i want to talk about the department of defense disability veteran and veterans' administration disability pay to a small number of people discharged from the services with less than 20 years service because of injuries sustained while in the service. this section, which is but a ghost of the proposal submitted by president obama, is a small but important step in expanding the population eligible for full concurrent receipt. i am glad some progress is being made. what troubles and disappoints me most, however, is that this bill, which will be attached to the national defense authorization act for 2010, could have done so much more had the democratic leadership of the house made elimination of concurrent receipt and elimination of the widow's tax, a priority from the beginning of congress. instead, we are unable to even debate my amendment at the full committee markup of the defense authorization dealing with concurrent receipt, the elimination of the survivor benefit plan, and disability indemnity compensation offset is a widow's tax. the extension of health care to early retiring reserve

nor has their disability which they incurred in service. specifically this bill will repeal the offset which prevented medically retired veterans from concurrently receiving retirement pay and disability compensation at the same time. despite its high importance, please bear in mind this is a one-year solution. there is a reason for that. we have a rule here called the pay-go, pay-as-you-go rule which basically says when you enhance or expand eligibility for a entitlement program, you have to pay for it so that it will not worsen the deficit. in order to provide the offsets to keep from worsening the deficit as we undertook this very just adjustment of the veterans benefit program, we have had to look across the spectrum for different items. you just heard some of them read by mr. hall a few minutes ago. we'll after next year do the same thing to continue this benefit and to expand it we have to look for more. it's not easy. it's not easy by any means. it is worthy of these veterans who have done yeoman's service to their country, who have

and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans to codify increases in the rates of such compensation that were effective as of december 1, 2008, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. filner, and the gentleman from arkansas, mr. boozman, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. million filner: thank you, mr. speaker. this is the last week before the july 4 break, and we have a series of bills i think to suitably commemorate july 4 with bills that will really aid our veterans who have made july 4 possible. i rise in support of the veterans compensation cost of living adjustment act of 2009, s. 407, which is a companion to the house bill h.r. 1533 which was introduced by one of our new members on the committee of veterans' affairs and sure to be one of our body's most productive members, mrs. kirkpatrick from arizona. i thank the gentlelady for her leadership on this important bill. the house leadership demonstrated its commit

this person 100 percent disabled, i think he was wrong because if you are 100 percent disabled you could go to any hospital and the va will pay for it. guest: of first of all, i am sorry about that situation, which sounds really rough. it underscores i think my point that -- again, just my impression -- have not been detailed study of it, is that people's experiences with and be a tend to vary widely in part based on where they are. host: john joins us from the republican line calling from tampa, florida. caller: good morning. i can't understand how the government can do anything. medicare and medicaid will go bankrupt in 10 years and i can imagine if somebody like pelosi and harry reid in charge of health care, i can imagine the red tape and everything else and in -- is in chaos, so why would you think health care would be any different? i heard six politicians, but from canada and four from england, say, whether you do, don't go socialized medicine. people talk about prescriptions in canada, but they have two boards -- but only% 10% to the united states. there was not anything in the s

together we have clarified issues relating to service-connected disability leave as well as other issues such as pension benefits and protections for businesses whose circumstances have changed so significantly that the application of these provisions would impose a serious burden on the employer. this is a very worthy bill and we appreciate mr. doggett bringing it forward. and i would urge my colleagues certainly to support it. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields -- the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. filner: madam speaker, i have no further speakers. mr. boozman: madam speaker, then i would yield mr. broun, the gentleman from georgia, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, i rise today in support of veterans and military personnel in america. as one who believes in the constitution and the original intent of the writers of that document and one who believes that what we do in this house and in this congress is unconstitution ath accor

my office day in and day out saying they can't get the health care they need, they have a child or disability or a spouse who lost his job and his health care and also, people come in and say, you know, i'm 63 years old, i hope i can live another two years so i can get medicare, a government-provided health care for seniors and persons with disabilities. and we know that medicare is one of the most successful programs we have had, something that passed in 1965 and lifted the burden of health care costs off of the most vulnerable people, our elderly and persons with disabilities. this is something that i think many young people are jealous of, wish they had, this government provided health care program that is really a universal program for people over 65 and persons with disabilities. well, now we have an opportunity, something i've been working and waiting for all of my adult life, that we're going to have a health care program for all americans. what is it going to look like? it's going to give americans a choice. if they like what they have, they can keep it. nobody has to worry about anyt

more states enact presumptive disability legislation each year. so this is a problem that continues to grow and the disparity continues to be more apparent. clearly there's a pressing need for this legislation. mr. skelton: the gentlelady knows that i certainly share her admiration and appreciation for our federal firefighters, and i thank her for her dedication. mrs. capps: i thank the chairman and i look forward to working with him in the future. mr. skelton: mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i reserve. mr. skelton: mr. chairman -- the chair: the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: the amendment before us is one that is technical in nature and seeks to clarify several technical misstatements and problems that arose in the drafting of the bill. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from missouri. those in favor say aye. those oppos

there are several organizations around the country that train animals to work with disabled soldiers and veterans. these organizations, like many not for profit organizations, are struggling at this it moment to collect necessary resources in these difficult economic time. s. the difference between these organizations and others is that they're giving our soldiers and veterans a service that they have earned. i applaud their private fundraising an at the same time i realize that this is our responsibility as well. mr. chairman, this legislation will allow the government to keep its promise to america's disabled soldiers and veterans and allow them excellent quality of life after their service. thanks to modern medicine, more and more of our brave men and women are able to sustain wounds that may have been fatal in the past. this is a blessing but it also requires new tools to allow them to return to a civilian working life. i have seen these programs in action. i have witnessed the growth of these veterans and wounded soldiers after working with a guide dog or an animal that can assi

disabled, if it doesn't punish them, i can care less. i would be all for raising it to 50%. so i think we've got to be careful in the language. i think that's why our staffs have worked together with senator gregg. i have modified the -- i have an amendment that i will offer that modifies the underlying amendment. what it does is it returns to present law. it returns it to the present 20%. leave it where it is. but then working with senator greg's staff, we've agreed that our staff's -- any other interested offices, we'll see if we can't come to some type of agreement on these issues and the others that we have identified in section "b" of my amendment. if that's possible, we can incorporate that agreement in title 1 of the bill, which is the coverage section, by the way, of the bill. and where it really belongs. and, if not, then we'll have to offer maybe competing amendments at that time when we get the title one. i hate to put another burden on you, jeff. but this really is in the coverage -- kind of the coverage area. so is that okay

but i have a friend who is disabled and i helped him to get his disability. he could not work for two years. every time he got sick he had to go to the emergency room. host: do you support a public auction? caller: yes, what mary landrieu said is what i support. host: here is an editorial that talks about how congress should use the medicare part b system as the model going forward. he says it is an enormous success, cheaper than expected, and popular with singers. the problem is ideology. it is based on competition among private insurance plans. democrats are determined to run reform on government-run plant. he writes that private insurance companies are competing for customers and offering them tauruses. seniors can switch plans once per year. our next call is from tallahassee on the independent line. caller: good morning. i basically believe the best way to take care of any medical insurance is for government to get the heck out of the wood. government is the problem, not the solution. -- to get the heck out of the way. national means our country, universa

my office day in and day out saying they can't get the health care they need, they have a child or disability or a

it's his second start since coming off the disabled list. the manager was asked about pitch counts and what he'll be looking for as he watches koji during the game. >> i think koji's not alone in this. i think most pitchers, the biggest indicator that you see the other team, their hitters. their hitters will tell you. koji is a guy who pitches to contact, but he's also a guy that is a master of deception and upsetting the hitters timing. when he gets swings and misses, when he gets guys out in front and he speeds them up, then he slows them down, then he speeds them up, when he has them late, i think that's when you know he's on his game. and i think that the truest indicator of that is watch their hitters. they'll let you know. just like the hitters will let you know when a guthrie or a bergesen or any guy who pitches when they're losing it. when the timing is not disrupted and they're fouling the fastball straight back to the screen and they're squaring everything up, it's time to say, hey, have you seen enough? and you get somebody else i

, and we do some wonderful things with disabled veterans and with some young kids in our inner cities who have some challenges. the great notion that this is the constituency in the united states that has one of the highest poverty levels and one of the highest unemployment levels, and we need the country to look beyond the disability to the ability and hire them. i will still be an active voice within the republican party, still a very proud republican and i want to do all i can to advance our collective interests both at the national and state levels. even what i am doing now, a reentry into politics did not feel right, and you really have to feel right about campaigning for two years, then serving for sex. i was not prepared to make the commitment. host: after the midterm elections in 2010, have you given any thought to running for president in 2012? guest: i really have not. i have learned a long time ago never to say never, but i really focused on getting mitch mcconnell get a few more bodies in the senate, and i want to get back to pennsylvania and while i can to make sure that

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work to make sure that medicaid is there a especially for poor children and those who suffer from a disability we should remember that one-third not just about kids in big cities as sometimes people want to make it. this is about kids in cities and towns in suburban communities but also about a girl children. one-third of all rural children in the country are covered by schip for medicated soap and we talk about cutting and talk about government programs i think we should remember a lot of real concern in that program. let me conclude with this story our constituency i should say. denise lewis. denise lives in pennsylvania, the middle of our said, i met her years ago when she wrote to our office recently but i did know her story before this. i met her in passing. denise and her husband, for children, most of whom are grown and the and this is 19. all during their children's growing up years to the center has been a struggle to be able to afford health care and made a little too much to qualify for public assistance but not enough to afford the kind of coverage they needed. we know this is all

the doctors that our seniors and disabled population go to are private doctors, a private hospital, as it should be. they have choice, as they should. the public insurance option just provides the predictability of a plan that will always be there. my constituents in maryland remember all too well the private insurance companies within medicare who are here one day and gone the next day. thank goodness they had the public option available to them in order to make sure they had coverage. that's not true in part-d today. we don't have public insurance option and that was a mistake. so we need a public insurance option first and foremost to deal with cost. we've got to bring down the cost of health care. we've got 46 million people without health insurance today. are we going to let them try to figure out what insurance, private insurance to go to without controls on the cost? that's just going to add to the cost, not bring it down. we've got to at least have the comparison on a fair competition between public insurance and private insurance. i favor private insurance. but i want to have

with disabilities. this is important work and i'm so pleased we have these volunteers back home in my congressional district. mr. speaker, we realize that as this current economic downturn puts millions of americans at risk, the need for volunteers and national service will be more important than ever. the recently signed edward m. kennedy serb america act expands the americorps programs to incorporate some 250,000 volunteers each year. it is important to recognize the commitment of these volunteers so that future generations will continue to support the ideal of national service. the strength of our nation depends upon individuals who take action toward building better communities. we observed americorps week may 9 through may 16. americorps week provides current volunteers, alums, grantees, program partners, and friends with the opportunity highlight the important work done by this great organization. it is a chance for us to thank those individuals who -- whose service to society cannot be fully meas

our disabled population would not have had affordable health care coverage. i don't know of a single member of this body who is suggesting we repeal medicare. and that's a public insurance option. a public insurance option does not have the government interfere with your selection of doctors. the doctors are private. the hospitals are private. we are talking about how we collect and pay for the bills. and medicare has worked very well. as tri care for our military community. we want to build on that experience. the main reason that we want a public insurance option is to keep down costs. that's our main reason. we know that medicare advantage -- this is a private insurance option within medicare. well, i'm for a private insurance option in medicare but what i oppose is giving, costing the taxpayers more money because of that. and we know that medicare advantage costs between 12% to 17% more for every senior that enrolls in the private insurance option. the congressional budget office says that costs $150 billion over 10 years. so this is a cost issue. i remem

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because when you call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v today you can get all three services for the price of two: just... i will now return you to your program and unfortunately for some of you, to cable. yeah! wait, what? . >> gary: on the mound, brian bass will come out of the bullpen. castillo pitched an inning and now brian bass will take his turn. >> buck: brian bass has been throwing very well with a lot of confidence. he had a 1.55 e.r.a. in his last four games. he has really kind of become an important cog in this bullpen. for the season, this is his 17th appearance. >> gary: so brian bass comes out to work here as we go to the bottom half of the 8th inning. kurt suzuki leading it off. he doubled and scored 1-for-3 in the game. everybody in the line-up contributing for oakland in this ballgame. 9 runs, 10 hits an error for the a's. 1 run, 5 hits and no error for the orioles. castillo worked an inning, struck out one, hit a batter. fifth pitcher to be used. 1-1. bare hand back in there. andino, the 360 and suzuki is retired. one down.

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and luke scott didn't come off the disabled list until may 27. that's a bilgier when you think about that. >> i think it's his 14th home run of the season and he's just putting up big numbers. he's got to stay in the middle of that order for me and maybe a four slot for quite a while because he's that hot and ride this wave for a long time. nobody else is putting up any numbers in that line up right now. >> gook go back out to oakland with the orioles manager. it's being brought to you by verizon wireless. >> dave joining us here in oakland. this hasn't been an easy couple of ball games. trying to battle back in this one but just too far behind. >> boy, we've sure made oakland real good offensive club the last couple nights. they've come out swinging the bats very well. we didn't stay away from the big inning. back to back innings they put cooking numbers up for them. we came back and got some runs late. fell behind way too much. some pitches that we'd like to have back especially with two strikes that we left over the middle of the plate. >> dav

lee, where one article of the americans with disability act was upheld and contrast it with the garrett case where it was stricken. justice scalia, in the argument of the voting rights case, took issue with the congress on a 98-0 decision, suggesting that if it's 98-0, it must not have been too carefully thought through. it reminds me of the 98-0 vote that justice scalia got on his confirmation. many unanimous decisions of the supreme court. i'll be attaching as an appendix this cases, a group of cases. general moore where justice scalia decided the case 9-0. so if this legislative body, if the united states senate votes 98-0 in favor of renewing the voting rights act, relying upon the extensive record which i have cited, that's not a sign of weakness. that's not a sign that the senate doesn't know what it's doing with a 98-0 vote. so the questions which i have posed for judge sotomayor are these: would you apply the justice harlan rational base standard or the congruent and proportionality standard? what are your views on justice scalia's skarbgtization that the -- quote -- "congruence

cut social security, disability, but they have to be now. we have illegals that no matter what the employers offer we have green cards and work these is that do not take out health care insurance. they have all the gang members, drug addicts -- these people are using up our emergency rooms and clinics.

effectively treat the disability. they would be able to stay in the labor force. similarly, some workers currently in the labor force would be more productive if they have health care. we believe that the net impact on effective labor supply will be positive and will increase in gdp. expanding coverage will also improve the efficiency of the labor market, creating insurance exchanges would in the phenomenon of job loss, where worries about health insurers make workers stand out even when others are better. this is about 2/10 of gdp each year. small businesses are disadvantaged in the labor market because current employers sponsored insurance is so expensive. it to be beneficial to the competitiveness of the important small business sector of the economy. what the benefits of expanding coverage are substantial, slowing the growth rate of health care costs is an essential to moving the economy off its unsustainable path and securing a better economic future for the american people. in discussing cost containment, i want

there's always the disabled player exception, which would allow them, if the nba granted it, if he was indeed out for all of next season and the nba granted that exception to the salary cap, you could then spend 108% of a player's previous salary and half of yao's salary, $16.4 million, you can go out and do something like that, but this isn't the free agent you'd want to give that kind of money to. >> what about tracy mcgrady and ron artest, how does this impact the team going forward? >> with mcgrady it doesn't change much. he has to get himself well. he's as uncertain as yao. is there's really not a lot of difference in some ways except that they know the course of treatments with mcgrady. he had the microfracture surgery. he begins on-court workouts. that's very, very telling portion of his rehab begins next month. with artest, he's a free agent. does he come back to a team with this much uncertainty? by the time he's making that decision, the rockets would have a much better idea of yao's course of treatment and prognosis than they have now. and so that might work itself out in th

then our guy, scott olsen fresh off the disabled list and rehab, has had amazing stuff all night. there you see a beautiful change-up. then ricky nolasco said something to him as he hit a fly ball to right field. former throw buddies. now dueling it out on the baseball field. >> bob: olsen, 56 strikes of his 78 pitches. that's impressive. he's retired 10 straight. nolasco's retired 13 of 14 as he faces adam dunn 0-2. adam lined out to right and struck out looking. ahead in the count. he changed up on him, a straight change. only one other team in the division in action tonight and that's the mets. they're at milwaukee after they lost to the yankees last night, they're down 7-2 in the 7th inning. mets are struggling. they might lose their fourth in a row tonight. that was some scenario with mariano rivera walking with the bases loaded. got his first career rbi, then he got save number 500. >> rob: congratulations to mo rivera. welcome to the 500 club. >> bob: small club. >> rob: he and trevor hoffman. got a chance to talk to goose gossage today. >> bob: what a guy he is. >> rob: wh

i also believe in reform to the healthcare system must address the injustice of people with severe disabilities for being forced to spend their lives a nursing homes because we are not provided an option of home-based services for the disabled. that is why i have introduced a committed to choice act which president obama strongly supported in cosponsored when he was here is a member of this committee so i look forward to working with you on this issue. today we just want to talk about the fy2010 budget. also about the funding included in the recovery act or the stimulus that we passed. that included $10 billion for the nih, $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research, $700 million for prevention activities into billion dollars for discretionary health information technology activities as well as funds for head start, communities services block grant and health professions. so, we will cover as much as we can. again we welcome you to the subcommittee. i leave the record open here for a statement by senator cochran and i would then recognize you madam secretary. your statement will be mad

koji uehara officially now on the disabled list and david back. this is his fourth appearance. gets ahead of ryan zimmerman, 0- 1. he was looking fastball and he swung through it. >> jim p.: that's that well located fastball. it was out of the middle of the plate with a little bit of giddyup on it. >> jim h.: david hernandez has always been a strikeout pitcher coming up through the minor leagues. popped foul, wide of first. huff hoping for a play but it stays in the stands. that's a strike for 0-2. he had 614 strikeouts in 530 innings in the minor league. >> rob: very impressive. >> jim p.: i struck out 14 back on the 22nd of may. on the year, 3-2 with a very low earned run average. not a lot of run support down at triple-a norfolk. >> rob: the one thing i do like, 18 walks. not just a power pitcher. >> jim p.: i watch his windup. he's one of these guys that fans on the first base side. pretty good balance. >> jim h.: high fly ball, right center field, chasing jones back but he has a play. adam has it for the out. let's welcome in amber. >> the orioles minor league catching coo

medicaid tells her she doesn't qualify because she isn't pregnant, descrn children, doesn't have disability insurance. insurance companies refuse to cover her, calling her kidney disorder a preexisting conditieg condition. everyone else calls it a tragedy. letters are written by people who play by the rules and don't understand why the health care system doesn't play by the rules. they're written from the heart and many are written through pain, tears, and uncertainty. sadly, they're not unique. many, many americans like sleys is a skip routine medical checkups or like bray deny live just one accident away from bankruptcy or one sickness away from bankruptcy, or like alicia fear for the worst while they fight through the red tape. our republican colleagues like things, obviously, just the way they are -- the status quo. they've committed themselves to a strategy of misinformation and misrepresentation. heard it again on the radio this morning. government health care. in fact one senator said, if he heard a republican senator say anything other than government health care and not -- he instr

problems are among the most disabling of all substance abuse kigs. driving up health care costs and destroying productivity and achievement. obviously that needs to be addressed. many patients visiting emergency rooms are suffering from depression. a third of our nation's homeless population has severe, treatable mental illness. between 85% and 95% of people with severe treatable mental illnesses are unemployed. people tend to die 20 years younger than the rest of the population with severe midnightal -- mental illness. so these are all great facts to get out there, further integrating the facts of overall health care. the fact that many of our most chronic health conditions, like heart disease, have co-occurring mental health disorders. we cannot afford not to treat these disorders, especially when treatment is within our grasp and when we know that he work. we cannot ignore that mental health is a crucial part of our health and well being. and as we focus more on integrating mental health into our overall mental health focus, we will find the abili

my husband is a disabled veteran, 100% disabled and i have aarp insurance. it is not born to be enough to cover this. host: how long do you think you will be in the hospital? caller: lord, i do not know. i am not well enough to go home yet. host: how old are you? caller: i am 59. host: has thisç been a repeated problem? caller: no, this is the first time i have had to go to the hospital. host: and you are covered? caller: through the department of defense, but it is not enough. host: what do you think? caller: i do not know what to do. i cannot work. my husband cannot work. we get the checks for free. he pays for medicare and i pay for aarp. we are still not making it with our health care. host: you are paying that per month? a caller: >> yes, vermont -- per month. i'm hoping people can use of it because we are veterans. we have a lot of young boys coming back that our veterans and their families are going to be in the same shape that mine is in and they are young. something has got to change. host: thank you, carolyn. we want to update you with the situat

under the current rules people must be disabled by aids before they can receive access to medicaid. this is care that could have prevented them from becoming so ill in the first place. in other words, medicaid won't help you unless you have full-blown aids and as you know, if someone tests positive to hiv, it could be a number of years before they have full-blown aids so it makes much more sense to help those people once they test positive to stave off the full-blown aids and it's an irony that you couldn't do it. what etha does is gives states option do provide people living with hiv access to medicaid before they become disabled. president obama repeatedly in his quest for president said he supports it. when he was in the senate he co-sponsored the bill. i want to ask you if i continue to count on the administration to continue to support etha and will you work with the states to take up this option if it's included in the final reform package? >> yes. >> thank you. that's the answer i was looking for. >> and secondly, the second priority is home infusion. we know that some delive

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call the verizon center for customers with disabilities >>> welcome back, everybody. johnny holliday, ray knight. "nats xtra" pregame here on masn brought to you by verizon wireless. for the nationals, -- for the marlins, emilio bonifacio, first home run inside the park job against julian tavarez hoping day -- opening day when they faced the nationals. he'll be in the number two hole. the rest of the marlins lineup, chris coghlan in left field leading off the batting order for florida hanley ramirez with the .333 average will be the shortstop. jorge cantu at first. then comes jeremy hermida. dan uggla, cody ross in center, john baker catching and sean west on the mound tonight. bonifacio, 18 infield hits this year. that's third in the national league. now, for manny acta for the washington nationals, elijah dukes .284 batting average. runners in scoring position. overall season average at .237. he has nine outfield assists. that's tops in the major leagues, but only 4-32 his last 10 ballgames. look for elijah to hopefully break out of that slump tonight against the ma

yet, you still have to have negotiation 'cause you want to maintain a cap, freeze, disable and be able to degrade their program. on the question of the terrorism list, there are legal criteria for being put on and taken off this list. but i think it's also fair to say that it is also -- there are also political -- there's a political environment in which a discussion of putting a country on or taking them off the list is quite relevant. and i think when north korea was taken off the list, there were criteria that justified their being taken off the list but there was also a broader framework in which that was happening in which many people expected the north koreans would live up to their end of the second phase of the six-party agreement, the investigation -- verification protocol and they did not. they did a second nuclear test. they are threatening a third nuclear test and most recently they've taken these two americans. and threatened to throw them for 12 years into a labor camp. that's not the right political environment. and so i would appeal both on legal grounds as well as on t

with mental illness our nation's leading cause of disability, it is no wonder that mental-health and substance-abuse problems are among the most chronic and disabling of all medical conditions for a good driving up healthcare costs and is trying employee productivity and school achievement, so obviously that needs to be addressed. an estimated 30% of patients visiting emergency rooms in one survey were found to be suffering from depression, only one mental-health issue. nine out of ten suicides, a suicide victim suffered from a treatable mental illness and a third of carnations population has a beard, treatable mental illness. between 85 and 95% of persons with severe treatable mental illnesses are unemployed. people with serious mental illnesses died on an average of 25 years younger, earlier, younger than the rest of the population so all of these are really great faxed to get out there. further illustrating the importance of integrating mental-health in overall healthcare is the fact that many of our most chronic medical conditions such as heart disease have coley hearing mental h

reduce the unfair tax on veterans disability and military retiree pay. or concurrent receipt. and safeguard military retiree benefits for our troops. mr. chairman, this work is always important, but it has never been more important than now while our troops are in combat. representative mchugh has done outstanding work to support our men and women in uniform and their families. representative mchugh has served on the house armed services committee since the 103rd congress. he was appointed as the chairman of the morale welfare and recreation panel, and then as the chairman of the military personnel subcommittee. his leadership of these two subcommittees has advanced the support and recognition of the needs of the members of our armed services and their families to a greater level than ever before. more recently, during the 111th congress, representative mchugh was appointed ranking member of the house armed services committee. during his time as ranking member, he continued his tireless work to ensure the success of our armed forces, our national de-- defense, and our security

, a person of color, an unborn child or among the many so-called undesirable, the disabled, sanger would exclude and ex-trerm nate from the human race. sanger's political writings dripped with contempt for those who she considered to be unfit to live. i've read many of sanger's articles and books. she was an unapologetic new general cyst and racist. she said one of the most important things a family member can do. she said eugenics is a thorough avenue to solving political problems. she devoted a chapter of her book called the cruelty of charity, explaining a shockingly inhumane case for the systematic denial of prenatal and maternal health care for poor pregnant women. she said such benevolence is not merely superficial and nearsighted, it conceals a stupid cruelty and leads to a deterioration in the human stock and the per petchuation of defectives, delinquents. it is to me and many mobes who are pro life extraordinarily difficult to see how anyone can be in awe of margaret sanger, a person who made no secret of views that were antithetical to protecting the human rights of the weakest

to determine if the patient should receive treatment and the formula often leads to the elderly and disabled being denied care. so, this would prohibit again the word prohibit to develop certain types of formal methods like the united kingdom uses to deny expensive care to elderly or disabled patients, and some of the uses that it has been used for is repeatedly blocked breast cancer patients from receiving breakthrough drugs, for patients with multiple sclerosis to wait two and a half years to receive innovative new treatments. it is prevented patients in the early stages of alzheimer's to get the medication which lets them get worse than penekamp the help. it is denied life prolonging treatments to kidney cancer patients and allowed a small percentage of patients with osteoporosis to receive the medicine and then only as a last resort, it is also been denied, used to deny drugs available to treat aggressive brain tumors. i just don't want that to happen in the united states, so i would hope we would not allow the quality adjusted life year process measure to be used. >> mike. >> that is th

. >> what did you say, disabled list? >> shoulder strain. >> more of a neck strain after the last few outings. >> whiplash from line drives. >> looking at the ball, oh, my neck. >> ryan just expanding his strike zone and now thinking too much. he's got to get back to relaxing in there, being more patient. it will come to him. >> ryan zimmerman's first three at-bats thursday evening in new york, doubled off the left field wall, singled to right, rbi double to the gap in left center. we thought he was back, and now he's gone zero for 14. here's adam dunn. >> one ball and two strikes to dunn. didn't look like a swing. 2-2. >> sometimes ryan can get a little scripted with his swing. it's almost like he's in an area where he swings. >> broken bat. i had one hitting coach tell me once, which sounded familiar to something a golf coach said to me once. he said when you're standing there try to hit a line drive over second base. that means you're staying on the ball, squaring up because you're hitting up straightaway. but your poi

i'm disabled. i'm in my early 40's. my wife has had to leave here to go to minneapolis to get a job that would i think a single payer system is probably not the best route to go. yet, at the sim time, the idea of getting insurance companies out of the business in the profit incentive, that the 30 prs the gentleman talked about earlier is sigh fepped off. i can speak directly to what the president had to say about the mayor clinic having spent time there. they are extraordinarily efficient. there are ways to do it. so many people that are advocates of the sick l payer system are looking for coverage for everyone. >> in missouri, robert on our line for democrats. go ahead. >> i'll tell you what, i've been watching -- let me turn the tv off. i've been watching you all all night and watching michael burgess from texas. he had a pretty good thing going on tonight about the joint economic committee. he was asking all these questions as far as this weather and all this going on. boy, he's supposed to be the scientific guy. all

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in that conflict the army and marine corpses used it to disable the iraqi air defenses. apache helicopters launched missiles against targets demonstrating the usefulness of this new weapon. this guided missile system perfected in alabama by joe and other federal employees helped spare civilian lives in iraq and ensured a rapid coalition victory. they continued to play a role today as predator drones carrying missiles on missions over afghanistan. madam president, our military depends on countless civilian engineers just like joe. without their hard work and important contributions, we cannot retain -- maintain the military strength we have today. they are all, every one of them, government workers and they work on bases and research facilities throughout the country, including the red stone arsenal in huntsville. these men and women wake up each day and go to work knowing that they directly participate in keeping america safe. the technologies they develop are made at the forefront of our fight against al qaeda and other extremist groups. we must never forget that they a

call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v i will now return you to your program and unfortunately for some of you, to cable. yeah! wait, what? >>> arthur rhodes coming ou the bullpen with the nationals trailing 2-0 trying to shut out this mini rally here with zimmermann at 1st base. nats and reds go at it once again tomorrow. he's 3-5. michael owings for cincinnati. this is not over yet. the left hander arthur rhodes coming in. he came in out of the bullpen last night. he's got some incredible number this is year. they've got one of the best bullpens in the national -- all of major league baseball for that matter. >> rob: owings has seen more hits than miss. he's got a .490 era. 30 walks and 41 strikeouts, 8 home runs so far. >> johnny: rhodes had gone 8 innings without allowing a run until guzman touched him last night for a home run. it's lefty against lefty. >> rob: they'll break the string of 8 consecutive games allowing one home run. >> johnny: he's 0-10 against the left hander, 6 strikeouts. 1-0. zimmermann at 1st. a shot to the 1st baseman

call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v i will now return you to your program and unfortunately for some of you, to cable. yeah! wait, what? >>> nationals baseball is brought to you by south west airlines. book your next trip at www.southwest.com. and by aflac. welcome everybody. nationals baseball. johnny holliday, rob dibble. threatening conditions here tonight. let's hope the clouds continue to go west to east past the ball park. right now you can see a whole lot in the park. tonight it's going to be sharon martis against the reds. they started the season 13-5 p. what about the longest run of the season, this guy has been untouchable, 17 scoreless innings this season tied for first in major league baseball. as you can see, the clouds hanging over nationals park as you take a good look. got to feel good about this ballgame. this has been a good day for drew storen. we'll look at the lineups tonight. hairston leads off at 3rd. brandon phillips at 2nd. laynce nix, notice the way he spells his first name. bruce in right. martis on the mound for