conway?u. i appreciate that for much and i appreciate the references to thomas jefferson, who i admire very much, but this is about putting kentucky first. my father grew up on a family farm in human county. i would go semite grandparent was a little kid. my granddad used to wear a big hat. he would be out picking corn down in union county. i was a little boy and i would always get lost. i have a memory of looking for his hat to figure out where i was. i got a sense of how important farms are to kentucky. i am always going to put kentucky first. i am always going to put kentucky cursed. we have 85,000 farms in the state. over $400 million, i believe. ladies and gentlemen, let me be clear. i view this as a security issue, a food security issue. here in the united states, we spent 10% of our disposable income on food. china is 32%. other european countries are double what we spend. we are protecting food security. we need to have increasing net farm income. that is what is important. throughout

a kentucky senate candidate forum with republican land paul and democratic attorney general jack conway. the discuss agriculture and other national issues including health care, immigration, and the economy. will have comments with both candidates following the forum. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> on tuesday, carte goodwin was sworn in to follow the late senator byrd. he will be the youngest man in the senate. he has said he will not run for the seat. here is the swearing in. death of the late senator robert c. byrd of west virginia. the certificate, the chair is advised, is in the form suggested by the senate. if there be no objection, the reading of the certificate will be waived and it will be printed in full in the record. if the senator-designee will now present hself at the desk, the chair will administer the oath of office. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, mrgoodwin: i solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constituti

i'm christine conway for kron4 news >> in the meantime ac transit continues to it canceled buses every day. officials count 20 buses this evening save for kron4 news with continuing coverage can be sure to log onto kron4 news dog, for the very latest. >> come to san francisco installation on nearly 200 m and the hayes valley neighborhood. additional meters are slated for other city neighborhoods including the financial district and a lot of the meters but it are in fillmore, south market, down by the civic center and by fisherman's wharf. kron4 news it just push it will show is what makes them so >> different> looking busies installing the new meters, zero hundred and 90 are replacing them as part of a to your power program called park. with all of sudden death and the other bells will be up and running in the city. the program which is funded in part stimulus money is used by spaces. mca will study the data and check the hourly rate depending on the demand. there will be more rapes in the big event. the meters will make easier to pay for parking by using koreans a death occurred, or o

the last call an election 2010 is katharine up in conway, new hampshire. caller: good morning. i have a suggestion to getting this country back on track business wise, in all areas. and that is, wall street traders, ceo's of companies and banks, and politicians convicted of white-collar crime shouldn't have the luxury of free food, shelter, health care, and so forth, in jail. instead, when convicted they should serve out their sentences by picking lettuce or working in a chicken assembly line processing 40 or 50 birds per minute. with sentences like these, honesty would quickly be -- and our country would be healthy. host: the front page of "the philadelphia enquirer" this morning as an article about president obama's. on "view -- "the philadelphia inquirer" this morning as an article about president obama's appearance on "the view." coming up next, a discussion with richard sist from "the new york daily news" on the charlie rangel situation. >> in the coming week, the senate is expected to debate and confirm elena kagan as the new supreme court justice. look back at the confir

tonight, a kentucky senate candidate for with republican rand paul and jack conway. the candidates discuss agriculture, health care, immigration, and the economy. we will have comments from candidates who met with reporters following the forum, tonight it 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on the book tv, on sunday, books on fdr, his policy and legacy. then the author of the best- selling books "infidel," and her new book on the coming to united states and the life she left behind. for the complete schedule, go to booktv.org. >> now, house majority leader steny for all lines the democrats' legislative agenda heading into the november elections and talks about initiatives are targeting u.s. manufacturing sectors and contrasts democratic and republican economic policies dating back to the great depression. the center for american progress action fund hosts this 50 minute event. >> thank you very much. i am always pleased to be here at the center and particularly pleased to be here facilitated by the action fund. thank you very much. please tell john podesta t

. >> from your right, roger conway, chief economist for growth energy. benjamin sarlin, russell mckiver, editor of corporate crime reporter. , dana, columnist for "the washington post." and energy correspondent for green wire. and vice president for environmental affairs at massey -- and chairman of our club speaker committee. marilyn g. wax. a speaker's committee who helped organize today's event. jim, associate editor for kiplinger washington editors. and labor reporter for bloomberg news, holly. [applause] bloomberg news. [applause] >> don blankenship heads country's most talked-about co's because of his extensive involvement in local and state politics. but in recent months, he has been at the center of news stories and congressional investigations related to a saster at his company's other big french mine in moscow, was virginia -- montcl, west virginia. before the mine explosion, he was the subject of a book, "cold river." as a child in deaf west virginia, he had no indoor plumbing. as a young man, you work in a coal mine to put himself through col

kolbe holmes of conway, south carolina. anthony of cross river new york, jeffrey jones of fort worth, texas. jose of miami lakes, florida. adam of lexington, south carolina. whit merrifield of north carolina. a constituent of congresswoman virginia foxx. adrian of florida. logan of columbia, south carolina. steven of lancaster, south carolina. matt price of sumter, south carolina. jordan of gaffney, south carolina. jimmy of chess knee, south carolina. michael roth of greer, south carolina. richard royal of fayetteville, north carolina. pat trirk sullivan of columbia, south carolina. john of florence, south carolina. brady thomas of anderson, south carolina. christian walker of limerick, pennsylvania. tyler web of virginia. adam westmoreland of casey, south carolina. jake williams of greer, south carolina. and scott wingo of greenville, south carolina. in conclusion, i urge my colleagues to join in supporting house resolution 1491. go gamecocks. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yiel