i lived in south carolina and graduated from south carolina school system, how school, tons of family there. in regards to the situation, i feel bad for his wife and certainly for his four young children. in regards to the taking of the trip, i believe the gentleman from spartanburg mentioned that, it was on the taxpayer dollars. those are facts that have not come out yet. in regards to whether or not he should resign, i don't think due to just the affair, although it is certainly wrong as a christian and people think that we in both christianity, but, by golly, the bible is clear for all of us, those who want to follow christ, we have a bible and there are certain standards. not that we are better than anyone else, or look down are being judgmental, but we need standards. no, i tried to teach my children and my parents tell me that they are just the values, you want to have that in this country. now, if he did something in regards to taxpayer dollars, i think he should resign. there again, you cannot say it is ok for him to take the taxpayer dollars, especially with their unemploymen

sanford willfully and intentionally deceive the citizens of south carolina. he lied to staff about his whereabouts, and he abandoned his duties and exposed the state in a way that no elected chief executive should. the editorial goes on to say the governor has decided to resign as head of the republican governors association because of problems. there are those in our state who question whether he will be able to continue as our state's chief executive, and we believe he should resign as governor as well. we are not ready to join them in the call for his resignation as governor. that is available on-line at thestate.com. myrtle beach, south carolina, we will show you how that is playing out in that state. steve, good morning. the private lives of public officials. what do you think? caller: he is not going along with obama on policy. the morals and our country are in the toilet right now. host: what does that have to do with the president's policies? caller: well, he did not want to accept the stimulus package, and i think obama's reporters were not going alo

we are very proud that she is representing south carolina. and she has been an advocate for children. she's practiced environmental law and public interest law. she is a serious nominee for this position and she has dealt with all of the issues and a large controversial public agency in south carolina. and did that with a lot of professionalism and style. and as some of you know, that she and i were in a hard fought race for the senate in 2004. and i was very excited to hear about the nomination and my support means that i hope she won't run against me again. [laughter] >> but we are delighted and i know this committee has had a chance to meet her. there's absolutely no reason that we can't move her through in a hurry and put her at the helm of this agency as the chairman has pointed out. has a lot of challenges. we have increased the budget significantly. there'll be a lot of people hired and there's probably no one better qualified to manage all of this than inez tenenbaum. i definitely support her to the committee and look forward to her c

we're happy to work with the senator from south carolina. and i say to my friend from south carolina, i understand that you're well meaning. i understand that. there's nothing that i -- you know, you're not a sinister person or trying to do something that is evil, bad, but i just think that sometimes we would be better off as indicated in the letter i do receive from you going to the bill and following the regular order. that's what i want to do. mr. demint: if the senator would yield just for clarification. regular order would be a motion to proceed, debate, cloture. what we're trying to do here is to shortcut the regular order with the unanimous consent, which i'm very willing to grant with some assurance that's we will have some -- assurances that we will have some amendments. just for clarification, if we went through regular order, i think your request is to bypass regular order, and i'm more than willing to agree to that if we can get some assurances that we'll have amendments. mr. reid: you have every assurance there will be amendment

and he overtook them near the south carolina/n.c. border for the end of may of 1780, attacked them, routed them, and after the americans surrendered, massacred 75% of those. it is following that that the war in the south really becomes a grim civil war. the americans, time after time, exacted revenge for carlton's massacre. at king's mountain in october, after the massacre in may, when the americans defeated a loyalist force at kings mountain, they not only killed a great many who surrendered, but they force them on a long march, a 50 mile march that bears a resemblance to the death march. so many loyalists were killed during that march. let me read you the order from the american commander to his men. he issued an order, quote, to restrain the disorderly manner of slaughtering the prisoners. that is just one instance of exacting revenge. it really becomes a very grim war in the south, as civil wars tend to be. >> one more quick question before the break? >> you stated at the beginning that if the southern campaign had gone better th

you mentioned the have a thousand employees in south carolina and you have 500 year. and it is fair to say anything most people would agree that there is an issue of morale other other consumer product safety commission right now just for various reasons and could you talk a little about jim management style and some of the things you in like to see happen at cpsc? command thank you mr. chairman. it confirmed i want to assure you that the commission will operate in an open, a transparent and collaborative way and in a way that engenders the trust from the president, the congress and american people. the commission will have proper management and accounting controls and opera to the greatest efficiency. i want to buy persons with the greatest talent, integrity and motivation to protect the american people from. one of the things that assertion is the full implementation of the consumer product act last year. and we have certification of products that is coming on-line accreditation of third-party laboratories, tracking levels that are guidance and due in august. we als

[laughter] a law degree from south carolina kind of neutralize that. all joking aside i remember what last year was like what this committee went through and inez has the exact experience we need and more than anything else the hard for what we need here. she will look out for the american public and she will give the american people leadership they deserve and this organization leppert texas old will be in good hands and i recommend to this committee. on behalf of all south carolinians thank you for holding this hearing so timely and i look forward to having their confirmed soon. >> senator demint. >> thank you mr. chairman. and i to thank you for expediting this hearing. my only reservation in endure sing inez it is that that endorsement by her with this committee, so i hope-- i hope that you will overlook that. we are very proud that she is representing south carolina and she has been an advocate for children. she has practiced environmental law and public interest law. she is a serious nominee for this position and she has dealt with all of the iss

carolina and watch what you did in south carolina. you did a marvelous job and demonstrated the attitude somebody should have to deal with difficult problems. i don't really have a question. i want to do 2 endorsements. first is what senator warner said. due chinese dry wall situation is one of any number of product problems coming out of china. ee can't pass laws that regulate poduction in china but we have ifays which are our ports and a commerce department and the asc. if you get the chance, a task force of representatives from the port's homeland security can possibly come up with a fresh hold entry to give us some degree of protection, at least in the signal to the world that we're looking at the quality of the products that are coming in. co-sponsor senator demint's act id hh i voted for and chairman prior spend a lot of time on have a lot of unintended consequences. connect nanay i have 8, soon to be 9 grandchildren. one of my daughter's in law with a mother of 3, all under 5, chairs the largest second-hand clothing sale and se

the gentleman from south carolina. mr. wilson: madam speaker, i yield so much time as he may consume to the gentleman from texas, mr. hall. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. . mr. hall: i stand here to speak on this bill. i have some misconceptions about it, but i intend to vote for this bill. i can't vote against this bill because it benefits people that have served this contry, that have suffered for this country. and i never in the 28 years i have been here voted for a bill that affected adversely any veteran or any person that stood up for this country, and i admire and respect mr. skelton the author of this bill. i disagree with the way he has funded it and want to point that out. i would also point out i have a letter addressed to mr. skelton that he's not had the time to receive it because this bill was introduced yesterday and it's on the floor today. that's a little hayes -- hasty but this is an important bill and a bill that needs to be passed. but i'm torn today as i rise to speak

john o'connor said south carolina gov. staff said the governor is taking on appellation trout, ending four days in which the staff and state officials say they have not heard from him. night in his office or the state law enforcement division that provides security had been able to reach him since he left the mansion thursday in a black suburban as uv assigned to his security detail, according to three people according to the -- familiar with the situation. the government spokesman did not disclose the trailer was hiking nor revealed whether he was hiking alone. his last known location was near atlanta late last week. a mobile telephone tower picked

georgia, south carolina, north carolina and virginia. those were the most important colonies, economically, to great britain because that's where the cash crops like tobacco, and rice and indigo were grown. and the british thought that if they could subdue those colonies, they could come out of the war with a large american empire. they could perhaps hold canada. they could perhaps hold everything west of the appalachian mountains. they could hold those for southern colonies, virginia, the two carolinas and georgia. they already held in florida, which they had acquired in the french indian war, and they held several sugar islands in the caribbean. so they would not only have a large american empire, but their american empire would surround the united states. and the united states might consist of no more than nine or 10 states. and in fact, if it was that small and that vulnerable and that hemmed in, the chances of the united states remaining an independent country for very long were slim, to say the least. so the british turned toward c

they are doing an exercise in south carolina, major exercise by ron is a great guy and i would like to put this in the record. >> without objection. >> one final thought as you talk about, you know when you go down to the coast of south carolina, way and is obviously very valuable, but when there are a lot of minority communities where do they go? the people have been their generation after generation after generation, and where do they go and what do they do from someone that may live in nebraska or the upper part of south carolina where the hurricanes are in such a factor i think we want to make sure our coastal residents can get help. people are not being irresponsible. they are not living in areas that are mudslides. there are so many people in the country that live along the coast and it is a rich tradition culturally and i want to hang onto it and make sure that we have that rational approach. madame chairwoman i will help you any way i can to make sure that when a community is hurt the community is rebuilt and that community includes fire stations, libraries and other aspects of

south carolina is certainly in harm's way. i want to thank all the folks at state, local, federal level who help our fellow citizens in disaster. in myrtle beach we had a huge fire. the fire did a lot of damage to myrtle beach. it's not just hurricanes. the red cross was there so hurricanes are what we're talking about. so coastal communities can be hit by many different ways. ron osborn, the director of the emergency management division office of the general could not be here but he prepared a report about hurricane preparedness and i'd like to submit it to the record. they're doing a major exercise in south carolina today. ron is a very smart guy and i'd like to put this in the record. >> without objection. >> and one final thought, as you talk about -- you know, when you go down to the coast of south carolina, land is obviously very valuable. but when -- there are a lot of minority communities. where do they go? their people have been literally there generation after generation after generation and where do they go and what

i'm trying to stay up with you, but south carolina certainly is in harm's way and i want to thank all the posts of state, local and federal level will help our fellow citizens with disaster in myrtle beach which a huge fire. the fire did a lot of damage to myrtle beach, not just hurricanes, the red cross was there some hurricanes are what we're talking about today but also committed these can be hit in many different ways. it ron osborn, the director of the reasons he management division, madam chairman, could not be here today but he prepared a report one about hurricane prepare ness and out like to submit it to the record in. if they are doing an exercise in south carolina today but ron is a very smart guy and now like to put this into the record. >> without objection he met in one final thought as you talk about when you go down to the coast of south carolina when, bland is obviously very valuable. where there are a lot of minority committees and where they go? when i mean, there are people who have been there literally generation after generation after generation, and where did th

. >> one of the biggest stories this week was mark sanford of south carolina. he is under a lot of pressure to step down over the admission he had an affair and was traveling out of the country to visit his mistress? should he resign or not and if so why? >> i was in south carolina a year ago speaking to a large republican gathering there. i know the governor as a friend and i know a great number of people there. i am sure that he and leadership in the state legislature will do the right thing at the right time. >> you have been known to say you not be alone with a female staff member just for propriety sake. has this damaged the republican party along with the admission from senator ensign? >> the old book tells us that righteousnesses exults a nation so the opposite is probably true when we see disappointments by people in either political party in local office or national. been agreed to the heart of the nation. america is about family. we are a nation of devoted has been some lives. we hold up the ideal of the american family and any time we see that ruptur

>> i was in south carolina about a year ago speaking to a large republican gathering there. i know the governor as a friend, and i know a great number of leaders there. and i'm sure he and the leadership in the state legislature will all do the right thing at the right time. >> congressman, you've been known no say that you will not be alone with a female staff member just for proprietary sake. has this damaged the republican party along with senator ensign's admission? >> well, i think the old book tells us righteousness capaults a nation. so the opposite is probably always true when we see disappointments by people in either political party and local offices or national offices. i know it grieves the heart of the nation. america is about family. we are a nation of devoted husband and wives. we hold up the ideal of the american family. and any time we see that ruptur it grieves the heart of the count rifplt as to how that bears upon one political party or another, i have to believe that the american people are fair minded. they know that people in public life in both partie

populations in south carolina is extremely high. what we saw from gov. sanford, both on the affair issue and on the stimulus issue, is that he was politically grandstanded. he was simply taking positions that reflected a moral code that he wanted to use to sell as political gamesmanship. it is not something he actually believed. that is the problem

you heard from both of our colleagues on south carolina. the one thing that inez is famous about is when she gets a hold of a bone she doesn't let go until she figures out an answer. i can't think of a better person on a host of these issues to take them on in this new important role than inez tenenbaum. great to see you. >> thank you. thank you, chairman. hiking for three reason. everybody is going to inez. i will also. first, is both you and your husband are georgians and we're very proud of that. secondly you are a graduate of university of georgia and we're extra proud of that. but thirdly, i had the privilege of cheering the georgia board of education in the late 1990s when he became superintendent of education in south carolina and watched what you did in south carolina and i want to say anything that senator demint was absolutely correct. you get an absolute marvelous job and demonstrate the kind of attitude summit at the cpsc should have to deal with difficult problems. i really don't have a question. i want to do to endorsements. f

boating is big business in the state of south carolina with more than 826 million in sales a year and nearly 9,000 boating industry employees across the state. boats are owned by families of all income levels and across communities in the state. there are 145 boating businesses rangesing from small businesses to major boat manufacturers and employ hundreds of my constituents. nationally, the recreational boating community includes 59 million americans that make a significant impact to our community. they serve as stewards of the marine environment. it has a long history of education of future generations on resources. additionally through annual motor boat fuel tax, boating contributes more than $100 million towards fish restoration and other environmental programs. boating is important to american families as it provides opportunities for them to spend quality time together. appeals to all age groups and has a beneficial effect on the physical fitness and scholastic performance on those who participate. at the request of my constituent, i worked to include language in this resolution

south carolina has record unemployment numbers right now. he rejected stimulus funds. the unemployment rate and a minority population in south carolina is extremely high, 20%, 30%. what we saw from the governor both on the affair issue and stimulus issue is that he was politically grandstanding. he was taking positions that reflected a moral code that he wanted to sell as political gamesmanship. it wasn't he sought -- it wasn't something he believed in. the moral code was something he was trying to push on to others. host: what about political fall out, for the party in general? guest: i wrote last week that i think it the one person to help the most was mitt romney. he is a presidential hopeful that falls off the map here. i thing -- think there are some arguments about how successful he would have been. i think this pushes mitt romney to the forefront. >> he is waiting in the wings. host: illinois on the independent line. caller: i am all for personal responsibility, but more people in this country should embrace that. i find it amazing that the congress and reporter

from columbia, south carolina, this is about 20 minutes. >> how are we going to do this? do you want to hold it? >> i have my own. >> somebody want to help me here? how are we going to move this around? okay. ready? everybody ready? and won't begin in any particular spot. let me just start with -- where is gina smith? not here? okay. i had a conversation with jean smith this morning when i arrived in atlanta and i told her about my love of the appalachian trail and i use to organize hiking trips when i was in high school i did get a soccer coach or football coach to act as the chaperone and then i would get folks to pay me $60 each or whenever it was to take the trip and then off we would go and have these great adventures on the appellation trip, and i told her of adventure trips both in college, it was a campus representative from the eastern airlines and you could fly from free, get myself a job, carry emergency money and either find a job that were locals could come back or come home. about nine years in congress and the governorship of what trips of leave and traveli

carolina. on the one hand you are not taking stimulus money and unemployment money for your people and on the other hand you are taking our state taxpayer money and running off on junkets with your mistress and everything, and it is just the hypocrisy of it and everything. so if you are going to take this moral road and claim that you are at the party of moral the use of and everything else -- values and everything else, this is part of humanity, but the start to always be the purveyor of righteousness and then you turn around in the spotlight

and might i say in closing that this program is so important to the business community in south carolina, until richard paul recently ended his career at a global welding and cutting firm where he held positions of senior vice president of strategic planning, senior vice president of information technology and vice president of and took over the directorship of this program. this is one of the reasons we exist, to make the quality of life better for those people especially those who live along the i-95 corridor that so many of us like to talk about is the corridor of shame. we would like to turn that corridor into an oasis of opportunity for those children. and with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia reserves his time. the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the chairman. there are a lot of commendable education programs and this sounds like this is certainly one. we are facing a $2 trillion deficit this year alone. i think it be hoofs us as members of congress to make some choices at some time. i think all of us would like to have money for every wort

for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: madam speaker, pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise seek recognition? mr. wilson: 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 gentleman from colorado, congressman perlmutter. mr. perlmutter: 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 receive a message. the messenger: madam speaker, a message from th

i am originally from south carolina, so i know that is not true. the waist as far as michigan and other places was trucked to south carolina because that is where it was being deposited. there also situations -- where they don't want nuclear waste trucked through their state. that is an understatement. guest: that act to restore it on site. caller: i happen to know about it, but if you want to debate that. guest: i have board nuclear facilities. caller: now there is not one in south carolina -- guest: i have been a nuclear facilities -- nuclear facilities and louisiana -- caller: correct? host: do you have a question? caller: republicans are set against general motors and such, the auto industry, having higher mileage on their vehicles and what not. that

the upstate of south dakota is -- south carolina is home to many champions and many successes. yesterday we crowned a new one. that new one is a 29-year-old greenville, south carolina, native, lucas glover who conquered the field yesterday in new york to win the 109th u.s. open golf championship. with people from around the upstate youed to the action, the high school -- grewed -- glued to the action, the high school graduate rallied from one shot down to break into the big time in the world of golf. winning his first major championship since joining the pga tour in 2004. we've come along to celebrate the culmination of lucas' years of preparation. his family, wife, jennifer, and close friends have been there all along. in the good times and the bad, in the disappointments and the small triumphs. yesterday they added a huge triumph and we join them in the celebration. congratulations to our own u.s. open golf champion, lucas glover. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> madam speaker, i request p

john o'connor said south carolina gov. staff said the governor is taking on appellation trout, ending four days in which the staff and state officials say they have not heard from him. night in his office or the state law enforcement division that provides security had been able to reach him since he left the mansion thursday in a black suburban as uv assigned to his security detail, according to three people according to the -- familiar with the situation. the government spokesman did not disclose the trailer was hiking nor revealed whether he was hiking alone. his last known location was near atlanta late last week. a mobile telephone tower picked up a signal from his own, according to a source familiar with the situation. again, more details available at the state newspaper from south carolina. stock is on the phone from long island. the economy, are the mixed signals? if so, where are we heading? caller: i don't know where we are heading. but thank you for c-span. i am baffled sometimes at the american people that -- h

spratt of south carolina. mr. poe of texas. mr. poe: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to assume the gentleman's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise this evening to announce the sad passing of dr. bob frederic. a distinguished kansan and an exceptional human being. dr. frederic served as athletic director at the university of kansas for 14 years, the second longest tenure in the school's history and a period during which the jayhawks experienced tremendous success. under bob's leadership, jayhawk athletics received 32 conference championships and generated 31 all-american -- academic all americans. the latter of which i'm sure meant the most to dr. frederic, as that was the kind of person he was. dr. frederic felt most concerned about the well-being of student athletes. first as a coach and later as an athletic director, dr. frederic showed that concern as he personally took an interest in the students at kansas university that were also engaged in an intense dedication that it

one wagon of war supplies loaded in worchester massachusetts arrived in charleston, south carolina, two and a half months later. nothing had changed dramatically in the decade since peace was restored until the erie canal opened on a fine fall day in 1825. so that sets the stage for what the country was like until the erie canal got built. before trains, planes and automobiles, boats and horses were the only way to travel significant distances. in the days before good roads, the only way to transport numbers of people for things was by water. the natural water request from the hudson was overland from albany to schenectady bypassing the false on the mohawk river at cohost, and a backbreaking labor 125 -- 120 miles up the eastward flowing river in small boats pulled over rapids, small falls, the entering shallows to the headwaters of the mohawk river. been a portage of the mile or more, depending on the season, to the westward flowing and aptly named wood creek filled with trees, and down a series of flood and drought afflicted waterways to keister lake ontario. from there, a trip by lar

backbeat the appalachian mountain range guarding the interior from south carolina to what only recently have become main, threatened to confine the great american experiment to the atlantic seaboard. the allegiance of the several new trans- montaigne state was unproven, their settlers looked westbound rolling river valleys for the mighty mississippi, not over their shoulders at the mountains that separated them from their political creators. former vice president aaron burr's enigmatic conspiracy of 1805, 1806 to make a nation for himself and others in the region opened by the louisiana purchase had come apart but illustrated the limited control exerted by the east over the last. of the national government over its unsettled territory. a continental nation was so uncertain that president thomas jefferson had deemed it optional quote whether we remain in one confederacy or form into atlantic and mississippi confederacies i believe not very important to the happiness of either part. but coming of the steamboat in 18078 hope for a connectedness but illustrated the lack of it. so they were

the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. a senator: i ask unanimous consent to speak for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. demint: thank you, mr. president. it seems that you're always stuck with listening to me. i apologize for that. i want to respond to my colleague's grand design of our new health care system in just a moment, but i'd like to back up a little bit and discuss health care and some other things in context. there's no question in anyone's mind that these are difficult times for america. millions are unemployed and the unemployment rate continues to climb. our economy has been in decline for a number of months, and our military is strained all around the world at a time when our enemies seem to be gaining strength and increasing in numbers. back here at home, our spending and borrowing and debt are out of control in this massive government spending plan we call the stimulus has yet to show any results. we see government intervention in the many areas of o

the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for three minutes. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 2647. this bill canges significant policy and fundings nishttives that address important issues for our military personnel and quality of life. i was honored to serve with military personnel subcommittee chairwoman susan davis, who i have seen firsthand promote our service members, their families and veterans. mr. speaker, i would also like to thank chairman skelton and the professional staff of the armed services committee for their efforts, particularly john and jeanette. to that end, the bill contains many important initiatives, including military pay raise of 3.4%. the raise is .5% above the president's request. large numbers of nondeployable personnel, we have recommended army end strength. the army would increase by

henry lawrence of south carolina was president of congress. in 1778, i have just come from a meeting with several congressmen, and washington's ideas were greeted with laughter and derision. great many people in congress had lost confidence in washington. there was a feeling that for better or worse, they had washington and had to keep washington, and dr. benjamin rush from philadelphia wrote that he thought there was a concerted decision made by congress in the winter of 1778 to make washington the national icon. we were the only country that didn't have a came. the king's work to a considerable degree symbolic figures. they were the figure around which people could rally, and the nation could be sustained. john adams, after the war, said the same thing, there was a decision made early in 1778 in congress to make washington the central stone, as he put it, in the national arch. that is the glorification of washington, where it really begins, and this idea of washington being indispensable, develops. as adams said, congress protected washingto

speaker, it should i be yielding one minute of my time to the gentleman from south carolina at this time -- mr. speaker, should i be yielding one minute? >> thank you, so i would like to give 30 seconds of our time and anytime you would like to give to the gentleman from south carolina, an additional minute. >> the gentleman is recognized, one minute 30 seconds -- is that right? so the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> they keep. i thank the gentleman and the gentle lady for yielding that time -- thank you. the yield of iran said that st. challenges is not acceptable. this is challenging democracy after the elections -- the leader of iran said that st. challenges is not acceptable. -- street challenges. something is funny. and when you declared the results of the election is fine but say there is going to be some investigations, what is the value of the investigation if you have already certified the election? so we are looking to differ with the supreme leader of iran. if it is not challenging democracy after the elections, it is saying the elections were rigged, and -- predic

the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: i come to the floor to acknowledge an an agreement that i reached with the majority leader and the administration regarding the issue of detainee abuse photos. as you're well aware of, there are some photos that allege -- of alleged detainee abuse that existed for many years. more of the same. nothing new. the president has decided to oppose their release. the aclu filed a lawsuit asking for these photos to be released. in the court documents general petraeus and general owe owed o. it will insight violence against men and women serving overseas and american civilians in theater. there is nothing new to be learned according to the president. this is more of the same. the people involved in abu ghraib and other detainee abuse allegations have been dealt with. and the effect of releasing these photos would be empowering our enemies. every photo would become a bullet or i.e.d. i want to applaud the president for saying that he opposes their release. there is a stay on the second

the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. wilson: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: madam speaker, i rise to support h.r. 2990, the disabled military retiree relief act of 2009. this bill has a number of good provisions dealing with military and civilian personnel, which i appreciate as a 31-year army national guard veteran representing paris island, the marine corps air station at beaufort, the beaufort naval office in jackson. i want to talk about the department of defense disability veteran and veterans' administration disability pay to a small number of people discharged from the services with less than 20 years service because of injuries sustained while in the service. this section, which is but a ghost of the proposal submitted by president obama, is a small but important step in expanding the population eligible for full concurrent receipt. i am glad some progress is being made. what troubles and disappoints me most, however, is

we're joined from south carolina. caller: good morning, senator, you said we need a legal path to citizenship. we have one. it was working quite well. the problem is that some people do not want to follow it. i don't know what your population is in california, but if you have two million people paying their taxes and another two million sponging off of it, how in the world do expect to balance your budget? what is in california do like south carolina did in start passing their own loss to keep these illegal immigrants out? guest: again, i would give the same answer. i think the immigration issue is real and it touches a nerve with a lot of people. but most people who come to this country and to the state of california come to work. i think we ought to encourage that with the legal process that has frankly not worked. national immigration reform was debated during the latter years of the bush administration. it needs to be a national priority so that we can legalize people here working hard. in most instances they make

they backed -- south carolina backs the republican party. with that said, i am really disturbed that obama is not pushing more for getting out of iraq. rahm emanuel when he was appointed, at the second in command, i had real reservations about that. i was afraid that that would not be good for getting out of iraq, but anyway i am against this funding. i think one of the reasons we're talking about iraq war, is when you see any footage of their -- over there? you do not see the suffering of the families and putting up with this type of stuff. i think that is one of the reasons. i would like your comments on this. i think one of the waste -- ways , i think i know how to solve the problem and that is to cut off the funding to israel. guest: thank you so much for keeping the faith and being progressive in an area that is not easy to be progressive in. there is a lot of concern that the war is not as front and center as it needs to be. a lot of that is because of a lot of the anti-war people are not as front and center of of this. a lot of the pe

caller: i'm an african-american male here in south carolina. i have predominantly had good associations with different caucasian males and females in charleston, south carolina. and about the schooling system, the way that i feel about it is that there is seems to be a confusion in the details. we need to work together bipartisan across the board, with each other, republicans and democrats, quit bickering. president obama cannot fix the whole world by himself. he can't do everything by himself. that is ridiculous. one person can build a house, but if you have many people building a house together you can build it better and faster. that is what we need to do. also, about the charter schools. if the people who are in these scientific institutions and these different upper level colleges like princeton and yale and what have you, if they were so much more intelligent than everyone else, then why do we have global warming? host: hard to argue any of that. you used the word "bipartisan." at the federal level this has been a -- guest: president obam

also, a story that has been getting a lot of attention in south carolina. it says sanford awol, who is in charge? the south carolina staff saying the governor is hiking, ending four days in which officials say they had not heard from him. neither his office nor the state law enforcement staff had been able to reach him since he left thursday in a black suburban s tv -- a black suburban suv. that is according to one staff official. he would not reveal whether he was hiking alone. his last known location was near a lanham late last week. -- he was near atlanta late last week. more details on available from the state newspaper. scott is on the phone from long island. are there mixed signals in the economy? if so, where are we heading? caller: i don't know where we are heading. thanks for c-span. i am baffled sometimes that the american people, how long has it taken us to get into this position and people are talking like it should be fixed in six months. this will take years to fix. people talk about private companies, they are the ones that should make all th

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. it is not something he chose to live by. host: what about fallout from him but the party in general? guest: the one person who helps the most is britain -- is mitt romney. he is in the 2012 presidential hopeful who pulls off the map. john ensign is another one who happened -- whose scandal happened a week earlier. there's an argument as to how successful he would have been. there have been some other governors who have not had a great year. this pushes and mitt romney to the forefront guest: guest: jeb bush is another one.

inglis from south carolina. mr. inglis: thank you, madam speaker. last night in spartanburg, south carolina, we had a town meeting and folks were joining in this debate we are having here this week in washington about climate legislation. there were folks who spoke passionately about the need to take action. and i'm in agreement with them. there is a need to take action and to discharge a stewardship obligation. then there are others there who really didn't buy the science of climate change. so there's a good discussion a. good debate. there's going to be a debate here on this house floor, perhaps by the end of the week. and, madam speaker, what i'd like to say tonight is that there is a need to act, but there's a need to act in way that wins a triple play of this american century. if we play this right, it really is an opportunity to do three things simultaneously. one, improve the national security of the united states. two, create jobs. and three, clean up the air. so let's get about the triple play. it starts by stoppingp the current cap and tra

republican senators john mccain of arizona, lindsey graham south carolina both publicly stated they favor the closing of guantanamo. former republican secretaries of state james baker, henry kissinger, and condoleezza rice. admiral michael mullen, chairman of joint chiefs of staff and general david petraeus. so for senator kafeel to come to the floor and suggest this notion of closing guantanamo isn't one shared by military and security leaders isn't accurate. the list i've given isn't complete. many others agree with the president's position. according to the experts, guantanamo has become a recruiting tool for al qaeda that's actually hurting america's security. in his remarks this afternoon senator carl challenged the notion singing and by quote an idea that's been floated by the president, senator durbin and others, and of quote, of closing guantanamo. senator kyl didn't mention who these nameless others who agree with closing guantanamo or agree it is a recruiting tool for terrorists might be. let's take one for example. chairman of joint chiefs of staff mike mahlon and i quote. the

south carolina is reporting that state will use twitter incase -- twitter will be used to help the south carolina residents get storm updates. this morning and afghanistan been a commander takes over. the new american commander in charge of afghanistan, stanley mcchrystal. he will oversee all u.s. and nato troops in the country to fight it taliban insurgency launching more tax than ever. mcchrystal took command from general david mccarron and during a low-key ceremony earlier today and kabul. mkiernan was fired one year into a two-year assignment. we have a pilot on our independent line. caller: i am democrat, but that is probably irrelevant. the subject to talk about -- you are talking about this morning is airline safety. back in the 1990's when the faa was a collusion of the airline pilots association came in with this "1 level of safety, while the one thing they did was impose a retirement age on the 135 or air taxi carriers, which they had and the major airlines. there was never any reason for this other than the desire for younger pilots to advance to the captain's seat. we've been

the people in south carolina and saying where do we go from here. i would simply say i go back to that simple word of asking for forgiveness. just as a decorative statement before we open up for a couple questions that i will move on -- i have tried to think of first missteps is clearing out more time as a good this process of of reconciliation and figuring out what comes next. i am going to resign as chairman of the republican governors association and tendered my resignation because i think it is their purpose thing to do given other governors across this nation and my role as chairman of the rnd a, and it frankly from the standpoint of time. if i think about this process not only the beginning i family level but the family of south carolinian so that means me going one by one and town by town to talk to a lot of old friends across the state and what i have done her embarrassing for their forgiveness, that will take time and that i probably can't devote. questions? >> [inaudible] are you separated from the first lady? >> i don't know how you want

the prosecutor they was working with from south carolina one day was astounded to find out that some of the fields that the mexican and the guatemalan immigrants were being used to pick were being exploited in were fields that he as a child had to pick cotton in, in much the same situation. it is very interconnected. as we fix things at home, some of the unscrupulous employers swing into action in their own industry overseas. host: will the cotton picked with the kids find its way into the united states? guest: indeed. one of the things we're working on is to see how to make sure that the supply chains in america is free from slave-made goods. we will work with companies working with watchdog groups to make sure that type of situation or for that matter, cocoa from ghana and other areas, which is often used with children that are bought for about $100 from their parents, that type of cocoa isn't coming in to the candy bar that you and your children are eating. host: providence, rhode island, you are on the "washington journa journal". caller: my question is who is responsible -- who

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the gentleman from california yielding. h.r. 2344, the webcasting settlement act of 2009, grants limited statutory authority to sound exchange. the government designated entity that is responsible for disbursing webcast royalties to

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. inglis: i thank the gentleman for yielding. this is not the time for a tax increase. it's not the time for another wall street trading scheme and it's not the time to burden american manufacturing. it is the time to inspire innovation through amendments like mr. forbes' and to come together to find a solution that breaks our addiction to oil, that creates new energy jobs and that cleans up the air. we can get there if we stop this cap and trade, do some fresh thinking and then come together for america's sake around a revenue-neutral tax swab. it would start with a tax cut on fica taxes, then an equal amount, we would shift the tax onto carbon. we could then apply that tax to imported as well as domestically produced goods, just like the fair tax. we'd just be changing what we tax. we'd be swapping a fica tax cut for a similar tax on carbon. the accountability of a revenue neutral tax swap would cause old fuels to lose out to new fuels. we'd be building nuclear power plants and free e

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> address the house, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate the international paper mill in georgetown, south carolina, for recently reaching a safety milestone of logging four million safe work hours without any employees missing work due to injured sustained on the job. not an easy task. with nearly 700 employees working at the paper mill daily, it is obvious that the team in georgetown has been working hard to develop new waze to -- ways to proactively prevent accidents. our goal is to leave work every day in the same or better conditions we arrived for ourselves and our families said the mill manager. recently employees implemented a new safety process focusing on people acting, caring and thinking safely. they see this as a great way to focus on safety but also realize there's no single action that can create another safe environment and everyone must work together to ach