we need to leave, i will make sure we recess in time to get to the floor so we do not miss that vote. it is an honor to have mr. lewis, former chairman of the full committee, who as we all know has been a distinguished lifetime of support for our service men and women and our veterans. i would like to recognize you for any comments or questions. thank you, chairman edwards, for recognizing me. i was pleased to walk in as my colleague was beginning to ask questions about homeless veterans and what we may be doing with connection to that. if the subcommittee could commit itself to the direction that our secretary would take with the homeless veterans, i believe we can turn around a tremendous problem. the homelessness problem began, i believe, many years ago in california. we passed legislation that was designed to say that too many of our citizens were finding themselves in mental hospitals. we had a tendency back then to want to throw the key away to put them in a mental
he s living it. exactly. maybe some people at the white house should also look into a little bit of a media coaching training seminar because yet, the numbers were fuzzy again. there was a lot more confusion when we were talking about the first anniversary of the stimulus package. listen to one of the top financial advisors to the president, kristina romer as she talks about the impact of the stimulus. is the biggest bang from the stimulus behind us? absolutely not. most analysts predict that the fiscal stimulus will have its greatest impact on growth in the second and third quarters of 2009 and by mid 2010, fiscal stimulus will likely be contributing little to further growth. ok, what s interesting, we actually ran those soundbites backwards in time. the second one happened in october of last year. and there, she says that the biggest impact will be in this past calendar year. that s what the administration is saying. let s pass this thing so we get some bang for the buck.
rate of losing jobs per month. joe biden has an editorial out this morning saying it s at 35,000 jobs. here s the problem. nobody can figure out the numbers. that leads people to believe the numbers are being fudged. the math is the math. i mean, the math is 3.3 million jobs have been lost since last march and the unemployment rate in january was 9.7%. and miss romer and others said the unemployment rate was going to be 8% so it s almost two points higher than what she said. and unfortunately, she has a history of making inaccurate statements. there was that whole brouhaha back in december in which there was total dissidence in terms of the obama administration. is there a recession? is there not a recession? what s going on? yes, no? so. good enough. straight ahead on this thursday, two jetliners come within
is there a double standard? we re going to examine that on this monday morning. and remember this moment the reforms i m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. liar! congressman joe wilkson says illegal immigrants will be covered in the health care bill. he yelled you lie. he ll be here live on the couch. also this hour, our slogan. comes to us from scott in oklahoma, his address not available. it s time to get out of bed and get the dogs fed. turn on fox & friends to get food for my head. global warming is really kicking in. no kidding, when you breathe in, you might get a little frozen action in your nose. so glad you would join us for this very warm newswise monday morning and we ll start with the headlines this morning because today, a fox news alert. three u.s. service members, unfortunately, have been killed in afghanistan this morning. nato says they were fighting enemy forces in the southern part of the country. this after nato also
the air. good night from washington. pretty sure. bill: the o reilly factor is on. tonight. what grade would you give yourself for this year? good solid b-plus. bill: the president grades himself after 11 months in office. and the grade is good. karl rove and brit hume will react. what made t.j. hooker s character so interesting is he remembers the old rule of law enforcement, boom, my nightstick. bill: sarah palin continues to beat down her critics including actor william shatner. i always remind people from outside our state that there is plenty of room for all alaska s animals right next to the mashed potatoes. bill: we ll have the latest on the palin steam roller. top ten signs barack obama is getting nervous. new slogan yes we can or maybe not, it s hard to say. billions to wall street, crack down on illegal immigrants getting health care, sending 30,000 more troops to afghanistan. you know something? he may go down in history as our greatest republican pre