sincerely appreciate it. in every way, shape, and form. this goes a huge way to making this palatable to a lot of conservatives concerned about spending an additional $150 billion. i still question why it takes so much money for people to do the jobs they are supposed to dofment please know the sincerity in which the sponsor is offering this is greatly appreciated in every way, shape, and form. i think it goes a huge way to causing a lot of people to be able to support this, particularly from the republican side of the aisle. cannot thank you enough for the attitude and approach and actual listening of that. for that we are very, very thankful. i do wish this bill would come under a rule, an open rule, it's hard to believe but as a freshman in this united states congress i will likely go through my entire freshman congress, the 111th congress, having never experienced, even once, an open rule on the floor of the house of representatives. that's a shame. that's a shame. there should be a way for the mechanism where this bill is brought unde

edwards, for his authorship of this resolution and sincerely thank my good friend, congressman ortiz, for allowing me to say a few words in celebrating the 235th birthday of the u.s. army. with that, i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas. mr. ortiz: you know, we cannot forget that at the same time when we are honoring the soldiers, we cannot forget their families, because they have sacrificed as well. i've had 29 soldiers who have been killed in the afghanistan and iraqi war. on one of these funerals aattend -- i attended, i met a young escort soldier, who was escorting a body to my district. he gave me this poem that i always carry with me, that i will never forget. this is the people whose birthday we're celebrating today. it says, soldier is the title of the poem, i was that which others did not want to be. i went where others feared to go. and did what others failed to do. i asked nothing from those who gave nothing. and reluctantly accepted eternal loneliness should i fail. i had seen the face of terror and felt the sting

we should send our sincere condolences to their families and their friends.e should pay tribute to the exceptional work of our armed forces serving in afghanistan and, perhaps today in particular, to the highly skilled doctors and nurses who work alongside them, and those who treat the injured personnel back in the uk. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in the house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> philip davies. >> does my right honorable friend accept that the millions of people who voted conservative at the last election in order to make him prime minister did not do so in order to see a reduction in the number of people sent to prison or to see those criminals given softer sentences? if he really wants to reduce the budget of the prison service, can i suggest that he start by taking sky tv away from the 4,000 prisoners who enjoy that luxury in their cells? >> can i thank my honorable friend for that helpful suggestion? i -- he knows that i share his views about the need for a tou

with best wished i am, signed, sincerely, lorraine c. miller. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek rick nigs? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extends their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. boozman: mr. poe, july 2 for five minutes, mr. jones, july 2 for five minutes, mr. burton, july 2 for five minutes, mr. mack today for five minutes, mr. boozman today for five minutes, ms. ros-lehtinen today and june 30 for five minutes, mr. olson today for five minutes, mr. forbes, june 29 for five minutes. mr. mchenry, june 29 and 30, july 1 and 2 for five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the speaker pro tempore: u.n. of january 6, 2009, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe from texas, mr. burton from indiana, mr. mack of florida. for what purpose does the gentle

pakistan should become more sincere about its performance. pakistan should become one pakistan. not the pakistan of the military and non-military. one pakistan under the rule of law, under a civilian rule of law and democratic values. the same thing in afghanistan. we could achieve much more that way in a transparent fashion. >> before we say thank you, this was a tour de force. your pension is contagious. you've covered so much territory. -- your passion is contagious. let me leave you with the token of our appreciation. a coin with a quote, "see truth and pursue it steadily." i hope you puseek truth and pursue it steadily. [applause] >> i don't want to change the mood. i want to thank everyone and thank the people of the united states for their generosity and sacrifices. the job is not done. it does not mean that we have not achieved a lot. i think we will achieve more if we persevere and continue and not give up. thank you very much. [applause] >> secretary of tate and defense urged the to approve that treaty. you can see their testimony this morning here on c-span. this week

. >> larry: we have been in this business a while, anderson, and have you got any way to judge sincerity? >> um, you know, you have to judge based on actions and also past statements. look, bp has made a number of statements about promising transparency, and i think that is the thing that most people down here just do not believe that they have followed through on. early on tony hayward said he would be as transparent as possible, and this is a company that is clearly not used to having the world watching what they are doing, and clearly has not figured out what transparency truly means. i mean, there is a number of things that they have done which they could have easily made far more transparent. their operations currently are not very transparent, and there is a number of things that we have never seen, and basic things, so i think that is a lot of the frustration here and they have a remarkable story to tell, and they are working extraordinarily hard. nobody here doubts that, and they have people and engineers working around the clock, but i think that the executives have not done a v

a lady from transocean at least was nice enough to come and speak to me and very sincerely express hercondolences. but bp, i expect, is fairly unhappy with what we're trying to do in congress, and that is to change the death on the high seas act and make them answerable with punitive dama damages. >> larry: former crack addict, six-time former prison inmate got out, got clean, created a program to help female offenders do the same. watch. >> we all leave prison saying, i'm going to get my life on track. and you end up getting off a bus downtown los angeles, skid row. many times, you don't even make it out of the skid row area before you're caught up into that cycle again. my name is susan burton. after my son died, i used drugs. i went to prison six times. finally, i found rehab and i thought i can help women come home from prison. i picked them up, bring them back to the house. >> she offered you a warm bed, food. like a real family. she made me want to change my life. >> you proud of my, miss burton? >> sure. you came a long way. >> this is life. that's what it's all about. >> larry:

no president more sincerely and with greater effort than president obama. this is one case where i don't think-- where i think the arrogance frankly has been on the other side of the table, not on the american side of the table. >> thank you for yielding and thank you mr. chairman. >> senator murray. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and thank you to all of you. i want to start with you because as you well know among the troops serving us in afghanistan today many are in fort lewis in my home state during the frontlines of the stryker brigade and they have suffered tremendous losses this year and with increasing taliban offensive operations every day, families across my state are picking up a paper almost every morning now and reading about more. i am committed to giving our servicemembers every research they need to bring a quick and decisive end to the taliban and the other insurgent forces but i am very concerned about the increasing number of casualties, but also work concerned about the reports we have not solidified our gains in march in southern af

why does not hamas lookout for the sincere interest of people? if they do not, who will?pt, jordan, in nations like that for composite with israel and sold all their brothers. guest: think the caller is echoing a narrative that hamas has put out there itself. the negotiations between israel and palestinian authority have allowed israelis to appropriate palestinian land and build setup -- settlements. the only thing left for them to do is to engage in violent and armed resistance. that is certainly one of view. i think the israelis have a very legitimate security concerns when it comes to hamas. i direct the college to go and read the hamas charter which is dedicated to the construction of israel. this is obviously an issue of the highest priority for the israeli people. they are confronted with a group of people dedicated to their construction. and there are not sincere the interest-rate it reached interested in leveraging all of the palestinians. there have been numerous errors made in negotiations. . ♪ ♪ >> how would you rate the performance of british petroleum to date

so the impact of oil on creatures and ecosystem sincere a big unknown. its pact on businesses. on fisherman businesses and hotel businesses is an unknown. you don't know howong the oil is going to last or what its impact is going to be on your business. in order to figure that out, you need to wait a number of because the impacts of an oil spill are odd. and it also has odd impacts on communities. if a community is a resource-based community, fishing is a good example, and there is a man-made disaster, like, bp or like exxon. people take it very hard, and they tend not to get over the dister unt they get their full measure of justice. so you see, in coastal commuents in alaska that were subject to the spill, the creased rates of alcoholism, depression. divorce, bankruptcy. tax problems. and even 21 yearsfter the spill today, if you were to go into a coffee shop or a bar in an outstate town in south central alaska, it's as if the spill happened yesterday. so the intacts are widespread. you can't tell what they are going to be now. and you can't even tell where the oil is going t

here, i would like to express my -- for the sincere-- that opened a new windowf opportunity for morecooperation. but, instead, and founately and the great demise of the international community that had supported this declaration, the same fuel power, immediately introduced a resolution. those who were unfairly accusing the republic of iran of lack of cooperation are today showing no respt to what they had initially-- the two members of the council to do. this yet again displays the bitter fact that what matters is their narrow political interests. it shows that they will break their promises whenever they so sh and they have no respect for other members of the console the security council that has turned into a tool in the toolbox of a few countries who do not hesitate to abuse it when and where the interest requires. mr. president and distinguished audience, one day there should be an and to the unrestrained and rampant applying of-- that is unfortunately being practiced by this council. some powerful members of the council and should answer many legitimate questions with regard to

from what i saw america seemed more sincere and friendly. >> reporter: what did you think before? >> before i thought america liked to bully others. right now, america and china, they are good friends, not like before. america always looked down on china, but now, we are friends. >> reporter: u.s. corporate sponsors like general electric created a 3-dwill be body scanner for visitors, and those hoping to draw customers and an even higher profile built their own pavilions. general motors unvled its line of concept electric cars. it says it will fit into china's current massive migration from rural areas to urban areas. over the next 20 years, there will be 200 million pooem more people moving into urban areas. these cars only take up about the fifth of a footprint of a normal car. will be there's much less room for parking and everything else. we think it's a perfect time and perfect solution to perhaps grow backwards. >> reporter: general motors is now selling more cars in china than the united states, and once again, it's china's young consumer they're after. >> it's sufa young i

i want to offer my sincere condolence to their friends and families. i can only begin to imagine their sorrow. i understand how serious this situation is. it is a tragedy. i want to speak directly to the spem who live and work in the gulf region. i know this incident has had a profound impact on your lives caused great turmoil and i deeply regret that i also deeply regret the impact the spill has had on the environment, the wildline of scrimmawild life and the ecosystem of the gulf. i want to acknowledge the questions that you and public are rightly asking. how could this happen? how damaging is the spill to the environment? why is it taking so long to stop the flow of oil and gas into the gulf? we don't yet have all the answers to these important questions, but i hear and understand the concerns, frustrations and anger being voiced across the country. and i know that these sentiments will continue until t leak is stop and until we prove through our actions that we are doing the right thing. yesterday, we met with the president of the united states and

i want to offer my sincere condolence to their friends and families. i can only begin to imagine their sorrow. i understand how serious this situation is. it is a tragedy. i want to speak directly to the spem who live and work in the gulf region. i know this incident has had a profound impact on your lives caused great turmoil and i deeply regret that i also deeply regret the impact the spill has had on the environment, the wildline of scrimmawild life and the ecosystem of the gulf. i want to acknowledge the questions that you and public are rightly asking. how could this happen? how damaging is the spill to the environment? why is it taking so long to stop the flow of oil and gas into the gulf? we don't yet have all the answers to these important questions, but i hear and understand the concerns, frustrations and anger being voiced across the country. and i know that these sentiments will continue until the leak is stop and until we prove through our actions that we are doing the right thing. yesterday, we met with the president of the united states a

pelosi, and i know they appear to be sincere when they say that never again will the american people be asked to bail out those on wall street who made reckless deals. no longer will the taxpayer be put on the hook. but there's an inconvenient truth here for my democratic friends and that's the clear wording of the bill. i mean, i think the elementary that before we pass legislation that we read it. and i would not repeat this except my colleagues in the majority continue to say time after time after time that there's no bailout. and there is. there is an a.i.g.-style bailout. now, a.i.g. cannot be saved under this legislation, in fact, we changed -- changed that and we both insisted in a bipartisan way that a.i.g.'s of today will not survive and they will not survive under this bill. a.i.g., under this bill in a bipartisan way, we agreed, they fail. we say we put the a.i.g.'s in bankruptcy and they're resolved that way my democratic colleagues say that a.i.g. will be put -- or an a.i.g.-like failing company will be put in an fdic supervised resolution authority. mr. frank is correct

with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will read the message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. sections 202-d of the national emergency act provide for the automatic termination of a national emergency left prior to the anniversary date of its declaration the president publishes and the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect yonleds the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency and related measures blocking the property of certain persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in bela ruse continue effect beyond june 16, 2010. despite the relief of internationally recognized political prisoners in the fall of 2008, and our continuing efforts to press for further reforms related to democracy, human rights and the rule of law in bell russ, serious challenges remain. the actions an

if they sincerely want to make reforms, he will start doing reforms himself. stop spending the libyan money that he has not earned. for example, he pays someone in london to make a speech 1.5 billion sterling. what i got from that speech is the last payment that was made by his professor. you need to come back here to school to take a course in the rule of law and the ability of the people to elect and change the president. that was the last statement said by his professor. it did not say anything about that in egypt. we know that that is just talk. also, when some people said there was a lot of improvement in the economy, do you know who controls everything in libya? it is qaddafi himself, his wife, his children. these are the big companies. they own everything. we don't. i lived in america. i am an american citizen. i know, i am not on the field. but we still have family and friends there. there is no real change. thank you. >> i will take the last few questions since we are out of time. i do not know if there are any more. >> actually, mine will just be an

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if people sincerely want to make reform -- if he sincerely wanted to make record, he would start doing it for himself. stop spending the libyan money you have not earned. for example, he pays this college in london to make his speeches -- $1.50 berlin -- 1.50 sterling. he made the same speech. what i guess i got from that speech was the statement made by his predecessor -- professor. you need to come back here to school to take a short course in the rule of law and the ability of the people to collect and change the president. this was said by his professor. it said nothing about those things in his speech. he talked about democracy and committees and the sorts of things. we know those things are not his policies. we talked about the economic effect when some people said there was a lot of movement. you know who controls everything in the via -- in libya -- everything with big business -- it is gaddafi, his wife, his children. these are the big companies -- they own everything. we do not -- i live in america and i am an american citizen. i have been away. i've not been in the field for

i sincerely regret your loss under these circumstances. i do believe your brother's family is entitled to full recovery from their loss in this. although money just won't buy your brother back. you know that as well as i do in your testimony. mr. coleman, i'm trubblet -- you have a tough responsibility here. are you in position, which is not that popular, so i respect you for coming here and giving it your best professional effort. but i would say that there is one sentence in your testimony that troubles me. particularly troubles me. you say on page 15, i hope our political leaders will not implement what i believe to be reckless policies that would impair such an enormous source of jobs and revenue. i want to tell you what i've heard. the leaders of major oil companies other than b.p. are telling members of congress and this administration privately that what b.p. did in this circumstance was to materially misrepresent their capacity to stop this type of blowout in the permits filed with the federal government. and further, to engage wha

so the impact of oil on creatures and ecosystem sincere a big unknown. its impact on businesses. on fisherman businesses and hotel businesses is an unknown. you don't know how long the oil is going to last or what its impact is going to be on your business. in order to figure that out, you need to wait a number of because the impacts of an oil spill are odd. and it also has odd impacts on communities. if a community is a resource-based community, fishing is a good example, and there is a man-made disaster, like, bp or like exxon. people take it very hard, and they tend not to get over the disaster until they get their full measure of justice. so you see, in coastal commuents in alaska that were subject to the spill, the increased rates of alcoholism, depression. divorce, bankruptcy. tax problems. and even 21 years after the spill today, if you were to go into a coffee shop or a bar in an outstate town in south central alaska, it's as if the spill happened yesterday. so the intacts are widespread. you can't tell what they are going to be now. and you can't even tell where the oil

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i want to express my sincere condolences to you. now the biggest suggests updated laws. to insure that oil companies can be liable for their actions. one way to deter wrong doing and encourage careful responsible drilling that we need is increase the low caps for damages caused by oil spills. i appreciate the additional valuable suggestions. it is not enough to hold big oil accountability. we have to end the cozy relationship between the federal government and is oil companies. that means getting rid of too often the federal government listens more to the industries that are supposed to be regulating than to the consumers it is supposed to be protecting. and restoring the clean water act and which is the main statute. attorney general holder announced that the department of justice is undertaking a criminal investigation and the clean water act is the main law. given the oil company's sizable annual profit s profits you hav at the whole package that are in place. so you have to look at criminal law laws and you have to look at civil liability. i am not an expert in admin

we will go back and forth based on sincerity -- based on seniority. let me begin by thanking all of our colleagues that have been involved. this has been a lon couple of years as we have gone to thomas hearingsnd meetings, formal and informal, toermine what course to follow to resolve the financial services reform that the country so desperately needs and anxious to have. i thinkhe public responses to this over the number origs have indicated strong support for theroducts to support. not univers but strong. colleagues for the job they have done. i went to thank my colleagues on the banking committee, republicans and democrats, who worked long and hard on this pr. >> i think all of my colleagues for their work they have done er these many months as we try to tackle the tough questions and how to create a financial regulatory structure to protect our economy for years to come. we know what is at stake. the nancial crisis has devastated millions of our fellowitizens. we know that the gears. and they deserve being reated. 5 million of our fellow citizens

i'd also like to express my sincere gratitude to the various groups who provide invaluable feedback on this legislation, in particular the national shooting sports foundation, the congress-sportsmen foundation, the n.r.a., ducks unlimited and many, many others. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. chairman, i'd like to yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i want to echo the sentiment from my friend and colleague from wisconsin. we introduced this legislation together. we have 76 co-sponsors. it's a very simple issue. number one, we have a pitman-robertson fund which is a user fee for hunting and fishing. you buy firearms, you buy ammunition, there's an excise tax that is paid which goes to the trust fund for conservation and habitat management. as a co-chair of the sportsmen's caucus here in congress, the largest bipartisan

his shaving his views a little more -- a little and sincere. he is a libertarian. i respect libertarians. they are consistent. i have problems with people who peoplefar libertarians -- they say they are against government, but cannot tell you what they will get rid of. host: we will leave it there. thanks for bringing us your perspective this morning. that does it for today's "washington journal." thanks for watching. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> carnap in 30 minutes on c- span, we will be live with the former direct a reformer deputy director of the fbi and the cia. he will talk about the two agency approach. the ceo john hoskkns medicine will talk about the impact of the new health-care law. that will be live on c-span3. the senate meets today at 2:00 p.m. eastern. they will begin debate on judicial nominations. the house resumes business tomorrow with bills later on the week on campaign finance disclosure and possibly additional funds for the disaster. live coverage on the

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today i offer my sincere condolences to joel's parents,, stephen anddjudith gensk, siblings, jar odd and racialle, and to his loving -- jarred and rachel, and to his loving widow kath lynn. may god's grace be upon them. may they find peace in knowing that joel's service and his sacrifice mean everythinggto our country's freedom. he will never be forgotten. our nation's debt to him will never fully be repaid. i yield back. .+ mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to take mr. jones' five1 mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to take mr. jones' five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: mr. speaker, the president of the united states believes that government can do the job better than the private sector. he has proven he believes that because he, in effect, is taking over the health induutry and uing the federal government to do it. he reached into the automobile industry and took control of a large part of that and eventually will try to take control of all of it. he has reached into the %% financial industry across this country and has scared the financial indu

to be fair, a good deal of the opposition's agenda is rooted in their sincere and fundamental belief about the role of government. the belief that government has little or no role to play in helping our nation to meet its challenges. this offers a key answers, more tax breaks for the wealthy and less rules for corporations. the last administration called this recycle the idea the ownership society. what it means is that everyone is on their own, no matter how hard you work, a paycheck is not enough to pay for college or health care. you are on your arm. if misfortune causes you to lose your job, you are on your own. if you are an oil company or an insurance company, you can play by your own rules. there are different consequences for everyone else. i have never believed that government has all of the answers. government should not replace businesses as the engine of growth and job creation. government cannot instill good values or a sense of responsibility in children. that is the parents' job. it too much government can deprive us of choice and burdened us with a debt. minder stand

they are sincere. good for them. i like people like ralph nader. i am very sympathetic to that point. the truth is obama has done the bidding of the left. there are exceptions. nobody is perfect. how do you know that i am right in saying that? it is very simple. he will not be challenged from the left. if he was truly deviating from left-wing orthodox alienating his liberal supporters, there would be a ralph nader coming at him in the primaries in 2012. there will not be. fundamentally, he satisfied the demands of the left. host: independent line, color rotor. caller: mentioned something about what happens after the tea party. . in order to grant subsidies to an australian developer who wanted to put in a multiuse community. the tax subsidy was $90 million. the tea party managed to receive a tiny, incremental tax increase for the public libraries to stay open. four of the seven libraries were closed in the first four months. they could not come up with enough to cover their budget shortfall and their response to that was to lower firemen and police

pakistan should become more sincere about its performance.kistan should become one pakistan, not that pakistan of the military and non-military, isi and civilian government. one pakistan under civilian rule of law and a democratic values. dissenting in afghanistan. we could achieve much more that way -- the same thing i afghanistan. we could achieve much more that way. >> this was a tour de force. you covered so much territory. your passion is contagious. i hope people listened, and more importantly, act along those lines. let me leave you with a token, literally and figuratively, of our appreciation. this is a coin, and it as a quotation from george washington -- speakers and pursue it steadily. i hope you continue -- speak truth and pursue its steadily. i hope you continue to speak truth and pursue it steadily. [applause] change thisant to and talk more. i just want to thank everybody, and again, thank the people of the united states for the generosity and sacrifices. the job is not done. it does not mean that we have not achieved a lot, bu

because of its far reaching impact, it is my sincere hope that this conference will be open, transparent, and productive. in other words, of this congress -- conferences like those we hold every five years in consideration of the farm bill. those conferences are open, delivered, and frequently produce a decent bipartisan product. the artificial time on the press is reporting raises doubts that adequate time can be given to the copious issues we have to consider. the derivatives issue alone could take montts. there are technical and intricate issues. free, fair, and open debate is a must. i contend that no bill is better than a bill that is rest and done tastefully all to tout a first-place finish in the race to ruin the world economy. if given the opportunity for free, fair, and open debate, i will be fighting to make sure that end-users, those who are not too big to fail, those that did not contribute to the financial risis, are not treated like those that did. in other words, i will be supporting the tenants of the house passed a version of the derivative title, which i might add is th

patraeus, we sincerely thank you and we think you made a wise decision many years ago to except a blindate with a young cadet. as i said two weeks ago, general patraeus, i think you're one of our finest ever military leaders. i hope that does not provoke the same reaction as it did then. but seriously, we are grateful for your willingness to answer the call yet again on another critical mission. you are an american hero and i am confident that you will be quickly and overwhelmingly confirmed. before i go further, let me say another word of praise for another american hero, general stanley mcchrystal. he is a man of unrivaled integrity and what is most impressive about his long military excellence is that how much of it remains cloaked in silence. if you understand fully how general mcchrystal systematically dismantled al qaeda in iraq, he began to turn around are failing or in afghanistan -, we will always have a place in our hearts for general mcchrystal and in our history. quasi-agree with the president that success in afghanistan is "a vital national interest." this is the only viabl

the methodology of the swindling and manipulation is documented, "with the appearance of sincerity, the coal buyer would spend hours admiring the mountaineer's horse, all comments were dropped on every phase of his host's accomplishments. he marveled at the ample contents of the mountaineer's smokehouse, and savor the rich -- savored the rich flavor of the good wife's apple butter. after such a visit, he and the man of the house would get down to business. before long, the deed or option was signed with the uncertain signatures, sometimes just an "x" of the mountaineer and his wife. -- wife." what exactly did those say? i will read briefly to you from three of them i happen to have on hand. the print is very small. all the coal, minerals, and mineral products, oil and gas, salt water, potter's clay, iron ore, stone and such standing timber as may be held, deemed necessary for mining purposes, including timber necessary for railroads, branch lines, and thereof, ett. the right to enter upon said land, use of, for this purpose, divert water courses -- this is important -- in any and every

husbands and fathers, and for those that were left behind, our colleagues and i send out our most sincere and heartfelt prayers. while there is nothing to bring back these men to their families and friends or loved ones, we can make sure that the communities and industries survive and thrive. as we all know, the coast and wet lines of the gulf have sustained enormous damages. this bottle natural resources, like but an economy, and a way of life. they are a national treasure that must be protected and we will demand that they be fixed by those who broke them. today this subcommittee will explore how we can insure that america's are made whole again without putting a hole in our pockets. from the beginning, president obama and senior members of his administration took this it -- took this disaster seriously. the white house deployed cabinet members to help monitor their response, dispatched a coast guard, and brought industry experts into an ongoing efforts to get the damaged well plugged as quickly as possible and to coordinate the cleanup response. as i like to say, it is not perfect, let

for those they left behind, my colleagues and i extend our sincere prayers'. while there is nothing we can do to bring these men back to their families and friends who love them, we can make sure the communities and industries they helped to build survive and began to write. -- again thrive. the coast of much of the gulf have a sustained enormous damage. these vital natural resources are the lifeblood of an conomy and a way of life. they are national treasures that must be protected and we will demand that they be fixed by those who broke them. this subcommittee wwll explore how we can ensure that americans can holbe made whole again witht putting a hole in our pockets. the white house deployed cabinet members to help manage the response, dispatched the coast guard and in some cases the national guard and brought together stakeholders and industry experts in an ongoing effort to get damaged -- the damaged well plugged as quickly as possible and to coordinate the cleanup response. as i like to say, if it is make afect, let's better. there is more the federal go

but now we realize the talk can be taken seriously and acted upon in a violent way, he is either sincerelyor not so since you're presenting himself as a moderate by who will root out the radicalism that at the same time his main role is explaining the muslim point of view and even a sort of here's why the violenccame to america. so then he seems to have been set off also by the invasion of iraq ad now you have the air strikes in hagaman so his list of grievances and list f approved the u.s. is the long suspected openly at war with islam now is a long one and so i think that he reveled in his understanding of not only the language with the sort of american political viewpoint and in the recent statement he said jihad is now as americanas apple pie and british as afternoon tea and he's tauning this country and what is intriguing about the most recent lengthy pronouncement which was an expert in al jazeera and the full text video recently came out and it is a long talk with one of the things kind of fascinatg to see is his analysis of what the u.s. wants versus what he wants is not that diffe

including the view that emerged into daylight with congressman barton, who i think was speaking very sincerely in a way that he wasn't and couldn't when he tried to reverse course. you know, our concern is that this probably does indicate a larger problem. that the regulatory system is broken. has been broken for a long time. we don't have a good sense of how great the risk is. what the risks are. that's why there needs to be an investigation. and we will have to see where that leads us. no one is talking about shutting down oil drilling. but we need to know as we go into deep water what the risks are. and as the president rightly noted and as numerous predece predecessors have noted, there needs to be a way to solve the problem. it's not just an environmental problem, but international security problem. and we have made no progress despite efforts in the past or despite speeches in the past. we have made efforts and standards, when fuel economy standards were frozen, we lost ground. energy became more efficient over the years, and transportation did not. there is plenty of evidence that every

it's my sincere hope that this incident will not deter our country and the international community from the need to continue to -- for thneed to continue to support israel, recognize its right to exist and take the steps required to advance the peace process. israel is our longstanding ally and friend of the united states. and we should continue to do whatever we can to support israel and ensure that international challenges to security are revolved quickly and peacefully. these israel service members were beaten and stabbed for just trying to escort the sthoip port. those onboard the ship were trying to help a recognized terrorist group, hamas, and iran has offered to escort future flotillas. iran is a threat not just to the united states or israel but the world. and is a real threat against global safety. we cannot just sit and watch iran stir this pot up anymore. iran has vowed to eliminate israel he. we as united states should stay together to make sure that israel, the true democracy in the middle east, has that opportunity to protect its land. mr. chairman, it's always a terrible

my sincere feelings for the gulf coast -- but we can pull out of it. we can use to -- use a new technology to clean it up. host: new hampshire, drew, independent line. caller: i have not spoken to you since california. let me put my book down a little bit and talk about louisiana. if they drill the wells of the deep border situation -- the gentleman from bp did not sound surprised. obviously this creates attic -- added expense. i believe this is the only way to guarantee a fairly quick response, they will have to do a double drill. let me address louisiana in general. louisiana -- and i spent a lot of time there, colorful fall, a wonderful place, great history. but the state really wants it all. they need these jobs. they have a wonderful fishing industry. just like alaska -- it could be a park, but they don't want to be a part. if you want it all, and then you have to fight against nature with hurricanes, they are really a microcosm of the world, in a way. the g-20 does not work, either, because look at bp's response. host: stephen in tampa. republica

so the impact of oil on creatures and ecosystem sincere a big unknown. its impact on businesses. onisherman businesses and hotel businesses is an unknown. you don't know how long the oil is going to last or what its impact is going to be on your business. in order to figure that out, you need to wait a number of because the impacts of anil spill are odd. and it also has odd impacts on communities. if a community is a resource-based commuty, fishing is a good example, and there is a man-made disaster, like, bp or like exxon. people take it very hard, and they tend not to get over the disaster until they get their full measure of justice. so you see, in coastal commuents in alaska that were subject tohe spill, the ineased rates of alcoholism, depression. divorce, bankruptcy. tax problems. and even 21 years aft the spill today, if you were to go into a coffee shop or a bar in an outstate town in south central alaska, it's as if the spill happened yesterday. so the intacts are widespread. you c't tell what ty are going to be now. and you can't even tell where the oil is going to go n

it's my sincere hope that the senate will act quickly on 502 single family guaranteed loan program so bank cans close on loans. the house has passed anti-predatory lending legislation and is now in conference with the senate on legislation that will increase consumer protection by reforming our financial services regulation and legislation. moreover, the house of representatives has passed legislation re-authoriiing the national flood insurance program that will help americans in their times of need. hundreds of thousands of first-time home buyers will be unable to close on their homes if they are located in floodplains and require flood insurance. i humbly ask that the senate re-authorize the national flood insurance program as quickly as possible. mr. speaker, dozens of communities across the nation have planned events and activities throughout june to highlight the benefits of home ownership and share information on ways families can remain successful home owners. i'm glat we're here in congress -- i need 10 seconds. ms. kosmas: i yield. mr. hinojosa: i'm glad we are here in congre

big youity ianswer to thehairman, i have aloof respect for him and his work and sincerity, but i nt t echo m ca's observatn that this is so narrowlyrafted and being oclaimedy the samfolks at promid gat things in the stimulus, that i think we can do better and i will pose the bill. and i eld back the speaker pro tempore: the the leman from michigan.ed. mr. levin: yoy do better. you won't vote for anything. and now, mr.ange, i eld to hitwo minutes to exn why this is aill that needs to votedn on aipartisanass. zwirbled e gentleman from new york is yielded two mr. ran thanku, mr. chairmawhen life gets rough for me, i try to put melf in the shoes of the other guy. wh a rough time toe inhe nority. weve so many people with pend dreams that haven shattered,y are out of wor angry. the economy has been blown wide open and we find thatherder of t day with the opposition ith they just have to say no. it must be awd to say what i would do if this bill was defeated. it must be terrible to talk about the past things th ven'ed when somee has just lost their home or can't pay their rent or put food on

to be fair, a good deal of the other party's opposition has also been rooted in their sincere and fundamental belief about the role of government. ittis it believed the government has little or no role to play in helping this nationnmeet our collective challenges. it is an agenda that basically offered to answers, more tax breaks for the wealthy and fewer rules for corporations. the last administration call this recycled idea of the ownership society. what it essentially means is that everybody is on their own. no matter how hard you work, if your paycheck is not enough to pay for college or health care or child care, well, you are on your own. if misfortune causes you to lose your job or home, you are on your own. if you are a wall street bank or an insurance company or an oil company, you pretty much get to play by your own rules. regardless of the consequences for everybody else. i have never believed that a government has all of the answers. government cannot and should not replace business as the true engine of growth and job creation. government cannot instill good values and a sense of

i hope that the president is sincere about his fiscal responsibility commission.e can certainly debate some of the short-term spending, but putting that aside there is no doubt that america is on an unsustainable fiscal trajectory. putting us on the press of this of -- putting us on the press of this -- crescent this -- presipice of being the first generation to leave debt to the next generation. we have to act and we have to act quickly. host: the federal reserve chairman has made these comments recently. in the short term or the long term, where do you see effective spending? guest: where do i see effective spending? there is not much in washington, d.c. unfortunately the focus seems to be on the input. how much more money can we spend this year as opposed to last year? there is very little focus on output. measuring taxpayers getting good value. we must realize that regardless of how effective spending might be today, we are borrowing roughly 42 cents on the dollar, mainly from the chinese, sending the bill to our children and grandchildren. i am not sure that

we will go back and forth based on sincerity -- based on seniority. let me begin by thanking all of our colleagues that have been involved. this has been a long couple of years as we have gone to thomas hearings and meetings, formal and informal, to determine what course to follow to resolve the financial services reform that the country so desperately needs and anxious to have. i think the public responses to this over the number of rigs have indicated strong support for the products to support. not universal but strong. colleagues for the job they have done. i went to thank my colleagues on the banking committee, republicans and democrats, who worked long and hard on this pr. >> i think all of my colleagues for their work they have done over these many months as we try to tackle the tough questions and how to create a financial regulatory structure to protect our economy for years to come. we know what is at stake. the financial crisis has devastated millions of our fellow citizens. we know that the gears. and they deserve being repeated. 8.5 millio

if you really were sincerely against obamacare, it's one thing to vote against it. 34 democrats did. nancy pelosi let them off the hook, they were afraid they'd lose their seats in their districts who knows how many of them were serious. when we had the motion to recommit on no man cates to buy insurance, there were only 21 democrats that voted for that, as opposed to 34 votes against obamacare. you see the conviction drop by 13 in that little exchange. how many of those 1 really feel that way? i challenge those 21, in fact, i challenge the 34, and everybody else opposed to obamacare, sign the discharge petition. let's bring the discharge petition to the floor and repeal obamacare, pull it out by the roots, let's see what they can get done over there. that's what we need to do here in the house of representatives. now maybe that doesn't get itself accomplished and get obamacare repealed because people in america, madam speaker, can think in sequences, logical, multiple sequences, all the solutions are out there in america. i trust the judgment of our voters, they know this. if we're

i want to offer my sincere condolence to their friends and families. i can only begin to imagine their sorrow. i understand how serious this situation is. it is a tragedy. i want to speak directly to the spem who live and work in the gulf region. i know this incident has had a profound impact on your lives caused great turmoil and i deeply regret that i also deeply regret the impact the spill has had on the environment, the wildline of scrimmawild life and the ecosystem of the gulf. i want to acknowledge the questions that you and public are rightly asking. how could this happen? how damaging is the spill to the environment? why is it taking so long to stop the flow of o and gas into the% gulf? we don't yet have all the answers to these important questions, but i hear and understand the concerns, frustrations and anger being voiced across the country. and i know that these sentiments will continue until the leak is stop and until w prove through our actions that we are doing the right thing. yesterday, we met with the president of the united states and

pakistan should become more sincere about its performance. pakistan should become one pakistan. not the pakistan of the military and non-military. one pakistan under the rule of law, under a civilian rule of law and democratic values. the same thing in afghanistan. we could achieve much more that way in a transparent fashion. >> before we say thank you, this was a tour de force. your pension is contagious. you've covered so much territory. -- your passion is contagious. let me leave you with the token of our appreciation. a coin with a quote, "see truth and pursue it steadily." i hope you puseek truth and pursue it steadily. [applause] >> i don't want to change the mood. i want to thank everyone and thank the people of the united states for their generosity and sacrifices. the job is not done. it does not mean that we have not achieved a lot. i think we will achieve more if we persevere and continue and not give up. thank you very much. [applause] >> up next, a discussion on campaign finance legislation, and in the usaid the minister talks about haiti relief and following that,