host: you are with david mason of the heritage foundation. caller: mr. mason, the heritage foundation pushed for policies that got us into this mess. corporations crashed the entire world economy. why should the american people believe you now? you blame it barney frank, one person, when republicans had control for the last eight years. you did not say anything about the orchestration of the mess with enron and the rest. your comment about ceos making 10 times more? they make 300 times more than the average worker. this is ridiculous, these lies you are telling. guest: i am sorry that the caller things we're telling lies, and i am sorry we disagree. i think barney frank has some bad ideas. but because of the economic crisis is complex -- the causes are complex, and i wish we were able to blame that organization for the choices. a lot of the choices came from the government itself. the boom of subprime mortgages related directly to government policies that discourage banks to issue those kinds of mortgages and it encouraged -- encouraged banks to issue th

david mason will discuss a bill to put limits on executive pay.oe madison will debate the state of race relations in america. "washington journal" is live each morning 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this week as expected, the senate judiciary committee voted to recommend the confirmation of sonia sotomayor as supreme court justice. watch the debate this saturday on c-span at 7:00 eastern for the next week, her confirmation as to the senate floor. live coverage of the full senate debate on c-span2 coming in october, tour the home to america's highest court, the supreme court. leading up to the august recess, nancy pelosi and other democratic leaders held a press conference to discuss the ongoing process of crafting the drafting health care legislation. this is a 35 minutes. >> good afternoon. 44 years ago, medicare was signed into law by president lyndon johnson. here we are this week about to be close to healthcare reform and we have ever been in history. will we have our third committee report -- on that note of the new legislation, we go home in august t

the heritage foundation posted david mason will discuss a bill to put limits on executive pay. joe madison will debate the state of race relations in america. washington journal is like each morning at 7:00 eastern on c- span. >> george signed the declaration of independence. he was also murdered. father bruce chadwick on "i am murdered." at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> now the house energy and commerce committee pose a market of health care legislation. they discuss republican joe barton's amendment to take the public plan out to the bill and replace it with reimbursement programs. this is two hours and 25 minutes. >>> this meeting will please come to order. we're still considering amendments to titles "a" and "b." mr. barton, i believe you have an amendment you wish to offer at this time. >> mr. chairman, could we have a colloquy first before we go to that? >> certainly. >> i was not privy to the fan club meeting out in the hallway. could you brief the committee on what you told the world? >> we have tried to bring the democrats together. and we wish we could bring you wit