coleman said? >> let me start by saying what i said before is i can't say things about the breach of contract claims. i was speaking more from the constitutional sense. let me also add when you talk about claims, and i don't think anybody said this yet, and it's really important, open 90 does not apply to personal injury and wrongful death claims. open 90 does not apply to personal injury and wrongful death claims. that would be maritime law and maritime tort law solely. as to the limitation of liability act, i mentioned in my statement it was passed in a very, very different historical context. it was passed in 1851 to encourage investment in maritime shipping and commerce. the corporate form hadn't developed. bankruptcy law had not developed. so you ask yourself today, is that law still salient from a policy perspective? and what happens is the ship owners starts a concursive proceeding in a federal court somewhere and someone that has a claim has to file that claim in that federal court. what th

jafk coleman, mr. is a managing partner for the energy consulting firm energy north america. he has served as counsel for the house committee on natural resources, the former senior attorney for royalty and offshore minerals, for mms, minerals management service under presidents george h.w. bush and bill clinton. mr. coleman, please go ahead, sir. >> thank you, chairman leahy, ranking member sessions and members of the committee. it's a pleasure to be here. i retired about a year ago after 27 years working for the federal government, the last six years in the house of representatives. during that time, most of my work has been in the area of offshore oil and gas. but here on the hill, it was also more energy and minerals generally. prior to working as senior attorney for royalty and offshore minerals, i also served for 3 1/2 years as the senior attorney for environmental protection for the department of interior. prior to that i was special assistant to the associate administrator of noaa for 3 1/2 yea

mayor coleman was describing for me how all these pieces fit together on the way over here. so the city is using recovery dollars to rebuild the infrastructure. and because of that in part, the hospital is expanding its operations to take even better care of more people, more children here in columbus and throughout ohio which means they're hiring more people. so together, you're creating more than 2,400 new jobs and sending a powerful message that this neighborhood will soon be a place where more families can thrive, more businesses can prosper, chick development that's being sparked today is going to continue into the future and my understanding is because the hospital is now growing, that means they're putting money back into the neighborhood for housing and other facilities so that the entire community starts rebuilding. ultimately, that's the purpose of the recovery act. not just to jumpstart the economy and get us hole we're in right now, but to make the investments that will pay dividends to our communities for generations to come. since i was here last year, we begun

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mayor coleman was describing for me how all these pieces fit together on the way over here. so the city is using recovery dollars to rebuild the infrastructure. and because of that, in part, the hospital is expanding its operations to take even better care of more people, more children, here in columbus and throughout ohio, which means they're hiring more people. so together, you're creating more than 2,300 new jobs and -- the hospital is expanding its operations to take care of more people and more children here in columbus and throughout are higher -- to not ohio, which means they are hiring more people. together, you are creating more than 2300 new jobs and sending a powerful message that this neighborhood will soon be a place where more families can thrive, more businesses can prosper, economic development that's being sparked today is going to continue into the future. and my understanding is, because the hospital is now growing, that means they're putting money back into the neighborhood for housing and other facilities so that the entire community starts rebuilding. u

the book that the late mayor of detroit road, coleman young. i think you all need to read it. he would tell you how racist -- he was involved. i think they still are. we cannot get a black leader in any of the big unions. you tell me how much of these unions are on onside. from what i learned with my dad being so involved, the money that goes into the individual union pockets, that is what counts. if you ever have trouble in the plants, you get into a little trouble, what the union does is let the company just dragging you throw the got here while they take somebody who has a bad they take somebody who has a bad record -- write him of -- this bad guy, and have the lead and go a little bit. that is the way it works. host: bill, we will go to a democrat in iowa. caller: good morning. as a woman, i worked all my life and i belonged to a union. i belonged to the union because a woman has equal rights when she belongs to a union. host: ok. caller: thank you. host: hollywood, california. republican line. gerry. good morning. caller: good morning. i have been and motion picture busin