collins? >> sir, the application is looking for information billington years back. >> so that without the material? >> mr. hamm? >> the same answer is mr. collins. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> mr. deal for questions please. >> thank you mr. chairman. we are talking in the private insurance company and mr. sessions said that this summer in the 50 million ranch, is that correct? to you three gentlemen to you also have policies that extend to erisa tutt coverage plans? dewalt three view-- >> wellpoint insurers one in nine americans. the beth majority are covered under erisa plans. >> mr. collins. >> yes sir, the majority of our membership are in group insurance plans which are covered under erisa. >> mr. him. >> the majority are individuals however we have some customers under erisa. >> does the same problem retained in the rest of the marketplace as in this private insurance marketplace, ms. pollitz you indicated that you think it does. >> there is recision-- >> i am sorry, i can't hear you. >>

collins? >> sir, the application is looking for information going ten years back, so, that would -- >> would not be material into would not be material. >> mr. hamm? >> the same answer, as mr. collins. >> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. deal for questions, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we are talking here, in the private insurance market, and i believe mr. sassi you said it is somewhere in the 15 million range, is that correct? to you three gentlemen, do you also have policies that extend to erisa-type coverage plans? all three of you? >> yes, well point insures one in nine americans and the vast majority of our members are covered under erisa plans. >> mr. collins? >> yes, the majority of our membership are also in group insurance plans which are covered under erisa. >> >> the majority of our policies are individual, but we do have customers that are under erisa. >> does the same problem pertain in the erisa marketplace, as in the private insurance marketplace, ms. pollitz you ind

and that's important for collin peterson because u.s.d.a. he thinks is definitely more in tune with the farmers of america. and basically the offset program is something that will pay farmers and landowners to do environmentally friendly conservation practices, agriculture, planting trees. and collin peterson thinks that usda has a much more keen understanding of these things than e.p.a. >> darren samuelson of environment and energy daily. thanks for the update. >> happy to do it. >> there's still time to get your copy of c span's 2009 congressional directory with information on house and senate members, the cabinet, supreme court justices and the nation's governors plus district maps and how to contact commitees and caucuses. it's 16.95. online at c-span.org/products or call 1-877-on-c span [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] . >> there will be more from the newly released tapes saturday afternoon on c-span radio. >> now we have a hearing on stimulus spending. the

i congratulate senator feinstein and senator collins for suggesting that. as you know, in the senate -- in the senate, at least, it would be subject to two major points of order, rule 28 and rule 44. i would hope that either one would succeed and that would put this bill in jeopardy or at least have to restart it again or make it into a ping-pong event, none of comm is a good idea for our troops. our troops in afghanistan and iraq should not find that their support is conditioned on a bill to buy clunkers here in the united states that's unpaid for and which has virtually no environmental impact. at this time, i'd like to move to strike title 13. i so move. >> mr. chairman. >> i believe that has to be voted on our side first, mr. chairman? >> you have a motion on your side. i don't know if you want to put it or continue other comments before -- >> i'd like to speak to the amendment, if i could. or to the motion. >> we have an agreement to permit the house to bring up three amendments. >> what the senator is saying is that in the interest of order, we had ta

thank you. >> thanks a lot, senator collins. senator tester, would you like to make an opening statement? >> just thank you, mr. chairman. just to welcome mary and gary to the committee today. i appreciate the work that you have done. i appreciate the work you're about to do. i think it's critically important that we have good solid, reasonable enforcement and i think both of you are up to that challenge. so with that, we'll move on. thank you, mr. chairman. >> chairman shapiro, the floor is yours. >> chairman durbin, ranking member collins and senator tester, thank you very much for the opportunity to testify today. in the short time that i have been at the sec, we have taken on an active agenda. all with the goal of protecting investors, vee vitalizing the agency and restoring confidence in the markets. we are making great strides yet recognize we have quite a distance to go. in the area of enforcement, we have changed our policies so that our investigators do not have to jump over unnecessary hurdles before seeking penalties

collins? mr. sassi? ms. pollitz? so then let me have you raise your right hand and take the oath. do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in the matter pending before this committee? let the record reflect that the witnesses replied in the affirmative. they are now under the beginning with their opening statement. you have five minutes for an opening statement in you may submit a longer statement for inclusion in the record. mr. hamm if you don't mind will start with you, start from my left and go to the right. >> chairman stupack, congressman waldman, mears of the subcommittee i'm don hamm president and ceo of assurant health. welcome this opportunity to birds is a bait in the hearing today. is the dialogue like this that we can continue to address one of the most challenging issues of our time, providing health insurance coverage for all americans. we appreciate that this subcommittee in congress are committed to find

collins? >> sir, we do have the question on our application but i am not aware as to whether or not the -- what the underwriting guidelines are we ask have you been rescinded or dough kleined by another carrier. >> don't know what happens with that information. >> no, sir i imagine it triggers an investigation but i don't know if there is an unwriting policy that is directly related to that, it is a black and white policy. >> yes. we would not provide coverage in that situation. >> so, do you ever look to see if a rescission -- the circumstances around another company's rescinding of a policy? before you just -- i mean, if they check the box and said yes. i was rescinded in the past. >> our underwriting guidelines are we would not issue the policy. >> wow. mr. collins? is that your under -- can somebody tell you from your -- >> -- is that your underwriting policy too, into i don't know, sir, i would be happy to get back to you with an answer on that. >> mr. sassi is that your company's policy.

collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to proceed as if in morning business for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, moments from now president obama will unveil his administration's long-awaited proposal to restructure and reform our nation's financial regulatory system. i'd like to take a few minutes to share my initial reactions to some of the most important features in the president's plan. at the outset, madam president, let me say that the president and his financial team deserve considerable credit for tackling this critical issue. it's important that all of us recognize how critical federal financial regulatory reform is and that we not put this issue off until some distant future. when the pr*e present crisis is behind us -- when the present crisis is behind us, something we all hope will be sooner rather than later, other issues will demand our attention and calls for reform, i f

collins? >> senator, we afford the customer the right to appeal and we accept statements and information from the customer and physicians with regards to the circumstances of the recession and we would take that into account. i think this fair minded people would say if an individual did not know of a condition of was noted in the medical record then that would not be grounds for recision normally. >> mr. sassi? >> we also have a thorough process when we initiated the recision investigation we reach out to the member and share the information we do have and ask them to provide us with any comments or other relevant information and all of that information is used making a recommendation and all that information is provided to our application review committee that actually makes the revision decision. we would not rescind a member that we could determine did not know of their condition. >> in mr. hamm's company a week and a half or two weeks ago started this independent third party review opport

collins?>> sir, we do have that question on our application but i am not aware as to whether or not, what the underwriting guidelines are so we ask if you have been rescinded or decline by another carrier. >> but you don't know what happens with that information? >> no sir, i imagine it triggers an investigation but i don't know if there is an underwriting policy link to the. >> mr. hamm? >> yes we would not provide coverage in the situation. >> so, do you ever look to see if they rescission, the circumstances of ground and other companies rescinding of the policy? before you just-- if they check the box and says yeah i was rescinded in the past? >> our under wert-- underwriting guidelines are that we would not issue the policy. >> mr. collins, can somebody tell you, is that your underwriting policy? the i don't know senator but i would be happy to give back with you on an answer. >> mr. sassi is that your company's policy? >> again i am not aware of the policy. i would be happy to research it

my name is richard collins, i and the ceo of golden rule insurance company. we are business that sells health insurance policies to individuals and their families. colgan roose the offering this at coverage for over 60 years. we seek to offer innovative and affordable products to meet the diverts healthcare and financial needs of our customers. in our current healthcare delivery system, the individual insurance market operates primarily for families who do not have access to group insurance or government benefit programs. we have long advocated that our country needs comprehensive reform that includes modernizing our delivery system, tecla in the fundamental drivers of healthcare costs rath, strengthening employer-based coverage and providing well targeted support for low-income families. to be effective, to be effective we believe the modernization of the individual market these contain all of the following elements. first of all, individuals must be required to obtain or maintain health coverage so that everyone who participates in both the benefits and the

. >> last season, vince young lost his starting job to kerry collins.recent interview, the back-up quarterback said, "the fact is, i'm ready to play ball. if they're not ready for me to play ball, somebody is." young isn't done talking just yet. he sat down with "e:60's" michael smith. >> you recently said that, if you can't play for the titans, that you needed to go somewhere where you could play. what did you mean by that? why did you say it, and what did you mean? >> i'm saying is, i'm ready to play football. i'm prepared. i don't know what nfl player around the league don't want to play or be a starter. so what i'm saying is that i'm ready to play ball, and if it's not here in my next two years that i'm not going to be able to play here, then i'm telling guys around the league, i'm ready to play football. that's basically what i'm saying compared to whatever else was you saying -- taking it out of text -- he's ready to be traded, he want to lead the tennessee titans, that's not what i'm saying, i'm just saying i'm ready to play football and if i don

collins, can you answer briefly would you be willing to design such a project?>> but i would respectfully have to agree with mr. hamm a guaranteed issue product that would fit all people and affordable prices is economically practically impossible. but i would suggest is hipaa also create alternative coverage mechanisms for each and every state so each state is supposed to have higher risk or alternative coverage mechanism and these high risk pools have been underfunded some of the things that could be done right now today is to increase the amount of funding going into the high-risk pools so that people that have those series of issues otherwise uninsurable on the individual market have a place to go that is affordable and affords them the care that they need. >> on the issue of high risk pools i think the private sector is going to be required to make the contribution to that as well and that in the private-sector with citigroup insurance for individual markets there must be a product that is available to everyone regardless of their claims history. yes they m

and if strangely enough life find myself of here with gail collins. now there's another columnist for the times named maureen dowd. i've got that right, right? okay. maureen dowd you know, when she started a column i was still doing a little of that myself. i was up in this island where we lived writing a syndicated column and i didn't have very many papers but among them was one of the seattle papers so i heard about maureen dowd and then forgot her name and picked up the paper and read a column by gail collins and then wrote my column that week and said maureen dowd is the best columnist in the country. [laughter] and then i can't remember the name but the p.i., what does that stand for? post intelligence, yeah. well, they fired me that weekend picked up maureen dowd. [laughter] there is a complement in there for you somewhere. [laughter] okay. thank the booksellers. [laughter] you know, here's where this once led. sophomore year of high school i had this science class. we were supposed to have a project, you know, a whole quarter's project. the nig

the last time randy collins saw his son, christian collins, was on june 15, 2008. according to the united states state department's deputy assistant secretary for overseas citizen services, the united states received notices of 73 cases ofarental abductions involving 104 children just for the country of japan. unfortunately, many people are not aware of the severity of this situation and how it affects so many american lives. once taken to japan, american parents are unable to see their children because parental visitation rights are not recognized, they're not protected by japan, and abduction by one parent is not considered a crime. as an ally of the united states, i urge the government of japan to sign the 1980 hague convention on civil aspects of international children abduction and respect the rights of our american parents. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. fleming: i ask unanimous consent to speak to the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. fleming: mr. speaker, in a recent

the one big thing collins has going for him, he led the team to a 13-3 record last season. >> back toa dramatic finish between the cubs and astros. we start at the beginning. top two, geovany soto going solo. his third home run of the year. second in his last four games. bottom nine, 1-1 game, bases loaded for geoff blum. here comes miguel tejada. and the astros win in walk-off fashion 2-1 on geoff blum's second career walk-off hit. >> rockies going for a season high seventh straight win as they take on the brewers. top of the fifth, tied at 2-2, brad hawpe, gap shot, right center field it goes. hawpe 2-4forget, we heard about him for so long, we forget, he's ad then gets hot a produces. >> al: first and second for >> top of the first inning, 22-year-old rookie colby rasmus, tend extending his hitting streak to 12 games and a colorado win. >> soccer, now, england taking on andora. -- andorra. david beckham in his first competitive match with the english national team in two years. wayne rooney -- header puts england up 1-0. 39th minute. 2-0 game, rooney has three goals in the last two

collins? >> sir, i believe the reforms that have been proposed we can make the market work much better without a public plan. >> mr. sassi? >> we also oppose the public plan. >> i don't want to be the one to have to break this to you but the reality is you are very likely to get a public plan and not likely to get a deal struck by a hip at the white house. i would urge you to think outside the box on this when there are ways that we can solve this problem without going to a public plan, in my opinion and without leaving so many people uninsured inlet bell leaving so many people that fall to the cracks. clearly the situation as it stands now is unstable and untenable and we cannot continue it but you guys of that to be able succumb to the table with some innovative thinking on how we provide coverage to that segment of the population that is full mobile. we don't need to turn the whole system on its head is to cover that ten of 15% that is right now left out but that is what we are going to do

. >> thank you, senator collins. i will invite my colleagues to make brief opening statements. senator lautenberg, i recognize you. >> thank you very much. greetings, secretary geithner. you have taken on a formidable task and so far i think this ball game certainly is going your way but we are quite a distance from the ninth inning. as we meet today, the economy's slowly beginning to show signs of a possible recovery and the challenges still remain. this recovery will require strong reforms to face our financial system on a firm footing. we have got to give the regulators the tools that they need to predict and prevent financial crisis. we have got to change corporate culture that says the people, the leadership at the top, can often take its compensation without regard for what happens with the employees or future investing or the wellbeing of the company and taxpayers. i am still on the board at columbia business school. i was out of the senate for a couple years, took the hiatus, and what i proposed was that salaries at the top be related to salaries at the bottom and inste

collin peterson thinks the usda has a better understanding. >> darren samuelsohn, thank you for the update. >> happy to do it. >> the house is in recess until 9:00 p.m. eastern time. earlier, they passed a defense programs and policy bill. when members return tonight cannot debate on $32 billion in spending next budget year for the interior department and environment agencies and programs. it no votes are expected tonight. tomorrow, we will get votes on the interior spending bill as well as climate change legislation. live coverage when the house returns on c-span. more on that climate energy bill from today's "washington journal." "washington journal" continues. host: we want to recommend -- we want to welcome representative rick boucher. the issue of captain trade is in the news, but briefly explain what that is about -- the issue of cat and trade is in the news, but be fully explain what that is about . guest: they would receive emission allowances, they could trade those on the market. they could purchase offsets for entities where the emissions could be reduced at perhaps a lower pric

first year in the nfl he has thrown a higher completion percentage in more yards for a game than collinscollins led them to a 13-3 record. >>> and tom brady back after knee surgery and one game last season and new seasonings with veteran players with 25 years of experience combined and they are both feeling things out. >> it has been fun. i have a lot to learn and it is a challenge with a new quarterback. especially a guy with the moments he has. i have to get on the same pace he is. >> i want to learn my place so i can get in the mix and not feel like a rookie. and make the guys accept me and more. what i have done in the past is in the past and i want to come and show them this is the reason you brought me here. >> and going to new england has meant good things for offensive players. welker with 112 receptions in the first year, and randy moss with a single season record with 23 receiving touchdowns in the first year and corey dillon rushing more than in his first season with cincinnati. >> and the top of the second, it's soto. and soto going solo. the third homer of the year, second i

are probably going to be -- snowe a little more likely than collins, but are probably going to agree to what most democrats agree to. .. democratic president has been trying for this for 60 years or more, now has happened and we will come back to fight another day to get the rest of what we want and that gets into the argument about whether you think enduring and successful show -- social changes achieved by a bipartisan efforts or ramming through something you believe in. their arguments and example on both sides. i donau how this one is going to play out. condoleezza rice of the interesting dynamics to watch during the summer. >> what happened to barack obama's plan on bipartisanship? you don't see a lot of that. >> he is actually gotten the benefit of it. it was mostly about atmospheric, the idea that we are going to tone down the rhetoric and work together. one of the interesting things about the campaign was there were not many substantive differences between the democrats when they were running, and getting to the general election, it was hard to find an issue, setting aside gu

seems as though it would be clear sailing with the small exception of the group with feinstein and collins that may attempt to negotiate. i know they met with senator state on several times and are hoping to come to some type of compromise as their house colleagues did. but it would seem that stabinau's version is going to move. >> josh voorheis of environment and energy daily. thanks for being with us. >> thanks so much. >> you're watching public affairs programming on c span. up next, former baltimore sun reporter and creator of h.b.o.'s "the wire" talks about the future of journalism. later remarks from national intelligence director dennis blare. >> now journalist and author david simon, a former baltimore sun reporter, talk, about the challenges facing journalism in the age of media consolidation and declining newspaper circulation. mr. simon is also known for his work writing and producing tv draw mass such as h.b.o.'s "the wire" and "generation kill" and nbc's "homicide life on the streets." from the national press club, this is about 55 minutes. >> good afternoon. welcome. my name

so again i really commend the gentlelady, the good senator from maine, senator collins, for her author ship of this bill. i thank my good friend from florida also in helping us in managing this bill on the floor. i don't have any additional speakers unless the gentleman wishes to yield first before i yield. mr. bilirakis: i don't have any additional speakers. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. faleomavaega: with that, mr. speaker, i also yield my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida, the gentleman from american samoa both yield the remaining balance of the time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 615. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from american samoa rise? mr. faleomavaega: i move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, house resolution 430 as amended. the speaker

next author we're going to introduce is gail collins. gail has been on the show quite a bit.nd i was just telling her backstage that my favorite line of the 2008 presidential campaign of all the lines that were written, and so many people wrote so many lines. this was at the point after barack obama had been beaten by hillary clinton in pennsylvania and ohio, west virginia, all of the political commentators were talking about how it was that angry white male that was not ready to vote for president obama. and gale noted what a surprise. and this most transformative of campaigns were an african-american is running to make history against a woman who is making history that in the end, it still comes down to the white male. i guess it sort of did. but she has written a book, a remarkable book called when everything changed, the american amazing journey of american woman from 1960 to present. and just reading about it, it's stunning, some of the things that i had no idea about. that it you're a woman a generation ago, and she was divorced, would have to get her father, even if sh

i going to turn to senator collins and return in later rounds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. shapiro, you talked about the increased number of positions that you have requested. as part of the fiscal year '11 budget, 2011. but, in fact, the president's budget for this coming fiscal year does not allow you to hire any new positions, is that correct? >> that's correct, senator. the increase in the 2010 budget covers the annualized increases in 20909:00 budget that we were able to have as a result of the aprooul of our reprogramming requests and taking $17 million of unobligated funds from prior years, dedicating those to staffing, additional staffing in 200 the. the annualized costs of those 50 positions that we're bringing on this year are the increase in the 2010 budget. >> do you need new positions for the upcoming fiscal year? >> i would say that first of all we're extremely grateful for the president for the increase in the 2010 budget and it's a meaningful increase for this agency. naen 2011, we saw a much greeter increase. the opportunity to move towards that 2011 budget

as i said to senator collins, it was an essential thing to do. >> mr.secretary, i'm running out of time, but i think everybody would agree that the federal reserve came in and flooded the system with money. we put -- the t.a.r.p. money went in, but now we're past that and unless we take some steps to deal with too big to fail, and we've got that moral hazard, and i'm also worried about the ppip. a lot of people are saying the banks aren't participating because it looks like it will be political, and if they get in, who would want to get in partnership with the federal government when they see what some of our fellow members of congress are doing? are you going to be able to get any of these toxic assets out with ppip? where are the -- where are the participants? >> listen, i want to underscore that you're right. that's yet president wants to move so quickly on legislation. on the issue of the legacy assets that are still in the books of the nation's banks you're right that there is some concern in the market still about participation and whether that br

guyot collins with little brown and pete dexter from grand central publishing.lease join me in thanking their publishers for making this event possible this morning. [applause] >> and so with literally no further ado please enjoy the delicious breakfast and teacher body but more importantly feed your mind dirk leas welcome joe scarborough to the platform upon the. >> thank so much for having me here. i'm very, very excited. i was told you are a very, very conservative group. [laughter] >> so i'm trying to remember my favorite dick cheney an antidot. just to tell you a little about myself. i ran for office for the first time in 1994, and i am from northwest florida. which is also known in our parts as the redneck riviera. la, lower alabama. americas albania. i mean, the names go on and on and on. but a republican had not been elected their since 1872, and i think they own the last one that they sent up to washington. so when i ran, i couldn't run as a republican. i could not go out and run the party line. that was a damn good thing since the republican party on t

journalists to cover capitol hill, but we have congressman conyers to congressman allyson, we have senator collins, we have the mayor of washington d.c.. there are a variety of people involved in government and media there, and they've also had a member is inviting one person as a guest and buy a ticket for them. we see a lot of moms and dads of our guests list this year. >> tetherball, chairman of the radio tv correspondent dennis association. thank you. >> thank you. people don't want to think of the results conservation is a policy as much as a passion, he put aside almost 240 million acres of wild america and son out as people are talking about environmentalism and green movements, roosevelt is becoming the key figure to understand because he was the only politician of his day to absorb darwin and understood biology and understood the birds, migratory patterns, and understood it mating habits of deer and elk and antelope and actually did something. >> sunday on cue and egg, the first of two hours with douglas brinkley on wilderness warrior, sunday night at eight on c-span. or listen on xm sate

i want to -- i was prude to join senator schumer, a democrat, senator collins, a republican, senator vitter, a republican, to introduce legislation -- senator bingaman also, a dernlings -- to introduce legislation that would close the gap in f.d.a. laws that permits this. this legislation is a compromise. it would provide five years -- rerks they already have their patent protection. five years of market exclusivity to buy logic, the same as that provided to other prescription drugs. then they would be eligible, the manufacturer of the biologic, for an additional three years of market exclusivity for beneficial changes to their products and even more exclusivity if they conduct pediatric tests on their products. this tiered approach, which i hope to include as part of the health care reform bill moving through the "help" committee, would provide needed competition, long-term savings, and an opportunity for consumers to have safe, effective, and affordable medical treatments. biologics -- and i credit the manufacturers and the scientists and thank them -- the medical researchers -- fo

collin peterson, the chairman of the agriculture committee, was great and how he brought the priorities of the ag community to bear in a conversation. . i am so pleased the have the strong support of the environmental community. >> you brought together the different factions which was a sort of house of representatives answer. my question was, is it the best ticket done for the environment? -- is it the best that you could have done for the environment? >> you have to look at this as a piece of what we have done since we came in in january. the pass recovery act that had record investments in science and otherwise, as related to energy, a strong commitment to the grade. we took six steps of their on the environment and the energy issue. the bill has provisions. the budget has the energy issue as one of the key pillars of turning the rope -- for turning the economy around. it is a bill to reduce pollution and it will. it will reduce our dependence on foreign oil. this bill accomplishes all of those things. the reason it will help the environment is because it will work. it will work. >>

gail collins author of "when everything changed" joe scarborough author of "the last best hope" pete dexter author of "spooner" book expo is a trade industry that includes educational panels and information on soon-to-be published books. for more information visit book expo america.com. >> i am the co-owner of politics and prose bookstore and washington d.c. and i got into the business because i love to read more than anything. you can see i do not get too much exercise instead they'll lay on myself but and read and so i want to tell you this is such an incredible year for reading and four books. i am happy to have a chance to talk about this on the c-span because it does not bring enough action to you and i think fiction can also be more true than books about policy were history. my two themes and this year our immigration and south asia. i will not talk about three paper books that are so popular on their own they really do not need me to support them but i will tell you what they are, one is motherland which has received all kinds of awards by joseph o'neill, he is part dutch and

even the griffey seniors and dave collins and joel youngblood and guys like this, they can help you withr psyche and that's the most difficult thing i think for these young kids is when they have an issue don't always want to go to the pitching coach and go "you know what, i'm not that confident in this pitch," you don't want to be telling steve mccaty all that stuff, sometimes a teammate, it's easier to bounce it off him. i did that with joel youngblood, my first full year. i was struggling, i didn't want to go to pete rose and go "pete, i can't get them out, what do i do exactly?" >> johnny: phillips has a bead on this one and willie harris is down in the fourth inning with a little pop to second base . >> rob: here are all the young men on our ball club. >> johnny: 11 for march visit, got 9, stammen has got four, and of the wins ross and craig are still looking for their first. all five drafted or signed by this organization.  well we have got two  in the fourth. elijah dukes has tied the ball game, a bouncing ball to phillips again on to firs

>> guest: at 1940 dixiecrat leaders collins in particular he is the intellectual grew of the dixie get revolt not only the hard white supremacist segregation meter but one who really seeks to convince strom thurmond, and other southern e leads that they have to articulate a conservative anti-government policy as well as the anti-ratio government politics. he is it one of the leaders. in the '50s and '60s, william f. buckley is not often remembers he makes dramatic efforts to bring seven years into the conservative coalition it has an editorial in 57 arguing the denial of the vote to black citizens in the south which is perfectly justifiable because they have not reached a level of civilization so he is another figure, goldwater clearly is someone you when he runs in a 64 outside his own state of arizona only wins one hand fall of deep south states know where is the a strong figure to seven why did he win those states? >> guest: one of the major issues in the election was the great civil-rights bill that johnson had proposed an goldwater opposition to the civil-rights bill was one of th

joining me as cosponsors are senators collins, landrieu, klobuchar, and mil and mccaskild makes clear the federal government is a temporary shareholder in g.m. and chrysler. and that it should divest its shareholder position as expeditiously as possible. no one ever wanted the government to be in the car business but the alternative was worse and the turmoil in the auto industry extends far beyond detroit as most machines know. dealerships -- as most americans know. dealerships across my state alone are feeling the impact of decisions made by auto dealer somes. chrysler is terminating franchise dealerships with nine dealerships in nebraska and g.m. intends to terminate franchise agreements with 21 dealerships in nebraska. these decisions are affecting dealerships and their employees in communities such as hastings, david city, omaha, auburn, mill ford, lincoln, scotts bluff, and west point which have already been impacted by the auto bankruptcies. auto parts manufacturing plants and communities like karny, grand island and seward are feeling the results of the downturn in the auto ind

ranking member collins. welcome, secretary geithner. everybody knows over the past year we've had a major economic storm raging and what great damage to everybody. the federal government has responded to the economic crisis with aggressiv and unprecedented, but unfortunately, i believe ad hoc, actions to taxpayer-funded bailouts are too big to fail private corporations, a trillion dollar stimulus, foreclosure rescue programs to name a few. we've seen positive signs of green chutes, but there's some wonder whethering they'll wither away with continuing problems in the housing sector and consumer debt remaining high and significant deleveraging occurring in the financial sector and lingering question about the solvency of banks. are we seeing a dead-cat bounce in the markets? economic and financial experts are telling us that economic recovery cannot occur until we've addressed the root cause, the credit crisis and that's what t.a.r.p. was supposed to do, but it got out on the wrong foot last fall, in my view, and it's still there and pre

you know, you can't take the collins brothers and put one on the other shoulder and say, okay, we'rethere. so they can't just react to this in free agency because there is not that option. in terms of trades, they might have to look that way. there's always the disabled player exception, which would allow them, if the nba granted it, if he was indeed out for all of next season and the nba granted that exception to the salary cap, you could then spend 108% of a player's previous salary and half of yao's salary, $16.4 million, you can go out and do something like that, but this isn't the free agent you'd want to give that kind of money to. >> what about tracy mcgrady and ron artest, how does this impact the team going forward? >> with mcgrady it doesn't change much. he has to get himself well. he's as uncertain as yao. is there's really not a lot of difference in some ways except that they know the course of treatments with mcgrady. he had the microfracture surgery. he begins on-court workouts. that's very, very telling portion of his rehab begins next month. with artest, he's a free a