e-commerce.i recall that in 1997, the department of commerce was a leader in establishing the global framework for e-commerce. and it's with that roll in mind that we have launched the internet task force and launched this privacy inquiry and other inquiries to follow. and in doing that, i've had in mind the role of one of my predecessors at the department of commerce, andy pincus. and he was a leader in formulating some of the best thinking around a range of internet issues. and along with our morning panelists, larry irving, when he was the assistant secretary at ntia, and he knew that if we were going to build the internet to its potential, the united states government needed to write touch in the process. so, it's an honor to pick up that manner of leadership. and as one simple message that i want to leave you with today and that is backed in this field, the department of commerce is back. we are back to lead. to model that we want to carry forward as we update the framework for the global di

there is a greater use of technology to move cuts and commerce -- to move goods and commerce and to doore without paper so that things more -- move more slowly back and forth between the two countries. -- more smoothly back and forth between the two countries. it is a whole toolbox of things that we've really focused on for this 21st century border concept. i don't want to overlook the point that in terms of a new addition to all the things that have been going on in the united states and mexico in terms of cooperation has been the pilot project, as it were, for mexico to install its own customs and the border patrol on that side of the border. toucan if things moving south. just because you get a port of entry in texas or california does not necessarily mean there will not be effective law enforcement on the other side. >> do we have a microphone going around the room? i saw the reporter for "the new york times bo-peep up front here. -- what actions is mexico taken to contain the undocumented movement of migrants to the u.s.? what educational or social actions ts? how you measure your

for e-commerce. and it's with that role in mind that we have launched the internet task force and launched this privacy inquiry and other inquiries to follow. and in doing that, i've headed mine the role of one of my predecessorred, andy. andy was a leader in formlating some of the best thinking around a range of internet issues. along with our morning pannist, larry irving, when he was the assistant, he knew if we were going to build the internet to its potential, the united states government needed the right touch in the process. so it's an honor to pick up that manner of leadership. and as one simple message that i want to leave you with today. and that is that in this field, the department of commerce is back. we are back to lead. it's a model that we want to carry forward as we update the framework for global, digital -- for the global digital economy in the 21st century. and we're back because our continued economic recovery and tomorrow's pros -- prosperity that's able to innovative and expand

e-commerce. and our reliance on e-commerce and on the internet. among other statistics, i noted that online transactions today are estimated to total $10 trillion annually. and expected to pass $24 trillion by the year 2020. but these remarkable statistics actually understate the impact of the internet and of the digital economy in this era. they don't measure the massive amounts of data that are moved across the internet and mined by academics. and by corporations for research taking advantage of the vast increases in computing power. they don't measure the efficiency gains for businesses that use b-to-b techniques for inventory management. they don't measure the welfare gains for consumers from increased choice and competition globally. as the previous panel discussed in the discussion of innovative uses of personal information. increasingly data is being used to personalize online experiences to make product recommendations and to connect people with many different kinds of communities across

-- two questions tr the two chambers of commerce, one from the san diego regional chamber of commerce, how could business people on both sides of the border involved in legitimate trade between our two countries. and then from the chamber of commerce in mexico is facilitating trade a priority for homeland security and what does the mexican government have planned in this regard? and they are very specific down there, the chamber in mexico. please mention a few concrete steps that have been taken. go ahead. >> we are conducting inspections as never before. in the beginning, i understand that they may implement some -- to legal commerce. we will be getting more efficient as we get involved. we are acquiring technology that can make the process much faster. but it is important to understand why we're doing so. and this is to clearly detect and to illustrate the importance of legal commerce within both our countries and that the best way to keep it in that way is being more efficient in order to prevent, detect and fight what's illegal in both our countries. we believe that a safe border

>> host: well, we found this crazy quilt online by the telecommunications and the commerce department and this is kind of a visual map of what the spectrum is. now this large section here is devoted to a radio and the sections hear the juicy, these blue ones, are all broadcast tv. they seem to have a lot of the spectrum, is that correct? >> guest: well, they do. that is logarithmic, so it states in terms of a picture with the actual amount is. for example, when the beachfront spectrum that michael is referred to -- >> host: why do they call the beachfront? >> guest: that is the area of spectrum. there's actually debate about that in which you are using spectrum which has fairly good propagation characteristics to carry signals over fairly long distances. actually, the best area for turn signals for long distances is your am radio. the lower you go, the longer the signal can get out there. for video, television occurs in the future segments as the vhf and uhf. in fact it's in the 70's with the development of uhf reception capabilities that be and really blossomed in its ability to be u

chamber of commerce, key vote. national lumber and building materials association, that's 6,000 retail businesses. national association of home builders, 175,000 members. the alliance to save energy, the home star coalition, and the retail industry leaders association. this has broad support because it's practical and addresses a real world problem by creating jobs and letting folks save money on their energy bill. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from michigan continues to reserve. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. markey: i yield myself one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. markey: thank you. mr. welch has just gone down the litany of organizations from the national association of manufacturers to the chamber o

calabrese and david donovan, two members of a commerce department advisory committee on the matter of spectrum use. of spectrum use. >> our goal this week is to learn about spectrum use. that is our first goal. the second goal is to hear some different viewpoints on how the spectrum and the best managed. we have two guests to introduce this week. both are members of the spectrum advisory committee. we have david donovan and michael calabrese. what is a spectrum? what is a spectrum? it is known as the public airwaves. it is the elected magnetic atmosphere that allows the transmission of radio waves. it is a spectrum of frequencies that can carry different waves with different propagation characteristics. some are high frequency waves carry a lot of information but not through walls or trees or over long distances. then there are low frequency bands such as those used by television which are considered to be the very best. those frequencies. radio signals for multiple walls, trees, and over long distances. it is a set of frequencies that are useful for communicating. it is all owned by

and through the department of commerce and in certainly since the 1920s and the federal communications commission, you have the government, a government entity that has been established to examine uses and to set up a licensing structure which will allow certain businesses to use certain parts of the spectrum for certain things. federal government use and military use, of course, is still controlled due to the fact that the department of commerce and the independent radio advisory committee, but the commercial side of the business be it television, radio or cellular telephones is regulated through the fcc. >> host: when was the spectrum discovered? >> guest: the spectrum was discovered, frankly, when the first person opened their mouth and uttered the spoken word. it is the ability to transmit and send information over a frequency in which can be heard by the human ear. as you move higher up in frequencies we, of course, as human beings may not be able to hear them, but you can develop devices that are capable of listening, hearing and transmitting it back into sound waves and in frequ

for electronic commerce. it is with that role in mind that we have launched the internet test scores, and launched this privacy inquiry, and other inquiries to follow. in doing that, i have had in mind the role of one of my predecessors at the department of commerce. andy was a leader in formulating some of the best thinking around a range of internet issues. along with our morning panelists, larry irvin, when he was the assistant secretary, and he knew that if we were going to build the internet to its potential, the united states government needed the right touch in the process. so, it is an honor to pick up that banner of leadership. as one simple message that i want to leave you with, in this field, the department of commerce is back. we are it is a model that we want to carry forward as we update the framework for blow bull digital economy in the 21st century. because our continued economic recovery and tomorrow's prosperity depends on a tax sector that is able to innovate and expand into new technologie

this whole effort at the commerce department started because of the commerce department general counsel the head of the secretary policies of this, who recognize that cyber trust issues were going to be critical. i have had incredible support from my bosses. i arrived here about one year ago without having a clue of how to function in government, and they have been very indulgent about me. one year ago, mark arrived, and that was an incredible surprise. being able to do this together with him has been fantastic. at least as i see it, i think that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. finally, the energy behind this -- they have made this happen, and they deserve a big applause. watch out for these two. some of us were around 10, 15 years ago. you will be seeing them in the future. have a great lunch. come back a quarter to 2:00. thank you so much. our speaker has a short window, and i want you to hear everything he has to say. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> we will continue our cove

it's an e-commerce play i really like.er e-commerce play i like is akamai at the 35, 36 level, that's our opportunity. great pin action in that whole area of e-commerce. let's go to michael in new york. michael, come on, let's get fired up. michael! >> caller: hey, boo-yah, jim, from new york city. this is mike. >> oh, man. empire. empire man. let's hit me! >> caller: okay. i'd like your take on conagra foods. >> i didn't like the quarter. i didn't think it was that good a quarter. i was a little let down. everyone knows i like that company, but that was not a great quarter. i do prefer general mills, particularly after that -- after that news of a split. now, splits don't matter because all a split is is you've got one pencil, suddenly you've got two pencils. not a lot of value created. but ken powell doesn't split lightly. he's the ceo. i say go to general mills. mary in florida. >> caller: it's mary in florida. >> how have you been, mary? >> caller: i think i'm doing all right. you doing all right? >> yeah. i pulled my

thank you to dom tony hill community chamber of commerce. thank you for your continued leadership and advocacy in one of the most strategically important questions and issues facing our country. and that's making sure that free enterprise sunscreen that the engine of job growth in investment and economic opportunity for citizens and poorer country. on behalf of governor prentice and who couldn't be here this morning because of a natural disaster in his day, i want to thank all of the attendees were taken the time to be your and participating in its discussion and in particular want to thank my colleagues in federal governors were taken the time to be here in each case joe mentioned in west virginia and governor mark l. in delaware, governor richardson new mexico, governor should carry rhode island. we may come from different states, we may have different views on policy priorities, but these are pro-business, pro-job governors who got a demonstrated record of understanding the importance of the role of free enterprise and the economy and enj

chamber of commerce -- commerce speaks of the -- national press club. that is at 1:00 p.m.ill look at efforts to prevent homegrown terrorism from the madison policy forum. at 8:30 eastern, more about climate change with democratic senator jeff bingaman. and former fbi liaison discusses how surveillance cameras are used in london to lower

. >> we're back to commerce. >> yes. >> back to commerce so, this whole thing is rigged. >> no, this whole -- >> this is produced from the tourist department of london. >> it is a long history. we don't want to go into that because they used to chop people off who criticized her too much, but actually, you got to have a ceremonial head of state and occasionally that is very, very important. as much as important as political power. >> let's go back to some of the wonderful names. fillo t farpsworth, television. >>y. >> where was he? >> he was like one of -- >> he was a farm boy in snake river valley, idaho. he read a lot of magazines and he got the idea from the magazines -- >> you got ted turner. >> yes. what do you go together. >> you regard him as an inventor. >> innovateor. >> part of that innovateor means there must be some invention as well as an implementation the invention. >> you can let me put it this way. take ted turner, he makes use of television. innovators put two or three things together that were separate. you fly 747 across the atlantic so do most of the people. who

what is the chamber of commerce is interest in this lawsuit as it goes -- chamber of commerce's interests this lawsuit goes forward? guest: we opposed to the health care bill. we thought that it did not do the one thing that our members needed, which is controlling the cost curve for health care. we are taking the most expensive system and try fix it by making it more expensive. that being said, it was passed. we will represent our members interest for the best outcome possible. host: what is the most common question you are hearing from small-business members guest: -- members of? guest: what does it mean for me? -- members? guest: what does it mean for me? what will it mean for my health care costs? host: christine, go ahead. caller: my husband has two jobs. he is a small independent contractor. he also has another full-time job. he just sold something that i cannot talk about. it is being tested. a new energy type of situation. i cannot really go into it. anyways, he makes $5,000 for building this piece for his company. we will be taxed for $1,500 of that. it took him two weeks and ma

host: on your screen now is carlos gutierrez, former commerce secretary. you were listening during the first segment we were taking from illegal immigrants. and what are your thoughts? guest: it is all anecdotal, but if you have all of the anecdotes of, what you get is a very complex situation and there is always a tendency to believe it is actually very simple. it is not. it is very complex. it gets down to individual families, children who were born here, children who are on the high school little league team or high school football team and do not even know that they are here without papers, that their -- that they are here illegally. it sort of demand a solution that recognizes the human dynamic, in addition to the fact that it should recognize our economic necessities. we need immigrants. what we do not have is an immigration system and policy and law. we are forcing employers to either close their businesses, move their family farms to mexico, or hire illegal workers. it is kind of a lose/lose situation. host: let's go ahead and put the numbers up an

four places, not in the enumerated powers, violation of the commerce clause and the 10th amendment. this supreme court will see these cases eventually. and when they do, an honest reading of the constitution compels the supreme to overturn the obamacare legislation. and i understand and there is not a severability clause. i wish we had a provision that would put that paper back in the treaty and give people back their liberty because that's what this bill does, it violates the constitution and takes people's liberty and nationalizes our body. it takes over the most sovereign thing that we have. that's our skin and everything inside it. the federal government determines when we get the test, what policies we buy, they'll regulate the premiums, they'll decide what's offered in the policies and the federal government will impose mandates on the policies. there'll be mandates for contraceptive, drug treatment, probably mandates for physical therapy and we see an effort to tax your pop if it's not diet pop, tax your soda if it's not diet soda. the next thing they'll be doing in this supe

chamber of commerce, national association of manufacturers and the national venture capital association and the biotech industry organization. this continuing initiative is part of the -- to promote innovation and new technology in both older and new industries, prepare a skilled work force and enhance our economic competitiveness and build a strong 21st century national economy. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1344 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 5116. will the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, kindly take the chair? the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 5116, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the united states, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on wednesday, may 12, 2010, a request for a recorded vote on amendment

chamber of commerce is some sort of cruel joke where it claims u.s. free trade agreements have supported 5.4 million jobs? are we talking about the same countries? take ohio, since 1994, employment just in the manufacturing sector has declined by 1/3. companies like delphi, georgia pacific, g.m., champion spark plugs have moved to mexico. remember when nafta promised us the promised land claiming we could get millions of new jobs and the standard of living would rise? what we got was the giant sucking sound. more jobs going out and accumulative trade deficit of $1 trillion to this country as a result of nafta. the deficits from nafta and nast why -- nafta-like trade agreements have caused wlfering in our nation to wither. state managed capitalism in places like mexico, china, and japan. it's time to wake up, stand up for this country, and renegotiate a -- those agreements that keep moving our jobs offshore. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >>

chamber of commerce and. turning over the podium, we have andrew snyder, the associate editor of the speaker's committee. the managing editor of the americas for bloomberg news. the president of the trade partnership and a guest of our speaker. a reporter with the fiscal times. reporter in the washington bureau of "the wall street journal." thank you. [applause] for the past 75 years, the u.s. chamber of commerce has occupied one of the most enviable physical locations. the sight of what was once the home of daniel webster, the chamber's headquarters stands right across from the white house. no president can look out his front window without it by demanding his attention. the relationship with these papers might be described as < harmonious. president obama and the chamber have clashed often but they have found common ground on the capacity of jobs. both speeches called for the doubling of u.s. exports in the last five -- net five years which is a bold target. factoring out inflation, the last time expanded t

the commerce clause is clause 3. it gives congress the power to regulate interstate trade between states. tyou have seen the right to regulate commerce really branch into any economic activity in the united states. the the national government have the power to ask citizens to buy health care under the commerce clause? >> the commerce clause is one of the pieces of constitution that has empowered our government to do a whole lot more. recently, in a court case, one of the justices asked the attorney, is there anything the commerce clause has not empowered the government to do? justice scalia said, don't answer that you do not want to give them any ideas. host: chicago, thank you for calling in today. caller: good morning. i would like to give a shout out to our ap government class. foreign policy -- is that going to be on the test? guest: great word bank there. i do not think he will need to know a whole lot about foreign policy. but you may be asked to talk about the role of congress and the president have both forma

and regional innovation clusters at the department of commerce. several of these new programs fund activities beyond basic science research and development and many are potentially duplicative of current efforts and could divert money away from priority basic research. given the number of new programs in this bill, it's especially troubling that the authorization lengthens five years as it lengthens congressional oversight opportunities and calls for outyear funding increases without regard to the current and future fiscal environment. as a full committee markup in april, republicans offered 39 amendments to, among other things, address increased costs, shifts in priorities, duplications of programs and congressional oversight. some of these concerns will be debated today as part of our amendment process. before i close, i'd like also to thank and acknowledge my staff for all the hard work they've done on this bill. also i want to thank chairman gordon and his staff for all of their efforts. chairman gordon and i have worked together in this body

chamber of commerce. we are honored, very honored, to have today with us six governors who represent a cross section of the company and industries and of the challenges and success stories that we will hear more about later in the program. i want to especially thank the co-chairs of this event, governor pawlenty of minnesota and the governor of tennessee who as i'm sure do all completely understand had to leave washington yesterday to get back to his state on account of the floating issues and a warm welcome to all of the governors here, governor manchin, governor markell and richard said will be joined by governor. later on this morning. and in addition to the governors, that many of whom spent much of their career in the private sector as well, which i think is useful the information for the topic today, we are also joined by a chamber and business leaders from each of the states. welcome to all of you. these leaders represent a broad range of sectors including manufacturing information technology, heal

president, i am a member of the commerce department. we know commerce -- commerce committee.we know how important it is. earl weern, a member of the nationanational transportation y board, as we dealing day in and day out with issues of threats to our transportation. the potential we have -- you know, airplanes that have gone down in the sky in the middle of buffalo. we've got potential terrorist threats to our transportation system, and what are we doing? we're holding up the nominees. we've got toyota putting out cars that have basically killed people across the country because the safety measures weren't taken and they have a just paid the biggest fine in the history of this country. and what are we doing? there are members that are secretly holding up members of the transportation safety commission? why would we do that? so i'll start with these, mr. president. i ask consent that the senate proceed to executive session for the purpose of consideration of calendar number 592, mark rosekind, and 787, earl weaner, both stob members of the national transportation safety board

host: later this morning we will be covering the discussion at the chamber of commerce.ind of an interesting alliance between you and governor pawlenty. how did this come about? guest: is not political, it is about how we can create jobs. the chamber sponsored a study on on to a vendor ship -- on on to dinner -- on on to ignore -- entrepreneurship. it is a useful compendium of all of the things the states have been doing. this is a bi-partisan group of governors. we know each other quite well. no offense to what is happening here in washington, but we are the ones suffering in this recession but also the ones that can directly affect the lives of people with our actions. host: a moment ago you mentioned the need to create 20 million jobs over 10 years. president obama often talks about small job creation. with a number like that is it not true that someone has to start hiring in large chunks? guest: that is right. largely coming from big manufacturing and auto workers. many of the other businesses i think that president obama is on the right track. the stimulus that we r

we just saw another indication of the strength of the support that we have as policy staff at the commerce department from our executive suite. cam kerry couldn't have been more articulate and demonstrable in showing the high level of support for this initiative across the executive tier across the department. with that, we'll return to geek and wonk speak. [laughter] >> we have pretty much a continuation of the conversation that we had before lunch. although, this panel has more folks from the business side than the earlier conversation and we'll be drilling into breaks tax issues a little bit more. we'll also not be endeavoring to do live demos of technology 'cause we know that's fraught with challenges. but we will be throwing up a few screen shots so people can see what some of the developments in the privacy tools arena have been occurring. but before -- before we move on to the brief demos and the conversation, just a few framing remarks. i'm one of those people who enjoys looking at the internet economy and the internet as a whole through an evolutionary lens. that we see speciation

wonder boy he never stopped giving me advice and all of it was bad he was the first secretary of commerce the first offical to assist the government have the responsibility to put people in homes in programs to facilitate that. he was a total activist is just all the activity he did was wrong in disastrous. he browbeat thinks to keeping people on the job and wall street pushes the price up running contrary to what coolidge and harding had done it earlier when there is a recession 1921. let it play itself out. then if they let it play itself out who who hurt by a group bated it that is nonsense. 1933 fdr takes over pro is he was too hoover what obama is to bush. some were interventionist. they wanted to recreate government. fdr takes over 1933. first thing he does, a sound familiar? nationalize the bank. and then, he bans the private ownership of the cold. everybody had to give up their gold. or 10 years in prison. then you see history repeating itself although he had a good temperament for the job, and in some sense provided some level of solace, he was utterly capricious and would do thi

department of commerce. we welcome you and look forward to your testimony. >> thank you for the opportunity to discuss the employment and unemployment data fm this morning. growth -- the employment rate edged up to 9.8%. job growth is faiy widespread with gains in manufacturing, professional, and leisure and hospitality. non-farm -- non-farm employment has grown since december and 483,000 jobs were added in the private sector. manufacturing continue to add jobs in april. three industries -- three industriesave accounted factory job gains so far this year. elsewhere, mining employment continue to trend up. the industry has added 39,000 jobs since october. in construction, nonresidential building and heavy construction each added 9000 jobs in april. employment in professional and business services increased by 80,000 over the month. within the industry, job growth continued in temporary help services, where employment increased by three and a 30,000 since september. it also rose in services to buildings -- by

chamber of commerce talked about -- chairman of the u.s. chamber of commerce talked in washington.s is one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome. i am a reporter for "bloomberg is." with the world's leading professional organization for journalists and by fostering a free press and worldwide. for more information, please visit our web site. to donate, please visit press.org/library. i would like to welcome our speaker and our attendees at today's event which includes guest of our speaker as well as working journalists. i would like to welcome our c- span and public radio audiences. after the speech concludes, i will ask as many audience questions as time permits. i would like to introduce to you our head table guests. from your right, william cassidy. frank masano, annthony morena. liz riley, director of the program and a guest of our speaker. the senior business editor for national public radio. john murphy, vice president of international affairs for the u.s. chamber of commerce. turning over the podium, andrew schneider. skipping over our speaker, joe winsky. laura bachman. michae

so what are your plans to refocus and get commerce moving across the borders? >> with respect -- with respect to the northern border as you know we have implemented the pilot program to expand the hours and we wanted to see whether or not in fact if we provided was extended service hours whether or not the traffic would require that we extend to read we are always willing to assets of that and i think our record has been good in that respect that we're we conduct the analysis and where there is a demonstrated need and response by the community to make those hours permanent. if there is also an were areas and ports of entry we need to be willing to look at flexible use of technology that ensures a were security but also permits people who use the border regularly to register so that they can be given access at certain times of the day when we are not there with people on the ground. >> sprick i'm especially concerned about the intellectual properties because it is rising. it's counterfeit medicine for example threatens the health of consumers. the authorization

chamber of commerce. a number of the nation's governors among those participating in a summit on the economy in job creation, uc former education secretary margaret spellings who's the vice president. the national chamber foundation is one of the host of this event. it's just beginning. you're watching live coverage on c-span2. >> a broad range of sectors including manufacturing, information technology, health care, and oil refinery and on and on. and why don't we take a moment and let each of our chamber and business leaders tell us their names, what their businesses are. and what state they're from. so that the governors can have some feel for who we're visiting with. and we'll start down at the end with you, bill, from delaware. [inaudible] >> thank you. [inaudible] >> thank you, jim. [inaudible] >> thank you. [inaudible] >> leeann cravits i represent fidelity. and margaret, it's great to see you and it's wonderful to see everyone else here and to be with our governor. >> i'm the president and ceo of t

but yes, it impacts the beaches, it impacts commerce, yes. >> mr. chairman, i am one who hopes that we never get into the situation where we are in court debating about what is now a legitimate claim. you're making a big presentation here that you are stepping up to these responsibilities and i hope that that is true. and i hope, mr. chairman, that we will go back on the legislation we have passed out of this committee, that included an opening up further of the gulf, and passed legislation to reconsider that. this is clear evidence that the beaches of destined don't need to be subject anymore will threaten the future. >> thank you very much. if there are no other questions, you have any more, senator sessions? >> i thank senator cantwell for pursuing that line of inquiry. i think there is some confusion about it. i try to look at all law on it. legally use still remains subject the all the normal trespass and pollution walls of the state if you damage property or beaches. is that correct? of course i do not under spawned that law in detail but we'r

i think the chamber of commerce has just weighed in on the side of wall street.and they're going to have to answer to all of the small businesses in pennsylvania, for example and across the country and even larger businesses but especially small businesses who have been devastated by what's been happening on wall street. and the idea that the chamber of commerce is coming out against the study -- the study the analysis of a transaction fee is really disturbing, and it -- it -- it tells you a lot about -- it tells you a lot about where they stand in this debate. so i know where the american people are. they want reform, and they want it now. and they don't want it watered down, they don't want the bill gutted with amendments, and they want to have information that they should variety to expect on the effect of a transaction fee -- good, bad or indifferent. they should have that information. and what the american people don't want is the chamber of commerce or any other organization standing between wall street and what's been happening there and reform. so, i woul

we actually had, by comparison a lengthy markup in energy and commerce. we had eight days of markup. four of those we were in recess subject to the call of the chair because the chairman of the committee was trying to get his blue dogs back in line after the he lost an amendment early in the process, but nevertheless, we had eight days to work on the bill. the other committees had 24 hours to work on this bill. at the time, it seemed like a big bill. it was 1,000 pages long. that is a big bill. it got bigger in the house in the fall and bigger still after it left the senate. last july, the bill was 1,000 pages long and to work through and mark up a 1,000 page bill probably was going to take longer than four working day, which is what we got in our committee. but it darn sure was going to take longer than 24 hours, which it was allotted in the other committees. the bill was amended in the committee work this summer by all three committees. interestingly enough, some of those amendments were republican amendments. interestingly enough after the bill was wra

the commerce clause is clause 3. it gives congress the power to regulate interstate trade between states. tyou have seen the right to regulate commerce really branch into any economic activity in the united states. the the national government have the power to ask citizens to buy health care under the commerce clause? >> the commerce clause is one of the pieces of constitution that has empowered our government to do a whole lot more. recently, in a court case, one of the justices asked the attorney, is there anything the commerce clause has not empowered the government to do? justice scalia said, don't answer that you do not want to give them any ideas. host: chicago, thank you for calling in today. caller: good morning. i would like to give a shout out to our ap government class. foreign policy -- is that going to be on the test? guest: great word bank there. i do not think he will need to know a whole lot about foreign policy. but you may be asked to talk about the role of congress and the president have both forma

chamber of commerce gets underway this morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2.his morning, we will talk with the new mexico governor bill richardson as the previous the summit hosted by the chamber of commerce which will examine the role of state in encouraging job growth and

bart stupak of michigan chairs the commerce subcommittee on investigations. this is about two hours, 30 minutes. >> the chairman will be recognized for a five minute opening statement. others will be recognized for a three minute opening statement. i will begin. today's hearing will serve as a progress report on where toyota and the national highway traffic safety administration are in terms of diagnosing and correcting the sudden, unintended acceleration. we will also examine what toyota has done since our february 23 hearing. during that hearing we heard from toyota motor sales president jim lenz and ray lahood, consumer advocates, and from an expert witness, professor david gilbert from southern illinois university about sudden, unintended acceleration in toyota vehicles. acceleration, sua in toyota vehicles. we also heard from rhonda and eddie smith about their experience with this in their lexus. committee members asked many questions. but we were left with more questions than answers. toyota engaged in damage control almost immediately following our hea

our guests are michael calabrese and david dunn van and two members of a commerce department advisory committee on the matter of sprecktrum use. >> our goal this week on the communicators is two-fold, number one to learn what the spectrum is and if you have been following telecommunications at all, particularly in the last couple of months, you heard a lot about the sprecktrum. that's our first goal, the second goal is to hear some different viewpoints on how the spectrum can be managed. we have two guests to introduce to you, both members of the commerce department spectrum advisory committee. david donovan and michael calabrese. what is a spectrum? >> what we, much more commonly known as the public airwaves, it is not a tangible thing at all, but the electromagnetic properties of the earth's atmosphere that allow the transmission of radio waves and we call it the spectrum because it is a spectrum of frequency that is could carry different, basically different waves with different propagation characteristics. so some are high frequency waves that carry a lot of information but not th

and would, therefore, curtail significantly commerce. three, the credit markets would significantly contract by a significant amount of money, probably by as much as three-quarters of a trillion dollars. four, the institutions which would be responsible for creating the derivatives market would actually be less stable, the market makers would be less stable than what we presently have today. now, you don't have to believe me to understand the seriousness of this and accept this as a statement or an assessment of what the present bill does. i mean, granted, i'm just one member of this body that has an opinion on it. but we do hire people as a government to take a look at something like this and say does this work or does that work? and they are charged with the responsibility of accomplishing the two goals which i mentioned. one, avoiding systemic risk. and, two, having a vibrant credit market. one of those agencies is the federal reserve. they've taken a look at this language in the dodd-lincoln bill and they've concluded this. this is t

chamber of commerce and the speaker's guest. turn over the podium. we have the associate editor and the chairman of the national press club's speaker's committee. the managing editor of the america for bloomberg news. the president of the trade partnership and guest of our speaker. a report are with the fiscal times. a reporter in the washington bureau of the "washington journal." and brought cast journalist with aagin media, and chairman of the news makers' committee. thank you. [applause] >> for the past 75, the chamber of commerce has occupied one of the most envisible locations in washington, d.c. it was the site of what was once the home of daniel webster. it stands across lafayette park from the white house. no president can look out his front window without it commanding his attention. the relationship of these neighbors may be described as less than harmonious since the current occupant of the white house moved in. president barack obama and the chamber have clashed often, but the two have found common ground on the capacity of trade to creat

this year the company will be focusing on revamping running and training shoes and overhauling e-commerce site and opening several outlet stores. >>> another local business is hoping to have a bright business as well, the new bakery on east ford avenue features sweet treats. pete o'neill was there for the opening. >> reporter: this morning people started their day in the rays of the sun cast its light on the city. those same rays hit a little shop on ford avenue and helped a dream come true. >> for me this is just standing on the middle of the pier myself today and i'm going to make it work and figure it out. if it means staying up until 2:00 in the morning or waking up at 5:00 that's what it means. i would rather do that than look back and say i wish i would have given it a shot. >> reporter: that dream is to make people smile. by making these. >> i have always been a part of corporate america. i had a lot of really, really great jobs. i always wanted to do something for myself. i have a family that always had their own businesses. it was my turn to kind of take the reigns and i just had

bank of china seems to be in favor, commerce department, which has connections with business people seems to be opposed. so, yes, there's a real spectrum and that's an example of this argument on the yuan may i just refer to one previous question? the question was raised about this new generation in china. people born after 1980. i think in my recent trips to china, talking to that new generation, these young people are very career-oriented. they're very interested in employment. they're talking about what -- where they're going to buy a condominium or an apartment. i do not have the sense of the ideological or plet drive in this generation. yes, we see people who are wall jumpers on the internet. and there's a lot of resistance of the idea of pushing google out and so on. this is a generation that seems to me to be quite material. career-oriented. and in some ways strangely except on issues of the united states or japan where there's a big nationalist question, they tend to be less political than one would have expected. >> if i may comment on the parallel that an earlier questioner made

the existence of that power and that ability to control commerce, to control credit, to buy votes ins, and to really, he felt, distort the economy-- that was unacceptable, and jackson took on the second bank of the united states and broke it, and put it out of business, actually. and we built the entire 19th century on a much more decentralized financial system and much smaller banks, actually, than hamilton had envisaged. >> reporter: but big banks and big business were not down for long, says johnson, who pressed his case at new york's american museum of natural history, built by, among others, the father of president theodore roosevelt-- out front today, flanked by a clearly subordinate native and african american. t.r. as a johnson hero? >> i'm not proposing teddy roosevelt for president today, don't get me wrong. a lot of the attitudes of that era feel, you know, very alien to us now, with good reason. but roosevelt certainly didn't like the part about concentrated financial power and the way that challenged democracy. so he took j.p. morgan to the supreme court, and everyone th

commerce secretary declares a fishing disaster in the states of alabama, louisiana and mississippi becausethe oil spill in the gulf. jonathan hunt explains epa weighs in on the level of contamination down there. >> it is being more than a month and the oil continues to spew. >> my overall reaction was pictures really do not convey it.ú >> tte epa is telling bp to scale back the amount f chemicals it is using to breakup surface oil n the gulf. the comppny's deadline to stop using a chhmical called correct it 9500 past unday epa wants the oil company to focus clean up below the surface. where testing shows sub seed3 the environment.ng no harm on >> they use a lot less, when they do it. down there. than when they do when they spray it on top. >> bp said it does not have a better alteenative for the clean up. as far as shutting downtown leak, bp racing against time launch a top kill operatiin. clog the broken well spewing crude. >> right now, we're -- our forecast has that happening %-morning.g on ednesday >> in washington, congress is prepaaing to quadruple attacks on oil to pay for future sp

some people wanted to go to commerce, some people wanted to go to agriculture based on what kind of applications they had. there were clear lines as to where people should go during the second round. we have cleared up some of the application issues. sometimes there were not given the opportunities they might have had. >> what might that money be used for if the company get a grant? but it is for infrastructure for building out these networks -- >> it is for infrastructure for building out these networks. it is not for operating expense. before we finance one of these products, we ensure that they can be sustainable, that they have a business plan that works. >> it seems like that is one of sexiest things that r.u.s. as done for a while, these broad -- has done for a while, these broadband plans. , the people in your agency? -- how many people in your agency? >> we have hundreds of people across the country. >> is is -- is it a strain for an agency that sized to handle a program that is as big as the broadband grant program is? >> it has really pushed our resources. we have risen to the challeng

these are two members of the commerce department's advisory committee on spectrum use.hat is on "the communicator's" on c-span 2. >> kentucky senator jim benninbg has announced his retirement and the new republican primary debate will be tonight. the first sitting center to lose an intra-party contest, we will hear from bob bennett and his challengers. ññññ >> no more taxes, no irresponsible spending, no more troubling of state's rights, no more telling terrorists that you have the right to remain silent. [cheers and applause] no more apologies for the greatest nation on earth. [cheers and applause] do you want to take back our country? [cheers and applause] then vote him in bridgewater as your next senator. the job will not get done by some entrenched jobholders in washington, d.c. or buy more lawyer politicians. it will take more than lawyer maneuvering to secure our borders, reduced illegal immigration, and to release restrictions on our own land. it will take a constitutionalist who is also a capitalist. [cheers and applause] i am a small businessman who has cre

the united states chamber of commerce says it will hinder job creation. the business round table says it takes us two steps backwards in terms of job creating. the national association of manufacturing says it will threaten job creation, u.s. competitiveness, and overall economic growth. i.b.m. says these tax increases will completely overwhelm any positive economic impact of the r&d tax credit. and the technology leaders of our nation, that is the silicon valley leadership group, says these offsets are going to be done at the ex-- expense of u.s. job creation. look, this is a cascading disappointment. this is a majority that has become absolutely blind to the realities of the stimulus. with all due respect to the one of the chairmen of the committees that spoke a couple minutes ago, having a straight face and arguing that the stimulus has been a success is not persuasive in my district. my district was promised, unemployment was going to peak if we spent $1 trillion at 8%. illinois is now at 11.5%. the delta therefore is a difference of 199,000 jobs for

this is the commerce justice subcommittee on appropriations will come to order. today, we reviewed the budget for the department of justice and will take testimony from the very able attorney general, eric holder. after he completes his remarks and we have questioning, we will also hear from the inspector general. as everyone knows, it is the practice now of the subcommittee at every hearing to listen to the inspector general. though senator shelby is not here it's because the banking committee is deliberating t financial service reform on senator shelby is not here because the banking committee is debating on the floor. unanimous consent we will put the shelby statement into the record. we will ensure that senor shelby's questions will be forwarded to you, mr. holder, and we will protect all of the rights that senator shelby has as the ranking member. this morning we're going to discuss the justice departnt's 2011 budget request and we will be examining how we strengthen national security, counterterrorism and also protect the safety and security of u.s. citizen