especially at cvp in terms of the polygraph and other things. aside from resources, can you think of any changes in the law or legislation that would help this or do you see this as pretty much a resource issue? >> senator, i believe having the authority to require polygraph examinations as part of the asre- investigation process -- i don't know that we would administer periodic polygraph examinations to everyone in the force but do it on a strategic bases where it is appropriate and necessary based on the degree of risk an employee may pose based on their assignment, the nature of their duties, and other information that the

periodic investigation may have brought out. we do not have that authority. that would be something that would be enormously beneficial. >> anybody else on that? >> at this point, we are confident that we have the tools to move forward. i meet regularly if not multiple times a week with the assistant attorney general at the department of justice and these matters are always on the table and always being discussed. i would defer to the department on those matters. for the time being, i believe we have the tools. >> that is encouraging but please check back with us if you find something else give me one minute here and let me talk to staff.

[no audio] we will keep the record open for 15 days and there will be other questions from other committee members who got caught up in hearings or are down on the floor. we have a busy flore schedule this week. -- floor schedule this week. the vast majority of your organizations and employees to a great job and they are out there putting their lives on the line every day to try to keep america secure. we cannot forget them and we can't think everybody with too broad a brush here.

i think we have a very serious problem that we need to address. this is largely resources and there may be a few changes in the law that we can make here and there to make this better but i really want to thank all of you for coming today and being part of this hearing. you have helped us as a subcommittee to understand the scope of the problem and the nature of the problem. i think you have helped us identify some practical approaches to solve this and a snapshot of where we are. i think that is very helpful but i will say this -- i think this is something that is critically important that we address and very quickly, thoroughly, and the right way. i think i can speak for the whole subcommittee and the whole committee and the senate in saying that we need to

prioritize this and help you all solve this. we are on very dangerous ground here with corruption within our federal law enforcement agencies. we will continue to work with you on this and we would really appreciate your ideas, suggestions, recommendations, and other people can talk to to help us get a better feel for how we can address this. this is a very serious need for it with bad, . we will leave the record open for 15 days. the committee staff will work you -- with your other questions that may come in within that time. i will go ahead and close this down but thank you very much for all your participation and presentations here today. host: caller[captioning performy

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>> congress continues spring recess. this morning, "washington journal" talked about plans when congress returns. host: congresswoman donna edwards represents maryland's fourth district. she is heading the red to blue program for the 2010 election. we identify can't dats running in seats currently held by republicans and we try to flip them. it's been a way to boost can't cats they have already demonstrated on their own

host: your job seems even tougher. caller: it is and it isn't. part of our defense is to make sure the candidates in really tough districts hold the seat. the flip side is the red to blue program. we try to identify those seats there are some out there. there's an opportunity to change a republican seat to a democratic seat. host: are some of those red seats you can share with us? guest: sure. we haven't listed on the website.

host: which is? guest: dccc .org. i better get that right. we have the candidates listed there. there are 13 there. for example in seats like california and san diego. we want the strongest candidates it makes sense to at least begin to look at them. many of these candidates we are looking at are about to

complete their primaries. dan fields in illinois finished a tough primary race. he's ready for that red to blue program getting together on the fundraising and going forward. we'll help out with communication and grass roots orange. it's good to be identified in this program. not every candidate out there makes the cut. >> is part of your responsibility to be involved in fund raising? >> we have identified can't cats to help the most. we'll help to try to maximize their fundraising. it helps democrats across the country to identify ways in which they can support the congressional campaign committee. in 2008. i think we raised something like $26 million for these red

to blue candidates. we had more because we were trying to pick up more seats in congress. healthcare is expected to be one of the issues for the 2010 election. we covered one of your town hall meetings. how did what you learned from those town halls affect your vote? >> it affected it tremendously. some of whom didn't have health insurance. others had young people who just graduated college. their children aren't able to get healthcare anymore. i use all of that information and the tone of the debate also

about supporting the healthcare bill. host: regular watchers of the house saw you as the speaker protemps. how was that? guest: it was quite extraordinary. one of my mentors john lewis spoke. and the dean of the congress who had interduced healthcare reform before i was born into the congress had spoke. i'm grateful to have the opportunity. host: what do you hear from your republican colleagues in terms of your use of the gave el? guest: i'm really grateful for that. when you are in the charge, you are a special moment. not a democrat or a republican. you are a speaker of the house. your job is to make sure people get the time they are entitled

to. you cut people off whether democrat ors republicans when they are exceeding their time. host: with us until 9:15 eastern. first up on the line, go ahead. caller: i wonder what you are going to have to offer any democrats considering you have be trayed your base? you gave the money and the bank bail out to the crook when's your constituents called and said don't give it to the crooks without conditions. people in ure district even as of this weekend who have been swindled by the banks you gave the money to are losing their homes. obama has per pet ue waited some of the strongest policies in terms of the bush administration in terms of the

patriot act and insurance, going after people who actually should be permitted to stay here. the last issue is healthcare, health insurance and forcing workers to subsidize companies with obscence salaries like $3.5 million to the united healthcare ceo and on the backs of poor women to have abortions. real access to a single fayer systems. this is nothing less for you to offer the democrats. you've betrayed the very you've betrayed the very principles of the@@@ @ @ @ @ @

guest: this has been a tough year for grumman -- democrats and their president. we started out recognizing especially with the situation with the banks and the financial sector was that we started out with policies that came out of the bush administration. president obama and the democrats and this administration have had to fix. i was not supportive of both bank bailout when it first came out for a vote when i first came into the congress. after one week of seeing what was happening to our financial situation and seeing that people would have to go to theirat atm machines and not being able to withdraw money, i thought it was the right thing to do. much of that money is being paid back. we have to complete the job of regulatory reform. that is next up for us when we come back from this break in our congressional district. i look forward to working with

the white house and with democrats in congress to make sure that we have regulation on financial institutions and ensure this will never happen to taxpayers again. host: the house passed a bill last year? guest: we did and we have to put something on the president's desk. host: going to the phone. caller: i feel like we ought to fire every one of them. they've done basic economic treason. we have no jobs left. they've shipped everything overseas. the problem is when they are in there, 30, 40, 50 years, it's the problem. i think fire them all and start over.

guest: jim. thank you. i'm relatively new to the congress. i was elected? june 2008. i bring real life experience of being a worker and a mother and living in our communities. the frustration jim expresses is real and valid. we do have to begin to recreate a manufacturing sector in our country. this is a real task. considering president obama took office in january, 2009. the job loss was about 740,000. we just got a job report that we have created thousands of jobs. we are on our way. until we get to the point everyone who wants a job has found a job, we haven't finished our job. host: what's the biggest things congress can do for job growth?

guest: one thing we can do is plant construction. getting people to work and really seriously rebuilding. we have done some of that with the stimulus package. our nation's infrastructure is crumbling. it has to be competitive. i like the small business credit we have just done. small businesses really do generate and create jobs in this country and developing a job -- a sector of this economy about the new energy future. we can't have all the solar panels off our shores. those are job creators for the 21st century? the headline and cover story on both sides talking about a lot

of things focusing on this particular industry. this is a viable area that the federal government can get involved in. i think for my home state of maryland, we have made a tremendous investment. expanding what we are doing now across this country laying it like we lay our highway. these are all about creating

different job opportunities and sectors around the country and diversify different opportunities for investment host: another caller from montazeri. thank you. caller: first of all, they should have open debates the biggest donors to the democrat party is the american israeli public affairs committee. boy, they keep you in check. you are the fwiggest traitors of america. host: is apac a big contributor? guest: it's not to mine. part that have is because of positions i've taken i will

say, we have a campaign finance system that encourages us to raise money to go out and campaign. i've supported the legislation to change our campaign finance system. having to raise so much money narrows the types of can't dats you v can have. i'd like to see public financed elections the supreme court came out with a decision. a citizens united decision saying that a corporate can send direct directly on

campaigns. this undermines the years of law. the amendment says it will give congress the authority to regulate the way corporates can act in elections. that's one leg in on the stool. the bottom line is is that we have to, i believe, divorce policy from fundraising. if you look at this resenlt healthcare debate. you see the large amounts of money in terms of trying to in flunes. i think it is outrageous. we were able to get over that hurdle and separate ourselves. that is in response over time for the american people.

caller: good morning. it seems to me that the republicans are going to exploit the conservative option to obama's healthcare reform. when they do, they will be largely running against many of their own ideas. 159 republican amendments were included in the final piece of legislation. in the stimulus package, 40% included tax cuts which seem to be the only ideas republicans have for stimulating the economy other than doing nothing. ? 2012, the smart money is on mitt romney. romney care has a lot of similar things to some of the most criticized aspects. you see this trend time and

time again. the caller: they will have the ability to run on a smart objective. let's take healthcare. who is going to go out in the coirnt and say it's a bad idea to keep their young people up to age 26 on their healthcare. who is going to run against saying if their child has proo existing conditions, they can't have healthcare the american public is going to find that this is a strong agenda for the middle class. the republicans will be hard

pressed to run against that agenda. host: have you had a recess since that bill was passed? caller: i will be holding several at senior centers. i've held coffee conferences, taun hall meetings, electronic town hall meetings. i look forward to being able to do that. and focusing specifically on creating jobs. our healthcare sector we are doing something about that it runs the gamut in and up to upper montgomery county. you have some rural areas.

caller: it's 56% of the district roughly is african american. it spans the gamut of people doing incredibly well. incomes are some of the highest incomes of african americans across the country, actually of any americans across the country. we have a large percentage of a strong vibrant working community. people who commute to work. and some very rural areas with our district up to the north and in maryland at the frederick county line is extremely rural. host: michigan.

an independent caller. go ahead. caller: go morning. on this healthcare -- that bill, i wasn't to go through everything. i'm afraid without a public option, this really isn't going to work. you couldn't force for anything. the president was saying he'd like to have competition. there's none at all. host: let's hear what congresswoman edwards might say. guest: i was a proponent in the house of representatives up until the end. we take the examples of medicare and social security,

today, those programs are more expansive. they don't look like anything. i believe this is a framework we'll be able to develop for the future that really works for the system. i will say on competition. one of the provisions i've been able to commamon is for a company to publish rate increases@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ i think this will be a real check on insuranc