thank the gentleman from georgia, mr. barrow, for his leadership and partnership on behalf of veterans. this amendment is rather direct. the underlying bill creates a new community bank lending fund for small businesses. it's essential as we continue our recovery we expand the amount of credit to america's small businesses so they can buy products and hire people. one, it ensures that community banks participating in the lending fund prioritize veteran-owned businesses. two, it sirs aggressive outreach in advertising to veteran-owned small b%sinesses. and third, it requires the secretary of treasury when designating lending institutions in the fund focus on veteran-owned businesses. mr. chairman, last year there were 3.6 million veteran-owned businesses in the united states of america, 250,000 were owned by service disabled veterans. they fought our battles, we should fight for their businesses and that is precisely what our amendment does. i again want to thank my partner and my friend from georgia, mr. barrow, for worki

host: douglas, georgia. the democrat line. good morning. caller: this is a need from georgia. i am a democrat. i try to keep up with you. i am a fan of yours. i am a news junkie. there are so many republicans are against that. in the state of georgia we have so many people unemployed. the current -- crime rate is so high. why are so many republicans against it? then we have the oil spill in so many people losing their jobs. guest: i think the republican perspective on this is that yes, we have unemployment insurance, and there should be extensions of them, but the question is how long should the extensions p. right now it is right around 99 weeks, which is quite a long amount of time for someone to be on unemployment. once you reach a certain point, there is a question that should there be other insurance. ultimately the solution is not longer and employment, it is getting a job back. that is really what republicans are focused on. host: it sounds like in the senate, the majority leader is working with democrats who are opposed to the jobs package the way it is shaped right no

georgia. we need to go back to work. wwy are you men and women in congress -- democratic majority, republican minority, why aren't y'all working together in a bipartisan way to stimulate this economy and to put us back to work? many of us have been out of work for six months or more, and we don't have health insurance, but you know what? we don't havv a job either. and we will take our old job back even if we don't have health insurance. eventually we'll be concerned about that, but right now, we can't put groceries on the table. we can't clothe our children. we can't pay our taxes. we cannot pay the mortgage on our home. we're going to lose the roof over our head, and you guys are spending a year and a half trying to figure out how to come up with a trillion dollars -- you know how you're doing it. you're doing it by slashing the medicare program to the bone. $500 billion worth. and you're raising taxes, $575 billion worth. how is that going to create jobs? so, mr. speaker, that's what -- tha

for wh ppose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognn? mr. gingrey toto address the and eend my remarks.evise the eaker pro teore: without objecti mr. gingreyi want toffer my congratulations to cobb count georgia's,asebl am, managed bmark eins deated lassiter ithe class 5 seres. it w an excid well-plad series. hairson's remarkab defse s on display throughout the enre sies, with their buildi slls cing them to the titl a ew highlightinclina diving catch by the outfielder t save a run in the opening game and in gam two, two outelders gunned wn runners at home, peventi laiter from scoring go-ead runs. hason al pull - hais also pulled off three run ares this is their state ttle since 18, making this a specialchievement. they are one of two schools from grgia's 11th congresonal districto win state titles this year and i coratulatio harson, i s. yielback. the speakepro tempor are there fur one minute requests? for what purpose ds the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >>o address the house fore ne and revise and extend my comments. e spker prm

the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: i thank the chair and i thank the gentlelady from for her -- the gentleman the gentlelady for her support of the amendment and would point out once again the mixed messages that are being received by our community banks. i'd also like to point out that the amount of money left available in tarp right now could easily cover the intent of this bill. however, this bill has in it an extra $33 billion. $33 billion, madam chair, that frankly we do not have as a nation. we'll put it on the backs of our kids and borrow it from other nations, when we could be utilizing money that's already been appropriated for the same positive purpose. i urge adoption of the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia, mr. price. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. all in favor. opposed. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed t

the gentleman from georgia. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i yield as much time as he may consume the gentleman from illinois, chairman of aviation subcommittee, mr. costello. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois, mr. costello, is recognized. mr. costello: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 5611 the airport and air wray extension act of 2010 part 2. i want to thank my friend, mr. lewis, from the ways and means committee for yielding time to me to allow me to speak on this important legislation. i thank chairman oberstar, ranking member mica, ranking member mr. petri for working with me and all of us together to bring this bill to the floor today. for the past three months we have been working in a bipartisan manner with our friends in the other body to bring a comprehensive federal aviation administration re-authorization bill to the floor. we have worked through the majority of both bills and only a few issues remain. the bill before us today, h.r. 5611, will provide a short one-month extension of the f.a.a. re-a

remains open georgia when its meet the standards. that day is not yetere. there is a long road of reform still to follow. tehe elections were an encouraging sign. nato will continue to pport the reforms. that is from me. i am ready to take questions. >> bbc news. you said that you hope to the transition process which began at the end of this year. do you think that'll happen given that things on the ground seem to be moving more slowly than you anticipated? >> i still think it is a realtic goal that the process can start by the end of this year. i he stressed that is a a condition and not calendar based process. the transitionan start at the end of the year provided that the conditions permit a gradual transferf responsibility to the afghans. that is exactly my point. we have to work hard from now on to make surehat the conditions are met >> bloomberg. just a question of the oning of the supply route through russia and central asia. how quickly will this route be is the goal to ship the majority or is it the the the proportion of sup

for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i applaud the high school baseball team for reaching their first ever class a state championship series. i'm a proud graduate of st. thomas and augusta, georgia, and under coach denney leonard. so i was particularly thrilled to hear the success that they enjoyed this season. the coach did a terrific job getting his team to the championship. they surpassed all expectations, they were not forecasted to make it past the second round of the tournament. so i know the coach must be especially proud with the team's march to the state finals. the fighting irish took down walker in a competitive three-game semifinal series and then they advanced to the championship to face westland, the defending state champions. they gave it all they had but unfortunately came up a little short. nevertheless, they have a very young team so

the gentleman from georgia for three minutes. mr. gingrey: madam speaker, all across the country americans are asking congress to get our fiscal house in order. this is -- this change in fiscal responsibility can be seen in the million of votes for the youcut initiative. each vote is a vote to cut spending and cut that spending now. i can think of no clearer message to the democratic leadership, who unfortunately to date have kept their ear plugs in and refused to listen. their solution instead has been more barring, more -- borrowing, more spending and more bailouts. indeed, that's what they recommended at the recent g-20 conference in toronto which was totally rejected by the other participating nations. madam speaker, this week, week six of the youcut program, americans chose my proposal to address the waste associated with federal employee unions. in 2008 the office of personnel management, o.p.m., reported in a sample of 61 federal agencies that approximately three million official time hours, taxpayer time hours were used in un

host: general, we need to get this last call in from georgia on our line for republicans. steve, go ahead. caller: president obama or the admiral and giving them your ideas. and would you consider being theiaison for bp? guest: i will help in any way i can and right now i'm helping by trying to give some analysis by what i'm seeing and hearing on the ground as well a to give ideas. i'm not much about looking back and parsing blame. at this point i think people looking for solutions, and every good idea needs to be considered and enacted upon, and meet with the governors and give them what they need to protect e shoreline. but we need the military mobilized and get them to provide the command and control and the spotlight overhead systems so we can see where that oil is so we can go out and get it. but i will help in any w way i >> tomorrow, another chance to see thursday's hearing with the pc o tony hebert. he was questioned by the house subcommittee on oversight and investigations. that is at 10:45 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> in his weekly online address this week, preside

i've lived in georgia just about all my life, moved to alabama.ou keep dragging your feet, you know, not doing what you need to do as quickly as you can do it, the whole gulf is going to be ruined. and lieutenant, you've been down there yourself. you've seen the beaches. you know how it is. why have a meeting with congress when you're trying to decide what needs to be done? hurry and get it done. by the time you decide and have meetings about what needs to be done, the beaches and the gulf is going to be ruined. and you know, maybe somebody needs to just take the bull by the horns and just run with it quick. it ain't going to be a matter of time before it's ruined. and it's probably already ruined. host: how close to the gulf are you and what's the first thing that you would like to see done? caller: well, dalton's about probably 70 miles from pans right on the man ma city. host: do you work in any kind of related industry down there eetsdz anywhere seafood or fishing or the oil business? caller: i'm in the pressure washing businesses up here. but

host: marietta, georgia, republican line. caller: the morning. curious about the bill, how that will play out next year when the currency goes online floating against the other currencies? guest: i am not sure i understand that question. host: do you want to try again? caller: yes, from what i understand is that the currency will start floating against the other currencies probably late next year -- host: what is going to float? guest: chinese currency? caller: amero. host: what is that? caller: the new currency for the north american union. host: ok, we're going to move on to georgia in long island, new york, independent line. on to long island, new york. caller: i would like to ask, these banks. they are making the rules for these banks. i want to ask you, what's the rule for the consumeer? host: when you say rules you mean the protections, george? caller: yeah. host: mr. yalman onaran? guest: that's the consumer protection agency we talked about and it's supposed to look how the banks target the consumers. so when you get a credit card and the

host: georgia. margie, democratic line. caller: i have a couple of questions with the amount of scrutiny that is given to each candidate for the supreme court. i would like to see potential centers and other congress people -- senators and other congress people's backgrounds as closely scrutinized. in regards to empathy, civil rights, the right to freedom of speech, etc., are these not human empathy rights? host: anything you want to respond to? guest: on scrutiny, i think most people would agree. keep in mind, this is a lifetime position she would be confirmed to, if she goes through. there is quite a good case to be made for a higher level of scrutiny than you do to term- limited members of congress. on empathy, i'm all come back to what i said about the debate when it comes back to congress. the proper role of the justice. most democrats will say that a justice's role is to think about the impact of the ruling on a person in the real world now. conservatives, more often than not, republicans, will say that that is inappr

for at purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. price: i have an amendment at the desk. the chairthe clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number seven printed in house report 111-503, offered by mr. price of georgia. the air: purr udent to house resolution 132424erk gentleman fromeorgia, mr. price, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the geleman from gegia. mr. price: i want to commend the chairman ofhe committee and the ranking meer for moving this pie of legislat i particularly want to commend the gentlelady from west virginia, mrs. capit for her great work on this area. she's been a dynamic and excellent lead for the this area and she is indeed to be commend. this bill incorporates some y positive moves. clearly the housing market has had significa challenges d the qution that we ought to be asking ourselveses is how be to rover. most experts would agree that in order to move forward we need movtoward less market distortion. it might be helpful if we focus on the f.h.a.'

georgia did this successfully. i am committed to travel to all 46 counties with my top economic advisers to have a one state strategy. >> the new normal but is beginning to evolve in terms of what this 21st century, we will look like, there are marshall credit. gaming will not make south carolina competitive. we have to have a trained and educated work force and make a commitment to stability, that will be part of the new normal, we will not out sweat the rest of the world. that means education. not gaming. >> you will have a chance in a second. senator -- >> part of your platform for economic development involves the commerce department and you say when keys to target job growth and development in areas of this debt with the highest unemployment. what specifics good to offer in places to voters' where the unemployment rate has been above 50% and for a long time. -- 15% for a long time. >> and represented the areas that have high unemployment. -- i represent those areas that have high employment. it is one thing to

bray of georgia, committee on transportation and infrastructure, mr. bray of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. does the the gentlewoman from from texas seek recognition. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: because i was chairing the committee addressing the question of the united continental merger i was unavoidbly detained and missed the vote h. con. res. 242, monday -- honoring and praising the national association for the advancement of colored people on the occasion of its 101 anniversary. if i had been present i would have voted a yes and ask that it be placed in the appropriate place in the record for the record to be correct. i would have voted iowa. the speaker pro tempore: the lady's explanation will be recorded in the record. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. will other members please take their conversations out of the chambe

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georgia, 57,000. and the list goes on and on. the last lifeline for these workers and their families is being severed leaving them adrift with no job, no savings and no support. even some from my own party seem to be saying now is the time to start cutting back on help for unemployment. in fact, it will take about five years of consistent month after month job growth to make up for all the ground we have lost in this recession. that's how big the jobs hole that unemployment workers are trying to climb out of. you only have to hear it for a few unemployed workers to know how hard they're looking for work and to feel their sheer sense of desperation. they're losing their homes, their health and their faith of the american dream. are we really prepared to just stand by and watch them sink into abject poverty? opponents of helping the unemployment like to talk about budget deficits. of course, they don't seem to care about deficits when it comes to two wars thaa have cost $1 trillion and two tax cuts, mainly for the wealthy, which co

door remains open georgia when its meet the standards.t day is not yet here. there is a long road of reform still to follow. tehe elections were an encouraging sign. nato will continue to support the reforms. that is all from me. i am ready to take questions. >> bbc news. you said that you hope to the transition process which began at the end of this year. do you think that'll happen given that things on the ground seem to be moving more slowly than you anticipated? >> i still think it is a realistic goal that the process can start by the end of this year. i have stressed that is a a condition and not calendar based process. the transition can start at the end of the year provided that the conditions permit a gradual transfer of responsibility to the afghans. that is exactly my point. we have to work hard from now on to make sure that the conditions are met. >> bloomberg. just a question of the opening of the supply route through russia and central asia. how quickly will this route be is the goal to ship the majority or is it the the the

host: is the economy in georgia down doing pretty good? caller: there are not many hiring and around the plan and stuff. once you get a job, you got to stick with the job. you can't find anything else. host: do you see any evidence around your area that stimulus money is being spent? caller: not really. host: like road projects? caller: there are still potholes' to be filled. there is no sign saying -- the funds have been used for any purpose or anything like that. host: thank you for calling in this morning. vinnie in reston, virginia, here in the suburbs. republican. caller: i just wanted to chime in. i heard a guy a couple of calls ago talking about the income tax. i wanted to add to what he was saying, just saying that people think the income tax pays for government, it does not, it pays the interest on the debt that the federal reserve creates. people have to realize that not 1 cent goes to infrastructure -- it goes to the debt, interest on the debt. host: i want to show you the front-page of "the detroit free press" this morning. for

augusta, georgia. dawn on the republican line. caller: i'd like to think the president for lying to me about my medicare. i know it is cut 21%. also, i thought it was disrespectful for him to be campaigning for barbara boxer when the people that lost their lives were having their funeral. host: next caller. caller: the gulf area is a good area. we could start thinking about having water turbines and harnessing the power. we could use heat pump technology like other places in the world, and it might make a big difference. host: richard on the independent line. caller: i was calling in regards to agent orange. some of the listeners may like to know that before the senate recessed for memorial day break there was an emergency spending bill that was passed for $60 billion. in that bill, thanks to general erickson, there was $12.3 billion in mandatory spending to compensate 68,000 vietnam veterans who were exposed to agent orange but were denied compensation. this is the first time that a very large sum of money is being set aside for

host: savannah, georgia. caller: good morning. whenever president obama was going around the country campaigning, he campaigned that the country -- george bush's country was in dire straits. he campaigned saying that he was going to fix things. now, all i can hear is him complaining and is talking heads, too. look at what we have walked into it was my understanding that he understood that and was going to do something about it. whenever you are confronted with this, why has not he fixed this and done it? guest: i serve on the budget committee. the democrat majority started out their refrain the same way they always do, blaming george bush. bush.

the morning, -- good morning, georgia. caller: thank you.s an energy pollcy we should have started this years agg when oil was becoming too expensive to afford. i heard from a historian years ago that our idea was that we were going to purchase foreign oil until it would become cheaper for us to go drill our own oil on our own shores and in our own nation. that point has a few years ago. but it is never too late. in the meantime the we are drilling our own oil, we must make it safer, of course. god rest those who have lost their lives in this disaster, but in the meantime while we are getting our own oil cannot, in the meantime, start investing in solar power, wind power, hydroelectricity, and nuclear? it is a controversial subjects, but isn't everything? just to make everything last, we cannot be wasteful with everything. host: other issues percolating on capitol hill this week, the house and senate negotiators for financial regulation are meeting this week. it continues today and tomorrow. we will talk with scott garrett about the negotiat

i'm amazed by the uy from georgia. i think he wants to be fired. you don't go to "rolling stone" and accidently sayythings. is this the same general who covered up for the football player who was killed on his watch? host: we will continue talking about what is next for afghanistan. coming up, we will be talking to james kitfield, senior correspondent for the national journal. he will be joining us shortly. we'll continue talking about the meeting today with general mcchrystal and what is next. first, an update on the negotiations happening between financial regulation.ers over%- philiwhat will happen today? this is the second week of negotiations. guest: today and tomorrow will be very telling on the issues that remain. barney frank and chris dodd both vowed to finish the talks by the end of thursday. the biggest issues remaining today and tomorrow relate to the part of the bill known as the volcker rule. basically, it is an effort to limit or ban trading by banks -- what is known as proprietary trading. host: silla brush, go ahead. guest: the oth

that kid in atlanta, georgia. that kid is a plotter. his life is destroyed now too. i feel bad for him because he was misguided. >> if you can turn the mico. -- mic on. >> phil, thanks for the fascinating discussion. i want to pick up on a point that suzanne talked about. >> why everybody is quoting suzanne? don't do that! >> she got the ball rolling rolling. we see -- you talked about the kind of increasing irrelevance of the narrative within the muslim communities across the world. at the same time with the rise in domestic plots over the last 12-18 months, it is almost as if the narrate i ever has taken on more sailians among the american muslim living in georgia virginia or london. what do we make of this? how could it become less popular and on the other become more popular in some of our -- >> some of this is a measure of time. you know, that is -- that the nair tiver reached these shores i think a bit late and i should say from the outside, i view this as a 20-30-year proposition. i think it took a while to get here. i think, you know, 320 million americans. o

host: georgia, independent line. caller: what ever referred to us -- whatever we referred to as president obama, he is progressive, liberal, marxist, socialist. if one team that puzzles me is -- when i look at his background and how the media priorrto election failed to inform the people of president obama's background. they were like, well, we did not know anything about this guy. now we are finding out. if he is not a builder. he tears down. and you look at an organization like there -- like a corn that is correct in the -- like a corcorn that is correct in the process -- corrupting the process. guest: i wonder about the you are taaking about tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people losing their jobs. would they really propose no bailout at all and risk the ricochet affects of that? the small banks that would fail, the community banks that would fail of -- as a result of the banks getting in trouble. and then people pay this picture that he could not wait to get in there anddit is hands on these ban

we will go to somerville, georgia, and this is brad on our independent line. caller: to cut to the chase, the whole hot-button issue of israel is a religious argument. i would like to see a debate on c-span, a discussion of the issue. you see the right wing conservative portion of our political government -- but it is the religious right. despite what you believe or -- in the end, only one regulator and that is jesus christ, the only one really knows. host: fairfax, virginia, joshua on the democratic line. caller: now, i don't think helen thomas should resign. what she said was provocative but i know she has a string of provocative opinions, which is fine with me. it seems as if she was -- the merit of for discussion or comments was more about what people were having back in the 1940's leading up to the founding of israel. about like whether there should be a jewish state and where it should be located, and such things as that. it seems like a very emeritus thing to have been talking about. i heard lanny davis -- i read about his reaction, he compared it to pe

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and don't help my state of georgia, your state, california, texas. they are creating a bigger central government that's going to kill our freedom. mr. akin: gentleman, the thing is, you and i are not talking tonight something that is speculative or based on theory. these graphs are ending in 2010. these are actual numbers. this is what has happened and doesn't work. it didn't work for f.d.r. and not going to work for president obama and others. that's what is happening to employment in the private sector. and the red line, of course, is government and a whole lot of that is these census people running around and snooping around and living who lives in which house and makes you feel we are putting those government jobs on. let's get to the mechanicses because all of this stuff, it's not rocket science but basic economics. i wish they could run lemonade stands so they could understand the basic economics. we had a town hall meeting back my district. maybe, i thought, i'm here too long. so i asked them, if you wanted to kill jobs, what would you do, wha

host: what about georgia? what is the situation in georgia? caller: i came up from florida not too long ago, and i am not really sure. i know florida does not have aa income tax. it is one of the eight states. however, the federal government should only give money to estates in an emergency situation. that -- to a state in an emergency situation. that is what is set up for. -- it is set up for. the front page has a story about china agreeing to let their currency float. by how much or when it is not revealed. they want a more lively trading ground to boost exports and jobs. that is a story in "the washington post" and "the new york times". west palm beach, florida. john, republican line. caller: the question should read, should the american taxpayers to send aid to american taxpayers? the federal government is not an entity in the sky. it is us. when you look at who pays taxes, it is only 50% of us. 50% of us do not pay taxes. sit half of us to send aid to 100% of us? the premise is ridiculous. this idea that we have all this money and it is n

for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. westmoreland: madam speaker, i -- mr. broun: madam speaker, i ask that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is if the house will adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. broun: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman requests the yeas and nays. the yeas and nays are ordered. the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring the yeas and nays will please rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by he u.s. house of represent

with that i yield two minutes to my friend from georgia, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. perlmutter: i'm yielding to him. mr. scott: thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you for yielding. ladies and gentlemen, you would think that republicans were somewhere on another planet. let me correct the situation if i may. first of all this was a problem that occurred under the bush administration. because of policies by the republicans who were in charge. it was indeed paulson, our secretary of treasury, that came to our financial services committee with two pieces of paper. and said here's what you need to fix it. throw all this money at wall street. let's give the truth in this matter. it was under democratic leadership that we said, no. yes, we have a credit problem. a credit freeze of the credit markets up on wall street -- will i not. you had your chance. i only have two minutes. and here we were. i know sometimes the truth hurts. and i feel their pain over there. but i am sick and tired of our republican friends a

estonia and georgia were denied service atax. once these attacks stopped, they were able to continue on with their job. but the potential for sabotage and destruction is now possible, and something we must treat for seriously. these threats are serious. to deal with them will require common vision and dedicated resources. our department of defense must be able to operate freely and defend its resources in cyber space. we will do this as we do it in the traditional military domains of land, sea, air, and space. cyber space is unique. it is a man-made domain. it is also an increasingly contested domain. that makes everything even tougher. our job in u.s. cyber command is to assure the right information gets to the rights user at the right time and the right level of protection. the u.s. cyber command enables the defense department to better operate and protect our d.o.d. information networks and remains the focal point for military cyber space operations in collaboration with other components of the u.s. government. how will we do

one is the municipal gas authority of georgia. they use derivatives to protect their customers for market price to fluctuations. they have estimated that a derivatives clearing requirement would increase costs by about 25 cents per million btu is. this is the equivalent of doubling the cost of interstate pipeline transportation and would essentially raised distribution rates by 10%. clearly, this would translate into hiiher natural gas rates for 243,000 customers in georgia, alabama and tennessee. increased costs can be justified if they are accompanied by positive benefits but i have yet to have anybody explain to me what benefit we get from making the municipal gas authority of georgia clear their derivatives transactions. there is another situation regarding a natural gas company in the state of arkansas. in exploration company estimates that for 2009, under the provisions in the bill passed by the senate, it would have drilled 240 fuel wells resulting in a loss of 1500 jobs and a $1.60 billion loss in economic activity in that

what keeps me up every night is having to go to calhoun, georgia and speak to a wife and children that lost their dad. >> i understand that. but let me say for the record, even when blackwater was taking wear oo me and other diplomats. they lost 30 people, and they didn't lose any of the people they were in charge of. so that has to be part of the record. wherever they screwed up, or some of their people didd let's take that off the chart. now answer the question. >> i just drove to that because you asked what keeps me up at night. >> ok. >> when you talk about the inherent danger of more danger on static or the road? i don't think you can make the qualifier. the instant that i gave you was in a static facility and three bombers came in the facility and we lost someone. >> bear with me. i am asking where is a possibility for your people to screw-up. that's the answer. this is not a trick question. i don't have a sense how i come down with this. i am asking you because you deal with it. i cannot believe if i was in charge of a company that i wouldn't be concerned about some more than ot

host: georgia, good morning. riverside, georgia, go ahead. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. can you hear me? host: yes. caller: we talk about democratic elections. they were all about taking the people's money. we were given nuclear weapons to pakistan, india, and israel. yet we went to holl around to another high - we want to hold a run to another high to have peaceful nuclear -- and we have nuclear weapons here. we are supposedly downloading them with russia. we let israel dictate what is going on in the region. israel is supposed to be our yet israel is dictating everything that is going on. i would say, and i hope that the that we leave the region alone and let them recount their own problees of that we can take care of our problems here at we have soldiers all over the world. we have them in germany, japan. let them come home. let them take care of their own -- a host: host: you want to wrap up militarily and diplomatically. caller: diplomatically but not militarily. guest: any thoughts -- host: any thoughts on her comments? guest:

chairman i do appreciate my colleague from georgia and i would stay banks are still allowed under our bill or under this piece that we have received to be able to trade in derivatives. they are just simply going to be swapped and derivatives that are traditional and meet the core principles of banking if they are going to be traded in banks. and if they don't meet those core principles than they are going to be spun out into an affiliate that could be under the bank holding company to be dealt with with additional capital. the gentleman is right, that capital probably would be taken up but the fact is, if he is doing riskier business the whole problem with what we have this just that risky business was not appropriately capitalize. and i think that is essential. so i hope we will look at what we are doing and put some common sense to it because i do think the riskier nature of businesses do need to have the additional capital-- capitalization and i think it is only fair to the taxpayers and only fair to the depositors and others of that business come out and it be appropriately capita

marietta, georgia. republican line. caller: good mornin i'm just curious about the bill and how that will play out next year when the mere o floats against the other currencies. caller: mr. yalman onaran. randy, you want to try again? caller: yes. from what i understand fromc nbc started floating against other currencies late next year. how that - guest: you mean the amero? the new currency for the north american union. caller: we're going to move on to long island, new york. caller: i would like to ask, these banks. they are making the rules for these banks. i want to ask you, what's the rule for the consumeer? host: when you say rules you mean the protections, george? caller: yeah. host: mr. yalman onaran? guest: that's the consumer protection agency we talked about and it's supposed to look how the banks target the consumers. so when you get a credit card and there are hidden fees in your credit card and you're not aware of them, the consumer protection agency is supposed to see that and try to protect the consumer a

the small community in georgia. of the three children who testified against her was her own daughter. she lost custody of her two children and is now still fighting to get them back. tonya craft is here with us tonight in our studios. so is a doctor, tonya craft's attorney as well as david craft, tonya's husband. take us back now, this started innocently enough when children slept over the house. what was the situation that occurred that night? awe actually i'm not completely sure. even when the prosecution presented their case they never gave a clear-cut definitive time. >> larry: basically the story was what? >> basically the story was that there were children at my home and when they were at my home they were given baths and inappropriate touching happened during bath time. >> larry: were they your students? >> one was my student. they both were friend of my daughter. >> larry: how old were the girls? >> at the time they were -- well, the actual allegations were several years. so like as far as the span went. the

host: there is a special election there in georgia in the congressional district. guest: well, that is one of these interesting situations where in the first roupnd primay whoever the top two vote getters were wind up going to the runoff. this is such a republican distct, a district that was vacated by a long-time coressman who was a democrat when first elected but he was one of the handful who switched after the big 1994 republican takeover in the contract with america election. so, this is republican versus republican so is won't change the balance of power in kopblgs. a former state rep named tom graves quit the state legislature to concentrate on this house campaign. and a state nor named lee hawkins are fightin it out. both are quite conservative, southern republicans and i'm sure they will vote a pretty solid party line. host: back to california. governor schwarzenegger is headed out. who is running and what are the dynamics and what is the likely outcome? guest: this is a situation, you are talking about the an anti-incumbent atmosphere. california is in a t

born in georgia, he grew up in south carolina. the format tonight is not for a speech by dr. bernanke, but he and eric inevitable president of the wilson council, a distinguished newsman sam donaldson, will provide the program. sam will interview the chairman. i would ask the two of them to come forward now and after the interview we will have questions from the audience. sam and chairman bernanke? [applause] >> hello? chairman bernanke, i am delighted that you would do this. by the way, what do you think of the great wall of china? >> can see it from the plane when you come down from beijing. very impressive. >> that matches mr. nixon's statement. let's get to substantive matters. we seem to be in a recovery from the great recession we have gone through, fragile but it may be. hull convinced are you that that recovery will continue at a reasonable pace? do you see troubling signs we may indeed slip back into a double dip recession? >> we have gone through a number of stages. we have a tremendous contraction, a deep contraction, after the financial crisis intensified in 2008

for what purpose does the gentleman rom georgia rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. phe speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> americans are overtaxed. the tax foundation estimates that it took american workers over three months this year to pay their share of local, state and federal taxes and this congress has raised taxes over $500 billion on the american + people so far. you know, enough is enough. w need to reduce spending and focus on reforming the tax code with a fairer, simpler system. i co-sponsored h.r. 25 the fair tax. it eliminates income taxes, + estate taxes, capital gains taxes, social security, medicare ppand self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple tax. workers will kkep 100% of their paychecks and new set of winners and losers will be there. the winners being the taxpayer and the losers being the government. the fair tax is common sense and abbttlishes the i.r.s. making april 15 another day on the calendar and maybe one day we can

one is the municipal gas authority of georgia. they use derivatives to protect their customers for market price to fluctuatis. they have estimated that a derivatives clearing requirement would increase costs by about 25 cents per million btu is. this is the equivalent of doubling the cost of interstate peline transportation and would essentially raised distribution res by 10%. clearly, this would translate into hiiher natural gas rates for 243,000 ctomers in georgia, alabama and tennessee. increased costs can be justified if they are accompanied by positive benefits but i have yet to have anybody explain to me what benefit we get from making the municipal gas authority of georgia clear their derivatives transactions. there is another situation regardina natural gas company in the state of arkansas. in exploration compa estimates th for 2009, under the provisions in the bill passed by the senate, it would have drilled 240 fuel wells resulting in a lossf 1500 jobs and a $1.60 billion loss in economic activity in that sta. with unemp

one of the folks you spoke to is the 59- ye-old accountant who made his first run for congress in georgia says is a mild form of civil unrest. do iet a pulpit? yes. i am willing to spend my own money to speak to people. is that something you heard a lot? guest: yes. it iseople who are very frtrated and wand to make the point that things are not right in their own way. that gentleman had a successful career and had enough money stowed away to be able to do that. another guy i talked to said he sold a four wheeler to pay to run in florida. he is running for the senate seat there. several said, "i do not think i can win, but i am making a point." host: you write that the field is larger than 1976, years after the watergate scandal took down president nixon and the year the gop took control of congress for the first time in four decades. he said the next largest field was in 1992 when bill cnton, george h. w. bush and ross perot battle for the white hse. stronger numbers now? guest: we thought it was interesting, particularly the 1994 election. you thought there would have been a surge then.

one came across georgia, 21 miles on the ground, tornado. we were flying across the path of it in a blackhawk helicopter, and the state director told me, see that pond there? and i said yeah. you see the foundation? there was a house on that foundation, and it was gone. you see that chest of drawers sitting there? and i said yeah. he said, well, the father and mother couldn't find their baby. and they were looking everywhere, and they were going to the pond, checking, trying to find the baby, and they heard something, they opened the top chest of the drawer, and the baby was in it. just amazing stories that we've heard of events like this. but i tell you, one time, we were in california, i flew out with vice president gore and senator f.b.i. stine, because california had this huge flood, and the water had surround this had one town, and they had volunteers coming from everywhere. and we land on this highway, and we start walking up to where all the volunteers were and where they were putting sandbags on this levee, and they had this big ditc

primaries or run-offs were underway from maine to california, georgia to north dakota. in california's gubernatorial race, republican meg whitman, a former e-bay executive, already has spent more than $70 million in her bid against state insurance commissioner steve poizner. in south carolina voters are choosing a successor for republican governor mark sanford in a race charged with allegations of infidelity against one of the candidates. opening statements in the federal corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich began today. a federal prosecutor alleged blagojevich was part of a series of illegal shakedowns. he has pleaded not guilty to trying to profit from his right to pick someone to fill president obama's former senate seat. blagojevich arrivedate the courthouse in chicago smiling and joking with journalists. he told them the government has lied to the media and the public about the case. general motors announced it's recalling a million-and-a-half vehicles worldwide because of the potential for fires. the recall affects several pick-up trucks, s

st: georgia. republican line. caller: yes. can you tell me, ias listening to some of the other news programs is morning. has fe been lled in or has this been called a disaster? guest: not that i have heard. but, ain, it's a little bit outside of myxpertise. so i can't give you a real good answer on that. hostdo you have a followup question? ller: yes. i was just quite astonished on this other news program that thatasn't happened yet. host: well, there's certainly people down there who are suffering in terms of onomic loss because of their businesses, not having customers or they're not being able to fish. u know, being suddenly unemployed and so forth. it turns outt's really hard toeal with those problems. i'll give you an example. in alaska, where you h fishern who suddenly couldn't fish, the way fisng industry works is that the captain sells the fish and then he shares a share of his catitthe crew members. well, a lot of captains got paid as if they had been fishing that summer when they couldn fish. but then they hadn't hir

there's also a runoff primary election in arkansas for a senate seat and a special house election in georgia here to walk us through some of the key races to watch is amy walter, editor-in-chief of the "hotline," "national journal's" political daily, and dan balz, senior political reporter for the "washington post." thank you both. amy and dan, amy let's start with you. we're going try to run through five raises-- races, let's start with arkansas. with you had-- you have this runoff in the senate primary, incumbent blanche lincoln being challenged by bill halter and she's run into some trouble. >> she's run into a lot of trouble. the fact that she got into a runoff in the first place was a sign of trouble. and usually when an incumbent is held under 50% of the vote in the first round it's very hard for them to get any of those votes back in the second round which is this runoff that we have against bill halter. the interesting thing is this is for all the talk about the insider versus outsider dynamic going on, clearly blanche lincoln as the incumbent is the insider, it's really hard though