as john deere, caterpillar come at aay of those firms, ford, ibm, you name it. every company hedges of their expossre. the airlines had that on a lot of your international's have currency hedges. i do not see why you need to have a gatekeeper. that is what we have done in this bill. we fix things that were not problems. we have had company after company after company that as come to us. this has led the lobbbing people to come to us and say these will cost us jobs. they said it will cost us 400 jobs in omaha alone. we do not know why. we have been doing this safely. now, there needs to be disclosure. there needs to be transparency. a lot of the need to be traded. your ther question was about banks. should they be able to do this? they should nottbe with to speculate on their own accounts. they should not be able to use the people's monee. they hould not go to the discount window. if you have a federally insured bank with deposits are being guaranteed by the insurance fund, it is a valid thing to say, maybe there ought to be restrictions on that. in fact, the fed

john deere, caterpillar, ford, i.b.m., you name it, every large company, they hedged on their exposure. the airlines hedge it on aviation fuel. a lot of your international companies that do business overseas, they have currency hedges. i don't see why you have to have a gatekeeper at one of the four largest financial firms. that is what we have done in this bill. we fixed things that weren't a problem. we have had company after company after company that has come to us -- and this is a lot of the lobbying. but they have cooe to us and said this is going to cost us jobs. car guile -- cargyle said it is going to cost us 400 jobs in omaha alone. we have been doing this and doing it safely. now there needs to be disclosure and transparency, and with a lot of them, they need to be traded now. your other question was with banks. should she be able to do this? they should be able to speculate on their own account. they shouldn't be able to use the people's money or go to the discount window. if you have a federally insured bank where the deposits are being guaranteed by really the insurance f

he spent decades working at the factory floor of john deere. five years ago he ran for mayor on a green platform and won. how does a guy who works with his hands at john deere all those years become a mayor so interested in the other kind of green-- green issues. >> well, i can tell you, it really started for me when my wife and i started being blessed with grandchildren. i just started thinking, you know, what kind of a world are we going to be leaving for future generations with our consumption patterns and how wasteful we were in our energy usage. >> reporter: dubuque could have turned out to be a classic rust belt story. but for the past two decades, the city has been working to avoid that fate. take a quick look. a revitalized river front, a new convention center, and a museum. far beyond the banks of the mississippi, people are noticing. the u.s. council of mayors called dubuque the most livable small city in america. "forbes" magazine proclaimed it number one small city for projected job growth. even the federal government is calling dub

i also serve on the board at john deere. host: let's get back to phone calls here.ne on the independent line in connecticut. i will have the producer punch up this line because i'm not sure which line is on. are you with us? all right, we will move on to their role in the -- in delaware, -- we will move on to darrell in delaware. caller: with regard to cap and trade, i'm wondering why there is a change in opinion. guest: dupont, supported a cat and trade system -- cap and trade system. but we believe that will drive the right market economics. and it allows the free system to work effectively. there are other ways to accomplish this objective. as we talked about fuel efficiency standards, we put those employes to make cars 35 miles per gallon. -- put those in place to make our 35 miles per gallon. we are running out of energy sources. these are some things that we are proposing. overall, we are supplying 6.7 billion people and we need to use our resources wisely. host: could morning, marc, you are on the air. caller: my question is, can, mr. holliday describe parabo

it had a beautiful john deere green wagon and had these two little kids dressed up in the high bibbed blue and white striped overalways. one was pushing the wagon. it was stuck in a bump. he's looking back over his shoulder and the caption is "are you pulling or pushing back there?" and i got to think, poor governor jindal, you are trying to protect your environment, which is what the federal government is supposed to be demanding that we do, we have all these expensive bills to supposedly protect our environment. he says, let us build a simple sandbar and catch the oil on it and then take it away later and it takes the government a month to try to make a decision. the oil is already into all of these delicate ecosystems where the federal government is dithering around trying to make a decision. if i was governor of that state i would be jumping up and down mad. it's just a vacuum of leadership is what we've seen. and now you're saying the president said they could build them and then they can't build them. there's no one in charge it seems like. >> and the gentleman's correct and not

also serve on the board at john deere. host: l's get ck to phone calls re.ne on the indepennt line in connecticut. i will have the produr nch up this line because i'm not sure wch line is on. are you with us? allight, we will movon to their role inhe -- in delaware, -- we will move on to darrelin delawe. call wiegard to cap and trade, i'm wondering why there is a change in opinion. gues dupt,suorted a cat and tradeyem -- cap a trade system. t we believe that will drive e right rket econocs. and it allows thefree system to work effectively. the are oer ways to accomplish this objective. as we talked about fel eficienctandards, we put thosemployes to make cars 35 miles pegallon. -- put t in ace to make our 35 mileser gallon. we are running out of ey sources. these are some things that we are proposing. overall, we are supplying 6.7 llion people anwe need to use our resources wisely. host:ould mornin marc, you on the air. caer: mquestion is, can, mr. holliday describe parabolic solar concentrators and how they are steeped with e stea and also, howhat compares w

john bresnahan. caller: yes, i think this is the most corrupt government we've had since i don't remember when. being a member of the n.r.a. we eat the deerat we shoot and i'm also a member of the tea party. i went to the first tea party rally in little rock, arkansas. and it wasn't just white people. and there wasn't a lot of people there. but the second time i went, it grew and drew and it's continuing to grow in my small town, because people are tired of this spending. the ear marks, the pork. and it's out of control. and -- host: two points to address with what carol had to say. corruption and government are the perception of government and also would this affect the tea party movement at all? guest: corruption is part of government. there's always going to be corrupt government officials. i think something like this, what happened in this -- on kind of jockeying around -- i think will feed some people's distrust of got to the. here you have a special interest group getting an exemption carved out. a special interest group. that is kind of what people are looking at here. in this case it was the n.r.a. but in health care it was differ

john bresnahan. caller: yes, i think this is the most corrupt government we've had since i don't remember when. being a member of the n.r.a. we eat the deer meat we shoot and i'm also a member of the tea party. i went to the first tea party rally in little rock, arkansas. and it wasn't just white people. and there wasn't a lot of people there. but the second time i went, it grew and drew and it's continuing to grow in my small town, because people are tired of this spending. the ear marks, the pork. and it's out of control. and -- host: two points to address with what carol had to say. corruption and government are the perception of government and also would this affect the tea party movement at all? guest: corruption is part of government. there's always going to be corrupt government officials. i think something like this, what happened in this -- on kind of jockeying around -- i think will feed some people's distrust of got to the. here you have a special interest group getting an exemption carved out. a special interest group. that is kind of what people are looking at here. in this case it was the n.r.a. but in health care it was dif

john bresnahan. caller: yes, i think this is the most corrupt government we've had since i don't remember when. being a member of the n.r.a. we eat the deer meat we shoot and i'm also a member of the tea party. i went to the first tea party rally in little rock, arkansas. and it wasn't just white people. and there wasn't a lot of people there. but the second time i went, it grew and drew and it's continuing to grow in my small town, because people are tired of this spending. the ear marks, the pork. and it's out of control. and -- host: two points to address with what carol had to say. corruption and government are the perception of government and also would this affect the tea party movement at all? guest: corruption is part of government. there's always going to be corrupt government officials. i think something like this, what happened in this -- on kind of jockeying around -- i think will feed some people's distrust of got to the. here you have a special interest group getting an exemption carved out. a special interest group. that is kind of what people are looking at here. in this case it was the n.r.a. but in health care it was dif

john bresnahan. caller: yes, i think this is the most corrupt government we've had since i don't remember when. being a member of the n.r.a. we eat the deer meat we shoot and i'm also a member of the tea party. i went to the first tea party rally in little rock, arkansas. and it wasn't just white people. and there wasn't a lot of people there. but the second time i went, it grew and drew and it's continuing to grow in my small town, because people are tired of this spending. the ear marks, the pork. and it's out of control. and -- host: two points to address with what carol had to say. corruption and government are the perception of government and also would this affect the tea party movement at all? guest: corruption is part of government. there's always going to be corrupt government officials. i think something like this, what happened in this -- on kind of jockeying around -- i think will feed some people's distrust of got to the. here you have a special interest group getting an exemption carved out. a special interest group. that is kind of what people are looking at here. in this case it was the n.r.a. but in health care it was dif

john bresnahan. caller: yes, i think this is the most corrupt government we've had since i don't remember when. being a member of the n.r.a. we eat the deer meat we shoot and i'm also a member of the tea party. i went to the first tea party rally in little rock, arkansas. and it wasn't just white people. and there wasn't a lot of people there. but the second time i went, it grew and drew and it's continuing to grow in my small town, because people are tired of this spending. the ear marks, the pork. and it's out of control. and -- host: two points to address with what carol had to say. corruption and government are the perception of government and also would this affect the tea party movement at all? guest: corruption is part of government. there's always going to be corrupt government officials. i think something like this, what happened in this -- on kind of jockeying around -- i think will feed some people's distrust of got to the. here you have a special interest group getting an exemption carved out. a special interest group. that is kind of what people are looking at here. in this case it was the n.r.a. but in health care it was dif