do you have any views on what christopher buckley has done? the choices, this is a multiple choice question, the powerful father figure rebelling against that, he is actually sort of unbeliever in utopian socialism more he is just stupid? >> there is a poison tilt. i don't have views on what christopher has done. he wrote about bill's best writing about his life. next question. in the very back. >> i was wondering if you could comment on buckley's relationship to his hall monitor, yale. you are critical of aspects of the education? i don't know that he was ever honored by gail, set me straight on that. >> yale was founded in 1701. they had a tricentennial. i didn't go to it, but there was a celebration of famous alumni produced there. bill told us afterwards, i shared the stage with big bird. that tells you that he went to this and was part of this, certainly there were yale institutions, primarily the yale daily news. a day. there is that too. the yale daily news was something he loved and cared about and kept touch with for years. he would a

i do not have views on what christopher has done. he rode about billy's death by writing about his life. the next question? >> i was wondering if you could comment on but please relationship to his alma mater? yelas? yale? of course, very critical of aspects of the education in the late 1940's and that he received there. did his feelings the ball in any way over the years? to the best of my knowledge or all of his prominence i do not know the was ever honored by gail but perhaps you could set me straight on that? >> yale was founded 17 o one so they had a try centennial and there was a big thing. i did not go to a but there was a celebration of the famous alumni and things that were produced and bill told us afterwards he said i shared the stage with big bird. [laughter] so that says that he went to this and was a part of the us. certainly there were yale institutions by merely "the daily news". >> [inaudible] >> okay. there is that to. by the cared about and kept touch with four years to also go back to the old political union of wh

and then a couple of weeks later he was particularly talking about christopher kelly, christopher kelly threatened to sue and so dick mel took it back but it was too late. you know, the genie was out of the bottle. the attorney general started the first investigations and that eventually morphed into patrick fitzgerald's investigations and we've seen what happened with that. so it was that -- dick mel created his son-in-law and, in essence, planted the seeds that destroyed him. >> let's talk a little bit about why rod blagojevich had dreams of becoming the president and why they were actually somewhat plausible? if you rewind seven years or so in illinois and you were to say there's a young politician, the young democratic politician who's going to become president of the united states before the year 2010, everyone would have thought you were talking about rod blagojevich. and, you know, wait we've been talking about him, it sounds like he's just this mope. he's like the character you see on the "saturday night live" impression. but, in fact, blagojevich had a great deal i believe of p

host: we want to welcome jon- christopher bua, white house correspondent for british television.ony blankley is here for the summer. [laughter] what is next for iran? guest: this is a moment where the years of history are changing. where it will go into high gear, or out -- not to get lost in a metaphor, but i do not think that the iranian relationship to the people will be the same, even if the regime old son. -- holds on. this is potentially a transition moment for the iranian people. host: you posted on your blog, the world is watching. guest: these protests have gone from protesting election results to protesting the behavior of the supreme leader. the entire region, going into dangerous waters, that is where the rubber is meeting the road. although it is getting less measured as the days go on. host: you wrote in your blog that it would be like a conservative candidate swamping bellcore in all for a liberal -- al gore swamping in a liberal county. guest: i think that mr. mir hossein mousavi, in his own town, was swamped. that makes no sense at all. guest: i was talking to en

christopher leroux just back from double-a allows the runs. left on the orioles bench now luke scott and aubrey huff each given the night off. ball and a strike on markakis. high fly ball again slicing towards the left field corner. coghlan on the run won't get it. that bounces up and into the stands for a ground-ruled double. there's an rbi from markakis. he has a four-hit night. the orioles have three runs in here in the ninth inning. >> buck: another good piece of hitting by markakis as he stays on this ball down and away and drives it to the opposite field. that ball is away, but it's about mid thigh high and he's able to he will rate it, drive it down to the opposite corner. zaun, who was on second base, comes in to score on the ground- ruled double. that's the fourth hit for nick markakis tonight. >> jim: third hit in the inning. third consecutive hit in the inning. mark wiley is out to talk to christopher leroux, you have an 11-0 lead going to the ninth and send the youngster throughout to get an inning of work in and now you get a litt

no, i don't have views on what christopher has done. he wrote about bill's death and writing about his life. next question, in the very back corner. >> i was wondering if you could comment on buckley's relationship to his alma mater, yale? and a man at yale, very critical of the aspects of the education in the late 1940s. >> uh-huh. >> that he received there. did his feelings evolve in any way over the years and to the best of my knowledge for all of his prominence i don't know if he was ever honored by yale but perhaps you could set me straight on that. >> well, there was -- yale was founded in 1701 so they had a tricentennial and there was a big thing in the yale bowl. didn't go to it but there was like a celebration of famous alumni and things that were produced by alumni and bill told us afterwards -- he said, i shared the stage with big bird. [laughter] >> but that tells you that he went to this and was part of this. certainly, there were yale institutions, primarily, the yale daily news. [inaudible] >> oh, okay, there's that too.

it is right that christopher ke lly's committee report -- it is also right that we take further action. it is not right that there emerges a conflict of interest between public interest and the mp's' interest, and that is why it is greater benefit to us. >> joan ryan. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my right honorable friend will be aware of the valiant campaign led by the british war allegiance to of council tax benefit we branded as a rebate, which would increase to take up and with thousands of pensioners out of poverty, including 20,000 veterans. this saturday marks the 65th anniversary of d-day. does my right honorable friend agree with me that this would be an appropriate time to announce such a change so that all pensioners, especially our veterans, who have served the country with courage and dignity, can live in dignity? >> i think the whole house will want to honor today to sacrifice and service of all of those people who were involved in the d-day landings and all of those people who were involved in the sacrifice and service that made possible that victory in the second world wa

christopher in cincinnati tells us, christopher and his wife are retired but they're not yet 65. without health care reform -- which means they're not yet medicare eligible. without health care reform, they can't afford health care insurance because of preexisting health conditions. their 401(k), their -- their retirement, their 401(k) is bleeding, their small pensions don't keep up with rising premiums. chris wrote to me that he puts off going to the doctor to save money, that the annual premium increase raises his out-of-pocket expenses by 45%. our nation spends in excess of $2 trillion -- that's $2,000 billion dollars -- $2 trillion annually in health care, justice too many of our citizens are only a hospital vit away from financial -- visit away from financial disaster. we can't afford to squander this opportunity for reform nor settle for just marginal improvements at the margin. instead, we must fight for substantial reforms that will significantly improve our health care supremsystem -- health car. first of all, if whatever plan you have, you're happy with your insurance,

we will continue to talk about iran in our roundtable discussion with tony blankley and jon-christopherua. we will talk about gordon brown and the labor party as well. st. louis, good morning. caller: this is the $500 million that was allocated to destabilize the iranian government, it was given to the cia. how can you " oliver north? i do not hear him saying anything about tearing walls in gaza. why have we not seen any pictures of the white fox being dropped by the israelis. all we can all i have been hearing is this crap about iran. we have done everything that we need to to destabilize their government. we do not even have free and fair elections in this country. you americans have lost your mind. i am ashamed of this country. goodbye. host: kathryn, little rock. good morning. caller: we had elections stolen from us twice by bush. they did not protest because they were benefiting. the people of iran, more power to them. host: alice, from georgia. good morning. caller: thank you for c-span. there is one thing that people are forgetting. iranians are using their own tactics, throwing

clearly sir christopher kelly's recommendations must be accepted unless they are inappropriate, which frankly i don't expect to be the case. the next speaker must ensure that honorable members and taxpayers alike aren't treated unfairly. this is a difficult balance to strike but it is one that i can both accomplish and communicate. secondly, the taste for strengthening back benches to revive parliament as a whole is incontra vertible. the true story for the past 30 to 50 years is not one, frankly, of petty claims on the one hand and extravagant claims on the other, but rather of the relentless erosion of this chamber's former strength. the prime minister recently asserted his desire to restore authority to parliament and, if a elected, i would seek to hold him and any successor to that pledge. this house must seize back control of its own core functions by, amongst other changes, a business committee which it really runs, urgent questions more readly granted, and enhanced scrutiny of budgets and legislation both domestic and european. and once and for all, ministers must be obliged to

christopher dodd, an outstanding leader on a whole host of issues are of his career, and is helping to lead the health committee while senator kennedy is under going his treatment for his illness, chris will tell you that as we travel around the country, seniors are constantly coming up to us and saying how do we deal with this extraordinary burden? seniors would be only be taking half of their medication. they had no other choice. as part of the health care reform i expect congress to enact this year, medicare beneficiaries are suspending, all within this gap will receive a discount of at least 50% from the negotiated price their plan pace. this is a reform that will make prescription drugs more affordable and restore a measure of fairness to medicare part a d. this is a reflection of the importance of this step, and has earned the support of aarp, which has been fighting for years to address this anomaly. aarp is committed as i am coming to achieving health-care reform by the end of this year. i am committed to continuing to work with aarp, to insure any reforms we pursue are carried

christopher dodd has been an outstanding leader on many issues throughout his career, and he is going to lead the committee while sen. kennedy is undergoing treatment for his illness. he will tell you that as we are travelling around the country, the seniors will constantly be coming up to us, asking how we deal with this extraordinary burden. we have people who will be taking half of their medication, this is not going to be as affective. they are putting their life at risk. i hope that congress will enact part of this. the spending falls within the gatt, they will now receive a discount on prescription drugs of at least 50% from the price that the planned phase. this will make prescription drugs more affordable for millions of seniors and restore fairness to medicare part d. this is a reflection of the importance of this step, that this has the support of aarp. they have been working to address this on behalf of the older americans. they are committed to achieving health-care reform by the end of the year and i am committed to continuing to work with them to make certain that any re

a look at iran and the health- care debate on capitol hill with tony blankley and jon- christopher bua. later, a look at the cover story, barack hoover obama, the best and brightest blow it again. this week on c-span's "newsmakers." pete stark, chairman of the house at ways subcommittee on health discusses legislation working its way through congress. he talks about one proposal that will establish a public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. >> at the end of the day, if you choose to have competition, and you choose to have a plan that is dependable and affordable, you can't do it without having a public plan there. that creates the competition for the private. yes, there will be a public plan in the bill. will people vote for it? i don't know. who wants to go home and next year's primary and say, i voted against the plan that is going to provide 30,000 people in my district -- and most of whom are nonwhite, most of whom are poor, most of whom are working, i voted against giving them away to pay their doctors for medical care. i don't think that is a vote many people

it look at iran and the health care debate with tony blankley and jon-christopher bua fro "sky news." and later, a look at the cover story in harper's magazine, "barack hoover obama, the best and brightest blow it again." this week on c-span's "newsmakers." pete stark discusses legislation working its way through congress.

then, jon-christopher bua, about iran, and u.s. politics. tom davis will discuss the republican party. in a c

both of our guests made the transition from campaigning to reporting periods jon- christopher bua, now a political analysts. tony blankley, working for ronald reagan, former editorial page editor, now working for "the washington times." st. louis, missouri. good morning. caller: hello. about the iran situation, i hope that what they're wanting to do, the people that are trying to overcome the people in iran, like ahmadinejad, began to converge on the main government offices. with the communication explosion in the last couple of years, people will not tolerate talking to regimes anywhere in the world. there will be more of this. host: before you comment on that, tony blankley, you have been around a long time, looking at the evolution of the media. jon, you talk about the role of twitter. is this pushing a debate more than a discussion? guest: it is extraordinary. we have all been sitting at home, watching blood come out of a woman's eye in tehran in real time. to have that kind of access into the moment is unprecedented. usually you have to wait for correspondence to file those storie

our fourth witness is christopher whalen, but mr. whalen is a proud resident of hudson, new york.hey provide consulting services for audit tore, regular laters and he consults with global companies on a variety of financial and regulatory issues and the regional director of the professional risk managers international association and is a board adviser to a global business security risk in asia. -- huh, hu, would you please begin. >> mr. chairman and distinguished members, thank you for this opportunity. i teach at the university of texas law school and my testimony reflects my view as an academic. i agreed to be working at the securities & exchange commission. i emphasize that i'm currently a full-time academic, have been so for over two decades and after this forthcoming government service will return to my normal academic duties but i will say tied does not reflect the views of the sec and has not been discussed with or reviewed by the sec. i ask that my written testimony be include in the record. this is a seminal time for the regulation of over-the-counter derivatives. my und

christopher kerth was responsible for undertaking this act of courage. chris knew how dangerous this job could be when he began his last mission. he was on his second tour of duty, and he had just recovered from a neck wound that won him the purple heart. but for chris, success was defined by keeping his fellow soldiers safe, and that's what he died fighting to do. the values reflected in this duty are as important in peace as they are in war. his job was to protect his fellow soldiers to be a good friend, and the most difficult of times. by serving them, he served his country. the characteristics that made chris a good soldier also made him a good friend when he was back in alamagordo. they made him a good teacher when he volunteered to tell students at his former high school about his life as a soldier. and they made him a loving and loved son, brother, and husband. chris kerth lost his life keeping american soldiers safe. he was a proud soldier and a good man. my thoughts are with chris' parents and with his wife and with all those who knew and loved

guest: read incessantly, >> tomorrow on "washington journal," tonyl "ey and jon- christopher bua. kevin baker, contributing editor for "harpers magazine" discusses his cover story about barack obama. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> up next, president obama's remarks at the radio and television correspondents dinner. then, former president bill clinton and steny hoyer at a business dinner. after that, another chance to see it the conversation with columnist george will. >> this week on "newsmakers," congressman pete stark discusses legislation working its way through congress. he talks about one proposal that would establish a public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. >> at the end of the day, if you choose to have competition and you choose to have a plan that is dependable and affordable, you cannot do it without having a public plan there. that creates the competition for the private plan. so yes, there will be a public plan in the bill. will the people vote for? i don't know who wants to go home in next year's primary and say i voted agai

the honorable christopher shays serves as co-chair of the commission of wartime contacting and was appointed by house minority leader john boehner. from 1987 to 2009 mr. shays served in the house of representatives where he represented the fourth district in connecticut. during his time in congress mr. shays served as ranking member of the subcommittee on foreign affairs as well as chairman of the committee. mr. shays holds a bachelor of arts from principia colleges wallison nda and mpa from new york university. mr. charles deaver serves as a wartime contrasting appointed by senate majority leader harry b. pirg aliza professor university of baltimore school of law, specializes in government contracts and contract legislation. from 1993 to 1994 he has served as acting general counsel on the house of representatives, from 1984 to 1995

in a letter to me on the 13th of june last year, sir christopher caylee, chairman of the standards in public life, commented that there were -- they were pleased to see the proposal for a more robust system and insurance based for the most part on the claims backed by receipts and the implied acceptance of complete transparency about what is claimed. taking together -- taken together, these seem to be significant steps toward the establishment of the robust regime that mp's and the taxpayer have a right to expect. the response from this house was deeply disappointing. half of the members did not attend to vote, and more than half of those who did vote rejected the proposals. i regret it that the then. i deeply regret it now. i expect many members of this house share my regret. of course, the recommendations would not have solved every difficulty, but they would have ended many practices for which members have been attacked in recent weeks. some proposals have been seized upon by party leaders, who have come up with their own solutions, but by and large, those solutions were in my comm

i read about your book in the "wall street journal" review of your book and christopher buckley's bookne of the things i didn't know from reading the review was that william f. buckley had a heavy, heavy dependency on ritalin and used it frequently to help him focus. that's raises the issue of whether you want to disclose this. i had a teacher who used to say we live in the age where we like to see the feet of clay of idols and what concerns me about that aspect of your book which is not to say the rest of it isn't fantastic, which i'm sure it is, that those types of revelations at this point, you know, in some way i worry create an undermining of what it is that bill buckley was trying to advance. and god knows he certainly had enough people who did not believe as he did and would take any opportunity to attack him. so i'm just curious, you know, what your take on this is and certainly i think it was probably a minor item in the book, but i'm still kind of curious. >> well, you know, please do read the book and read the discussion of that. it wasn't to run him down. i mean, one of the

washington journal," a round table discussion with tony blank lee, "washington times" columnist and jon-christopher bua on iran, health care and politics. tom davis will talk about the republican party, virginia politics and issues like health care and kevin baker, contributing editor for "harper's" magazine discusses his cover story "barack "hoover" obama." >> every weekend, "book tv" has the latest nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. on afterwords eduardo galeano recounts the creation of the world through a short story collection. "after words" also airs sunday night at 9:00 eastern. also sunday, books on the economy, former investment banker john talbot exposes myths about the recession and what it will take to recover and jay richards on why he thinks capitalism is the best way to ease problems. also this weekend, the end of overeating. david kessler talks about how americans, programmed by too much sugar, salt, and junk can control their eating habits. lots more coming up this weekend on book tv. our website has more information and great features including streaming video, searching, and

my wife, my son christopher, and lawrence boyfriend, kevin, miss loren every weekend of every day. i will not have the opportunity to what my daughter down the aisle and give her away in marriage. she will not experience the joy of a growing child within and raising a loving family as we did. our traditional christmas eve visit to new york city for some last-minute shopping, and taking in mass at st. patrick's cathedral were probably come to an end this year. they will just be too painful to make that trip without lauren. many of my fellow crash victims' families sitting behind me also have similar stories and similar losses. so now it is up you to make a difference. everyone in this room today, and those who were here last wednesday, expressed that they had come before you to make the necessary changes in safety. winter is coming. if we do not implement critical safety changes before then, and another accident occurs, we can only blame ourselves for the losses of those families. i do not wish to shoulder the burden, and hope and believe that you agree with me. mr. chairman, rankin

we've go the two guys in your bullpen and tim wood and christopher leroux that have one major leagueame between them. >> jim: leroux was called up today for lindstrom going on the d. l. he had been at double- a. there's a ground ball at first. huff to the bagment two men out. so, albers with two quick outs. fredi gonzalez looking it over on the bench. >> buck: you've got to make a decision. >> jim: sunday, july 12, come out to oriole park to 21 ute taw street. an area -- eutaw street. an area for just $21. fans can he purchase a ticket and receive a limited edition t- shirt featuring nick and adam. that's the place to be july 12 for all of nick and adam's biggest fans. call 888-848-bird or go to orioles.com and reserve a seat for 21 eutaw street. >> buck: nick markakis made another strong throw tonight. he now has eight assists as he got jeremy hermida at the plate in the sixth inning. >> jim: slapped foul by bonifacio. 0-2. >> buck: adam jones still on the bench. should pinto come into the game, you have a reasoned bat with some pop and you have ty wigginton. nolan reimold and oscar

you can say christopher columbus that's a big thing or you can say possibly gutenberg creating the printing press, that's really a big bang. it still affects our world today, but i would suggest that's the most important thing that reorder the world that we know and that created a revolution or an evolution of ways in thinking and how we restructure our civilization would be the beginnings of america in 1776 to 1787. this was possibly our destiny and one of the things that again, getting back to this personal journey of what are the clues that suggest there is order in our own life is that we look for things that kind of stickout. one of the things i really love it is july 4th. well, july 4th on a voice and it may even air on this day. i wasn't born on the fourth of july the way the film was, but interestingly enough a lot of people were either born or died on july 4th that really mattered. now, most of the u.s. as american history, civics and government teachers will probably know that, of course, thomas jefferson and john adams both died within hours of each other on the 50th anniversary

. >> our next witness is christopher miller. he is president of the piedmont environmental council and the environmental organization focused on conservation issues in the piedmont region of virginia. we thank you for being here, sir. >> thank you congressman markey. i appreciate to testify on behalf of the piedmont council and land trust and land conservation certains across the country. we're working hard on this issue with them and they've asked us to express some of their concerns. i have a couple of maps which i hope the staff can put up because i think it will help instruct this conversation we appreciate the time and attention this committee is taking to take the concepts associated with the transmission. it is part of a broad are energy policy and not as an end in itself. from our perspective, transmission is only a tool for moving electricity from the source of generation to the end user and much more important are the policies that will reduce demand for electricity and modified peak demand so that the need for generat

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christopher dickinson, deputy director for enterprise regulation. these two individuals have the responsibility for regulating fannie mae and freddie mac. mr. lockhart, you are recognized for such time as you may consume to make your remarks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman con jurs ski and ranking member garrett and other committee members, thank you for inviting know speak today about fannie mae and freddie mac, the future and federal involvement in the housing and finance system. with almost $12 trillion in outstanding mortgage debt, housing finance is critical to the u.s. economy. as the conservator, fhfa's goal is to preserve the fannie and freddie. as the regulator, our mission is to ensure that the enterprise provides liquidity, stability, and forgeability to the market a sound manner. that is a statutory responsibility as it is the public purpose that congress gave the enterprises. the enterprises own or guarantee 56% of the single-family mortgages in the country for a total of $5.4 trillion. given that massive exposure, the best way to

christopher dodd of connecticut is acting chairman stepping in for ted kennedy who is being treated for cancer this is three hours. [inaudible conversations]tñ >> committee will come to order. we have a quorum present and i think my colleagues for being here this morning and the me say yesterday was a long day of opening statements but i think worthwhile and given the magnitude of the legislation and the importance of it, i recommended a time in a row and obviously i wasn't too rigid to put it mildly about that a doll. members i hope felt they had an adequate time to express themselves on the overriding issues and concerns for what we are confronting with all this so i thank them and was happy to spend the time and probably ought to give a special award to jeff bingaman since he was the only member who did not make an opening statement yesterday but was involved in both committees, on the finance as well as running back and forth as a day between both committees as they were working. senator, by unanimous consent your salmon as long as you want to be will be included in the record along

have been lieberman from the heritage foundation, ted rockwell from the american nuclear society, christopher i guith from the chamber of commerce and kevin book from? energy partners. mr. lieberman is a specialist in energy and environmental issues, senior policy analyst at the heritage foundation's row institute for economic policy, he is trained as a lawyer and an accountant and has testified before congress and appeared on programs on nbc, cbs, fox, cnbc, and as nbc and his commentaries have in published in a number of major newspapers including the baltimore sun, chicago sun times, detroit news, washington times, used in chronicle, miami burald, orange county register and san diego union tribune and journals like forbes business week, american spectator and the weekly standard. nv. rockwell has been directly involved in nuclear power for 60 years, must have started when he was 10-year-old, he started in te43, the of the process improvement task force at the wartime atomic bomb project in tennessee and after the war, heansferred to the ohrid national labs and became head of the radiation

tony blankly and john christopher bua will be here to talk to us about health care debate. other issues on capitol hill and u.s. policy. also tom davis former congressman from virginia to talk to us about health care and virginia

it's a church designed by christopher wren that was relocated from england to fulton, missouri. it's the only place in the united states that exists solely to honor winston churchill. the bill we consider today recognizes this museum as the world-class facility it is and the significance of the site. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from the northern mariana islands rise? mr. sablan: does the gentlewoman have any other speakers? mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i have no further speakers. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sablan: as i was listening to the gentleman from missouri make the statement, i couldn't help but notice that the winston churchill memorial library is a source of trial tride for him and his constituents in missouri and i encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support passage of house resolution 390. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the yes, -- the question is will the ho

. >> christopher hill spoke with reporters at the state department for 25 minutes. >> so, this is i think round three today of the state department briefing. but delighted. one of the things we'd hoped to do is, when we have some of our key leaders from around the world in town, that we'll find ways to bring them to you as we can. ambassador chris hill is one of our most seasoned diplomats. as you know, he is now the u.s. ambassador in iraq. he's here for consultations this week. we thought it would be a good time to have him kind of update you on the current situation in iraq, and i'm always delighted to welcome chris because, among other things, he's one of the state department's finest red sox fans. >> thanks a lot. it's a pleasure to be here and not talking about north korea. [laughter] >> [inaudible]. [laughter] >> that was a preemptive strike. but i'm back for a few days of consultations and some personal travel and will be getting back to baghdad next week. obviously it is an important month because we're getting to one of the major milestones of the security agreement that is the

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let me ask unanimous consent if i might to ask that ryan douglas and christopher feldon and lisa hone, congressional fellows with the commerce committee, be allowed floor privileges during the consideration of s. 1023. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mrs. clone cher: mr. president, i'm here -- ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i'm here to speak in support of the travel promotion act. i first want to thank the senatosenatordorgan, the senatoh dakota. i have visited the teddy roosevelt park. and i want to thank him for his great leadership on this bill over many years. i also want to thank senator ensign for his leadership. i believe this legislation will help our economy to do better to create jobs without any taxpayer expense. as the chair of the commerce subcommittee that is includes tourism, i recently held a hearing, a well-attended hearing with many senators and people there to examine the state of our tourism industry during these troubled economic times. i want to thank my ranking repu

when we look at the figures in the democratic party, like barney frank and christopher dodd and nancy pelosi and even clinton himself, these people do horrendous things and yet nothing is said or done about it, but now we have a situation with this man and i think it is basically because he is a republican. host: i will let your comments stand. this is your says even jesus had disciples fall off the wagon, should they have stepped down? to air is humid and to forgive divine. -- to err is human. john edwards said minutes was on a fair. elizabeth edwards will appear on cnn later on "larry king live." here is what john edwards said last summer. >> two years ago i made a very serious mistake. a mistake that i am responsible for and no one else. in 2006 i told elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for for forgiveness, asked god for his forgiveness and we have kept this when it -- within our family since that time. all of our family knows about this. just to be absolutely clear, none of them are responsible for. >> is this a fair completely over? >> yes, it has been over for a long time. h

chairman christopher cox brin written in january of this year with a number of subjects, i guess, including suggestions that perhaps fanny and freddie are being encouraged to make loans that might not be in the best interests of the profittability of that entity or something. are you familiar with this letter? si f the entity or something. are you familiar with the letter? >> we -- we don't really comment on correspondence from board members, but i can tell you that and chairman cox was a member of the new board that was created out of hira. i can tell you that we worked closely with chairman cox over the three years that i was at fao and now faha and he was involved in the fanny fines that we did write about three years ago. the issue that as reported and i will comment on the issue as reported in the bloomberg article, and the issue i think is if you want to sum it up, it is does modifying mortgages and refinancing them cause damage to fannie and freddie? in my view, as i think i have said earlier, they sit on $5.4 trillion of mortgages. that mortgage book is so large and so important tha

our next witness is christopher miller. he is president of the piedmont in our mental council, focused on conservation issues in the piedmont region of virginia. we thank you for being here sir. >> thank you congressmen markey. thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of piedmont in parliament the council and also for lynn trustingly and conservation organizations throughout the country. we are happy to be a member of the land trust alliance in we have been working hard on this issue with them. they asbestos to express some of their concerns. i have a couple of maps, which i hope the staff can put up because i think it will help construct this conversation. we appreciate the time and attention this committee is taking to consider the complex issues associated with transmission. we appreciate the willingness of the committee to deal with transmission is part of a broader policy and not is an end in itself. from our perspective transmission is only a tool for moving electricity, but much more important are the polic

the picture of senator max baucus, also the head of aarp and senator christopher dodd who is taking over for senator ted kennedy in supervising as chairman of the house committee hearings continue this week. it points out the lobby for drug companies, pharmaceutical research manufacturing organization said it pledged $80 billion of 10 years to help reform are troubled health-care system. the commitment came in a deal with the white house and senator max baucus, democrat of montana and chairman of the finance committee. but further in the story, senate aides and drug company lobbyists say the $80 billion reflected total projected savings to the health care system and included unspecified future concessions, besides the drug discounts and the coverage gap. some reflects savings to the government, some reflects savings to older americans, but all the savings from closing the so-called bill mudhole would go to beneficiaries, and not to the government. flint, michigan. good morning. caller: good morning. host: we will be in your town next week. what is the situation like? caller: i would like