bennett. are there any claims denied by bp or have not been handled in 90 ays? could they be brought to the government's oil trust fund? i believe note claims have been denied to date. i really find that hard to believe. are you telling us that no one person has tried to take advantage of this system, that no one has put forth some sort of false claim? can you provide us with some examples entellus why they have not been denied? -- and tell us why they have not been denied? >> what i can tell you is that we have not denied any claims to date. we have thousands of claims put into the system. we of paid, as i mentioned, $91 million worth of claims, and no claim has been denied. we've gone a variety of claims in the system, everything from boat captains to a deck hand to a waitress to a long man. and we're looking at everything that we get carefully, and we're being fair and reasonable and practical and our evaluation of claims. i can also tell you, mr. chairman, you're right. we have up to 90 da

bennett endorsed bridgewater. it will be a tight race. according to the polls, bridgewater was in the lead. host: has there been a resurgence in popularity or interest in what bennett has to say? guest: no, he is upset he lost. he says whoever wins will not have much clout in washington. this will truly be a freshman senator without the clout that bennett did, but it is not one of the endorsements that bridgewater is talouting. host: this concerns the runoff in south carolina. an african-american two-party conservative is running against the son of one time segregationist strom thurmond. tell us about the ccntest and what may happen? guest: this guy came from nowhere, and all of a sudden has a ton of momentum. he is doing surprisingly well committed to the run-up. thurmond has all the momentum, and will likely win -- he might be the best shot the republicans have to have an african-american in the congress in eight years. both eric cantor and another have backed him. he is the tea party favorite. sarah palin has backed him. this is the se

three hours with bill bennett, sunday on c-span2. get the whole schedule at booktv.org. >> for a snapshot of washington and the 111th congress, the c- span congressional directory, a reference guide to the house and senate, the cabinet, supreme court justices and state senators all at your fingertips. >> "washington journal" continues. host: senator mark begich, democrat of alaska. here is the headline in "the new york times." white house energy session changes no mines. what happens? guest: you had a bipartisan group. a lot of discussion about the current legislation people have on airlines as well as pending legislation. it was a good discussion veered it did not move one place or another, but there is a clear indication people want a comprehensive energy plan and one form. the recognize our dependence on foreign oil cannot continue at the rates it is going. that was a positive general discussion. but you are right, he did not come out there and say here is the legislation. it is really to lay out on the table. there were mixed vie

senator bennett asked about waving the mmgic wand. we need the school psychologist. + we need the school social workers. you know, how do we structure this so that we make a great attempt at figuring out how problem?ing to solve this >> it's a difficult issue to find these people and one of the things that we've tried to do is we took a look at some of the research in cham bier lain and got our building of capacity in providing the skill training and the mastery and some different things like tuition credits for their recertification, the chance to go to a convention with their peers. we put all that stuff out there and allows us to provide that they're going to come to a supportive environment that's going to build their supportive capacity. we help teachers become nationally board certified. we've tried to provide all kinds of building capacities once we get them there. getting them there is a difficult point. there are two things that are going on we're having some success with. it's a federal grant called project select. if you ha

host: has there been a resurgence in popularity or bennett has tot say? ggest: no, he is upset he lost. he says whoever wins will not haae much clout innwwshington. this will truly be a freshman senator without the clout that bennett did, but it is not one of the endorsements that bridgewater is talouting. host: this concerns the runoff in south carolina. an african-american two-partyy+ conservative is running against the son of one time strom thurmond. tell us about the ccntest and what ay happen? gueest: this guy came from nowhere, and ll of a sudden hhs a ton of momentum. he is doing surprisinnly well to the run-up. thurmond has all the momentum, -- he mightely win be the best shot the republicans haae o have an african-american in the congress in eight years. both eric cantor and another% have backed him. hh is the tea party favorite. sarah palin has backed him. seat for henry brown who is rrtiring. whoever emerges from this will be the favorite. host: also, the gubernatorial runoff in south carolina. haley is expecced to do well because she had such

our boys, reese and bennett, they are not here tonight because they are in the middle of finals. they have been wonderful and supportive. they have taxed at a few times. they said comeuppance -- they a few times.d they have said, mom, come home because dad cannot cook. [laughter] i see my mom out there tonight. i have to tell you that i would not be here tonight it it were not for she and my father. [cheers and applause] as a strong family, she has taught me what it is all about. they taught us what the real product -- with real priorities are about. those priorities are our faith in our family and our loyalty to our neighbors and the great people of the state of arkansas. [applause] i see my aunt blanche and uncle tom. they have been on the road with me. my sister and my brother is here in spirit. i know there are so many others. i have not done this by myself. i have done it with each and everyone of you by my side. as i come out to the counties and talk to folks, you are there. you're excited. you are passionate. you're concerned. you know what we have to do. i have the most t

for example, michael bennett, who was not elected. >> i am sorry. what is the question? >> what kind of message does that send to voters who did not get their choice for a candidate sent to the senate? >> we had a primary. that has been done. the president is supportive of, as we said months ago, supportive of incumbent senator michael bennett, somebody who has done groundbreaking work, first as a superintendent, and is involved -- involved with a whole host of things the president is supportive of, particularly as it relates to ethics. >> the bush ethics lawyer actually defends the practice. you are not giving people a choice in the primary. >> tim, i thiik each individual state decides, i believe, however vacancy is going to be filled. i am not going to get into the 50-state decision. thank you, guys. >> baseball? >> well -- [laughter] i will say this. which one? you and died. >> all right. all right. >> i am speaking with the authority of the federal -- [laughter] for what ever that is worth. i will say a couple of things. i hope the baseball awards are a perfect game

bennett? >> sir, that is respect. they are all responsible parties, but ultimately how much you would be liable for would be returned by the debt -- by the investigation and all handles out. they may not be equally responsible. >> since we are paying claims, it might be nice to try to start figuring that out pretty quick. because bp is paying all the bills right now, is that right, mr. willis? >> that is correct. >> so there are other entities, including two who refuse to testify here today, that may have some liability. what are we going to go to find out who is responsible and the extent of their responsibility? mr. newman, it appears that they're not going to be liable for anything, so to speak. >> senator, under opa, if we get the payment, we do not look beyond that. i suspect the administration and the department of justice will be following up with the investigation on all of those questions and looking at that. >> mr. chairman, i think they ought to get some understanding of the liability. if they are the only

one of those played out in utah, where bob bennett was denied the nomination of his republican partyor a fourth term. tonight our debate features to man who face the challenge with gun -- within been its own party. they will be on the primary ballot in june 22 to be the next senator from utah. a coin toss determined that likely would deliver it -- deliver the first one-minute speech. >> my name is mike lee. i believe in the second amendment right to bear arms. i opposed amnesty for illegal immigrants in any form. i am running for the senate because i believe that our federal government is too big and too expensive. it is that way because congress has refused to follow or even read the rule book for the last 75 years. it is the 75 -- the 223 year- old document that limits the power of the federal government. it says that it can only do a few things. it is supposed to focus on things like national defense and immigration and regulating interstate and foreign trade. it is not supposed to be all things to all people. it is not everyone's best friend, not supposed to be our health-care pr

aounttake that into when we think about how bennett been made. the forces that i described earlier, one of the guidelines re used is this, let's build a force that could take care of al of the conventional wars that we have fought. since 1990. they could respond to those adequately. they could do some action in two theaters at once. but take a look at what the -- what is actually required of us. not just a raw numbers ofhips but if you use those ships and planes to their full capabilities, how many do we really need? thoseuctions i talked about and at is the result of what we came up with. we could have fought the war successfully if we did it efficiently with the forces we talked about. i will leave the rest to question and answer and i want to introduce a member of the cato institute. >> thank you. i am director of foreign-policy studies at cato instute. i want to thank our colleagues on the task force and chairman frank for his leadership brought us together. the other speakers have laid out some specific proposals to achieve substantial reduc

bennett has said? >> he gives more insight into the current claims process but it is my understanding that it is certainly within b.p.'s prerogative to pay beyond o.p.a. compensable costs but as i highlighted earlier, you know, b.p. has said they will pay for all legitimate claims, but if for some reason that changes they cannot and will not then the trust fund is threatened because we don't really know at this point the true costs. we don't know for many years or months to come. this bill still has not been containeded and we already know that the number keeps growing each day, each week in terms of the volume that's being spilled so this is obviously unprecedented spill and the costs could be in the billions, i think. >> ok. another question. for you, miss fleming? how does the deep water horizon spill compare with prior spills? sheer magnitude? >> i just highlighted a couple. it is my understanding more oil -- this has been the worst offshore platform spill in u.s. history. it still hasn't been cont

for, particularly in the early republican primaries, you have seen a couple of republicans -- bob bennettutah, a three-term the senator who was very popular year ago, lee is in a primary a few weeks ago. you saw -- very popular a year ago, lose and a primary. you saw charlie crist being pushed out of the republican primary and accused of being too moderate. on the republican side, that is what i am looking -- are you going to see that trend continue, where the so-called derate candidates are losing d, the tea party-fuelde conservative candidates are winning? i think that is what you would expect. on the democratic side, you are seeing that with the blanche lincoln race and arkansas. you have labor unions and people on the left are very frustrated with her as being too

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. >> reporter: utah republicans ousted bob bennett at a state convention last month. for more on the primary and the historical results in south carolina, we're joined by amy walter, editor and chief of the hotline, national journal's political daley. and adolphus belk jr., a professor of political science and african american studies at winthrop university in rock hill south carolina. he joins us now from charlotte, north carolina. thank you, both, for being with us. amy walter, to you first, and focusing on south carolina. an african american being nominated fair congressional seat, an indian american woman for governor. so was this about race, gender, or about the tea party movement that was endorsing both of them? >> well, i think there are a lot of things going on here, and it's never as simple as it seems on paper. i mean, in some ways, tim scott, the man who now is more than likely to come to congress. he is in a very republican district. he was essentially part of the establishment, a sitting statement legislator. he was very well liked by the folks in the rep

as i just heard senator bennett say, and colleagues were joined -- this is no great joy in the crafting this bill. we're doing so out of defense of our nation, and the threat being posed by the government of iran, but would help it would understand the seriousness of this endeavor. the club of neighbor of efforts in the national income and helps the would see the light as libya did in leadership -- in hopes, and that it would take the proper steps removed the threat they are currently opposing. despite a clear mandate, they have failed to comply with the legislation adopted from 1996. despite billions of dollars in oil and gas investments, they have avoided complying with the loss for 1996. that has been the subject of considerable discourse within the banking committee over the last number of years. first, when the iran sections act mandates the president shall "impose two of the menu of penalties on foreign companies" and only says the president should investigate credible evidence and should make determinations. that they have, and in fact engaged in sentience. thus, administrations

some tough controversy perspective from roger bennett co-host of off the ball on espn.com and co-author of espn's world cup companion. roger, this french meltdown, have you ever seen anything like it? what's going on? >> the world cup has had its fair of intrigue and its fair share of teams not getting along. it's definitely uwe in world cup history. the great french legend pinpointed two problems for the team last week. they were pretty sizable. the first he said was the coach. the second he said was the team. and their complete lack of teamwork. i all begins there. >> brown: it's risen to the highest levels in france. the president sarkozy has spoken about it. he sent the minister to the ... to visit the team and the sports minister today said that french football faces a, quote, moral disaster. that's very french to put it in moral terms, right? >> this whole incident is exquisitely french. only the french could do team meltdowns in such fine style. i mean french soccer ideally they love to lose with style and grace and a degree of pain as opposed to win in a classless fashion. this

. >> tomorrow, bill bennett, live on "in depth." he is the author of more than 20 books for adults and children. join us for three hours with bill bennett on c-span 2. >> robert byrd became the longest serving member in the history of congress. he began his service in 1953. he died monday morning at age of 92. his colleagues also paid tribute. >> mr. president -- mr. president, our senate family grieves today over one of the most dedicated americans to serve this country, one of the most distinguished senators to have served in the u.s. senate. united states senate. robert byrd's mind was one of the greatest the world's ever seen. as a boy, he was called upon when he was in elementary school to stand before the class and recite not paragraphs from the assignment of the night before but pages of the night before. he did this with memory. from his graduation as valedictorian of his high school class at the age of 16 to his death this morning as the senate's pro tempore at age 92, he mastered everything he touched with great thoughtful

and next sunday, july 4, your questions for bill bennett live on "in debt." the former education secretary and drug czar is the author of more than 20 books for adults and children. find the entire schedule at our web site and join us on twittered. more than 30,000 viewers already have. >> senate majority leader harry reid was campaigning in his home state of nevada on saturday. he is running for reelection this year against nevada state representative sharron angle. his remarks on the senate floor are 25 minutes. but a full picture of this nominee is beginning to emerge. the recent release of documents' rated to ms. -- related to ms. kagan's work in the clinton white house, reveals a woman committed to advancing a political agenda. a woman less concerned about the objectivity -- about objectively analyzing the war than the ways that the -- the law than the ways that the law could be used to advance a goal. these memos an notes reveal a woman whose notes to the law is a political advocate, the opposite of what people expect in a judge. this is the kind of thi

strong suggestion that we had an amendment that was adapted them -- unanimously, offered by michael bennett of colorado, that offered ending the t.a.r.p. program. it was over a longer period of time. we of our expressed our views on that in one degree or another. the date of determination is there. that is the proposal to my senate colleagues that we will like to send to our colleagues in the other body for an alternative pay for provision which i hope would be warmly received as a better idea. whether you like all of the bill or not, it is a better alternative than the one i debt -- adopted in the wee hours of friday morning when we began this conference. now turn to senator shelby. >> it seems to me that chairman dodd is proposing a budget gimmick to get a better score from the cbo over a limited period of time. deposit insurance, if it is centrally -- if it is surely insurance -- as we saw on the recent crisis, the deposit insurance fund can rapidly depleted any need replenishment. he can quickly become a drain on bonds as opposed to a source of funds. if we can create government resourc

senator murray is next, senator dorgan, senator feinstein, senator specter and senator bennett. that is the list in order mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman, if we could have another engagement. i am happy to go after him on that list. >> i was going to recognize senator leahy. senator leahy. >> thank you. secretary, admiral mullen, always good to see you and incidentally i appreciate the fact that both of you have always been available for questions by myself and other members of the committee. let me ask you a little bit about afghanistan. we all want to see al qaeda and taliban defeated but i worry about our clear, achievable goals there. i supported 10 years ago now going into afghanistan. i did not support going into iraq because i saw it is no threat to the united states. secretary, you said last january we weren't trying to make afghanistan and central asia's ohio love that right now we have top officials in kabul did not have the confidence or respect to the afghan people and they seem to be making common cause of a lot of people we are fighting. we have committed so much, so

utah's senator bob and judy utah senator bob bennett, pennsylvania senator arlen specter going down tofeat. this will be an interesting test to see whether the party unity and ideological purity becomes an overriding issue for incumbents. host: neck and neck in arkansas. any late polls? guest: all the polls show it is very close. if you show the tenant governor bill halter with a small lead, but within the margin of error. but all you need is 50 percent plus one. host: what is he bnging? guest: something different. that is what much of the challenger candidates areoi

.+ he and bob bennett might have a partnership. conservatives abandoned tte first president bush after the suucessful 1990 budggt agreement that was part of the reason we got the surplus, the budget agreement in 1990, the bill of 1993, and the 97-98 agreement to reauthorize and continue paygo. for the same reason, anti-tax tax crusader grover norquist said this about the possibility of a budget compromise. "at some point cooversations about unicorns are tedious, because they do not exist in the real world. budget deals where they actually restrain spending and raise taxes are unicorns." i'll only say that a budget agreement is entirely possible between two parties thaa look at reality as it is, not to the prism of 30-year-old ideologies that lead to defeatist falsehoods like "budget deals do not exist." as i pointed out to you, they have existed to good effect. the good news is that after three decades some on the right are rralizing what supply-side has accomplished in reality. the administrations most committed to regressive tax

after that, bill bennett -- the author of more than 20 books for adults and children.n the entire schedule at booktv.org. join us on twitter. more than 30,000 viewers already have. >> what is the internet? monday, a look at the fcc's efforts to reclassify the internet with two members of the house communications subcommittee -- john shimkus and mike doyle. that is on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> this is a change in personnel, but it is not a change in policy. general petraeus fully participated in our review last fall. he both supported and helped design a strategy that we have in place. >> learn more about the president's choice to head u.s. forces in afghanistan. general david petraeus has been on c-span more than 40 times. you can see his participation in those events any time at the c- span video library. it is washington, your way. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome winston porter, president of the waste policy center. we want to focus on the issues in the gulf coast. the times picayune at this -- has this story. "it will never be th

utah's senator bob and judy utah senator bob bennett, pennsylvania senator arlen specter going down to defeat. this will be an interesting test to see whether the party unity and ideological purity becomes an overriding issue for incumbents. host: neck and neck in arkansas. any late polls? guest: all the polls show it is very close. if you show the tenant governor bill halter with a small lead, but within the margin of error. but all you need is 50 percent plus one. host: what is he bringing? guest: something different. that is what much of the challenger candidates are doing. they are saying, these people who have been serving in washington are part of the problem. we need to get a fresh-faced and new blood. he is running with the support of a lot of liberal activists who just feel that blanche lincoln has not been with them as much as they want him to be on health care, organized labor issues. they are sending a message of saying, no, we are not going to tolerate these variances from the party line. bill halter is not a down the line progressive or liberal, but strong enough on in of

. >> bennett, thank you. take care of him. >> let's go upstairs. i want to show you what we're doing. >> he is to let my little kid. they went to school together. [laughter] >> i am not so little anymore. >> yes. i knew i was going to shut down soon. i had a day off. >> i always worry about [laughter] oat >> i gained 90 pounds. >> were you expecting that many people? it was unbelievable. >> no. >> they wanted to push you off. -- two peace you off -- to piss you off. >> i know. >> they are here to show theer support. we went to high school together. she went off to be a movie star and left us here. [laughter] >> are you feeling better today? >> i still have a little fever. >> that was everybody's concern. >> we will have to get him out of here pretty soon. >> yes. i wanted you to understand what we did. early on, but right after the accident, we knew we were going to have problems. they said, no, the disbursement will make it sink and it will not come to shore. then this is right here. we knew we had to stop the oil right here. we asked for a jack u

for, particularly in the early republican primaries, you have seen a couple of republicans -- bob bennettn utah, a three-term the senator who was very popular year ago, lee is in a primary a few weeks ago. you saw -- very popular a year ago, lose and a primary. you saw charlie crist being pushed out of the republican primary and accused of being too moderate. on the republican side, that is what i am looking -- are you going to see that trend continue, where the so-called moderate candidates are losing d, the tea party-fuelde conservative candidates are winning? i think that is what you would expect. on the democratic side, you are seeing that with the blanche lincoln race and arkansas. you have labor unions and people on the left are very frustrated with her as being too conservative. that is why she is getting this challenge from the left. host: ben evans, political reporter with the associated press, thank you for joining us. following on that, this is a piece from "the new york times" looking at the race and arkansas -- unions take a stand in the arkansas race. they have knocked on 17

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atur hearing yesterday, craig bennett, director of the national pollution funds center, said, all funds expended will be billed to b.p. and ultimaly recovered. these funds are deposited int the principle fund, not the emergency fund. as of june 1, 2010, obligations against the emergency fund for federal response efforts totaled $93 million. that figure has now grown to $114million. so it's bping up against the limit of $150 million and $100 million plus the baseline $50 million for emergency response. at the current pace of operations, funding available, continuing with director bennet in themergency fund will be insufficient to sustained federal response operations within two weeks. and we're very close to that number now. the coast guard has, according to information supplied by the coast guard, billeb.p.$69 million. that biing en responded to by b.p. wille deposited in the general funof the oil spl liability trust fund to replenh the fund. an additional ex-- and additional expenditures will be bled against b.p. for deposit in the fund. i further note that in the section, the senate b

recommendations of the national park second century commission led by former senators howard baker and bennettohns ton. over the course of 2008 and 2009, the commission gave serious conversation to what the park service needs to do and came up with four brood recommendations. -- broad recommendations. one, to advance a 21st century national park idea. two, strengthen stewardship of our nations resources and broaden citizen service. three, build an effective responsive and accountable 21st century park service, and, four, ensure permanent sustainable fund forg the work of the service. i would like to just touch on a few of those recommendations under these broad categories. one suggestion of the commission is for congress to require the national park system to develop a national park system plan, which would identify natural and historic themes of the united states from which additions to the system are needed. it would also identify those places where the service can best play the role of partner, assisting the efforts of others. the plan would provide a strategic approach to building a cohees

accountke that into when we think about how bennett been made. forces that i described earlier, one of the guidelines were used is this, let's build a force that could take care of all of the conventional wars that we have fought. since 1990. they could respond to those adequately. they could do some action in two theaters at once. but take a look at what the -- what is actually required of us. not just a raw numbers of ships but if you use those ships and planes to their full capabilities, how many do we really need? those reductions i talked about and that is the result of what we came up with. we could have fought the war successfully if we did it efficiently with the forces we talked about. i will leave the rest to question and answer and i want to introduce a member of the cato institute. >> thank you. i am director of foreign-policy studies at cato institute. i want to thank our colleagues on the task force and chairman frank for his leadership brought us together. the other speakers have laid out some specific proposals to achieve substant

bennett -- these have been experienced by people living in louisiana and where we are today. it has been experienced in metropolitan areas, including new orleans, at mile marker 100 -p-- that means it is 100 miles from the mouth of the mississippi. people in new orleans are also experiencing these severe impact. the been experienced bb workers and fishermen in the general area of the crude oil slick and the marshes and the estuaries where the oil has come on shoree the epa website says some of these chemicals may cause short- lived effects like headaches, eyes, ose, and throat in order to offset the loss of livelihood, bp has been encouraged to hire the local fishermen whh have firsthand knowledge of the area. these fishermen were hirrd to install the booms and to start cleaning up the spilled oil and the absorbent pads. on may 4, 2210, we received and began to distribute protective gear to the fissures to utilize -- to the fishermen to utilize in their cleannp activities. they include goggles,,gloves, and sleeve protecttrs. we continue to distribute this equipment to the fis

next sunday, your questions for bill bennett live on "indepth." he is the author of more than 20 books for adults and children. on the entire schedule at booktv.org. join us on twitter. more than 30,000 viewers already have. c-span is available in over 1 million homes, bring you a direct link to public affairs, nonfiction books, all as a service created by america's cable company. >> this is the grand by you village. we have been in this area for centuries. and nativestent american. we have lived in this region forever. we have seen the changes that have come into the environment, some of it natural, but the majority of it has been human- induced. we have managed to adapt and adjust our way of living in order to remain here. we are facing a situation right now, with the gulf disaster, with the oil, and the dispersant used to sing that oil, we are facing something that we have never faced before. the unknown. we have no idea how this will impact our community, the length of time, how will impact the marine life that we're dependent on for our food