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at the orleans show room in las vegas on the 17th and 18th of july and at the ameri star casino in kansas city on july 30th. thank you, bill. >> i'm honored you would ask me to take over the desk, larry, thank you so much. i'm ready to step in at a moment's notice. >> larry: what a -- so you're making an announcement tonight. >> do you want to finish the hour or would you like me to take over right now, larry? >> larry: well, this was tough, bill. it was -- it was time. i was are ready to do it. cnn folks agreed to it. we sat down. we are going to do specials and more time with the family and i want to expand, i want to do other things that i haven't been able to do. >> i am reminded of what my father, who was a broadcaster the day miquel mantle retired, stay isn't some he began the broadcast. >> larry: put me in that class? >> mickey mantle? you are the mickey mantle of broadcasters. mantle played 18 seasons. you played more than that so i know some people out there will say it is maybe inappropriate to say too soon for a man who is in his 70s, but it is too soon. i hope you're -- i hope

republican line, kansas. caller: with all of the bills that have come up in recent years, there are things that congress agreed with. it is such a big bill that you do not get any progress made, because everything is not agreed on. can the bill be strong -- smaller still you can agree on certain points and it can go through? guest: that is an excellent question. that is how the majority wants to do it. this bill is 1500 pages. on thursday we began our hearing. when it got to make, i asked for a show of hands of anyone who has read all of the pages. nobody raised their hands that they read the bill. host: have you read it? guest: i have read the sections we are dealing with. if you have not read it, how can you say it is a great thing? host: the conference committee will deal with corporate governance? is that the first issue on the agenda? guest: i believe cell along with executive compensation. the funding mechanism for the sec. there were all of these failures where they did not see the bernie madoff situat

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i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from kansas, mr. moore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is yielding how many minutes? mr. mcgovern: two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: two minutes to the gentleman from kansas. mr. moore: madam speaker, i rise in support of the rule to consider the dodd-frank wall street reform conference report. for too many years wall street was not properly regulated and we paid for these mistakes, unfortunately it is our constituents on main street who paid the price, not wall street financial firms. according to a recent survey, this result directly impacted more than half of working americans, pushing far too many town employment, to take pay cuts, reduced hours or part time jobs or delayed retirement plans. it's not surprising that many americans have lost their faith and trust in our financial system. the dodd-frank act will restore americans' trust in a well-functioning financial system. while the bill ends too big to fail and taxpayer bailout, it also shields community banks and small b

as the organization prepares for its convention, one nation, one dream, the title, to be held in kansas city, missouri, on july 10 through july 15. at that time hundreds of naacp leaders and members will consider bowled and innovative a-- bold and innovative approaches tackling the 21st century. among those leaders will be benjamin todd jealous, the president of the naacp, the current chairman, roselyn brock, former chairman, washington bureau director, hillary shelton, and wendall anthony. all exhibited the fearless dedication on building on the naacp's great legacy. this includes many great heroes that we know, dr. martin luther king jr., who abust is in our capitol rotunda, coretta scott king, his widow, rosa parks, medgar evers, benjamin hooks. and i must mention, a.w. willis, johnny turner and others. that you are unwavering commitment to promote civil rights for all americans is a great tradition that the naacp continues today. i am a member of the naacp and am proud of it. i encourage members to support the naacp. i congratulate the naacp on its 101st milestone and urge my collea

the amendment i have offered with my colleagues from virginia and kansas will establish the office of small business lending fund oversight under the authority of the treasury inspector general. the special deputy inspector general of the oversight office will be required to monitor the small business loan fund and report to congress at least twice a year with recommendations for improving the program. this amendment is about good government. it plays no additional burdens on banks or small businesses. instead it makes a good bill better by ensuring accountability and transparency to the american people. we have seen what happens when government fails to provide adequate protections with special interests. now we are taking steps to make up for the years of lax oversight and neglected responsibility. make no mistake. this bill is about creating jobs. small business owners tell me constantly that they can begin hiring again if only they had access to credit and capital. this legislation will encourage banks to lend to small businesses and my amendment will help protect taxpayers in the

moran, kansas, town, new york. without oojection, the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for five minutes. mr. fortenberry: mr. speaker, on tuesday morning, under the beautiful prairie sky, u.s. army specialist blaine edward reding was laid to rest in an old and is he convenient platts moth, nebrassa, cemetery. specialist reding was a 22-year-old newly wed, married just 10 weeks to nicky, before a roadside bomb took his life in afghanistan on june 7. he died along with four other soldiers, two of whom were his ccose friends. blaine reding followed a tradition, a family tradition, of service to our nation. in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, heeding the call to duty was also important to blaine's younger brother, private logan reding, who was also serving in afghanistan in the 101st airborne just 15 miles away. upon learning of his brother's death, private reding dutyfully escorted blaine's flag-draped coffin back to doven air force base to meet their parents, as well as nicky. mr. speaker, at the fun

. >> the gentleman from kansas? >> the constituents and the people of our country have been toward the great recession since december 2007, and whether you are a democrat or reblican, theegulation f the financial system -- we had a ne-collapse of the entire economy, the worst of its client -- the worst of its kind sce the great deession. this was the constituents on main strt, not wal street. american houholds lost 14 million -- $14 million in finces, and many were forced toelay their retiremen. the ponzi seme of bernie madoff took $65 million from the investors. many americans have lost trust in the financial system. we must enact this into law so that we will have o trust restored. the nstituents demand a financial system thawill hold predatory lenders accountable. the constituents deserve a new system that will protect the rights of consumers and investors and taxpayers. need a financial system that thhy can believe again, where every american will enjoy it responsible levels of lending ancapital. the house and s

some of the year may know that i grew up in rural western kansas. i don't know if anyone in this auditorium has ever been to rural western kansas. i can think of no reason why you should have been, but if you have, you know it is not exactly a thriving crossroads of the tourist industry. about the only time we get significant numbers of out-of- town visitors is in the fall, because that is pheasant hunting season. there's a certain kind of guy who finds the idea of putting on combat fatigues and blasting shotguns in the air to be a real whhoot. this is easily done while consuming massive quantities of beer. just to give you a sense of the cultural menu i am talking about, my grandmother, who is in better physical and mental shape than i am, lives in a small hamlet called hill city. it is my candidate for the worst place name in america. there is no hill and there sure as hell is no city. we are talking about four hundred people on a good day. he'll see america has one hotel called the western hills motel. i have stated some pretty funky lodgings are

kansas, arthur, democrat. caller: i would like to say, i would lot -- i think a lot of people, including news anchors, editorial, journalist, the are missing the point. i am living in poverty. i make about $80,000 a year. everybody is worried about -- i make about $18,000 a year. everybody is worried about losing their houses. what about people in poverty who don't have houses or 401k's roll over. you guys are making sixers seven figures a year. that is why you guys do not like taxes because it is hitting your pockets. but one aspect, the people who don't got nothing, who don't have anything, i believe the ones obama is trying to help. you are looking like you did not understand what i am saying. people don't -- who don't have anything. we don't have houses, we don't have cars, we don't have checking accounts, anything, nothing, and then people complaining about, i'm losing two of my -- my house. what about the person who does not have an apartment? did so what do you do? caller: i am a cook. host: where? call

host: and the focus group in kansas city.uest: ok so let me address the college applications first. the admissions said part of the problem is not that women have gotten smarter. but the college a kegs process is incredibly difficulty. it's like applying for a loan. you have to do these millions of things. the girls of that age are mature you have -- to handled the process and get it done. this isn't every girl and every boy but they said as a rule the girls are much more together and don't need much help. one of the others things i wrote in the story which i didn't print. the second thing you asked was about kansas city. that was really interesting for me. i went to kansas city, because i was looking for a place where there was father's group. there's a lot of men's rights groups across the country that are starting to take account for this. what their concern is child custody laws. they feel they have been really skewed in favor of women. so this was a class designed for men where men failed to pay custody and their choice

in the new orleans shon in las vegas on the 17th and 18th of july and that the aerostar casino in kansas city on july 30th. thank you. >> i am honored you ask me to take over the desk. i am ready to step down on a moment's notice. >> you are making an announcement tonight to? >> this was tough. it was time. 5 is ready to do it. the cnn folks agreed to it. we sat down and we will do specials. more time with the family. i want to explain that. 01 to do other things that i want to do. >> my father said this the day mickey mantle retired. say it isn't so. mickey mantle, you are the mickey mantle of broadcasters. he played 18 seasons and you played more than that. i know some people out there will say it is inappropriate to say too soon for a man who is in his 70s, but it is too soon. i hope your doing this of their own volition and not because of what the media says. >> no pressure from cnn, did not pay attention to that. i love what i do. it was time. >> as long as it is coming from meal and not dictated by "the new york times." >> i did the 25th anniversary week. plus mac i am flying home

as flat as kansas, sir. that's flat. whoa!uncer) its unique foot mapping technology identifies the areas you put the most pressure on. then recommends the custom fit orthotic that's best for your feet. for customized comfort all day long. for locations, see drscholls.com. >> larry: we're back with our guests, first let's check in with anderson cooper down in the gulf. what's the lead? >> the lead, of course, oil gushing into the gulf on day 56 of this catastrophe. more damning details of the hours and days ahead of the rig explosion released by congress. details we learned today, the bp ceo was warned he will have to answer for when he heads to the hill on thursday. details that show bp put profits before safety, and that fateful decision eventually led to the mess that bp has no plan for dealing with. we'll have a lot more at the top of the hour, larry. >> that's ac 36010:00 eastern, 7:00 p.m. the president will address the nation tomorrow. we have some phone calls, the first is lake mary, california. >> caller: i have a ques

as flat as kansas, sir. that's flat. whoa!ot mapping technology identifies the areas you put the most pressure on. then recommends the custom fit orthotic that's best for your feet. for customized comfort all day long. for locations, see drscholls.com. ♪ >> larry: would michael have chosen this, do you think? you want neverland. >> yeah. >> larry: you don't like him in here, right? >> no, no. he needs to be somewhere special. larry, i really feel that with what my brother has done, just for people all around the world, there should be something special. >> larry: not inside -- >> a monument in d.c. for michael jackson. >> larry: in washington? >> absolutely. not because of the music, because of the message in the music and how it touched so many people. that's what it should be. but he should be laid to rest -- >> larry: who decided here, though? who said let's do it here? >> well, my mother and -- i think it was like because we needed to put him somewhere for the moment. but i think it's -- it's not too late. >> larry: he can

the last guy from kansas should click his heels and get back to kansas because he does not have a close. this is not about cleaning up the mess now. this is about what we will do five years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now. host: does this oil disaster make a demarcation line in u.s. energy policy? caller: this has to set the demarcation library there is no other way around this. we have known this would happen since the early 1970's that we would have problems with energy. companies and oil lobbies and bought out. we need public financing. this goes back to the election policies and the fact that big corporations all of our government. independent, go ahead caller: this oil spill will cost a lot of money and what does it cost to go to the moon? there is plenty of heliim readily available on the moon and it is processed into nuclear fusion. it is all over the surface of the mud and rocks and the dust. we know there is water on the moon. we could get up there and colonize. we can get underground possibly. we can get robot excavators. we can get that helium 3 up there. host:

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized for three minutes. mr. moore: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, i rise in op sillings to republican motion to instruct, but in support of the work the house and senate conference committee will begin in crafting a final bill on ll street reform. for most of last year my colleagues on the house financial services committee, under the outstanding leadership of chairman frk, along with other committees, worked hard to produce the wall street reform and consumer protection act. the work was bipartisan. over 50 republican amendments were accepted along with over 20 bipartisan amendments. this package contains ideas put forward by democrats and republicans as it should, creating a better and more thoughtful bill. while the bill is large and complex, it does some very important things. it ends too big to fail, it ends the need for bailouts and fully protects taxpayers and it has tough new consumer investor protections that will better protect families' retireme funds, college savings and small business owners'

host: the next call is from kansas. the democrats' line. caller: i have a few depressing statistics. i think it goes to the trickle down economy. in 2007, the richest 400 american families had an average income of $345 million each. their income tax rate was slashed from an average of 29.4% to 16.6%, allowing them to pay only halffthe rate of their chauffeurs and gardeners. this is a profound inequity. this is a depression for most people in kansas. i am in the medical field. i am a nurse. they are slashing budgets all over the place. my facility alone had $80,000 a month cut off because of the cuts in medicare. how will anything recover? guest: right. your experience shows that even if there is slow growth, that there is still a lot of pain. compared to other recoveries, this one is fairly slow. if you go back to the early 1980's, the average growth after that was around 7% or 9%. this time, we saw growth of only 3% in the first quarter of this year. definitely a lot of pain still out there. some of that is in state and local governments.

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later today, she'll help an accident victim in kansas. how can one nurse be in all these places?through the nurses she taught in this place. johnson & johnson knows, behind every nurse who touches a life... there's a nurse educator... who first touched them. ♪ you're a nurse ♪ you make a difference >> larry: congressman markey, how tough should the president be on bp? some say it wouldn't pay. >> it's impossible to be too tough on bp. my heart goes out to mr. jones and his family for his loss because we now know that bp was running through all kinds of red lights, warnings that had been going off in the hours and days before this accident occurred. and so i think it's important for the president to force bp to put together a compensation fund. it's important for bp to be told that they won't be making the decisions. it will not be the chief counsel of bp who decides who gets compensated, that an independent evaluator of all the claims will make those decisions and that we will also repeal the death on the high seas act so that families, like mr. jones, can be properly compensated

as flat as kansas, sir. that's flat. whoa!tifies the areas you put the most pressure on. then recommends the custom fit orthotic that's best for your feet. for customized comfort all day long. for locations, see drscholls.com. >> larry: welcome back to this special edition of "larry king live." we're marking the one-year anniversary of michael jackson's death. jermaine jackson returned to forest lawn with me for the first time since his brother was laid to rest there. it's a beautiful place. but jermaine wants michael at neverland. as he told us during a visit there last year. hi, jermaine. needless to say, this is unbelievable. where are we? >> we are looking over neverland. this is what he considered as the ultimate joy, the ultimate happiness, the ultimate wonderment, the ultimate peace. this is neverland. >> larry: and this is one small part of this whole picture, right? >> yes. this is one small part. there is so much more. there are other valleys beyond these hills here that are just flat surfaces. there's mt. katherine

as flat as kansas, sir. that's flat. whoa!announcer) its unique foot mapping technology identifies the areas you put the most pressure on. then recommends the custom fit orthotic that's best for your feet. for customized comfort all day long. for locations, see drscholls.com. >> they've really outdone themselves with the casting this season with "dancing with the stars." of course, i miss my favorite contestant, kate gosselin. yes, exactly. to me it was all about the night she did her dance to lady gaga's paparazzi. so she comes out and then they have like two mock-ups of tabloids and was dancing like a frickin' linebacker. >> larry: the irrepressible kathy griffin. has some unusual fans. some even send her gifts. you brought an example with you. give us the back story. >> i hope you're ready for this. >> larry: this is a terrific painting. i liked it. >> i was at my house, because when you first look at it, you're thinking, oh, she's one of those people that has a portrayed of herself. but then take a closer look at the artis

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someone who has devoted his life to exploring the ocean, bob ballard was born in an unlikely place-- kansas boy, he was inspired by the explorer captain nemo, in jules vernes' "20,000 leagues under the sea." since then, he's been on more than 120 undersea expeditions all over the world. what still excites ballard most is making new discoveries, and he's done it time and time again. it may surprise you that the man who found the "titanic" would really prefer to be known for this-- six-foot-tall tubeworms bob ballard found by accident on an expedition he led near the galapagos islands. so, when you went down that day, you went down thinking that the origin of all life on earth was sunlight. >> ballard: the sun, exactly. when we began this expedition, we weren't even thinking about that. >> logan: and when you came up? >> ballard: we... we were stunned. >> logan: these tubeworms were 8,000 feet below the surface, living in total darkness, thriving off the energy of the earth, not sunlight, something no one in the scientific world believed possible. >> ballard: because we had been told that all

ogden, kansas. norma, republican. caller: i personally think president obama is doing the best he can. i agree with this other guy. this is a criminal investigation. they should have made sure the reputation of british petroleum -- i heard over two a couple weeks ago that they had over 800 safety things against them and yet they were allowed to drill. i agree to the moratorium. quite frankly, i did not know there were that many down there. it is shocking. i have been praying for god to give people the knowledge to stop that. but, no, it is a criminal investigation. don't blame the present. blame the people who knew what had to be done and was not done, the people who supposedly did not put all of the safety precautions when they were building that. the person who gave them%+ permission to go buy some of the rules and regulations that there was. and i agree with this man. i might be a republican but i am an american and i was born and raised in alabama. i love the southeast. and honestly it is a crying shame that some

city, kansas.caller: whattupsets me the most is the way the congress has passed the healthcare bill with the one cause they use. [unintelligible] it is for a small amount of people, yet we all have to pay for it. guest: i'm not sure -- you mean there are only 40 million people who do not get health care, yet we are all paying to solve the problem? if that is what he means, i would say that i feel as an american that i want to live in a society which does not let people die or suffer because they cannot afford medical care. no other country, no other major industrial country, no country that can afford it allows that to happen. i do not think in my country i want that to happen. so, i am very happy to contribute will turn out to be not very much for me or for you, sir, to make that kind of country. also, as a practical matter, just to bring costs under control we have to bring people into the system. if it all goes well, which it might not -- republicans insist it will not, i think it will end up co

gutierrez, watt, meeks of new york, moore of kansas, ms. kilroy, messrs. peters, bachus, royce, mrs. biggert, mrs. capito, messrs. hensarling and garrett of new jersey. from the committee on agriculture for consideration of subtitles a and b of title 1, sections 1303, 1609, 1702, 1703, title 3 except sections 3301 and 3302, sections 4205-c, 4804-b-8-b, 5008 and 7509 of the house bill and section 102 subtitle a of title 1, sections 406, 604-h, title 7, title 8, sections 983, 989-e, 1027-j, 1088-a-8, 1098 and 1099 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. peterson, boswell and lucas. from the committee on energy and commerce f consideration of sections 3009, 3102-a-2, 4001, 4002, 4101-0118, 4202, 4204 through 4210, 4314, 4401 through 4403, 4410, 4501 through 4509, 4601 through 4606,815, 4901. in that portion of section 8002-a-3 by adds a new stion 313-d to title 13, united states code, of the house bill and that portion of section 502-a-3 which adds a new section 313-d to title 31, united states code, section 722-e, 1001, 100

host: let's go to kansas. john, republicans line. hi, john, are you with us? welcome. go ahead.hat motivates you to vote in primaries? caller: hopefully they find the right person to run in the general election. i was curious. i've a question about your programming. host: ok. caller: why do you almost always start with democrats, followed by independents, followed by republicans? host: it is to get to the phone the quickest. we tried to have the diversity of voices. it is to give us a call first . retry to switch that periodically. -- we try to switch that periodically. we tried to get the other number first. caller: your independent colors are almost universally democrats, liberals. -- you independent callers are almost always universally democrats. it's a fact. host: thank you for watching. let's go to pennsylvania, are democrats line. caller: good morning. i was strongly motivated to vote in the recent may primary for representative -- against arlen specter. one of the main reasons is arlen specter's age. i do not think he could expect to live out the term that he was seeking

host: in california's kansas you have had two female senators for quite a while -- in california's case. caller: personally i think they are both doing a good sign. i think perhaps it is time for feinstein to move on but i have been very happy with barbara boxer. host: raleigh, north carolina, is next. republican line. does the candidates gender affects your vote? caller: good morning to you, to the rest of your listeners. thank you for taking my call. gender, nor race or ethnicity has any effect on my vote. i look totally -- which all americans should -- we are supposed to be americans now, totally inclusive. they should look at the qualifications and also their train of thought that what they think government and this country should be. perfect example. you've got sarah palin, who is a free-market economist, limited government, personal responsibility, personal rights, who is a woman. and you have barack obama, a large government, government knows best, collective rights, redistribution of wealth. if you look at those two sets of ideology and also value sets, you would see that one is

now let me yield a minute to the gentleman from kansas, mr. moore, who is the chair of the oversight subcommittee of our committee, a man with a great reputation for integrity and forcing tax -- enforcing taxpayer rights. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may not yield loss of time. mr. frank: i just yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. moore: thank you, mr. chairman, and to members of this house, i want to say that the bill as written says the inspector general of the department of the treasury shall conduct, supervise and coordinate honest and investigations of the purchase and commitments to purchase of preferred stock and other financial instruments under the program. that is directly from the bill. we should not add sig tarp. i yield back. mr. frank: and the gentleman from texas began with a great surpriseing revelation. a bureaucrat, the inspector general of tarp wants to expand his authority. i'm surprised that there were not gasps of wonderment in the house. we have an inspector general here. they can d

ros-lehtinen: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from kansas, mr. moran, the ranking member thope -- on the agriculture subcommittee on general farm commodities. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. moran: thank you, and i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i traveled to colombia to see our partnership at work. colombia has overcome many, many challenges and more remain, it's essential that the united states continue a positive relationship with this critical ally in south america. while it's good we're here today to discuss and pass this nonbinding resolution in support of colombia, the better way to show our support for the colombia people is to approve a still pending, four years now, pending trade agreement. it's been nearly four years since the f.t.a., the free trade agreement, has signed, yet congress has failed to act. the longer we wate to approve the free trade agreement the more realienate this ally. if the colombian free trade agreement was approved, duties on u.s. wheat would be eliminated, creating n

moran of kansas. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: i ask unanimous consent to speak for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank my good friend the gentleman and i use that term literally, mr. bilirakis of florida for giving me his time. mr. speaker, i riie in solidarity with a soutt florida solidarity with a south florida woman. she has a movement disorder that causes a person's muscle to contract and spasm. the trrde marks of this disorder is repetitive pattern and uncontrolable movements. it resembles opposing muscles competing for control of a body parr. there are a dozen forms of this diseaae and a symptom of many major diseases. it impacts men, women and children of all backgrounds, all ages and does not discriminate and there is no cure. milly was born in miami and had exhibited symptoms of this disease since childhood. each was treat the separately. she wore a brace on hee right leg and attended speech therapy classes. other symptoms were neglected entirely a

h.r. 2495 was introduced by representative dennis moore of kansas on may 19, 2009, and enjoys bipartisansupport as similar legislation did in the last congress. the oversight committee approved a similar bill in the 110th congress and it also passed by voice when it reached the house floor. lastly, in addition to strengthening the secret service and enhancing government efficiency, this legislation would correct an injustice for approximately 40 individuals who returned to government service after september 11. the provisions in title 3 authorizes the secretary of defense to retroactively waive repayment of voluntary separation pay for certain individuals who were reemployed in temporary positions by d.o.d. to help to respond to terrorist attacks. before accepting re-employment, these individuals were assured in writing they would not be required to repay their separation pay. in making these assurances, the d.o.d. components were apparently following guidance from the office of personnel management in forwarding management positions. unfortunately, this guidance was not applicable to d.

city, kansas. caller: whattupse me the most is the way the congress has passed the healcare bill with the one cause they use. [unintelligible] it is for a small amount of people, yet we all have to pay for it. guest: i'm not sure -- you mean there are only 40 million people who do not get health care, yet we are all paying to solve the problem? if that is what he means, i would say that i feel as an american that i want to live in a society which does not let people die or suffer because they cannot afford medical care. no other country, no other major industrial country, no country that can afford it allows that to happen. i do not think in my country i want that to happen. so, i am very happy to contribute will turn out to be not very much for me or for you, sir, to make that kind of country. also, as a practical matter, just to bring costs under control we have to bring people into the system. if it all goes well, which it might not -- republicans insist it will not, i think it will end up costi

kansas city, missouri, justin, an independent color. caller: hi, thanks for taking my call. i think it is completely ridiculous. the first reaction -- we got into this for money, and now we're spending money and getting troops killed in general. it is ridiculous that 50 years ago people would be marching hundreds of thousands of people protesting the war like this, and now we just have to sit back and make the dollar just to survive. it is ridiculous that people are living homeless and starving here -- what can we help them? it is blasphemy have people have gotten so used to bloodshed that we just sit back and take it. host: the paper is reporting that drug use has increased in afafghanistan. it is taking a toll on the afghan population with roughly 800,000 afghan adults now using opium and other illicit drugs. jumping down, the defense the permit has identified over 1000 american service members who have died as a result of the afghan war. let's go to yardley, pa., rick, on the republican line. caller: the media tells us in so many ways, but they don't tell us that the tali

i remind my friend from kansas that when you cut taxes from the wealthiest people in america, you prosecute two wars without paying for them, and you failed to police wall street so it becomes a big casino and results in a crash leaving this country in terrible debt and you turn a budget upside down. those are the policies that brings a country and brings small businesses to their knees. the country, because of various steps taken, we've come out of the terrible dip of the last months of the bush administration to where we're adding jobs. we have a long way to go. we lost millions of jobs and many small businesses were hurt in the process. the purpose of the bill that is to be voted on today is about providing funding to smaller banks so that small business will have credit and people will get back to work. providing a platform for small business to really get back on its feet and put the people back to work, so many of whom lost their job in this recession that was caused by the two tax -- the tax cuts -- the two wars without payment and the failing to police wall street. with that i would

government can facilitate the evolution of broadband connectivity to create jobs and assist it -- kansas -- and sustain economic growth. is a testament to the growing economic importance of broadband and mobile internet access that the president would send his chief economic adviser to explain to the administration -- to explain the administration's initiative to redistribute large portions of the public airwaves for broadband. here a new america, our program, are open technology initiative, and our economic growth programs, have all argued that universal and ubiquitous broadbent connectivity is essential infrastructure for the 21st century economy. broadband will be the diffusion of high-capacity and mobile broadband that will prove critical to improvements in productivity in every other sector. the mission of the program has been to open the vast wasteland on used spectrum capacity for broadband innovation. spectrum is the oil the information economy, and the air waves are publicly-owned resource that need to be allocated to maximize the public interest. we therefore applaud the admini

we saw this kansas strove. it is not the first time there were disagreements about the mud, what is going on, is it savor unsafe? i've seen the arguments personally myself offshore. you put a federal agent out there that has the right to say stop, and you make it safe for tomorrow. we all know three days before this rig tragedy, people asked to be removed from that rig because of unsafeness. it's a shame it took this and the lives of those men to get to thiss but you put a federal agget out there tomorrow, and there are a lot of good retired i think nears that would love to step up to the plate and answer to government, and they have the right to shut that rig in or do anything in beeween that and running people off, and you you make it safe for tomorrow. also, the devices that they use overseas, the half million dollar device that a lot of people say -- and i am not an expert -- that would have preeented this pradge dion the well head, that he required in the north sea. it is $500,000 per rig, but we don't req

caller: just a comment about general patraeus, going back to 1966 and fort riley, kansas.hey have as walking -- i was in the u.s. infantry in the army. they had as walking and gave us one canteen of water. -- they had us walking and it was one canteen of water. what i'm trying to bring out is the point of dehydration. we are so far behind in our thinking about what should be done and what is being done. it takes hundreds of men to pass out before they realize, maybe they should give them a little more water. what i'm trying to point out is that generals are the most carrigan people i have ever in my life encountered. -- most arrogant people i have ever in my life encountered. they are walking gods. i think we do need them, but that is just a comment about generals. host: tony, thank you for the call. a twitter comment from a viewer -- at c-span.org we have a hub lead you can watch the elena kagan confirmation hearings. you can also watch it from a number of camera angles. and you can see confirmation hearings bypass gas, past nominees -- by pass to guess, past nominees. ne

saying, but i do not know how you begin to dismantle something like this i live in a small town in kansaswe have that in issue with the school district here. there was a real budget shortfall. i dug into the numbers and found out they had a strategic planner. i thought that there was one, but there was a strategic planner for each school in the district. at the national level, i am sure that your savings have just hit the tip of the iceberg. first of all, the cost of the bureaucracy itself, and then the inhibiting cost that people on the front lines cannot do anything about. i found out in the school district, they want to get rid of people at the front of the line. that might be a janitor or someone else, but the top end of the bureaucracy stays in place. at the federal level, i am sure that that is what is going to happen. they will go to someone in government and say my job is absolutely imperative for the well-being of every person in the country. so how do you begin to unravel everything once in his own twisted? the people will say, you cannot take my program away from me. how do you

. >> the gentleman from kansas? >> the constituents and the people of our country have been toward the great recession since december 2007, and whether you are a democrat or republican, the regulation f the financial system -- we had a near-collapse of the entire economy, the worst of its client -- the worst of its kind since the great depression. this was the constituents on main street, not wall street. american households lost 14 million -- $14 million in finances, and many were forced to delay their retirements. the ponzi scheme of bernie madoff took $65 million from the investors. many americans have lost trust in the financial system. we must enact this into law so that we will have our trust restored. the constituents demand a financial system that will hold predatory lenders accountable. the constituents deserve a new system that will protect the rights of consumers and investors and taxpayers. we need a financial system that thhy can believe and again, where every american will enjoy it responsible levels o

louis did in the out as well as kansas city and the result of the acquisition meant that the sale of their nonstop service between san louis and london heathrow, which mr. icahn sold to american airlines for $400 million. it should never have acquired value in that marketplace. this is given in the public interest. this is not for personal enrichment of the carrier. american made that money back in about a year. st. louis lost its connection to the world beyond. a lot of people lost their jobs in the process. ultimately, when twa was absorbers' by american, they now have to beg o'hare for service to the whole country. that is the or encapsulated view. too big to fail. this would control one-fifth of the domestic market share, $115 billion available seat miles. that is enormous capacity. i asked several years ago and some of you may recall this, why anyone would spend $150 million on may 747 win for $50 million, you could buy a whole fleet? do you remember what i made reference to? they acquired nw for $50 million. they bought a whole fleet of 7476. -- 747's. there were $2 billion in

moran of kansas. fro what reason does the gentleman rise? >> permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. herger: mr. speaker, i rise to israel's right to self-defense and express my outrage over the knee-jerk, international condemnation of our strong ally following the recent flotilla incident. the activists ignored warning from israeli forces to turn away from gaza and disregarded invitations to offload supplies elsewhere. worst of raleigh, they placed israeli forces in grave dangerer by brutally attacking them. many countries immediately condemned israel. their reaction sharply contrasts with their failure to denounce the hostile behavior of iran and north korea. i applaud the obama administration for avoiding this double standard. the united states must always stand against the unfair treatment of an important ally. the speaker pro tempore: mr. defazio of oregon. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop is r

kansas city, missouri. what is your comment is this caller: yes. how are you doing this morning? host: fine. thank you. caller: congress should be a war zone. we're fighting two illegal and immoral wars based on the lie of 9/11. so until they get it straight stnd people are held accountible who commit that had crime, they'll be at war for a long time. look what's happening in the gulf. we have more oil than we know what to do with. host: our address on the twitter account, twitter.comm c-span wj. good morning to you, elizabeth. caller: good morning, c-span. i just wanted to sy, i'm listening to all these callers. it is appalling to me that race has been the thing that the republicans are being blamed for. everybody says that they can't get along. that is not true. republicans and democrats have ideology that they don't agree with in many issues. they need to work together. yes. my opinion is that both parties have too many old, old-timers in there, and we need to get young, fresh blood. there are many issues in this country today that have never existed for years as long as i can

at a recent hearing, the democrat witnessed, the federal reserve bank of kansas city president called the enhanced bankruptcy a process that assures everyone that the largest institutions will be dismantled if it fails, and he continued he prefers a rule of law that takes away discretion from the bureaucrat or from the policy person so that in the crisis, you do not have the option to bail out so that you have to take certain steps to control -- to prevent a financial meltdown. with that, i would yield the balance of my time to the gentleman, mr. bachus. >> and the gentle lady from illinois. as necessary. that is apparently what they did with an aig. they decided that because certain european banks had so many obligations, that they needed to pay them off dollar for dollar or they would fail. they did not pay off -- we know with some of these companies that the different pension funds and municipalities were not paid. they determined that that was not necessary. you have two or three pages of establishing a preference, which is very similar to bankruptcy, and then, all of a sudden, yo

moran of kansas. mr. poe: madam speaker, i request permission to take mr. moran's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. when the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico, there was no plan to handle that disaster. the federal government was missing in action. now, the feds have a moratorium on deep water offshore drilling. the administration plan, based upon president obama's speech last night, can be summed up quite well in "the los angeles times," and i quote, "obama's speech: there's a pipe spewing gobs of oil in the gulf so let's build more windmills." yes, madam speaker, that seems to be the plan of the administration, close down deep water drilling and maybe build windmills. why would we shut down this industry in the gulf of mexico and what is the purpose of this plan? the moratorium is preventing drilling in the gulf of mexico for the next six months or even longer. when we have a plane crash, madam speaker, when people die, and that's a horrible thing, we don't close down the entire airline industry

shawnee, kansas, on our line for republicans. john, you're on the "washington journal." caller: good morning! how are you? host: john, what's on your mind regarding the financial regulatory bill? caller: first of all, i hope you give me as much time as you gave that gentleman that talked about everything in the world. anyway, i think that this bill will do nothing to solve the will do nothing to solve the -pproblem, or that is, or certainly very little. the principal problem -- ok, first, we have a 2,000-page bill, which, of course, is their favorite approach to anything that's going on. it's got to be at least 2,000 pages or they won't pass it. pages or they won't pass it. now, what they need is a 100-page bill, and the first thing they need to deal with is the corruption at fannie fare and freddie mac. they are the great enablers that brought these junk loans, and they are not being affected by this law whatsoever. why is that? well, we've got barney frank who said there was no banking crisis. we got chris dodd, the good buddy of -- what's the name of countryside, coun

host: kansas city, missouri, democratic line. paul. caller: thank you very much.ous callers just stole a lot of my fire, but i want to add a couple of things about the dispersements. ok, number one, i think they should just totally remove them. i saw something on tv where they've got a tube running down there and they're shooting there and they're shooting dispersement into the upcoming oil. now, here's the thing. while there may not be any specific research on this, there's tons and tons of information about the ecology of spreading pollution. and what they're doing here is they're going to have what's called utropicatio in n, an overabundance of one of the levels of plants and animals in the ocean. they're going to suck up the oxygen and cause dead zones. they're doing this to hide the oil. i agree with the guy. i don't agree with his solution that we should fire people. i think we need oil, and i'm 100% behind doing oil, but these guys tried to do this on the cheap. and they need to be accountable for that. we make sure we get it and get it safe. but right now,