we won that after we were able to convince charleston on this. i have been involved with the project where there were 4000 jobs. i got on the floor of the senate to defend that project. that will bring 4000 jobs because that is a needy county. >> would you locate video poker machines? >> you are missing the point. $3.5 billion of budget, thousands of teachers will be laid off. we can get that money right away. there are 49 states that have a problem with their budget. 41 of them are considering some form of gaming. south carolina just passed a massive video poker plan. you have to have monday and gaming is the only ball game left. >> we will likely be crying anyway. [laughter] >> not if i am governor. >> i have been involved in numerous economic projects in my district. i am not responsible for the businesses located there. in the smaller communities, it is a team effort. i work closely with economic development director and have been involved in expansion in kershaw county. i was talking with an employer that was looking to expand into another a

mcmaster, 30 seconds. >> the charleston port can take more ships at high tide. george and has an enormous opportunity and jasper will be there when we maximize charleston. we all agree on the basic ingredients that we have. that difference with me is that i say that we can think big, think globally, and there is no end to what we can do, but we have to work together to accomplish real change. the sanford years and showed me what you can -- what can happen when you do not do that. i am a positive conservative leader who of gone things done in the executive branch and i'm ready to expand it from the governor's office. >> your question was on course and how to maximize interstate highways. we need to learn from georgia. they ran with it because governor per do with greek people at the ports and thank them for their business. that would walk away and let the courts do their business. in south carolina, the governor was not engaged in a legislator will not let go of the report so that they can do their job. we need strong ports, we need rails and distribution centers

but a war of choice. >> ifill: editor of the state's largest newspaper, the charleston gazette. >> all the time he was aging and getting more and more frail and feeble, barely able to walk and wheeled around in a wheelchair. so it was very sad but yet he was noble, i thought, and so he's my hero exactly a half century after i was his press assistant. >> ifill: byrd's legacy looms largest in west virginia where any number of public works projects bear his name. >> he delivered to the state key projects. what the outside world called pork, he and west virginiaians called needed infrastructure. >> short of abraham lincoln who gave us our statehood, yes, he is the most influential person and the best person we've had to represent us ever. >> ifill: byrd cast more than 18,000 roll call votes and wrote a four volume history of the upper chamber. >> i've had the privilege not only to witness but also to participate in the great panarama of history from the apex of the cold war to the collapse ... the collapse of the soviet union . from my opposition to the 1964 civil rights act to my part in

host: from charleston, west virginia. byrd was a near-be ready to the struggling west virginia where he delivered countless projects -- ravenswood, west virginia. tell us about your experience. bob, republican bill caller:hi. first off, my condolences to his family. senator byrd was well respected here by i think all west virginians, including myself. he did do a lot for our state. it is hard for a stroke -- small state like west virginia to get good representation -- presentation. i did not know if i would go along with the pork label. host: you call on the republican line. did you vote for him? caller: well, i did. i have voted for him and against him. at one point -- i hate to bring it up after his passing, but i shared it with others before. i did respect him but i did lose respect for him during the bill clinton white house sexual affair. he came out very strongly condemning at first, and i kind of felt light -- felt like he bowed toward partisan pressure again. host: what do you think the governor will do? any word

we did the same thing in charleston. i will set aside $250 million to be set aside for those types of projects. i have to billion dollars to play with when i become governor. 250 million to county and local government. that is we need to support my plan. >> there are many opportunities to understand why our government does and does not work. the governor named it nonow thed of the [unintelligible] we need to have a governor that is committed to other types of transportation. they can access federal dollars. we already have the state's infrastructure. it was used to build projects. it is important as dollars be leveraged as much as possible, not only for roads but mass transit. >> euronext question is for senator 4. >> -- your next question is for senator ford. >> the majority of video poker players were motorists passing through the state or short-term visitors to the borders of south carolina. 65% of the video poker machines were located along interstate highways. would your legislation limit machines to a certain dista

i grew up in charleston adjacent to the beautiful beaches of charleston just south of myrtle beach, the grand strand. so, i know how important our beaches -- beach is, hospitality. i also know the environment and the marsh is very important. i grew up in the marshes of south carolina. the oil has a catastrophic effect on the fiddler crabs, on the small life there. it just breaks your heart. host: any reconsideration of drilling policy? guest: not reconsideration but certainly, i believe there should be a cut off valve on any drilling facility, whether it be in the ocean, or on the ground, on land. there must be a failsafe cut of system with a valve. this is not rocket science. we know -- in fact, i working with people promoting a cut off system for homes that would have sensors where, if there is an unusual discharge of water, the water intake of a home or government or apartment building, it would automatically cut off through a cut off valve. i know the technology is there. so, before any well should be approved, it must have a cut off system. but we need to be drilling. we cannot con

the charleston pork tinted boats at high time. george time -- the charlestown port can take boats at high tide. we all agree on the basic ingredients. the difference with me is i see that we can think big and globally and there is no end to what we can do. we have to work together to accomplish real change. whatanford year's show us happens when we do not do that. i am ready to continue working together. >> your question was about ports and maximizing interstate highways. we need to learn from georgia. they ran with it. you haa a port board her recognized they needed a legislature that could strengthen them and then walk away and let them do their business. we had a governor that was not as engaged and we had a legislature will not let go of the ports. we need strong ports. we have to have distribution centerr. but we need to expand the interstate highways and rails so we are not contesting the interstate with trucks but by doing those things, which will maximize the amount of freight that comes in and out. >> we have got to have

the charleston paper said, what an indictment. what a credit-rating -- penetrating condemnation of all the leaders in this young man's life, up to legislators, governors, and presidents. and anyone else who meets and greets and congratulated themselves for being for jobs. no matter what you think, the epa regional matter what you think the epa should do regarding the mine in logan county, projections for coal employment for the future or the -- are the same. coal will never employ 100,000 west virginians like it once did. i hope to have the chance to address with you some of these other ridiculous yet persistent myths during the question and answer portion of our time. there are many individuals on the ground to live with the -- who live with the daily consequences and the nuisance problems, as they are called, caused by mountaintop removal coal mining. two daughters of coal miners have been granted the goldman environmental prize for their grass-roots organizing and heroic efforts. there is another wonderful woman whose name i ca

here's charleston, south carolina, next up, charleston -- excuse me, fayetteville, north carolina.publican line, alex, go ahead. >> you said -- >> i said fayetteville, north carolina, is that you, alex. >> i thought you said republican. >> well, go ahead with your comment, alex. >> didn't state it. anyway, i was commenting on the effort done on the oil spill. it's good but is it efficient enough and is it -- it is not capped yet or what's going on? >> well, it's a little bit offtopic. we're talking about the health care meeting with president obama. thad allen, you can watch that online in our video library at c-span.org. here's orlando, florida. magda. >> i'm magda from orlando, florida. i was watching the health care, and what i don't understand is the american people, they don't realize, we had a dumb president who killed my son in 2003 and 2004 and this health care, how can you be so smart and at the same time attack a president who is so decent, who doesn't lie to the people? i believe in him. i went to the library. i went right through it for the health care, the doughnut hol

myrtle beach, darlington, parris island, buford, charleston -- is somewhat about economics.hink obama needs to show the backbone. with all of your guest has said, you still have these disrespectful calls -- i think mcchrystal shows that, too. host: let's get a response. guest: that is part of what he is hearing and maybe also from his military team. that is in play here. do you look week if you let someone like this criticize the whole civilian team and not pay the price for that. that ways into this. other things way into it as well -- that weighs into this and other things weigh into it as well. fired -- they fired mckiernan quite abruptly. he served honorably in afghanistan. secretary gates has lopped off the heads of more generous than anyone i have seen. the air force -- he is not shy about ffring. it is possible we will learn today that he will be fired. it's also possible that president obama will say that the war effort is the primary focus. how does firing him affect the war effort? if it is better for the war effort, i could see president obama saying to use it as

we're doing and and charleston it is actually working.n be masters of our own destiny. >> you say that these workers earn $186 million here in south carolina. on those illegal immigrants, who would fill those jobs? they are hard labor jobs. >> i would hope that they would be south carolinans. our unemployment was around 11.2%. i think we're looking at putting people back to work in south carolina. if they are here legally, god bless them. this is a nation of mmigrants and we have laws to do that. if you want to come into this nation and do it legally, god bless you. but if you are here illegally, if you're knowing fully and lawfully -- if you're knowing fully breaking the law, we will enforce the immigration laws and get you out of our state. >> representative haley, i want you to get away and on the illegal immigration issue. do you support an arizona-style law here in south carolina? >> i am a co-sponsor of the arizona-style law. as the daughter of immigrants who came here legally, we are a country of laws. and when you give up being a

i will fondly remember as i was attending a meeting in charleston, west virginia, probably 12 years ago that -- i knew about his fiddling, but i didn't know of his love of music and vocal ability when he joined kathy ma tea in singing "amazing grace." it was a great moment for me, for him he was celebrating three loves, his music, his love of education and his faith in god. i also remember, and other members of the delegation will remember, too, we were in his office he served us lunch in his office, and when it came time for dessert, he asked us if we wanted dessert. since we were all watching our waistline we sort of waved off dessert and said, we really don't need dessert, i think we'll pass on dessert. no, no, we must have december ert, we must have apple pie and ice cream he told us how he'd maintained the same weight for the last 57 years in the united states congress. i think that's a feat to be celebrated, quite frankly. he also talked a lot about, and we heard about this, too, a love of his dogs. i remember when his beloved billy died, he was crushed. he wasn't afraid or ashame

this victory saved charleston from british occupation for another four years.it occurred at the first fort on sullivan's island, later named after his commander. the battle is known as the first decisive victory by american revolutionaries. this battle is just one example of the direct role south carolina played in the revolutionary war. throughout the war for independence, more than 200 battles and engagements took place in south carolina. more than any other province. one popular symbol of south carolina leadership in the revolution is still seen today throughout the world. the yellow flag that reads, don't tread on me. in 1773 -- 1775, colonel gaston was representing south carolina in the continental congress. history recorded that he presented his flag to a new commander in chief of the navy, common door hopkins, before this critical mission. in conclusion, god bless our troops. we'll never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. best wishes to u.s.c. gamecocks in the college world series tonight in omaha, nebraska. the speaker pro tempore: for

kevin is joining us from charleston, south carolina, on the independent line. good morning? caller: good morning. i was wondering -- host: more from the letter, while robust economic growth is essential for achieviig deficit reduction, we must also take additional steps to establish a fiscally sustainable budget passed over the long term. "the new york times" has its editorial directly focusing on deficit spending. susan joins us from jackson, tenn., on the democrats' line. caller: good morning. down here anddthe south the policeman, teachers and dollar getting laid off. the state's down here in the south are broke. we give tax cuts to all the rich people. the republicans have never believed in public schools. when we were going up back in the mountains there were no public schools. you went to school to learn to be a lady. drugs are flowing, kids are being destroyed. they're building more and more jails. i have had my say, i guess. host: the conversation is also taking place online on the twitter page. philip is joining us from san francisco. caller: thank you all for the g

he told the "charleston gazette" newspaper in that freshman year -- quote -- "if i live long enough, i'd like to be chairman of the senate appropriations committee." 30 years later, he was and then lived and served for 21 more years. his legislative accomplishments are many and those achievements fortify his incomparable legacy. but he's perhaps best known in this chamber as the foremost guardian of the senate's complex rules, procedures and customs. he didn't concern himself with such precision as a past time or a mere hobby. he did so because of his unyielding respect he had for the united states senate, a a reverence the senate always returned to him and now with his memory. with robert byrd's passing, america has lost its most -trongest defender of its most precious traditions and it now falls to each of us to keep that flame burning. throughout one of the longest political careers in history, no one in west virginia ever defeated robert byrd in a single election. in washington, his fellow democrats twice elected him to lead us when we were in the majority and once more when we w

he will be flown to charleston, west virginia, and taken to the robert byrd courthouse. the procession will end at the west virginia capital with a public viewing on thursday and next tuesday a public funeral at memorial baptist church in arlington, west virginia, followed by a private burial. frank, independent line herrity caller: first and foremost, thank you so much for c-span and the importance you folks represent in journalism in the most professional sense. i have very strong feelings about the issue you led off with. i would just ask people to remember the importance of the debates over the approval of nafta, going back to the late 1980's. totally apolitical. then subsequently we are feeling the pain of economically, the opening to china of these wto, world trade organization, and the consumer debt-based 70% of our economy, consumer economy. we are paying the price now. what has been forgotten, and my opinion -- and i feel very strongly about it -- the role and importance of money, and named in particular foreign secretary warren christopher who, i understand, wa

host: charleston, south carolina. john on independent line. caller: i just wanted to echo something that some of the people have talked about. has everybody knows, -- it is not to defend speech that is popular but defense speech we don't like. i think this might have been something that was bill advise that she said over the star of the moment. i am not defending it, but i think we have to be a little bit more liberal about these things because we are supposed to have a free-speech in this country. host: it appears -- john, thanks for the comment. it appears a lot of the call for her to step down as coming from both former white house officials, also coming from people who have worked with her. here is lanny davis is served in the clinton white house. back to his comments in politico. of course, helen has the right as a private citizen to speaker mind, even as an anti-jewish bigot -- and will be interesting to see if she is in the usual position, front row center. we will take you to the white house for a briefing with robert gibbs and an upda

we are doing it in charleston and buford. it is actually working. destiny. >> you say that workers earn $86 -- $186 million a year. say that we did for all of thee. all of these illegal immigrants, who will fill these jobs? a lot of them are hard labor jobs. >> i hope that they would the south carolinian. the last i checked, it was 11.6% unemployment. we are looking to put people back to work in south carolina. bless them. this nation is a nation of immigrants. we have laws to do that. if you want to come into this nation and do it legally, god bless you. if you or knowingly and wantonly -- if your knowingly and wantonly breaking the law, then we will do what needs to be done and that is to enforce the law of this land and get you out of this date. -- out of our state. . . the problem is they turned around and face the fact that there is not a verify system go through. there are penalties if they break that. the problem is they did not put the first dollars in prosecution fund and we started -- until we started looking at the stimulus package last y

he told the "charleston gazette" newspaper in that freshman year -- quote -- "if i live long enough, i'd like to be chairman of the senate appropriations committee." 30 years later, he was and then lived and served for 21 more years. his legislative accomplishments are many and those achievements fortify his incomparable legacy. but he's perhaps best known in this chamber as the foremost guardian of the senate's complex rules, procedures and customs. he didn't concern himself with such precision as a past time or a mere hobby. he did so because of his unyielding respect he had for the united states senate, a a reverence the senate always returned to him and now with his memory. with robert byrd's passing, america has lost its most strongest defender of its most precious traditions and it now falls to each of us to keep that flame burning. throughout one of the longest political careers in history, no one in west virginia ever defeated robert byrd in a single election. in washington, his fellow democrats twice elected him to lead us when we were in the majority and once more when we w

madam speaker, at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from charleston, west virginia, mrs. capito. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from west virginia is recognized for three minutes. mrs. capito: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to thank mr. sessions from texas, and i'd like to thank mr. frank, the chairman of our committee, for the work that we've done on the underlying bill, the f.h.a. reform bill. it is an important bill and we'll debate that and talk about that quite a bit through the next two days. what i've heard over the last week when i was home for district work period is that people are really concerned about the spending and overspending that's going on here in washington. folks in west virginia are tightening their belts and making difficult decisions but they don't see that happening here in washington. and right today we have before us in this previous question vote we are going to have an opportunity to make a cut in government. it makes a lot of sense, and over 315,000 americans have voted to perform this cut on government spending

i have talked to the sheriff in charleston county and is actually working. we can be masters of our own destiny. >> you say these workers earn at $186 million per year in south carolina. illegaly we deport the immigrants. to fill these jobs? a lot of them are hard labor jobs. >> i would hope it would be south carolinian is. last time i looked, our unemployment was 11.6%. we are looking at putting people back to work in south carolina. listen, if they are here legally, god bless them. this nation is a nation of immigrants, and we have laws to do that. if you want to comment legally, god bless you. if you are here illegally, if you are breaking the law, we will do what needs to be done, and that is enforce that law, enforce immigration laws. >> representative haley, of it like to get you to weigh in on the illegal immigration issue. >> i am a co-sponsor of the arizona-style illegal immigration reform. as the daughter of immigrants who came here legally, we are a country of immigrants but we are a country of laws. when you give that up, you are giving up everyt

we are doing it in charleston and buford. it is actually working. we can be masters of our own destiny. >> you say that workers earn $86 million a year. say that we did for all of them. who will fill these jobs? a lot of them are hard labor jobs. >> i hope that they would the south carolinian. the last i checked, it was 11.6% unemployment. we are looking to put people back to work in south carolina. if they are here legally, god bless them. we have laws to do that. if you want to come into this nation and do it legally, god bless you. if you or knowingly and wantonly breaking the law, then we will do what needs to be done and that is to enforce the law of this land and get you out of this date. >> before we move to the next question, i would like you to weigh in on the illegal immigration issue. >> i amoco sponsor the illegal immigration reform. as the daughter of immigrants, we are a country of immigrants, but we are also a country of laws. in when you give up being a country of laws, you give up everything. >> south carolina passed a little reform