host: thank you, carolyn. we cover a lot of british politics, want to update you on the situation with the house speaker, one of the things that happened on monday, the house of commons elected a new speaker, john bercow, he succeeds michael martin a veteran of the labour party, who became the first speaker forced from office in more than 300 years amid claim he is failed to curb the abuse of the reports of the house of commons expenses. mr. bercow vow trode form the expense system for members of the house of commons. irena is next from florida. caller: hello. i'm a medical professional and a breast cancer survivor and a grandmother of an autistic boy. i've seen problems from both sides in many ways. and the mammoth in the room that no one is talking about is something that president obama mentioned in his campaign. and that is, in medicare alone, for every $6 actually spent on health care, the insurance companies are getting $11. the mammoth in the room is the profits of the insurance companies. that's why o

host: thank you, carolyn. we want to update you with the situation with the house speaker because one of the developments, in case you missed it, the house of commons has elected a new speaker. his name is john bercow. he is 46 years old and succeeds michael martin, the first speaker to be forced from office in more than 300 years. that cut -- about amid claims that he had curved to -- that he had failed to curb the abuse of the expense system. irina is next from jacksonville, florida. caller: hello, thank you for c- span. host: certainly. caller: i am a medical professional and also in breast cancer survivor and the mother of an autistic boy. i have seen problems from both sides in many ways. and the mammoth in the room that no one t

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

let me introduce carolyn from new york. then from maryland. -- ben from maryland. one person from texas and another from new jersey. one person from florida. i think that is all of the members who are here with us. the may be some others who will come later. i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the really significant days in the calendar for our country, in particular the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years. it is especially fitting that we would hold this announcement here where we have a great diplomatic history of so many important events in our nation. i am especially pleased that our new ambassador, the new director of the office here at the state apartment was confirmed in time for him to be a part of this ceremony. [applause] he has been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee. thanks to him, hundreds of trafficking survivors are now living productive and healthy lives in our own country while their abusers are behind bars. we're

carolyn mccarthy announced that she would not challenge new york appointed senator kirsten gillibrand. and she is saying in a statement from her office that this was for personal reasons. she decided not to run. her spokesman would not elaborate on what those personal reasons were. the spokesman did say that she was not called by anybody to get out of the race. in recent weeks, we have learned that president obama called on other democratic challenger, urging him not to run. we learned that vice president joe biden called on other potential opponent, congresswoman caroline maloney. she has not yet announced whether or not she is running. for kristin gillibrand, it means one more sign of relief. it seems like all of her challengers, but for maloney, are sitting on the sidelines. when president obama chose congressmen john mchugh for army secretary, the cry went up that this was another chance to win a republican seat. it has been held by the republican mchugh since 1982. the problem here for democrats is that one of their strongest potential candidates is also somebody that the new yor

ok, caroline foot, but she was not in the -- carolyn flint, but she was not in the cabinet. >> she says, with her arm on her back. >> yes. what is clear from this is that we are not going to get a coup from within the cabinet. on the other side of the coin, will there be some kind of coup from the back benches of? it seems clearer and clearer that there is a lack of coordination among the backbench rebels. they are less confident now that aaron johnson is an alternative waiting in the wings now that he has been promoted. if gordon brown goes, that means an earlier election and that will lose their seats. i think that borden is in a stronger position than he was last night. -- i think that gordon brown is in a stronger position now that he was last night. >> there are a few other problems for gordon brown. >> yes, the daily telegraph is back on the expenses trail again. it is said that he claimed expenses on two different properties simultaneously. downing street says that these expenses have gone into and have been cleared by the house of commons and checked by the fis office. for any a

carolyn maloney of new york will chair -- today, she is the chair of the committee. she left from a moment ago. harvard law professor elizabeth warren heads the congressional oversight panel. a washington post -- "washington post" reports this morning that the government should repeat its stress test of the nation's largest banks if the subject of severity of the economic downturn prove too rosy. representative maloney and is worn in the room. live coverage here on c-span. -- and miss warren in the room. live coverage here on c-span. >> i want to compliment you on your research and all of your work in support of credit cards reform and your testimony and support were very important to the passage of the credit cardholder bill of rights. thank you. this is the third in a series of hearings this committee has held to examine the degree to which the troubled assets relief program has succeeded in its goals. the june report is the result of the government stress test, which were designed to evaluate the balance sheet of financial institutions. and to provide recommendati

it is a subject about which i wrote at length in a previous book that carolyn mentioned called "infamous scribblers", the founding fathers and their ratted beginnings of american journalism. so i did not write about it at length in all the news unfit to -- "all the news unfit to print" and want to speak about it here. suffice it to say that as a newsman sam adams was the biggest liar in the noblest cause in american history. mark twain was one of the great writers of fiction in american history. unfortunately for the readers of the nevada newspaper about a century and a half ago, he wrote some of that friction in the guise of journalism. for instance, he described the discovery of a petrified man in the nevada desert. he wrote as follows: the body it was in sitting position, the attitude was pensive, the right thumb resting against the side of the nose. no it wasn't. there wasn't any petrified man in the nevada desert a century and a half ago, at least not as far as anybody knows. he also wrote stories about indians being smothered to death and about a mining speculator mark twain hated

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

you will hear from two people in a moment, but let me introduce carolyn maloney from the york, ben carden from maryland. we have eddie johnson from texas. chris smith from new jersey, someone from florida, and i think that is all of our members here with us. there may be others who will come later. then i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the significant days in the calendar for our country. and particularly for the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years. it is especially fitting that we would hold this announcement here on the eighth floor where we have great diplomatic history of so many important events in our nation. i am especially pleased that our new ambassador, the new director of the office to monitor and combat trafficking here at the state department was confirmed in time for him to be part of this ceremony. [applause] previously, lou led the fight against slavery and has also been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee with the chairman conyers. than

carolyn is on the line. caller: i'm in the hospital. host: i'm in for breathing problems, i had a very bad attack with my lungs and i've been here since saturday. host: how are you feeling? caller: not really good right now, a little better. i realize my department of defense insurance, issued to me because my husband is a disabled veteran, 100% disabled

now, carolyn, could we do two now? ok, this gentleman and then you sir. >> i'm wondering if in your research you found some of the fabricated stories were actually well written and if you thought that now in retrospect, there's still like a value to looking at them even if it's a kind of subjective history and if you felt it was still worthwhile and interesting if that way? >> well, some of them are interesting. i still -- i say still, because i've phone it for a long time. here's a story that's fascinating. h.l.milken, one of the most interesting men who ever lived when he was writing or not writing. the japanese war was going on at the time and milken was very interested in it and wanted to publish his account of a very important battle but that bathe was being delayed and mi lken said up as hearst did with the court of inquiry, the hell with it, we don't want to wait any longer. so mil democratken wrote the st. he knew so much about the political and military issues and figures involved, so much about even the terra

as far as i know all these czars could be ultimately alan the great, carolyn the great, gary the great, jay scott the great. just like peter the great. we don't know how great these guys are going to be. but they could be one of those, and let's hope none of them happen to be ivan the terrible because that would be terrible. persian gulf czar, sudan czar. now, we have an ambassador to sudan, i think. we have diplomats that work with sudan. we have a secretary of of state who has an office that sudan falls under. i'm sure she has got some of the best experts on sudan anywhere in the contry. just like she does on the persian gulf. just like she does on the middle east. the secretary of of state has the best people we can hire. some of these people have been working in this field forever. now we got a sudan czar. this means this is the absolute monarch of sudan experts? what does it mean? or is it just an associate of the administration that needs a be job? i don't know. i don't know what it does. climate czar. it's not clay mat change czar. it's not global warming czar. because we have h

of this bill, who has been there for the entire 15 years fighting for this measure, representative carolyn maloney, our chairwoman from the 14th district of new york, again for three minutes. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. . mrs. maloney: i would like to thank all of my colleagues who have supported this on both sides of the while and overwhelming passage in the past congress and today, especially majority leader steny hoyer, who with me, introduced this bill 15 years ago. and chairman towns, who has led our committee so well and ranking member wolf, davis, lynch and former congressman tom davis for all of their leadership on this issue. we are here today to show that this congress doesn't just talk about family values, it values families. and this bill, h.r. 626, that grants four weeks of paid leave for the birth or fostering or adoption of a child is the first bill to pass balancing work and families since 1993. in 1993, we passed the landmark family and medical leave act that provided 12 weeks of unpaid leave which allowed women to have children and not lose their jobs and thi

federal employees paid parental leave act of 2009, which was introduced by our colleague, congresswoman carolyn maloney on january 22, 2009. as chairman of the subcommittee on the federal work force, postal service and district of columbia, i'm proud to serve as an original co-sponsor of this bill, along with 55 other members of congress. h.r. 626 takes an important step toward improving the federal government's ability to recruit and retain highly qualified work force by providing paid parental leave to federal and congressional employees for birth, adoption or placement of a child from foster care which is a benefit extended to employees in the private sector as well as government employees in other industrialized countries. the subcommittee on the federal work force, postal service and the district of columbia marked up the bill on march 25, 2009 and favorably recommended the measure to the full committee on oversight and government reform. the full committee then held a markup on h.r. 626 on may 6, 2009 and ordered the bill to be reported to the floor by a voice vote. the bilk considered to

we have a microphone here or if he would like to turn in your yellow cards to judy and carolyn are walking through. and while we wait why don't we go down the panel and handicap the chances for health care reform? and i'm not going to put you on the spot, while i won't put you on the spot first bob because you showed something while we were waiting. what's the smart money? you have to tell the group while talking about. >> there is a website on which economists generally but the public at large can express their opinions by buying shares of various from, you know, what economic growth and while i was sitting here and got an e-mail from a friend with the latest quote on significant health care reform and of being enacted by the end of 2009 and the price is 35% at this point, the person that sent to me because i was quoted in "the washington post" saying somewhere between one-third and 40% earlier. i won't say whether i actually said that, but the

chairman, i rise in support of my amendment which i authored with representatives me chaud and carolyn maloney. it is the debbie smith program and corresponding decrease in general operating expenses in the office of justice. unlike eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence, d.n.a. provides assurance and has resulted in the conviction of countless perpetrators of violent crimes and freed hundreds of innocent people. we can identify the guilty and exclude the innocent with certainty with just a little biological evidence and a scientific test. the problem, of course, is they have to collect their biological evidence, do that test and record the information. if you do not, the power of d.n.a. evidence is unrealized. unfortunately, there is a backlog in the hundreds of thousands in the analysis of d.n.a. evidence. this back log includes offenders from crime scenes and rape kits. when such a powerful tool is used, we must act. and i helped pass legislation to do just that. debbie smith d.n.a. backlog program gives grants to states including rape kits to analyze rape samples and expa

my name is carolyn rushing and i'm a rising third year at the university of virginia. one of my biggest struggles at the university is having the confidence to speak out in the classroom with so many liberal professors and i was wondering how would you suggest as students we build up our confidence to be able to speak up when we don't agree with what our teachers are teaching our classes and have the confidence to go talk to them or talk to the front of the case. >> bay buchanan is speaking next, right, michelle. and she does this better than i do it. the most important thing for you is to actually do it. to actually raise your hand and stand up and you will have maybe the first couple of times you do it people will shout you down or try to glare you town. just ignore that. just say what you believe. try to sound reasonable. personally, i think that instead of taking the most -- i don't want to say extreme because that's what the left does to us. have some common ground. sound reasonable so that folks can identify with what you're talking about but stand -- be very cle