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Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. One of the phrases one often hears is, i hate to say i told you so, and its delivered with a feign sincerity but usually people actually like to say i told you so. I must confess that i have some of those feelings myself as repeatedly during the few hours the ways and Means Committee met rushing through the massive tax cut, the largest transfer of wealth in our nations history that will be paid for on the backs of our children and grandchildren with increased debt and benefiting people who dont need it. I said at the time that each week after this bill passed, if it did, we would have a series of embarrassing stories about mistakes and oversight and special interest provis ....
but let us start right now with the intensifying standoff in syria. anti-government demonstrators are ramping up the pressure against strongman. civilian deaths are reportedly mounting. cnn s arwa damon joins us live now by phone from neighboring lebanon. please update us, arwa, on what we have been seeing over the past 24 hours. well, t.j., there were demonstrations, according to activists and eyewitnesses across syria. it certainly would appear as if the most violent of them took place in humma where tens of thousands of people were demonstrating and they were peaceful and unarmed and chanting for the downfall of their regime. according to eyewitnesses as we have been hearing since this began indiscriminately opened fire on them and the death toll has been rising. we now know according to one syrian human rights organization that at least 60 people have been killed. they believe that the number could be as high as 80, if not more. the bulk of those casualties, again ....