the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. buyer: thank you. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. buyer: and i rise in support of h.r. 4505, and i would now like to yield such time as i may consume the author of the bill, mac thornberry of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i thank you. and, madam speaker, i thank the gentleman from indiana, who has been a very strong advocate for veterans and a respected voice in national security during the time that he has been in congress. and we will surely miss him in another year when he is no longer in our midst. madam speaker, this is one of those issues that leaves people scratching their heads and saying, well, that doesn't make sense, because the way it works now is to be eligible for a state veterans home, a gold star parent must have lost all of their children. this bill will allow a parent to be eligible for a state veterans home if they have lo

>> alice asks about the future of medicaid in indiana.l, it's going to double in size, at least. it's going to cost a lot of money to make sure a universe of people twice as big. which is a requirement of this law, not clear to me how specific a requirement is, but the thrust of it both right and clear. namely you have to raise doctorates, until you have enough doctors. so it's going to get a lot more expensive. not that we'll have a lot more people. but going to cost more to maantain the system like that. so i'm really not sure alice. we might fantasize. i told you we have a very different system for the low income who have not medicaid eligible. very popular for the participants who are in it. almost every single one of them has renewed or said they want to with the annual term. whether we could ever get the federal government to let us reshape our medicaid program to look more like that, instead of chucking head system, and just dumping people, transitioning people into medicaid, i don't it's an idea that occurred to us. >> governor, y

teachers college, now indiana state university. in 198 4-wooden was inducted into the indiana state university athletic hall of fame. 1948 coach wooden began his coaching career at uclan one year coach wooden turned a 12-13 losing team to a 22-7 winning team. john wooden retired from ucla and from coaching in 1975. but he left a legacy in his wake. coach wooden's list of accomplishments too long and impressive and he led the ucla men's basketball team to 10 ncaa men's basketball championships, seven in consecutive years. he made the most appearances in the final four, the most consecutive appearances and the most victories in the final four. he set the record for the most consecutive wins at 88 games. amazing. and won 38 straight victories in the ncaa tournament play. he also led ucla to eight perfect pack 8 now the pac-10 conference seasons. coach john wooden's accomplishments on the court are numerable. today we honor him for the accomplishment and it's a great privilege to be here today to honor this great man. coach wooden was

roe: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from indiana, mr. buier. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is -- mr. buyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. buyer: i also would like to rise to pay tribute to a fellow hoozer. he was raised on a family farm that had neither running water or electricity. money was in short supply. he played basketball with his brothers in a barn using a tomato basket and a makeshift ball made with old rags he would credit his success to the hard work and discipline he learned growing up on the family farm. his family moved to martinsville, indiana, where he led the local basketball team ta championship for three consecutive years, winning the -- he led them for three years then actually won the championship in 1927. for his efforts, he was selected three-time allstate. after graduating high school in 1928, jon wooden attended purdue university where he helped the boilermakers as team captain inhe 1932 national championship. he was named all big ten, all mid western conference. wh

i typed in the two people running against each other in my home state of indiana, and there was nothingthere. >> well, there is a problem. financial forms need to be filed in electronic form and they go right up on the fec's website. senators file their filings in paper form. you get these 1,000-page documents that the senators drop off to an office in the senate. they make a copy and bring them to the fec. they cannot put them on the website until they scan every single page on to the website. >> we are in the middle of the year. go through the process. if somebody spends $1 in the indiana senate race, when is the first time i can find that on the website? >> it should be every quarter after they announce that they are running. the most recent forms covered january, february, and march. those forms came out in mid april. >> the last quarter when you are running, you do not see that until the campaign is over? >> right. >> we talked about this earlier, the citizens for responsibility and ethics, legistorm -- do you have to pay for that information? >> i don't think so. i think that is f

postal logansport, indiana. brian, independent line. -- host: logansport, indiana. brian, independent line. caller: good morning, c-span. you are the people proving you care about the country when you call in. to those people that say that illegal immigration has not affected our economy, i will give you an example. i lived in a town with plans to use to employee americans until it shut down for a few years in the 1990's. whenever another company reopened that there was a lot of immigrants from other places around the country. my hand and my cousins work in a chicken factory in arkansas that was loaded with illegal immigrants. these people that have these jobs, it has been reported on the news that they send back home to mexico and farther south of the border, billions of dollars that could be spent america had these jobs that they say americans do not want. host: we will leave it there that. guest: the caller has raised what the source in geographic immigration has been. meat-packing is one of them, an industry that has employed a great deal of immigrants over the

and one of the first beneficiaries lived right down the road from roesler in fairmont, indiana.e cousin of james dean, who died in a car accident in 1955 after making just three movies. is this it? but the image of this rebel without a cause has become a commercial icon. and 50 years after he crashed his porsche, james dean is still selling german cars and italian shoes. but when roesler first showed up at the family farm in 1982, dean's heirs had no idea how big their jimmy had become. until mark showed up, the estate had gotten no money at all from... >> marcus winslow: that's right. >> kroft: ...from james dean? >> winslow: i don't think he would approve of perfect strangers making money off of his name and his likeness if his family didn't have something to say about it. >> kroft: so he's made a lot more money... >> winslow: oh, yes. >> kroft: ...since he died? >> winslow: oh, yes. no question. >> kroft: than he did while he was alive? >> winslow: oh, no, no question. oh, yes. >> kroft: he'd be... he'd be an old man now? >> winslow: yeah. he'd be 77 years old. but he'll neve

implement these protocols, but on the other hand, i am in the process of losing thousands of jobs in indiana. well allowing companies to drill partially, without allowing them to tap into the oil reservoir, will this create tremendous risks? the reason i am looking into this solution is because, it will allow the administration time -- we will try to keep the oil rig into not throwing anything out. >> i have spoken to sen. about what is taking place and the industry has made department of the interior has made recommendations, it is important that they be adequately staffed, to the revised permitting that is being put in place. >> the time has expired and the gentle lady from taxes is recognized. >> thank you for your courtesy. so many of us have indicated that we have come from the region where so many constituents have been impacted, -pevery single day by the conditions that we are facing. and in the area of the gulf, we consider ourselves family. so many of my constituents are related to the energy industry. the gentleman before me has a major opportunity that i think has been characteriz

the gentlelady from indiana, -- the gentleman indiana, mr. burtoon. the gentlelady from ohio, ms. captor. the gentleman from virginia, mr. foshes. -- forbes. the gentleman from ork mr. defazio. gentlelady florida, ms. ros-lehtinen. the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulson. the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. fox. the gentleman from florida, mr. mack. the gentleman from arizona, mr. fraaks. under the speaker's annouuced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey, is recognized for six minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i thank you, and i thank my leadership on the republican side, leader boehner and our leadership team to give me the opportunity this evening before this packed house chamber. of course, mr. speaker, with the exception of those few names that you just read off. but on this occasion of the three-month anniversary, if you will, the three-month anniversary of the signage into law of the health care reform bill better known as patient protection and affordaale care

all of the sudden, without any warning, they cut the benefits in indiana. i live right on the border of kentucky and indiana. considered hearr or ppthis? guest: we get a lot of phone that.a similar to is the status of the unemployment benefits? you see a lot of people in the that andoncerned about frustrated whenn congress is deadlocked and they did not commit their unemployment benefits. priority for %%ngressional leaders. at vvrious times, democrats %%nted to extend it further. it is something that the senate house is working on. of a larger bill this of some controversial things. could get done this week. how long? it remains to be seen. host: does the american public for notm responsible moving this forward? ttet: democrats are making as well as speaker -- nancy pelosi same%% are the ones blocking this. also noteworthy that lieberman and ben nelson from nebraska votedd% against the measure that had this. the entire package should be for. you have this benefit versus concern that is clashing. a lot of finger-pointing. host: democrat, dallas, texas. calle

for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> madam speaker, i rise today as the champion of the small business community to ask members to support the floor manager's amendment. mr. carson: it includes my provision which amendments h.r. 5297 to make sure that women and minority owned businesses are allowed lending opportunities to have access to capital. it requires states to apply -- apply to receive federal contributions for their capital access programs to submit a report. this report will explain how they plan to provide lending opportunities for small businesses in underserved and low and moderate-income communities. according to s.b.a. estimates, about 60% of the jobs lost in 2008 through the second quarter of 2009 were lost in small firms. as our nation continues its recovery from the worst economic downturn since the great depression, we must recognize that our comeback will only go as far as our small businesses allow

speaker, i rise today to recognize ivytech community college in south bend, indiana. last week+ ivy tech south bend campus was approved by the indiana commission for higher education to become the first college in indiana to offer an associate's degree in the field of nanotechnology. as demonstrated by advances made at the midwest institute for nanoelectronics discovery in south bend, north central %% indiana is a growing leaderrin the nation's nanotechnology research and development. + mr. donnelly: as our nation is faced with an expanding and increasingly competitive%% glob economy, it is crucial to promote efforts such as a nanotechnology education to not only keep america competitive %% but to thrive and win investments today in nanotechnology will result in quality, rewarding hoosier jobs pf the future. i commend ivy tech for their efforts to preppre studeets, our next generation of innovators for the future. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: forr what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute.

for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. pence: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revigse and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pence: well, it's becoming more obvious every day to the american people. that this administration was slow to respond in the gulf. and the democrats still don't have a plan. they don't have a clear plan to contain the sea of oil in the gulf and remarkably here on capitol hill democrats don't even have a plan to contain the sea of red ink in washington, d.c. announcing this week, majority % leader steny hoyer confirmed the democrats' response to runaway federal spending is to not do a budget. failing to lead is not leadership. not doing a budget is not an answer. the democrats' refusal to write a budget is a shocking andcation of duty and a historic failure of leadership. there's been a lot of talk these days about governing philosophies here on capitol hill. their governing philosophy -- don't govern. this congress owes the american people a

for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pence: federal spending is out of control and the american people know it. $13 trillion national debt, a $1.4 trillion deficit this year. an 84% increase in nondefense discretionary spending since this administration took office. the democrat majority's answers so far this year, no budget. the answer to this extraordinary fiscal crisis by refusing to lead is unacceptable. after a year of avoiding hard choices, now we hear the latest democratic plan is actually to bring a budget resolution to the floor in some procedural motion known as deeming. well, mr. speaker, you can't deem a budget that you never passed. the american people long for leadership in washington, d.c., that's willing to sit down across party line and face the fiscal and economic crisis of this country head on with hard choices. we can't get this economy moving

host: indiana. mike is unemployed there. caller: my and employment benefits just got exhausted this past week. host: what kind of work were you doing? caller: i was a civil draftsmen, and the benefits -- i maxed out it for a 200 week. -- i maxed out at 420 a week. host: what is possible draftsmen do? caller: designed roads and subdivisions for the land development industry. host: are you thinking about leaving indiana? caller: if i can find a job outside indiana, i would take it. to the lady who said that people don't want to work, want to remain on unemployment, the thing i would say is that if i am offered a job, i have to accept it. you have to apply to jobs in order to maintain benefits. for those people who are saying that people want to stay on unemployment, that is just not true. if i have been offered a job, i would take it, but there's just no jobs. this industry was the first industry that was hit what all the trouble started. my whole company shut down because of the economic downturn. host: thanks for calling in

michigan city, indiana. marcia, democrats line. caller: you know what? i would like to say something about the president of the united states, barack obama. i know is how all of the polls and most of the news channels are really speaking against him. now, and iass right was taught in a class that the polls could be shifted any way they want them to shift. i just hope that we can get behind the president of the united states of america. it is almost like we aren't in school, and you have a teacher. sometimes you don't always choose your teacher but you have to go along with what you are being taught. you don't always choose your parent but you go along with what you have and make the best as you can. so i think we as americans need to get behind our president and make the best of this thing. we are all completing right now about what he is doing wrong and what he is not doing right. this president did not create that oil spill and there are a whole lot of other things he did not create but he is getting the backlash. let us be supportive, for a change. ho

virginia, north carolina, florida, colorado, indiana that collectively at up to 100 electoral votes.f we did not -- if we had not expend of the electorate especially with young voters, we would not have won ttose states. you can look at it clearly. the voter registration in each of those states and how much money we put into it and how much attention we put into it was so critical. in virginia, which dramatically expend of the electorate with new voters. if we would not have worked to bring in those new voters to get them registered and inspire them and turn them out, all three, we would not have one virginia or the nine other states adding up to 100 electoral votes. we won with 365. if we would not have done that in those 10 states, we would have come up with 265 and you need to hundred 70 to win the presidency. i don't think you can look at 2008 in virginia and 2009 in virginia and compare apples to 9$(lc@&c+ i think they are two different races and two different strategies to win. ours was very different than the governor's race. >> massachusetts 2009 was not a normal race by any

host: our democrats line, go ahead, gary, indiana. caller: if you go back to the ccrcle graph you had earlier, there was one of the circles that had communication and the electronic industry's contributions. host: yes. caller: that is indicative of an emerging and mature industry that we have now, a false industry that encourages huge amounts of money that go toward advertising, commercials, lobbyists, the whole thing. i have undergone a conversion of sorts or they start to understand the huge amounts of money and pressure and employers these corporations are distorting and not allowing the matured the base that should be going on. instead, we are all sidetracked from a fall in eight messages that happen every sunday from pulpits in this country worrying about muslims and gun control and nonsense. meanwhile, it is like a boa constrictor. every time you access, it gets tighter on the middle-class person. it is suffocating our democracy. host: this relates to a chart. the chart is online at washingtonpost.com. we are asking about oil po

for months, there indiana manufacturing plant has been working on an electric delive truck that is filled entirely by plugging in power. facts, i visited thelants before it had reduced its very first uck. my understanding then is that we are ready to go. thanks to the investments we made in the recovery act, it just deliveredts first truck a few weeks ago. this is a plant that gave jobs to unemployed factory workers, and they are now part of a cutting edge industry that will create even more jobs and businesses in the mohs and years ahead. that is what the future can look like. if we keep on making investments in research and development in technology and clean energy, products, and industries thawe have not even imagined y, can find a home run. the united states of america. if we provide our citizens with the education and traini they need to do these jobs,e are going to see rising incomes and a growing middle class. . . [applause] it helped him keep fol >> it helped them keep folks on the job and joe deserves a lot of credit for that. so give joe biden a lot of credit for that. says tha

one in indiana, one in ford, one in augusta. >> grandkids?> three. >> my dad has [unintelligible] them. --keep up wiith with them. there you go. >> i will limit that. >> one more. >> enjoy yourselves. >> good to talk to you. thank you. the bus.et them on ♪ home, sweet home to me good old rocket, tennessee [fiddles playing] very good. always be, you'll home to me [applause] >> i'm bill halter. oh, is that right? nice to see you. >> your dad was like mine. >> ed halter. >> this is a great surprise. you all just made c-span. you guys are great. how old are you? >> 11. >> that is great. [laughter] that is great. you all did fantastic. >> thank you. >> tell all of our cousins. >> thank you. [laughter] >> it is going pretty well. >> it is a little bit slow. it is all good. it is a nice day. >> it feels pretty good. how are you all doing? we have a vote coming up on tuesday. >> thank you. >> where do you all live? i was just there. just yesterday. >> did you visit the [unintelligible] >> no, we just said hello to folks. make sure you vote on tuesday

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. burton: i thank my good friend from florida for yielding. i say that south korea has been one of our greatest allies ever sincc the korean war. we worked together during the war, along with the united nations, to stop the expansion of communism throughout that area, and ultimately there was a resolution. although it's still kind of ten with us, when they divided -- tenuous, when they divided korea along the parallel. i have been over there since the korean war. there has never been a case of freedom and democracy as opposed to a totalitarian government than in korea. in korea, north korea is foundering, it's under a dictator. the communist system has created famine and a huge loss of life. the tyranny there is unbelievable and yet you go south of the 38th parallel and you see a blossoming country, one that has done extremely well over the past 60 years because of freedom and democracy. i think that korea is one of the best allies -- south korea is one of the best allies that the unite

he is a breast cancer specialist and professor of oncology at the indiana university cancer center.he joins us from chicago. dr. sledge let's begin with lung cancer. a big killer. and investigations into the effectiveness of a drug called crsatanid, what do the results show? >> this is a fascinating result. in the past we have treated patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer with kbijss of chemotherapy and these combinations benefit some patients but not most. now investigators have been able to detect a gene mutation for what's called a fusion gene in a fairly small number of lung cancer patients, about five percent. that when you treat the patients with a drug that blocks this particular gene product, you get stupendous results. somewhere around 70% of patients will have an active response to the drug and we know that these responses last for prolonged periods of time. this is a real sea change for this type of lung cancer. >> suarez: so you mentioned it is true of a small number of patients. how would you figure out who to treat in this way before commencing with that treatment? >

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. burton: i won't take two minutes, madam speaker. i'd just like to say ttat my colleague that just spoke, mr. engel, and i found out about the way some of these companies have been so unscrupulous in milking the public out of their -- the minutes that they pay for. i'm very happy that congressman engel has introduced this bill. i'd only wish i'd known about it because i would have been a co-sponsor on it. rest assured i will vote for it. it's unconscionable that people buy this, including military personnel, want to call their loved ones and then they are shortchanged. we need to see if this is done intentionally there ought to be some prosecutions that needs to take place. with that i yield back the balance of my time. mr. whitfield: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky yields back all of his time? mr. whitfield: yes, madam. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. chu: h.r. 3993 will protect consu

south bend, indiana. caller: good morning. host: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: i agree with what the last caller touched on. the problem is poverty. have americans over there taking oil out of africa. you have europeans over there stealing diamonds. these are natural resources that belong to africa. [inaudible] you are making a comparison about the movie with johnny depp. people do not even have tv's to watch these movies. they hear these things passed down through generations. host: you are breaking up a little bit. donna hopkins, any last words? guest: i have a common 3 we have great empathy for the fact that poverty is a crushing problem in africa. i think the people who would excuse piracy on the basis of poverty do great disrespect to the millions of proud and productive smalleomalis for tryg to deal with their situation in ways that do not involve the extortion of other human beings. the proceeds from piracy do not helping alleviate the poverty of these nations. piracy is adding to the poverty of the nation because it suppresses international devel

i want to introduce a fellow from my home town in indiana who is here. -- from my hometown in indianaho is here. david, you and your wife stand up. many of you may know david. he was president of the carnegie foundation. he has had a marvelous career, one of the great humanitarians in this country. there are several former colleagues of mine here that i want to introduce. a congressman from florida and his wife. would they stand? and i am going to test your knowledge of politics a little bit here. we have a former vice- presidential candidate. i think 1976. vice president for ronald reagan when ronald reagan ran for presidency. dick, would you stand up? [applause] he, of course, was senator from pennsylvania, also secretary of hhs a few years back. we are fairly heavily loaded with pennsylvania ends. tom ridge is here. -- with pennsylvanians. tom ridge is here. [applause] i want to introduce two people who are important to us, because they help us with the appropriations at the wilson center, and they may be the most important people here, as far as i am concerned. would you stand? [a

host: michael from indiana, go ahead.er: for all of those people on extended unemployment, when they do not get the extension, what do you do with all of those people that were not eligible for medicaid and medicare and welfare? where are you going to get the money for all the people that do have to go on welfare because benefits? guest: that is an important point of the unemployment jobs debate. for people who lose their benefits and the is their ability to pay for health care and other things, they come into the safety net. sometimes those costs are shifted to states. sometimes they're shifted to the federal government. i think the caller's point is that we do end up paying one or the other and it would be helpful to make sure there is an extension of unemployment benefits. host: spokane, washington, tom, independent. ' caller: i was watching your show earlier and i do tend to agree with the caller that you do have a tendency to have left- wing advocate. i saw that guy the other day when i had a heavy sleds. -- that had

for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> by direction of the house republican conference i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. th clerk: house resolution 1447, resolved that the following named members be and they are elected to the following standing committee, committee on agriculture, mr. rooney, committee on homeland security, mr. 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 o

host: next call from indiana. talk about possible to clean up the oil and how we are only using certain things. i wonder about the new technologies that we are not using, even though so many people are saying they are the right thing toouse. guest: in 2003, there was a report put out called "oil and the c." by the research -- national research council. in doubt, they collaborate to look at the best way -- in that, they collaborate to get the best way to handle oil in the ocean. the report indicated that this could not happen, but nevertheless, it seemed reasonable. if we're going to do deep happen if there is a spill.uld is it better to disperse it at subsurface, or let it rise? there are folks that have given testimony and they're basically repeating the recommendations of 2003. now it can be done, and i think it took 500 barrels of oil out to the north sea 500 feet below the surface and they released it to see what would happen. you do not want to release it, but they did it to see what would happen. that was no

. >> host: indiana on our democratic line, good morning. caller: the caller was right that in 1979, you had a working relationship with the shah of iran "was overthrown by the ayatollah khamenei. the relationship with the u.s. was that we tried to plan and have our guy in there. when the president first called this the good war, i wrote him a letter and i told him no, this is not a war we should be involved in. 1108 u.s. deaths, that is a complete tragedy. that is the reason why you will never ever get to your objective in the middle list is because of the bureaucracy and corruption. these people will always view people from the u.s. and a negative way and that will be the overriding factor. you cannot take a country that is that -- drastically different than ours and superimpose our beliefs and systems of what we think afghanistan and the middle east should be like. these things have been going on since the united states was even created as a government. that headline is the right -- youth -- futility in afghanistan -- it will never bear t

for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- i was really disappointed because instead of really addressing the problem of the gulf spill, he was once again talking about a government moved to take over part of our country. mr. burton: we have seen the government move to take over a large part of the -- or control of the auto industry, the financial industry. we've seen the government force through the administration forced through the health care bill where the vast majority of americans don't want. last night, instead of really focusing on dealing with the problem in the gulf that's going to cost maybe 150,000 jobs and make us more dependent on foreign oil, what the president did, he started talking about the cap and trade bill which will raise taxes on energy production and every family in america will suffer to the state of the union of $3,000 or $4,000. this is the time, mr. president, if i were talking to him, to deal with the problem in the gulf instead of taking more of the pr

why don't they open the places back up, like in pennsylvania, ohio, and indiana? plenty of oil is still there. host: we'll leave it there. we're going to take a look at other items in the news this morning as we continue our discussion regarding the financial regulatory bill. will it make a difference to you? in "the washington post" this morning, michael sheerer writes about former vice president cheney, who was admitted to george washington university hospital on friday after complaining of being uncomfortable, raising the possibility of further heart trouble. the article goes on to quote peter long, cheney's spokesperson, who says the former vice president cheney was not feeling well and was seen friday afternoon by his doctors in their offices at george washington university. long said in a statement, "on the advice of his physicians, he was admitted to the hospital for further testing. he is expected to remain in the hospital over the weekend." back to the phone, tom on our line for republicans out of greenville, south carolina, this morning. go ahead. caller

d hermore, to go on with treasur murdock's testony and being from indiana he was in the middle of this and speaking of the chrysr bankrucy and i should make it clear and i quote, you had the situation ere one party was negotiating, setting values, determining which creditors would be in, which ones would be out, what they would be given, what would be liquidated all to be t up foan auction sale for which there wasnly one bidder, the united states government. it s on both sides of the table simultanesly, the impropriety of that in trying to esblish value for a sale goe beyond plausible, closed quote. that ente string comes out of his testimony that says, to me and conclusion is, that he was a wiess of this, that the federal government set the terms ankruptcy. and when the ttimony went before the chapter 11 bankruptcy court, the court had to make a determination. the detertion was already ma and offer to them. he said there was only one party negotiing, only one party determining which creditors got paid, which ones, the winners, theosers, one party offing shares over to t unions that di

host: thank you from anderson, indiana. jeff tweets -- "washington post" anne corbett writes about this. here is what she writes today. new hope, ky. mary on the republican line. caller: thank you for c-span. i certainly always examine what that is what governs my vote. my primary thought is pro-life. if the woman is for the baby and knows that it is a baby she is killing, then i'm not for them. but if they realize it is a baby and by killing it you killed another possibly woman or a man, and you killed them. that is my governing old opinion. so, thank you for c-span. host: thank you, mary, for calling in. >> in this las vegas, rich on the democrat's line. caller: before i get to my comments i would like to, if i can, address the caller before this caller that you just had. host: south carolina? caller: not sure where he was from. host: talking about the president? caller: the angry white men. i am really getting frustrated here. recently of an autistic child. my son is 29 years old. 90% of the people who helped me with my

he gave us some particular insights as to what's been happening in his state of indiana in regards to health care costs, but in particular he expressed how distressed he was over the health care bill that this congress passed in march. they described it as a lost opportunity of historic proportions and perpetuates and extends the problems of the existing system. the plan is add men straightively complex and states in fact have no way 20 comply. the cost of states, the significant financial burden proposed to the states, are truly going to be obstacles. it's odd. every time consumer directed health care posts a win we find a way not to recognize the success that governor daniels has. he described as heading at warp speed down a dead end road with a debt burden that threatens the vitality of our republic. there is a better way. the simple truth is that something magic happens when people spend their own money. governor daniels employing a system of consumer directed health care in his state of indiana has held health care costs down by 11% in the past year. i wish medicare and medicaid

host: last call comes from al from gary, indiana. 3 caller: yes. i would like to say actually to carve out an exeept disclosure from the n.r.a. would actually inhibit or prohibit my free speech if i had a position that was against the n.r.a. in the sense that before you have free speech, you have to be able to have disclosure and free thought. it actually seems to be unconstitutional for someone to be able to hide and not come through with open disclosure, and that stops and prevents me from even having an opinion to incorporate and use my free speech. guest: well, right now, as the law stands in the wake of citizen's united ruling, there's no requirement for disclosure at all. again, i'm not sure i necessarily agree that to incorporate the n.r.a. would not infringe on someone else's first amendment rights. they felt strongly that they did on theirs. and they felt strongly with the language covering part of the language covering part of the language on this extension. so a group had to be in business for at least 10 years. had to be around for at l

host: next call om indiana.er: i want to talk about poible to clean up the oil and are only using certain things. i wonder about the new technologies that we are not usi, even though so many are saying they are the right thing toouse. guest: in 2003, there was a report put out called "oil and the c." by the research -- national research council. in doubt, they collaborate to at the best way -- in that, collabora to get the be way to handle oil in the ocean. the report indicated that this not happen, bu nevertheless, it seemed reasonable. if we' going to doe if there is a spill.hat could is it better to disperse it at subsurface, olet it rise? there are folks that have given testimony and they're basically repeating the recommendations of 2003. now it can be done, and i think took 500 barls of oil out the north sea 500 feet below the surface and they released it would happen. you do not want to release it, but they diit to see what woul happen. that was not done in the waldrop deep -- in deep water. when these ac

host: lafayette, indiana, thank you for waiting on our independent line. was wondering what happened to the fellow on mike williams. ? > why can't they lower explosives into that hole and that made it to? guest: i don't know what has happened to mr. williams. i don't know him. the notion of imploding the burwell is a last gasp ditch effort. that is if all else fails. that is a very serious undertaking we are talking about it theology that is brittle. the drilling has gone through salt domes and that is a brittle geology's. in order to complement an implosion which is possible, we have to have an evaluation of what are the consequences for the geological structures all the way down to the reservoir. done poorly or don wrong, it could make it all that -- all that much worse. the implosion may look like it works in the first instance, but if the geology is damaged and the structures of the sub-sea are fussired, we could create the world's largest oil seep where the oil would keep leaking and that reservoir. we would actually make a serious problem that much w

speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from indiana, mr. burttn, the ranking member on the foreign affairs subcommittee, on middle east and south asia, as well as a house conferee on this important measure. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's recognized for two minutes. mr. burton: mr. speaker, if i were talking to the president right now, i would remind him that lord chamberlain flew to munich in the late 1930's and signed agreement -- an agreement with her hitler that led to 60 million people being killed in world war ii. 60 million. we were not in the nuclear age at that time but we still lost 60 million people in this world. we are now in the nuclear age and that's why this legislation is so important. there are waivers in this bill and that really troubles me. didn't want there to be any waivers in this conference report, but they're there. the president can waive these sanctions. and i would just like to say, if i were talking to the president, look at history, mr. president. look at what happened because of a weak-kneed approach

host: last call comes from al from gary, indiana. 3 caller: yes.would like to say actually to carve out an exempt disclosure from the n.r.a. would actually inhibit or prohibit my free speech if i had a position that was against the n.r.a. in the sense that before you have free speech, you have to be able to have disclosure and free thought. it actually seems to be unconstitutional for someone to be able to hide and not come through with open disclosure, and that stops and prevents me from even having an opinion to incorporate and use my free speech. guest: well, right now, as the law stands in the wake of citizen's united ruling, there's no requirement for disclosure at all. again, i'm not sure i necessarily agree that to incorporate the n.r.a. would not infringe on someone else's first amendment rights. they felt strongly that they did on theirs. and they felt strongly with the language covering part of the language covering part of the language on this extension. so a group had to be in business for at least 10 years. had to be around for at leas

representative burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i request permission to take mr. burton's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the new supreme court pick has never been a judge. she's never seen a courtroom from the bench. she's never had a judge's responsibility. she has never instructed a jury. she's ner ruled on a pount of law, any point of law. she has not decided even one constitutional issue. she's never tried a criminal case. she's never tried a civil case. she's never even tried a traffic case. we don't know whether or not she believes the constitution is the foundation of american law or whether she thinks, like many, the constitution constantly changes based upon the personal opinions of supreme court justices. but either way, she has never had to make a constitutional call in a court of law in the heat of a trial. she's never admitted evidence or ruled out evidence or ruled on a chain of custody regarding evidence. she's never made even

host: david joining us from indiana on the republican line.aller: i was wondering, the list gm issue. what kind of players will we have in afghanistan mining the lithium? will a drawl other countries to the region -- will it draw other countries to the region? host: explain the significance of what david is talking about in terms of the afghan economy. guest: lithium was one of the minerals identified in the 3 million discovery of minerals in the country. it promises great resources, much like oil anin iraq so the afghan government can finance itself. pffone of the world's richest copper mines in afghanistan. that was competitively bid. the chinese were successful bidders there. i would assume that with t the m and everything else would be handled in a similar way. host: in a speech that we did cover by congressman steny hoyer the senior democrat and house of representatives spoke. he talked about the deficit of the economy and of national security and the democratic party. >> president obama also demonstrated that he learned still lessons of

for months, there indiana manufacturing plant has been working on electric delivery truck that is fueled entirely by plug-in power. . . plants before it hadeduced its very first truck. my understanding then is that we are ready to go. thanks to the investments we made in the recovery act, it just delivered its first truck a few weeks ago. this is a plant that gave job to unemployed factory workers, and they are now part of a cuttingdge industry that will create even more jobs and businesses in the months and years ahea that is what the future can look like. if we keep on making investments in research and development in technology and clean energy, produc, and industries that we have not even imagined yet, can find a home run. the united states of america. if we provide our citizens with the education and training they need to do these jobs, we are going to see rising incomes and a growing middle class. . . >> it helped him to keep the business at least stable. [applause] it kept people on the job. deserves a lot of credit for that. give joe biden a big roond of applause. [applause] joe

burton of indiana. r what ppose does the gentlemanrom texas rise? mr. poerequest permission to take mr. burton's time. th speakerroempore: ithout objectione geman is recognized for five mines. mr. poe: eaker, it is with eat pride and a heav heart spe today of a young ma from district in xas who gave his life while fighting terrorists in marine sergeant braon burrough was kild sunday, june 6 in combat opations in kabul. s that photogra oth marvous rine. he leaves mind his wife heher d his two young sons, cole who is 3 yearsod, andade, who is 1. brdon was on his third tour of duty he previously served two deplments ira he left r afghanistan this april as part of a team training afgan police. he was 26 yes of agend a 20 graduate of kingwood h school texas. in h 26 short years, brandon lid a lifetime service to other people. i lked to brandon's mom terry this weeknd she told me that brandon had justalled her d he had askeher to send him gifts for the local afghastan children in his next care package. brand always -- brandon, always thinkingbout ways do some

but long after they stop this, the communities, and the state and local governments of indiana and louisiana are still going to deal with the consequences. and this is very important that you have focused your attention, as the subcommittee, on this part of the problem. and as i say this, i want to thank sen. landreau for her work in the subcommittee, the committee she is in control of and a tireless advocacy for the people of her states and the gulf overall. and i welcome the elected officials from louisiana. i was speaking and i said that we have learned of this, when we come from the different states to the senate. when i arrived here 22 years ago, i thought the top person in a parish was called a priest. but then i found out in louisiana, this person is called the president, but if i may you have played a role during this crisis that has been very constructive. and some of the priests have been dealing with this in connecticut. you have been a principled and compassionate advocate for the people of your parish. it is an honor to have you here. and i will say just a few things. this is no

host: kevin, independent caller from indiana. caller: i kind of disagree with the last caller. the united states is one of the greatest countries in the world. budget cuts, i think we just need more responsibility. instead of just giving it grants out and the big dollars to people who don't necessarily need them as much as others. i think they may be should just be more responsible with the taxpayers' money. on the wars, i think if you just pay attention to when we have our wars, it is usually when we need something to have been, as not enough jobs or the economy is not going so great. it always seems like we have some big tragedy. i fit washington needs less lawyers and basically -- i think washington needs less lawyers and basically more people will understand what life is about. host: budget cuts front and center in europe as well. here is the "washington post" piece and a photo of britain prime minister dave cameron. largesturope's countries pledged an assault on government spending as the year remained weak and imf issued a fresh call to restructure ailing european economi

burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. the moratorium on deep water offshore drilling will prevent drilli in the gulf of mexico for the next six months or longer. and why do we have the moratorium? what is the purpose? when we have a plane crash, as big a disaster as that might be, we don't ose down the entire airline industry for six nths but now we want to close down the drilling offshore for six months. what is the reason? the six-month moratorium on drilli will be another economic catastrophe for the united states. six months is a long time in the drilling business. these wells can't start and stop overnight. anither do the support industries. mr. speaker, this chart right here shows the coasts of texas and louisiana and in this chart, out in the gulf of mexico, are about 4,000 offshore rills -- rigs. these 4,000 rigs will not be allowed to drill based upon the administration's moratorium for the next six months