, only the district of columbia and three states have such laws. but it also has one of the highest abortion rates in the country. it is no secret that the district of columbia's lax abortion policies draw women to d.c. abortion clinics from other states. repealing the dornan amendment would mean allowing d.c. to use tax dollars to foot the bill for abortions for minors and potentially for minors from other states. it is a real travesty when most of our children cannot get any kind of treatment from a physician, they can't get a shot, can't get a preventative shot, they can't get any treatment, they couldn't be sewn up in the hospital if they're hurt or at school without permission from their parents. however, the district of columbia allows these minors to get an abortion, to kill a human life. and, again, polls have shown that a majority of americans do not support taxpayer-funded abortion. we must preserve the dornan amendment and keep hardworking americans' tax dollars from paying for abortions, a practice that violates the conscience of millio

let the district of columbia voting rights act pass this year. the speaker pro tempore: jealtsjealts. who seeks recognition? the gentleman from washington, for what purpose do you rise? mr. hastings: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. and i do appreciate the bringing of this resolution. this is a time when we should join our hearts and minds together in condemning the violent act that occurred that of all places the holocaust museum. a place that i with countless others, in my case, multiple occasions going to the museum, have been touched to tears to just try to get your mind around the inhumanity of man to man. this is a nation that was bought -- brought together as a nation, fought hard so that within this nation we could have civility. and one of the founding fathers' favorite lines was often to quote voltaire in saying, i disagree in what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say

the district of columbia has a record of abusing taxpayer funds for abortion. it's bad news but it's true news. in the 1980's, when the district had the most permissive abortion funding policy in this country, abortions were funded for anyone, not just medicaid recipients. elizabeth reveal was the d.c. budget director at the time shetch confirmed the district's government has a policy of funding aabortion on demand and did not attempt to determine the circumstances of the pregnancy. d.c. allows minors, that's children, to receive abortion services without the consent of their parents. so imagine that. here in d.c., children can receive an abortion without their parents' consent, which means that the american taxpayer will be funding abortions, paying for them, for children. in minors could easily be brought in from other states. d.c. is only about 10 miles square system of minors could be transported across state lines, brought to d.c. from other state, to have abortions. paid for by the american taxpayer, right here in washington, d.c., avoid the parental noti

dornam prior to f.y. 1989, his amendment called for the district of columbia to use the use of congressional funds appropriated funds, something that we have to do because of article 1 of the constitution, give the district of columbia money to operate with. and the disconnect between using those funds inadvertently for abortions was shut down by congressman dornpian's amendment. this was an amendment that has been faithfully in place with the exception of a few years in the clinton administration. now with the president's new budget he wants to cleverly allow for the district of columbia to use federally funded money for abortions. i would now like to turn some time over to my very dear colleague, an individual who has been at the forefront of life issues. life issues not just recognizing the value of a child, both inside and outside the womb, but the value of children all across the world, including his fight for a father to have his child come back i believe from brazil. . >> that's why i was late getting here. ms. -- mrs. schmidt: thank you. take all the time you need. >> barack obama sa

he did not want that out, because they supported a congressperson from the district of columbia. i believe that this will come back. i do not think that was constitutional or if that is activism, this is just a reading of the constitution. and if congress passes a law in violation, this should be struck down. if the court is doing this in an objective way, not allowing their personal emotions, so i think that we will have a great discussion, about the supreme court and the federal court, and i look forward to this. i appreciate sen. durbin. if i was in trouble i would like to have him defending me, i yield the floor. >> in a few moments, a state department of day on the situation in the sudan. in 20 minutes, obama announces changes to the financial regulatory system, and then secretary of state hillary clinton will meet with the israeli foreign minister. >> on washington journal this morning, we will discuss the situation in iran with a visiting scholar at johns hopkins university. you will hear reactions to obama and his plan from the house financial services committee. and we w

. >> although we have made progress in columbia, your question about the overall drug trafficking from columbia and the neighboring regions. >> there is still an extremely high level of drugs don't do the region. and to your points if we are thinking out of the box, acting that is an area where we need more creative thinking. they are creating some nine submergible submarines to move cocaine from -- they are creating semis submergible submarines for cocaine. >> thank you. >> gentlemen, welcome. i want to congratulate all three of you on your nominations. i am confident that all three of you will be confirmed. i'm glad to have a chance to ask some questions. i will start with general mcchrystal. we talked before the hearing and i mention that i had a chance to travel to afghanistan and pakistan last week. it is hard to see a lot in five days but we had back-to-back meetings. we also visited islamabad. we did cover a lot of ground. we met with people on the ground who are working to deliver the new strategy and we had a chance to meet with many of the afghan and pakistan leaders and key

that is the cover of a book that i edited and maxine was my a mentor at teachers college at columbia university. a book i just found is the high school slang dictionary my brother who just retired as an english teacher put together year after year and it is a very, very smart book about language and the plasticity of language the opening word and of the final word. the best thing i have never done is to raise three extraordinary kids. the most fun i have these days is taking care of my grandchildren. >> you have any pictures? >> guest: i have lots of pictures. there is one, there is one. that gives me a lot to do. also, also like to take care of my granddaughter's it is not only personally satisfying and wonderful to watch the kids grow up and their minds work and for them to make the connection what we take for granted and to have them look at the world in a different way but it is useful. my son and daughter-in-law are extraordinarily hard-working themselves and both artists and both in the early parts of their projects and work so actually i think it is of some use. what do one to

however, it explicitly applied only to the federal law, and federal government of the district of columbia. and so in a footnote they note that had they were not deciding on the second, incorporated through the 14th and would actually apply to states. that being the case, you could have a non-federal city, a new york or richland or philadelphia bar hand guns completely if the second amendment does not incorporate it. so that remain as tremendous issue, and in her decisionmaking process, in cases that she decided judge sotomayor earlier this year rendered an opinion on that -- on how that second amendment is not a fundamental right. that is a decisive and important question in whether the second amendment should apply to the cities and the states. so this fundamental right question is a matter of some real significance. in truth, there's a supreme court decision in 1800's i believe, that is consistent with that. and she says, and her panel did that they were acting consistent with that opinion and the seventh circuit agreed with her on that opinion than to issue, and was the ninth seen it c

also this morning from the leading newspaper in south carolina from columbia, emails that were posted yesterday on a number of web sites around the country. inside "the new york times," some of the details on how this story all came about. i will read you some experts -- i will read you some excerpts from "the new york times. from "the new york times," "for the press, rumors that the governor was strained, but no hard evidence." six months ago an anonymous tipster sent the state newspaper in columbia copies of the e-mail messages supposal exchange between governor mark sanford and the woman named maria in argentina. in an effort to verify the the messages were genuine -- they never heard back so the paper did not publish them until wednesday after mr. sanford admitted to having an affair. the story goes on to say that before that, reporters and editors at the state were aware that the possibility -- of the possibility that mr. sanford was having an affair. the whiff of adultery had not followed him, reporters remained skeptical. last thursday the governor to take an interview with sea

and like the district of columbia are liable to evoke very certificate restrictions if not bans on the right to keep and bear arms. so i would say that's what we discussed today. the nominee i know will be willing to talk about that and talking about it, i'm sure, in individual meetings. i did not raise that with her. but i'm sure some senators have. i'm sure senator demint has. the senator is a fabulous senator, a constitutional scholar a man who has been through confirmations time and again. and i know he made a very eloquent speech just earlier today and i would recognize senator hatch. >> well, thank you, senator. i'm grateful to have your leadership on the senate judiciary committee. it's a very important issue and i think it's important for us to raise them in advance so that sotomayor at least has some idea what some of the questions will be. this is a very important question for us, the second amendment means a great deal to us. it took a long, long time to get the heller case that finally decided that the second amendment is a personal right. and i think the distinguished from

however, it explicitly applied only to the federal law and federal government of the district of columbia and so the day in a footnote to noted that they were not deciding whether second amendment was incorporated to the 14th and would actually applied to the states. in fact, been the case, you can have a non federal city, new york or richmond or philadelphia , bar handguns completely if the second amendment is not incorporated so that remains a tremendous issue and in her decision making process in cases that she decided judge sotomayor earlier this year led to an opinion that held the back of the second amendment is not a fundamental right. that is a decisive an important question in whether the second amendment should apply to the cities and states so this fundamental right question is a matter of some real significance in truth there is a supreme court decision in the 1800's i believe that is consistent with that and she said in her panel that they were acting consistent with that opinion and in the seventh circuit agreed with her opinion on that issue in the ninth circuit, however ha

but the idea that all we need to fix the schools is a smart kid from michigan or penn or columbia who gets two months of training then goes into the worth school in america and leaves in two years, that's not a model for success. we need to invest in teachers, and that means higher pay, that means recognition of the actual work that they do which is back-breaking and mind-bending. it's the idea, well, they work six hours. forget about it. teachers work 24/7, many of them, for months and months. and so i think we need to pay more, i think we need to create schools in which teachers want to teach by recognizing their intelligence. we need to recognize their professional wisdom and allow that to flourish in schools rather than treat them as if they're mid-level bureaucrats in a factory. so those are, those are broad, but those are the -- and i should make a distinction as i did earlier. the kids who go into teach for america are fantastic kids to a person. they're wonderful, wonderful people, it's just the system and the theory of change strikes me as wrong. in terms of teachers as they

from the university of the district of columbia law school, this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. it is a good morning and i am privileged to be the professor of public interest here at the university of the district of columbia. as the leader of the leadership conference, this is the premier civil-rights coalition. we want to build an america as good as the ideas. this is a very special honor. there are few individuals in congress to equal his integrity and his commitment to building and america that we all want to live in. ted kennedy is one of them, this is the person i am privileged to introduce this morning. patrick leahy of vermont. [applause] as the son of irish and italian parents, in vermont, where his father saw signs that said, no irish need to apply, i suspect that he understands firsthand what it means to sometimes feel like an outsider. this is a major reason why he is speaking now so loudly against injustice, whether this is inside or outside of the country. this is the trade that is most admired. you can see this as the defende

guest: columbia is a huge country, and it important country. and it is a rock of stability in latin-american. -- in latin america. but it will not be if the human rights terms of the colombian people are not addressed. and the army and many of its elements have been allied with paramilitary forces, and this has got to stop. i hope that the obama administration will not emulate the bush administration and give uribe a blank check but will ask him tough questions on human rights. host: our guest is well versed on the politics and political geography of central america, having served in a number of capacities in colombia and paraguay, else out a door and honduras. our phone lines are open -- ellis salvador and honduras. here is what the president had to say about the situation in honduras. >> let me first of all speak about the coup in honduras because this was the topic of conversation between myself and president uribe. all of us have great concerns about what has taken place there. president zelaya was democratically elected. he had not yet com

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

-- of public interest here at the university of the district of columbia. for those of you who do not know, the leadership conference is the premier civil and human rights coalition with over 200 national organizations working to build an america as good as its ideas, so today, the introduction of this year's lecturer is a very special honor for me. there are few individuals, and i can honestly say without fear of contradiction, even fewer in congress who exemplify his integrity, his passion, and commitment to building an america where that we all want to live in. ted kennedy is one. john lewis is another, and so is the man i am privileged to introduce this morning, senator patrick leahy of vermont. [applause] a is the son of irish and italian parents in vermont, a state where his parents once used to see signs like "no irish need apply" or "no catholics need apply," during a less oppressive era, i suspect patrick leahy knows what it feels like to sometimes feel like an outsider in the land of your birth. i believe it is a major reason why he speaks out so

host: president obama meets today with the president of columbia. it's as the uribe faces a more wary u.s. the white house ceremony in january -- at this ceremony, president george w. bush awarded the colombian president the presidential medal of freedom and praised him for his immense personal courage for taking on his country's fight against marxist guerrillas. this time uribe will encounter an administration pushing to expand its alliances in latin america and an increasingly worried about colombia's abysmal record for human rights. one more call regarding detainee policy, this one from michigan. caller: good morning, i have been listening to these people calling in saying that these detainees are some some kind of super-humans cannot be kept safely in an american prison, if in fact they're guilty of anything. the person who called and claimed we did not try the nazis until 20 years later for war crimes does not have the right. nuremberg happen very shortly after the war. and for the very

and essayist and critic for the new yorker and a professor of art history at columbia and university, schama has presented more than 30 documentaries for the bbc and pds including the power of art, and international emmy award winner. mr. schama has one literary and journalism prizes including the award for history, w.h. smith prize for literature, the national academy of arts and letters award and the national book critics circle award. he also loves to cook and we've seen a number of his recipes. his newest work, the american future, a history explores the 2008 presidential election from the historical perspective debating for topics, war, religion, race and immigration and the relationship between natural resources and prosperity mr. schama and examine these in the context of america's identity. before we bring mr. schama we will show a short clip from his documentary that shares the same name of his new book. ♪ >> it was a hard american winter a tough time for americans. but out there beneath the ice something big was stirring. and a weakening of, american democracy. this presid

the editor of the series of teacher guides at columbia teachers college and its star graduate, now the distinguished professor of early childhood education, that the university of-illinois is william airs, i knew william airs when i was on the left. a more on. -- a moron. guilty as hell, free as a bird, america is a great country. that's a moral defective right there. william airs, with he was elected vice-president of sds, his -- i guess you all it, his inauguration speech was, i haven't read a book in a year. this is a college student. now, i was a marxist at the time, i read a lot of books. you know, there are many other things you can do in life, but if you're a student, and if you're proposing to change the world, you'd better know something. so bill ayers was -- well, i don't want to go into -- i want to avoid -- i don't want to get too personal with william airs, but this is the columbia college guru. social justice education, which is marxist education, communist, whatever you want to call it, it's certainly not liberal, is the doctrine of the moment. in education school. and s

last year in the district of columbia v. heller, the supreme court held that the second amendment right to keep and bear arms is an individual rather than a collective rievment but the court also noted that by the time of america's founding, the right to have arms was indeed fundamental and that the second amendment codified this preexisting, fundamental right. several months lairlt a second l months later, a second panel, including judge sotomayor, confircitedan 1886 supreme cour, the second circuit held that under the constitution's privileges and immunities clause, the second amendment applies only to the federal government, not to the states. whether correct or not, that holding was obviously enough to decide the issue in that particular case. judge sotomayor's court, however, went beyond what was necessary to further minimize the second amendment by once again characterizing its something less -- characterizing it as something less than a fundamental right. the court said that there need be only a show of called rationa

down and has still kept it hid that declared that the legislation we passed to give the district of columbia not a state but a district, a united states congressman was unconstitutional. he didn't want that out since he and the president supported giving a congressman to the district of columbia. but i think that case is going up to the supreme court, and i would expect it will come back like a rubber ball off that wall because i don't think that was constitutional. and i don't believe that's activism or an abuse of power. it's simply a plain reading on the constitution and if the congress passes laws in violation of the constitution, they should be struck down and nothing wrong with that if the court is doing it in an objective, fair way not allowing their personal, emotional, political, cultural or other biases entering into the matter. so i think we're going to have a great discussion about the supreme court and our federal courts. i look forward to it. i really appreciate senator durbin. he's a superb lawyer and can certainly -- if i were in trouble, i'd like to have him defending me. i

district judge for the district of columbia. if you want to read more you can go to the web sitetonprec.us -- website on nprec.us. this will sunset and the to do list will go to the attorney general. guest: will sunset in 60 days from the released -- from the release date of the report. it is now on the table of the attorney general and he had indeed has an obligation within a year to adopt standards that will be implemented and then a year after that the states and localities have an obligation to also implement standards or else risk losing some of the federal money. host: in chairing the commission, what surprised you the most? guest: unfortunately we have individuals who are charged with protecting individuals when they are incarcerated who themselves are engaging in sexual assault against inmates. i knew that there was a problem with female inmates, for example, being subjected to sexual abuse by male guards. i was totally unaware of the fact that this was a problem with male guards raping or sexually assaulting male inmate

however, explicitly applies only to the federal law and federal government of the district of columbia. so, in a footnote, they noted that they were not deciding whether the second amendment was incorporated and would actually apply to states. that being the case, you could have a non-federal feet are handguns completely if the second amendment is not incorporated. that remains a tremendous issue. in our decision making process -- in her decision making process in cases that she decided, judge sotomayor rendered an opinion that held that the second amendment is not a fundamental right. is a decisive and important question on whether the second amendment should apply to the cities and states. this is a matter of great to mcginn. in truth, there was a supreme court decision in the 1800's, i believe, that is consistent with that. and she says, and our panel did, that she was acting consistent with that decision. and the second panel agreed with that. the ninth circuit, however, has seen it differently. they concluded that the second point -- second amendment does apply to the cities and s

and that's when he was eight years old, and he is now a playwright and a teacher at columbia university. he is an author and a first-year law student at yale. and this is my playwright son and his wife and she is a novelist. and a poet. the place is a little crowded because i have been here 20 years. these are my three kids. those are my three kids. and that's us at our place in california that i mentioned. that's us in california. about 12 years ago, i think. several of my students have published books. this is a of borders and dreams, a doctoral dissertation. this shelf is for my research class because i teach classes cs qualitative research and we read a lot of examples of qualitative or interpretive research. we try so to see what other people have done. this is a tremendous book about street vendors in new york city and kind of hung out with these guys and became a street vendor. that's the cover of a book i edited, and that woman, maxine green, was my mentor at teacher's college, columbia university. the other book i just found on my desk to show you is the berkeley high school sl

what kind of presumptuous person and i to think that i could write something down in my steny in columbia, missouri that somebody in seattle or florida would want to read it? i got a letter and somebody says something, there is one person i reached so you keep going after these little straws when you're buying, anything to keep you going especially the first draft done here and here is a letter slightly different kind -- i'm reading the first sentence or two. if you are becoming a writer this may help to a little bit. your new book is one of the dulles things i have rhetoric read. [laughter] trust a, i read every word of it. i even read portions of it to my wife so she could see how bill it was. [laughter] i think the word here that we're looking for is anal compulsive of although i do know once i start a book i really don't like to quit in the middle and anybody in that category here, you keep going and say damage but to keep going. i do this and i found i can read faster and faster and with labor isn't working but i've developed this, before i commit a start reading and say i'm not read

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 today will allow all federal and congressional employees to receive four weeks of paid leave taken under the family medical leave act, also called the fmlia for the birth, adoption or placement of a foster child. the current statute provides workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth, adoption or placement of a foster child with an employee, adam chairman. the bill before us does nothing more than permit those federal employees first to receive paid leave for four weeks. out of the 12 weeks to which they're already entitled, and if the leave is connect todd the birth, adoption or placement of a foster child and secondly, provides employees the employee to use accrued sick or vacation time for the remaining eig

neighborhoods expected to get the new bike racks include adams morgan, columbia heights, capitol hill, anacostia and georgetown where the average single family home runs at $1.2 million. boy, now there's an interesting use of money. maybe a wonderful thing to do but i'm not sure what we should be taxing everybody to try to create jobs. we've got a lot of other fun examples. i'm joined by my good friend, bachmann, and congressman bachmann is articulate and a good friend to people who care about jobs and care about fiscal sanity. i yield time. mrs. bachmann: i thank the gentleman from missouri for calling this together so that we could call attention to the job losses that are happening all across the united states. it's in your district, it's in my district, it's every one of our districts here that are represented this evening and i was absolutely shocked as i've been watching this play out of the federal government jumping in and taking over private businesses. beginning with chrysler and then now with general motors. we're seeing something that we haven't seen, i don't know if we ev

many states are aguessively pursuing these matters. 45 states and the district of columbia have passed their own hate crimes statute. 32 include sexual orientation as a protected right. the reason we need the federal law is that the federal government has the resources and the capacity to respond when many types the states cannot. i want to make it clear what this bill fully protects first amendment rights. this is against violent actions, not against speech. hate crimes not only affect the victim, they affect the entire community. it is time for us to act. and i hope we will soon pass the matthew shepherd hate crimes prevention act of 2009. lastly, i want to talk about health care reform. there has been a lot of debate and a lot of conversation about health care reform and what we need to do. i hope the only option that's not on the table is the status quo. we cannot allow the current system to continue. i say that for several reasons. first, the matter of cost. this system we cannot afor. the nation's -- afford. the nation's health care costs are $7,400 for every man, woman and child

she discusses her book with district of columbia delegate eleanor holmes norton. >> host: welcome to c-span cahill welcome to washington. >> guest: think you so much. >> host: this is the book, "ms. cahill for congress," and the subtitle, one phyllis teacher, her sixth grade class and the election that changed their lives forever. let me ask the obvious question. ms. cahill, how does a divorced mother with three children, no house, two bedrooms, one bath, how did you figure that out, apartment, two or three jobs, one cocktail waitress and where you sometimes get helm or galt home mabey 2:00, 4:00, who's counting, in the morning, extra curricular activities for students -- how does such a woman beside to run for of all things congress? not the school board or the city council but the congress? >> guest: right. well, actually, the students asked me to run for president first but i wasn't old enough. so, then we had to look for something else. >> host: you could have went down to senator. >> guest: we did. we marched through. we talk to the supreme court because i couldn't run for that

the president of columbia will be here in washington. he was in washington the day after these tragic events for democracy in condors. the president of mexico, philippe, for the meeting of the rio group. along with all countries that are members of the group's, this meeting that was convened as an extraordinary meeting, had a view to express the of bridges and vince that have taken place in -- i express the outrage that has taken place in honduras. the president of guatemala, the president of coaster ricasta rio extended his hospitality to me after i was thrown out of an airplane. that was at 6:30 a.m. that is the day that the coup d'etat occurred. the president of macabre who is the host of the meeting of the integration system. president of ecuador who traveled with the single aim of standing with the democracy of the world. isn't the interest of one single country or one single people is when you of holtz a democracy -- when you uphold the democracy? the president of venezuela to pay very close attention -- a who paid very close atten

book critic of the new yorker and professor of art history at columbia university, simon schama has presented 30 documentary's for the bbc and pbs including an international emmy award winner. mr. schama has won numerous journalism prizes including an award for history and the prize for literature, the national academy of arts and letters award and the national book critics circle award. he also loves to cook and we have seen a number of his recipes. his newest work, the american future: a history, looks at the presidential election from a historical perspective debating war, religion, race, and immigration, and the relationship between natural resources and prosperity. mr. schama examines these problems in the context of america's identity. before we bring mr. schama out, we will show you a short clip from his new documentary that shares the same name as his new book. ♪ >> it was a hard american winter. a tough time for americans. but out there, beneath the ice, something big was stirring. an awakening of the unruly animal, american democracy. this presidential election isn't like other el

he then clerked for judge richard wilkey in the court of appeals for the district of columbia, then for supreme court justice harry blackmun. then he served -- and he worked as a lawyer in the distinguished washington firm covington and burling. and then as attorney advisor in the department of justice's office of legal counsel. he then served in the clinton administration as assistant secretary of state, was unanimously confirmed by the senate, served there from 1998-2001, when he returned to the yale law school, becoming its dean some five years ago. he comes from a very distinguished family. his father was the first korean lawyer to study in the united states. he attended harvard law in 1949. he was then counsel for -- father, that is, for the first korean democratic government. and when a military coup occurred, left that position. he was the first korean to teach at the yale law school in 1969. dean koh has really an extraordinary record. his curriculum vitae fills eight pages of very small print. he has a long list of honorary degrees. he received a number of medals. his list of h

4366 projects that have been approved from all states and three of the territories and the district of columbia, representing $14.4 billion. 54% of the funds in the highway and recovery act, 490 projects as of last week have been put out to bid. 2000 two hundred 94 projects have signed project -- two thousand 294 projects have signed contracts -- 2294 projects have signed contracts. the next 30 days will follow the trail. it will go upstream to the supply chain. i think we will hear from me sand and gravel pit operators. in anticipation of the money, they have called people back to work. some of the work of the recovery is ahead of the schedule. the numbers are not showing up in the accounting. others will follow as the contractors sign and construction crews are out on the job site. if we continue at this pace, we will be able to see, by the end of september, a quarter of a million construction jobs under way. the purpose of this hearing is to hear the reports from each of the modal administrators and also to hear any obstacle or any difficulties in the way of moving the finding out into the s

pointed out that since their graduation from yale and columbia law school, she's on her own, more or less. i pointed out that i tried numerous criminal and civil cases since my sister's conviction without objection from the government, and so i proceeded on in the case. i denied dr. bobo's motion for double jeopardy, i mean motion to dismiss based on double jeopardy grounds, and the government then filed a motion to disqualify mr. siegelman's lawyers. and i granted the motion. no theless, the united states attorney, with the wreckless impermada of the highest levels of the justice department filed a motion asking me to disqualify myself. of course dinid the motion and the justice department rushed to the 11th circuit to have me removed from the case, but the panel of two democratic appointees and one republican denied the requested mandamus petition. in the meantime the united states attorneys office rather blatantly attempted to poison the jury pool. on a friday afternoon, mr. siegelman filed a motion requesting the sealing of any other bad acts evidenced under rule 404-b that the g

the office of legal counsel on its conclusion that congress' recent legislation on the district of columbia voting was unconstitutional as it appears plainly to be. so during your confirmation hearing you emphasized that your review of o.l.c. opinions would not be apolitical process. so when o.l.c., office of legal counsel, who assigned this responsibility has prepared an opinion for you that said the congress' legislation was unconstitutional i would expect you to listen to their opinions and follow them or explain precisely why you do not. instead, you moved around them and sought a second opinion from the solicitor general's office, an office that's really required to defend whatever is passed and ask them what kind of -- asked them for their legal advice. you, again, i think followed pressure from the left to override common sense when you allowed the department of justice to release o.l.c. opinions regarding interrogation even though high-profile members of the intelligence community warned you that it was unwise to do so. former attorney general mike mukasey, who tried terrorism cases

a three-judge federal district court in the district of columbia, stressing the deference due to congress, rejected the utility district's argument and upheld the act. what the supreme court will do in this case remains to be seen. the second circuit ranked high on our grant list this term. we granted review in nine cases from the circuit and have so far decided six. the first four to come out yielded 5-4 decisions reversing the court of appeals in all four. i was among the dissenters. i thought the circuit got it right. [laughter] [applause] >> but in the two most recently-decided cases, the court affirmed the circuit's judgment. two of the reversals issued on the same perhaps fitting day, april 1st. [laughter] >> one of the two, entergy corporation, v. river keeper, he e advocated a section of the clean water act, specifying standards governing cooler water intake structures must "reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact." several states and environmental groups challenged as unduly lax the performance standards that e.p.a. had set for these stru

that hiv aids continues to be a threat in many communities, including right here in the district of columbia. i was proud once again to encourage all americans to know their status and get at it -- to get there -- to know their status and get tested. [applause] finally, i want to say a word about don't ask, don't tell. as i have said before, and i will say it again, i believe don't ask, don't tell does not contribute to our national security. i believe preventing patriotic americans from serving their country weakens our national security. [applause] my administration is already working with the pentagon and members of the house and senate about how we will go about ending this policy, which will require an act of congress. someday, i am confident we will look back at this transition and wonder like it generated such angst. do have a responsibility to make sure this change is administered in a practical way that takes over the long term. i have asked the secretary of defense and joint chiefs of staff to develop a plan to implement a repeal. i know that every day that passes without a resolut

i am still on the board at columbia business school. i was out of the senate for a couple years, took the hiatus, and what i proposed was that salaries at the top be related to salaries at the bottom and instead of letting the ratio split as it has from 40 times typically in the '80s to 400 times, recent times, and also, and i don't know, mr. secretary, what kind of latitude you have or what kind of authority you have to suggest conduct in the ceo's office, but one of the things i think that we have to look at while we change this corporate culture is to make it clear that when an executive retires, that the reward ought to be, my view, in the performance of the company after the leader leaves and the bonuses should be expanded as time goes by, and not simply related to stock price, because stock price may be at the expense of investing in the future of the business. anyway, we're glad to see you here. i urge you to carry on, work hard. >> senator nelson? >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, we're glad you're here. we appreciate the e

i spent three years and high school in columbia, graduating in 1971. during this time, i gained a lifelong appreciation and affection for latin america. i visited several countries in the region. if confirmed, i relish the opportunity to return to the wonderful land of my childhood. i haven't spent much time in latin america during my career, but i will spend all my time and energy enhancing my role the southern command plays with the armed forces in the region and continue admiral stavridis. as i have looked more closely at the southern command, i am impressed by what southern command has accomplished by his foresight and innovation. i look forward to the opportunity to build on his accomplishments. during my current duty as separate -- deputy commander of pacific command, i shared some time with general mcchrystal. i am impressed with his vision, intellect, and drive. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity and the privilege to appear before you. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. general mcchrystal? >> mr. chairman, senator mccain,

around a license plate, the president is committed instead to changing the status of the district of columbia. >> but it is a symbol that a lot of people look at. >> i guess i would ask you to ask people in washington if it would like their status changed for the symbolism screwed on the back of a limousine. >> the previous president had a pretty good relationship with the colombian president. do you expect the new president to have -- >> i think today's meeting will mark the continued strong relationship between the united states and colombia. we hope that the meeting represents a deeper cooperation with an important ally. but i think part of that cooperation, part of that friendship, and part of that relationship is bringing up when you disagree, particularly on human rights. i know that will be a topic of today's meeting. >> human rights groups believe he has an atrocious record on human rights. is he going to say something stronger? >> i don't know what led you to believe that he was going to do that. >> may be the moderate tone of your answer. >> soon there will pop up on top of this. th

[inaudible conversations] >> simon schama is an art history professor at columbia university. he was the author of rough crossings. for more information visit columbia.edu/cu/art history. >> morning drive is the fourth book by nationally syndicated radio host michael smerconish. the author attends a reception at the home of marina and daniel ein. he is recorded as he talks to chris matthews, ted stevens of alaska, patrick murphy of pennsylvania, kitty kelley, 9/11 commission member richard ben be-veniste. it's 45 minutes. >> come in here marks lina. come in. >> give me your best laugh. thank you. >> yes, please. >> we have one here. that's a whistler from when he was living in london over there. >> i love this. >> this is roberter longard. a new york artist. >> tell me about the reagan photograph. >> this -- i was convinced this was reagan. >> it was from that period. >> i meant this picture. i didn't mean this. tell me about this. >> this one? it was in a white house event. as you can see we're very close. >> you are. got all the paces covered. >> i never knew your politics.

>> the president is not -- the president is committed to changing the status of the district of columbia. i would ask you to arrest people in washington whether they would like to have that status change or the symbolism screwed onto the back of a limousine. yes, sir. cracks the president -- >> the president has a pretty warm relationship with the colombian president. do you expect the president to

columbia university professor, john dinges. our website has the entire schedule, and great new features, including streaming video, with simple ways to share your programs. >> the sec should be a model for transparency, openness, and fairness. >> monday, on," president obama's -- monday, on "the communicators," what the sec wouldn't look like under a new chairman. monday night, "the communicators." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome jon- christopher bua, white house correspondent for british television. tony blankley is here for the summer. [laughter] what is next for iran? guest: this is a moment where the years of history are changing. where it will go into high gear, or out -- not to get lost in a metaphor, but i do not think that the iranian relationship to the people will be the same, even if the regime old son. -- holds on. this is potentially a transition moment for the iranian people. host: you posted on your blog, the world is watching. guest: these protests have gone from protesting election r

. >> simon schama is an art history and history professor at columbia university. he is the author of numerous books including rough crossings. for more information visit columbia.edu. >> every weekend the book tv has the latest nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. >> in almost america, john ferling present a 700 page single point account of the american revolution. next he argues that washington was correct in his statement that an american victory was a little short of a standing miracle. mr. ferling will be our guest on in depth. his talk from the military library in chicago is one half hours. >> with the birth of the cottonelle army in 1775, local militias were organized under the leadership of george washington. that began in eight years engagement that would be known as the american revolutionary war. despite the outcome it was not by all historical accounts a model of tactical brilliance, in superior court nation. in fact, as you will subvert it was quite the contrary. if not for significant heroic actions of a coming inept leadership decisions and a fai

and columbia, there is a comprehensive center that tasks agents to investigate trafficking allegations to ensure that victims receive rehabilitative services. or in jordan, where the ministry of labor has established a fund to provide trafficking victims for food, housing, and legal aid. with this report, we hope to shine the light brightly on the scope and scale of modern slavery. this way, all governments can see where progress is made. trafficking thrives in the shadows. it can be easy to dismiss it as something that happens to someone else somewhere else. that is not the case. trafficking is a crime that involves every nation on earth. that includes our own. trafficking in forced labor -- and forced labor are grave problems in the united states. authorities uncovered a scheme to enslave foreign workers as laborers for hotels and construction sites in 14 midwestern states. to coincide with this year's global trafficking and persons report, the department of justice is releasing its own report that describes the problem of human trafficking in the united states and offers recommendat

galeano is into viewed by john dinges, a journalism professor at columbia and the author of a "the condor years: how pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents". >> host: hello, we are here with a one of the authors that i have admired my whole life, eduardo galeano. eduardo galeano and was a born in uraguay. i mentioned to him just a minute ago that i have had his books in my head for decades. one of the reasons that i became involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist about what america was because of your works, so it is really a great pleasure for me to be here with you. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you have been in the states for a while now, how long have you been? >> guest: dennis. >> host: just arrived and you're going to new york. >> guest: i have to help my new baby called narrow, help him to walk. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors: stories of almost everyone". but, of course, i checked out the spanish title. >> guest: [speaking spanish] >> host: which is a little bit different, it means universal history, almost. >> gue

arvind panagariya, professor of indian political economy at columbia university. as well as a nonresident senior fellow working institution. he has also worked for the asian development bank, world bank, imf, injuries capacities. he has also published extensively including a recent book i-india, the emerging giant. my colleague claude barfield is a resident scholar here at aei. is the author or editor of a number of books on trade and science policy. and has also served as an advisor to the office of the u.s. trade representative. our format will follow the one of the prior panel. each panelist will present eight to 10 minute remarks. we will then open up the floor for questions. so with that, i will turn the discussion over to susan. >> thank you and good morning, everyone. several factors provide a stronger foundation for u.s.-india cooperation today on bilateral and multilateral trade and economic issues than has been the case in the past. first the implications of the recent indian election your second, the extent of ties between u.s. and indian business today

he's interviewed by john dinges journalism professor at columbia and author of how peter shea and his allies brought terrorism to three continents. >> host: hello, we are here with one of the authors that i have admired by whole life, eduardo galeano. he is born in paraguay. i mentioned to him just a minute ago i have had his books in my head for decades. one of the reasons i've become involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist is because of your work. so it is a great pleasure for me to be here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you have been in the states a while now. how long have you been -- >> guest: ten minutes, just arrived. [laughter] >> host: and i know you're going to new york. >> guest: yes, new york and other cities to help my new baby called "mirrors." help it to walk. it's a baby. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors" stories of almost everyone. of course i checked out the spanish title. [speaking in spanish] which is a little bit different. it means universal history almost. >> guest: almost because if you say universal history it sounds