and the final version reflected senator bob dole. they had zero republican votes. that is not leadership. leadership is about action, not just position. not just position. and what we hear is this constant drumbeat about how they want the keys back. they want the keys back. well, the american people remember they drove us into this ditch by bending over to bi%%g oil, by bending over for credit card companies and wall street banks and insurance industries. our political philosophy is this and i know we share ttis, is that the government should set the out-of-bounds markers but be a good referee. when big oil companies don't have redid you know dancies built in, the referee should be throwing the flag. they paid their insurance, we should throw the flag. we could have a debate about where those markers and where they are set. but make no question, the governnent should be the referee. mr. tonko: if the gentleman from ohio would yield. you struck is go something in me about the party of no. it was not good enough to say no to an issue ike america %- competes. on this

this proposal will dole our nation debt five year triple it in 10 ars from fiscal year 2008evels. the congression budget office has stated that you should current spending levels, by 2020, american taxpayerll be paying $2 billion a day in interest o the national debt alo. t me eit re that. $2 billion day. itn't been all that long ago we lkeba tthe late 1970's, early 1980's, en w had 21.5%ntest ratein this country. it wasn longgo, i was talki with small business owns in my district, they said we had probms getting a loant over 20% interest. the t federalovernment is borrowi er $2 billion a day, when ey' talking about thatoue looking at the feral deficit an-- or i should say the debt goi to $20.3 billion by the ye 2020, and now the u.s. treary coming outnd saythat cod bat least $ trillion, that $2 llion a day going to be much higher and businesses out there are going to have to do one g, compete aigovernment t borrow that meanthinterest rates areoing to skyrocket again and how are we going t get sml businesses moving ain in this country mrs. lmis: that is $2 bli it woulonly take thr

he talks about the deficit, but how does putting more people on the dole help get the deficit down? >> perhaps she should consider this following statement about the importance of sorting out the budget deficit, and it is this. "public finances --" honorable members ought to listen to this. "public finances must be sustainable. "if they are not, then it is the poor, the elderly, and those on fixed incomes who depend on public services who suffer most." who said that? the right honorable member for kirkcaldy, when he used to talk some sense in the old days. >> harriet harman. >> well, will he confirm, since he is talking about new politics and transparency -- will he confirm and will he welcome the o.b.r. forecast that, under the plans that we put in place, unemployment will be lower this year and next year and the year after, and that borrowing will be lower this year, next year, and the year after -- that we forecast that. will he confirm that, and will he welcome it? >> what i can tell the honorable lady about the office of budget responsibility -- and first of all, should she not

senator dole is joining us from capitol hill. congressman shimkus, why are you opposed to reclassifying broadband from title 12 title to? >> there is no problem now. the internet has been a boon for a decade. we are afraid that as the national government intervenes to make decisions to control the pipe that there will be less intervention, less innovation, and less job creation. it is like in 1933 regulation. trying to use those laws to force a digital age is crazy talk. >> democrats in both chambers have announced plans to update the communications act. do you support that effort, and is there any chance that telecom legislation could emerge this year? >> not this year. the last rewrite took about six to eight years. we have been talking about it even when republicans are a majority, but the s.e.c. is broken up. they are still packed into an environment that does not reflect the digital age. i would be excited about it. i think it would help the ssa in their day-to-day management of business, talking about the new technology tod

talked about the government doling out free speech rights.ot that the rights pre exist government but government doles them out. that's dangerous stuff. >> glendale, wisconsin. bob you're on with quin hillyer of the washington times. caller: yes, good morning. first of all. god bless you both, okay. the first question that i wanted to bring up is why did obama nominate this person? and who else should be nominated? and i've been listening this entire period here. within the first 25 minutes the first time that mr. hillyer you mentioned anything about the christian and a portion issue, okay that's very - commemorative there. and then the other thing that i thought, well, while i was sitting here, our forefather's had no experience in anything either. okay? i think they were justified and today it's what our fundamental values that count and that is what has brought us to the present day and mrs. kay fan is a beautiful person, yes, i agree. but the fundamental principals are missing there. i would like you to comment obstacle that. guess gues g

you did not get drawing down by throwing people out of work and on to the dole -- according to the forecastort- sighted approach will damage our recovery and make it worse. when you do that, if you end up with more tax rises further down the track. and it is unfair. it is unfair on young people need help to get worked and to get a decent start in life. they scrapped that you -- the future jobs fund report where every young person helped in the work shows is fighting. it is unfair on wigan, whose job sector will suffer. they've snatched away the chance for these jobs. it is unfair on families, caps on the child benefit and the living allowance. cutting short -- sure start maternity grants, cutting back preschool mills, and it is unfair to older people who will have to pay higher vat. the chancellor tells us that his plans are fair, that the rich will pay most. that is not true. as the prime minister himself said, "it is very regressive, it hits the poorest hardest." it it does, it absolutely -- guyana -- absolute promise you. it was pointed out last week, it penalizes the poor. and it is unf

talked about the government doling out free speech rights. not that the rights pre exist government but government doles them out. that's dangerous stuff. >> glendale, wisconsin. bob you're on with quin hillyer of the washington times. caller: yes, good morning. first of all. god bless you both, okay. the first question that i wanted to bri up is why did obama nominate this person? and who else should be nominated? and i've been listening this entire period here. within the first 25 minutes the first time that m hillyer you mentioned anything about the christian and a portion issue, okay that's very - commemorative there. and then the other thing that i thought, well, while i was sitting here, our forefaer's had no experience in anything either. okay? i think they were justified and today it's what our fundamental values that count and that is what has brought us to the present day and mrs. kay fan is a beautiful person, yes, i agree. but the fundamental principals are missing there. i would like you to comment obstacle that. guess gues ge gu

the degree to which internally conversations with the president [unintelligible] what is this going dole look like if we have to wait until august for this relief well for the final solution? what kind of damage are we talking about? and no matter how much we may legitimately be, transocean, halliburton responsible? we may need the federal response from taxpayers? >> the responsible parties of the well will pay that amount. we have in sending legislation to improve a number of the regulatory structures are run the relationship between oil and the government, one of the things that we have s the lifting of the economic liability cap to an unlimited level that we feel comfortable, given the enormity of this disaster that we're looking at right now. in terms -- >> in florida, parts of the mid- atlantic -- >> i did not know the degree to which the full damage assessments has been worked out to that level best on when current -- wind and current. we've been taking the flow rate figures that the group came out with last week, the understanding the flow 15,000 barrels after the riser is cut, wh

president, that when he decided he was no longer going to be the democratic leader, that senator dole did an event for him and they -- in the russell building and all senators were there, democrat and republican senato senators, and he told us a number of things he didn't do. he told us a number of things he did do. for example, he read the "encyclopedia britannica" from cover to cover twice. he was bored one break, he didn't really have something he wanted to work on, so he studied the dictionary. he read that from cover to cover during one of our breaks. i've told this story on an occasion or two but to give the depth of this man's memory, i had been to nevada and, and he asked me when i came back, what did do you? and i said, senator byrd, i pulled something out of my library for when i came back, and i read "the adventures of robinson ca carusso." he said, "robinson carusso," and he proceeded to tell me -- i had just read the book -- how long he had been on that island -- 28 years, 3 months, a week and two days, or whatever it was. i was stunned. i didn't know. i went back and pul

he challenged him to a dole, and when it was discovered that the challenger was actually the king himself, william asked if it was a mistake. excuse me, but i did not know it was the king. importantly, william did not ask for absolution, but rather he asked for a pardon. this is what he said. therefore i beseech your highness parted me. and henry pardoned him with all the words. keep the glove and where it in honor -- and wear it in honor. he did not excuse the mistake of fact, he granted conditional pardon untii he chooses to challenge it. that is the same condiiion that he gave to the prisoners. it is an implicit contract between the captors and captives that i will not show you publish your return to the battlefield. >> how do we know is a mistake of fact? all we know it is was a mistake of weapons. that, it seems to me, we cannot make any finding on what might have happened. there is no mistake of fact. >> because there aae two points, your honor. one is the mistake of law, which is invoking the rule of necessity that they are now reinforcing their rank. he was not setting counteratta

i am deeply grateful that former senator bob dole has agreed to lend his expertise and assist in the proper structure of this new organization, so that it can effectively meet its muddle mission. these two gentlemen are true american heroes, men whose service is deeply admired. both the army and i are enormously grateful that these two individuals have agreed to step forward in service to others and to this nation once again. as to the negative findings in this report, there is no excuse. on behhlf of myself and dick armey, i deeply -- myself and the army, i deeply apologize. to the men and women that wear the uniform, to all citizens that believe that that arlington national cemetery is the most sacred place on this planet, the army goes better. i am not able to explain the past. i will promise this about the future. the army will take every step necessary to fully insure that clearly understood and effectively addressed. we will unissued the steps to correct yesterday's oversight, and meet tomorrow's requirements. for them, their loved ones, this nation, a better tomorrow for arlin

they can be doling with royalties and the amount of oil that is leaked.re we going to recover that money? guest: we recognize right now it is not going to be done overnight. we have no clue how much it will cost. we will hold bp responsibly for that cost we can see that this event will be handled like when we finally wanted to explore space. we need to start organizing we need to did something that will make a real difference we'll have to approach it the same way. we'll be able to have this in the future. that's what i have to say. all of the committees are at work. we hope to have a piece of legislation going forth. we know we must begin to find the answers and technology to clean this up. caller: if the government would go back to the core mission and quit telling people what to eat, how to live and protect this country. democrats were in charge the last four years of oversight. i watched c-span. all the questions were should we take out the prophet. not once is being prepared on the booms. host: did democrats do their job on oversight? guest: probably

world people can't make a living because there are extraordinarily wealthy people and corporations doling out this small amount that they will allow poor people to share. we have the resources in this world but too many resources are controlled by too few people and corporations. host: thank you for your participation. a couple of quick stories out of "the washington times." the georgia governor, sonny perdue, republican, is heading for cuba on a trade mission. he actually did it yesterday. met with officials from cuba's chamber of commerce, part of a two-day visit to explore his states trade and tourism possibilities. they point out that the schedule did not include a meeting with fidel castro or his brother. also and "the washington times, what just below the fold, u.s., no peacenik. "the washington times" there. one last call from mike from atlanta, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm 65 years old. i have been around a long time. hopefully you can hear me ok. i has been getting a terrible echo. host: we are good. caller: i served in -- back in the 1970's and 1960's and

there were dole added as the commander of the joint task force global operations.n late 2008, as a result of a serious intrusion, and were classified networks, the secretary of defense decided to place this underbuy operational control. it recognizing but the imperative for better synchronization, synchronizing our offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, as well as the need to leverage nsa's capabilities understanding the threat and the ability to respond to it. last june, the secretary of defense directed the standup of u.s. cyber command to further strengthen this model and streamlined the command and control of our military's cyber capabilities. since that time, we have been leaning forward and building an organization and mission that that is more integrated, synchronized, and effective in the support of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guardsmen, and civilians. on may 21, that came together in the activation of u.s. cyber command. we at cyber command are responsible day-to-day for directing the operations and defense of the department of defen

president, that when he decided he was no longer going to be the democratic leader, that senator dole did an event for him and they -- in the russell building and all senators were there, democrat and republican senato senators, and he told us a number of things he didn't do. he told us a number of things he did do. for example, he read the "encyclopedia britannica" from cover to cover twice. he was bored one break, he didn't really have something he wanted to work on, so he studied the dictionary. he read that from cover to cover during one of our breaks. i've told this story on an occasion or two but to give the depth of this man's memory, i had been to nevada and, and he asked me when i came back, what did do you? and i said, senator byrd, i pulled something out of my library for when i came back, and i read "the adventures of robinson ca carusso." he said, "robinson carusso," and he proceeded to tell me -- i had just read the book -- how long he had been on that island -- 28 years, 3 months, a week and two days, or whatever it was. i was stunned. i didn't know. i went back and pul

this da and it's been aear and a half since that bill passed, has been t -- what we did is started doling t the money to the largest financial banking - e nine larst in the countr, said, ta these hundreds of billions of dollars, even iyodon't want it, and the poor counit banks in my comty and your community, the gelemafrom missouri, mr. akin and other colleags, all 435 of us, we see strugglingnd yet nothing is done to this day to help them. again, i thought that slide a very appropriate sue for know sw, you know, allhis bull in a china pending, instd cutting theeficit. mr. akin: i'm ing to get that. one of the things, when youo what you're talking about, that bu in a china shop mentality of spending moy out of control, it's a bailout for big businees, bailout for wall street, bailout for various states, bailout for individuals thadidn't sve money and were going toivthisnd this and this, when the governnt starts getting into t bailo business, it's choosing winns and losers, there are a lot people not getting any l.l.'s. they're expecteto pick up the tab for otr people's finanal eors. what

i'm one of the small teams that doles with how bp operates.ut 26 countries all over the world. america is just one backyard i work in. i've been pulled in to make sure the shore line response is tough about delivering what it does. >> what is the biggest challenge. if you want to give a humry, it's just logistics. getting folks out in the field. it takes hours to get people to those locations. now is heat. heat is a challenge. it's hot out there. this is safety challenges just to get to do our job. that's probably one of the co-ones. fur talking about oil on the shores. it is marshes. you have sensitive marsh areas. the best way to clean up a marsh is fot to just going in there and start stripping it out. marshes are sensitive environments. you need to be careful with that. the biggest challenge is getting people to understand you node to do very little. don't mix the oil and the set iment. doing a little bit of effective work is better than doing a lot of ineffective and damaging work and to contrast that on a sandy beach quickly. see the the

as a great american, former united states senator, bob dole, who ed to say his body, the u.s. senate, is a great place if you ke to see paint d and in which things are done. ed however here they have acted with due diligence and great speed and in that speed have made a minorechnical error and i'm not going to tell anyone about it because th is the situation in which we must proceed on anemergency basis. i'm going toverlook it in irness. and i'd also like to yield to the gentleman, our honorable chairman, my partner, mr. oberstar. the eaker pro tempore: the ntleman yields. the geleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. oberstar: madam speaker, i thank the distinguished ntleman for ying. and we have agreed that the technical issue raised by representatives of t other body is of a nature that can be relved by the administration upon passagef this bill. it is better for us to pass this bill now to releasehe sutantive -- to address the substantive issue, relea of funds from the oil spill liability ust fund and not dela progress in cleanup. for that reason we will pass the bill inta

it atually had a dole bubble having to do probably with the dotcom boom followed by the national housingboom. minneapolis had a more midwestern bubblebut it's still increased significantly and you can see that the maximum down paent there would have peaked at about 34% if you had let the full formula take effect or a smaller fraion if you have less aggressivedamping. cleveland barely had any bubble at all in the formula would have d no effect there. it would not have saved them in and when there was a drop in housing prices but yet there would have been fewer people is heavily underwater as they are, even n places like cleveland. the 10 cityaverage, the simplest thing to do is to take national numbers and have one national number for what you have to do, not attempt to do regional justman of this formula. if you do that you can see that would have forced natnally a very substantial down payme on the order of 43% if we had that very aggressive rule which nationally would have pulled a lot of the money out of the down payment, out of the speculative money out of the market. so, one of the

. >> there was still not much clarity on how exactly that, is going to be doled out since it is not in the fund fraud. is the white house -- in the fund pot. is the white house involved in that? >> there are ways to take care of all of those who made you were not eligible for unemployment, like contractors. we're looking at a variety of different sources were some of those orkers can be compensated. the >>> the president asked his commission to see if they could have en hawes -- cooper have some findings on the moratorium. do you have an eta on that? >> i will have to give back to you. >> is there a challenge in addressing the immigration law? >> this has been addressed, but we will check with the folks at the justice department to see the status on that. >> meaning no decision has been made on the challenge? >> yes. protector the oil rig workers -- >> back to the oil rig workers, can they claim money separately? can money for the oil rig workers be taken from the $20 billion? >> it is a separate pool of money. if there are affected because of some other business that they own or claim