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the senator from maryland has 33 minutes. ms. mikulski: madam president, i yield myself a firm ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: madam president, health care is a woman's issue. health care reform is a must-do women's issue. and health insurance reform is a must-change issue. so many of the women and men of the senate are here today to fight for change and to make sure that we have universal access to health care. and when we have universal access, that it makes a difference in our lives, which means that we have to have universal access to preventive and screening services. what my amendment does -- and, by the way, it is a bipartisan amendment -- is makes universal access to preventive and screening services for women available. now, there's much discussion about whether or not you should get a particular service at a particular age. we don't mandate that you get a service. we leave that up to a decision made with the woman and her doctor. but, first of all, you need to be able to have a docto

>> the senator from maryland controls the time. the senator from maryland has 33 minutes. >> madame president, i yield myself a firm ten minutes. >> without objection. >> madame president, healthcare is a woman's issue. health care reform is a must do woman's issue. and health insurance reform is a must change issue. so many of the women and the men of the senate are here today to fight for change and to make sure that we have universal access to health care and we have universal access that it makes a difference in our lives which means that we have to have universal access to preventive and screening services. what my amendment does, and by the way it is a bipartisan and meant, it makes universal access to preventive screening services for women available. now, there is much discussion about whether or not you should get a particular service in particular age. we don't mandate that you get a surface. we leave that up to a decision made with the woman and her doctor. but first of all you need to be able to have a doctor. so we are

well, if you live in maryland and you have private insurance, 71% of marylanders are insured by only two companies. that's not competitive. i've talked to more and more business owners who tell me they have no choice. there's one plan that they can get. if they don't like that plan, there's no insurance they can get. that's not competition. this bill brings competition by -- by the exchanges that will invite more insurance companies to participate in our states and by the program that's in the managers' package that allows us for the first time to be able to have plans available across state lines. that will be particularly helpful for a state like maryland, where many of our employers employ people that not only live in maryland but live in virginia, live in pennsylvania, live in delaware, live in west virginia. that will certainly help us. this legislation also reduces our federal budget deficit. now are that's a challenge. -- now, that's a challenge. let me tell you why it's a challenge, mr. president. because there's two different issues here: reducing health care cost growth and

that helps the people of maryland. and that's why the people of maryland benefit from this bill as do the citizens of every state in the nation. i want to talk about protecting consumers. the -- the -- senator baucus talked about. this i want to make sure you understand that people understand what's involved here. senator baucus mentioned a lot of the provisions in the bill about preexisting conditions and the pediatric for children take effect immediately. the caps that we bring in, the lifetime caps that we deal with covering children under the age of 26, the reinsurance program for 55 to 64-year-olds, the lost ratios to make sure that the insurance companies are using your premium dollars to pay for benefits. the independent review of -- of a decision made by an insurance company whether to cover a charge or not. i want to talk about the patients bill of rights. because i think the people of this nation would be surprised to find out that we haven't yet enacted the patients bill of rights. it was 1997 that we starte

i'm particularly mindful that nsa located in maryland, the premier collection agency in the world is actively working on this. and i just call to your attention to give this matter the highest attention. >> senator, i couldn't agree with you more. indeed, i believe that the cybermission is one of the major missions of the whole homeland security environment. it's also a rapidly evolving one and changing one almost by the time you are talking about a particular intrusion, it is passed and you're on to the next one. so i just want to clarify if i might one thing. and that is -- i don't think there is any confusion at least amongst the cabinet as to the division of labor. that is that the department of defense operationally has adopted mill side, the department of homeland security, the dot gov, has adopted both. and the privacy issues are built into our own dhs process and from an operational standpoint we have moved in the way past the initial review. the question, i think, senator whitehouse goes to somebody coordinating operational efforts in the case of a major attack from the whit

attorney's office in maryland got with you? >> in maryland? >> right. >> none. >> ok. just indiana. >> just indiana. >> all right. mr. caldwell, did acorn actually share accounts with tax-exempt groups like acorn institute and project vote to your knowledge? >> we're in the process of determining that. we issued subpoenas for bank account records early on, before all of the prostitution scandal broke. and we're in the process of obtaining that documentation. it's my investigator just handed me. this we have acorn-related bank accounts. we've got 89 pages, 700 plus accounts to analyze. and so part of the task that we have and any agency investigating this to determine what agencies are affiliated and to follow the money. so that's what we're in the process of doing now. but i will say that we had an issue with some certain agencies now saying they're not affiliated with acorn. that very thing came up when we issued a subpoena to the accounting firm for acorn and c.c.i. we got a letter which is filed in the public record back from our project vote saying they're not affi

the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, as we debate health care reform, we need to recognize in the united states of america that health care is a woman's issue. health care reform is a must-do women's issue. and health insurance reform must be a must-change women's issue. too often when we look at when health care is even available to us, we face discrimination. we face continuing the punitive practices of insurance companies that charge women more and give us less in a benefit. a 25-year-old woman pays more in health insurance than her male counterpart of the same health status. a 40-year-old woman pays almost 35% more of her insurance than a male of same age, same health status. we want to change that in health reform. we want to end the punitive practices of the private insurance companies in their gender discrimination. we are concerned -- we, the women of the senate, are concerned that even being a woman is being viewed by the insurance companies as a preexisting condition. now, we have the opportunity her

i have visited a community health centers in maryland. they have one thing in common. they all need more capacity. they already are stretched as to what they can handle. we need more locations in rural areas people have a hard time finding primary-care help, and we need more capacity generally throughout the nation. i had a chance to talk to one of the leaders of johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. ñra colleague believes we should have affordable access to health insurance. he told me if we do not do something to produce more primary care professionals, and if we do not provide more community health center capacity, we are not going to be able to provide care in the most cost-effective way. the bill that we had on the floor of the united states senate needed to be improved, and senator sanders has accomplished that. i know that was a focus on major issues, but our objective was to find that every american have affordable have access to health care, and the initiative will help 25 more million americans reach that goal. congratulations on that. >> they talked about ce

host: middletown, maryland, a republican line. caller: if the government wants to get into health care, why did they not just offer to buy out a couple of big insurance companies? with about $1 trillion, i could make the deal tomorrow. guest: the government does not want to get into health care. they don't want to take over insurance companies. they want to make sure that insurance companies are accountable and do the right thing. as i mentioned, if you want to sell coverage, and insurance companies to be a good corporate citizen. a good corporate citizen is not going to deny health coverage to somebody who needs it the most, somebody who is sick or has a disability, somebody who has a health condition. the government role in health insurance reform is not to take over the health insurance system. that is not in anybody's best interest. it says that insurance companies will be able to sell their coverage but they will have to swallow certain kinds of rules so that -- you'll have to follow certain kinds of roles. host: who manages

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host: next up is charles on our democrats led from baltimore, maryland. caller: i have a couple of comments. one, we all know that president obama was an activist and he often said that he was running for president but he could not do it himself, that he would need week, the people, to help paul. -- he would need we, the people, to help out. so we as citizens have to be community activists. also, i was wondering, i am a doctor of education. i teach at the university. but i live in the ghetto, the hood, or whatever, and i have never been polled on anything. so when you say 30% of the population has been -- that does not include the people around me. can you speak to that? host: anybody want to take a crack at that? guest: pollsters have the formula of trying to make sure that the group their sampling is representative of the country as a whole. but it may not be you, but they tried to make sure that they cover all, get all the demographic roots so that everyone is factored in. now, you can argue, 1500 people across the country is not a big enough sample of

we remember the tragic accident in maryland in june. there have been a series of other incidents that have taken place over the last few months. three of them in virginia, one as recently as november 29. this string of incidents really heightens the need for our attention and focus. and showing what the chairman said, i am happy to see that the report includes a bill for funding and grants to address safety and maintenance issues. one of the things all this realize is the metro systems which i can remember that we prided as brand-new is getting up by an age. -- in age. it is 35 or 40 years old at this point. just like any house that gets that age, things start to break down at once. we're seeing that at least on the maintenance side with metro. it is showing its age. i echo the chairman's comments that we need to increase our focus on safety but we have to increase our focus on maintenance. i want to make two final points. i hope we look at this from the standpoint of how we get transit safety right. there should be an increased federal

maryland on the republican line. caller: my comment. please let me make it. in this decade, hurricane katrinaa and the misery and denial and response give tonet peopho most. it is a shame that still continues. you have a brown skinned hindu and now he's a chatholic. is louisiana any different with him being in the white house? host: all right. back to the next caller from for the worth, texas on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: i always love to hear a black racist. on october 7, 1996, that's when i think our country changed in a bad way. that was when the bill allowed a single entity to own more than one station entity. listen to the calls. i've been listening now for about 20 years. this country has become more divided and hateful. it's become that way along party lines. in the past republicans and democrats could talk and it wasn't merely as nasty as it is now. when reagan throughout the fairness doctrine in the late 1980s allowing the rush limbaughs of the world to nourish and had that span of time at the end of the hour to have that rebuttal to t

i appreciate the senator from maryland, who put up an amendment. i don't think it meets that standard. they still rely on government experts called the u.s. preventive services task force to decide what preventive benefits should be covered under the private health insurance. and it's the same preventive services task force that made this decision that under the age of 50 should not receive annual mammograms. in fact, i think i even remember in there that they weren't necessarily recommending sel self-examination. most of the people that i know that are really young discovered it with self-examination, and i certainly wouldn't want them to quit doing that because there's a recommendation from somebody that doesn't understand them or their body for doing that. patients do want to receive preventive screenings. sometimes they're reluctant to do it because nobody wants the possibility of hearing that word given to them. so americans should be able to get screened for high blood pressure, diabetes. when the doctor recommends these get these tests. i th

we remember the tragic accident in maryland in june. there have been a series of other incidents that have taken place over the last few months. three of them in virginia, one as recently as november 29. this string of incidents really heightens the need for our attention and focus. and showing what the chairman said, we havei am happy to see t the report includes a bill for funding and grants to address safety and maintenance issues. one of the things all this realize is the metro systems which i can remember that we prided as brand-new is getting up by an age. -- in age. it is 35 or 40 years old at this point. just like any house that gets that age, things start to break down at once. we're seeing that at least on the maintenance side with metro. it is showing its age. i echo the chairman's comments that we need to increase our focus on safety but we have to increase our focus on maintenance. i want to make two final points. i hope we look at this from the standpoint of how we get transit safety right. there should be an increased fed

and maryland and in this area that there are large ethiopian populations. the people who know who are folks are people from the community. this coalition that we're building to partner and this is a partnership, public with the government and with private and with ourselves. as marc said before, we're committed to this. so the leadership from the african countries that are all over the country, leadership from the caribbean, my brother here hoburt james from i.c.s. we have been working all year. the message is that we will augment with what the government states and will help our folks to know that to educate them that you can fill in that blank slate. if you're from one of the -- you want to identify your country of origin, you have the ability to at least give us those numbers even though it's not checked by the countries. so we have to educate our community on that and to make sure that with the immigrant populations, all immigrant populations that they know that they're not going to -- there is not going to be something going wrong with them participati

in 1995, he entered the maryland air national guard and served on active duty as a civil engineer , his assignments included air force guard readiness center followed by legislative liaison tours at the office of the secretary of the air force and national guard bureau prior to his current assignment, he served as chief of staff at the national guard bureau. we are very glad to have him with us today. major general kelly mccaig, from the joint chiefs of staff. >> thank you. veterans, families, is a distinct honor to be with you today and on behalf of my boss, the chairman of joint chiefs of staff, admiral michael mullen, i am deeply honored to be here at this important event. the fact that it comes on the heels of the largest snowstorm this city has ever experienced is a testament to how much more special this event is. it is fitting that we gather up the wall to dedicate a christmas tree and cards that our next generation of patriots from across the land have been made for this occasion. as these school children have so aptly help commemorate christmas for our be among veterans, i reca

i was out in indiana nor the maryland, indiana game and next day went to wisconsin for the duke wisconsin game and flew back to the 0 office to take care of things then to the championship game in tampa and conference opener in boston a. busy week. >> jenn: you have a lot of miles. what have you been impressed with so far from what you've seen of the a krrcc basketball teams? one thing, what i've seen the race for the top team in the league is wide open. we have a lot of quality teams, 1 through 7, 8, 9. this game today is an example of that. boston college seems like they're getting ready to put it away, miami clause and scraps, typical conference game fashion, get back in it, one or two point finish. i think you will see a lot of games like that. good thing for television. >> jenn: we like that. >> gives me a few gray hair, but good, will be a very competitive year. >> jenn: coming up, what are things acc fans can look for, players, teams you like, anything else, your insight you can add? >> i really like this miami team. i think they have a lot of nice young pieces, durand scott and ma

i yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, mr. bartlett. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. bartlett: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered, the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. bartlett: washington was telling america that we had a budget surplus and we were parind down the debt. and while we were telling america that we had the necessity to raise the debt ceiling. why would you raise down -- raise the debt ceiling if you were paying down the debt? surprise, surprise, washington was not being truthful. what we were doing is taking money from lock boxes, social security and medicare, and paying down the public debt. $1 more in the trust fund, one less in the debt. without the trust fund, surpluses for which there was no lock box, we took and spent that money. there never was a moment in time when we in fact reduced the national debt. now, talking about accounting methods. our company keeps enron-type of books.

maryland 3-pointers. 155 passing. eastern kentucky still trying to keep it close. the turks too tough. melbourne 19. turks win it 83-72. the wizards turning everything around tonight with the pace are ares. they are without the leading scorer, danny granger. we will head right out to downtown for the post game crew. get a little prove of this one. chris miller and ron thompson. guys, very tough loss for the wizards against the celtic. >> it was. they only lost by 2 but were down by as many as 17. we look at that time defense and the wizards are trialing to sell us on improving, but from the point guard position. gilbert is really struggling with the point guard. >> no question. he had to get to the point where he locks in and focuses. if you are athletic, you can be athletic and fast defensively. and what happens, it is open playing. the defense has to rotate. he has to perform appreciation an guarding ball and stay in front. >> reporter: well, the indiana pacers lost 6-4 last night. 107-91. the h & h went off. >> they went the game last night. career high, 20 poin

coming up next, we've got number three villanova against maryland. they are 7-0. >> marques: villanova, exceptional team. i like syracuse. wesley johnson is a horrific player, the transfer. you talk about tough, j'mison morgan thought about taking an offensive bow. >> steve: there's reeves nelson with that ice on his eye. >> marques: there's more contact right there. >> steve: exactly. kansas university right now number one in the nation but there are a lot of unbeatens and this is a conference that has 1-2 with kansas and texas. who are the other teams that could challenge kansas for the national title? >> marques: well, take a look at reeves nelson. there's that eye. it looks like he is looking. he tried to be a gamer and come back in sporting the bright yellow goggles. that didn't work out for him. >> steve: uh-oh. >> marques: there is the eye. but talking about top teams, kentucky is one of those teams even though they're young at the point guard position. john wahl is doing a great job of just about everything. patrick patterson a big-time playe

he was buried in a grave on a maryland farm. his grave was a marked by even a tombstone. there was a cedar tree planted to mark his grave. so at the beginning of the 20th century, glenn browne, and other designers, city designers, had the idea of finding him, honoring him properly, giving him the proper burial he had never had and recognizing the man who had designed the nation's capital. they did it here. they brought him to this spot in 1909. and gave him this grave, a little late maybe, but better late than never. so the way they have it arranged here, is that you often find the name of -- this is a u.s. air corps lieutenant. you will find the name of the person who was in the service on one side of the two, and on the other side, you will find his or her spouse's name. so at arlington, the rule is that if you qualify for burial here, your husband or wife can come as well. and in order to save space in recent years, they have put people basically in the same tomb. they call that box style burial. one on top of the other. there's great attention given now to save space

attorney's office in maryland got with you? >> in maryland? >> right. >> none. >> ok. just indiana. >> just indiana. >> all right. mr. caldwell, did acorn actually share accounts with tax-exempt groups like acorn institute and project vote to your knowledge? >> we're in the process of determining that. we issued subpoenas for bank account records early on, before all of the prostitution scandal broke. and we're in the process of obtaining that documentation. it's my investigator just handed me. this we have acorn-related bank accounts. we've got 89 pages, 700 plus accounts to analyze. and so part of the task that we have and any agency investigating this to determine what agencies are affiliated and to follow the money. so that's what we're in the process of doing now. but i will say that we had an issue with some certain agencies now saying they're not affiliated with acorn. that very thing came up when we issued a subpoena to the accounting firm for acorn and c.c.i. we got a letter which is filed in the public record back from our project vote saying they're not affi

i have a small business in laurel, maryland. it's a management company. and i have been trying to get funding to help in my business. but i can't get funding. i'm a single parent, african-american. i have a son that just graduated from college. he's unable to find a job. and i have my small business. it is very difficult. how do i go about getting funding? >> larry: classic example. >> think about that. >> larry: quickly. eric, you go first. >> this is a good example of the problem we face. small business administration has a lot of information and programs that will grant you some money in dedicated areas. sba.gov is a starting point. >> larry: sba.gov. that's there for you. tony? >> the other piece is you can't have all your eggs in one basket. they may not come through for you. the only way you do this, what do i need? what's my base cost? you may find yourself if you are doing this event planning, there are some companies that may do three events a year. you can give them a package, be my partner. i will do all of your events for free but help me get

line of maryland at soldier laid to. rest the family mourns the death and takes comfort in the ritual at arlington. his family took comfort in the time-honored ritual surrounding his burial at arlington national. the next call comes from taxes on the line for independents. caller: good morning. i want to make a comment about afghanistan. when mr. obama was a senator he was in charge of the subcommittee that have the responsibility for nato in afghanistan. he did not hold one single hearing. he took no action. he did not visit afghanistan. within 60 days of his election he arbitrarily sent another 22,000 troops without any deliberation whatsoever thinking that he will correct the problem. the fact is the bush administration left him only 100 al qaeda operatives in the country. the rest of this war against the taliban is smoke and mirrors. we do not need to worry about the taliban being in control of afghanistan. if the afghan people want to have the taliban rule them, they can. when he gave his speech last night he said t

maryland, 56,812. massachusetts, 199,727. michigan, 406,124. minnesota, 284,101. mississippi, 44,772. missouri, 195,036. montana, 27,592. nebraska, 30,571. nevada, 104,043. new hampshire, 13,200. new jersey, 156,607. new mexico, 73,567. look at new york, 853,387. north carolina, 251,738. people enrolled in medicare advantage, who love the program. north dakota, 7,633. ohio, 499,819. goo geewhiz, that's a lot of people who are satisfied with medicare advantage. oklahoma, 84,980. oregon, one of the most liberal states in the union, 249,993. pennsylvania, 864,040. puerto rico even, 400,991. rhode island, 65,108. south carolina, 110,949. these are senior citizens. south dakota, 8,973. tennessee, 233,024. texas, 532,242. my own state of utah, 85,588. vermont, only 3,966, but 3,000 people -- 4,000 people in vermont. virginia, 151,942. washington, 225,918. west virginia, 88,027. wisconsin, 243,443, and wyoming, 3,942. these are people who benefit from medicare advantage that would not like to get off of it. well, this choice in coverage has made a difference in the lives

.: they've still got maryland to play. maryland will play here in the greensboro (ú coliseum on sunday afternoon. >> mike g.: terrapins, a tough loss against william and mary. william and mary, 2-0 against the acc this year. both on the road. >> mike h.: it has been an interesting preseason. randall. and javy gonzalez, great defense. knocked the ball away to wood. back to smith. >> mike g.: well run break. right now they are just really trying to pressure randall. javy gonzalez is getting right up into his grill. 8@á@qp=@9tí8exbaa iw,bwÑpr zi@m0m6Ñru,vbt:1a d@gp@v @cfcnc >> mike h.: nc state playing outstanding defense. on the drive, there's kyle &f randall. again, he's coming off the bench tonight for the first time. >> mike g.: sidney lowe talked about the fact in watching film on uncg that they are very aggressive. they want to try to get into the paint area. he stressed keeping them in front of us is going to be a big key. >> mike h.: randall in his last two games, just 2 for 18 from the field. one of the reasons

after that maryland senator mikulski on her amendment on women's health screening. later, senator john mccain talks about his objections to the overall bill. >> mr. president, the next few weeks will tell us a lot about whether senators are more committed to solving problems are creating them. we have before us a historic occasion. that is where time in history we have never been before. a chance to ensure the well-being of both our fellow citizens and the recovering economy. we have before us the opportunity to relieve the suffering of many in prevent even worse pain in the future. but if we are to seize this opportunity this debate must be on the facts, not fear. we must they focused on how we can best help the american people and the american economy. we must avoid the temptation to drown the distractions and distortions. in other words to restore our jobs. mr. president last week, my counterpart, this thing which republican leader, senator mcconnell called the health care crisis "manufactured." the american people mr. president would beg to differ. i have said o

maryland. -- host: ray, republican line. maryland. caller: can they cut back on the tip -- trimming of the trees along the highways? we often lose our electric because these trees fall on the power lines. they have not been through here on these roads where i live for the last three years. guest: that is why it is so important for federal governments to provide stimulus to local governments. as the economy is in a difficult place with workers not working, states and local governments having less resources, if we cannot figure it out we cannot keep basic services going. that is why i think it is a good and important thing, the president has committed himself to state and local governments. host: you started your career over 30 years ago. how have things changed? guest: i work -- grew up in pennsylvania in the 1950's, when one out of three workers was in a union. my father, a teamster truck driver. my mother worked the night shift in the nursing home. if she raised five kids so that i could go to college and graduate. ever since then th

where i live in montgomery county maryland it was illegal to go if you had an intellectual disability on it was illegal for you to go to high school. in 1975, i.d.e.a. was enacted in large part because parents with children with disabilities predominately those with intellectual disabilities believe that the child, their job with a disability like all their other children and had value like all their other children and deserve a right to go to school. i.d.e.a. is granted i believe in the 14th amendment equal protection clause come and so because every state's constitution is salish is a public education system, the theory is if the state educate one child and it needs to educate every child. and i.d.e.a. sets out the procedures by which these is supposed to be killed in his or her individualized needs. the law also is outages a state grant program. and initially, it was thought that congress was to provide 40 percent of the excess costs associated with educating students with disabilities. overtime, i.d.e.a. has been revised, and a couple of things are important to this. first is that

the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, first, let me thank the senator from montana, senator baucus, for bringing forward a bill that has been long overdue on the senate floor. this is a historic moment as we debate health care reform. many of us have been looking forward to this moment for many, many years. this bill out of the congressional budget office is now confirmed that for -- the overwhelming majority of americans it will bring down their health care insurance premiums. this bill will bring down the growth rate of health care costs. it will provide affordable options for millions of americans who today have been denied the opportunity to buy health insurance. the congressional budget office tells us that it will insure 31 million americans who otherwise would not have insurance, bringing down the uninsured rate. and most importantly, the congressional budget office, that objective score keeper, that's not democrats, not republican, this is the objective score keeper tells us that this bill will bring do

attorney's office in maryland got with you? >> in maryland? >> right. >> none. >> ok. just indiana. >> just indiana. >> all right. mr. caldwell, did acorn actually share accounts with tax-exempt groups like acorn institute and project vote to your knowledge? >> we're in the process of determining that. we issued subpoenas for bank account records early on, before all of the prostitution scandal broke. and we're in the process of obtaining that documentation. it's my investigator just handed me. this we have acorn-related bank accounts. we've got 89 pages, 700 plus accounts to analyze. and so part of the task that we have and any agency investigating this to determine what agencies are affiliated and to follow the money. so that's what we're in the process of doing now. but i will say that we had an issue with some certain agencies now saying they're not affiliated with acorn. that very thing came up when we issued a subpoena to the accounting firm for acorn and c.c.i. we got a letter which is filed in the public record back from our project vote saying they're not affi

speaker, i would like to yield to the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, who is also a driving force behind this bill, for five minutes. mr. cummings: thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in support of h.r. 2711, the special agent samual families of fallen heroes act. pittsburgh pittsburgh f.b.i. special agent samuel hicks who was shot and killed while executing a federal search warrant on november 19, 2008. before joining the f.b.i. special agent hicks was a teacher and a city police officer in my hometown and the congressional district i represent in baltimore, maryland. when arrangements were made for special agent hicks to return to his final resting place in baltimore, moving expenses for his family to relocate were not covered. this legislation would provide funds for the moving, transportation, and relocation expenses attributed to a change of residence within the united states of the immediate family of f.

the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. hoyer: i'll take a minute. ladies and gentlemen of the house, i want to first of all thank mr. minnick. mr. minnick is an extraordinarily able member of this body and represents his district and our country well as a member of the congress of the united states. this amendment i think has brought up an important discussion on the perspectives that we all have. i am one of those that believes that previous administrations had two very deep failures. one was fiscal irresponsibility . we did not pay for what we bought. even at times when we said the economy was in good shape. we continued to borrow at record rates. taking a $5.6 trillion surplus and turning it into a $10 trillion deficit. the other major failure, i think, of the previous administration was regulartory impact. it had the power, as chairman frank has just pointed out, and in 1994 bill to intervene, to try to put a check on two things. number one, on subprime lending. it did not. mr. greenspan testified just a couple years a

myersville -- maryland. michael, go ahead. caller: i want to add about the new finding of water on the moon and the implications of that. it is like a gold rush. it is a brand new thing for the states. the first time we have a real reason to go back to the moon. guest: that is breaking news, in effect. that was just out in the last couple of weeks. that is a very important find and discovery. how it will play out into the decision making about where the space program goes -- it will be interesting to see. it was a sort of big discovery, and nasa was very happy with the news. host: next up is hamilton, new jersey, line for independen ts. caller: like the gentleman just said about funding water on the moon and the opportunities -- it seems like a lot of the things we're finding out in the last for five years, the opportunities lasted well beyond what the plant expeditions were -- planned expeditions' war. if you had a questionnaire asked how many people would be interested in going back to the moon, he would probably have people

next is bill who supports this bill calling from california, maryland. caller: yes, i'm a republican and ifully support what the democrats did by passing this healthcare system. it seems it all resolves around the stock market. it seems like the united states government -- i am retired navy. i feel sorry for the republicans because i wish one of them would have at least voted for it. it's great for the people. it may not be sgrat for wall street. >> the expensive pharmaceuticals. there's a broad set of issues that this bill will attempt to address. we all understand it is not going to address other things. further on, it is going to help reduce healthcare. there's nothing wrong with trying to cover things as much as they can. i think this that has come across the aisle from others. i'm proud of the democratic leadership. not worried about the politics of it later. we are very supportive. not host: speaking of reconsiliation of course. all of this discussion now about finding a comprimise. the first woman in new york to chair the rules committee and only

to welcome carmen reinhart director of the center for international economics at the university of maryland for new book, this time is different. .. >> a long time in the making. my co-author, from harvard university would have loved to have been here but for personal reasons he could not be here but i am sure he would have wanted to be here as well. what i would like to do, i have about 20 minutes? i am notorious for ramblings i will try not to fall into old habits buckling i will try to divide my remarks to say let's call about the essence of the book. then i will talk about how we came to write this book. lastly, what to the book means for where we are in the current economic juncture not just in the u.s. but to put it in the broader global perspective. those are the three pieces of my presentation. hot let me begin with the titled "this time is different" it is meant to be ironic. over the course of the years come to my career began at bear stearns of all places. [laughter] in the '80s, not during the recent demise. i also workday number of years at the international monetary fund. that

later tonight after the villanova/maryland game keep it right here for a full 30 minutes of the final score with all your nfl coverage including michael vick making his return to atlanta. until then back out to westwood for what should be an exciting second half between kansas and ucla. learn more at supportyourvet.org. >> okay, everyone, we have a lot to cover this morning. tim should be here any second with the latest budget numbers to -- uhh, take us through the initial... schedule... for production and..ndndndnd >> ouch. >> this is one way to avoid getting the h1n1 flu virus. >> oopsie daisy. >> all right. good morning! let's get this meeting started. >> for some better ways, visit flu.gov. [man sneezes] [groans] [groans] >>> the number one team in the nation the kansas jayhawks coming to pauley pavilion, leading by seven. ku is so strong in the middle. they haven't even needed much offensively from cole aldrich and they bring this kid markieff morris off the bench. he has been 5 for 5 and outstanding. >> marques: a terrific job. you expect him to be solid but markieff has been mo

the keynote speaker. 10 months ago, i was minding my own business in my home on the eastern shore of maryland when the phone rang and a voice came on in said, "please, hold for the president." a couple of seconds later, on came a voice, "hello, it is barack." i got an offer like an offer in the mafia movies -- you cannot say no to it. the offer was to come in and share a 60 the review on american policy toward afghanistan and pakistan and toward al qaeda. as the president explained, this is the single most important policy and national security issue that he will face as president of perhaps background is in order. they ask me about tig

for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. hoyer: madam speaker -- the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank you. ladies and gentlemen of the house, we hear like to refer to ourselves as the house of the people, the people's house, as bill matcher liked to use it. we exercise what our founding fathers set up as a free democracy where the people can speak freely through elected representatives. and frankly, we are there because we have brave men and women who are willing to serve us in the armed forces of the united states. from time to time, they have an opportunity to visit with us. it is not under the rules appropriate to directly address people who are in our gallery, but it is always in order to pay honor to those who serve us. mr. hoyer: madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 32 printed in house r

chris, in maryland, go ahead. caller: good morning and thank you so much for your service to the country. i am a vietnam veteran. i just wonder if uc continued support for all of the military other than just today. what do you think the american people are saying? . . host: i am going to let our producer have them know to turn down their television. we will come back to your mother, but i have your wife on the line. go ahead. your on with your husband. caller: merry christmas. guest: merry christmas. i love you. it is 6:00, i cannot get the boys up, but we wanted to tell you we are proud of you, we love you, mary christmas. i'm calling from montana. host: thank you for joining us this morning. we will try to get your mother back on line. frankie, go-ahead. you are on the air. guest: good morning. i love you. i am proud of you. i am so thankful you boys are over there to protect us and keep us safe. i will never forget that. you know how proud i am of you. guest: thank you. merry christmas to you. host: sergeant st

us in the state of maryland about eight or nine years ago. she was breast-feeding and was asked to leave. she was angry and agitated and she got a lot changed in the state of maryland, that someone can appropriately breastfeeding commercial establishments. you have raised the point that has been at the center of my concern for many, many years in terms of how we begin to change the culture. the workplace culture, and even the community coat -- culture because there isÑiñr a lack of receptivity to breast feeding, whether it is in a train, or at home. and some of the strongest negatives exist within the family itself. we have a great deal of work to do in this particular area. the peer counselors have been very effective at breast feeding and i think it can also work in other areas in terms of even the issue of obesity. our communities tended to respond more immediately to the exhortations of folks from the community. they are a powerful force. >> we have to focus on this because president obama has suggested and has supported this visiting n

as i look over there, there are some a listers there. >> disblm cog up, william and mary taking on maryland. at 10:00, the caps know their way to san jose. >> that will do it for this edition of geico sportsnite. >> serious a liters over there. >> in a half hour, terps taking on william and mary but up next, a special terps edition of washington post live. >> the boys are getting over there, we will tell you this. the terps, better watch themselves or even william and mary. they are a very good team. eye sap, take it away. it's all yours. i touched the ball before it went out, coach. ! i touched, it's their ball. team! alex. alex, good call. ert closed caption test, please stand by. ert closed caption test, please stand by. ert closed caption test, please stand by. >> gainesville, florida, home to the university of florida and the florida gators prepare to ring in the new year in 29 hours and welcome inside the o'connell center. and tonight, david meets goliath. presbyterian blue hose take on the florida gators and good evening, i'm matt stewart joined by bill koss and hope you're ready for

host: the next call comes from eric, republican line in maryland. caller: i have a question about this tarp business. the constitution says that revenue bills must originate in the house. the final tarp build originated in the senate and then they pulled out a bill from the mental health dictionary. they called that an amendment. the constitution permits an amendment of the bill presented by the house, but it must be within the scope of the amended bill. tarp was not within that scope. my question to you, is the original tarp legislation unconstitutional? did the speaker had a duty to blue slipped it back to the house without action? bisecting question -- are they proposing new money for this jobs program? or are they simply going to repurchase the old money? guest: the second question, the answer is that they want to reprogram the money. as it was paid out in has been paid back in. now they are telling us that we can spend it on all of these programs, which was one of the other problems. i was opposed to the tarp, as you recall, because i said ther

hampshire, maryland. facility owners can be more to expand planning efforts. states may consider requiring these facilities to develop plans as some have already done. and obviously the federal government has a role to play. another concern raised is that child care is not eligible for funding under the stafford act as an essentials service. i plan to ask our fema director, creaaig fugate to address this. we will also consider newborn infants and mothers who may be in hospital wards when disasters strike. according to hhs an average of 36 babies are born each day in new york city and in los angeles, 416. if an evacuation was called in any of those cities you could understand the difficulties of moving that kind of population if necessary. the senate version of homeland security bill for fiscal year 2010 includes an amendment i offered encouraging dhs to conduct a massive evacuation planning with the state and local governments and nonprofit, including monitoring, tracking, and continued care for neonatal

for places like ocean city, maryland. any marylanders here? down to little rock, wilmington, north carolina. any north carolinaians here? any pennsylvaniaians here? and my home state, leesburg, virginia. where are the virginians here? jefferson bail, indiana. you bet. we have been to evansville myself. across this country the crowds were big and the passions were intense. we have learned something that we already knew, folks. when americans face a challenge, we stand up and fight for our freedom. that's exactly what we are doing. [applause] that's exactly what you're doing today and every day across this country. out on the road of these events i hear one question more than any other question and it is this. can one person really make a difference? you heard that, right? because all of this grassroots act vism and tea parties, taun hall meetings, does it really make -- town hall meetings, does it really make a difference? next year i have a feeling we're going to rock this whole country. what do you think about that? applause if you think gras

number 1 kansas takes on ucla and number 3, villanova on a showdown with maryland at 5:30 eastern, 2:30 pacific. >> mike: ucla reeling earlier. as is most of the pac 10. a kind of downer. it is early, really struggling in non-conference games. i think everybody is shocked by that. here's jones, has six already in the ballgame. inside to collins. >> mike: those are the plays you want to limit if you're bc. but jones there, was a missed assignment before that. good to see collins get going because frank was telling us he is one of the keys today. harris left open for the three. knocked down. jackson tracks down another offensive rebound. >> mike: 17-9, rebound advantage on the glass, most on the offensive glass. launches another three and rolls around and down. >> mike: you have to watch out for him. he didn't start last year and upset he didn't do enough to get back into the starting lineup. now, he's seeing plenty of action. miami with a two point advantage in the basketball. with the right hand, durand scott. >> mike: showing ability to go with his offhand that time. breaking down bc

. >> i am studying at the university of maryland. are really enjoyed your speech. i wanted to make a comment. about my country afghanistan, you talk about the elections rate i was there during the elections and was working directly on the elections. we were seeing how things were being arranged on the forefront. everybody was watching that. nobody was -- and we could see that this was a -- this would be the consequence of the election. it is not a big deal in the eyes of afghanistan because it was the second election in the history of our country. we are used to it. they're working the kinks out. right now, we have to obviously find a way to work with the president. the best thing we can do is to push our president to bring the right people in the door. secondly, with regards to the engagement of the united states in afghanistan, i should say that we obviously know that people talk about eight years of engagement in afghanistan, but i am telling you that it has not been eight years of the engagement. it has been one year and a few months of engagement beginning in