salim in texas. >> caller: mr. cramer, hello. first-time caller. a few weeks ago you brought up the political prism with stock of citigroup. >> uh-huh. >> caller: five weeks ago, we were at the 350 range, stock going for 355. then the election took place in massachusetts and obama got upset. he got on screen and pounded the marked. we went to 3.15. then the state of the union came around and gradually it opened up at $3.25 the next day. my question is, is there a bundle of political issues that are going to come up? where are we going to be at a year from now. >> i think you'll have to endure more testimony and endure slow trials, kangaroo could yours against the various managements of the banks. no doubt that will include the ceo of citigroup. vick who's an okay guy. this stock has bottomed. i think this is a great call option meaning put down a lot of cash on a bank -- it's like septicism. i got very skeptical. i believe citigroup may be a great roll of the dice to play the bank stock comeback. all right. obama's bark is worse than his bite. it's

salim in texas. salim! >> caller: mr. cramer, hello. first-time caller. a few weeks ago you brought up the political prism with stock of citigroup. >> uh-huh. >> caller: five weeks ago, we were at the 350 range, stock going for 355. then the election took place in massachusetts and obama got upset. he got on screen and pounded the marked. we went to 3.15. then the state of the union came around and gradually it opened up at $3.25 the next day. my question is, is there a bundle of political issues that are going to come up? where are we going to be at a year from now. >> i think you'll have to endure more testimony and endure slow trials, kangaroo courts, star chambers against the various managements of the banks. no doubt that will include the ceo of citigroup. vick who's an okay guy. this stock has bottomed. i have been saying that over and over again. i think this is a great call option meaning put down a lot of cash on a bank -- it's like septicism. i'm very "self. . i believe citigroup may be a great roll of the dice to play the bank stock comeback. a

chairman. >> the gentleman from texas, mr. paul? >> i thank you, mr. chairman. the federal reserve transparency act which has passed the house already is something that the federal reserve obviously has been opposed to and one of the reasons they're opposed to it, as i understand it, it would politicize the monetary policy which is not what the bill actually does, but one reason -- the other reason they give is if congress had any subtle influence, it would inflate to more than what the federal reserve might want to. it's sort of ironic, the federal reserve kept interest rates too low, too long and the consensus now in the financial community is that is true. interest rates are still down at 1%, so hardly could the congress influence the federal reserve in a negative way by causing them to inflate even more, but there has been a political cozy relationship between congress and the federal reserve although the congress has been derelict in their responsibilities to perform oversight, but when it comes to debt, the fed is there and they can monetize the debt and k

. >> the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations to your reappointment. i want to go back to your testimony where you said the federal reserve was playing a key role to tighten capital in liquidity requirements and particularly systemically critical firms. can you kind of give me an idea of who you think the international systemically risky firms are? >> well, one of the issues that we'll have to address if we, for example, if the regulators agree, for example, that there should be additional capital on systemically risky firms, then the question will be how to identify those firms and presumably we will look at their size, their complexity and the interconnectedness and the complexity they provide to the financial system, but we haven't addressed that question. we don't have a list or anything like that and it's also possible that we might want to do it in a grade ated way and that's protection for the system so we don't have the too big to fail problem that congressman paul was talking about. >> also, i heard you say that you are now going back internal

louis fed president bullard will be speaking in texarcana, texas. blackstone will be reporting figures today along with dr. pepper snapple, heinz, kohls and newmont mining. on the other coast, appearing is holding its annual shareholders meeting at its headquarter k in california at 1:00 p.m. investors will get the chance to hear from ceo steve jobs, tim cook as apple, of course, gets ready to release the new ipad device. ross is already on the waiting list, i know that. >> oh, you know me so well, nicole, after just a short period of time. >> thousands took to the streets yesterday and the impact of the euro hit a one-year low against the yen. but against the dollar, it's been fairly muted this morning. but a lot to do with the post fed testimony. how do we assess the euro zone versus the u.s. for investors. still with me in the studio, phippa malgrem. julia, with the euro debt's debt problems, it was easy to buy the euro and buy the dollar on the basis that yields in the u.s. were going to go up and we were going to have interest rates higher. pos

that came and people are surprised because there was an oil spill in one of the major channels down in texas. as far as this morning, an hour from now we're expecting to see an 800,000 barrel draw as far as crude, build in distallates and a build in gasoline of 1.5 million barrels. that might be the wild card because api numbers did show a larger than expected drawdown. as far as natural gas we are seeing it continue to move above technical resistance levels and finding some momentum. let's head over to rick santelli now in chicago. >> thank you, bertha. we went over last time that the treasury had a bunch of announcements today regarding the kickoff of the refunding season next week with the fed refunding. what's really interesting and i advise all viewers to get a copy is the minutes of the treasury advisory committee meeting. not only does it point to all the issues regarding first quarter issuance and the estimates learned at the beginning of the week or 18% smaller, 392 billion for the quarter january through march, and the reasons why, but also because of two things. first of all, they

you can see lingering snow showers in the northeast, heavy rain in texas and more rain and snow as you move in the pacific northwest. as far as some expected delays, moderate, seattle, phoenix, new york city, maybe lingering effects due to that snow. looking at the map here, it looks ominous here. but most of the snow is coming to an end. boston, new york city, temperaturewise, 37 for your high in new york city. the nation's capital saw a lot of snowfall overnight. 42 will be the high temperature there. most of the northeast quiet. 55 for your high in atlanta. the rain moves into the dallas area later on this afternoon and evening. of course, the results are in, joe and carl. punxsutawney phil saw his shadow yesterday. so go figure. it looks like we'll see six more weeks of winter according to him. maybe becky was right yesterday talking about all the flashing lights because it was cloudy here in pennsylvania yesterday. >> as a weather man, scott, as a professional weather man, you have the right to veto what he says. >> no, no, no, no. >> no? >> you don't, do you? >> this is his one d

look at the snowfall amounts in texas. some of these record breaking waco seeing 3.1 inches of snow. southern part of the snow active. mixed precipitation down in the deep south. meridian, mississippi reporting snow. we don't expect a ton of accumulation. not a whole lot of advisories out that gets into the carolinas. probably begin to see a couple of inches of snow. this is the upper level part, the low of the storm that will eject energy over the delmarva peninsula and that will develop the surface low that will crank up. this is the old one that bumping up quite a bit of snow upstate new york and new england. that will wind down tonight and tomorrow. tomorrow we expect to see five to ten inches across d.c. and new york corridor, ten to 20 upstate and inland. wind will be a huge issue with this. we could see hurricane force winds. the amount of snow that d.c. and new york gets the confidence is fairly low because it will start as rain, go over to snow. how long that warm air sticks around is a huge question. the wind and

stand by for that. >>> the wife of the pilot who flew a small plane into a building in texas today is speaking out now for the first time. we'll tell you what she has to say and update you on the investigation. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." an emotional and very public apology by tiger woods. with his mother looking on from the front row, his wife absent, the golfing great apologized for his extramarital affair and the scandal that sidelined his career. he spoke about the therapy he's undergoing, his bide it faith and plan to return to golf someday. let's talk about it with former sports anchor and entertainment anchor pat o'brien and christine brennan. christine, what did you think? >> well, we are seeing a man at rock bottom, i think. wolf, compare the visual of tiger winning a golf tournament, which is how most people see him and to see this today was really an eye opener and how far away from golf he is. when he mentioned golf in the 12th or 13th minute, and quick mention and hopes to come back someday, it certainly makes the talk about, you know, the masters o

this is the san carlos colonia along the texas-mexico border. you walk through here and it's like stepping into another world. a colonia is a cluster of homes carved out of the most undesirable property along the southern u.s. border. in texas, it's estimated some 400,000 people live like 14-year-old anabelle. >> who do you live here with? >> my mom and little sister. >> reporter: the three of you live here? >> yeah. we had one bed. i sleep on the floor. >> reporter: you slept on the floor? >> yeah. >> reporter: she and her family are moving into a new house for $200 a month. it's not much better. this is the house they're moving into. it's 264 square feet. there's going to be five people living here, three brothers and sisters, two small children and they're still working on the house as we speak. they have been painting and this is the area of most concern, a big hole in the ceiling and it's been leaking water since we've been here. follow me inside here and you can see this is what passes as a bathroom in colonias and the owners aren't even s

check out this figure, $350 million to this company, and this is called summit texas clean energy llc, $350 million right there. they are saying they expect to create 1,000 jobs just for constructing this area. and they expect once it's up and running, 120 to 150 permanent jobs once it's up and running. >> this is something you're key on, how many jobs are created, and how many jobs are longer lasting. every time i say clean coal on television, it doesn't matter what i say, e-mails and all sorts of things we'll get. and tell me how many you get and that term ignites a lot of people. >> we say clean coal and coal, because we don't know if it exists either. >> notice the quotes. >> we don't know if it will ever be a real thing. but this administration says they're ready to invest in the possibility. >> yeah. >> that they could ultimately create that. >> very good. >>> when you're dealing with your credit card and you run out of limit, credit limit, you either have to stop spending or you call up the bank and up your credit limit. the country got an increase in its credit limit, we'll te

let's look at texas. if you are in west texas, wow, five inches of snow. i have to say that the texans are getting used to this and they have reason to buy a lot of snow shovels this year and they have use of them. that big storm which is a big storm coming and a combination of this storm that is in texas plus another one that has hit the south and the midwest. that is as far as my amateur weather reporting can go, so let's bring in the big guns right now. chad myers, what do you any? i am doing this to make you proud. >> i thought you were filling time. i didn't know. nice job, ali. yeah, don't mess with texas. snow coming down there, and we have a great "off of the radar" coming up as well. here is the snow up in rutland and killington and a lot of places that haven't seen a lot of snow there, and the skiers love it, natural instead of manmade for a change. this is the storm that is going to affect the northeast for the end of the week which starts tomorrow night, and it continues, and it will continue to be a 48-72-hour snowfall when you can begin to ge

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the man who flew a single engine plane into an office building in austin, texas, may have been trying to cause as much damage as possible. a law enforcement official familiar with this investigation is telling cnn that several of the plane's seats were actually taken out of the plane, possibly to make room for a drum of fuel oil. joe stack appears to have deliberately crashed his plane into the building, housing a irs office. stack and one person in that building were killed. several others hurt. two hospitalized. yesterday stack's widow apologized through a statement that was read by a family friend. here it is. >> words cannot adequately express my sorrow or the sympathy i feel for everyone effected by this unimaginable tragedy. >>> hundreds of californians force from their homes again. they are bringing back the threat of mudslides. people prepare their homes before and they packed up. dozens of those homes in the same area were damaged by mudslides just about two weeks ago. >>> next week republican leaders head to the white house. the big health care summit. republicans already ha

he represented the state of texas for 12 terms. he retired in 1997. a strong anti-communist, wilson helped arm anti-rebels in their raid of the soviet union back in the 1980s. his work behind the scenes is widely considered to be instrumental in forcing the soviets out of afghanistan. there was a movie, "charlie's war," in which he was portrayed by tom hanks. he died of respiratory failure on december 10. he was 76 years old. let's check in with jack who has the cafferty file. jack? >> the question this hour, is the recession over in your state? tony writes from tampa, it may not be obvious now, but i suppose the stat tistics will sw a few months from now what i, as a government inspect or, am seeing in the field. namely, that businesses are starting to rehire. people are saying things are picking up again, steadily. that's my report. curtis in kansas writes, i couldn't be happier to be a kansas transplant from california for the last eight years. sure, i miss the housing bubble but i miss the crash, too, so it's all good. the recession is not over he

we've seen a decent amount of snow from new mexico across northern parts of texas. now it's on the move and againi beginning to mor pchph a little. the heavier amounts of rain is being thrown at the city of new orleans, which, you know, has reason to party for sure. they'll be partying in the wet streets today at least and probably through tonight as well. rain beginning to intensify across the atlanta area and streaming into the north carolina area. we're not really subfreezing until you get well into virginia. as a matter of fact, the virginia-maryland border is pretty much the rain-snow line at this moment. so as far as concentrating on the rain is concerned, a decent amount. potentially a flooding amount from new orleans up through central parts of georgia and in through south carolina, could see a couple three inches of snow or rainfall. all rain south of certainly virginia. as far as what this storm is going to do when it hits that cold air, it's going to turn into snow. along the appalachians a mixture of rain and snow, sleet and freezing rain. then you get i

president, the second question comes via e-mail from el paso, texas. rebecca harris writes, what can be done to get loans to small businesses. i hear that banks are still not loaning money because of lack of confidence, and can they have a stipulation to loan it out, so that we can get the economy moving? >> this is an important question, because i have been traveling doing town hall meetings and traveling the country and everywhere i go i hear the same thing which is that we feel like the economy is starting to improve, and we are starting to get orders again, and we want to expand or replenish our inventory or we are interested in maybe hiring another two or three workers, because we can't just keep on putting all of the current workers on overtime. so, they are on the brink of wanting to expand, move, hire, by what they are saying is that we still can't get financing. now credit is available for the biggest companies, and they are starting to make investments. every indicator out there is th that, that the economy across the board including in manuf

a wild police chase in texas ended with the suspect actually leaping from his moving car and trying to escape on foot. well, he didn't get very far. this case actually began in ft. worth. it lasted 45 minutes, reaching speeds up to 100 miles an hour. the suspect was wanted for parole violations and faces multiple charges. >> he could have wished for toyota with an acceleration problem. it could have saved them. >> why did he think he can get away with that? >> i don't know, those high speed chases. can't get enough of the video, though. >>> up next, firing teachers for failing the kids. one district is sending out pink slips for the entire high schoo faculty. are they to blame? we'll hear from both sides coming up. and later, legal limbo. a group of orphans in haiti and the fight to bring them to the u.s. tonight. gary tuckman reports on a happy ending. a regular moment can become romantic. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis. with two clinically proven dosing options, you can choose the moment that's right for

wakefield runs a research and treatment organization in austin, texas. quote, the allegations against me and against my colleagues are both unfounded and unjust. research into that possible connection between autism and vaccines, is still going on. >>> after 9/11 we were comforted a bit by the thought of air marshals on u.s. flights. fast forward nine years and they're back in the news. cnn special investigation coming up. if you have overactive bladder and you worry your pipes might leak (pipe doctor) ask your doctor about treating with vesicare. (pipe woman) then you could treat yourself to a night out with fewer urges or a day with fewer leaks or a trip with fewer overactive bladder problems. (pipe doctor) once daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to reduce frequent, sudden urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. tell your doctor right away if you have a serious allergic reaction, severe abdominal pain, or become constipated fo

tom foreman takes a look at a job training program making a huge difference in texas. >> reporter: on the east edge of austin, rebuilding america starts with rebuilding lives. meet the latest class of the skilled alliance construction gateway. funded by city and county tax dollars this is an innovative five-week training program to turn the unemployable into the employed. >> this is a big deal to you? >> yes, very big deal. this is the beginning of the rest of my life. >> i'm excited even though it is -- really intense. >> reporter: the target is individuals over the age of 18 who ought to be entering the work force but who have little hope of doing so because they dropped out of school or wound up in jail or had some other problem. sean gomez, for example, had been in and out of prison for robbery by the time he was 25. >> there was no work. he was not existing. for me people like myself. >> follow the basics and repeat basics and everything else falls in place. >> reporter: then he ran into sylvester would recruits students for the construction gateway program. scouring homeless she

>> i'm in culinary school in el paso, texas. i'm enjoying it and raising my daughter. just enjoying life as much as i can. >> larry: how do you look back at your military career? >> i loved it. i enjoyed being in the military, and i don't regret for one second joining up. it was something that i think improved my life, improved my outlook on life, and made me feel really appreciate the freedom i enjoy. >> larry: what did you make of all the media attention? >> it was kind of a pain in the butt. >> larry: did the other six captors rezents it? >> no, not at all. we're very tight. >> you got the most? you did. >> but we understood that we shared a bond that nobody could understand or come between. they're my brothers, and i can lean on them anytime. >> larry: you were the first black p.o.w. in american history? >> black female, yeah. it's not a title that i like. >> larry: did they have to convince you to write this book? was there any hesitant see at all? >> there was a lot. my family insisted -- >> larry: didn't want you to? >> they insisted i write the book. they think

in states like texas which already have the most restrictive limitations on lawsuits doctors order tests at the same rate as in states with no limitations. in fact -- >> the issue there, i mean, it would be possible, as i think you're suggesting, that sometimes doctors, people order more tests because it may be lining their pocketbooks as opposed to practicing defensive medicine. we've talked about doctors may be changing medical practice. >> it's commonly stated by the trial bar that this issue is about taking away patients' rights. the thing that's never stated is that relatively few patients who have add adverse medical outcome, whether a medical add jers outcome because of negligence and other factors get the kind of representation or any kind of an outcome favorable to them in terms of compensation. why is that? the only connection between liability, a finding of liability is the severity of injury. so the way the tort machine works is you have to have a stream of patients with very severe injuries coming in to make the practice profitable because it's only in those kinds of cases t

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>> i'm in culinary school in el paso, texas, raising my daughter, just enjoying life, as much as i can. >> larry: how do you look back at your military career? >> i loved it. i enjoyed being in the military and i don't regret for one second joining up. it was something that i think improved my life, improved my outlook on life, and made me feel, really appreciate that i enjoy. >> larry: what'd you make of all the media attention? >> it was kind of a pain in the butt. >> larry: did the other six captors resent it? >> no, not at all. we are very tight. >> larry: because you got the most. >> yeah, but -- >> larry: you did. >> yeah, but we understood that we shared a bond that nobody could understand and nobody could come between. they're my brothers and i can lean on them anytime. >> larry: you were, am i correct, the first black p.o.w. in american history. >> black female, yeah. >> larry: black female. >> it's not a title that i like. >> larry: did they have to convince you to write this book? was there any hesitancy at all? >> there was a lot of hesitancy. my family insisted -- >> larry

long view, texas. hello. >> caller: hello and good evening mrs. sanford. i'm sorry for the pain you faced at the hands of the governor's hypocrisy and waste of taxpayer dollars. i've never heard your opinion. do you think he should resign? i inferred you think he should. was that a plea for plural marriage? i'm kind of unclear. >> i respect your question but i've been asked in the past whether i think he should resign. particularly when he came back from argentina. i said, i'm staying out of that. my focus is my children and my family. i'm going to leave it at that. >> larry: he did shame -- in shaming the marriage he shamed the office, too, didn't he? >> he did shame the office, but, you know, i'm not the one to judge whether he should resign or be impeached. i'm focused where my priorities are which is where they should be. >> larry: how do you like going on and talking about a book? >> you know, it's different. >> larry: how do you like talkitalk ing about your life? >> it's very different. i didn't open the can of worms and introduce it to the country.

in states like texas which already have the most restrictive limitations on lawsuits doctors order tests at the same rate as in states with no limitations. in fact -- >> the issue there, i mean, it would be possible, as i think you're suggesting, that sometimes doctors, people order more tests because it may be lining their pocketbooks as opposed to practicing defensive medicine. let me give dr. strunk a chance to respond here. we've talked about doctors may be changing medical practice. what about what mr. tarricone is saying? >> it's commonly stated by the trial bar that this issue is about taking away patients' rights. the thing that's never stated is that relatively few patients who have add adverse medical outcome, whether a medical adverse outcome because of negligence or because of other factors actually get the kind of representation or any kind of an outcome that is favorable to them in terms of compensation. why is that? the only connection between liability, a finding of liability is the severity of injury. so the way the tort machine works is you have to have a stream of pati

rand paul, son of texas congressman ron paul. he threw his hat into the kentucky senate race last year, campaigning against big government. even got the seal of approval from sarah palin, a keynote speaker at the convention. dr. paul, thanks for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> i interviewed you last august. we talked to your dad as well. this is when you were first announcing your can candidacy for the senate. you were a long shot. fast-forward six months and you're a viable candidate. what do you think has changed? >> it's just been amazing and astounding campaign so far. we started out 11 points down and we're actually 19 points up in an independent media poll. i give a lot of credit to the tea party, the largest events i've been to in kentucky have all been tea parties. in my little town of bowling green, 700 people showed up for a tea party, in louisville, 4,000 people. the largest events in kentucky have all been tea party so far. >> what is your platform or message that resonates with people that you say are comin

point guard at university of texas. >> you are covered. >> covered. >> you are covered. absolutely. >> look, look forward to having you down not only -- you have to come down and see me. >> thank you. thank you. >> thanks. >> all right. which way are we looking? here first? all right. my back to you. i apologize. all right. >> a basketball game in an hour and a half against duke. then my youngest has a test up at syracuse. premed student. they would have liked to have been here, we have always taught them if they have commitments they need to finish them. that's what they are doing. we have their bibles here. so we have them in our hearts and prayer. >> the other reason i like him, syracuse. >> right. that's right. >> syracuse. my son, syracuse. great. she learned to really love the snow. >> she is learning. >> more snow here than they do up there. >> right now. >> thanks again. >> thanks again. hope you enjoy it as much as do i. thank you. all right, guys. >> there you see it. we can eavesdrop a little bit. the microphones were there and could hear what they were say g

. >> this is right up against el paso, texas. we talked to the mayor there and talked to the sheriff there, and we talked to reporters that cover that beat, and a lot of them are scared to death because they are being killed for covering the story. why do we care? not only because of the deaths in juarez, but we are talking about drugs rolling into the u.s. ? >> yes, people are crossing over and living in el paso because they feel safer, but we are starting to see problems like homicides, kidnappings that you did not see before. and not only mexican drug cartels as the spring board into the united states drug market, and that's the reason why you see the kind of violence -- we are talking about an industry, an illegal industry that makes about $20 billion a year in profits based on drug sales alone. this is only seconds to the oil industry in mexico, for example. you have a big problem that pertains not only mexico, but also to the united states, and the south american countries, countries like columbia that produce cocaine, ship

texas economy doing better. the tngs economy is doing better than a lot of other places. that means maybe there will be opportunities for those people. >> that was a great story, tom. i want to thank you for something else, because when you put your money where your mouth is, and boy did you deliver. we demanded barbecue, and not only did we get wonderful and delicious smoked ribs, but this is the big daddy, the big kguy, barbecue like no other, and this is all tom foreman. >> now that it has been on tv, can you put it on your expense report is what i want to know? >> it's in review. you got great barbecue. >> this will feed the entire studio. >> yeah, we tried to feed everybody. and isn't it interesting that john roberts took the day off, who started this thing. enjoy the beach. >> yeah, sorry. >> it's a good day to be jewish here on "american morning." >> by the way, i did not get left out. look at me enjoying my meal over here. i am telling you, the restaurants here in austin -- i am a guy that travelled a lot and have been to a lot of places, the restaurants here in u

cuellar of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1051 the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. first ever all, mr. chairman, i want to rise in support of this particular amendment of the cybersecurity enhancement act. i want to thank mr. lipinski for all the leadership he's provided on this bill and the staff that worked so hard. i want to thank my good friend from texas also, mr. mccaul, who has worked very hard on this issue, especially in the homeland security. we aprooshate your work on that, mr. -- appreciate your work on that, mr. mccaul. this will improve the cybersecurity in both the private and public sector. any business will tell you we live in a highly interconnected, highly technological 21st century. as a member of the homeland security, i know we are under attack from cyberthreats every single day. tentative security and intelligence information passed through the internet

reyes of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1105, the gentleman from texas, mr. reyes, and a member opposed, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. reyes: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. reyes: the manager's amendment, madam chair, includes a number of revisions to h.r. 2701 along with a number of technical changes. i would like to highlight several. the manager's amendment makes significant changes to the underlying bill as reforms to the process for notifying congress on sensitive covert actions. as my colleagues know, the national security act requires that the president inform congress through the intelligence committees about all significant intelligence activities, including covert actions. in my very limited circumstances, it allows -- in very limited circumstances it allows the president to limit briefings to unseven highly -- uncertainly sensitive actions to th

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. lungren. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. lungren: madam speaker, once again i know i run the risk of trying to introduce some expertise into this debate and for that i apologize, but the american bar association appeared before the subcommittee of judiciary dealing with the underlying bill, the bill that was presented before our committee, and in there they voiced support as they have for decades for removal of the mccarran-ferguson anti-trust exemption for the health care industry, health care insurance industry. however, they said as point number one of the five major points they made, insurers should be authorized to corporate in the collection and dissemination of past lost experience data so long as these activities do not unreasonably restrain competition. but insurers should not be authorized to corporate in the construction of advisory rates

texarkana, texas, joe is next. he is an independent. xdcaller: going back to whatç u first showed -- moody's bond rating, ifç you believe in that why you put that in the situation you are in? so, the democrats and republicans -- having solid footing. people have to believe in those things. how are they going to get the american public to even think they can go by a performance rating to put their ira's a 41 k in. as far as what the president said yesterday about discretionary spending, there are some many ways they can straighten it out but they cannot even come up with a health care bill to get it straight -- they are not working for the american people. host: san antonio, texas, john on the republican line. caller: how are you doing today? host: very well, thanks for your

the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: madam speaker, i love it that the gentleman's talking about, oh, these republicans want to privatize social security and medicare. we're responsible. well, what the gentleman forgot is it's the democrats' proposal that takes $400 billion out of medicare. $400 billion. those are not only talking points from the 1990's that the gentleman's hung up on, it's not truth of. i'd like to yield to the gentleman from minnesota one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for one minute. mr. paulsen: i rise today in strong opposition to this rule which will raise our national debt by nearly $2 trillion. that's 12 zeros. i urge members to vote no on the previous question so we can immediately have the house consider h.r. 4566, the end tarp act. that will end the tarp bailout program once and for all, saving taxpayers about $200 billion. in the most recent report, the special inspether general of tarp himself said, the program has failed to boost bank l

what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. in a recent interview with abc "world news," president obama referred to the christmas day bomber as a nigerian student. but he is not just a student. he's a terrorist. a would-be mass murderer who almost killed 288 innocent civilians. the administration is so concerned about being politically correct that they watered down the truth about the terrorist threat facing americans. last year the obama administration instructed officials to replace the term global war on terror with overseas contingency operation. around the same time, homeland security secretary napolitano started referring to terrorist attacks as man-made disasters. the administration also abandon the use of enemy combatants when referring to terrorists detained at guantanamo bay.

my state of texas, $5,000 a year. as long as people know what they are purchasing, i don't know see why it is reasonable to restrict someone from having a policy that may be more affordable. my insurance premiums have decreased by about 50% over the last two years, not because i'm a member of congress and i get a special deal, but i said you know what? i can no longer afford this high option p.p.o. insurance that is available for us, so i have gone into a health deductible plan with a health savings account. i like the fact that i was the one who got to choose which doctors and facilities i used. i didn't have to call 1-800 -california to get an x-ray approved. i made the decisions as to who i saw and when. i have gone back to that type of policy and i'm satisfied. we have improved from the old medical savings account in 1996 to the improvements that started in 2003 and continue to this day. preventive care is included as part of the benefit in a high deductible health plan because the insurance company has an interes

you know, 27 years ago as a young texas state senator i authored the texas free enterprise and antitrust act. but one industry, one industry alone to all others was exempted because of this federal law. so action about anti-competitive practices of one industry, the insurance industry. and we see the results. in the last decade, insurance premiums, health insurance premiums in texas have gone up over 100%. protecting consumers and fostering competition are american values. families and small businesses will benefit when the health care industry have to compete like other industries. this will reform at a newly reinvigorated department of justice who forget about it under the bush administration. together we can now have oversight that was overlooked for eight years under that administration. hopefully president obama will correct a major omission in the health care legislation that he's proposed by including this vital reform, repeal of the antitrust loophole for the health insurance industry. it's time for competition. it's time for open markets and it's time to block the closed door co

the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: madam speaker, i love it that the gentleman's talking about, oh, these republicans want to privatize social security and medicare. we're responsible. well, what the gentleman forgot is it's the democrats' proposal that takes $400 billion out of medicare. $400 billion. those are not only talking points from the 1990's that the gentleman's hung up on, it's not truth of. i'd like to yield to the gentleman from minnesota one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for one minute. mr. paulsen: i rise today in strong opposition to this rule which will raise our national debt by nearly $2 trillion. that's 12 zeros. i urge members to vote no on the previous question so we can immediately have the house consider h.r. 4566, the end tarp act. that will end the tarp bailout program once and for all, saving taxpayers about $200 billion. in the most recent report, the special inspether general of tarp himself said, the program has failed to boost bank l

reyes of texas, amendment number 3 by mr. hastings of florida, amendment number 12 by schauer of michigan. the the unfinished business is the -- the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1, as modified, by mr. reyes of texas on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 111-419 offered by mr. reyes of texas, as modified. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro temp

john missionary baptist church, dallas, texas. the chaplain: god of our weary ears, god that has brought us along the way, god who has led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray. pray for your comfort to the family whose sons and daughters have made the ultimate sacrifice. and we ask you to heal the wounded. we remember the sorrow and suffering, for the people of haiti who struggle day-to-day with their backs against the wall, especially the children. we are thankful for the graciousness of this president, of the house of representatives, and for the generosity of the people around the world. and we seek the guidance of your infanity wisdom for the house of representatives who solve the problems of our time and our great nation. in the name of the one who loves the world, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the chamber her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlem

in the world in my district, fort hood, texas. and if you're in the army, you know where fort hood is. in fact, i think if you find any 20-year veteran of the army, you'll find out they've been to fort hood. some of them once, twice, three, four times, because it's a huge training post and it is a great place, as they call it, in central texas. it had a great disaster happen to it on november 5 of last year when major nadal hasan attacked and killed 13 soldiers and wounded 43 others. before two courageous police officers, responding to this violence at fort hood, came and basically shot the man and brought him down. one of them getting shot in the process. and they got him captured. he's now the subject of much discussion around this house of representatives. and by the way, i don't know if anyone noticed, i was very surprised at the state of the union to see those two officers sitting right up here with the first lady of the united states and i was very surprised also that they weren't introduced to the house. but if you noticed

the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: mr. speaker, i am ready to yield, but i did want to make comments to my colleague, mr. johnson, and appreciate his comments about his family and how stalking violence can happen anywhere in the united states to anybody. and we as a body must be aware that victims throughout the country go through terrible tragedies in their life. this legislation brings awareness of stalking to the national front. stalking laws are imposed to protect the right to be left alone, and that's a right people in this country have, to be left alone. i want to thank the victims' groups that have supported this legislation. and as chairman of the victims right caucus, all of the newest members of the caucus also support this and urge its adoption. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 960. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair -- mr. johnson: mr. spe

susan is joining us from fort worth, texas. caller: i don't know where this lady is coming from about the republicans not being involved in anything. i have watched, as a retired person, hours and hours of democrats and republicans in these different committees. unfortunately, i cannot afford c-span three -- c-span3. burgess is my representative, and i looked up on open secrets, and it is amazing how much he and cassidy get from the health-care industry. i went to one of the town hall meetings, and the number one topic of conversation was out to undermine obama. i watched yesterday about toyota, and is representative phil gingrey from a georgia, i believe -- anyway, he wants to be able to sue for the automotive industry, but forget it for people who have had maybe the wrong blood taken off or kidney taken off. -- wrong leg taken off or kidney taken off three they don't want government interfering in health care. why should they interfere in the health-care industry? host: let me get back to a point from donna -- again, you can

country in taxes -- texas. i have a husband who this january was diagnosed with hereditary liver cancer. he just had surgery, he spent over a month in the hospital due to complications. i have a 30-day caught off for my insurance that a paid for so i am looking at thousands of dollars in medical bills. if you'd think this cannot happen to you, it can. guest: just for the grace of god for any of us. you are the reason we need to pass this bill. i don't hear you saying you want free health care. i am not hearing you say you want a handout. i am not hearing you saying you want a government takeover. what i'm hearing you saying is your husband's got really sick and you should not lose everything you had because he got really sick. we agree with you, and we think there should be reasonable were rules that say that insurance companies can't cut you off from most of benefits. we think there should be reasonable prices so you can afford to continue to have those benefits. rose, we are committed to using the best ideas

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the canadian premere stuck into the united states for some stealth health care. now, why would he come to the united states for heart surgery? because his life depended upon it. my heart, my choice, my health, he proclaimed. when it came down to it he didn't trust his life to canada's government-run health care system. imagine that. the premiere said after the successful heart surgery, quote, i did not sign away my right to get the best possible health care for myself when i entered politics. the american people said they don't want to be forced into signing their life away for health care. when life and death decisions are put into the hands of government bureaucrats, it's unhealthy to everybody. when it came down to the matter of his own life or death decision, the can nadeyeen premiere chose private health care and american heart surgeons over the

in texas like teaching texas history more than american history. it is charming in a way, but i don't like it when i see state school boards start telling people what to teach. part of what trying -- of trying to do this hyper reform -- we need to open up our narrative, we need to tell stories of women's history, african american history, latino history on and on. we have a big narrative with all sorts of players. it is not all about presidents and generals or white men. host: carl, liberty city. florida. caller: the old saying about it is coming back to haunt us. when we compare the jeffersonian and hamiltonian type of speaking to this modern day we look at the religious right, we look at the neocons and we look at, what you said earlier, the young people who have a tendency to move the country to much higher levels which is good because the person from kansas mentioned that the history teaching was eradicated and what i wanted to w3eat -- inject is it was eradicated because integration was coming in and the dixiecrats, those of that level of ment

speaker, i yield my time to the gentlelady from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee is recognized as the leader for the remainder of the minutes. ms. jackson lee: there is an enormous history involved around haiti and the track record of the congressional black caucus. let me continue my remarks and i will yield myself such time as i may consume. ms. jackson lee: thank you for your courtesy and i note on this congressional black caucus hour that two of our members have come to the floor, chairwoman, honorable barbara lee and member from california, chairwoman of the financial services committee and recent returning from haiti, maxine waters. i will just recount as the chairman just did, chairman payne, a lot of the work we have done here in the united states, but also in case many wonder why we are continuing this effort and why we have made a commitment as members of the congressional black caucus to never give up or give out on haiti and view this as a long-term recovery and restoration is because

in texas. and these are small businessmen and women who said we need to get the fear on it tft system. we need to give assurance. mr. speaker, i'm here tonight as a medical doctor to try to give some assurance to the american people that there are people here on the republican side that are fighting against this government takeover of the health care system. mr. speaker, the american people have spoken very loudly. recent polls showed that 70% of americans either want us to scrap the obamacare plans, the house plan and the senate plan and it would include his new plan, because it's the two plans put together, or do nothing. well, frankly, as a medical doctor, i don't want to do nothing. i have introduced my own health care finance overhaul plan, h.r. 3889, which is a comprehensive overhaul of the health care system. a little over 100 pages and it would put patients in charge of health care decisions along with their doctors. and even medicare patients, it would stop the government control of he

if i get a speeding ticket in texas and another one in texas and another one in virginia is going to show that is what we want to see here. the problem we have seen, oh well they have failed one check ride. bayfield one in the military into in front of the faa and to into in front of the faa and to warrant their less is a trend that is what we need to be able to put light on. >> thank you. the focus strickland pilots? >> these bills, yes maam. it is focused on pilot hiring. >> because the other crewmembers >> because the other crewmembers should have some training well. mr. scovell, you made your statement that you cannot regulate professionalism and you regulate professionalism and you are exactly right, but action if any can faa and the industry take to address the key safety concerns? >> ms. johnson, thank you. i think my statement and my oral statement was we cannot mandate professionalism. mine reinstatements says regulate. to draw that distinction more finally i think that certain key aspects of professional behavior can be regulated and on occasion should be. mr. babbitt has o