for example, manmade co-2, if it causes warming, why is it that co-2, mankind was using much more co-2 in the 1940 owe's, 1950's and 1960's, yet as the co-2 was rising, there was a cooling going on in the climate? ok. so let's hear about the science about co-2? why is everyone afraid to look at the specific science? if co-2 causes warming, why were there dramatic times of co-2 increase that the earth got cooler? i had one person suggest that the pollution in the atmosphere completely overwhelmed the quote, greenhouse effect during that particular time period. if that's true, what we have to say is, the clean air act of 1970 is directly responsible for manmade global warming. does anyone believe that? no. and again, anyone telling a joke or trying to maim humor is always reported as if i'm being serious and whether that person is being serious or not. . >> recent study shows that 80% of america's weather stations, the monitoring who have been collecting the information that's being passed onto us by the manmade global warming advocates that 80% of these stations have been compromised a

co-2 doesn't harm human beings. if we reduce co-2, we will be doing a disservice because we won't be concentrating on pollutants that are harmful. out of diesel trucks, the particulars that are very harmful to people. i have three children. i have three babies, i love those babies and i do not want them to breathe in dirty air. and if we focus on co-2, we are doing a disservice to them and their generation and a disservice to the older people of this country who will also breathe in the dirty air and focusing on co-2 to save the planet, because what is happening here, these people are out there to save the planet, but not out to save the people of this planet. one solution to a nonexistent threat, which also caused a huge destruction of people was, of course, the eliminating of d.d.t. d.d.t., we were told was destructive to the environment, especially to bird egg shells. d.d.t. is banned. and what is the result of d.d.t. being banned? malaria where it was almost eliminated. it made a comeback and millions of childre

if co-2 causes it to warm, well how come when we had massive increases in co-2, it got cooler and not warmer? the calculations on global warming have been based on fraudulent numbers. a recent study showed that over 80% of america's temperature and weather stations, which have been the source of temperature readings that supposedly indicate a warming trend, supposedly, these very same monitoring facilities have been compromised and are faulty in the information they're providing. the numbers have been skewed. they are suspect because the monitors that have been relied upon do not meet the basic scientific standards that are required of them for us to believe in the numbers that they're giving uts.

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 connecticut -- that's the piece of legislation we're talking about -- would cost $1 trillion over the course of 10 years. but only would reduce the number of uninsured by 16 million people. so $1 trillio

co-op and they provide health insurance. there is a new fascination we will make a co-op nonprofit that will save money. there is a large nonprofit and for-profit sector there are nonprofit and for-profit hospitals. nonprofit and for-profit insurers for i have never seen a study that shows nonprofit hospitals and insurers actually provide lower interest premiums than the for-profit sector. i have never seen anything that shows up. if they do create the non-profit co-op they will end up going out as they do right now and contract with for-profit insurers to provide the insurance and if you don't do that you have the federal government that has to ding the tax payer again to provide the reserves for it. the co-ops are already out there. it is an option but no reason to move to it. they are already there. is the public plan a good option? if you really think the public plan is a good option to keep competition out there and the private sector honest and competitive why do think you need a public option for life insurance? to ke

and if they do create these non-profit co-ops, they will end up going out as the co-ops do right now and contract with profit insurers to provide the insurance. if you don't do that, you're going to have the federal government that's going to have to ding the taxpayers again to find the reserves for it. so the co-ops are already out there. it's an option, but there's no reason to move to it. they're already there. so is the public plan a good option? well, if you really think the public plan is a good option to keep competition out there and to keep the private sector insurers honest and competitive, why wouldn't you think you need a public option for life insurance to keep the life insurers honest and prices low? why wouldn't you think you would need it for auto insurance? or for food? or for clothing? or for the auto industry? or, in fact, maybe we already do have a public option in the auto industry. and i will bet that toyota will continue to do well even against that. thank you. [applause] >> we actually have the example of the public alternative in the mail. we have a governmen

rogers for co-sponsoring this very important amendment. highly trained canine teams have been trained in the united states since 1973. dogs are extremely reliable in their mobility and makes them invaluable in screening all types of cargo quickly and effectively. as we approach the august, 2010 deadline to screen cargo transported on passenger airlines, it is critical that t.s.a. is prepared to deal with all types of cargo without unnecessarily slowing down. within my district, cherry growers transport half of the cherries they export on passenger airlines. my amendment would increase the number of canine teams specifically dedicated to air cargo by a minimum of 100 dogs. the need for additional canines is clear. the seattle-tacoma airport began screening all of its air cargo earlier this year. in order to meet the needs, t.s.a. will bring canine teams to the pacific northwest and other parts of the country during the cherry harvest to ensure all cherries are screened this a timely manner. once the 100% requirement goes into effect next ye

it is that -- it does not sound very co-equal to me. they could hess sent somebody saying what we are doing is not concluded and we understand your concern about the matter. what is with this state secrets business? let's see how far we can go. i am so glad to see

again, i commend co-chairs carnahan and biggert for their leadership and hope that my colleagues will see the value of the awareness of the benefits of high-performance buildings will bring and support this resolution. and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. baird baird i have no speakers at this time and would reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. olson: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from illinois, congresswoman biggert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. biggert: i thank the gentleman for yielding and, madam speaker, i rise in support of h. resolution 492 and ask my colleagues to support its passage. as a member of the science and technology committee and co-chair of the high-performance building caucus, i'm delighted to join my colleague and caucus co-chair congressman russ carnahan to recognize june

so when you begin to look at what kind of co-op and what kind of pooling they are talking about it, as we have more details, we will have more to comment on. >> thank you. >> more non-fiction books all weekend. inside the revolution. how the followers of gee hawed, jenniferson, and jesus are looking to dominate the world. also ahead, arthur lapper on taxes and the end of prosperity. and later, foreclosure nation. the housing crisis and where it is headed. after wards, how do you run for congress. and are six grade students running the campaign. she's interviewed by washington, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton. every weekend is filled with books and authors on book tv. look for our schedule online on booktv.org. >> how is c-span funded? >> i have no clue. >> advertising for products. >> public money, i'm sure. >> taxes? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> mental health leaders gathered for a conference in the developments and challenges in the industry. the session featured

will regulate co-2 regardless, it takes a little change to interior approps to fix that. we are the united states congress. we don't capitulate to cap and tax because of a court ruling. we tell them what the american people think. second, this bill freezes or rolls back oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear and biofuels. we'll have less. we're not going to break dependency on foreign oil with less energy. iowa corn farmers, 6.2 million acres, five million of them went in before 2001 and only 25% of them went in afterwards will be able to qualify because they rotate. so we're down to 4.8% of the guys doing it right, one out of 20 are going to get any benefit out of the peterson amendment. and furthermore, when speaker pelosi set up the cap and trade and bought the carbon credits, i can't verify that any of that changed any behavior for the positive. the ones i could verify had already been in place. we've seen an example in spain. it's a colossal mistake there. a political and economic error. this could be the most colossal mistake ever made in the history of the united states c

one of them is one that i have co-sponsored, h.r. 2300, coming out of the republican study committee and the western caucus, called the american energy innovation act. what it does is provide for increasing production, responsible production of american resources. it provides for increasing conservation so that we decrease the demand side of the energy curve. and it provides for expansion of innovation, incentives for innovation so that we unleash the genius of the american people to solve the challenges that we have in the area of energy. . it doesn't tax the american people, it doesn't decrease jobs, it doesn't decrease electricity prices, as the democratic plan would do. it doesn't increase gas prices as the democrats would do. it doesn't increase natural gas prices, as the democrat plan would do. it doesn't increase the family energy bill, and it doesn't increase the federal debt. no, mr. speaker, it solves the problems in the way that the american people want them solved. the american energy innovation act would increase production in a responsible and environmentally sensitive

it is an interesting idea involving co-ops. there are others thinking in a more constructive way about how you get to a plan that would be bipartisan. what do you think about a co-op plan that would be nonprofit that would allow consumers to choose -- >> i think there is a lot of work that needs to go into this idea. it is interesting, i'm sure that in the coming weeks there is going to be more developed so that we can take a look and see what is this idea and how would it work? you know, we have had -- we've had things like mpwr that were not regulated properly that turned out to be a very big problem. so when -- you begin to look at what kind of co-ops, what kind of groupings, poolings are you talking about, we'll have more to comment on as we see more details. thank you. >> this week on news makers. we talked to senator jon kyl of arizona. we look at the nomination of judge sonia sotomayer. the government funding of college is direct aid to colleges and their students really is a late 1950's, early 1960's thing that has grow

let's talk about co-2. that's what is in the atmosphere. co-2, carbon monoxide is a miniscule part of our atmosphere. so co-2 is yes, part of the atmosphere, but it was always considered a very small part of the atmosphere. and let me just make sure we get this right, that co-2, most people believe that it is a large part of the atmosphere, because i have asked them, but in reality, it is less than -- it is less than .04%. what we're saying is. it's much less than 1/10 of 1% in the atmosphere is co-2.

i was pleased to join chairman conyers and chairman scott as original co-sponsor on the bill. it's bipartisan, bicameral effort that improved security for federal judges, their staffs, victims, witnesses and all who participate in the federal justice system. i had the honor and privilege to sit down with a number of judges around witnesses and victims and staff members to discuss this problem back before the legislation was originated and we're trying to address some of the problems that had been created. in recent years we've seen an increase in violence and threats against judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, law enforcement officers and courthouse employees. according to the admrgetive office of u.s. court, almost 700 threats a year are made against federal judges. in numerous cases it's been necessary to assign judges security details for fear of attack by disgruntled litigants. we have a way to improve efficiency between the marshals and judiciary and strengthen security for those dealing with drugs and crime figures. it prohibits disclosure on the internet of informatio

on the private sector side of this, what does co-lab operation look like? i'd also like to loop into this question, there's slegslation that proposes shutting the internet off from critical infrastructure. it's in the collaboration, co-analysis and true partnership from day one, really. when something happens, there's a forced way by working together over the long haul.he the services for that network provided or the fact that there are all kind of ways that people continue to do business. even though you might have connected one thing, you still have yet to connect another. what would happen if you did that there might be at native measures i want to get the objective of the d.o.d. on this. guard entering off how does that play off? the country said it's a national security organization and we have to be able to work across a whole industry it was actually manned by people in all of the telephone companies and d.o.d. people and intell geps people. we had an operational entity that still exists. cyber has overwhelmed us a bit. we had a model that we could o

. >> i ask unanimous consent that i be removed as a co-sponsor of h.r. 2254. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does do you rise? ms. norton: i ask unanimous consent that i be removed as co- sponsor of h.r. 848, the rights performance act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> i move to suspend the rules and pass house resolution29. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 529, resolution condemning the violent attack on the united states holocaust memorial museum on june 10, 2009 and honoring the bravery and dedication of the united states holocaust museum employees and security personnel. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from west virginia, mr. rahall and the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia. but the gentleman will suspend while we get order. the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: i ask unanimous consent that al

on our traditional sources of energy like coal and oil and natural gas and nuclear power, the most co-2-free edition -- emission we have, and this bill does nothing to promote it. it stifles the ability of the people in this country to have the competitiveness thy they need in the world, to be able to get inexpensive sources of energy. i strongly oppose this legislation. we, republicans and democrats, our offered over 200 amendments to try to improve this bill. they made in order one. in shut do you think this democratic process, the speaker of the house has taken away the voice of the american people. the simple truth behind this legislation is, it raises taxes, kills jobs, and will lead to more government intrusion. it is estimated this bill will raise 94%, natural gas prices 55%, that's in addition to the expected rise in all of those sources of energy because this congress for the last 2 1/2 years has refused to take up a real american energy plan to devote more to producing domestic sources of all of our traditional sources of energy and developing new sources. we support the eff

senator conrad unveiled a co-op plan for the finance committee. this is what senator gregg said about it. senator conrad has put out a very interesting idea involving co-ops. there are other groups working around this building that are thinking in a more constructive way about how you get to a plan that would be bipartisan. what you think about a co-op plan that will be nonprofit that will allow for consumers to choose. >> there is a lot of work that needs to go into this idea. it is interesting. i am sure that in the coming weeks, there will be more developed. we can take a look and see how this idea will work. we have had things like multi employer welfare arrangements that were operated properly that turned out to be a very big problem. -- that were not operated properly entered into beat -- and turned out to be a very big problem. as a see more details, we will have more to comment on. thank you. >> coming up tonight on c-span, bank of america ceo ken lewis testified on capitol hill about his company's merger with merrill lynch. then, presiden

so i co-sponsored the amendment. no senator hatch has co-sponsored it as well. i want to thank them for working on this issue and coming up with a solution. >> any further comment on this amendment? again, we're missing the necessary votes, so we'll have to lay this amendment aside until the requisite number of members show up. senator mikulski, do you have any additional amendments that you want to propose at this point? >> there were amendments to be sucked by senator gregg on improving data collection, which i know we would also -- to be suggested by senator greg on improving data collection. >> there are two amendments we've worked out and i would like to move to an amendment which isn't worked out. >> well, wait. those amendments -- you had a gregg amendment 9 related to shared decision-making and you had gregg amendment 10 related to data collection. >> those are both agreed to, as i understand it. >> i would agree. then when we get a aquarium, we could do a unanimous consent. >> we'll just accept those when we get a aquarium. i would offer gregg amendment

co-sponsor of this amendment, ms. barbara lee. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of this amendment. let me commend my colleague from massachusetts for his consistent and bold leadership. this amendment does not call for the redeployment of u.s. armed forces out of afghanistan. it does not call for an end of the funding requested by the administration for military operations. it does not tie the hands of the president, commanders in the field, or our troops on the ground. it does not provide aid or comfort to those who would harm us or wish us well. instead this amendment will provide a vital contingency plan for withdrawing united states military forces from afghanistan. mr. chairman, most recognize there is no military solution to the quagmire in afghanistan. i remain convinced that the united states must develop an exit strategy in afghanistan before further committing the united states' limited resources and military personnel deeper in

larsen: i yield four minutes to the co-sponsor of this resolution, mr. klein of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida for four minutes. mr. klein: i thank the gentleman from washington for yielding time and i want to commend him for his leadership on this important issue. i rise today in support of house resolution 410, resolution that i introduced with my friend from south carolina, along with the distinguished co-chairs of the congressional boating caucus, congressman gene taylor and congresswoman miller from michigan. this highlights the contribution of the recreational boating community to the quality of our life and continued economic prosperity and urge president obama to issue a proclamation calling upon the american people to observe july 1 as national boating day. boating is a famous symbol from south florida where i come from. millions of residents in our community and tourists take to the waters of south florida to boat, fish, dive, snorkell and do scenic tours along our coastline and unique coastal waterway. palm bea

as of today this legislation has 278 bipartisan co-sponsors. for the past seven year the language of this bill has been part of the house version of the national defense authorization act. each year, the full house of representatives has supported this change. this year, i am grateful to have the support of senator pat roberts a former marine who introduced the same bill in the senate s. 504. with his help i'm hoping this will be the year the senate supports the house position and joins in bringing proper respect to the fighting team of the navy and marine corps. the navy and marine corps have operated as one entity for more than two centuries and h.r. 24 would allow the name of their department to illustrate this fact. this legislation is not about changing the responsibilities of the secretary of the department, reallocating resources between the navy and marine corps or altering their missions. redesignating the department as the department of the navy and marine corps is a symbolic gesture, but it is important to the team. over the years, i

i have been pleased to work on this resolution with my co-author, mr. sessions of texas, and he has been a terrific co-author and worked very hard with me to bring this matter to the floor and to the attention of this congress. i commend this resolution to my colleagues and would reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from wisconsin reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the gentlewoman's amendment and i want to thank tammie baldwin from wisconsin for not only working with me but also other members of my conference, republican conference, on important issues related to eye and retinal health and i appreciate her recognizing today the 40th anniversary of the national eye institute, h.res. 366. and also i appreciate her dedication to people that are suffering with retinal and eye diseases and these vision issues that we speak about today as a result of our support and the support of the national eye institute make a difference to

the co-pay and deductible can be a problem. overall people know when they have medicare, they are pretty well darned taken care of and that is not the case for people under 65. i came it the floor tonight for a few more moments, mr. president, as i was listening to senator sanders talk so eloquently to share a couple of stories. sherry in albany, ohio, she is not medicare eligible, she is forced to consider borrowing from the equity in her home to pay her $1,070 premium through cobra. she had a job. she lost her job. she has to pay the employer and employee side to pay for her health insurance. that's the way cobra works. a good program, but a bit of a cruel hoax, if you lose your job, it is pretty hard to pay your premium and your employer's premium at the same time. she's considering borrowing against her house to pay for her health insurance for cobra for 18 months, she will get a little bit of help now, because in the stimulus package, we took he care of some of that. she that's to find a way until 65 to cobble together ins

what if we relied on a co-op model that has served rural states well? in a good-faith attempt to consider this idea, i proposed some ideas for ensuring that co-ops could do the job of keeping private insurers honest. yesterday senator conrad indicated he could go along with many of these proposals. but senator conrad has never been the problem here. he's been well open to negotiating on how to make a co-op plan have the kind of clout to go up against the private insurance companies, be available to all americans, be able to bargain with the providers and be ready to go on day one to compete with the large nationwide insurance companies. senator conrad has always been willing to entertain all of that. he has been a good-faith negotiator with the best interests at heart. it has been those on the other side of the aisle who have not been willing to negotiate. and so i'm losing confidence that senate republicans will ever agree to the types of changes to a co-op to make it a viable alternative, a viable substitute to a traditional public plan that is nation

we have been talking with linda gugin, co-author of "chief justice fred m. vinson of kentucky: a political biography". in. >> for more information about the booktv-bus, visit our web site at booktv.org/booktv-bus. >> this summer booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> my name is amy walter, editor in chief of the hotline, unlike most people i have dreams for what out like to read this summer although i don't know how many will get red but top of my list is john mecham, his new book american lion about into jackson. i love to get at least one good political biography in a summer and believe it or not sitting on the beach with truman one year was quite lovely. it seems odd but it is true. i have started but not yet made its as much of a event in the new book breakthrough and so that is another goal of mine as well. if we are going into the fiction category, although this is non-fiction fiction, quirky, some people don't necessarily appreciate his sense of humor. i personally find him hysterical. when you are engulfed in flames is a book that came out i thin

i'm a proud co-sponsor of a bill that would proscribe that. the whole point of having health care insurance is to share the risk. previous existing conditions affect 45% of all americans today. and indeed if we all live long enough, every one of us is going to end up with a previous existing medical condition. the health insurance companies shouldn't be be aproduced to disqualify people in that case. fourth, we must respect the right of our fellow citizens to choose the health care insurance and provider they want. fifth, we must move toward universality of health care coverage. everyone in america should have access to health care in this wonderful country of ours. ultimately we must address health care reform for a number of reasons, to provide broader coverage, for those currently uninsured, to bring down the increasingly difficult cost of businesses, especially small businesses, families, and sole proprietors, and reduce the growing strain of health care cost in our nation's deficit and improve the overall health of our nation. 50th place

that would be the key cumulative total of the co-2 the u.s. has emitted that's in the at miss fear today. we're talking, or the waxman-markey, that's 205 years of accumulation. we want to take 1/205 of that and reduce it by 20% a year, then by 40% then 60% and 83%. with that little tiny bit in that eight-foot circle we are going to set the earth's thermostat and control the earth's temperature? what utter vanity to think that in that tiny little bit we can adju that tiny little half inch bit in a circle, only by a little bitting and we're going change the atmosphere in the earth in spite of looking at climate changes we've always had over time. we have ice ages and warming periods and sun spots and more solar activity on the sun and sometimes we see the earth cool because a volcano will erupt and cloud the earth and why would we think that more clouds in the atmosphere would warm the earth when more clouds in the atmosphere from an vo cano cool the earth. each of these questions are logical questions for third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh gr

this co but said, i have never seen icing conditions, i have never deiced. i have never experienced any of that. i did not want to have to experience that and make those kind of calls. the actual transcript as a co- pilot that appears to me to have had a minimum training in these conditions. the reason i mention this is because the training issue has been on the table here. what kind of training does someone have in the cockpit to fly under the conditions into which the airplane is headed. --? one would expect to encounter icing conditions of some sort. i learned to fly many years ago. i have been on airplanes with a lot of build up on the wings and watching it with flashlights. i have flown with pilots and others. it is an important question. how much training exist before someone is put in the cockpit for the specific kind of conditions they are likely to encounter? i want to ask about this issue of time in an airplane. i think that is also important. in the buffalo crash, i am told that the carrier had train their pilots on a stick shaker, but not the --

guantanamo didn't even exist before 9/11 and yet you had the attack on the coal the co bar twrours, the african embassy bombings, the first embassy bombing. 9/11. terrorists have all kinds of reasons they don't like the united states. they say it's a recruiting tool. are we going to stop having voting in this country, the culture that we have? are we going to take away women's rights? these radical islammists don't like these things about us. are we going to change our way of life? >> but it has been an issue in europe, among leaders. they pointed to that. >> big deal. you know, the fact that some european leader, first they didn't like the fact that we invaded iraq and replaced saddam hussein either. but we decided it was in our best interest to do that so we did. and i don't think we have to just because somebody over in france says we think it's a bad thing that you have that prison in gaunltmo, my answer is ok, fine. france is willing to take one prisoner. >> senator kyl, on health care, republicans are talking about competition in order to -- and market reforms, changing the market

company that we have not spoken about, in receiving assistance or asking for assistance is ford motor co., the leader came from boeing. . the idea that you have to come from the auto industry to change the management mindset, or to make tough decisions, in restructuring the company, this is what the task force was looking for and what the american people are confident for, we found someone exhibiting the toughness, with experience running a company, of the size that general motors is. and the craze has been universal for mr. whitaker, since we have announced his name. if you look at the experiences of the companies, that we have spoken about, the company that we didn't talk about, the prior experience in the car industry is not required, what is required is someone with big business experience, that can change the management culture and make the tough decisions to put this on the pathway to viability. thank you. >> a bipartisan commission on wartime contract in said that operations in iraq and afghanistan created opportunities for waste and fraud and abuse. topics on washington journal i

the captain of an airplane that has a less skilled co-pilot have to have had more experience than the basic experience. that might be a good rule to put in. you're going to take someone who is new at this job and consider all of the factors. when you look at what is required of the passenger flow in major airlines or regionals, to make sure they can bring down an airplane. we look at the skills, training and reaction ability, it is much more casually done. we can learn from that. not to change the security process, but to say that the person in the front of the airplane has to be able to manage all situations because mr. maurer, i know it is painful for you to review this that you are doing a wonderful job when you say let my loss be a lesson for others. we have to take that to heart. >> thank you, senator johanns. >> thank you, mr. cohen, how many regional airlines are in operation? how many would that be? >> as has been talked about, the term regional airline is almost a term of art rather than science. there are 31 member airlines and those members carry 90% of the passengers in sc

gm and tom letter to are here today are co-owners of. josh chrysler, the business unlike, for decades with 40 workers of the largest employer because of what was going on, they actually had a rally this saturday, 400 people showed up here and i received a 1200 letters from people in this community that what this dealership to stay open. and the things that we are most concerned about the minnesota is, first of all, why there is in some kind of internal appeals process, chrysler cited, for those that think they have been wrongly targeted. when listing seven made in and knowledge by the auto industry in the past would lead one to believe there could be mistakes made in decisions about which auto dealership should beç terminated. we are concerned as one of the early co-sponsors because concern about the timing. some of these dealerships have been in business for decades and are given 26 days. on the gm side if they were given longer time but some have been given letters which only give them until july 12th to make a decision. notç enoug

just -- senator mccain, senator grassley, senator stabenow and myself in fact president obama was a co-sponsor of the legislation last year. he has included in his budget a provision for this kind of legislation. >> will the senators please move their conversation outside? senator from north dakota. >> as i indicated, then senator obama last year was a co-sponsor of our legislation. we had over 30 senators republicans and democrats who believe the same thing and that was we ought to allow the american consumer to access fda approved prescription drugs and not from other countries, not because we want them to shop and other countries but we believe the ability to do so would put downward pressure on prescription drug prices in the country. madam president, if i might by consent jody still bottles to a describe what we are talking about this is lipitor produced in ireland, same pill in the same ball by the same company just shipped in different directions. even the ball is identical accept one is a blue label and one is a red label. one of them went to canada. one of them into the united states.

i also said the young co-pilot and co-pilot perished in that accident as well and they are not here to speak for themselves. they have families who miss them terribly. i am discomfited by that, and yet we have no choice but to proceed aggressively to find out, what are the standards here? are these accidents, was there an accident that could have been prevented? how do we prevent future accidentss and circumstances like this? let me ask a few questions. my understanding to mr. mayer and mr. kogan, we are hiring pilots to put in a pocket of commercial airlineairlines, 30, passengers, for $10 an hour. >> the average pay is $72,000 a year. the average pay of a first officer is thirty-two thousand dollars a year. that is very comparable to other professions that have lives at stake, medical assistance. >> is it the case that we are hiring pilots to put in the cockpit of commercial airplanes and paying them $22,000 a year? $10 an hour roughly? isn't that the case? if that is the case, one wonders, what is the capability of pilots that are coming out of school with a good many hours and meet

then as we started debating this on the floor, all of a sudden i had five co-sponsors and then 10 and then 15, and by the end of the afternoon, as i was talking to the chrysler executives, we had 38 bipartisans, democrats and republicans co-sponsoring the amendment. and the agreement that came forward from that process was that chrysler would indeed do everything possible and make commitments to the dealers that they would take every piece of inventory and specialized equipment that could be transferred by june 9. and so i look forward today to hearing from mr. press about the progress on that. and i look forward to hearing from the dealers about whether they believe that they have had that kind of outreach from chrysler. in addition, just this week, general motors has begun its process saying that it would close up to 40% of its dealerships, which would be approximately 2300, give or take, of the dealerships in this country following on 789 dealerships from chrysler. now just to put this in per spesketive, these families from these dealers who have made such an investment and who hav

tom arkadose is the co-chair of the world health care coalition. i'm the other co-chair. i thank him for his contribution. and the one that really got me was this competitive bidding business with home health care. and i know this is sort of -- this is not directly on the subject, but it is. because one of the first regions was kansas city. in kansas city, that region included parts of missouri, parts of kansas that were not metropolitan areas by any means. it was supposed to be a metropolitan area. there were 428 home health care entities or businesses in this region in kansas. of the 428, i know at least two-thirds never even knew that they were in a competitive bidding process. didn't even know that that directive had come down and that they had "x" number of days to respond. but i did hear from some of the bigger ones who said, whoa, wait a minute. this is not the way to do business. we can't do this. and so there was a lot of back and forth on that. finally, cms came down and recognized 24 in the bidding process. that were eligible for medicare. my question is if you

at the patient level, the health, equity and accountability act of 2009 -- which i was an original co-sponsor of this bill -- also includes provisions to strengthen and expand the federal agencies and offices with health jurisdiction including the office of minority health and the national center on minority health and health disparities at the nih, the national institute of health, which this bill will elevate to an institute. these provisions are necessary because they will bolster efforts to coordinate and strengthen accountability and evaluation of health disparity elimination efforts within and among our largest federal health entities. and so by including these provisions and others from the health equity and accountability act of 2009 in the health care reform bill, we will be insuring that as we work to reform our health care system that we successfully transform every aspect of it in a manner that champions health, equity, and treats every man, woman, and child with dignity and equity regardless of race, background, or geography. this is of particular importance to me because i repre

they have seen the increasing co-pays and premiums. but we can give every american a choice. we can offer an alternative to the mountains of medical debt that so often lead to bankruptcy. we can offer an alternative to the fear or -- that they or their children might be denied a doctor visit simply because it is more profitable to deny them coverage than to see them get well. i want to encourage all americans to stand up to the same fear mongering attacks that have prevented them from getting -- the health care they deserve for decades. we can offer a public option that helps all americans. i implore the american people to remember that we are not the

as founder and co-chair of the victims' rights caucus along with mr. costa, i'm thankful for the work that the sentencer does to protect the nation's children. at the time the center was founded, 25 years ago, there were little or no resources available to assist law enforcement with the cases of missing children. in fact, there was no way for police to enter information about missing children into the f.b.i.'s national crime computer. today, thanks to the work of the national center for missing and exploited children, this is no longer the case. each year, approximately 800,000 american children are reported missing. when a child is missing, the national center for missing and exploited children work alongside families and law enforcement agencies in locating, finding and recovering the children and bringing them home to their parents. many people may be familiar with john walsh from his tv show "america's most wanted"," but they may not realize the tragic event that led to his advocating on behalf of children and his work with "america's most wanted"

we hope to be co-harnte and brief. if we're not doing that, stand up and tell us. nonetheless, i hope you are all properly caffeinated out there. i see plenty of coffee on the tables. the point of our session is to, one, explore what americans think of health care, especially in the wake of the 2008 election. our second will be how those views may be shaping the health care reform debate today. finally, i hope to get free advice out of all these people for you. normally they charge a great deal of money. about what a message should be on mental health as you are approaching the health care debate. so i'm going to start with bill. the reason i'm going to start with bill is that once upon a time we used to be partners in bipartisan surveys when i was at a firm that did research. second, because he's been up the longest. bill took a 6:00 flight from boston to be here, so we can blame his staff for poor scheduling. >> i'm feeling good. >> ok. bill, we know health care was a critical issue in this campaign, as it has been in the last several political campaigns, but let

the legislation currently has 155 co-sponsors, with wide bipartisan support. this legislation would mandate the state department to open immediate investigations into alleged violations of the iran sanctions act. this legislation would implement sanctions on companies who do business with iran. this legislation implements sanctions on those who supply refined fuels to iran. and this legislation expands sanctions on iranian exported petroleum -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman from indiana deserves to be heard. the house will be in order. the gentleman from indiana. mr. burton: mr. speaker, this legislation expands sanctions on iranian exported petroleum and petroleum byproducts as well as those who help facilitate its export. iran can only threaten us and the world because of the foreign investment in its energy sector. depriving the regime of petroleum and foreign investment will severely undermine iran's economy and increase pressure on them to abandon their dangerous course. we need to impose se

china adds about more co-2 to the atmosphere each year than any other nation in the world. however, they have consistently said they reject any binding international cap on such emissions and claim the right to continue to increase thes release of greenhouse gases. at the same time we're going to attempt to pass this legislation. without equivalent efforts by china and india, to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the united states stands to lose many hundreds of thousands of jobs to these countries that will profit from this bill today. the proponents of the legislation say we should make unilateral reductions. unilateral disarmament. which in turn will impose moral pressure on other countries. i find it hard to believe that china and india will reduce their economic growth and idle their people because they're willing to adopt a cap and trade. the cap and trade is flawed. china and india are not going to go forward. any meaningful effort to achieve long-term, sustainable reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions depend on the development and deployment of technologies, we

increased co-2 emissions will be our gift to the next generation. apparently the planet is not melting. with this bill it's just getting better for polluters. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. 234re78ing: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. fleming: madam speaker, abc network will be known as the all barack channel. democrats and republicans agree that our health care system needs reforming and we essentially agree on how with one very important exception. a government-run plan is not the solution. our current medicare system is a microcosm of what the proposed public plan would look like. medicare's propped up by the privately insured as it is and still on a course for bankruptcy. within 10 years. our president says he can make a government-run system lower cost. then why hasn't anybody been able to do that with medicare in 50 years? creating a public option like medicare will pro

klein, for introducing it and including me as a co-sponsor. mr. speaker, the holocaust memorial museum is a noble and vitally necessary attempt to remember and honor the victims of the holocaust. the memorial itself is a witness to truth and the promotion of human dignity and tolerance. wednesday's attack on that museum by a crazed hate philed gunman is yet another chilling reminder that our society still harbored a dangerous collection of bigots and racists who hate jews. unparalleled since the dark days of the second world war, jewish communities around the world are today facing violent attacks against synagogue, jewish cultural sites, cemeteries, and individuals. anti-semitism is an ugly reality that won't go away by ignoring it or by wishing it away. it must be combated with resolve and tenacity. and it must be defeated. the sad and deeply troubling reality is that james von brunn cannot be dismissed as an aberration but is connected to a whole hate promoting movement that results in violence against jews in america and around the world on pr

chairman, ceo of lehman brothers and later co-founded the blackstone group. here we are in the greatest recession since the great depression, and he's got sort of a bird's eye view of this that few people would have. >> who is po bronson and ashley merriman? >> po bronson is author of the number one best seller what should i do with my life, ashley merriman is a science journalist, and they've taken a look much as dubber in and leavitt did for the economy and friedman did for globalization, they're taking a cultural look at the way we raise children, and they've discovered there are certain key twists that science has overlooked. and recent research shows that conventional wisdom of raising our kids is all wrong, so they won a national magazine award for a piece they did on praise for new york magazine. turns out overpraising your children will, n., make your children less inclined to attempt to do things they don't think they're good at. there are also chapters on siblings, there are chapters on gifted programs, testing for private scools. turns out that the

nuclear power is the second largest source of electricity generation and largest source of co-2-free energy which is ignored by this bill, notwithstanding the fact that it will reduce co-2 gas emissions by a far greater measure than any of the other alternatives being discussed. the one size fits all renewable electric standard. this legislation assumes that all states have the exact same amount of renewable resources and can develop them and penalize states when they cannot. furthermore, the legislation excludes far too many people who should be able to participate in the renewable energy market. i know i speak for members on both sides of our committee when i say that the biomass definition in this bill is inadequate. woody biomass is a clean, sustainable form of energy that deserves encouragement from the federal government, not unneeded restrictions. given the restrictions already placed on woody biomass by the renewable fuel standards, we should not not be repeating the same mistake in this legislation. we must keep in mind that agriculture is energy intensive industry and this

i'm happy to be a co-sponsor of this legislation. it is through his leadership as chairman of the committee on veterans' affairs that we will finally be able to make advanced appropriations. v.a.'s health budget a reality. i simply do not believe that it is right that we have lapsed in our care for our veterans when they have never lapsed in the defense ever our country. i do -- defense of our country. i do not think it's right that out of the last 22 budgets we have passed for the v.a., 19this been late. our veterans serve our country and provided the security we often take for granted and we owe them quality health care. without a predict able and on time funding source, it is difficult or impossible for the v.a. to provide our veterans with the high level of health care that -- and service that is they deserve. that is why i led 50 members of congress to demand a provision allowing for the advance appropriations in the fiscal year 2010 budget. and we were fortunate enough to convince the budget conference committee to support it.