at 9:30 on c-span 3, the administrator of the gulf coast compensation fund, kenneth feinberg, is that the house natural resources committee to talk about the aid given to people hurt by the gulf oil spill. on c-span, "washington journal" next live with your phone calls and live house coverage as the house continues work on bills dealing with the withholding tax for government contractors and income eligibility requirements for certain health care programs. in about 45 minutes, we will talk to freshman congresswoman diane black ofne

fund administrator kenneth feinberg testified thursday on the implementation on the bp oil compensationd. the $20 billion fund was created by pp to provide payment or supplements of claims for cost and damages from the deepwater horizon spill. last week republican senators were not pleased with handling of the fund. one called for an independent audit of the organization. this is one hour and 50 minutes. >> the committee on national resources is meeting today to hear testimony on oversight hearing on gulf coast recovery, how is it working? under committee rules,

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on c-span2, kenneth feinberg talks about the implementation of the compensation fund and continues struggles in louisiana. homeland secretary-general of peloton of discusses u.s. immigration policy and enforcement. all of those events tonight on the c-span tv networks. tomorrow on "washington journal ," john mica on some of the ways he thinks the joint deficit reduction committee can reduce spending. then, former democratic national committee chairman howard dean looks ahead to the 2010 election and what he believes president obama's strategy should be. after that, cynthia clark of the usda's national agriculture statistics and bob young of the american farm bureau talking about farming in the u.s. and policies talking about the future of farming. getting under way at 7:00 a.m. eastern on friday here on c- span. >> spent this weekend in knoxville, tennessee, with "book tv" and "american history tv" and look behind the scenes. on "book tv" four acres of decomposing remains. dr. william bass on a real-life see a side. also, a look at "roots" author alex haley. and on cassette in american histo

kenneth feinberg. mr. feinberg, you are the administrator of the gulf coast claims facility, as both of us noted. you have the very difficult task and we look forward to your testimony. you have been here before and you know that your full statement will appear in the record. if you could hold your oral arguments to five minutes, i know you want to get out of here and we will probably have votes. but the green light means you are doing fine. the yellow light means that you have one minute, and the red light means that your time is up. >> mr. chairman, i think you and them ranking member. i appreciate the -- invitation. it took about two seconds to agree to appear. i this is about my sixth visit and i'm glad to be here to talk about my -- the fund. here are a few statistics that are very telling. in the 14 months that we have administered this time, we have received just about 1 million claims from 50 states and 38 foreign countries. build it and they will come. there are some very creative claims. we have p

kenneth feinberg testified before the house natural resources committee for two hours about the fundsthat was created by the energy company bp to settle claims from the deepwater horizon spill. >> the committee will come to order and the chairman notes the presence of a quorum which under rule three it is to members. the committee onthe natural quo resources is meeting today to hear testimony on oversight hearing on gulf coast recovery,u president obama's bp compensation fund and how is it working? under committee rule for f the statementsi are limited chairman and the ranking member of thets committee however i ask unanimous consent any member that was to have an opening statement inserted into the record do so before the close of business today and without objection so ordered. i also know thatnt several membs i also note several members from the gulf coast that are not members of this committee have requested an opportunity to sit on this committee on the dais and ask questions during that timeframe. we have got requests from mr. bernard of alabama and mr. miller florida and mr. --

kenneth feinberg testified before the house natural resource committee for two hours about the fund that was created by the energy company, bp, to settle claims from the deepwater horizon spill. >> the committee will come to order and the chairman notes the presence of a quorum which under rule three is to members. the committee on natural resources is meeting today to hear testimony on an oversight hearing on gulf coast recovery, president obama's sister be p. compensation fund and how is was it working. under committee of rule for f4f statements are limited -- that any member wish to have an opening statement do so before the close of business today and without objection so ordered. i also note several members from the gulf coast that are not members of this committee have requested an opportunity to sit on this committee on the dais and ask questions during that timeframe. we have got requests from mr. bernard of alabama and mr. miller florida and mr. -- mississippi mr. scully solis and in ms. jackson-lee of texas and without objection, those members will be able to sit on the dais an

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on c-span2, kenneth feinberg talks about the implementation of the compensation fund and continues struggles in louisiana. homeland secretary-general of peloton of discusses u.s. immigration policy and enforcement. all of those events tonight on the c-span tv networks. tomorrow on "washington journal," john mica on some of the ways he thinks the joint deficit reduction committee can reduce spending. then, former democratic national i hope you do as much as you can to make sure that there is another -- not another massacre of people. we have officially requested the state department for information about the massacre. do you intend to comply with that request as we have been told they will? are you backtracking from that commitment? >> we will provide what information we can to you. >> that sounds like the operative words of how to get out of this. you obviously have the records. are you going to provide them. you have agreed to do it. it would you comply? >> we will. >>, cannot tell you what will be in it. >> there are funds that are frozen right now. how much did we spend to help them to pe

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