america but central america and south america, and this is an expansive vision. can you give any examples of anybody -- i would like to look into this later. >> i was thinking of joseph galloway, the pennsylvania politician, speaker of the house at the pennsylvania assembly, 20 years before the revolution. benjamin franklin's political partner, they cobbled together the quaker party, dominated pennsylvania politics during the 20 years or so before the revolution. galloway was the head of pennsylvania's delegation to the first continental congress, but the war broke out before the second continental congress, he was elected to that congress, refuse to serve. he wrote a pamphlet in the fall of 1774 col they can examination and the really long name after that. another pamphlet came out in spring of 1775, he makes that argument in both of those pamphlets, that we would be better off remaining tied to great britain. then we would if we become independent. in the introduction, something that came out in 2003, a meet in the park, that was not galloway's phrase but it wa

because there's not time, we know what has when asia gets in and south america gets in, really too large to even discuss too far here today. but as you've heard most of our colleagues discuss today, many of us believe clearly that the regulation of insurance is a state's right, purely and simply a state's right. reserved under the states and the biggest violation of consumers that i've seen quite frankly has been by companies that write health insurance, for example, under arisa, every state except the state they reside collect premiums and don't pay claims because the federal government does nothing about it. it wasn't until states got together several years ago and crossed state loans for the first time in history to prosecute health insurance fraud. if we left it to the federal government they would be plunderring people in 49 states,

the men and women fighting for justice in central and south america, if you rye lease those names, they -- release those names, they will have their attempted murder. mr. mcgov: -- mr. mcgovern: would the gentleman yield? that's not true. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. all time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment -- mr. mckeon: i ask for the yeas and nays. recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman asks for a recorded vote. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 , further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. skelton: mursuent -- pursuant to h.res. 572, i offer amendments en bloc in title number one. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment en bloc. the chair: amendments en bloc printed in house report number 111-182, consisting of amendments numbered 5, 6, 8 , 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19

now, i'm happy that president obama recognizes the importance of our closest ally in south america. i'm also pleased that president uribe continues to seek a close relation with the united states where he is truly a courageous and a visionary leader. coming to power in some of the darkest and most vicious days and marxist insurgency in that country, he pulled colombia back from the brink. president uribe has driven the terrorists from much of their ter tries, boosted much of the economy, and boosted the human rights record. if an american president had achieved this much, some would be clamoring for him or her to seek a third term. the same is true in colombia where despite term limits, uribe is actually being petitioned to run again. his achievements are very impressive. during the -- during president uribe's time in office the economy grew at an average rate of 5% over the past five years. according to the world bank colombia's g.d.p. growth then grew 7.5% in 2007, far surpassing the average in latin america. 10 million colombians have been lifted out of poverty. unemployment has

, south america and latin america. he is to be commended. madam speaker, the united states and brazil are strong partners with a common history and ancestry that unfortunately includes experiences of slavery, racism and discrimination against citizens of african heritage. still the united states and brazil under the joint action plan are looking to learn from each other's experiences in order to combat racism and promote equality and education, culture, health and sports. madam speaker, because combating racism and discrimination requires constant dill gans, i support the gentleman's amendment which would move towards that end. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new york. mr. meeks: how much time do i have remaining? the chair: the gentleman has one minute remaining. mr. meeks: let me just say i thank you -- i want to give you good progress that has been made in latin america. dixon became the first black woman to head the panama supreme court. and another member of the supreme court. mo

in the americas we want to not just the united states but all both north and south america for people to be able to have sustainable communities because we have responsibility to that act latin american doesn't have the kind of economy that is human wealth and natural wealth would indicate. it is selling some way for to put start -- smart billion beautiful people in america or a lot of minerals and resources so the reason people want to come here is because we have not let those economies prosper in here and and we need to have a policy that says let's have sustainable development throughout the hemisphere number one. number two, anybody who works here should be respected as a worker because of we don't do that we heard everybody. we can't have first and second class citizens in our workforce just like we can have first and second class citizens elsewhere. so the point that she made with regard to immigrants and in first with a population which i have worked with, i was simply say this without going into a long story about it -- we get a chance to billy green economy now and i hope dr

secretary clinton has returned from south america and the cairo. this afternoon, she will have a series of bilateral discussions with portuguese foreign withamato. -- foreign minister amato. they'll be talking about important contributions to the international mission in afghanistan, the middle east, and the upcoming 2010 nato summit in portugal. they will talk about instances of ratification for our bilateral legal assistance and expedition trees. i think we have a separate statement explaining that agreement. later on this afternoon, the secretary met with foreign minister ahmet of turkey. she is looking forward to hosting the foreign minister in his first visit to washington as foreign minister. they'll discuss the jiechi to partnership between our two countries -- the strategic partnership between our two countries. this will include counter- terrorism cooperation, turkey's yeu bid, and developments in the middle east, around, and north korea -- iran and north korea. she will meet with a member of the republic of korea, an important ally of the

america. can you comment? >> i do think there are great similarities. if confirmed, one of the challenges that we will have is communicating between one another. i will endeavor to do that to make sure we communicate what is working in one region and how that applies to what would work in another region so that we are crossing the boundaries, a decrease in the boundaries and enabling one another to use the best practices wherever they are to success in our regions. >> we are in conversation with our columbia friends about the possibility of colombian military engagement in afghanistan. if it comes to fruition, it is a very direct and personal vinny to have soldiers who have had experience in both counter is surfacing in counter narcotics. there are 20 a day donations and other countries that are also involved. these lessons are very important. >> i will make one final comment. at one point before the last 30- year miss adventure that has characterized afghanistan, it said much of the region. i

at some point we will be competing with south america and china as a global economy comes together. we will be a beacon for consumerism, not a beacon for hope anymore. guest: there is a limit to how much we can sustain with the economy, just borrowing money from china. that was one of the things that attracted me to present obama originally, that would rebuild and industrial sector answer to make things again, but in a great economy. greg run to lead with that. that seems to have evaporated since got into office. host: next is a call from michigan. caller: host: we will come back to you. let's go to new jersey. caller: i am a supporter of ron paul. a belief in his programs. i think the american people made a tragic mistake choosing between mccain and obama. my question to your guess is, do we need a new commission to come into looking -- to look at downsizing the government? why shouldn't the government do the same thing? the government is inflationary and we need to downsize it. let's do it immediately. your comments? guest: i disagree. i think it is crazy that we are even talking

with the drug war raging in mexico and the drug supply lines bustling from south america, we must not only step up operations along the southwest border, but also increase our interdiction efforts in the source and transit zones. second, i would be remiss, madam chairman, if i didn't clarify my position on a piece of language contained in the report accompanying today's bill. on page 49, the report says, and i quote, that i.c.e. must have no higher immigration enforcement priority, end of quote, referring to the identification and removal of criminal yalens. now, i know the issue of criminal aliens is near and dear to the chairman's heart as is mine. i have supported his efforts in this regard, with one major caveat, that an emphasis upon criminal aliens will not come at the expense of other critical immigration and enforcement functions. every time i hear someone on the other side of the aisle profess that i.c.e. should have no higher immigration enforcement priority than criminal aliens, i must remind them that not one of the 9/11 hijackers could be classified as criminal aliens and

south america for reasons i will not go into a comic can let looks like one continent's but it really is not it is divided and subdivided but north america, is a power native to the atlantic and pacific therefore has the lowest cost of projecting power for the cost of european empire to maintain a a major naval presence in the pacific is extraordinarily high. the cost of the asian power to maintain the atlantic presence is extremely high. but the cost for the united states to maintain both, while high, it is not extraordinary. therefore i would argue north america became particularly with the fall of the soviet union and the end of the centrality conflict in the same way that europe had been the center of gravity for 500 years from 1482 1/3 1991 when the soviets collapsed almost exactly 500 years europe had been the. >> . now to become north america and as it happens, the united states is the dominant power from this century in north america therefore it is the center of gravity. that does not necessarily mean it is the eternal or that it is powerful by itself just means by the geogra

look at south america. they don't like anybody being elected because people want to do their own thing. we keep interfering. who interferes with our elections when they're being rigged up like 2004. we can't police the whole world. why don't you guys talk about the problems in peru that we are behind that, too. host: are you still with me? caller: yes. host: what would be the budget of having mahmoud ahmadinejad in office rather than having another elected in by the people? what would be the advantage of having ahmadinejad with a second term? caller: i can see that this is important as far as we have relations with every other country. i can not that. this keep guessing on. we keep interfering with these people's politics for god knows how long. i'm young, but i know about the 1950's, the shah. i mean, this keeps going on. host: you're saying it would be better for united states relations that we are -- that we are somehow involved because we feel it would be better to have ahmadinejad in as the president r

that is in south america and the pacific and africa. if you consider the 409,000 patients, that is like going to the verizon center, packing the house, and then having doctors treat each one of the people in the verizon center 20 times. that is not an insignificant contribution that our people are making. it is not just the aircraft carriers. it is the cruisers and destroyers that are out and about. the forces of our fleet as i like to call them. and they are flexing from the high end of warfare to the low end. they are in the gulf of aden controlling an area that is four times the size of texas against pirates and they are destroyers like the u.s.'s bainbridge which took a sizable detachment of seals aboard, complete with all their equipment, staged a messy, and enabled the perfect save of capt. phillips from the maersk alabama. they are in the middle east providing ballistic missile defense. it is the destroyers that simultaneously for the last couple weeks have been operating off the east and west coast of africa. as part of our afri

america. they called his wife the hero of this story. they say this is evidence that there needs to be -- they need to be electing more women. what are some of the political fallout for the republicans and politicians in general. guest: it is hard to get past the hypocrisy. governor sanford was railing against president clinton in the 90's. one of the things that bothers me that is often lost as the governor sanford was someone who was not doing a particularly good job for his constituents. they've record unemployment south carolina. he was at the forefront of rejecting stimulus funds that the obama administration had pushed. the unemployment rate among the minority populations and south carolina is extremely high, 20%- 30%. what we saw from him on the affair issue and the stimulus issue is that he was politically grandstanding. he was taking positions that reflected a moral code that he wanted to use himself as political gamesmanship. moral code was something he was trying to put on to others

congress is the representative body of all of north america plus mexico plus south america plus egypt and germany. and you put all of that into one congress and say okay now make legislation and keep everybody happy. that's india. so if that country can succeed in its own right, in it's own development, keeping peace, you know, avoiding programs and things that happen and protecting against terrorism, developing, you know, consuming or burning less fossil fuel, that's a strategic gain for the u.s. and for the world.

agricultural products in south america. exports are the only major sector of the private economy actually making positive contributions to u.s. economic growth. in my own state of arizona, nearly 40% of all of our manufactured goods were export exported. on average, net exports added more than one percentage point overall to our economic growth last year, in part offsetting the negative consequences of the housing downturn. so if u.s. manufacturers and farmers were not able to sell their products abroad, the current economic downturn would be much worse. enacting the colombia free trade agreement would help more than 10,000 u.s. companies that export to colombia. 8,500 of which are small- and medium-sized firms by opening a significant new export market. america's market is already open to imports from colombia. in 2008, for example, over 90% of u.s. imports from colombia entered the united states duty free under our most favored nation tariff rates and various preference programs, such as the andean trade preference act an

congress is the representative body of all of north america plus mexico plus south america plus egypt and germany. and you put all of that into one congress and say okay now make legislation and keep everybody happy. that's india. so if that country can succeed in its own right, in it's own development, keeping peace, you know, avoiding programs and things that happen and protecting against terrorism, developing, you know, consuming or burning less fossil fuel, that's a strategic gain for the u.s. and for the world. that would enhance u.s. security. that would enhance global security and i think that's how we generally ought to think about it more than our tendency which again is very natural, where are they going to sail us to do or which of our stuff are they going to buy or, you know, are they going to switch their vote on a trade thing because they're now a partner? we have an interest in india and i think that's the central point i would stop with here. >> thanks, george. i must say i'm intrigued by the idea of germany being ruled by the indian parliament. >> the u.s. congress. >

if it goes out of the red zone, it's basically going to mexico, to china, to korea, to south america, because the areas that are lighter where you can see the shift, it's not just possible to build these plants there. mr. gohmert: reclaiming the time and that's an excellent point. for this heavy manufacturing, you do have to have water, regardless of other energy sources. it takes water. that's a great point. which is why the traditional iron belt was up here in the midwest and those areas you have water, all the things you needed. you had good workers, everything you needed to produce those things. and just as eastern aside, as a history major and history buff, it needs to be noted when a nation can no longer make the things from scratch that are required to defend itself in a time of war, then the country will be lost in the next big war. we're losing the steel industry weekly. and it won't belong before we cannot produce tanks, airplanes, things. right now, we are barely able to produce tires, because so many of their tire plants have moved overseas. you have to have tires, rubber,

what do you think is the growing influence of china in south america? >> sir, from my study there, what i see is that they have commercial interests, they have interests to gain access to natural resources. i see them working the same purposes in other parts of the world also, not just influenced on and focused on latin america. i do not see from my study that there is it a military threat from that influence. so all of it right now is focused commercially. i also see an interest on the part of latin american caribbean nations to gain access to markets in china as well. >> as we discussed when you kindly came by to visit that the southern command is a great command that headed by a four star who is not only a warrior but is also a diplomat. and, ifs admiral stra rid is. and it's been -- stravridis. what kind of twist do you see as you apply diplomacy with being a commander? just give me some of your ideas as you take over command. >> from my standpoint it's really about partnership building throughout. that's partnership internationally. that's partners

at least in 2004, i think it's still true, the highest minimum wage in south america. they spent more money on transfer of technology, how they created the salmon industry. the government invested money to the salmon farming research and they employed 100,000 people. so this is the point i'm trying to make which is that, you know, you -- globalization is not inevitable. we have made some very hard choices. they are bad choices. people have known what the results are going to be, and that's exactly what we've got. [applause] >> i would like to ask the first question to each of our authors and then opening it up to all of you. kim bobo, wage theft in america. as i read it seemed to me that the book is about the way the neoliberal world that john just described is cheating on the old laws that were passed in the 1930s like the fair labor standards act, and you are acting for pushing back. i wonder if you think in the day, in today's political climate we could pass the fair labor's standard act again if it didn't exist. and maybe the problem is that we don't have the polit

south america, asia, europe. but look at the way the so-called grand compromise on agriculture was put together. compromise is a phrase used in one of the electronic publication this is morning. indirect land use, where an agency of the federal government can determine how your corn farm or wheat farm affects farms on other continents and tell you the way -- to change the way you do your business. i know the bill says that can't happen for five years and we'll have a study and a moratorium for another year. but six years from now, six years from now, it comes at us like a brick bat. the section of the bill talking about farms being able to be rewarded for good stewardship, carbon se quest ration and those kinds of mat -- carbon squest ration and those kinds of matters. the practices can only be rewarded if they began after 2001 you heard my friend of iowa talk about the percentage of corn farmers who adopted those practices before 2001. how do you explain to the folks back home that the good farmers, the good ste

today, hillel foundations are found in israel, south america and the former soviet republics. affiliated organizations are found in australia, canada and great britain. hillel students around the world connect jewish people and understand jewish life. over 600 hillel professionals are at work around the world engaging jewish students. by engaging jewish students and promoting understanding of non-jewish students, hillel has been on the forefront of combating anti-semitism. in light of recent occurrences at the holocaust museum, we're reminded how important organizations such as hillel are, organizations that encourage today's young people to understand each other and to fight discrimination are invaluable to future generations. i ask my colleagues to support this resolution, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from recognized. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, does thgentlewoman from washington have any further speakers? mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i have no additional requests for time. i urge my col

it is all about what america. >> guest: because we are america's in the south. >> host: absolutely. >> guest: the language that's the press, but we are american also and the memory of fire i was trying to rescue the collective memory of the americas in three volumes. and this is much more of a massive project because the entire world. it is the entire world and history. >> host: i have been a fan of akaka but i think people a 60 to more with the great men american writers and i know this to be in the same sentence with the use is daunting. and those are author who are household words in the united states and. in latin america you are certainly as well known as they are. and what is interesting is that all three of you are journalists and you have this kind of immediacy even though we started out with a peace and are going to read many more pieces, that was at the beginning of everything when man meets woman you talk about all the wars, all the cultures, the development of humankind. the scope is amazing and it is daunting. i thought we would do it a little bit of her biography before

, west, east, middle america, share in the peace of mind they can feed their families with clean, healthy safe food. while those benefits are shared by all, it makes sense that the cost be shared as well. this project we are discussing today focuses funding on food safety and sustainability in a location that produces a large portion of the nation's seafood. by prioritizing the funding of the institute for seafood studies at nicholls state university, we are investing in a food supply we enjoy. this is about safe seafood, whether it's sthrimp or fin fish. it's about the study and making sure that the products that are delivered to america are safe for the people to consume. with that, i urge a no vote on this amendment and hope that the congress of the united states will recognize the importance of the working coast. we're not the sun coast. we're not the sand coast, we are not the condo coast. we are the coast of the united states that produces over 30% of the seafood and good quality, safe seafood that we hope to preserve. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia reserv

the americas, because we are americans in the south. >> host: absolutely. >> guest: we are american also and yes, i was trying in to rescue the collective memory of the americas in three volumes. this was something like 1,000 short stories and this is a mad project because it is the entire world. >> host: the entire world and the entire history. i thought of kafka as i was reading this because i have been a fan but i think people associate you more with the great latin american writers and i know this is to be in the same sentence with gabrielle garcia marquez is daunting, and those are authors who are household words in the united states. in latin america you are certainly as well known as they are. and what is interesting is all three of you are journalists, and you have this kind of immediacy even though we started out with a peace and we are going to read many more pieces that was at the beginning of everything when man meets woman will you talk about all of the war, to the limit of all kind, the scope is amazing and daunting. i thought we would do a little bit of biography before we

at the wind quote it is about america including north america, it is the america is because we are americans in the south. >> host: of some of the. >> guest: the languages suppress but we are american and also. i am using the collective memory of the americas in the three volumes. this is much more ambitious. because it is the entire world 87 the entire world and the entire history. i have been a fan but i think people associate you with the great latin american writers and i know that to be in the same sentence as others is daunting but others that are household words in the united states but in latin america you are certainly as well known as the they are. and what is interesting is that all three if you are journalist. and you have this immediacy even though we start off with the piece and we will read many more, at the beginning of everything when man meets woman, you talk about all of the wars, all of the cultures, the development of humankind and a the scope is amazing and daunting. i thought we would do and the autobiography before we go on with the book. of course, your name has been

i would hope our focus would first be on unserved america. i know in south dakota there are a lot of areas still unserved. we also have what will be now nearly an $8 billion universal service fund at the fcc. and that fund is growing despite a cap we voted last year on the competitive eligible telecommunication carrier portion of that fund. that's a mouthful. cetc portion. the contribution factor or the sort of tax sorts is -- has grown to an all-time high of almost 13%. so that is something we administer and i think we need a full audit of that fund and how it's used, as well as all fcc operations, by the way. but that would be part and parsele to any part of any broadband reform. >> well, and i know that universal service fund generates a lot of controversy. the only thing i guess i would ask of you as you take these issues on that you take into consideration the impact on rural areas and making sure that rural areas in the frontier, so to speak, isn't left behind. i think there are just some wonderful applications of technology that are le

remember the role in south africa. that was a change that came from within. other countries should not have intervened, but american people need to support those who are fighting for the same aspirations not out of philanthropy but out of pragmatism. host: we began this hour by telling you that mousavi and his backers are doing a march today. public anger has pushed the country toward a wrecking. according to this reporter at "the washington times." it is in response to the death of 32 citizens. the government has only acknowledged seven deaths in the protests. we are following the site on twitter and this post confirms friday prayers in tehran. what is that significance? guest: it shows the crisis is important enough. the fact that ahmadinejad has not been able to quell the voice of the protesters, that khamenei as the supreme leader has to intervene himself. we will see demonstrations and counter-demonstrations tomorrow. even ahmadinejad supporters will flood the streets. host: our next phone call is from bridgeport, conn. on our republican line. are you th

the south was stigmatized due to slavery and racism. he thought the new america was going to be reborn west of the mississippi river. in order to develop than the south and the north, you had to have cities like a boulder or austen or portland or eugene that had greenbelts around them. that you don't want a metropolis. he went to los angeles and t said angeles andoo big. want -- he said to los angeles, angeles,nd saudid don't get too. it was done with grandiosity parity said if you don't like a strong president, don't look at the roosevelt. "i so declare it a federal reservation. also declared a national monument." locals were how outraged wondering how he could just grab their land. he believed in the power of the federal government. if you want the federal government to protect the land for future generations. >> do you like that? >> i agree. he was right on. they're going to take the railroad wants to cut through the middle of yellowstone, building up as a commercial center and allow people to build, island sites in the middle of yel

he thought the new america was going to be reborn there and in order to do it differently than the south and the east, you had to have free people, the principals of lincoln, but have cities like bolder or austin or portland or eugene that have green belts around them, that you don't want a metropolis, los angeles would bother him. he went to l.a. and he said don't get too big. he wanted smaller-sized cities where you have universities and businesses surrounded by wilderness, that you could go on day trips backpacking and feel replenished from the crunch of the speedyy hyper industrialization. he was engineering the west a lot. and this angered a lot of people. it was done with grandosity. if you don't like a strong president, you don't like theodore roosevelt. he didn't even look at laws. he was running and say i so declare it. that was his frays. i so declare a federal bird reservation. i so declare a national monument. local people with commerce were outraged. how can roosevelt be grabbing our land. t.r. more than f.d.r. is a believer in the power of the federal government and he want

in contrast, during south korea's remarkable growth period, capital flight was not only banned but could bring the death penalty. one of many factors that led to the surprising divergence latin america has much richer resources you'd expect it to be far more advanced than east asia but it had the disadvantaged of being imperialist wings. from the 1970s, the golden age faded. when neoliberal rules were observed insofar as they've been observed, economic reform deteriorated and social democratic programs have been substantially weakened. we see that right here. the united states partially accepted these rules and for the past 30 years, real wages for the majority of the population have stagnated up till then, they essentially tracked growth. work hours have increased. now well beyond europe. benefits which have always lagged have declined. social indicators kind of general measure of the health of the society, they also attracted growth until the mid-1970s when they began to decline reaching the 1960 level by the end of the millennium. there has been economic growth but it's finding its wa

11. >> book expo america, new york city 2009 we are here with john. what is a publisher do? >> the publisher is just a title i have. i run in print at basic books so we have editorial, marketing, publicity, design and i just end up making the final decisions on things. i say a lot of yes or no is what i do all that long. >> what you say yes or no to? >> whether we are going to acquire a book, how much we will pay for, but then the resources we will put into marketing and promoting it, a final call on which jacket, i like this jacket better than that one, what the price will be, how many we should print, ship. a bunch of small decisions. it all adds up to big decisions but a bunch of small ones along the way. >> how long have you been in books and where did you come from before basic? did you always want to be a publisher? >> no. i was in retail. i ran a bookstore in washington for 10 years and finally decided i enjoyed the book business so much i wanted to try something a little different in retail. publishing was the obvious choice. you're going to d

[laughter] >> well, when they come south for medical care systems to stop the mall of america and we are glad to have them. >> people from all over the world come to the united states because the excellence here. i guess we move forward and have debates how to inform the system it's important not just look at the bad but remember the good. meal is an outstanding leader if you're the king of jordan and have a health problem you go where but yes, when canadians need mri is having one third as the united states they cross the border. when canadians need to see -- when canadians need a quadruple bypass, they cross the border. >> sing lalinde system that has pretty serious shortcomings and we do see that because the border crossing and yet we've heard today other critics say the health care system scores low on measures such as life expectancy and others. can you address that issue? >> i would be delighted, sir. when you try to do international comparison it's complicated. i think all too often we tend to be simplistic and will get crude indicators. one example would be life expectancy. h

you want to reach out to africans, south koreans, chinese, latinos, you go to every small business in america and say, "hi, if we cut your social security and medicare tax by 50% and we cut your match to the employer, would you have more money? would that be better than giving the money to general motors? would you like more than having rahm oklahoma spend it? you -- rahm emanuel spend it? they're going to want to come to the second town hall meeting. about, they will want to go to the second town hall meeting. we need the courage to offer america would be like that reported work, savings, investment, risk taking, and was prepared to take on corrupt politicians and their allies had on. that is the gap we need. [applause] some will say, how do you cut taxes when we have such a big deficit? big deficits on the left remain -- mean raise taxes. as our budget committee chairman who i believe is the next governor of ohio -- [applause] could report to you, stopping spending is a lot better way to balance the budget. reforming government is a better way to balance the budget. modernizing and

this same story can be told by people from south africa to south asia. from eastern europe to indonesia. it is a story with a simple truth. and violence is a dead end. it is a sign leader of courage nor power. to shoot rockets at sleeping children or blow up old women on a bus. that is not how moral authority is claimed, that is how it is surrendered. that is the time for palestinians to focus on what they can build. the palestinian authority must develop its capacity to govern with institutions that can serve the needs of their people. how amas does have support among some palestinians. they have to recognize their responsibilities to play a role in of killing palestinian aspirations, to unify the palestinian people -- their responsibilities to play a role of fulfilling palestinian aspirations, to unify the palestinian people. israel must recognize that there justice cannot be denied nor can palestine's. the united states does not except accept the legitimacy of israeli settlements. [applause] this construction violates previous agreements and undermine

this same story can be told by people from south africa to south asia. this is from eastern europe to indonesia. it is a story with a simple truth. violence is a dead end. it is a sign neither courage or of power. -- or a power to throw rocks at the sleeping children. that is not how moral authority is claimed. that is how it is surrendered. now is the time for palestinians to focus on what they can build. palestinian authorities must develop its government with institutions to serve the needs of its people. hamas does have support among some palestinians, but they also have to recognize their responsibilities, to play a role and a filling palestinian aspirations, and to unify the palestinian people. hamas has put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, recognized israel's right to exist. at the same time, israelis must acknowledge that just as their right cannot be denied, neither can palestine's. the united states is non -- does not accept the legitimacy of israeli settlements. [applause]

americans and mexicans provide all care how hard you work in america, people in these countries who will work for $1 or less per hour e it will hurt your lifestyle. in aggregate the total growth of the united states might have increase but i can assure you the lower 50 percent of americans declined. that is one problem. the other that we are seeing now is when there are the unanticipated crisis that is very highly correlated, they hit everything and every country and cannot be contained in as if a virus broke out and rather containing to a small village be coz of globalization and widespread use of air fare it very quickly spread around the world but a look at the mexican virus started in mexico but within two days almost every country in the world. globalization is dangerous in this regard that if the congress does understand economics hour politicians don't know how to plan the future perfectly but there is always uncertainty we're no longer exposed just one state or city or country but to the global economy which is very, very dangerous. >> with the debt overhang issue isn't the

come here at far less expense than products made here in america. what the president didn't say and didn't talk about were the millions of americans who will lose their jobs because they're in industries that use a lot of energy. and as a result, we'll see those jobs being shipped overseas. this is a very bad idea. >> is that an argument you'll make to keep the number of republicans voting for it very lit snl would you say it's a single digit number? >> you'll have to talk to the whip about that. >> can i say something in answer to this response? about two weeks ago, the southern growth policy board which is a 40-something-year-old economic development, 13-state organization, had a conference on energy and it's not just republicans who are concerned about how the president and the democrats' energy policy will drive up costs. we had three democratic governors there and two of them were very plain spoken about their concern about the cost. their concern about driving coal out of the energy mix which in and of itself will drive up costs significantly.

he couldn't have done it without the inspiration of his papers who immigrated to south bend, indiana and rayed their son to believe -- raised their son to believe that opportunity for all is america's promise. and he certainly couldn't have done it without the woman he met in the civil rights movement and worked with on the war on poverty, the patron saint of the d.l.c., mother of jenny and sarah and love of his life, ginger from. [applause] >> as the rabbi said, al spent the last quarter century willing the democratic party back from the dead and he earned the right to spend the next quarter century of willing the cubs back to the world series. but tonight all of us pledge to honor his legacy and carry on the battle he began with a new wave of new democrats on the rise, new majorities in congress and a new president in the white house eager to forge a new politics this will remain a place where ideas matter. the mission of the democratic party has always been to enable every generation to build a better, brighter future for the next generation that comes lo along. in the end, that i

i took time to invite president obama to visit south korea. i conveyed to him our warmest gratitude on behalf of the korean people to the people of america. once again, i'm very pleased to note that he and i engaged in very constructive discussions. i am very pleased with the results. once again, i thank president obama and if the people of the united states. thank you. >> we have time for public questions. scott wolf. >> thank you, mr. president. north korea says it should be recognized as a nuclear power. it says that as a precondition for relations with the u.s. and other nations. given its bulletin and response to the recent sanctions and the nature of its nuclear program, is your administration coming to the realization that recognise in north korea as a country that will have nuclear weapons for a long time is one way to go? if so, what influence does that have on your policy options? and to president lee, do you believe your country is currently under threat of attack from the north given its recent rhetoric? >> we have continually insi

president, and that's how most industries work in america. if i want to go across the line and buy a car in north carolina, i'm not prohibited to do that. but i can't do it if it's a health insurance plan. so we allow those quasi-monopolies to develop in every state. i would develop a plan that would allow americans to buy -- the freedom to buy health insurance in any state in the country and to a person the democrats voted it down. now, i introduced a plan that would allow people to use what they have in a health savings account to pay for a health insurance premium. common sense, right? they voted it down. the fact is this: the people who want to expand the government option do not want these people to have private insurance because they believe in government and they do not believe that the private market can keep itself accountable. but the problems we have with the private market now can be attributed to a large degree to the government not paying its share of the cost, to the government having policies that keep quasi-monopolies in ever

guidelines and environmental guidelines that we have here in america. if you look at this chart, this is how this process will work. with the e.p.a. being in the middle, look at all of these different agencies that are involved. this is the most elaborate thing that i've seen. you know, i've been here awhile. and i've seen some pretty craze question things. but i have never seen anything this -- crazy things. democrats in rural america are going to have to make a real decision about whether they're going to stand with speaker pelosi and liberal special interests or whether they're going to stand with their constituents who are going to be punished by this ridiculous tax. listen, there's a big difference between san francisco and the heart land. al gore stands for higher electricity bills, higher gasoline prices, and shipping millions of jobs overseas. some of our members still remember his b.t.u. tax from 1993 where he tried this idea of imposing this tax on all b.t.u.'s used in the country. a lot of democrat members got burnt on that vote. for those of