. college world series. the 4-5 match between north carolina and arizona state. that was a live look-in on espnews. just one of our trucks we've got here. >> that game is competitive, by the way. this game, not to much. >> not at all. >> mets bronx takin in the bronn the yankees. rodriguez now approaching in the outfield. bruney had some harsh words to syndromes and even close head injuries to make us think of a psychiatric diagnosis and prescribe their drugs. after the disasters in the 1950's decided to invest heavily in the faculty medical schools and how you have york legislators allowing and sometimes encouraging the people in charge of educating physicians to actually have first allegiance to pharmaceuticals -- >> thank you for the question and comment. briefly, i just want to state that you are exactly right that

. >> i am tawny from arizona state university. i would say that overall the media has a very positive impacting keeping our society informed. that is pretty much the linchpin of democracy, citizens knowing the issues. there is merit to the argument about political bias in reporting and possibly dumbing down shortening attention spans with a short 32nd blurb of media stories but if you look at societies where there isn't a large media presence or a government controlled media presence, the societies are not free necessarily. their citizens are not informed. the government as a free hand to do whatever it wants, and i don't think that is a good situation for anyone to be in. >> i was just out to washington state and it is a wonderful school but i have got to say, i have got to go with arizona state on this one. [laughter] but me just ask you this. close your eyes. as bad as the media is, imagine this country with no news except what you got from the government. what kind of a society do you think we would have? >> not one that i wou

, university of texas, university of california, usc, colombia, arizona, arizona state, missouri, university of miami ohio, and we found 150 courses that's blanton the obvious things are being indoctrinated if they read about poverty they read leftists about poverty, they read about i hate to tell the older folks like myself if you haven't been on a campus they don't even read books now teachers show movies, films and glass, show if the subject is global warming you have seen al gore's film and may have seen it in french class. i had a student at penn state that complained about being shown michael moore's "sicko" in french class. here's a sample indoctrination course. at the university of california, santa cruz is a course which is described in the official university catalog in these exact words. the goal of this seminar is to learn how to organize a revolution. and then it tells you it is an anticapitalist revolution. now the subject of revolution is totally appropriate for an academic setting if it is taught the approach is academic. that is what is a revolution and as it happens there a

penn state, university of texas, university of california, usc, columbia, arizona and arizona state, missouri, university of miami ohio, and we found 150 courses that it's blatantly obvious that students are being indoctrinated. if they read about poverty, they read leftist about poverty. if at the read about global -- well, i hate to tell the older folks here like myself, if you haven't been on a campus, they don't even read books now that teachers show movies, films in class. so if the subject is global warming, you've seen al gore's film and you may have seen it in a french class or i had a student at penn state that complained about being shown michael moore's sicko in a french language class. the chairman of the department thought that was perfectly appropriate. here's a sample indoctrination course. at the university of california santa cruz is a course which is described in the official university catalog in these exact words. the goal of this seminar is to learn how to organize a revolution. and then it tells you what's an anti-capitalist revolution. now, the subject of revol

. >> arizona state beats texas twice to advance to the college world series. >> the power rangers face one of the best power pitchers of all time. and later in top stories, one has made up his mind. the other has not. kobe and phil address their future with the ♪ ah, that hits the spot. it's drinkability. it means bud light is good where ever you are. if you're at a party. or, playing golf. like those guys. or, in a bar. [ old timey western bar music ] draw another door. don't say draw. never filling, always refreshing. bud light. the difference is drinkability. seven aces. says by canadian this one says by foreign this is three jobs in this one says no. we are committed to working with the city's to create jobs in the next two years to create a whole, not a much-needed opportunity for a shot in the arm. it is like a separate committee to get it done. [applause] >> to headed monster is like the prime minister. [laughter] [inaudible] the new democratic party on the streets and buses that ran right now and the opposition [inaudible] >> public transit in the city of toronto. and has bee

andre ethier, the pride of arizona state, and fork 'em, sun devils, touch 'em all, andre, every single one of them, ninth home run of the year, second of the game, his second walk-off hit in two days, dodgers win 3-2, l.a. improves to 5-1 in extras, the dodgers an m. l. best 14-5 in one-run games this season. after going 41-41 in save opportunities last season, lidge blew his major league leading sixth save. he's already allowed six more earned runs this season despite pitching 43 fewer innings. >> still to come on espnews, it was supposed to be a pitching duel. instead, the bronx got to see a barn-burner. tigers in the hunt at memorial -- tiger's in the hunt at memorial. ♪ (tucci) count on the nation's fastest 3g network. at&t >> moving day at the memorial. tiger woods, three-time winner there looking to make his move in round three. on the 11th hole, second shot on a par 5, tiger on the dance floor in two and then watch the way this ball rolls. creeps closer and closer toward the flag. it's almost as if the ball is saying, "hey, tiger hit me," finished nine feet from the hole. tige

andre ethier, the pride of arizona state, and fork 'em, sun devils, touch 'em all, andre, every single one of them, ninth home run of the year, second of the game, his second walk-off hit in two days, dodgers win 3-2, l.a. improves to 5-1 in extras, the dodgers an m. l. best 14-5 in one-run games this season. after going 41-41 in save opportunities last season, lidge blew his major-league-leading sixth save. he's already allowed six more earned runs this season despite pitching 43 fewer innings. >> still to come on espnews, it was supposed to be a pitching duel. instead, the bronx got to see a barn-burner. tiger's in the hunt at memorial. he might do a double-take when he looks at the leaderboard. and don't call triple-a, call shaq. find out what the diesel was doing changing tires. >> moving day at the memorial. tiger woods, three-time winner there looking to make his move -- looking to climb the leaderboard in round three. 11th hole, second shot on the par 5, he's on the dance floor in two and it's going to roll a little bit. it's going to take time but it's going to roll, tiger woul

andre ethier, the pride of arizona state, and fork 'em, sun devils, touch 'em all, andre, every single one of them, ninth home run of the year, second of the game, his second walk-off hit in two days, dodgers win 3-2, l.a. improves to 5-1 in extras, the dodgers an m.l.- best 14-5 in one-run games this season. after going 41-41 in save opportunities last season, lidge blew his major-league-leading sixth save. he's already allowed six more earned runs this season despite pitching 43 fewer innings. >> still to come on espnews, it was supposed to be a pitching duel. instead, the bronx got to see a barn-burner. tiger's in the hunt at memorial. he might do a double-take when he looks at the leaderboard. and don't call triple-a, call shaq. find out what the diesel was doing changing tires. doing changing tires. your health is your true wealth. make a smart investment in your health with a vitapak program only from gnc. our customized vitapak regimens give you essential vitamins and supplements with ingredients that support heart health, promote strong bones and power up energy levels. stop by

we've seen him in the college world series for arizona stated. great control. how quickly would the reds want to get him up? >> he's going the move pretty quickly. i don't think you'll see him in 2009 in the big leagues, but i wouldn't be surprised to see him get up there late in 2010 some time. he'll need a little bit of development time. but he's a polished pitcher. outstanding command, a really good fastball because of its sink and its location more than its velocity. but a great breaking ball, a great change-up. he's really ready to go. >> aaron fitt, baseball america, thanks for the time. we appreciate it. >> game three of the nba finals less than two hours away, we'rea expected to hear from both coaches. the magic's stan van gundy and the lakers' phil jackson in the next half hour. we'll take you touted orlando when that occurs. >> espnews brought to you by: since 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's

state univ.. for more information on the author please go to kato did award. >> this summer booktv is asking what are you reading? >> i am karla:, of a politics and prose bookstore in washington d.c. and i got into the business because i love to read more than anything. you can see i don't do too much exercise, instead i lie on the sofa and read instead. so i want to tell you that to the books, this is such an incredible year for reading and for books and i am happy to have the chance to talk about this on c-span because i think c-span doesn't bring an affliction to you -- fiction to you and i think fiction can be more true than books about policy or history. my to themes this year our immigration and south asia. i am not going to talk about three paperbacks that are so popular on their own they really don't need me to support them, but i will tell you what they are -- one is never land which has received all kinds of awards by joseph o'neill. he is part dutch in part irish and it is a book that t

well, texas and arizona state won their opening round game in the college world series. texas trailed 6-0. in the fourth inning, that's cameron roth. cutting the lead in half. later in the inning, texas down 6-4, belting one through the right side of the infield. pair of runs come around. longhorns tied up at 6. same score in the 7th. ruff, second of the game. 10 unanswered runs for texas in this game. but we also know that this isn't about that. it's about a company that's most of the about a company looking for an undisclosed take ten years ago to deny coverage for a brain tumor today. the practice of the private insurance market have less to do with the consumer and a lot to do with company profits. as we move forward with health care reform we have to put an end to practices to discourage haitians from seeking out care, insurance coverage should be a pathway, not a barrier to care. mr. chairman, i look forward to working with you to improve care coverage, refocus attention on patient, and again, i thank the witnesses for being here today and i yield back. >> thank yo

state university climatology polling robert balling demonstrate why they believe the alarmist approach to global warming is unnecessary. the cato institute in washington, d.c. hosted this event. it's a little over an hour.ovx >> in the issue of global warming it seemsk6ñ either you on the talk show line in the afternoon and you say there is no such thing as climate change or you say it's the end of the world. and thisv÷ applies to both side of the issue. i'd like to talk about howo#w w- the facts appear to not appear. things go unchallenged in the climate of extremes. people accept the strangest things without really fact-checking. and i'd like to begin on may rj one exchange that lasted only a mere few minutes. if we could. there we gíç "larry king live." on 2007. one change that lasted only a mere few minutes contained an incredible number of unfactual statements. it's between the vice president÷ an unidentified woman calls says, vice president gore what issues caused by climate change globally are likely to affect the united states in the next 10 years? the vice president resp

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona, state your parliamentary inquiry. mr. shadegg: i want to clarify the point that my colleague from texas, mr. gohmert was making before and make sure i understand this. this is the printed version of the bill that went to rules last night. as i understand it, these are the 304 pages that make up the manager's amendment. and together, as i understand the chair's ruling, this constitutes the official copy, is that correct? the speaker pro tempore: the clerk is currently integrating the pages of the amendments with the original copy of the bill. it is available for people to see. it is right where it is meant to be and yes, it is the original copy. mr. shadegg: parliamentary inquiry. intrading? the speaker pro tempore: integrating. mr. shadegg: further parliamentary inquiry. each of these pages as i understand it could change a page in this matter and so the clerk is presently trying to meld these two together so you can't read this without also reading this and this modifies any given page in this, is that correct? the speak

and may i add, unlike the gentleman's home state of arizona, which ranks 21st in the nation in tax dollars returned from washington, my home state of new jersey, ranks 50 out of 50, dead last. quite honestly, i don't apologize for looking after my state, my public and private universities, because we want the best of america to be well educated. 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'

if approved, arizona would be the only state to criminalize the presence of illegal emigrants to the expansion of the trespassing law. host: good morning on the independent line. caller: my name in vince. i am calling from florida, actually. i appreciate c-span. i wish i were working and watching later at night, but i have been out of work since january. i have friends who are also out of my wife has been out of work for two years. host: what kind of work did you do? caller: i am a long-distance truck driver who hold exotic cars. the rich folks are not spending money. the big struggle, the price of freight has gone down. my boss laid me off. but i have some work hauling some bridging equipment up into maine. i have a relationship with a friend who owns a bridge company. he said in the entire state had only two projects. with the stimulus money. host: the freight you are calling is because of the stimulus spending in maine? caller: absolutely. i'm calling bridge materials and stuff like that. we have a project going out here in key west also. some place here for the we are supposed to

of arizona only wins one hand fall of deep south states know where is the a strong figure to seven why did he win those states? >> guest: one of the major issues in the election was the great civil-rights bill that johnson had proposed an goldwater opposition to the civil-rights bill was one of the things that was refused by his supporters over and over to get those so it was for him articulated as a strong constitutionalism and states' rights and individualist type of ideology. >> what is the southern strategy? how would you define that? >> they begin with the their goldwater or nixon and the idea that northern republicans hoped to win over southern voters and to win southern states by pushing the race issue by either a coded or open language for goldwater it is opposition to the civil-rights bill. but is what people refer to when they talk about the southern strategy but what is missing is agency and activity of others to help to put this on the table and devise a language that will play not just in the south justin gary indiana and the detroit michigan and baltimore mayor wind were

the air force base in my state of arizona and additional wing kits would be welcomed. the additional funds were not requested by the administration and i oppose this $150 million. it end runs the defense base realignment brac process by prohibiting the secretary of defense from carrying out a 2005 decision to discontinue the armed forces institution of pathology. i was very disappointed that the house democrats succeeded in their efforts to strip from the supplemental spending bill the detainee photo provision offered by senators lieberman and graham. this provision would support the president's efforts to bar the release of past defeign lo tableee abuse and protect the troops from inevitable recrimination the photos insight. releasing the photographs does not supply new information of the issue of detainee abuse but exposes evidence ofallied past wrongdoing and put our fighting men and women in greater danger. that's not my view. it's one of our leading military commanders including general petraeus and ray odierno. both have stated the release of the images could end

many communities in my home state of arizona have seen gang violence on the rise and the state now leads the nation in both kid nappings and identity theft, an increase that is directly linked to illegal activity along the border. our local law enforcement is doing a great job combating crime. but they cannot take on the cartels alone. they need the federal government to do its job. the criminal organizations that smuggle people and drugs into the united states, bringing this high level of crime into our homes are fueled by the southbound flow of illegal arms and cash. arms illegally carried to mexico are the weapons of choice for cartels. while it is money streaming in from the united states that funds their massive armies. this bill calls on the president to report to congress on the activities of the initiative. among the matters covered by this report is the assessment of united states' efforts to prevent the southbound flow of illegal arms. however, it does not currently include any assessment of our efforts to prevent the movement of cash. the illegal movement of people, drugs, wea

he's got to get back to his home state of arizona and get in extra work. chopped towards the hole. there's bonifacio wide of the bag. he gets him. two men down. melvin is hitless on the night. he is now 0-3. time now for you to text in your vote. the at&t player of the game. here of the choices. dan uggla, cody ross or sean west. all please of those very deserving tonight. text in your vote now have your voice heard a, b or c. uggla has a two-run home run. west, six scoreless innings. reimold fouls it back. you talk about the orioles home stand coming up. it is three with the nats. then, three with the red sox. a wednesday game next week is a day game. reimold hits a high pop to shallow left center field. charging in it -- charging in is coghlan and orioles go quietly here in the eighth three up and three down. reimold now 1-4 on the night. bottom of the eighth coming up. 6-0, marlins. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m

we talked to the attorney general of the state of arizona who confirmed a lot of this. my question is how much of that cash has been intercepted at the border in 2009? what role today does the dna play in stemming this low? >> i would have to get -- does the dea play in stemming this? >> i will have to give you some numbers. we have been looking into this. the dea has use significant resources at the border. the fbi has put together a new intelligence capability along the southwest border. we are trying to stop the floor -- flow of materials and drugs into our country. this is a priority for us. >> thank you. >> welcome and thank you for your service. at her confirmation hearing we talked about civil rights crimes. you made a commitment to me that you would do whatever you could in your power to make sure that was funded. my first question is, have you been successful? the group that motivated the response for that bill would like to have a meeting with the justice department and has been turned away. can you answer would you have done to get the funding for the bill? w

of arizona. we'll have open phones for 20 minutes before our next guest comes in. here's the number for republicans, democrats and independents. the "washington post" this morning. it's off lead story by paul cane, the headline, lawmakers reveal health care investments. the ties between those crafting legislation concerned health care and financial investments they have. senator majority leader harry reed has at least $50,000 vested in health care index. the republican from new hampshire has between $244,000 and $500 in major health care companies. the family of representative jane har man. senior member of the congress committee drefting the lens. 3 point 2,000,000 more than more than 20 health care companies at the last year. while no congressional rules barred none from financial rules from what they regulate. experts say it often reflects conflict of interest particularly if there is a chance the legislation could result in personal financial boost. there's a complete story inside the "washin

in my state of arizona, we got a letter from r utilities in response to a request, and they said that in the first year, the cost of electricity will go up at least 2% to 3%. the problem is that those costs going up are imposed upon you and i, and they damage the economy. as for whether carbon dioxide it is depleted? the john and said i in peach myself. i want to be reasonable about the issue, but the evidence seems to be -- in the rest of the world, skepticism about manmade carbon dioxide causing global warming is not just appearing in australia, where the article was written, but in japan, germany, and other places around the world. in the czech republic, only 11% of people believe carbon dioxide created by man is causing this problem. you heard a pretty good reputation of both sides of the debate. host: let's go to the democratic lonine. kay from minneapolis, minnesota. caller: thank you for c-span. i want to agree totally and fundamentally with the person who just called in. i am really getting upset by the extent to which republicans who have been opposed to any kind of governmen

the air force base in my state of arizona and additional wing kits would be welcomed. the additional funds were not requested by the administration and i oppose this $150 million. it end rs the defense base realignment brac process by prohibiting the secretary of defense from carrying out a 2005 decision to discontinue the armed forces institution of pathology. i was very disappointed that the house democrats succeeded in their efforts to strip from the supplemental spending bill the detainee photo provision offered by senators lieberman and graham. this provision would support the president's efforts to bar the release of past defeign lo tableee abuse and protect the troops from inevitable recrimination the photos insight. releasing the photographs does not supply new information of the issue of detainee abuse but exposes evidence ofallied past wrongdoing and put our fighting men and women in greater danger. that's not my view. it's one of our leading military commanders including general petraeus and ray odierno. both have stated the release of the images could endan

we held a hearing, we talk to the attorney general of the state of arizona who more or less confirmed much of this. my question is how much of that cash has been intercepted at the border in 2009? what role today does the the plate as far as stemming the flow? >> i would have to get your numbers on how much we have intercepted in 2009. we have certainly stepped up our efforts in conjunction with our partners. i went to mexico to speak with mexican counterparts to talk about the inflow at bulk cash and coming up with a way we interdict and stop the amount. we have -- the a has moved 20 agents to the southwest border and the atf has moved about 100. the fbi has put together a new intelligence coordinator, all designed to stop the flow of the material into mexico. also to stop the flow of drugs from mexico into our country. this is a priority for us. >> mr. attorney general, welcome and thank you for your service. at your confirmation hearing, we talked about civil rights crimes and you made a commitment to me at that time you do whatever you could in your power if congress failed to act

house 5,600 criminal alien immigrants in state prisons. only 10% of what arizona spent to house illegal immigrants that year. this cut is wrong and as legislation moves to the floor next week, i urge my colleagues to help me fight this cut. if we are serious about immigration enforcement, we must restore funding and reimburse arizona for keeping criminal alien immigrants behind bars. i relinquish my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. chaffetz: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. chaffetz: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise with deep concern about the so-called cap and trade. if the democrats and president obama get their way, we will have one of the single largest tax increases in the history of the united states imposed upon the american people at a time we are struggling for jobs. we need to remember in this country that manufacturing is good. it is good. the administration will tell you t

and in seven states you can't do any kind of strip search because the legislatures have outlawed it. at any rate, the bigger theme, which i'm sorry i'm getting off on a tangent here, but the bigger theme about the role of a justice, and i think ginsburg obviously made some difference in this case and in covering the court over the years, i mean, whether sotomayor is right or whether o'connor is right, there is no question that justices' perspectives, obviously, as you all know from appearing or arguing before the court or being on an appeals court, your perspective and experiences can make a difference. one of the my favorite cases was one that justice o'connor had i think in 1996 and the attorney general of maryland was arguing that you should be able to not only ask passengers to get out of a car when police are searching an automobile but detain the passengers at the side of the road. and justice o'connor stood up and said do you mean to tell me that police could detain a pregnant woman with a baby and she keeps playing it out, you know in the rain! [laughter] >> thinking how that

in my own state of arizona, nearly 40% of all of our manufactured goods were export exported. on average, net exports added more than one percentage point overall to our economic growth last year, in part offsetting the negative consequences of the housing downturn. so if u.s. manufacturers and farmers were not able to sell their products abroad, the current economic downturn would be much worse. enacting the colombia free trade agreement would help more than 10,000 u.s. companies that export to colombia. 8,500 of which are small- and medium-sized firms by opening a significant new export market. america's market is already open to imports from colombia. in 2008, for example, over 90% of u.s. imports from colombia entered the united states duty free under our most favored nation tariff rates and various preference programs, such as the andean trade preference act and the generalized system for preferences. however, more than 97% of u.s. exports to colombia are subject to duties that range from 14% to 50%. once the agreement is approved, over 80% of u.s. consumer and industrial

the state of arizona is 15% by 2025. however, the bill fails to establish a carve out for any specific tip of renewable like solar. and this constitutes an enormous missed opportunity. the primary reason is to create an assured level of demand for renuble electricity. this allows renewable technologies to increase production, learn by doing and bring prices down. this allows them to become cost competitive with traditional energy sources. without carveouts for different resources, i will will fall short. instead of creating demand for all renewables, it will give preference that cost the least. it will missed out on the opportunity that it was designed to create. it will not grow as fast as it otherwise could and will not become cost competitive. i have nothing against wind and biomass, but if we develop these resources at the expense of a more diverse portfolio, we will louis our opportunity to compete in the global marketplace. i understand the reluctance to pick winners and losers, and i grow. but i'm not talking abou

flake of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 573, the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. >> could we ask the clerk to please read the text of the amendment so we can be sure which amendment is before the house? the chair: without objection, the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section, none of the funs provided in this act under the heading federal emergency management agency, national predisaster mitigation fund, shall be available for a grant to the harris county flood control district, texas. >> thank you. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the chair. this amendment would remove an earmark for $1 million from the harris county flood district, would return money to fema's predisaster mitigation fund. this is a similar amendment as i just offered. these are earmarks to the predisaster mitigation fund. as i ment

we held a hearing, we talked to the attorney general of the state of arizona, more or less confirmed a lot of this, so my question is, how much of that cash has been intercepted at the border in 2009? and what role today does the batf and the d.e.a. play in stemming this flow? >> i'd have to get you some numbers on how much we have intercepted in 2009. but we've certainly stepped up our efforts in conjunction with our partners at d.h.s. secretary napolitano and i went to mexico in the early part of the year to talk with our mexican counterparts about the inflow of bulk cash and weapons into mexico and we've tried to come up with ways in which we interdict and stop that amount. d.e.a. has moved significant resources, about 0 eakts, toward the southwest border. a.t.f. has moved about 100 to the southwest border. the f.b.i. has put together a new intelligence capability along the southwest border, all designed to stop the flow of that material into mexico, but also to stop the flow of drugs from mexico into our country. this is a priority for us. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >

, and in 7 states you can't do any kind of strip search because the legislations have outlawed it. at any rate, the bigger theme, which i'm sorry, i'm getting off on a tangent here, but the bigger theme about the role of a justice, i think, ginsburg obviously made some difference in this case, and it covered the court over the years. you will see whether sotomayor is right, or whether owe conner is right there is no question that a justice's perspective, obviously, as all of you know from either appearing before the court, arguing before the court or being on the appeals court, your perspective and experiences can make a difference. one of my favorite cases was when justice o'connor had -- i think it was in '96, and attorney general of maryland was arguing that you should be able to not only ask passengers to get out of the car when police are searching the automobile but detain the passengers on the side of the road. justice o'connor, i will never forget it -- were you there at that argument? she actually stood up and said you mean to tell me that police could detain a pregnant wo

, and in seven states you can't do any kind of strip search because the legislatures have outallowed it. but at any rate, you know, the bigger theme which, i'm sorry, i know i'm getting off on a tangent here, but the bigger theme about the role of a justice, and i think ginsberg obviously made some difference in this case. and in covering the court over the years, i mean, you will see whether sotomayor's right or whether o'connor's right, there's no question that a justice's perspective, obviously, as all of you know from either appearing before the court or being on the court, an appeals court, your perspective and experiences can make a difference. and one of my favorite cases was one that justice

show came from xavier prep high school in arizona winning back to back state titles. in the first lpga appearance ended with her missing the cut. of course, she spoke with her famous uncle, tiger woods. >> but i mean he was just really supportive for me and that's always nice. it was a really great experience, for me to play in my first lpga here. the whole community was supportive of the girls and i love the crowd. they were cheering me on, so that was great. >> getting to racing. on the track, the preakness winner, that's rachel alexandra. getting it going here at the belmont park with calvin borel the jockey. and the final turn rachel alexandra coming from behind. she ends up this the final stretch pulling away and winning by 19 1/4 lengths and now 7-0 on the jockey, calvin borel. >> still to come a two-time and leading baseball in home runs. find out what big name cardinals player, albert pujols with two more long balls today. >> speaking of a.b.'s working very them live. after not having a hit in the first rehab games, manny with a home run and a walk. and melani

republican senators john mccain of arizona, lindsey graham south carolina both publicly stated they favor the closing of guantanamo. former republican secretaries of state james baker, henry kissinger, and condoleezza rice. admiral michael mullen, chairman of joint chiefs of staff and general david petraeus. so for senator kafeel to come to the floor and suggest this notion of closing guantanamo isn't one shared by military and security leaders isn't accurate. the list i've given isn't complete. many others agree with the president's position. according to the experts, guantanamo has become a recruiting tool for al qaeda that's actually hurting america's security. in his remarks this afternoon senator carl challenged the notion singing and by quote an idea that's been floated by the president, senator durbin and others, and of quote, of closing guantanamo. senator kyl didn't mention who these nameless others who agree with closing guantanamo or agree it is a recruiting tool for terrorists might be. let's take one for example. chairman of joint chiefs of staff mike mahlon and i quote. the

kentucky, south dakota, arizona, wyoming. >> okay, the western states but on the eastern sea board, and the reason i raised this issue at this hearing in the beginning of the season is that the predictions that i've seen or the feeling about this season because the storms have been so intense in the gulf coast -- >> that's correct. >> -- there's some sense that this is the east coast's time. and i just need to reinforce that i know that people in the northeast have not had a storm in a long time, but there are some significant studies that show what will happen if there is. and it is not a pretty picture. and in 1938 there was a major storm that hit long island, and you can just understand and think about what the population was then but what it is today. you know, 80 years plus later. and i'm asking you or you're testifying that actually in that part of that highly-urbanized area that there virtually is no communication of people outside of your 911 if you want to report an emergency, but in terms of where you could go get a shelter, where you could get a voucher for a house, where you

emergency communications throughout the united states. nor does my friend from arizona dispute that this project would be -- represents five pilot projects across the country. so i find it difficult to believe that there would be any objection to this very valuable program that has already met with success and is deserving of an additional new outreach to the first responders and emergency personnel across the country. i yield back. thank you. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: does the gentleman yield back his time? mr. price: i'm sorry. i thought we were on to the next stage. of course i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question now occurs on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amount is not agreed . to the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i ask for a

of arizona. mr. mccain: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator arizona. mr. mccain: i say i appreciate very much the wise words of the senator from georgia, who has been heavily involved in health care issues, dating back to his time in the georgia legislature and brings a unique peculiar erive to the issue; that of a person who's had to, as an elected representative, who's will h. to wrestle with these issues from not only the federal level but also state. so i appreciate his words. you know, madam president, as the senator from georgia pointed out, this is probably the single most important domestic issue that will be taken up by the congress of the united states, at least this year, maybe in the next couple of years and maybe in a long time. when you look at the fact that we are addressing an issue that basically consumes one-fifth of our gross national product, not to mention the fact that the system is broken, that the inflationary pressures are unsustainable, and there are mill

in arizona, for example 60 percent of the projects and 40 percent of the high economic recovery will be directed it directly to the economically distressed areas of their state. the states are flexing high with economic recovery funds for transit in a city passenger freight rail and projects. 9.9 million is being used for maintenance dredging of the mississippi rivers are southwest pass to provide a safe efficient river channel for navigation for that industry. the iowa department of transportation will provide $5 million for for freight rail projects. a $15.4 million project in the port of tacoma, washington will eliminate all for at great rail crossings in that cause a truck and traffic -- other traffic vehicle traffic delays of to 45 minutes several times a day. finally congratulations to you and your committee on moving out with a six year bella. we support your efforts and are ready to help you deliver on that six year bill. we also urge timely action on critical threats to our highway and transit program, madam chairman, an inevitable cash flow shortfall of the highway trust fu

the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: the problems with the current state of health care in america are well known. republicans don't need to be convinced for the case for reform. we hear from our constituents who have concerns about their own health care dilemmas and those of their neighbors. we all agree that the millions of uninsured americans need access to high-health care. though we agree on the need for reform we have disagreements on how best to accomplish our goals. republicans favor a patient-centered approach that allows individuals to choose their own insurance, keep it if they like it, and never have to get permission from a washington bureaucrat to get the test or treatment that their doctors say they need. president obama wants congress to pass a sweeping new washington-run health care system that we believe would jeopardize the care most americans already have. such a system would likely lead to the collapse of private insurance and replace it with an enormous washington bureaucracy that would ration

let's show you another headline from the arizona piper. the legislature there hopes to cram months of work into two days. the state budget deadline, vacations push lawmakers to pass bills. also, speaking of legislatures this is in california at the "orange county register" -- both houses met on sunday in our rear weekend session starting in late afternoon. the assembly speaker of los angeles announced the assembly democrats would employed a legislative ripple to pass a budget fix and tax increases without a single republican vote. anthony, welcome. caller: washington by itself has the right perception in try to help with the tarp program as well as the stimulus package, however, it is the financial institution still holding the government hostage. they did not want to ease a credit either for a home purchase, small-business enterprises, as well as vehicle loans. until we get a marriage between these two government entities i do not see the economy doing anything new. even warren buffett indicated that usually after a situation like this in

in arizona we have more than 100 co-ops all across the state. some communities use them to get fresh food, electricity, hardware, heating fuel, or create credit unions. a bloated washington-run health care bureaucracy forced upon the public is not a co-op. as michael leavitt has written in a soon-to-be published fox news articles, "a co-op that would be federally controlled, federally funded, and federally staffed sounds like the public option meets the new general motors." well, mr. president, in the era of the gm takeover, as we know, washington controls the purse strings, pays the bills, dick taits the rules. the same would be true of a washington health care co-op. as leavitt put it, washington health care would result in americans be co-opt rather than being given a co-op. americans are concerned about the cost of the bills being imposed on the other side. an estimate shows that the bill in the "help" committee -- health, education, labor, and pensions -- or the draft bill crate creteed by the senior senators from massachusetts and connecti

wherever a plan is registered, certified by that state, someone in south carolina could buy it from arizona or colorado, mr. president, and that's how most industries work in america. if i want to go across the line and buy a car in north carolina, i'm not prohibited to do that. but i can't do it if it's a health insurance plan. so we allow those quasi-monopolies to develop in every state. i would develop a plan that would allow americans to buy -- the freedom to buy health insurance in any state in the country and to a person the democrats voted it down. now, i introduced a plan that would allow people to use what they have in a health savings account to pay for a health insurance premium. common sense, right? they voted it down. the fact is this: the people who want to expand the government option do not want these people to have private insurance because they believe in government and they do not believe that the private market can keep itself accountable. but the problems we have with the private market now can be attributed to a large degree to the government not paying its share of th

the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: thank you, mr. president. first of all i was going to interrupt and ask a question. but i simply confirmed with senator mcconnell, and i will state and the record can reflect the fact, i believe that senator mcconnell asked the question of where he would be released in he were acquitted. i don't believe that he asserted that he would be released into the united states. i just wanted to clear that up. obviously we can check the transcript and determine it. i think that was his intent because of the question that robert gibbs had posed. that is my understanding of it. we can resolve that. i would like to say a couple of other things. first of all, i think it is important to have this debate. the senate had a debate some weeks ago and it is true that 90 senators voted against funding a -- a program to close the prison at guantanamo bay. and six senators voted in favor of moving forward with that. i appreciate the senator from illinois starchily defending the lonely -- starchily defending the -- staunchl defending

distressed areas of their state. the highway economic recovery funds for transit, intercity passenger, freight rail, 9.9 million is being used for maintenance of the mississippi river southwest pass to provide safe and efficient river channel for navigation for the industry. the iowa department of transportation will provide 5 million for freight rail projects, $544 million in the port of tacoma washington will eliminate crossings that eliminate vehicle traffic delays up to 45 minutes several times per day. finally congratulations to you and your committee on moving out with the six year bill pressly support your efforts and are ready to help you deliver. plan also urge timely action to our highway and transit program and the inevitable cash flow shortfall the highway trust fund this summer the imposition of 8.$7 billion, we urge you to take action on those critical issues and to take action in a timely short-term manner. thank you for allowing us from the american association of state highway tradition that official

the situation in the state's also the budget year will start with a $384 million hole. first up is daniel on the phone from fort washington, maryland. caller: good morning. i would just say as a long time the work and analysts of politics, there is definitely no light at the end of the tunnel right now. host: why is that? caller: no concrete actions have been taken. the real core issues, the financial systems and the dominance of the economic system, and the federal reserve's secret nature, some of that is being addressed. they're getting even more power to the fed. our government is based on transparency and it is not transparent. host: the fed meeting today and we will be talking with john taylor was served in the bush administration. we will talk about his views on what the fed needs to be doing and may not be doing quite yet. the story points out the obama administration is set to announce retooling loans. this is going to spur fuel efficient vehicle productions in the u.s.? we're asking the question about the economy and some headlines indicating there are mixed si

the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: the senator from tennessee has been a leader in pointing out the problems that these health care expenditures would impose on our states. it is important for the governments of the states to begin to let washington know what they think about these new costs that they're going to have to bear. let me begin at the outset here on the same subject to make it clear that republicans are very eager for serious health care reform, just as i think the american people are. that's why we support new ideas that would actually cut health care costs and make all health care more affordable and accessible. republicans want to reform our medical liability laws to curb frivolous lawsuits. we want to strengthen and expand wellness programs that encourage folks to make healthy choices about smoking and diet and exercising. all of those have huge impacts on the cost of health care. we also want to address the needs of the unemployed, those who work for or own a small business, those with preexisting

in solar, we don't get as much sun as arizona and nevada. we are pushing solar energy as hard as we can. one of my good friends has a new solar company working with the germans that can get better solar power at homes. but let's get this straight. i have two steel dynamics plants. the most efficient steel processer in the united states. five new corps plants. s.d.i. in one of their plants takes as much energy as the city of fort wayne with nearly 250,000 to 300,000 people and everything therein. you cannot power a steel plant with solar panels and windmills. if we are going to make things in america if we aren't going to ship everything to china, we going to have to have reasonable, workable energy strategies. there's a company in fort wayne that's been highlighted in "the new york times" on geothermal called water furnace. california alone could save seven power plants. we need to push in every appropriations bill geothermal. i have an amendment proposed in the armed services bill to have many military facilities use geothermal. we're worki