carolina, louis junior watson of clayton, north carolina, rachel mae poston pulley of clayton, north carolina. and we also honor those who suffered injuries. and finally we commend the heroic actions of the first responders. the garner police and fire departments, the emergency medical personnel, the north carolina task force search and rescue, the a.t.f. and all other personnel and private citizens who came to the rescue. their efforts, along with those with the conagra employees themselves no doubt prevented further life -- lives or injuries. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gohmert: i rise in support of the resolution which expresses the heartfelt condolences of this body to the family, friends and loved ones of the victims of the june 9 explosion at conagra food plant in garner, north carolina. as the resolution notes, the people of

butterfield of north carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 474, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. butterfield: i rise in support in support of the underlying bill, the transportation security administration authorization act of 2009. this is a necessary bill that will help to safeguard the american people. and i want to commend my friend and colleague, chairman thompson from mississippi, for steering this legislation through this process. your leadership does not go unnoticed by members of this body and the american people and we thank you. we thank the ranking member of this committee, mr. king of new york, for his leadership and for his work on homeland security as well as the other members of the committee. i particularly want to thank the hard working staff of the homeland security committee for all that they do and the work they have done in getting this legislation to

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: continues to reserve. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from illinois, ms. schakowsky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois is recognized for one minute. ms. schakowsky: mr. speaker, i rise in support of house resolution 505 honoring the life of dr. george tiller and condemning his brutal murder at church. i thank representative slaughter for this resolution. dr. tiller was a husband and a father, he studied at the university of kansas school of medicine, and searched his country as a united states navy flight surgeon intern. despite attacks and threats against him, he continued his service as a tireless advocate for women's health and women's rights. on may 31 he was brutally gunned down in broad daylight in his place of worship by an extremist who took the law into his own hands. enough is enough. it is time for us

price of north carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 573, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. price, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. my amendment, i believe, is noncontroversial. it includes a number of amendments put forth by other members that we believe would be good additions to the bill. including first additional funding for the firefighter grant program, that draws on proposals from representatives ult mire, pascrell, austria, peter king and biggert. additional funding for nonprofit security grants, representatives cohen and weiner. additional funding for the metropolitan medical response system, representative kosmas. additional funding to implement the western hemisphere travel, representive mitchell. d.h.s. employees can use personal protection equipment without negative personnel action. a prohibition on funds in this bill being used fo

and i thank the gentlelady from north carolina for the time. she and i share opposition to this proposal. i rise in continued opposition, mr. speaker, to the family smoking prevention and tobacco control act. during my tenure in the congress, i have consistently opposed granting the food and drug administration the authority to regulate tobacco. i do so based upon my philosophical beliefs and the ramification this legislation would have upon my congressional district and my state. it is my firm belief, mr. speaker, that allowing the f.d.a. to regulate tobacco in any capacity would inevitably lead to f.d.a. regulating the family farm. of course, that is the potential. this can create uncertainty for family farmers at a time when they are already struggling during the current economic downturn. i have spoken to tobacco farmers in my district, mr. speaker, and if this matter is enacted they see the door ajar and their fear is tobacco today, the family farm tomorrow. and i don't think this knee jerk reaction. i think it's realistic. i also have con

the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: madam speaker, i rise for the purpose of entering into a colloquy with -- i'm sorry, i want to yield three minutes for purposes of a colloquy to the gentleman from illinois, mr. hare. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hare: thank you. i rise to get into a colloquy with the chairman of the subcommittee. mr. chairman, i welcome a colloquy with my distinguished colleague. mr. chairman, as you know, my district is home to many levee districts along the mississippi river. on february 25, 2009, the federal emergency management agency issued a new policy on rehabilitation assistance for levees. under this new policy, levee districts are prohibited from receiving fema assistance for flood cleanups, debris remove a -- removal and dewatering. the burden is being shifted away from fema to the corps of engineers even though as i understand it the corps does not have the authorization or funning to reimburse the levee district for these activities. my community, mr. chairman, is c

north carolina has already won the national title in basketball. the tar heels trying to keep the dream alive in baseball. and, why team u.s.a. has its work cut out in the confed cup and the world cup. this is espnews. >> hi, and welcome to espnews. along with will selva, i'm j.w. stewart. normally, bethpage black only has one hole with a water hazard. thursday, the whole course was a water hazard. >> they're not wearing life vests, but scott van pelt and andy north are anchoring our coverage from a very soggy bethpage black. >> they told us it was coming, but i'm not sure anyone was prepared for what fell from the skies here thursday on long island -- bethpage black absolutely inundated. it's difficult to describe how miserable conditions were unless you experienced them firsthand. around 10:16, horns blew, play suspended and finally called for the day short of 2:00. >> tiger woods among them. out just after 8:00. roars of approval as he and stevie headed to the first tee and then, andy, is it the mist? is it wet? >> a very difficult tee shot, sha

of the most beautiful mount yea scenery in north carolina. since its creation in 1859, allegheny county has been called home by countless hardworking north carolinians from farmers to small business owners who know the value of a hard day's work. one of allegheny's most notable native sons, robert taughton, served here in the house of representatives for 42 years from 1911 to 1953. congressman taughton -- daughton was chairman of the house ways and means committee for 18 of his years in congress. he also played a decisive role in creating the blue ridge parkway which we all know is one of the most beautiful scenic roads in america. today allegheny hosts a 6,000 acre park named in his honor and known for its excellent wildlife viewing. the blue ridge parkway itself also cuts a scenic path in the county just a stone's throw from the county seat, sparta. it is a place of unique beauty and character right off the beaten path. from the pristine waters of the new river to the distinct sounds of its local bluegrass musical heritage, it is a one of a

the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: our colleague from california made an impassioned plea in the rules committee and again here on the floor today. and i have to ask the question, the secretary of the interior has been there to see the situation in the san joaquin valley. what more does he need to see? what is it going to take action to turn this water back on? how much more damage needs to occur before the obama administration needs to take action or will take action on the needs here? as a person who grew up without water, i'm very, very sensitive to this issue. and i know what a devastating thing it can be not to have water. i now would like to yield to my colleague from tennessee three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for three minutes. . >> madam speaker, i urge a no vote on this rule. i went to the rules committee last night and asked them to make in order my amendment that would prohibit the e.p.a. if using funding to implement or enforce its notice of rule makin

the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i will yield one minute to the distinguished ranking member from california. mr. dreier: i'd like to yield to my friend -- i'd like to yield to my friend from north carolina to say to him that what i was proposing that bill before bill we begin with a process as has been done for the decades i have been privileged to serve here and make an attempt to work together to bring about some kind of agreement. no attempt was made to do that. the request was unprecedented that it was a sweeping request made at the beginning of the appropriations process before we had even come to the floor and started working on this. and i'd be happy to my friend to respond to that. mr. hastings: most assurededly, i'd ask that you and i look at the record when these proceedings conclude and i can assure you that what mr. obey asked mr. lewis was whether or not they could get a -- mr. dreier: reclaiming my time. having participated in this process in the past, dwrements are worked out, as mr. king sai

colleague from north carolina, senator hagan. but i must say, and now having said i support his right to be here to be heard, that i'd now like to take a couple minutes to express why i think it's -- why i think the underlying bill that has been supported over the years by a substantial number in this body as well as in the other body, the house of representatives, as i've pointed out in the past, this matter which has been under consideration for almost a decade has not become law because neither house of congress has adopted the legislation in the same congress. so we've ended up with the senate passing a bill, the other house passing a bill but never in the same congress. and so for all of these years, the food and drug administration has not been able to regulate tobacco products, and we're about to change that if we, in fact, reject the burr amendment and several others that are here and give the food and drug administration the power, the authority to regulate the sale, production, and marketing of tobacco products particul

bank of america's presence is certainly felt in north carolina in my district and north carolina generally. the tenth district has become particularly hard hit in the economic recession. bank of america employed 17,000 north kacarolinians. >> it's a long standing tradition that we swear our w z witnesses in. do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth, be seated. let the record be set that the witness answered affirmative. you may now -- let me just sort of explain to the light situation here. first, you have five minutes to sum raise your statement. then the yellow light will come on. that means you have one minute. after the yellow light comes on, then there's a red light. that means stop. of course, after that, we'll allow the members an opportunity to raise questions with you. so you may begin. turn your mike on. push that button. >> chairman, sub committee chairman kucinich, ranking member jordan. my name is kent lewis. i'm chief executive officer of bank of america. this committee is reviewing important issues. i hope my remarks will be helpful to you. our business

the chair: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: i'd like to yield whatever time she may consume to the chairwoman -- chairwoman of the immigration subcommittee, of the judiciary committee, ms. lofgren of california. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. lofgren: thank you, mr. price, and madam chair. i am looking at this amendment. i think it's important for members to know that they can either vote for it or against it, it doesn't really matter because it's a restatement of existing law. i would direct the attention of members to section 274-a.h. -- 274-ah-3 which says and i read it in part, unauthorized alien with respect to an alien at a particular time that that alien is not either lawfully admitted for permanent residence or authorized to be so employed by this act or by the attorney general. as i say, this provision is not necessary. current law also requires all employers to verify the employment authorization of employees here in the federal government. and there already are criminal and civil penalties for hi

the chair: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman has 90 seconds remaining. mr. price: madam chair, i will close and have no further speakers. but i do want once again to commend the gentleman for the spirit in which he offers this amendment and the zeal with which members that we all know and respect, like mr. israel and mr. serrano and ms. lowey protect their cities and have defended the program. we take a back seat to no one. and i have respect for those efforts. and our understanding of new york's unique needs and our understanding of how successful this pilot program has been. as a matter of fact, though, the money for carrying out the remaining aspects of this program is already in the pipeline. and these very arguments for the importance of this program, i believe, are the best argument for taking a more long-term approach for getting away from a pilot program, getting away from yearly amendments, yearly earmarks and making this part of our permanent long-term protect

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: i yield four minutes to our colleague from arizona, mr. flake. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. flake: i thank gentlelady for yielding. i, too, went to the rules committee to testify last night, to try to have an amendment ruled in order. an amendment that was germane, there was no problem with its relevance to the bill. it was not dilatory. it wasn't seeking to delay anything. it was to address a very real problem that we have. the problem that we have, mr. speaker, is that we have -- that we know of -- a number of investigations from the justice department going on right now examining the relationship between earmarks and campaign contributions. they're looking at the process of circular fundraising where members of congress will secure earmarks or in other words no-bid contracts for their campaign contributors. the money goes out, taxpayer money, campaign money comes back in. now whether we want to admit it or not, juste department is

for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. price: i rise in opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. price: as with earlier items that we have discussed this evening, there is simply no question that this request underwent rigorous scrutiny. meets the test of being aligned with and supporting the missions of the department of homeland security. i urge my colleagues to defeat the amendment. i'm happy to yield at this point to my colleague, mr. rothman, to expand on the reasons that this amendment is ill-advised. mr. rothman: i yield to the ranking member. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina controls the time. mr. price: i'm sorry. happy to yield to the ranking member. mr. rogers: i simply want to join my chairman in opposition to the amendment for the reasons that he said. mr. price: i thank the chairman. now yield to mr. rothman. mr. rothman: thank you, madam chairman. first i'd like to thank chairman price and ranking member rogers and my fellow subcommittee members for their leadersh

bank of america's presence is certainly felt in western north carolina in my district and across north carolina generally. the tenth district has become particularly hard hit in this chick recession and bank of america employs about 17,000 north carolinaance many of whom are my constituents and are proud to work for a strong institution and we look for stronger days ahead. thank you for your testimony and your presence. >> it's a long standing pradigs that we swear all of our witnesses in. would you please stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth? if so answer in the affirmative. be seated. let the record reflect that the witness answered in the affirmative. you may now -- let me sort of explain as to the light situation there. first of all, you have five minutes to sum rise your statement. and then the yellow light will come on. that means you have one minute. and then after the yellow light comes on, then there's a red light. and of course that means stop. and of course, after that then we'll allow the members an opportunity to r

the chair: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: i yield myself one minute, to be followed by four minutes for a colloquy. before we go any further in this debate today, i do want to pay tribute to our staff by name, these staff members have worked day and night for weeks now up to the committee markup and now up to this floor consideration. our chief clerk, stephanie, jeff, jim, will, adam, matt and from my staff, paul cox who spends full-time on homeland security matters. ben and we again like to thank these staff members, true professionals for the way they back up our work. madam chair, i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman for four minutes for the purpose of a colloquy. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. polis: my colleague and i would like to engage the chairman in a colloquy for funding and alternatives for detention. over the last decade, the united states has spent billions of dollars in the detention of hundreds of thousands of mostly noncriminal immigrants and asylum seekers. there are viable

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one is in north carolina atwoodlawn high school. you may remember our grand prize winner is the c-span student cam contest. he sent a message to president obama. his focus was on cancer. and today as part of the contest we agreed to send a bus to the grand prize winners' high school which is where it's at today. the grand prize winner is on the phone with a question. hello, sawyer. >> good morning. host: good to talk to you again. >> yes. nice to talk to you, too. i heard the show briefly mention refugees. how has the recent election in lebanon reflected relationships with incoming palestinian refugees? guest: there are no incoming palestinian refugees now but it it is s tragic. you're talking about most of these refugees have been there since 1948 coming in thinking this is a temporary arrangement. they have certainly not returned to their homes, but they also have not been incorporated into lebanon. they cannot participate in politics. they don't have lebanese citizenship. they don't have access to certain jobs. they don't have ac

the chair: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: madam chairman, 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 texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not -- the gentleman from iowa. mr. king: i'd ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 39, line 18, state and local programs, including transfer of funds, $2,829,000,000. firefighter assistant grants, $800 million of which $380,000 to carry out section 33 of that act and $420 million shall be available to carry out section 34 of that act to remain available until september 30, 2011. emergency management performance grants, $330 million. radiological emergency preparedness program, aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2010 as authorized in the departmen

host: our next call is from north carolina. caller: as far as fascism, i believe the last part was fascism. i want to talk about social security, how they have broken all of it. the want to stick their noses to iran's business. i feel like obama is doing the right thing. thank you. guest: i think he has been pretty prudent about iran, both in try to make over jet -- overtures, and not letting himself become a factor in what is going on there now. i am sure he sympathizes with the democratic protesters, as do all americans pretty much. he realizes that pete cantus become -- -- that he cannot just become a factor in it. this kind of huge thing that goes on in washington where people like john mccain come out and criticize him for it. it has led to unnecessary wars and iraq, which have albrecht the budget for some time. host: you write, barack obama has been able to make his actions live up to his words. healthcare is being gunned to death. he has done nothing to pass card check provisions, he has capitulated uncap and trade from

the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: i think it's important to point out to the american people that there are only 60 members on the appropriations committee, which means only 60 out of 435 members in this body had the opportunity to amend the bill that's under consideration here. if we had an open rule, every member would have had that opportunity. i'd also like to say that my colleague from colorado said only one democrat amendment was accepted and 12 republican amendments. but that reinforces the point that even members of his own party were turned away from offering amendments, and that isn't right. madam speaker, i would like to yield two minutes to a distinguished colleague from california, mr. nunes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. nunes: 636 days and counting, this is the number of days that have past since i asked the democrats to take direct action and avoid destruction of the san joaquin valley. instead, 636 days of inaction. 636 days of a manmad

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves her time. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to highlight that this legislation is supported by over 1,000 public health, faith and other organizations, including the american cancer society action network, american heart association, american dental association and american lung association. i'd also like to thank that dialogue between the representative from california and representative from indiana. with many strategies that need to be used and employed to reduce smoking. certainly the banning of targeted marketing towards youth and tobacco products that clearly have names that affect youth, creating a regulatory structure for the first time around tobacco products, our constructive steps, and i'd agree from the gentleman from indiana, not necessarily mutually agreed steps, reach the common goal we share of reducing youth smoking. mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

this recession has been tough on my state of north carolina. with high unemployment haunting our state, it's easy to lose sight of the inspiring stories of many who continue to work hard at doing good. one of those who committed to doing just that is doc henley, the founder of a north carolina nonprofit called wine to water based in boon -- boone in the heart of the high country. doc's vision for this organization is nothing short of inspiring. as a person who grew up carrying water, i'm particularly sensitive to this issue. doc started wine to water after doing some water sanitation work in darfur, sudan, with samaritans first, another exceptional relief works located in boone, north carolina. wine to water was founded on the premise of giving the nor fortunate members of our society -- more fortunate members of our society the opportunity to bring life giving water to people without access to clean drinking water around the world. wine to water which takes its name from the first miracle performed by jesus during his earthly ministry took an

matt perk, alex white, pitcher from north carolina coming off one of his best college world series. any of these names jump off the page? >> alex white is really interesting. if we had a conversation in february, tell me who you think will be the second or third pick in the draft, white would have been a name i mentioned. he was the second best college starter in the draft pool coming into the season. he had a lot of ups and downs this season with his velocity and performance. i saw him about three weeks ago against d.c. actually topped out at 92, touched 93 once for me. threw a lot of off-speed pitches, which is called from the bench. you can't blame that on a pitcher. but you like to see a pitcher who can establish the fastball and pitch off of it, use the off-speed pitch as secondary stuff. he tends to pitch a lot with the splitter which makes some scouts nervous because you just don't know. can he pitch with the fastball? maybe he can, but we don't have a good feel for it. so a guy who comes into the season two or three, for him to slide as far as he did, i think that's a bargai

north carolina has already won the national title in basketball. the tar heels trying to keep the dream alive in baseball. and, why team u.s.a. has its work cut out in the confed cup and the world cup. this is espnews.

spending on medicaid has grown by 13% and in north carolina medicaid spending has increased 15%. at the county level in north carolina, medicaid spending has far outpaced inflation and population increasing more than 63% over the past five years. among 48 counties, they spend more of their local share on medicaid than they spend on public school construction. medicaid spending in my state, north carolina, is almost $10 billion and crippling many of the local communities. i don't think we can afford to wait another year to pass reform that's going to bring fairness and stability back into this health care system. i think the fundamental promise of this effort to the american people has been and should continue to be that if you've got health insurance now, you're happy with it, you can keep it. not that you can keep it until you have to change jobs or you can keep it until it's not affordable, but that you can keep it, period. middle class families have enough to worry about. if they have themselves and their children, if they're in a plan that works for them, they shouldn't have

thank of america employees 17,000 citizens of north carolina, many of whom are my constituents. thank you for your testimony today and thank you for your presence. >> it is a tradition that we swear all our witnesses in. please raise your right hand. the sublease where to tell the truth, nothing but the truth, and if so answer in the affirmative. >> i did. >> let the record reflect that the witness answered in the affirmative. that may explain the light situation here. first of all, you have five minutes to summarize your statement, and then the light will come on. that means you have one minute, and then after the yellow light comes on, there is a red light. that means stop. of course, after that, we will allow the members an opportunity to raise questions. you may begin. with you. so you may begin. chairman kucinich, ranking member jordan. my name is kent lewis. i'm chief executive officer of bank of america. this committee is reviewing important issues. i hope my remarks will be helpful to you. our business lines include deposits, welcomed investment management, corporate inv

and north carolina led this game, 4-0. and cole calhoun put arizona state on its shoulders for a while. the two-run double, and arizona state, close to knocking off u unc. >> our top story, weather issues in a moment. monsoon-like weather. and the tigers pouring it on 6-3. detroit trying to snap a four-game losing streak. also trying to avoid a sweep in the series. now we're talking weather issues. back at the congressional, friday, second round, suspended. play was called at 8:30 p.m., with 45 players left on the course. second round resumed. it was suspended late in the afternoon due to heavy thunderstorms. then after play resumed it was called with 21 players still on the course. who could forget 2000 at pebble beach. suss penned at 3:56 p.m. in the afternoon. action suspended for the day at 6:28 p.m. round one resumed following a 90-minute delay. both finished on friday. now this is the 7th time in the last 15 years that inclement weather has caused the usga to suspend play at the u.s. open. >> up ahead on espnews, rai

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john is on the phone from north carolina. caller: good morning, it is a good day for the iraqis. the invaders are pulling out of their cities. it dick cheney, his daughter, and all the neocons want to keep the invasion's going forever let them put on the uniforms and go

this was and north carolina, near the davidson, kudner davidson north carolina in cornelius north carolina. we went into al-khalifa, one of those family cafes. it was across the parking lot from a susie place so i was asking the waitress if she likes sushi. she said i'm not that stupid. she said, i said then tell me about an item on the menu called liver mush. she said that is good. you won't eat sushi but you like liver mush? bring us an order of liver mush. we tasted liver mush for the next day. [laughter] what else? somebody help me out here. yes. do we have aic down here? >> anything i say i can't blame on the hampshire because that is quorum from. i want to say that i very much appreciate your people stories. my background is in journalism and people's stories are white bring people to reading and the value that i find in your books is indeed those stories, and a place in which those people, from which those people are speaking. it helps to define who they are and what their marcelle camille is. than that certainly enhances that story, but it is the people's stories themselves, the na

carolina near davidson, north carolina in cornelius, north carolina. we went into little cafe, in a family cap lay across the parking lot from a sushi place asking the wages and she would like sushi. i said tell me about an item on the menu called liver mush and she said that is good. [laughter] and said he will eat sushi but you will eat liver mush, so bring as an order. we tasted the liver much for the next day. [laughter] what else? somebody help me shout. we have a microphone down here? i will try to repeat it. >> i am from new hampshire. in a one to say that every much appreciate your people story is. people stories are what bring people to reading books and the value that i find in your books are the people story is and the place in which those people are speaking helps to define who they are and that certainly enhances mad story, but it is the people stories themselves. the cases to create by their words and as far as your images of new hampshire, you got it almost right. [laughter] i very much appreciate that. because of the image of midwestern

my friend from north carolina, senator burr, does in the give authority to the f.d.a. the f.d.a. is 100 years old. it creates a completely, on his bill, a completely new agency, a new and untested acknowledge to oversee tobacco products. the food and drug administration is the right agency, mr. president, because it's the only agency that regulates, has the regulatory experience, the scientific experience, and the combination of that with the public health mission. unlike the kennedy bill, which is the underlying bill we're dealing with here, senator burr's substitute fails to provide adequate resources to do the job, as well. in the first three years, senator burr's substitute would be adopted, unquarter of the funding that is allocated in senator kennedy's proposal of the underlying bill. in addition, the burr substitute provides far less authority to remove harmful ingredients in cigarettes that the weapon difficult bill would do -- that the kennedy bill would do. it does not go far enough to protect children from marketing and has less effective health warnings. i say respect

as buck mentioned, he pitched in college at the university of north carolina. so he was born where the gators play, the university of florida, and he went to income ms. speaker to play. andino, high fly ball to right. back on it is hermida and just in front of the warning track he has it for the out. and the orioles down in the fifth. an error and a man left. we're in miami and the orioles with a 1-0 lead. we build motion detectors. we build troop transports. we build moving vans. we build tv stations. we build the 25 mile per gallon chrysler town & country. come see what we've built for you.  >> back in south florida, everybody. the orioles' -- the orioles leads now 1-0 in the fifth inning. it seems the clouds are starting to part. the shower seems to have moved through, and that is good news with the way koji uehara is pitching on the mound, dave trembley does not want the lose him to a rain delay. dave plaid it clear before the game, in the event of a rain delay, he would not put koji back out on the mound after that delay. he said also with the day off

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia rise -- from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing of the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from illinois, congresswoman halvorson. members in the gallery are encouraged to accompany the congresswoman. mrs. halvorson: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speec

host: darius knot from woodlawn school in north carolina. go ahead. caller: i was wondering, do you think north korea is a n a position to launch a nuke hear tack? if so, will it happen closer than we think? guest: north korea is gaining the capability by testing its missiles and by conducting these nuclear tests to engage in a nuclear attack. and certainly in blackmail. think the key again here is the concerns of our really key ally, japan. and south korea. about how destablizing all of this is. and we really need to stick with our long-time allies and listen to their concerns about how destablizing north korea's program is. host: joe biden said barack obama would be tested in the first six months of his administration. is this that test? guest: this is one of many. the world obviously doesn't -- north korea acts almost like clockwork in terms of its festing -- testing of new governments and old governments. but i think so i think they're trying to see -- there's two things really driving it. one is eternal unrest and crisis within north korea. and t

and i am from north carolina. and read your articles everyday, you know, when i am going to get "the washington post". president obama, i want to know what your take on him giving a good speech in cairo, and then the people critiquing him the way they do. he is trying to set up a new type of relations in the middle east. and we all know that the middle east is really controlled by the desires of god. and i would like to know your take on that. guest: what worries to me about the president's approach to the pal -- palestinian approach is historical and the honest broker, brokering the differences of israel and the forces, the hamas and all the rest who want to destroy israel. because israel is a salient of our values, in a dangerous and inhospital neighborhood, it seems that the united states is an ally of israel and gets many awards from that association. host: as we jump around about the policies in iran? guest: it's thrilling what is going on in iran. in the run-up of the election, twittering, i don't know the v

host: here is north carolina on the independent line. caller: i just wanted to talk about how i think it is unconstitutional that democrats, when they have power in office, there will just keep wanting more power. there will obviously take up more districts and when the republicans do not have the power there will be put behind. host: do it you see that happening? guest: it is definitely true in north carolina for the democrats control the governor's chair, the house, and the senate. when you have a monopoly like that on state power you really have the opportunity as a majority party to draw the lines almost any way you see fit as long as they do not violate federal law. you can redistrict in a way to put the minority party in a permanent minority status for the rest of the decade. host: viewers are calling from a number of states. what they cacan they find out fr website? guest: we have a math of the nation and you can bring up each state. -- have a mpa. ap. -- we have a map. host: back to texas with a twitter. what is the story with ta

caller: good morning, i lived in north carolina. we are without lots of jobs. they took away the furniture industry. working on the tobacco -- everything we have has been assailed by the government. i am very proud of the iranians and what they are doing right now. the freedoms and liberties we have had in this country we are throwing away. those people are dying to retain them. our economy is part of that. it did not begin with the present administration. it has been going on for years. people better wake up. americans are getting fed up. host: maryland on our democrats line. caller: we are holding our own. the bulk of the stimulus package goes to the banks who bought one another out and eliminated jobs. they should have put the money, most of it toward infrastructure which would have created lots of jobs. another thing, look, the money should have gone toward single- payer health care because health care is the single issue that kills our manufacturing industry because many of the small businesses in major ones in the area are being destroyed simply because o

dustin ackley from north carolina, played first base for the tar heels. we expect to see him in the outfield. he goes to the mariners. your thoughts on ackley? >> he's a great pick, a safe pick. that's best hitter in the draft without question. squares balls up consistently to all fields. he's really developed his power this year. he's well above average runner. he's really the whole package. the only question is will his arm be healthy enough? can he really make that transition to the outfield? obviously if mariners believe he can or they wouldn't have taken him this high. a guy heading to north carolina to play a couple different sports, great athlete, he goes three. then tony sanchez, catcher from boston college, goes much higher than probably allotted by the scouts. why does he go number four to the pirates? >> that one is the real eyebrow raiser. it's clearly a financially motivated pick. tony sanchez is a good talent, a second or third-round talent according to the general consensus in the northeast this year. he's probably a solid everyday big leag

let's begin with a call from wilmington, north carolina. this is t.i., is that correct? caller: that's right. host: you're on the air. you know, you're going to be hearing an echo unless you hit the mite button on your tv. what's your question for george will. caller: george will, i'm one of your fans down here. guest: i appreciate that. caller: a few years ago you wrote an article about what you essentially thought of colin powell and you took him apart. it was so good to see that, it was everything he had done wrong, i'd like you to comment on that, please. guest: i don't frankly remember the particular column. i do remember having a distinct difference with mr. powell on the subject of israel and the middle east. colin powell just now is engaged in a robust argument about the future of the republican party and i think colin powell is someone obviously the republicans should have in their party. he's a man of enormous distinction and achievement and strong feelings. i'm much more conservative republican than he is. but i'm, i guess what they call a big tent republican.

program that was north carolina as participating in exploring ways to get medicare participation in this program as well. the quality measures for the seven populations on the same but the goal is to get improvement in outcomes for payments will get a reduction in overall cost of care. these are not implemented and radical and seven way is moving away from the fee-for-service payment and providers, there are being implemented through incremental steps line providing up-front payments for medical homes and care coronations but transition intended to move payment toward paying for better results in making sure these are leading to outcomes for payments an overall cost of care. a number of these around the country. there's a lot of discussion earlier about the importance of medicare and participate in these efforts. while i was sad cms we started a program started on this firm primarily integrated group practices were a number of physicians integrated groups and ipa participate in a deal like this where they still not paid the for service payments by in addition to that they started re

i came up from north carolina. i had actually matt a lot of north carolinians here. the north carolinian diaspora stent everybody out. nobody was.com. some people write the beach and some people were at camp, so i was at home and you would think that be the perfect time so i would be incredibly organized. i was not. i pulled the folder where i'd put my speech and the schedule of what was going to happen in my bag and the speech was for an event in montana. [laughter] i write this beaches separately for each event so it was a problem. the opening of this wonderful cancer clinic in montana was something i wanted to talk about but not here. so this afternoon i got to rewrite the speech. so, i will probably look down a little more than i should but i am doing it because it is important for me to say something that was a particular to what ewald do. it is honestly and immense honor to be with you tonight to say that i admire you, i applaud how you decided to spend your lives would be a tremendous understatement. when the high school chorus often sings the angels ominous.

i came up from north carolina -- [laughter] i've actually met a lot of north carolinians here, the di as pa sent everybody out. and when i did, nobody was at home. some people were at the beach, some people were at camp, so i was at home, and you'd think that'd be the perfect time so i'd be incredibly organized. i was not. i pulled the folder where i'd put my speech and the schedule of what was going to happen in my bag, and the speech was for an event in montana. [laughter] i write the speeches separately for each event, so it was a problem. the opening of this wonderful cancer clinic in montana was something i wanted to talk about, but not here. [laughter] so this afternoon i got to rewrite the speech. so i'll probably look down a little more than i should, but i'm doing it because it was important for me to say something that was particular to what you all do. it's honestly, an immense honor for me to be with you tonight. to say that i admire you, that i applaud how you've decided to spend your lives would be a tremendous understatement. one of my favorite songs, angels among us, i

we're talking about the white house health-care plan and ronald is joining us from raleigh, north carolina. caller: good morning, first, let me sarah on vacation and i do not want everyone to -- let me say i am on vacation and i do not want everyone to think that federal employees are the only ones on the phone. my question is, what does what does the government think it has the right to pay for health care when they cannot even do it for their own federal employees? every year for the past 10 years or more, federal employees insurance costs, including copays and premiums, have gone up by 10% or more. secondly, if the american public thinks that the federal government can run a federal health system, just look at our military health care. when the government can show the public that it can take care of its own employees' health care and cost and its own military health-care in a more efficient manner, then i think they can propose a before the public to buy. host: thanks for the call. two things that we want to point out from this piece about iran this morning, first, mr. mousavi did not a

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: permission to speak to the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: proceed, without objection. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. the health care debate has begun in washington and across the country. unfortunately the plan democrats has in store for the american people will do little to improve our health care situation. in fact, it will make the problem worse. when democrats talk about health care reform, what they really mean is a government takeover of health care with few details available. some reports suggest that the plan for this government takeover will cost upwards of $1.2 trillion. and as robert samuelson noted in today's "washington post" all this new federal spending will still not fix the, quote, crux of our health care dilemma, end quote. the american people deserve a plan that will make health care more affordable and available to all and those who like their current health care coverage to keep it. while democrats support raising taxes and ra