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Promise that no later than the 15th of this month, some 11 days from today, that we will make a full contribution to those people. I yield back the balance of my time. The gentleman from new jersey. I yield to the gentleman from new jersey who also recognizes that there have been absolutely no victims of delay when it comes to the Flood Insurance program because their payments have been made continuously because that program has been funded and we continue to fund it. The gentleman from new jers...

I will leave it to the viewer. All i can say is that president nixons comments on the tapes are about jews in a way that is different from how William Safire describes it. Richard nixon is talking about how jews have exaggerated the holocaust because they want sympathy, and they have used it to gain sympathy. There is an anger towards jews that i believe cannot be explained simply in terms of liberal versus conservative, but i leave it to others to make up their own minds. I will tell you there ...

That is the opinion of eugene robinson. Alabama on theom democrats line. Caller i heard a congresswoman yesterday who said there was only to the blaze through the problem. He said one was raising taxes. The other, i cannot remember. I think the other was cutting programs. I feel like the only way they are going to fix it is by cutting programs or taxing businesses. I have looked at statistics. It said some corporations like exxon and walmart have more income. I do not understand how they do not ...

The gentleman from new york. Thank you. I yield myself time. I am pleased that today, on this floor, though it may be late, we will finally act on legislation to increase the barring of party on behalf of the National Flood Insurance Program. By increasing financing 99 . 7 billion, this will provide relief to one or 227,000 flood victims. I support the bill as a recovery from Superstorm Sandy. I believe the actions are still slow. 68 days have gone by. I know we have got commitments, but we are ...

Gentleman from new york . I yield to ms. Canner for unanimous consent request. I ask to place remarks in the record in support of Hurricane Sandy relief wherever it is needed in our nation. I yield one minute to the gentleman from new york on the judiciary committee. Gentleman from new york is recognized one minute. Thank you. I obviously support this bill today to replenish the hurricane Insurance Fund which would otherwise run dry for the entire country next week but it does not excuse the cal...

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Secretary and secretary of state. We heard treasury geithner will leave his position by the end of this month. The debate has renewed on sunday morning and around the country on gun violence. We want to ask you just what are the solutions . It is an issue the president says will be a top priority in the year ahead. Our gone lines are open with the numbers on the screen. You can send us an email at journal at cspan. Org. Or facebook. Com cspan or cspanwj. Another shooting that took place in auror...

The president s council has brought a list of 15 names of people, and they want a full investigation. That is a very unpleasant thing. It was shortly after the Farewell Speech i cannot remember what exactly he said, but he said, we forgot one thing. We forgot the resignation letter. He said, you do not get it. You need to read it. I thought the best way was not for me as a historian it was for the players, keep People Living from that era to tell the story themselves. I thought the best way to d...

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My colleagues to speak more in depth on the intelligence front. I would say operationally, what you are suggesting, that the program ought to have a heightened scrutiny on iraqis is in fact what happens. This was a chronology and when the United States government announced a largescale resettlement of iraqis in 2007, we immediately looked at what we should be doing in light of this particular population which was different, in nationality we had not been resettling a great deal. We looked at enh...