then we will be joined by henry waxman. he knows we're starting at 9:00. he will show up hopefully by the time our opening statements and the two witnesses are done. henry is the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. he is the minority's witness today. when the two gentlemen are done, hopefully he will be there by then. i would like to rink to the the -- at like to go to the ranking member. >> let me start from a place we all agree. we all love america. we all believe america is a unique and special place. we all believe in american exceptional is done. the question is, how do we keep america strong, dynamic, and exceptional? on that we have different views and would make different choices. we believe our strength comes not only from the undisputed benefits of a free people pursuing their dreams but also from sometimes harnessing those talents for important national purposes. we believe america's rate as results from not only a collection of individuals acting alone for private profit but from oap

former florida governor, jeb bush, and henry waxman of california testify at the house budget committee looking at the tax and regulatory portions of the rise in federal budget plan. live coverage starts today at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> thursday, the official portraits of former president george w. bush and laura bush were unveiled. at the ceremony, president obama said "we may have our differences, but the presidency transcends those differences." president obama and first lady michelle obama hosted a private lunch for the former president and first lady that included former president george h. w. bush and barbara bush. this is 30 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the and mrs. obama accompanied by george w. bush and mrs. laura bush. ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentleman, the president of the united states and first lady, michelle obama. the company by former president george w. bush and former first lady, or a bush. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> could f. been in. i am chairman of the board of afternoon. i am chairman of the board of the white house historical association. the associa

look, henry waxman, congressman waxman, thanks for coming and spending your morning with us. chris edwards, you've come and testified a number of times, i appreciate your insights. governor bush, it's not all this bad. when these microphones are turned off some of us actually do kind of get along with one another. so i just want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come and share your insights with us. thank you very much, this hearing is adjourned. >> chris i wanted to ask about canada but i figured you and i were the only ones who cared about it. >>> over the past four years, pulitzer prize winning author dave maraniss has been writing "barack obama: the story." the research included traveling the globe and speaking with the president's relatives in kenya and discovering his african ancestry on the shores of lake victoria. "barack obama: the story" comes out in bookstores june 19th. book tv will give you an early look with pictures and video, including our trip to kenya as we traveled with the author in january 2010. join us sunday, june 17th, at 6:

general lady is wrong in that this is the first attorney general to face this situation, henry waxman threatened and scheduled contempt proceedings against some of the bush officials including mcclow syy and charged him with failing to produce documents with the committee's investigation and the release of classified documents. this is not about release of classified documents. this is very serious business. this is the highest judicial prosecutorial position in the united states involved in creating a situation in which an agent of the united states was murdered with weapons supplied by the department of justice in a scheme that went unbelievably sour as i said. for the first 11 months the administration denied, denied participation in this to this committee the investigative arm of the house of representatives. for eight months the chairman has -- we've had a subpoena out there and they denied providing us the information. at the last hour last night they offered a deal to provide us some information and tried to close down the case. this is absolutely absurd. then this morning the

then we will be joined with henry waxman. he has a previous engagement. he'll show up hope flip by the time our opening statements and the two witnesses are done. henry is the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. he's been a strong leader for his party and he's the minority witness today. when the two gentlemen are done, we'll go with henry, hopefully he'll be here by then. >> i want to join the chairman in welcoming our witnesses here today. and let me start from a place we all agree. we all love america, we all believe america is a unique and special place. we all believe in american exceptionalism. the question is how do we keep america strong, dynamic and exceptional. on that we clearly have different views and would make different choices. we believe that our strength comes not only from the undisputed benefits from people being able to pursue dreams but harnessing those talents for america's purposes. not only from a collection of individuals act ago loan for private profit but also from our capacity to work together as americans for

henry waxman threatened contempt proceedings against some of the bush officials including the attorney general. he charged him with failing to produce documents in connection with the committee's investigation and the release of classified documents this is not about release of classified documents. this is very serious business. this is the highest judicial prosecutorial position in the united states involved in creating a situation in which an agent of the united states was murdered with weapons supplied by the department of justice in a scheme that went unbelievably sour, as i said. for the first 11 months, the administration denied participation in this to this committee, the investigative arm of the house of representatives. for eight months, the chairman -- we have had a subpoena out there and they have denied providing us the information. at the last hour last night, they offered a deal to provide us some information and tried to close down the case. this is absolutely absurd. then this morning, the white house in an attempt to thwart of the committee puzzle all investigation tr

henry waxman was great when he was chairman. he produce ad lot of useful material. up with nothing. solyndra is an empty bucket. at the end of the day he'll have nothing but bagels to show. >> maybe. you want to respond. >> that's a lot of hyperbole. quite frankly, to claim executive privilege on a matter at the justice department would suggest that this goes all the way up to the president. >> no, it doesn't. you're wrong about that. >> how can you say that? >> i can say -- >> you're wrong as a matter of law. >> you know it's not that difficult for the holder folks to just go in and have a frank conversation, show the documents in a closed room and walk out with those documents. this is not -- this is really -- >> with all due respect, ty've provided them 7,000 documents, testified 11 times provided over a dozen witnesses. the material that the committee has been asking for, 80,000 pages, a large part of that involves things like 302, fbi investigations, grand jury material a whole host of things the committee never gets. it conceded that when it peared it's reques

but energy and commerce chairman henry waxman then announced that he was pocketing phrma's concessions and deed manning more, including reimportation. he wrote about the double-cross in a july 16, 2009 called "big pharma gets played" noting that mr. tolson's clients and shareholders may soon pay for his attempt to get cozy with obamacare. mr. hall forwarded the piece with a subject line "this suction." the white house rode to the rescue. in september mr. hal informed that the deputy chief of staff worked on some very explicit language on importation to kill it in health care reform. this has to stay quiet. phrma more than paid for the favor with $150 million advertising campaign coordinated with the white house political shop as one of mr. halls deputies put it earlier in the minutes of a meeting when the deal was being negotiated, the w. when deducted potion would like to define what consensus health care means and when it might include. they definitely want us in the game and on the same side. the drug lobby which spent $75 million on front groups called healthy economy now and ameri

henry waxman scheduled attempt proceedings against some of the bush officials including the attorney general charged with failure to produce to commence in connection with the committee's investigation of the release of classified documents. this is not about the release of classified documents. this very serious business, this is the highest judicial prosecutorial position in the united states involved in creating a situation in which an agent of the united states was murdered with weapons supplied by the department of justice and a scheme that went on believably sour else i said. the first 11 months the administration denied participation in this committee, the investigative arm of the house of representatives. for eight months, the chairman -- we have had a subpoena and they denied providing us the information. in the last hour last night they offered a deal to provide some information and try to close down the case. this is absolutely absurd. then this morning the white house in an attempt to thwart the committee's lawful the investigation tries to throw out executive privilege,

[laughter] look, henry waxman, congressman waxman, thanks for coming and spending your money with us. chris edwards, you've testified a number of times, appreciate your insights. and governor bush be, it's not all this bad. when these microphones are turned off, some of us actually do kind of get along with one another. so i just want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come and share your insights with us. thank you very much, this hearing's adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> in a few moments, a look at diplomatic efforts to curtail iran's nuclear program. in a little more than an hour, matthews on the presidential campaign. and the senate's in session at 10 eastern. today's agenda includes a procedural vote on a bill regard b gender-based pay discrimination. >> we have several live events to tell you about this morning. a senate government affairs subcommittee holds a hearing on the hiring of veterans by goth contractors. that's on c-span at 10 a.m. eastern. also at 10 on c-span3, the senate finance committee looks at governme

. >> friday, jeb bush and henry waxman testify at the house budget committee, looking at the regulatoryon of the rise in federal budget plan. live coverage starts friday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> next thursday, and ben bernanke will talk about the economy at a hearing of the joint economic committee. >> despite the long tradition of extending copyrights to women and people of color and native americans and to younger americans, today a growing number of our fellow citizens are worried about the same disparities and problems that nearly five decades ago some thought to address. i have heard a drumbeat of concerns from citizens for the first time have reason to believe that we're failing to live up to one of our nation's most noble ideals and the achievements that defined the civil-rights movement now and again in the balance. >> eric holder gave the keynote address tuesday at the inaugural state leaders summit on voting rights. what the rest of the address online at the c-span video library. >> republicans and the obama administration are in agreement on their opposition to any

department was asked to take this case by the house oversight committee chaired by california's henry waxman said in a statement, truthful testimony before congress is essential. the committee referred to the justice department because we had significant doubts about the truthfulness of his testimony in '08. i thank the justice department for its thorough and professional investigation. one member of congress, republican congressman ted poe of texas said, millions of dollars of taxpayer money have been squandered in this prosecution. martha: question of how much evidence you need to have before going into something like this and opening this whole process. thanks so much, steve centanni in washington. bill: here is something you might not expect especially as we near the height of the summer driving season, gas prices are going down, not up. average price for gallon of regular, 3.50 a gallon. a nickel down from a week ago and nearly 20 cents from a month ago. not as low as at the beginning of the year. prices are going in a direction hardly anyone will argue with this. fox business's stuart

president's office running this skwr-r energy study group and refusing to provide documents to henry waxmand at the time we don't care that you're asking for these documents, this is the proper function of the executive bran o branch. we can't have you looking into every person who comes for a meeting to the white house. i have been making this argument on behalf of executive power for 30 years. what you don't have with president obama or withhold hold is that consistent argument looking back over the years to say we've been talking about a strong executive and therefore we are relying on principle now when making this claim. that gives rise to questions, what is it that they don't want the investigators to see. martha: they were very critical of the bush administration. >> so question. martha: -- of expanding in their mind executive pow er power and they claimed they would never do that. they wanted to be very transparent. thank you, steve haze. bill: you have the justice department saying that the president has granted the executive privilege in the fast and furious documents. moments ago

henry waxman threatened and scheduled contempt proceedings against some of the bush officials including mccloskey, the attorney general. this is not about release of classified documents. this is very serious business. this is the highest judicial prosecutorial position in the united states. involved in creating a situation in which an agent of the united states was murdered with weapons supplied by the department of justice in a scheme that went unbelievably sour, as i said. for the first 11 months, the administration denied participation in this to this committee, the investigative arm of the house of representatives. for eight months, the chairman -- we have had a subpoena out there and they denied providing us the information. at the last hour last night, they offered a deal to provide us some information and tried to close down the case. this is absolutely absurd. then this morning, the white house, in an attempt to thwart the committee publish local investigation, tries to throw out executive privilege, a complete fiasco. we have been on this committee a long time. there are reaso

then we will be joined by henry waxman. starting at 9:00. will show up hopefully by the time our opening statements and the two witnesses are done. henry is the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. he is the minority's witness today. when the two gentlemen are done, hopefully he will be there by then. i would like to rink to the the -- at like to go to the ranking member. >> let me start from a place we all agree. we all love america. we all believe america is a unique and special place. we all believe in american exceptional is done. the question is, how do we keep america strong, dynamic, and exceptional? on that we have different views and would make different choices. we believe our strength comes not only from the undisputed benefits of a free people pursuing their dreams but also from sometimes harnessing those talents for important national purposes. we believe america's rate as results from not only a collection of individuals acting alone for private profit but from our capacity to work together as americans for the

then the congressional gold medal ceremony. >> california congressman henry waxman, ranking member ofce committee talks about the supreme court decision upholding the law. "newsmakers," sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next week and compared to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson with the tv and american history to be in jefferson city, missouri, saturday at noon eastern. literary life with the tv -- with book tv. bill, abutcher's business contract, provisions list from ancient mesopotamia to the university the zero special collections, the story behind eight miniature babylonian.clay tablets. and then, in american history tv -- >> at one time come in 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a warden takes you through a historic state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the state capitol and the governor's mansion. once a month, the c-span counted vehicles explore cities and lives across america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satell

. >> friday, jeb bush and henry waxman testify at the health budget committee looking at the regulatory portion of the plan. its stars freddie and 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> thursday, at the official portrait of george w. bush and laura bush were unveiled. at the ceremony, president obama said "we may have our differences politically but the presidency transcends those differences." the house is a private lunch for the former president and first lady that included george h. w. bush and barbara bush. from the east room, this is 30 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. obama accompanied by george w. bush and mrs. laura bush. ♪ [hail to the chief playing] [applause] >> could f. been in. i am chairman of the board of the white house -- good afternoon. i am chairman of the board of the white house historical association. the association was founded 50 years ago with two specific missions, the first is to educate and inform the public about the history of the white house and the distinguished groups of americans who have the -- inhabited it. it

we work with henry waxman and others on that. i don't spend 60 to $80 million over the next years for such a utility power plant, underground fuel storage facility, wi-fi distribution, superstition, storm water and telecommunication system. so can you tell us whether a $700 million to the addresses issues compound? >> the answer is obviously good for $700 million was spent did and that was that i report. and the question now is, are you doing him good money after bad, or is this a game that is going to save us? >> has anybody looked at evaluating the opposed professor using this facility. the number of people and how that may be different in other embassies for size and surface? >> that is going to be done under the bag had master-planned audit, which begins lederle and a matter of days. but we are going to do is review whether the infrastructure that is already in place and the proposed new construction aligned with the short-term diplomatic and will let you know. >> out of say that should be conditioned on there. part of what t

waxman just a ride. i get it now. henry -- congressman waxman, we welcome you. we have announced you already. mr. van hollen was just saying how excited he was that governor bush here today. we see things a little differently here today. some of us wanted to -- why don't we go with governor bush. pleas. >> -- please. >> it is a joy to be here. i did not come here to criticize anybody for the record. i came here to share my views. i am not used to the 9:00 food fight that starts early in washington. we do not start that way in florida. it is great to be here. i am here to talk about what i think is an important subject as we try to recover the may -- to recover. the may jobs numbers were any leaks. we have an l-shaped recovery. there is a cloud over our country that relates to this growing pessimism that we cannot restore the vitality of our economy in a way that creates opportunities. more and more people are becoming more and more dependent on government at every level because of its pick is important for this committee and for policy makers in washington were

henry waxman threatened and scheduled contempt proceedings against some of the bush officials including the attorney general. he charged him with failing to produce documents in connection with the committee's investigation of the release of classified documents. this is not about relows of classified documents. this is very serious business. this is the highest judicial prosecutorial position in the united states involved in creating a situation in which an agent of the united states was murdered with weapons supplied by the department of justice in a scheme that went unbelievably sour, as i said. now, for the first 11 months, the administration denied -- he denied participation in this to this committee, the investigative arm of the house of representatives. for eight months the chairman has -- we've had a subpoena out there and denied providing us the information. . at the last hour last night they offered a deal to provide us some information and tried to close down the case. this is absolutely absurd. then this morning the white house in an attempt to thwart the committee's lawful

satellite corp. 2012] >[applause] >> this week, we are joined by a energy in congress ranking member henry waxman. he talks about the supreme court's's decision upholding the affordable care act and what is next as leaders pledged to repeal the law. we will talk about energy issues including the keystone pipeline and republican plans for the environment protection agency budget. join us sunday morning and 10 eastern and again in the evening at 6:00 p.m. here on c-span. >> coming up, we will continue the discussion on the supreme court ruling on the health care law and the event hosted by the cato institute where analyst will analyze the scope of the government. they will look at what steps congress can take going forward. join us live monday at 1:30 p.m. here on c-span. >> this is the conversation we need to have in this country that nobody is willing to have. what role should the government play in how things are financed. >> gretchen morgans and details the subprime lending collapse. if you want to subsidize housing in this country and we want to talk about it and the populist agrees it is some

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this week, we are joined by ranking member henry waxman. he will also talk about energy issues including the keystone pipeline and republican plans for the epa budget. join us sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. coming up tomorrow on "washington journal," a roundtable discussion following the supreme court's ruling on the affordable care act. we are joined by gail russell chaddock and edward-isaac dovere. our roundtable guests include -- "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. coming up monday, we will continue the discussion on the supreme court's ruling on the health care law. experts will analyze the constitutional implications, the scope of government and help the system, and look at what steps congress can take going forward. at 1:30 live monday on one o eastern here on c-span. >> the purchasing power of gold was constant for a period of four centuries. it seems to me the record of the gold standard is a record by and large of growth and of personal accountability. >> this weekend, the origins

. >> this time it was legitimate, necessary and i am proud of the work you have done with henry waxman thank you. i appreciate your courtesy. first, i would like to welcome my old friend ambassador verveer who is a friend and resource to this committee and bureau chief with three bureaux of fcc in the 70s and served the department of justice before that. welcome. i look forward to our exchange. and of course commissioner mcdowell we appreciate your service and thank you for being here this morning. you're wise counsel has been helpful on many occasions. to both questions this is the yes or no answer. is it true that some members of the i.t.u. made proposed revisions in the itrs that set out prescriptive international regulations for issues such as internet privacy and cybersecurity, yes or no? >> yes. >> to both witnesses do you believe it is wise for the united states to exceed to international standards on internet matters not settled definitively? that is privacy and cybersecurity? yes or no? >> it is unwise for us to get too far in front of the overall consensus. >> you find that t

this weekend on sunday, on our program "newsmakers" our guest is representative henry brant waxman. he was a key player in passing the affordable health care act. he talks about the supreme court's's decision upholding the law and what is next as the leaders pledged to repeal the law. he will be talking about energy issues, including the keystone qnexa pipeline. we want to show you some of the interview with rip or latin -- one representative waxman. [video clip] >> . cantor said there would be a vote july 11 on repealing -- rip. cantor said there would be a vote july 11. do you think there'll be more democratic dissention? there were three democrats who reported it earlier. will there be more? >> i did not know. [laughter] there are more republicans than democrats in the house. they will pass it. they want to repeal and replace -- we do not know what they would replace it with. they want to repeal it. there are 30 million people who will get insurance through this bill. there are a lot of americans who might need this bill because they could lose their jobs. people are losing their

just before that announcement from the white house this afte afternoon, ed markey and henry waxman came out fighting with the new report detailing what representative waxman has called the most antienvironmental house of representatives in history. i would like to remind my democratic friends that 19 house democrats supported the companion legislation in the house, the same thing that we'll be voting on here. the democrats and a lot of the -- many of the labor unions have sent letters in support of my resolution, so it's not just reflection whose constituents are feeling the pain of the e.p.a.'s regulations. now, to my democrat friends in the house, i beg to differ. it is not that this congress is antienvironmental, it's that the e.p.a. is the most radical e.p.a. in history, aggressive to the point that even the left-leaning "washington post" has called out the agency for -- quote -- "earning a reputation for abuse." of course this is the same e.p.a. whose top officials have told us that they are out to crucify the american energy producers. we all remember that, the sixth area of the e