benefit the citizens of our nation and the world. on this flag day, may we be reminded of the greatness of the democratic experiment that is the republic of the united tates. inand diligence in our constitution for all who claim this country as their home. we also ask your blessing leading into this weekend upon fathers throughout the country. may they be their bestselves and may their children appreciate fully the blessings their fathers have been to them. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentlelady from california, ms. matsui. ms. matsui: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice f
0 you on the spot but it s always fun. now look at this. the american people have not been told the truth, and what we need to know is what did the white house know, and when did they know it? neil: all right. to minnesota republican congressman, michelle bachmann, demanding a lot more answers from the white house, and you re saying you re not getting any. we re just in the initial phases, and i think the best thing the president could do for himself is to direct everybody within his administration, beginning within the white house to fully cooperate with the congressional committee. go ahead, volunteer tear release i ms, text messages, phone calls, be forthright about conversations, because there s this freaky incident that decision after decision after decision was somehow coincidence ally made that would enhance the presidents re-election chances and they were rewarding their political allies and at the same time they were punishing their political opponents. coincidence? may
0 attack on conservative christians. as reported by several muse outlets, he said, quote, it drives me crazy when the captains of the religion right are always calling us back, for blacks to be back in the bus, for women back in the kitchen, for immigrants to be back on their side of the border. and so i m guessing, eric, this was a very different message than you heard yesterday in church and a lot of us out there. it does seem to mow on a day of inspiration and arguably the holiest day this was not the right message. probably not. my priest actually went through john 20 which is the verse that talks about when mary magdalene and found the tomb open and jesus body gone and john also said he was one of the disciples who ran fast to the tomb and basically calling himself from the third person a faster runner than st. peter. that was the message at my church. the mess seeming that president obama and family that christ showed is pat robertson hasn t got that message. he attacked gays
0 sure. it is so you can all beat up on it. i want you to listen to what jay carney had to say about what the white house is saying about this very inflammatory sermon. was he surprised, were you surprised the reverend decided to get so political attack members of the religious right saying they want, pope, blacks to be in the back of the bus. it seemed odd for easter. were you surprised by that? i wasn t there, and i have not spoken with the president. this is a sermon. it is at a church here that has been visited by presidents of both parties for many, many years. i just don t have anything hour on it for you. it is probably a tough predicament for him, kimberly. this is a liberal church c openly gay sell celibat priests. this same reverend urged president bush in a political way to put an end to xenaphobia. i don t think this was appropriate. bob, you were the first one to say it was inappropriate for dr. ben carson to talk about the national prayer record. i think it
0 manner said, wait a second, tell me how it s courageous to cut medicare and medicaid and not tax the wealthy. by the way, as pointed out here later this afternoon, joy, not just did he propose these terrible cuts in programs that really affect old people in this country on health care, who really depend, by the way, they paid into it, depend on medicare. people watching this program right now. maybe half our viewers either have it or expecting to get it soon. they re wondering why does this guy want to cut that? meanwhile, huge tax breaks for the rich. he s iyan rand personified here. taking savings, if you want to call it people, care from the government, and give it to rich people. absolutely. paul ryan s ideology is not about cutting the deficit. it s about shifting focus of what government invests in. the philosophy spending money on poor people and old people is a waste of money. looters. they re just looters. looters. remember that? now we call them the takers. it