Spring break last weekend and look forward to hearing a little bit more about. What you did . In our upcoming discussions now we spent the last two weeks talking about the war of independence the actual war. And the amazing thing about the revolution is that while war was raging american drove constitutions and debated how to construct a government that would protect the peoples rights and in facilitate their happiness. I mean this word happiness is not just appear in the declaration of independence. It appears over and over and over again in the discussions around the formation of state constitutions and in the earliest bills of rights, so, you know, i think we need to think about how emotion and sentiment are part of the goals of the revolution of really creating a government thats going to contribute to individual fulfillment as well as the common good and that both of those goals were intertwined the fulfillment and happiness of the individual that we could all be our best selves b
Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Question number one, mr. Speaker. Prime minister . Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today marks the 12 members of the tragic terrorist attack on new yorks twin towers. Im sure the whole house will wish to join in sending our condolences to all those who are affected by this aborted attack including the families of the 67 british citizens who lost their lives. These terrorists seek to divide us but they dont understand their actions only make us more determined and more united in our resolve to defeat them. Mr. Speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. Im sure the whole house will wish to associate himself with the Prime Ministers comments on this anniversary. We ar are haunted of its imagesy see. Millions needing a day, children dying. I thank the Prime Minister for his leadership at the g20. Will he now prepare a con
And excitements we have to capture channel the future of our communities. To get people in school. Teach young people how to read. If we get people at grade level reading we will be strong. First learn to read and then lead to report read to learn. The person that reaches out learn so much more about the preconceived notions and how long they work. That makes us all better to be the mayor they say that poverty is an education. The strategy for violence is education. And i think intolerance you could say the same thing. Its education. I have to bring this to a close. Please join me in a flanking the panelist and i will turn it back over. Thank you for your kind introduction and for your wonderful leadership with sacramento and as Vice President the wonderful leadership in the United States conference of mayors. I wore a bulletproof vest on the walk to columbia which made it a little more difficult for. And when of the proudest moments in my life. Reverend price, my fellow mayors , citiz
Anachronistic regime for the provision of broadcast programs. , we addressedly impending transition from analog to digital television. Other issues the committee considered at that time remain unresolved, while new technologies have further disrupted the market with innovations that we could not less than a decade ago. I believe we have a unique opportunity to tackle some of the big issues that will define the future of video. Licenses, i think everyone will admit represent a departure from freemarket negotiations and are usually the last resort in the event of market failure. When the compulsory licenses were first enacted, the cable and Satellite Industries were in their embryonic stages. Over it is estimated that 90 of american households subscribe to a paid tv service. Of issuesa myriad that may be relevant for consideration. Example, these licenses are necessary to foster competition, or should they be phased out as the Copyright Office and others have recommended . How many consu
Secretary of state clinton is here. First president obama slamming Rush Limbaugh and fox news. And its happened again. I am not going to keep cutting the discretionary budget, which by the way, is not out of control, despite what you hear on fox news. What is she talking about . Do we call lawmakers out on discretionary spending. The gauntlet has been dropped. If you only have one or two Media Outlets that are saying, lets have a fair debate about that and not genuflexing every time you walk into the room, have you to attack them. But it always backfires. Heres the guy who just sold current tv to aljazeera, which gets an undetermined amount of funding from the country of qatar, which gets its money from oil reserves. Isnt there a contradiction in that . I certainly understand that criticism. I disagree with it because i think aljazeera has obviously long sense established itself a really distinguished and effective newsgathering organization but if they get funding from a country that