the district that i represent includes louisiana's orleans and jefferson parishes, in my district and all across the gulf coast we were still recovering from the devastating form -- storms of 2005 when we were hit with the latest disaster. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico in april presents us with economic, environmental and health challenges of unprecedented proportions. businesses have gone down because they simply do not have the short-term or long-term resources to operate. industries such as fishing and seafood processing, recreational fishing, restaurant and tourism are all suffering. i have spoken with hundreds of fishermen and oystermen from my district who are no longer able to fish the waters they and their families have fished for generations. many have spoken of desperation for not knowing how they will provide for their families. tens of thousands of claims have been filed through b.p. and the s.b.a. have made disaster loans available to businesses adversely affected by the oil spill and referred loan payments for one year. these provide only temporary relief, however,

jefferson wasn't present at the time. and george mason spent the entire time at the constitutional convention and at the end of that time, still refused to affix his signature to the document itself. as i was teaching school, i insisted every one of my kids had to say why mason didn't sign the document and it was because the document did not have a bill of rights. i was always hoping one of my students would always ask what i think is a significant question which is why did mason did not sign but why washington, franklin, mad ison, hamilton, wilson, why did they not go along with mason and add a bill of rights intohe base document. it was certainly not because these founding fathers did not believe in the idea of individual liberty, but they had another method, another mechanism that they thought more specific than actually listing down what our rights are and are not. it was the structure of government. though not specifically named in the document, it becomes the essential element of the constitution and the purpose of

thomas jefferson would never talk like th. bill would never talk like that. [laughter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] >> then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [caioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> next, it is "washington journal". our guests include the george mason university professor jeremy mayer on the gulf coast oil spill. oil spill.

marvelous repository and i know from experience -- basically, the bulk of my experience was in the jefferson building. [applause] >> i neglected to mention that this event is being televised live on c-span3 and is streamed live on c-span.org tonight. and in classic c-span style, it would not be a production without having you involved. the panel will be open for your questions and observations about the court and we look forward to the things you are interested in talking about. let me talk about our wonderful presenter, justice stephen brier. he is the first to say yes because he is interested in helping people be educated about how the court functions. he opened his chambers to us and when you see this clipqjcu thati have for you, you will see that very naturally, justice breyer has spent a long time as a professor because he helps educate people in a personal way about how the court operates. let's take a look. >> we decide just the federal questions, those statutes, books, and what the prosecution of the united states means in cases where people disagree about it. we have a trial. there

one of the reason that jefferson smith in thattgreat camera fflm "mr.ashington" gets manipulated is because he comes in and doesn't know that much. and who knows more and who knows how the machinery works? the lobbyists, the ones who always stay there. so if you have a rotating crop of congrrss people and senators, it's

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one of the reason that jefferson smith in that great camera film "mr.th goes to washington" gets manipulated is because he

one of the reason that jefferson smith in that great camera film "mr. smith goes to washington" gets manipulated is because he comes in and doesn't know that much. and who knows more and who knows how the machinery works? the lobbyists, the ones who always stay there. so if yoo have a rotating crop of congress people and senators, it's not really the best way to solve this problem. but i think that "mr. smith goes to washington" is still a very important film for us because we have to remember our ideals, our idealism and fight for it. that's what it's all about. >> so when can we see in the theatres outside of the tribeca film festival earlier your documentary on eliot spitzer, now that he's a talk show host? >> has that been officially announced?+ is he officially a talk show host now? >> he has been one the last couple weeks. >> that's true. it's going to -- magnolia pictures will have the film out i believe later this year. so keep your eyes peeled. i think it's a pretty good one. >> alex gibney, our guest. documentary is called "casino jack and the

it looos more like the jefferson memorial or the lincoln memorial in terms of its visual impact. if you do -- if you view it assa is ighly appropriate.hink that- >> when you first step into the plaza, these are one of the first symbols which is the blindfolded justice holding the scale of justice. on the other faces of the candelabra are the symbollc indications that this has something to do with law. as you travel through the plaza, there are the two five paul -- two flag pole bases which have symbols indicating that this building has a purpose which is the supreme court and the law. >> the stature to the left is the contemplation of justice. in her right hand, she holds the stature of the blindfolded justice. and she is a symbol of impartiality. on the right hand side of the staircase, the of the statute is the authority of law. with a book with the latin word for "wall -- "law." it is important that people always good to come up the steps because we doothis job the right way. not a day goes by where we must not ask ourselves are we doing our job the right wayy >> the supreme c

welcome to my home state of missouri, to jefferson county and to jefferson college, whose namesake, thomas jefferson, was famous for many things, but especially for agricultural innovation. as we emerge from the worst economic crisis since the great depression, we must make it smart and strategic investments that not only grow jobs in the short term, but develop economic strength for the long term. i believe america is at its best, especially rural america is at its best when we face a challenge and we work together to get the job done. that is part of the core values of our country. here in the heartland of america, we must consider conservation and development of our rural communities central to our strategies, and exports to global market as a vital to our success. this is very close to my heart. i grew up in the small town of raleigh, missouri. we still have a family farm there today. a few years ago, that town was dedicated the population center of the united states. it is pretty appropriate that so much of american life is centered in small towns in world misery. in a rural missouri.

it looks more like the jefferson memorial or the lon -- lincoln memorial. you can view ii as something of a temple of justice, i think that is entirely appropriate. >> when you first come up the steps there are two candle abra and they have one of your first symbols, which is a blind folded justice holding the scales of justice. it is a symbolic identification that this has something to do with the law. as you travel up, you see symbols of law and knowledge indicating that the buildings have a purpose, which is the supreme court and the law. >> in couldn't place of justice, in her right hand, she holds blind folded justice. the blindfolded justice is a symbol of impartiality. on the right side of the stair case, the other statue is the authority of law. his left arm rests on a book with the latin term meaning "law." "lex." >> it is important foo the public to always want to come up these steps because we are doing the job the right way. not a day goes by when we ask ourselves, are we doing this job right. >> i think the supreme ourt is the most experienced

living here in jefferson county, and birmingham, alabama, the current -- we are on the verge of havinghe largest bankruptcy in the entire america. now, i would like for c-span to take a closer focus on what's happening because now we're up for election for county officials and there are certain county officials who want to close down the local public hospital, the old folk's home. and what has happened in birmingham, there is a corruption case with the former commissioner, larry lengthen, who the people voted to even be the mayor of the city of birmingham. now the city of birmingham is facing a $77 million deficit. and what i'm saying a lot of times the voters put the wrong -- she mentioned about the type of people that we vote into office. and i would like for c-span to do a major focus on what's happening here in birmingham because we, the people, are really suffering at the hands of corrupt elected officials. have a good morning. host: professor, before we go to your response, i want to point out from this piece it does talk about jefferson county. the most populous county in alabam

i want to welcome the council member from jefferson perez -- jefferson parish. up here, washington knows the difference. down there, we do not care. one is a republican. one is a democrat. they could be brothers in this fight. one message to washington is let's not make this in any way political. this is a national disaster. it needs to be handled in a much different way, and we have got to do it. our economic and environmental future depends on it. i also want to ask a question -- billy, you have had experience both in the environmental community, you also know something about the oil and gas industry. could you please juss, a minute on the importance, or lack thereof if that is your view, of a balance here as we move to clean the oil, contain the oil, get it off of our march, but how we have to do that recognizing that half of our family fishes, the other half is in the oil business. >> absolutely. oil drilling affects a lot of our people. it is going to be a double whammy. the business community in south community came up with 866 man plan, and we presented i

the noaa ship, thomas jefferson, is under way in a mission in the vicinity of the spill. i would -- i was down in the gulf last week and was on board the thomas jefferson with the crew of not only noaa scientists but academic scientists as they were preparing to embark and do some additional excellent work. the noaa ship, 2240-foot research vessel returned in the vicinity of the wellhead. we are committed to sharing those results as soon as they're back. the results that are in hand can be seen at noaa.gov and we are committed to transparency and sharing that information as soon as we have done the appropriate checks and balances and make sure the information is accurate. we also are flying some planes, so-called hurricane hunters. i was up in one last week, flying over the gulf to deploy instruments to characterize what the surface flow and subsurface flow of the ocean is. all the scientific information is helping us understand the oil and where it is and what impact might be having. we remain concerned about the location of oil in the surface and under the sea. we and o

thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bill would never talk like that. [laughter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] >> then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up next, we will show you a number of commencement addresses. first, leigh ann tuohy, the mother of michael oher. then william lowry at kenyon college. and later, the ceo of jpmorgan chase, jamie dimon, talks at syracuse university. join us tomorrow when "washington journal" welcomes windy sherman. then taught tucker and daniel griswald on the north american free trade agreement. and then sam gerdano of the national banking institute joins us. "washington journal" is live every day starting in 7:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. tomorrow, a look at new orleans in the wake of the gulf oil oil spill. our coverage is under way at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. his government broken? the brookings inst

at the jefferson memorial and i would like everybody who is watching know that you can do web searchesor law enforcement that say our founding fathers were terrorists. >> as we hear from you, let's look at the new numbers for the senate race in nevada where sharon engle is the republican nominee with almost 60% reporting. angle at 39% compared to lowden 28%. are you with us? >> the tea party movement and how some of the more conservative right wing people like the lady in nevada, i wonder how she would fare against harry reid. >> that is a question we are keeping an eye on her campaign. sharon angle the winner. this is what it looks like from the early pictures as they await the final results from that race. she has been declared the winner. there will be two reeds on the ballot. harry gray is the senate democratic leader. tomorrow morning, in the water will join us on "washington journal." >> first of all, i want to thank you for c-span. i think it is wonderful you are able to get on their and say what you think about what is the one on. this election out there in california, these tw

>> i kelly tell you in jefferson. >> how much in jefferson? >> 21 miles. >> but if you address the passes -- [crosstalk] one of the ways they have kept some of the fisherman is they have used their resources to put the boom out. that is part of why we do not see an uproar here. when it talked about cleanup, they're not coming in and giving the training and they talked about laying guys off that have been putting the boom out to be put booms outside. >> we need to hire our own people. \ [crosstalk] >> we obviously need more resources. we got good news -- the federal government has a barrier island planned, but we need more. we need expected claims processes, which is what i'm focused on. not one person should lose a boat, building or business from this experience. it was nothing of their fault. not only is bp responsible, which we know, but we need to make sure those checks get in the hands of the business, whether it is a charter boat owner or camp owner or seafood operator or ice houses or warehouses. that is what i am focused on today and ho

i was just on another noaa ship today, the "thomas jefferson," that is leaving port tonight from new orleans going out and is going to be doing complementary sampling to the "gunther" and it, too, will be deploying a variety of instruments to image anomalys and to take samples. >> ifill: but none of the samps, none of the testing has happened yet? it's been six weeks? >> we've had a lot of instruments telling us that there are signal s, that there's something beneath the surface at various depths in different places. what we have yet to have confirmation of is what that is. there are a lot of possibilities there are -- there's a lot of biological activity out there. there is zoplank and fish, and one of the things the slips doing is imaging during the day as well as at night because many of the species that are there migrate to the surface or closer to the surface during the night time and then back down to depths during the day. so by taking will be the same kind of acoustic images, for example, night and day, you can eliminate the possibility that that is oil. it's really only by s

john young is the chairman of jefferson parish, louisiana, which stretches south from new orleans. >> mean, initially i advocate that b.p. should have been concentrating on stopping the flow of oil. and after a week the federal government should have come in and taken control of protecting the shores, the coast, and the wetlands. now i think the federal government ought to come in and take control of the entire operations because b.p. has shown it's just not up to the task. >> woodruff: as the crisis continues, president obama will be back in louisiana tomorrow. his third trip there since the spill began. now a closer look at efforts to cap the well and at that computer model we just saw showing how far the oil may flow we have professor of petroleumy yo science at the university of houston. he spent 20 years in the oil business. and we hope to be joined by nancy keener, an environmental engineer and codirector of the coastal response research center at the university of new hampshire. first, tell us how difficult is this latest cut and cap effort. should work much better than the con

some of the people have been brought here to the west jefferson medical center near new orleans, where doctors report many of the complaints have involved heat and respiratory-related issues. >> how you doing? good. >> reporter: jessica dannus has been concerned about what the cleanup work is doing to his husband's health. >> you know, we do worry about that they're so close and they're breathing it in all day long. >> some days it might smell a little bad, but nobody got sick. >> reporter: what the couple is really worried about is their six-year-old daughter, josie. >> they say, you know, in years to come, our children could be affected health-wise, and that's really scary. >> reporter: and, jessica says, she's frustrate bide the lack of information from local officials and elsewhere. >> and that's also scary, too, like, you kind of feel like they're hiding, something, you know. if there's nothing to hide just come out and say everything is okay. >> there's nothing like uncertainty to make people anxious. whether you're nine years old or 90 years old. >> reporter: so earlier this wee

prior to that, he was in the state house in jefferson city. as a member of the house and senate armed services committees, senator talent was directly involved in some of the most critical debates and decisions regarding national security policy, both prior to and immediately after the 9/11 world that we live in today. here at heritage, jim talent specializes in issues involving foreign policy, military readiness, and his old favorite on the domestic front, welfare reeorm. he's one of the most astute commentators in the conservative realm of ideas, we're privilege to have had him with us as our colleague, jim will you please come up and introduce our distinguished speaker? [applause] >> my thanks to dr. fulmer for giving me the privilege of introducing our honored guest who is a fellow missourian, which is the reason i have the privilege of doing this, and a man who has accomplished so much across such a wide range of responsibilities and offices over the years that it would embarrass him for me to try to list them all, and intrude in his spea

the noa, the thomas jefferson, is currently underway in a mission in the vicinity of the bp deepwaterauthorize an oil spill. i was down in the gulf last week and was on board the thomas jefferson with a group of noa scientists and academics scientists as they are preparing to embark and do additional work. the noa ship, gordon gunter return to. we have results that have been sent for analysis and we are committed to real sharing those results as soon as they are back. the results that are in and can be seen at the noa.gov website and we are committed to transparency and sharing the information as soon as we have done the appropriate checks and balances to make sure the information is accurate. we are also flying some planes, hurricane hunters. i was in one last week flying over the gulf to deploy what the surface low of the ocean is. all this scientific information helps us understand the oil, where it is, what impact it might be having. we remain concerned about the location of oil on the surface and under the sea. we and our academic partners will remain vigilant in our search for a

fretted that he was in the state house in jefferson city. as a member of the house, he u.s. directly involved in some of the most critical debates regarding national security policy prior to and immediately after the 9/11 world that we live in today. he specializes in issues involving foreign policy, military readiness, and his old favorite, welfare reform. he is when the most of us did commentators in the realm of ideas. we are pleased to have him with this. can you please come up? [applause] >> my thanks for getting the privilege of introducing our guests. he is a fellow missouri him. he has accomplished so much across a wide range of responsibilities and offices across the year. it would embarrass him for me to try to list them all. i do want to touch on the highlights. john ashcroft entered office for the first time in 1973 when he became missouri state officer. he followed that with two terms as missouri's attorney general. he followed that with two terms as governor. silage is summarized as by saying and i would summarize those pressing wheat traded 330,000 jobs. the b

marvelous repository and i know from experience -- basically, the bulk of my experience was in the jefferson building. [applause] >> i neglected to mention that this event is being televised live on c-span3 and is streamed live on c-span.org tonight. and in classic c-span style, it would not be a production without having you involved. the panel will be open for your questions and observations about the court and we look forward to the things you are interested in talking about. let me talk about our wonderful presenter, justice stephen brier. he is the first to say yes because he is interested in helping people be educated about how the court functions. he opened his chambers to us and when you see this clipqjcu thati have for you, you will see that very naturally, justice breyer has spent a long time as a professor because he helps educate people in a personal way about how the court operates. let's take a look. >> we decide just the federal questions, those statutes, books, and what the prosecution of the united states means in cases where people disagree about it. we have a trial. there

thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bildt would never talk like that. >> what would jesus do? >> then i thought, washington, jefferson, bill, the new mount rushmore. >> thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> president obama will be holding his first meeting to lead a panel investigating the gulf of mexico oil spill. bob gramm and william reilly a. president obama will brief reporters after the meeting, live on c-span at 12:15. eric holder is headed for the gulf coast today to see areas affected by the spill. he will be meeting with attorneys general from louisiana, alabama, and mississippi. we will have his remarks to reporters a little later in the day. more about the oil spill and a live simulcast of the radio show. that is at 1:00. the four candidates running for the republican nomination for governor of south carolina debate tonight at 7:00 on c- span. is government broken? that is the focus of a panel discussion today

we know we had that delay in jefferson, but they are back and ready to go now? >> are they not out? [inaudible] >> if i am not in my boat and%- the coast guard pulls up, they want to know if i'd been drinking, if i have my life jacket on, my registration, and many of those, they write me a ticket or they take min. they do not shut me down that is what i did not understand. i have been on offshore vessels, where they pull up and get on board and they go through whole vessel, and then they get off and leave. why would they shut them down? [inaudible] it is frustrating. it is hard. >> they have a book that they go by. if it deviates from the plan, it is not on the book. they do not know how to do it. >> if they are not flexible, then you need someone out there who is flexible. >> a lot of people are o there watching i was glad the president approve that when he came down the first time. we would like to add addition boa to be more on top of it. we had eight boats on standby. the president thought it was a pretty good idea. and i have done emergency response. >> i think obama should mak

thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bill wouldever talk like that.hter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] gets underway at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. all next, our reason number of commencement speeches. leigh ann tuohy, the mother of baltimore ravens football player michael oher. she was betrayed by sandra bullock in her academy award winning performance in the movie opened "the blind side -- she was portrayed by sandra bullock in her academy award winning performance in the movie: "the blind side." >> it is my privilege to intruce for the first time dr. leigh ann tuohy. >> it's good to have some women appear instead of men helping me. i am truly honored to be up here today. when cbu called, our schedules are crazy right now and i hesitated a little bit. my husband has to call a doctor tuohy took on a whole different meaning. so here i am and i am happy, let me tell you.

i want to welcome t council member from jefferson perez -- jeffern parish. up here, washington knows the difference. down there, wdo not care. one is a republican. e is a democra they could be brothers in this figh message to washington is this in any way political. this is a nional disaster. it needs to be handled in a much different way, and we have got to do it. our economic and environmental futureepends on it. i also want to ask a question -- billy, you ve had experience in the environmental community, you also know about the oil and gas industry. could you please juss, a minute on the importance, or lack thereof if that is your view, of as move tore oil, ntain the oil, get it offf our march, but how to do at recognizing that half of our family fishes, the other half is in the oil business. >> absolutely. oil drilling affects a lot of our people. it is going to be a double whammy. the business community in south community came up with 866 man plan, and we presented it to -- with us 66 man plan, and we d it to the psident. 33 men go on for seven days and

we know we had that delay in jefferson, but they are back and ready to go now? >> are they not out? [inaudible] >> if i am not in my boat and the coast guard pulls up, they want to know if i'd been drinking, if i have my life jacket on, my registration, and many of those, they write me a ticket or they take me in. they do not shut me down that is what i did not understand. i have been on offshore vessels, where they pull up and get on board and they go through whole vessel, and then they get off and leave. why would they shut them down? [inaudible] it is frustrating. it is hard. >> they have a book that they go by. if it deviates from the plan, it is not on the book. they do not know how to do it. >> if they are not flexible, then you need someone out there who is flexible. >> a lot of people are out there watching i was glad the president approve that when he came down the first time. we would like to add additional boats to be more on top of it. we had eight boats on standby. the president thought it was a pretty good idea. and i have done emergency response. >> i think obama shou

they are alan berman, ph.d., president of jeffersons solutions consulting firm. allison stanger, ph.d., professor of international politics and economics at middlebury development and author of "one nation under contract." stan soloway, president and ceo of the professional services council trade association, former u.s. deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition reform. danielle brian, executive director of the project on government oversight commonly referred to as pogo. debra avant, professor of political science at the university of california at irvine and the author of "private security, the market for force." and john nagl, ph.d., president of the center for a new american security, co-author of its newly released report, contracting in conflicts, the path to reform. our witnesses are notable not only for their deep involvement with issues before us today, but also for the different conclusions to which they did their research and thinking and to which it has led to their views tak vi views today. we welcome this diversity of informed judgment and w

. >> i am sure you're right, like jefferson county and alama. i go back -- imagine bamboozling the ceo of bmg. i don't even know why those contras are out there. i think made time, the people buying them do not know what ey're doing. >> there's been enoous growth in this market. the bank for international settlements said that the market ountedo more than $614 trillion at the e of last year. there is enormous invation that has been going on, financial innovation, there is enormous complexity in these coracts. understand that they are very usef for hedging purposes, and i think that as a peectly legitimate purpose. i think you need some speculators in order to allow hedgers to effectively enter into positions. i am concerned about the ermous growth of pure speculative transact inhe market, and i wonder what your view is as to the economic benefits to our society from that spelation. >> i wrote a leer to congress on the s&p index future. verwhelmingly i would distinguish between the killing and gambling. gambling is cating a risk or no risk need b

jefferson, n.y., and our board -- democrat line. , on the democrats' line. caller: thank you for taking my call. all right, she might have spoke a little bit out of turn, but why is it any time anyone of voic concern about israel -- israel has done things, and we just sit back and we say nothing about it and we are always supportive of israel. sometimes israel is not always right. so, i don't think it is fair and i think that is a lot of the reasons why a lot o >> you can see "washington journal" every morning at 7:00 here on c-span. we switch now to the progressive meeting in washington. >> i direct the campaign for america's future. i welcome you to washington this has been a city of great heat and big storms recently. i am not talking about the weather. we need you to turn up the sheet a little bit more. [applause] -- weedy you to turn of the heat a little bit more. [applause] we will be 1000 strong in meetings this week. come from many states and progress of tribes of the progressive movement. we come together at a critical time. this is little more than

. >> i am sure you're right, like jefferson county and alabama. i go back -- imagine bamboozling the ceo of bmg. i don't even know why those contras are out there. i think made time, the people buying them do not know what they're doing. >> there's been enormous growth in this market. the bank for international settlements said that the market amounted to more than $614 trillion at the eed of last year. there is enormous innovation that has been going on, financial innovation, there is enormous complexity in these contracts. i understand that they are very useful for hedging purposes, and i think that as a perfectly legitimate purpose. i think you need some speculators in order to allow hedgers to effectively enter into positions. i am concerned about the enormous growth of purely speculative transactions in the market, and i wonder what your view is as to the economic benefits to our society from that speculation. >> i wrote a letter to congress on the s&p index future. overwhelmingly i would distinguish between the killing and gambling. gambling

we know we had that delay in jefferson, but they are back and ready to go now? >> are they not out? [inaudible] >> if i am not in my boat and the coast guard pulls up, they want to know if i'd been drinking, if i have my life jacket on, my registration, and many of those, they write me a ticket or they take me in. they do not shut me down that is what i did not understand. i have been on offshore vessels, where they pull up and get on board and they go through whole vessel, and then they get off and leave. why would they shut them down? [inaudible] it is frustrating. it is hard. >> they have a book that they go by. if it deviates from the plan, it is not on the book. they do not know how to do it. >> if they are not flexible, then you need someone out there who is flexible. >> a lot of people are out there watching i was glad the president approve that when he came down the first time. we would like to add additional boats to be more on top of it. we had eight boats on standby. the president thought it was a pretty good idea. and i have done emergency response. >> i think obama shou

in jefferson parh where we live, if we can block five sses right now, these fishermen can tell you that we can save the re of the 2 million acres of ster leases. wead $2 billion worth of seafood that comes out behind me write it ithis estuary. -- right in this estuary. this woman here with the convenience store, if we lose estuaries in the back, we are history. they will tell you, our grandfathers, we were born and raised and make our living right here. we need to make sure we can block the oil until we put these booms. >> last week and i was talking to the mayor, he started choking up just talking about the fact that o of his own pocket, he was having to provide some help and some loans to fishermen and votes in the area. that is what we should be able to prevent. people can help each other. the company that is responsible, to make sure it is responding quickly and effectively. when the mayor told me that story, i think it waa a exampl ofhat is happening all across the gulf coast. it will be multiplied in alabama, mississippi, florida, in small communities like this all across the gulf

everything that happened in april affects not only the coastal parishes, jefferson, st. bernard, and plaquemine, but they also affect new orleans. we have made several trips out here and pass legislative reginald -- resolutions. we have offered all the help we can to our friends, because there is great regional unity. as we learn from the trading, the waters do not discriminate from one parish to another. -- as we learn from katrina. the devastation of the oil spill, we will offer our support to all the other elected officials. >> we are here mostly to see it for ourselves and let the parishes who are more adversely affected right now let -- let them know that we care and are supporting them. one resolution we did in the council meeting was to re-enter -- reiterate what the regional planning commission said, that everybody from bp, the coast guard, and the president should listen to the individual parish presidents and mayors of the different cities. they know their territory, they know their people, they know their waters, and they know what to do. they should be listen

prior to that, he was in the state house in jefferson city. as a member of the house and senate armed services committees, senator lent was directly involved in some of the most ctical debates and decisions regarding national security policy, both prior to and immediately after the 9/11 world that we live in toda here at heritage, jim talent specializes in issues involving foreign poly, military readiness, and his old favorite on the domestic front, welfare reeorm. he's one of the most astute commentators in the conservative realm of ideas, we're privilege to have had him with us as our colleague, jim will you please come up and introduce our distinguished speaker? [applause] >> my thanks to dr. fulmer for giving me the privilege of introducing our honored guest who is a fellow missourian, which is the reason i have the privilege of doing this, and a man who has accomplished so much across such a wide range of responsibilities and offices over the years that it would embarrass him for me to try to list them all, and intrude in his speaking tim

in american law as america because america hadn't been created yet but they were some of - thomas jeffersonas a broad at the time and when he heard who was going to the convention, he wrote back, this sounds like an assembly of demigods. direct quote. they were plenty experienced. lost host from shreveport, louisiana. dwayne? republican line? caller: i don't think she ought to be nominated with a xhaunist president wanting to put her on the bench. we have the constitution being attacked and as far as i'm concerned she ought not be nominated. all i got to say. host: losing our rights left and right? you agree with that? guest: i think it might be slightly overstated but it's easy to argue, and perhaps accurate to argue that rights are being eroded and chiped a way at. when you have a president who is setting salaries for private corporations chief's, that's something that's never been done before. when you have an administration that's unilaterally changing the terms of debt, so that for instance, the bonded stake-holders, suddenly get the value of their holdings cut from about 5.25% to 20%

thomas jefferson said -- to be a poor steward of programs.ne state can emulate another, so i agree with mr. bridgewater on this. this is somewhat different from what my opponents and a few years ago when he was running for congress, when he indicated he would support the medicare modernization act. this is a difference between this candidate as he is running for u.s. senate today and candidate bridgewater as he was running just a few years ago for the u.s. house of representatives. at the end of the day, some roles belong to the states, because they are not in the constitution as having a federal nature. >> mr. bridgewater, would you like to take a 30-second opportunity for rebuttal? >> sure. we no longer trust the states. we need to move towards a model where the federal government is out of the equation. there is waste, fraud, and abuse in the billions of dollars in medicare. when you pay medicare taxes, a sliver of it goes to organized crime. it is moving in the direction that will ultimately return power back to the states. >> all right,

everything that happened in april affects not only the coastal parishes, jefferson, st. bernard, and plaquemine, but they also affect new orleans. we have made several trips out here and pass legislative reginald -- resolutions. we have offered all the help we can to our friends, because there is great regional unity. as we learn from the trading, the waters do not discriminate from one parish to another. -- as we learn from katrina. the devastation of the oil spill, we will offer our support to all the other elected officials. >> we are here mostly to see it for ourselves and let the parishes who are more adversely affected right now let -- let them know that we care and are supporting them. one resolution we did in the council meeting was to re-enter -- reiterate what the regional planning commission said, that everybody from bp, the coast guard, and the president should listen to the individual parish presidents and mayors of the different cities. they know their territory, they know their people, they know their waters, and they know what to do. they should be listen

a bit from the story -- jefferson, new york, veronica, on the democrats' line. caller: thank you for taking my call. all right, she might have spoke a little bit out of turn, but why is it any time anyone of voices concern about israel -- israel has done things, and we just sit back and we say nothing about it and we are always supportive of israel. sometimes israel is not always right. so, i don't think it is fair and i think that is a lot of the reasons why a lot of -- it people feel the way they feel about our country. i think a believe they can do whatever they want over there. in some ways, they are occupiers, whether they want to accept that or not. they won't leave that west bank that they promised to do. so, who is really storing of the trouble? and did they have to go after a ship bringing medical supplies or food? they could have checked it and made sure there were no weapons. host: helen thomas released a statement of regret on how web site over the weekend. we will read that to you. i deeply regret my comments i made last week -- you can go to our we

i'll just conclude with this, thomas jefferson's own words, god who gave us life gave us liberty and can the liberties of the nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis and conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of god, that they are not to be violated but with his wrath? indeed -- i tremble for my country when i reflect that god is just and is justice cannot sleep forever. this government is not god and the only protection from those who think they might begin to be is the enforcement of the three branches of government and their separate powers and we've got to get back to that. to save this nation. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back.%% the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas for a motion. mr. gohmert: mr. speaker, at this time i move that we do now hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly the house stands

i also toured my boat a couple weeks ago with the fishermen of jefferson parish. as i wasraveling throug the bay i saw ptches brown oil infringing on the oyster beds that are so integral to the seafood indury of louisiana. and as i saw the oil as it enoached upon the marshes and the wetlds, heart dropped for the state of louisiana as well as for the many fishermen and many small businesses that's impacted by ts catastrophe. i also spent much of my me visiting businesses and talking to small business owners who wer--ho are being impacted by this oil spill i visited a seafood open market in oswego and saw half of t businesses cled. and the parking lot remained empty. and i spoke to the business owners and they informed me that their siness has declined by more than half since the oil spill. and stead of being open for five -- five days out of the week, six ys out of the week they are only opened now two days out of t week. so we see that the oil spill has had a devastating impact on e many people of the gulf coast and the many sml businesses of the people of my dist

he was one of america's founding fathers and served as vice president under both thomas jefferson and james madison. clinton county was a very important part of the anti-slavery movement before the civil war because it had a station that was part of the underground railroad helping thousands of slaves escape. also a less serious aspect of clinton county's history is that it is the place where the first banana split was created and every year they have their annual banana split festival. i want to thank my ohio colleagues, all of whom who are original co-sponsors, and thank chairmanowns and ranking member issa for their support in moving this bill through the committee process. i urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this resolution and congratulate the more than 43,000 residents of clinton county on the bicentennial anniversary of their county. i thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. chu: madam speaker, i also urge my colleagues to joi

thomas jefferson among them. george washington had some of those struggles as well. there are others that had difficulty with their finances. it wasn't something they were handed something that didn't require them to be a manager. their management of their finances and the production of their operations had a lot to do with their successes or failures. 1776 adam smith touched the nerve and educated the marketplace of western civilization and they fwan to embrace the -- began to embracc the idea of free enterprise capitalism. the idea of the invisible hand managing our economy rather than -- rather than the king ordering it to be done or in a later century, the next century, karl marx calling it come out of central demand top down. adam smith's vision was if you only have one loaf of bread, one brand of bread on the shelf and you have a set price for that loaf of bread you can take the price up well above what it's worth, people are -- if they are going to eat bread they have to pay more than what it would be costing if there's competition. as soon as company a has co