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jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman of the ways and means committee and i thank the ways and means committee for the very fine leadership that it has exhibited and particularly on tonight's -- on tonight by bringing to the floor the legislation sponsored by our very good frent, mr. oberstar. i chair the congressional children's caucus and i wanted to rise and speak from the heart, for mr. mcdermott to share with us as the minority manager as well, shared with us some of the pain that goes with children who need to be adopted. some years ago, i chaired the foster parent task force for harris county. i had the privilege of chairing that with one of our former colleagues, congressman mike andrews. and we chaired that task force to recruit, to restore to rejuvenate foster parents. to encourage them in their parenting and their loving of foster children. in the course of that task, i learned of aging out. children who were in the foster care system, not adopted, therefore at t
jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman of the ways and means committee and i thank the ways and means committee for the very fine leadership that it has exhibited and particularly on tonight's -- on tonight by bringing to the floor the legislation sponsored by our very good frent, mr. oberstar. i chair the congressional children's caucus and i wanted to rise and speak from the heart, for mr. mcdermott to share with us as the minority manager as well, shared with us...
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robert jackson is a perfect example. you knew exactly what he was saying and why, and it was still moving to read it. i like my predecessors opinions. cheaper justice rehnquist. they are very crisp and clear. -- chief justice rehnquist. he has a book that i had the recommend to any person who is going into law school about how the supreme court works. it is very clear and a good read. you can pick it up when you are reading cheap crier anief just's and joe's book. if you read a lot, you did a good sense of what is good writing. it helps you when you're writing briefs or opinions, it does not matter. you mentioned chief justice rehnquist and that reminds me that whenever students had asked me if you would say a little bit about what your work was like when you were the law clerk to the associate justice? >> it was a fabulous year. you sat right there and they call them opel clerks. -- elbow clerks. he was famous for at 10-day rule. if you get a signed a memo or draft opinion, what ever it is, you have 10 days to do with w
robert jackson is a perfect example. you knew exactly what he was saying and why, and it was still moving to read it. i like my predecessors opinions. cheaper justice rehnquist. they are very crisp and clear. -- chief justice rehnquist. he has a book that i had the recommend to any person who is going into law school about how the supreme court works. it is very clear and a good read. you can pick it up when you are reading cheap crier anief just's and joe's book. if you read a lot, you did a...
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thank you. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee from just a couple minutes ago. again those election discussions happening right now. house republicans also meeting this afternoon. their news conference following their meetings. we underit's been postponed until tomorrow. again we'll have live coverage of any announcement about the elections as soon as they become available right here on c-span. this morning on "washington journal," oregon congressman earl blumenauer joined us. he is in those caucus meetings right now, but he joined us to talk about today's elections and he offered his views on a possible extension of the bush era tax cuts. this is about 20 minutes. >> "wa" continues. host: thanks for being with us. talk about your support for nancy pelosi and who should be the minority leader of the house. guest: democrats would not have made the majority a hat and the progress they had -- history will look at -- they had and the progress they had. history will look at this. she took a lot of heat for making tough decisions. $2 billion spent to vilify her. democ
thank you. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee from just a couple minutes ago. again those election discussions happening right now. house republicans also meeting this afternoon. their news conference following their meetings. we underit's been postponed until tomorrow. again we'll have live coverage of any announcement about the elections as soon as they become available right here on c-span. this morning on "washington journal," oregon congressman earl blumenauer joined us....
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jackson lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. i have a series of thanksgiving wishes, wishes that many in this country will have the opportunity to experience, but because of the stalling and the delay of those opposition kings and queens, we don't have the opportunity to extend unemployment benefits so that many of the vulnerable in this country will have an opportunity to be thankful and to sit with their families and to be able to celebrate. these are hardworking americans who have given their best to this country. how dare we not provide an extension of unemployment benefits. we must do it now. i heard this morning someone indicate, what are they doing for small businesses? i don't know why information does not translate to all of you hardworking small businesses, but we have given you in this congress with this democratic majority 16 tax cuts that you will be able toualityize and $30 billion right now in the -- for you to utilize and $30 billion right now in the banks because we believe in you, the job creators. and i want t
jackson lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. i have a series of thanksgiving wishes, wishes that many in this country will have the opportunity to experience, but because of the stalling and the delay of those opposition kings and queens, we don't have the opportunity to extend unemployment benefits so that many of the vulnerable in this country will have an opportunity to be thankful and to sit with their families and to be able to celebrate. these are hardworking americans who have given...
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jackson lee: i ask to address the house. let me thank my good friend from colorado, and i will agree with you that this underlying bill is not a bill about billionaires and millionaires. i am delighted to rise now and support h.r. 4783 which has been amended by the senate, and i will tell you that this bill is not an entitlement. it is a bill that is earned by the sweat and tears and the loss of land and the death of many who stood for the empowerment on the basis of the ownership of land that would generate a legacy for those who happen to be native americans and as well as justice for those who happen to be african-american. i am delighted that we have come to a conclusion on the cobell settlement and the pigford settlement. one dealing with the trust lands of native americans and the other dealing with the inequities in the department of agriculture dealing with black farmers. this is the work of the agriculture committee and it is the work of the judiciary committee, the department of justice and president obama's admini
jackson lee: i ask to address the house. let me thank my good friend from colorado, and i will agree with you that this underlying bill is not a bill about billionaires and millionaires. i am delighted to rise now and support h.r. 4783 which has been amended by the senate, and i will tell you that this bill is not an entitlement. it is a bill that is earned by the sweat and tears and the loss of land and the death of many who stood for the empowerment on the basis of the ownership of land that...
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jackson lee: i thank the gentleman. meeks, i rise enthusiastically to support the pigford-cobell settlement and i ask that we continue to seek justice for those who have been denied it. i ask unanimous consent to place my statement into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rahall: i yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. barrow: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank the chairman for yielding and his leadership on this issue. mr. speaker, this country has a proud heritage of african-american farmers who have contributed more than their fair share to our national economy but our government has not given them their fair share of support. it's shameful. that many of those farmers have faced discrimination by their own government. i applaud this effort to finally right some of those wrongs and i encourage my colleagues to support this bill. however, i feel compelled to make the point that while this
jackson lee: i thank the gentleman. meeks, i rise enthusiastically to support the pigford-cobell settlement and i ask that we continue to seek justice for those who have been denied it. i ask unanimous consent to place my statement into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rahall: i yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. barrow: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank...
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sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. i thank the manager, mr. pallone, for his constant leadership on health care matters and the energy committee and the full complement of members. as well as mr. stark for his continued strength on the issues of providing fairness and balance in the health care system of america to the managers, my colleague from the other side of the aisle, i appreciate the recognition that we have a bipartisan crisis and that we all have to address the pending concern of a potential cut as we move forward into 2011. during the thanksgiving holiday as i was in my district, i saw a table of doctors in a restaurant who felt compelled to come and ask me to support what is called the doctor fix, the medicare fix, and i had to assure them that members of congress were equally concerned about the providers of health care, the implementers of good h
sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. i thank the manager, mr. pallone, for his constant leadership on health care matters and the energy committee and the full complement of members. as well as mr. stark for his continued strength on the issues of providing fairness and balance in the health care system of america to the managers, my colleague from the...
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and we've seen this over the last couple of months as chairman bernanke started talking about it at jackson hole -- lowering interest rates and elevating equity prices, and of reducing the exchange rate a little bit, that can have positive effects on the u.s. economy, even if banks are not using -- are not trying to use those reserves to expand their balance sheets. it would be better -- the whole process would be faster, i think -- if banks felt more comfortable and more confident that risk adjusted, there were opportunities out there to make loans and they started finding small businesses in particular. that is not a necessary condition for this quantitative easing to work. as to the limits, in some theoretical sense i think that there are not many limits. but the limits are the negatives i was talking about, the costs of talking about. the federal reserve needs to be absolutely certain that people know that it can exit when it needs to exit. they need to beat careful about the distortion asset prices, even if they are quite delivered. indeed supervision and regulation of key financial in
and we've seen this over the last couple of months as chairman bernanke started talking about it at jackson hole -- lowering interest rates and elevating equity prices, and of reducing the exchange rate a little bit, that can have positive effects on the u.s. economy, even if banks are not using -- are not trying to use those reserves to expand their balance sheets. it would be better -- the whole process would be faster, i think -- if banks felt more comfortable and more confident that risk...
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in a speech in jackson hole that was widely reported, chairman bernanke and ask all of us to consider the costs and benefits of further accommodation. my response was that i was skeptical about many of the presumed benefits of asset purchases. i was certain, however, of some of its potential cost one is the risk of being perceived of embarking on the slippery slope that when a decision. once the central bank is perceived as targeting government debt yields at a time of budget deficits, concerns about that one of his asian quickly rises. i -- realized that concern -- about -- concerns about a debt when a decision quickly prices. the bank of england has announced the skull policy tight -- announced fiscal policy tightening. that is not the case here. if this were to change, i might advocate for monetary accommodation, but that is not happening yet. i worry that providing monetary accommodation will reduce the odds that fiscal discipline will be brought to bear. i also worry about the risk of being perceived as using quantitative easing and buying copious amounts of financial assets abov
in a speech in jackson hole that was widely reported, chairman bernanke and ask all of us to consider the costs and benefits of further accommodation. my response was that i was skeptical about many of the presumed benefits of asset purchases. i was certain, however, of some of its potential cost one is the risk of being perceived of embarking on the slippery slope that when a decision. once the central bank is perceived as targeting government debt yields at a time of budget deficits, concerns...
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beneath the top line, their arguments going back to andrew jackson between the executive branch and the legislative branch, and that has been a much-discussed issue on the campaign trail. i am sure the president would love to have a legislative blank check. >> a number of prominent members of your party, trent lott, lindsey gramm, have expressed dismay by pushing tea party- backed candidates. it was a missed opportunity in the sense that you guys did not win the senate. you guys could have won the senate. >> we had a good day. we went from 41 to 47, at least part we will see what happens in washington state. there are no precincts in washington state. everybody votes by mail and it goes on and on. we'll have at least 47 per i think that is a pretty good day. you cannot go back in second guest about whether you could have had a better candidate here or there. we are pretty happy with the outcome. there are 23 democrats and a 0.9 republicans and bob in the next cycle. we have it realistic shot at getting into the majority in the near future. >> hello. in my question follows up on the ques
beneath the top line, their arguments going back to andrew jackson between the executive branch and the legislative branch, and that has been a much-discussed issue on the campaign trail. i am sure the president would love to have a legislative blank check. >> a number of prominent members of your party, trent lott, lindsey gramm, have expressed dismay by pushing tea party- backed candidates. it was a missed opportunity in the sense that you guys did not win the senate. you guys could...
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at this time, we will begin reiss lane, and while the wreaths are laid at the wall, chris jackson will perform "amazing grace. the name of his father and law is actually -- father-in-law, is actually in grade on the wall -- engraved on the wall. once these are actually placed at the memorial, we will be able to listen to taps. ♪ >> so, department of interior, national parks service, vietnam's better memorial fund, vietnam -- veterans memorial fund, a vietnam women's memorial foundation, a goldstar mothers are coming down, followed by the gold star wives of america, sons of daughters in touch, as well are starting to walk right now. they are followed on the other side by the 82nd airborne division. take a look at some of these wreaths. they are kind of neat. it is the first cavalry division. that is the patch they wear on their uniform. the american legion is here. amvets, as well. we move forward. disabled american veterans, military order of the purple heart -- they have the cool breeze. paralyzed veterans of america placing a wreath. the f.w. of the united states. veterans of forei
at this time, we will begin reiss lane, and while the wreaths are laid at the wall, chris jackson will perform "amazing grace. the name of his father and law is actually -- father-in-law, is actually in grade on the wall -- engraved on the wall. once these are actually placed at the memorial, we will be able to listen to taps. ♪ >> so, department of interior, national parks service, vietnam's better memorial fund, vietnam -- veterans memorial fund, a vietnam women's memorial...
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style earned him the nickname the voice of god which was virs coined by yankee hall of famer reggie jackson. mr. shepherd's distinctive style was -- had set the standard for sports announcing and "new york times" writer and i'm quoting, in an era of blaring stadium music, of public address announcers styling themselves as entertainers and cheerleaders, mr. sheppard, a man with a passion for poetry in shakespeare, shunned hyperbole. notably mr. sheppard did not limit his oratory skills to baseball diamond and the football field. in fact, he also served as chair of the speech department of john adams high school in queens and as an adjunct professor of speech at st. john's university in the bronx. for his tireless dedication to his craft, mr. sheppard was elected to the st. john university sports hall of fame, the long island sports hall of fame, and the new york sports hall of fame. he also received honorary degrees from st. john's university and forwardham university and received the -- fordham university and received the st. john's medal of honor, the highest awarded to a graduate. on may
style earned him the nickname the voice of god which was virs coined by yankee hall of famer reggie jackson. mr. shepherd's distinctive style was -- had set the standard for sports announcing and "new york times" writer and i'm quoting, in an era of blaring stadium music, of public address announcers styling themselves as entertainers and cheerleaders, mr. sheppard, a man with a passion for poetry in shakespeare, shunned hyperbole. notably mr. sheppard did not limit his oratory skills...
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jackson lee: the children of haiti need help. children around the world need our help. today in haiti, thousands upon thousands of children are living in temporary tent conditions, in camps, many that have been ravaged by the waters and the heat and deterioration. today in haiti, the people of that country, particularly the children are suffering from an epidemic of cholera. we did not take up the help haiti bill today but i'm asking we begin a full press to provide better work conditions, living conditions and as well, a better quality of life for the children of haiti. cholera is an epidemic that can spread and kill thousands upon thousands of children. it's important for usaid and the companies who indicated their willingness to donate to haiti to get their donations in and it's important for the government of haiti to stand up and be heard on behalf of these children. i look forward to working with the help for haiti bill to be sure that more children can be adopted but the epidemic of cholera is spreading to these children and we must help them now. i yield back. t
jackson lee: the children of haiti need help. children around the world need our help. today in haiti, thousands upon thousands of children are living in temporary tent conditions, in camps, many that have been ravaged by the waters and the heat and deterioration. today in haiti, the people of that country, particularly the children are suffering from an epidemic of cholera. we did not take up the help haiti bill today but i'm asking we begin a full press to provide better work conditions,...
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system is a replacement for the foreign banking system that was thrown out of this country by andrew jackson right after he was elected president. the fed was reestablished by permission of the u.s. congress with only three people on the fold just before christmas. 20 years later, the congress went to the fed in redemption of the notes issued was forced to declare bankruptcy, and we have been in bankruptcy since june 5, 1933. this is a documented call from the house resolution enacted. the fed has gone and made us bankrupt. it is not federal. the u.s. constitution -- the question of a conspiracy -- the question of why we borrowed notes from the federal reserve interest win at all times they had the power to issue notes on their own without any interest is a question that needs to be asked. host: you have asked it guest: the constitution does talk about the dollar, and it clearly comprehends that the dollar is supposed to be a stable value over the centuries. i agree with the concern that we have lost that somehow that we have to get that back. i am not one who is right now criticizing the in
system is a replacement for the foreign banking system that was thrown out of this country by andrew jackson right after he was elected president. the fed was reestablished by permission of the u.s. congress with only three people on the fold just before christmas. 20 years later, the congress went to the fed in redemption of the notes issued was forced to declare bankruptcy, and we have been in bankruptcy since june 5, 1933. this is a documented call from the house resolution enacted. the fed...
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jackson jr. to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: lord god, you are the beginning and the end. the same yesterday, today and forever. be with all the members in the final weeks of this 111th congress. knowing your faithful presence to all creation, may they graciously enter into this end time with resignation and helpful resolve. as the colors of autumn fade, lord, we are quite aware the trees themselves are planting seeds for future growth. increased moisture and the blanket of fallen leaves will create an atmosphere that incubates fragile nature until another season bursts forth with the surprise of new life. may debate with congress lead to lasting truth and compromise unite all the elements necessary for a peaceful transition into the next cycle of history. amidst the clamor of rhetoric, your word stands still in judgment. in the broken and the fallen, your compass
jackson jr. to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: lord god, you are the beginning and the end. the same yesterday, today and forever. be with all the members in the final weeks of this 111th congress. knowing your faithful presence to all creation, may they graciously enter into this end time with resignation and helpful...