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I actually commend the young woman -- she a committee of one who says im going to start a petition. where are some of these leaders who pretend that they care will the plight of the poor and the black america? where is jesse jackson today or al sharpton and others who keep insisting that they can mount up all of these protests. [ applause ] >> mike: thats the point that does concern me. you are speaking out about it it, your organization does. im not hearing a whole lot of people who are so-call...

Will be held soon. we call on iranian officials to respect irans own laws and provide access to an attorney. >> shannon: the state department publicly responding to the plight of an american pastor trapped in an iranian prison. he has american citizen help and has come under attack in iran for being a christian. he has been jailed since september. we have been following the story closely here. the american center for law and justice has been working to free the pastor. his trial judge is notorio...

I actually commend the young woman -- she a committee of one who says im going to start a petition. where are some of these leaders who pretend that they care will the plight of the poor and the black america? where is jesse jackson today or al sharpton and others who keep insisting that they can mount up all of these protests. [ applause ] >> mike: thats the point that does concern me. you are speaking out about it it, your organization does. im not hearing a whole lot of people who are so-call...

Message. they raise your taxes once, they want to raise your taxes again. washington cant spend money, but they dont do that. theyre sidetracked by extremists. >> joe, erskine bowles is not a republican, but he was here yesterday describing in concise and succinct detail our fiscal plight and the fact that once you -- unless you touch entitlements, unless you go after common-sense way to deal with entitlements down the road, every penny -- every penny of every dollar the united states spends on ...

Safeguarding the rights of the individuals. its interesting that many of the states could not be bothered about the plight of a marine who served his country because the narrative of the corporal made the state department and the president look bad, much like the libyans. in order to protect their ierest, the media underreported the story. shameful, thats going on. from massachusetts, great work getting john hammar released. and hillary douglas, las vegas, thank you for helping the hammars out, ...

Safeguarding the rights of the individuals. its interesting that many of the states could not be bothered about the plight of a marine who served his country because the narrative of the corporal made the state department and the president look bad, much like the libyans. in order to protect their interest, the media underreported the story. shameful, thats going on. from massachusetts, great work getting john hammar released. and hillary douglas, las vegas, thank you for helping the hammars out...

10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for morning debate. >> mr. speaker? >> were adjourned. >> its been over two months since this hurricane struck. businesses have been wiped out. homes have been destroyed. thousands of lives are still hanging in the balance. a lot of displaced people. and as several lawmakers have pointed out today, victims of other major disasters like katrina didnt have to wait as long for aid to come to them. despite all of that, what is at stake, here we go with house speaker john ...

Stroke. in an interview yesterday, kirk talked about how his stroke had changed him and how it had challenged some of his core beliefs. in particular he noted that medicaid recipients in his situation would have been limited to only 11 rehab visits. he said had i been limited to that, i would have had no chance to recover like i did. so unlike before suffering the stroke, im much more focused on medicaid and what my fellow citizens face. in fact, personal experience seems to be one of the only t...

10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for morning debate. >> mr. speaker? >> were adjourned. >> its been over two months since this hurricane struck. businesses have been wiped out. homes have been destroyed. thousands of lives are still hanging in the balance. a lot of displaced people. and as several lawmakers have pointed out today, victims of other major disasters like katrina didnt have to wait as long for aid to come to them. despite all of that, what is at stake, here we go with house speaker john ...

Never failed to vote emergency appropriations for the aid of the beleaguered states, never. to ignore the plight of millions of american citizens, unprecedented, disgusting, unworthy of the leadership of this house. they should reconsider or they should hang their heads in shame. >> these republicans have no problem finding new york when theyre out raising millions of dollars. anyone from new york or new jersey who contributes one penny to congressional republicans is out of their mind because w...