flake of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona and member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. . mr. flake: this would strike a $4 million amendment for the jason project and lower the bill by a commensurate about. it was started in 1989, it's been around 18 years. the purpose is to design science curriculum for fifth to eighth grade classrooms. we all know science is important for any child's education and if local schools wish to supplement their science curriculum with service prossvided by the jason project, i believe they should have that choice. however this earmark is going to the jason project organization, not to the schools who wish too purchase its product. this $4 million earmark is one of the largest in this year's c.j.s. bill and i remain unconvinced that jason is so desperately in need of federal funding. in 1985, jason became a subsidiary of "national geographic," one of the nation's largest organizations. it's also partners o

flake of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from arizona and a member opposed will each have five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i move to strike funding for the national intelligence drug center and reduce the cost of the bill by a commensurate amount. this is not the first time i've come to the floor to try to strike funding for the ndic, but this is the first time i've tried to come and strike this earmark when it was requested by the president. in times past, the earmark was requested by another member of congress, but this time, the president has taken it up. after years of trying to close down this entity, the administration has decided they want to keep it. it's been described by the previous administration as duplicative and ineffective. i think that just about every report we've seen on this center has said that. it's a considerable amount of money. i believe $44 million. we should be saving that. according to the administr

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

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. mr. flake: i thank the chair and i hesitate to challenge this earmark. it was secured by my colleague from arizona, mr. pastor, for whom i have great admiration and we have a great friendship. but this amendment would remove funds from the rechargeable battery system. according to the earmark table, the recipient of this earmark is global solar is a quote, privately held company that was incorporated in 1996, that has evolved into a major producer of solar cells, unquote. the certification letter says the money will be used, quote, for the acquisition of man packable solar chargeable battery systems for use by the u.s. border patrol. my concern is not with the technology, nor with the needs of the border patrol, nor with this company in particular. my concern lies with why a specific for-profit entity was designated to receive this earmark funding. the president referred to ear

the gentleman from arizona. mr. franks: i now yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, mr. brown. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. broun: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the chair: without objection. mr. broun: mr. chairman, i rise today to speak in favor of the amendment to restore $1.2 billion in funding for missile defense. just yesterday north korea threatened to wipe the united states off the map. it's unconscionable we would decrease funding for our missile defense system during a period where north korea and iran's nuclear programs and ballistic missiles pose a real and increasing threat to the united states. in may iran test fired a new two-stage medium-ranged solid fuel surface-to-surface missile which can reach europe, israel e. and the united states. this $1.2 billion cut forces an unnecessary choice between protecting our homeland against longer range missiles and protection of our forward deployed troops and allies against short

flake of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic ballot. this will be -- device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of the chair: on this vote the yeas are 282, the nays are 348, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in part c of house report 111-183 offered by the amendment -- or the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: part c amendment number 2 printed in house report 111

if my colleague from arizona really wants to help small businesses, let him join us in the bipartisan bill that senator lincoln, senator snowe and klobuchar and i are offering, the shop act. by doing so, he'll be working with us on the committees to really make a positive change. i also want to clarify one thing, time and again senator mcconnell on the republican side and senator mcconnell have come to argue against government health care. well, they talk about it in the most general terms. what they're actually arguing against is a public option. what we hope to see come from all of this debate about health care reform is lots of opportunities for america's families and businesses to shop for health insurance from private insurance companies, but to have in some circumstances an option of a government-run plan. that they can choose if they wish. voluntary choice. now, of all of the criticism heard on the floor of the senate about government health insurance, i have yet to hear senator mcconnell or senator kyl criticize medicare. you know why? because 40 million americans count on it.

flake of arizona. amendment number 5 plinted in part c by mr. flake of arizona. amendment number 2 printed in part c by mr. flake of arizona. amendment number 1 printed in part c by mr. flake of arizona. amendment number 1 print the in part d by mr. flake of arizona. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first

kirkpatrick of arizona . the chair: the gentlelady from arizona, ms. kirkpatrick and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from arizona. mr. kirk: thank you, madam chairwoman. over the past year-and-a-half we witnessed record levels of violence along our southwest border. since the beginning of 2008, over 7,500 people have died as drug cartels have fought over trafficking routes between mexico and the united states. as the fighting has continued in mexico, those of us who live in border states have seen our communities threatened. 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 hig

flake of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 474, the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the speaker. let me say from the outset this is i believe a bipartisan amendment. similar amendment has been adopted in previous authorizations. so i'm pleased to offer it. h.r. 2200 as we know establishes a new grant program that would provide grants to operators of general aviation airports for projects to enhance perimeter security, airfield security, and terminal security. noticeably absent from the language however is the determination on how this grant money is to be spent. too often we have seen legitimate grant programs become vehicles for member projects. members will simply earmark these funds for projects back home. a great example of this is fema's predisaster mitigation grant program. originally this program was intended to save lives and reduce property damage by producing -- providing funds, quote, for hazard mitigation planning, acquisition,

the gentleman from arizona. mr. franks: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, jugs a personal thought on my -- just a personal thought on my part. sometimes a country oftentimes asks itself the question what really is the source and fundamental essence of our security? and oftentimes we think that that is the length and breadth of our military might and i would only remind us all that thousands of years ago china built a great wall to protect china. this was a wall that would have challenged some of modern day tanks. they thought they were completely secure. but in that time china was invaded three different times. because the enemy simply bribed the guard who opened the gate and let them in. i would submit today that the greatest and most important factor for the freedom of a people is the commitment in the heart of its people and especially those who put on the uniform to be committed enough to stand in the way of the aggressor and their homeland. and that is exbe actly what private long and private quinton ezeagwula tried to do. there is a verse tha

franks of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 572, and the order of the house of today, the gentleman from arizona, mr. franks, and a member opposed each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. franks: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. chairman, nuclear weapons, especially those connected to intercontinental ballistic missiles, represent the greatest danger, the greatest weapon ever devised or threatened the human family. the enemies of the united states are defiantly developing delivery systems for those devastating weapons. mr. chairman, to be clear, ballistic missile threats are increasing in the world. and while that threat is increasing, our budget in congress to effect missile defense is decreasing. my amendment would restore the $1.2 billion that was cut from last year's appropriated amount. the administration and those who support these cuts have created a false choice between theater defense and homeland de

new mexico was a territory, arizona was a territory. he could use the power of the executive office >> how old was he when he was president? >> he died when he was 60 years. he was at that point our youngest american president. later, there's always a trick. john f. ken di was the youngest elected. there's a psychiatrist that wrote a book he argued that he had a form of manic depression where he couldn't turn his mind or energy off. he would hike sometimes 40-50 miless >> if he entered a room, he took it over. he have found a lot of relief from nature. i go on nature hike was my kids. i'm living in austin. we go to a place called the wild bay son a lot. my parents were high school teachers. we had a trailer and used to go around the country and camp. i am like t.r. for my love of animals. we just had a kid of ra queues born under my daughter's bedroom. i like to have wild life around me. the bad lands there helped me understand that. there's a woman named twila shaffer. many people go on vacations in the summer to south dakota. some of

who did the reds acquire for adam dunn from arizona? >> rob: i know micah owings is one of them. >> johnny: let me put my thinking cap on here. >> rob: castillo and dallas buck? that is gist off the -- just off the top of my head. >> johnny: it is also incorrect. [laughter]. >> johnny: off the top of my head, let me see here. >> rob: i think dallas buck was a right-handed pitcher. and i think owings is a right-handed pitcher. i have watched him for five innings. >> johnny: beats me. >> rob: castillo i think was a catcher. ramon castillo? >> johnny: it is up to you, dibs. grounded to guzman at short. across the diamond, nice play. >> rob: very nice. >> johnny: throws out the lead-off batter in the 6th inning, ramon hernandez. >> rob: the first thing is you have got to catch it. you know you don't have a fast runner coming down 1st base and he throws it towards first. ramon hernandez, had a frustrating series. >> johnny: so, hernandez is retired. jay bruce as we look at it once again out by a couple of steps. >> rob: wilkin castro and dal

the clerk: the senator from arizona, mr. mccain, proposes an amendment numbered 1367 to amendment number -- 1366 to amendment number 1365. mr. mccain: madam president, i ask further proceedings -- further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: madam president, the amendment's simple, very simple. it strikes from the bill an earmark of $200,000 for the durham museum in omaha, nebraska. let me be very clear. i hold no grudge against the museum or the sponsor of this amendment -- of this earmark. on the contrary, i hold my colleagues from nebraska in very high esteem and i have no doubt that the museum does wonderful work thanks to the modern technology and wikepedia, it has a very nice description of the durham museum formerly known as the durham western heritage museum. downtown omaha, nebraska. dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of the united states western region and it's housed in omaha's union station. i'm sure it's a very fine place and i'm sure i

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

we have archives in michigan and one in arizona. i even went to puerto rico recently to go see the national forest there which he saved for the national forest service, which is our only rainforest in our entire protection system in united states. it's home to rare pottery and parrots. it is a spectacular part if you can go to puerto rico to see the rain forest. i would go to these places, meet the local superintendent or ranger oil martin and interview them and get local documentation as well. this is the nerve center for what i would consider roosevelt's wilderness america. >> we're standing in the roosevelt room in the center. behind us is a photograph, a big photograph above the fireplace. >> if that is the roosevelt with the naturalist john meer in 1903. roosevelt became president in 1901 because mckinley was assassinated. the gets sworn in in buffalo. this isn't going to teach politics similar to a kenley company doesn't guarantee creates a could -- he said he would have politics similar to president mckinley, but he did not.

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. >

without objection the senator from arizona. >> i will be brief and say thank new to the senator from north dakota for his outstanding work. i want to thank also the majority leader who assured us that he would give consideration to this issue. he has agreed to bring it to the floor and when the majority leader gave me that assurance frankly i was a little skeptical about the ability to do so. i'm happy he is bringing it to the floor for a vote, and i appreciate that very much and i want to thank senator dorgan for his outstanding work. it's been a lot of years we've been doing this, working on this, but i think we can move forward. i yield and thank my colleague from illinois. >> madame president, the course of the last several weeks the minority leader, republican leader senator mcconnell talked to the closing of guantanamo. day after day after day he raised the question as to whether or not we should close the guantanamo facility and whether if we did close such a facility where are these detainee's cent and whether they could be securely incarcerated and detained. these question

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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

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. kirkpatrick: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 2967, a bill i introduced to save 324 jobs in my district and save american taxpayers billions of of dollars. craft paper companies have abused a loophole in the alternative fuels mixture tax credit to claim billions of dollars in subsidies with no benefit to the taxpayer. their gimmicks have not encouraged alternative fuel use. they are actually costing us jobs by recycling pipper mills which should be growing our economy. these millions like the catalyst paper mill in snowflake, arizona, cannot compete against rivals who claim federal subsidies, catalyst has been forced to let go more than a quarter of its workers and is at risk of shutting down entirely. this congress has a duty to restore fiscal responsibility and help keep folks at work. this bill will help save jobs and eliminate waste. i urge my colleagues to give it the

flake of arizona. the chair: recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

arizona was a territory. oklahoma were the twin territories. so he could use the power of the executive office to make executive orders on behalf of them, declare it because they were territories. >> how old was he when he was president? >> he came in -- he died when he was 60. he was mainly president in his 40's. he was at that point our youngest american president who in later, there is always a trick, john f. kennedy was the youngest elected because t.r. didn't come in as elected. he was in the prime of his life, incredibly vigorous and one of the things i argue in this book is there is a psychiatrist at johns hopkins university that wrote a book. and she argued that roosevelt had a kind of form of manic depression called exuberance and he couldn't turn his mind off or his energy off. so when you read a lot about roosevelt, bully, he would hike sometimes 40, 50 miles. he would go into rock creek park as president and horseback ride all the time. he would do these -- like as president here, just disappearing in the wild for days at a time wit

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

flake of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the chair. madam chairman this would remove $600,000 for the city of rimville, california, and return the money to fema's predisaster mitigation account. the predisaster mitigation account used to be award solely on the basis of merit. when we developed a department of homeland security, we were told we're not going to earmark any funding in this legislation. this bill will not be earmarked. we were told that for a couple of years. now guess what, it was earmarked a couple of years ago, now more, now more, now even more. there are well over 100 earmarks in the bill. of course, the state of california california is no stranger to floods. in fact, according to fema, since the year 2000, parts of california have been declared major disaster due to flooding five times. but there are many other areas of the country that also suffered from flooding. louisiana, we al

from arizona yields back. mr. nadler: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 515 as amended? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 503. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. platts, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i request five legislative days in which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on house resolution 503 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

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 that brie baits -- rebates will comer for those in the middle class, bu

as her symptoms worsened, she decideed to visit the mayo clinic in arizona. so she left her home country, paid her way down to arizona and paid for the diagnosis and treatment that was called for in her case to prevent the permanent vision loss and potentially death that could have enshoed had she not been treated -- ensued had she not been treated in a timely fashion. lindsey mccreef suffered from headaches and seizures. when he went to a doctor he was told the wait time for an m.r.i. was four and a half months. think about this, you're having seizures and the test that will reveal what if anything is wrong is going to be delayed four and a half months. one of the reasons i'm told, by the way, is there are very few places in canada where m.r.i.'s are located where you can get the test. in any event, he decided to visit a clinic in buffalo, new york, fairly nearby in order to get the m.r.i. well, he did, and it too revealed a brain tumor. now mr. mccreef is suing the government's -- canadian government's health care monopoly for jeopardizing his life. i just

. >>> guy mcpherson is a professor at the university of arizona and author of living with fire. professor mcpherson, is there a national fire policy? >> their ase actively in national fire policy developed during the clinton administration and it's largely been abandoned however. what we currently have is a very fractured set of disconnected policies that don't hang together very well so we have something called the national fire policy but we don't pay attention to it. >> is it a good thing in your view to have a national fire policy? >> particularly if a lousy enough flexibility for considerable variation how we treat places on the landscape. so, excuse me, yes, we still have policies that are broader but enough to encompass all acres but there has to be enough latitude so that we recognize california is not the desert is not counted for forest. >> what are the benefits and negative sides of fire breaking out into summers of the west? >> sure. the benefits include advantages to any number of species that involved in the presence of periodic fire. and for most ecosystems in the

here is a story about arizona considering tougher laws. supporters cite inadequacy of federal efforts on the border. the right that the proposal in arizona which is cleared the state senate and is being considered by the house would require police to try to determine people's immigration status when they have reasonable suspicions. 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 h

. >>> guy mcpherson is a professor at the university of arizona and author of living with fire. professor mcpherson, is there policy? >> particularly if a lousy enough flexibility for considerable variation how we treat places on the landscape. so, excuse me, yes, we still have policies that are broader but enough to encompass all acres but there has to be enough latitude so that we recognize california is not the desert is not counted for forest. >> what are the benefits and negative sides of fire breaking out into summers of the west? >> sure. the benefits include advantages to any number of species that involved in the presence of periodic fire. and for most ecosystems in the west united states, fire was a prevalent and frequent occurrence on a landscape, so all species and fire prone systems devolved in the presence of periodically this catastrophe as we like to call it these days, without fire they go extinct as some point so fire is great if we are interested in maintaining biological diversity particularly elevations there are really dry or not really, really cold. in the

the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: madam president, i rise to discuss two issues this morning, health care reform, and also the pending supplemental spending bill that, according to news reports does not include the senate language that explicitly allowed president obama to keep photos of detainee abuse during the bush administration confidential. i want to thank my friend, the republican leader from kentucky, who has shown such impressive leadership on as he describes probably the most important -- domestic issue, certainly, that will be addressed by this congress. i look forward to working with my colleagues over the next few weeks on legislation reforming our current health care systems. america is looking to congress to enact health care legislation that's provides all americans affordable access to health insurance and the ability to choose the health insurance policy that fits each american's need. just yesterday it was reported that 62% of americans support congress enacting a major overhaul of the healt

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

flake from arizona, mr. campbell from california. i think they understand that this is not a partisan game that we're part of and they may have a principled stand for what they believe congress' role is in directing federal spending. however, on this issue we fundamentally disagree. i do believe that it's our responsibility as elected officials to fight for what is best in our district in accordance with the rules guiding federal programs. recipients of save america's treasures funds, including the terrytown music hall, do not expect the federal government to shoulder the full burden of their projects. they're required to provide a dollar for dollar match. and every dollar they receive from the government is matched. during these difficult economic times it is our responsibility to assist industries that make substantial contributions to our economy to accelerate growth nationally. terrytown music hall does generate more than $1 million in economic activity in my district. in fact, the arts industry throughout the united states gener

i did everything i could in arizona to insulate our homes every way that i could. it does not mean that i think it is worth the overall cost. host: you also come from a very sunny state. what do you think of solar power? guest: i have been in favor of solar power. i voted for the first tax credits for solar power on homes and businesses. it was a republican bill that made the tax credits for solar and wind energy permanent instead of having their expire every two years. there are lots of things that republicans back that we can be doing that are progressive. host: the tier from byron from cleveland, tennessee, on the republican line. caller: good morning. the lady said something a while ago that people need to be aware of. a progressive is a socialist. i notice the congressman did not say a whole lot about what is actually going to be the cost for the people. i work in major manufacturing. we passed cost on to the consumer, and the consumer is going to have a tremendous energy bill. electric bills and things of that nature. food is going to increase. everything is

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

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for two minutes. mr. flake: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, this bill is a bad idea spawned by a bad idea that was spawned by still yet another bad idea and it will spawn other bad ideas in the future. the first bad idea wass to bail out the auto industry in the first place. the second bad idea is for the government to essentially take over the auto industries. we all know that government is not very good at manufacturing anything. so it has to manufacturer demand, and that's what -- it has to manufactur demand and that's what this bill is saying. we need to keep this afloat without other measures they need to take to keep them afloat. we cannot emphademand. -- we cannot manufacture demand. they say they have support from ford, g.m., chrysler, the chamber of commerce. can anyone tell me honestly if anyone has not -- it shouldn't surprise anybody that this list of individuals or organizations supports this legislation. that doesn't mean that we should. we have a duty to represent the tax

giffords of arizona. this amendment will make sure that the federal government leads by example on clean energy. in my district, kirkland air force base has tried for a number of years to contract with local clean energy producers to purchase electricity to help power the base. but there are several federal policies that stand in the way of these kinds of projects. new mexico is second in the nation for solar energy potential. and we have a thriving clean energy industry in albuquerque, creating jobs today. so this is a natural partnership. however many federal agencies have discovered that the 10-year limit on federal power purchase agreements made these kinds of agreements uneconomical for their private sector partners in the solar industry. our amendment will extend the length of these contracts to 20 years, allowing more federal agencies to sign agreements with clean energy producers. this will put americans to work and ensure the federal government leads by example in the use of clean energy. i urge

, 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 are people that have different definitions what a revolution is. in

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this is a story inside the times this morning about arizona considering tougher immigration laws. supporters cite the inadequacy of the federal effort on the border. the right that the proposal in arizona, which has cleared the senate is being considered by the house would require police in the state to try to determine immigration status, when they have a suspicion that the person does not have status. to grand rapids, mich. independent color. -- independent caller. caller: i am calling from florida. i have been out of work since january. host: what kind of work did you do? caller: i am a long haul truck driver. i bought -- i held exotic cars. the price of freight has gone down. i have done some work on bridging equipment in maine. my friend said in the whole state they'll have two bridge projects going. host: the free you are calling is because of the stimulus spending in the state of maine? caller: yes. i am going bridge materials. we also have a project going on in and he was. -- in key west. host: your thoughts on where the jobs are. we bring an susan ferrechio, congressional

rob, when you think about 46, 40, 40, 40, 32, his homerun years -- >> rob: in arizona it was 40 last year. so, he has five straight seasons with 40 or more homeruns and he is tied with only babe ruth for the most consecutive years. if he gets 40 this year he is all by himself. >> johnny: and he draws a lot of walks and he has one there. >> rob: lifetime on base percentage this year of .381 which is very impressive. >> johnny: last year he walked over a hundred times, splitting his team between cincinnati and arizona. so, the nats have got two on. down at 1st base dunn -- dunn at 1st base, gonzalez at 2nd base. elijah dukes steps in. his average at .262. 1st base umpire rings up dukes with a called strike. >> rob: took a lot of heat last night for getting picked off 2nd base. but as he said he was trying to get a secondary lead. he does have 59 steals in his career. dunn has some wheels. not just a big, slow player. he can run a little bit. >> johnny: owings delivers. the flip to second to brand don phillips and the inning is over. we will talk more and debbi is going to have more on

we have this public conversations that last entire semester's. >> professor at university of arizona. his book is living with fire. >> i had no desire to do it. that was the condition in which i agree to take this on. >> coming up next book tv presents after words. an hour-long program where we invite guests to come interview authors. this week tierney cahill discusses her book. the story of her improbable campaign for u.s. representative on a dare from her sixth christians. with only $7,000 in the campaign staff of 12 year olds to won the 2000 democratic primary in nevada's second district. she discusses her book with district of columbia delegate eleanor holmes norton. >> well, welcome to c-span. ms. cahill, welcome to washington. >> they do so much. >> this is the book. "ms. cahill

arizona is in the house? we will talk later. we worked hard to make sure government served as a bridge to the many communities of faith in our state. that there was not an artificial division between people of faith and people in government recognizing we can help each other help others. that is what we worked on there and that is what we intend to do here. that's a long name for a government department that has many functions. one of our key functions is to work with people in times of disaster. been in the aftermath of hurricane katrina, we all saw that when government is not prepared to reach out to people and work with people in times of disaster, terrible things can happen. indeed, people can die. within fema, which i must say it is much improved and changed and altered since hurricane katrina, lessons were learned and inc., and many dedicated men and women have come to work there, in the wake of that, we have thought about how we can work with different communities to be prepared for disasters even before disasters happen.

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

. >> jim: out of tucson, arizona. he was drafted by the marlins in the 44th round in 2002 out of junior college in arizona in his hometown of tucson. how about that. a 44th-round pick. salses salazar pinch-hitting for -- oscar salazar pinch- hitting for mark hendrickson. takes a trying. -- takes a strike. there's a bouncer towards the hole. rearses dekes it short. long throw across. he got him! bang-bang play. wally bell says the ball beat the foot to the bag. two men out. >> buck: salazar made it close. ramirez took a little extra time. boy, he's got a strong armment watch how he rights himself really loads that powerful arm and guns across the diamond just in time to get salazar. that's nolan who is running takes exran crow hop and gets into good position just before salazar's foot comes down on the bag. >> jim: that one looked like it could have gone

the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, i -- there is a news report from the associated press entitled "iranian police use force to break up protests. tehran, iran, riot police attack hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas and fired live bullets in the air to disperse a rally in central tehran monday, carrying out a threat by the country's most powerful security force to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election. witnesses said helicopters hovered over head as about 200 protesters gathered at a square, but hundreds of antiriot police quickly put an end to the demonstration and prevented any gathering, even small groups, at the scene. iran said at least 17 protesters have been killed in a week of unrest after the electoral press said that ahmadinejad was the winner are of the elections. severe restrictions on reporters have made it almost impossible to report on any demonstrations, clashes an casualties. iran has ordered reporters from foreign news agencies to stay in their off