the first thing i've gone out is that the famous erie canal song, 15 miles on the erie canal, also known as cavallo bridge, everybody down, was actually never saw it at the erie canal and that is because , in fact, no erie canal the boat ran ever loved the old name sali which is the main character and a song, or at least never saying about it. in fact, 15 miles on the erie canal is a tin pan alley songs written in 1905 author of that work began on the second and marchant into the current canal for motorized barges pulled by real history and very quickly folklore. as i researched more deeply i began to find many tales about the erie canal that were just that, story is how long tradition and unknown origin that had iran is so big, erie canal fax or to fax so i'm going to talk about some of those but i first want to set the stage by reading a couple of pages from the book's opening if i can find it and just to set the stage for the background that led to the erie canal. morning came on coolican bright, in recent frost could just began to color the chorus autumn, the blue sky and chill air m

erie canal also known as low bridge, everybody down, was actually never sunk on the erie canal. and that is because -- in fact, no erie canal boatman ever loved his mule named sal who is the name of the main character in the song, or at least he never sang about it. in fact, 50 miles on the erie canal was a 10 pin alley song written in 1905, the year that work began on the second enlargement of the erie into the current canal for motorized barges that made barges pulled by mules history and very quickly folklore. as i researched more deeply, i begin to find many tales about the erie canal that were just that, stores of long tradition and of unknown origin that had erroneously become erie canal facts, or that obscured true facts. so i'm going to talk about some of those in a few minutes, but i first want to set the stage by reading a couple of pages from the books open, if i can find it. and just to set the stage for the background that led to the erie canal. the morning came on cool and bright. a recent frost had just begun to color the surrounding forest autumn. the blue sky an

it almost seems as though a lot of the citation for the erie canal is somewhat blind. there are not very many similarities between how new york city based on new york state built the erie canal and how the federal government now might support infrastructure projects. however, there is one very important similarity, or one way in which the erie canal i think can help inform the debate about whether the federal government should be creating a national infrastructure bank to fund infrastructure objects. . . . >> there is really no good route and he wound up, jesse hawley is his name, another connecticut native who tried to find his fortune in the west, winds up in debtor's prison, under a pseudonym writes the argument -- newspaper essays, arguing for and proposing and arguing for a canal across new york state directly to lake erie and it was actually his idea but dewitt clinton picks up the idea, three years later, and he is the guy that makes the erie canal happen and if you know anything about dewitt clinton he is a long time new york city mayor, new york state lawmaker

and he is a guide that makes the erie canal happen. if you don't know anything about the wind clinton, he is a longtime new york city mayor. new york state lawmaker. congressman. he is one of the canal commissioners eventually. a longtime new york governor. new york city civic benefactor. social reformer. nearly president in 1812 over madison, but for the then swing state of pennsylvania. but clinton has to be credited for seeing the wisdom of the erie idea and then attaching himself very early to the effort. he becomes its chief promoter. and clinton is of very popular leader. a scrupulously honest. not something we often see in public officials. but at the same time he was a careless and often reviled politician. he left astounding public attacks roll off his back. and he is the single individual who guides the legislative approval, its financing, and its popular support. if clinton had taken any of that many outrageous assaults against them were succumbed to self doubts arguably you might say that we could be living in a nation that

we might not have gone to the west via erie canal en the continental nation, the spanish in the south, even russian influence from the northwest, why not have given us the country we have now. ..  >> i think it's probably an essential, i'm not an expert in this area but i have noticed the development of the idea especially because people keep mentioning erie canal but i think it's a central. american infrastructure is falling apart. i don't think we have done much since the 1950s. another similarity between the erie canal and what we have now is that the canal was built during the country's first great depression. the canal project started in 1817, but in 1819 before much of it had been built we had the panic of 1819 caused in large part by flawed 19 policies. and that depression lasted into the middle 1820s, the precise building of the canal. what that depression did actually was allow for contracts on the erie canal to be taken at much lower prices. essentially kept construction costs down and he gave worked too well worth suddenly many unemployed people. and so i think if we do w

in pennsylvania alone, we have general electric transportation in erie and most of these factories tend to be in hard-hit areas of the country in erie, pennsylvania, they employ over 4 hourks people, -- 4,000 people, they are ready to build the next generation of high speed locomotives. in harrisburg, the biggest steel company in the world has a plant that build railroad tracks with 400 workers. with just this $13 billion investment, they intend to increase, maybe double or trip they will size of their workforce in doing such. t.g.v., the french rail system, is run by a c

. >> first of two between harrisburg and erie. erie leading 4-2. let's take you back out to camden yards, rob dibble and jim palmer standing by. what did you guys think about the series this weekend? >> thanks, guys. well, jim, that was a great series. we get the finale, but really the last two games were much better than the first game where it was kind of a blowout. >> it's kind of interesting. the nationals had beat the red sox, full houses in washington. the orioles had gone down, they scored one run in 20 1/3 inning, get swept down in miami. we have adam jones hitting .200 for the month of june. so the orioles needed to win on friday, but they end up 11-1 but it was a very close game until the 6th inning. on saturday night, again, a early lead by the nationals, the orioles come back, they hit three home runs, the hanging change-up that one of the better young players for the orioles nolan reimold hits off of martis. so this is a situation where today you have your best left- hander going out there and the orioles didn't do a whole lot of thing

in pennsylvania alone, we have general electric transportation in erie and most of these factories tend to be in hard-hit areas of the country in erie, pennsylvania, they employ over 4 hourks people, -- 4,000 people, they are ready to build the next generation of high speed locomotives. in harrisburg, the biggest steel company in the world has a plant that build railroad tracks with 400 workers. with just this $13 billion investment, they intend to increase, maybe double or trip they will size of their workforce in doing such. t.g.v., the french rail system, is run by a company called sncf a national rail company. they employ over 200,000 people in good paying jobs and let me remind you, france is a company 1/5 the size the u.s. just imagine the number of jobs that would be permanent jobs in building this high speed rail system as well as all the construction jobs and orders for the factories in building out the system itself. but if we're going to do this we have to do it right and we have to do it at scale. $13 billion and i know what senator thorn said, $13 billion is a lot of money

grandchildren and generations of ohioans will enjoy the clean waters of the cuyahoga river and of lake erie. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. kaufman: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. kaufman: i rise today to draw our attention to the tourism promotion act on 2009 and specifically to focus on my small state of delaware. one is treated to a range of arts from marvelous recollection to dozens of fairs an festivals. in the area of art and culture, there is the gardens, the, and the now famous dupont hospital. visitors can visit the bellview state park or the delaware museum or see a show at the hotel few front in wilmington. the state of delaware also has a significant historical site for tourists to enjoy. you can view the birthday of the dupont. the luxurious home of harry and frances dupont. since delaware is one of the original 13 colonies, we have war historical sites, the amstel house can offer visitors a rare insight of life before the revolution much our constitution park offers a tribute to the ratification of the constitution ma

host: one last call from betty in erie, pennsylvania. caller: hello. i was talking to a friend of mine here and her sister had to have a triple bypass surgery, and per-share in japan was $10,000. i was just appalled. i would have to die in this country if i had to put up that kind of money. your health care is a right, not a privilege. thank you. guest: i think what she said is how important this issue is. republicans believe we need to reform health care but do it in a way with common-sense solutions, providing american solutions focusing on affordability, accessibility, affordability. there are elements we can provide making changes for small business and others, making a robust overset. we think medical reform should be part of this bill. and a large provision so there is an incentive for people to continue to pursue healthy lifestyles. there are a couple of real drivers. one is smoking, the other is obesity and diabetes coming from it. if we can incentivize people to maintain healthy lifestyles, that will be important for this portion of our bill.

bowie was shut out by erie. one out of four. a double for bowie. bowie is scoreless now in three consecutive games and they hurt their cause by committing four errors. frederick playing a double header, lost the first one 72- 1. they are now in extra innings in the 8th. casey kelly for salem, boston's number 1 pick last year. he went against ryan matusz, the orioles' number 1 pitch last year. neither pitcher gave up a run, they are now scoreless in the 8th. of course, coming up on tuesday, it is this year's amateur draft that joe jordan and his staff very busy at trying to scour the country to come up with who will be that number 1 pick. the orioles have the fifth pick in the first round. i spoke to joe at the ballpark and asked him his philosophy about the type of player that the orioles look for when they go into the draft. >> i told the staff the day i came in here that we're going to look for athlete, look for tools but look for those two things with guys that are also baseball players. >> you have the fifth pick which means only four players w

it's a ery ung promising pitching staff they feature now in the starting rotation. >> gary: zaun will take that down low. 2-0. zaun catching for this one. matt weiters expected to be back in the line up for the day game tomorrow. and zaun will take that down low and cahill falls behind 3- 0. it's only human nature that when you have this 9-0 lead focus ybcome just a little bit less. last thing he wants to do is block anybody at this point. 3-1. >> buck: yeah. that's comparative that the catcher doesn't allow him to lose his focus. he continues to use a very aggressive approach. >> gary: grounded fall. he comes back from 3-0 to take it 3-2. >> buck: cahill very simple approach. got a sinking fastball. and secondary pitch tonight has been a change up. we haven't seen too many breaking balls. he does throw a curve ball and hasn't had to use so much. >> gary: get a lead like this. it becomes more simplified for a pitcher. it's go ahead and hit this. try and get the outs as quickly as possibl throw strikes, don't walk. cahill with a 3-2 count. from ocean side, california, that's where he w

there's been talk on who is going to be the new face of the republican party, possibly eri c cantor. do you see 2010 a time when they're going to be able to caption -- capture more seats, or is it going to come -- become a permanent minority for a while? >> having worked for the republican party in the house of representatives, i recall in 1964 when we had the huge landslide with linda mead

general electric transportation, most of these factories are in haunted areas of the country, in the erie, pa. 4,000 people are ready to build the next generation of high-speed locomotives. a little town across from harrisburg, the biggest steel corp. in the world has a plant that builds railroad tracks, it has 400 workers. with $13 billion investment, they intend to increase, double or triple the size of their work force. tgv, the french rail system, is run by a company called national rail company sncf. they employ a thousand people in good paying jobs. just imagine the number of jobs, permanent jobs in this system, as well as all of the construction jobs and orders for the factories in building the system itself. if we are going to do this, we have to do it right and we have to do it in scale. i know what senator thune said, $13 billion is a lot of money but in another sense it is a small amount of money to do what needs to be done. to build high-speed rail on the california coast is expected to be a $45 billion cost factor. to build a high-speed train from philadelphia to pittsburgh w

he was in erie, pennsylvania. repeatedly in his hourlong speech, mr. bush said he would not directly criticize the new president. however, he took direct aim at obama's policies as he defended his own eight years in office. "government does not create wealth," is one of the quotes that they chose in the paper this morning. next call, an independent. caller: hello. i wish i had gotten on with one of those politicians, gangsters, disingenuous salesman, whenever you want to call them. they will never answer the question directly about the federal reserve bank. this country got along very well before 1913 when woodrow wilson signed into law the federal reserve. and before he left office, he said that he had sold out, that he had made a mistake and sold out the american people by instituting a federal reserve. to give the federal reserve bank, a privately owned bank mostly of entities more power over us and the government is an act of treason. when people were asking -- you know, one of the politicians was asked to the federal reserve bank be audited, and t

laura is next on the republican line from erie, pennsylvania. caller: i just wanted to address two separate parts of this. first, calling mr. obama is a christian when conservative christians in this country will never have common ground on his belief on abortion, on homosexual unions, and putting that agenda into our schools, and on comprehensive sex education, handing our kids condoms and birth control. its coat collar, how will you take those -- host: caller, how will you take those domestic issues and integrate them with -- caller: we are not going to find common ground on that because he does not reflect christian beliefs, you know, in our own country that conservative christians agree with. i also wanted to ask -- there was a traditional values.org at said he was mixing fact with fiction. the center said there were only 2.3 miss lee -- 2.3 million muslims in america where obama said there were 7 million. also mr. obama is claiming that islam promotes power and dignity among human beings when non- muslims in islamic nations are subjected to

when the days become and the center erie and the weight seems too hard to bear, look in the mirror and see all the women who have come before you and made it under dreadful circumstances. see all the children who have yet to come, in no you shine a light so bright that will make their world a more livable place. see me, and cheering you on, giving new hope, holding your hand, reminding you daily that strong women keep getting stronger. and at the end of the day, when the outside world is gone, it is you must decide to hug your children, kiss your husband, respect your mother, protect your family and love yourself. and at the end of the day when the world outside is gone, please know always so much of the woman you are i am and i am here, sending you love, for michelle obama. [applause] >> i am going to read rigging's poem, that they are being shy. dear michelle, stand in your truth. when the world wants a piece of view, a piece of him, and a piece of them, wants all of you, all of him, all of them, wants none of you, none of him, none of them, stand in your trip, his true if, in their

. >> at your confirmation erie, you said guantanamo bay would be closed. -- at confirmation hearing, use the guantanamo bay would be closed. those who are cleared for release -- this is a good project -- good progress. the president has indicated some detainees may have to be held for prolonged detention because some detainee's to post significant threats cannot be tried for their crimes. are we really meeting to go -- the goals behind closing guantanamo bay if we simply bring detainee's to the united states for what could be indefinite retention? >> we are trying to make individualized determination about what should happen to the people presently held at guantanamo. some we think will go into a category where they will be tried in article 3 quarts or military commissions. some could be transferred or released. some could be in a third category where they will be detained in a way we think is consistent with due process, both in the determination as to whether or not they should be detained and with regard to periodic reviews. they continue to pose a danger to the united states. it'

think -- not just bail you the funds but in large aspects of the economy your investment in cleaner ery, comcast. do you think there should be stronger restriction on how members of congress -- is it a conflict of interest and should there be stronger restrictions? >> no. i don't think there should be restriction on investment. when it became a company that was receiving funds, we divested ourselves of that. for a long time a.i.g. was a thriving company and a concern in our country. but when there's any thought of conflict of interest, yes, then we should divest. but we don't know what that's going to be in advance. who would have ever thought a.i.g., this giant of an industry, would come to the place where the united states government had to bail it out? yeah. nobody's happy about. that yes. -- happy about that. >> madam speaker, later today congress will meet -- the conference committee on the supplemental budget. >> yes. >> there's been a lot of debate about [indiscernible] from the senate. has a final decision been made on that? if the decision has been made to strike that then the

this $200,000 helps us to monitor fisheries, a very tightly and controlled fish erie. and this is the subsidy that the federal government as well as our state government gives to make sure that this stays a healthy resource. just to give you a sense of the size of is industry. there are 7,000 fisherman in the lobster industry. they brought in 69 million pounds last year. in texas, $242 million may not sound like a substantial contribution, but that's big contribution to the state of maine and fishing is very important to our state. 85% of all the lobsters in this country come from the state of maine. now, it may be that you think of lobster as some sort of glamorous food, but we are talking about hard-working fisherman and let me tell you how this industry works. by law in the state of maine, these are basically individual entrepreneurs. each one of these michigannermen is a business and family business in the state of maine. unlike other states where you have big corporate farms that get corporate subsidies, these are individual fishermen. this is not a subsidy to the

in my own state senate district, i represented an area in erie county, near plumbrook station a large nasa testing. east of there we had nasa glen in cuyahoga county. the things we can do and achieve in this country through the space program is limitless. however, if we stand by what we're seeing happening across congress today with this cap and tax legislation, we're in trouble. one of the things i'm proud of the fact is in think district, the fifth congressional district, i represent an area that we manufacturer solar panels, with first solar. we have another company coming online this fall. we also in my district have wind turbines, ethanol, biomass and we're doing all these things and the alternatives. also it's very, very important in this country we have the base power to be able to manufacture what we have to have. we want to continue to be independent in this country, especially in the manufacture and the new age of space, we have to make sure we have these homegrown companies here today. it's going to be very, very difficult to do that if we don't have the manufacturing capac