. >> sir alan haselhurst. [unintelligible] >> despite the huge satisfaction felt in my constituency at the government's decision not to proceed with the second runway at stansted airport, is my right honorable friend aware that blight and uncertainty still overhang the communities closest to the airport? will he look to see if other measures can be taken to provide them with longer-term assurance? >> can i first of all say what a pleasure it is to see my honorable friend being able to speak about these issues for the first time in many years. i am sure he will do so often and with great power from the back benches. he is right to say that we are very clear in the coalition agreement about stansted airport. i hope that removes some of the blight and uncertainty. i will certainly bear in mind what he had to say. >> andrew miller. >> during the general election, the conservative party distanced itself from remarks made by the right honorable member for rushcliffe when he spoke about government aid and said that i

. >> i call sir alan beith. order. order.i know that the house wishes to hear sir alan beith. >> may i associate my right honorable and honorable friends with the tributes that the prime minister paid to those who have lost their lives in afghanistan and in the dreadful events in cumbria? what means does the prime minister hope to use to achieve his stated and very necessary objective of allowing the private sector to expand in th ose parts of the country, such as the northeast, that depend heavily on public sector jobs? >> the right honorable gentleman raises an extremely important issue, because we will have to take difficult decisions about public spending. everybody knows that. let me be clear -- no region of the country should be singled out, but he is right to say that some parts of the country have a very high dependence on public sector jobs. in the budget on 22 june we will need to bring forward ideas that will fire up the private sector -- for instance, the idea that any new firm established does not have to pay nat

let's begin with alan. mr. secretary, are there proposals that you're going to take away from the summit that we would see surface in proposals that the administration will make in the 2012 farm bill? and following up on that, what's at stake for taxpayers in a farm bill? >> well, first of all i think what we've found from the rural summit was confirmation that we were headed in the right direction. there was keen interest in this new framework. what we're going to continue to work on is making sure that we have a plan and strategy to build out the renewable fuel industry and in rural america. we have right now an industry that's regional in nature in the beft and we need to make sure that all parts of the country are able to help contribute to producing more biofuels and industry. we don't have to wait for the 2012 farm bill discussion to do that. we are continuing to invest in the broad band. what we need to do is go back to these communities and make sure that technology is fully utilized and people understa

on behalf of the house, i thank sir alan budd and his fellow committee members, geoffrey dicks and grahamarker, for their highly professional effort. in the space of just seven weeks, i believe we have established the office for budget responsibility as a permanent improvement to economic policy making and the transparency of government. the legislation to put the office on a statutory footing will now be drawn up and i hope it will command all-party support. i now turn to what that fiscal mandate will be. the view of the international community was clearly expressed at the latest g20 meeting, and we will be taking the same message to the g20 summit in toronto this weekend. surplus countries should do more to support global demand. so we welcome china's announcement to come off the dollar peg. at the same time, the international community believes countries with high fiscal deficits need to accelerate the pace of fiscal consolidation. that is precisely what we now propose to do. the formal mandate we set is that the structural current deficit should be in balance in the final year of the

. >> [unintelligible] >> how many people apply to the lottery and alan slots are there?hat year there was about 3400 applicants and 475 spots. does about 15% chance. >> here is a democrat from newark, corey booker. who changes somebody from being a democrat for being for public schools or charter schools? >> the mayor has been a champion of education reform for a long time. they are featured in film. they have been working tirelessly for this for many, many years, longer than most people have known that this is a problem. what is at the heart of it is probably what attracted me to this issue which is this sense of injustice and that it does not have to be that way. you visit these schools that are working and they can be traditional public schools or charter schools or private schools. it does not matter but when they are working, you can feel it. the kids are happy, the teachers are happy, they are learning, you get this sense late they are moving toward something great which is college. many people like mayor booker believe it is possible for things to get better. >> w

this is john bresnahan and jonathan alan riding about disclosure act, which was -- and jonathan alan writing about the disclosure act, which was working its way through the house. jonathan hall is in louisiana covering this oil spill. he is sending back different video and interviews that he is doing down there with regard to what is going on in the gulf. and he talked with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration contract biologist and discussed how they assess oil leeels. this to place outside of new orleans. -- this took place outside of new orleans. >> the epa is here as well to supervise protocols and how they are handling this person. the we also have the wildlife and fisheries service here to tell you about what they are doing and how they are clean birds. and kurt hansen, he is here to collect your ideas. if you have an idea, we absolutely want to hear it. we hope this will be an educational opportunity, an informant -- and informal opportunity for you all to learn something here tonight. we think this will be good for all of us. i just want to say something. i was

and the mistakes made by alan greenspan and other regulators. those hearings showed government regulators were asleep at the switch while wall street banks drove our economy off a cliff. change is necessary and i believe this legislation to strengthen the federal government possibility to prevent and respond to future crises. there are a number of issues that are important to my current committee, the committee on energy and commerce. we have consumer financial protection, regulation of electricity and other energy markets. i strongly support a new consumer finance protection agency that is independent, has strong role making and enforcement authority and has broad jurisdiction over the entities that provide financial products and services to consumers both for the house and senate. our challenge will be to produce a consumer financial protection agency that has all of the tools it needs to be successful. our economy and our families across the country are suffering from the abuses of wall street. our job is to prevent these abuses so the econom

ifdmiral alan says a guy has authority, they are not using it. they ar not using it to solve the problem. >> also have a little bit of experience in decision making and government. somebody has to take charge of this thing. i do not ow what authority we have. i donot think we do, even as homeland security. let usove today to put in charge dwn there. >> senator, you have hit the nail on the head. what is the problem? the proble is command and control. give you an exampl a week ao i went to te in mobile,+ma alabama. they have jurisdiction over misssippi, alabama and florida, all the way over to the area of florida. now, what i wasold wa pepper -- was that the coast guard was 51% in command and band the st. then i was told that really the is 55%n command. well, that is the problem. nobody is in charge. now, there is a way to solve is, and i donot want to sound record, but the controlommand and capability in the world is the united states military. and you have got toive somebody with a clear chain of command that al hashe capability of bringing toge

this is alan crews. he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.hen the oil acame ashore, his life began to unravel. >>> also, yet another bp executive makes a starting claim. we have the video that says otherwise. we're keeping them honest at the top of the hour. "larry king live" continues in a moment. ♪ you're the one ♪ who's born to care this life was protected... ♪ seems you've always been right there ♪ this life was saved... ♪ soothing sadness ♪ healing pain and this life was made easier... ♪ making smiles appear again because of this life. nursing. at johnson & johnson, we salute all those who choose the life... that makes a difference. ♪ you're a nurse ♪ you make a difference it's harder my doto build bone densityge... with calcium and vitamin d alone. he recommends citracal plus bone density builder... the only calcium supplement with genistein found in nature in soy and proven to significantly build bone density. citracal. of all luxury vehicles. but what good is saving energy if you don't put it to good use? ♪ the lexus hs is rated at a

>> [inaudible] >> i am going to that had alan -- ted allen addresses, because we talked about it during our meeting of first, we have a number of different types of skimming -- during our meeting. >> first, we have a number of different types of c.m.e. = mystery of we have shallow water skimmers that are employed. they become the major reason for us to try to fight this battle of shore. we know what we're doing near the well head. we have to push the enemy offshore. we have over 400 skimming vessels that are actually for gannett. our goal is to take the smaller equipment that is flexible, and to coordinate better with our partners including local fishermen's associations and so for if, for as disappointed as to the national central sector of the sensex did all levels. -- who can attaches to the national center to attack iffat all levels. >> this has come up across the gulf. keep in mind this could range from a big shrimp boat to a little recreational boat filled the has brought of, so each of them are going to have different facets. some of them are going to be a will to take the skimmi

alan mollohan. mr. mollohan shares the subcommittee on appropriations on justice, commerce, science and related agencies. he served on many conferences with the late senator byrd as well, and i know senator byrd often said he had two sons and that would be alan and myself. i'm very honored to yield such time as he may consume to alan mollohan. mr. mollohanar i thank my friend and colleague -- mr. mollohan: i thank my friend and colleague from west virginia. i know we have tender memories of the senator. mr. speaker, it was with profound sadness that i learned yesterday of the passing of senator robert c. byrd. this country knew senator byrd as one of the lions of the senate, a ferocious advocate for his state and a principled spokesman for his beliefs. whether it was his opposition to the war in iraq or his commitment to improve safety and working conditions in the coal fields of west virginia. this congress, both sides of the capitol, knew robert c. byrd as the chief defender of its constitutional prer

symphony president alan valentine but the damage at $42 million. >> frankly, the cost of this problem going to leave us with a gap that's going to have to be met, where we had about $10 million worth of flood insurance. we have some assistance from fema, but in the end, there will be a gap. >> brown: several miles away, we came across this amazing scene showing the impact of the flood on country and rock music. a warehouse of instruments and equipment, mold, rather than melodies, were in the air. a broken piano, a bin of damaged guitars, including some jintage les pauls. everything in various states of disrepair and some serious repair work ongoing. we watched murph blanka as he labored to bring a hammond d-3 organ back to life. and ed beeber doing the same for guitars and other string instruments. beeb ewaunka, and all these instruments used to be housed at sound check, an enormous facility just off the rirch that offered nashville musician a place to practice their music and store instruments. sound check owner ben jumper. >> it was really, really bad, and a lot of great musicians,

. >> last saturday, we said this is alan is to be done, pull every shipn the war will -- in the world with a separate group, we need vacuum trucks along the edge, skimmers on the outer edge, and a crew on that beach. when the oil comes up, when it comes up, you better get it or it goes back out the city. people stationed onhe beach 24/7, and it s covering the territory. the skimmers are not going to do it. 500 ft. of boom, you boomlets' swly and it goes back and forth that cover the whole bay. it can be done with four or five teams in a day's time. you circle it a lot. but you have to do it first light, late in the evening when the water is calm. you skim along the edge, you get the heavy march out, and the last part of that team is going to be -- and it better be doing it now -- one of three things. something to spray 1 marks to give it a chance to come back, secondly, something to get the sticky blackness of, for third to absorb all like peat moss and blowing in there. they need to test all three, but once we get all the oil out, we ne to be ready to spray. i am not an expert, i don

ed thank you, alan, for and that's kind invitation -- introduction. and thank you for the kind invitation to be here today. thank you, andrew, for your support for this event. i would like to start today's discussion by sharing something you might not usually hear from a public servant in the aftermath of a crisis. thank you. your unstinting coverage of the haiti's earthquake helped rally the american people behind it because of helping our neighbors at the time of real need and crisis. in fact, more than half of all citizens in the united states and more than half of all families contributed directly to relief programs. it was an of inspiring a demonstration of american compassion. although americans may be familiar with our logo by seeing it on the evening news, our focus as an agency is also on long-term, sustainable economic development. we work to ensure all people have a chance to be a healthy and productive life -- lead a healthy and productive lives. we believe this is an indispensable ingredient for global stability and prosperity. the presid

we're trying to gather the relevant -- nothing can bring them back, alan. that is for sure.hat would not be up for debate. we believe that a credible and transparent investigation has to look into the facts. as i said earlier, we are interested in international participation in it. >> why do not initially condemn it? >> i think that the statements we released speak directly to that. >> you said earlier that the president is enraged. is he enraged at bp specifically? >> i think he is enraged at the time that it has taken. he has been enraged over the course of this when you're told that something is fail-safe and it is not and that is the cause for frustration. this is one of the reasons you heard him discuss the setting up of the royal commission in order to create a regulatory framework that ensures that something like this does not happen again. >> frustration and rage are very different emotions. have we really seen rage on the president -- raised from the president on this? >> i have. >> [unintelligible] >> he has been in a whole lot of different meetings with clenched j

. >> last saturday, we said this is alan is to be done, pull every ship in the war will -- in the world with a separate group, we need vacuum trucks along the edge, skimmers on the outer edge, and a crew on that beach. when the oil comes up, when it comes up, you better get it or it goes back out the city. people stationed on the beach 24/7, and it s covering the territory. the skimmers are not goinggto do it. 500 ft. of boom, you boomlets' slowly and it goes back and forth that cover the whole bay. it can be done with four or five teams in a day's time. you circle it a lot. but you have to do it first light, latein the evening when the water is calm. you skim along the edge, you get the heavy march out, and the last part of that team is going to be -- and it better be doing it now -- one of three things. something to spray 1 marks to give it a chance to come back, secondly, something to get the sticky blackness of, for third to absorb all like peat moss and blowing in there. they need to test all three, but once we get all the oil out, we need to be ready to spray. i am not an expert,

. -- i spoke with alan. that was $160 million to clean up this 59,000 gallon spill.are talking into the billions of dollars for a potential cleanup costs, not to mention thloss of the very brazilian people in your state in the states along the coast. our sympathy goes out to them. this biomethod -- i don't want people contacting our company. we need people to contact their legislators to let them know this is an epa-certified -- the nuers b59 on the contingency plan list. we have paid our dues. we did the formalities of going through the process. . it is several miles outside the coast. clean of the existing wetlands about trampling all over them. get them out there. get them cleaned up again they will do it safely come in a matter of weeks. we have a 30 a cleanup plan and a 100 a clean up plan. we are ready to jump on this thing. we will take any assistance we can get. to get placement of an order for this technology. > all website that our viewers and listeners can go to? >> bioworldusa.com. adbio.com >> thankkyou so much for your call. to las vegas. hey, rikki. --

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in about five minutes, that alan's briefing on the oil spill. then the legal aspects of the oil spill from an attorney involved in the exxon valdez oil spill. >> tomorrow, more about oil drilling technology with bob tippe. sara murphy will take calls on long-term unemployment. it begins live on c-span every day starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> pulitzer prize winners on friday. general non-fiction winner on the final decade of the cold war. it led to economic collapse in the great depression. ."iday on "book tv this weekend, noted feminist author and legal scholar martha: nussbaum has written or contributed to more than 20 books on liberal education, ethics, sexism and justice. jan brewer met with president obama at the white house to talk about your state's new law on immigration. afterward, she spoke with reporters for about five minutes. >> we just completed our meeting. it is very cordial. it is taking place in arizona and discussing our borders and illegal immigration into the state and america. with that, i will take a couple of questions

we have been granted access to alan gross in cuba five times.nt access was on may 25th and we continue to ask that he be released immediately on humanitarian grounds and be allowed to return to his family. also, our next round of russian talks are scheduled for june 14th-16th here in washington. finally, regarding georgia's municipal elections from the weekend, gradually the people conducting these and are monitored by the -- they will be looking to meet the standards for democratic elections. there were improvements in the administration of these elections although we did observe some irregularities in individual precincts. those concerns were noted. we are encouraged by the central election commission's efforts to increase transparency and responsiveness but we also agree that there are significant shortcomings and need to be addressed. >> the u.n. human rights council passed a strong resolution about the flotilla incident. among the items in this resolution is the creation of an independent fact-finding mission to investigate violations of in

and we have seen liberia transform itself into a democracy under the able leadership of president alan johnson -- ellen johnson surleigh africa's first female head of state. it gives us hope for resolving other conflict situations in africa. despite the successes, however, pockets of tomorrow -- turmoil, political unrest, and civil strife remain in somalia and the eastern part of the congo, as well as places like madagascar. these conflicts create both internal and an external instability. they undermine africa's chances for sustained economic growth and for democratic advancement. the obama administration is taking a keen interest in working with african leaders and african regional organizations to help resolve some of these conflicts. over the past 18 months, special presidential envoy for sudan, retired general scott christian, has been focused on ensuring the full implementation of the 2005 comprehensive peace agreement. it will permit the people of south sudan or the first time to vote in january 20 -- january 2011. as a part of our effort to ensure that that referendum takes pla

even alan greenspan, who rationalized large tax cuts to avoid the supposed danger of paying down the debt too quickly, and does anybody remember that deep concern that we had about paying down the debt too quickly? well, the certain -- the bush administration certainly saved us from that lternative. they acknowledged in the "wall street journal" this month that that policy helped wipe out the surplus and led to higher interest rates. that is the kind of honesty we all need to show if we want to head off a crisis. and slowly but surely, that honesty is spreading to congress. this month, senator george voinovich candidly so that republicans cannot sign norquist's anti-tax pledge and take on the debt at the same time. that was not a democrat. that is the steny hoyer. that was senator george voinovich of ohio. interestingly enough, what do governors have to do? they have to make real decisions because their decisions have senator voinovich was absolutely correct. that pledge is inconsistent with the oath of office that they took when they became members of the united states senate. that

is that alan setting up those work rules? >> all of the decisioos about the operations and tactics -- >> when you hire a contractor is bp or the unified command setting up? things like 10 minutes at a time under certain conditions, who is setting those rules? >> there is a critical priority that we hold which is the safety -- >> that is not the answer to my question. who is setting the rules? >> unified command. >> i know that. but the work rules themselves, who is setting that up? whenever those rules are, who is setting them? >> unified command makes those decisions. >> thank you. >> i just have a ffw more questions. follow-ups, actually. when someone files a claim through the process do you look for ways to mitigate the damages? of the day 05 thousand dollars, do they look at it and say maabe $3,000? do you make that ind of evaluation -- if they owe $5,000 today look at it and say maybe $3,000? as long as they can justify their losses, you might pay 100% on the dollar? >> that is what we paid for. >> your large loss claims

in mississippi alan nominee defeated angela mcglowan and henry roth, backed by some tea party activists. in new mexico susan carquinez won the republican gubernatorial primary and will face off against dianne than this in a general election race to decide who will become the war -- the state's first female governor." rick, independent line, go ahead. caller: just a couple of comments. just looking at this whole thing, what i cannot understand is you look at the other oil companies. you have 8, 6, 12 of violations. bp had over 1200? that is outrageous. we want these guys to really get this settled? stop all of bp's drilling in the united states. halt their drilling. i bet you that within 48 hours you will see them come up with some kind of a solution that will fix this problem. i am sick. just sick of what is going on. should obama show more emotion? what more can he do other than be realistic? i do not think that obama has much to say in this. that is just my view. host: marietta, georgia. democratic line. caller: i was listening to that caller that just came up and i could not agree mo

washington, d.c., alan, independent line. are you there? go ahead, what do you think? caller: yes, i think we are. host: why is that? caller: the republican party, we have to extend the unemployment. 1.4 million people out of work. you have to get these people so they can spend money and pay bills. host: is that enough? >> , i think that is one of the bigger problems. host: what do you do about the housing situation? caller: i haven't even thought about that. host: we will move on to hot springs village, arkansas. henry, independent line. what are your thoughts? caller: let me turn my tv off. host: that would be great. caller: the first thing i wanted to say, thank you so much for your quirky smile and the morning, this early in the morning when people are so crabby and everything. thank you so much for that. honey, i am 86 years old. i am from the great depression. i saw the last recession that they call the recession but it was a depression. my input on this -- first thing they should do is put all of congress on an hourly wages so we can fire them when they don't pe

"washington journal," we will have more on line anna mckay against -- alan k. against. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 eastern. >> starting monday, start the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee elena kagan live on the c-span networks and see replace every night at 9:00 eastern on c-span to. to learn more, read c-span's latest book about the supreme court. it provides a unique insight about the court. it is available in hardcover and as a e-book. >> president obama and russian president medvedev spoke to reporters yesterday. they were asked about president obama's decision to replace stanley r. mcchrystal in afghanistan. this is a little less than an hour. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the president of the russian federation. >> good afternoon, everybody. please be seated. after many meetings around the world, i am delighted to welcome my friend and partner, president medvedev to the white house. this is also an opportunity to return the wonderful hospitality of the president and his wife. michele and i

coast guard national incident commander admiral alan will be live at 10:00 on c-span radio and television. seafood inspectors are being presented with the daunting task of keeping tainted food from consumers. some of these inspectors are being trained to use their noses to sniff out offending voters as they scrutinize ketches held by thousands offending voterodors s they scrutinize the catches held by thousands of fishermen. allegations made by physicians for human rights charged that new research was done under the guise of safeguarding detainee health. finally, the israeli navy today killed four palestinian militants off of the coast of gaza in the first violence at sea since the deadly raid last week. meanwhile, in his temple a 20 member security group seeks to condemn israel for the raid against church if -- turkish flotillas last week. >> the political conference in washington this morning, america's future now, including r.e.m. huffington. on c-span 2 this morning, can the peace process be saved in the wake of the flotilla incident? live at 9:30 eastern. this afternoon senator richa

thank you, alan, for that kind introduction and thank you, donna, for the invitation to be here on behalf of usaid and our whole team and thank you, andrew for your support for this event. i'd like to start today's discussion was by sharing something you might not usually hear from a public servant in the aftermath of a crisis. thank you. your coverage at the national press and international press of haiti's earthquakes certainly helped rally the american people behind the cause of helping our neighbors in a time of need and crisis. in fact, more than half of all citizens in the united states contributed directly to the relief causes. it was an all inspiring demonstration of american compassion. and all the americans might be most familiar with usaid's work and red white and blue logo from seeing it on the evening news during the description of a story about that particular tragedy or others like it, our focus as an agency is also on long-term sustainable economic development. we work to ensure that all people have a chance to lead a healthy and productive life and we think of that not ju

host: alan, thank you for the call. "i did not think we have heard the last of financial reform.ome, credit fannie and freddie, credit card crash." the firing of general stanley mcchrystal, tuesday will bring the confirmation of general david petraeus. dozens of commanders have cycled through the top jobs in the u.s. command overseeing both wars. three of the commanders, including the recently dismissed general stanley mcchrystal, had been fired or resigned under pressure. history has a judge to many of them harshly. only general petraeus and general or the year note are widely praised as having mastered the complex mixture of skills that is required in running america's wars demands. next, a caller from oakland, california. what is on your mind? caller: good morning. i would like to say a few things. i hope i can get it all out. number one, i am black. i am a democrat. you can call me a socialist or whateever. -- whatever. i do not know why race had to be an issue. republicans always say it is not their issue. nevertheless, i am black. i just wanted to say that -- there was a pe

. -- i spoke with alan. that was $160 million to clean up this 59,000 gallon spill.are talking into the billions of dollars for a potential cleanup costs, not to mention the loss of the very brazilian people in your state in the states along the coast. our sympathy goes out to them. this biomethod -- i don't want people contacting our company. we need people to contact their legislators to let them know this is an epa-certified -- the numbers b59 on the contingency plan list. we have paid our dues. we did the formalities of going through the process. . . we are ready to go and jump on this thing. we will take any assistance that we can get. we need to contact the people to get placement of an order for this technology. >> all website that our viewers and listeners can go to? >> bioworldusa.com. adbio.com >> thankkyou so much for your call. to las vegas. hey, rikki. -- ricky. >> in our middle people have been telling alicea not to drill these orwell's because this kind of thing could happen. they've wanted to stop the shrimpers and oysterman from harvesting in the way

if this is anti-income and energy, how do you explain the fact that alan grayson record- breaking fund-raising quarter? this is because as a sophisticated movement, we recognize who is with us, who is ing to washington d.c. to shake up the system,nd stand with us and who is not. we are going to take the impostor's out and go to the mat for the people who are the real deal. [applause] finally, we need to get out and organize back to basics. i met somebody who said we need more progressive and the structure in the field and that is absolutely true. we do. but i will argue that infrastructure will do is no good until we get back tohe core organizing principles of what democracy is about. who heard ed rendell go off a uple months ago about the democratic party having lost its soul? we need to be willing to say what is really going on. we need to tell stories like the one i started this speech with an order for people to understand why they're with us. during the health care fight, we kept saying those people think this is about socialism or they don't want the public optio, e cdo score is too high

alan greenspan spoke about it a few days ago.they say those already addicted, we have to give them another domethadone. that explains what you see as a contradiction. ron pulse is the best. those who are already now addicted to government subsidies and money must be taken care of. they must be. it is only right, moral, but we do not need to go on forever making more addicts that we cannot take care of guest: i think you have a sophisticated view, and i do not think it is of view that is widespread, frankly, among the tea party people. you are essentially saying we ought to cut the government with a grandfather clause. so anyone getting the deal now gets to keep it, but you don't give it to anyone else. that is one way to get change because you essentially keep the people benefiting now happy. i think it is not a fair way to do it. i think there ought to be some mutuality of the sacrifices. if you never get a penny from social security or medicare, even though you have been paying in large amounts of your entire working life, then

the nation is starting to recover from the recession, starting last september, according to alan greenspan. i remember observing that report. and it came out of it -- the state came out of the recession back in january. the recovery phase will be awhile for us, but president obama did warn the nation that 2009 will be the year we commence recovery proceedings with a stimulus at. the first few months will be painful, the second six months will be very painful, then there will be six months to a year of an uncomfortable period. we are staying on course regarding the fact is -- the fact is, i cannot account for all of new england being out of the recession, but massachusetts is. and i really think we will reap some political and economic changes, i think. we are at unemployment for 9%, but we have added about 16,000 jobs in massachusetts. host: to you know what industry most of those jobs came from? caller: i applied for a job, but did not get one. half those jobs came from the census bureau, i guess. we are still at 9% unemployment. i do feel independent, very optimistic, i am sorry, that we

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if this is anti-income and energy, how do you explain the fa that alan grayson record- breaking fund-raisinguarter? this is becau as a sophisticated movement,e recognize who is with us, who is going to washington d.c. to shake up the syste and stand wi us and who is not. we are going to take the postor's out and go to the mat for thpeople who are the real deal. [applause] finally, we need to get out a organize back toasics. i met somebody who said we need more progressive and the structure in the field and that is absolutely true. we do. but i will argue that infrastructure will do is no good until we get back to the core organizing principl o what democracy is about. who heard ed rendell go off a uple months ago abo the democratic party hing lt its so? we need to be willing to say what is really goi on. we need to tell stories like the one i started this speech wit an order for people to understand why they're with us. during the health care fight, we kept saying those people think this is about socialism or they don't want the public option, the cdo score is too high. markosas one of the o

the mistakes were made by alan greenspan and other regulators.those hearings show government regulators were asleep at the switch, where wall street banks drove the economy over the cliff. the aaility to respond to future crises, there are a number of issues important to my current committee, the committee on energy and commerce. we have consumer financial protection, regulation of electricity, and other energy markets. i strongly support a new consumer financial protection agency that is independent, has strong rule making and enforcement authorities, and has broad jurisdiction over the entities that provide financial products and services to consumers. both the house and senate bills have good provisions. our challenge will be to take the best of both bills and produce a consumer financial protection agency that has all the tools it needs to be successful. our economy and our families across the country are suffering from the abuses of wall street. our job is to prevent these abuses so the economic security, hard-working americans will -pnever

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> up next, admiraa alan updates reporters on the oil spill cleanup. then house speaker nancy pelosi speaks. after that, more on the oil spill with representative bill cassidy. now, admiral allen gives an update on the oil spill. he gives a summary of the personnel involved, including contractors, coast guard, national guard and volunteers, and how the coast guard plans to bring additional resources to that area. this issabout 25 minutes. >> good morning. we will follow the standard format. admiral mullen will give the update and then we will take questions. len will give the update and then we will take questions. >> i am going to talk a little bit about the response and some of the skipper's, which have become increasingly important in that the response. just to summarize where we are at on this friday, about 25,000 people are on the ground down there. this has become the largest oil spill response in our nation's history. with over 1200 coastguardsman, 1400 national guardsmen, 3700 contractors, and hundred

even alan greenspan, who during the bush administration advocated for, or at least rationalized, largexes to avoid the supposed danger of paying down the debt to quickly -- does anybody remember that the concern we had about paying down the debt to quickly? the bush administration certainly saved us from that alternative. the acknowledged in "the wall street journal" this month that that policy helped wipe out the surplus and lead to higher interest rates. that is the kind of honesty we all need to show it want to head off a crisis. and slowly but surely that honesty is spreading to congress. this month, a senator said that republicans cannot sign norquist;s anti? cash -- anti-tax pledge and take on the debt. that was not a democrat. that was the republican from ohio, a governor. governors have to make real decisions because their decisions have real confident -- real consequences. that pledge is inconsistent with the oath of office they took when they became members of the united states and a. i agree. it is because i take my own of so seriously that i take our common danger so seriou

they are alan berman, ph.d., president of jeffersons solutions consulting firm. allison stanger, ph.d., professor of international politics and economics at middlebury development and author of "one nation under contract." stan soloway, president and ceo of the professional services council trade association, former u.s. deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition reform. danielle brian, executive director of the project on government oversight commonly referred to as pogo. debra avant, professor of political science at the university of california at irvine and the author of "private security, the market for force." and john nagl, ph.d., president of the center for a new american security, co-author of its newly released report, contracting in conflicts, the path to reform. our witnesses are notable not only for their deep involvement with issues before us today, but also for the different conclusions to which they did their research and thinking and to which it has led to their views tak vi views today. we welcome this diversity of informed judgment and w

so lat year the congress directed the department to review and establish alan to sustain the solid rocketsndustrial base, and the plan was to be due june 1st. june 1st has come and gone. i understand the interim report is still in the development and the department is working towards delivering a final plan, quote, no earlier than the end of this fiscal year. i can take you to today's newspapers. th are talking about a continuing resolution at the end of this year to be followed at some undetermined moment an omnibus bill and this creates great uncertainty with respect to the solid rocket folks. so in the absence of an ficial recommendation regarding the delivery of solid rocket motor industrial base system and plans to you have any recommendations the u could offer now or anything you could share as to the fox the department may have in this area? and let me ask the admiral if he has anything on this. i would tell you that i am not aware of the status of this report and am not in a position to provide any recommendations frankly because i just don't know but i am happy to find out why thi

senator alan and i perfected the post closure filibuster.the filibuster that occurs after cloture and vote. that has proved to be a more difficult filibuster than the pre-cloture philadelphia -- filibuster. when i was majority whip, i would act for the majority leader. then as i became majority leader, those battles would occur between jim allen and me, the parliamentary ibattles on te floor. >> there are some new faces here. there is senator dirksen, senator humphrey. charlie halleck, who is he? >> he was the leader of the minority in the house. the gentleman next to him in the center? >> i see tom kibo over there behind that man -- tom kegle over there behind that man. the >> would you say about senator paulicjohnson? >> it was difficult to say no to lyndon johnson. i was one of the few to say no to him, but he probably could not say -- operate as he did then today. >> when did you say no to him? >> when he called me on one occasion and asked me to support the civil rights act of 1964 and i told him that i could not vote for it. there were

alan greenan spoke about it a few days ago. they say those already addicted, we have to give them another domethadone. that explains what you see as a contradiction. ron pulse is the best. those who are already now addicted to government subsidies and money must be taken care of. they must be. it is only right, moral, but we do not need to go on forever making more addicts that we cannot take care of guest: i think you have a sophisticated view, and i do not think it is of view that is widespread, frankly, among the tea party people. youre essentially saying we ought to cut the government with a grandfather clause. so anyone getting the deal now gets to keep it, but you don't give it to anyone else. that is one way to get change because you essentially keep the people benefiting now happy. i think it is not a fair way to do it. ihink there ought to be some mutuality of the sacrifices. if you never get a penny from social security or medicare, even though you have been paying in large amounts of your entire working life, then th

if this is anti-income and energy, how do you explain the fact that alan grayson record- breaking fund-raising quarter? this is because as a sophisticated movement, we recognize who is with us, who is going to washington d.c. to shake up the system, and stand with us and who is not. we are going to take the impostor's out and go to the mat for the people who are the real deal. [applause] finally, we need to get out and organize back to basics. i met somebody who said we need more progressive and the structure in the field and that is absolutely true. we do. but i will argue that infrastructure will do is no good until we get back to the core organizing principles of what democracy is about. who heard ed rendell go off a couple months ago about the democratic party having lost its soul? we need to be willing to say what is really going on. we need to tell stories like the one i started this speech with an order for people to understand why they're with us. during the health care fight, we kept saying those people think this is about socialism or they don't want the public option, the cdo score

. >> last saturday, we said this is alan is to be done, pull every ship in the war will -- in the world with a separate group, we need vacuum trucks along the edge, skimmers on the outer edge, and a crew on that beach. when the oil comes up, when it comes up, you better get it or it goes back out the city. people stationed on the beach 24/7, and it s covering the territory. the skimmers are not going to do it. 500 ft. of boom, you boomlets' slowly and it goes back and forth that cover the whole bay. it can be done with four or five teams in a day's time. you circle it a lot. but you have to do it first light, late in the evening when the water is calm. you skim along the edge, you get the heavy march out, and the last part of that team is going to be -- and it better be doing it now -- one of three things. something to spray 1 marks to give it a chance to come back,%- secondly, something to get the sticky blackness of, for third to absorb all like peat moss and blowing in there. they need to test all three, but once we get all the oil out, we need to be ready to spray. i am not an exper