our engineers are based in charlotte. we have found that that lends itself to charlotte being a base site. it is a great market. customers are responsive to products. they give us good feedback. we have a network of customers we work with to get feedback as we beta test and try different products. this is something we have built in the carolinas. it works well for us. >> how are you doing broadband issues, ith regard to more and more demand for all these applications and services and your ability to deliver? >> i think we are looking at those demands, staying on top of those demands, and making the necessary upgrades to the network. over the next several years, we will be upgrading the speed and capacity of our networks. we do that on an ongoing basis. as customer demand increases over the next several years we will upgrade and do what is necessary to respond and meet those needs. >> why are you better able to serve the needs of customers in your region than verizon? >> verizon does not have a presence in the carolinas. a

some of you remember my dog, charlotte. my dog, charlotte, was with me for 15 1/2 years. some of you recall for 10 of those years charlotte came to work with me every day. charlotte was an english springer spaniel. i planted a tree in my yard, it's a dogwood tree, and there is a stone and a bronze plaque for charlotte. charlotte was one of the loves of my life. i lived alone with her for 10 1/2 years after judy passed away. the first call i got the day after charlotte passed was from robert c. byrd saying how sorry he was that i had lost charlotte. that was an indication of his humanity, of his caring for others. yes, he was a great man, but he was a man who understood the pain, the aspirations and the hopes of all with whom he came in contact. thank you, robert c. byrd, our good and faithful servant. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from west virginia is recognized. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to yield as much time as he may consume the gentleman from california, mr. lewis. the speaker pro tempore: the

bigger banks and bigger banks yet and % states lost money and power gravitated to wall street and charlotte, north carolina, banks. but in the days when we had really competitive credit in this country, there was a law of the land that said to banks, when you get a dollar in deposit you can't lend more than $10. you can't loan money out more than 10 times because that's imprudent. and you might make a mistake. and therefore you have to have very careful underwriting and very careful servicing of those loans. that's all changesed. one of the reasons we're in this financial mess is the wall street institutions took $1 and blew it up into $100, where there was no underlying value no way that loan could perform. it would not rise in value if it were a home or if it were a commercial loan, it could never produce a hundred times more than it was worth at the beginning system of this issue an important question in the bill that will be before us. thily, we have to ask about conflicts of interest in the bill. between the credit rating agencies like moody's and standard and poors and the banks that

if a parish atperbl tells me he is not happy what told charlotte, michelle, billy, craig, steve, if youave something and you are not feeling you are getting a response, call me and i will make a call. now, i did call in and talked with rahm emanuel at the white house and now that i have had the meeting with thad allen and with lisa jackson, i think -- i'm trying to find a balance on the deep water drilling between spill, baby, spill and drill, baby, drill. we've got to make sure that there is a conscious effort for safety. we can't have this happen again. but at the same time the economic impact down here in this region, i think it will devastate louisiana's economy. and we were one of the bright spots in the economy. we we have had the lowest unemployment rate for probably two years. so, with fishermen out of work, marinas and ice houses and shrimp processors and if it wouldn't be for the stuff going on here because of the spill all the marinas would probably suffer. and i don't think johnny, because of his location, is probably doing better than the rest of them. but that doesn't take

i have 14 counties just south of charlotte, n.c.nd the unemployment rate in all 14 has been in the double digits for some time now. there is one district of a cyclical unemployment layered on top of structural unemployment. the structural unemployment coming from the demolition of traditional industries on top of the cyclical effects. we will probably be the last recovering. i have people very much concerned, very worried. in small towns, large cities, whatever it maybe, they are concerned. and secondly, when you get down to the man on the street to the builder to the developer to the small-business person, they do not see it. they do not feel it. when you talk about the recovery, they do not feel any of the so-called recovery. the economy is a big burden to bear in this election. >> senator mahaney has seemed to benefit from some of this tea party activity down in south carolina. what do you make of that? >> there there and their dogged, so there will have an impact. >> you talked about the state of things in your district, but you

from his organization's annual meeting in charlotte, north carolina, this is 35 minutes. [laughter] [applause] >> are you ready to speak out for freedom? do you want to make a difference for the future of your country? it is great to be back here in charlotte with some of the most active, energized nra members and gun owners anywhere in the united states of america. with your help and support you have achieved what a lot of other people wish they could do for their causes that they believe in. my right to keep and bear arms -- as we sit here this morning, it is stronger and more relevant and more widely exercised, and it is growing stronger every year, thanks to everyone of you and folks just like you all over our great country. the right to carry. firearms preemption. every aspe

from his organization's annual meeting in charlotte, north carolina, this is 35 minutes. [laughter] [applause] >> are you ready to speak out for freedom? do you want to make a difference for the future of your country? it is great to be back here in charlotte with some of the most active, energized nra members and gun owners anywhere in the united states of america. with your help and support you have achieved what a lot of other people wish they could do for their causes that they believe in. believe in.

host: charles is joining us from charlotte, north carolina. caller: good morning. as far as the balance of trade is concerned, if we subtract what we pay each of those two countries for oil, what is the balance of trade? host: todd tucker? guest: i don't know the exact answer, but he makes a good point. a large part of that is energy. our two nafta partners are one of two of the most important sources of energy for the u.s. we should think of that the next time we think of picking a trade fight or reopening nafta for negotiation. i think it would be a huge mistake. it is one thing that the trade act todd mentioned would do, putting all these trade agreements on the table. host: this year says the problem is that there are so many fewer good paying blue-collar jobs. guest: that is right. when he said that the loss of 5 million jobs had only to do with union workers is pretty offensive to people. this is promoting the wrong kind of discussion. we should be talking about creating and austrian industries of the future, greeting bring jobs here at home. the problem with

what things need to be different for a customer in new york city versus in charlotte, north carolina. it's exciting to up the thi about finding the right model for serving customers in that diverse geography. >> how public do you expect to be? >> how public do i expect to be? well, you know, i don't know. i imagine i'll be a bit more public than i have been in the past but my -- >> you're in one of the biggest markets in the country. >> my passion is really operations. i love working with a team of people, responding to the needs of customers and developing and introducing products that make customers' lives simple and easy. that's realy my focus. >> thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you. >> you'll see more of these interviews over the next few months, but if you want to watch this program again or any of our past "communicators" programs, go to our website at c-span.org. >> coming up on "america and the courts," former attorney general john ashcroft on the rights of terror suspects. later, president opaw ma's nomination of -- president obama's nomination of james clappe

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 republican establishment, the business community. he got support both from conservatives on the social end of the spectrum, as well as conservatives on the fiscal end. nikki haley, of course, started off as the total underdog, which she mentions in the setup peegs, and yet, in the end, she also got the support from folks mitt romney, the current first lady, as well as sarah palin. but i t

i have 14 counties just shout -- just south of charlotte, north carolina, and the unemployment rate in all 14 has been in the double digits for some time now. some places more than 20%. what we see in my particular district is cyclical unemployment layered on top of structural unemployment. the structural unemployment coming from the demolishing -- the demolition of traditional industries, furniture in the southeast, where you have been taking it on the chan on top of the cyclical effects. we're probably going to be the last to recover. it will be a long lag in our particular case. people are very much concerned and worried everywhere you go, small towns, large cities, whatever it maybe, people are concerned. secondly, they're concerned about credit. when you get down to the man on the street, from the builder to the developer to the small- business person, even though we've taken issues to raise enough credit, they do not see it or feel it. they don't feel any effect whatsoever from the so-called economic recovery. so the economy is a big concern and will be a big burden to bear in th

it is roads and air fares, so we are not flying out of charlotte, and it is our ports, and making sure our ports are strong so they can come in and out, making sure our environment is strong in the state, but then we also want to make sure we are not looking at just bringing large quantities of companies to the state but that we are also looking at the quality of companies that we're bringing in so they help the companies we already have. >> improving our infrastructure, is that out of the question for the next fiscal year because so much money has been cut out, or is there a way to fund this? >> it is all about priorities. it is a tight budget year. we have to prioritize. are we going to turn around and realize that infrastructure is an issue? are we going to say that spending on this infrastructure oversight committee is important? it is about cutting things that are not working right now for more important things that are working right now, and as an accountant, these are going to be decisions that affect people immediately. >> it also includes promoting tourism. >> south carolina i

host: another north carolina call, charlotte, gary, independent line. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: what most people don't understand is that when individuals talk, somebody like dr. barrasso talks about doctors, we're talking about all different types of doctors. for 30 years now i'm an intern, postsurgery on my leg, can't go to work today, i have as an internist i have seen the moneyed subspecialists like an orthopedist, ophthalmologist, politic and make sure they get very high compensation. and make sure that the internist, the primary care doctor, doesn't. through the years there has been -- has been initiated buy american telemedicine, trying to get a way, trying to have primary care doctors get more money so that they can be better gatekeepers. now, an orthopedicic doctor makes millions of dollars. and an ophthalmologist who takes out cataracts could make millions of dollars, too. but the lowly internist, lowly family practitioner they don't make much money and that's true. the president is trying -- is going to try to make it that these primary car

charlotte was down there, and we are hearing their concerns about the dispersant. it looks like they have kind of got caught up and are moving quite well. >> there are a few places we cannot quite get to. >> how are they standing on the boom over there, did they say? >> there are plenty of the pieces that are working. >> that is some of the most effective use of the boom i have ever seen. >> is that the green stuff? >> it is all different colors. the oil just adheres to it and it is replaced by more. >> when you see that step as they pull it out, all you see is [unintelligible] >> it is basically pompoms tied to a row. -- tied to a rope. >> i went to get a haircut, but there was not enough there to give to anybody. >> i feel comfortable knowing that we have [unintelligible] that have been doing a lot more burning and skimming. they are using less than 15,000 gallons a day. everything there looks good. the toxicity tests it looked very good. [unintelligible] >> i could is a little bit of rest. >> it is all connected by a rope. the string in down the beach, and somet

places like charlotte, north carolina, atlanta, georgiaa places where there are large latino populations moving in and as many as one-quarter of the school children come to school with english not being their primary language. a huge difference between the child population and the adult population, they are not prepared in terms of teachers. one of the places where we would see a shift are those new growth areas where we are not prepared. there are many examples of places doing really good job of building up their educational systems to support their changing demographics. but in some places we are talking about populations that may have been shrinking. in many cases as much as the growth has been the children of immigrants. host: "young hispanic immigrants have birth rates higher than those of non-spanish whites creating a widening wage gap with more than 500 counties that have a majority of minority children. the population is changing from the bottom-up. 48.3% of kids under the age of five are minorities while 19.9% of people 65 and older are. this really started in 1960, when 80% of

when i told charlotte, michelle, billy, gregg, if you have something in your not feeling you are getting a response, call me. i did call and i talked to rahm emanuel at the white house. now that i have had a meeting with pat allen and lisa jackson, i am trying to find a balance on deepwater drilling between that spill, baby still and a drill, baby drill. we need to make their -- make sure there is a conscious effort for safety. i think it will devastate louisiana's economy. it has been the lowest unemployment rate in the country for how long? probably two years. with the fishermen, marinas, tramp processors, -- shrimp processors, i don't think johnny's location is doing better than the rest of them. it is like a ghost town. from memorial day onward as when they usually make good money. you have shrimpers' not making money, restaurants are not making money, the grocery stores. >> all right, congressman. we have got to go. >> what about thad allen? >> is mostly getting updated on the way they are. i need to know that he is feeling better. if he is feeling better, i am feeling good. it is n

they look at infrastructure it is roads and air fare so we are not flying out of charlotte and savannah, but we are actually flying out of this state. it is a process of making sure that the environment for economic development is strong in the state but we want to make sure that we are not looking to bring large quantities, but we need to look at the quality so that they help the small businesses that we have. >> so, building the infrastructure, is that out of the question because so much money has been cut out or are there other ways to fund this? >> everyone is talking about the fact that we do not have money. to prioritize. we have to decide if we are going to turn around and realize that infrastructure is an issue or turn around and say that spending on education oversight committee is not doing anything. that is what we need to do. legislator, we will jump in and make those hard decisions, but they will affect people immmdiately. >> be specific in understanding how you would promote tourism? >> i do not know that you can put a price tag on it. i do -- every dollar that you spend t

god bless you and thank you for joining us in charlotte. [applause] i am going to say it. robert prince, down on the border, and for every lawful and good person who has been abandoned down there, as far as they are concerned, too many politicians in washington would rather prevent an invading criminals from getting caught then preventing a law-abiding, taxpaying american citizen from being murdered on his own land. [applause] no matter how you feel about arizona's law, none of this should ever have happened. if the political elites had done their jobs, they would have secured the border. they would have prosecuted illegal alien drug gangs and criminals. if they had done their job they would have prevented ranchers from being murdered and hispanic victims from being kidnapped and killed. if the elites had done their job, arizona would never have had to pass this law. the lawful, honest hispanic people in arizona would not feel threatened by it. instead, politicians in washington did absolutely nothing, as if they wanted to play some sick game of hateful manipulation to pol

i have 14 counties just south of charlotte, north carolina, and columbia, south carolina. stand unemployment inflate almost all 14 has been in double digits for some time now. some as high as more is than 20%ment what we're seeing in my particular district is contradictlyical unemployment laird on top of structural unemployment. the structural unemployment coming from the textile industry, furniture, other non-traditional industries. >> we're taking it on the chin on top of the contradictlyical effects and probably going to be last recovering the jobs that come with the lag are probably going to be a long lag in our particular case. you hear it everywhere you go in smalltons, large cities wherever it maybe. people are concerned about that. secondly, credit. when you get down to the man on the street. to the builder, the developer, to the small business person, even though we've taken steps to improve the economy. they are only beginning to feel any effects whatsoever from the so called economic recover cri. >> we'll tune in with john spratt at 10:00 eastern here on c-span.

charlotte, north carolina. is there any evidence of stimulus spending in your area?aller: not of great magnitude. some are still going out of business. it is minimal to none. in this area, i know people that have been out of work for well over a year. some are going out of business every day. and -- i should say every week not every day. we have gone way down the wrong track. i am 73 years old. they have taken all of this money away. congress does not seem to have any problem spending money and sending it overseas and growing our governments. they should care more about the american citizens. i see the country going down hill for a very long time. now is on a mad rush to crash. host: he said we are on the wrong road in the stimulus spending. what would be the right road for you? caller: the right road would have been to allow businesses and banks to continue on loaning money to small businesses, because that is where our jobs are. it would have been to take things by steps, not by a massive government takeover. i am from the old school. there is no such thing as too

host: charlotte, north carolina, is where the next caller comes from. caller: thank you. mr. tucker, thank you for defending our manufacturing bs. mr. griswold, i am a republican. i graduated from the university of massachusetts. we don't have no more manufacturing jobs. for example, you just said shoes. nike has an initiative that produces on average for $50. if you are on this television station defending nafta, you are defending the wrong stuff, sir. they are affecting master's degrees, bachelor's degrees, and low-wage folks. [unielgible] we are losing our jobs by the thousands and millions. and we are not producing nothing. guest: again i just politely disagree. we are producing lots of stuff. we remain number one in manufacturg in terms of the value added, which is the best measure but let's not be nostalgic about the pre- announced that era. -- pre-nafta era. this is a long-term structural change in the u.s. economy did yes, it is difficult for worke who have lost their jobs because of trade. but for everorker that is lostheir jobs because of trade, there are 30 who hav

we at focus groups and charlotte, north carolina and denver, colorado, i sat in on four hours of the video feed on the one from denver. without any prompting at all, the money comes right up. voters have seized on that. the electoral college before it is harder to talk about in some ways because it is hard for people understand that. that goal of having voters voices being heard is our rubric and which you can place a lot of other reforms. and there is interesting work going on right now with popular votes to make sure that the person who receives the popular vote actually ran. did you want to mention that? >> i think that there is a movement in states to adopt a compaq for naaional popular vote. we're seeing that that -- i believe there will be a mode in massachusetts in the next few weeks. we will see what happened there. i think that there are some interests in that and they tend to focus on that when it comes closer to election time. let me ask another question as we think about some of what nick is talking about public opinion. i did state the research has brought up interesting

charlotte, north carolina. jacob, republican. welcome to the program. caller: how are you doing today? host: fine. caller: i wanted to call and voice my concern with current spending levels and how they relate to the worldwide economy. spending within the u.s. i'm 20 years old so i'm not well seasoned in the realm of political thought. but it seems to me like with spending as high as it has been the last 10 years with our massive overseas empire, we are in 140 countries, how is that going to be sustainable to keep that sort of spending up over the long haul, the next 10 or 20 years? host: before we get an answer let me run this story by you. the president, the white house today asking all agencys to trim at least 5% from their buckets. they want details, they want the information by september. what does 5% mean to you? caller: that doesn't mean anything to me really. i'm 20 years old. and i personally have done the research and the 1996 republican party platform called for the cutting of the education department complete thely and i was awe struck we i

speaker, at this time i'd like to eld two minutes to the gentlewoman, former mayor of charlotte, nor carolina, now a member of congress, mrs. myrick. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. mrs. myrick: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you for yielding. the american people get it. they understand fannie mae and freddie mac need to be reformed. but -- the federal government has spent as you heard over and over $145 billion in taxpayer dollars to drop up these two government entities. and through youcut the american people have voted to shri the port yole foes of fannie and -- portfolios of fannie and freddie. and they demand transparency, something that's been missing for a long time in federal government, relative to spending. the congressional budget office estimates that these changes will save up to 30 billion taxpayer dollars. and it's no secret, we can't keep spending money that we don't have. the american people know this and they have goo youcut to cast hundreds thousands of votes over the last three weeks to demand to cut reckless spending out

charlotte is joining us from all cretonne, florida. democrats line -- boca raton, florida. caller: that is the problem, that' >> we leave this recorded program to go live to new orleans. eric asher is getting ready for his radio show. today, it will be about the oil spill in the gulf. the station is hosting this program and it is starting momentarily. >> new orleans, it is time for the man who tells it like it is. you want information. he has got it. "inside new orleans with eric asher" -- here is our man, aaron asher. -- eric asher. ♪ >> good afternoon, new orleans. welcome to those who are watching along the cable systems around the united states on c- span, you are listening to the mighty 690. here we go. day 43 now of the oil leak in the gulf. over the weekend, the attempt to stop this leak -- almost 40,000 gallons at this point is what we are being told 18-40 million gallons spilled into the gulf. of course, the top kill jump shot scenario procedure failed ovvr the weekend. now bp launching its ninth plan to try to stop the leak. they have been at this for 24 hours, cu

we did focus groups in charlotte, north carolina and denver, colorado.at in on four hours of a video feed of the one from denver and without any prompting at all, the money just comes right out. so i think the voters have seized on that. i think electoral reform is harder to talk about in some ways because they'll grow colleges is hard for people to understand the 2008 election by people to understand it bettr. but i thin that goal of having voters voices being heard is sot of a rubric under which you can place a lot of other reforms on good electoral college reform in that. and there's interesting work going on right now, the common causes working on with ocular vote to make sure that the person receives the popular vote actually wins. i think that's progressing. karen, do want to mentio not? >> i think that there is -- there is a movement in states to adopt a compact for national reserve votes and so we are seeing that that is and actually believe they will be a vote and not in massachusetts in the next week or two, so we'll see what happens there. but

from there he went uu to the progressive independence school district and recently retired from the charlotte independent school district. throughout his career he has been one that served the public% and has taught the difference between right and wrong. mr. speaker, it's an honor to have time to recognize mr. agagon, a great educator, of south texas. i thank you for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of reeresentatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on june 18, 2010, as 2: 57 p.m. that the senate agreed to senate joint resolution 33. that the senate passed with amendments h.r. 3962. that the senate agreed to without amendment house concurrent resolution 242. with best wishes i am signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the housement -- house. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proc