in science and technology cooperation has always been important part of u.s. india cooperation. but we must do more to harness the brainpower of our scientific and research communities and their private-sector counterparts to improve energy efficiency, to find low-cost health care solutions, and enhance and food security. agriculture is a very high priority for prime minister saying in an area where we also hope to expand cooperation. to quote him again, the hold of middleman has blocked the the rise of open networks, special interests have blocked reforms. the prime minister and his team are well aware of these challenges and the united states is ready to help with technology, research and by sharing best practices in the cost of farm to fork supply food chain. ladies and gentlemen, president obama neely capture the scope and breadth of our relations when he said, our rapidly growing in deepening friendship with india offers benefits to the world citizens as our scientists all environmental challenges together, our doctors discover new medicines, our engineers advance our socie

economic cooperati cooperation. before we adjourn i would like you to join me in a hand of applause for our panelists. they did a great job. [applause] thanks, mary. begin. i want to welcome everyone to our second panel this morning. titled the future of international economic corporation. civil nuclear cooperation, doha, and beyond. thank you to each of our panelists were being here. it seems like we have lost claude. >> the purpose of this panel is to examine u.s.-india economic relations postelection. u.s.-india bilateral trade has grown from 14.3 billion in 2000, two over 43.3 billion in 2008. the countries have stood shoulder to shoulder for the completion of the u.s.-india civil nuclear deal just a few months ago. but it's a distantly apart in the doha negotiation round in the world trade organization. the economic crisis have also brought into question faith in free trade and open markets. this has raised concerns in the united states about outsourcing and immigration. to discuss these and related issues, we

., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 282, the nays are 148. the amendment is is agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 111-183 offered by the gentleman from florida, there bilirakis, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 print in house report 111-183 offered by mr. bilirakis of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise anbe counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their vote by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute

and the willingness to do, we'll cooperate together the implementation. however the question would be if this ship from the dprk refused to be cooperating, what happens? you see that this resolution says that resolution means to give council to direct the country, in this particular case dprk, to go to the nearest ship. this is the language. and then the inspection would be carried out in the port or whatever. obviously, the obvious answer to the question if cooperation is not taking place, what happens? well, of course the option is all possible measures. that could have been one possibility, involving potentially use of force. we took a long time to discuss on this one and we discussed several scenarios and everything, technically, legally, and all of the implications. and at this time wisdom has prevailed that the inspection regime on the open seas shall be on the basis of cooperation and content. and we hope that all countries who have the capacity and willingness to do join together with this kind of inspection regime in open seas too. and i think th

my impression would be, if they refused to cooperate, what happens? this resolution says it gives the security council director shipped to go to the nearest port. this is the language included. the inspection will be carried out in the port or whatever. obviously, the question is, if the cooperation is not taking place, what happens? the first option is to authorize all possible measures. it involves, potentially, use of force. we took a long time to discuss this one. we talked about all of the legal and political implications. it has prevailed at the inspection regime should be on the basis of cooperation and consent. we hope that these countries that have the capacity and willingness to do, joined the other with the inspection regime. the think it is extremely important to prevent loopholes of prohibitive goods. but nisei, very briefly in japanese, because it has affected. >> you're saying that it refuses to let it go to another port, you have no other powers to force them. this resolution is really very strong. it shows the position on these experi

-india nuclear cooperation agreement was the way to transform the relationship. that you can't transform this relationship if the u.s. doesn't change its nonproliferation laws, allow nuclear cooperation with india. okay, fine, the u.s. did that. we can talk about the implications but i will be surprised if india buys american nuclear power plants and so thank you very much, u.s. commerce, thank you very much bush administration, russian nuclear establishment is thrilled because they're the ones who will be building nuclear power plants there. maybe france, but there's an issue that didn't get paid too much attention to which is japanese companies are major suppliers to the french nuclear establishment and to any u.s. vendors and japan has a very unhappy view of the u.s.-india nuclear view and may not allow its suppliers to do business to india but again leaves the field to russia. that's fine. but from an indian point of view that worked very well and that was how it was framed. you want to transform the relationship, this is what you have to give us so we did bu

such training and cooperation is critical to our homeland security. it baffles me that given the narco fight on our border some of my colleagues think that now is the right time to our past -- to expose our past, current and future partners and deprive them with the safety and security. i will oppose this amendment and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from missouri, mr. skelton. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. skelton: i rise in support of this amendment. the western hemisphere institute has much to be proud of including the curriculum and the dedicated support staff and returning to a policy of public disclosure of students and instructors will remove one of the lingering doubts about this school. it's come a long way. i am very proud of what it does. i am a strong supporter of that school. publicly revealing the names does not discourage attendants, according to statisti

economic cooperati cooperation. before we adjourn i would like you to join me in a hand of applause for our panelists. they did a great job. [applause] thanks, mary. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> if everyone can take their seats we would like to begin. i want to welcome everyone to our second panel this morning. titled the future of international economic corporation. civil nuclear cooperation, doha, and beyond. thank you to each of our panelists were being here. it seems like we have lost claude. >> the purpose of this panel is to examine u.s.-india economic relations postelection. u.s.-india bilateral trade has grown from 14.3 billion in 2000, two over 43.3 billion in 2008. the countries have stood shoulder to shoulder for the c

said choice is not between power and cooperation, the to coexist. the question is what is the shaping force? so speaking of climate change is a perfect example. until the united states chooses to participate in that climate change because it produces 26% of the gdp conversations that people have are fairly meaningless. it will not happen. it may be that belgium agrees to something and it may be that singapore believes in something but it really is the united states that has to be persuaded. so there certainly is a matter of international cooperation but the question to ask this and who is dispensable and who is indispensable? the argument i make in the 19th century when you talk about the concert of europe, some countries were dispensable, the serbs and some really had to take into account which we happen to be in that position out. my view is traditional or less imaginative. >> you have described the fortuitous situation of america is geographic position and the industrial power but much of a country's stature in the world depends on what goes on i

firms is civil nuclear cooperation. out in may the indian government said carter agreement with the international atomic energy agency entered into force and india subsequently signed its additional protocol. india was still file a declaration of safeguard facilities with the iaea in order to complete the steps necessary for nuclear regulatory commission licensing. we hope that the government of india will soon be in a position to announce to nuclear reactor park sites that will be designated for u.s. firms. and we also hope and will approve liability protections for u.s. companies by adhering to the convention on supplementary compensation for nuclear damages. these steps would open the way for billions of dollars in new civil nuclear trade and investment. on the broader trade front while india still maintain significant barriers to u.s. trade and investment, u.s. india trade nonetheless has doubled in just the last five years. our trade deficit with india has narrowed and bilateral investment flows have also doubled.

speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1674, the national consumer cooperative bank act amendments of 2008. this legislation is necessary to make a technical correction to the statute of the national consumer cooperative bank act. the national consumer cooperative bank was created by congress in 1978 and is dedicated to strengthening communities nationwide through the delivery of banking and financial services, complimented by a special focus on cooperative expansion and economic development. the national consumer cooperative bank act of 1978 established a nonprofit corporation to reach further into low income communities and to serve disadvantaged populations. mission driven subsidiary of n.c.b. that works to provide housing, education, health care, cultural centers, small businesses and social services and economically -- in economically distressed communities. in the last 10 years alone, n.c.b. capital impact has invested more than $600 million in assistance to low and moderate income communities. these funds helped finance more than 33,000 affordable housing units, 8,000 affordable ass

in fact, more often than not they may be enhanced by s and t cooperation. for these reasons i encourage my colleagues to support h.r. 1736, and 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. mr. baird: i thank the gentleman for his support and for his comments. this is a bill that's had a number of hearings and on which we focused a great deal of attention on our committee. having had the privilege recently to travel internationally and meet with science leaders around the world, i know personally of the importance. i also wanted to acknowledge that president obama mentioned the importance of scientific exchanges in collaboration in rice hiss recent speech in cairo as has his head of ostp. finally i want to thank chairman berman, chairman gordon, mr. ehlers from michigan, and mr. carnahan for their work and want to at this point ask unanimous consent to insert an exchange of letters between chairman berman and chairman gordon into the record. the

and can such cooperation be improved? is there a clear understanding of the efficacy and current status of agreements relating to the six party talks in the north korean nuclear program? in essence would any new negotiations be starting from square one? the united states and china have cooperated closely in the six party process about our priorities are not identical. with regard to north korea. while the united states is focus on eliminating north korea's nuclear weapons program, china's primary concern relates to regional stability. a point not lost on the north korean officials. given recent provocations have prospects for more concerted chinese actions been improved. facilitate the broadest possible basis moving ahead i encouraged the obama administration officials two actively consult with congress as they proceeded in developing a comprehensive north korea's strategy. i am joined with chairman kerry in welcoming our ambassador, nancy lindborg, and leon sigal today's hearing. we look for to there in size and hopefull

that can involve any number of important areas, research and development cooperation, cooperation on solar energy, carbon capture and storage for coal, electric vehicles, and the like. we talked about all these things. what we're interested in doing it is to define a few areas where significant actions can take place. actions that can make a difference. there are some areas where we can do our thing and the cooperation doesn't matter that much. there are other areas where we can work together, have a synergistic effect that would be quite positive. that is an important part of technology cooperation. that is, i think, support of of the copenhagen agreement. it exists on some level outside of the copenhagen agreement. it is a bilateral thing that can happen in any event. there is also discussion about what kind of technology provisions that would be in the copenhagen agreement. it is kind of a broader discussion, not just with china. china is very interested. we're interested in technology cooperation. >> this is a layman pose the question. recognizing that your mandate is to focus --

and other cooperatives in america. i'm joking with you. to i thought you could give us at least, i think we ought to spend at least two minutes on it because it is, senator conrad maginot brought up from the dakota and i think in you give us a few minutes no. >> not particularly, i actually would rather have one of my colleagues here who is closer to that conversation, but let me set it up in the sense with a bridge to the concerns to many of the people here that i think probably you are going to take is doing just a second, ron, so what about mental health in all this. i'm really struck as a comparison with 1993 and today the contrast between we know now that that wasn't going to happen on the one hand. on the other hand, we had a task force led by mrs. gore that was focusing 100% on mental health issues. this time around as these folks were much more knowledgeable about it than i seem to believe we think it's going to happen and i can't identify one person in our community who is involved in this central in these con

we'll work with load-serving entities for the renewable energy zones and to state cooperation for the transmission. the western governors support the government of interconnected transmission plans. however if the commission has given the authority to approve such plans, congress needs to set explicit criteria by which ferc has the plans. at a minimum, it should require that the state approve them to be studied and to approve the plans corresponding to the scenarios. even with the success of the past efforts the western governors recognize we need help from the congress. i'll mention four positions the governors have consistently emphasized as necessary elements of cost allocation and regional cooperation where legislation will be critical. first, the federal government should be responsible for ensuring that near-term projects proposed to serve large, geographically constrained low-carbon resource areas are sized to meet long-term needs. when we know the demand will materialize and access to correctly size lines will help projects capture economies of scale and building transmission

speaker, this rule also includes h.r. 1886, the pakistan enduring assistance and cooperation enforcement act. this legislation takes out -- our pakistan policy in a new direction, affirming the united states' commitment to a sustained partnership with pakistan. since 2001, the united states has provided over $12 billion to pakistan. without specific goals or objectives. frankly, the situation has only gotten worse since that time. by providing over $6 billion in four years in democratic, economic and social development assistance, this bill demonstrates our determination to help pakistan build a stable, democratic and prosperous future. this funding will provide critical resources for pakistan to address the fundamental needs of its citizens. though the pakistan counterinsurgency capabilities fund through that the united states is also committed to helping pakistan combat terrorism and the taliban insurgency. at the same time, mindful of the past history of neglecting oversight, this legislation provides a range of transparency, evaluation and accountability standards to ensure that our

chairman, we have established now national cooperative so each cooperative and every one of the 47 states can participate in any renewable project and in any part of the three-quarters of land mass of the united states, so a wind project in south dakota for instance may be invested by people from wisconsin, co-ops from wisconsin or maybe from alabama were georgia or wherever. they can own a piece of that, and what we are looking for is a way in which we can generate that powered through renewables and the most efficient way possible no matter where it is located. we should be looking for the most cost-effective way we can do that. and just as we know that certain wind corridors exist that will provide us with a great amount of production of wind energy throughout the great plains nada free form is the same, not every state is the same that we also then have got to make sure when we locate that kind of generation in the areas that we can move the power out of the region's swedish system to do it but also i think have to be very aware of the fact and it has been our experience bottom-up pla

., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 233, the nays are 194. the previous question is ordered. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution is adopted. mr. sessions: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: those fa a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 213. the nays are 205. the speaker pro tempore:

they're in the south pacific participating in the 15th cooperation for a float readiness and training exercise with singapore, the philippines, malaysia, thailand and indonesia. they're in the arabian gulf protecting the sea lanes that are so critical there, and indeed, the world's most important choke point, the strait of hormuz, which is the passage through which so much of the world's crude passes. below the surface are our submarines doing some of the most sensitive and important intelligence work for our nation and maintaining a stealthy and reliable and potent striking power for the nation should it be called upon. and above the water are our very capable and flexible airplanes not unlike the old venerable p-3 antisubmarine warfare plane that we are literally flying the wings off, not chasing submarines, but rather chasing insurgents who are planting explosive devices in iraq and after began stand. now -- afghanistan. now, that's the stuff we have, but that's not our most important resource. the most important thing we have are our people. and one aspect of our operation is the

it requires the state department in cooperation with other departments and agencies to report on how best to use government funds to reduce alien smuggling and trafficking in persons. the state department estimates that 800,000 people are trafficked across borders around the world in deplorable and inhumane conditions. while millions more are trafficked within their own countries and of these, 80% are women and girls. half are minors and human smuggling continues to be a significant law enforcement challenge in the international community and remains a particular problem for us and our southern border with mexico. the united states became a party to the united nations smuggling protocol in 2005, continues to work with other governments committing substantial resources to end human smuggling and providing victims from the par louis journeys -- par less journeys, protecting victims from the par ilous journeys involved in this enterprise. some 112 countries are now party to the smuggling protocol. mr. chairman, in order to more effectively tackle the growing and worrisome problems of hu

you have to cooperate on nuclear nonproliferation. reasonable things. the american people have a right to expect that their representatives are going to be accountable for the billions of dollars. we are supposed to be having a partnership and mature relationship with the pakistanis. let's get over this notion that we are going to offend their sensibilities so that they won't actually cooperate with us if we want to put some conditions to make sure that our mutual problems are addressed with the billions of dollars of american citizens' money. we have had eight-plus years of not having accountability on funds of that country and others. we have had times in 2002 where we have had totally no accountability. let's stop sleepwalking. let's get the problem resolved. let's make sure we have accountability. i say vote against the substitute, vote for the underlying bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield an additional minute to the ranking member on the inte

it would establish a cooperative but it's a national cooperative for health insurance. and that seems to be gaining popularity. would house republicans go for a plan like that if it had a cooperative that is nationally run, 3 to 4 billion in startup money from the government, has a government board overseeing it? is that something you could go for? it's not government run, it's a cooperative but starts with the help of a government. >> the worry is it sounds an awful lot like the way fannie mae and freddie mac got started. the question is what is the federal government's ultimate obligation? you said there's a proposal that billions of dollars would go in as a startup for a co-op. but really, there's no barriers in the law today with the exception of state regulation of insurance laws, there's no barrier to americans pooling resources and creating association health plans as we proposed for many years. i have to tell you, with the horrendous experience the american people have had with fannie mae and freddie mac, i think the last thing we would want to do is model insur

in many more cases than not, cooperating in of collaborating to ensure more peace and stability in the region that is why we chose to undertake the process of writing a new strategy for the u.s. is a big way. based a lot on what we saw in the rearview mirror but try to look up to 20 years down the road. it is this is undertaking to be sure. we ended up coming down to three basic tenets of our new strategy. partnership, readiness, and presence. pretty simple, complex, simple to explain but not so easy to execute the partnership, we're convinced the building upon the very strong bilateral relationships and alliances we have in our aor, we have five treaties, australia, thailand, the philippines, south korea, and japan. a majority of trees in all countries in our aor. some are decades-old and our bilateral relationships to weave the fabric that has included as its threads, multilateral engagement and not just milk to mill. increasingly, we see opportunities including elements across the dime, if you will, diplomatic and intelligence, military, and energy and environment. we're looking to

we have to continue to work cooperatively. i would also say that three or four years ago, if you had said that china, russia, the eu, nato, malaysia, india, the u.s., australia, canada, greece, turkey, would all be working together, that is a pretty interesting mix of countries but that is what we're doing because there is a common concern that we all have and i think we are making some good progress there. it is also an international effort. we created a task force, 151 to be a coordinating element for piracy and right now, the task force is being commanded by a turkish admiral, u.s. ship. >> other questions? >> i will spot here. >> has been some talk lately about getting rid of basically the idea or the goal of being able to fight two major conventional wars in different theaters. it is time to revisit the idea. i wonder what your take is on that and should we not retain the capability to fight, say, north korea and iran should they both flareup at the same time? >> i think that is one of the fundamental questions as we work

korea cooperation and alliance will not allow that. and the recent security council resolution is not simply about words. it is about taking up follow-up action and vigorously taking up the resolution. it will make sure we fully implement the un security resolution. like i said, the north koreans must understand that their past behavior will not stand, and of course not only the u.s. korea close partnership, but japan, china and the rest of the international community will take part in this effort. and now the north koreans will come to understand that this is different, that they will not be able to repeat the past or their past tactical strategies. i urge the north koreans to fully give up their nuclear weapons programs and ambitions and to become a responsible member of the international community. with regard to the complex to north korean authorities, are demanding unacceptable demand that we will not accept such demands being laid out by the north koreans. of course, the south korean government is very much for maintaining the in

we hope all senators will cooperate. the schedule is both fair and adequate, fair to the nominee, but also adequate to the united states senate to prepare for the hearing and senate consideration. there is no reason to involve unreasonable delay. i say this is an historic nomination, because this is to unite and not divide the american people. hers is a distinctly american story. whether you're from the south bronx or the south side of chicago, or south burlington, vermont, the american dream inspires all of us. her life story is the american dream. so i might add, is the journey of the president who nominated her. she deserves a fair hearing. not trials by attack and assaults upon her character, and let us proceed to give her that fair hearing without unnecessary delay. i have said over are my 35 years here in the senate oftentimes on the floor of this great body that we senators should be the conscience of the nation. there have been occasions when this senate, republicans and democrats alike united, have shown they ca

iraq should be considered for membership in regional forums such as gulf cooperation council's. security progress has been made in iraq over the last two years. there are those who wish to see the new iraq fail and who would continue to kill civilians. as we have seen lately, success and depends on the fortitude of the iraqi people and the leaders they choose. as the u.s. responsibly draws down its presence, we look for sustained international and regional support that will allow iraq to take full charge of its own security and rejoin the family of nations. afghanistan is outside the regional focus of this conference, it is a vitally important topic. al qaeda and its ideology were incubated in the failed state of afghanistan. the extremists have largely return their attention there in the wake of reversals in iraq. as we have seen from a tax and a cut a planning and activities across the middle east and europe, danger reaches far beyond borders of afghanistan and pakistan. afghanistan has become the u.s. military's main effort and central front. the president has authorized 21,0

even if you call it a cooperative. we are not interested. the -- >> president obama address the public insurance option to the american medical association. at what was his message there? >> he has no interest in socializing american health care industry. he does not want to move people who like their insurance and doctors and insurance company. they can go to the same doctors

acpera empowers the justice department to limit civil liability of a cooperating party to single damages, no treble. the remaining co-conspirators, however, remain jintly and severly libel for all damages. in this way, mr. speaker, the act strikes to carefully -- strikes a carefully crafted balance encouraging cartel members to turn on each other while ensuring full compensation to the victims. the positive impact of this law cannot be overstated. in the first half of this year, acpera has aided the antitrust division in securing jail sentences in 85% of its individual prosecutions and over $900 million in criminal fines. as chairman of the judiciary committee subcommittee on courts and competition policy, i want to ensure that the justice department has all the tools it needs to continue its excellent work. which is to protect consumers against price fixing cartels. again i thank the bipartisan coalition members who have joined me as co-sponsors in this very important legislation and i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro t

much more fair in how they competed with private insurance companies of that is what these medical cooperatives would be theoretically although some democrats who are willing to take a look at that idea are trying to design them in such a way that the government would essentially run the cooperatives themselves which are causing republicans to say, well, that is just like having a government run private plan even if you call it a cooperative and therefore we're not interested but at the same token democrats are saying if the government doesn't have a heavy role we are not interested in a president obama adjust the public insurance option in a speech to the american medical association. what was his message? >> his message is he has no interest in socializing the united states health care industry, he has no interest in preventing people who like their doctors and their insurance companies and their insurance coverage continuing to receive the same coverage and going to the same doctors for treatment. all he wants to do is find a way to ensure that 46 million or so people who currently do not ha

because we do not protect witnesses to crimes from threats against their safety, if they cooperate with the police f. they testify in court, or even if they are listed as witnesses to testify in court. this epidemic of witness intimidation is a menace to our civil soing and a plague on our entire justice system. in fact, it was the deaths of angela and carnel dawson and their five children, ages 9 to 14, that first motivated me to address this issue. i can remember very vividly sitting at a funeral with two adult caskets and four children. one adult casket and five children and then a day later the husband died and then we went to his funeral. the entire dawson family was killed in october, 2002, when a gang member firebombed their home in the middle of the night in retaliation for mrs. dawson's repeated complaints to the police about recurring drug trafficking in east baltimore neighborhood. i might add, mr. speaker, that miss dawson literally lives within -- lived within about a five-minute drive from my house. they were not affiliated in any way with drugs or gangs. rather mrs. dawso

even if you call it a cooperative, and therefore we are not interested. by the same token democrats are saying if the government does not play role we are not interested because the president obama alder's the public insurance in a speech to the american medical association. what was his message there? >> is message was he had no interest in socializing the united states healthcare industry. he has no interest in preventing people like their doctors and like their insurance companies and their insurance coverage from continuing to receive the same coverage and going to the same doctors for treatment, that all the bonds to do is find a way to ensure the 46 million or so people who currently do not have health insurance and to ensure people with preexisting conditions that live in geographically out of the way parts of the country have access to the same quality of care as other people do, and that was the message he was trying to send to them. he is trying to preempt the ama to start looking at healthcare concepts coming out of the u.s. senate, in particul

president, functions on comity and cooperation, and the majority leader and i are a big part of that every day, trying to respect each other's needs and try to make the senate function appropriately. here the democratic majority is proceeding, in my view, in a heavy-handed fashion, completely unnecessary, and is basically being dismissive of the minority's legitimate concerns for a fair and thorough process. there's no point in this. it serves no purpose other than to run the risk of destroying the kind of comity and cooperation that we expect of each other here in the senate, all of which was granted in the case of chief justice roberts and justice alito. so let me be clear, mr. president, because of what our democratic colleagues are doing and the way they are doing it, it will now be much more difficult to achieve the kind of comity and cooperation on this and other matters that we need and expect around here as we try to deal with the nation's business. i would hope they'd reconsider their decision and work with us on a bipartisan basis to allow a thorough review of this lengthy,

speaker, i ask for immediate consideration of h.r. 1886, the pakistan enduring assistance and cooperation enhancement act of 2009. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 66, h.r. 1886, a bill to authorize democratic, economic, and social development assistance for pakistan, to authorize security assistance for pakistan and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 522, the amendment in the nature of a substitute modified by the amendment pried in house report 111-143, is adopted and the bill is considered read. after one hour of debate on the bill as amended, it shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute if offered by the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, or her designee, which shall be considered read and debatable for 30 minutes, equally divided between the proponent and an opponent. the gentleman from california, mr. berman, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen will be recognized. the house will be in order. the gentleman from california

economic cooperation. -- which is on indian u.s. economic cooperation. i would like you to give our panelists around applause. they have done a great job. [applause] >> coming up in 15 minutes, remarks from admiral timothy keating. he is expected to talk about north korea's missile testing. that is live at 5:30 p.m. eastern. earlier today, the supreme court released its opinion which involves the promotion exam for new haven fire fighters which was rejected because very few minorities would receive promotions. the world abandoning the exam and really would not give them promotions. this overruled a lower court ruling. tonight, at 8:00 p.m. eastern you can hear a portion of the oral argument from the case before the second circuit court of appeals that took place in 2007. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. now, a discussion on congress, the white house, and the influence of media on politics. is from this morning's "washington journal." here is the associate editor of real clear politics. we're here to talk about congress wrapping up in

i'm jim cooper from nashville, tennessee, a democrat. right off the bat i want to be clear, i support health care reform. i support health care reform this year, as does everyone on this stage. we all share the goals laid out by the president in his june 2 letter. i believe that every american should have high-quality, affordable health care. and i believe that reforming health care should be congress' top priority. let me repeat that. health care reform should be congress' top priority. we should get it done this year. we are not here to slow it down. so don't believe the phony talking points that you're being circulated with that are saying we're trying to somehow slow down the the process. that's not true. the process, unfortunately, is already creaking under its own weight and we haven't even seen many of the bills yet. so don't take my word for it. just read your own publications. what we're trying to do is ensure that reform actually happens. we are here because we see health care reform bogging down in the senate and we're worried

now the senate functions on commity and cooperation. the senator and i do that every day, try to respect each other's needs and make athe senate function appropriately. here the democratic senate is proceeding in a heavy-handed fashion, and is ignoring the minority's need for a fair process. it serves no purpose other than to run the risk of destroying the kind of commity and cooperation that we expect of each other here in the senate. all of which was granted in the case of chief justice roberts and justice aleto. because of this, it will now be difficult to achieve the kind of cooperation we need and expect as we try to deal with the nation's business. i would hope they change there are decision and allow us to work on a thorough review of this lengthy, lengthy record that the nominee possesses. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> senator from arizona. >> i would like to join the ranking member of the committee on which i sit as well as the distinguished minority leader in asking the question why we have to set a date right now on th